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'A WIT AND HUMOR. v This distiller is the only medium who can successfully materialize spirits. . "Jake, it is past eleven o'clock; tell that young man to please shut the door from the outside." A "Westers teamster calls his near mule Ann; says it is a Scripture name Ann, a nigh ass. There is one sight in Rome that re calls the national game of poker to the Americans the Call I see'em. Befogged steamers are making a run on the banks of Newfoundland. Chi cago Journal. i My head to-day is perfectly barren. and you -will find me stupid enough; for a mend lias been here and , e exchang ed ideas. Heine. A family in "Washington livins near a church, has a huge parrot, -who yells " Too thin ! Too thin ! " in stentorian tones, -while the congregation worships next uoor. "We all know," said the school com . .it i ii . i mi i ice man 10 me new teacner lie was examining for her position, "that A. B and C is wowels, but wot we wants to snow is wy they 13 so. borne one suggests that the London ers place Cleopatra's needle in Thread needle street But wouldn't it be just as proper to stick it in the outskirts? Aomstown Herald. A gossiping woman went into a neigh bor s, intent on slander, and exclaimed, as she threw herself into a chair: "One- half the world don't know how the other half lives!" " That isn't your fault," quietly responded the neighbor. Mrs. Juggins lost one of her lodgers lately. Ho went off suddenly in urgent private affairs, and forgot to stttlo his little private account. "Ah," said the old lady, "when 'e conic 'ere ?e called isself a capticg; but I've discovered to my cost 'e's enly a left tenant." "Wei.Ii, and how did yon enjoy your dinner?" "Don't mention it," said the other, feelingly "don't mention it. It's a good deal like the financial ques tion in Congress." "How's that?" ' Why, it's apt to come up at any mo ment." "We aro going to have a hard win ter," said Charley White the other night. "Tough times ahead, I tell you; that is more than ever apparent." "Alas !" paid 3Ir. Fellows, "so am I." "So are you what?" "More than ever a parent; it happened last week." "I was born in Bath," said a dirty looking customer, as ho harangued a crowd at a political meeting, "and I love my native place." "You don't look as if you had ever been there since," said one of his hearers, as he proceeded to laud an opposition candi date. Wife "Well, Jones, judging from your breath, I can't really tell whether you have been drinking whisky, or whether you havo been swimming in it." Husband (reproachfully) "Han nah, don't you hie lovo mo well enough to gimme hie the benefit of the doubt?" A clergyman says: "I once married a handsome young couple, aud as I took the brido by the hand, at the close of the ceremony, and gave her my warm est congratulations, she tossed her pret ty face and, pointing to the bridegroom, replied, 'I think he is the one to be con gratulated.'" Customer (to proprietor of a large establishment): "I want a mourning suit, please." Proprietor: "What is the bereavement, may I ask?" Custom er: "My mother-in-law." Proprietor (to distant shopman): Mr. Browne, show this gentleman to the 'Light Af fliction Department.'" When a pretty young lady and her aunt were knocked down by a stage the other day, some flashily-dreased young men at once mshed forward and helped them up. It is supposed that they were gamblers, from the fact that they first assisted the younrr ladv, and then "raised the ante." N. Y Herald. A venerable, but eccentric member of the Presbytery lately, in attempting to get into the packet boat, fell into the canal. Ho was drawn out half-drowned, and conveyed to a house in the neigh borhood, where ho was put to bed. "Will you take some spirits and water, sir?" askod his considerate host. "Xaj na! I havo had plenty o' water for one .day; I'll take the spirits alone." A farmer being poorly provided with materials of sustenance for his men, fed thein with pork cooked with the rind upon it. A young man of the company, not liking the outer portion of the food, was observed by the host to be carefully removing the outside covering, where - upon the latter said: "Young man, we eat the rind and all here." To which the youth replied: "All right old man; I'm cutting it off for you." "And nro you really happy? aud wouldn't you like to be a bachelor again?" asked a bachelor, the other day, of a married friend, wlio espoused a beautiful girl only a year ago. "Hap py !" echoed the Benedict; "happy! Why, of course, I'm happy, and I wouldn't change back again for all the world. But I say, Fred, let mo give you a quiet word "of advice: Don't be a blasted fool and get married. "ou hear me?" "This seems to be a work of superero gation," he remarked, as ho toddled down to tho front gate, and commenced operations on tho hinges with a feather and a bottle of oil; "but the critical period is approaching when a young man has to bo handle.! very delicately, and just tho least littlo bit of a set back may throw things. Tho smallest creak might be disastrous; and this gate's got to stand for two girls more besides Imogene. " Puck. At a school examination a clergyman made a brief address to the pupils on the necessity of obeying their teacher and growing up useful and loyal citi zens. To emphasize his remarks, point ed to the national flag spread on one side of the room, and inquired: "Boys what is that flag for?" A little urchin, who understood the condition of the house better than the speaker, very promptly answered, "To hide the dirt, sir." A party of young men were telling what they would do were they ship wrecked far out upon the sea and left buffeting with the waves, without a plank to sustain them. Each one gave his opinion, excepting Paddy Murphy, who, after being asked for his, replied: "Bad cess to ye for a cowardly set of spalpeens! IVd be afthur savin' yer selves, an' not thrvin to save anuther. Why, it's Paddy Murphy that would swin to shore an' save himself, an' thin come back and try to save anuther!,' - ) V Taking A Sword&s-u terrible struggle with ax air-tight BAF.REIi ATTACHED TO A HARPOON". It was some time before we could dis tinguish the speck, rising and falling with the sea, which had attracted the old whaleman s attention. Soonhe pro nouncad