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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-21
An Exaa.s,e of Spirit Ps~er.

A correspondents of the Resso;o-. pJ.ilo
sss'hicdt Journal SSays: / will relate a very
curious phenomenaa which haoaaned in
my own house 1t occurred over n wear
age at or West Polk street, Chieage. and
IN it2e presence Of ing wife and another
lady. The fiat i occupied consisted of four
rooms on the grouad floor, three rooms be-
ang " parallel line. and bedroom of
Ereia sthe other three. In the middle
rsoia ,stoed dressing case with heavy
marble stop, and on this stood a large
lamp, arG while my wife and friends stood
near, Its chimney raised without any ht,-
man contact, passed cat Of the middle
room intofthe front rooEs. then came back
through the middle room and isassed into
the kitchen, and, falling Gown. broke into
a thousand pieces. The ladies became
frightened ana started to rgn CIT of the
house, and. while going .i.rough the
kitchen, coal scuttle, well 6lIad. was
saised and began TO move around the floor.
7 forgot to nlentiesl that the doors of the
thee rooms were open at the time the
happeHed. Ny wife LEI the
pieces of the lamp chimney Law where
they were, IN order to show me how they
came there. | examined everything. and
shook The dressing case to find out. If pos
sibie, the cause of such manifestation. 1
got aaother chimney and put it on the
lamp, and then tried to shake i. off. but
there was no nse; ! could rot get it of
unless lifted 1t off with my hands. could
not account for il in any other way than
.pirits trying to manifest their presence.
Since then more phenepiena have occurred |
n my house and in my presence.
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come, and standing in that narrow 18TH
mus, between life and death, on fire with
the fitful fever of delirium tremens, his
bony hands tear away the drunkard's
couch, and he pours in, between life's fitful
fever and his eternal destiny, soul Gre
ated in the image of God, redeemed by
Christ, and winged for Immortality, that
goes, all afame with alcohol, into the
presence of God Almighty and His holy
angels.
Waste of love, waste of home, and then,
more than this, waste of soul, not pur-
chased by perishable things, but purchased
by the precious blood of your Christ and
of mine-a soul over which angels hover
in perpetuum, waiting for the penitent's
cry that the spirit has repented; soul
that is destined originally to attain the
highest degree of intelligence and happi-
ness; a soul that might be a companion
with angels, degraded beyond all descrip-
ton.
Reading from circular issued by the
Secretary of the National Brewers Asso-
citation, the doctor showed that the brew
ers had suffered materially from the as
saults of the temperance people "There
Is not one State" he quoted, where there
has not been decrease in the number OF
breweries. There is at least one Territory
that has held its own, and that is Utah
which retains its twenty-nine breweries. Ii
seems these Mormons, after all, are not SC
bad as We usually take them TO be-"
=" Emigrate, my friends" was the doc
tors advice, all those engaged in the liq.
nor traffic, and all those in favor of intern.
perance emigrate to Utah"
In closing his magnificent effort, DR.
Newman said that there We're some who
would have high license, some local option
and some who would have nothing short
of prohibition, but he, standing on a higher
ground, demanded humiliation.
That is too far advanced for YOU" sale
he. You prohibitionists have not come
up to that. You eat, and drink, and sleer
and pray for prohibition, as if prohibition
is going to accomplish what YOU antici
pate. Nothing short of annihilation, an
annihilation growing out of the education
of childhood, protected by the majesty
of government, and that shall come
| through time, will be successful. That an
inhalation shall come through Divine
| Grace, and then we may hope to save oul
country and our race from this great evil
But whatever may be your method, stanC
not upon the manner of your going only
! do something. Rouse to action, work fol
the cause.-The good and glorious cause
and then the on-coming generations viii
rise up and call you blessed"
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Tom Moore.

