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Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-08

THERE is demand for an improve
ment in the piano-forte Accomplished
musicians say that whoever makes the
necessary invention will be assured of
fortune. What is wanted is an arrange
ment of the keys so that no matter in
what place the key is touched, the result
will be the same, which is not true under
the present forms of construction. The
London Musical Times says:
At present. of course, the force needed is
least when the finger meets the key at the point
nearest the player, and so long as the principle
employed is that of the lever, this inequality is
probably inevitable. But is The lcuer an absolute
necessity PianistS, who. though they learn in
stinotjyely 10 adapt their muscles to the in
equality mentioned, would undoubtedly End
the time now necessary for the attainment of
the subtleties eomprehended under the term
touch greatly shortened by some such inven-
ton as indicated.
If it is said that this difference in
touch, owing to the lever arrangement, is
very small matter, the reply is made
that nothing that concerns the music art
is small, and whatever will better give ex-
preston to the sensitiveness of the artist
will prove valuable. 1t is the fine train
ing of the artist that now distinguishes
him from the ordinary player for one
thing, because he has learned by years of
patient trial to overcome the difficulty
that the unequal lever movement inter
poses
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-08

Birch bark" parties are the latest in
Maine. The invitations are written on
birch bark, and the refreshments served
from plates of the same material.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-08

Birth, death and marriage notices mrLS be sent in
by responsible parties, and paid for at Tie rate Of IS
cents each; funeral notices, 2S cents
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-08

Weather Forecasts for To-Day.
California = Fair weather; southwesterly
winds: nearly stationary temperature.
Oregon and Washington-Fair weather; west
erly winds; nearly stationary temperature
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-08
DIED

Sacramento, September 6-Jennie Reddiug a
native of San Francisco, 2l years, 4 months
and days
Friends are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral. which will take place from the res
idence of Mrs. Virginia Bullsrd lll6 street.
this afternoon at o o'c!ock.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-08

SUNDAY excepted. fSunday only. sMonday
excepted. A.-For morning. P.-FOr after
noon.
a. n. TOWNF, General Manager
I. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger and icket
Agent. If
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-08

New England is threatened with q bean
famine and Boston is becoming alarmed.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-08

Entered at the Postofice at Sacramento as
Aecond-class matter
Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-08
once. Third Street, between and x
THE DAILY REC0RD-UNTON,
Published six days In each week with Double
Sheet on Saturdays, and

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
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
Love of the Beautiful

Place young girl under the care Of 4
kind-hearted woman, and sbe uncou-
sciously 10 herself, grows into a graceful
lady. Place boy in the establishment
of thorough-going, straightforward bus
iness man, and the boy becomes a self
reliant. practical business man. Children
are susceptible creatures, and eircumstan-
ees, scenes and actions, always impFcss.
As Won influence them, n0s BY arbitrary
rules, nor by stern example alone, but Il
thousand other ways that speak through
beautiful forms, pretty pictures, etc, 50
will they grow Teach your children
then 70 love the beautiful Give them Is
corner in the glrjen Tor flowers encour-
age them to arrange it in the shape Of
the best cultivated taste show them
where they can best view the sunset
rouse them in the morning. no. with the
stern, sTine to work, bat with the en-
thusiastic, sSee thes beautiful sunrise p
Buy for rthem beautiful pictures, and en-
courage them 70 decorate their rsoms in
their own childish way. Give them sT.
inch and they viii 90 mile Allow
them the privilege. and they vii make
your home beautiful
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
Guard Your Temper.

