The Princess of Thule.
In the New York Ti ibunethe following
pirarapli appeared in regard to one of
the most pleasing characters of modern
fiction: ,. , !
3Ir. William Clack's Tnncess of Thule
is said to be a real person. A tourist in
the Hebrides w as lately directed to a ho
tel belonging to the KiDgof Borva, w hich
was kept by his royal daughter. It ap
pears Unit Hi- Majesty, known in common
life as Mr. Hunter, keeps an inn and farm
at a place called Gawna-hins, on the west
side of the Lewi, where tourists and peo
ple in search of a holiday go to spend
Eome weeks at a time to fish. He has
also taken a hotel in Stornoway, where he
may be seen, the tourist says, "In pray
clothes, w ith an imposing full-moon face,
well-combed, grizzled beard, pompous,
dignified and commonplace, his princi
pal characteristics, or, rather, qualities,
for characteristic is too angular a word
to be applied to him, being, as far as I
could iudre, utter insijrniiicance and
boundless sense of his own importance.
Mairie is just Maine (her real name is
Annie) and makes an awful chatter as she
sits at the table. Her English carries her
as far as 'yes' and 'no.' She looks mor
tnlly insulted if any oue addresses a long
sentence to her in English.
"As for the Princess Sheila herself, she
flitted around on the evening of our ar
rival, evidently the presiding genius of
everything, taking care that we had no
opportunity of st-iring at her. She is very
ladylike, more like an ordinary English
girl than anything more poetical; not
pretty, but sweet, refined and thoughtful.
It was disappointing to see a miserable
lolland dress with shabby frills. Every
thing was well arranged; carpets, crock
ery, wall-paper, &c, were chosen with
taste totally diildrent from what one sees
in country or eveu town hotels. I have
since he ird that we were fortunate to have
had a glimpse of her at all, as but few
have an opportunity of seeing the hero
ine of Mr. Black's story. Thousands of
visitors have been attracted to the island
of Lewis from reading the novel, audit
is said the King is taking advantage of
his fame and fast making his iortuue by
keeping an inn." Since this was written
the Princess Sheila has married, and the
m:iny admirers of the heroine among the
wealthy and fashionable people of Lou
don presented her with elegant gifts.
The story is very interesting in itself,
but taken in connection with the follow
iner letter from Mr. Black to the same pa
per of later date, there is an added in
terest. Mr. Black says:
"It gives me great pleasure to find in
& paragraph in your paper of this morn
ing some finally definite particulars about
the original of the character ot 'bheila in
A Princess of Thule.' It 13 true that I
have on several occasions been introduced,
when in the Highlands, to young ladies
who, as I afterward learned, were regard
ed by their friends as having suggested
the character in question; but there al
ways seemed tome to be some little difii
culty about that, as I had not previously
had the honor of the young ladies' ac
quaintance. There is less dilriculty about
this Princess of Thule. who, as I see, has
now been discovered and described by an
amiable and ingenuous tourist; for I re
member having at least seen and spoken
to, before writing the book, the inukeep
er, and the innkeeper's two daughters
w ho have thus been satist ictonly identi
fied. To the best of my recollection, the
innkeeper was a most worthy person I
regret that the tourut iouud him rather
commonplace who kept excellent wine
and his diutrhters displayed a skill and
diligence in serwing us with boiled salmon
and potatoes which demanded and re
ceived our sincerest erratitude. That ony
of those homely but agreeableyoung peo
ple the tourist does not explicitly say
which was afterward to be represented
in a book as a woman capable ot produc
ing some brief impression on London so
ciety by reason of her unusual beauty
and dignity of manner, w as an idea that
certainly did not occur at the moment
either to myself or to my companions;
but as we live we learn, and I now accept
the information with much meekness. In
fact, I suppose everybody who scrib
bles a bit of fiction has discov
ered how singularly keen and prompt
is the discernment of his friends in
ferreting out the unmistakable originals
of all his characters. In the present case I
am heartily delighted to see that the
discovery ha3 been made to some profit.
