davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-23

EIOR SALE AT A GREAT BARGAIN-A
l. Petaluma Incubator complete, costing SIPS;
in use only one year. Can be seen at southeast
corner Twenty-second and Streets mr3-tf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-23
WANTED-LOST-FOUND.

M ANTED TO CLUBHOUSE AND LOT: NOT
w to cost over s., 0t0 Call on or address CARL
STROBEL, 32l street. mrl7-6t*
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-23

ITO LET-oNE STORE AND SOME UNFUR-
L nished rooms; also. two furnished rooms all
very cheap. Apply to d GARDINER, wood and
coal yard, corner Fourth and streets la2l-tf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-23

CTRAYED-FRON 1925 l. STREET. A BAY
y HORSE, with saddle marks Please return
the same and be rewarded. mIS-tf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-23
Auction Sales.
Business ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Gammers, on Monday, April 2d-Books.
Bell q Co.-Saturdsy, 10 A. NJ.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-23

DOR sA1E-A DARK BROWN STALLION ::
! may he seen at the stable of D. GILLIS.
Eighth street, between l and J. fc2s-tf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-23
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
STATE ENGINEER HALL.

He Enters Positive Denial to Certain
Newspaper Statements.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
MANNER and Character.

The two are not invariably synonymous,
yet 10 a very great degree manner is an ex-
preston OF character and is its direct result
Fiueness Of perception, delicaey OF feeling
has its correspondence in shades and inilec-
tions Of manner. As civilization advances
iuto the finer social enlightenment, manner
becomes factor only less important thaa
morals. Punctiliousness in those trifei Whose
aggregate, after all, makes up the SUM OF life
is one of theattributes OF character and is in
dispensable to polished manner. The prompt
reply to letters and notes; the due ackuoTl-
edgment OF invitations, OF gifts Of favors,
are IL part OF the grammar OF social life.
Rudeness is justly considered as a social
crima The i'll bred person has no place in
the social fabric, and be should be es much
exclul,d from polite life Gs should the crimi-
nal frCri the business transactions o. honest
men. Beautiful manners are the fine inhor-
escence Of all forms OF art Noble sculpture,
leaut.ful paintings, the harmony of music,
the charm OF intellectual gifts oil find their
highest and mott potent expression in man
ner.-Boston Traveller.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
New Motive Power.

The steady progress which is being made
in mechanical science has received another
illustration by a novel method Of propeiling
ships which has just been submitted to the
naval profession. The representative Of this
new type of vessel is the Zephyr, the second
Of its kind, which has been constructed from
the designs Of Mr. A r. Yarrow Of Messrs.
Yarrow & Co, the we'll known firm Of tor
pedo boat builders, Of Poplar, London, and
which was brought under the notice Of the
Institution of Naval Architects at its recent
meeting The construction Of the vessel diff
fers very little from steam launches, except
that the machinery is placed right at her
stern, while the fuel is carried in a tank in
her bows, the intervening space being re-
served for passengers. cargo, etc.
II is in connection with the propulsion Of the
boat that a new departure has been taken,
the fuel used being highly volatile hydro
carbon, one Of the early products in the dis
tillation OF petroleum, having a specific
gravity Of from O. 725 to 073. This liquid is
an article of commerce in the United States,
and can be purchased there at the rnte Of
five pence per gallon. The novelty Of its ap-
plicatiou is that the vapor Of this hydro-car-
bon is made to serve Mt the same time as the
fuel and propelling agent. As to the Zephyr,
this vessel is thirtySix feet in length by six
feet beam, and is built Of steel The hull
weighs fourteen hundredweight and the ma
chinery six hundredweight, making a weight
Of one ton. There is nothing in the construc-
ton of the hull which calls for special re-
mark, nor is tie propelling machinery-an
ordinary direct acting inverted engn pro-
vided with the usual link motion. feed pumps,
etc.-of an exceptional type.-Chambers'
Tourpal
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
MEN WRITTEN ABOUT.
What the Paraeraphists Say About Those I
Whom the World Well Knows.

