- American Antiquities. While Dr. Schliemaun is engaged in fol lowing up what traces he' may of ihe his toric truth of the Trojan "War, we are re minded that, though living in what is sometimes called a ''new" country, we have oar antiquities aa well &s Argcs and the Trocid. Probably Dr. Schliemann would politely demur at callinganything not more than eight centuries old antique; but to us, whose oldest habitable build ings are scarcely two, a stone like that of Dighton, in Massachusetts, that bears an inscription which is believed tohave been carved by the Icelandfrsin the year 1007, has the flavor of a really venerable curi osity. A meeting has been held recently in Bo&tou, to consider whether a memori al should not be erected to the Norse dis coverers of America, by whom Dighton rock n believed to have been left as ah heirloom to a then unimagined nation Of course it is proper to honor thus the intrepid Icelandic voyagers who, five cen tunes belore Columbus, followed the Ericsons to Cape Cod and the Narrajran- sett: and the idea of preserving: thecarven relic they left should certainly be carried out. But if we begin to ertct monuments to all the supposed discoverers of our fa vored continent, there will be much work for the architects, and frequent calls upon the purses of the patriotic rich. There are the Welsh, for instance, who claim that certain of iheir d'Urli'v ci.tintrvvneu drifted as far as these sh-rts in 1170, and who tell wonderful s'ories about Indian tribes in the interior who were found to understand that innny-ct nsonHnted ver nacular which the Celt, certainly, alone in Europe, can either read or speak. Be fore Eric the lied, too, there wire, in all likelihood, discoverers of what was to be America. Greek writers nientiou lands beyon l the western waters, accounts of which were brought back by the venturous Phoenicians; and there are learned men who imagine they have found evidences of Chinese or Japanese discoverers, who must at least have come over before the Icelandic expeditions. The public-spirited antiquarians of Bos ton, however, may safely urge that of all authenticated discoveries, that of Eric is the oldest. Here, it seems, there is no room for doubt; both Iceland, in its Ed das, and America, in its Dighton rock and other relics, furnish evidence that our coast was skirted for over a thousand miles by the Icelandic brothers; while the same hardy race sowed Greenland with villages, and spread terror through out Northern Europe, so formidable was their prowess on the sea. We need not on this account, however, give up our loy alty to the name and memory of Colum bus; for a discoverer is one who makes known to civilization a land either previ ously unknown or, if once known, for gotten and lost sight of; and it is pretty certain that the Europe of the fifteenth century was either ignoiatit or oblivious of the Icelandic discovery. Appletona1 Journal. American Life and 3Ianners. The Geneva (Switzerland) Continent says: "Descriptions of America and Americans, by European writer?, often make very entertaining reading. They are apt to give rise to two distinct sensa tions they startle by their novelty and amuse by their absurdity. It is not long since we read, iu a book by a French au thor, that when citizens of Chicago des-ire to remove iroui one pait of the city to another they send for a team of horses and order the establishment, with all its content?, to be carted bodily to the desired locality, and that during the transit it is the custom for the inmates to remain in their dwellings just as if nothing unusual Hcicgiimguu. i ne same author tens a story, which he declares to be authentic. .. ., . . . ' n a country gentleman who on his re turn home alter a shoit absence, found his house non est it had been stolen and similar instances are represented as being quite common. The same writer was greatly shocked at the moral, or rather immoral, tone prevalent in American so ciety, and the lawlessness of American life and manners generally. There are, however, some characteristic traits of the fearful condition of American society which this gentleman, and other authors of similar caliber, have strangely over looked. We beg leave, therefore, to place at their disposal a few facts which they may probably be able to utilize in future editions of their highly veracious works. "The 'almighty dollar,' inclosed in a shrine made of wooden nutmeg, is actually worshipped in all American churches; the election of president is a farce, the office is invariably sold to the highest bidder; the candidate for the presidency who makes the lowest bid is invariably be headed in the gardens of the capitol at Washington pour encourager lea autrea; slavery, though ostensibly abolished, still exists, and iu a more terrible form than before the war; trade is s bad in the North that New Eng and mothers sell their children as slaves to work on South ern plantations; the permissive bill has been extended to tobacco, end every man found expectoiating or t-mokirg in the street, or sneezing at church, is whipped at the c&rt tail; it is no longer denied that President