If it is a pity to find that the so-called
'King of Borva is after all only an inn
keeper, and indeed rather a commonplace
innkeeper, still it is comforting to know
that he is making money; and as for the
mariiage presents sent by enthusiastic
persons in London to his daughter, I hope
the young lady wore them on her wed
ding day with becoming grace and mod
esty. One parting word, if you will al
low me, to my friend the tourist. lie
ought not to use harsh language about
any innkeeper, however taciturn or com
monplace he may find him. A laudlord
may be pardoned for being occasionally
reticent as, for example, when he hap
pens to encounter a guest who is over-iu-quisitive,and
perhaps also a trifle foolish."
Railroad Building. According to the
true reports of the railroad interests of
the couutry it appears that there has been
a decided revival of railroad building
during the year now closing. Some two
thousind miles of new railroads have been
constructed so fir, which is almost d.mble
;ho amount reported for the same time in
1S75. The R tilway Age concludes from
this encouraging showing that the panic
has fully stent its force, and that railway
building has already been resumed with
new vigor and confidence. If so
much new road can be constructed in ten
months, while business is languishing, or
at least uncertain and hesitating, what is
lairly to be interred for the coming year,
after all our present doubts and appre
hensions shall have been peacefully re
moved ? It is a cheerful side of the times,
aud we present it as such w ith gladness
ourselves.
Russia andFiuvateeuing. There is a
story current that Russia has asked per
mission to send her navy to American
waters, in which it would be safe in case
of a war with England over Turkey.
There is also another rumor afloat to the
effect that American ship owners will ask
Russia for letters of maique and reprisal,
with which to tit out privateers to prey
upon British commerce in the event of
such a war. But by such a step Russia
would entirely repudiate the Treaty of
Paiis of 1S5G, to which she was a party.
That would absolve England aud all the
other signing powers from their obliga
tions, aud lay Russia open to most serious
iucursions from all sides. It is extreme
ly doubtful if she would take a step like
that at this time. She will have enough
to attend to w ithout shouldering needless
jobs.
Is it proper to call a retired black
iith an ex-pounder.
From Bombay to London. j
Dr. Waters, of the Bombay army, says
the Manchester (England) Examiner, has
done a bold and adventurous deed which
entitles him to rank as a celebrated rider,
only second to Mr. McGahan and Capt.
Burnaby, the heroes of two equally re
markable jouruey3 to Khiva. Dr. "Wa
ters, while stationed at Bushire, obtained
three months' leave, and he resolved to
use it in the usual manner by visiting
England, but he determined to vary the
monotonous record of other travelers
homeward by going overland all the
way across Persia, Russia and the Con
tinent, until he reached the shore opposite
our "tight little island." He rode first
of all through Persia to the borders of
the Caspian a distance of nearly 1,000
miles in fourteen days, thus making an
average rate of progress amounting to
seventy miles a day. The work was
made one of enormous difficulty by the
wretched state of the roads, which were
so bad in some places that only twenty
six miles a day could be accomplished;
but as an example or his method ot
making up for lost time, it may be men
tioned that on one umv. as he drew near
the Caspian, he covered 120 miles, and
followed that upon the next day by a
journey of 100 mile3. Once on the Gas
man his progress was made easier, lie
took boat to Baku, thence to Astrakhan,
and from there to Czantzen on the
Voljra, where he took train to Warsaw,
and afterwards went to Berlin, to Calais
and London. After a short sojourn in
this country, he started back on a journey
no less auventurous. lie went ursi u
Alexandria, irom there to lieyrout, ana
on to Damascus, from which point he
struck out, still riding, on a route which
had only been attempted by two Euro
peans before him, i. e., straight across the
reat Syrian Desert to Lagaai, alter
which his return to Bushire was compara
tively easy. To have completed this
extraordinary journey within three months
from which a month spent in England
has been deducted, required a combina
tion of qualities of a very high order.
1 tie man needed to be a good rider, to
have great powers of endurance and a
large stock of courage; and all these, it
is evident, Dr. v aters possesses. It is
interesting to find that though the gal
lant traveler carried a flask of brandy,
he made limited use of the stimulant, for
he ouly says he used half a small flask
ful in a ride of nine hundred miles.
