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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-11
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-11
THE WEEKLY UNION

All these publications are sent either By Mail
or Express to agents or single subscribers with
charges prepaid. All Postmasters are agents
The Best Advertising Mediums On the Pacific
Coast
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-11
EDWIN K. ALSIP g. co.
THE LAST CHANCE!

A RANCH OF FIRST AND SECOND SHELF
~ bottom land, containing 290 acres; 25 acres
in bearing grape vines, best varieties of ship
ping grapes; l40 acres in orchard, from the
earliest to the latest varieties, thereby having
fruit for market all summer; one alfalfa field
separately fenced, and the balance of land in
grain; well-fenced in several divisions; dwell
ing of nine rooms with modern improvements;
two steam pumps; one windmill water tanks;
warehouse on the railroad, paying not less than
$500 per year rental also, a large new barn.
situated on the north line OF the Sacramento
and Placerville Railroad, and running to the
river; eleven miles from sacramento
BS~ This farm will be sold at a great
sacrifice if called for soon. Price, $3O.-
900, and $4,000 may remain on
place at low rate of Interest.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-11

THE announcement is made in connec-
ton with the news of the collapse of a
large PUBLISHING house at the East, that
the novelists hnd poets of the erotic school
are in disfay Tor with publishers, because
their works are not purchased by the peo-
pie as largely as has been supposed, and
that very few of such publications have
proved paying investments for either pub
Usher or author This is encouraging
news, and is tribute to the moral condi-
ton and better taste of the people, that
gives the lie to the iterated story that the
public demand the flash and the nasty
order of reading matter Since the firm
referred to was the chief agency through
which the class of authors indicated
reached the public, and it has failed to
make the business of such publication pay,
the conclusion is justified that the people
do not patronize the passionate school to
the extent that has been supposed.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-11
Mrs. MAVERICK is a blonde and it !

Mrs. MAVERICK is a blonde, and it is
going the rounds of the press that it was
easier for her to commit the crime of
which she is undoubtedly guilty, because
she is fair-haired and light-eyed 1t must
be confessed that if the statistics of crime
and strategy and mischief by women are
to be taken as establishing any law in the
matter-which we do not concede-then
the dark women stand higher in the moral
scale than their lighter sisters. A writer
in the st. Louis Globe-Denaocrat, whose in
dustry in searching for facts is indicative
of the persevering trait in his character,
finds that Eve, who set the example of dis
obedience and wickedness, was blonde.
No proof is cited, but the assertion is made
that Lots wife was also a blonde. Hagar
and Bihah were brunettes, but Delilah
was fair of hair, eyes and skin. The Greeks
and the Romans, while ascribing virtue
and faithfulness alike to blonde and bru-
nette, nevertheless painted nearly all their
fair sinners as ight-haired, light-eyed and
white of skin. The locks of Venus shone
as the sunlight when she rose over the sea,
and Daphne was fairer still, she who alb
horred marriage. Pandora, of the famous
casket of woes, was painted as blonde.
So, too, Gree was depicted as white and
fair-haired woman. Helen of Troy, who
was such precious sinner, was of goldea
locks and peach-bloom complexion. Pene-
lope was brunette, with jetty hair fut-
tering like the ravens wing, and
her name stands to this day as the
synonym for faithfulness and per-
severance. Aspasia had honey-colored
hair; Messalina was dark-haired,
but to correct nature, wore blonde wig
when on errands of i'll intent; Cleopatra
was fair of complexion, and not dark
Egyptian, for she was from Macedonia;
Lady Macbeth was slight golden-haired
and blue-eyed woman, and not, as the stage
people make her, dark, strong and muscu-
lar. Had she been a brunette, says our
statistician, she would have counseled
patience, not murder Lucretia Borgia was
of fair complexion, and had HAIR of silver
blonde; Blanca Capello, most mischiev-
Gus woman, was fair, light and delicate );
Ninon de PEnclos, Nine. de Cheyreuse'
and Helen Jegado, to whom twenty five
murders, direct and indirect, are charged,
were all pronounced blondes so was Nine.
Montbazon, and Mary, Queen of Scots, also,
with auburn hair and blue eyes, and Eliza
beth was red of head. And so the list
runs on. Now there is assuredly another
side to the question, and SO certain are we
that nothing is to be proved one way or
another by such statistics, that we trust
some ingenious person, with time to spare,
will add to the literature of the subject
chapter, assuming thatsuch things are sus-
ceptible of proof, proving blondes have as
much to their credit as to their discredit
in the matter of examples from history
and tradition, and that the same sources
prove the brunettes to be most mis-
chievouS and dangerous class of women.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-11

