WIT AND HUMOR.
"What the country yearns for is a book
entitled "That Ante of Mine."
The man vrho said he was "out on a
lark" was really out on a swallow.
Pailadklphia dentist's sign "Yon
never miss the toothache till the root
comes out. "
Hafiz Pasha is mentioned by the
Graphic as the mau who i3 going to
lose Hafiz army.
If Chief Joseph had the small-pox,
Howard couldn't be in the least danger
of catching it. N. Y. Star.
One of the greatest wonders in this
world is what becomes of all the smart
children after they grow up.
The New York Commercial Advertis
er man has noticed that lawyers hare a
"sue-thing way about them.1'
"Every cloud has a silver lining,"
and many a man wishes his pocket-book
was a good-sized, healtlry cloud.
A chap who opened a sample room
over a theatre appropriately painted
over his door the word Uram-attic.
A yovnu lady being asked by a poli
tician which party she was most in favor
of, replied that sho preferred a wedding
party.
The Oil City Call ventures forth het
statement that "an express train is fast
er than a day laborer, but it can't stop
as sudden.
It takes all the enjoyment out of a
game of croquet to hear it called "an
amusement within the reach of the fee
blest intellect."
Whatever else may be said against
the Chinese no one can truthfully say
that he ever saw one who parted his
hair in the middle.
And now we hear a still small voice
saying: "The nasty moths have just
ruined my furs." Any sensible mau
will know what is expected of him.
Another new city has b?en laid out
in the Black Hills, and Mr. Sitting Bull
says he will come around in a few weeks
and lay out the citizens. Hawkeye.
"Are the professions full ?" asks the
Syracuse Standard. Not very, but some
of the professors are just about quite
comfortable, thank you. Hawkeye.
An English magazine having written
exhaustively upon "Water as a Bever
age," an Albany paper thinks the
scheme is feasible and might at least
have a trial.
The difference between the preacher,
the builder and the architect at a church
is simply this: "One is the rector, the
other the erector, and the third the di
rector! Judy.
Every man likes to hit the nail upon
the head. But let a man hit the nail
upon the toe his big toe, particularly
against a rook, and it is a different
matter entrely.
Ax old bachelor having been laughed
at by a party of pretty girls, told them:
"You are small potatoes!' "We may
be small potatoes," said one of them,
"but we are sweet ones."
Russian, to Turk, who receives a bayonet-thrust
"But, my poor Turk, yon
don't appear to object!" Turk "It is
the first time in eight days that any
thing has gone into my stomach."
"Madam," said a certain nameless one
to Mrs. Brown, the other day, "you are
talking simply rubbish." "Yes, sir,"
replied the ever-crushing lady, "be
cause I wish you to comprehend me."
A correspondent wants to know how
an oyster can get fresh air when its
shell is closed tight ? Why - the air
passes in bi-valves of course. Ask us
something harder. Whitehall Times.
A woman, quarreling with her hus
i...i k : i :ir -
lu, iuiu nun aiiKj uciio cut 11 snj nua
to die he would marry the devil's eldest
daughter. "The law does not allow a
man to marry two 'sisters," replied the
tender husband.
A youno man told Dr. JJethune that
he had enlisted in the army of Zion.
"In which church?" asked the dector.
"In the Baptist," was the reply. "I
should call that joining the navy," was
the response.
& Miss Rose "Goodness! the fire is
gone out. I thought it was very cold."
Lover "Shall I get my overcoat and
put it on you ?" Miss Hose "Oh, no;
but" (glancing at the clock) "hadn't
you better put it on yourself V"
A person who was leaving a crowded
stage-coach the other day, steadied
himself by resting his hands on the
knees of the passengers. "What a sav
age!" exclaimed one lady. "Yes," re
plied her companion. "He's a Paw
nee." Lawyer C , (entering his friend
Dr. M 's office, and speaking in a
hoarse whisper), "Fred, I've got such
a cold this morning, I can't speak the
truth." Dr. M. "Well. I'm glad its
nothing that will interfere with your
business."
A woman out on South Hill, only
fifty-one years of age, has raised seven
teen children, all by hand, she was al
ways too poor to use slippers, and the
consequence is her right hand is cover
ed with warts and callous spots.
Hawkeye.
A Chicago fashionable clergyman has
failed. Liabilities, $15,000; assets, 22
pairs of worked slippers, assorted sizes;
13 dressing gowns; 30 pen wipers, two
dozen fancy pin cushions; 9 watch
pockets, and 7 cushions for easy chairs.
Norristown Herald.
During cholera time a Glasgow join
er was asked by a lady, who was em
ploying him at some household work,
whether he would have a glass of whis
ky now or wait till he had finished the
the job. "I'll be takin the glass noo,
mem, said the artizan, "for there's been
a power o' sudden deaths lately."
When Mrs. Van Cott comes singing
down the aisle and fixes her reviving
eyes upon a man, and he turns pale and
trembles, she thinks his soul is awaken
ed. Yet we have seen the very same
look in a man's face when he turned
round, after kissing the servant-girl,
and suddenly encountered his wife's
mother.
O ld Dr. Hunter used to say, when he
could not discover the cause of a man's
sickness: "We'll try this and we'll try
that. We'll shoot into the tree, and if
anything falls, well and good." "Ave,"
replied a wag, "I fear this is too com
monly the case, and in your shooting
into the tree, the first thing that gener
ally falls is the patient."
