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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
Offers at Play.

One February afternoon | was sculling
cautiously after a bufilehead drake, when a
large otter slipped out of the marsh and
treated me to long stare at a distance Of
only twenty feet. Without making any
sudden movement | allowed my oar to
trail down to the mud, and as my little
skif deadened her headway puff of wind
swung her bow toward shore, and | saw
further back two more otters coming to
Join the first The two others nut up their
heads down stream and glided NJ the bank
to their companion. After fully min
ute's close study of the situation they
seemed to realize the fact that | intended
them no harm, and then began game of
romps which exceeded in grace and agility
anything | ever witnessed. With arched
backs and swinging tails two would ap-
proach each other, rise on their hindlegs,
spar little daintily, and glide under and
over each other; third would join in
all join in, and the top of that mud bank
was glowing picture of graceful animal
forms and flashing purple brown fur.
There seemed to be no emulation OF strife
of any kind nor anything resembling a
| dance. The play consisted of gliding and
| turning about in space perhaps four feet
| by ten, and the interchange of hilarious
glances and polite-that is the only term
| can express it by-motions as two men,
bers of the group came face to face There
was no crowding nor josthng, and no paus-
ing in movement for one to pass before
another. After about fifteen minutes of
this sport the largest Of them gave few
high curving leaps among the group and
shot like flash into the water Each
one followed closely in turn down the
same track, and without waiting moment
in the water returned to re-enact the feat
This last performance seems to partale of
the nature of a race, and once or twice
there was quite scullie for precedence at
the head of the slide. The smoothness of
the diving could not be excelled. There
was scarcely spatter or bubble as they
entered the water. Suddenly one rose so
close by me that | lost my presence Of
mind and turned my head quickly. In an
instant all was confusion. The two that
were on the bank dashed into the water
with all the noise and spatter they could
make, and the next | saw of the party was
a succession of little black dots appearing
and disappearing some hundred yards or
more down the creek.-F0rest and Stream.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
A Sweet Voice ImnrIsnned.

A curious story comes from CONSTANT
nople. A short time ago the Italian tenor,
Masini, was singing to the inmates of the
Sultan's harem. The ladies were, of course,
hidden from view, but as he finished the
aria from the "Iuguenots" he was aston
ished to hear the strain taken up by an
exquisitely trained female voice in the
song Valentia," which, in the opera,
follows the aria. This circumstance SO
interested Masini that he instituted inqui-
ries and succeeded in unearthing ro-
nance, The fair vocalist was, it seemed
the daughter of high Turkish official
She had studied in Rome, with the inten.
tion of going on the operatic stage but
on her return to Constantinople she wa:
unfortunate enough to attract the atten.
tion of the Sultan, who offered her the
doubtful honor of fraction of his heart
and place in his harem-an offer which
much against her will, she was forced tc
accept-From Truth
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
The Saloon.

Chancellor Harrison writes as follows to
the Woodland Mail:
The power now exercised by the saloon
in politics is supreme. 1t exacts obedience
from every candidate, or will compass his
defeat. The popular men are those who
command the saloon vote, and in turn the
saloons command them and enforce serv-
itude repugnant to virtue and all lofty and
noble instincts of manhood Every man
who values the prosperity of his country
and the happiness Of the human race
every person who loves his brother-can
not be an indifferent spectator to the great
contest now waged by those red-mouthed
devils las Beecher termed them), the sa-
looms, against the home of our people.
The saloons have attacked society :;
they have assaulted and wrecked families !;
they have carried or an indiscriminate
massacre, Staying the trusting, the hopeful
and the gifted, carrying down also the
hopes and hearts of the lovely daughters
of the land until more, verify more, than
one-tentu of the dear sons and cherished
daughters are tenants of untimely. and tear
full graves.
Self-preservation requires defensive ac-
/ LlOn. nc WHISKY iOou Has 10 De SleHlIllSu
or not only families, but society and the
nation, will be wrecked. The demon must
be vanquished. 1t can be done. | was
lately in the city of Topeka, Kansas, con-
tanning population of $4,000, and no sa-
loon polluted its streets There are no
midnight cries OF murder there. The sale
of liquor there is regarded crime Of
higher grade than horse stealing. And
such city, with its freedom from rum
shops and the vice and profanity and crime
that cluster around those volcanoes from
which flow seething tide of DEATH A
marvellous city, exhibiting the highest evi-
dences of thrift and industry and happi-
ness. 4 city and State that, according to
natural advantages, have had growth
and prosperity unequaled in the history
of States. How different from the daily
exhibitions here in this land cursed with
saloons.
The duty Of every person who loves his
neighbor, his country and mankind is be.
yond cavil or controversy. He must fight
the common enemy of mankind He must
waive all lesser interests and stand shoul.
der to shoulder with all the noble men and
women too (for we must not overlook these
angels of mercy, in this great contest that
involves the liberty, the happiness and the
perpetuation of the human race.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
SLEEP AFTER MEALS.
Something Sensible Abors q Very Wide
spread snperstif9ou.

