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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
A Bird That Has No Nest.

The term night hawk is commonly ap-
piled to several species, all of which have
certain peculiarities. From its peculiar
cry, one is called chuck will's-widow, this
call being uttered so loudly by the bird
that it has been heard for nearly mile.
About the middle of March they come
back from their winter pilgrimage; and,
unlike most OF the birds, they have no
housekeeping to keep them busy, as they
build no nests. While the robins, hum
ming birds, thrushes and others are busily
| securing the country for material with
which to build their nurseries, the chuck
wilPs-widow is fast asleep in some out-of-
the-way corner, only coming out in the
afternoon or evening to gather its supply OF
| food.
When the time comes for laying, our
seemingly lazy bird selects some secluded
spot and deposits her eggs anywhere on the
ground; and the very first glimpse, if we
are fortunate in finding them at all, ex-
plains why she builds no nest. The eggs
are almost the exact color of the surround
ings, and so mottled and tinted that only
by the merest accident are they discovered
and when the two little chuck-wilps.
widows finally come ont they are even
more difficult TO find than the eggs. Be
ing very sleepy little fellows, they rarely
move, and, though standing within few
inches of them, the observer might sup
pose them to be two old brown leaves, or &
bunch of moss, SO deceiving is their MIN
| icry.-.S. Nicholas.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
The Limit of Speed.

The speed of locomotives has not in
creased with their weight and size. There
Is natural law which stands in the way
OF this. If we double the weight on the
driving wheels, the adhesion, and conse-
quenct capacity of drawing loads, is
also doubled. Reasoning in an analogous
way, it might be said that if we double
the circumference of the wheels the dis
tance that they viii travel in one revolu-
lon, and consequently the speed of the
engine, will be in like proportion. But,
If this is done it will require twice as
much power to turn the large wheels as
was needed for the small ones; and we
then encounter the natural law that the
resistance increases as the square of the
speed, and probably at even a greater
ratio at very high velocities At 60 miles
an hour the resistance of train is four
times as great as it is at so miles. That
is, the pull on the draw bar of the engine
must be four times as great in the one
case as in the other But at 60 miles an
hour this pull must be exerted for a given
distance in half the time that it is at 80
miles, SO that the amount of power exerted
and steam generated in given time must
be eight times as great in the one case as
in the other. This means that the capac
ity of the boiler, cylinders, and the other
parts must be greater, with a correspond
ing addition to the weight of the machine.
Obviously, if the weight per wheel
is limited, We soon reach point
at which the size of the driv-
ing-wheel and other parts cannot be en-
larged which means that there is a GER
tain proportion of wheels, cylinders, and
boiler which will give maximum speed.
-iScribne1's Maqdsine
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
HOW Hismarck Got rbroupb,

In an article entitled From Gravelotte
to Sedan" by General Philip H. Sheridan,
which will appear in Scribner's Magaaine
for November, the following incident of a
ride which Sheridan took with Bismarck,
after the battle of Gravelotte, is related /:
Our route led through the village OF
Gorze, and here we found the streets SO
obstructed with wagons that | feared it
would take US the rest of the day to get
through, for the teamsters would not pay
the slightest heed to the cries of our
positions. The Count was equal to. the
emergency, however, for, taking a pistol
from behind his cushion and bidding me
keep my seat, he jumped out and quickly
began to clear the street effectively, order
ing the wagons to the right and left
Marching in front Of the carriage ane
making way for us till we were vel
through the blockade, he then resumed hi
seat, remarking: "This is not very dig
nifed business for the Chancellor of tn,
German Confederation, but it's the only
| way to get through"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
A Dishonest Voice.

