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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-27
ATT0RNEYs-AT-LAW.
CLINTON L. WHITE,

A TTORNEY-AT LAW SOUTHWEST CORNER
n Fifth and streets, Rooms 10 and IL, Sntter
Building. Sacramento, Cal 4p
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MRS. E. r. DENNIS,

DRESsMAKING PARLORS, ever HALE
IL Bros. Ninth ana K streets. Country orders
gwen special attention. 4plms
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TIE PERFECTION CARPET CLEANER

rBEAE5 CARPETS PERFECTLY WITHOUT
~ stretching, tearing or breaking the seams.
Satisfaction guaranteed Order boxes at ]. G.
Davis and Locke 4 Lavenson's Office and
Machine. No l2o5 Second St, between L and NJ.
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A FTORNEY-ATLAw = OFFICE, SOUTH
"A west corner of Fifth and J streets Rooms
y, ID and Il, Suffer Building. 4p
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OFFICE.
NAME,

.No evening hours Sundays.
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hotels AND REsTAgRANYN.
GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL,
Corner Seventh and TX streets,

1- STRICTLY FIRST-CLASs. ~
Free Bus to and from the Cars.
u W. o. BOWERS, Proprietor
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Buyer season-SOO tons, SO1ac; 500, SO5sc.
Buyer lSsS-100 tons, soc: 400. S914c p ctl.
OATS-Trade is fair. though not urgent. There
is a fair array of offerings, but no crowding
of stock. We quote as follows: Surprise 81 o.
@1 20; choice FEED ana milling, 81 45Gl so; No
l. 81 40@1 45; No. 3 81 3591 40; off grades
81 25@1 So: Black. 81 3061 40 p ctl.
CORN-Slow of movement. Prices range from
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mo evening hours
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No afternoon hours Sundays.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22
MARKETING IN CHINA.
Work That Requires Considerable
Shrcwdnoss and Perseverance,.

work Thnt Kequire9 considerable
shrewdnoss and Perseverance.
A Chinese market is noisy and ami
/ mated. You ask tho price of shad, for
instance. OF of crabs, and the dealer
raises tho price of an ounce by so
many cash. which you have to beat
down. What Adam STith called the
"higgling of the marke',n exists here
in lis perfection. After wasting con-
siderable time in talking and splitting
differences, you at last decide TO buy.
or tho trader concludes 10 sell. But
however much you may congratulate
yourself on having made good bar
gain, you can not DO certain that 9TH
ers may not make much better bar
gains with the same man. Vegetables
are sold by other dealers and the same
process must be gone through before
you can make q fair purchase. Gro
cory stores ara plenty, and there
you will find on sale all sorts of
sauces, preserves. sugars and so forth,
in fact whatever is dealt in by grocers
in America.
Beef is not often eaten by the Chi
nese, OH account of their religious
scruples, most of them being tinged,
more or less, with Buddhism, but os-
pecially because the OK is used in
blowing. Occasionally you will find q
stall for the sale of beef Through
tho same prejudice little cows milk Is
used by the people, and that little is
mado into thin cakes, well sailed, to
be taken as relish.
But kind of cheese is made of bean
curd. Tho beans are ground in hand
mills and dissolved in water. then
strained and steamed. The result is
perfectly white cake, something like
blanc-mange. 1t is eaten with shrimp
sauce. This cake is also dried. There
is also q sauce made from beans.
You perhaps wonder why have not
described the cats, kittens and dogs.
which arc said to be the common food
of tho Chinese people. Tho reason is
because no such things are to be found
in the market. fact know of no
place where such articles Of food can
be had. except in low part of Can
ton, where people who are almost
starved will buy any thing to sustain
life. Tho Chinese people live on
wholesome food, rs you will learn
from good authorities. Thoy cat rice
rs you eat bread. They make cakes
Of wheat. too. -Kan Phou Lee. in ST.
| Nicholas.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22
SHIPPING SMALL FRUITS.
How Gardeners and others Should Pack
IIorrlos for tho Market.


