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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12
KEEP YOUR PLANES IN TUNE.
All You Have Got TO Do is to Purchase
Growing Plant

growing Plant.
This is time of year when we are
driven nearly crazy with work. said a
tired-looking piano tuner to a reporter
Everybody wants his piano tuned for
Christmas and most of them forget about
1t till the last moment And besides being
the busiest season we have been having
the most trying weather. These cold. dry
days throw pianos out Of tune every time,
and, besides that the sounding boards are
beginning to split. 1t ALWAYS surprises me
what poor care most people take of their
pianos. Let man buy an expensive
watch and he'll treat it as though it were
live thing, but people don't seem to real
lie what delicate piece of mechanism a
good piano is Pianos are not affected so
much by heat or cold as they are by dry
ness or dampness. OF course if you stick
one end of piano up against stove, or a
heater or a register and let the other end
come near cold, leaky window it'll raise
Ned with it, but most people are onto
that. The trouble is the piano is too drv.
You know the sounding board-the
life of pianos forced into the case
when it's made so tightly that it bulges
up in the center. or has belly as we
call it, on the principle of violin. The
wood is supposed to be as dry as possible,
but, of course, it contains some moisture,
but gathers a lot more on damp DAYS and
in handling. Now, when you put a piano
in an over-heated, dry room all this moist
ure is dried ont, and the board loses its
| belly and gets fiabby, and finally cracks.
Even if it doesn't crack, the tone loses its
resonance and grows thin and tinny, and
the felt cloth aad leather used in the
action dry up, and the whole machine
| rattleS, and everybody kicks.
How can you prevent it? Easily
enough. Keep a growing plant in your
room, and so long as your plant thrives
your piano ought to, or else there's some
thing wrong with it. Just try it, and see
how much more water you will have to
put in the fower-pot in the room where
your piano is than IN any other room. Some
people keep huge vase or urn with a
| sopping wet sponge in it near or under the
piano, and keep it moistened Just as a
/ cigar dealer keeps his stock They keen
this up all the time the fires are on."-
The Mssiciaa.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12
a Back action ANNOYANCE

"Say, Hannah" remarked Mr.. Hughit
to his wife as they came out of the opera
house, CPL tell you something if you'll
promise not to be provoked"
Well, what is it?' asked Mrs. Hughit
with tone of resignation.
" You won't be angry ?"
"No.n
Well, your bonnet was on awfully one
sided all the evening"
"Oh, Pm so glad you noticed it, dear,
you are generally so unobserving. The
fact is, Charley, that miserable bonnet
won't go on any other way, and Pve been
wanting a new one so much / hated to
say anything to you about it, dear, but now
you have discovered how horribly the bon
net looks, you'll give me SIS to get new
one, won't you?
"Oh, | s'pose So" and Mr. Hughit al
most wished he hadn't been SO Observing
Springfield Union.
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The Koran.

Professor Troy, of Harvard, in his own
personal experience among the Arabs,
found the moral teachings of the Koran as
efficaeious in the culture of conduct, in the
indication of those virtues of truthfulness,
sobriety and honesty which we usually
consider the work of Christianity, as
Christianity ITSELF Even the more spirit
ual virtues of fcrtitude, courage. love, faith
are all found towering of that same re-
ligious system which we are inclined to
consider a pure fraud and system of coarse
epicureanism, of which the Mcslem heaven
of houris is a type. Mohammed himself
never claimed to be of divine birth, never
claimed to work miracles, or to reveal the
mysteries of heaven or hell. He taught
merely belief and conduct and that great
was Allah, the one God Like al religions,
that taught by Mohammed grew to have
little likeness in the hands of different sec
tsrians to It's original form Canbridge
Tribune.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12
That oatankerous Old Woman

