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WIT AND HUMOR.
- " I am a broken man," said a poet.
"So I should think." was the answer;
" for I have seen your pieces."
A person always meets with a warm
reception at a hotel. The minute he ar
rives he is placed on the register.
Actkesses have their pictures taken
when they are young, and when they are
old their lithographs do not part from
them.
When a man and woman aro made one,
the question is : " "Which one?" Some
times there is a long struggle between
them before the matter is settled.
A Chicago girl, who claims to have
proved it by experiment, says that by
putting a lover in the light of a blue
glass window he can be made to propose
at one sitting.
Those were merry old days when it was
accounted the proper thing for a gentle
. man who took snuff from a young lady's
snuff-box immediately to exclaim, with
a bow : 1-kis-s-you.
Miss Rose (who has kindly taken in
hand an illiterate English housemaid) :
"Five and one make six." "That's right.
Now, what do one and six make ?" Jane
(promptly) : " Eight n pence, miss !"
"Why, Sammy," said a father to his
little son the other day, " I didn't know
that your teacher whipped you last Fri
day." " I guess," he replied, " if you'd
been in my trousers you'd know'd it."
The lazy youth who was told " to fret
out of bed and go to the ant, thou slug
gard, replied that he always talked bus
mess with the head of the family, and
wnen lie was nard up went to Ins uncle.
IiiTTiiE Susie, looking at some pictures
of winged angels, exclaimed, " Mamma,
I don t want to bo an angel." " Why
not, dear ?" ' Humph ! Leave off all my
pretty clothes, and wear feathers like
hen !"
Beechek, writes a country editor, says
a million of dollars is a very poem. We
desire to state that this article of poem
will be accepted, if we have to crowd out
advertisements to make room for it. Il
lustrated Weekly.
A house in Bellaire, Ohio, has this
legend on the gatepost: "Nineteen
agents have called hero this morning ;
we always shoot the twentieth." No
agent has touched the bellknob since
the placard was posted.
"Mrs. Parr, of this village," says a
Wisconsin exchange, " has had no less
than seventy attacks of illness during
her lifetime, and still lives." She must
be one of the " Brave Women of Seventy-Sicks."
Com. Advertiser.
"Do totj think your father is going to
move out soon?" inquired the owner of
a rented house of the son of his tenant.
" Reckon so," was the reply; "we've be
gun using the winder frames for fire
wood." Danbtiry News.
He was a solemn-looking traveler, and
he walked through the depot singing,
" Heaven is my home," when one of the
boys called out : " Then you are going
the wrong way, stranger ; that is the
train to Syracuse." Rome Sentinel.
Fascinating: female music teacher to
admiring young gentleman pupil: "Try
that again. Mr. C ." Tupil " Do,
Ra, Me." Teacher" That won't do.
You do not hold on to Me long enough."
Pupil (wistfully) "I wish I had a
chance to."
"Let me see," said the nurse of a sick
man, " the doctor said one teaspoonful
every ten minutes ; that makes six every
hour, say 72 during the night. I shall
give him 72 spoonfuls right away, and
have a chance to get a little sleep my
self." Lampoon.
Dr. JonNSON was famous for disregard
ing public abuse. When people criti
cised and answered his pamphlets, pa
pers, etc., he would say, " Why, now,
these fellows are only advertising my
book ; it is surely better a man should
be abused than forgotten."
A friar when preaching in a nunnery
observed to his female auditors: "Be
not too proud that our blessed Lord paid
your sex the distinguished honor of ap
pearing first to a female after the resur
rection ; for it was done that the glad
tidings might spread the sooner."
A starving Chinaman, who was taken
into the Cincinnati hospital, a few days
ago, for resuscitation, attributed his wo
f ul plight to the fact that he had started
a laundry in Louisville. He sums up
his experience in a single line. " Ken
tuckee two weeks one shirtee."
Maria is a very popular name in Illi
nois. When a cat climbs a back fence
in a well populated neighborhood, and
plaintively calls out, " Maria !" twenty
or thirty windows are hastily thrown up
from which protrude twenty or thirty
female heads, wildly answering, "what?"
" My dear," inquired a young wife of
her husband, as she reached up her lit
tle mouth to be kissed on his return from
business, "have you seen the magnificent
set of walnut furniture which the Jen
kinses have just bought?" "Hem! no
my love, but I have seen the bill, which
quite satisfies me."
The will of the rich man of the future
will read : " To the respective attorneys
of my children I give my entire estate
and worldly goods of all descriptions.
Personally to the children and to my be
loved wife I give all that remains." This
instrument will satisfy the family and
save the trouble of proving the old man
insane.
A man may carry a load of guilt con
cealed in his tortured soul for years and
hide it with a veneering of hollow, heart
less, deceitful smiles, but it doesn't take
five minutes for the thoughtless world
to observe and understand the one
shouldered gait of a man whose larboard
suspender button has parted. Burling
ton Hawkey e.
Child : " Who paid the expenses of
the Prince of Wales' journey?" Rich
Colonist: "English Gov'nment, my dear
pet." Child: "Why?" R. C. :'" Be
cause he is a prince." Child : " Oh !
Then are you a prince, too, for pa says
English Gov'nment paid your journey to
Botany Bay when you came first ?"
Melbourne Punch.
iuiiu iug is wui oi a graveuieprer
in a cathedral town in the North of Eng
land: One day, while " gathering in "
the remains of an aged parishioner, he
observed some women weepinz bv the
grave side. Turning around, he sharply
demanded of them, "What are ye crying
for ? If ye dinna bring 'em at'so, when
wad ye bring em?
