Wit and Hnmor. j
Never put a battle of b air-restorer on
the shell with the butter-ar.
Whenever you have tea minutes to
spare go and bother some one who hasn't.
Why are balloons in the air like vaga
bonds? Because they have no visible
means of support.
Nothing brightens the life of an editor
more than to be given tickets for a free
lecture for advertising it.
Never write letters to a widow. She
always takes down the old box and com
pares yours with the other man's.
To make a girl love you coax her to
love some one else. If there is anything
a woman relishes, it is to be contrary.
. A celebrated wit was asked if he
knew Theodore Hook. "Yes," replied
he : "Hook and eye are old associates."
"Love is aa internal transport 1" ex
claimed an enthusiastic poet. "So is a
canal boat," said an old forwarding mer
chant. What is the difference between an
auctioneer and a postmaster? One does
as he is bid, and the other as he is di
rected.
Athletic sports for ladies Juni)ing
to conclusions; walking round a subject;
running through a novel; skipping full
descriptions.
A Miss Tanner, who recently married
a widower named Hyde with eleven chil
dren, says she has given up tanning and
is now dressing Hjdes.
A little boy whoae sprained wrist
had been cured by bathing in whisky
surprised his mother by askmg her it
papa had sprained his throat.
A Wisconsin lady opened a matiimo
nial intelligence-office recently, but she
married the first man who applied, and
the concern came to a speedy end.
"Are jou a Christian?" asked a Hpec-
tacled colporteur of a flower girl on Broad
way, the other day. "No, sir; I'm a
Buddhist, was the prompt reply.
The man who asked what the wild
wavea were sajiog got no satisfactory an
ewer. The wild waves wouldn't listen to
him, and said 'S-h ! 'S-h ! 'S-h ! 'S-h !
A phrenological journal says that
uuless young men in selecting a wife pay
strict attention to the shape of the fair
one's chin they are apt to be led by the
nose.
It is useless for physicians to argue
against short-sleeved dresses. The Con
stitution of the United States says that
"the right to bear armj shall not be in
terfered with."
Statistics show that the number of
idiots is increasiag, and yet some news
papers continue to make war on quack
doctois. What is a quack doctor for but
to kill off the fools?
"Sir, do you mean to say that I speak
falsely?" said a person to a French gen
tleman. "No, eare; I say not dat. But
sare, I say you walk round about the
truth very much."
"Gentlemen, I introduce to you my
friend, who is not so stupid as he appears
to be." Introduced Friend (with vivaci
ty) : "That's precisely the difference be
tween my friend and myself."
Tuey say that after Dr. Mary AValker
has crossed a muddy street you can't teil
her foot tracks from the men's. This
tickles Mary nearly to death, but she
doesn't enjoy it half so much as the other
women do.
Over a bridge at Athens, Ga., was the
following: "Any person driving over this
bridge in a faster pace than a walk shall,
if a white person, be fined $5, and if a
negro, receive twenty-five lasLe3, half the
penalty to be bestowed on the iuforiner."
A ladt that would please herself in
marrying was warned that her intended,
although a good sort of a man, was very
singular. "Well," replied the lady, "if
he is very much more unlike other men,
he is much more likely to be a good hus
band." Country gentleman (to foreign friend)
"Hi, there; fire, man! don't you see that
hare bak there?" Foreigner-" Vat ! shoot
ze poor tig down as it retreat? No, no,
my good sare; vait till he turnabouts
and face me; then I vill zingl"
"You never saw such a happy lot of
people as we had here yesterday," said a
landlord in Indiana, to a newly-arrived
guest; "there were thiiteen couples of
em." "WnatI thirteen couples just mar
ried?" "Oh, no, sir; thirteen couples
just divorced 1"
Claiborne F. Jackson, once Governor
of Missouri, married five sisters. When
he went to ask for the last one his vener
able father-in-law replied: "Yes, Calib,
you can have her. You have got them
all but for goodness' sake don't ask me
for the old woman I"
"When does a man most feel the value
of a wife?" asked a writer. That depends
upon what the writer means by "value."
If he means estimated value, we should
Bay just after he gets her; if intrinsic
value, when he pays the first bill for the
Christmas presents she had made him.
The manufacture of paper from wood
has reached the altitude of perfection in
Canada. The superintendent of a mill
up there eays a tree is cut down and
shoved into one end of the mill and five
minutes later there is a neighbor at the
other end to borrow the paper. Danbury
Newt.