it a ".fish," and after putting us on the tack to run down partly to lee ward of it, went below to bring up the irons. When we had worked perhaps a mile the skipper took the wheel to "keep her head on if yer can," and the one who held the air-tight barrel was told "When y're sure I've struck, over with it." He was as cool as a cucumber as he took the harpoon and cutting spade for ward, coiling the line (one end of which was fast to the harpoon, the other to the barrel) carefully on deck, with the cau tion : "Ware when it flakes out," and taking only enough with him to his roost on the bowsprit end to give him ample elbow room. His station reached, he fixed the spade in the suppoit ready to receive it, laid the iron in front of him across the cage, waived his hand, and we filled awav. close hauled. Is ever was a mile more slowly sailed by the little croup in the pit of the White Cloud Never had our hearts beaten faster than ai we neared the fifteen foot fish, rolling, a3leep, in the trough of the sea. Now the not is almost over him ; slowly he raises the iron, braces himself, and hurls it with all the strength of both sinewy arms. The iron sinks uecply into the sleeping fish; there is a mighty surge, the line flakes overboard as quickly as thought, the lloat silashes as it disap pears beneath the water, then all is still Wo luff and wait. Presently up bobs the lloat. The fish, finding the strain of tho air-tight barrel too severe, is coming to the surface. Now the watei bubbles and boils just under our lee, and the swordfish breeches half his length out of his element, shakes himself savagely, and s vvimsat lightning speed for tho bar rel. He strikes it again and again with his sword, but it rests so lightly on toi of the water that he cannot injure it Then he stops, looks at us an instant, and darts toward the boat. We have not time to bring her head around, and if he strikes it will be amidships. The pilot comes quickly aft, brings his long-hand led, threo-cornered spade, and, as the fish comes within striking distance, aims one swift, unerring blow full at its fore head. The terrible sword drops harm less the upper muscles at its base aro severed, and he passes under us, jarring the boat and splashing us with water as he sounds. Again tho float goes under and is out of sight a longer time then before. Again the fish throws himself out of wa ter, showing his sword hanging down at an angle of forty-five degrees. He swims once or twice around the barrel, then starts to windward at too furious a speed to last with the float ploughing be hind him. When we beat up ho is fee bly fighting it. He sounds for a short time, but comes up exhuasted. Onco or twice he rolls over on his side, but re covers himself and swims on in short tacks. We pres3 him too closely, and he charges us again, but we make no efforts to avoid him knowing that now he is powerless to injure us, nor does ho try to strike, apparently realizing that his weapon is useless, but goes under, coming up on the other side. And so he sounds and swims, fights and runs, until at last he succumbs to exhaustion and 1:63 still. We work up alongside, aud cs we luff, tho pilot puts a lance into his very life. There is a shud der along his whole body, his fins work convulsively a moment and then he lies motionless and dead. We rig a tack to our mainmast, and after considerable labor get hira aboard, where we can ex amine at our leisure his peculiar shape, and admire his graceful "clipper build." Our Nar.tucketer estimated his weight at between 500 and GOO pounds. His sword is over three feet in length, its broken joint and nicked edges proving its owner was an old as well as a fight ing fish. Our fish is on board and after reserving afewcaoice cuts, turned it over to cur pilot, who asked that he may dispose of him before he sjioils. And so we set gaff and jib topsails, haul off before the wind, and lay our course northward. Forest ami Stream. Dean Swift as a Scientific Prophet. The Journal of Chemistry has received the following note from Dr. llobert lley burn.of Washington, D. C. : "In the recent accounts of the discovery of the satellites of Mars, we have not seen any reference to tho curious fact of the an nouncement of their existence by Dean Swift in his celebrated satire of 'A Voy age to Laputa, published in 172t. It may be found in the third chapter of this work, and reads as follows: 'They have likewise discovered two lesser stars or saielities which revolve about Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from tho center of the primary planet exactly three of his diameters, and tho outmost five; the former revolves in the space of 10 hours, and tho latter in 21, so that the squares of their periodical times are very near in the same proportion with the cubes of their distance from the cen ter of Mars, which evidently shows them to bo governed by tho same law of gra vitation that influences the other heaven ly bodies.' " This was expressly written to cast ridicule upon the astronomers of his day, and now about 150 years after wards it becomes numbered among the established facts of science. Anecdote of Danihl Wehster. During one of the college vacations Dan iel and his brother returned to their father's, in Salisbury. Thinking he had a right to some return for the money he had expended on their education, the father put scythes into their hands and ordered them to mow. Daniel made a few sweeps, and then resting his scythe wiped the sweat from his brow. His father said "What's the matter, Dan ?" "My scythe don't hang right, sir," he answered. His father fixed it, and Dan went to work again, but with no better success. Something was the matter with the scythe, and it was not long before it wanted fixing again, and the father said in a pet: "Well, hang it to suit your self." Daniel, with great composure, hung it in the next tree and retired. After a stunning circus parade, two small boys met on tho street. One of them, his face glowing with excite ment, said : " Oh, Johnny! did yer Eca the fellow with the snakes around his neck?" No word from Johnny. "Yer see the man in the lion's cage, un course? ' No word or sip n from Johnny, save and except the cloud upon his brow. "Well, yer see the ponies with rod blankets on, didn't yer?" "Naw aa' I