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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
Artificial SILK.

There seems to be possibility that an
artificial substitute may be found for the
product of the silkworm. A Paterson, n.
j., silk manufacturer recently said: at is
by no means impossible that artificial silk
may some time replace the product of the
silkworm's labor. That, of course, is only
possibility and not probability, but it
is very probable that artificial methods
viii replace the tedious and expensive
means now employed to utilize the worms
1t has for some time been known that
worn-out silken fabrics can be utilized by
putting them in chemical bath which
separates foreign substances from the silk
itself, and saves the latter in solution
This solution can be respun or used to
plate over thread. Now, as l learn from
France, DR.. Chardome Of that country has
succeeded in making purely artificial
silk. He makes solution of nitro-cellu-
lose, alcohol, ether, ferrous chloride and
tannic acid in nicely calculated proper
tions, and runs it from reservoir through
an exceedingly minute hole into bath of
water, acidulated with one-half of one per
cent of mono-hydrated nitric acid. The
fluid hardens in the water and is dried in
hot air. 1t is said that the thread can be
readily dried, but l do not know what
other valuable qualities it has,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
SMART SOUTHERN GIRLS.
They Don't Pantaloons and Help Their
Father Dig Potatoes and Plow,

A crowd of people stood on a public roaC
this morning near the Cotton Exposition
Mills and watched two buxum country
lasses who had donned pantaloons., and
were hel ping their father dig potatoes
Their costume was peculiar and striking
They wore basque, the back end Of which
answered for coat-tail, and their jeans
pantaloons fitted as nicely as if cut out by
a New York tailor.
They did not seem to mind the rude
crowd that stood out in the public road
and stared at them With breeches on
they moved about among the potato hills
and clods Of dirt with the ease and agility
of a man. No cumbersome dress dragged
in the dirt and caught on weeds and bri-
ars. In such a costume they did as much
work as the old man, and may be more.
When the Journal man reached the
place the giris had quit the field and gone
to the house to prepare dinner They had
laid aside their masculine garment aud
were as womanly and as modest as thrifty
housewives could be- After dinner thev
were to put on their pantaloons again and
follow the plows the rest of the afternoon.
Dresses are even more in the way when a
woman is plowing than when she is digging
potatoes.
This Is new move among farm girls It
will probably take like wild fire. There
are many country lasses who are called
upon to go out in The field and help the
men folks, and if their labor is doubled on
account ofthe Inconvenience of skirts, why
shouldn't they wear pantaloons while work
ing in the field ?-AHdnta Journal.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
What Evolution Is Not.

Everybody nowadays talks about evolu-
tion. Like electricity, the. cholera germ,
woman's rights, the great mining boom
! and the Eastern question, it is ain the
air" 1t pervades society everywhere with
its subtitle essence; il infects small talk
| with Its familiar catchwords and its slang
phrases 1t even permeates that last strong
hold of rampant Philistinism, the third
leader of the penny papers. Everybody
| believes he knows all about it, and dis
cusses it as glibly in his everyday CONVEX
sation as he discusses the points of race
| horses he has never seen, the charms of
| peeresses he has never spoken to, and the
dement's of authors he has never read.
! Everybody Is aware, in dim and nebu-
lous seml-consciouS fashion, that it was all
| invented by the late Mr.. Darwin, and re-
duced to system by Herbert Spencer,
don't you know, and lot more of those
scientific fellows. 1t is generally under
stood in the best-informed circles that eyo-
! lutionism consists for the most part in q
belief about nature at large, essentially
similar to that applied by Topsy to her
own origin and early history. 1t is con-
eelyed, IN short, that most things "growed.' y
Especially is 1t known that, in the opin-
ION of the evolutionists as body, we are
all of us ultimately descended from men
with tails, who were the final offspring
and improved edition of the common
gorilla. That, very briefly put, is the pop
| ular conception of the various points in
the great modern evolutionary programme.
1T is scarcely necessary to inform the
| intelligent reader, who, Of course differs
fundamentally from that inferior class of
human beings known to all of us in our
own minds as "other people," that almost
every point in the catalogue thus briefly
enumerated is a popular fallacy of the
widest description. Mr.. Darwin did not
invent evolution any more than George
Stephenson invented the steam engine, or
Mr.. Edison the electric telegraph. We
are not descended from men with tails any
more than we are descended from Indian
elephants. There is no evidence that we
have anything in particular more than the
remotest fiftieth cousinship with our poor
relation, the West African gorilla. Science
is not in search of "missing link :" few
links are anywhere missing, and those are
for the most part wholly unimportant
ones. If we found the imaginary link in
question, he would not be monkey, nor
yet in any way tailed man. And so forth
generally through the whole list of popular
beliefs and current fallacies as to the real
meaning of evolutionary teaching. What
ever people think evolutionary is for the
most part pure parody of the evolution
lists opinion.-Popular Science Monthly.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
Mrs. Grants New Home.

