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The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-02-11
The French PresIaent.s PerqnIsIte.

The president of France is allowed
frewood, candle and gaslight, men SER
wants, the wages and board Of whom the
state pays, as well as the liycries OF
whom it buys, two carriages, carriage
for his secretaries, two military secrc-
taries, three civil secretaries, house linen
and the cost for washing it, vegetables
for his table from the ex-royal gardens,
flowers for his greenhouse and ball
rooms from the city nursery gardens,
valuable preserves in the forests of Mar
ly and Rambouillet, which not only sup
ply his table with all the game it
can consume, but enables him to put
away about $4,000 year. The presi-
dent has a box at the opera and at the
Francois paid for by the state. His sit
ting-room is fitted up with telephones
which enables him and his family to
hear operas without stirring from the
chimney corner. This, too, is paid for
by the nation.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-02-11
The Detectives Prisoner

LII D6GGCblVG Is L IlSUu6II
Two men sat together in the rear seat
of smoking car on one of our railroads
and chatted Familiarity of the ups and
downs of miners life, the topic being
suggested by landscape dotted with
coal-breakers and furrowed with coal
roads.
The freedom and interest of their con-
versation did not seem to be damped by
the fact that the younger of the two
carried a revolver, while his companion
wore pair of those uncoveted articles
of jewelry which are known in criminal
circles as ''bracelets. I"
The few passengers who had observed
them learned from the confidential
brakeman that they were noted detec-
tive and his prisoner on the way to trial
AS far as ages went, the pair might have
been taken for father and son, the fine
gray head of the one contrasting strong
ly with the crisp brown curls of his
captor
What CRIME had been committed, the
brakeman did not know, but hazarded a
conjecture that it must have been
pretty bad one, or George Munsen
wouldn't have took the trouble to put
them things on his wrists"
Presently the brakeman and the con-
ductor satisfied the joint demands of
etiquette and curiosity by stopping to
exchange few words with the detec-
tive; the former then perched himself
upon the coal-b directly behind the
prisoner, and the latter dropped mag
nifcently into the seat in front. The
train was sweeping around curve and
past ruined trestle on the hillside at
which both of the passengers looked
with some interest.
81 remember that place" said the
older man.
80 do L" responded the younger;
81 was born there. Came near being
buried there, too" he resumed after a
moments pause.
GLOW was that?'
'It's pretty long story;" said the
detective, "but I guess we'll have time
for it between this and the next station.
Way up there on the slope is the little
settlement where I made my debut, so to
speak; from it to the bottom of the hill
there used to be a gravity road---a long,
winding track reaching from the settle
ment down to the top of blank wall of
earth where slide occurred the year I
was born. On both sides of the track
grew sapings that had sprung up since
the disaster (what 1 am telling you hap
pened five years later, and they crowded
the road and hung over the old rusty
rails on which the coal cars used to run.
You must remember that the houses
were built near the mouth of the pit
that was one of the first mines worked
in this country, and one of the first to be
abandoned. Time am telling about,
some men were walking up track, and
lot of children playing near the top,
climbing in and out of an old car which
had lain there since it made its last trip,
with the broken spraggs still in its
wheels.
"The men were miners, all but one of
them, who questioned his companions
about their work and the country they
lived in. He was evidently stranger.
presently as they talked, a shout
'from the top OF the slope attracted their
attention, aud they looked up just in
time to see the car begin 70 move slowly
down the grade.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-02-11
A Misunderstanding

Father who has just given his con-
sent)--I hope, young man, that you
know the value Of the prize you get in
nv daughter2
Young Man Well-er-no, sir; I
don't know the exact value, but as near
as can find out it's In the neighbor-
hood of fifty thousand dollars II New
York Sun.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-02-11
What He Learned.