Dorrlos for tho Market.
In little manual recently issued by
p. NJ. Kelly, 81. Louis. Mo-, advising
Southern gardeners what to grow for
Northern markets and how TO pack
and ship their products, accur many
suggestions that arc applicable TO all
sections. Following are y fcw Of
these:
Put in no inferior fruit of any kind.
Remember your name or stencil num-
bcr is on tho packages and the buyer
commits to memory very readily tho
brand which deceived him. If you
viii pack and ship either too ripe or
TOO grecn-which is not approved
put in separate packages.
Once tho strawberry season lasted
about six weeks; now it is six months
from the first receipts from the far
South until. tho final shipments from
Northern Illinois or Racine, Wis. SIX
gallon cases (iwcnty-four quarts)'
bring most Of tho fruit to the S.. Louis
market. For long distances or East
crn markets the gift-cratc is advised,
n thirty-two-quart ventilated crate
Quart baskcts), such rs Florida uses,
MS package that meets the req uirc-
menis of thorough ventilation.
Blackberrirs, arc not good shippers,
under certain conditions becoming
sour during even short transits. The
advice is therefore given not TO send
this fruit TO distant markets. The
strawberry case is the most suitable
package, Gather this fruit as soon as
fairly colorod while yet firm.
There is q good demand now for the
black rs well rs the rcd raspbcrries
from the canning and preserving
establishments, but for immediate con-
sumption the rod varieties take the pre-
ccdenco and arc most largely shipped
TO market. Pint boxes. in neat, fiat
ihrcc-gallon cases. are proper packs
ago for this somewhat delicious fruit,
which will not stand long shipment.
1t is advised that ooseberries DO
shipped only in drawers or straw
berry casos-twenty-four quarts-as.
while good shippers, they are liable to
heat in barrels. Ship when full grown.
bsfore tho fruit turns brown. For cur
rants usc tho Same packages as are
advised for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or
quart boxes
Whenever practicable, ship fruit Mt
night Saturday is bad day on
which TO mako shipments Friday is
considered tho best of the week.
Avoid If possible getting goods into
market Sunday morning. Sunday
night shipments usually strike good
market. M y World.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22
LONDON LoDoINo-HoUSES.
The Places Where Many of England's
Poor Find Shelter.

Poor Find Shelter.
Tho first scene 10 which your atten-
ton is invited is common lodging
house. Before tho passing of Lord
Shaftcsbury's act. in 1857, the COM
mon lodging houses were among tho
vilest dons of the metropolis. They
were hot-beds of crime and pestilcnce.
They were the scenes of nightly
orgies of the most horrible descrip-
iion-foul Alsatias in, which tho vilest
scum of the city gathered together
and Matched new crimes and quarrelcd
and fought over the proceeds Of old
ones. rf f.ftl r..srt e.
In those days there was no limit to
the number of guests who might be
received, and so these dcns were
packed nightly by q secthing mob Of
men. women and children, and no
consideration of health, cleanliness or
dccency were allowed to stand IN tho
way of tho proprietor profits. These
houses became such plague spots, such
u source of absolute danger to tho
community, that Lord Shaftesbury OBJ
tanned tho passing of an act which
compelled every common lodging
house TO be registered, and to DO
placed under police regulation and
police inspection.
The act has proved positive boon
to tho working. classes. Tho common
lodging house of to-day Is cloan and
fairly comfortable. Each house is IL
ccnsed to receive q certain lumber
only; every man must have bed to
himself, and each bed must have so
much space given to It. Tho differ
once in this respect may DO judged
from the tact that in ono common
lodglng-house with which / am &C.
qumntod q room now licensed for
eleven beds formerly cont aimed twen-
ty-eight Moreover, tho act compels
frequent scrubbings OF tho floors and
white-washhg of walls, and the slight
est case of illness must be ut once re-
ported to the nearest police station.
Seeing tho class of customers the pro-
prietor has TO accommodate, you may
imagine that the II oors of tho dormito-
ries get terrific amount Of scrub
| bing, with the result that they are far
cleaner and moro wholesome than tho
carpeted rooms Of many moro prcten-
tious establishments, where an over
worked housemaid flcks the furniture
with duster. ,tickles tho carpet with
a broom and sweeps the fluff under the
bed. = George r. Sims. IN the Philadet-
phia Times, r
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22
LuCERNE OR ALFALFA.
It's yaluo for Permancls Meadows In Che
East and West.

