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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-05
Perfect Hair

Indicates a natural and healthy condi-
ton of the scalp, and of the glands
through which nourishment ia obtained.
When, in consequence of age and dis
ease, the hair becomes weak, thin, and
gray, Ayers Hair Vigor will strengthen
it, restore its original color, promote its
rapid and vigorous growth, and impart
to it the lustre and freshness of youth.
/ have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
long time, and am convinced OF its
value. When was II ears of age my
hair began to turn gray. l commenced
using the Vigor, and was surprised at
the good effects it produced. 1t not
only restored the color 10 my hair, but
so stimulated its growth, that | have
now more hair than ever before. -
j. w. Edwards, Coldwater, Miss.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
THE DRESS COATS RIVAL.
The 'COwes' Coat A Tailiess Dress Coat
Now the Fashion.

The time when club men were refused
admittance to full dress hops because they
wore curtailed coats has passed. The
swallow-tail has a rival, and one that has
come to stay. The new coat has been worn
in England for some time, and is there
known as the "Cowes" coat In this coun-
try it goes by the aristocratic title of the
Tuxedo" AS yet it has not been accord
ed an equal rank with the claw-hammer.
1t is not the thing at formal receptions,
balls, cotillons and weddings where the
preparations have been on a sumptuous
scale. 1t is correct, however, at summer
hotel hops, theaters, informal parties
and dances, and for general evening wear
1t fills long felt want, and is thoroughly
appreciated by the thousands who are COM
PEELED by the stringent rules of society to
appear in full dress after P. NJ, even for
an informal call. Its adoption relieves the
swallow-tail from the tendency to become
too common by everyday wear at ordinary
affairs, and instead of displacing that for
NAL garment, it enhances its formality and
increases the Importance of occasions on
which it is worm
introduced by the Anglo-mania swells of
dudedom, and at first received with jeers
and jibes of the multitude of well-dressed
men, it has survived the ridicule and hos
tility of the conservatives, and is now an
acknowledged part of gentleman's ward
robe. Its recognition is doubtless due to
the fact that it is sensible innova-
tion and not that it was first worn by lead
ing swells.
The "Tuxedo" is now to be seen at all
of the clubs, at the theaters, and at in
formal evening gatherings that are at
tended by the best-dressed society men.
The new garment is a trife shorter than
the ordinary sack coat, and is shaped to
the figure at the back. 1t is worn open,
and has a long, rolling collar faced with
silk. The material used is a fine ribbed
black worsted, which has more cling-like
nature than broadcloth. Either a black,
low-cut vest of the same material or
white vest is worn with the Tuxedo" A
black satin tie is correct, and low hat is
indispensable. Like the swallow tail, the
new coat must not be worn before P. M.,
and to wear high silk hat with Tuxedo
coat would be rank offense.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
How the Dog Got Home.

A story is told of dog which lived on
ship. The vessel was anchored in the
harbor of foreign port. The dog often
went ashore with the officers, and, being
occupied with various doggish amuse-
ments, often was left behind when the Off
GERS returned in their boat to the ship.
The first time this occurred the poor dog
knew not what to do when he found the
ships boat gone. He ran up and down
the wharf barking and whining.
A boat was lying at the wharf in which
a native was sitting. The dog suddenly
stopped, jumped into the boat, and gave
several short barks, as if to say: "I want
to go to that ship out there
The man knew the dog, took in the situ-
alton, and, doubtless thinking of fee, he
rowed the dog to the ships side. The man
got his fee, for the officers were glad to
have their pet returned to them. After
that the dog often got back to the ship in
the same manner.
The following anecdotes somewhat SIM
liar in character, and speaks well for the
dogs intelligence.
you know how much | rush about In
hanson cabs" said the narrator. sand
Scott, my collie dog, always goes with me
we travel many miles in a week to-
gether in this way; but on one occasion /
was walking and missed him.
.. Search was in vain. The crowd was
great, traffic drowned the sound of my
whistle. After waiting awhile and look
ing elsewhere, / returned to my suburban
home without my companion, and sorrow.
full, yet hoping that he might find his way
back.
sIn about two hours after my arrival /,
hanson cab drove up to the door, and ou
jumped Scott. The cabman rang for hi
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
A LOVE MArCR.