Jennie has strict ideas about equity in
nuia inings. nen she nrst heard the
story of the Saviour's miracle in feeding
the multitude with the few loaves and
fishes obtained from the young lad's bas
ket, she was awed into thoughtful and
solemn amazement. Some time after
ward, in the midst of a talk about other
matters, she suddenly paused and asked
with special concern, "Did they give
oacK the basket to that boy ?"
An Armenian Wedding,
AN ARISTOCRATIC MARRIAGE AT TERA
THE CHURCH SERVICE THE RING NO
PART OP THE NUPTIAL CEREMONY.
A correspondent writing from Pera,
March 28th, says: It was late in the
evening, while the air was full of alter
nate rumors of war and peace, that a card
was handed to us requestiner our attend
ance at an Armenian weddinsr. for the
solemnization of which midnight was
appointed The ceremony began
immediately. There were no brides
maids ; the bride was only attended by
a commere or godmother, who seemed a
humble relative or friend, while the
bridegroom's best friend was his own
brother, a young gentleman married to
the daughter of Nnbar Pasha, of Egypt.
The happy pair were persons of high
standing and of great wealth, the bride
groom having been for some time settled
in London in connection with a great
trading house. The bride was magnifi
cently attired, young, and Avhat woman
is not handsome on her wedding day ?
She had on the conventional white dress,
and veil falling down to her feet, and a
heavy brocaded white train impeding her
movements. The peculiarity was a bunch
of silver straps fastened on the nape of
the neck and hanging down her bad
on her breast were orange flowers ;
wreath of the same, with a diamond tiara
or diadem, rested on her head under
neath the veil. The bridegroom was of
about the same age, with the bride, and
bore a kind of family or national like
ness to her. I should have mentioned
that, as the party walked up the nave of
the church, they stopped half-way, where
three chairs had been placed for the pur
pose ; the bride suddenly parted com
pany, and hurrying forward all alone,
sat in the middle chair, when the bride
groom and best man followed and took
their places beside her. Ihis, we sup
pose, is intended to represent the typical
shyness or coyness of the bride, and is
in keepinr with the custom observed
among the Armenians of the lower or
ders, whoso brides enect to run away
from the bliss that awaits them, anil
have to be hunted and coaxed or forced
to acquiesce in the inevitable. This lit
tle by-play lasted only a few seconds, for
immediately the commere bustled up
and helped the bride off the chair, lift
ing the heavy train after her. The party
then got within the railings and stood
before the steps of the altar, surround
ed by the choristers singing a hymn.
Thero followed a distressingly long
church service, during parts of which
the bride and bridegroom, sometimes
standing, sometimes kneeling, were tied
together with a gold chain the Greeks
use instead a wreath of flowers facing
one another, and so closely that their
faces almost touched, both casting down
their eyes to the ground, the poor bride
groom especially looking exceedingly
sheepish, while the bride had a calm
though somewhat wearied look. The
gold chain was again and again laid on
the two devoted heads and removed, to
the very evident distress of the suffer
ers, who perhaps wondered whether the
knot of which that chain was typical was
equally to be fast and loose all the days
of their life. All the time the two were
thus yoked together, the best man held
a little silver crucifix between them,
very close to their faces, the lirelates
and some of the other clergy all having
the same little crosses in their hands,
not, however, touching them, but hold
ing tnem by a piece oi spangled gauze
or tarlatan, hanging down like a lady's
pocket handkerchief, with which she
holds a scent-bottle in a ball-room. The
hands of the bride and bridegroom were
often joined and clasped together ; but
xce n nUnOil nn bpstoTrin cr nf li a Tin
that being apparently no part of the
nuptial ceremony in the Armenian
Church. The service was in the lite
rary ancient Armenian, which, I am
told, educated persons thoroughly un
derstand, and some of the hymns sung
by the choristers are snatches of epithal
mic poetry handed down from ages an
terior to Christianity. The principal
rites being fulfilled, the bridal party
and the bystanders, as well as the cler
gy, sat down, when the Patriarch deliv
ered an exhortation to the wedded cou
ple, in the every-day Armenian of com
mon life ; a discourse, I am assured, full
of good sense and morality, for the Pat
riarch is well known for his eloquence
and wit ; while one of his Archbishops,
Korem-Nar Bey, is a poet, highly valued
in his own land, and wherever his lan
guage is understood.
After the sermon, and when the final
blessing had been pronounced on the
kneeling pair, a tray with three glasses
of red wine was brought in and tender
ed to the bride, bridegroom and best
man. More bridal hvmns followed . and
the service was then concluded, many of
the bystanders, ourselves among the rest,
vaulting over the balustrade and offer
ing congratulations to the newly-married
pair and their families. The bride
evinced no little self-possession and
spirit, and spoke English well enough
to nt her for intercourse with the peo
ple among whom she is soon to have her
wedded liome.
Printing Before tue Flood. A
great deal has been said, says the Lon
don Echo, as to the inventor of the art
of printing, the period when the inven
tion itself first saw the light, and the
locality where it was born. Two or
three out of these points need not, how
ever, excite discussion. It is a good
while since the remark that "there is
nothing new under the sun" was made,
but anterior to that remote period
namely, some 4,000 years ago the first
printing machine existed in Babylon !