What the Paragraphists Say About Those
Whom the World Well Knows.
Mr.. Cornelius vanderbilt's family is in
Norway.
Edgar Saltus is dark as an Indian and
wears his hair as carefully straight
VIII. Bishop and Sidney Luska devote
some Of their spare hours to amateur photog-
raphy.
Brayton Ives has probably the most valu-
able collection Of manuscripts and rare books
in America.
Representative Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, is
admitted TO be the best dressed man in the
house.
Although he has become a social lion in
England Bret Harte longs to get home again.
At least a correspondent says so.
Count Paul VasiIi says that 'Rome is the
best place in Europe for arriving at the
knowledge of diplomatic arrangements which
the parties chiefly concerned would like to
keep secret
Francis Murphy, the noted temperance
orator, would like 70 see milk, lemonade,
ginger pop and like drinks given to the peo-
pie free on Sundays. But the people are al
ways satisfied with free ice water and ask no
more.
The Bishop Of Chester informed the boys
Of Kings school the other day that "bOys, like
bishops, require light reading, even il it as
sumed the form Of penny dreadfuls.' The
remark is an interesting sign Of the emanci-
patton Of the age from the old IDEAS in regaEd
to light reading.
Mr.. J. J. Van Allen, who is the son-in-law
Of William B. Astor, but who, being wealthy
in his own right, has no need Of the AstoE
money, has just completed 3 wall seven fsel
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
A Crazy Waste of Time.

It is said that gentleman in Philadelphia
has collected 100000 Cancelled postage
stamps. It took five years, eight months and
two days to do it, and his only object was to
occupy his spare time It win doubtless occur
to good many people that this Philadelphian
must have been woefully destitute Of re-
sources if he could find nothing better to do
with his spare time than to collect 1,0O0,O0O
Cancelled postage stamps 1t will be readily
admitted that Philadelphia, in its material
aspects, is not encouraging or stimulating to
the man with spare time on his hands, but
even there one can find problems Of philan-
thropy to solve and good work to do, and
can learn to do it.
Somehow the man who kills time by col
lecting Cancelled stamps, like the man who
can write ever so many hundred words on
the side of coin and the man who can cat
100 oysters in 100 hours seems to be on an
intellectual level with the lunatic who adorns
his cell with an endless, unclassifiable and
meaningless collection of rubbish. More
asylums should be provided for the time
killers who throw away themselves and their
opportunities on such tri1es while the world
is asking whole catechism Of big questions
that are yet unanswered, but which may be
solved by patient and intelligent work, and
which, when solved, will make the globe
blossom like a rosy Eden.-New York Press
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
FstImatIne speed, Of Trains,

Inquiry is frequently made as to how the
speed Of a train may be estimated. The
traveller especially is curious about the speed
his train is making, and we suggest three
methods by which the speed may be guessed
with remarkable accuracy, as follows:
l. Watch for the passage Of the train by
the large white mile posts with black figures
upon them, and divide 5000 by the time in
seconds between posts. The result is the
speed in miles per hour.
2. Listen attentively until the ear distin-
guishes the click, click, click Of the wheel as
It passes rail joint. The number of clicks
upon one side Of the car ia twenty seconds is
the speed Of miles per hour, wnen the rains
are thirty feet in length, and this Is the case
generally.
8. Count the number Of telegraph poles
passed In two minutes, II tners are four or
Ave wires to pole, and In two minutes and
twenty seconds, II ths-e are only one or two
lines per pole The number Of poles passed is
the number Of miles per hour at which TIE
train Is raveling.-I:ailway Review.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
For a dry shampoo: OF wetshampooi
Kern's is the place to go.
For a nice clean shave, and haircut too.
He can't be beat know.
A Warning.

The modes Of deaths approach are various,
and statistics show conciusively that more
persons die from diseases ofth throat and
lungs than any other. It is probable that
every one, without exception, receives vast
numbers of Tubercle Germs into the system
and where these germs fall upon suitable
soil they start into life and develop, at FIRST
slowly, and is shown by slight tickling
sensation in the throat and if allowed to con-
tinue their ravages they extend to the lungs
producing consumption, and to the head,
causing eatarrh. Now all this is dangerous,
and If allowed to proceed will in time cause
death. At the onset you must act with
promptness, allowing a cold to go without
attention is dangerous and may lose you Your
life. AS soon as you feel that something is
wrong with your throat, lungs or nostrils,
obtain . bottle Of Bochee's German Syrup.
It will give yoa Immediate relief
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03