At a School Board examination the
inspector asked a boy if he could for
give those who had wronged him.
"Could you," said the inspector, "for
give a boy, for example, who has insult
0 d or struck you?" "Y-e-s, sir," replied
the lad very slowly. "I think I
could; but he added in a. much more
rapid manner, "I could if he was big
ger than I am."
A Romance of the Czar's Sister.
On a little frequented street of St.
Petersburg, there stands a gloomly-
looking building, large, but of a severe
style of architecture and painted m som
bre colors. This is the Leuchtenberg
palace, a name suggestive of a dark
page in the history of the imperial fami
ly of Russia. Many readers will yet re
member the somewhat romatic story of
the marriage of the Czar Nicholas' fav
orite daughter to a dashing young Ger
man officer. The Duke of Leuchten
burg was handsome but comparatively
poor and obscure, and it is said that the
wayward Princess made the first ad
vance, and even that the stern Emper
or consented to the marriage only to
avoid scandal. At any rato romance
and royalty do not seem to agree well,
and the union turned out badly. The
Duchess tired of her former idol, a gay
and dashing but at the same time schol
arly and thoroughly honorable German,
and began to form liaisons, the most no
torious of which was with a Count Stro
gonoff. After a life of mortified seclusion
and constant study, the Duke died, re
fusing to recognize on his death bed
the last two children borne by the Prin
cess. Immediately after the demise
the latter was forced to marry Strogon
off, and was banished from Russia. She
took up her abode in Pari3, where she
died a few years ago. The children of
the union have been somewhat under a
cloud, and several matches proposed for
the very accomplished daughter were
broken off for some unexplained rea
son. The oldestfson the young Duke
of Leuchtenberg has now joined the
army of ths Danube, and may accom
plish something in the field that will
place a renewed lustre on his father's
name, and bridge the gulf that separat
ed him and his sister from the remaind
er of the family. From St. Petersbvr-j
Letter.
Origin of Some Famous Legends.
Not among the different members of the
great Aryan family only are the germs
of many of our best-known stories dis
coverable. They seem td belong to hu
manity. Prof. Fiske of Harvard Uni
versity, noticing how the "William
Tell legend (for it is a legend), and
that of which the Welsh form celebrates
the death of Gelert's faithful hound,
and a good many others, besides; are
found everywhere, says: "We must
admit, then, that these fireside tales
have been handed down from parent
to child for more than one hundred gen
erations; that the primitive Aryan cot
tager, as he took his evening meal of
yava and sipped his fermented mead,
listened with his children to the stor
"ies of Boots and Cindorella and the Mas
ter Thief, in the days when the squat
Laplander was still master of Europe
and the dark-skinnpd Sundra was as yet
unmolested in the Punjab." True; but
may we not go further, and say that,
finding these tales, or counterparts,
among Zulus aud Mongols and Malays
and red Indians, we must either pro
nounce them to be "innate ideas," or
else hold that men had invented them
in the old, old time when the differen
ces between Aryans and non-Aryans had
not grown up? Sir II. Rawlinson seems
to prQve, from the earliest Assyrian re
mains, that, "in the beginning," Ham
ite and Shemite and Japhethan were
all one that even what afterward be
came of the Aryan tongues were then
"agglutinative," like the red Indian of
to-day. Some one, too, has just proved
that the old Peruvian was a kindred
speech to the Sanskrit! No wonder
then, that tho same stories are current
all the world over.
Some Western Ranchmen. During
my trip hereabout I have visited the
ranches of several New York, Boston
and Philadelphia boys, who have left
homes of luxury to become ranchmen,
and who are making money rapidly in
growing cattle and sheep. Among those
who have exchanged the comforts of
the East for this life of adventure and
excitement are Clarence King; Charles
Motley, a nejhewof the dead historian;
L. C. Bripgs, son of Richard Briggs,
the Boston merchant; Wilbur Raymond,
who graduated from Wesleyan Univer
sity, class of 1874; Galusha A. Grow,
Jr. , a nephew of Sidney Dillion, and
many others whose names I might men
tion. Clarence King says the only true
way to live in this world is to raise
stock on the Laramie plains during the
summer months and spend your win
ters alternately in New York, London
and Paris. There is a fascination about
the wild, roving, adventurous, inde
pendent life of a ranchman, which I
can readily understand captivates young
men of birth and education, especially
when there is money in the business.
" When I am my own master I am not
tied down, and can make five times as
much money as I could at any business
in Pennsylvania, it is not surprising,"
said Mr. Grow to me, "that I should en
joy this life." Many of the ranch
house a few miles away from here are
made of old worn out rail ties, when
new were cut in the Medicine Bow and
other neighboring ranges of mountains,
and floated down in the Laramie and
other streams to the railroad track.
Clteyenne Letter.
Blatant Bcmmers. We have receiv
ed several letters, not on the whole me
ritorious specimens of composition, in
tended to reflect severely upon our re
cent animadversions with respect to re
turned bummers. A correspondent,
however, is by no means disentitled to
respectful attention merely because he
is a bad speller, a worse grammarian
and an execrable penman. We are glad
of the opportunity thus given us of re
peating what we lately said, namely,
that though returned bummers are very
good peoples in their way, and doubtless
contribute in some small degree to the
population of the kingdom of heaven,
yet for them to secure the respect of
sensible people is to say as little as pos
sible about their past "and future ca
reers, their repentance over the one and
their intentions about the other. Espe
cially should their ostentatious piety
not be flourished on a public platform.