One of the most astonishing circum
stances about the feat is the smallness
of the cost of the westward journey.
Dr. Waters had ahorse to start with, but
he was obliged to hire a good deal in
Persia. This item of expense amounted,
at a rate of about seven-pence a mile for
two horses, to G80 Persian krans, or a
little under 27. From Ensoli-on-the-Caspian
to Czaritzen, first-class by
steamer was 55 roubles, and the fare
from there bv rail through Warsaw to
Berlin, 70 roubles, or, altogether, 10 3s
4(1. From Berlin to London cost 8; so
that the whole outlay from Bushire to
Encrland. includniir. Dr. Waters sav?, a
liberal margin for incidental expenses,
did not exceed 50. The cost of travel
ing between the same points by the sea
is given at 100 that is, 20 from Bu
shire to Bombay, aud 80 from Bombay
to England via Brindisi. The route of
Dr. Waters has, therefore, an economical
advantage; but that, he says, is nothing
compared with the charming novelty,
the varying beauty, and the historical
interest of the journey across Persia and
thence by the Caspian to the banks of the
olga.
Origin of the "Jersey Blues."
In November, 1TTG, Washington, with
thirty-five hundred soldiers, entered New
ark on his retreat through New Jersey,
and remained encamped for six days.
On the morning of November 28, U ash
ington marched out of Newark in a south
westerly direction, and Lord Corn wall is
and hn army marched pompously in
from. New York. The British officers
quartered themselves in the best houses,
and demanded the best furniture to make
their rooms comfortable. When they
moved on, they took the furniture along
with their luggage. A British garnso
was left in Newark until after the battle of
Trenton. Both officers and soldiers com
mitted so many outrageous acts that a
volunteer company was secretly formed
to punish them whenever an opportunity
should occur. These volunteers were
furnished by the Newark women with
tow frocks and pantaloons dyed blue
which was the origin of the name "Jersey
Blues" and were commanded by Capt.
Littell, who distinguished himself by
many daring exploits.
On the day which the British garrison
abandoned Newark and marched to Eliz
abeth, it was noted that a detachment
was sent toward Connecticut Farms, pur
pose not known. Captain Littell and his
Blues speedily followed them. Coming
suddeuly upon the unsuspecting enemy,
Littell ambushed a few men in the rear,
and appeared in front with the rest of his
force, aud demanded an instant surrender.
They turned to escape, aud, finding them
selves thwarted, laid down their arms
without firing a gun. The British gen
eral was exasperated by their capture, and
ordered out a body of Hessians to avenge
the affront; but Littell goaded them by
spirited attacks, without special exposure
to his own men, until he had them driven
into a wretched swamp, where he com
pelled them to surrender to greatly in
ferior numbers. Moititied bejoud meas
ure at this second discomfiture, a troop
of horses was sent to annihilate the "rebel
devils;" but they iu turn were routed,
aud sought safety iu flight. A Tory was
finally persuaded, through the offer of a
large reward,to lead three hundred troops
to Littell's house in the night for the pur
pose of catching him off his guard. As
they were preparing to storm the dwell
ing, they were attacked in the rear so
sharply as to be driven precipitately away.
While collecting their scattered forces in
the road below, Littell, who had formed
an ambuscade along a fence line, fired
upou them, aud the commander fell. In
the coufusion and darkness they were
unable to fjrm any estimate of the num
ber of their assailants, and fl,d like their
predecessors. Martha J. L,mb, in Har
per's Magazine.
A German enlisted ia the regular
army; in the course of a few days he was
put ou picket duty. His instructions
wete, when anybody approached, to say,
"Who comes there?" three times au'd
then shoot. Before long he 'perceived a
man approaching; he waited quietly till
the man came very near, then he sudden
ly brought his musket to his shoulder
ana shouted, "Y ho comes dere
times?" Ban"!
dree
Vt e do not choose our own parts in
life, and have nothing to do with those
parts. Our simple duty is confined to
playing them well.
The
Explorations in the Ancient
Capitol of Agamemnon.