Lincoln was murdered by Gen. Grant; Congress is about to make a law authoi iziug juries to sell their verdicts by public auction; American soldiers, when campaigning agsinst Indiana, are allowed no other food than the flesh of their slaughtered enemies; and in steamboat racfet on the Mississippi, when the ordi nary fuel is exhausted, the furnace s are fed with live babies." It has been proposed to settle the prob lem of return freights to Brazil by send ing thither American coa'. Tha talk is of an expoitation of 2,000,000 tons a year, thus: "We ought to pay for a large part of our purchases in Cuba and of coffee in Brazil with Cumberland coal, delivered on the spot, instead of as now settling the bills for these imports with Western corn delivered in Liverpool." This is only part of the truth. We ought to pay for all of them w ith Americau coal and corn and manufactures; and instead of having a balance of trade against us from those countrits amounting to over $120,000,000, the equilibrium ought to be restored, and cnsiuroeu, it at all, in the other direction. A line of steamers, a fleet of American owned iron sailing ships, and a few more American commercial houses in South America and the Indies would effect this desirable result, with profit to all con cerned. .Tonx Hancock's great-grandfather's Bible is one or the curiosities in the Old South Collection of Antiquities. It is 276 years old, and of the famous Breeches edition, so called from the seventh verse of the third chapter of Genesis, which reads as follows: "Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches." King James's version has it "aprons." Hawthorne and Jerrold. Douglas Jerrold was a wit, and, like all wits, very sensitive. On one occasion, Hawthorne, Jerrold, and Dr. Charles Mackay were dining together at a . Lon don club. In the course of the conver sation, Hawthorne used the word "acrid," to express his idea of Jerrold's way of looking at men and books. It was not quite what Hawthorne meant, and he umh! the word for lack of a better term: but it gave offence. In a minute or two, he saw, from the expression of -pain on Jerrold's face, that he was greatly hurt by that little word "acrid' 'I grieve to think," he said, "that I should have such a reputation in America, and do not think I deserve it. "When you know Jerrold better," said Dr. Mackay, addressing Hawthorne, and anxious to soothe his friend, "you will find that there is nothing acrid in his wit or in his temper, and that a kinder hearted man never breathed." Hawthorne was pained at the offence he had given by the unfortunate use of the word "acrid," and made a very haud some apology." Jerrold accepted it, but afterwards remarked "that he thought Hawthorne one of the heaviest and most awkward persons he had ever met. "But he means well," he added, "as all clumsy peop'e do." However annoying to Jerrold, the application of the word "acrid," to de scribe a quality of his wit, was not wholly unjust. He was often cynical, and his. wit did bite friends a3 well as foes, -t- "Have you seen my 'Descent into Hell? " asked the author of an epic poem with that singular title. "No," replied Jerrold, "but I should like to." A gentleman remarked that he had dined three times at the Duke of Devon shire's, and never saw any fish on the table. "I cannot account for it," he added, as an expression of his surprise at the omission of this dish. "I can," said Jer rold. "They ate it all up stairs;" thus intimating that the gentleman had dined down stairs with the servants. But Jerrold was not always the cynic, and his jests were often quite good-nat ured. Ihe kind-hearted and venerable Charles Knight once said, "Jerrold, I am growing very old, and I wish you would write my epitaph." "It is done, mv dear lellow. Here it 13. u)oa-jNiirht!' " Nothing could have bean happier EQuallv eood-natured was his reply to a friend, who asked whether he had the courage t lend him a guinea. "Oh, yes," he replied, "I've got the courage, but 1 haven t the guinea. ' Calling" a Boy in the Morniug1. The Connecticut editor who wrote the following, evidently knew what he was talking about: Calling a boy up in the morning can hardly be classed under the head of "pastimes," especially if the boy is fond of' exercise the day before. And it is a little singular that the next hardest thing to getting a boy out of bed is get ting him iuto it. There is rarely a mother who is a success at rousing a boy. All mothers know this; so do their boys. And yet the mother seems to go at it in the right way. She opens the stair-door and insinuatingly observes, "Johnny." There is no response. "Johnny." Still no response. Then there is a short, sharp, "John," followed a mi-ment later by a long and emphatic "John Henry." A'grunt from the upper regions signifies that an impression has been made; and the mother is encouraged to add, "You'd better be getting down here to your breakfast, young man, before I come up there, an' give you something you'll feel. This so startles the' young man that he immediately goes to sleep again. And the operation has to be repeated several times. A father knows