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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
Daniel Mannirr and Editor Homes


George Jones, the editor and chief pro-
prietor OF the New York Times, was in
Washington shortly after the present adj
ADMINISTRATION came i'll, and after calling on
the President stopped at the Treasury to
pay his respects to Secretary Manning.
" l think we have met before this" said
the Secretary, but | guess you don't re-
member me-" II certainly do not" said
Mr.. Jones where did we meet?' @In
your office" said Secretary Manning,
laughing; 1 was only messenger then,
while you were the editor of the Times. /
used to bring you messages from Cassidy,
of the Albany Argus, and | remember that
you were very polite to me and gave me
some kind advice now and then" Now
George Jones is not an old man, yet right
in the middle of his lifetime poor boy
climbed up from messengers place to be
Secretary of the Treasury. 1t is worth
something to live in this corner of the
earth -EIchdnoc.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23

The little blocks of wood, FIVE and half
inches long, are placed on an endless belt,
which feeds the blocks automatically into
the lathe. As the lathe is turned the pin is
taken automatically from the s;iudle and
placed on turn-table and carried to cir
cular saw, which whites out the slot in
the pin. 1t is then finished and thrown
out of the turn-table by the same appliance
that puts the pins on the table Falling,
they are caught in basket or barrel, and
are then taken to the drying house for ten
or twenty-four hours, or until dry
The polishing cylinder or rumbler holds
from twenty to forty bushels; this is run
at slow speed, about thirty turns minute
and by simple friction and contact they be-
come polished .-Erchanqe.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
Paris SeHaca EARNING

The Municipal Council ot' Paris has re-
Gently authorized an extension of the sew.
age irrigation farms, making total area
of over $500 acres. The new farms at
Acheres will at present consist of 1000
acres Of sterile land, which the city Of
Paris will rent from the State. The city
of Merry sur-Oise owns 800 acres, fifteen
miles from Paris, and these are to be at
once arranged for the reception of the
Paris sewage. Besides the above areas
the farmers of Gennevilliers and of Saint.
German desire to prepare $500 more
acres for the reception Of sewage. at is
strange" quotes the Engineering Neus
"that, notwithstanding this demand for
sewage by the farmers, there are still per-
sons who cry out against the poisoning OF
the atmosphere about Paris" Strange, in
deed, that any one should object to the
poisoning of the atmosphere, when the
farmers are willing to make money by it
.Sciencp
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Sun-Scaldirp of Trees.

Fruit-grower5 cannot be too often re-
minded Of the necessity Of guarding against
the injury from sun-scalding. The rapid
growth of the tree and the tendency to
shoot up long slender limbs, exposing a
large surface to the scalding sun, renders
them liable to injury from this cause.
The preventives Mr.. Klee recommends
are good, as | know from long experience.
Shading the young trees with single,
whitewashing the exposed bodies and
limbs of all trees with common lime
whitewash with a little salt added, will
not only reflect the heat, but effectually
clean them from the woody aphis and the
scale. L have whitewashed two orchards
in my vicinity and the bark presents
smooth glossy appearance, and they are
entirely free from insects, though pre-
viously badly infested.
Keeping the tops Of trees low down,
encouraging the growth of dense foliage
for shade is also an excellent preventive
MIR. Klee seems to convey the idea in
his Physiological Reasons" that the sap
ascends through the bark or between the
bark and wood. Not so, however. The
sap ascends by capillary attraction through
the pores of the outer layer of wood, called
the albumen. At the East it was custom
airy in an early day to girdle or "deaden
the oak and other trees on the openings,
and SOW the wheat without any further
clearing than the small underground.
Every woodchopper knows very well it
was necessary to cut into the wood in order
to deaden the tree Even the little ''sap
suckers" knew from instinct that it was
necessary to peck into the wood to produce
the flow of sap.
After the sap has assembled and per-
formed its functions of developing the
leaf and fruit buds, a portion descends be-
tween the bark and the wood to form an
annular layer of wood. No doubt the
damage is done at or about this time, when
the sun comes out in all its fervid vigor,
and bakes and burns the bark to such an
extent as to unduly heat the sap, and thus
deprive it of its vivifying principle.
cannot understand how the sap can become
soured, unless perforations, as NJ. Klee in
Inmates, are made to admit the oxygen of
the air, which is necessary to acidity.-
j. S. IIbbits in Rural Press.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
y cIal Morality,