If proof be required of this rather start
ling assertion it may easily be found, for
it exists no further off than Trinity Col
lege, Cambridge. In that place there is
preserved a solid cylindrical figure about
seven inches in length and three inches
in diameter at each end. On the sur
face of this miniature cask-like cylinder
minutely and finely wrought characters
are engraved, and these are arranged in
vertical lines. It is, therefore, a 'strik
ing example of the ingenuity of the an
cients, and shows their method of pre
serving and multiplying national or fam
ily records. It is quite evident from
the indented lettering of the Babylonian
printing machine for such it really i3
that some means of applying pressure
to it wa3 in use among the Xinevite
" typos," this being so, the primitive
appliance at Cambridge must be said to
embody the identical principle of the
newspaper machines of the present day.
" What is your name ?" asked a census-taker,
"John Corcoran." ' Yrmr
"wTr;rr-'
S. ell that's what bothers me.
1 rV?,d yu can make
o i Ji' v7 f?tb.er was Irish-is now
a naturalized American citizen; my
mother is English, and I was born on a
ingate, under a French fla
lurkish waters. Now, how is it?"
in
A BoilinR Lake.
VISIT TO THE BOILING LAKE OF DOMINICA
A WONDERFUL NATURAL CURIOSITY.
In the summer of 1S75 the scientific
world was surprised and interested to
hear that a lake of constantly boning
water had been discovered on or near the
summit of the mountainous West Indian
island of Dominica. But where is Do
minica ? It is not to be wondered at
that this question was asked both in
England and America. ine laci mat
the negro nation which occujHes the
eastern portion of "the great island of
San Domingo or Hayti calls itself the
Dominican Republic naturally led to
the supposition that this might be the
island meant. It was in reality, how
ever, another and very different one,
the loftiest of the Antilles, a British col
ony lying between the French Islands
of Gaudeloupe and Martinique, and
which, instead of being as large as Ire
land, contains only about threehnndred
square miles. Here, we were told, lay
a boiling lake high among the morn-
tams, and hitherto unknown to man.
It was not a mere collection of geysers
or hot springs, but an expanse of water
large enough to deserve the name of
lake, and its presence exijlained the
cloud of white vapor so often seen float
ing over the higher parts of tho island.
Last summer this lake was visited by
Mr. Palgrave, and he has now contrib
uted to Macmill-iii's Mnqazine the first
detailed description of it given to the
general public. It seems certain that
the lake was never seen by any Euro
pean prior to the month of January,
1875, and probably it had never been
seen by anv native. Traditions pointed
to its existence, but these appear to
have been based upon the fact that a
stream of warm and milky water, known
as the bulphur river, rushes headlong
from the highland down to the sea. and
a boiling source seemed necessary to
account for the heat of its waves. This,
however, might have had its origin in
one of the so-called soufrieres, so abun
dant in tho volcanic island of the West
Indies, consisting of some dying cra
ter, whose tepid, hot, or boiling springs
give forth steam, gases, 'aud occasional
ly lofty jets of water. Indeed, it turned
out that the boiling lake was situated in
a soufriere tho most active and extensive
in the entire Archipelago. Two expe
ditions to this region had preceded that
of Mr. Palgrave, who was fortunate in
having for a companion and guide Dr.
Nicholls, a young medical officer of the
colony, and one of the original party of
discovery.
The starting place is Roseau, the prin
cipal town of Dominica, on the south
coast. Hence 3-011 ride up the valley on
ponies to a hamlet 1,500 feet above the
sea. Beyond this the work is all on
foot, first through the magnificent
scenery of tho West Indian tropical for
est, next amid thorny and prickly un
derbrush, and then up and down the
sides of gullies, where the climbing is
slippery and risky, and involves fantas
tic capers, calling forth, says Mr. Pal
grave, an occasional li,nglish ejaculation,
the same that Byron declares to have no
like for emphasis in any other language.
Whilo moving through a labyrinth of
small trees the travelers suddenly came
upon a sheer precipice with so little
warning that they ustescaped tumbling
several hundred feet down into the
Grando Souf riero which lay below. This
is a half extinct crater, paved with soft
ashes, and bubbling with innumerable
mineral springs of white, black and red
waters, which mingle and rush out of
one side in a scalding hot torrent
There is but little vegetation to cheer
"the demoniacal grandeur of this semi-
infernal hollow;" most plants wither in
the fumes of the vapor. Tlie Black
Country of England, savsMr. Palgrave,
is a weird place, and suggests weird
ideas enough, whether traversed by
day or by night; but it is "mild-domestic"
compared to nature's Whito Coun
try, the sulphur region of Dominica.
The boiling lake lies northeast of the
first crater, about an hour's climb, be
ing separated from it by a second crater
with steep edges, nearly burned out and
comparatively quiet. "We took the
intervening barrier at a run," says the
uarrator, "and checked ourselves short
at tho top. A few steps more would
have sent us head foremost into tho boil
ing lake. A strange sight to see, and
not less awful than strange. Fenced in
by steep, mostly, indeed perpendicular
banks, varying Irom CO to WV leet high.
cut in ashes and pumice, the lake rages
and roars like a wild beast in its cage;
the surface, to which such measure
ments as we could mako assigned about
200 yards in length by more than half
the same amount in breadth, is that of
a giant seething caldron, covered with
vapid steam, through which, when the
veil is for a moment blown apart by the
mountain breeze, appears a confused
mass of tossing waves, crossing and
lashing in every direction a chaos of
boiling waters."
In addition to their observations of
the dimensions of the lake about GOO
by 300 feet and its general appearance,
the travelers ascertained that it was fifty
or stxty feet deep within six feet from
the shore; that it is a little over 2,400
feet above the sea level; that it is wholly
supplied with water from below; and
that the temperature of its water was
185 degrees F. where the waves beat
against the f-hore, and nearly 200 de
grees F. a little further out. At the
elevation, and an atmospheric tempera
ture of C-t degrees, the boiling point of
water is about 207 degrees F. The cen
ter of ebulilion is near the middle of
the lake, to which, of course, it was im
possible for the party to convey their
thermometers. Except at one place,
the surrounding cliffs are perpendicu
lar, and permit no approach to the wa
ter. The outlet is a scalding stream,
which in the lowlands becomes known
as tho Sulphur river already spoken of.
