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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02
Life Under Pressure.

Animals at the sea bottom are subject
to enormous pressure. At 1000 fathoms
it is estimated to be one ton per square
inch. But marine animals whose bodies
are permeated by fluids, readily adapt
themselves to these immense pressures.
Fishes and mollusks suffer most from sud-
den removal from them. The latter come
up in a dredge with swim-bladder protrud-
ing from the mouth, eyes forced out of
their sockets and scales fallen off the body.
1t is thought that light penetrates only to
a depth of 200 fathoms. but many deep-sea
animals are phosphorescent Some have
thought they were able to slightly illumin-
ate the dark depths. 1t is true that many
of them have eyes constructed like those
Of their allies on land or at the surface.
Usually, however, their eyes are larger, as
if to collect more Mcroscopieal
ys,tty.,,n1
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02
Tho True Aims of science Teachisg.

Little children came to me with I'M
trained eyes, hands, and brains; this / ex-
pected, and therefore was not surprised;
but boys and girls from Is to 20 years of
age came in worse condition, and this
was unexpected. Not only were their
eyes and hands unframed, but their brains
were in pathological condition which
rendered Independent thinking impossible
The number of my pupils increasing, and
their ages ranging, as | have said, from
8 to 20 years, had an excellent oppor-
tunity for comparing the quality of work
done by older and younger pupils, also by
pupils whose perceptive faculties had been
trained in early life, and those who had
not received this training. The differences
| was forced to draw from these COMPARE
sons set me thinking seriously. The mac
curacy of the observational and manual
work done by cider pupils, the indefinite
ness of expression, the lack of system, and
the inability to do comparative and infer
entail work, were SO many revelations of
the true aims of science teaching. The
absolute necessity for accuracy in every
study and every department of work made
accuracy the first object TO be attained in
every science lesson; the vagueness of the
oral and written statement made clear,
concise expression the second object. The
want of method emphasized the need of a
simple, orderly grouping of the observa-
tions, while the painful and fruitless at
tempts to make comparisons and draw in
ferences showed the necessity of cultiyat-
ing the power of generalizing from specific
facts.-J. NJ. 4rms IN the Popular Science
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02
Pearl Diving in the Gulf Of california

At the present time the pearl-diving ex-
petitions are fitted out with complete div
ing apparatus. The divers descend clothed
in helmet and diving suit, their feet heav-
lily weighted to counterpoise the weight
of armor. They fish in much deeper water
than the ancient busos can stay an indef-
mite period beneath the surface, and have
thus been enabled to explore new and pro-
ductive banks but in former times, when
the incidents that we are about to relate
occurred, the diver descended naked
armed only with a pointed stick, and
equipped with sack in which to gather
the shells. .Seis brasos, or six fathoms, was
the average depth of their fishing ground.
The nude body of the diver had no protec-
ton from the ravenous tintoreros, ti6urones,
or man-eating sharks, which abounded
yet the daring fellows confident in the pro-
lection of the Virgin, whom they had not
failed to propitiate by their most precious
offerings, would not hesitate to encounter
the hungry tiger of the deep, but coolly
awaiting the moment when it turned with
open mouth to seize them, would trust the
double pointed stick between the Jaws,
thus pinning them permanently apart till
death released the helpless monster
March Overland.
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Domestic Animals Of Ancient Peruvians.


Herr Nehring, speaking of the domestic
animals of the ancient Peruvians, observed
that the subject was scientifically import
ant, because all the other peoples of an
Gent America were very poor in this kind
of property as compared with the Peruvi-
ans and Bolivians and some of the Central
American peoples; and, secondly, because
the influence of domestication on the for
nation Of races could be better followed
on these animals than on those of the Old
World. We are concerned in Peru espec-
tally with the dog, llama, alpaca and
guinea-pig. The speaker had examined
eighteen dog-mummies from ancient Peru
Wan graves, and had determined that they
belonged to three different races-a shep-
herds dog, dachshund and bulldog or
pug. He believed that the 'Inca-dog'
was derived, not from other South Ameri-
can Candle, but from the Mexican wolf
(LGpus occidentaiis), perhaps through the
feebler Texan variety, and that several
races had been formed from it in Peru
through domestication. In this Herr
Nehring dissents from and contradicts Won
Tschudi's opinion that the varieties had
arisen from crossings with European dogs.
As the dog, and likewise the llama and
alpaca, are undoubtedly of America, so,
also, in the speakers opinion, is the guinea
pig, notwithstanding B. Hensel and other
authors believe it was introduced from Eu-
rope.-Popular Science Jfonthiy
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02
Some Famous Old Maids.