Probably the French lucerne. which
is known to Californians as alfalfa. is
better adapted to our trying climate
than any other grass. We were talk
ing recently with practical farmer
who has grown ii six years, and is en-
thusiast.c in its praise. He bought
two pounds of seed, which he sowed,
mixed with other grass seeds, on half
or threo-quarters of an acre OF not very
rich land. The soil was very dry and
hard, and this appears to be its favor
lite situation. When it once gets hold
the plant spreads. and its roots strike
downward in search of moisture. Tho
more it is cut and the closer it is past
ured the better IL thrives. Some sea-
sons the piece has been cut three and
even four times. but IL has usually
been mown twice and then fed off by
cows. Either as hay or pasture it is
excellent for making milk, though rs
hay it needs to be supplemented by
some more succulent food
The Other grasses on this piece have
mostly disappeared, and the ground is
pretty well covered with the alfalfa.
1t is certainly stronger and thicker on
tho ground than it was the first or
second year. The roots are large, and
go directly down to the depth of three
feet or more. OF course this is only
possible on well-drained land. 1t is
the long continued dry weather in
/
California which makes that climate
so well suited to alfalfa. And yet
though its roots are so strong and Wig
orous, their habit of growth is such
that the plant can never become n
pest to the farmer OH titled land.
Once blowing under efrectually de-
stroys it.
For some reason alfalfa docs not
perfect It's seed in our climate. and
reliance for seed must DO ON Cali
fornia. Possibly In Eastern localities
subject 10 long-continucd drought
alfalfa seed may be grown. This is at
least worth trial under such condi-
tions. From what Is known of alfalfa,
1t is best TO SOW fully MS thickly as
clover seed, that its growth at first.
may be finer The seed is larger than
that of clover; and, for this reason, If
sown early enough, It Is more sure TO
catch. Tho farmer who gives us this
information says 1t will grow my
where. even In the hard-beatcn road,
If sown early and not disturbed until
1t gets rooted He has bought five
pounds of alfalfa seed. which
no proposes 10 SOW in n
partly cleared wood lot, rs
soon rs the snow is cleared Off sufli-
ciontly. The surface is partly covered
with natural grasses, but ho thinks
alfalfa will gradually displace them,
and of course greatly increase the
yield of pasture.
The bright green verdure Of alfalfa
attracts tho attention of passers-by,
and there are many inquiries as to
what it is, especially in times of
drought. A week after being cut n
new growth will spring up, just MS red
clover used TO do before tho worm
troubled 1t We think that the clover
worm is not so injurious as formerly
Probably some insect parasite is less
ening its numbers. But alfalfa has so
many of the good qualities of red
clover that in places adapted 10 its
growth it may in part be substituted
for american Cu'tiUator.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22
AMONG THE SlAMESe.
Strange Laws and Customs OF Yer
Peculiar Peoplc.

Peculiar People.
A report has been forwarded from
Bangkok 10 tho Foreign Office of n
Journey undertaken by c. T. w.
Stringer to the Laos State of Nan, to-
wards the end of last year, in con-
junction with Mr.. L. S. Clarke, an
English merchant, resident in Bang
kok. Tho travellers received some
information from one of tho members
of the Sanam or Courthouse concern
ing the laws and customs of Nan.
For stealing an elephant, killing an
elephant, bufInlo or bullock the
punishment is death. Murder and
house breaking arc also punished with
death. A person detected in smoking
opium is imprisoned for three wears,
and for n second ofrense he would
probably DO nut to death. This sys-
lem appears to work well. there hay-
ing been no execution during tho year
then current and only ono the year
before. while there were only four or
five prisoners at the time of their visit.
with regard TO slaves. every man of
tho lower orlers must bo enrolled Mt
tho Snnam as the slave of some mas
ter Int he Is allowed TO choose whom
he will serve, and IL no does not like
one, he may re-onroll himself MS the
slave of another, his own namo being
then changed. A slave is fed by his
master while he is working for him,
but at other times ho must feed him
self No purchase money Is paid for
him by his owner. During the first
three days of our stay VIC went daily
TO sec the crem alton ceremonies, which
took place in tho open space in front
of the palace, the chief and his sons
looking on from bamboo sheds erected
for The purpose.
Tho first day we saw some boxing by
young Laos, which tho people seemed
never tired of watching, Some novel
features to Europeans wero the
pastures and gnmacos which seemed
to DO considered an essential part of
tho fighting. and the use OF tho feet,
in which some of the combatants were
rather dexterous. occasional dealing
their antagonists smart blow in tho
face with them.
On tho second day, IN addition to tho
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22

Bismarck. d. T., was named by
Sam Wilkcson and some others of tho
Northern Pacific railway. who wanted
TO give German flavor to the road
aud help the sale Of its bonds in the
fatherland. 1t drew from Prince Bis
marck pleasant Acknowledgements
the compliment but didn't stay the
failure of Jay Cooke, who won't down
n short time aftorward.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22

"A woman at Oakland, CAL, who
married man thirty years younger
than herself the other day, before the
ceremony made him sign q paper re-
linquishing all claim in law and equity
TO her property, which she had ac.-
qalred by hard work. She had seen
three husbands laid in the silent tomb,
and wanted 10 DO quito sure that tho
young man who wanted to be the.
fourth was not marrying her for her
money.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22