The journey to the boiling lake of
Dominicia requires an absence of three
days and two nights from Roseau. .It
is difficult, but offers no formidable ob
stacle to a fair pedestrian. There is no
path, save that which is made through
the trojneal vines by tho great cutlasses
which the blacks carry for the purpose;
but, on the other hand, there is no dan
ger from wild beasts or poisonous
snakes, wLicli last are unknown on the
island, and the climate of the elevated
districts is delightful. Mr. Palgrave
predicts that many others will visit this
wonderful region, and it seems to us
that not only Dominicia, with its boil
ing lake, but many other West Indian
islands, present attractions which
American travelers would hardly neg
lect, if cognizant of them. Manila is
regarded as a sort of paradise for Con
suls, and Mr. Palgrave says the Philip
pines are, by all accounts, pleasant isles
of Eden, lotos lands; but they can
scarcely be pleasanter, or more lotos
bearing, or more Eden-like than are the
West Indies, taken as a whole, from
Jamacia to Trinidad.
"Salt." was the subiect of the speech
of a solemn and spare-faced clergyman
before a Sunday school, on an anniver
sary occasion, the text being, ie are
the' salt of the earth." He explained
to his youthful hearers the preservative
qualities of salt, and especially its
power to keeD edibles from decaying.
Then ho toldthem how Christians, and
especially ministers, were of advantage
to the world as a purilying mnuence
against the corruption of modern socie
ty. Then he asked a few questions.
To "What are ministers useful for in
this world?" a lively youngster gave the
ready answer, "To keep wittles from
spilin."
The It est Rec-u permit
Of failing energy, that to which the
fagged out man of business, the brain-fatigued
author, the tired advocate or the weary artizan
can resort with the grcatefet certainty that it will
revive his overwrought powers, is Ilostctter's
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a means of eradicating and preventing intermit
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the blood and creates a new fund of energy in
the svsteni. bnt it lias the effect of expelling im
purities from the life current which beget dis-
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Will be taken for you at reasonable rates
. ... ... ...- M r . . -. .
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Trapper's IndianiOil. The simplest
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neuralgia, 6ore throat, and all aches and pains.
Sold everywhere, at fifty cents per flask.
Canceb can be Cured. Dn. Bond, of Phil
adelphia, announces his discovery for the radi
cal cure of Cancer. Ko Knife! A'o Pain!
iro Caustic! llenieies with full directions
sent anywhere. Pamphlets and particulars sent
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North Broad st., Philadelphia, Pa.
Wn Guarantee Dr. Heisley's Headache
Powders to cure the most distressing cases in
ten minutes. All druggists sell 10 cent trial
I tacks regular size 50 els., or mailed from Sa
em, N. J. Also Powder in Bulk for Physicians'
use. Crane & Brigham, Wholesale Agents, cor
ner Frout and Clay streets, San Francisco.
Messrs. D. M. Oseorne A- Co., of Au
burn, N. V., whose branch office in this city we
have so often mentioned, desire us to say that
the farmers and dealers in the interior should
bear in mind that it is more the interest of San
Francisco " Agent" to run down the
Wheeler fc Kirby machines than any other, on
account of the direct trade, and ihe country
dealers getting tie discounts pay no attention to
falso reports circulated b irresponsible parties.
Address D. M. Osborne iV Co., box 1818, San
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Rheumatism asd Gout. When you
feel the pain of these tormenting disorders com
ing on, send to your nearest druggist for a bot
tle of Durang's ltheumatic Bemedy, and com
mence its use. In nino out of ten cases you
will save a doctor's bill. Bemember, it is taken
internally, and cures in a very short time.
Only one" dollar a bottle. II. C. Kirk & Co.,
Agents, Sacramento.
Iiiior(aiit toall Invalids. Iron in Ifce
IS loud.
The Peruvian Syrup, a protected so
lutiou of the protoxide of iron, etrikes at the
root of disease by supplying the blood with its
vital principle, or life element Iron. This is
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'oiix!i4 mill t'old.s.
From Samuel A. Walker, Ksq , tlie well-known
Ileal restate Auctlonerr, of Jio.ston.
" Having experienced results of a satisfactory
character from tho use of Wistab's Balsam of
Wild Cherry, in cases of severe colds, during
the past two years, I have full faith in its reno
vating power. I was first induced to try this
medicine by the strong recommendation of a
friend, who was well-nigh gone with consump
tion, and whose relief from tho use of it satis
fied mo of its great value in cases of colds anil
decline, and most clearly demonstrated to my
mind its great value as a restorative, that only
needs a fair trial to insure a grateful recognition
from the public." Sold by all druggists.
(ilasi;aw Iron uimI Mrtal Importing
('ominii'.
In the history of the metal trade of
this city the Glasgow Iron and Metal Importing
Company cut no insignificant figure. 1 1 was es
tablished about the year 18G5, at which time, or
soon after, it began'the importation of Ameri
can Iron into this port, being among tho first to
engage in that trade. During the 12 years of
iis existence this Company has built up an envi
able reputation as importers and dealers in
Iron, Steel, Blacksmiths' Tools, Axles, Springs,
Nuts. Bolts, Boiler Tubes, Gas Pipe, and all the
varied articles of a first-class Hardware trade.