Look at the list. Elizabeth of England,
one of the most illEstrious of modern
sovereigns. Her rule over Great Britain
certainly comprised the most brilliant
literary age of the English-speaking peo-
pie. Her political acumen was put to as
severe tests as that of any other ruler the
world ever saw. Maria Edgeworth was an
old maid. 1t was this woman's writings
that first suggested the thought of writing
similarly to Sir Walter Scott. Her brain
might well be called the mother of the
Waverly Novels. Jane Porter lived and
died an old maid. The children of her
busy brain were "Thaddeus of Warsaw
and "The Scottish Chiefs" which have
moved the hearts of millions with excite
ment and tears. Joanna Baltic, poet and
play writer, was "one of EN-" Florence
Nightingale, most gracious lady, heroine
of Inkerman and Balaklava hospitals, has,
to the present, written Miss" before her
name. The man who should marry her
might well crave to take the name Of
Nightingale. Sister Dora, the brave spirit
of English pest-houses, whose story is as a
helpful evangel, was the bride of the
worlds sorrow only. And then, what
names could the writer and the reader
add Of those whom the great world may
not know, but we know, and the little
world of the village, the church, the fam.
lily know, and prize beyond all words =
North British Aduertiser.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02
Drilling weu

The cost of drilling gas well is usually
from $500 to $4,000. The weight of the
drills with the attached Ears is 5000 to
1900 pounds. These rise and fall four to
five feet, and are constantly rotated, so as
TO bring the bit into contact with the en-
tire circumference of the drilling. For a
depth of 500 feet the hole is bored eight
inches in diameter and is cased with Sc
piping. Beyond this depth the hole is
continued with diameter of six inches
until gas shall be reached or the well
abandoned. A casing of four-inch pipe is
used for this lower portion. Under or
binary circumstances about fifty days is
required for the drilling. Chicago Times.
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Papa to be interviewed.

Tommy-what is that thing in the win.
dow, mamma?
Mamma-That is typewriter, Tommy
Tommy Where does the champagne &c
In !?
Mamma-Why, what are you thinking
of Tommy? No one puts champagne in
it.
Tommy-Oh, yes, they do. Papa told
Mr.. Goitt last night that it often cost him
$40 to fill his typewriter with champagne.
So, now.
Mamma viii ask your papa about
that, Tommy Isl. Paul Globe.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02

A very lovely woman was talking poll
tics recently in Paris, and among her audi
tors was member of the academy. Sam
! not right, my dear sirT "Ah," said the
non-committal academician, az cannot
look at you and listen to you at the same
time.n
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02

1t is known in the market as rough plate.
The greater part of the glass, however, is
ground smooth and polished before it
leaves the establishment-Pref. z. Han
ford Henderson.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02

ANGosrURA Bitters are the best remedy
for removing indigestion. Ask your drug
gist for the genuine, prepared by DR.. ]. G.
B. Siegert & Sons.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02

A collector in this city drives dun
colored horse, carpenter drives sawrell,
humorist drives chestnut and a retired
seaman drives bay.-Mercbant Irareler.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-02
CALL FOR Dodgers

HANDMADE BUcEsK1E GLOVES, AND
take no other They are the best in the
state. Warranted not to rip. Factory No. 1ol7
Ninth street. 4ptf
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RECORD n s..; s!ssis''
NEW PREMISES.

NJ HIRsB, DEALER IN STOVES, METALS,
wi. Junk, Tools and Furniture, desires to in
form his friends and the public that he has re-
moved to his new premises Nos. 1913 and 1915
J street. He also wishes to thank all for their
liberal patronage in the past, and hopes for a
continuance of the same in the future 4pIm
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REMOVED,
r. r.. 1EHEETs.

rs. II. d. PIERsloN, DENTIST ,6&sssI
Chas moved nor 416 street, to -
issNET DFNPSG tARJORs. III ye,rRry-r IN,
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n ENTis1. sIs BIxJ'H STREET, .sz-sxr,t,.
~ tet~eep and J, wea. SIDE u H.
pcsise Congregational Church. s1lf'es
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DEaTgsTRY.