doubt originally liclss or springs, the waters
Of which we're more or less charged with
salts OF soda, icon and sulphur. In such
spots the buifa'o drank b satisfy his thirst
both for water and mineral tonics: and here
he rolled % cool of in the heat Of summer
and at the same lime to protect himself with
mud enough TO aive his hide from the lances
OF tho green head flies that were as thick as
bees in the tall grass. These wallows were
no doubt returned to every summer, and in
course of time centuries more or less--the
repeated wallowing so changed the nature Of
the soil, so mixed and mingled it with the
blue clay subsoii, 50 impregnated it with the
salts Of sulphur and iron. that the elements
Of plant food were eliminated and substances
injurious to vegetation took their place.
These barren spots in the prairies have been
known to farmers and cultivators ever since
the settlement Of the country, but the secret
Of their origin seems never to have been dis
covered, or II told, never repeated so as to
become common property. Cor Country
Gentleman.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
nonann Why Men Nrhi.tle.

Whistling was invented to give a man a
chance to add a noise to the other noises in
creation. The other noises in nature are all
attuned to the character of the article that
produces them. The breeze makes its gentle
sigh, the brook has its peculiar sound, the
storm has its crash and its roar. Everything
made noise in the world except man when
he was alone A man can't talk to himself;
it is idiotic, although it is astonishing how
many people do it. A cough is not a very en-
jOyable sound, and it iIritates the lungs to
produce it, A sneeze always goes with cold
In the head. True a man can sing: that is,
he can try to sing, but if it is at all agreeable
it seems somehow TO be wasted if somebody
has not paid an admission fee to hear it..
That's why women have such "a terrible repu-
tation for talking. They can't whistle, and
they have nothing to relieve the restraint
when they are alone; so when they get hold
of anybody they make up for it.
But whistling was invented to conceal
music You don't need to have music in
your soul to whistle. Il is simply the noise
OF a vacant mind The loud laugh of Oliver
Goldsmith that bespeaks the vacant mind ap-
plies to a crowd The whistle shows the
vaeant mind in its solitary state When you
hear a man whistle who palpably does not
know a tune, he is either a very good fellow
or a very bad fellow Did you ever notice
that Jews don't whistle muchi They haven't
got much vacant mind When it isn't needed
in their own business they rent it to other
businesses But of all whistlers the young
gentleman going home about 1 o'clock in the
morning, who whistles ''Il Trovatore" with
all the band parts, takes the bakery.-San
Francisco Chronicle
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.

Many Of the interior towns of Oregon are
raising money to import song birds from
Germany.
A canal across Italy Is being planned, to
connect the Adriatic and Mediterranean. lt
will gin at Fano
There is one place in Ventura county, Cali
fornia, where there are 6,O00 acres planted
with beans.
Sentimental London ladies, to help the
starving HindOOs, are sending out stuff for
their next seasons frocks, to be enriched
with marvellous oriental embroidery.
A statue to Shakespeare is to be erected in
one Of the most conspicuous and fashionable
parts of Paris, but it is at the expense Of an
Englishman.
A vulture, measuring nine feet from tip to
tip, was lately shot near Julien, San Diego
county, Cal, as it was sailing away with
full grown sheep in its claws.
The cultivation Of grasshoppers may be-
come profitable industry in the neighbor-
hood of st. Paul, since it has been decided to
pay 81 a bushel for them.
An English court has decided that yailroad
servants cannot eject persons from trains
who say they have lost their tickets. the only
AtAu~lJ DGAud " aAD NAp l+-o'-A AoA oAN~~A
of contract
The auditorium on the Ohio Centennial
Exposition grounds in Columbus is hemi-
spherical in shape. Tho floor is $50 feet in
diameter, and the highest point of the roof is
eighty-six feet from the ground.
An observer on hyde Park corner reports
that between - and in the afternoon nine
tenths Of the girls that pass have their faces
painted, their cyelashes and their eyebrows
darkened and their lips reddened.
During a recent fete Of the Bologna uni-
versity the students Of Parma sent TO their
Bologna brethren Parmesan cheese weigh
ing 100 pounds and covered with Latin in
scriptions worked in macaroni. A huge tun
Of Barbera wine went with It.
A new state is about to be added to the sis
terho0d OF nations. Letters patent have
been granted to '.The British East African
Company giving them full power to erect
and maintain government, with taxes and
army. It lies north OF the German East
African Society near Zanzibar, and includes
some Of the finest land in Central Africa.
The defense scare in England has brought
Qat the facts that the nation has 2Q4 admirAls
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03