Their importations and sales aro among the
largest on this Coast, and, altogether, its pres
ent position and future outlook is not to be
looked on with uncovetous eyes. Its general
interests are now looked after by William Mc
Crindle, who is act ng in the capacity of general
manager. S. F. Journal of Commerce.
Uarlaml's Progresn.
The rapidly increasing business of M.
II. Garland, and the unprecedented demand for his
celebrated Vegetable Cough Drops, has forced him
to remove into new and more spacious quarters.
His new factory and wholesale and retail depot for
his renowned candies is now located at 7C5 Mission
street, in the Hancock building, San Francisco.
The new factory is the largest on this coast. With
his additional facilities, Mr. Garland is enabled to
offer to the trade superior qualities of candies at
low cath prices. He lias also supplied a want long
felt in this city, in fitting up his old stand at 828
Market street, in first-class style as a ladies' dining,
oyster and ice-cream saloon, where ladies and gen
tlemen can enjoy the luxuries cf borne cooking, as
well as all the delicacies of the season, and where
families can obtain pure, fresh ice cream at prices
which defy competition. In the oyster department
he employs one of the best cooks in tho city, and is
enabled to serve his customers with choice Eastern
or California in every stylo. S. F. Fost.
nr. fjsx 5!nr' Krmtnal P1IU, for Seminal
Weakness. Ixiss of Vigor, Sexual and CJeneral Dv
bility. Physical and Mental Prostration, and the
many ailments arising from indiscretion, self-abuse,
over-work and over-anxiety. To those in need t a
speedy and reliable remedy for the above com
plaints, DR. LA MAR'S SKMTNAI, PIM.S are rec
ommended. Thousands testifv to their merits.
Price, ?2 50 per bottle. Sent by express, C 0. 1)., to
any addross. secure from observation. A. McBoyle
A Co., DriiK?ists, San Francisco,(P. O. box 1,B52). sole
agents, to whom all orders should be addiessed.
80
DIVIDEXD XOTICBS.
Dividend Notice, No. 9.
COLLATERAL LOIX AND NAVIXfi.t
Bank, corner Post and Keany fstreeta, Han
Francisco. The usual Monthly Dividend for April
is declared, payable May 5th, to stockholders of rec
ord April 27th, 1877.
F. S. CARTER, Secretary.
3 LADIES FI"K CABI1S, with name.
J postpaid.lOc. Columbia Card Co..Valatie,N .Y
prTTI CDC 0,1 l,lb,i Inl can get
JjP I I LtllW Patknts direct on entering.
Address U. f. GRAHAM, Washington, D. C.
6 fc HEMICAL STRKNGTH " cures seminal
V weakness and all forms of debility resulting
from error or excess $3 per bottle. Sold at all drug
stores. Crank fe Brighasi. Agents, Han Francisco.
Ji roswEMs ni:i.
TAL ROOM'S, JS30 Kearny St..
.nearBush. Ethkr or Chi.orokorm
administered. A lady assistant in
attendance. Graduates only em
ployed to operate.
CORQ Krward fur nn Incurable case. Dr. J. P.
Fjti.kr. being sworn, sayR: I graduated in
1S33. appointed to Professor'schair 1HT9; have devot
ed 40 years, exclusively to Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Gout. Kidney and Liver diseases. I guarantee Dr
r.ltler,2!,ine,,mnlIc RpDJ-dy. Kidney Cordial, and
IiverPilis,apermanentcure,orwill refund monev
Pamphlets. References, and Medical advice sent bv
mail, gratis. Address Dr. 1tler,45 S. Fourth Phil,
delphia. Medlclues at Druggists. rourln
Groceries ! !
Groceries ! !
CO ST A"& BERRY,
Successors to E. STARBORO Jfc BRO.,
Wholesale arid Retail Grocers,
531 WASHINGTON STREET,
SAN FEAXriSCO,
Ussy CtBsla I
And a: e therefore enabled to sell cheaper than any
other House.
The Finest Assortment always on hand.
Goods carefully packed and shipped to ail parts
of the Pacific Coast free of charge to eustomers.
CSJ-Send for Price List and see for yourselves.
All remittances through Wells, Fargo fc Co.
be guaranteed by
COSTA & BERRY.
Plrase state where you saio Ihis AilrcrtisementA
ORGAN
Over 57,000 Now in Use.
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICK LIST OF
the magnificent Instruments. New and hand
some styles ; very moderute prices. Tlieee clear
voiced, sweet-toned Organs are the most durable
reed instruments msiinfarTiired. Acrncy at the
Music Warerooms of A. 1.. ItASCKOrr A '.,
Sax Francisco.
rpiIIC KVKB DI FFICUf.T K VOLUTIONS OF
L. ouberty so often attended with pallor, emacia
tion," green sickness, anemv, palpitations, spasms,
gastrulgia, debility, faintness, distaste for food.sicK
headaches, vertigoes, ete., are always successfully
overcome by the French iron preparation " Kich
esse du Sang," introduced in America as
lAterln liff. when old age is so much exposed to
general debility, either constitutional or brought on
by youthful errors, every delicate person should
have recourse to it.
in the case of children whose fdrkly and impover
ished constitutions seem t') point them out for an
early grave or a useless miserable life it will prove
the frreat constitutional renovator. Price. $1.25.
Ask vour chemist for it. or apply direct to C.
MELQL'IOND. aaeiit for th IT. State., 415 Sansome
street, corner Commercial, Sail Francisco, Cal.
TEETH! TEETH !