W. WOOD,
NENT1sy, uDINNS BUILDING. sp.Sszs,
~ northeast corner Fourth and
streets. Artificial Teeth inserted onSllyf1fS
Al bases Improved Ijqs;id Nitrous Oxide G..
Tor painless extraction . teeth n
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Total above ISIS, S10,45e S5i,6
Total all imports. 1O9 10 56.3
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29
A Village Bride in Syria.

When DIR. Phraner WAS making a
little stay in Syria on his way around
the world, he went with my father and
brother to Alma, small village above
Tyre, to dedicate the new church build
ing just completed there. The village
is very poor, owing to heavy taxation
and losses of cattle, which bands of row
ing Arabs carry off by superior force in
broad daylight. Upon his return to
Tyre the next morning, father sent me
the following letter:
1--WE rose this morning at five, and
began preparations for leaving Alma,
but everything was postponed In view
of the great excitement of the morning,
which was wedding. We heard rumors
of it the night before, but the father of
the bride would not come to terms, de-
manding a special present for himself,
which the groom in his poverty was un-
able to give, and so the match was
broken off and we retired to bed dis
appointed crowd. In the morning,
smiling faces and cheerful voices told
US that all was right and we could have
a wedding right off before starting on
our journey. The disappointed bride
groom transferred his affections to an
other quarter and compliment parents
and a not unwilling bride made every
thing smooth, so by eight o'clock in the
morning we had the bell rung vigorous
ly, and the bride was led in, veiled and
enveloped in black aba "a peasants S
long, rough coat of goat hair, and two
were made one who had no thought of
it over night. If matches are made in
heaven, the angels kept this match close
to themselves till the last moment of
linking the couple. The course of true
love in this case ran smoothly, having
only few inches of space or moments
of time to run at all. No time was
wasted in wooing, no sitting up late of
nights in the parlor, no long walks by
moonlight, no sentimental letters. The
bride did not weary herself in prepar-
ing a trousseau. A borrowed aba was
thrown over her and veil, and she was
ready. The bridegroom did not at
tempt adorning of himself. He stood
up like man, sung the hymns Justify
and said Yes heartily. The bride is
fifteen years, pretty, and named Hajlet
(partridge), the daughter of Simon
Zaarub. She goes out of poverty into
poverty; from bearing others burdens
to bearing her own.
Mary Pierson Eddy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29
A Start in Life.

At Greensboro, n. c., they pointed
out an Old darkey who they SAID had
Just got married and was going out on
a piece of rented land TO make a start
in life. L followed him out TO his cart,
to which was hitched an old and faded
OK. His bride, \ coal black damsel of
eighteen, sat on a bag of corn in the
cart and held to the rope lines around
the ox's horns. The cart contained in
addition, skillet, kettle, ten pounds
of side pork and jug holding two
quarts of molasseS. There was tick
for a straw bed, hens feather pillow
and an old blanket. This was their
outfit.
SO you have just married?'' asked.
''Yes, sab, dun jist got married to
dat gal.''
"How old are you, uncle?"
'Shoo, now, but reckon I'ze about
sixty
''And you've got young wife?"
"Yes, sab dun got gall
And you are happyf"
Happy, sirl Why, I'ze walkin'
right on aigs all the timel''
And you are now going out to make
a start in llfe?''
"Yes, sah-gvine to start right of
Got de OK got de cart, got de gal and
got two hull weeks purvisions, an if
OARS any ole nigger in Norf CarolIny
who feels mo- like jumpin' TO feet high
an yellin' for Canaan dan l does I'd
gin two bits TO see him."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29
DISCIPLINE ON SshPRoARp.
Some of the Hardships Endured by
Sailors Years Ago.