"A kentucky newspaper claims the
invention of the drink known as n
Tom and Jerry for Jack Shinglcr. an
eccentric old shoemaker, who origi-
mated It third of century ago and
named il after Thomas Jefferson and
the Biblical prophet Jeremiah.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22

"A man in Connecticut has eaten
fifty-throe raw eggs in an hour on n
wager Ho offers TO challenge any
ono on iiye-dozen-ogg-eaung match
within tho same time. - ~c'
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-22

--"Throo removes, arc as bad rs q
fire." said poor Richard. II this Is
true, family in Knightsvillc, Me-,
might as we'll havo boon burned out
twenty-five and one -third times in tho
last eighteen years, for they have
moved Sixty.seven times.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-08

E. J. Clark leaves this morning for San
Francisco as representative to the Grand
Lodge, l. o. o. F.
Mrs. ]. W. Crawford and son, of San
Francisco, are visiting in the city, guests
of Mrs. d. L. Townsend.
On Saturday last little Mabel Marsh
celebrated her fourth birthday by having a
few of her friends to spend the afternoon
with her, there being present Gladys and
Ralph Hale, Hazel Holbrook, May Max
well, Flossie johnson and Ethel and
Willie Turton.
Arrivals at the Capital Hotel yesterday
G. French, Jr., Daniel j. Hart, Hugh Mack,
w. J. keough, M. j. Sullivan, 2. Randall,
w. 2. Ginberson, Miss G. Haveland, Marie
Delano, Parlor Match Company; B. c. Leg
gett, Pi'tsburg; G. E. Graham, San Fran
cisco; G. Z. Williams, Placerville Peter
McGraw, San Francisco; II. P. Merritt.
4olo; A. G. Hunt, Woodland; T. ]. Rich
ardson, j. III. Cummings, l.. H Gray, Lin
coin; Mrs. w. +. Lowe and child, Mrs. j.
r. Briggs, Mrs. S. Richards, Miss Nora
Richards. Woodland; E. Washburn, San
Francisco; ]. W. Wolf. Downieville and s.
G. Little, Dixon.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yes-
terday John Burns, Washington Terri.
tory George Waymlre, San Francisco; F.
9. Harwood, Kingsburg; A. L. Meyer,
Nebraska; W. F. Bennett, San Francisco
I. b. Eagle. Folsom; John f. Hanlon.
Niles Searles, t. B. Mcfarland, II. c.
Finckler, James d. Thornton, San Fran
cisco; MIR. and Mrs Cbas. Z. Evans. Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Hoey, New York; JOS. E.
Green, Jr., Courtland F. E Dunlap,
Stockton w. H. Dynes, Oakland c. II,
Hall, w. 3. Corwin, San Francisco; T. J.
Hazen, Modesto; S. NJ. Fielding, San Fran
cisco.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-08
A MONGoLIAN cHARNEL-HoUsE.
Startling Developments Made In the f
PasO Chinese Quarter.


Paso Chinese Quarter.
lCopyight, 1885, by The lfornia associated Press
Ell PAso, May 7th.-Work commences in
short time on the Federal Postoffice and
Custom-house building here, for which an
appropriation of S15000O was made by Con-
gress. The site selected is at present occu-
pied by large adobe building covering a
whole block. Crowded together there are
several hundred Chinese, with plenty of
laundries, Chinese grocery stores, physi-
clans a joss-house, etc. 1t is known to be
a big place for opium smoking and gam
bling, but these never could be directly
traced 10 the building. Orders have been
gwen by the owners of the land to vacate
SO the property can be turned over to the
United States. This order has created
GREAT CONSERVATION AMONG THE CHINESE.
They are all in a terrible uproar. The
cause has Just leaked out. The whole block
IS undermined with secret tunnels and ex-
cavated rooms, where opium smoking and
gambling is carried on and other dark deeds
perpetrated, which The wlii'e ci.iZa1s and
the owners Of the prUte.iy ncy,r sus-
pioioncG.
The Chinese have been keeping the
bodies of their dead countrymen here in
subterranean chambers, where they boil
the flesh from the bones and then pack the
latter into trunks and ship them to San
Francisco for sending to China for perma-
nent burial. In few days the ground will
be excavated for the foundation of massive
Federal buildings, and startling develop
ments will be made
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-08
A KANSAS STORM.
An Entire Family Drowned by Fearful
Cloudburst.