There IS widespread superstition cher
ished by the great majority of the people.
that to sleep Immediately after they have
taken food is to endapger health, to favor
the onset of apoplexy, etc.-a superstition
based on the assumption that during sleep
the brain is normally congested. There is.
no doubt, such a thing rs congestive sleep,
bat during normal sleep sbe brain is anc.
mic. When person has taken a fairly
! abundant lunch or dinner the stomach de-
mands special influx of blood waerewith
to accomplish its work of digestion; no
organ can more easily COMP! with that
demand than the brain, which, when in
full activity, is suiIused with a maximum
amount of the vital fluid. But deriva
tion Of blood from the brain to She stom
ach can only take place. except in ex-
cepdonally full-blooded ard vigorous per
sons, on the condition that the cerebral
functions be meanwhile partially or
wholly suspended Hence many people
after taking dinner feel indisposed for men
tai action and not few long for sleep.
The already partially anemic brain would
fain yield up 10 the stomach a still further
supply of bleed and yield itself up to re-
freshing sleep. Doing so it gains new
strength; meanwhile digestion proceeds
energetically, a0d soon body and mind are
again equipped to continue in full force
the battle of life. But superstition, the
child of ignorance, intervenes, declares
that sleep during indigestion is danger
Gus, admonishes the would-be sleepers to
struggle against their perilous inclination.
and, though telling them that after dinner
they may sit awhile, assures them of the
adage, after supper walk mile" The
millions of its victims continue, therefore,
the strife to which it condemns them, and
ignore the suggestions offered to them by
the lower animals, who have always prac--
ticed the lessons of sound physiology by
sleeping after feeding whenever they are
allowed to do So Hence the human brain
and human stomach of such victims con-
tend with each other during the digestive
process; the brain, impelled by supersti-
tion, strives to work and demands blood
to work with, while the stomach, stimu-
lated by its contents, strives to carry on
its marvellous chemistry, and demands an
ample supply of blood for the purpose.
The result Of the struggle is that neither
Is able to do its work well the brain is
enfeebled by being denied its natural rest
during the digestive process, and the
healthy function of the stomach degener-
ates into dyspepsia. - Westminster Ga
zeffe
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

ranted to save the expense Of gunpowder,
even in wolf-hunt. In the first heat of
: the pursuit, and whel the plurality of his
! enemies are behind, they often outstrip
the horses and strain every nerve to ac-
complish the main purpose of interrupt
| ing the fugitives, and in pitched battle
they can appreciate the advantage of CO.
operative tactics. Two and two, or in
larger packs, they keep close together, and
while the mounted hunters charge in with
clubs of blackberry wood, their canine al
lies pick off blockade-runners till the re-
duction Of the hostile force warrants sig
nal for general assault. That signal tests
the power Of the leaders, for the wolves
now close their ranks and the yalor of
their veterans seems TO increase with the
hoplessness of their plight, and even the
last survivors perish in selling their lives
as dearly as possible. Dripping with blood
and the foam of their savage snap-bites,
they stand bristling at bay, grimly deter
mined to resist their aggressors t0the very
last,
She-wolves, however, somewhat lack
that stoicism, and in view of inevitable
death are apt to lift their heads and wake
the echoes OF the ala~aS with q weird
farewell howl, addressed perhaps to the
memory of their starving whelps in the
eaverns of the distant Sierra-Felir
l.. Ossrald, in Nep York Mail and cypress.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
Et,nuetts of arIstnnratio Paris.