Discipline on shipboard is of neces-
sity strict, but in some respects less so
than formerly, for many improvements
which add to the comfort of the SAIL
OTIS have Jeen introduced upon modern
vessels In illustration of this change
General DumoGt, Marine Inspector for
the United States Government, was
recently entertaining a group of pas
Sengers on board a Lake Superior
steamship with certain incidents from
his own eaIly experience in the mer-
chant service The General, though
now nearly sixty years of age. is ge-
NAL gentleman of commanding pres
ence and withal a charming reconteur.
At one time, when lad of sixteen,
he was on a sailing vessel rounding
Cape Horn. The weather was in
tensely cold, a gale was blowing, and
everything on the deck was coated with
ice
The sailors suffered severely from
chilled fingers; their hands were so be-
nuJnbed that they could with difficulty
haul the cordage. One young mariner
thought that he would improve his own
condion little by putting on pair of
Mexican gloves which he had pur-
chased at Vera Cruz. He had scarcely
done so when the captain, coming for
ward, fastened contemptuouS glance
on his hand gear and said, sharply:
Here, you, off with those glovesi
Do you think you can be 4 sailor and
baby yourself like that?''
The gloves came off and never went
on again.
On another occasion, during a period
of unusually bitter weather, when the
deck WAS "A mass of ice, and every line
frozen stlff as iron, young Dumont VEN
tured TO ask the mate, with whom he
clianced 10 Oe on good terms, if his feet
never got cold.
With look of Spartan Indifference
To 50 surely personal consideration,
the old sailor replied;
'Oh, well, Yes, | suppose they do get
cold sometimes, but that's nome o my
business"
When pilot-hous-s were first talked
OF these sturdy, ''Old-time'' captains
said:
"A pllot-hOuse! Nonsensel You
baby 'em AN give 'em pilot-house
an the next thing they'll want is a
stove III It. There aln't no use in max
ing pilots so tender. faint a pilots
business to think of the coldl''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29
He Believed George.

The Chinaman is a guileless, trusting
soul. If he takes a fancy to q man he
will believe anything he says, no matter
how improbable it may be. In the
Chinese Sunday school class organized
In Chicago by Marion Hood, of the
Gaiety Company, is a Chinamsn who
used to run a tough "opium joint" up
ON Clark street. He has reformed
since, and now makes an honest living
by cleansing linen. When he enter
tanned opium smokers for gain, his best
customer was well known local gam
bier. That was when there was gam
bling in Chicago. This gambler used
to smoke the opium pipe almost every
night in the Chinaman's den. One day
he rushed into the place and said, ex-
citedly: "Hip, loan me so. Thanks.
I'll come III and pay you tomorrow
noon if I'm alive" and out he went
with the money. About 3 o'clock the
next afternoon friend of the gambler
dropped IN on the Chinaman and said:
>, Hip, where is George today?" and the
confiding Celestial wiped his eye with a
corner of his blouse, and replied
George, him dead. "
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29

leaning toward Ter with what many
were pleased to call a caressing manner.
Il had no intention of doing so, believe
me. Miss Hope
Il do believe you. Mr.. Tindell, indeed
do replied tie girl, quickly. How
could you offend me? You, who are so
kind, So
And yet you will not name book
you like because you will not accept it
from me!'
1T is not that, indeed it is notI' And
this time Agness looked up full into his
eager face. But before his glance, full
of a new meaning, her eyes fell, and
she moved uneaslly.
You will let me give you a book.
then?'
Yes, thank you
VIII you let me give you more,
Agne--my heart, my name? l lo7e
you, dear; give your love TO me-be my
wife,
He took her hand in his and held it
masterfully.
Don't say no to me, Agnes, or you
will break my heart. L am not a young
mani am forty-two tomorrow, but
until l saw you L never loved, and l
offer you a devotion as pure, ardent
and fresh, as if l were not twice your
age
Mr.. Tindell, and Agnes spoke with
difficulty, you are too good-you must
remember how unfit l am to be your
wife, a poor, ignorant country girl-a
factory hand! There is a wide gulf
between US.
Tell me you do not love me, and /
will be silent
Her head dropped, but she did not
speak.
You cannot say that, Agnesi You
do love me, and l love You. What do
we care for the worldr Say you will
| be mine.'
And Agnes, whose heart pleaded for
her lover more eloquently than his
words, blushingly surrendered.
But over this joy which is old, yet
ever new. let us draw the curtain.
The two were mar led from Mrs.
| Hopes picturesque cot age early in
June. Mr.. Tindell obstinately insisted
upon making it grand wedding
i want you and the world TO know
that l am proud of my alliance, dear
est, with the best, truest and bravest
! girl upon whom the sun ever shone.'
Though there was no little envy felt
by some, and many ill-natured remarks
made by the girls with whom Agnes
| Hope had worked, Mrs. Tindell wore
her new dignity with such unassuming
grace that envy soon gave place to re-
spect and admiration, and the young
wife was held up as model 10y all who
| knew her.
1t is not work, but the way one does
it, that makes or mars man or woman.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29
July the 2. 1760.
DEAR BROTHER:
He Lost the Fun of the Joke.