Little Miss Pussy cat sat in the closet.
AZ white as pure flake of snow
Oio mistress Pussy-cat slept in the sunshine,
r, AND blinked now and then in its glow.
Ihere crept through the hedge feline marau
der,
Seeking perchance wife to wed;
bearing SO stately, mein so uncommon,
Kitty was captured heart and head
Ihey purred and they languished till Pussy
awoke,
Who saw at glance the danger;
With proper decorum and matronly airs
one asked the name of the stranger
Thomas Grimalkin," bold spoke the intruder
come from my home for a bride"
Sir Thomas Grimalkin, think p said the
dame:
And how her green eyes opened wide.
- No, no, Madam Tabby, am not sir,
Nor boast my blood's azure hue:
as Ihomas Grimalkin your daughter seek,
AS Thomas Grimalkin sue"
Then up in an instant rose Tabitha,s hack
NO plain Mister Thomas for me-
tor only with rank my Katrina shall wed
Or else she spinster shall be.
Already, thrice over, her hand I've refused
To knights of the Order of Malta
For no one with less than a baronets rank
Shall lead Katrina to the altar
But fancy her horror to see little Kate,
Defiant, at once turn the tide
My mother can wait for Sir Thomas" she
said,
but you can have me for your bride"
This changes the case,' GIimalkin now spoke.
Since you plain Thomas will marry,
We will HE to the church at once to be wed,
Not even an hour to tsrry.''
Miss Kitty dropped low on her knees in the
grass
Forgive me, dear mother" she said,
You know must marry the one of my choice
If L would be happy when wed"
Grlmaikln stood near, and looked very grave,
Till he saw the mother relent:
Then he gave her his card and on il she read:
q" Lord Thomas erimalkin. of Kent
London Socteu.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08

red and purple clusters over rocks along
the Rhine.
At length the palace gates were opened.
and the royal party appeared, escorting
the Princess Elizabeth to the cathedral
where the marriage was to be solemnized.
1t was brave pageant; far brighter than
the untwined blossoms and foliage were
the tufts of plumes which hoated from the
stately heads and festal robes that streamed
over the housings of superb steeds. But
the Princess, mounted on snow-white
palfrey, and clad in snow-white velvet
looked pale and sad; and when, Oh nearing
the church, she heard gush of organ
music, which, though jubiiant in sound,
struck on her ear like funeral knelI, she
trembled and would have fallen to the
ground had not page supported her. A
few moments afterward she entered the
cathedral. There, with his retinue, stood
the royal bridegroom, whom she had
never before seen. But her eyes roved
from him to the organ loft, where she ex-
pected to see the mysterious organist. He
was gone, and she was obliged to return
the graceful how of the King to whom she
was betrothed from motives of policy
Mechanically she knelt at the altar, me-
chanically listened to the services and
made the reponses. Thed her husband
drew her to him in convulsive embrace
and whispered
Elizabeth my queen look upp'
Trembling in every limb, she obeyed.
Why did those dark eyes thrill her so
Why did that smile bring glow to her
cheek All, though the King wore royal
purple, and many jeweled order glittered
on his breast, he seemed the same humble
person who had been employed to teach
her organ music, and had taught her the
lore of love-
Elizabeth" murmured the monarch,
" Bertram Hoffman, the organist, and King
Oscar are one. Forgive my stratagem. l
wished to marry you, but | would not drag
you to the altar, an unwilling bride. Youi
father was in the secret"
While tears of JOY rained from her eyes,
the new-made Queen returned her hus-
bands fond kiss; and for once two hearts
were made happy by royal marriage
Selected
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
THE woypEgFUL couNrRy.

