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WIT AND HUMOR. j Away down in the corner of many a woman's heart larks this sentiment: "Old bonnet., no church." A foreign correspondent thinks if the Czar had brought his mother-in-law to the Danube she would have made him cross long before now. Ax old Scotch woman recommended a preacher who arrived at the kirk wet through to get at once into the pulpit. " Yell be dry enough there." A promising youth, about to be chas tised by his father the other day, called upon his grandfather to ''protect him from the superfluous middleman." Probably one of the most trying times in a man's life is when he introduces his second wife, seventeen years old, to his eldest daughter, who is past twenty. The regatta season begins to excite our punster. He observes that young ladies who never had a sign' of a beau, evince remarkable eagerness for beau-traces. The following order was recently left on tiie slate of a JNew Hampshire doctor " Doc, cumjup to ther hous; the old man has got snaix in his butes agin' an' raisen kain." What agonies must the poet liavs en dured, who, writing of his love, asserted that he ' kissed her under the silent stars," and found the compositor had made him declare that he "kicked her under the cellar stairs." A man innocently spoiled a sermon and prayer by exclaiming, while the tears rolled down his checks, 44 Lord, thou ' knowest I have been an awful sinner the chief among ten thousand, and the one altogether lovely." Said a woman sneaker in a New Unveil suffrage meeting: ' "Woman is in every respect the equal of man. Her reputa tion for heroic bravery" at that point a mouse ran in sight, and the orator jump ed on the table and screamed. The surest sign in the world that they are married is when they enter some pub lic place and she reaches up and pulls down his coat collar, instead of leaning back and picking out soft smiles to throw at him. Bridgeport Standard. What is the best remedy," asked a preacher of a shrewd observer, for an inattentive audience?'" "(Jive them something to attend to," was the signifi cant reply. " Hungry sheep will look up to the rack if there is hay in it." The American Consul at Acapnleo writes home : " I've been imprisoned by Jiminez." The New York Comimreial cAdrertiser reprovingly asks if this is the kind of language for a diplomatic repre sentative to send to the State Department. A Frenchman', soliciting relief, said, very gravely, to his fair hearer, "Ma'm selle, I never beg. but dat I have von wife wid several small family, dat is growing very large, and nossing to make deir bread out of, but de perspiration on my prow." " Gentlemen of the jury," said a judge, trying a prisoner for murder, " they say that the fact of the prisoner's killing Ins sweetheart shows that he was insane. Merciful powers, gentlemen, if that be so, what would they have said if he had married her?" Ihasciijle old party: "Conductor, why didn't you wake me up as I asked you ? Here I am, miles beyond my station." Conductor: " I did try, but all I could get out of you was ' All right. Maria ; get the children their breakfast, and I'll be down in a minute. ' Are you th'ere my love?" he whis pered through a hole iu the fence of his beloved's garden. "Yes, darling," was the reply, jump right over." He did so and alighted iu the presence of an en raged mother, a broomstick, and a blue coated guardian of the night. "Go away ; you're too heavy to hold on my knee,", said a cross young man to liis sweetheart s little brother. "Me too heavy !" exclaimed the child! " why, I ain't near so heavy as Eliza, and you hold her on your knee easy enough ! .Lhza also then told him to go away. Nothing undermines one's faith in a man's liberality to the church so much as to see him stick his hands down deep into his pockets as the contribution box is traveling his way, look astonished, " and then remark to his next neighbor : "I've got on my other pants." A Sunday -school teacher was attempt ing to teach a very small boy the mean ing of wages in the passage, The wa ges of sin is death,", and asked him, " "What does your father get on Saturday night?" "Drunk, ma'am," -answered the boy, without any hesitation. Somebody says always face th'e person you are talking to. It is evident that this writer never stood in front of the man who conies into the ofliceas soon as luigets sober to have his name kept out of the police report. Only a man with a nose on the back of his head could do' It. A friend of Admiral Paine, who was addicted to the venal vice of betting, .' once' sent the Admiral a note which ran as follows : "Dear Paine I have wa gered ")0 that you were bread to the seasv To this the gallant Admiral curt ly replied: "Wrong! The seas are bread to me." . A negro havipg been brought up be fore a magistrate and convicted of pil fering, the magistrate began to remon strate. . "Do you know how to read?" j,Yes, massa little." "Well, don't you ever make usu of the Bible?" "Yes massa. " strap him razor on him some times.'