Described in the nursery ballad, who lived
upon nothing but victual and drink and
yet would never be quiet was undoubt-
edly troubled with chronic indigestion.
Her victGsls, like those of many other ED
eFly persons, whose digestive powers have
become impaired, didn't agree with her.
This was before the era of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, or some one OF her numer-
GUS friends and relatives would undoubt-
eddy have persuaded her to try the great
specific for dyspepsia, constipation and bill
iousness. This would have been a meas
ure of self protection on their part, for she
would sooa have been cured and ceased to
disturb them with her clamor. The most
obstinate case of indigestion, with its at
tendant heartburn, flatulence, constant I'M
easiness of the stomach and of the nerves,
are completely overcome by this sovereign
remedy. Chiils and fever and bilious re-
mittent, rheumatism and kidney troubles
are also relieved by it.
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HOW TO CARVE A TURKEY.
These are Few Excellent Hints for To
day,s Hausefafher.

days Householder.
| Very few heads of families Or members
of the household in any capacity can carve
turkey in truly scientific style. 1t has
been claimed that carving is an art, but
there is little doubt that few points on
the dissection of fowl well studied and
thoroughly digested will go a goodly dis
tance toward making a novice an expert.
Here are some points on how to carve a
boiled turkey which is as good an illustra-
ton as can be given:
The legs of boiled fowl always bend
inward and tuck into the belly, but before
it is put upon the table the skewer by
which they are secured ought to be re-
moved. The fowl should be laid upon the
carver'sp plate, and the joints, as they are cut
off, placed in the dish. In taking off the
wing the joint only must be divided with
the knife, for by lifting up the pinion of
the wing with the fork and then drawing
1t towards the legs the muscles will sepa-
rate in much better form than YOU can
effect by cutting with knife Next place
the knife between the leg and body and cut
to the bone; turn the leg back with the fork
and the joint will give way if the fowl is
young AMI well done. The merry thought
is taken out when the legs and wings are all
removed; the neck bones are taken off by
putting in the knife and pressing it under
the long, broad part of the bone then lift
the neck bone and break it off from the
part that sticks to the breast. The breast
itself has now to be divided from the carcass
by cutting through the tender ribs close to
the breast, quite down to the tail; then Law
the back upward, put your knife into the
bone halfway from the neck to the wings,
and by raising the lower end it will readiiy
The last to be done is to turn
the rump from you and neatly take off the
sidesmeat. Each part should be neatly ar
ranged on the dish
The turkey should not be divided till
the breast is disposed of, but if it be
thought proper to divide, the same process
must be followed as directed in fowl.
The following is the best mode of serving
this delicious bird: Begin by cutting
close to the breast bone, scooping around
50 as to leave the mere pinions. Each
slice should carry with it a portion of the
pudding or forcemeat with which the craw
is stuffed.
In serving roasted fowl, expert caryers
always disjoint the thigh bones from the
body. Then 'sthe part that goes over the
fence last" Familiarity called by various
other names, is cut from the body. The
breast next needs attention. Finally the
many interior bones are disjointed-N. Y.
World.
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vine planted six months ago Git is now
mid-winter) by William Hunt, on the side
wall of his house, on Second street, in Sac
ramento; said vine having grown three
stories high, and it now bears ripe and
green tomatoes, and flowers in blossom; ;
and this is the hardest winter they have
had for years In what other country can
you find ripe tomatoes growing in the mid
die of winter?
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12
An Estimate of Some Inter.,t.

In order to give his hearers some idea
as to how great period of time 5000
years is--the time elapsed since the Egyp-
tians lived whose mummied bodies are be-
ing found-the Rev. Charles S. Robinson,
whose lectures at the Madison-avenue Re
formed Church, New York, are proving so
interesting, invited answers to this prob
lem: what would be the present value
of a chain found about the neck of num-
mied princess, at compound interest at six
per cent, assuming the original value at
S20? The answer shows row of some
ninety figures.
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THEY SLANT IN THAT p1KEo,1os.