Little Stuart had spent his first day
at school.
'eWhat did you Learnt" was his aun-
ties question.
didn't learn anything"
"Well, what did you do2'
'Dida't do anything. There was wom-
an wanting to know how to spell cat"
and / told her"
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-02-11

and asked whether the man had ever
beed found.
mot that know Of, replied the de-
tective.
"And was you the boy what he
savedp
II was the kid"
"And you never herd tell what be-
came of the man---what would you do if
you sh'd come acrost him sometime9'
Evidently the brakeman had an imagin-
alton which was trying to assert itself.
ooh! I'd try to even the thing up
somehow. I suppose common decency
would demand that. I'd treat him as
well as knew how"
'Look here" said the prisoner, turn
ing from the window with an apparent
effort to change a conversation which,
for some reason, had not seemed to
interest him look here, old man, I've
got a little keepsake that your story
just reminded me of, and if / could get
at it I'd ask you to take charge of it for
me till-till this thing is over. If you'll
put your hand in there and pull out
that bit of ribbon: So"
The conductor almost jumped out of
his seat. BLAMED if it amt the cross
that you've just been telling aboutP' he
shou ted.
A month later the detective was I'M
dergoing cross-examination by the
conductor and brakeman.
eyes, he was a bad lot, oh, yes, he
didn't have leg to stand upon; the
facts were all as clear as day. All
true about the cross and the rest of it2
Just as true as gospel. What had he
been doing? Throwing bombs the last
thing. Punished? Well, to tell you
the truth they woa't be apt to punish
him till they catch him again, guess.
Fact is, he got away from me somehow
that same night. Who, me? Oh, no..
I'm not on the force any more; I've been
bounced - Edgar Bacon in Epoch.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-02-11

He that lives alone, lives in danger;
society avoids many dangers
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
THE CoMsIoNPLACE womAN.

We have read, as you know, for ages and ages,
Of wlllowy maiden devoid of a spine,
fabulous, prehistoric young person,
VINO on white OF an egg and cracker could
dine.
But write to you now of commonplace
Who's shockingly healthy and fearfully fat;
Who never has headache or nervous prostra-
Commonplace! What could be more so than
that?
She doesn't do Kensington cat-tails or rushes,
Nor has she a screen with a one-legged stork ;
She doesn't adore Charlotte Russo or blanc
But prefers unromantic, commonplace pork.
She hasn't a guilt Of crazy silk-patchwork,
Nor the tiniest bit of crocheted macreme
She cannot perform Beethoven's sonatas,
Nor sing but the most commonplace little lay
She hasn't gift for the art decorative,
FASTING Japanese monsters on Yankee stone
jar,
That stands in corner to look so esthetic,
But that grieyes to the soul the old household
A"r.
She never paints song birds nor criekets on
china
To be drowned every day in our teacups.
alas =
OF ferns cabbage-roses on ribbon or velvet,
And naught did she know of the much ham,
mered brass
She cannot write poems that glow like fur
mace,
Nor sonnets as cold as the Appenine snow
For if she chops up her ideas into metre,
There's rush IN the ebb, and a halt in the
flow.
She doesn't believe she was BON with the mis-
sion,
Unless, it may be, to be happy and well;
Nor does she at all understand protoplasm,
And looks upon women who do as a SELL
But there's worse to be told of this common
place woman,
Who owns neither Bird nor dog, nor pet cat
They say that she's really in love with her hus-
band
Commonplace What would be more so than
that?
And when we oil stand at the last dread tri-
bunal,
Where great and where small are assigned
each a part,
May the angels make room for the commonplace
woman
Who knows naught of literature science or
art. Good Housekeepef.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
hntlsentio Ammnnition. A

According to the Medical Press of May
9th, useful suggestion is being carried
ont by the Netherland Government, by
which provision will be made for supply
ing each soldier, during the time of war,
with a cartridge containing some antiseptic
dressings. Each cartridge will be made of
convenient size, namely, about three inches
in length by two in width, and will be
secured at one end with safety-pin. The
dressing contained in each will consist of
bandage about three yards long, and two
pieces of gauze, all of which have been
rendered antiseptic by sublimate solu-
tiou. Hence, in the event of wounds be-
ing received, a ready means would be at
hand for the immediate application of
antiseptic dressings. Soldiers in the case
of slight injuries, would probably at once
avail themselves of the dressings, and the
latter could not fail to be Of much use to
the surgeons. The idea is well worthy of
the attention of the military authorities in
this country, and might even with advan-
tage be adopted, as it has been for years
past in the German army. In the wars in
which, during the past few years, England
has been engaged IN tropical climates, the
early application of antiseptics to the
wounds received by the men was admitted
to be matter of the utmost importance by
the army medical officers attached TO the
forces
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22