! . ; The man who LaA horse-radish and turnip on his plate and swallowed a quantity of the former by mistake, after lie had gulped dow all the goblets of water within his reach and squeezed an equal bulk of tears into view, said, sad ly: "No carrots there! Home-raised, wan't it ?" "That bed is not long enough for me," said a very, tall, gruff old gentleman, upon being ushered into his bedroom by an Irish waiter at one of our hotels. Paitll. ftn vmi'll -fin1 if. ia urnttr long, sir, wnftn you get into it, was the re ply, " for then there'll bo two feet more added to it." " Old Si " was asked his ojinion of the blue-glass cure, and said to his ques tioner, who was a church-steward , ' Well now, you jes git er blue-glass sa'sser nex Sunday, an seede 'feckt ob hit when yer go ter raise de colleckshun ef dat suc ceed, I'm.gwine ter b'leeve in de sense of blue-glass,. but not befo' !" " I know why you wouldn't give me that thirty-dollar new bonnet to wear on EasterP said a Chicago wife to her hus band, spitefully. And why wouldn't I, my dear?" asked he, and immediately answered his own question by adding : " It was because I couldn't afford it." " No, it wasn't," declared his wife ; " it was because you're a bad man, an infidel and unbeliever, and don't believe in re ligion !" Tails That Are Unbound. There is a good deal of expression in tails. A cat when unexcited has her tail bent toward the ground and quiet; but when the animal is under lively emotion, the tail shows movements which are not of such a character, but predetermined by nature-such and such an emotion causing such and sucha move ment. When the cat feels afraid when seized, for example by the neck, the tail goes down between the legs. On sight of an agreeable morsel of meat, the tail is raised straight up. When angry, the cat bends her tail into two curves of opposite direction the great er curve at the base, the lesser at the extremity while the fur is erect throughout. When on the alert for prey, she lashes her tail from side to side. On the other hand, the dog wags his tail to testify joy; while (as with the cat) fear sends it down between his legs. We are all familiar again, with the comical appearance of a herd of cattle driven to despair by insects, rush about a field on a hot day with their tufted tails erect as posts. Dr. John Brown, in one of his racy sketches, tells of a dog of his whose tail had rather a pe culiar kind of expressiveness. This tail of Toby's was "a tail per se; it was of immense girth, and not short, equal throughout like a policeman's baton; the machinery for working it was of great power, and acted in a way, as far as I have been able to discover, quite origin al. We called it his ruler. When he wished to get into the house, he first whined gently, then growled, then gave a sharp bark, and then came a resound ing, mighty stroke, which shook the house. This, after much study and watching, Ave found was done by his bringing me entire length ot his solid tail Hat upon the door with a sudden and vigorous stroke. It was quite a tour do force or a coup he was perfect in it at cie queue, ami once, his first bang authoritative having been as mas- terly and telling seems to be Rood as his last." There that rats sometimes use their tails for feeding purposes where the food to be eaten is contained in vessels too narrow to admit the entire bodv of the animal. A rat will push down his tail into the tall-shaped bottle of preserves, and lick it after he has pulled it out. A gentleman put two such jars of preserves, covered with a bladder, in a place fie quented by rats: and afterward found the icily reduced in each to the same ex tent, and a small aperture gnawed in the bladder just sufficient to admit the tail Another experiment was more decisive Having rehlled the jars to about half an inch above the level left by the rats, he put some moist paper over the jelly and let it stand in u place where there were no rat3 or mice, till the paper got covered by mold. Then he covered the jars with a bladder and put them where the rats were numerous; as before, next morning the bladder had again been eaten through, and on the mold there were numerous distinct tracings of rats' tails, evidently caused by the animals sweeping these appendages about, in the fruitless endeavor to rind a hole in the circle of paper which covered the jelly. Chambers' Journal. The Original Nicarannans. The Nicaragua s are supposed to have been a people of Mexican origin, driven southward by a great droueht. Their language and mode of writing were similar to that of Mexico; their religion differed slightly; their architecture was more simple; they had a rough form of social polity; and their customs were iu one respect unique. A young Nicara eruan beauty would have many favored lovers; but after a time, bethinking her that it would bo well to marry and set tle, she would ask her father to give her a portion of land near to where he lived. When he had appointed what land she should have, she would call her lovers together, and tell them she wish ed to marry, and to take one of them as her husband; that she did not possess a house, but that she desired that they would build her ono on the land which her father had given her. The prudent damsel did not hesitate to enter into de tails as to the kind of house she wished to have built, and would add that, if they