The Rord New Yorker says: The
spread of social immoralities among what
is termed the best (?) society, is something
that should not pass mchallenged. There
is cause for alarm, anu the various move
ments, like the White Gross, Kings
Daughters, etc, have not started too soon.
The doctrine, or even insinuation, that
one code of morals should exist for one
sex, and different one for another, is
most pernicious Let the line be clearly
drawn, and let moral impurity be called
by the same name everywhere.
The necessity of starting right" and of
teaching children those things that are alb
solutely essential to their moral and phys
ical welfare, and the inestimable value of
clean, honorable life-these are matters
OF the first concern. The young should be
taught, from the earliest moment of under
standing, the supreme advantage of being
pure and true in thought as well as
action. Plain, honest talk is needed, and
Mrs. Fisher has done well to call up these
topics. The vicious influences of some of
the so-called fashionable costumes of wo-
men, ard often of the round dance and the
like need just the kind of disapproyal
given them by Miss Willard, Mrs. Fisher,
and ether courageous women of the land.
The protest should become universal.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
Never Mind slandersrs.

Have you enemies? Go straight on
and mind them not. If they block our
path walk around them, and do your duty
regardless 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
ont 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.-Ou S9cidL Journal.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23

slightest noise, even that produced by
breathing, causes an excessive commotion.
The Indians believe that sound poisons the
water, and assert that many have died
while looking in"
N,anchakan, an Indian dance was gotten
up for cur entertainment, among poems of
the estate. When all was ready we were
invited into the back corridor, where
We found the men ranged upon
one side and the women on the other,
as at Quaker meeting. The musicians
occupied one end, the master of the haci-
enda, with his family and guests, the other.
The music consisted of several violips and
the Indian drum. The latter is the same
instrument rs THAI known before the
conquest as tu1,kal, and is still the
favorite among the lower classes of Yucca
tan. 1t Is hollow log, about three feet
long, having a piece Of hide stretched
over one end, upon which an Indian beats
with his right hand, holding the instru-
ment under his left arm.
For some time all sat i'll silence listen
Ing TO the music, till the master of the ha-
cienda limited his pleasure that the dane
ing should begin Then 4 young man
dressed in white cotton drawers, pink
shirt with tails tluttering outside, sandals
on his feet and sombrero on his head
walked to the center of the corridor and
stood there like a bronze statue badly
draped. Then another man, with big
red handkerchief in his hand, which had
knot tied in one end Of it walked along
the line of women, threw the handker-
chief at one of them and returned to his
seat. This was considered the proper
foIm of invitation to dance; but with
commemorate modesty, rs if to show that
she was not to be had for the asking,
the young woman waited some moments
before she responded. Then she arose,
slowly unwound the reboso from her head
and shoulders, placed herself opposite the
waiting youth, in the middle Of the cor
ridor, ten feet away from him, and at last
the dancing began.
The movements were slow as those of a
minuet, the performers occasionally cross
ing over and changing places. When the
lady had enough of it she deliberately
walked off, leaving the young man dane
ing away by himself, like piece of me-
chanism that had been wound up and
could not stop till run down. Again the
6Gstonero, or master of ceremonies, walked
along the line and touched another girl
with his handkerchief, and she behaved
precisely as her predecessor, waiting some
time before taking the floor
This is called the torso, or bull dance.
Over and over was the performance re-
peated, the unfortunate young man who
personated the torso never stopping for a
moment until he had tired out all the
women.
Later very odd but graceful Spanish
dance was INDUCED in, in which, from time
to time the participants snapped their fin
gers in imitation of castanets.
FANNIE b. WARD.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23