The New York Sun says: The new
residence of Mrs q. S. Grant, in West
End avenue, is a picturesque structure of
brick and gray stone, and the interior is
ornate in a high degree. Although there
are bigger and finer houses in the neigh
borhood, the quality of this one may be
judged by the fact that its cost, with Just
enough ground to stand it on, is S164,000.
The furniture, which is now being put in,
will swell the investment to nearly or quite
100000. As Mrs. Grant is by repute a
good manager, not at all inclined to reck-
less extravaganza, it is to be supposed that
she has reserved sufficient resources from
which to live becomingly in this home.
Two of her sons and their wives are going
to live with her, and she expects that her
daughter, Mrs. Nellie Sartoris, will make
long visits, beginning with the ensuing
winter. Mrs. Grant is domestic in her
tastes and enjoyments. There is no circ,e
of New York society in which she could
not go with a welcome, nor are there many
pretentious coteries into which she has
not been invited, but she shows no dis
position toward social leadership, although
she makes and receives many visits and is
by no means recluse.
When the writer saw Mrs. Frederick
Grant on a shopping tour she was indulg-
ing in the very latest whim of adornment.
In a bracelet which she wore over the
sleeve of her dress was set watch. 1t
was not a miniature timepiece such as have
been used for some time in jewelry, but of
about the ordinary size carried by ladies'
1t was in all ordinary respects like an or
dinarily fine watch of inlaid gold, except
that there was no stem or ring. 1t had a
hunting case, however, and when it was
shut it might have passed for an unusually
big medallion. But when she held up one
wrist, and the other hand touched spring,
the cap flew open, and there was the dial
exposed right side up. Such is a new
fashion in jewelry, and young Mrs. Grant
is one of its pioneers.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
Diphtheria Carried by TURKEYS

Some time ago we reported several cases
of diphtheria which had been contracted
from turkey. The following case, which
is taken from the British Medical Journal,
is another contribution to this subject
"a fowl with diphtheria was brought to
the house of veterinary surgeon on April
Oath, and died on the 29th The feeding
and nursing of the bird devolved on lad,
aged IA years, who was assisted by his
brother, aged 3 years. On the evening
of May 11th the writer was called to see
the little boy of FIVE, who had been poorly
for day or two. He had enlarged GER
vical glands on the left side, which had
come on rapidly. He was delicate little
fellow, with fair hair and an@mic aspect.
The temperature was 1899 F.; pulse be-
tween 120 and 130. The fauces were more
or less covered with diphtheritic mem
brane, the left tonsil more especially. I'm
der the administration of biniodide Of
mercury and iron the throat symptoms
cleared up, and the child made a good
recovery. On the day after this case was
| first seen, the boy who fed the fowl was
very feverish, and had similar patches over
| his fauces, but not to the same extent as
has brother. His throat was painted with
| boroglyceride. A sister, aged 9 years, had
also a similar explosion on the fauces
Bark and acid and biroglyceride was the
treatment. On the 18th the mother, who
had nursed them, was attacked, and wa:
similarly treated. They were all KEEP
well up with beetle and stirnulants.n
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
How He Moved a Ra,,v uorsa.

How to move a balky horse has long
been an unsolved problem. The ancient
philosophers tackled it and generally re-
tired from the field with broken shins or
their front teeth kicked in by a Greek
horse.
The other day Telegram reporter saw a
fine mouse-colored animal geared to a styl-
ish turnout on Broadway, with eight or
ten men trying to get him to move on.
One man had him by the bit and another
by the tail, a couple of men put their
shoulders against his ribs and heaved as if
they were trying to propel fatboat, but
the animal was as immoyable as civiliza-
tion in China
When everybody was in despair the pro-
verbal stranger appeared, and, stepping
out of the crowd, said to the driver in tones
as smooth as castor oil:
"Pll show you how to make the horse
60"
The driver retired and the stranger
grabbed the horse confidently by the
mouth, opened it as if it were a bank
vault, monkeyed around the insides of the
animals jaw for few minutes, then seized
the beast by the bride, and to the 7x9
astonishment of the crowd, watching the
boys with their hands on their watches,
the horse started off at fve-miles-an-
hour gait, drawing the carriage after him
with perfect ease.
The success of the strangers method of
persuading balky horse to resume its
journey without further deliberation was
so surprising that the Teieqam's balky-
horse artist asked the stranger how he
did it.
Its very simple said the horse-taming
magician. "Of course you didn't see me,
but | took chip of wood, which picked
up from the sidewalk, and placed it under
the horses tongue. The presence of that
bit of pine chip diverted the horses at
tention. He forgot all about being balky.
He was thinking of Henry George or the
new baths in the Produce Exchange, and
when | took hold of the bride he started
off like any other horse, and / have no
doubt he is mad enough to kick himself
because he did it A horse is a curious
brute-as peculiar as woman, a regular
coquette on four legs-but easy enough TO
manage if you only know how to do it,
Near York I'eieqrdm.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
Dog Toilets.