In this Partisan world of fashionable
formula, the first lesson in the science of
life is that of etiquette, that the dead
things of vulgarity may be wrapped in a
shroud of politeness, form and custom.
The second lesson is given when the pre-
ceptions are so developed as 10 command
and control the mystery of illusion, which
is the supernal art in this sphinx-like do
main of exclusive customs and antiquated
formulas. The efforts of whole lifetime
are devoted to this study, which once be-
gun, never ends The next lesson is In
discretion or tact, which brings the am
bilious aspirant into universal field OF
social effect and action. And thus it is
the basic principles of fashionable life are
formed, which render the student of hu-
man nature capable Of graphing with the
most entangled forms Of etiquette, the mys-
tical methods of illusion, and the most sub
tie devices Of diplomats. Yet in these thres
requirements the essence of each is wover
into the other in all their varied forms
modes of application and hypocritical dis
stimulation. Etiquette is the foundation
of policy, and illusion is its framework
/ yet the mystery of illusion belongs more L
/ the female mind, for the physiological fas
cinaiion of this strange influence onl
finds its proper element in the endowment
of feminine grace and brilliancy. 20 kno'
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
TO REDUCE YOUR DRUG BILL.
Order One-FOurth of Your Prescription
A Trick Learned From a Woman,


The druggists and doctors, it is claimed,
cannot be beaten, but the quiet and digni-
fied way that a little woman in black got
the better of compounder of drugs on
Park Row this afternoon is worth re-
cording. She came III smiling, and going
up to the prescription clerk, asked:
How much will this prescription cost?"
at the same time handing him the follow
ing medical formula: Spiritus juniperi,
ounce; potass acetat, drachm; spiritus
@thrls nit, l ounce decoc scoparii (br), s
ounces.
Sixty cents" replied the clerk, and he
turned away preparatory to putting up the
mixture.
Gone minute, please" returned the
little woman in black, Gust put up one
fourth the amount called for, and | will
come back for it."
Saying this she laid three nickels on the
counter and went out. A reporter for the
Mail and Express, who was in the drug
store at the time, left the clerk standing as
one petrifed, and hurried after the smart
little woman and caught her few doors
down the street. Excusing himself for the
seeming impertinence, he ask her how she
came to think of so clever a scheme to
outwit the druggist
g 1t is plan | adopted years ago." she
replied, "and one Ishall always follow.
have noticed that doctors in prescribing
for a patient always write for drugs enough
to make about six times as many doses as
will probably be taken Well, a medicine
ordered to-day for one complaint is not
good enough tomorrow for another all
ment. Therefore, any left over is wasted.
To one who has paid for it, this waste is a
loss. The druggist, however, loses nothing
if he keeps it, for he can
use it in filling some other pre-
scription. have tried the plan dozens of
times and never made mistake but once,
and then | had no trouble, for when the
box was empty | simply went back to the
drug store and got another supply."-Neu
York bal and Express.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
Statistics Concerning Beer.

Professor Schwackhofer delivered lee
ture recently to the Vienna Hygienic So
ciety on the subject of beer. After giving
some statistics on the consumption of this
beverage, the lecturer vent on to describe
its manufacture and adulteration. The
birth place of beer is Egypt. A papyrus
has been discovered on which father re-
proaches his son for lounging about in
taverns and drinking too much beer
From the Egyptians the art of brewing
descended to the Ethiopians. While the
Romans despised beer, the Germans of the
north of Europe fully appreciated its good
qualities. However, the refreshing
draug,,t became more popular in the first
half of the Middle Ages. In the begin
ming only converts obtained the monopoly
of brewing beer, but later on the privilege
was extended to law corporations. In
Austria the first brewery was established
in Vienna in 1860, and beer soon became
the favorite beverage of all classes of So
| ciety. At present the yearly production
throughout the whole world amounts to
100000 gallons England taking the
lead, with about 2,000 000.-Popular Sci
eucs Ne,rs
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

how to entertain a dinner party, how to
begin soiree musicale, how TO receive ones
enemy with uncompromising sang froid
how to render company of antipathic in-
Givlduals at once comfortable in spin! and
smooth OF tongue, belongs to tact and eti-
quette; but the fine sense of perception
which is required to comprehend the in
trieate ways OF the Elusive werld is an ae-
complishrnent SO rare that but few ever
master the art.-Jessie Shepard, in lie
american Magazine.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DAIRY