The WONDERFUL COUNTRY
There was once time when, as old songs
prove it,
The earth was not round, but an endless plain;
The sea was as wide as the heavens above it
inst miiilons OF miles, and begin again
And that was the time-ay, andmore's the pity
1t ever should end when the world could
play,
When singers told tales of a crystal city
In wonderful country far away
But the schools must come with their scales and
measures,
To limit the visions and weigh the spells;
They scofed at the dreamers with rainbow
treasures,
And eircled the world with their parallels;
They chartered the wales and the sunny mead
Where minstrels might ride for a year and
day;
They sounded the depths as they pierced the
shadows
Of that wonderful }untIy far away.
For fancies they give us their microscopes;
For knowledge q rubble of facts and doubt;
Wing-broken and Gagged, like bird from the
tropics,
Romance at the wandering stars looked out.
Cold Reason, they say, is the earthly Eden;
Go. study its springs, and its ores assay:
But falrer the flowers and fields forbidden
Ofthat wonderful country far away.
They questioned the slumbering bahy's laugh
ter,
And cautioned its elders to dream by -ole;
AL mysteries past and to come hereafter
Were settled and solved in their common
school.
But sweeter than streams and the wild birds
singing,
The friendships and loves that were true al
way;
The gladness unseen, like far bell ringing,
In that wonderful country lar away
Nay, not in their Reason our dear illusion,
But truer than truths that are measured and
weighed
o land OF the spirit where no intrusion
From bookmen or doubters shall aye be made,
There stu breaks the murmuring sea to greet US
On shadowy valley and peaceful bay;
And souls that were truest still wait to meet us
In that wonderful country far away
John Boyle o Reilly in Scrtbner'S Magazine.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
Mems Dress.

If it be true, as announced, that men
are going to wear embroidered trousers
this season, the first step will be taken to-
wards further establishment of mascu-
line attire. Admit embroidery on the
trousers, and where can it be forbidden
The waistcoat has been privileged in this
direction beyond other garments, except
the slippers and the very terrible smoking
cap, which some men will persist in wear
ing, though it is, without exception, the
most unbecoming headgear ever invented,
especially when the embroidery is in crude
tones of green, blue and magenta. Men
adorn themselves for smoking in the same
way as women deck themselves for tea in
the most graceful crowns their wardrobes
hold. But the embroidered trousers are
not for the smokipg-room. They are to
form part of evening dress, and the en-
broidery is to be in long strip down the
outer seam. 1t is to be worked in rich
design in the best of black embroidery
silks on the best of black piece silk. The
rest is to be black cloth, as it always has
been. This is the beginning, the thin end
of the wedge. After awhile, no doubt, the
embroidery will spread, and cease to be a
strip only. And then it will invade the
coat perhaps, and fashions may revert to
the magnificence of the Cavalier period,
when brocades, fine laces, satins, silks
and velvets were as much worn by men as
by women. For years problem for man
in evening dress has been how to be dis
tinguished from waiter. The latter may
be among the most estimable of men, but
his social position is considered inferior to
that of the persons on whom he waits, and
philosophy has taught US that clothes are
the great means of expressing social rank.
Various attempts have of late been made
to set up difference between the evening
dress of gentleman and that of person
who supplies his gastronomic needs. Knee
breeches and silk stockings were tried last
winter by daring few, to whom nature
had been judiciously kind in the matter of
calves. For reasons not altogether beyond
guessing, this style was not adopted by the
many. Then still smaller section tried
to introduce a short jacket instead of the
orthodox evening coat. This was no more
successful than the previous experiment.
We shall see whether the strip of en-
broidery is to become general. 1t is said
to be costly, and for that reason likely to
remain distinctive of the richer classes !;
but nothing has ever yet been invented
that 1t has not been found possible to pro-
duce in a comparatively cheap form, and
it will always be so in the matter of dress.
London Ddily Nescs.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
Green of Gnlusa.

Major Beaumont, of Sacramento, who
has been connected with the State Sur
veyor-General's Office for many years, is in
Stockton to-day. The Major was convers-
ing with group of friends in the Yosem-
ite House this morning concerning the
irrigation enterprise which the people of
Colusa county have undertaken, when one
OF them remarked:
"By the way, Major, do you know Will
5. Green, of Colusa-the editor of the
Colusa SUM-"
'Oh, have known him for many years.
and this reminds me that some years ago,
when | was in the Surveyor-GeneraPs
office, some surveyors data came up from
Colusa county in connection with a pend
ing bill. Mr.. Green came in to see about
it one day. | did not know him, and /
told him that thought the Surveyor of
his county was an ass. Icould not read his
writing at all, and | believed it was all
wrong. Let me see it, said Green. 4
am very good hand to read writing, be-
ing newspaper man. l gave him the
paper. He said: why, this is perfectly
clear and that is plain enough and so
on, all through the report
when had the wretched penmanship
interpreted to me | saw that the mathe-
matical part Of the report was all right.
Then for the first time in my life | learned
that Will S. Green was himself the County
Surveyor of Colusa county."-Grass ValLeg
Union.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
Free Voting.

