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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. Journal of
Commerce.
Sewing Machine Agents.
Be kind to them when they call upon you;
don't shut the door in their faces. The,r
road to glory is a hard one at the best. Treat
them kiudly. Of course we refer to that
class of unfortunates that do not have the
privilege of selling the New American. Of
this favored few we do not need to bespeak
your kind offices. The machine that they
sell will be their passport to your favor, for
if you have not seen of course you have heard
of this wonderful triumph of mechanical
genius and will be anxious to secure one. :
They are indeed the best and cheapest ma- I
chines in use, and we advise you to get one
at once. If you do not feel like waiting
until an agent comes along, you may send to
E II. Harrington, General Ageut for the Pa
cific Coast, 124 Fifth street, San Francisco.
Trapper's Indian Oil The simplest and
most powerful remedy for rheumatism, neu
ralgia, sore throat, and all aches and pains.
Sold everywhere at fifty cents per flask.
Stocks. Our new book, Key to Success,
free to speculators. A. Bradley St Co., Bankers,
P. O. Box 3781, New York.
Use Burnham's Abletine fer croup, colds,
sore throat and hoarseness. '
I. W. Taber & Co.
The success that has attended this firm
from the very commencement of its organi
zation to the present time is something wou
dcrful, when we consider the competition
with which it has had to contend. Coining be
fore the public as well-known Photographic
Artists of the first rank, old friends
and admirers have flocked to them from the
first, aisd from the first their business has
been an assured success. They have adopted
first-class work tit low prices as their motto,
and the public like that kind of a motto.
Readers, be sure that you see them at their
elegant rooms, 20 and 2S Montgomery street,
San Fraucisco, when you visit the city.
The Enterprise Perkins' Self-Regulating
Windmill proved best in the world.
Information free. Address Horton & Ken
nedy, managers for Pacific coast, Livermore,
Alameda county, Cal.
Are you troubled with Gall Stones? The
Complete Herbalist will tell you all about
them. Send stamp to C. P. Kimball, 513
Hayes street, Sun Francisco, for Circular.
Use Burnham's Ahietiue
and neuralgia.
for rheumatism
Stands for Everybody
Who wants to make ure
That by using the TAR DUOPS,
Their cough they will cure.
To be continued.
MRS. BINGHAM'S SWEET TAR REMEDIES
rtOXSIST of SWEET TAU DROPS for sllRhtCouKhs
Vand lioarsenchtt. SWiET TA1! TKOCHES. for
tiekliiiK or irritation in the throat, tending to couwh.
SWKKT TAU BALSAM, to be used in connection with
the Drop or Troc-liew, according to the nature of the
complaint, for deep heated ami hacking Cough, Croup,
Hooping e'ough, Inlluonza, Uroncliitix, Asthma, and
the various maladies affecting the Lungs aud tending
to Consumption.
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
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S f A MILY VtMj
ESS?
MIT
1
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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.
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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
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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
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"nIet of the United SlateaJ
p,,:liI" emnu size lor lamuy use,
Co.,andBoldbyalldiTi!rfflsts. -
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