Referring to DIR. Storrs letter, printed
in these columns two weeks ago, particu-
larly to what he says about high license,
the Voice official organ of the Prohibition
party says: ''The DOCTOR we fear, has not
yet seen those confidential letters from
Nebraska and Illinois brewers and distill-
ers in eulogy of high license"
As to that we cannot answer but we
are quite sure he has not seen the follow
ing account Of how the Voice got them, or
is said to have got them, taken from the
annual report Of the Brewers Association
Of the United States. as printed in a
recent number of the BrewsrS' Journal of
this city, p. 80; During the past year the
editors of the Voice, the organ of the self
appointed guardians of the nations morals
and regulators of the peoples appetite,
resorted to falsehood and trickery in order
to induce brewers to give their opinion on
the question of high license. They sent
letters bearing at the head the name of a
brewing firm chat does not exist, and
therein submitted series of questions de-
signed to mislead the persons addressed as
to the object for which the desired inform
alton was to be used"
We have seen no denial in the Voice of
this open charge of 'falsehood and trick
cry" and suspect that the paragraph has
escaped It's attention.-N. Y Independent.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
The GIovs In Ano;enr rimes.

As Xenophon, in his Cyropedia, men
tions that on one occasion Cyrus went
without his gloves, there are good grounds
for believing that the ancient Persians
were not ignorant of their use, and it is
known that both Greeks and Romans
sometimes wore them. The period when
gloves were used in England, however, is
likely TO be of more interest to our read
ers; and this could not have been much
before the time of Ethelred H., when five
pairs made considerable part of the duty
paid by some German merchants to that
King for the protection of their trade. in
the reign of Richard and John, gloves
were worn by the higher classes, some
times short, and sometimes to the elbow,
Jeweled on the backs and embroidered at
the tops. Our ancestors closely connected
gloves with chivalry, both in love and
war, and the custom of throwing down the
glove was equivalent to a challenge, the
person detied signifying his acceptance of
it by picking up his opponents glove and
throwing down his own.
Biting the glove meant, on the border,
pledge of mortal revenge, and a story is
told of gentleman at Teviotdale who, af-
ter hard drinking bout, observing in the
morning that he had bitten his glove, in
qulred with whom he had quarreled, and
finding he had had words with one of
his companions, insisted on satisfaction,
saying that although he remembered
nothing of the dispute he would never
have bitten his glove unless he had
received unpardonable insult He fell
in the duel, which was fought near
Selkirk. These lines from Marmion show
that the sending of glove By lady to
her knight was token of her love-a
command to do her bidding:
For the fair Queen of France,
Sent him turquoise ring and glove.
And charged him. as her knight and love-
For her to break lance.
In these practical days of ours chivalry
has quite died out, and gloves are now for
the most part merely regarded as a cover |
ing for the hands. One important use
made of them in modern society is in the !
form Of bets between the two successes on
such occasions as Oxford and Cambridge |
boat-races, Royal Ascot and other races
There is yet one old custom connected with |
gloves which has lived down to our times |
but it is seldom called into practice | |
allude to 'gloves in law" At an assize |
when no prisoners are to be tried, the |
Sheriff presents the Judge with pair of |
white gloves, and this custom is also OBJ
served in Scotland.-English Notes and
Queries
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
RIack-Knot ON the P,um

Edward Holling, Jackson county, Mich,
writes: " | would like to know what causes
the black-knOt on plum trees, and if there
is any cure or preventive. | am persuaded
it is the work of insects, as | have often
found their Larvae by cutting the excres-
ence open. What the egg that is depos-
tied is, or by what species of insect, can
not discover"
duced by an insect. It is fungoid dis
ease attacking many trees, among others
the oak. Prevention is the only remedy.
DIR. Taslow, competent authority, in re-
lation to preventing the spread of the
disease, says:
From the knowledge that the knot is
contagious disease, caused by fungus, whose
ascospores are ripened in midwinter, and
whose mycelium does not extend for more
than a few inches below the knots, and
bearing in mind that the fungus is indi-
genous on certain of our native species of
Prunus, the remedy is obvious. When a
knot makes its appearance, the branch
should be cut off a short distance below
the slight swelling of the stem, which is
found Just below the stump. When cut
off, the branches should be burnt, to pre-
vent the spores from spreading the disease !;
for, although the asci have but begun to
form when the branch is cut off, they will
grow and ripen their spores, even when
separated from the trees, as we know from
experience.
"The question arises as to the best time
for cutting off the diseased branches We
should say, cut them off whenever one sees
them. The most favorable time is late in
autumn, before the ascospores are ripe.
But it must not be forgotten that the
conidea ripen in early summer, and, if the
knots are seen in the spring, they should
be cut off at once. Not only should dis
eased branches of cultivated cherries and
plums be removed. but all means should
be taken to destory the choke-cherry, the
bird-cherry, and the wild plum-in the
neighborhood of orchards. As supporter
of this disease, the choke-cherry is most
dangerous enemy, and should be destroyed.
1t is quite time that it was generally un-
derstood that many of our herbaceous and
shrubbery plants cause, or, at any rate, in
crease disease in our vegetables and fruit
trees. The farmer destroys caterpillars
wherever and whenever he finds them;
why should he not also cut down and de-
stroy all trees and shrubs which carry a
contagious disease into his fruit orchards
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
Women and Costume.

