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Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-20
Hnw to Jndge Whisky.

"Tll bet l can tell 'doctored whisky from the straight stuff every Itime,' said modest Chicago drum 1mer. whose face seemed to bear out |his assertion.
 "How do you tell?'' asked one of the group to whom the remark was addressed. Why, by the taste of the liq- 1uor.
 "I guess you don't know what |you are talking about responded an agent for wholesale liquor house. ''It's the smell that tells |you.
 It is hardly necessary to repeat the argument that followed, which led to an interesting test, with some rather surprising results.
 The party embraced a saloon keeper. two travelling agents for liq- |uor houses, a we'll known Hveryman and a doctor. Each was in turn
 bhndfolded and required to hold his nose tightly. Then he was given finger of half-d kinds of liq- uor, including rye, bourbon, gin
 rum, brandy, and was asked to name
 them. The result of the test was
 simply ridiculous. Gin was pro- nounced whisky and whisky gin
 brandy and rum were mistaken fol each other. and only two could tel
 water. The test went even further
 A slice of raw onion was given each
 and they were asked what it was,
 and only one could answer directly )Of course. each was asked conscien- tiously to hold his nose tightly anC
 give his verdict before he let go Il
 is unnecessary to add that the Chi. cago drummer learned something
 and that the whisky mans claim tha
 it is the smell and not the taste tha
 that aids in the detection of liquo
 was made good.-St. Paul Globe.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-20

The only time an Anarchist Ina! ,his heart in his work i> when it ris. les to his mouth. New Haven Regis ter.
 "Haye you something fine in the ,way of imported cigarS:' inquired ; 'Porkful dudc of the dealer. Yes, sir, " the dealer replied. Then two fer five Jersey seedlings i, hay ing Il big run.
 "A genteel carycr,' says a bool on etiquette, always sits while h, carvcs. s." Caryers who get on tn, the table and have wrestling matcl with the chickens are known by som, other name Rochester Express.
 Will you allow me to sleep in tn, tcn-acre lot back of the barn. ma an pleaded the tramp. "Certainly re, sponded the woman. kindly; "ant here is a couple of matches in case it should turn cold before morning.
 -lAfe.
 Miss Cnshington (enjoying . ride)-''I think you have a lovely horse, MT. DeLyle. About what does such a fine horse costN' MT. De Lyle-"Two dollars an hour ol yes that horse is worth about eight hundred dollars.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-20
AGRICULTURAL.
Under-Orainage In the South.

Millions of acres of hill-landS in the cotton States have been rendered yalueleSs by surface washing, and millions of acres of bottom lands are unprolitable in consequence of being covered with gully dirt, or satura- ted with stagnant water. The form CT might have retained their fertility under judicious system of rotation of crops, accompanied by rationa method of cultivation and proper at tention to horizontalizing. They may still be reclaimed and made pro- ductive by terracing and green ma nuring. The latter could have been protected and may now be renovated d by drainage. Indeed, there are very few soils that are not benefited by under drainage. There are mil lions of acres of land in the cotton States needed under drainage, which need is not even suspected by thier owners.
 Any soil underiaid by a tenacious subsoil, aud which remains wet al the surface for thirty six hours after heavy rains, would not only be ben cited by under-drainage, but needs tito secure maxium produetiveness. Soils which remain wet long after spring rains, usually suffer most during the long droughts of sum mer.
 Nearly all writers upon the subject ofdrainage coniine themselves to til' which is to expensive to be used up on lands of low value and at thlel best of small productiveness. Many
Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-20