The most wonderful improvement
In Artili' ial Teeth has recently been
made by 1. J t.SSl I", Hkntist. Corner Sutter
and Montgomery streets. San Fran'-isco. The ma-"
terinl is the coior of the natural tJum and us hard
and firm as any ivory and much stronger than the
vulcanized rubber now in use and can be made and
inserted for the moderate sum of t15.
No Sen ilis; 3Isi'lilne -onie without (lie
JPJjAJLtEIJS& zsoaiud
MANUFACTrRF.Dbv JOHN II. MOONEY. No.
7 Trinil.r Mrfft, near Montgomery. (En
trance from Sutterl. San Kraneisco. Prire &I.OO
to .'.: O. Also, the California Bias (jaue. Price 7."c
J33..DEMAJIEST
lias removed his Oflice to
Gii CLAY NTi:i;:X, Xear Jlouicuniery,
San KrRnci.efo. Cal.
HOLT'S NEAV 3rAP
Of California, and Nevada,
I II V 4's I'KET. IX TOWNSHIPS AM)
t) 3 Sections, with all the Spanish (Jrants, Kail
Roads, etc. The finest Map of the two States ever
published. Adopted by the Pnblir Sebools of San
Francisco. Send for one. WA KKK.V HOLT,
Kl 7 Montgomery Street, Sau Fraucisco.
sr. Xj. x i n. TJGr ss cjo.,
SOLR AGFNT9 OF
Dr. Hausmann's German Bitters,
The Best Appetizer and Disester in the World. A
sure cure for Dyspepsia. Headache, und alt Nervous
Diseases; purities the jikuil and reeulates the sys
tem generally. tl'-i ( oniuierri.il Klrert.
Between Sansome aud Battery, San Fraucisco, Cal.
It. THOMPSON,
iTTOKXKY AT JTiAW,
1OOM NO. T MONTGOMERY KLOCIv. corner
fc of Montgomery aud Washington Streets, San
Francisco.
etSpecial attention Kiven to P.aiikruptcy and
gwneral practice in the Vnited States Courts.
P. O. Box 1919.
maize Flour Toilet Soap!
Ftlaize Flour Toilet Soap!
IVIaize Flour Toilet Soap!
A Rreat discovery! a new soap compound ! It
soothes, softens, and whitens the skin, has wonder
ful healing and superior washing properties, and is
equally suited for the bath, nursery, and general
toilet. It is de.'ishtfully perfumed, and sold every
where at a moderate price. Registered in Pateut
Ollice. IS7(i. by the manufacturers.
Me K EG NIC, VAN 1IAAUKN fc CO., Philadelphia.
E."?onj P?an'deiirpredy'o'sf saMy
7 per mail at your dor. Sat isf .us-
B yjn. tioa (uornntoed. Splen-
! Ci M am sssormicnt or
IlOSliS
lliorea. Send for 1 tS
jVcr fi'aW'jw nf Plan's. isj
iIOorT.S. Ri:0. .fc TiTOMAS.
Chcry jLUli Isureries,VeEt Ctasicr, Pa.
BUSINESS
COLLEGE,
320 Post Street,
sax rnAscxsio.
OPPOSITE UNION SQUARE, SaN FRANCIS
CO. The oldest and most complete Commercial
College on the coast. Elegant halls; new furniture;
thorough instruction; practical teachers: high stand
ing with the public, students can commence at any
time. Day and Evening sessions. Circulars may
be had free on application.
SPKCIAI-TY
REMOVAL.
j. iA(jir. M.
!.. has removed
to M2I CIji.v (rr-(. Dis
eases of theKYK and Eab
receive especial attention.
Medical and rturairal treatt
ment given in all diseaaes.
Much experience in Throat
and Lung diseases. Electro
Magnetism jtcitiiirtcalli bd
piled In diseases of the nervous system. To eienlto
Urinary diseases much attention is given. May ht
consulted by letter. Address W. J. PAUOII.M. D.,
21 Clay Street, San Francisco, (over Clay street
Savings Bank), Rooms 1, 2 aud 3.
Wakelee's Bath for Sheep.
II. I. W AHELEK A '.. Importing and Man
ufacturing Druggists, for. Monliroiiiery
mi (1 Uukli Ktretn, San Fraucisco.
JlSoofs ami &Iioc.s.
JOHN SI'lLIVAS, X. E. cor. Bat
tery and Jackson Sts., San Francisco,
offers to make to order the best French
falf Leather BOOTS at from JS to ?9 00
California Leather Boots, - - f 6 00
French Calf Oxford Ties. - . 4 nn
? California, - s so
Boys' and Children's Boots and Shoes made to order
Persons In the country ordering Boots and Shoes to
the amount of fl2 or more will he allowed a reduc
tion of four percent., to make the express charges
light. I sell Boots and Shoes of MY OWN MANU
FACTURE ONLY. Boots and Shoes sent C. O. D
Positively one price.
THE PATENT
"AIB-SPACE"
AN Improved method of covering Boilers. Steam
and Hot-Blast Pipes The best A'on-Caruiuctm
of heat known; will save from 10 to20 per cent over
any other covering, combined with Steatite and
Soap Stone,
Fire-Proof Roofing and Paint.
Orders for Roofing and Felting Boilers and Steam
F FLTMmp y atlended Healers in II A IK
Office and Factory 31 1 Townseiid slf'sQ tanefco
GILHAM S GREEN OINTMENT,
F?!ll "ternax diseases of the Horse, has no
equal. lor sale by Traders. Druggists and Har-ness-makers
MAIN & WINCH ESTER,
ail and 216 Battery Street, San Francisco.
WM
IMPORTANT TO
m im p k p
RTJSSEIX, GIBS OH & Co.