In a mixed assembly there are always
ignorant people who will be caught bv
the morbid flash and glare on his pan
demonium penitence, and who lose sight
of the fact that the only thing a gross
sinner who wishes to do better can do
with grace, is to work for himself and
others and say nothing adout it. Too
many so-cailed reformed inebriates
"blow" too much about thir
- - - - T ilU
ness. Let them have the decency to
keep quiet. Then they will learn in
time the exceeding beauty of a silent re
ligion, which speaks, "as the flower
speaks by its perf nne. Xtir York Tele
gram. Science says that it took millions of
years to evolve man from the clam ; ob
servation shows that it takes less than a
minute to transfer the clam into a man.
Stupid People.
A stupid man can erenerallv do some
one thing fairly well. He can often
save money, and is sometimes gifted
with a talent for shooting, fishings, row
ing, sketching, yachtiDg, preaching,'
turning a lathe, or playing the corno
pean.
The misfortune of this is that he im
agines from his success in one particu
lar that he is equally capable in all.
But, except in his own peculiar likes
and dislikes, he is not fastidious. If
he does not care for good wine, he des
pises the man who cannot drink mar
sala. If he is not musical, he professes
to enjoy a street organ, fees the grinder,
sneers at people who dislike the noise
and openly announces his belief that
Beethoven is dull and Wagner a hum
bug. If he is fond of town, he rails at
the country. If he likes the country,
he wonders how a man can be such a
fool as to live in town. He makes no
allowance for other people's tastes, but
measures everything by himself. The
man who is taller than he is must be a
giant, the man who is shorter a dwarf.
His house, his furniture, his religion,
his wife, his children, his pursuits, his
prejudices are tho standards" by which
every one's else are measured. In drets
he is likely to adopt some costume and
wear it always, at home or abroad.
To stupid people indeed we are
indebted for all our permanent institu
tions, and it was one of the class who
invented the widow's oap. He associa
tes doubtful morals with doubtful ways
of dressing the hair, and would rather
see his daughter in her coffin than wear
ing high-heeled shoes. He reads little,
and on tho whole prefers dull books,
Thackeray being his great enemy. It
is to.attract him that novels are written
without character, story, or plot. He
reads his newspaper aloud after dinner ,
and believes everything in it if it is of
his own iolitical creed; but if it is of a
different party, he does not even be
lieve the announcement of deaths.
He is often very kind to the sick, but
makes a bad nurse, always arguing with
the patient, although he considers him
like all sick people, insane aud wander
ing in his mind. He therefore consults
the patient'- wishes as little as the doc
tor's and constantly hints that the one
is giving interested advice, and that the
other is feigning illness. He never
gives medicine more than one trial, but
sometimes takes two or three rival bot
tles at the same time; and is curious in
patent pills and digestive lozenges. He
is often very careful in measuring doses,
and is a famous hand at dropping, but
never remembers how many spoonfulls
to give, aud whether to shake the bot
tle. He looses his presence of mind be
fore danger, has never forethought to
smooth things likely to go wrong, and
is always ready to take refuge in a kind
of fatalism which sometimes relies on
Providence, and sometimes asserts tha
immutability of the Impossible.
Interrupted Table Talk.
The other evening the Rev. Mr. Phil
acter sat down at the tea table with a
very thoughtful air, and attended to the
wants of his brood in a very -abstracted
manner. Presently he looked up at his
wife and said:
" The Apostle Paul"
" Got an awful lump on the head 'saf
ternoon." broke in the pastor's eldest
son, "play inpc base ball. Bat flew out
of the striker's hands when I was um
pire and cracked mo right above the
ear, an' dropped me. Hurt? Golly!"
and the lad shook his head in dismal
but expressive pantomime as he tender
ly rubbed a lump that looked like a bil
liard ball with hair on it. The pastor
gravely paused for the interruption, and
resumed:
" The Apostle Paul-'
"Saw Mrs. O'Gheminino down at
Greenbaum's this alternoon." said his
eldest daughter, addressing her mother.
" She had tho same old everlasting
black silk, made over with a vost of til
leul green silk, coat-tail basque pattern,
overskirt made with diagonal folds in
front, edged with deep fringe; yellow
straw hat, with black velvet facing in
side the brim, and pale blue flowers.
She's going to Chicago."
The good minister waited patiently,
and then, in tones jut a shade louder
than before, said:
" The Apostle Paul"
"Went in swimmin' last night with
Henry and Ben, pop, and stepped on a
clam" shell," exclaimed his youngest
son; "cut my feet so I can't wear my
shoe; and, please, may I stay home to
morrow?" The pastor informed his son that he
might stay away from the river, and
then resumed his topic. He said:
"The Apostle Paul says"
" My teacher is an awful liar," shout
ed the second son; "he says the world
is as round as an or.mge, and it turns
round all the time faster than a circus
man can ride. I guess he haint got
much sense."