The car had just stopped at the Priests of Pallas hall, and a large,
 genial-faced, jovial kind of man as-
 sisted a lady to alight. As the car started again he rather earnestly re- marked: Now, there goes my wife to hear Rev. sam Jones tell her
 faults" Then, after an impressive .pause: Yet when try to tell her ,of them there is q terrible racket. l lean { understand women.
Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-20
BY n,E" sss" sa'
 Read the next column article. e9, nN- BlAs Dta

owners of lands which need drainage| having been detcrred from attempt-| it on account of the expense andI their ignorance of the principles andl practice of drainage. Because theyl do not feel able to employ an engi-| neer to lay off the ditehes or to pur- chase tile, they abandon the idea of
 reclaiming their lands, and oftenI waste enough money in the purchase, of costly fertilizers for lands too wet to benefited by them to pay the ex- pense of drainage. which would ob- viate the necessity for the use of fer-' tilizers. There are other methods of; drainage, and other material than| tile, while less permanent, are cheap| and effective. Among these areI rock. plank and p oles. The rock eulvert drain is very little inferior toI tR~ in ditches which have stiff clavl bottoms. Drains of this characterl made thirty years ago are doing asi good work now as then, and we see| no reason why they should not provel absolutely permanent. Two yearsi ago we built one hundred and thir-' tv yards long at total cost of Sl3.-
 Is when completed. The land
 through which it passed was so wet, in June of the previous year that the coop planted upon it had to be abandoned because mule could. not walk upon the land without bog, ging. The blow was used in loosing. the first two feet of depth, shovels, :, following and throwing out the loos-' ened earth. The blow did also the, entire work of filling, except few. feet at the lower end, filled for thel mule to cross upon. This land ! which had been to wet to be plantedI in cotton produced bale to the acre, the first season after it was drained. A layer of this stone is placed oni each side of the ditch and others laid, across them. thu> forming culvert
 in the center. Other smaller stones are then laid over these, and all GOV, cred with straw of some kind to pre-! vent the soil from sitting through the, stones into the culvert. This isl pressed down iirml Y upon the stones; and good turnlplow will fill the ditch and complete the job, By this, method of drainage, stone that is al nuisance upon the surface of the
 lcll5 i, made very useful and profit
 able. In those sections in which
 stone cannot be gotten. poles may
 he substituted These will last if
 teen or twenty years the time being
 greater or less according to whether
 the poles are continually wet or dry, Three poles are used as follows:
 :. rom of the ditch so that there will
 be q space of two or three inches be-
 tween them third pole is laid above
 aud between them to break the joint. r The ends of no two poles should be < together; this to avoid ugly joints
 and to guard against their depress-
 ion of restruction of the drain. Pole. about six inches in diameter answer. best If poles can not be gotten,
 split timber used in the same wat
 will answer. No matter which is. used, liberal quantity of straw should | be spread over the material and well
 packed over the poles or plank be-
 f1.e filling in with earth. The object
 of this is Co prevent the loose earth. from sitting into the culvert and ob-. structing the damage
Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-20

W F. Atkinson, nominated to be the eighteenth attorney-general of
 Arkansas. is native of Shelby coun- |tv. Alabama, and was born on July |2S. 1852. He is now, therefore, in his Seth year. His father moved to- Arkansas in lS57.and settled in Col |ombia county near College Hill and farm, where he lived un- |til 1866. He then moved to Falcon, now in Nevada county, and has lived there ever since. At the Falcon acad- |emv an institution founded and con |trolledlby the Masons, and for q long time was one of the most noted schools in southwest Arkansas. young Atkinson received the greater part |of his literary education. Choosing |the law as his profession, he attended the law department of Washington iand Lee university at Lexington Va. land took the course under tuition of those distinguishedIjuriSts, Hon. John Randolph Tucker and Judge ]. w. |l'rockenborough, Returning home, |he opened an office at Rosston on |Julv 10. 1874 and remained there |nntil March, 1878. During that time his partner was his boyhood |friend and college mate, Hon. Thos. |C. McRae. member of Congress for |the last four years from the Third district In March, 1877. he remoy-
 ed to Prescott, where he has resided
 lever since.
 Mir. Atkinson has never held office of any sort, indeed was never a can
 dida'c until he became one for the
 o lice to which he has just been
 He has avoided poli-
 ties and devoted himself asSiduously) Ito the profession. in which he has
 won marked distinction. At the bar of Southwest Arkansas and of the federal and supreme courts of the state he ranks among tho strongest and most brilliat lawyers in the prac-
 tice. In the management of his cas- les he is clear headed and indetatiga-
 ble. In personal address he is pleas ant and engaging, and in the court room he isa polished orator. His has been a single victory :, and though ths youngest of Arkan sss' attorney generals there Is alum dant assurance that he will rank among the ablcst and most faithful. .l ,9ypttp
Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-20
Notice.

