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. Skuiak, care Look
Box 823. Newark, O. i
OILHAM S GREEN OINTMENT,
FOR all external diseases of the Horse, lias no
equal. For sale by Traders, DruggiHts and Harness-makers.
MAIN & WINCH ESTKR,
214 and 21 Battery Street. Kan Francisco.
J.
ROOMS, aao Kearny SL.
near Busb, San Francisco. Kthkk or
Ch i.okokoum administered. A ljuiy
assistant in attendance. CiitADUATKa
only emplayed to operate.
tfcir1HKMICAI STItEXOTH cures seminal
V weakness and all forms of debility resulting
from error or excess per bottle. Sold at all drug
stores. Crank & Heiohav. .Agents, Sail Francisco.
Sa.ii Francisco, May 30, 1877.
Wf. the uuIrrt.icuel Wholesale Gro
cer, (nke plrainrr in reuiarbins thr iu
rrrnxil ilruinnd for lloneirn Premium
VeiiMt Ponder, :nl of ipktifjioe (o Hie
greiieral f ifcfitetiou tii-en by till brand :
San Fkaxcisco WELLMAX. PECK & CO.,
EOOT & SANDERSON.
I.EDDEV, WHIPPLE 4: CO.,
HAAS liltOS.,
TABER. HARKEK & CO.,
J. M. PIKE k CO..
J. A. FOLOER A: CO.,
NEWTON BHOS. & CO..
CASTLE BKOS..
KRl'SE & EL'LER,
JONES k CO.,
- M. EHRMAX & CO.,
F. 1JANERI & CO.,
M. & C. MANGELS.
TILLMAN k BENDEL,
ALBEltT MAU & CO..
W. W. DODGE k CO.
Bacramf.sto ADAMS, McNEILL & CO.,
MEBU'S & CO.,
BOOTH k CO..
MILLIKEN BROS.
Tlie Argonaut
VSATIItlt'AI, JOt' It 'A Ij BOLD. SPICY
and ORIGINAL ! containing tbe Freshest and
Bnifbtest Literature of th-! day. Brii.i.hxt Fm
torials ! Caustic Criticisms. Breezy Sketches.
PublMiied ever' Sutunlay. Kor sale by all news
dealers. Kdituri.il K'.orux and Ku.tliiess Office,
California street, san Francisco
Money to ILmm
OX FIRST CLASS F MIMING LANDS. IN
larsje funis, at low IjukIm bmiKht ml
s ,id. Parlies bavin? money to loan can al aj 8 find
good securities, bv sipplytnsr to
W.M. l.KFFI.X-iU'KI.I.,
o. IS Stevenson s Building, V. t:ur. Montgom
ery and California streets. San Francisco.
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.
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BIM
iAArINGS BANK,
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W. Mc-MAHON O'RRIKX.
THOS. V. O'BHIKX.
PnKsinKNT
Cash ikk
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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
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Are now prepared to offer extraordinary Inn., ...
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Or entire newspapers, printed with or without our
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No Anvertisements of our nwu
inserted among reading matter
so that pmroiis can always know
how much they should becreuiu-d
with.
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with onr San trancisoo letter sml Market Report
are acknowledged features, and give entire sati,
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OR
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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!
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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
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