Are now prepared to ofler extraordinary Ind
meats to Newspaper l'uotisners :
OITSIISKS, IXK1DES. Sl'I'l'LtlHESTS.
Or entire newspapers, printed with or without our
Co ouerative Advertisement", o-i more favor;bie
terms than ever before offered.
r Advertisements oi oor uu
YTjj iTy I m rl among reading matter.
how much they should be credited
wirli
ttjf Our solerti.-tiiM of reading matter, together
with our San Francisco Letter and Market Report
are acknowledged features, and give entire satis
faction. ,
Be particular and address your communications to
Western Xciaior Ussjoei
31 CLAY ST., San Franfiiiro.
P.USSELL, GIBSON & CO., PizorKiKTons
" There ii mo mMilr of noHety by
whom thin book will not lx- round "
ful, whether he be. Parent, Preeedcr or
Clrr:raan."-IAS I" TIMI.S.
ft
225 tli EDITION,
BY
E. Be F. Curtis, M.
AUTHOR OF
"WSedicai Essaysort Marriage"
" Nervous Force," etc
A. Medical Essay on the Causes of
EXHAUSTED VITALITY, PRE
MATURE DECLINE, and all kin
dred ailments, addressed to those
suffering from the destructive ef
fects of ABUSE, EXCESS or IN
DULGENCE. I, ice. One Dollar, by mail. Address I. Citrtis,
JViU Sutter Street, Sui i'raucisco.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
1II. C'i;itTIK l-nil be ci)niillfil
from IO A. M. to 3 I. 3 or from 6 to .S I.
91.; tu Suntl:oti from II in 2 onlj, at
oflice and reIlenee, 520 Sutter Street, be
tween Powell nnil Mason.
CONSULTATIONS CONFIDENTIAL
MOODY & FARISH,
COMMISSION MF.P.CIIAXTS, 210 DAVIS ST..
San Francisco For sale Wool ISacK and
Twine. Nlioe KliearH. Shrr-U'abeit. Xo
lc'0. Cush advances made on consignments.
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURERS,
o. 310 WnfchiuertOM Street, below Montgom
ery, Sak Fk AN CISCO.
Fine Fr. Calf Boots, made 10 order, from f S to 12
Box-Toed Matters, made to order, from ?ti to $S 50
Oxford Tie Shoes, made to order, from ?4 lo 6
EJ'H' Boots, made to order, at S5
A large and tine assortment of Boots and shoes
alvt-ayson hand. None but our own mude goods
sold at our establishment.
GRAND REDUCTION IN PRICES.
31.
Having: just received a Ijirge Invoice of
WEST OF ENGLAND GOODS,
Therefore informs bis patrons that he will make
CLOTHING TO ORDKR nt the l owest i'ASII
lMUi'i: for the next Sixty Days:
Business Suits to Order, - $25
Pants to Order, - - - $6
Dress Suits to Order, $35 to S50
Commercial St., cor. Leidesdorff,
A D
SAN FRANCISCO.
B?-Tiip misT is the ciii:aii:.st. s:h
MARTIN'S
CHALLEnGE
AXLE GREASE.
Try It! Try It! Try It!
Sold Wholesale bv the following Houses:
W. WARNER II KNKY fe
Harkison fc Dickson,
CO.,
Wki.i.mav, Pkck & Co..
t'ASTLK linos .
Tillman & JJendu
1 1 ass Bkos..
Kitrsr. fc KrLEU,
J M. Fikk & Co..
Huntington-, Hopkins
ft Co.,
E. K. Howes Ji Co.
w. v . lionRK t i;o..
I.epdkx & Whipple,
M. KJosks & Co..
M. 1 Hawlkv A Co.,
ISakk.k Hamilton,
1.4XCRI fc CO.,
Robinson, Fowlkb A
Co..
Gko. McMcllin fc Co.,
3Iartina I'liallense Axle Urrane lit
Enaranteed unnerior to an tirrate man
i furl ureal on thl C'onnt. I'neifie Lubri
entins C'onipnuy Factory, corner Pine
and Kleiner Street. Kan Franrinro.
CHAS. C. REAB,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
WIMBk WINES.
Wines In caes ("put up in elegant style) and In
packages, from 5 gallons lip. Order them through
vour house, or direct on me. and you will receive
satisfaction CHAS. C. RKA1),
301 California Klreet. San Francisco.
BROWN & LAMBERT
(B. & Ti.)
Axle Carcase.
A trial will demonstrate that it is the bert Axle
Grease manufactured in the United States. Our fa
cilities for manufacturing enable us to compete suc
cessfully In price with other manufacturers.
sold wholesale by all the leading houses la San
Francisco.
BROWN &. LAMBERT,
Factory and Office, South nmt corner or
Seventh and Kins Street.
SAN FRANCISCO.
EUREKA HAIR
Tl ',V2EC1y.t:D A MORT FI.ATTF.RINO 1)1-
7T - .!. wit vtraiiii jieuai oi Honor, at the
itfKa.wtTnSenni'41, Kxl'lbition, for the best known
oVSllVUH'0rVurIelHair- 'Jhft M'UKKA I the
? ,5 x' clean- healthy and cheap material for
tutflnc MattreRses, Cushions, ind for Upholstery
ytrZ ln general. Manufactured bv J. 1IKRZOU &
CO., tsan Fraucisco.
T
th. 3d Set of Natural
Fnr t-hA OArat Afnmtrlnr Via coin a
a : t f l
v ., ex-in vuc i-njiiu I HUH l U
s. BBii
TRYBOWEN'SYEAST POWDER
ASK VOl'R KK"KIt FOR IT.