didn't," said Johnny, at last, bursting into tears "I had to stay at home and tend our baby ; but I kin lick the stnffin' cut of you!" Fivo Pious Ghosts. extraordinary apparition in a north west territory mission chapel. Toronto. November 5. The Hudson Bay Company's steamer Otter, from Fort Wrangle, MetlaKatun ana xori, Simpson, brings word to Victoria of an extraordinary apparition which has startled not only tne muiauj white missionaries at Metlakatlah. The mission there was started fourteen years ago by Mr. William Duncan, under the auspices of the Church Mission Society of England. The village has a popula tion of 800 souls, belonging to the Tsimshaen nation of tho Pacific Indians. Situated north of the fifty-fourth paral lel, the spot is not an attractive one, an Arctic climate prevailing the year round. The Tsimshaens not long ago were pa gans and cannibals, offering human sac rifices and eating human flesh at their medicine feasts. Mr. Duncan is assisted by llev. Mr. Collinson and Rev. Mr. Hall, the former taking charge of the Indians on the Queen Charlotte and ad jacent islands. During his visit to this coast in the Fall of last year, Lord Duf ferir. visited the mission, which was described at some length by the corre spondent of the World who accompanied the vice-regal party. The story told by the officers of the Otter, on the authority of Mr. Hall, is as follows; Last Sunday night week KAvornl Indians entered the Mission Church to pray. While engaged at their devotions a bright light arose at the altar and soon spread over the whole chancel. Presently five figures clad in long white gowns appeared in the chancel and knelt at the altar as if praying. The Indians left the church and" gazed awestruck upon the specta cle. Among others Mr. Hall saw the wonderful apparitions, which soon af terward faded away. Mr. Hall at once opened a prayer meeting. The whole settlement attended, and much religious fervor was manifested and since contin ued, prayer meetings being held at all hours of the day and night, and the spirit of revival holds full away over the village. Messengers have left Metlakat lah for the surrounding tribes to relate the extraordinary manifestations, and the revival i3 spreading rapidly up and down tho coast. The officers of the Otter add that Mr. Hall also told his story to the officers of the United States revenue cutter Oli ver Woolcot, which was cruising on the northwest coast of British Columbia. Hall was asked bluntly if he had played a trick on tho savages to induce them to i!rpk- tr fho revival services. Ho an swered indignantly that he never trifled with the Indians in that manner, and said that he was ready and willing to make oath to the facts. Mr. Duncan and Mr. Collinson were absent at the time, but the latter's wife; a refined English lady, was a witness to the sight. " Mr. Hall, it maybe added, is an earnest and faithful missionary, who came to this country from England a year ago. He is a young man of 30, of iron nerve and great determination, and a superior scholar. Mr. Duncan, the chief of the mission, has been asked to inquire into the matter. A Story of Flip-Days. The old Abercrombio House, at Pelham, Mass., is said to havo been tho scene of a prac tical joke by the Rev. Mr. Abercrom bie, the original occupant of the house and minister of the town. In his days, of course, flip was the common bever age of the clergymen and the laity, and no objection was made, unless people became notoriously over-indulgent. The charge was finally brought at a church-meeting that the "minister was drinking too freely, and a committee was appointed to tell him of his fault and warn him of the danger of contin uing in it. Warned of their coming the erring pastor told his wife to pre pare the first round of flip, which even this committee would expect, with equal part? of rum and water, the next with more rum, and the next mostly rum. The committee, soon after their arrival, partook of the flip which their pastor ordered, aftsr which they made known the nature of their errand, lhe pastor admitted that there raiclit be need of the reproof, and that ho should be governed by it. Then came the second round of flip, and. as the busi ness had been dispatched, the commit tee were disposed to be talkative and social with the pastor who had so hum bly admitted his sin at their rebuke The flip came around the third time, and, it is said, near sunrise tho next morning two of the committee man aged to reach their homes; but the third lay prone upon tho floor, unable to stir from the effects of the flip until broad daylight. At tho adjourned church meeting, when this committee made their report, it is said they made a very concise report of their visit to the pastor and the kindly way in which he received tho reproof by reporting " We have called on the pastor, as di rected, and he has given us Christian satisfaction." A police inspector being informed that a restaurateur in his bailiwick was serving game out of season, yisits the restaurant in mufti, and orders dinner. "Waiter," says ho," can you give me a salini of partridge?" "Settingly, sir," replies the waiter promptly, and yells to the cook, "Part ridge for one." The inspector finishes his dinner lei surely, and then says to the waiter, "Ask the boss to step this way a minute." "What for?" "I wish to notify him to appear in court to-morrow and answer for selling partridge out of season." "O, I guess it ain't worth while both ering him about that." "Do as I tell you. I am the Police Inspector, and have secured the neces sary evidence against him." "O.I sj:otted you, and guessed what you were after. It wasn't partridge you had." Police Inspector (uneasily) "What was it, then ?" Waiter (cheerfully) "Crow." Cardinal Biakio Sfokza. The late Cardinal Itiario Sforza died poor, though he had been rich. During the European visitation of cholera in 1S54, he was a lavish giver of food, money and medicine to the sufferers whom he succored in person, and when he had spent all his money, sold his plate to obtain f nnds to carry on the good work. These expended, he called on a rich Catholic of Naples to borrow 50,000 francs,-but he, a very practical, if a pious man. declined to lend the money. "Very well," said the Cardinal, "if Christians won't help me, Jews