CHICAGO, May eth. = A special from
Wichita says: A strange atmospherical
phenomenon was witnessed at Maize, west
of this city. A storm cloud burst and ex-
tended over space of 800 yards wide and
one mile in length.
For half an hour the rain came down in
torrents. The heavens were black and
darkness almost equal to night covered the
area. People ran frightened from their
homes, many crying that the end OF the
world had come.
Maize is situated on the south bank OF
the Arkansas river, and the streets were
turned into rivers, which fortunately found
outlets into the Arkansas A number of
houses were washed away, and many were
moved from their foundations
The house occupied by family named
Rockby was carried out into the ST. cam,
where IT sank, drowning the whole family.
great many horses and cattle were
drowned, and the loss will be very heavy.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-08
AN OCEAN HORROR.
Thirty eight Lives Lost by Collision in
q Fog.

Thirty eight Lives Lost by a Collision in
Fog.
Copyright 1855, by the California Associated Press
New YORK, May 7th.-The Morgan line
steamer Eureka was in collision with an
other steamship and sunk last night.
ONE SIDE OF THE STORY.
LATER-The Eureka was a freight boat,
and carried no passengers. Her crew, all
told, numbered thirty eight persons. The
collision occurred 16S miles southeast OF
Cape Henlopen.
The Benson struck the Eureka square
amidships. The Captain of the Benson
says he had stopped his ship shortly before
the collision to take soundings. The fog
lifting, he started at very slow speed, and
his ship was swing around when
THE EUREKA CAME DOWN UPON HIM
At full speed, the fog in the meanwhile
having grown dense again. The hole in
the Benison's bow is ugly, and when the
collision occurred the rush of water carried
away everything in the forecastle. There
are nineteen inches of water in the Benz
sons second compartment, and she is now
lying on the bottom here.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-08
Racing at Lexineton.


LEXINGTON, May 7th.-The racing meet
ing opened here to-day with bad weather.
The first race, quarters OF a mile,
selling, Leila May won, Finality second,
Della, third. Time, 1:154.
The second race one and one-fourth
mile, DistillerS' stakes, Poteen won, Mac
beth second, Nick Frizer third Time,
2:0S.
The third race, five eighths of a mile, Dix
lana stakes, for two-year-olds, French
Park won, Once Again second, Champagne
Charley third. Time, 1:034
The fourth race, for three-year-olds and
simmons won, Badge second, Alamo third.
Time, 1:4S1.
Scores in the Walking Match.
Copyright 1888, by he California Associated Press,
New YORK, May 7th.-The score of the
leaders in the walking-match at P. NJ.
was: Littlewood, 122 Hughes, 119; Cart
wright, la: Herty, 10S; Golden, 10Y; Day,
107; Noremac, 104; Hedgeman, 100; Hart,
99 Moore, 9S.
Or. Score-Littlewood 127 Hughes,
112; Day, no. Noremac, 10Y; Hedgeman,
103; Hart, 102; Moore 100
Midnight Score-Littlewood 137, Hughes
13l, Cartwright 125, Golden 125, Herty 123,
Noremac lis, Sanders 115, Day IA Hart
la, Hegelman los, Guerrero 100 miles Z
laps.
Tramps Attack Train.
ST.. LOUIS, May 7th.-About a dozen
tramps boarded Chicago and Alton sub
urban train at Bridge Junction, short dis
tance from the railway depot in East St.
Louis, between II and u o'clock this
morning and undertook to rob the passen-
gers, but the conductor rallied the crew
and after something of tussle elected the
ruffians and the train proceeded.
Wanted Her Husband Killed.
iCopyight, 1885, by 0e California Associated Press
NEBRASKA CRY (Neb), May 7th.-Mrs.
Frank Cunyan, of this city, has been ar
rested charged with conspiracy to murder
her husband. She engaged two men to
kill him. and one of them drew revolver
on him last night, but was prevented from
using it by the arrival of citizens.
Two Sisters Drop Dead.
lCoPy7gh. 1883, BY tie forsaia A,sociaea Pres,
ST. LOUIS May 7th.--Mrs. Anna Eisen-
barth was walking through her house yes
terday morning when she suddenly fell
and expired before assistance arrived. Mrs.
Mary Hoffman, her sister, arrived at the
house in short time, and after glancing at
her dead sister she fell and died.
He Disregarded Weuer's advice.
PHILADELPHIA, May 7th.-Mrs. Fannie
B. Gold, young widow, was TODAY held
in 5000 on complaint of Joel p. kirk
bridge, OF Camden county, n. J.. who
alleges That she had swindled him out OF