The most common form Of unhealthy
excitement IS uncomfortable rage. In
olden times when men lived much in
the open air, ate and drank like pigs,
and slept like the same uneiean brutes,
a fit Of savage passion was Of common oe-
eurrenee, and did not leave very serious
consequences behind. Bot in these days,
when the nervous system is thousand
times more sensitive and delicate, when
digestion Is doubtful and sleep a coy g0,i-
dess, cay to drive away and difficult to
bring back again, man has 10 think
twice before he allows himself to cross
the bor,ier-Iine between reigned-ia anger
and furious runaway rage.
such a state Of mind, now euDhemistie-
ally called "nerve storm, Takes it Out
Of some men terribly. They feel after il
profound exhaustion and lassitude
which may endure for hours The diges-
ton IS often impaired, the liver disor-
dered and the heart and brain injured.
A man who habifualiy induiges in vio-
lent rage is laying up for himself store
Of ills against advancing aye, the least of
which aszy be a generaI palsy, the great
ct a sudden and fatal tit Of apoplexy-
IIs<Diial.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
"Yes, Dear"

He was 50 small and frail the chilly
March VIM seemed 10 blow him about
like a wisp Of paper. His pinched face
was blue with cold where the lirtallowed
the skin TO be seen, and his hands were
pushed far down into two holes, which
he doubtless called pockets, in his trous-
ers. Little streamers Of rags blew out
from his tattered clothes, giving him q
fringed appearance, and as he drifted un-
certainly along he occasionally raised q
shriIl, babyish voice in an attempt 10 sch
a soiled paper which he held under his
arm.
Presently he met a sweet-faced, moth
erly woman, and. holding out his erum-
pied stock, he said sturdily
Buy paper, maam ?"
The old lady looked at him. She saw
in the pathetic figure that which called
up memories Of a long time ago, when
babies filed her home with life and
childish prattle. Sbe thought of their
happy freedom from care and compared
their comfort and ease with the wretch
edness Of the waif before her. She did
not want the miserable, dirty paper. but
her heart softened
"Yes, Dear" she said.
The unheard Of tone and words Of the
reply asionished the child for an instant.
50 that his mouth dropped open and be
stood as though dazed. Then, with a
broad grin Of delight breaking the crust
on his lace into ridges and fnFy0ws he
impuIsively held out his entire stock in
trade and said eagerly;
Here It's, ma'am. don't want no
nav ~ Iaf;uaposis Asrry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
HUNTING MAY APPLES WITH
MABLE-

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away
s5fi wa the azure that tinted the sky
went along J1si - snow her the way
a, ,,,...,.,s j, ,.,,,.r s,,d r,r,,a aud b,,,e
r.,,..-.t -. ,,.,.s,-, -. t.,,..,,.,
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
Bread and Fruit.


The food which = fuost eriiovs,i. writes
a physician IN Les,5sasa's Nees.iss, is,te
food We call bsezs and fs1it. n ny
long medical career. exten5irs eversfsy
wears. have rarely know an instauce IN
rhieh child has not preferred frnit 10
animal food. have been many times
called upon to treat children for stom-
achic disorders induced BY pressing
up n then animal food to the exclusion
cgfruit diet, and have seen the best Te-
suits occur from the practice o. revertDg
to the use Of frui. in the dietary. say
it without the least prejuslice. As lesson
learned from simple experience. that the
most natural diet for the young, aflcr the
natural milk diet. is fruit and wholemssl
bread, with milk and water for dsink.
The desire for this same mode Of sSssten-
ance Is often continued into after years.
as II the resort to flesh were a forced and
artificial feeding. which required long
and persistent habit 70 establish as
peruianencv, as part Of the system of
everyday life.
How strongly this preference taste for
fruit over animal food prevails IS shown
by the simple fact Of the retention OF
those faosls in the month. Emit + retain
ed 10 be tasted and reiished. Animal
food, to use common phrase, Is bolt
ed. There Is A natural desire % retain
the delicious fruit for full mastieation
there Is no such desire, EXCEPT in the
trained gourmand, for the retention Of
animal substance.
one further fact which I have observ-
ed-and that too often to discard it-as
u fact Of great moment. is that when a
person Of mature years has, for time,
given up voluntarily the use Of animal
food in favor Of vegetable, the sense Of
repugnance to animal food is soon 50
markedly developed that a return to it
is overcome with the utmost difficulty.
Neither is this a mere fancy or fad pecu-
liar to sensitive men or oger-sentimental
women. have been surprised to see i
in men who are the very re-
verse Of sentimental, and who were, in
fact, quite ashamed to admit themselves
guilty Of any such weakness. have
heard those who have gone over from a
mixed diet of animal and vegetable food
To a pure vegetable diet speak Of feeling
low under the new system, and declare
that they must needs give it up in con-
but have found even these
without exception) declare that they in
fnitely preferred the simpler, purer, and.
As it seemed to them, more natural food
plucked from the prime source Of foSd,
nutainted by its passage through anoth-
sr animal body.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
Fashion and Its Consequences.