In paper read before the Santa Bar
bara Horticultural Convention recently,
}. W. Sale gave the following reasons for
heading fruit trees low:
First-The growth is much more vigor-
Gus and healthy.
Second-The tree will bear much earlier
and more fruit.
Third-The fruit is much more easily
and cheaply gathered.
Fourth-The tree is better balanced and
grows straighter.
Fifth-The pruning is more easily and
chcaply done.
Sixth-The wind will have less effect on
both tree and fruit.
Seventh-The body of the tree is pro-
teeted from the sun and kept free from
disease
Eighth-The ground beneath and around
the tree is protected from sun and not so
apt to form hardpan in cultivation.-Caii
t0IRia Fruit Grouer.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
An Explanation.

What is thus nervous trouble" With
watch SO many seem now to be afflicted
II gou will remember, few years ago the
wa2d malaria" vas mparatively ua.
kaeEn; to-day it is as cannon as any
word in the English Language; yet this
WORD covers only the meaning of another
word ased by our forefsihers in times past.
SO 1t Is uith nervous diseases, SIS they.
malaria are intended TO cover wins unr
graIid1athefs called biiiousness, ard all are
caused by troubles that arise from dis
eased condition OF the liver, which, in per-
forming its functions, finding il cannot
dispose of the bile through the ordinary
channel, is compelled to pass it off through
The system, causing nervous troubles. ma
LARA, bilious fever, ETC. You who are suf-
fering can wel appreciate cure. We
recommend Green's August Flower. It's
cures are marre Gus.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
Clothes-Rins.

Clotheepins are made IN the lumber re-
gions- They are usually made of white
ash, sometimes of beech, black and white
birch and maple. The wood is taken 10
the factory in logs and eat into lengths of
thirty-one inches by circular saws. These
lengths are then cut into blocks and the
blocks again cut into sticks These sticks
are placed under another saw ard cut into
the required length. Next the turner takes
band at them, and from there they go TO
the siotting machine. They are placed in
troughs by the operator, the machine pick
ing them up and slotting them. They are
then placed in revolving Pipe-drier, and
going thence to the polishing cylinder aud
thea to the packer Each pin passes
through eight hands. A single plant con-
sists of board saw, gang splitter gang
turning lathe, drying-house and
polisher, and costs nom $1,000 to $4,000.
The machines working are very interesting.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
WANING Vitality

As age creeps over us, the new connective
tissues that replace the old in the blood
vessels and kidneys become deteriorated in
quality; they render the arteries friable
and inelastic, and impair the better struct-
ures of the kidneys. Uric acid and other
heterogeneous matters accumulate in the
blood, and these act as solid mechanical
irritants as soon as they reach the kidneys.
In reptiles and birds this acid is normally
eliminated in the solid form, producing
solid urine. But all mammals excrete
liquid urine, hence the irritation when
solid uric acid appears. The liver is to
blame for this; it is losing its power of
forming sufficient glyeoeen to nentralize
the poisonous elements.-1fedicql EIcAange.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
Life of Fruit Trees.

The most eminent authorities upon fruit
culture may err in their deductions from
their observations of fruits in another
country, or even another section of their
own country. Thus, a writer of the first
rank upon subjects of horticulture wrote
and published some two years since, that
after visiting California, he had concluded
that although fruit trees grew much faster
there than elsewhere in the United States,
and came into bearing earlier, it was fair
inference that because of such earlier
irultlng, the trees would not be as long
lived as in the Easl. We venture the
statement that the precise reverse of this
Is true. We know of California peach
trees 80 years old, and grape vines 100 years
old, both IN strong, healthy condition, and
still bearing fine fruit. OF apple, pear and
cherry trees there are great numbers in
California that are still older, but that is
also true of the East, while it is not so of
peaches and grapes. The fact is, that we
do not yet know the possible age and bear
ing life Of trees and vines in this State.
What effects continuous cultivation NAV
have upon the soil and plants, or what i'm
palrment of vitality may be wrought by
insect pests, are still matters of mere con-
lecture. We certainly have not as vet.
however, sufficient data to warrant the
conclusion that upon our new lands, at
least, our fruits will not be of longer life
than the same fruits in the East. We ask
fruit growers to send us reports of ages of
trees and vines still in full bearing, with
remarks upon the California Fruit
GrOVer.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
Smokers' Vertigo.