That Moore possessed the poetical ear
in probably the highest decree will,
think, hardly be denied. 1t never seems
to have mattered to him whether he wrote
the words for the air or altered the air to
to suit the words. The two fit like a
glove, and if, as is sometimes the case, the
same or similar poetical measure is heard
set to another air than Moore's, the other
always seems intrusive and wrong. He
draws attention in one case to the extra
ordinary irregularity of his own meter
ian irregularity to which the average pin
daric is mere jog trot), yet the air fits it
exactly. Of course the two feet which
most naturally go to music, the anapast
and the trochee, are commonest with
him; but the point is that he seems
to find no more difficulty, if he does not
take SO much pleasure, in setting combi-
nations of very different kind Nor is
this peculiar gift by any means unimport-
ant from purely poetical side-the side
on which the verse is looked at without
any regard to air or accompaniment For
the great drawback to "songs to be sung"
III general since Elizabethan days when,
as Mr.. Arber and Mr. Bullen have shown,
it was very differently, has been the CON
slant tendency of the verse-writer to sacri-
fee to his musical necessities either mean
ing or poetic sound, or both. The climax
of this is of course reached in the inefia-
bic balderdash which usually does duty
for the libretto of an opera, but it is
quite rs noticeable in the ordinary songs
of the drawing groom. Now, Moore
is quite free from this blame. lie may
not have the highest and rarest strokes
of poetic expression; but at any rate he
seldom or never sins against either reason
or poetry for the sake of rhythm and
rhyme. He is always the master, not the
servant; the artist, not the clumsy crafts
man. And this say not by any means as
one likely to pardon poetical shortcomings
in consideration of musical merit, for,
shameful as the confession may be, little
music goes long way with me; and what
music | do like is rather of the kind oppo-
site to Moore's facile styles. Yet it is easy,
even from the musical view, to exaggerate
his facility. Berlioz is not generally
thought barrel-organ composer, and he
bestowed early and particular pains on
NOTWITHSTANDING, IN Macmiltdn's Maga-
zine
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NATIONAL PASTIME.


The Forest and Stream prints the follow
ing interesting observations, from a gem
tleman on Long Island, n. Y:
One day during the early part of last
spring, while noting the early arrivals,
was agreeably surprised to find my old
friends the skylarks fiourishing in in
creased numbers.
My acquaintance with this superb alien
songster dates from the spring of 1885.
Looking over my note book, find that |
first recognized this bird as the skylark on
March 80, 1885. The spring previous |
had seen a number, at different times,
poised high mp in the air, flooding the
earth beneath with their Incompatible
notes; but the authors puzzled me for
long time The bobolink never gets as far
north as this by the first of April, nor do
they sing when lowering 500 yards above
the ground. Surely the shore lark could
not sing with such untiring energy. | was
perfectly satisfied that it was neither of
these birds, and found myself at loss for
even supposition when their identity
was in question.
One quiet day during the year 1855 I
saw several lowering over field, and de-
termined, if possible, to settle the question
Watching one Of them until finished with
his song, saw him gradually drop lower
and lower, until when within about sixty
feet of the ground he fell as if shot, catch
ing himself two or three feet above the
field and sailing off little distance and
alighting. Crawling and sneaking along a
hedge brought nae within twenty feet of
the little Orpheus, and with feelings peeu-
liar to enthusiastic ornithologists | recog-
nized the European skylark. So close
was l to the little beauty that the bright
glitter of his little black eyes. the nervous
play of the dark crest and the long, char
acteristic hind toe were plainly discern
ible.
Here was a novelty in the bird line
within few miles of the city of Brook
lyyn. and on every opportunity ] had during
the succeeding seasons l watched with in
creasing interest their progress toward
secure foothold among the birds of the
United States. Judging from last springs
observations, there seems to be no question
as to their future existence. They seem
to be multiplying rapidly, and if the insa-
table brutes, with their castiren guns.
will but spare our humble-c0ated and glo-
rious warbler, his career Is assured, and a
numerous progeny will usher in the re-
turn of warmth and sunshine and delight
the student of nature by his penetrating,
sweet notes in all the Northern States.
The extent to which they have already
acclimated; themselves, and even the mere
fact of thei- existence, is almost unknown.
A few farBe.s to whom pointed out the
bird soaring fer above, admitted the bird
was abundant, but called them beboIinks.
or sparrows, Apne of them kEewing it as
the skylark.
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Happy Homes.