have ne, shown disposition to permit
their lots TO be taken for the purposes of
the fair. 1t may turn out, therefore, that
what the Chicago papers have forecast will
be fulfilled that the Worlds Fairrwill
never be held in New York City, but at
the best can only be held in some suburb
of the great metropolis. One thing may
be accepted as certain, that unless the
New York people find suitable location
very soon, the sentiment in favor of that
city will yeer, and blow in the direction of
Chicago, or some other large city that is
not crowded for room There would be no
surplus of time in which to prepare for the
exposition, even if Boards of Promotion
were formed to-day.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17

One of the largest millers in the United
States, c. A. Pillsbury, is credited
with asserting that American millers do
not dampen their wheat before grinding
it. This is correct of some millers, but
not of all, and the reason is not attri-
butable to differences in lnillers. but to
differences in wheat. Most of the Cali
fornia wheat ground in this state is
moistened, because it is found necessary
to do so. On the other hand, Oregon
wheat will not stand dampening, as it
contains enough water without this
treatment.
On this account local millers prefer
California wheat, as they can add the
necessary water for nothing, which they
have to pay for in the Oregon article.
When shipped abroad or stored for
months at tidewater, there is less differ
ence, as wheat which is not moist will
become so when in damp atmosphere.
California wheat when afioat gains 2 to
8 per cent. from absorption of moisture.
A certain percentage of water in wheat
is essential to render it fit for grinding,
and the moisture has to be either found
in the grain or applied artificially thereto.
San Francisco Grocer.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Dreams and Coincidcenes.

While staying in your good city last
week read in The Globe-Democrat an
account of curious condolences con-
nected with dreams. Strangely enough,
a:night or two afterwards, as was COM
ing east on a sleeping car, I dreamt of
meeting friend, lady, whom I had
not seen for seventeen years, and in the
morning sat directly opposite this very
lady in the dining car. l had not
thought of her, but who will say that
her presence in the next car did not
have some subtle influence over my
dream the night before?
Speaking of dreams, will tell you of
another one, of ludicrous nature, not
many weeks ago. dreamt that was
boy again, and was engaged in the
rather common juvenile diversion in the
country of robbing a farmers water
melon patch. Just as l was in the act of
making off with one of the finest melons
in the patch I saw the farmer approach
ing, with dog and gun. In vain did I
tug at the melon, hoping to get over the
fence ahead of the advancing dog. The
barking of the brute awoke me, and
l found myself pulling with all the en-
ergy at my command at the head of my
15-months-old baby, which had mis-
taken for a watermelon, and whose cry
had filed my dullears with sounds like
the barking of dog. The poor child
had been dreadfully abused, and I re-
solved never again to sleep in bed with a
baby.-A. NJ. Heston in st. Louis Globe
Democrat
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Ruby Mines, Burma,

One of the finest sanitariums in India
is that of Bernard-Myo, on the broad
rolling plains of Enjouk, on the north
ern slopes of the hills bounding the ruby
mining district of Mogok. Burma. Ber-
nard-Myo is over 5000 feet above sea
level. The ruby mining district may
have population of over 5000 people
belonging to many different tribes. The
mines are of three kinds-the working
Of fissure veins, washing in somewhat
similar manner to the hydraulic mining
in California, and what may be called
placer diggings. The third class of
mines is at present the most important.
At depths varying from ten to thirty
feet, in the f1atter lands of the valleys,
there occurs layer Of corundum from a
few inches to few feet in thickness.
When this corundum is brought to the
surface myriads of small rubies glitter
in the sun. Almost all the stones are
water worn or of irregular shapes, and
it is rarely that q fiawless ruby is found.
So rare is ruby of the finest water,
that one of three carats is worth ten
times the value of diamond the same
size. The district of Mogok is situated
between Mandalay and Bhamo, and is
nearer to the former place.-Scientific
American.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Looking Ahead.