loved her well, tho house would be built by such a day, giving them a month or six weeks to complete it in. To one she would give the chance of furnishing the woodwork; to another, to find the canes which were to form the walls; another to provide the cord age; to another, to gather the straw for the roof; to another, to procure the dried fish to stock the house; to anoth er, to get deer and pigs for her; to an other, to collect maize. The work was usually put with the utmost promptitude: the least thing disnensed with in hand nor was that she had asked for. At last the house was ready. The provisions and the furni ture were put in it, and the hearts of the over-worked competitors beat rapid ly as the fortunate or fatal moment ap proached. A solemn feast was held in the new house. When the supper was concluded, the damsel rose, and made a short, but gracious, speech. She first thanked them all heartily for the labor that they had undergone on her behalf. Sho then said that she wished it was in her power to make so many women as to provide a wife for each of her suitors. In times past they had seen what a lov ing n is tress she had been to each of them; but now she was going to be married, and to belong to one alone "and this is the one," she said; where upon, she took the chosen suitor by the hand and retired from the apartment. iier cnoiee having been declared, the disappointed suitors and their respec tive factions went away amicably, and concluded the feast by dancing and drinking, until the senses of most of them were overcome. Tho rejected suit ors, after that day, could never hope for a smile from the bride. Generally they bore their disappointment with meek ness; but sometimes one or two of them, probably in a state of ambrosial del irium, committed suicide, and were found next morning hanging on a tree in the neighborhood of the palace of love built partly by their hands. Not long since a preacher of our ac quaintance described a pond in which he had seen many fine fish, and brought it into an illustration in one of his dis courses. On the following Sabbath morning six deacons were missing from their pews, but when the pastor took a stroll after service, he saw. the absent six sitting on the verdant bank of that identical pond, and half a dozen corks were bobbing on the surface of that stream.--Neic York Dispatch. Ax exchange speaks of the "genesis of Mark Twain." Thought he was booked as a levity-cuss. Boston Post. Puritanical Eating:. THE FEATS OF OUR FOREFATHERS CLAilS. AND HOT RUM THEIR FAVORITE IN DULGENCES. "This venerable society." said James Parton, at a recent meeting of the New York Historical Society, "has seen fit for many years to hold feasts, especially in June, "when the festive strawberry gladdens the heart of man." He had asked, Why this collection every month ? What connection between sandwiches and history ? But a vener able member had rebuked him, saying, gravely. "Let no man speak disrespect fully -f sandwiches here, for sand wiches built this house." Apilause. One of the first acts of the Puritans in 1620 was to abolish that time honored and beloved" fe.ist, Christmas. Some of them had made the observance of the day a matter of conscience, and the Governor had spared them "till they should be better informed;" but he had forbidden public games on that day. But in truth the Puritans never suc ceeded iu abolishing Christmas, al though they no longer observed it openly, according to the old chronicles. The3r had simply changed the date on which it had been observed for 3,000 years, and observed it after the old fashion on the last Thursday of No vember. The Puritans had little to make merry with. 1 or years they had nothing to drink but water; and often the only viand was a lobster, wth nothing to make a salad of. Ihen it was that the little clam made its appearance in his tory. But often when the Pilgrims had made ready a feast of ground nuts and calms, the Indians would come and eat it. To put a stop to these breaches of etiquette the Pilgrims hanged a man, not an Indian that would not have been strange or original but they hanged one of their own number for stealing from an Indian. In this tragic way the clam appeared in history. In this prord and haughty town the vend er of the clam, and even the horse who draws the load, are often mentioned in terms of disparagement; but it is far otherwise in New England, where they have "grand animal Episcopal clam bakes." When America began to export furs and tobacco and codfish, the people of the country lived extravagantly Bringing molasses from the West Indies, they soon learned to make rum of it, and rum became a circulating me dium; but rum and tobacco soon vitiated tho feasts of our forefathers. Even at the meetings of the clergy the room was often dark with the smoke of tobac co and the steam of hot rum. If any one supposed that in colonial times the people were more austerely virtuous than they are now, let him examino tho records of the society, and he would soon find the magnitude of his error John Adams, who began the temper ance movement in this country, records that the price of rum was in those times a shilling a gallon, though sometimes it was