I find continually the most ancient
painted pottery and the very rudest and
most primitive terra-cotta idols 01 Juno
in female and cow form. Of course, it is
perfectly certain that the rubbish which
covers the entraKce has oeen urougnt
there from other places, but as it cou-
tains only fragments of the most ancient
painted terra cottas, the filling up of the
entrance must have already been affected
at a remote antiquity, and the age of the
treasure itself probably exceed- by more
than three centuries that w hich 1 attrib
uted to it in my last report (1230 B. C).
Of the idols f. und in the treasury, the
most ancient Juno idols, in the shape of
a worn m, are very rudely made, with
out painted ornaments, and have either
an oblong or round head, with or with
out a diadam, and large eyes; some are
with, others without breasts; the hands
are either protruding or folded on the
breast. No doubt to the same epoch bo
long the female idols with a very com
pressed hare head, large eyes, protruding
hands and no breasts, or with two breast,
below which a horn protrudes on each
side, so that both horns together fjrm a
half circle; further, the male idol iu Asi
atic style, with a bare head ornamented
with an incised diadem, showing in front a
star, a long, aquiline nose, large eyes and
a long protruding Assyrian beard; fur
ther, the most aichaic cow idols with
painted red or black ornament. Lastly,
I have to mention the less frequent le-
malo idol with a perfectly modeled cow
head; but this typo is only found 011
handles of vases, and the body ot the
woman is never complete; it never reaches
further down than the breast, aud Ire
quently finishes with the neck, on which
the nicklace is never forgotten. Except
a button, w ith a gold blade, no objects ot
tr-dd or silver have been found yet, but
that these metals have been in exten
sive use can not he doubted ; a porphyry
tormstone which I found shows on both
sides together fifteen different types of
eir-nnirs and other ornaments, all i
which must have been of gold or silver
Of bronze objects a treasure was discov
ered at a depth of fifteen feet; it consists
of five knives, two small w heels, two
lances, two two-edged hatchets, hairpins,
two vases and reiiinauts of four others
and of a tripod. There was also found a
considerable number of perforated agates,
with engravings ot auimals, which are
very archaic, but show in several instan
ces an advanced art; all these agates are
evidently derived from necklaces. There
is no end to the variety of aichaic vase
painting; in fact, there are almost as
many varieties as there are vases. The
most interesting to me are always those
which have outside and inside pa'ntel
ornaments, and, wonderful to say, lhesi
are in the majority. In writing this I
see before me a vase showing on its out
side the common representation of hsh
spines an the inside of fish. Of pure
white glass I sometimes find small w hite
balls, but more frequently small perfor
ated objects of a black glassy substance
iu the form of buttons, which seem to
have served as wall ornament-', aud small
cones ornamented all over with an im
pressed screw line.
Of real inscriptions I have hitherto
found only two or three; one of them
was on both sides of a Juno idol in form
of a woman, another inscription was on a
mutilated cow idol, aud a third is on a
disk. Of them all I have sent most care
ful copies to my esteemed fiiend,
Professor Max Muller, who considers
them too indistinct and fragmentary to
warrant any expression of opinion lor the
present, but who hopes that the shape
of the letters in a short Greek
inscription may serve to fix the date of
some of the building. Dr. Schliemann,
in London Times.
Influence of War on
l-iagc.
Primitive Mar-
In a tribe not habitually at war, or not
habitually successful iu war, no decided
effect is likely to be produced on the
mariiage customs. If the great majority
of the men have native wives, the pres
ence of a few whose superiority is shown
by having foreign wives will fail to
change the practice of taking native
wives; the majority will keep one anoth
er in countenance. Uut if the tribe, be
coming more successful in war, robs ad
jacent tribes of their women more fre
quently, there will grow up the idea that
the now considerable class having foreign
wives form the honorable class, aud that
those who have not proved their bravery
by bringing back these living trophies
are dishonorable: non-possession of a for
eign wife will come to be regarded as a
proof of cowardice. An increasing am
bition to get foreign wives will therefore
arise? and as the number of those who
are without them decreases, the brand of
disgrace attaching to them will grow
more decided; uutil, in the most wariike
tribes, it becomes an imperative require
ment that a wife shall be obtained from
another tribe if not in open war, theu
by private abduction.