stands for the nation, for protection to
American men, American homes and
American industries. Support it then, We
old men, who recollect, as do, the birth of
the Republican party; why watched, as /
did, as it struggled into life, as it burst the
swaddling clothes of infancy and stood full
armed before the people, who reioiced with
ii in its magnificent success-reioiced as il
tore down the emblems of slavery and Sec
tionalism that desecrated the pure air of
this country and proclaimed anew liberty
TO all men that dwelt therein.
Support it. ye men of younger birth, who
know The Republican party only from its
record and its promise Of to-day; who read
the history ofits achievements, ofwhich, un-
like the Democratic party, it is ever proud,
and who desire to follow the spirits of the
immortal heroes Of the Nations struggle
for life.
Support Il, young and old alike-follow
the chosen standard-bearers, Harrison and
Morton, in this warfare against the despe-
rate struggles OF sectional party.
Place once again Republicans in power
at the White House, so shall labor and cap
ital each receive its due, the schools of the
land be preserved in their purity, America
and its homes and men be protected, hon.
est elections become the rule for ali and
happiness reign supreme in a united, homo
geneoIs and prosperous country. [Great
and long continued applausel.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
Nexer Miud slanderers

Have you enemies? Go straight on and
mind them not If they block your path
walk around them, and do your duty re-
gardless of their spite.
A man who has no enemies is not likely
to succeed in the battle of life he is made
of that kind of material which is so easily
worked that every one has hand in it.
A sterling character-one who thinks for
himself and speaks what he thinks-is sure
to have bitter enemies and warm friends
both are as necessary to him as fresh air
they keep him alive and active.
a celebrated man, who was surrounded
by enemies used to remark: "They are
sparks which, if you do not blow, will die
out of themselves" If you stop to dispute
you do but as they desire, and open the
way for more abuse. Let the poor fellows
talk.
There will be reaction if you perform
your duty, and hundreds who were once
alienated from you will acknowledge their
error,-0ur Social Journal.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
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Formation nf EefrnIauIn

The theory is held by Professor Men
deleef, Of Russia, that petroleum is pro-
duced by water, which penetrates the
earth's crust and comes in contact with
glowing earbides of metals, especially of
iron. The water is decomposed into its
constituent gases, the oxygen uniting with
the iron, while the nitrogen takes up the
carbon and ascends to higher region,
where parts of is condensed into mineral oil,
and part remains as natural gas, to escape
wherever and whenever it can find an out
let. If this assumption is correct, and a
sufficient store of metallic carbides is con-
tanned in the earth's interior, petroleum
may continue to be formed almost indefn-
itely, and yield supply of fuel long after
the coal has become exhausted. Professor
Mendeleef supports his views by producing
artificial protroleum in manner similal
to that by which he believes the natzsa
product is made.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22

1t will take 6,760 books of gold leaf to
gid the dome of the Boston State House.
Each book contains twenty sheets of gold
leaf, each sheet containing little over 81
square inches. The sheets are so thin
that 1000 of them laid one on the other
make but an inch in thickness. The gold
is within karat of pure, and weighs 81
pounds troy. Each book is worth 20
cents, SO that the gold leaf alone costs
S4,732. 1t will take fifteen skilled work.
men six weeks to do the job.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
Waste of Separated MIX.

For want of organization and proper
facilities for distribution, many of the
necessities of life are unattainable by the
poor of large cities, though the producer
can scarcely make sale of them. A corre-
spondent of the Express has been told by
the manager of large dairy factory near
London that they frequently pour 5000 to
10000 gallons of separated milk into the
river in single day, because they can get
no sale for it, even at a halfpenny gal
Ion; and yet there are thousands of sickly,
iil-fed children in London who do not
know the taste of pure milk, either whole
or separated.-Fdrmers Gazette.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22

However you may sit on your horse don't
keep your hands up in the air and jump
up and down as the horse moves. l usu-
ally get on my horse the best way / can;
sometimes am assisted and sometimes |
have to help myself. In racing l always
hold very short rein and lean well for
ward over my hoi 'ess head while he is run
ming Keep good lookout always where
your horse is going. Don't think because
he is quiet and sure-footed that he will
never shy or stumble BY looking well
ahead and keeping feel ON your horses
mouth you can often save what might be
a serious accident. GEORGE DUFFY,
OF Buffalo Bills Camp.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
HORSE RIDING.
BUFFALO BILL SAYS THE AMER.
ICAN STYLE Is EASIEST.
John Kids Theory Points From
Emma Hickok, Georgie Duffy,
Frank Hsmmitt and Others.
[From the New York Mail. |