raised to apistareen ("which was a niue-pence, interrupted Mr. Parton), and in small towns there would be dozen rum-taverns, which would be alarmingly injurious to the people. Other records show similar tacts, i rom reading Franklin's memoirs, the lectnr er, in common with others, had thought that sago a temperance man. But the sagacious Franklin, who knew well what to tell, omitted to state that after he became a prosperous gentleman he was no longer a teetotaler. The absurd and barbarous habit of drinking healths was observed in all its rigor, but even this was to be preferred to the slangy habit of modern times. Later tea anil coffee came in fashion though chocolate had preceded these dainties in the popular favor, and the chocolate was commonly boiled with sausages and the whole mass eaten with a spoon. The coffee in olden times was probably very bad, and even as late as John Randolph's time there was grouuc for his immortal remark, "Waiter, if this is tea. bring me coffee; if this is coffee, bring me tea." In the time of the Revolution, while the army was starving at Valley Forge, the people in the great cities were living in luxury and extravagance; and later, when the commerce of the country was pouring in wealth, the style of living was incredulously luxurious. The con sequences of this extravagance were se rious. For one thing it broke up Pres ident Washington's Cabinet. Dinners did it. The silaries of the Secretaries were all sufficient to kep up that style of living that was thought necessary. That fact afforded the speaker an oppor tunity for a long disquisition on Wash ington's morality, which he pronounced marvelouslj pure, "Nine men out of ten and ten women out of ten," he said, "observed the requirements of their po sitions." Returning to th subject of the food, he said that the art of cooking was often lost and utterly resolved into the use of the frying pan. Missionaries had come over the sea to restore the high and sim ple cookery of our ancestors. One of the first of these was Delmonico, whose highest praise was that he cooked good food without spoiling it. There had been various quaint gastronomic clubs that had done much to preserve tho traditions of cookery. He then de scribed some of the various forms of rustic sociable parties, such as knitting bees, cake-walks, calico parties, neck-tie receptions, etc., omitting, however, all mention of the barbecues the glorious and ever-honored feast of the West and South for generations past. A Lively Railroad. A correspond ent of the Chicago Times describes a narrow-gauge railroad in the Pennsyl vania mining districts as follows: "It skips over hills and down precipices, dodges around big stumps, straddles deep gorges on hoop-pole stilts that twist and bend beneath its tread, and threaten to send the traveler 300 feet into eternal smash every moment; hangs by one foot on the side of tho moun tain's stone walls, bends around curves like a contortionist, runs on wheels of one side, bumps the cars around like a chop sea ih the English Channel, was completed in January, cost 940,000, cleared itself in three months, charges ijl for the trip, and is crowded with business." To bo properly dressed in London a woman must wear a tiny bonnet, hang ing upon a knot of hair, an immense crinoline, heelless boots, a black lace shawl, and her front hair pasted down over her cheeks like horse blinders. Glass bottles were first made in Eng land about 1558. The art of making bottles and drinking glasses was known to the Romans eighteen hnndred years ago, as they have been found among tho ruins of Pompeii. The only wav that we can see of being revenged for those harrowing Russian and Turkish names, is to get up a war on the Maine frontier and telegraph the Europeans about important military movements taking place around Meta wagwam, Cancomgomoc, Woolastook, etc. Toledo Blade. Cease Rachitis tue System With drastic cathartics and hurtful sal- ivants.'and u.4e that rational and genial recupe- rant, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the success of which in the eradication of disease and the building up of feeble constitutions has utterly confuted the preposterous medical theorists who insisted on the rationality of depleting the frame iu order to restore it to health. Appe tite, ea9y digestion, regular evacuations, a natu ral flow of bile, are as sure a result of tho use of the finest of America's invigoranta as in creased loss of power and irritation f tho svs- tern were oi the oiti exuausung memuu. new era of medical treatment inaugurated bv the Hitters is iudeed a happy one for the sick and feeble, for it has not only placed health within their reach, but saved them from the hurtful conscquencea of an absurd lallacy. CANCtu cas be Ccuei. !!:. bo'o, of Phil adelphia, announces his discovery for the radi cal cure of Cancer. Xo Knife' -o Fain! No Cauxlic! liemeiKS with full directions sent anywhere. Pamphlets and particulars sent free. Address with stamp, Dr. 11. T. Udsd, BO'J North Broad st., Philadelphia, Pa. Itlienmatlsiii Utiiekly C ured. Durang's Rheumatic Remedy." the great Inter nal Medicine, will positively cure any cane of rheu matism on the face of the earth. Price $1 a bottle, six bottles. $5. Sold by all Druggists. Send for circular to Helpheustine k Bentley, Druggists. Washington, D. C. Sold wholesale by H. C. KniK it Co., Sacramento, Cal. EX-SEC IIETA.UV' ZVC1I CHANDLEK, Ex Goveruor l'inchback, Senator Bruce and other distinguished visitors to this coast from the Eastern States have visit' d the DIAMOND PAL ACE of OOLONEL AXDIiEWS during their stay in this city, and have expressed the utmost surpriso and delight at this wondrously beauti ful and instructive place. It is more like a fairy palace than a jewelry store, and the immensely valuable and attractive stock id one which no visitor from tho East, or anywhere else, should fail to see, as it is one of the principal and most beautiful sights on the Pacific coast, or, indeed, the whole earth. Tho stock embraces every conceivable article in the shape of jewelry and silverware, with many novelties which it would be impossible to obtain save at the Diamond Palace. Its fame has gone abroad throughout the land, for all travelers visit it, and render the general verdict that it is an attraction which can--not be excelled in point of interest and beauty. From A. I'lniuiurr, M. I., Auburn. . XI. "Although averse to countenancing patent medicines, I cheerfully make an excep tion of your very excellent liing preparation Dk. Wistak's Balsam of Wild Cherry. This preparation I have used iu my practice for more than ten years past, and have always found it to be of more effectual service than anything with in my kuowledge. I recommend it with the greatest confidence to those subject to roughs and pulmonary complaints. Sold by all drug gists. One Mure Cm Tort ii ii ate. Almost every day the papers chroni cle the suicide of some poor unfortunate whose mind has leen enfeebled by dyspepsia, over whose earthly horizon a heavy gloom has gath ered from the untold and nntellable agonies of this cruel complaint. Dyspepsia is one of the most depressing diseases afllicting humanity. 1 1 is cosmopolitan in ils nature no country is ex empt from its visitations, no family free from its attacks. There is a balm in Gilead ; it comes in the shape of the Pekcviax Syrup. Eor years it hu leen scattering its blessings abioad. Then- is, probably, no disease which experience basso amply proved to be remediable by the Pkiu-vias Syiu p as Dyspepsia. The most invet erate forms of this disease have been completely cured by this medicine, as ample testimony of many of our lirst citizens prove. Sold by all druggists. Atfricu 1 1 ii ml I in piemen Is. Our readers will bear us witness that in our endeavors to present them with condense d and readable accounts of the various industries and leading branches of trade in this city we have uniformly selected, as representative of those branches, onlv houses noted for stability, excellence and variety of stock kept and general and high character. " These considerations are matters of importance to the trade and country buvers generally. in this connection we take pleasure in inform ing wur readers that the Agricultural Imple ments recently handled by Messrs. JLinforth, Kellogg & Co., have Ih-cu turned over to Mr. Geo. A. Davis who lias been so long and favora bly known in connection with the Pish Bros. V Co's Pacific Wagon. Mr. Davis has opened an office at 401 Market stroct, SaH Francisco, Tread well's old stand, and, as manufacturers' agent, will handle the following well known goods : The Garden City clipper plow ; Garden City sul ky plow ; Garden City gang plow; FurstA' Brad li'v a sulkv rakes, harrows, cultivators, etc., etc., manufactured by the Furst V Bradley Manufac turing C . of Chicago ; also the Pacific farm, spring, freight and header wagons, manufac tured by Pish Bros. v Co., of liaciiio, Wis.; also the Eagle mower and reaper, manufactured by the Eagle Mowing and Heaping Co., of Albany, N. Y. The Garden City plow has steadily gained in popularity till it has' become to be ree'Ognized as the leading plow on this coast. It is made of the very best cast steel and the reputation of the Purst fc Bradley Manufacturing Co. is sufhci.ut guarantee for the qualitv of their goods. Of Pish Bros. & Co's Pacific Wagon the thou sands now running on this coast w ill epr-ak for themselves. We will only mention that Mr. Da vis has on hand a fine assortment of both Farm and Spring wagons ; of spring, he has a great variety, consisting of 3 and 4 spring, i l itform spring, half spring, .'ack spring, and a new 4 spring delivery wagon, recently imported, all of which will be sold at prices to suit the tinu-s. Tho Wm. Anson Woeds mower lias been tried and for simplicity and durability lias no equal. In conclusion, we say to our readers requiring Wagons and Agricultural Implements, call and examine them or send for illustrated catalogues. Mr. Geo. A. Davis' business relations with this trade in the city and through the country is ex tensive and ho enjoys a reputation of being a thorough business man, obliging and fair in all his dealings. The Commercial. A iret Mill. ONE OF -1111: GREATEST IX THE WOULD. Though not located in the city, the Starr Mills may bo considered a a city institution. In future days Vallejo will be looked upon as a