A few facts, showing that by savages
proofs of courage are often required as
qualifications for mariiage, will carry
home this conclusion. Herudou tells us
that among the Mahues a man cauuot
take a wife until he has submitted to
severe torture. Bites, speaking of the
Pastes on the Upper Amazons, says that
formerly "the young men earned their
brides by valiant deeds in war." Before
he is allowed to marry, a young Dyak
must prove his bravery by bringing bck
the head of an cuemy. llincroit quotes
Colonel Cremony as saving that when
tiie Apache warriors return uuuccessful,
"the women turn away from them with
assured indifference and contempt. They
are upbraided as cowards, or for want of
skill and tact, and are told that such
ineu should not have wives." That,
among other results of sentiments thus
exemplified, abduction of women will be
oue, is obvious; for a man who, denied a
wife till he has proved his courage, steals
one, sutistics his want aud achieves repu
tation at the same time. If, as wc see,
the test of deserving a wife is in some
cases obtainmeutof a trophy, what more
natural tlun that the trophy should olten
be the stolen wife herself. What more
natural than that w here many warriors of
the tribe are distinguished by stoleu
wives, the stealing of a wife should be
come the required proof of fitness to
haveouef Hence would follow a per
emptory law of exogamy. Herbert Spen
cer, in Popular Science Monthly.
Bishop Bowman saw an earnest, queer-
lookiui' brother followimr him around
for some time, and he avoided hini; but
finally, weary of the shadow, the Bishop
turned around, and said, "What do you
w ant, my friend?" The man said, "I must
ask a question. I have sought light on
it from many preachers and commen
taries, but have found no satisfaction. I
must ask you, What was the color of
those serpents that bit the Israelites?"
COURTESY OF BANCROFT
Frosted Zinc Corinthian
Monuments.
Cast from P':re Zinc Thkir Ixdestrcc-
tibil1tt and u . changing color 1jem
onstkated The Facts in the Case.
To thospi wlm linvn irirpn the nature of
Zine a study, they do not need to be told that
11 is almost indestructible I10111 me eteiucms,
and does not and cannot chaii'e color by expo
ure. Both Science aud Fact demonstrate
thut as soon as the film of oxide forms, (110
matter by what process). It ia the END Ut
ALL CHANGE. The film of oxide is like a
Cout of Paint which the Elements themselves
form and can no uo deeper than the air pen
etrates, and us noun us the film is formed, .air
can penetrate no deejtr. Science prove that
tui nun can nver be dissolved uv water, ui
by air, and hence it is protected lor aye and
ayes. o person of mlelliifuiice prtieuas 10
diajmte the well known fact (it bcmir a mut
ter of History) that Bronze has btood con
stant exposure over Four Thousand Years and
still perfect. Zinc is known by all. Scien
tists and Fraetieal men, to be of tne same
nature as Bronze. Its equal in respect to
fineness and impenetrability from the elements,
and hence what is true of one is true of the
other. If Bronze ( which is Zinc aud Copper)
has stood over 4,HX years' constaut exposure,
Zinc will do the same. The color of Bronze
alter oxidization takes place is always a dark
brown, but it win always remain inai coior,
while Zine is a Hold a ran, closely resembling
(alter the Frosted Finkli is applied) a liyit
and sparkling yray Uraiiite, and is equally un
chaniiinii iu color as Uronze or Uraiiite. As
Pure Gold is always vellow, so Pure Zinc is
always gruy, what is true in the nature of
one is true in the nature of the other, rure
zinc oxidized is alitys 'ray it can form no
oth'-r color hence i nch axoixc.
On the other .aud. take stone of any kind.