You can't make good butter out of stale
cream.
You can't make an overstocll of good
butter.
You can't make "gilt edge" butter out
Of cream taken from thick milk.
I A cross COW should be disposed of as
soon as possible, lest the herd be perma-
nently injured
You can't get good milk unless the cows
whenever they want it.
More than half the cheese now con-
sumed in Great Britain is produced IN the
| United States and Canada.
Warm water bathing is the best remedy
for capped udder in COW after applica-
tion it should be wiped dry.
There are fifty-fve cheese factories in
Chautauqua county, New York. Last year
their total product was S744, ,52l.
From recent tests at the English dairy
show, the evening milk is proven to coa-
| tain more solids than the morning milk.
| You can't get cider from dried apple
I neither can you get milk from a eow that
just gets enough food to sustain animal
life
Be certain that there is plenty of water
where the cows are turned out to pasture.
Clean, pure water is Indispensable to a
milch cow.
Let your milk thoroughly cool quickly
in clean, sweet cold water, and it will not
be spoiled afterwards by heat, during a
seasonable period.
A great many dairymen are making an
effort to sell cream this summer instead OF
so much butter, and those whom we have
talked with on this subject report success
You can't make good butter unless you
keep the cows udder, the milk pals, ali
the dairy utensils, yourself and everything
connected with the dairy scrupulously
clean.
The amount of salt required for butter
much depends upon the taste of the con
sumner, but one pound Of salt to IA pound:
of butter is the average for good butter il
England. Only the very best salt should
ba t,ead
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

Too many men make their boys feel
that they are little or no account while
they are boys. Lay a responsibility on a
boy, and he will meet it in manful spirit.
On no account ignore their disposition to
investigate. Help them to understand
things. Encourage them to understand
what they are about. We are too apt to
treat boys seeking after knowledge as
! mere idle curiosity. Don't ask ques-
tions is poor advice to boys. If you do
not explain puzzing things to them, you
oblige them to make many experiments
mental knowledge is best in one sense, in
another it is not, for that which can be
explained clearly does not need expert
menting with. If the principal involved
is understood. there is no further trouble,
| and the hoy can go ahead intelligently
Do not wait for the boy to grow up before
you begin to treat him as an equal. A
proper amount of confidence, and
words of encouragement and advice
and give him to understand that
you trast him in many ways, helps
to make a man of him long before he is q
man in either statue or years. Give him
tools, and let him find out for himself
whether he has got any mechanical taste
or not. Do not discourage him, as parents
are apt to do, by saying, "Oh it is no use
for you to try to do anything with tools
/ never had any taste that way, and 0
course you have not" If boy finds h,
can make 8 few articles with his hand, j
tends to make him rely on himself. ANT
the planning that is necessary for the exc
lcution Of the work is discipline and al
education of great value to him. TIL
future Welfare and happiness Of the bo.
depends on the surroundings Of his youth
When he arrives at that period in his lif
when he is obliged to choose what profei
sion or what line of business to follow, it
highly important that he should take n
false step. And if in his youth he h;
cultivated taste for any particular hrancl
the choice of profession or business wi
be made more easy.--Arehitect and Buil
ing Nelrs.
$ This earth is not an unmingled ball
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