The mother lifted a warning finger
toward the boy and said, "Sh!" and
the father resumed:
The Apostle Paul says"
" Don't bite off twice as much as you
can chew," broke out the eldest son, re
proving the assault of his little brother
on a piece of cake. The pastor's face
showed just a trifle of annoyance as he
said in verv firm decided tones:
" The Apostle Paul says"
" There's a fly in tho butter!" shriked
the youngest hopeful of the family, and
a general laugh followed. When si
lence was restored the eldest daughter,
with an air of curiosity said:
"Well, but, pa, I really would like to
know what the Apostle Paul said."
" Pass me the mustard," said the pas
tor absently.
Then the committee rose and the
Senate went into executive session and
soon after adjourned Burlington. (Vt.)
Free Press.
Who He Was and Why He Came.
When Dr. Bradon was rector of Eltham,
in Kent, the text he one day took to
preach was, "Who art thou?" After
reading the text, he made (as was his
custom) a pause, for the congregation
to reflect upon the words, when a gen
tleman in a military dress, who at that in
stant was marching very sedately up the
middle aisle of the church, supposing
it to be a question addressed to him, to
the surprise of all present, replied, " I
am. sir, an officer of the Seventh Foot,
on a recruiting party here; and, having
brought my wife and family with me,
I wish to be acquainted with the neigh
boring clergy and gentry." This so de
ranged the divine and astonished the
congregation that, though they attempt
ed to listen with decorum," the dis
course was not proceeded in without
considerable difficulty,
The Rochester Democrat thinks Char
ley Ross was deposited in a Chicago
savings bank.
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It is better to shut out the enemy, Dis
ease, than to battle with him after he has enter
ed the fortress of the body. Therefore, if health
is endangered by hurtful influences, such as a
malarious atmosphere, unhealthy occupations,
sedentary pursuits, and those which necessitate
undue physical or mental strain or exposure in
rough weather, It is the part of wisdom to pro
tect it by the use of a reliable preventive. No
article sold, advertised or prescribed is so well
adapted for this purpose as Ilostetter's Stomach
Bitters, an agreeable and efficacious tonic, rec
ommended by physicians as a medicinal stimu
lant and corrective, botanic in its derivation,
and having for its spirituous basis old rye of the
purest quality, which preserves in an undeteri
orating form the potent vegetable juices and ex
tracts combined with it. Fortified with this be
nign preventive, the system may bid deliance to
disease, no matter how unfavorable the condi
tions. WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
Our Visit to the Fine Establishment of
Harrison A IHt'ltsou.
Although we have constantly undertaken to
describe the modus operandi of the many branch
es of industry represented by our Ban Francisco
firms, we have never penned an account of tho
extensive trade known as the wholesale wood
and willow ware business. We therefore pro
pose this week to call the attention of our read
ers to the representative establishment of Messrs.
Harrison !fc Dickson, whose manufactory and
salesroom are located at No. 210 Sacramento
street. We must premise by stating that within
the confined limits of a newspaper article it
would be almost impossible to mention the va
riety of stock kept by such a firm and it is as
tonishing to find in one house such an endless
variety of goods as are comprised here under
one roof.
Messrs. Harrison A Dickson, besides dealing
in everything coming under the head of wood
and willbw ware, are manufacturers of brooms,
brushes, Telegraph and Cosmopolitan matches,
being also general agents for the Pacific States
for the famous
HOCK RIVER BUILDING PAVER
Which has a widely extended sale on this coast,
illustrating in what high estimation it is held
by our builders, contractors and owners.
Tho firm dates its origin back some eleven
years, boing, however, located in Sacramento
previous to 1873. Seeing the many advantages
possessed by San Francisco as a distributing and
manufacturing centre the firm removed to this
city some four years ago and have since that
time occupied their present commodious and
well-arranged quarters. The building occupied
is a two-story and basement structure, extend
ing back from Sacr.-imento street to Commer
cial street. All tho shipping and packing is
done in the rear (Commercial street) where tliev
have a double store (Nob. 213 and 215). The
entire upper floor is given up to the manufac
tory, and to the uninitiated a walk through this
department is peculiarly interesting. Some fif
teen hands are kept constantly busy, and with
the aid of all the facilities experience could sug
gest they turn out immense quantities of such
goods as are manufactured here, which find
their way all over the coast. Two traveling
mon are kept constantly on tho road and by
their combined efforts materially aid in swelling
the aggregate of their yearly business.
As above stated, the "firnTdeal in everything
coming under this head, carrying also a large
stock of paper, paper bags, cordage, twine, etc.
To describe an establishment such as that of
Harrison .V Dickson would require much more
space than we can devote on this occasion, so
extensive are its details. The foregoing re
marks, however, are of more importance to the
trade ; they are not given llatulently to t levate
tho houso in question but as a representative
show the magnitude of this trade in our city as
well as to assist such dealers as may not be in
timately acquainted with its .merits and there
fore unaware of the advantages which it otters.
We take pleasure in recommending a prominent
and thorough managed establishment where or
der and system are its ruling characteristics,
selling only good wares and treating all with
unifoim courtesv. N. F. Commercial.
OUR COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
LOW11Y .V CO.
Casting our eye over the wide field of indus
trial enterprise", our interest is awakened by
noting the mutual relation and dependence
which are sure to subsist among them. The ag
riculturist is not independent of tho manufac
turer, and both need the services of the mer
chant, lift ween the producer and the consumer
stands, in honorable conjunction to both, the
commission merchant. The number of them in
our city is large, and the busiest scene is the
" home" of that industry. This shows how ex
tensive this trade is, and the growing import
ance of San Francisco as a distributing centre.