Jt has nothing to protect it surface, aud is
constantly disintciiraliiijr and crumbling to
ruin. True, the quotes will hold their color,
yet will 111 lime l:ficnie moss irro wn. Uut ol
all tne varieties ol sL'.ne used tor -Monumental
purposes, none is so poorly adapted and to
nearbi worthless lis marble. It is Soft and
Porous by nature, absorbs the iireen from
trees and easily disintegrates. The lime.
which is one 01 its cuicl elements, soon begins
to luru dark and diugy by exposure, and its
beauty is soon gone. Within live years usual
ly, Liclieu or Kock Moss commences to grow
ou its surlaee, and often iu twenty years ob
literates the inscriptions, while its liability to
be cracked aud bioken by the action ot the
frost, is apparent in nearly every cemetery in
the country. Many resort to cleaning Iheir
marble monuments with an acid, but thi
only makes a had matter worse. There i
bill one remedy that we know of DISCARD
THEM ENTTUELV. There is 110 excuse to
put them up, now that you can gel a material
al about the same price that is lite lroiu all
of the above oljei:lious,ahd which tan lurer be
come moss grown, or absorb the green front trees
Our most intelligent citizens are last discard
ing marble, and many are taking up old und
ruined marble and replacing them with the
r rusted Zinc. He believe every intelligent
mind, capable of reasoning, can not fail to
see and appreciate the great advantages
these monuments have over marble, naiueiv:
BEAU 1' V, DC ItABlLlTV AND UNCHANG
ING COEOK, and in addition, the back of
Monuments equally as ornamental as the
front, and all raised work or block Utters lor
inscriptions, in place of uunk work, without
additional expense. We suggest to such of our
readers us are interested in Mouuaicnts or
Statuary, to cull on Messrs. Gray & Wiuslow,
iOJ Slotkton ttreet, San Francisco. Send to
them lor circulars aud price lists.
The
Old and. the New Wav of
Making Pianos.
Iieader, do you know why the Piano as
Uerelotore const! uctcd bus been eucb a
troublesome instrument, always out of tunc,
iihnobt us sensitive to atinospuerie changes
as a barometer, and often breaking down
completely ufler u few years service? We
will tell you. There was one dilricuity that
no piano manufacturer could obviate. The,
birina are. always fastened at one end to
tuning pins, which are turned oue way or
the other to tihteu or loosen the 6lnns
dui ing the process of tuning. It is un abso
lute necessity that these tuning pins bhollld
work in wood, because, if they were set iu
unyieldiug metal, it would be impossible to
turn theiu on accouut of the strong tension
of thu stiings. .Now, ull wood, and especial
ly all Keasoued wood, swells aud coi; tract us
the air lb damp or diy. How could it be ex
pected that pel iett reliance could be put, upou
a block of wood perforated villi numerous
holes for holding the pins, and subjected to
a strain ot many lonslroiu the combined pull
of the btriims? Now for the remedy. In the
new invention, called the liogeib 1'iano, the
strings are tuned, not by turning the pins,
but by drawing up both strings and pins, the
latter standing fast in a uictal slide which is
worked by a set screw. Thus, the wooden
piu-block is dispensed with entirely, and we
have a 1'iano in which all the strain is sus
tained by solid iron, aud upon which no ex
treme of climate or weatber can have the
slightest eU'ect. If you are interested to
know more of this valuable invention, 6cnd
to Blackniar it Davis, San Francisco, for a
circular of the Rogers Piano.
The American Sewing Machine.
Our attention lias recently been called to
this wonderlul triumph ol mechanical art
alter years of untiring ellbrt and experiment.
A machine has at length been presented to
the public that seems to defy further im
provemeut. Its first most striking feature
is its simplicity of construction. It runs very
lightly is almost noiseless. Having but few
working parts there is but little friction, and
consequently not liable to get out of order.
Its shuttle requires no threading, and does not
break needles or thread by being started
backwards. We advise our readers to sec it
before buying. The agency in San Fran
cisco is at 11 Fifth street.
Parents having daughters to educate can
not do better than to place them under the
home influences and care of the Rev. E.
B. Church, and his able corps of teachers,
at Laurel Hail Institute, San .Mateo, Cal. He
will attend promptly to all letters ot inquiry.
The school adevriiseuicut w ill be found else
where iu this paper.
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dropsical swellings, gravel, diabetes uud
Bi lght's disease speedily buccumb to the in
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bill. Price, 00 cents.
Ullsb's fALAtli UK A14T, ill
MOM OoMfe.lt I
ht., ban r raueiaco.