The other day a mean man out in
Western Iowa went off into a quiet coun
try place and died so quick that his wife
got his insurance money before the com
pany had time to fail. The President
says he never felt so swindled and cut up
since he has been in the business. Bur
lington Hawkeye.
Bev. John Brown, of Haddington,
was in the habit of proposing on festive
occasions a certain young lady as his
toast. HaviDg abandoned the practice
he was asked for a reason. "Because,"
said he, "I have toasted her for sixteen
years without making her Brown, and so
I've resolved to toast her no more."
Mr. Green Smith, the son of Gerritt
Smith, once told an inquiring friend that
he and his father had a deuce of a time
.in the Adirondacks drinking brandy and
water. "What!" said his astonished
friend, "Gerritt drink brandy and water?"
"No," said Green, "we drank it together.
I drank the brandy and he drank the wa
ter." Fellow-Travelers. "Will you help
me out of this hole?" said a traveling
druggist, who had just been compelled
to bto'p his team in a mnd-hole, because
his horses couldn't pull it out. "No, I
can't stop," said the other, who was
heavily loaded, and was fearful that he
would bo too late. "I would take it as
a great favor, besides paying jou," said
the druggist. "What are jou loaded
with?" asked the Yankee. "Drugs and
medicines," said he. "I guess I'll try
to get jou out, then, for I am loaded
with tombstonei." Thej were seen travel
ing together after that.
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The Russian Xiliilists.
The trial which has just been concluded
at St. Petersburg is one of great politi
cal significance to the Russian empire.
in October last nearly two hundred per
sons, after having suffered imprisonment
for over a year, were placed on trial for
alleged complicity in a great nihilistic
conspiracy, and all but twenty of them
nave Deen acquitted. They were, tech
nically speaking, accused of having taken
ptrt in "a criminal propaganda against
the state." The tribunal before which
these prisoners were tried consisted of
six senators, two representatives of the
nobility, a representative of the commer
cial class, and a representative of the
peasantry. Nearly 500 witm-ses were
subpoanaed for the crowa, and 150 fir the
defense. The prisoneis were a veiy mis
cellaneous bodj indeed, ii, eluding, as they
did, 60 gentlemen and 22 ladies belong
ing to the aristocracy, 14 males and 5 fe
males connected with the governing class
es, 4 men and 3 womtn if military
origin, 3 sons of priests, 10 nlerchnnts,
43 trades-people, 17 pea-auts, 14 Prus
sians, a forger, and perhaps a few-others.
The actual existence of this propa
ganda was discovered quite accidentally,
though it had long been known that some
revolutionary association was at work
throughout Russia. In May, 1S74, one
Ivan Pelkonen, a native of Finland,
opened at Saratoff a boot and shoe shop,
which was soon frequented by such strange
people that the police thought it neces
sary to visit and search the place, when
documents were fouud which proved be
yond doubt that the shoemaker and his
friends were members of a secret society,
having branches in all parts of the em
pire. The society thus discovered was
organized at the Russian capital, and was
the offspring of earlier societies of the
same kind, notably the Dolgonschiu and
the Nathan-on. One of these adopted
"eueralism 7 as its motto, and the aim
of its members was the abolition of all
government, and the creation of a new
social edifice by means of a free feder
ation of independent and productive
consumers. It declared war against prop
erty, family and religion, and thus em
braced Nihilism in its most prononnced
form. These doctrines seem to have found
a sympathetic echo in the revolutionary
circles of St. Petersburg, where Pan-Slav-
lsts were already in great force. Natural
ly, there was considerable affiuity between
societies which represented, the one revo
lution at home, the other revolution
abroad, and their arguments are repeated
in pamphlets, one of which bore the
startling title, "Ought We to Occupy Our
selves with the Ideal of the Social Edi
fice of the Future?" Determined to be
consistent in everything, these revolu
tionists would have no grades, no officers,
no giving or receiving of commands. All
were equal, and each did what seemed
best to himself or herself, both as to
the matter and as to the manner of his
or her propagandise!. In order to gain
the confidence of workmen, numbers of
the revolutionists learned trades and
opened shops. Toward the end of 1S75
the police discovered that attempts were
being made to exeite the working popu
lation of St. Petersburg; but before any
arrests could be made the persons sus
pected escaped to Moscow, where they
lived under false names and started new
circles, after the model of those to which
they had belonged at the capital. Thus,
by dispersing the propagandists, the area
of propagandism had been greatly in
creased. The method was the same everywhere.