DIR. Decaine is reported in the Neu Yorl
Medical Record as having recently investi
gated number Of cases of vertigo in
smokers. Out of sixty-three patients
forty-nine were between 80 and Sc years OF
age. Nor than half of them suffered in
addition, from digestive troubles, with
constipation alternating with diarrhea,
insomnia, palpitations, dyspnea and diure-
sis. In third of the number there was
marked intermittence of the pulse and
granular pharyngitis, while others suffered
from aphthie, amblyopia, etc Thirty
seven were persons who smoked habitualiy
on an empty stomach; and these suffered
from vertigo, principally in the morning
The vertigo generally conceded with sup
preston OF Precipitation and diminished
excretion of urine. The treatment con-
sisted mainly in regulating or suppressing
the cause, but thirty-three out of thirty
seven patients ceased to suffer on merely
refraining from smoking on an empty
stomach.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.


used to kill birds in my boyhood.
Bluebirds and robins and wrens:
hunted them up in the mountains.
l hunted them down in the elens.
never thought it was sinful
did 1t only for fun
And had rare sport in the forest
With the poor little birds and my gun.
But one clear day in the springtime
spied a brown bird in tree
Merrily swinging and chirping
As happy as bird could be,
And raising my gun i'll twinkling,
fired, and my aim was too true;
FOR moment the little thing fluttered
Then of 10 the bushes it flew
followed it quickly and softly,
And there 10 my sorrow / found
Right close to its nest full of Young ones
The little bird dead on the ground!
Poor brides! for food they were calling;
But now they could never bc fed
For the kind mother bird who had loved Them
Way lying there bleeding and dead.
pick up the bird in my anguish.
stroked the wee motherly thing
mat could never more feed its dear Young ones
Nor dart through the air on swift wings.
and made firm VOW N that moment
When my heart with such sorrow was stirred
Tint never eg7in in my lifetime
Would shoot a poor innocent bird
H. e. EdtrdrdS in Oitr ilJlJ6 AHj7Hn{>
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
Prize Studies of Tornadoes.

The american Meteorological Journal, de-
string to direct the attention of students
to tornadoes, in hopes that valuable results
may be obtained, offers the following
prizes: For the best original essay on tor
nadoes or description of tornado, 5000
will be given. For the second best, $50.
And among those worthy of special men
ton $50 will be divided. The essays must
be sent to either of the editors, Professor
Harrington, Astronomical Observatory,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, or A. Lawrence
Rotch, Blue Hill Meteorological Observa-
tory, Readville, Mass, U. S. A, before the
first day of July, 1889. They must be
signed by nom de plume, and be accompa-
MED by sealed envelope addressed with
same nom dc plume and inclosing the real
name and address of the author Three
independent and capable judges will be
selected to award the prizes; and the pa
pers receiving them will be the property
of the Journal offering the prizes 4 cir
cular giving fuller details can be obtained
by application to Professor Harrington.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
Trout Near Home.