nothing about the trouble. He merely opens his mouth as a soda-bottle ejects its ork, and the "John Henry" that cleaves the air of that stairway goes into that boy like electricity, and pierces the deepest re cesses of his nature. And he pops out of that bed and into his clothes, and down the stairs, with a promptness that is commendable. It is rarely a boy al lows himself to disregard the paternal summons. About once a year is be lieved to be as often as is consistent with the rules of health. He saves his father a great miny steps by his thoughtfulness. Affection Rebuked. The late Char lotte Cushman, whose success in a pro fession full of dangers never dimmed her character as a woman, thoroughly de tested affectation, and not unfrcquently re buked -it. The Philaelelphia Bulletin tells this anecdote of her: One day a lady, with the evident de sire to exhibit her very superficial learn ing, said, "My deir Miss Cushman, do you read Emerson V "No," replied the famous actress, bluntly, without the least attempt to ap pear wise. "Is it possible you do not admire Emer son?" with a look of utter astonishment. "Quite possible." Miss Cushman said no mire at the moment, but after a little she lauuehed forth in one of the most beautiful and dramatic recitations I have ever listened to. Her finished rendition of several of Emerson's most brilliant apothegms was simply magnificent, ending with "be yourself, do not imitate every grctt man is a unique," using the words as if they were her own, and uttered as only Charlotte Cushman could utter them. Her purpose was obvious. The lady had not recgnized a single line of her "favor ite author." "Why, I thought you did not read Emerson 1'' I could not help remarking. "Nor do I; but I have looked through him." After a Detroit small boy had leaned up against a wall for two full hours yes terday, a policeman asked if he was wait ing for any one in particular. "Waitin' for a runaw ay to come along," replied the boy. "You want to see a team run away, do you?" "I want to see a truck team come zippin' along here, hit that peanut-stand in the middle, and while the sympathetic public are picking up the Italian I want to be picking up pea nuts," was the frank reply. The officer decided to tnfotce the twenty-second joint rule, and the boy was made to move on. Mr R. Falls, a well-known Irish sports , happened one day to ride down a ad. 'Ihe irascible but veittv to. man hound. attacked him in no very measured lan guage. "Sir," was the exclamation, "I'd have you recollect that I am Mr. Falls of DngD.on!" The rejoinder was ready I don t care if you are Mr. Falls of iagara,you shan't ridaovermy hounds." The best uniform for horse-car con ductorsUniform politeness. A New Star. Rii pr firt ihi Tinner was written, a new star has appeared in the constellation Cygnus (the Swau). On the evening of Nov. 24th, Professor Schmidt, director of, the Athens Observatory, noticed there a star of the third magnitude. Not only was no star of that brightness there be- j fore, or any star visiblo to the naked eye, but it was found when catalogues and j charts came to be examined, that no star ! had ever been notel there, even in nsis ( meant to include all stars down to lha : tenth magnitude. For instance, Argel- ! ander has made such a li-t, and charts i . , i - i .. , l . oo 4 frn ' irom it, snowing un niuu o.i.wu gtar3 that is, a hundred times as many as we can see on the darkest and clear est night; yet his list showed no star where the new one had appeared. As tronomers do not, however, suppose the new star is really new, except in the sense of being seen for the first time. They know that when last a new stir ap peared in this way it was found to be one : of Argelftnders army oi J4,uuu stars, and watching that star (which had ap peared in the constellation of the North ern Crown in May, 18G0), they found that though it faded gradually out of sight to ordinary vision, the telescope ! could still follow it, until it had sunk to the tenlh magnitude, at which degree of luster it remained and still remains. No doubt if we had had full lists of all stars down to the fifteenth, or perhaps the twentieth, magnitude, we shouitl have found that the new star in Cygnus was simply an old faint star which had brightened up suddenly, and remained for a time as one among the stars adorning our skies. Examined with an instrument called the spectroscope the new btar gave aveiy strange account of itself. It was found to be emitting the same sort of JLjht as other ttars; but, besides that light, it emitted such light as comus from in tensely hent-jd vapors. Among the vap ors in tint star thus (for the time) in tensely hot, where hydrogen, the vapors of the metals sodium and magnesium, aud a vapor known to be present in enormous quantities in our sun's outiT atmosphere, as seen during times of total tclips-j. All these vapors surround our suu; and it is very probable th ;t if any thing caused our sun to blaze out with greatly increased light and heat, folks living on a world circling round sme other sun would find the same peculiari ties in our sun a light as wo have touud in