A story is related of the late +. R. De,
lano which is quite characteristic. When
the veteran railroad man was lying at
the point of death he made dying re.
quest. He said to the attendants at his
bedside that he wished them to see that
strips of oak be nailed to the bottom OF
the pine box that would contain his cof.
fin. II realize" remarked the dying
man, "that Oakland cemetery will have
to be abandoned as place of burial
some day, and all the bodies will be
taken up and moved away. Now, ]
box all over the city While they are
carrying them off to another cemetery,
and so I'd like to have you make the
box strong enough to hold them" It is
understood that the somewhat odd re.
guest was complied with.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
A Fight with an Earle.

L. c. Brinkman, a clerk in the supply
department of the Burlington and Mis-
souri, in this city, while hunting shot a
large eagle. The shot broke the birds
wing, but left it otherwise unharmed,
and when he went to capture his prize it
made spring at his face, and had he
not warded it off with his arm his eyes
would have been put out by the savage
bird. AS it was it gripped his arm, and
despite his efforts to free himself he
could not shake the eagle off. Calling
to his friends, a short distance away,
they came and killed the bird and then
pried its claws out of the flesh of his fore
arm and leg, which were badly laccrated.
He was helped home by his friends and
medical assistance summoned. His arm
was badly swollen. The eagle measured
eight feet from tip to tip.-Des Moinea
Register.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Tha. Mos. serious Prosl.m.

Too many young mothers, in their
effort to make their first child perfect,
60 to great extremes IN noticing every
fault and laying too great stress upon gov
ernment. This is done before every one,
even the passing caller. think IL has
the tendency to harden a child, and the
expostulation loses its effect. It is pro-
verbal that children always act their
worst when there is company in the
house. had one child who seemed to
take advantage every time any one
called. / grew perfectly discouraged,
and felt as If there was no remedy for 1t.
He would slide down the banisters, go
whooping through the house, slam doors
and do the most unexpected things, till I
was mortified beyond expression.
finally made it point to take him
by the hand, and ask my caller to ex-
cuse US a moment-take him to another
part of the house, set him in a chair and
say that would send for him when he
was wanted. He would remain there
quietly waiting. When the caller was
gone would go and release him. It
seemed the only way to do. The more
he was punished and admonished before
people the worse he became. So tried
hiding his faults and praising him for
the good he did. It had a much better
effect, and is still as effective. To some
children's natures it is even humiliating
to be reproved before other children. I
do not think humiliation the proper way
to reform.
Self respect is much better trait to
develop. Let your child begin to feel
early that you expect only the best
things of it, and you will start it in a
much better way. Do not allow it to
argue with you from the beg Ling, and
never laugh at cute things it may do or
say, and repeat them to your friends in
the presence of the child. If it is a wide
awake child it will do and say many
things that will be intensely amusing,
and, if you wish, keep book and put
them down for future enjoyment-but
never let the child know it.-Philadel-
y1hio HoIl
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Educated Horses.

Doubtless most of you think when you
see the performances Of trained horses in
the circuses of today that great ad-
vance has been made in educating the
animals over what was done in ancient
times But you are mistaken, for even the
most wonderful exploits Of the horses Of
the present day are repetitions of what
was done with them several hundred
years ago. In those days horses not only
danced upon their hind legs, but fought
mock battles, striking at their enemies
with their fore feet, and showing what
appeared to be remarkable intelligence.
Perhaps the most surprising feat ever
performed by horse was in the olden
time. A large three sided braided rope
was stretched several feet from the
ground, and upon this the horse walked,
preserving it's balance perfectly. In an
old print picture Of the act is shown,
while another cut represents horse
striking the shield Of soldier with its
hoofs. Even the elephant, generally
considered the most ungainly of animals,
was trained in those days to walk the
tight rope, not only near the ground, but,
if we may believe the old writers, it
traversed ropes swung above the heads
of the audience, and not only preserved
its balance, but bore q man upon its
back. k.-Philadelphia Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
LeprOsY Is ContagiOus.