The American way of riding horse is
both man and beast. BY the American
way | mean sitting in the saddle. | am
sorry that great many gentlemen of this
country are using the English style on
horseback-that is, they rise in the saddle
with the motion of the horse. Last sum
mer when | was in England, noticed
this style particularly. l don't see how it
can be comfortable, and | know that it is
anything but graceful to see man bump
ing up and down in his saddle. The
English who saw rs ride soon came to this
conclusion. They agreed that the
American style was the only style
and soon began to copy us. Expert
riders came down to see me They
tried the American style and now
many gentlemen can be seen every day in
their park riding the American style. To
ride properly you must sit firmly in your
saddle. Get a comfortable saddle to begin
with. Then sit squarely in it. Have your
stirrups long enough to save some of the
weight from the horses back and so that
you can raise yourself in them when neces-
sary. l always raise myself in the saddle
to shoot. | can get in steadier position
and get better aim. When sitting on
your horse grip him with your legs, be-
tween your hip and your knee. Sit erect
and hold your reins low down and short
enough to feel his head. The first thing
rider should do is to learn his horse. Learn
the different gaits of the horse and then
ride with the horse-go with his motion.
This is less trying to the horse and to the
rider. w. +. Copy,
L L
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
YES, he loves you now. It's true,
Lass with eyes of violet blue,
Lips as sweet as honey-dew,
Bonny little bride
VIII he love Won sc to-dav
VIII he love you as to-day,
When your bloom has fed away.

When your bloom has fed away,
When your golden locks are gray,
VIII mis- love abide
Yes, if it is the true kind it will survive
all the inevitable wastes and changes of
life. But it is every woman's desire and
duty to retain, as long as she can, the at
fractions that made her charming and be-
loved in youth. No one can keep her
youthful bloom and equable temper if
weighed down and suffering from female
weakness and disorders. Dr. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription is remedy for these
troubles. Sold by druggists.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
The Texas Cowboy.

Riding horseback has to come natural,
think; at least | know it did to me. | had
a fancy that would like to ride, and so
got horse, mounted him, and soon taught
myself how to. have never been taught
how to ride. | know the various rules laid
down by riding masters, and can follow
them, but often | just want to be comfort
able on the horse, and so do as / please.
First of all l thoroughly understand my
horse and learn his gaits. l use a short
stirrup, and rest great deal of my
weight in it. A great many are now try
ing to do away with the short stirrup.
don't think it is at all easy to do so after
one has been used to riding with it
always. A long stirrup may have its
advantages, but one has to learn to ride
with a long stirrup. When in the
saddle, to ride correctly throw your right
shoulder back, sit squarely facing your
horse and keep your head back. Hold
your reins short enough to feel your horse:
mouth and keep the hapds well down
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
3 g0re Cure for piIaa

DR.. Kinks GerInan Pile Ointment has e,,ras
other OintuentS have failed. 1t absorbS the
tumoTs, aiiays the itching at cnce acts as =
Soultiee, gives instant relief. DR.. Eirk's German
flle ointment Is prepared only for Piles
else. Every box is warranted Sold by dr11S2
gusts or sent by mail on receipt of price, 50 cents
and u per box. Sold by xxx, GEARY d Co,
and JOSEPH HAHN & co JvTafS
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
GENERAL NOTICES.

Healthy gums of roseare hue,
Whlte sound teeth must surely I'LL.
Roy lips shine always through:
For sweet SOZoDONr will heal
All the evils teeth destroy.
This you should through life employ.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22

For bronchial and asthmatic c,mplaints
and coughs and colds, Browns Bronchial
Troches" manifest remarkable curative
properties.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22

:, II sftiictea with Sore Eye5 use Or. Isaac
at cents. o15-1vs, -
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
RIDING A TRICK HORSE.