Probably the best known commission men on
the street is tho firm of Lowry & Co., whoso lo
cation is on the south-east corner of Clay and
Davis streets. They are members of the Pro
duce Exchange ; sell to the local trade on com
mission ; also do jobbing ; in fact do a general
commission business. Tho qualities for which
this class of merchants are specially serviceable
are in no essential particular different from
what are indispensable in other classes of busi
ness men. We of course include in this esti
mate such qualities as general business knowl
edge, strict honesty, zeal and enterprise. It is
evident, therefore, that for the fulfillment of the
conditions, involved in a successful commission
business, motives of personal interest can nev
er be wanting to stimulate industry. Nor is
there an under temptation in this department
of commerce to infringe upon the privileges or
rights of either the actual owners or purchasers
of the goods sold on commission. The best of
all proof on this behalf is found in tho number
and high respectability and general efficiency of
the merchants. We present to our readers this
week an illustration of these remarks in the
house of Lowry fc Co. They are so well known
among farmers and others generally for realiz
ing the best prices and making prompt returns,
that it is almost unnecessary for us to mention
the same. Wo can assure our readers they will
faithfully watch the interests of consignors. All
facilities are at hand, enabling them to handle
any amount of goods prompt! v. The house was
established in 1871, being at that time known as
Lowry A Wightman. It so continued until Jan
uary, 1870, when it was altered to its present
style, Lowry fc Co., the members respectively
being W. J. Lowry, J. II. Cutter and L. V. U.
Howell, gentlemen of experience in this branch
and who have won for themselves the highest
reputation on account of fair dealing in all bus
iness transactions, as well as being men of en
terprise and energy of the highest standing in
commercial circles. Consignors in their line
cannot do better than to make their business
acquaintance. 5. F. Commercial.
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teeth, that with his present mode for treating such
teeth thy can be filled without pain. Beautiful
sets of teeth made that cannot be detected from the
natural tevth. Prices reasonable in all rases. Of
fice, 03O Market street, San Francisco, nett door
to Baldwin's Theater.
Ifflfll!
TR. MARSH'S TRUSSES ARE THE ONLY
JL lrusaes that will relieve aud cure Hernia.
They are light and perfectly elastic, allow free
muscular action of the abdominal walls, retain
their position at all times; obviate the pressure up
on the spine, pubic bone and spermatic cord, and
will not produce Lumbago. We have over 100 dif
ferent styles of Trusses that are In use, from &1.30
upwards, including aj half dozen different patterns
of ELASTIC TRUSSES. Also all forms of the
German, French and American makes. Shoulder
Braces, Indies' Belts, Money Belts, Suspensories.
Apparatus for Deformities, etc. We manufacture
any special appliances that may be required.
MARSH TRUSS CO., 513 Montgomery street, cor
ner Commercial, S. F. Send for circular. Read,
the following letter:
r . t.., r Sa.v Fkanvisco, June V2, 1877.
MARSH TRUSS CO., 513 Montgomerv street
rSf.,jV?men: 1 had eu suffering from KbP
TL lit for over years and had used different
styles of Trusses, but could obtained no relief from
them, Seeing your advertisement I called upon
you about two years ago and was fitted with one
of Dr. Marsh's patent Trusses. After wearing
the same for six months, to my surprise I found
that I was entirely cured, and have worn no Truss
since, now over 18 month". I say to my surprise,
as 1 was forty-six years old at that time. I make
this statemen tiliatothers as well as yourselves mav
be benefitted by it. Wishing you every success,!
give you liberty to make any use of this letter yu
deem proper. Yours respeetf nlly ,
FRANK MERRILL
Cor. Stockton and Pacific sts.
mmjiLBrirajMia
WJBlIGffi) !
By the "COMMON SENSE TRUSS."
Over lOO Cases Successf ally Treat
ed in three weeks. The Standard
National Truss of the United States
Meeting with Unprecedented Suc
cess. "TTICTORlOlS OVER THE WHOLE WORLD.
t Commissiuuers of Europe organized to select
the best Trills in the World for the personal use of
the Emperor of Russia, select an t order the "COM
MON tsENSE " TRUSS. Medal and Diploma
awarded at the Centennial. Adopted by the V. S.
Government as the best in use. Henia bus been
our specially for many years. Dr. lsogert. of 20
years experience. gives his attention to the cure of
Rupture. Guaranteed satisfaction, t'russes from
one dollar and a half upwards. Klaille Ktork
Inirn one of our ! I a 1 1 f m.
Pamphlets with prices free. The ruptured will
find it to their interests to write C. K. KEXiON
fc Co.. Sole Agents, lu'j Montgomery Street, Suu
Francisco.
BR. GUNN'S
Aromatic Elixir
BITTERS.
rpiIK GREAT REMEDY FOR CONSTIPATION
JL and a score of 111 s arising from irregular actim
of the liver. These Bitters are pleasant to the tavte
and should be inol in all cases of Hri.
'oillnliOH. llMla-he. Iir.rine. I.okm
of Aii-tite. Humor of tho It loo it uul
Ask yo;ir Druggist for them ami take nothing
els.-. A. VAN tlATlNK .V 0.
Propr!et)rs and Manufacturers. lireiibam Place,
above the Pia.a. San Francisco.
San- Francisco, April 1-uh ls7i.