The :: free and Independent - voter is a
better citizen than the voter who is dazzled
or intimidated by banners, badges and
words without meaning. Thore is no sim
cerity in the partisan abuse showered upon
such voter. The abuse is meant to pro-
duce the effect of trepidation upon the
man who sees clearly and votes straight to
the mark every time. But year by year
the trepidation is less apparent, and the
partisan scolding more of sham. The
greatest scolds are notoriously partisans
who have themselves scratched and bolted
whenever it was their interest or pleasure
to do. The time appears to be approaching
when he will be regarded as poor creature
indeed who is governed in his voting for
municipal, State, or national candidates by
the good or the i'll opinion of some other
person, rather than by his own conscienti-
Gus convictions. If the whipper-in y
should permanently succeed, and voting at
all elections should be matter of prece-
dent, habit, or domination of mere party
names, it would be time to despair of the
republican experiment in the New World
The caucus and the boss would have sup
planted free, representative government
The Century for December.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08

fare, and thinking he had somehow cap
tured the runaway, inquired how and
where he had found him.
"'Oh, sir said the cabby, Il didn't hail
him at all. He hailed me. | was stand
ing close by st. James Church, looking
out for fare, when in jumps the dog.
Like his impudence,' says l. So / shouts
through the window, but he wouldn't stir.
So gets down and tries to pull him out,
and shows him my whip, but he sits still
and barls, as much as to say go on old
man. As seizes him by the collar |
reads his name and address,
"'All right, my fine gentleman says /,
'Pll drive you where you're a-wanted, i
dare sayP So | shuts the door, and my
gentleman settles hisself with his head
jest a-looking out, and drives on till |
stops at this here gate, when out jumps my
passenger, a-clearing the door, and walks
in as calm as though he'd been a reglar
fare '"-Erchange.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
Ouick Promotiou.

A Dutchman, whose son had been EN-.
ployed in an insurance company's Office,
was met by an acquaintance who inquired,
Well, Mr.. Schneider, how is Hans get
ting along in his new place ~
" Shoost splendid; he yos one ov dem
directors already"
" A director l never heard of such
rapid advancement. The young man must
be genius"
"He vas; he shoost write splendid
handt"
@Oh, yes. plenty of people write good
hands. But you said Hans was a di-
rectorw
so he vos Indignantly I; he direct dem
CIRCULARS ten hours ofery day already p
Exchange.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
A Description of Persian Table Manners

There are tiny lambs roasted whole,
salmon which has been brought packed IN
ice, upon the heads of runners from the
distance of one hundred miles, appetizing
kababs of lambs and venison, fowls and
partridges lin silver bowls, stewed to rags,
and served with strange -colored sauces Of
the richest kind; great heaps of boiled rice
in steaming pyramids, white rice, green
rice, colored by an artful admixture of
herbs, rice boiled with saffron of ruddy
gold color; omelets and sweet dishes, in
Vulnerable little china cups of toothsome
pickles, small china bowls containing vari.
Gus thick soups but not single Joint 10 be
seen. Everybody eats away as if he had
never tasted food before. There are no
forks, no spoons, no plates; but every mans
hand appears to be dipping at once into
the innumerable dishes. Occasionally our
host with his mouth full grunts out an en-
treaty that we should taste some particular
delicacy, and in twenty minutes all is
over. Iced rosewater is poured upon the
fingers of each guest from silver ever and
he wipes them upon delicately embroid-
cred napkin. About tenth of what has
been provided has been consumed by the
party; the rest is removed and gobbled up
with surprising celerity by the great tribe
of hungry servants. Pipes are brought
once more, but there is little or no conver-
sation; the Persians say to talk after a
good meal is the act of an ill-bred man or a
fool" And then we got up and bid our
hospitable friend good night. And as we
leave we see that the mysterious covered
tray is being taken to the banqueting
room, and we know that our fellow guests
and our host will drink, smoke and gam
bic until an unholy hour in the morning.
And we mount our horses and ride slowly
through the silent unlighted streets pre-
ceded by our lanterns, which are an abso-
lutte necessity, and we don't meet a soul
upon the road save an occasional military
looking policeman, who, armed to the
teeth, keeps watch and ward over the silent
city of the king of kings, for this is one OF
the innumerable titles the Shahs of Persia
arrogate to themselves.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
SHALL WOMEN POP THE QUESTION,
Mrs. Frank Leslie Says No; Chauncy
Depew Says Yes,