In the case of workmen and peasants,
stress was laid on the insufficiency of the
land allotted to the latter under the
emancipation act, and on the severity of
the taxation; and it was pointed out that
if the possessors of land upon the upper
classes were massacred, peasants and
workmen might have land in plenty with
out being taxed at all. To persons high
er up in the social scale, the plotters en
larged on the sufferings of the people and
represented the economical position as
hopeless, adding that there was no escape
for them except through a revolution and
the destruction of the present political
system. These ideas were promulgated,
not only among doctors, lawyers, mechan
ics, aud peasants, but among the priests
and army officers. They were whispered
not only in the universities, the techno
logical institutes, and the workshops, but
in the ecclesiastical seminaries and the
military schools of the empire. In the
army, both Nihilism and Pan-Slavism
prevail, although, in truth, the officers are
said to bother themselves less about the
latter than is generally supposed. The
officers of the Russian army consist of
three classes : The upper ranks, which
are filled from the territorial gentry; the
regimental officers, noble by reason of
their parents' service; and those promoted
from the ranks. All of these, no matter
what their rank, who trouble themselves
about politics are either Nihilists or Pan-
Slavists. 1 he former, like all Nihilists,
believe that whatever is systematic in
Human allairs must come down, and
nothing is to rule a prostrate universe.
They condemn all philosophies and sys
tems, religions and governments. They
say none are perfect, and so dismiss them
all. What they hope for is the ultimate
triumph of nothiogisni. Their motto is
that of Danton, destrue! The chief of
the stall ol the czarowitz, writes one cor
respondent, "is Pan-Slavic to an enthusi
astic degree." Another correspondent
goes so far as to say that "regimental offi
cers are Nihilists to a man." So exten
sive have been the.e Ideas that it is be
lieved by many Russians that the war
with Turkey alone prevented a revolution
at home.
The trial just terminated, notwithstand
ing that only a very few of those indicted
were convicted, may, and undoubtedly
will, lead to substantial results. The
fate of the convicted ones will, in all
probability, be banishment to Siberia.
In the meantime, preparations are going
on at Odessa and Moscow for the trials
of several hundred others charged with
like political offenses against their coun
try. Neio York Times.
Dom Pedro's Turkish Bath. The
Emperor of Brazil, during his 8tay in
Paris, went to a Turkish bath-house on
the Rue Auber, and after receiving every
attention was informed by the proprietor
that the honor of having an Imperial cus
tomer was ample payment for the bath.
A reckless journalist described the Em
peror's visit to the Hainmum, and scold
ed the proprietor for charging him $100
for the bath. An action was brought to
vindicate the reputation of the establish
ment, and the case was adjourned from
time to time to enable the prosecution to
communicate with Dom Pedro. Finally
that indefatigable traveler received a let
ter from the lawyers, and early iu Janu
ary the court decreed that the Monde
should pay $100 damages for publishing
the libel. .
Respect the counsel of your parents.
The Life-Saviug Service.
Whatever may be the final verdict as
to the responsibility for the loss of the
Metropolis, there can be no reasonable
doubt that the scandalous inefficiency of
tne Liiie-&aving Service on the North
Carolina Coast must be held accountable
for the awful sacrifice of human beings.
The ship remained nearly twelve hours
on the beach, at a distance of only 100
yards or so from the dry saud, before she
broke up; and all the survivors agree in
declaring that if they had obtained the
assistance from the shore which they had
a right to expect, nearly all on board
could have been rescued. The nearest
station was only three miles away. Yet it
appears to have been five hours after the
disaster before the patrol, which is sup
posed to be constantly on its rounds in
dangerous weather, discovered the steam
er, and when the crew of the station
reached ths spot they seem to have come
almost empty handed. No surf-boat was
launched; the faint attempt to get a line
on board was abandoned, after two or
three repetitions, because there was no
more ammunition; and thereafter the
life -savers stood helpless on the beach,
watcning a hundred men drown, or drag
ging living and dead bodies out of the
water as the waves tossed them at their
feet, while the gentle and beautiful peo
pie of the neighborhood rifled pockets
and mail-bags and stripped the corpses
and the senseless. We do not blame the
members of the Life-Savinr Service
They have been warmly praised for their
care of the survivors, and we have no
means of knowing as yet whether they
failed in any part of their duty on that
fatal morning. It may well be that the
stations were not properly manned, that
the equipment was insufficient, that tha
beat assigned to each patrol was too long
Ihese are points to be decided by au offi
cial investigation. And it is quite cer
tain that such an investigation must be
ordered without delay. It is well known
that the service has been seriously crip-
plea on tne JNorth Carolina coast and
we may presume that it has been similar
ly crippled elsewhere by the refusal of
Congress to make the necessary appro
priations for it, the idea of economy en
tertained by the present House of Repre
sentatives being apparently to cut and
slash without reason at all items which
affect the non political service of the
Government, and to appropriate umlim
ited millions tor Southern claims and
subsidies. It must be understood that a
Life-Saving Service which consists of
nothing better than a delusive man on
horseback waving his hat, is no credit to
the country that produces it; and if the
whole force which could be brought to a
frequented part of the coast in twelve
hours of daylight did not suffice to estab
lish communication with a stranded
steamer across a hundred yards of surf,
there is an outrageous fault somewhere
which cannot be too speedily exposed.