and only City armored sea going ships. Only
thirteen admirals are employed, drawing
aS7,OOO. while PSI unemployed receive Rl0l,-
600. At the same time there are 40 generals,
of whom 100 are employed.
The Salvation army are having great sue
cess In India according to all reports. They
are said to live on twenty cents week per
capita, and submit to great privations un-
complainingly, and It is also said that Com
missioner Tucker. their leader. recently re-
signed government place worth $4,000 a
year to join the army.
According to first class authority, horse
flesh is largely eaten in Alsace, Germany.
The choice cuts are retailed for about eight
cents per pound, and the ordinary six cents
A large quantity is used in the manufacture
Of sausages. All horses are given a strict
examination before and after being killed,
and if found in any way diseased are re-
jected In Strasburg the flesh Of thirty
horses is eaten every week.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
The Antomntie onr connIer.

Mr.. A. W. Van Dorston estimates there
are 100000 cars in the United States, the
couplers Of which must be changed il the
standard OF the Master Car Builders associa-
tion is generally adopted He figures the
cost at $3.50 car, which would make the
entire expense OF the change Sos, 800, 900.
Surprising the present eOuplers-which must
be displaeed-tO have cost SIS per car, or
$l5,OO0,000 for the entire equipment, and
that the destruction Of cars and car trucks,
the wrecks from broken links, the loss Of
pins and links, the death rate from the free
slack and going between the cars to place
and replace the links, costs annually $1,000
600 more, or So, ,OOO, 900 in ALL still he thinks
the automatic coupler must be regarded as
decidedly the cheapest. Scientific American,
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
An rohn from MANY rIresIdes.

The wise man now in my house thinks
am wrong to urge you to strive after sensible
conversation on your piazzas this summer.
He believes, as I do in rest, and fears that
you will fatigue your brains in the endeavor
to elevate the tone of seaside and mountain
prattle agree with him wholly. Long
live nonsense" we cry, above all in vaca-
tions. SO take it all back. Yet / sort of
wish the nonsense could be about sky and
wave, humming birds in the honeysuckle.
auails calling Bob Whitem or even kittens,
rather than such whispers these: "She
said she thought so, really and truly, and l
said l supposed he just said that because she
said so;n or, II saw her going down to the
beach, and Of course, it is to have him come
after her;' or, "Forty, il she is day, though
she dresses for 17.n-SuSan HI.is in Boston
GlOba
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
nernted Id Afrlcnn Ners.

There are now three periodicals in Europe
which are wholly devoted to African news
and comments upon the various enterprises
developing there, while three-fourths of the
space in another journal is given solely to
affairs in the Congo state. One OF these
periodicals has a circulation of 6,OO0 copies.
L'Afrique, which is published in Geneva,
and The African Times, Of london, have
been in the Held for several years, and now
comes The Afrika Post, issued in Hamburg
which will be chiefly devoted to Germany's
commercial interests in her new African
colonies. New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
An Ola nridnI nress.

Speaking of old furniture recalls to mind
the fact that dealer in that costly bric-a-
brac in one Of the New England towns found
bridal dress Of India muslin. The fabric
was so thin and fine that the gown entire
was easily contained in a long, narrow
drawer that required the eyes and fingers Of
an adept to search out its mystery The
same dealer discovered letter from Wash
ingtcn and one from Lafayette in the secret
corner Of an old desk that was in process OF
renovation New York Press.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
clnm. frnn, AL. pnninn

There is great deal Of excitement at
present among the CLANS on the Pacific coast,
The United States Fish Commission has mnde
arrangements to ship car load Of clans
from San Francisco and place them in the
Atlantic ocean. IL is asserted that they are
superior to the eastern variety, and the ex-
pertinent will be made on that account The
New England club will give elambake
later in the season in honor Of the new ar
rivals, in which they will be expected 70 taxa
quite a prominent part Philadelphia TimeR
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
d soME TRuE MAIoEN,s Love.