To tell why men is so an so
Is much too hard for me,
1t is the way the critters grow,
Thet makes them what they be;
only say the reason WY
So many men is all awry,
And full of imperfection,
Is simply jest because they can't
Git any other kind of slant
They slant in tibet direction.
do not try to make it plain,
Wy men are proud or meek
or with mighty sweep er brain
Or vast expanse er cheek:
II is enough fer me ter know
1t is the way the critters grow
In every town and section;
There is some power that gives can't
Some mighty 'skic' tibet makes 'em slant
All slant in tibet direction.
An don't blame men overmueh
An on their vices rant,
Till look up their traits an such
TO fin the way they slanf;
An won't smite 'em hip an tint
Until find the way they D int
Nor sco.d each i1nperfection;
\ little eherity III grant,
FOR men are bad because they slant
They slant in tibet direction
IS ". FoSs in FdRkee Blade.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12

Then, in conclusion. 1 would inspire our
schools with devotion to the principles of
our Government, warm them with the love
OF honor and truth, fire them with the am
oition to become useful and wise, and leave
them In the hands of our citizens, nestled
close to the hearts of our people.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12

A new complaint against the two-cent
postage stamp is the bad flavor of the mu-
cilage. The critics seem TO think that the
Government can afford to carry letters all
over this star-spangled country for two
cents and flavor the stamps with straw
berry or ineapple.-P iHsbgrq Chronicle.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12

Nature uses a good many quilts with
which to make goose, but a man can
make a goose of himself with only one.
Orchard end Garden.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12

HooD's Sarsaparilla cures casarrh. 1t is
the only medicine of which can be truly
said, 100 doses one dollar which is an
unanswerable argument as to strength and
economy.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12
REAL ESTATE, ETC.
VlLUlBLR CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE.

T OTIS ,, s AND 1, V STREET, BETWEEN
IL Fifteenth and Sixteenth, with dwelling
house; Lots 5, and T. " street between Fiji.
teenth and Sixteenth: Lots and T. w street be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth; Lots and 6. Y
street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth; part of
Lot and all of Lot 6. II and II, Twenty-fourth
and Twenty.fift streets part of Lot l. Sixteenth
street, between and j; all of Lot 3 street, be-
tween Sixteenth and seventeenth, with dwell
ing; Lot 4, l street. between Twenty-third and
Twenty fourth, with fine Improvements, house,
barns, etc, new and in best condition.
Ca All of the above are high beautiful lots.
well located for good homes, ard will be subdi-
vided to accommodate pVrch asers.
2ptf W. X. Strong ~ co.
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G00 FURNISHED FLAT, FOR MAN AND
ooV. wife, centrally located, no upstairs.
double parlogs, dreSsing-roonl. con.modioils clos
cts. large dining kitchen. Reference reSuIrc5
Call at 722 Eighth street. lain sts -
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EoR LE-THoRoUGHBRED POULTRY.
L leading varieties, at the Sacramento County
Poultry Yards, GEO. E. DUDEN. Proprietor. r
.. ADDRESS, Box SO Sacramento. Eggs for
Matching after January !, 1889. CURTIS BRtJS
4 Co, $40 n street, agents for city of Saers-
mento. iaSiY,
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FOR SALE-T0 LET.

RIO LET-A FRONT SUITE OF ROOMS.
Il suitable for gentleman. Apply TO MRS c.
A. ID. GRAY, 4l51S X street. ialO-St*
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12

TO LET-FURNISHED ROOMS. APPLY OPS
Third street, between l and j. ja7-lws
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12

E,OR RENT-VINEYARD BEARING MJSCAT
IL grapes, 500 fruit trees, a acres in all dwell
ing, drying house for ralsins, windmilis good
pace Tor poultry; 20 miles from Capitol rent,
S15O per annum. Apply to CARL STROBEL, S2i
street. iae-6f,cryitS
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fHEAP FARMS FOR SALE - SEVENTY
~ acres, % sowed to grain, 10 pasture, price se5
per acre. 20 acres Is III fruit trees ana vineyard
balance in grain, with four buildings seven
Wlndmll!s, one double horsepower all com
pete with pumps; price, with crop and imple-
mentS- fruit boxes and one Plummer fruit drier
Sl2o per acre; one-thiTd cash, balance in two
annual payments; one mile from Perkins VII
Iage, SIX from Sacramento, on jackson road. p
Il. MURPHY Perkins, Sacramento. Cal. lift
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WT ANTED-AGENTs FOR A FAsT-sFLIING
1927 X ST.. from to O'Clock in the evening II
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pooMs TO RENTAL HOWARD HOUSE.
IL 100 and III street. dSl.lms
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EoR sALE-A NEW HOTEL. JUST COM
! pleted and furnished, doing good business.
also, new barn, large orchard and garden, in
the town of Comptonville, Yuba county. IS
mics from Marysvlile, on the DOwnieville road;
property of widow lady wishing to retire from
business. Inquire at this Office. dSl-lm
EOR sALE-THE FINEST HOTEL. BUSINESS
4 In this State, doing business OF $50 600 per
annum. For particulars address Jones & Berry,
Newcastle, Placer county Cal. oa0.tf
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wANTED-LOST. FOUND.