The wholesale slaughter Of birds in the
name Of fashion is having most remark
able effect in France. Hitherto thst
country has been a fagorite summer
home Of the swallows, which each year
come over from Africa, where they had
spent the winter, in countless hosts.
Their plumage being in great demand
for milliners Uses, a few years ago a plan
WAS devised for killing them by thous-
ands without iniuring their skins or
feathers Huge systems or electric wires
heavily charged, were stretched along
the southern coast, particularly about the
mouths Of the RhOne, where the birds
arrived in greatest numbers. Wearied
hy their light across the Mediterranean,
the swallows eagerly allighted on the
wires to rest, and were instantly struck
dead. At last, however they have learn
ed wisdom, and are this ysaI, not only
avoiding the deadly wires. bot are shun-
ming the shores OF France and directing
their flight 10 more hospitable lands.
Meantime, there is a great increase in the
number Of gnats and other insects on
which they we're accustomed to feed, and
the Geological Society has warned the
government that a serious calamity IS
impending.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17

Two weeks later, ReedviIle was set
agog by the news that Eben Doolittle, af-
ter rapid recovery, had settled up his
debts and gone west TO makeinyestments
which promised to be very profitable.
Must ha' he'd legacy or somethin', 2
said one old erone to another.
"Borried fnom Peter to pay Paul, mos
likely" was the answer.
The day after Eben left Reedville, Dor
is Hilburn's right arm became helpless
from rheumatism. She did up her bit of
house work, but cutting and sewing were
out ofthe question.
Then Doris. with rather grim smile,
sat down before her kitchen hre with n
bit of a memorandum-boo on her knee,
and a pencil in her left hand.
Slowly and clumsily she jotted down
some items, and gazed at them stonily.
"One-fourth of a sack of hour-enough
for the bakings, if can manage to work
dough with one hand
Two quarts of beans, half paper of
oatmeal, and ten pint milk tickets.
Six quarts Of potatoes, stump of
dried beef, sugar-bowl nearly full, four
or five drawings of tea
Zone barrel of coal tenough to last ten
days. and old shingles enough in the
back yard to keep me from freezing when
the Goals gone.
No rent to pay, and sixty-two cents
coming to nae from Ann FInney.
Not such a desperate showing after
all. May be my arm will be well before
every scrapis is eaten"
Then she laughed until the tears
came.
Everybody will say, How lucky that
Doris has money in the savings bank
She can live on the interest while she is
disabled
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
WHOLE NO. 1888.