suburb of San Francisco, and even now all the business of this mill is as much carried on here as though it was located within the corporate limits. Tho following description of it from a letter which appeared sme time siuca in the Journal of Commerce will give a very good idea of what is carried on there : ' In connection with direct export shipments of W heat and Flour, it will le most proper to credit Vallejo with having as large if not the largest Flour mill on this continent, which claim embraces the world. This modest assertion will no doubt ex cite surprise in the minds of many, nevertheless I challenge a showing equaling the following: From July 1st, 137G, to April 1st, 1877, two hun dred and seventy-four days, less thirty-nine Sun days, leaves 235 working days 237,813 barrels of Flour were made and turned out of the mill, an average of 1,012 barrels per each working day. With 19 dava subtracted for time lest in repairs, etc., making the actual working time 21G davs, the average is over 1,100 barrels per day, which places the Starr Mills of allejo above the celebrated Washburne Mills of Minneapolis, Minnesota, bv over one hundred barrels per day, providcd"fhe Minnesota rival really turned out what it claims to have the ability, viz., 1,000 barrels per day. It is a fact among those famil iar with mihVthat calculations based upon their full capacity cannot 13 relied upon ; contingen cies oirate against turning out the amount at which thev are rated. The Starr Mills are not exceptional ; their largest day's run during the time named was 1,475 barrels, while their full capacity is 1,500 barrels per day. The mills, as with men, the resulU determine rather than ratings. We rest our case with nine months' run, averaging over 1,000 barrels per day." The firm is composed of A. D. Starr, A. W. Starr aud A. Bannister, and they do business in San Francisco, Vallejo and Liverpool. .S. F. Jour nal of Commerce. IF KUITUREI SK-VD FOR Illutrled Book and Price List to (he Magnetic Elastic Truss Co., Sacramento St., San FraDcisco. DPT7ATT7UD 17DCE1 Seven-shot revolver, iiDYULYljil I iijQlj with box cartridges. Address J. Bowu & tou, 136 and 133 Wood .Street, Pittsburg. J'a. prTTI CDC " lMiblie IJtuil can get OH I I LLiIO Patknts direct on entering. Address O. F. GRAHAM, Washington. I). C WANTED AUEXTSi in each county on salary, to sell a new machine. Address, inclosing names of two references and 60c. to pav for corresponding, A. 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RICIIEfeSK DU SANG, introduced l.ito America as Is a French iron preparation w bich mixes economi cally mid renews its mi'Chsnim by giving to tbe Jjlood that necessary quaiuitv of red globules wbich constitute tbe healthy vitality f the individual : under its influence the appetite will be revived, the cheeks will gradually redden, tne energies, moral and p!i vsical, will e strengthened, and consequent ly life junile e.njoytlile 1 1 bus none of fie d's til van tages of ordinary iron try it. Ask vourcheiiiist for It. or apply direct to :. M KI.QL'ION D. Agent. 415 Sansome street, cor. Commercial, San Francisco. BUSINESS COLLEGE. U iao Sutter St., SAN FKANCIStO, CAT... OFFKRS the best fartlilies for a first oluss Busi ness Kducation. You may attend tuoilavs free of charge to see how von like it. No more students ire admitted than Professor Barnard can personally instruct. Kuril student receives personal instriK tion. Over one hundred references to graduates iu Man Francisco. i:iWAKl !50SITI Xr CO., I.edei PreM and I.ltlinrrlio AMI B L A N 1C BOOK MA N V F A C T U R K R H ; Piintins; Ofllce and Book Bindery, I.ei.lehalorir.HI ., from Clay to ('iiniiurrrlal, SAN FRANCISCO. Dividend Notice. SAN FRANCISCO SAVINGS UNION. 3H2 t'nliforiiin Ktreel. eor. Webb. ITIOU H ALF YF.AK F.ND1NG WITH JVSK : IsTT, a dividend has been declared at tbe rate of eight ami seven-tenths 7-lu ' per cent on Term De posit anil seven and one-fourth (7'i ) on Ordinary De p'lsit. free of Federal tax, pavaide on ami after July 11, 1ST7. LOVKLL W'ltlTK. Cashier. A A Maize Flour Toilet Soap! Maize Flour Toilet Soap! Maize Flour Toilet Soap I A (rreat discovery ! a new soap compound ? It soothes, softens, and whitens the skin, has wonder ful healing ml superior washing properties, and is equally suited for the bath, nursery, and general toilet. It is delightfully perfumed, and sold every where at a moderate price. Registered iu Paten t Ollice, ISTti. bv the manufacturers. Mt'KKONG, VAN HAAGfeiN fc CO., Philadelphia. v 9S BUSINESS COLLEGE, No. 2-1 Post Street ih '-uji. ivw. Cut. ft:tabllMliel in 133. Inipnrln j& Tlioi ough and practical Kducation in all Commercial ami English Branches, French, German, Spanish Draw ing and Telegraphy. For inforuiatiou, call at Col lege, or address, for Circulars, F P. H KAI.D. San Francisco. HARRI S & BRA DLEY, Manufacturers of Harris's PATEXT FRUIT UKIEISK. Patent Heater for Dairy use. for Steaming Feed for Stock; Patent Heater for Laundry or Bath House. Also. Windmills, which are made of Cast and Gal vanized Iron, und warranted to work as well and last as long as those costing three times as much. All of the above machines are fully warranted. All that Is asked is a fair trial, and if they do not give satisfaction the money will be refunded. All who wish a cheap, efficient Fruit Drier, should not fail to call and examine Harris's patent before purchasing any other make or style. Ohiee aud Jlanafarlor.T, 31 A 3 1 Itralc SI. San Fkaxcisco. " KI'KCIALTY REMOVAL. -i wi.