Prof. l.. White, the noted cancer eradicator, will remain at Prescott until further notice k given oi ms departures as he has several cases now on hand and new ones are daill coming. even from Texas He was
 n that state in Joh and Angus
 andha- proved tbcre as well as ht h, Iha- in this state, that he i. one o' ,thc mut successful cancer erad'e'- tor, tn the world.
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Tho Presidents Record.

By MT. Cleyeland's public virtues and public defects, then, the people must take him and judge him as a candidate for the Presidency. His courage in the assailing of abuses is known. His message on the pro- tectiye tariff aroused the people as they were aroused by Lincoln's first call for troops. His great ability is now candidly recognized. His per
 feet honesty and sincerity are no longer questioned save by reckless and malignant partlsans. His sue cesses and his failures. his titles to honor and respect. and his tets that have called for censure or Justified want of confidence are re- corded in an open book. The most cursory examination reveals the vast predominance of the entries which stand upon the credit side of the ac- count. But above and overshadow- ing everything else upon the page stands the Presidents tariff mes- sage, constituting him the leader in Ian aggressive warfare to make an end of extortionate customs taxes, and furnishing the issue of the can vass. Upon the Presidents record, land cpon that issue we cannot be, |lieve the judgment of the people at the polls will be other than favora. |ble. nor can we doubt that the Inde. pendents of 1884, with substantial |unanimity and with very large acces' |sions, will cast their ballots for the Democratic candidate.-From New Y ork Times (Ind.)
Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-20

Oh, you haven't any kidney dis ease, eh? But you are from time tc time troubled with BACHACHE TROUBLES, RHEU' MATISM, NEURALGIA, HEAD ACHES. NERVOUSNESS. INDI GESTION. NUMBNESS, DIZZI NESS, MALARIA, CHILLS AMI FENEB, AGUE, BOILS. CARBCN |CLES, ABSCESSES, PARALYSIS DYSPEPSIA, IMPOTENCY, Swol len ANKLES AND JOINTS. ano your wife has FEMALE TROl B LES. Don't you know that these diseases would almost never prevai if your kidneys were naturally act i've and kept the blood clean:
Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-20
"Warner's Safe Cure'