Two FARMERS-WE HAVE A NUMBER or
A good farm hands just from the East-Ameri
can, German and Scandinavian we can
send you on the shortest notice. Apply 10 HH-
PLofMES1 OFFICE, Fourth and < streats
Sacramento.
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RIPE TOMATOES IN WI.

And now before l close / wish to say one
word of the delicious and extraordinary
climate of this wonderful country, for this
very day l picked a ripe tomato from
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
Sumner Greetings.


Myrtle Butler is sick with scarlet
fever.
Mrs. Geo. Kirby has been very sick,
but is recovering slowy.
Mr.. A. p. Flewslling and wife have
gone to Jackson, to/visit friends.
Mrs. John Dunlap is visiting her
mother Mrs. Mallory, Montcalm county.
A little boy Of VIM Lewis OF New
Haven, died last week with membrane.
Gus Group.
1t is reported that the late John
Langdon who was found hanging in a
barn some time ago and supposed TO
have committed suicide, had instead met
with foul play and is to be disinterred
and post-mortem examination made.
a man passing the residence of Mrs.
Harris, an old lady over eighty years
Of age who lives with her grandson and
who is almost entirely helpless had his
attention attracted by hearing the cries
of some one in distress and on going
into the house he. found the old lady
lying on the floor where she had fell
ont of bed, and had laid there several
hours and was in pitifull condition.
Her grandson and wife had been gone
since morning, and the fire had gone
out, and the house cold enough to freeze
a person, some one should see to it that
she is taken care Of if those who have
a right to, will not.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
North Sumner.

b. ID, Ackmoody has moved TO Ash
ley TO engage in business.
Mrs. Keller, formerly of Elwell, now
of Breckenridge, is visiting old friends
and neighbors.
Mrs. Graves. who had the misfortune
to break her limb short time ago, is
as comfortable as could be expected.
The school in the Townsend district
is progressing finely with May Taylor,
of Alma, as teacher. This is her sec
oud term in this district.
L. r. Knapp has moved back on his
farm near the grange hall. After
nearly two years of town life he seems
quite content to try farming again.
Mrs. James Denning who has been
making an extended visit among rel
atiyes and acquaintances has returned
To her home near Jonesville.
The rain Tuesday night and Wed
nesday spoiled what little sleighing
there was, making those who were in
tending TO start for the lumber camps
feel somewhat disappointed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
Riverdale Chips.

DELAYED Letter:
Roller skating craze has at last struck
Riverdale, and the young folks are
practicing very industriously,
The show and concert given 10y Capt.
Thomas and family was largely at
tended and seemed to give satisfaction
to all.
DR.. Cogswell of Saginaw, has bought
the Drug Stock of Fred Hudson and
is making some improvements and
changes worthy of notice inside.
w. II. Pratt has started for Florida
where he intends 20 again spend the
winter. Don't think they have any
nicer weather, down there this season
than we have had here during the
month of December.
Our Station Agent, Mr.. Taylor, has
been carrying around very large smile
and box of cigars during the last week,
and we learn that the reason of it was
the appearance of fine girl operator
at his house, weight 10 pound.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
"Mashing" Unknown in Texas.