will," and he went to the Rothschilds, who promptly advanced him the money without interest or security or even promise of repayment. COURTESY OF PERFECT IIORSE-SnOEIXG. HOW SCIENCE HAS BEEN ADAPTED TO TIIE USE AND COMFORT OF HOUSES. There are some businesses in this city, as well as elsewhere, which, although apparent ly of an unpretentious character, perform im portant scientific work and confer great benefits. Among them is the horse-shoeing establishment of Dnnnigan fc O'Dea, at 133 Post street, which is patronized by tho owners of the most cele brated blooded stock on tho Pacific coast, be cause of the perfect svstem that is adopted there of making aud putting shoes on horses. The members of this firm have carefully studied the full requirements of horses in tho matter of shoes, and, after obtaining a thorough knowl edgo of tha styles rf horseshoes wliich have been manufactured in this and other cities, de signed an improved appliance for the feet of horses which never gives pain and assists the animals in speed and work. Tho advantages conferred by this splendid shoe are now fully recognized throughout the Pacific coast, and the consequence is that, for a lang time past, Dun nigan & O'Dea have boen patronized by nearly every owner of trotters and racers that hive made a record here. At the shop there are al ways some famous horses on hand for shoeing, and when we visited the place .Flood's magnifi cent team and Hickok's superb horse St. Julian were being operated upon. As usual, thero was a large crowd of onlookers at the il wr. and the dexterity with which tho work wad done was greatly "admired. Tho work, however, was in no way superior to what is always done by U.omo scientific farriers, and all parties who have horses to shoe should mako it a point to take the animals there. The benefits derived will be found of the most positive character. S. F. rost. Obstructing Mature, Instead of aiding her in her efforts to re cuperate, is obviously not tho way to get wtll when one is sick. Yet this is precisely the course pursued of course unwittingly by per sons who are continually dosing themselves with powerful Liinoral drugs for some malady with which they are atuicteu. huch ban elm medica ments rather tend to retard recovery than to hasten it. How much more sensible are they who employ the gently acting but thoroughly efficient restorative, llostetter's Stomach Hit ters, which, unlike tho drugs referred to, is em inently wholesome and salt : and, instead of in juring, improves the tone of tho stomach and re-creates health ana vigor in the broken aown system. Indigestion, liver complaint, constipa i? 1- jii-ii -1 1 11 non, Kiuneyana uiauuer ailments, anu rheuma tism, yield to its corrective inuuence, and it is the remedy ana preventive par excellence ror iu tt r mitten t and remittent fevers and other disor ders bred by miasma tainted air and water. It is, moreover, a superb appetizor. Rheumatism (Illicitly Cured. " Duraug'B Rheumatic Remedy," the great Inter nal Medicine, will positively cure any case of rheu matism on the face of the earth. Price $1 a bottle. six bottles, $5. Sold by all Druggists. Send for circular 'to Helphenstine k Bentley, Druggists, Washington, D. C. Sold wholesale by H. C. Kirk & Co., Sacramento. Cal. To Farmers and Farmers Wives, AND ALL. UNO AG ED IX AOttlCTLTCnAL, HORTI CCLTtritAL AND INDUSTM.W. PTTnsCITS. The prosperity and success of the Ru ral New Yokkeb have enabled the proprietors to present a number of new and remarkable features, never before controlled by any other journal of its class in America. It is "for this reason that all persons are invited to send for a free specimen copy, that they may judgo for themselves of what cannot otherwise bo so well set forth. They would, however, respectfully call atten tion to the following NEW FEATURES. Eighty-two acres of fine land as an Experi mental Farm, where novelties are tested and re fcults published. 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You can subscribe as follows : 3 montli's trial, C5 cents; G mouths, $1.30; 1 year (52 weeks), $2.50; or through postmaster or local agent at $2 per year ; or may club as follows: The lluRAi. and, any one of Harper's publica tions, or Scribner's or tho Atlantic (single price, Sti.50), for $5; or, with Arthur's Home Maga zine, ($4.75) , for $3.75 ; or with Peterson's Maga zine, ($4.5U), for $3.50; or with Demortst's Magazine, ($5.50), for $4; or with Cricket on Hoarth, ($3.25), for $2.45. Address It U UAL NEW-YORKF.Il, 78 JDuano St., New York. Water Pipe. While the attention of the people of thin coast is attracted to the question of obtaining a proper and sufficient supply of water, not only for domestic and manufacturing purposes, but for use in irrigat ing the soil, it is but right that some attention should be paid to the proper means of conducting the water, when found, to the spot where it is to be put in use. It is well known that for many years iron pipes were supposed to be the only safe aud proper conduits through which either water or gas could be safely conducted, but science and time has demonstrated beyond a doubt that pipe made of a combination of wood, iron and asphaltum, is not only cheaper, but far better and more durable. Nearly twenty years ago the manufacture of this pipe was commenced in the city of Elmira, New York, and miles of it laid of both water and gas, where it is, to-day, as sound as when first put into the ground. In several of the streets where 3 and 4 inch mains have, after eighteen years' use, been found insufficient for the increased population, and been taken up to be replaced with larger pipe, not a sign of decay has been visible. Mr. George M. Divin, formerly managing direc tor of the Erie Kailway Company, and one of the principal owners in the Elmira Water Company, and M. S. Benjamin, President, unite in a letter containing these words: "The Wyckoff Combination Pipe is as sound after sixteen- years use as it was the day it was laid. We can imagine no reason why this pipe will not last a hundred years as well." From scores of cities and towns just as strong endorsements have been voluntarily given. Mr. John Brawley Superintendent Hollydaysburg Water Works, Pa., writes; We have had it in use under 170 feet pressure for sixteen years, and