Mr. A. Van A lstiv h-.Jfar Sir far years I was
troubled with Constipation, J iidigestion and Dvs
pepsia, with occasional attacks of violent lieari
ache. I have been under medical treatment many
times, but without success. About eight months
ago I was advised by my frinds to trv your Dk.
(io.NK's Bittkhs which I dil very reluctantly,
for I had lost all hopes of ever getting cured but
am very happy to state that after using three bot
tles of your Bitters it cured me, and I uni now us
well as I ever was in my life.
Vours very respectfully.
Leopoldixa II KIT KK,
No. 10 St. Charles Place,
Ret. Vallejo aDd Green.
LOO!
BURBANK & MYERS, Im
porters and Breeders of Fancy
Fowls. Pigeons, Rabbits, Dogs.
etc. Also Eggs for hatching
from the finest of Imported
stock. Eggs and Fowls at re
d need prices.
lit ICICANK MVKRX,
and 44 California Market,
Yards, cor. Lottand McAllister
streets S. F. Enclose stamp for Pkic-k List.
leme. xtnte where you tw (hit AilrrrtiKm?nt.
JOHN T. LITTLE,
liK'ounl Ilroker, Krai i:i Agent, and
IcIer En Viilteu Slate. State. City aud
County Itonal. Una, Water. Uauk,
Itaili-onil ul Other SeeuritieH.
412 Montgomery Street.
$400,000
To Loan on CITY and COUNTRY
REAL ESTATE.
$250,000
To Loan on Gas, Water, Bank, Rail
road and Other Securities.
MERCANTILE PAPER
Discounted, aud Money Loaned upon
all kinds of Collaterals.
JOlfX T. LITTLE,
4lr Montgomery Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
NOTICE OF CHANGE !
ILOKEXCK SEH I. M inilXK AUF.X-
cy, 1! New Montgomery street, San Francisco.
Hereafter a moderate charge will be made for Clean
ing and Repairing old Machines that have been in
use longer than the time for which sewing machines
are usually warranted, and customers will be re
quired to pay the freight.
Florence Sewing Mraclilno Co.
A. ROMAN & CO.
ARE DAILY RECEIVING
NEW BOOKS
NEW STATIONERY.
Wholesale and Retail Booksellers. Manufacturing
Stationers and Printers. The Trade, Schools and
Libraries supplied on most liberal terms. All orders
promptly and carefully attended to. Prices strictly
moderate.
II noXTUWMERY STREET,
LICS nOUSE BLOCK, SAN FRANCISCO.
hl-KClALTV
REMOVAL,
!.. haa removed
to 621 Clay fttreet. Dis
eases of the Evk and Ear
receive especial attention.
Medical and fturpicnl treat
ment given in all diseases
Much experience in Throat
and Lung diseases. Electro
Ma ' netism Mfinfiilnn.i
tiled in diseases of the nervous system. To Uenlto
rinary diseases much attet Mon Is given. May be
consulted by letter. Address vV. J. PAUH, M. )
KZl Clay Street, San Francisco, (over Clay street
Savings Bank). Rooms 1. 2 and 3.
ISoots and .Shoes.
JOHN KUIXI VAN. N. E. cor. Bat
tery and Jackson Sts., San Francisco,
offers to make to order the best French
CaU Leather BOOTS at from 8 to 9 00
California Leather Boots, - - ifi on
French Calf Oxford Ties, - - f 4 00
V ..iijwi 111.. a '1
rliUl..ni. UAA. , c i . . ?
' '-' ' v v a www any ijWH mime to onjpr
Persons in the country ordering Boots and Skoes to
the amount of $12 or more will be allowed a reduc
y?.of '""'Percent, to make the express charges
JACTU RE 0L. Boots and Shots sent C. O D
Positively one price.
FIG BITTERS
USE the Hieraplcra or Tig Bitters. Cures Fever
i1ia,ld.iVKUei..?lUou''ness- Constipation. Impure
Blood, Kidney eakness. Worms. Urinary Liisor
ders, tenia e Complaints, etc. Druggists have It
Agents. Rkdinoton fe Co, Wholesale Drus-cists
ban Francisco, Cal "bimo.
Jit
UJ
1 -
TRADE
riHE price of this well-known article in 5 U. Tlnh:is been MATERIALLY RE m ( EJ. se that
I the above trade mark is on each package. Til E BEST M EDI I'M UlR THE DKM RLCI lux UK
GOPHERS. Full directions with each can.
ii. i. wic i !:; fc c-o., ii'iiiKitw,
I-VE-PO-T-D-S OF DZETT3-S JISTJD CHEMICALS.
Corner Jlontg-oniery ami IChsIi streets. San I'raiifiwo.
AGEXXT AXD MA XA G K It GOLDEX CITY CHEMICAL WOKKS.
mPORTAXT TO
EWSPAP
RUSSELL, GIBSON & Co.
Are now prepared to offer extraordinary induce
ments to Newspaper Publishers :
oinrsinr.s. isiui:s. supplksi kxtk.
(For Dailies, Semi-Weeklies or Weeklies),
Or entire newspapers, printed with or without our
Co operative Advertisements, o-i more favorable
terms than ever before offered.
iso Aovertlsements oi our own
inserted anions reading matter.
no that patrons can always know
how much they should be credited
with.
Our selections of reading matter, together
with our San Francisco Leiter. Market Report and
Weekly Compendium ot News, are acknowledged
features, and give entire satisfaction.