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NAiKI. II ILL, Agent.
Mout;iiniery St., San Fuancisco,
lt Sew
TIIE
IIHATEIT.
K S A HEATER
FOR TIIK ROOM OF THE IX
1. valid, I consider it superior to the stove or range
there being no giises thrown oil', thereby rendering
it less objectionable than any other I have ever
known. 1 can therefore recommend it for general
use where moderate heat is needed.
W. It. RICE, M. D..
No. 4 Central Ulock, oak'.and
JSoots and tthocs.
.IOIIX Ni; I.I.I VAX, N. E. cor. Bat
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otters to make to order the bet French
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il'ornia Leather Hoots. ti; French Calf
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reduction of four per cent., to nmke the express
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INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
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get into the right Coach; if you do not. they will
charge you.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
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story Hold, with 17." first claas light rooms, el.-nant-ly
1 urnished, and a f tai in -lv! t F ree Coaeli
and Carriages to the House from ail points. Charges,
pvr day.
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At the home of the patieni
Without the use ol the
OWE OR CAUSTICS
and without pain. Addres
Dr. A. H. BROWN.
NEW HATElf, CONN.
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All
KSTAJiLIHHKU
Merchant -.merchant's Plrl
sera iiio j? mm
Merchant's
A Liniment for
Whether for nac on mnn or boait. Merchant's
ment, and wortliy of use by every resident in the
nrtic ft tw . w ndi.fi In 1 ho I T' 1 1 1 s ,laa whlrh sharaa ,1. a .
, , , ......v., buu niiim me people
roe thnn thi?. l cllow wrapper for nnimal and white for humnn flesh " jV Y
Extract from a letter from Ci. H. Simmonds, Cnionvi'le, la., July 24 1S73. " I
uarciinB un liiaa nu inc. imirarau put together, nnd I am l-wnmn 1.1,..
think: it H the best remedy for horseflesh in eristenen nd r- J. T, 1 'i"".
lntrfoliz-Hor. "
Extract from a letter from Shoemaker & Ce.,
popular horse liniment in this country."
Extract from a letter from Oeo. A. Snell. Eramnn's Corners "S v
more or yonr tar5iing Oil than of all other liniments combined, and hi
and cattla with rnnil p(Tfet irhnn ntKna r-si-.,
iiuiu n iciier irom i-attce Co., Dcrrv N IT An "fith 1! ciTT'4i.j 1
line Oil one of the best article for JJ' LJ "JA5?; 29,h i " We think jonr
Extract from a letter from Snowdon I c Vwi I? "a 5- nn' we cave ever n?ed or Hold."
more of your Olns Oil ?Mf aSlInlmekte ' J
Merchant's Garglina: Oil
common liniment fo? human ,IiVr$lS. the.n from stain, to be ned as ar4
dcrcd it objectionable. Thia Oi I dooVpp I rif t A. ,"' r'nS 'nsrretiiont which has heretofore ren-i
iJLhors nnd'cattierandwiUVfodl
IVom . Trl" rT . PJt
here than formerly. Bince itg virion cVhavornmft t-' Yonr Garglinsr Oil Is doinS mnch better!
without eta'n, aro mnrh non-hl ?Por bccome nown; and the bottles put up lor family nse.l
BE: &?1f?..'!rn! il," Mthonsh prepan-d IntentionaTi. roe
Main and discolor the kin, but noVpermartem'11 V1,?' " woM for hnman" a only " wllij
man flesh, ' no1 Permanently. 1 cllow wrapper for animal and whlto for au-y
Merchant's Gargling Oil
when snch a remedy is ind icnteVi
Vnr i',r- trr 7 13 ln.u';atea, and is a cood
fifter-nto twenty drop' on 1 Bnr o't C',C'-AKS,hma' .or Int'raaI rain.'the done maTbe'from
intervals of three , to sli honS VonC? WUh ?yrnP.,n ? convenient form, and repeated at
va lw nours. 1 cllow wrarmer for nnlmil nnH n-titA r... a 1. 1
ytrttr'Tw vri . -
Established lH L-r'i rSPi!,?!1'
"inractured at Locknort v V"V "iLr, rT'X'
r -j a.b in. vjt.