The Forest and Stream gives this advice
to trout fishermen: anglers have in
creased SO rapidly that waters which in
former years were fshed by only one or
two, who carried home big strings, are now
whipped bya dozen or a score; each fisher
man may be rewarded with a small return,
and the fishing may appear to him to have
deteriorated, yet the total number of trout
taken in a season is often as large to-day
as in the past. There are other streams
which have been cleaned out with hooks,
lime and nets, until not trout fin re-
mains, nor will there ever be any fishing
in them until they are Systematically re-
stocked and let alone until the fry have
time to grow. 1t is mystery why fisher
men do not more often band together to
undertake the restoration of these played
out and protitleSS trout streams. The ex-
pense of restocking is trifing; it is prac-
ticable to protect the waters, and the re-
wards are worth striving for. 1t is not
ever fisherman who can afford time and
expense to visit distant angling waters :;
why should not the stay-at-homes have
their fun in their own home streams,
stocked and preserved by united action ~
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
The water-Jet Telephone TransmItter

This transmitter has been recently ex.
hibited in England, where it has attracted
attention, both by its novelty, and its excel
lent performance as long-distance trans
mitter. The following is an abstract from
lecture recently delivered by G. w. de
Tunzeemann "The -transmitter con-
sists of a small jet of water, calculated to
render it a conductor, falling upon two
electors, consisting, respectively, of a
platinum wire, and platinum ring con-
centric with the wire, and separated from it
by ring of glass or ebonite. The con-
nection between the electrodes is formed
by the nappe of the jet; and, when the jet
is thrown into vibration by the sound of
the voice, the variation of resist
ance between the electrodes causes
1t to act as a transmitter of
great delicacy. This delicacy is so
great that the voice of person speaking
in an ordinary tone at distance of
fifteen or twenty feet from the instrument
is reproduced in distant telephone with
the most perfect distinctness."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
Fish Commission work on the Pacific

The United States Fish Commission
steamer Albatross, Captain q. L. Tanner,
arrived at San Francisco last week, and, as
soon as she is fitted out. will start on her
summer cruise. She has been ordered to
cruise from kodiac to and along the Aleu-
tan Islands, for the purpose of studying
the fshing-grounds of the Alaskan coast.
The most important fish found there is the
cod. Captain Tanner is instructed to make
careful and systematic study of the whole
coast, not only hydrographically, but for
the purpose of determining the kinds of
fish to be found there, the limits Of their
distribution, and their abundance. He is
also TO make a thorough study of the
fauna of the sea and Its distribution over
the es-bottom. Important results are an
ticipated from this summers cruise of the
Al5atross.-Scieace.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
HOW GID WAS SHE?
Ihe Prose Ballad of the Pretty Moon
sheer and The Judge.


sheer and The Judge.
Miss Bette Smith of Fentress county
Tenn, who was arrested on a charge O.
illicit distilling, is said to be handsome and
accomplished.
When Miss Smith was arraigned before
the United States Court at Nashville she
conducted herself with such grace and dig.
nifty that the polite Judge, deeply impressed
arose and made her profound bow.
Miss Smith" said the Judge, Ito sec
you in this awful predicament seriously
touches me-"
at does me, too, Judge"
GLOW old are you ?"
Judge, | am two years older than nv
married sister, who was married before she
was as big as am. She has been married
eighteen months and still speaks well oil
her husband. Now how old am I?'
Il cannot tell"
81 am not TO blame for your mathemat.
ical inefficiency."
"Why did you go into the distilling
business 81
Because | wanted to make whisky"
How long have you been distiller?''
Ever since | was Is years old"
When were you Is years old?'
The year my father died.
"What year was that?"
The year my uncle Henry moved to
Texas"
Miss Smith, you are woman, but in
slst that you shall answer my questions.
Remember, that if convicted of this awful
charge, you will be sent to the peniten-
tiary. What did.you do with the whisky
you made?"
"Sold it,"
" Who bought it?
Well, Judge, it would be rather hard
to tell who bought it all. Some time ago
a party of gentlemen came into M neigh
borhood to hunt deer. The party got out
OF whisky and found it difficulty to buy
any, After a while / told man if he
would put his jug down on dollar and go
away he might, when he came back, find
the jug full of whisky. He did so.'
" Mould you know the man ?"
"oh, yes, sir; L recognized him in a
moment. You are the man, Judge
al, IT,