CtUMMONS-STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUN-
- ty of Sacramento, S. In the Superior Court
in and for said county The peopleo of the State
of California TO ELLEN ROBINSON, greeting:
You are hereby notified that an action was com
menced III the superior Court of the county of
Sacramento, State aforesaid, by the filing of a
complaint in the Clerks Office of said Court, on
the 18th day OF APRIL, 1888, i'll which action
~ C. SWEETSER is plaintiff and you are de-
fendant That the general nature of the
action, rs appears from said complaint is as
follows: To obtain decree that you set forth
your claims of tile to the real property de-
scribed as the east quarter of Lot Number Two,
in the block bounded by II and l. sixth and
Seventh streets. of the City of Sacramento,
County of Sacramento State of California, and
that IL be adjudged that you defendant have no
interest, title or estate therein, and thst plaint-
IFS title thereto is good and valid, and that de-
fendant be enjoined from asserting any claim
thereto. And for cause Of action IL is alleged
! in the complaint that plaintiff is the owner
of and in possession OF said real property,
and that defendant claims estate and
interest therein adverse to plaintiff which
claim of defendant Is without right; all of
which fully appears from the complaint on
! file herein, TO which reference is hereby made.
And you are hereby directed to appear and
answer said complaint within ten days from the
service of this writ, exclusive of the day of serv
| ice, if served on you in said county of Sacra-
mento: and within thirty days exclusive of the
| day of service if served elsewhere. And you
| are further notified that unless you so appear
! and answer within the time above specified,
| the plaintiff take default against you and apply
! to the Court for the relief demanded in the
/ complaint.
| Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereun:o set my
| hand and affix the seal of said Court, this 18th
| SEAL VIM B. HAMILTON, Clerk
| BY Jos. j. GUTH, Deputy Clerk.
! CLINTON l.. WHITE, Attorney for Plaintiff.
ie23-gLS
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

But few articles have reached such
worldwide reputation as Angostura Bit
tiers. For over so years they have been the
acknowledged standard regulators of the
digestive organs. Their success has melted
limitations. Be sure you get the genuine
article, manufactured only by J. G. B. Sic
CERT & Sons.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

No TRAvELER's s outfit complete without a
supply of Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient to in
sure good digestion and regular action OF
the bowels.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

Do NOT put of taking a medicine M
merons little ailments, if neglected, will
soon break up the system. Take Hoods
Sarsaparilla now TO expel disease and give
you strength and appetite.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

A parrot that prays has been found in
Philadelphia. 1t is pleasant to know that
something pious has been found in that
terrible city.-P PicdyHne.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

Why are bakers very self-denying peo-
Pile? Because they sell what tney knead
themselves.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

This earth is not an unmingled ball of
mud, after all sunbeams visit lt.-GE'iyLe,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

But the change is soon reduced to pro-
blem of battle tactics. The confusion Of
the second charge has involved the loss of
an additional minute, and that minute has
decided the fortune of the day Rein
forcements of bloodhounds charge howling
up the glen, whirl of galloping hoofs
sends down shower of pebbles from the
flank of lateral ridge, and new detach-
ment of hunters storms ahead to complete
the blockade of the alturds.
Every galgo of the uplands will soon be
on the ground, even if his owner should
have to recall him from the view halo
chase OF deer hunt. Near the little min
ing hamlet of San Rafael, once visited
the camp of railway surveyor, when the
echo of a trompddd sent our Mexicans
a-hying in all directions, and a few minutes
after the first bevy of hunters, strange
team came laundering down the ROAD
horse, two mules and a two-wheeled cart
| containing hunter and a grizzly old
! 9algo. The dog was still sore from the
scars of recent prize fight, and had one
of his legs bandaged; but rather than incul
the odium of shirking the rally, his owner
had decided to fetch him out in a cart, and
in spite Of his wounds the old fighter stood
bolt upright, answering the cheers of the
villagers with deep-mouthed bark.
VICTORY AT LAST.
A dozen such champions can be war
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-11

A dozen such champions can be war
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-30
$500 REWARD.

The above fewsrd will be paid for the ,rrest
and conviction Of any party, or parties found
guilty Of stealing, killing or running Of,
altering brands or merks Of any live STOCK
belohsinftS shy menBsri Of tho Nevada tive
Stock Association. .D.. j.-.. .s. 4
y p u "'ar ,.-sLE.4 .,rf I8.-.
GEORGE RUSSELL. President. ,a2
' III. :, Il. 8, NIXON. Secretary