the light of the new star in the Swan. What caused that star to blaz-3 out in tiiat strauge way, we do not kuo ,v. We should like to know, because we might then determine whether the cause which had so disturbed th:.t sun might not be one from which our own sun inny one elay suffer. Whatever the cause was, its effects did not last very long. In a week the new star had sunk to the fifth magnitude, in another week to the sixth, in yet another to the seventh, since which time (December 15th) it has very slowly diminished, aud is still (January 5th) above the eighth magnitude. But al though the unusual light and heat of that remote sun faded thus quickly away, yet if inhabited worlds circled around that sun, the cooling of their sun must have come far too late to save those creatures' lives. If our sun wer.i to shine even but for twenty-four hours with several hundred times its usual heat, it is cer tain that every cieature ou the earth would be destroyed, aud when the sun returned to its usual luster it would shine on a system of worlds on which not a single living creature was left Nicholas. , St. Instance of Scent in a Dos Many years ago, when iu Iudia,I had a hound of a kind of a cro.-s breed, which in India is known as the Polygad. These dogs are unsuited for coursing, but make splendid companions for long and rapid journeys on horseback, being able to go great distance without fatigue, and caring little for heat. Phakree (beautiful,) for such was her name, had been my companion for years, dnd dur ing that time was seldom out of my sight, unable V hen she had become okl and to keen place with me in mv gallops, I parted with her to a friend whom she seemed to take a great fancy to, and who then resided on the Mahao leshwur Hills. My own station, Poonah, lay about eight miles east of Mahablesh wur, and is separated from the hills by three ranges of lofty mountains, which iu those days was covered with a dense jungle. On the day of my departure I captioned my friend to keep Phakree securely chained for some days, so that she might not follow me. On this oc casion for I had been the journey once or twice before I left the main road and selected an unfrequented bridle-path for my rour, iu order that I might enjoy the beautiful mountain seeuery through which it led. I had reached Poonah, aud had been there for several days liv ing in my tent, when one night I was roused by the howling of a dg under my bedat.ad. I struck a light, when, to my astonishment, there wa poor Phakiee, with a ollar round her neck, and a few links of ch tin hanging to it. A letter I received next morning from my fiiend gave me to know that she had broken loose and run away, and that, although he had made every search for her, she was nowhere to bo found. He regretted that he should never see her again. She had been four days on her journey; and her famished condition, and the numerous wounds she had on her, showed the priva tion she had undergone, aud the treat ment she had received from the dogs of the different villages through which tha hail passed. The p or creatuie had no doubt scented mc the whole way, for had she followed or accompanied any one she would have been cared for and protected. We never parted again. Clttimbera' Journal. Letters and Telegrams. The high est rank among letter-writing and tele graphing nations is held by Switzerland more letters and telegrams pass among us people man among those of other country. any In a year they carry on a correspond ence of twenty-three letters for each inhabitant. England comes Dext with twenty, ihen the United States with nine teen. France holds the ninth rank as a letter-writing people. A decision of importance to- the travelling public has been made by an Iowa court. A passenger who had been robbed, while asleep in a sleeping car, sued the company to recover the amount lost, and under instructions from the Court the jury gave him a verdict. The most active prolongers of youth are wholesome food, pure air, regular habits ; and plenty of exercise for both mind and body. With these, added to a contented disposition, and a good temper, Father Time may be long defied. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, TTV TUfDC TTY OV p T.TT70RMT fl . A Card for Rational Readers. Irrational people always reject good ad vice, and in nothing is their folly more fre quently conspicuous than in ignoring pre cautions necessary for the retention of health. Forecast, on the other hand, is a notable characteristic of the rational, and it is the exercise of this quality which we would 6Ugr Kest to them. Protect the system against diseases wbich fasten upon the debilitated, the nervous aud the dyspeptic, by bracing the physique, regulating the stouiach,bowels and liver, and banishing despondency w ith the purest and most ellicient of botanic in vigorants, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. That these effects follow its use, and that it pre vents as well as annihilates intermittent and remittent fevers, are facts established by -indisputable evidence.. To enjoy the twin bles sings of "a sound mind and a sound body" in all