Notwithstanding the misrepresentations and false
hoods of a certain party who has vainly attempted
to bhtckmail us, our business lias steadily increased,
and i iir list of papers is now larger than ever before.
- i r CAI'TIOSf.-Newspap.
VittZ-JZ-. ers' '" writing, should be
-V "- ' to lie deceived by ant p
fAl'TIO ST. Newspaper Piiblish-
careiui not
person who
shrewdly tries to mislead, by adopting a similar
mime. Auuress an your com uiuuiculioiis iu
Western Newspaper Union
3IS 1'E.AY ST., Son Franelaeo.
RUSSELL. GIBSON A CO.. Pkopkutors
OREGON STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Only Direct Lino to Portland.
Cabin Pamuiee. SIO Steerage I'se. $3
dfe$ ItlMllIl.Alt STKA3I K It S TO
2S2 PO RTL. N 1 leaving San Francisco ev
ery ilVIC DAYS until further notice Steamships
City of Chester, George W.
Elder and Ajax,
Connecting with Steamers to SITKA and PUG ET
so UN U, and O. and C R. R. C. and Oregon and C.
R. R. Co. through Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue
River Valleys, Oregon.
TICKETS TO ALL POINTS ON Til E O. and C. R.
It. SO LI J AT HKDLCUD KATES.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent.
SflO Battery street, San Fruiicisrn.
PACIFIC COASTSTEAMSKIP CO.
Carrylns ttie V. S. 3Iail and tlx- Kxprena.
Tlie Eleeant Steamer of
Company leave Broadway Wharf, San
r i-uciaco, Every W'ekk for
PORTLAND, OREGON, DIRECT,
And for Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar
bara, Ventura. Los Angeles, and San Diego and
other ports about EVERY" THIRD DAY.
Tickets sold to all the principal places on the Pa
cific Slope at
tiij Iovr:,.', ltAx":!-.
Won't Itiiy Tlrkela by any IIA-r Mue
until you call at our Tirkrt Otiice.
San Franrlaru Ticket Ofliee -14 Slont
iromery Street.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.
General Agents, No. 10 Market street,
San Francisco.
C OIEROX MOUSE
519 Sacbamento St.. cor. LeidesdorfT,
San Francisco.
TH. BAILEY, FOR FIFTEEN YEARS
J Proprietor of the Old Portsmouth House.
Nan Francisco, has leased the above House, and
having put the same in good order and repair,
will be happy to see his old customers, and will
endeavor to make them at home, as at his for
mer location.
Information to Country Residents.
Tlie ST. GEORGE HOTEL, 812 Kearny St.,
CAN FRANCISCO. New four-story brick, con
IO tainlng lOO beautiful light nunnv rooms, newly
furnished, to rent by the Day, Week or Month, iu
suite or single, at one-half the usual rates, enabling
one to live in the citv iu fine stvle for the small sum
of One Dollar per day. TRV IT.
HOT BISCUIT
EVERY MORNING.
DOOLETC YEAST POWDER
will no it. m:v it.
AFTER YOU HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING
In vain, USE
IMt. SAI,FIKI.I-S
RejttvenatoR
And n thorough. Speedy and Permanent
eure will bo jour Reward.
It Is the only great remedy, Immediate relief, and
positive cure for Weakness )ruliar to men ,- such as
Nervous, Mental and Physical Debility, Premature
Decline, aiul Broken-down Constitution, from what
ever cause. It will restore Exhausted Vitality and
Jti w&n a,U '!ter remedies have failed. 1 1 will
pnrlfy the blood and Bupply it with the necessary
life-giving principle, and thereby eradicate all mor
bid eruptions of the skin. It Is an immediate relief
complaints'01" aU KlDSKY AiiU "ladder
Price, 2.60 ppr bottle, or five bottles in casefwblch
In most every Instance haseffected a complete cure)
lor flO.OO Sent to any address upon receipt of
price, or C. O. I). Procurable only direct of DR
SALFIELD, 34 Kearny Street. San Francisco,
Cal., where you should call or address your letters.
All communications Btrictly confidential.
Oxkick Hours : 9 a. m. till 4 p. m. and 6 till 8 p.
K. Sundays from 10 till 1 only. Cousultatioii by
letter or personally Free.
GRAND REDUCTION IN PRICES.
M. SHOUT,
Having Just received a Large Invoice of
WEST OF ENGLAND GOORR
Therefore Informs bis patrons that he will make
-wr-iiAU l ORDER at the Lowest CASH
PRICE for the next Sixty Days:
Business Suits to Order, - $25
Pants to Order, - - - $6
Dress Suits to Order, $35 to S50
Commercial St., cor. Leidesdorfif,
i.NS
3M"o. G mt .
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BAN FRANCISCO.
MELEES
Bath for Sheep
A Cheap and Effective
DiP FOB SCAB, AND ALL
other Sheep Diseases.
We earnestly recommend
all v ool Growers to try it.
4 IIUINT Y fc WINE,
COT Front Street. Six Fbaxcihco.
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3IAEK. '"
m. i 'r :
Has all tlie 4iooI Ioints:
Snrrerior JleclmiiiMii !
.Muteliless Shuttle!
I'iieiiinle(l n'orkiug Caimrily!
SADLER Ji BARROWS. General Agents.