The dog is as much an autocrat now in
the family as the baby, and mas AS varied
and complete toilet 4 lady recently
inquired at Detroit establishment where
sporting goods are sold for Il dogs basket.
"What color do you prefer?7 inquired
the proprietor.
" l would like to see an assortment" an
swered the lady. So baskets lined with
blue, pink or tan satin were produced and
put on the counter for inspection. They
had pockets for the animals toys and one
lined with oil silk for It's hard biscuit.
Has it a brush and comb?" asked the
lady, peering into the pockets Of the basket
she was examining.
"No, ma'am, this il not toilet basket.
but if you wish you can use it for that
purpose by putting the sponge in the oil
silk pocket and the brush and comb in the
toy pocket"
The customer selected the one lined with
tan. 1t cost only $S-the price of bar
rel of -four. 1t was paid for and ordered
sent home.
do you keep brushes and combs for
dogs?" asked an observant bystander of
the man behind the counter.
ave do" he answered. "a dog worth
$500 ought to have comb of his own"
"Will you let me look at them ?"
Here they are; combs and brushes, but
nothing fancy. We do not invest in ivory
back toilet goods as the New York dealers
do" and he handed out metal comb with
short teeth and a small metallic brush.
"Are these for long-haired dogs ?"
Long-haired and short-haired both.
Then here is the toilet soap made exclus-
lively for dogs"
This was put up as daintily as the finest
French soap, highly perfumed and pre-
pared with special ingredients.
Dogs are having their day." continued
the dealer. Here are blankets of all
sizes ready made for cold weather"
A stuffed dog was used for model on
which the canine overcoats were exhib-
tied. They were made in red, blue or
gray felt, strapped in front to form chest
protectors, and finished neatly with
stitched bands of leather
In collars there was an infinite variety.
Pugs' and poodles' neckties, with bells
and ornaments, and immense spiked col
lars with canteens for the mastiffs or st.
Bernards.
With these are shown an assortment of
chains and silk cords for leaders; also natty
whips with silver calls in the handles.
None of these details are considered ex-
travagant by the owner of an only dog
Detroit Free Press.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
Pruning in Autumn.

An experienced grape culturist, in Popu-
la, Gardening, for the benefit of propaga-
tors, says: | would, when pruning in the
autumn or winter, preserve as much of the
well-ripened wood as possible, and, after
cutting into lengths of about one foot, bury
in boxes of sand and place in cool cellar
until spring, when they can be placed out
side, choosing moist and somewhat shaded
situation. Plant in mellow soil in a slit
made by spade and firm the earth well
about them. Keep them in rows eight or
ten inches apart, and five or six apart in
the row. If possible, let each cutting have
three buds, one at the top, one at the bot
tom and third in the middle, to be left at
the surface of the ground when the cutting
is planted. Thus treated no mulching is
required, but they must be kept free from
weeds"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
Wood Pavements.

Wood payements have met with greater
success in Europe than in America, be-
cause they are laid upon a foundation of
concrete, and receive more attention in the
way of maintenance than is given them
here. American yellow pine, owing to its
hardness and resinous quality, has been
the favorite wood In Berlin and Hamburg.
A report from Berlin states that the Fred
erick's bridge was paved in March, 1879
with yellow pine and is still in good con-
dition, while the approaches, paved with
granite blocks, have twice since required
repaving. Oper Platz in front of the EN-
peror's palace was paved in 1882 partly
with yellow pine and cypress at the point
where the traffic is greatest. At other
points stone blocks were used, and were
laid at the same time To-day the area
having the wood pavement is the one
which is best preserved. = Manufacturer
and Builder.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
A Hero of the Lever.