Much has been written and said about
how to make home happy. The moralist
and the preacher have hackneyed this
theme until it would seem nothing more
remained to be said. But the philosophers
have gone far out of their way to account
for the prevalence of ill-assorted couples
and unhappy homes, and have overlooked
the chief cause. Most of the unhappiness
of married life can be traced directly to
those functional arrangements to which
women are subject. In nine cases out of
ten the irritable, dissatisfied and unhappy
wife is sufferer from some female COM
plaint.h A trial of DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription will produce more domestic
happiness than million sermons or phil
osofhicsl treatises. Itcures all those pecu-
liar weaknesses and ailments incident to
women. 1t is the only medicine sold by
druggists, under a positive guarantee from
the manu- acturers that it will give satisfac-
ton in eyery case or money will be re-
funded See guarantee printed on wrapper
bottle
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TN THE SUPERIOR COURT, IN AND FOR
i the County of Sacramento, in the State of
California. In the matter of the estate OF
WILLIAM MELVIN, deceased. 1t appearing to
tie Court from the verified petition now on file
OF MATILDA MELVIN, Administrative of the
estate of WILLIAM MELVIN. deceased. that it
is necessary TO sell the east half of lot 4 in the
block bounded by G and II, end Seventh and
Eighth streets, in the City of Sacramento.
County OF Sacramento, and State of California,
belonging to the estate OF said deceased. IL is
hereby ordered that all persons Interested in
SAID estate De and appear before this Court, at
the court room OF Department Two thereof, on
FRIDAY. the 11th day of May, 1 S.. at 10 o. clock
\ NJ, at the Courthouse, Sacramento. Cal, to
snow cause why an order should not be granted
TO said Administratrix to sell said real estate.
It IS ordered further that copy OF this order be
pub lshed once week for four successive weeks
in the SAcBANESTo DAILY RECORD UNION a
newspaper OF general circulation published IN
said comfy.
Dated Sacramento, March 23 1855
w. c. VAN FLEET
Judge of the Superior Court.
GROVE J.. Johnson, Atty for Administrative.
nr2flaRtdS
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MISCEILyEOUs.
When. either through imprudence or

When, either through imprudence or
some unavoidable cause, you get over
heated, cool of suddenly, catch cold, rheu-
matism, nervous disorders aud numerous
other troubles, the best thing to do is to
cure yourself as quickly as possible. Small
pains are not to be neglected except at the
risk of serious consequences. Remove them
at once. 1t can be done by an application
of one or more of ALLCOCK'S POROUS
PLasTERs, recognized the world over
as the best external remedy ever made
Ask for ALLCOCK'S, and let 40 ezplana-
ton or solicitation induce you 10 accept
substitute.
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A Wheeling lady took up the bandbox
containing her best bonnet last Sunday,
then dropped it with shrek and fed.
The mouse had got in his work, however,
and the bonnet was ruined.
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CauGHs-"Brown's Bronchial Troches"
are used with advantage to alleviate coughs,
sore throat, hoarseness and bronchial af-
fections. Sold only in boxes.
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ENDORSEMENT OF NERlT.

T TAKE PLEASURE IN CRRT. Ting TO
i the excellence of 1.-THE AlArHUSHEK
PIANO" l can cheerlully and truthfully
recommend it in any of its various styles as q
frst-class instrument, the equal of any and the
superior OF most in the qualities necessary to
the accompaniment of the voice, and I believe
it to be more than any other suited 10 withstand
the effects of our California climate. We use it
exclusively at all our reheaTsals and concerts.
W. II. KINROSS,
Musical Director &cNeill Club.
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PROPOSALS WANTED
For Raising, Moving and RemOdeIing of
Stands at Agricultural Park.

DRoPCsALs FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE
Grand and Special Stands at Agricultural
PAX, as per specifications now on file in the
Office of the Secretary of the State Agricultural
Society, viii be received by the Committee at
ssid Office at 10 o'clock a. NJ, MONDAY, APRIL
go 1858.
The Committee reserve-the right to reject any
or all bids.
apl9td EDWIN f. SMITH, secretary.
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III afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
TH0MPSoN's EYE WATER. Druggists sell il
st . cents. ol5-ly6
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DEALER IN NEW AND SECONDHAND
IL FURNITURE, Positively lowest prices In
Town. 92e K street. 5ptf
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ENDORSEMENT.