JXeio xork 1 ribune.
EaoVs Plan.
Captain Eads's plan for the prevention
oi floods on the .Mississippi does not con
template either the construction of addi
tional levees or the opening of tresh out
lets. He wants to apply his jetty system
to the whole river, from St. Louis to the
sea. He wants to confine the river to one
channel and make it scour that out until
it becomes deep enough to carry off all
the water which the great water-shed of
the continent may pour into it. He gives
the following table of flood levels:
"At the head of the Passes, a distance
of 12 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, the
flood level of the river was 12 feet above
the Gu'Fs ocean level ; at New Orleans,
about 16 feet; at Red River, 50 feet; at
JNatchez, 6G feet; at Gaines' Lnnding, 149
feet; at Memphis, 221 feet; at Cairo, 322
feet; and at St. Louis, 412 feet above the
Gulf's level. This line of flood slope
nxed the height oi tha Ievete, end any
treatment of the river that would lower
this line would tend to make levees un
necessary. A remarkable difference, how
ever, existed in the grade of this slope at
different parts of ttie river. From New
Orleans to the Passes the slope was n.t
more than an inch aud a half to the mile;
from the Passes to Red River, 800
miles,it was less than two inches per mile ;
but, in the next CO miles, it rose to three
and one-fifth inches, and yet steeper,
until, from Memphis to Cairo, it exceed
ed five inches, and from Cairo to St. Louis
it exceeded six inches per mile."
He concludes that if the slope between
Cairo and Red River 800 miles can be
reduced one-fourth inch per mile, it will
reduce the flood level at Cairo 16 feet,
and so avoid all chances of inundation,
as the flood level at Cairo is but 12 feet
above the land.
He believes that it is necessary to con
fine the waters in the stream not only to
force them to cut deeper into the soil, but
also that they may have the requisite ve
locity to carry off the sediment with
which they are loaded. Else they would
make shoals and bars, which facilitate
overflows by retarding the passage of the
water to the Gult. I he cost of the lm
provements by his plan will be $50,000,
000, and he claims this will secure 20
feet of water at all times and all places
between Cairo and New Orleans. Toledo
Blade.
The Poor.
Moore was sitting in his office one af
ternoon, some years ago, when a farmer
friend came in and said : "Mr. Moore, I
like your paper, but times are so hard
that I cannot pay for it."
"is that so, mend J ones f 1 am very
sorry to hear that you are so poor ; if you
are so hard run I will give you my
paper."
"Oh, n! I can't take it as a gift."
"Well, then, let's see how we can fix it.
You raise chickens, I believe."
"Yes, a few, but they d jn't bring any
thing hardly."
"Don't they? Neither does my paper
cost anything hardly. Now I have a
proposition to make to you. I will con
tinue your paper, and when you go home
you may .select from the lot one chicken
and call her mine. Take good care of
her and bring me the proceeds whether
in eggs or chickens, and we will call it
square."
"All right, Brother Moore," and the
poor fellow chuckled at what he thought
a capital bargain. HeTfept the contract
strictly, and at the eud of the year found
mat ne naa paid lour prices for his pa
per. He often tells the ioke himself and
says he never had the face to say that he
was too poor to take a paper from that
day.