The disaster on the Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railroad of Thursday was terrible
enough. but Its horrors would have been
aggravated but Cor the cool courage and
quick, good judgment of Mr.. Little, the
engineer of the ill-fated train. HOur
train,' says Bishop Whipple, one of the
passengers, "was going at the rate of
forty-five miles an hour, SO the train men
said, and the courage of the engineer can
not be praised too highly. He staid with
the engine, and / have never known an
air-brake to be set SO quickly and strongly
as that one was" Mr.. Potter, another
passenger, gives more detailed account
of the engineers services to those whose
lives were intrusted to his hands:
The engineer, who displayed marvel
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10

New appiicant-DoI know how 10 uss Sapo-
10? y ell, that flesh Do l iO0k Ike elrl
VINO don't know abou SspoljO? Am blind,
I'd yer think or can't reai? Why thei6abie- on
he block know all about Sapoli -? What are yer
givin me SAPJLtO
Is solid, handsome cake + house cleaning
poses except The Laundry Perhaps you have
heuG OF il a thousand times without using it
oace If you will reverse the position, and use
II once, you Will praise it TO others q thousand
times. Ask your grocer for a cake, and try it in
your next house clean ng.
No. g. Copyright, March. 1851.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
'MoNGsr THE HILLS OF soMEasEr.

'Mongst the Hills o. Somerset
Wisht was a-roamin' yet
My feet won't get usen 10
These low lands I'm trompin' through.
Wisht 1 could go back there, and
Stroke the long grass with my hand,
Like my school-boy sweet hearts hair
Smoothed out underneath 1t there
Wisht l could set eyes once more
On our shadders, on before,
Climbin', in the airly dawn,
Up the slopes at love growed on
Natcherl as the violet
'Mongst the Hill o. Somerset
How t 'u'd rest man like me
Jes fer bout an hour to be
Up there where the mornin' air
Gould reach out and ketch me lhere =
Snatch my breath away, and then
Rense and give it back again
Fresh as dew, and smellin' of
The old pinks / ust to love,
And a-fiavorn' ever breeze
With mkt hints o. mulberries
And May-apples. from the thick
Bottom-lands along the crick
Where the fish bit, dry er wet,
'nongst the Hills O. Somerset
Like livin' pictur' things
All comes back; the bluebird swings
In the maple. tongue and bill
Trillin glory fit to kill?
In the orchard, Jay and bee
Ripens the first pears for me,
And the - Princes Harvest" they
Tumble to me where lay
In the clover, provin' still
- A boys will is the winds will"
Clean fergot is time, and care,
And thick heariD.. and gray hair
But there's nothin' l ferget
Mongst the Hills o Somerset
Middle-aged-to be edzact,
Very middle-aged, in fact
Yet a-thinkin' back to them,
I'm the same wild boy again!
There's the dear old home once more,
And there's mother g the door
Dead, know. for thirty year,
Yet she's siRGiR', and hear,
And there's Jo, and Mary Jane,
And pap, comm up the laneI
Dusk's a-faliin', and the dew.
Pears likeit's a-falling too
Dreamin' we're all liyin' yet
'Mongst the Hills O. Somerset
James WhitcOab Riley in the Century
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
.No wsTGES

rs HER BY GIVEN THAT THE ANN AZ
j meeting Of soekhnieers of the southeri d
Ian ~ = cate Company n corpo-atio Nll
be he'd L 4o'eio P. NJ.
sa,uies,, NJ. eIab s.. =. =. IL s.
Il the eff c Of the eompary, ~ K -oe; up
stairs), in the cry Of Sacramento State ef al
ifornia, FOR lie purpose nf lee:ing a p ar of
Directors for the ensuing year, gnd far he
transa, ioa Of sneh 0 her Business as may come
before he GneS ting.
Sacr. mento Sovember J, 1888.
S. DENsoN, President
ERArK KILLER. Secretary nS-SsS
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
CUR YOUNG FOLKS.
BABY AND THE CRICKETs.
Inv sat on his mammals Ian

BABf AND THE CRICkETS.
While baby sat on his mammals lap.
Old Dame Cricket came out in a cap,
Whose broad, full frill went iapity flap.
And she bent her little crooked black knee,
With bibitybob of a courtesy,
And baby jumped and giggled with glee,
And cried, ''We hear such a funny noise
In the chink-who lives there?" II and my
boys,
L and my ten little crook-kneed boysF'
g Ten little boys l-and do they wear
Red Scotch caps on their curly hair?'
No; their little bald heads are bare"
II heir knees are crooked can they play?'
" Oh, yes, they scamper and run all day
At hide-and go seek and pull-away."
What do you do when they quarrel?' "oh.
Their ten wee cots stand in i row,
And straight, straight straight to bed they go.
:. Do they cryT' "Cry? yes, the babies squeak
The toddlers whimper-cree-cree-cr
And the grown-up ones-they fairly shrek;
l hear the whole of them now, 1 think ~
Then with flap of her cap, and quick as wink,
Went little Dame Cricket back 10 her chink.
-BaIftlDd
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10