find it perfectly sound." From Lockport, New York; Augusta, Maine; Bellaire, Ohio; Saginaw, Michi gan; Bamapo, New York; Centralia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; Salt Lake; the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and twelve other principal railroad companies in the East, the most convinc ing testimonials have been received, attesting the durability, strength and purity of this pipe, which will be sent to any address upon application. The right to make this pipe Is enjoyed by two companies only in the United States. In its issue of October 24tb, the San Francisco Journal of Commerce, in a very lengthy article, npon the subject of Water Pipes, has the following: In March last an organization styled the American Pipe Company, with a capital of $250,000, was es tablished in this city for the purpose of manufact uring this pipe and thoroughly introducing it to the people of this coast and the territories. The officers of this company are Robert O. Byxbee, ol the firm of II. B. Tichenor k Co., President; John E. Chalfant, formerly of the Mendocino Lumber Co., Vice President; John F. Byxbee, of the Dun can Mills Lumber Co., Secretary and Treasurer; Calvert Meade, Auditor; Col. Cook Talcott.of thirty years experience as a civil and hydraulic engineer. Chief Engineer: P. T. Dickinson, who has been for the last twenty years connected with the manu facture of this pipe. General Manager. On the organization of the company a mill was started at Olympia, Puget Sound, W. T., where the lumber is prepared, when it is brought to this city and taken to the factory of the company, on Channel street near Fourth, where it is finished ready for use. Some fifty or sixty men are employed at both places. The manner of making this pipe is pecu culiar. It is made in sections of eight feet Jong. It is first bored, and then turned in a lathe to a uniform thickness of shell, removing all the sap, and steamed thoroughly to avoid any possibility of checking or tasting the water. One eud of each piece has a tenon of about 3 X inches, and the other is mortised to fit it closely. The swelling of this tenon, when driven home, makes a perfectly tight joint. The pipe is now ready for banding. This is done by winding the iron spirally around it, of a thickness and at intervals required by the pressure to be sustained by the pipe, aDd then the entire pipe and iron are thickly coated with asphaltum, producing a condition best calculated to resist de cay in any form. The water pipe is coated on the outside only, as it is a well known scientific fact that water, either salt, alkali, or sulphur, does not affect wood, and in this city this pipe is used at the Mint to carry off waste acids. The gas pipe manufactured by this company is made the same as the water pipe, except that it is coated inside and is not bound as heavily with iron; and one great feature of the gas pipe is, that it prevents condensation. From the San Francisco Daily Examiner of Octo ber 20th, we quote as follows regarding a test of this combination pipe: u. On Friday we were invited to witness a test of this water pipe, at the establishment of A.J.Smith, BANCROFT LIBRARY, Esq., on Fremont street, where three of Mr. Smith's powerful "Atwood k Bodwell " pumps had been arranged for the test. There were present several gentlemen interested In the water supply, among them being Mr. Schussler, Chief Engineer of the Spring Valley Water Company. Three lengths of the ordinary eight inch (inside diameter) pipe were placed in position. The first pipe was de signed to stand a fifty foot pressure. The pumps were set at work, and soon a pressure of 160 pounds, equal to a fall of nearly 400 feet, and yet the pipe was apparently as nrm as ever. A pressure was then put on equal to a head of 550 feet, when a small seam opened in the wood, and a small spray of water escaped. The pressure was leduced by the escape of the water and the seam at once closed and the pipe at 450 feet pressure was perfectly tight. The second pipe was made for a head of 100 feet. This stood a pressure of 270 pounds to the square inch, equal to a fall of nearly COO feet. The third pipe, made for a 200 feet head, stood a pres sure of 400 pounds to the square inch, equal to a head of 900 feet. The test was evidently satisfac tory to the scientific gentlemen present, and Mr. Schussler expressed himself highly pleased with the test. He said no pipe in actual service would be called upon to stand such a test, for in cities itwas impossible to close all the hydrants at the same time, and even if it were possible to do so, the pe culiar elasticity of this pipe rendered it superior to any pipe he knew of. From his own observa tion aud what he had learned, he expressed him self highly pleased with the pipe. This pipe has been used in the East for the latt eighteen years, and nearly one thousand miles of it has been thoroughly tested. It has been brought into immediate competition with the best iron pipe, and not in a single instance has it failed to prove itself the best, and when taken up to lay larger pipe it has been found perfectly sound aud every foot relaid. From the Alta California and Sau Francisco Morning Call of November 1st: A party of scientific gentlemen, including Super visor Gibbs. Chief Engineer Scaunell, of the San Francisco Fire Department, and several city offi cials, were present to witness a test of the strength of tho combination pipe, which was of an exceed ingly interesting nature. Col. Dickinson bad had prepared two tests, one of the ordinary six inch pipes with three joints, manufactured to with stand a pressure of two hundred feet head. The other was two sections, joined in the centre with an iron pipe obtained from the Spring Valley Water Company. The iron section was fix feet long, six inches in diameter, the iron being live eighths of an inch in thickness. Joining at each end was the wood pipe, also six inches in diameter. An iron bar, lkj inches thick, passed through the centre, and was secured at each end, making the pipe perfectly air-tight. The object was to give a decisive test to the stremrth of the two nilieM nnd if possible, break the iron pipe with the force of the water. The water was pumped into the pipes by a hy draulic pump. At three o'clock the pump was