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switches. have been laid in the fourteen South
ern States This is only 1000 miles less than
the entire railroad mileage Of the South In 1850.
Two funeral cars, for use about New York
city are being built at the shops of the New
York Central road. They are divided into two
COMPARTMENTS, one for the casket and the other
for the mourners.
During the last twelve months the Louisville
Nashville road has been the largest pur-
chaser OF the Southern roads in the way OF roll
Ing stock. having purchased thirty five locomo-
tivos and 2, 325 cars.
u to date ffty-eight railroads have reported
their earnings for August, aggregatiug Sl9, o0l,-
SOe, an increase over the earnings Of the cor
responding month in 1887 Of 1868 l00 or 20 per
cent
The New Orleans Picayune says that the
Louisville Nashville is aiming to secure con-
troll OF a through line from Now Orleans to New
York, the gaps which the company is building
pelng only connecting links.
The California State Board of Equalization
has Just completed the assessment of the rail-
roads OF that State for 1885, assessing them as
whole at S35, 400 000 which is 81 SOC, 600 less
than the assessment Of 1887.
The General" the engine belonging TO the
western x Atlantic road which cut such a
prominent figure during the rebellion, IL on ex-
hibition at the grand encampment grounds in
Columbus, q. President Brown, of the w. d
A.. loaning the engine for exhibition.
Since Jan. 1, 2.426 miles of railroads in the
United States have been placed in the hands Of
receivers. with a stock and bond debt OF $751;
5000, against 42S miles in the corresponding
period of 1887, such roads having q stock and
bonded debt of S2S. 1000
Some of the Southern lines running east and
west clairn to be making as good time between
New York and Kansas City do the more
direct routes. The Kansas City. Fort Scott q
Memphis road last week landed freight shipped
from New York In Kansas City seven days after
time of shipment
The Now York, New Haven & Hartford road,
which has been building its own equipments for
many years. has discontinued doing so and wiz
purchase its engines and cars hereafter from
the works which make speciality of building
equipments Its repair work will now keep the
present shop capacity busy.
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serve support. or to give graceful outstanding
effect. The best rule 10 follow. therefore is for
each woman TO decide for herself just how much
or how little of hustle she viii wear and in COM
ing to a decision she should be guided by con-
ederation of her own figure If she is rather
slim she may affect aesthetic l;mpness Of
draperes which, from artistic point of
view, is pleasant enough, but If she
is at oil inclined to 1eshness it is more thar
likely that she absolutely requires q hustle in
order to produce slightly outlines. A round OF
the most fashionable of the city dress-makers
doesn't carry the writer 10 conclusion in this
matter Some of the very finest costumes
ordered for swell occasions this month and next
are to be devoid of bustles, although the draper
les will dis;end themselves little at the
without any inferior support. But / observe
that in every case the grth OF the waist indicat-
ed slender woman. Other and equally rich
dresses were expanded rearward by inserted
steels 10 an extent as great as hitherto. When
our most elaborate dressers thus disagree about
the hustle, there is nothing for their less inde.
PENDENT sisters to do except to consult personal
taste and physical requirements.
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AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Reduction ON Grain Rates.

CHICAGO. Sept. u The rate on grain from
Chicago to seaboard points was reduced from %
to 20 cents hundred pounds to-day. The
Pennsylvania road was the first to put the re-
duced rate ;nto effect, and the other lines fol-
lowed suit 1t is believed that the real purpose
Of the Pennsylvania in taking this action is TO
bring matters to q head in order to hasten the
movement toward al adjustment of tho dill
culties already existing among the Eastern
lines. The managers OF the lines in the west
err States Passenger Association met to-day for
the purpose Of considering and taking action MP
on such rules as failed to secure the unanimous
consent of the passenger committee. They
were unable to complete the task, and adjourned
for few days until after the meetings that have
been pre- arranged for freight matters have been
held
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Given a Bad History, the Consequence
RAJ poli,s,,l p.r,y