Men have great advantage over women
| In being able to sit on horse in the style
they do, Their position in the saddle is
necessarily safer. having limb on either
side Of the horse. In times of danger they
can hold on very vel, when woman would
fall. | have ridden horseback for a number
OF years, and have found out now what |
think is the safest seat and the most COM
Portable one. always ride now by stirrup
balance That is | use the stirrup so long
that to place my foot in it my limb has to
be extended straight down. | rest part
of my weight in the stirr,Ip and part of it
II the horn of the saddle. | think there
Is more grace in sitting this way than in
using the short stirrup. With the short
stirrup the leg is bent and twisted, and it
Is not at all comfortable to twist yourself
round in the saddle to face your
horse properly. With the long stirrup
you can sit squarely with your horse. The
proper way is to be looking straight ahead,
with your shoulders and head thrown well
back. Don't bend down over your horse,
because if he should stumble you would
stand good chance of being thrown over
his head before you could save yourself
Hold your reins i'll the left hand and short
enough to just feel your horses mouth If
you hold them too loosely he may stumble
and fall before you can save him, or he
might, in fact, do anything before you
could stop him. The whip can be
carried under the arm or in the right hand
| always train my horses very carefully,
and teach them to do great deal by
first talking to them. Horses are very
intelligent, and can easily be taught Mine
all perform great many tricks. To teach
them TO rear is very easy. You just simply
sit back in the saddle, touch him with the
spur and rein him in. At first he will
hardly understand what is wanted, but he
will soon learn that when you say ''up"
and rein him in that he is to rear To
teach him to walk lame you tap him on
the leg sufficiently hard to make him feel
it, and at the same time lead him forward
little. The blow will attract his atten-
ton to his leg and he will limp. By re-
peating this he will soon learn that when
you touch his leg he is to limp. Always
pat your horse after he has done what you
wish him to- and speak kindly to him.
You can make him do a great deal more
by kindness than you can by cruelty. To
make horse take a handkerchief is q
very easy trick. Put pin in the hand
kerchief and prick your horse gently. He
will quickly turn his head to defend the
injured part. Then prick him again.
He will soon know that it is something
to do with the handkerchief that is
annoying him and take hold of it with his
teeth. After repeating this for few times
he will learn to take the handkerchief
whenever he sees it near him.
EAIAIA HICIrOI-
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22

Advice to Mothers--Mrs. Winslovv,s
SOOIHiNG SYRUP should always be used when
ehlldrensre cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once; il produces natural suiet sIeep
by relieving the caild from pain. and the little
eherub awakes as bright as button" II is
very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the child
Eoftens the gums, alays all pain, relieves wind
regulates the bowels, and is the best-knoWn
remedy f5r diarThea, whether arising from
teething OF other causes. twenty-five cents a
pottie. MWF1y
T. Bsum3e, 1913 street, hiss received a
new 81 ipmert of MettworSt Braunsweigeryorst
and Sslomt. All kinds of fine Cheese and other
choice Sausa5es. Visitors and travellers are in
Flted 10 call. my15-
John Eitel, Assayer and Chemist, corner
Seventeenth ana streets, Also buys gold. IL
fhe bes, place Ecaitsna 20 n.ve yoz. printing d1s,
A ]. Joe11pn & cs's.- 80 So. ae.zsa.-rto. ga
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
Champion Trick Horse Rider.

To break and ride Texas mustang is
one OF the hardest things to do. These
little brutes that have perhaps gone until
they are s or 8 years old before being
saddled don't take kindly to the idea of
carrying man at ALL We will imagine
that you, have caught one and sadded
him. This is by no means an easy Job.
Then get hold of his bride and gradually
get strong hold on him. l usually put
my thumb through the head-gear and my
fingers in the ring of the bit, holding the
reins in the palm of the hand Then /
pull his head round to one side. In
this way | have great power over
him. Then I watch my opportunity,
put one foot in the stirrup and swing
over his back. Just as soon as he
feels the weight in the saddle he will
buck, jump, and unless you have a
good hold, you will go flying
Stick to him, holding on with a
good grip OF the knees You must watch
out that he does not try to throw him.
self or he may hurt you if he should roll
on you. If you can conquer these brutes
a few times when they are young, then YOU
can make useful horses of them; but if
they should throw you first, then they
think they can always do the same.
FRANK HAN1NnTT, Nevada Cowboy