FTyHIs Is TO CERTIFY THAT THE MAG
/ nifcent Mathushek Grand Piano used at the
Concert last evening is a splendid instrument in
every particular l heartily recommend il to all
who want a strictly first-clsss piano
ENRICO CAMPOBELLO.
Sacramento, March 6. 1888. mrSO-IpIm
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@. Potter. Manufacturer and Dealer in
Harness and Saddles, lila Secoud St., K and l. If
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GENERAL NOTICES.

Be ye king, or be ye peasart
II Jou have breath unpleasant,
Teeth discolored, gums that tease ye,
SOZODONT'S the thing to please ye;
Use it every night and morning;
Teeth preserving and adjoining. IT'S
Workmen's advocate., 1888-05-26
A ' BROAD PLATFORM.

A paper received this week, named 7he S0ltdWitU published in New York City, which seems to be op- posed to the methods of the Central Labor Union and the administrat ion party of the k. of L., and which contesses that the Order Is in Il chaotic condition. has platform nailed to its masthead' which for unlimited broadncss Is remarkable. It desires, first, "the abolition of the landlord" but by what means is not suggested. Second. that "liberty to labor should oe guaranteed to all " by whom guaranteed and bow? Third, that "all instruments of pro. duction should be owned by the workers,' but by what right and title "dcponeht saith not" Fourth, "a system of exchange based on cquity'-ah, but what is equity? Fifth, that society should be guar anteed against the evil effects of want by system of insurance based on solidarity This latter proposi tlon, like the preceding ones, is broad, very broad, and would, like them, seem to require a scientific definition.
 Now, ncn of opposing minds might accept such general proposi tons, but before entering upon il contract of the kind, they would be apt to ask for particulars; otherwise they might still be at cross purposes. And that Is the trouble with broad platforms made up of llmltless gcneralitles.
 Worklngmen must know some thing of the met hods on which they agree to attain freedom. and their objects must be more precisely stated than Tn tue "broad" platform
Workmen's advocate., 1888-05-26

sort of prlmogenture that no con stitution can justly wipe out.
 As Socialists we regard Senator BIaIr's proposition as entirely just and right. It is our duty, socially speaking, to care for the families even of convlcts. It Is our duty, while we have conyicts, society be- ing responsible for their existence at all, to see to it that they do not be- come worse under necessary re- strant. We recognize the right of labor, even convict labor, to what it produces. We have no right to steal 1t, even as State.
 Of course, the Missez-tojre people, like the SNn'S editor, would and do hold the reverse. But their logic is onIy that of the successful buccan- eer, and selfshly it is the cheapest and meanest way of disposing of such an issue. II.
Workmen's advocate., 1888-05-26
MAY 2G, 1888.
SUNDAY SERVICE.

The New York Central Labor Unions resolve to appeal to congress to abolish Sunday work in the post office and m litary service was one that is unworthy a body like the C.. L, U. The military part of it we will not consider, but just why the mail service should be crippled for one day in the week we cannot un- dcrstand. Of course, 1t will not be done, for, notwithstanding the fossil composition of our national congress, 1t is at least more ad yanCod III mat ters of business than the Central Labor Unions resolution would in dlcate that body to be.
 Possibly the Central Labor Union wants to shorten the week of labor for the letter carriers and the horribly overworkod gun carriers of Uncle Sans army. If this be so, we would suggest that they organize and work less days per week, but we warn them that some will be found willing to serve the people on Sunday, and that the people will continue to de- mand and get such service.
 No, no; we want our Sunday news paper, our Sunday mail service, and many other things on Sunday that some one must labor to supply. In return, those who work the other six days of the week can afford to pay for the service.
 Think the matter over, gentlemen.
Workmen's advocate., 1888-05-26
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
RISMA RCk.