A Prosperous State. Kansas has
good reason to be proud of ber prosper
ity. Her population numbers 700,000;
she has property valued at $229,000,000;
she raised last year $66,000,000 in farm
products; she has 2,310 miles of railroad,
233,000 school children, 4,008 school
houses, and her territory is not yet one
fourth developed.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
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The Stinging Sensation
In the pullet called "heartburn," (why, it Is
impossible to conceive, since the heart has
nothing to do with it), is caused by the
acetous fermentation In the stomach of the
food contained in it; by an overplus of the
gastric juice, which is itself a powerful acid,
or by the unnaturally acrid quality of that
secretion. The ordinary way of treating this
symptom, for it is nothing else, is to admin
ister bi-carbonate of soda, an alkali, to neu
tralize the acid. But sour stomach cannot
be cured by alkalies, which tend to weaken
the digestive apparatus. A far better reme
dy is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
strengthen the cellular membrane, the seat
of the difficulty, regulates the flow of the
gastric secretion, improves the quality if
viti;';tod, and puts the stomach into good
working order. Perfect digestion follows as
anctural sequence, and there is no more
troubie from heartburn or sour stomach.
The liver and bowels are also thoroughly
regulated by this sovereigu alterative.
The Curse of Americans is Im
petuosity. We cannot do anything moderately. We
don't take time to eat or drink. When the
season of social gatherings comes on in win
ter, we rush from one to another, night after
night, until we become tired out and the sys
tem is run down. Iu summer we fly to the
watering places and idle away our time in
luxury. No wonder that we become "blaze"
in middle life. Then we try medicines to re
cup rate, and often resort to unfortuuate
stimuli! iou in the vain hope of wooing back
our youthful energies. Every European sees
this. As things are, tit best remedy, when
the physical powers begin to decliue, is the
Peruvian Sykcp, which has for many years
been used iu exactly this direction. It is the
best (om'cknowa to man and the least injur!
ous. It restores wasting energies, strength
ens the system aga'mst the insidious ruala
d. s which are induced by weakness, and
builds up the system properly and effectively.
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town and village in the United States, to
take subscriptions for the Commercial Ad
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Write for terms and full particulars. Ad
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Phtsicians of high standing unhesitating
ly give their indorsement to the use of the
Graefenberg-Mar6haU'8 Catholicon for all fe
male complaints. The weak and debilitated
find wonderful relief from a constant use of
this valuable remedy. Sold by all druggists.
11.50 per bottle.
We invite attention to the advertisement
of Armes fc Dallam in another place. This
well known firm has moved into a large and
convenient store on. Front St., San Francisco.
Well, that's all right, you can U6e any
thing you've a mind to. Pratt's Abolition
Oil is good enough for us. We have used it
iu our family for teu years. It never fails.
HERBINE purifies the blood.
HERB1NE is nature's own remedy.
HERBINE is a household blessing.
HERBINE should be used by every family
HERBINE contains nothing injurious to
the system.
HERBINE 6houlrl not be confounded with
cheap nostrums made to sell at a low price.
EERBINE is worth $5.00 a bottle to any
person who needs it, but is sold for f 2.00 per
bottle.
HERBINE should be in the hands of every
first-class druggist. Ask your druggist for
it, and if he has none, tell him to order a
dozen bottles.
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Any partl-s desirous of buying goods purchased for
them In San Francisco can do no by addressing ilrs.
W. 11. Ashley, who will send samples of goods for
their Inspection. To the latle I would say that I
have a Orst-class establishment for Dress-making, and
am prepared to execute country orders with dispatch.
lieiugengagea In business here I have the advantage
of buying g.Hjds direct from the Importers at whole
sale, and would give my patrons the benefit of same.
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CARBOLIC
SHEEP WASH
V per gallon.
T. W. JACKSON, San Fran
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clflc Coast.
C. & P. H. TIEEELL & CO.,
1KFOH1U AND XINUFIOTOXEU OF
BOOTS AND SHOES,
SO. 41t CLAY STKKKT,
Between Sansome and Battery, SAN FRANCISCO.
Manufacturers of Men s, Bovb', Youth's, and Chil
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MACHINES OF ALL THE BEST AND LATEST
Improved kiuds at greatly reduced prices.