That leprosy really is contagious dis
ease seems to be pretty well proved by
the documents which the Rev. H. P.
Wright communicates to The Times. A
Hawaiian convict who was condemned
to death had his life spared on condition
that he shou I've inoculated with leprosy
by way of c. pertinent. Tho incubation
took place three years ago, and the un-
fortunate man. who would surely have
done better to 60 to the scaffold, is now
o tubercular leper. The experiment was
perhaps hardly necessary. The fact that
Father Damien has become leper since
he went to reside in q settlement of
lepers is surely proof enough that the dis
ease is contagious. Now, however, there
is no longer room for any doubt which
may have been felt upon the matter at
one time.--Pall Mall Gazette.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Boracic Acid as a Preservatiye.

Boracic acid only acts when present in
large quantity. 1t prevents the growth
and multiplication Of germs, but does not
kill them even in per cent. solution.
Experiments with milk gave very unsat-
isfactory results, as an addition of per
cent. boracic acid only preserved the
milk for four days. Horsehesh may be
preserved for six weeks by the use of 8
per cent. of the acid. Boracic acid is
supposed to be harmless, but recent in
vestigators, including the author, prove
it to be dangerous, as it strongly acts
upon the mucous membrane of the large
intestine. A dose of four grammes killed
large rabbit, two grammes made a dog
very sick.
The acid is much used in Sweden for
preserving fish and milk, but cases of
poisoning have already occurred in that
country. Long continued use of the acid
is not favorable to good health, and at
all events its addition to milk should be
prohibited. .-Emmerich, Chem. Zeitung,
No. rs; L. De K, The Analyst.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Pope LeO's AbstemIous Life.

Like Napoleon, Leo XIII does great
deal of work and takes very little sleep.
He rises at in summer and 6 in winter.
His toilet occupies a half hour, after
which he passes an hour in prayer and
meditation as preparation for mass,
which he says every day in one of the
private chapels of the Vatican. He
offciates at the altar with exemplary de-
votion, and there is an exceeding grace
in all his movements. whether in the
sanctuary, in his garden, in his library
or when holding public audience. At
8 O'Clock the pope takes his cafe au lait
and roll. Leo XIII is one of the most
abstemious of men, and the entire ex-
penses of his table do not average more
than 81 day the whole year round. II
must be remembered that the pope al.
ways takes his meals alone.-Pittsburg
Post
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
AN OLD TRIcKsIER.
A Philanthropist Catches q Tartar I'm the
Street Car Service.

A Philanthropist Catches n Tartar I'm the
Street Car Service.
"Shamel shameI' cried a benevolent
gentleman, as a car driver snapped q
whip Justify around the heels of horse
that was being led from the big stable
of the crosstown lines in Christopher,
near West street, to waiting car. The
animal was so lame in both front legs
that the old frame quivered as If it were
going to unhinge every time he cautiously
put his foot on the pavement. 1t did
seem hard to force an old animal like
this to work, and crowd ofpeople, who
had speedily gathered, were heartily
glad when the benevolent man seized the
drivers arm, and, showing a badge of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, threatened to arrest him if
he persisted in mauling the beast.
''Show Billy some kindness% said the
driver in response to the strangers sug-
gestion. "Shure that's what ails him.
He's had too much of it. Why he'll
swallow kindness quicker than mouth
full Of oats and show his gratitude by
sleeping twenty-four hours out of day.
He's the biggest rogue in New York,
and I'll prove it to you. Whoa there,
Bilyl Hill vi. Whooplaw
Upwent the horses ears as if he had
heard the voice of an old friend. The
driver patted him on the back and
whispered: "You won't have to work
today, Billy" The change was magical.
The old nag was q 2-year-old again. He
started toward his stall without trace
of lameness. He was turned about face
toward the car quickly, the lameness re-
turned in jiffy, and he looked as if he
was going to shake off his skin and die.
''This is an every day occurrence" !"
said Mr.. Parker, the superintendent Of
the stable. "Billy is an old trick horse
and used to travel with circus. He has
an innate hatred for work, and becomes
lame every time that he is taken from his
stall to take turn with car. He fooled
us all at first, and had thought I had
been badly stuck in buying him, but I
soon found out he was shamming. The
lameness disappears as soon as he is
hitched up, and he goeson his journey at
good speed"
"Have you any other horses with
peculiar antics?"
eyes, plenty of them. We get many
well bred animals, runners, trotters and
jumpers, that have had their day. Every
beast Of degree has weakness of some
sort that gives us trouble, but we don't
have time to pay attention to their
whims and they soon find it out and be-
come old stagers. The car stable is the
last station to the boneyard, and we get
hack at all the broken down plugs
going in that direction. They are fed
well and carefully looked after for the
sake of economy, and a driver who is
caught abusing horse will be instantly
discharged. Horses have to be trained
for this work, and it takes several
months to get them into shape to stand
the wear and tear of rough pavement
and exposure to all sorts of weather. A
green horse that is not handled with
care will wind up in the hospital after a
weeks steady work. New York Tri-
bune.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
The Mud Supply.