All worldly dreams would resign,
Nor ever long for hidden love
II some true maiden's love were mine.
II hut two eyes Of blne divine
Could meet my glance forever more,
All worldly dreams I would resign.
The clouds wonld show a silver line
And rainbow tints would hue them DER,
II some true maiden's love were mine.
A jasmine tree should droop and twine
And peep within our cottage door,
And worldly dreams would resign.
Our gems should be the dewdrop's shine
Our music float from larls that soar,
n some true maiden's love were mine.
Where is she nowi She gives no sign.
That loyal heart leal to the corei
All worldly dreams I would resign
II some true maiden's love were mine
Samuel Minturn Peck.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
New York,s ButtermIlls HabIt.

The buttermilk habit seems TO be alarm
ingly on the increase in New York city On
Park row alone, between Ann street and
Frankfort, there are now daily no less than
three perambulatory dairies, which have for
their most conspicuous placards an announce
ment Of the fact that their buttermilk was
positively churned this morning, and Is
kept in porcelain lined jars" Similar estab-
lishments are scattered about most OF the
leading down town streets. Buttermilk sells
for three cents glass, while milk costs FIVE,
which may account for some Of the popu-
larity Of the former beverage. New York
Sun
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
Rudeness Of Enrlish Students,

The conduct of the undergraduates at Ok
ford was so rude at the recent commemora-
ton that il was criticised even by tho Eng
hsh, who are used to such jocularities. The
vice chancellor, who opened the convocation
in Latin, was told ITO speak up and to con-
strue his oration. Some one shouted that he
could not hear word, and the speaker was
told that ''that was quite enough. sir.n The
senior proctor was asked TO oblige with q
song, and altogether the proceedings were
said to be noticeably deficient in humor."-
Chicago Herald
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
A Broken OIL Pine.

One Of the pipes OF the Standard Oil com.
pany, that brings oil from the petroleum re-
gions Of Pennsylvania to New York, dis
tance Of 400 miles, recently burst in Vernon
township, Sussex county, N. ]. Before the
cinity Of the broken pipe became saturated
and poisoned with crude oil, and ruined for
the present. A large quantity Of oil flowed
into the neighboring streams, and the fishes
died by thousands Scientific American.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
Girls nom Foreign Lands.

II il estimated that during the next five
years 600, 600 girls viii land at Castle Gar
dan, and that according to past statistics one
in overy ten Of .liese will be led astray after
she arrives in New York. The establishment
Of protectory aud industrial school is sug-
gested as a means OF putting the girls in the
Way of earning a livelihood New York
Pres
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
nefrnn.lInr . nalIrna.l.

The son and daughter Of a woman OF indie
pendent means were recently fined IS In
England for systematically defrauding a
railroad by travelling without tickets until
within mile Of their destination and then
using tickets for that distance handed them
by a friend, giving up those tickets at the
end Of the trip as though that was all the dis
tance which they had Travelled, such fraud
being possible under the English railway
methods.- Chicago Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
nrlrln u nurAIo vYalIows.

Il has been my experience, as it has been
OF hundreds OF others, that frequently In
ield-usually on the margin OF what was
once a slough, affording water in all but
very dry seasons or on the edge of pond
common to the prairie country-we come
across patches OF land of from three TO ten
rods square, where the soil was quite differ
ent in color and texture from that on all
sides. Though, when first broken, the prai-
rie sod over these patches was not observed
to bear different kind Of vegetation, still
when cultivated they refused to yield crop
OF either corn, small grain or vegetables.
However, when heavily manured, they have
been brought up TO the average fertility Of
the soil surrounding now recognize that
these barren spots were originally buffalo
wallows-the fact having been revealed to
me within a week. after puzzling over it for
a generation. Before 1S06-when the phe-
nomenal snow storm OF December Of that
year nearly annihilated them-buffalo, elk,
deer and antelope fairly swarmed in May
and June over this, the middle portion Of
the Grand prairie OF Illinois.
The spots chosen for wallows were no
Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
A Summer vacation.

Minister'S Wife-Iam so gladsthat you are
going TO Europe for the summer, Jasper.
ink it was so noble Of the church to give
you this delightful trip. OF course should
like to go too, but that is out of the question.
Minister-Oh. yes.
Wife-What Is your sermon for todayl
Minister-''rhe poor ye have always with
you."-The Epoch