SAMUEL HILL,
General Dealer In Sewing Machines and Oil Stoves,
lt New Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
LOS GATOS NURSERIES,
S. NEWHALL, Prop'r, San Jose, Cal.
A large and general assortment of Fruit and Orna
mental Trees. Evergreens, Flowering Shrubs. Roses,
Greenhouse Plants, Grapevine and small fruits, etc.
iO.OLD ttne Almond on Almond stocks. I offer for sale
a well assorted, well grown and healthy stock. Low
topped stalky fruit trees tecl:ilty. Address,
S. NEWHALL, San Jose, Cal.
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between Sausoiue aud LeidefidorlT, (Third Floor;, San
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Eclectic Health Institute,
NORTHWEST C0BNER 7th AND L STS.,
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REMOVAL.
ARMES & DALLAM
HAVE REMOVED THEIR STOCK OF
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A7f JOSK, CA1
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Evergreens. Shrubs, and Flowering Plants, Orange
and Lemon Trees, American and Japmese Persim
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PRATT'S RAD,AT w,f-
(SEORGR It. BLAKE, Agent,
13 CAtirotixtA St., Boon 13, - San Francisco.
( iiry .ic ii i lit. )
,-.w... '"" V-J' "J irvimm seeking a CQance
to earn an honorable living, can have sent to them a
imply send in to the undersisrned 10 cent. We incloee
Within It nnrtirnlarm nf rn y hnainiua . ..n i e . ;
how to obtain free the greatest and latt hounnhold irv
Jantio W eekly," mmu circulation built op by agent
The American Pipe Com
pany's Pipe.
Some 18 or 20 years ago the Wyckoff pipe was In
troduced into the Eastern States, and at once at
tention was attracted to it peculiar adaptation for
the purpose of conveying gas or water. It was
found that when compared with iron, th wooden
pipe was not only cheaper but better for certain
purposes, aud in March last an organization Btyled
the American Pipe Company was organized in this
city with a capital stock of J'250,000, for the pur
pose of manufacturing this pipe and thoroughly
introducing it on this coast. The officers of this
company are Robert G. Byxbee.of the firm of H. IS.
Tichenor & Co., President; John E. Chalfant. form
eriy of the Mendocino Lumber Company, Vice
President; John F. Byrbee, of Duncan Mills Lum.
ber Company, Secretary and Treasurer; Calvert
Meade, Auditor; P. T. Dickinson, who has been for
the last 20 years connected with the manufacture
of this pipe, General Manager. On the organiza
tion of this company a mill was started at Olympia,
Puget Sound. W. T., where the lumber is prepared,
when it is brought to the city and taken to the f ac
tory of the company, on Channel street near
Fourth, where it is finished ready for use. Some
50 or 60 men are employed at both places. The
manner of making this pipe Is peculiar, but may
be easily understood by referring to the accompa
nying engravings. Fig. 1 shows a completed pipe;
Fig. 2 the horizontal sections and connections; aa,
cylinder of wood;6!, bands of iron; cc, coating of
hydraulic or asphaltum cement. It is made in sec
tions of eight feet long, from Puget Sound pine or
Oregon fir. It is first bored, aud then turned in a
c
c 1
Fig. 1 -View of Pipe. Fig. 2 Horizontal Section and Connection
of Iron, cc Coating of Hydraulic or Asphaltum Cement.
lathe to a uniform thickness of shell, removing all
of the sap, and steamed thoroughly, to avoid any
pofsibility of checking, or tasting the water. One
end of each piece hrs a tenon of about three aud a
half inches, aud 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.
The iron is coated on the unper side as it is wound
upon the pipe, producing a condition best calcula
ted to resist decay in any form. The water pipe is
coated on the outside only, as it is well known sci
entific fact that water, either salt, alkali or sul
phur, does not affect wood, and in this city that
this pipe is used at the Mint to carry off the waste
acids, while it is as well known that water will find
tbe smallest crack in the inside coating of iron
pipe, and cut its way out in a few months.
Mr. O. J. Preston.of Preston & McKinnon, lumber
dealors. Pier 5, Steuart street. San Francisco, and
President of the Alameda Water Company, says:
The pipes laid by this Company are the Wyckoff
wood, as manufactured by your company: and it
affords me pleasure to say that in every way they
give entire satistaction. They are more easily
laid, more easily tapped, cheaper and, we think,
the best pipe we have ever known.
Mr. Clans Spreckcls the great sugar refiner
says the following of the Wyckoff pipe put down
by him near Aptos:
I have now in use about three miles of your
wooden pipe on my ranche iu Santa Clara county,
giving perfect satisfaction and in perfect order,
I find it answers tbe same purposes as iron pipe.