The question agitated years ago,
"What becomes of all the pinsT" might
be supplemented by the query, "Where
does Pittsburg's mud come from9" From
some unknown and mysterious source
there comes to the streets of the Iron
City tons upon tons of mud. It is carted
away, washed away, scraped away, only
to reappear and to grow in bulk as rapidly
as did Jonah's gourd. Known causes for
this increment are not sufficient to ex-
plain the presence Of these muddy ava
fanches. The debris Of new buildings,
the droppings from wagons, the wash
ings from higher portions of the city;
these do not wholly account for the
perennially gathering deposits. 1t must
be that Pittsburg mud, like Topsy. "jes'
growed. Pittsburg Bulletin.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Yellow Fever.

DR.. G. N. Sternberg, who was COM
missioned by the College of Physicians
Of Philadelphia to investigate the
methods Of protective incubation as
practiced in Brazil (by DR.. Domin-
gos Freire) and in Mexico (by DR..
Cargona Valle), reported that facts
concerning the endemic and epidemic
prevalence of the fever Justify the belief
that its cause is amicro-organism which
can, under suitable conditions, be propa-
gated outside the body, as well as be
capable Of transport to a distance; also
that, as single attack Of yellow fever,
however mild, mostly protects from
future attacks, there is reason to hope
that such protection might be gained by
incubation.
The yellow fever germ probably gains
entrance into the body by the respir-
atory or alimentary tracts, or through
the surface of the body, or it is possible
that it multiplies in insanitary localities
and develops a volatile poison which
contaminates the air. The former hypo-
thesis, that it enters the body and null
tiplies within it, is, he thinks, the more
probable. Hitherto the germ has not
been found in the blood and tissues of
those attacked, for Dr.. Sternberg does
not confirm the alleged discovery made
by DR.. Domingos Freire. Nor is there,
in DR.. Sternberg's opinion, any satisfac-
tory evidence that the method of inocu-
lation practiced by DR.. Domingos Freire
has any prophylactic value, and the
same applies to the claims put forward
by DR.. Carmona y Vale, of Mexico
lancet
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
The Way to Wash Windows.

There is q right and wrong way to
wash windows, and as this operation ls
usually dreaded, the following method
will doubtless be appreciated, as it saves
both time and labor Choose dull day,
or at least time when the sun is not
shining on the window, for when the
sun shines on the window it causes it to be
dry streaked, no matter how much it is
rubbed. Take painters. brush and dust
them inside and out, washing all the
wood work inside before touching the
glass;. The latter must be washed SIM
ply in warm water diluted with ammo
nia-do not use soap. Use small cloth
with pointed stick to get the dust out
of the corners; wipe dry with soft
piece Of cotton cloth-do not use linen,
as it makes the glass linty when dry.
Polish with tissue paper or old news
paper. You will find this can be done
in half the time taken where soap is
used, and the result will be brighter
windows. Pittsburg Reporter.