their plentitude, try a course of this sterling- medicine. Splendor, with Home Comforts. THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SAX FKANCISCO. It is the common testimony that hotel keepm;; reaches its utmost perfection in San Francisco. It would be proof of faultless accommodations that anv hotel in any place was manaircd by one who for 25 years had, as a San Francisco host, kept abreast of each wonderful improvement in innkeeping, or that the appointments would be perfect of a modern San Francisco hotel manntred by al most any one. The two are combined in the Commercial Hotel, at the corner or .Mont gomery avenue and Kearny street, and con ducted by our friend, Johu Kelly, Jr., w ho for twenty-five years made the Brooklyn the sought-for resort ot all eager for the com forts of liome with the conveniences of the modern caravansary. The 6bape of thi pal ace made to tit its property is that of a smoothing iron, with its apex at the street corners, and has enabled the construction of unique conveniences and beauties im practicable in ttie tiresome square. Its architect modeled it after the famous Grand Hotel, Paris, and by its roomy pentag onal court, the paved tloor of which, edged with exotics, makes a. delightful rcsokt. Floods of sunlight and sweet air reach every loom. On every floor, midway between the magnificent street facades of bay windows and the area walls, run triangles of wide, rich-carpeted halls, with railed openings through their floors to the transparent roof above. These halls meet each other in oc tagonal shafts, with mirrored walls running to the roof, aud topped with stained glass. Wide and winding, softly covered stairways connect the peifectly lighted and ventilated floors, but their use is a rare choice, and the unfatiguing elevator receives the chief pat ronage. The high ceilings of the upper rooms, their rich aud elegant black walnut furniture, their other appointments of equal elegance, with those of lower stories, with their splendid view of the bay with its thick et of spars, or Nob Hill with its extrava gance of architecture all combined with the ease oi the swut and silent elevator make a 6journ on the upper floors almost more de sirable than elsewhere. Electric bell-pulls in every room. cozy fireplaces. With sculptured mautels in every suite; baths ou every floor, and every uecessity, every convenience, and every luxury that the hotel-keeper of all time has devised, aud the complex ingenuity of the San Francisco hotel-keeper has combined, with special lin provemeiits of his own thrown in, make the Colli mercial Hotel, from the hospitable olnce in which the guest is received to the luxuri ous rooms in which he is lodged, or the mag' niticeut diuing hall in which he is fed, the very pertection of earthly tarrying places If Kelly wou!d only charge nine dollars in stead of five for a faultlessly perfect suite of rooms, or three dollars instead of two for an equally perfect single one, the one only dif lereuee between, the Commercial and its cost ly contemporaries would be eliminated. We see by the arrivals that Mr. Kelly's old friends, who patronized him at the Brooklyn, as also those who eould not get accommodations there while he was its host, are now leaving other hotels and seeking quarters with hnn at the Commercial. M. F. Chronicle. More About the New Piano. We liuve explained the principles cf ton struction whicn make the durability of the I'atent . ".Koiers fnuios" a certainly, and which ensure, for the future, iutrumcntd which are free from that most serious objec tion the inability to remain iu tune. To secure these tjreat advantages, moet persons would be content to sacrifice something in the appearance or even in the tone of their Pianos. But, fortunately, it happens that the new improvement not only does not lessen the power or sweetness of the tone, but gives us a far superior qualitj- to any heretofore produced, and a qualitv that can not deen erate in a few years into the well-known "tin-pan" "Sound. The Kogcrs Upright is simply a harp standing iu a Piano case, but independent of it, and cannot lose its tone with age, any more than a harp does, the whole instrument is completed and tuned before it is fastened into the case; thus re versing the usual order of procedure, since in all other Pianos, after several years' sea soniuer of the wood, the case (or outside cab inet work) is built, and then the "action," the tuning-pins and piu-block are fastened into this case, depending upon its strength for their reliability and durability. Again, all the wood-work surrounding the harp in creases its sonority, and, as is the fact with the violiu, the vibrations become freer the more the instrument is played upon. In other Pianos, on the contrary, the freedom of vibration of the wood is checked by the iron tuning-pins holding the strings, which strain upon the nbre with a pressure of several tons, by the numerous iron bolts and screws which are required to keep the wood from being torn asunder, and by the iron frame acting as a clump upon it. We suppose it is from the freedom of vibration that the won derful "singing" quality of tone is produced in the Rogers Piano. It will produce a tone resembling that of on organ, or the shortest staccato, at the will of the performer, and its volume can be increased from the softest pianisxiiHo to the grandest and fullesto-rw-xhio, without any help from pedals. If you wish a more explicit understanding of the peculiarities of the new invention, you have but to drop a postal card to Messrs. Black mar & Davis, at Sau Francisco, who are the agents for the Rogers Piano for the Pacific Slope. "Whittaker Hams. There are many notable brands of Eastern Hams in our market, all of which justly de serve the merit given them, but to one we wish especially to call the attention of our I readers. This is the one made by Whittaker it Sons of St. Louis, Mo., and is represented here by Breeze & Luughran, cor. of Davis and Washington streets. This 11am has been in our market from the earliest date, and the fact that it still retains its old reputation is good evidence that it i3 worthy of the suc cess it has attained. In fS3. at the World's Exposition at Vienna, it received the first medal, which ODly confirms the judgment of its appreciating consumers. Each Ham has the trade mark, which is a star with a large V in the center, branded upon the skin side, and it is therefore comparatively easy to select the genuine article. Upwards of 75 carloads are annually sold in this market, aud its reputation has always commanded for it a price of about one cent per pound in ad vance of all other brands. S. F. 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Mrs. Bintrham's remarks on the treatment and cure of Throat and Lung Complaints, obtained Hfter an ex perience of many years in connection with her Sweet Tar Remedies, can be obtained of any druggist free of charge. They Impart valuable aud useful information. swprt Tli REMEDIES are simple home prepara tions, sanctioned by the highest medical authorfties.and are sure in their etl'ecw for what they are recom mended. Kfcl)l.lilU it to., sau r ranciscu. It. IIOIV1.AM), 1IIOTOGKAPHEK, successor to P. J. Sullivan, cor. of Jessie and Third (streets, San Fraucisco, will be happy to see all his old friends and patrons at HOW LAX D'S XEW GALLERY. Xo. 33 THIRD STREET, corner of Jessie, where they will be sure to get FIRST CLASS PICTURES, and at price that defy competi tion. Call and see those beautiful PEARL T PES, made only at llOWLAND'S XEW GALLERY. The Genuine Pearl Types are themost beautiful Pictures ever made, either Plain or Colored. Card Pictures, from 1 (10 to $3 00 per dozen. Cabinets, from ! W to fort) per dozen. Lare Photographs, to frame, froml 00 to i 10. Just half the price charged at other Galleries, and Just as Rood work as can be done in tins ity. save your uionuy uy kuuik w i.AXirs 'KW iAI.I.F.RY for vour Pictures. Ke- nieinbcr the. place, 35 THIIiD STiiEET, comer of Jessie. H. F. HOWLAXD, Artist, lor many years proprietor of the Old Xew York tiallery. 1 LICNHA.M'S AMKTIXE FOP. BUK.NS, SCALDS, Cuts and Sores of all Kinds 1 OSTGOM EUY'S TEMPKHAXCE HOTEL, rt'!7 Second st., San Ta'uco.t -l'"aLli?il'i5i?,i- $10 - c r ner rtav. Send for Chromo Catalogue. 2 .71 L.t J. H. 1df KOEb'e Sons. Boston Mass. MM F.tRMKK. A yonng man, who has had 1 t'lirnimir, desires a situation. JL years' experience in farming. Please address '-jlenry," Secoud st.,San t ranciseo nuir SAWYKl! and SKETCHES. Mark Twain's lUjl two last New Hook. Ageuts Wanted. Ad dress A. KOMAN & CO.. 11 Montgomery ht.. f Revolvers 7-ahot $2.50, 70 kinds. Gnns Rifle $5 to $500. Monster lit Oat. for 3-ct. stam p. WESTEBM GUN WoBKS. Chicago, LU. S3 WATCHES. Cheapest In the known world. HuittfjJr witch ami outfit five to Agentm For terms address COULTER 4 CO .Chicago $2500 a year to Afrents. Ouiju and a $25 Shot trim jrre. for terms ad dress, J. north t Co ., Sr..0Ui.JU0. i.- toiith nFPOT. S XEW MONTGOMERY I street. San Francisco. A large stock of Battster BIBLES, BuOKS and GOSPEL Tit ACTS, kept on hand. Send for catalogue of prices. 1 r 4 "Vf FOR SALE. A FIHST-CLASS NEW liYiNL Piano retail price, MJU-will be sold at a liberal discount. For further particulars call on or address K. K. JOHNSTON. bS'i Clay street. S. F. mrtil VoniWno hahit ctwnlotrly lr4 speedily cured. Pain'.cM : no publicity. loa.13 n biuuiuucbiUuUBiiiiii. We have sold Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup for ahout four years, and it hs steadily gained in popu larity (rum tta llrst Introduction. We keep all the coutfh remedies consid-red "standard" in this section. The sale of the Universal has become ttreater than anv. nerhans creater than all others combined. We do not hesitate to recommend It. , NICHOLS & LYTLE, WeBtbury, Cayuga Co., N. Y IN Colony. In Southern California. 6;,UOO acres good i .. .. .i .... t ... 4 . aiM'..i.ii ) ..uura f.i. fruit crruin m. t m.