Given a BAD History, the Consequence Is .
Bad Political Party.
70 the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal
II there was ever political party with more
infamous record than that Of the Democratic
party il is unknown to history. The English
Tories are angels of light compared with Demo
Gratis. The present Democratic party dates
from 1922, wher Lewis. Kendall and Eaton
formed conspiracy to make Andrew Jackson,
an uneducatsd Indian fighter, President of toe
United States. The aim Of this conspiracy was
the possession OF the public Offices, which these
demagocues declared pubic trust Their
method has set pattern for all subssq uens De-
mocracy. 1t was to cry fraud and co,ruptisag
They dinned the peoples ears with charges that
the federalists were using the public funds for
party advantage. When Jackson came in tho
only defaulisr found was Tobias Watkins,
fourth auditor. who had been a persistent plot
ter fog Jackson's election. The Democratic
junta raised the cry of bargain and sale against
Clay and Adams. This has been proven By his
tory entirely false.
The Democratic party has never vet made a
single campaign, either State or national. that
did not IN some way iterate this cry OF fraud
and corruption" In Jackson's administration
there was four times the defalcation of Adsms's.
politics. had a set of officials honeycombed with
official corruption. Polk came in on the same
old cry of reform, and went out with scandals in
Walker ard Msrey's department.
In 1852. in the North, of the great cries
Was Reform In Pierce's administration
millions of dollars were squandered on Southern
goose-creeks. There were. besides, scandals
In the War and Postoffee Departments. Buch-
anans administration came as reform" and
went out the blacklist Of corrupt public service
1t became so flthily corrupt that even Breckin-
ridge declared it Sunk
Scratch any Democrat, past or present, and
the echo awakened will be wild yawp OF fraud
and corruptionF The party has never been
able to 60 before the Northern people on any
other issue. Not in single instance has the
charge been proven. Turn the rascals out"
was the cry four years ago The net result of
examining the public accounts was a difference
OF 2 cents.
But, nothing daupted, President Cleveland re-
habilitates the old cry in new dress. The people
told that they are being defrauded by the
surplus. and by protective tariff; by grants to
railways and by dangerous trusts. The prssi-
Dental claptrap turns ont like its predecessors.
The surplus has vanished, the tariff issue IL
sheer demagogy, the railroad grants were under
investigation before Cleveland came ill.,
This is the bad history Of the Democratic party
as a party of morality the boasted conservator
of the peoples rights. 1t has never let slip an
opportunity to defraud them 1t has crystallized
all our worst elements in ore terrific onslaught
the public treasury This is but feature
of q thoroughly bad party history. Let dig
up that history anew Slick.
GREEScAVLE Sept. IL.
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Proceedings of the House.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 12-Ths House immedi-
ately resumed consideration of the conference
report on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
The pending question was on the motion OF Mr..
Holman. Of Indiana. TO concur in the Senate
amendment relative to an inquiry as to the prac-
ticability of retaining the arid lands. with
amendment providing that the expenses of the
work should be paid from the appropriations
for the topographic survey. The motion was
lost
The Senate amendment was then concurred
10, with an amendment proposed by Mr. Brock
inridge, Of Kentucky. AS agreed 10, the clause
provides Tor the appropriation of 800. 900 for the
purpose of investigating the extent to which
the arid regiol can be redeemed by irri-
cation The director OF the geological survey
IS directed TO make On annual report OF the
progress Of the inquiry and al the lands which
may hereafter be designated for sites for res
ervoirs bitches, or canals for irrigation pur-
poses, and all lands made susceptible Of irriRa-
ton, are reserved from sale entry until other
wise provided. The Senate amendment appro-
priatine 500. 900 for geological park in Wash
ington Was non concurred in-36 10 %. The re-
naming Senate amendments OF misor import
ance were non-concurred IN. and o further con.
ference ordered on the bill
Dir. Crisp, of Georgia, called up the Senate
bill to amend the interstate-com mercs law. He
said that in the main il WAS in conformity with
the recommendations Of the commission. The
only amendment made in the Senate bill by the
House committee had been one intended to give
greater publicity TO the schedules required to be
posted. No action was taken on the bill.
The Senate bill amending the act relating to
postal crimes was passed.
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, moved that the
House 60 into committee of the whole on tho
Oklahoma bill. In q division no quorum voted
and this point was raised by air. Barnes The
yeas and nays were ordered-yeas. 10i; nays.
26-no quorum.
The remainder of the afternoon was spent in
e. unsuccessful effort to secure q quorum, and
the House adiournet
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Trace of precipitation.


MlnueapOus journal.
One OF the most noble and imposing figures at
the late Republican convention was that of Ed
ward A. Sumner. who, with his hyperion curl
and his deep. low rumblng Demostheuian
voice made lasting impression on the impress
sionable country delegates Edwards voice Is
becoming very famous in its day and genera
ton. little incident at the courthouse the
other day illustrates the peculiar timbre, so to
speak. of that voice
There was a case on trial IN which Edward
and his voice took one side and John Steele
took the other. In the course Of the proceed
inRs some little difference arose between the
opposing counsel. Mr.. Sumner arose TO address
the court He made a very ornate speech in
that characteristic voice which seems to proceed
from his very bowels, so deep it is.
Ed. how do you make toat noise9" said
Steele when Summer had finished. ''Ive for
gotten how To do il. / used 10 do il when was
a boy, but. if my recollection is clear, to be
entirely successful, had to put my head in
barrel