BRowN's Bronchial Trociies have direct
influence on the iDfamei parts, giving re-
lief in coughs, colds and various throat
troubles to which singers and public speak
ers are liable. Sold only in boxes.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10

The medical branch devotes special attention
to all Chronic, Complicated, Private and VAST
ing Diseases resulting from badly treated cases
OF an acute or special nature, or from indiSere-
tions o. youth, bringing on Spermatorrhcsa,
Seminal weakness aud an unnatural drain
from the body which undernines the conslitu-
ton; also Debility, Decay, Loss Of Vitality or
Manhood.
The reason so many are not cured OF the
above complaints is owing 20 a complication
called Prostatorrhoa, which our treatment
alone can cure.
Farieocele, worInY veins in Scrotun Structure,
blood and skin impurities. also acute private
troubles quickly cured Catarrb, throat and
lung diseases, Female complaints and all COM
phcatod delicate diseases Of women carefully
treated.
De. LIEsIG'S WONDERFUL GERMAN IN
VIGORATOR NO. J, the only positive cure for
5permatorrhoa, Seminal Weakness and Loss OF
Manhood or Impo.ency
The GERMAN iNVIGoRATOR NO. is the
only known cure far PTostatorrh2s, the COM
pleaticn that prevents the cure Of above cont
plants in thousands.
Price, 81 per bottle; ak bottles, $40: half eize
half price. To prove its wonderful power 50
| bottle viii be sent tree oD sppI,caton. so.e ~
tn Snes acve.ful VI EcrRTC BELTs free %
patienss. csii address
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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
FREE 6LEEPLNa-l Jar
OVERLAND EXCURsIoMs S.

YNHE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY WILL
j. commence running their celebrated FAM
LILY SLEEPING CARS, completely equip, ed
with mattresses, curtains, blankets, pillows,
with q taole in each section, free, and requiring
nothing to be furnished by the pa'senge'.
Dates commencing WEDNESDAY, Oet0ner
10th, from Los Angeles, and every Wednesday
thereafter, agd from San Francisco, SAcrs-
menio, Stockton, san Jose, Lathrop, Fresno
Tulare, MaIySville and Colfax, ThtTRSlfAY 2,
october li;h, ard every Thursday There er
until December 3lSt COnnt citing ut SAGA.
mento with Los Angeles tTain Thursday G..lr-
noon.
These celebrated Sleeping Cars will be in
charge of uniformed poTters, who viii be re-
quired to look after the wants and comforts of
passengers, and see that cc-s are kept clean
RkMEMBER, the Union Pacific Overland Ex-
curs'Ons stop at Salt : axe City 2i hours.
Holders OF Excursion Tickets are allowed to
remain in the Free Family sleeUing Cars while
at the great Mormon Capital without paying ad-
ditiOnal charge.
Positively no smoking allowed in these cars.
THIRIY-FIVE DOLLASs is the price of
tickets with free sleeping csr accOmmodations)
from above named points to the Missouri river,
and charges proportionatey low TO points be-
yond.
For further information regarding the Union
Pacific Excursions write or apply in person to
D. W. Hi CHC0GK, General Agent,
No. l Montgomery street, san Francisco.
g. I. HANNA, Agent,
No. 1913 second Street, Sacramento. Cal,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10

May afford bodily protection .in
your mind,'' but something more
substantial will b. necessary quite
sooD, as winter is rapidly approach
ing. In addition to heavy clothing,
those who are prudent VIII provide
a supply of BrNsoN's PLASTER, in an
ticipation of Coughs, Colds, Chest
Paius, Rheumatism, Sc;atica and
other ailments which are sure to pre-
vail during the fall months. This
plas' er Is well known as q uniformly
, reliable remedy in such troubles; is
always ready for Immediate applica-
tiun. and its effect is prompt and per
manent. As there are many spurious
limitations in the market, careful buy
ers viii always ask for BESsoN's, and
refuse ali other porous plasters.
s- Send two cent stamp to Sea-
bury & Johnson. 81 Platt street, n. Y,
for Il copy of instructions From the
Doctor" a valuable household book.
frTI
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10

=. =. HANNAy agent
No. 1913 second Street. Sacramento. Cal.
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