- -v M V K I. A l TKtf PKKAKCC land, well LtrBitit "i f . . v i i j v. .. r- 1 vepetables; well woodfd and watered, requiring no irrigation: to be sold to none but shareholders. Only Temperance families desired as colonists. Provision f..r . h.w.ia rmrelita. free Public. Library. &c. Pros pectus mailed to any addresses sent to' office at Lum- noc. Santa Barbara Co.. Cal. 1 Ki.pkb JAMES W. WEBB, President. Chhli.1 Maltly. Secretary. SACRAMENTO SEMINARY, tt RTHF.ET. TtKTWEEN 10th AND 11th. SACRA 1 mcnto, Cal. A Hoardlns ail lyfliiMil tor Young I.i!ie. I""Send for Circulars. Correspondence invited with all who wish for further information. MRS. HERM0N PERRY, Principal J. TA TAL ROOMS. 30 Kearny St. near Bush. Ethkb or Chloroform administered. A lady assistant in at tendance. OKADUATB8 oniy am ployed to operate. lIIi:XIX MACHINE OIL, Snet m. Whale. Lard. Tanners' and all brands of IllumimitinK Oiis. Fluids. LamD Stock. Paint- oils and Leads. arnishes. Axle Grease, etc. Send for Circular. HUTCHINCS & CO., Proprietors Phcenlx Oil Works. 517 Front St.. S. F LADIES' SHOPPING RS. O. R. JOHNSON, SI 9 JONES STREET il San Francisco, will buy at lowest cash price and forward by mail or express. Ladies' Wear, Jewelry, Household Articles. &c. Samples of material sent for I. S. VAN WINKLE & CO., 413 and 415 Market Ml., Man I'ranrlsro, M PORTERS AND DEALERS IN Iron. !teel. Horseshoes No. 0 to No. 8. tilobe and hand-made Horse and Ox Nnils.a complete assortment of Black smiths' and Mining Tools: also, full line of Shafting. Coal, Bolts. Borax, etc., at lourr iiriren than vcr; three to rive per cent, off for cash. THE ECONOMICAL ODOKLEBS I.AMP(Pt.ap.for). with Porcelain IShade and Fixtures complete, (low not moke, creates no smell, burn leaa than one-half gr!H of kerosene oil in 12 hours, jrives a beautiful lipht, and is a handsome ornament. Samples, by mail, 60 Cents ea-h. a fiTlWPO This is the latest and best selling novelty HjrXjIX JL O in the market, mrlln at night. ROBERT MILTON, S66 Sixth Ave., New Trk. JUL H II IT W I I. I. W I X . CALIFORNIA YEAST CAKES, "VTOW fresh on tne niaricet, ann oniy goons oi me iN kind manvkacturei) on tiir coast. For Light Bread Light Biscuits, Rusk. Hot Rolls, Hot Cakes. Doughnuts: iu fact this article caiot be excelled, it used in any capacity where good yeatl Is required. Manufactured by F. M. LEEF 4 CO., Sacramento City. Cal. JITor Sale by Wholesale and Retail Grocers gen eral ly. Sampl' tent .fret by win II. 3L.O O 1C I ALBERT E. BCRBAKK, Im porter and Breeder of Fancy 'Fowls. Pigeons. R.ibbits. Dogs. etc Also Eggs for hatching from the finest of imported stock. Eggs and Fowls at reduced prices. . AI.ItKRX.R. ItmilAVK. 43 and 44 Cal. Market, S. F. Enclose Stamp for Price List. I Plenne tatf where w win ftl Adrrrimnt. I WHITNEY & HOLMES The Finest Toned and Mont Durable Made. NEW STYLES. NEW SOLO STOPS. Warranted Five Years. Send for Price Lists. WHITNEY HOLMES ORGAN CO.. Quincy. III. PATENTS. j' A. LEHMANN, (Solicitor of Patents, Washlrjrton . D. C No Patent No Pay. Send for Circular. n e a iiEifi READIF jiii CALVERT'S CARBOLIC SHEEP WASH per gallon. T. W. JACKSON, Ban Fran cisco, Sole Agent for the Pa cific Coast. C. & P. H. TIBBELL & CO., IMPORTERS AXO JliSCrAITtEEBS Of BOOTS AND SHOES, XO. 9 CLAY 8TRKET, Between Sansome and Battery, SAN FKAXCISCO. Manufactnrenrof Men's. Boys', Youth's, and Chil dren's FIXE CALF HOOTS. . orders solicited and promptly filled. All sizes ana qualities made at the lowest market prices. hlease examine the goods and prices. Ostliforn-Ia-'s BEST PRODUCTION Yerba ISuena Bitters, For Regulating the Liver and Purifying the Blood. Yerlm SSuena Bitters, For Indigestion. Yerlm Biicua Batters, For Dyspepsia. Yerlm Buena Bitters, The Great Spring Medicine. Yerlm Buena Bitters, For Janndice. Yerlm Buena Bitters, For Bilious Complaints. Yerlm Buena Bitters, For Regulating the Bowels. CRANE St BRIGHAM, Agents, S. F. VATERHQUSE & LESTER, IMPORTERS OF Wap anfl. Carriage Material, CARRIAGE HARDWARE an! TRIMMINGS, And all other styles of Bodies, and Sarven Patent and Wood Ifub lVlirrls. SOLS AG K NTS FOR CLARK S 7 ADJUSTABLE CARRIAGE UMBRELLA H AVI NO REMOVED TO OUR NEW 3-STORY KiiiMint- hnilt for our soecial use. we are bet ter prepared than ever to supply the Trade and Man ufticttire, with all goods in our line. We also have connected with our Sacramenio house a Wheel and Body Factory aud Machine department, enabling us at all times to ail special orders, on short notice. All goods furnished at the most reasonable prices. Nos. 29 and 3 1 Fremont Street, San Francisco. Nob. aoo and 2US J Street. Sacramento. THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST. MAHTIFS CHALLENGE AXLE GREASE. TRY IT! TRY IT! TRY IT! Sold Wholesale by the Following Houses: W. WARNER 1IENRV & co., WF.L1.MAS, PECK & CO., CASTLE BROS.. TILIMAN ie, BEN DEL, HASS BROS.. K RUSK & EULER, .1. M. PIKK & CO., HUNTINGTON, HOP KINS & C., E. K. HOWES & CO. HARRISON A DICKSON. W. W. DODGE & CO.. LED DEN & WHIPPLE, M. P. JONES A CO., M. P. HAWLEY & CO., BAKER & HAMILTON, DAM RI & Cf)., ROBIN SOX, FOWLER CO.. GEO. McMVLLIX & CO., aiartiii'a Challenge Ails GriB Is gnarantfed unperior to any Orense man ufarlureil on this Coast. Pacific Lubrl catiiig: Conipany-Factory, corner Pine and Klrlnrr rpt. fx Frantlato. BEAUTIFUL FARMERS. FARMERS' WIVES, SONS and DAUGHTERS, attention 1 Learn to beautify your HOMES and CULTIVATE th SOIL, to the BEST AD VANTAGE