1t is the wearer who makes the success
of dress, and great secret of the Paris
ian dress-makers' art is that they adapt
their fashions to the individual customer,
and happily, if the wearer be Frenchwo-
man, they meet with hearty cooperation.
There are few who DO not understand
what suits them. TheT make a study of
face, figure and carriage, and though their
garments are costly, they do not have too
many of them. They make each new
dress part of themselves, and realize its
effect in motion and in repose. They raise
the 'toilette" to the dignity of fine art,
and, moreover, succeed in producing per-
feet result. The colors worn are often
daring in their combination, bat they are
so skillfully handled that they never pro-
duce discordant effect
! We are much pleased to learn that the
different associations that are now being
| formed for teaching ladies the art of dress
making are tolerably successful. Musi
and painting are accomplishments, bu
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13

dressing is necessity, and all women
should show their appreciation of art by
making and putting on their dresses art
lStically. No one who has an eve for
beauty of form can avoid seeing the differ
ence between an artistically-dressed per-
son, however simple the toilette, and one
who is addressed. The human shape is
beautiful by nature, and ought not to be
distgured by its covering.-FTom . The
Fire Talents of WogqD"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
The Origin of Tea,

The tea plant grew for endless centuries
in Central Asia, and the guileless Celestials
blandiy assert that the drink was invented
by Chin Nong some five thousand years
ago. \ poetic version makes it sixteen
hundred years ago, and gives the following
account of its earliest appearance In
the reign of Yuen Ty in the dynasty of
Tsin, an old woman was accustomed to
proceed every morning at aybreak to the
market-place, carrying cup of tea in her
hand. The people bought it eagerly, and
yet from the break of day to the close OF
evening the cup was never exhausted. The
money received was distributed among or
phans and beggars. The people seized and
confined her in prison. At night she flew
through the prison windows with her little
vase in her hand" If you care to do Sc
you can read this story and enjoy it in the
original Chinese of the "Cha Pu," or "An-
cient History of Tea" and will no doubt
find the translation exact.
Tea was not heard of in China again for
three centuries and a half, when ''Fo hi'
priest is said to have advised its use as a
medicine. In the ninth century, an old
beggar from Japan took some of the seeds
and plants back with him to his native
land. The japanese relished the new
drink, and built at Osaka a temple to the
memory of those who introduced it. This
temple is still standing, though now al
most seven hundred years old. Gradually
the people of Tartary and Persia also
learned to love the drink, and serve it at
all hours of the day.
The honor of introducing the herb into
Europe may be considered due equally to
the Dutch and Portuguese. Early in the
seventeenth century tea became known
among persons of quality in Europe, and
in 1902 some Dutch traders carried a
quantity of sage (Which was then used to
make drink popular in Europe) to China,
and by some ingenious device succeeded in
making the almond-eyed tea-drinkers
think it fair exchange for an equal guam
tity of very good tea, which was brought
home in safety and without the loss of a
single Dutchman.-E. II. Libby in st.
Nicholas for October.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
GENERAL NOTICES.
a sure turs ,,r piles

Dr.. Kinks German Pile Ointment has cured
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles when ain
other Ointments have failed It absorbs the
tumoIs, allays the itching at once, acts as a
poultice, gives instant relief DR.. Kinks German
Pile Ointment is prepared only for Piles
and Itching Of the Private Parts, and nothing
else. Every box is warranted. Sold bv drug
gists, or sent by mail receipt of price so cents
ana 81 per box. sold by KIkK, GEARY & CO.,
aud JOSEPH HAHN Il co TTSlv
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
a Now Lnhziontor.