Nothing shows more completely the softenmg of the mental and moral fibre of EngIshmen of the upper and middle classes than the constant declaration that Bismarck Is il great man and great statesman. That he has shown himself at many periods of his career, and especially during the last few weeks, to be both a scoundrel and a blackguard IS nothing. Napoleon was also a scoun- drel and a blackguard, but his great ness, his intellectual greatness, Is ln- disputable. But wherein has Bis marck shown himself great or a great statesman? We fail to see. With vast army placed practically at his poltlcaI control by his royal master, he has succeeded in what :? In riding on top of composite im- perlal Germanywlth frightful misery and discontent rife below, with a revolutionary organization ready to take advantage of the very first re- verse, and with a rutfianly junker- dom lowing down before him-so long as he appears to be successful. Opposed to every true reform. bit terIy hostile to liberty in every shape, trying in vain to dam back the dem ocratc current of his time, who shall say that ten years hence all men will not speak of Bismarck with even greater contempt than they now speak of Badinguet. London JuNice.
Workmen's advocate., 1888-05-26

quoted. Order and precision with unity and work lead to something, but looscnoss and uncertainty are not factors i'll progressive movement.
Workmen's advocate., 1888-05-26
A DEMOC RAT.

If you are q democrat, be one from the ground up. There are but two par ties to-day and you must serve one or the other.-Ncrddd Mo.) Duijy Dtmocrat.
 Bah !
 If you are a democrat from the ground up, you will support State Sovereignty-will subscribe to the resolutions of 1889, wherein Jeffer-
Workmen's advocate., 1888-05-26
an issue.

The nomination of Farmer Streeter by the Union |" Labor" " Party is un- doubtcdIy gratifying to the old Greenbackers. The platform is about the same as before the con- yention-a " broad " one.
Workmen's advocate., 1888-05-26
PAY FOR CONVICT LABOR.

ant republican" Is an eXceedlng pronounced q" let alone man and democrat " in these latter days Well, if he likes it, there's no obiec- ton to be made, especially as he makes money out of the change. Charles A. has made his pile, and naturally enough, Jeff. Davis like, wants to be " let alone" Person ally there Is not the sIigh test obicc- ton, and never could be, to that sort of mental carrlon being dropped into any corner, so long as it is out of sight or smell. But unfortun- ately there is newspaper, and in its columns the let alone ideas are thickly spread. As It must be granted that Dana is 6 man of brains, sometimes a bit of reply is necessary, even if the use of the tongs is required.
 The Sun is not only able, but 1t is piratically peryerse. It never fails to fly its black flag, and if pos slble force it's victims to walk the plank. As we are not in that cate gory we can look on the spectacle, winch is at times even enjoyable. But sometimes there are persons and ideas to Dc defended, and when the Sun assails them we know the cyn- lcal brutality that dictates the ac- ton. Here, for example, is the proposition presented by Senator Blair in his blll relating to convict labor, ln which 1t Is proposed that conylcts shall be paid for their work in prison, or rather that small sum shall be set aside for their fam llles' or their own benefit on leaving the prison at the end of their terms.
 The Sun regards this proposition as an absurdity, quite as ridiculous in character and wrong in law as the one in relation to education and it's support, so long advocated by Mir. Blair. Let us seu for a moment, and from an entirely conservative standpoint.
 No idea has come to be more gen eraIly accepted in discussions on prison reform than the one aimed at in Mir. Blair's bill. In the best prison systems 1t IS now in part, at least, adopted. Sir Richard Cax- ton, the Irish prison administrator, who has reformed more criminals than any other man living, has car rlod 1t out successfully. The prin- clpal IS the same, is that of giving Il discharged convict a small sum of money. AS an example of economic philanthropy it will pay. It has paid wherever adopted
 Looked at from the light of the seyerest old school of political ocon- omy, and of a wisely merciful sys- tenn of inventive government, it is quite clear that it will pay better to prevent criminals family from be- coming criminals, if they are not already so, than 1t will to maintain them after they are criminals. The Dana idea IS that of brutal inditIcr- ence up to the point of arraign- ment, and then brutal force ir the punishment awarded.
 Senator Blar's idea is wise. just, humane.
 It is just because d criminal IS still human being. None of Us get very far from our environment. and the latter must bear it's share.
 It IS wise. because to encourage self respect and increase the man hood of even the criminal Is saga
Workmen's advocate., 1888-05-26

Last Saturdays New York frapAjc prints a composite photograph of thirteen of the most prominent as- plrants for the republican " prcsi- dential nomination. It bears like ness to the Sherman family cast of cOuntenancc.