In fact I consider your pipe the best, considering
the cost, in use, and cheerfully recommend it.
PACIFIC COASTSTEAMSHI? CO.
Carrying: tbe IT. H. 91 nil and tne Ex pre...
g-JSEi The Kleernnt Steamer of I tils
2fcLiMi Company leave Broadway Wharf, San
l im isi:u, Every W'kkk for
PORTLAND. OREGON, DIRECT,
And for Santa Cruz. San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar
bara, Ventura. Los Angele., and Kan Diego and
other ports about EVJEKY THIRD DAY.
Tickets sold to all the principal places on the Pa
cific Slope at
TIIU LOWE8T RATE8.
Don't Rny Tickets r any other Line
until yon eall at our Ticket Ottiee.
Nan Franriipo Ticket Office 214 Mont
Komery Mtreet.
GOODALIi, PERKINS & CO.
General Agents, Ho. 10 Market Street,
San Francisco.
VTATritK'S TUCK IlEUKDY, Pit K-
-i-1 pared from Ilerbs, and is highly recommended
as a speciflc for Cancers, Tumors, Scrofula, Old Sores,
Rheumatism, and diseases of the Throat, Lungs,
Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Blood, c. This rare
and invaluable compound Is well known to thousands
None genuine but those containing the Ectype of M.
DOCTCS FERDENAXDERZ on the outside wrapper.
Price $2.00 per bottle, or three for 5.00. Sold by
CRANE & BBIGHAM and C. F. KICHARDS & CO. ,
Wholesale Agents. San Francisco.
look:!
BtRBANK A MYERS Im
port-rs and Breeders of Fancy
Fowls. Pigeons, Kabbits. lXgs,
eto. Also Eggs for natening
from the finest of Iniportea
Slock. Eggs and Fowls ut re
duced prices.
ItrKBtXK .V 51 1ERK1
4:1 and 44 California Market.
streets S. F. Enclose stamp for Fkick list.
Ftecue slate where vou taw this Advertisement.
AMERICAN EXCHANGE HOTEL,
SAN FRANCISCO.
rriHIS old and popular h tel his for a quarter of a
1 century catered tJ the wants t tne pHb'ic
THOS. HRYAV, an IU LBlllnru:i anu ml 'lJeii-
enced gentleman, coiiilncta the Louse, which ia a
lllUKIl'Ulstlftiaiilcc l 1 j 1;
Comfort, O01 I.lvlner. Cleaitllneaa
And the general wellfare of tuestswlll he accorded
to all. The table will be furn;shed wit the be-t tbe
..;... 1 fV . ru ilaiitl.mni:. arirl ntili,-fnf rlprbn
1 ...I ....... In u ,A Tlii- Holiuo i ffli..
ruoa centrally located of any In the ci y. fctree'
cars pasM tne door every to minutes. The hotel
coaih will carry passengers to and from tne house
free of charge. Prices from SI.30 to Stt.iVO per day.
THE MOSPYROS KAKI
Or Japanese Persimmon.
Beautiful ia Color !
Delicious in Flavor
Magnificent in Size !
Grafted and Reliable Stock Only.
FKTITOX KXHIItITI4- ASD TRl.1,1,
i-ctons and -eds lor sale hv H. lifiMIK. m R
J. TrumhuH'8 Seed Store, No. 421 Sunsome street,
ohii r rancisco.
&W Call or send for circular.
flfl finflON COUNTRY PROPERTY
first-class country property -s follows; In amounts
ftom 2,M10 to t".50O, shv $ 5,000; in amounts from
fT.WW to 1 15,m0. say f 'ii,000; In emounts from 15.0tfl
upwara, say fii no; none btif rlrflt-dass sec rlty ac
cepted. WODKWi EASTON. 32 Montgomery
street, opposite Lick House, San Francisco.
25
Elegant Cabds, no two alik, with name,
10c. pout paid. J. B, Hcstkd Nassau, N, Y
1
Miiv
Mr. Alexander Duncan, President of Duncan
Mills Land and Lumber Co., writes as follows: "It
affords me pleasure to send you my hearty indorse,
ment of all the claims made for your Combination
Water Pipe. The 1,300 feet which we bought of
you hts been In constant use under a much greater
pressure than at first intended, and stands it splen
didly." To make a long story short, I consider it the be6t
pipe I ever saw.