A new luhficator is designed to use
grease instead of liquid oil, the inventor
assuming thaa by so doing a saving of 90
per cent ovaz liquid oil can be obtained.
1t consists Of tube which is screwed into
the cap Of the bearing. The tube con-
tains piston under pressure of spring,
the lubricating grease being pressed by ii
into the grease channels of the bearing
which are kept full and allow the greasS
to spread itself gradually over the shat
without waste. For small bearings this
lnbricator contains grease enough 10 las
several months
Whatever is obtained by deceit cheat
! no man but the setter.-Anon,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13

shure, " said Burton as he rose up and let
the hammer of his rifle down.
Iou would have killed him ?" / asked.
dead as this rock I'
st would have been murder
Then let he'un keep away from yerew
Detroit Free Pres.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
CHARITY.

A beggar died last night, his soul
Went up to God, aud said
come uncalled; forgive it, Lord;
died for want of bread
Then answered him the Lord of Heaven:
''Son, how can this thing be?
Are not My saints on earth? and they
Fad surely succored thee"
''Thy saints, o Lord the beggar said,
" Live holy lives of prayer;
How shall they know of such as we,
We perish unaware.
They strive to save our wicked souls,
And fit them for the sky:
Meanwhile. not having bread to eat,
tForgive) our bodies die"
Then the Lord God spake out of heaven
In wrath and angry pain:
Oh men. for whom Ny Son hath died,
My Son hath lived in vain"
-AffftH S5HsoRs, IN the Romans HorId i
October.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
DRUNKENNESS 81

Or the liquor Esbit Positively Cure9
by Administering nr. Haiaes'
Goldon Specific.
II can be given ina cup CT coffee or tea WIN
out the knowledge-0t the pe1son taking 1t; is ab-
soIutely harmless, and win effect a permanent
and speedy cure, whetherth the pAtient is mod
crate dripker or an alcohSlic wzeck. ThoSSanda
of drunkards lave beea made temperate men
who have taken Golde1 Specific in theiE coSes
without their knowledge and today selieyo
they quit drsa}cing OF sheiE own free Will IL
NAVER FAILS. The system once inpregnated
bility for rae liquor appetite to exist. For sale
by JOS. HAHN 81 CO., Druggists, corner
sinh and Streets saers-epto Cal dS-I tholy
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13

AS a cure for sore throat and coughs,
- Browns Bronchial Troches have seen
thoroughly tesSed, and maintain a good
reputation.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use slr. Isaac
TaOMPSoN'S EYE WATER. Druggists sell it
ATS cents. oi5-lys
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13

#. BauInle, 523 j street. has received a
new ST ipment Of Mettworst, Braunsweigerworst
and SslomI All kinds of fine Cheese aud other
choice Sausages. Visitors and travellers are in
Vlte0 to call. mVTS-
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he best paee in Caifrnia have yoc- ruatn dg.,a.
a. !. IosS5nn q Co.'S. no ST. sss-=azs-uso ssss
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13

When did Cesar first go to the Irish?
When he crossed the Rhine and wsnt back
to bridge it.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13

John Eitei, Assayer and Chemist, corner
Seventeenth and streets. Also buys gold. tt
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
SsyAc0BS OIL
RHEUMATISM

eassoboraise and Conclusive Testimony.
Lowell. Mass. July 0. 1897.
Gentlemen Mr.. Lezis Dennis hss Jus. called
upon me. and informs ne that the boy orin Robin
SON. who was poor cripple crutehes, and was
cured By St. Jacobs Oil In 1881; thA cure haa
remained pernansnt Ths young man S.s been
ard is now at work ct manual labor: the case
-ertsinly proves th. efficacy Of st. Jacobs OIL
DR. eco. Q. osGooD, ri. D.
s Sold By Druggists and Dealers Ercryrrhere
The Charles A. yogeler Co., BALTIC, nd
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13