| Depew Says Yes.
| Mrs. Frank Leslie was resting her elbow
on desk, which is thoroughly business
! like In every respect, when entered hel
private office, says Nellie Bly,, in the New
York World. l said:
Mrs. Leslie, we are going to discuss
| question in the World, and / would like tc
have your opinion on the subject"
Yes; | was just reading lot of clip.
pings containing my opinion on various
subjects, and here is one" lifting up one
from the desk, (which describes what nv
mouth is like"
This question is quite important in
this day of almost equal rights" l con-
tinued. Should women propose ?"
"Oh F' she exclaimed, and then she
laughed. " What an ideal Brigham
Young once said he wished all women had
the right to propose"
And what do you think ?"
well, l don't think So" she replied
slowly ''The more womanly a woman is
the sweeter she is. Let the men keep that
right. 1t is much easier to use the right
OF refusal or acceptance than that of pro-
posing"
Don't you think woman has as much
right as man to WOO ?" | urged.
Yes" with smile, "and she can do it
with her eyes and with the thousand little
ways she knows so well how to employ, but
let her lips be silent"
But don't you think if women could
propose they would more often get those
they love ?"
DOUBTLESS, but they must not do it, for
1t means death" she said, earnestly.
GLOW so ?o
why, if man should refuse a woman
she would never be satisfied until she killed
him. | know | would not" with tap of
her tiny foot.
Would he dare-would he have the
courage to refuse her ?' | asked
don't think he would" she smiled.
Then think how wretched woman would
be. She would always fear that he wanted
to refuse but did not dare"
We both laughed at this view of the
question, and then said again
" So you do not believe in a woman hay-
ing that right ?''
No; let her be as womanly as she can,"
she said firmly. off l had my life to live
over, and | know if you had the choosing
of yours, we would both prefer a quiet
home, obscurity, no knowledge of the
world, no rights except those of mother
and a wife,"
Chauncey Depew was questioned: "Pro-
posing cost Inc ten years of my life. [
would have lived just ten years longer if |
had not proposed. 1t took me year to get
my courage up to the point. l most Ger
tainly believe in women taking that privi-
lege from the men,"
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Honor Your Work.

A workman who honors his work is
pretty sure to have his work honor him.
The man who is constantly striving to ex-
Gel, whose aim is to perform every task in
a superior manner and to make his services
of the greatest value possible to his en-
ployer, is bound to succeed. This is the
class Of men all employers are glad to
secure. But the class of hands whose only
object on entering shop is to while away
time, no matter how, till thu whistle blows,
are always discontented and the most an
noying of fault-inders.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08
A Slow Train.

Terribly slow riding, this" said one
man uneasily to another on certain rail-
road.
"Yes. l don't remember having trav-
eled slower than this but once before in my
life
when was that ?"
"It was out West last summer. We
started from astation late in the afternoon,
and were headed due east. By sundown
we had reached a town seventeen miles
west from starting point"
"But how do you account for it?
81 can't explain it except on the theory
that the earth's rotary motion made the
wheels p"-Merchant Trareler.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08

1t seems that there are now only 100,0
Germans in Europe-less than half the
number that lived there before the Franco
Prussian war More than one-third of
these are quartered in Paris.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-08

The Chinese evidently consider mar
riage failure. They always weep at
weddings Burlington Free Press