-.v-v:aX:S.'ftA .. nas removed - j - - - --.- . 1 i.-v- easesor the Kvk and Kab receive especial attention. Medical arul fhirpicnl treatt ment given In all diseases. Much experience in Throat and Lung diseases. Klectro Magnetism riititirtii.i plied in diseases of the nervous system. To Genito urinary diseases much atterMon is given, ilay b consulted by letter. Address V. J. PA UGH, M. U 21 Clay Street, San Francisco, (over Clay street Savings Bank), Rooms 1, 2 aud 3. ISoots aud Allocs. JOHN Kruirijr, X. K. cor. Bat tery and Jackson Sts., San Francisco, oilers to make to order the best French Calf Leather BOOTS at from 8 to i 00 California Leather Boots. - - 00 French Calf Oxford Ties, - - 4 00 nu;o v ihiuicii o uhu snues made to order Persons in the country ordering Boots and Shoes to the amount of $12 or more will le allowed a reduc tion of four percent., to make the express charges light. I sell Boots and Shoes of if Y OWN Ma II FACTUKK ONLY. Boots and Shoes sent C 6 D Positively one price. BUSINESS COLLEGE, 320 Post Street, 61.1 1HANCISUO. OWJP TOION RQUAKE HAN FRANCIS co. 1 he oldest and most complete Commercial College on the coast. Klegant halfs; new fu ituV thorough instruction; practical teachers: high stand ing with the public. S tudents can commence aur time. 1 .ay and Kvening sessioni Circa Is ?n may be bad tree on applicaUon. y R. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, lllM?- 76 MONTGOMERY BLOCK, corner Frlne'sc OUlery d h"" Streets?San "wPc'al attention given to Bankruptcy aud general practice in tbe United Stat Courts IP. O. Box 191S. BA1AI N Mm - n-,T7 v -v x ii THE SAJS" CH ROM HAS LARGEST CIRCULATION. DAILY CHRONICLE, $6.70 I WEEKLY CHRONICLE CLUB RATES: A Clnli of j at $2.25 a year each, $11 25 1 A CM cf 10 at $2.00 a year each, $20 oo ttSuPostage Free on Daily and Weekly. All names to a Club must be sent at the same linie.-a3 Send for a .Specimen Copy. All iosimaer. RPe Agent,. Send money by postal order, registered letter or by express, to Cuah. ijk Yorxo fc Co.,Sau Frau, i 0 BIM iAArINGS BANK, 041 Market Street. Nun Fraiiei.eo. F. A. Bl'I'TIKRIOItl). W. Mc-MAHON O'RRIKX. THOS. V. O'BHIKX. PnKsinKNT Cash ikk Atiobnky Incorporated: Iu IKlfU. 11,971 lrMilar. M,31X13. 3ZC3IOOIHA"tS lO Pop Cciiit Ic?i" Aimum. Deposits received in gold, siiver or currency, and in sums of ten cents and upwards. Deposits mav be made by mail or through Wells, Farjfo & Co., when Bank Book or Certificate of De posit will be returned free of charge. I30UGHTAND SOLD. VOVA X'K.S TIADKonMIM J KTOfKK, Accunts .Solicited, and Orders by Mail or Tele giaph Promptly Kxecnted on Commission, at SAN FRANCISCO STOCK BOARD, COLLATERAL LOAN SAVINGS BATK, Corner Post and Kearny Streets, SAN FRANCISCO. Save Your Money IY flKTTIN'H YOI'H PIIOTOORA PTls AT J II uni.l XKW -ti.tLLtKV. o. Third Stkkkt. t irst-class Photographs for half the price charged at other Galleries. Life-size Por traits in Oil or Water Colors, only Ten IolIai-M. Old Pictures enlarged to any size and Beautifully Colored. Best Knameled Cablnels and Cards very cheap at UOWLAND tS NEW OALI.KKY. Please call and see our work and get our prices be fore sitiiriK elsewhere, and be sure and remember the number, 35 Third SI reel, corner of Jessie. II. r. 11UW1.AM). Art int. Sa.v 1'kaM'Isco, Cal GLADDING, MAN k GO, Manufacturers of and Dealers in ALSO, IRRIGATING PIPES. 2213 aia.xi.k:x:t JEST., SAN FRANCISCO, And IIOS to 1172 Ilra.idiva.v, Oaklnml. Manufactory at LINCOLN, PLACER CO., CAL. c:a IjIfoiixia .iiilitaky .S.v"i:"rp -A. Z7 jA. 33 33 3VX V . For Circulars address ItK.V. DAVIU Me I'LI'RK, Pnixrii'Ai., Oakland. Cal. International Hotel, 824 and 826 KEARNY ST., SAN FKANCISIW, CAL 81.50 uil Ier Iay, aud le 1 tbe Week. 'IXuu-ijeH wild thp nsniM iif il,.. - . tluesis to the Hotel F'ce. Beware of other C ;'t " nd Runners. H. C. PATRIDGE, Pruurlelor. AMERICAN EXCHANGE HOTEL, WAX FltASCIKCO. rpiIlS OLI AND POPULAR HOTK1 WHICH -M. has for the last twenty-four yeais extended to the traveling public a cordial welcome and comfort ot a home, and so favorably known to old Califor ulaus and the traveling public, that it requires no comment on my part further than tosav that Thok. Bryan, who is an old California!!, anil knows how to cater to the wanLs of the traveling public, has taken the full proprietorship of the aliove hotel, and will leave nothing undone to make this hotel second to none Iu Han Francisco for Comfort. Good living and Cleanliness. My sole aim shall be to the comfort and welfare o my guesUi. The table is furnished with the best the market affords; the house has been thoroughly ren ovated and newly furnished throughout; two bun dred rooms well ventilated. Gentlemanly and obliging clerks, and clean and at tentive waiters will always be found in my Hotel. . The Hotel Is the most centrallv located of any In the city, being In the centre of tbe business portijo of the city; the