For a first-class Carriage or Buggy go
to HARRY BERNARDfS, Sixth and / SITS. II
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
ODELL B. HERZOG.
WHOLESALE AND BETAIt BUTCHERS,

raIRsT CLASS MEATS OF ALL KINDS At
4 lowest prices KEW YORK MARKET,
100 and 1922 K street. Special rates to hotels
and faraers jySi IMP
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13

Forced politeness-Bowing to necessity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-30

Greenleaf, A. M. Franks, g. Fred Mitchell,
William Sprague; canvassing committee
Geo. f. Stacy, VIM. I. Hodgkins. Louis
Bright. William Gibson, Oscar f. A. Merrill,
Albert L. Strout. Frank III. Haggett
The AroosGook Prohibition county con-
vention was held in Houlton, August q.
The convention nominated the following
candidates: Senators, Charles w. Johnson,
Fairfield; David FL. Porter, noulton; COM
Hill treasurer, Lyman B. Merrill, Houlton /;
sheriff, James X. Osgood, Houlton; attor-
ney, Ira G. Hersey. Houlton Judge of pro-
bate, George +. Whidden, Presque Isle; reg
lister OF probate, George NJ. Luce, Presque
Isle.
At the Prohibitionist flag raising in Au-
burn Tuesday night, General Neal Dow de-
clared for protective tariff, and said that of
the two old parties the Republican party is
the best and most friendly to the temperance
cause.
The Pennington Republican club has APP
pointed this committee to arrange for the
Blaine rally next Tuesday: Major Edward
|. Merrill, Hon. j. g. Hoyt, Hon. Joseph W.
Fairbanks, Josiah H. Thompson, Esq, and
j. w. Withee, Esq.
representative by Mount Hermon Republi-
cans.
Sumner p. Wardwell, of Otisdeld, and Rob-
ert Harrington, of South Thomaston, are
Democratic candidates for representatives.
At the Republican rally at Falmouth Fore
side on Thursday of next week, campaign
songs will be sung by Mrs. Lillian Libby,
with piano accompaniment. Mrs. Libby is
is also cornetist, and will play upon that
instrument during the evening. The speak
ing will be by Isaac l.. Elder, Esq, of Deer
ing, and Carroll W. Morrill,, of Portland.
Gustavus B. Madden has been nominated
TO the legislature by the Republicans of Yea
Zie and Brewer.
The great big joke of the evenings con-
tinuous comedy was Mr.. Gannon.s reference
to Mr.. Clifford as ''the Patrick Henry of
Mainev We have an idea that this charac-
terization will stick, and that hereafter he
will be popularly known as Patrick Henry
Clifford rather than as William Henry Cliff
ford. "The Patrick Henry of Maine"
sounds more sounding than "the William
Henry of Maine," doesn't it?-[Lewiston
Journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-30
GENERAL NEWS.

The United Labor party of Minnesota has
nominated Ignatius Donnelly for governor.
There were SO new cases of yellew feve
and four deaths in Jacksonville yesterday.
John A. McShane was nominated for
governor by Nebraska Democrats yesterday.
Eight business buildings were burned at
Lancaster, Wis, yesterday. Loss, $4,000.
Miss Knapp, aged 81, telegraph operator
at Dummerston, Vt, was found dead in her
Office yesterday from heart disease.
James Whitehouse, prominent Dover, N.
H.. citizen, and veteran OF the Rebellion, is
dead.
The Alaska, Commercial Company's steam
er has arrived at San Fran cisco with cargo
of seal skins and other furs valned at ST.
100000
One hundred and fifty hostile Indians are
reported in the ShoshOne Reservation. Two
whites have been murdered.
An engineer and brakeman were killed,
and another engineer seriously injured in a
collision between freight trains on the Ches-
apeake and Ohio road yesterday.
The first shipment Of silver dollars for
storage in the new treasury vault was re-
ceived in Washington from Philadelphia
yesterday, and amounted to S500,000
John Higgins and Charles NJ. Armstrong
finished two years sentences in the Concord
State prison yesterday and Immediately en-
tered upon new sentences, the former for as
sault, the latter for burglary.
Over 100000 pounds more seeond-class
matter were sent out by the New YORK posi-
office last month than during July, 1881.
The heavy increase is attributed mostly 70
the mailing of millions of documents by the
national campaign committees.