y lauglable but rather embarrassing
case of mistaken identity occurred the
other day III one of Boston's largest re-
tail stores. y gentleman, who is a lit
tie too fond of joking, entered the store
for the purpose of meeting his wife at
certain counter Sure enough, there
stood lady dressed, to his eye, at least,
Just the woman he was after.
Her back WAS turned and no one was
near her. so lac quietly approached, took
her by the arm, and said, in a voice of
simulated severity: We'll, here youi
are. spending my money as usual,
ehy''
Tie face turned quickly toward him
was not his wife's; it was that of al.
acrid, angry, keen-eyed woman of about
fifty years, who attracted the attention
of everybody in that part of the stcr,
by saying in 4 loud, shrill voice:
mo, amt spending your money O.
no other mans money, and III
''I beg your pardon, Madam" " erie |
the confused gentleman; II suppose
you were my wife, and
We'll. l just amt your wife, nor N,
other mans wife, thank fortune, TO be
jawed at every time l buy a yard OF
Iibbon! 1 pity your wife if you go
around shaking her like you did me- Ii
was her, I'd"
The chargrined joker waited to hear
no more, but made his way out of the
shop amid the filters and sly chuckles
OF those who had witnessed his confu-
sion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29
ATraveIler From the South.
Up from the South a traveller comes
All in a dust of gold.
And the lad;ng of his chariot
You shortly shall behold

Up from the South a traveller comes
All in a dust OF gold.
And The lading of his chariot
You shortly shall behold.
Rich are the treasures that he brings
Green banners TO the trees,
Soft fringes to the willow boughs,
And honey 10 the bees
A crowd of little curlei-up ferns
To the hare, windy woods;
Soft dyes for pretty budding flowers,
And baby irds in broo1s-
He throws into the meadows lap
Rosettes of yellow silk,
And daisy-lisks set round with whorls
OF petals white as milk
He folds green velvet Ger the earth
In many n loop and twist.
Then binds the lovely sweeping robe
With belts Of amethyst.
He tips with iassels alder-boughs
Along the pasture rills.
And by the mos~y garden walls
Leaves new of daffodils-
He brings a load of lilac plumes,
And sets the earth aglow
With tulip-cups, from whence 4 stream
OF gorgeous colors flow.
ALI though wrote both night and day
And though the circling year,
i could not name the lovely gifts
Brought by this charioieer-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29
After Twenty-Five Years

IL is not often that brothers are sep
,r,,ted from each other for twenty-five
wears. When they do meet after such
a long separation an affecting scene Is
always in order But this WAS not the
case with Gus Graham, formerly OF
Newmark's wholesale grocery house
and now a stonemaSOn, and his brother,
Ell. Graham, who plays the character
of Gsserul KHickerbOcker in the Lit
tie Tycoou." Gus is wellknown in
Los Angeles and is considered whole
souleL, hail fellow well met The
brothers had hot seen each other for
twenty-five years, and upon Mr.. Gra-
hams 1.-THE actor arrival in Memphis.
Tenn, he hunted up his brother Gus.
Learning his place of employment he
went TO see hlm. Gus saw Ed approach
ing, but did not pay any particular at
tentIon to him. Standing by Gus was
the foreman of the place, to whom he
remarked: .'See that fellow coming
this way? Well, he is my brother.
Haven't see him in twenty-five years !"
And he kept on striking his chisei with
the heavy malIet. The actor APP
proachei his brother. Gus, looking up
and without ceasing his work, said:
"Hello -
"why, hello. Gus" responded Ed,
somewhat surprised at his brothers ac-
tions; don't you know me2"
Eyes; you're my brother' haven't
seen YOU in twenty-five years. Eh!'
He still kept on with his work
Nv ell, won't you shake hands with
me?" asked Ed.
"Yes; but my hands are rather dirty
Wait until l wash them." Ihe worh
of preparing the stone for the building
progressed as usual
"Coming to see me at the theatre to
nightp" asked Ed.
aNo, guess not; saw you make. 100
out OF yourself once Don't want Il
see you do so again" .,
.'I'll give you tickets II you VII
come"
.sDou'r want 'em. Making thre'
dollars q day and can pay my way"
Gus went to the show, however, ant
enjoyed Eds clever work,