12I2 Market Street, San Francisco,
and 46 Twelfth Street. Oakland
Pacific Coast Agents for the Celebrated Excelslur
Cold Swaged Sewing Machine Needles, and Job
bers of Oil, Thread, Silk, and all kin. is of Attack
meiits.
m 'i'x w vrx7cr n
MERICAll
SEWING MACHINE.
HQ
I hrce-ipiiirters I.e Friction limn any
oilier Machine.
IT BEATS THEM ALL !
S.-lf -TlirouUi lis
Shamir!
Self - Threa-iitg
?) eelle !
I.lxliteot
1( u it it l ii
Stillest
tunning
Niui.l-t !
-T1Mm mochliifr
.. T 21 '!.-.; i
is fast becoming
known s the
IST1 in tin WO!tXI!
See It ! Try It ! Bu- It !
Warrantko TO GlVK ENTIRE SATISFACTION.
AMERICAN SEWINQ MACHINE CO
i. It. 1V4MI, Manajrr,
Vil FIFTH STREET. - - - SAN FRANCISCO.
B.ool' Airoiif Wanted in ail unoreu
pied Territory.
AMERICAN EXCHANGE HOTEL,
J.N FK.t.('lS('.
riHIISOLD AND POPULAR IIOTE1 WH It'll
JL has for the last twenty-four years expended o
the traveling puhlic a coraial welcome and couifun
of a home, and so favorably kuowfi to old -aliloi-uians
and the traveling public, that it requires mi
comment n my part further than to say that Thus.
BxVAX.whn is an old Califomiati.and knows how to
cater to the wants of the traveling public, has Uiken
the full proprietorship or the above hotel, and will
leave nothing undone to mae this hotel second to
none in San Francisco for
Comfort. Good Iji vlrii; and Cleauliu'ess.
My sole aim shall bo lo the comfort and welfare if
my quests. The tahle is furnished with the hest ti e
market affords; the house has tieen thoroughly rei -ovated
aud newly furnished throughout: two hut -dred
rooms well ventilated.
Gentlemanly and o!litliigclera. and clean and at
tentive waiters will always he found iu my HotcL
The Hotel is the most centrally located of any iti
the city, being in the centre of the husruess purtLu
of the city; the Street Cars paiw th 3 door every two
minutes to all parts f the City. Ihe Hotel Coach,
with red litrbus, will be at the railroad depow ami
wharfs to convey passengers to the house freeil
charge; my Runners wear S '---r Badges ou U-it
breast with the name of the house ou.
, He ware, of otrur Utmners. Hotel Prices are
from fcl.&o to Vi.oo per Day. Give me a call ai d
ludge for yourselves T"!J's. Kit VAN.
MMHOODRESTORED
DR. STEINHART'S
Essence of Life
A Positive I'uregunrnnlreii iu nil rasen
or Xervoim nml IMiysiral Debility,
Premature It-clliic nutl Exhaust
ed Vital it j'. no matter of bow
long; standi us' or from vlit
entte lrodueel.
Price $1 per bottle, or 4 bottles ('in case) 81 0.
IfcS-Sent to any address, secure from observation,
upon receipt of price or CO. D
To be had only of I WIXLS, 42tt Kkaesv
Strekt, San Franci-co.
Consultation and Advice, personally at oftloe. or
by letter. Free.
DR. JL. J. CZAPKAY'S
Private leclioul Institute.
-09 Kearny 9it. San Franciseo. Established In
f"r the J'ermanent Cure of all Special unit
Chronic Diseases, as tifso all female Complaints trnJ
Diseases of the Xervous .System.
rPH.K IMMKXSF. DKSTRT'CTION OF TIl'MAN
- - life annually from secret and chronic diseases,
caused this old and reliable Institution to be estab
lished first In Philadelphia, Penn., In 1850. and after
wards In San Francisco, Cl., in i4, a a private dis
pensary. In order to afford theafllicted the best med
ical and surgical treatment, for the above and all
other affections and complaint. Consultations at
tue institute or by letter, FKKK
Phjaleal and Mental Iebili(y.
Vital weakness, nervousness, low spirits, lassitude,
weakness of the limbs and back, loss of muscular
power, indisposition and incapability for labor and
study, a weak, exhausted feeling, no energy or cour
age, palpitation of the heart, dullness of apprehen
sion, loss of memorv. aversion to society, love ot
aolilude, timidity, seif-distrust, loss of manhood, diz
ziness, headache, pains in the side, atfections of the
eye, pimples on the face, sexual or other lnflrmitlea
In man or woman, are cured bv the justly celebrated
physician. L. J.lZ tPKAY.31. IK
His method of curing disease is peculiarly bis own
(unknown to others) and hence the great success
Rheumatic affections, chronic catarrh, diseases o
the stomach and kidneys, liver complaints, etc.,
successfully treated.
DK. CZAPKAY, one of the most successf ul medl
cal practitioners on the Pacific coast, may be con
sulted confidentially in reference to the above and
all other complaints at the institute,
No. 209 KK.tlt.M' .ST., .San FrnnriWH), '
BarThe Ioctor offers Free Consultations, and ask
no remuneration unless he effects a cure. Chargm
moderate. Communicati'ins strictly confidential.
Medicines seritby Kxpress. Address L. J. Czapk..
M. I)., Postoflice Box W, San FraDCisco.
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