There was told in my heaFingthe other
day tale which carries with it moral.
\ gentleman who travels a good deal be-
ing bachelor with good fortune and
/ plenty Of leisure, has, when in town, a
suite Of rooms at the house IT his Inar-
ried sister. lie returned recently from .
trip rather unexpectedly. reaching home
in the evening" Ills sister, -ho rerei vel
him, apologized for the Esct that bis
apartment vas not wholly in order
We have i new chsmbermaid,r she
explained. and haven't wanted to tell
her too many things at once, and Is l
dida't know you were coming I didn't
bother her about Your room. I Will send
her up the first thing in the morning"
In the morning the new ehambermaid
did, indeed, come the first thing, and the
gentleman was still in bed. lie, however
slipped into his dressing-room to remain
until the maid should do whatever was
necessary in his chamber, and taking a
book he sat down 70 read while he was
waiting. he always carried with him 4
diamond ring, which had been bis moth
er's, which he sometimes bad in bis
pocket. This he had left with his watch
on the stand BY the head Of his bed.
He sat reading for some time, and even
after he heard the maid 90 out he kept
on with his book. Suddenly he heard a
slight noise in his chamber, and, fjlding
his dressing gown about him, be opened
the door and looked in. The chamber
was apparently empty, but his eye was
caught by a cord which seemed to ex-
tend from the open window toward the
bed. Going forward to examine this, ne
perceived a monkey, till then hidden
from sight by the bed, that, with bis
diamond ring in his clutches, was max
ing Off The owner Of the ring shouted
and ran forward, when the thievish ami
NAL dropped its prey and skurried out Of
the window as fast as its skinny little
legs would carry it, and, picking up the
jewel to assure himself that it was all
right, the gentleman reached the window
in time to see an organ grinder making
of with the monkey ON his shoulder.
There was no doubt that he had trained
the beast to climb into windows and steal I
any valuable upon which he could lay
hands, and the incident may serve as
warning to those who allow organ nom
keys to scramble at will over their cham
Der blinds and windows.
But the impressive aspect Of the story,
if one considers. IS the position in which
the chambermaid would have been put
had the owner Of the ring appeared on
the scene but a moment later. The girl
was new in the house, there had no one
but herself entered the room, the ring
would have been missed almost immedi-
ately, and the circumstantial evidence
would have been overwhelmingly against /
her. As it was she never knew how
great peril she had escaped; but the
man who tells the story declares that he
shall never be able 10 believe in eircum-
stantial evidence again.-Proriisncs Il.
l. Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17

80 rosy that Mrs. Gillespie viewed her
through her spectseles in utmost sur
prise.
:. / declare, Doris, if you weren't so
sensible and 50 settled in your ways,
should think yoa had been having an Of
fer-and accepting II. too. You hook as
Young and handsome as the best of
them
Doris laughed, slipped of her hat and
sack, and collapsed into the little sewing
chair. and in three minutes was appar-
emily absorbed in Sarah James bias
bands and skirt rus,les-
Don't make it too scant, Doris, said
her companion Skimpiness don't pay
when you're making up gingham.'
" Nor when you're giving present,
said Doris to herself, with sudden thrill
of joy.
The short March day came to an end
Sarah James gingham was finished and
hung over the back of chair, ready for
its owner to carry up stairs at bed time.
The troublesome oYerskirt had come
right at last, and was triumph Of bal
loon-like, billowy folds
you'll save a day for me in April,
Doris, TO FIX over nay black Henrietta
cloth ,' said Mrs Gillespie, interrogatiye-
ly.
Doris nodded gaily. She was in
mood to promise anything.
Here, Doris, you might just as well
take couple of these minee turnovers
with you. They'll keep nice till sun
day"
Doris thanked her, and stepped out
into the cold, cloudy night She passed
slowly by the old brown house which bad
attracted her attention the evening be-
fore.
Il wonder if it is dark enough yet
she said, as she fingered in the shadow
of an old elm that stood close by the side
walk. The house seemed gloomy and
silent, as on the preceding night.
1T won't get any darker if | wait till
midnight, because the moon will be up
soon. | must do il now, or never"
These mysterious words implied no
scheme Of burglary or arson, though the
dress makers actions verged on & break
ing and entering" She glided to the
door and noiselessly tried it.
With the usual "depravity Of inani-
mate objects, it gave a treaeherous squeak
as Doris turned the knob, and she fed
precipita,eIy, but not until She had drop
ped far inside the hallway a small, fat,
white envelope, superscribed to Eben
DoolittIe, From Friend and Brother y
Luckily no one was stirring on that
quiet street, and when Doris was far
enough from the brown house she re-
sumed her ordinary gait Though walk
ing with outward calmness there was
turmoil under her brown cloth jacket.
She felt like one who has burned his
ships behind him--and for what ?
To crafty sentimental fancy, and to
prepare for herself still longer years Of
toll and selfdeniaL Yet how she exul-
ted in the thought.
"He will get upon his feet agiin and
prosper-and he will owe it all TO me and
never know
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
shoeing Horses.