PBOG-RESS!
THERE IS MONEY IN IT!
THE PACIFIC
Artesian and Prospecting'
(Patented July 25th, 13T6.)
ADAPTED TO ALL KINDS OF WELL-BUK1M.
Klninlr, Oiirnbl" ! Kflioien t. time
and County Rights for Sa e '';V. B
price, etc.. to c,
S-iVIE $301
m
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3
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OUR HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINK
was awarded the llrst and highest prize and oi
nloma at tin; Kxnosition In Philadelphia, and aii'O
company claiming to havn received any higner hon t
does so to deceive the public. We sell "the best sew i ig
machine for the least money." and challenge coin- e-
titloii. Every m idline is furnished with tne ce e
brated Hall treadle (a 12 attachment), without extra
cost. hihI warranted lor live yarn. Ooumry ?'
and City canvassers wanted. Call and exjiiiilic bo
fore purchasing elsewhere.
JOHNSON, CLARK & CO.,
17 ev )Ioiil;omrry !M.,ian FraiiiUrn
Factories Orange, Mass.
The Christian Union.
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iipkv u inn f.is.
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Editors.
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months on trial, 5 cents. Agent- wsi.ted. nd
stamp for sample copv.
Publisher, I ark P.ac
Atl'iroxlJOl.A 1 1U t.M.l,
ce. New i.rk.
MACHINIST TOOLS, 0
MiniflE and Saw Mill Machinery.
f" EALER IN ALL KINDS OF NEW AND SF.CON D
XJ
hand
ENGINES AND
And other Machinery Bought
BOILERS,
and Sold.
.1. II KX IX
S'i Fremont St.. San Francisco:
CUMMINGS& SOfJS,
327 Kearny St., S. F.
American Waltham Watches, bv sending for our price
list, which are marked rxceMlinely low. una
roiivlnrr loimrlvrs. All Welches sent by ei
pres; persons have the privilege of not only looking
at them before buying, but can deposit with Weils,
Fargo & Co. the amount of the watch, and have atrial
of at least two or three weeks before the money i sent
to us. If the Watch Is not what vou sent for, or doe.
not keep the correct time, or you arr in any way dix
HatisHed with it. our int-trii'-tions to Wells, Fargo Co.
is to refund the money. We are determined to build
up a reputation on tins coast mm win give saiisiacuou
to all. Send Jor ptice-lixt. J-rice-lut ettt Jtte.
legally and
quiet
Legal I f J PP Sly obtained.
V t
evervwhere. Kesi-
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alter decree. Address (with stamp)
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EALD'3
iOLLEGE
For Cirvul ir
rail at t.lVw
KearKwroy,
prat-tw iiliy for a
1 Mt-r-'!! I ca
r.r. Hmt.n
S. F. Cal.
reer is life.
Kan K r . t a
1833.
Man and Beast.
Garzlirt! Oil will Hp form . i-,-tt,i.. r ti E
land. U'e know of no proprietary medicine or i
r.,- j t '
nm Benin? morf ?i
Z 1- IT '
' IfUl BUCCeSBlU IM
Bloomlcton Ind. Sent l-th -isn Tt t. vS
' lna-' cPl 1 ,tn' i5 It Is the. 2
have Mvn it nuinl v. . .. t a
in, :iin. 1X73 I nl 1
GarsJ
selli
as a FamiW l.inimf I
"imnhcttrcd" " p-v-
as an Internal Remedy.
?-na C3;mlna."ve- It can be taken Internally
eubstitnte for na n V-iiiera wii.i ..i . a JC
1
-- -v uuuxuu iienu.
ri! .-th.L 5,,Vn5?rd Undent of the United States
ri"riVJ.":..al1 e.,z Tor family nc, 25c
u., auu cum ny nu amTfMts
JOHN uodge, Secretary.
A 1K!(T M)K AMKRir7( W AI.TH AM
A (Mars.) WATCIIIIM. Examine our prices of
e
OarfrSing Oil!
1!