'The art of mashing." remarked an
old, weather. beaten Texan. as he slow
ly tilted his chair on the polished flags
Of the Southern Hotel rotunda, lis an
requirement of the efiete East, and the
masher Is an evolved product of the
conditions of that country. In the
virlle Southwest the genus 10 an un-
known quantity. The air Of Texas is
too bracIng for II TO develop the species.
Equal parts Of egotism and lack of re-
spect for women are requircd--that is,
to produce the mnsher pure and SIM
pie. Now. those who live on the great
plains may have fairly good opinion
ot themselves. but they have q still
better opinion of the other sex. and
would go to any extreme to resent al
insult offerod to the homeliest woman
on earth. This feeling pervades all
classes of men. and consequently one
will see q camp full of cowboys smoth-
CT rough oaths and converse like Sum
day-school ch ldren IL there be q petit
coat in the neigh hood In tue towns
is seen no ogling of and staring at wo-
men. as is tie case in St Louis where
10 stare laty out Of countenance APP
pears to be favor to pastime with the
well-dressed youths about town. n-St
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
Street committee. appointed to audit

Street committee. appointed TO audit
tho account OF Village marshal, pre-
sent the following report in writing:
ITO the President and Common
Council of the village of Alma.
Your committee appointed to settle
With the Village Marshal, would res
pectfuliy submit the following report:
Whole amount of village assessment
roll as placed in hands of Marshal
s6,Gll.l2; amount of returned taxes
S556.66; amount of cash deposited in
Bank as collected on assessment roll
ana as shown by vouchers. Sc, lG7 .4G;
Total, S6,70l.l2; amount of roll tax
collected, $500. Balance SG,6ll.l2.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
NJ. MoNTTGEL, a., >,
GEO. W. PULTRE. "oii'
On motion such report was accepted
and approved.
On motion council adjourned.
Nj. MoNTIGEL, W. a. BAHLKE.
Act. President. Clerk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18

Those who take an agency for reiia-
BILE enterprising house, learn their bus
mess and stick to it, get on IN the
world People who have any idea of
engaging in any canvassng business
will do well To write Geo. Stinton Il Co.
Portland, Maine-the great art and
general publishers. They offer the
most exceptional advantages TO those
who are sufficiently enterprising TO be
willing to make push in order TO bet
ter their condition. 1t costs nothing to
try. Women make successful canvas
ser. as well as men, Full particulars
Will De sent to those who address the
firm; their full address is given above
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
Elwell Happenings.

Mr.. VIM. Woods saw mill started
Monday.
Mr.. VIM. Medler has moved into Mrs
Hillsinger's house.
Miss Courier. of Arcadia, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. LOOMS, of this place
Rev. Ilughs, of Elm Hall, gave q
temperance lecture at school house
last Sunday evening.
Fire was discovered in the roof of Mr..
Loomis' House last Thursday morning
but was extinguished before any dam
age was done.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18

Number OF assessment made during
the year, two: amount OF same - ,332.-
Of: rate per cent, y mills.
State of Michigan,
County of Gratiot. . D
Lew b. Quick, President and Geo. :.
Aldrich, Secretary of said Company do
and each for himself doth depose and
say that they have read the foregoing
statement and know the contents
thereof. and that they have good reason
To believe and do believe said state
ment to be true. l.. B, QUICK,
GEo. ;. ALDRICH, President
Secretary
Sworn and subscribed before me at
Alma, in said State and County, this
eight day of January A. ID. 1899.
I. A. JOHNSON,
Notary Public in and for Gratiot
County, Michigan.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18

WIN tell you how II happens
That one sometimes will make siipA
We were sitting close together.
When abe puckered mp her lips.
Yes--she puckered up her lips:
IL seemed that Cupid beckoned;
took mp the invitation
And kissed her In q second
sbe blushed, she turned away
Came within al ace OF crying
Twas not meant At all that way,
But ito whistle" was she trying.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
ANNUAL STATEMENT.

For the year ending Dec. 81, A. d. 1888,
OF the condition and affairs of the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
located at Alma. Organized under the
laws of the State of Michigan and doing
business in the county of Gratiot and
Isabella in said State
LEVI Is. QUICK, GEO. ,. ALDRICH,
President Secretary.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE,

Calls bv Telegraph or otherwise, will
receive prompt attention. night OF day.
Office ut Commercial House Livery
Barn, ST. Louis Mich.
L. G.. DUFF, V. 5.
~ At the Wright House Barn, Alma. Wednes
day afternoon, OF each week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-01-18
DIR. T. ]. DUFF.
Veterinary Surgeon,

Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary Col.
lege, Toronto, Canada, having located
in st. Louis for the practice Of his
profession, IL prepared 10 treat