One Of the greatest difficulties the man
who knows how his horse should be shod
and tries to have it done properly has to
contend with is the Unborn tendency Of
horseshOers to cut away the frog and
other soft parts of the foot The smith
seems sto feel that there is certain amount
of cutting to be done, and he IS going to
do it where it can be done the easiest
The tougher toe is rarely cut away too
much, and very often not enoagh. The
frog is the life of the whole foot, and no
horse can travel safely and comfortably
without the use OF it. Il Is the natural,
elastic support for the bony parts above
1t, and is intended to break the eoneus-
sion when the horse puts its foot upon
the ground. Instead of shoeing ia way
to favor this use Of the frog, many far
riers win cut il half away, and tell you
that il is necessary or the horse viii
bruise his foot, and become injured or
disabled In point of fact, however,
four-ifths Of our horses become more or
less disabled on account OF being de-
Drived Of opportunities to bruise or ham
mer their frogs enough to keep up their
natural functions. The frog il the only
part of the hoof which communicates
with the nervous system, and through il
with the brain, to enable the hoEse to de-
termine what his fonthoid is upon the
ground. No wonder the sh0d horse
stumhIes. In ordinary shoeing the thick
ness Of the shoe lifts the heel of the
ground and depriVes the frog OF needed
pressure. If then the frog IS reduced by
cutting, the mischief is made SO N ch
the worse. Cutting the frog also causes
it to shrivel, units it for bearing weight
and contraction is certain to follow. In
winter it is difficult to avoid the use Of
calks, unless one drives or works his
horse barefooted, which may be safely
done unless the roads are very icy or the
loads very heavy but in summer nine
bci3tAS Vl Tic uotScs uSt-I OH lAIthr, VI
driven on the country roads, might wear
tips with great advantage. The writer
has ridden and driven many miles over
rough mountain roads, horses 50 shod,
and has yet to see anything but benefit
from the practice. As soon AZ shoes are
taken Off and the heels let down on the
ground, the hoof begins to expand and
the frog to develop. and il soon gets back
to its normal shape again. The edge Of
a bare foot viii break away and become
tender, but we have never known in
practice healthy frog to be injured by
bruising. If horses must be snod, by al
means encourage the growth Of the frog
in every possible way and get as much
pressure on it as you can. Don't ever
allow the ragged edges 70 be irinmed off
- TEgxkfg Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
His First Dinner After Mar.
rage.

q Speaking Of valuable furniture" said
Ex-Governor John Underwood, Of Ken
tueky, one day lately. . I place higher
value on the legs Of the table from which
/ ate my first dinner after was married
than the Vanderbilts do upon all the
furniture they osn.'
The assertion was taken with a grain
of allowance.
How Is that. Governor" asked one
Of the company
Why, ii h this way and a merry
twinkle appeared in his eye. . When ]
was married It was sort Of runaway
match. was a poor, young civil engin-
eer. and not desirable catch. I had :
suit- Of rooms, partially furnished, and
these We reached in the forenoon. My
vile wasn't hungry, and did not want tc
20 out for dinner. So l hustled around
and 60, a loaf Of bread and a pail o.
milk. There wasn't table or desk IL
the room I ate my dinner of my draw
ing board spread across my wife'skness.'
~ I. Gar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-17
Rooms the Queen Locks Up.

As is well known, the Queen Is in the
habit Of keeping rooms which have bee n
occupied by deceased relatives locked
up. The apartments at Claremoni in
which Princess Charlotte died more than
seventy years ago are vigorously closed
and nobody is allowed TO use them
Prince Albert's apartments at Windsor.
Osborne, and Balmor.l are all kept pre-
eisely as they were when be was alive,
and on the wall Of the room in which he
expired there is a tablet with an inserip-
ton recording the fact that this apart
ment was the scene Of his demise" The
Duchess of Kent's rooms at FrogmOTe
are also shut up-an arrangement which
renders that abode absolutely useles, in
asmueh as they are the best in the house
Frogmore, by the way. is officially a paFt
Of Windsor Castle, and any repairs that
are done there 20 into the castle account
The Queen has also kept John Browns
rooms at Windsor entirely closed sisec
the death Of that domestic. and a large
brass has been erected in the apartment
in which he expired with an inscription
commemorating his virtues and deplor-
Ing bis Loss Loi,,Ioa Trs!A.