PATENT SIIIXtI.i: 5IA ISIXK.
C.I.OISK IBtOj" WORKS.
F. A. HUNTINGTON,
Xo. 1 (3nm! US Fremont St., Siii Frsncis.-j.
MA.VrFACTfKKit K
Sliin-Ie, Until and PicLet Slacllines,
Portable anil Stationary Steam l:n;iiif.
Patent Open Nut and Lever Set Head Elocks, arid
Saw Mill Machinery of all kinds.
BUSINESS
COLLEGE,
Ko.24rostStreei
&j fVffiw-ic, CaL
Ml1
Ifabliled In lSUrj. Imparts n Thoi
oiijih and practical Education in all Con-nierciiil and
Knglisli H.-anches, French, Herman, Spanish lra--iiiK
aud Telegraphy. For information, call at O-!
leKe, or address. f.--r Circulars.
E. 1 IIKAL.D, San Fraucisco.
ROWLAND'S NEW GALLERY,
Ao. 3 Tlsirtl Street. San Francisco, Cai.
SAVE YOUR MOSEY!
CifTh.e Best ?.rid. Cheapest Photo-
crraplts In tSie CiS.v Z at No. 33 Tmai Strkkt
Corner of Jessie.
B. P. IIOWIJVKI),
For many yejrs Proprietor of the old Nt-w Yoik
Gallery.
STANDARD GOODS.
HScclucfioii in Prices.
Donuolly's Yeast Powder.
Callaglian's do. do., & 5 lb. tins.
Callaglian's Cream Tartar.
Callaglian's Eng. Bi-Carb. Soda.
Callaglian's English Saleratus.
English Bi-Carb. Soda in kegs
IB est 13 rands in SlarZiet.
TOR SAI.K BV AM. tJIMSftltS.
D. CALLAGHAN & GO,
I-I-uiufacturers,
121 Front Street,
SAN FKANClSfO.
Internationa! Bote!,
S24 snd S2G KERPSY ST.,
SAX FU.VNCI ; O. VI.
81.ri aiit Por Uaj, iu! 1 .-. i
tSi Wof-Ii.
SitY.wh-5 with the immr of tht- H..tHi u.i t.r"i
Guests to the Jloiel Frfp. Ui-ware or or;?r Co; ri
tnd Rnnnore.
Prlrlrr.
AMERICAN EXCHANGE HOTEL,
SAX FKAXriWCO.
riMUS OI.l AND TOPFLAR IIOTK! WHICH
1 bas for the lust twenty-four years extended to
the travelir.K public a cordial weioomc and comfort
of a home, and so favorably known to old I'-alifor
mans and the traveling public, that it require no
comment on my part further than tasar that Thos.
Bk yan, who is an old Cali'ornian.und knows how to
cater to tlie wants of toe traveling public, has taken
the f nil proprietorship of the above bote!, and will
leave nothing undone to make this bet. 1 second to
none in San Francisco for
Comfort. Good Living asd Cleanliness.
My sole aim shall he to the comfort ami welfare o
my guests. The table is furnished with the best tlie
market affords; the house has !eeu thoroughly rea
ovated and newly furnished throughout; two boa
dred rooms well ventilated.
Gentlemanly and oblijnnsclerks.and clean and at
tentive waiters will always be found in n:y Hotel.
The Hotel is the most centrally located of any In
the city, beinsr in the centre of the business ponuu
of the city; the street Cars puss the door every two
minutes to all parts nf the city. The Hotel Coach
with red lights, will be at the railroad depots and
wharfs to convey passeuciers to the house free of
charge; my Runners wear Silver Badges on left
breast with the name of the house on.
C jJ- lirvare nf f-thrr Kmnrrt. Hotel Prices me
from 81.3U to S2.oo per Ihv. Give me a call and
judge for yourselves TIl'Ai. BUVAN.
Pkopriktcr.
I I z
SPINNEY
So. 11 HKAKXV STREET.
rriRKATS ALL CHKOXIC AND SPECIAL TK
JL eases.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many of the ae of tliirtv to Fixtr who
are troubled with too frequent evaluation of the
bladder, often accompanied by a slight smarting: or
burning sensation, and a weakening of the srstem
in a manner tlie patient cannot account for. On ex
amining the urinary deposits a ropv sediment will
often be found, anil sometimes small particles of al
bumen will appear, tr the color be of a thin and
milkish hue, ucain changing to a dark and torpid
appearance. There are many men who die of thit
difllculty ignorant of the cause, which is the serond
stage of seminal weakness. Dr. Spinnev will guar
antee a perfect cure in all such caes, and a heaitiiy
restoration of the cenito-urinarv organs.
Oflice Honrs 10 to 4 and 6 to 8. Sundavs from 10
to 11 a.m. Consultation fref .
CU or address DR. A. P.. SPINNF.Y.
Ko. 11 Kearny Street, San Franciso-
TO XII F.
NERVOUS afllpiLJTATEI)
ESSENCE OF LIFE
Cures neuvocs asd pnvsrc.M. vr.r.ii
lty, and restores exhausted vitality in.
weeks as sure as water quenches thirst. Price f
por Bottle, or 4 Bottles (in caRe) f 10. Sent to any mi
dress upon receipt of price, or C. O. D. ,
To be had onl v at 4 2 Kearn v- San FrancNfo.
Oal., where all letters should be addressed. Uluie
Honrs from 9 a. v. to 4 P. m.. and 6 to S p.
CALVERT'S
CASBOUC
LXJJJ LS
9-
heep "Wash.fi
V
COURTESY OF BAKtt3'irIZD3rtt.Ty
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