and most ECONOMICALLY. FINEST and best GUIDES and CAT ALOGUES in the WORLD. Everyone having- a FARM or GAR DEN should send a Postal-Card at once for FREE descriptive CIRCULAR; or 10c. for Illustrated Catalogue, 136 pages. P.O.Box, So. 5712. B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay St New York. P. N. P. C. Xo. 141. r ESTABLISHED 1833. MEDIUM HWXRCHANTI MERCHANTS HUNG !m.m S f A MILY VtMj ESS? MIT 1 vJ ' stV a J . - 1 -"I : Merchant's Gargling Oil! A Liniment for Man and Beast. rclintr Oil than nil the Hnlmonta nnt v,t,. hint-it la ti, iw... rmH ft,. " ut" contradiction. Prt,n( C ri.n . lMtA. flsvM 11 , - -- "m ""'""nu m existence, ana can aav it w thnnt frr of anr-ceaaln bopStar horse Hniment ta "rhU conn nxiracL irom a. intmr imm i joa a gi i- iriMB a letter irom Snnwlnn js- n:vw n nT a or any liniment Merchant's Gareline- Oil w w Wa nM now V.WA v r n Llr"1 lor ?ome years, Idercd it ohi7Sn.h.. 1." R extracting wh. SOT PJ! nd will be possesses all 3herothanormerly Binci ifa v-V JriI- 81' iwithont Ma IareVnon- become i n?"The Garslins Oil called more of your GargUns Oil than of eKe tjansweraas well for beast mr. " .L "nonpn prepared intentionally for unman flesh J llstnin and discolor the skin but not n darb1il answers as well for human flesh, only it wilfl Merchant's Gargling Oil vuaiiu b inrtTiiTir it aa jia n neon to tnrentr rimm wui., interval, of ttoeVt? U hon'V1 w.atwi. v a HTVflaVW aa &taWl7fiS inulactrired at TItCU t ..v"'"' iureaXkport,N.T.,byM.G.O. , when such a remedv & iAd.t?A , 0 Bn"nnt and carminative. It can be taken Internal! For Cramp, o'r Si? of'hS "di8 f -SK Try Bow-en's Yeast Powtler. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT. M.J.Paillard&Co. 120 SUTTER STREET, S. F., St. Croix, Switzerland, 630 Broadway, A. 1., Maxcfactubers asd Impobtbs of usic boxes OK A I.I. HEKCKIPTIOSSanrt STAJIO ard reputation, playing from 1 to over 1K tunes. Largest assortment in America, Music Boxes with changeable cylinder. THE SUBLIME IIARMONIE, Our newest Invention : combines the Mandoline, Ex- prissive and Pianoforte, with a mgner ana purer tone than any other instrument. The music lovinfr public Is cordially invited to call and examine this beautiful and interesting improvement. "REPAIRING THOROUGHLY DONE Send for Circular. Save Your Money ! WHY DO YOU PAY $3.00 A YEAR For an Eastern Literary Paper when you can proctRt one equal in every particular for THE CHICAGO LEDGER, a large 4&-column weekly paper, is now being sold for SL00 a year, and 15 cents for postage. It tuts no superior as a literary weekly, and la larger than Eastern papers of the same class. Send 10 cents and get three copies. Von will cer tainly subscribe for it after you have read it. A.ddress THE L-lDUault. CO.. Chicago, 111. O E.H.KITTREDGE & CO., SUCCESSORS TO JOHU Xi. H-AJEiIi, Manufacturers and Dealers In DOORS, WINDOWS Window Weights, Cords and Pulleys, WDOLE9ALI AND BST1IL. Have one of the lareest and best stock, which we offer at low pr ces. Send for Catalogue of frices. 11 and 13 California st.and 114 and 116 Market St. San Francisco. P. O. Box )18. INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, S24. and Kearny St., titan Francisco. 91 SO and JCO FEB DAT. H. C. PATRIDGE. - - Pbopbiitok. Two Concord Ooaohen. with the name of the Hotel on, will always be in waiting at the landing to convey passengers to tne Hotel tree. tar"Be sure you get into tne rigui ixiacu; charge yon. if you do not. they will WESTERN HOTEL, Bat One Block from Depot and Steamboat Landing, SACRAMENTO, CAL. flTHS Hotel is entirely Xew. having jnst been com L pleted with all the Modern Improvements. The only Houe In the City with Patent Elevator and Fire Kscapes. 250 Xlcelv Fnrnlahcd Kooma. Hoard and Loddujr. Sl.OO to S1.50 per Day. .M -!, 515 Ceiitaj. Free Coach to the Hotel. Etchange Office, Barber Shop, Bath Rooms and Laundry in the Honse. Shower Baths FKEE to Guests. WJT1. LAXP. Proprietor. I?oots and Shoes. JO 11 1LLIVA, N. K. cor. Bat tery and Jackson Sts., San Francisco. offirs to make to order the best French Calf Leather BOOTS at from IS to ; Cal ifornia Leather Boots, 6; French Calf Oxford Ties, tlx California, U.30. Boys' and Children's Boots and hoes made t order. Persons in the country ordering Boots and Shoes to the amonntof $12 or more will be allowed a reduction of four per cent., to make the express charges light. I sell Boots and Shoes of MY OWN MASITFACTUKK ONLY. Boots and Shoes sent C. O. D Positively one price. i IZTX' "''I' V ' I""? iweive aiuereni muas. t. ' Ind., Sept. 17th, 1873.-" It i tU . . - "I'Y 1' T U "iT . VA1 U1I HIU. iota. m b we keen." 1 w h ...a, a aw -- prenarlnsr the Oil fre from L!n to h ned a. J the coloring ingredient which has heretofore ren the mwll..n.l r ,k. A -,i,k HI tmTSrrtu " Vour Gargling OIUs doing much betterl known; and thf bottles pnt op lor Jamlly as an Internal Remedy. M jiduiuii, ur init'nuu run, me aose may w f.1"?"! S?' J l a ivi Buiiuai auu niUlO If II Illn H Menu ' 1 "nIet of the United SlateaJ p,,:liI" emnu size lor lamuy use, Co.,andBoldbyalldiTi!rfflsts. - uuuuii secretary K. j CARCLINC1 E J fellli llil , i : j -- -