started, and a pressure of 550 feet registered, when the packing under the temporary washer on the the first mentioned pipe blew out. The pipe, how ever, did not show the least weakness, even the joints being perfectly dry and the wood showing that not a drop of water had escaped. Tho pipe was then disconnected from this ono and the interest concentrated in the other test, whereby it was expected that the iron section would give away. The wood pipe had been pre pared to resist a pressure of 200 feet. The pumps were started and the indicator on the gauge rcis tered 1,250 feet when the bar of iron through the pipe separated with the tremendous force of the water, and further testing was useless. An idea of the force may be had from the fact that the bar was au inch aud a quarter in thickness, and it drew apart like a thread. The tests yesterday were satisfactory in every particular to the company present, and the next one will ba watched with interest. The following are among the most prominent places and companies on the Pacific Coast using this pipe for the last three to eleven years: Ala meda Water Co., Cal.; Santa Cruz Water Co., Cal. Claus Spreckles, Esq.. Aptos, Cal.; Portland Water Co., Oreuon ; Seattle Gas & Water Co.,W. T.; Olym pia Water Works. W. T. ; Port Gamble, W. T. ; Southern and Central Pacific Railroad Companies, a large amount; United States Mint; Camp Mc Dowell, Arizona. A very fine endorsement of this pipe is made by E. M.Morgan. Chief Engineer and Superintendent of the Santa Cruz Water Works, where it has been in use two years There they have two hundred feet pressure all over the town, and he says he can lay 1,250 feet of six inch pipe per day with four men, and that in all ways, tapping, laying, etc., tho expense is far lea than iron pipe. That this pipe must eventually come into general use there can be no doubt, for it possesses the folk wing ad vantages over any pipe in the world : 1st, it is the cheapest good pipe ; 2d, it is the most durable of all pipes practically imperishable; 3d, it neither ex pands nor contracts, and corrosion is impossible; 4th, it is more easily laid can be tapped with an ordinary auger; 5th, it is more easily handled lighter in wtixkt, and perfectly tight; Cth, It is Dutiable to get out of order; 7th, it need not be laid so deep, and in cold climates will Hot freeze so quickly; 8th, when used fcr water 'it neither tastes of, or can be affected by chemical ingredi ents; 0th, whfu used for gas it prevents condensa tion. Descriptive books with full information can be obtained by addressing American Pipk Comtast, No. 22 California street, San Francisco. Cards, $1 ; Cabinets $2 per doz. People's Aut Gallery, 31 Third street, San Francisco. 1(8 C r Fashionable Carps, no 2 alike, with name 10c post paid. Geo. I. Reeo & Co., Nassau. N. V 25 Elegant Cakes, no two alike, with name, lOe.poEt paid. J. B. HrsTED, Nassau. N. Y. 0" -PAOE CATALCMUTK FREE TO AGENTS OJL WiKSTEitit Co.,17 New Montgomery St.. S.F. AX.FAXFA SEED. THE SOI.K A(li:TK for- (lie reliable I. K. 'lilrnia Alfnltjt Need are I 'Alti:K, II.tltUI.K iO., no lalilumln St . n. f. How to !5ccom ILcau ! OR the successful treatment of excessive fatness, without Injury to th health, hv ihe use of DK. OKR'i KHXIK Ob' "GULF WEED." which can be obtained of all respoctnble Drugsisti a:-d st the Wiiolkhai.e Dkpot, N. K. Cok. Post and Masok Sts., San Francisco. lriee. S.UO ier bottle. You Can Save Money by Using THOMAS' COOL WATER BLEACHING SOAP For Sale by all Grocers. J. W. TUCKER tte CO., 131 Krarnj Street, - - San Francisco, Cal Watches, Jewelry and Silverware Sent C. O. P. to any part of the country. Information to Country Presidents. . The ST. GEORGE HOTEL, 812 Kearny St, SAN FRA NCISCO. New four-story brik, con taining lOO beautiful lisrht sunny rooms, newly furnished, to rent by the Day, Week or Month. In suite or single, at one-half the usual rates, enabling one to live in the city hi fi ne st vie for the small sum of One Dollar per day. TRY IT. FIG- BITTERS USE the Hierapicra or Fig Bitters. Cures Fever and Ague, Biliousness. Constipation, Impure Iilood, Kidney Weakness, Worms, Urinary Disor ders, Female Complaints, etc. Iirucrists have it. Agents. Kkdixuton fe Co, Wholesale Druggists, San Francisco. Cal. A NEW MUSICAL METHOD IJIOR PIANO AND WINGING, BY PROCESSOR . Alex ie Wolowski's shortest and best sys tem, saving years of practice to beginners and those that are advanced, for Opera, Concerts and Parlor, at Nos. 11 and 12W Ellis Street, Geneva House, Han Francisco. AMEUICA1V MACHINE A ND MODEL WORKS. 3 EXPERIMENTAL AND FINE SPECIAL. MA--J chinery. Planing, Ciear f mtiing, Printing Press, Brass Band Instruments, nd General Machine Re pairing. Dies, Taps. Punches, Reamers, and other Tools made to order. Models and Patterns for In ventors promptly executed In Wood or Metals. .111 Commercial street, between Sansome and Lcides dorff. (Third Floor). San Francisco. SAFE DEPOSIT l.OAX OFFICE, Brick Building:, 32 1 Kearny Street, between Bush and Pine, San Francisco. Private Entrance on Beldcn Place, bet. Mont. (Toniery and ICearny, Bush ana Pine Streets. Emporium or Choice and ELEOAST JEWELKY, nil of recent manufacture and most artistic finish and design, comprising varieties to suit the most fastidions fastes. Money Loaned on Collateral Security and Cn redeemer! Pledge Tor sale. MAX UOEURERK. LOOKI BTTTt.P.ANir At mvi'ns T. porters and Breeders of Fancy , Fowls, Pigeons, Kahbits, Iogs, etr. Also Eggs for hatching from thA firms r.l T ... - .1 Slock. Eggs and Fowl at re duced prices. BIRIIASK fc MYERS. 43 and 4 1 California Market, streets w. F. Enclose stamp for Prick List. I H ease itate where you taw thit Advertisement. GRAND REDUCTION IN PRICES. Having Jast received a Large Invoice of WEST OF 1GLAD GOODS, Therefore informs his patrons that be will make CLOTHING TO ORDER at the Lowet-t CASH PKICE for the next Sixty Days: Business Suits to Order, - S25 Pants to Order, - - - S6 Dress Suits to Order, S35 to S50 Commercial St., cor. Leidesdorff, AND JNTo. G Koamy Btroot. SAN FRASCliOO. PACIFIC COASTSTEAIVISHiP CO. Carrying tbe IT. - JJail and tlio Express. Th I'lrirant Kleamerit of litis Mi Company leave Broadway Wharf, San KjuMciaco. Evkbv M kkk lor PORTLAND, OREGON, DIRECT, And for Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar bara, Ventura. Los Angeles, and Kan Diego and other ports about EVERY THIRD DAY. Tickets sold to all the principal p'acr-s on the Pa cific ttlope at THE W)WI2S1UATIW. on'l Ruv Tleitels Uy aa.T other Line mi til you rail a our Ticket OHiee. Kn I'mnriM-o Ticket Otliee 2Ii Mont goi:.. ry reet. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO. General Agents, No. 10 Market Street, San Francisco. OREGON STEAMSHIP GGfVJPABY. The Only Direct Line to Portland. Cabin 1'aMaee. SJO Steerage Iasa(rc. 63 ftcgt. it k it iTaiTs t : a m t: tt r. 33UMd2 1'O RTL.t N 1) leaving Sun Frnnciwo e -eiy ilVK DAYS until further notice Steamshij City of Chestbr, Ceorge W. Elder and Ajax, Connecting- with Steamers to SITKA and PUOF.T SOUND, and O. and C It- H. C". and Oregon and ". R. R. Co. through Willamette, L'mpqua and Rog-n.-River Valleys, Oregon. TICKETS TO A I.L POINTS ON TH K . und C. It K. SOLD AT REDUCED RATES. K. VAN OTERENDOHP, Agent, aio Battery street. San Fi aiit:i:o. Ufa f p IP! ha f CITIEH,TOWX-. MIN EH. R NCtIES AND ALL WATER COUR-SEN. For descriptive books send to AMERICAN PIPE CO., iit (nil Torn in Street. Kan Franrlif. T EVERY MORNINO DOOLBY'S YEAST POWDER WILL IJO IT. llt'Y IF. CONSUMPTION CURED. An old physician, retired from practice, having ro coived from an Kai-t India nustioiu.ry the formula of a simpl vepRU.Mo rometiy for fc'H'Hiy und iMirmanont cure of ctiitMHuifKwn . rtri, ctiutrt h, ru.Anu, and nil throat mid lung ariettifs; ulso a rw- for nervous ce bUity und all nervous compl:iint. ajtor liav.ng tested its curative yowers in thousands r.f ciFes. hitB felt it Ltii duty to mitke it known to his fiufftrinj? fellow. Actu ated by a desire to relieve h'ininn sulferinjc, I will send fret to nil whodenire it. this recipe in (iennan, French., or J'nelish. with."' directions. Address, w;th stamp. V.W.SU2iAU,16 Power's Kluck.Kuchettir.X.V. International Hotel, 824 and 825 KEARNY ST., SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. 91.no aud 92.00 Per Iny, hu-I Iea. Uy the Week. Coaches with the name of the Hotel on brine Guests to the Hotel Free. Beware of other Coaches ud Runners. 33. C. PATRIDGE, Ii-oirle AMERICAN EXCHANGE HOTEL, AI rRAMISCO. riMUS OLD AND POPULAR HOTEI WHICH J., has lor the last twenty-four years extended to the traveling public acornial welcome and comfur of a home, aud so favorably known to old Oalifoi nians and the traveling public, that it requires no comment on my part further than to say that Thoh. Bbyan, who is an old Californian, and knows how to cater to the wants of the traveling public, has taken tbe full proprietorship of the above hotel, and will leave nothing undone to make this hotel second to none in San Francisco for Comfort. Good Uvlnis and Cleanliness. My sole aim shall be to the comfort and welfare ,f my guests. The table Is furnished with the best the market attords; the house has been thoroughly ren ovated aud newly furnished throughout; two hun dred rooms well ventilated. Gentlemanly and obliging clerks, and clean and at tentive waiters will always be found In in v Hotel. The Hotel Is the most centrally locate! of anv In the city, being in the centre of the business portion of the city; the Street Cars pass th? door evcrv two minutes u all parts f the city. The Hotel Coach, with red lights, will be at the railroad depots at d wharfs to convey passeugers to the house free r f charge; my Runners wear Silver Radges on l-!t breast withthe name of the house on. , " Beware of other Ritnitfrt. Hotel Fri-s are from St. 50 to fri.WO per Dav. (live roe a cail ai d Judge for yourselves T'H'. flitl'AN. HrotK' on. KYE and KAB 8J-KCIAL.TY R ftS O V A L. -rvr J- i aug 11. si. TT !.. has removed to 21 Clay ktrerl. Dis eases of the Kyk and Kar receive especial attention. Medical and Murpical treat ment given in ail diseases Much experience In Throat and Lung diseases. Kiectro Magn e tism icientiftcallv a D- ped In diseases of the nervous system. To Genito urinary diseases much attet Ion Is given. May he consulted by letter. Address V. J. PAUOH, M. D., B21 Clay Mtreet, San Francl.nco, (over Clay street Savings Bank I. Rooms 1. 2 and 3. "Window Shade MAXUFACTOUY. All TIE ASD COLORS FOR IKI vRtlIoues, Binks and Offices tunde to order, of the Oil, PAINTED Opaque Goo-a. or any material desired. Ageuey for SPRIXU FIXTURES. Orders from Ibe Interior promptly filled. GK "W. CLARK Importer, Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in Paper Ilansrlne. Window S'badri, and all kinds of SHADE MATERIAL, 645 Market Street. (Two doors West of Palace Hotel), San Francisco. W. K. CHAMBERLAIN, JR. THOS. A. HOBIN'SUN BUSINESS 32 J 7 ost Street, si-, n. OPPOSITE TTNION SQUARE. THE OLDEST and most complete Commercial college on the coast. Elegant halls ; new fu-nlture: thorough in struction; practical teachers: high standing with the public Students can commence at any time. Dav and Evening sessions. Circulars free on application. PACIFIC POWLETT'S ATMOSPHERIC LETTER COPYING PRESS, Compact. Portable. Durable, aud 1-3 Cheajrcr than an Iron Press. Something new. The best thlno- 4 sure to see it before purchasing an iron presi HOPKIHS, TAYLOR &, CO., 419SAN80MK Stbekt, - - Kan Francisco Rights for Sale on Liberal Terms. ftfiJFIrst-Class Agents Wanted. Mmerica SEWING MACHINE. Tlirceinarters I.es Friction tbau auy other Taclilne. IT BEATS THEM ALL! eir -Threading Shuttle! Keif-Threading Needle: Idghteat Manning Stillest Kunniug Simplest! TP is ichln Is fast becoming known as tbe in the WOI?r?2J Sco It ! Try It ! Bn- It ! Warranted to GIVK ENTIRE SATIS FACTION AMERICAN SEYIKG WACHINECO i. II. WOI. Jlanafffr, 121 FIFTH STl'.EKT, - - - SAN FRANCISCO fc,Good Asenla Wted in all unorcu. pled Territory. San Francisco, May 30, 1S77. tVe. the uuderalsued Wholesale tirtt reri., take plranurc in remarking the in rrrnki'd demand for How en's I'mnlum Yent I'ondrr, and of tefctitJucr to the Keueral KatifcTaetion given by tfala brand : San Francisco WELLMAJf. PECK & CO.. ROOT & SANDERSON, LEDDEN. WHIPPLE k CO.. HAA8 BROS.. TABER. HARKER & CO.. J. M. PIKE fc CO., J. A. FOLGER & CO.. NEWTON BROS. & CO.. CASTLE BROS.. KRUSE le ECLER, JONES & CO., 51. EHRMAN & CO.. F. DANE li I k CO., M. k C. MANGELS. TILLMAN k BEXDEJL, ALBERT MAC & CO.. W. W. DODGE k CO. SaC-aMKNTO ADAMS. McNEILL