Street Cars pass the door every two minutes to all parts hf the city. The Hotel Coach with red llghta, will be at the railroad depots and wharfs to convey passengers to the house free of charge; my Runners wear Silver Badges on left breast with the name of tbe bouse on. as Beware nf otter KimnrrM. Hotel Prices are from 9I.SO to ft2.00 per Dav. Give me a call aud ludge for yourselves, T'il'W. IIKYAIV. Pkopbiktcr. GRAND REDUCTION IN PRICED M. SHOUT, Having just received a Large Invoice of WEST OF ENGLAND GOODS, Therefore informs bis patrons that be will make CLOTHING TO ORDER at the Lowest CASH PRICK for the next Sixty Days: Business Suits to Order, $25 Pants to Order, - - - $6 Dress Suits to 0rder;:$35 to $50 Commercial St., cor. Leidesdorff, AND O Koarny Street, SAN FRANCISCO. TO THfc NERVODS anlpiLITATED lIt. STEIIS'IIAUT'H ESSENCE OF LIFE nV.ES NERVOUS AND PHYSICAL DEBIL v ity, and restores exhausted vitalltv In lour V? SUre wer quenches thirst. Price $3 Pr Bottle, or 4 Bottles (In case) flu. Sent to any ad dress upon receipt of price, or C O. D. To be had only at 42 Kearny St., San FrancLco Gal., where all letters should bo addressed. Ou5c Honrs from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., and 6 to 8 p. if. E JFItAltfCXSCO CLE THE WEEKLY, ONLY $2.50 UirOKTAXT TO PUBLISHERS. RUSSEIX, GIBSON & Co. Are now prepared to offer extraordinary Inn., ... meuts to Newspaper Publishers : oi'Tsiors. iiir.s. ni'I'itkhiixtv Or entire newspapers, printed with or without our Co operative Advertisement", ori more favumb terms than ever before offered. No Anvertisements of our nwu inserted among reading matter so that pmroiis can always know how much they should becreuiu-d with. Biff" Our selectiiiis of readinir matter, together with onr San trancisoo letter sml Market Report are acknowledged features, and give entire sati, faction. Be particular and address your communications to Western Xewspaper Union 51 S C'l.AV NT., Kan Franrikro. RUSSELL, GIBSON CO.. PjtoeniKToKs WATER, WATER, OR THE CHEAPEST. THE BEST. Tlie only romiuon ene li.e. Fioilr l.niil. Nl : tuy l'rrurc. j i;;sil. laK'il wifli oidiiiori nucrr. I; ,"Stn I lor f irculuts and information to AMKKICAN I'IPLI'O.. 22 California Street, sau Francisco. 'JL'Xl S3 MERIGA SEWING MACHINE. Tlir -! tin r I er I .. Friction than any oilier .MacliiiK'. IT BEATS THEM AIX ! K-ir - Tlimirtliis Kliutltr! Self- Tbrradine Xrrdlr ! Itunuluii! liunuiUK Simplex ! OtT TIN fa. lilnf is fat b ecu in ii; kuiiwu as the BEST i the WOULD! See It ! Try It ! Buy It ! Vakkantkito;ivk KSTIltK SATISFACTION. AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE CO i. It. VOl. 'lans;rr, 121 FIFTH .STIiF.LT. - - - ISA N FHAXCImO. tlr(i..ootl AsntlM tVaiifi in all uiiuitu llrtl Terrilury. JXTJ. COT1KN. ifGO AND SKK or write to lr. Coh.-ii. tbe "v only living Astrologer. He has practised eighteen yeais in San Francw- : he can tell cor rectly the past, present and future ; elves reliable Information and advice, of benefit to those consult ing hijji. Consultation Fee, t2 by letter :. Mlt is not necessary to eive the atre. lkln-. Cohen's medicine is a positive cure for liver and kidnr complaints, impurity of the blood, nervous debility, heartdisea.se, rheumatism, catarrh, lun? diseases, fever, diseases of tbe stomach and female diseases. Chai ges very moderate. Medicine will oe sent to air parts of the coast Office, No. 403 Kearny SI., comer of fine, Sau Francisco. " There ia mo member of uncltij by mIiuiu tliin book will not b found u ful. Mlirthrr Ih Parent, I'reeeiilor or Clergyman. I.OX UOX TI.MKS. 225 tlx EDITION, BY E. De F. Curtis, M. D. AUTHOR OF "Medical Essayson Marriage" " Nervous Force," etc- A. Medical Essay on tho Causes of EXHAUSTED VITAT.TTY, PRE MATURE DECLINE, and all kin dred ailments, addressed to those suffering from the destructive ef fects of ABUSE, EXCESS or IN DULGENCE. f rice. One Iollar, by mail. Address Ok. Ccbtis 5o Sutter tstreet, Sau Francisco. IMPORTANT NOTICE. I'l'RTIS can bo eonauKetl dallr. front lO A. M. to 3 I. 31.. op tram e to H -91. ; on Kundaja from lltot only, al li ofliee and renidrnrr, SSO Natter Street, be f ween Powell and Mason. CONSULTATIONS CONFIDENTIAL rX. SPINNEY, 'o. II HKIR.W DTRE1X f PKEATS ALL, CHRONIC ATS 1) KVECI A L. Iils--A- easea. MIDDLE-AGED MEN. There are many of tbe ore of thirtv to hity bo are troubled with too frequent evaluation of th bladder, often accompanied by a slight sniartinif r burning sensation, and a weakening of the system in a manner the patient cannot account for. On amining the urinary deposits a ropv sediment often be found, and sometime small parik-les of al bumen will appear, or tbe color be of a tbiu a" milkish hue, again changing to a dark and torpid appearance. There are many men who die of tins difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is the secoua stage of seminal weakness. Dr. Spinney will Kuf '" antee a perfect cure in all buch cases, and a Dealt"!' restoration of the genito-urinary organs. Office Honrs 10 to 4 and ii to . Sundays fro"1 to 11 a. i. Consultation free. Call or address DR. A. B. SPI NNF.Y, No. II Kearny Street, San Fraiiciwv. !fe CALVERT'S b E SPAPER PiK Mm MANHOOD CARBOLIC Sheep Wash.