k CO.. MEBIUS & CO., BOOTH & CO., MILLIKEN BKOS. DR. Ii. J. CZAPKAY'S I'rivatc 3ridi?til 1 iistlttil -09 Hrnriiv SI.. San Francfaeo, Established in 11, for the Permanent Ct re of all .Special and Chronic Wffli, aim all Female C(tmjtaiiUt inuf Visewse of tie A'ervov System. aMIK IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN . life annually from .ecret and chronic diseases, caiisfd (his old and reliable institution to be estab 11 -died first in Philadelphia. Penn.. In ISoO, and after ward i i sau Francisco, Cal., in l"4. as a pr.vate d s pensary. Pi order to afford the sfllirted the bst med icil nd s;ireiral treatment, for the ubovp and all other affections and compluint-v. Consultations at th.' institute or bv letter. FREE. riiihlr.il aud Hental Iebllily. Vital weakness, nervousness, low spirits, lassitude, wt-aknevs of the lmibs and bat'k. loss of muscular (Miner, indisposition and incapability for labor and ptudv. a weak, exhausted feelinu. no energy or cour age, "palpitation of the heart, dullness of appreheu sioii, loss of memory, aversion to society, love ol solitude, timidity, self-distrust. loss t-i manhood, diz zinss, headacne, pains iu the s'.de, anVrtions of the eye, pimples on the face, sexual or other infirmities in man or woman, are enrert !v tt e justly celebrated physician. I.. J. ttfKAV, 31. i. 11 is method of curiw? disease is iwculiarly his own (unknown to otln-rs and hence ihe great success Rheumatic affections, chronic catarrh, diseases of the stomach and kidneys, liver complaints, etc.. successfully treated. DR. CZAPKA Y, one of the most successful medi cal practitioners on the Pacific coast, may be con sulted confidentially iu reference t the above and all other coi,laiiils at the institute, Xo. 803 KtUIt.W ST., San Kranelaeo, Cal. C3"The Doctor offers Free Consultations, and asks no remuneration unless he eflW ts a cure. Charges mxletate. Communtoatl-nis strictly coifldentia 1. Medicines sent by Express. Address L. J. Cai"at. M. 1).. P(tffici'Bii t4. tSan Krar.cisco. No. 11, Kearny Street, T I 'ItKAT ALL CHRONIC ASIi .SPECIAL JL Uiseases. YOl'XG 31 EX Who may besufTerins fromth- rffVetsof youthful follies or indefcretions. will do well to avail them selves of this the prreatest boon ever laid at the altar of suffering humsnity. DR. SPINNEY wiil guaran tee tc forfeit five hundred doila;- .r every case of seminal weakness or private aisease of any kind or character which he undertakes and faiis t cure. He would therefore say to the unfortunate suflVrei who may read this notice, that you are treading upon uam?erous ground when vou longer delay in seeking the proper remedy for your complaint You may ba In the fust stase retnember you are approaching the last. If yon are bordering upon tiie last ami are fuR'erlng some of its evil effects, remember that if you obstinately persist In pro crastination, the time must come when the most skilliul physician can render you no assistance; when the door of hope will be closed against yoH; when no angl of mercy can bring you relief. In no case has the Doctor failed of success. Then let not despair work itself upon your imagination, hut avail yourself of the beneficial rtsults of his treat ment before your cose is beyond the reach of med ical skill, or before grim death hurries you to a pre mature grave. J5IBLIAGE 3IEX! There are miy of the age of thirty to sixty who are troubled with too frequent evacuation ot tn bladder, of ten accompanied by a slight smarting or burning sensation, and a weakening of the system In a manner the patientcanno account for. There are many men who die vi this difficulty, tgnoraot of the cause, which Is the second stage "of seminal weakness. Dr. S. fc Co. will guarantee a perfect cure in all such cases, and a healthy restoration of the geuito-urinary organs. OitSce hours 10 to 4 and 6 to 8. Sundays from IU to II a. if. Consultatlou Free. Thorough Exsmintlon and advice, $5. Call or address DR. IKPINNEY CO., No. II Kearny street, ban Francisco. Dr. H. THE UREATI'KT ADDITION TO MOD KU. Ji-DKAIi St IKt DR. II. TOUCARD, late of Europe, having de voted many years of study in the most cele brated hospitals of Europe and America, and hav ing gained an extensive reputation on botli conti nents for the successful treatment of all kinds of Private Diseases, now offers to the public the result of Lis researches. He has made an entirely new discovery in the treatment if Gonorrhea, Syphilis and Scmiiml Weakness, bv which he can positively cure the most com plicated cases In half the time re quired by the old method. Medicine and directions lor any private disease, sent to any address on re ceipt of f it) and lull statement of rase a written guarantee accompanying medicine if desired. f3d forfeit will ba paid for any case the Dr. undertakes and fails to cure. The Dr's new mode of treating diseases of this nature can be conducted privately, and without interfering with the patient's buslnes. Persons wishing a personal Interview, can do so by communicating their desire by letter. Medicines packed secure from observation. Address, writing name. city, county and State, DR. H. TOUCARD P. O. Box 1705. Sau Fraucisco, CaL PRESCRIPTION FREE. 17015 Til K SIK (TKEol Kemlnal Weak . ness. Lottt Manhood and all disorders broughton by indiscretion or excess. Any druggist has tbe In gredients. Da. W. JAQUK Jc CO., 13 W. tslxtn street, Cincinnati, Ohio. HSooiH ami Shoes. JOHN sI IXIVAN, N. E. cor. Bat tery and Jackson tsts., San Francisco, otr.TS to make to order the best French Calf Leather BOOTS at from i to f 9 W California Leather Hoots, - .- - 9 French Calf Oxford Ties, - - ft TO r'Hllfornln . - . 13 W Boys and Children's Boots and Shoes made to order. Persons in the country ordering Boots and Shoes to the amount of fl2or more will lie allowed a reduc tion of four percent., to make the express charges iight. I sell Boots aud Shoes of HY OWN MAM -KACrUKK ONLY. Boots and Shoes sent C O. D. Positively one price. TTXLT JiJROTHEKS, Wholesale and Retail Dealers la ARTISTS' and WAX MATERIALS, Oil Paintings. Engravings, Etc. PICTURES NEATLY FRAMED. R E STOR I N C Of Oil Painliaara a Specialty, no nailer bow badly lorn or discolored by old ose. ete. '- 20 POST STREET. fOpp. the Mechanics Institute), Pajt Fbancjsco FREE ART GAIJLERY. WNIffl . s