Avery fine endorsxment of this pipe is made by
E. M. Morgan, Esq.. Chief Engineer and Superin
tendent of the Santa Cruz Water Works, where It
has been in use two years. There they have 200
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..
the expense is far iess thBn iron pipe. That this
pipe must eventually coiue into general use, thera
cau be no doubt, for it possesses the following
advantages over any pipe in the world: lst.it is
tbe cheapest good pipe; 2d, it is the most durable
of all pipes practically imperishable; 3d, it
neither expands nor contracts, and corrosion is
impossible; 4th. it is more easily laid can be tap
ped with an ordinary auger; 6th. it is more easily
handled lighter in weight, and perfectly tight;
6th, it is not liable to get out of order; 7th, it need
not be laid so deep, and in cold climates will not
freeze so quickly: 8th. when used for water.it
neither tastes of, or can be affected by, chemical
ingredients; 9th, when used for gas it prevents
condensation.
The President of the Santa Cruz Water Company,
Henry K. Moore, Esq., thus endorses the pipe iu a
letter addressed to the manager of th company:
' I cheerfully comply with your request for my
views respecting the Wyckoff combination pip
furnished by your companv to the Santa Cruz Wa
ter Company. Over 11 miles of the above pip
have been laid in the town of Santa Cruz. It haa
been in constant use for nearly 18 months under a
pressure of not less than 150 pounds, and baa
stood the pressure admirably. We find that it
works in every respect to our entire satisfaction,
and we 6ball most decidedly give your pipe tha
preference in all extensions made by our company .
a Cylinder of Wood, lb BaoJ.
I In our opinion this pipe has decided advantages
over iron pipe, sucli us saving of time and labor,
in tapping aud making connections, ease of re
pairing, cleanliness of water flowing in it, and
great saving in cost and freight. With us the pipe
is a success, and I can unhesitatingly recommend
it9 use to any t iwu or corporation, or persons da
siring pipe for wator works of any kind."
In Juuelast this pipe was introduc-a.t upon tbe
Central Pacific Railroad and its branches for all
purposes where pressure is required, and the offi
cers of the road give it their hearty endorsement.
Since that time they have laid about 50,000 feet,
and it is now superceding all other kinds of pipe.
By a special order issued from the War Depart
ment this pipe is now being used at all military
posts, and it has been hauled over 400 miles into
Arizona, to be ued at Camp McDowell, where it
gave entire satisfaction.
For use in mining purposes this pipe would be
very economical. It possesses great strength and
durability, aud can be made to withstand a very
heavy pressure. A gTeat desideratum, acknowl
edged by all. is the ease with which it can be trans
ported to the mines.
Messrs. J. S. and C. H. Briggs, owners of the
Briggs mine. Central City, Colorado, write: " We
take pleasure in recommending the pipe made by
the American Pipe Company to miners in particu
lar, as we have tried it in our Brings mine, at Cen
tral City. Colorado; and found in better in every
respect than we expected. We would not use iron
pipe if it did not cost a ceut.a foot, if we conld
get wJoden pipe."
The American Pipe Company, as now organized,'
is an active co-upany, with ample capital, and
they are energetically introducing the pipe in ev
ery direction. The office is at 22 California street.
San Francisco. JifPleaiie suite where you saw this.
1. w. rrj Ttsix ejs- co.,
Artistic Photographers,
Xo. Jt6 Montgomery S'., near Sufer, San Francisco.
rB'-O'-iginators of Chromatic Spherical and Prom
enade Photographs. Enlarging Photographs from
Card to Life Size, In Oil, Pastel or Water colors, made
a specialty.
JAPHHESEJpiTOII.
THIS EXCELLENT FRUIT
Should be on Every Farm
AD IX EVERY GARDES.
1 am now receiving regularly from Japan an assort
ment of varieties of these trees, and can sell them at
much less prices than they have been offered at here
tofore. The ages of my trees are from one to four
vears. so that lruit will be had on the larger trees In
a year or two.
Kelsey's Nurseries, Oakland, Cal.
urriJi Ji - It SALtSKUUM,
Cor. Seventh and Washington Sts.
Oet tlio T3ost !
TURBINE WINDMILL
feSImwlei, Durnblo
AND
:'-iJ Ornamentnl.
This Mill 1 mtLF-MortATtxs,
... . 4 therefore cannot be ii jured by
' storms. They are made of tha
rifa Immi mtcrial, and warranted to
roi.riiu HOB.
aianuiaciory, Oakland, Cal.,
SKCoxr, St.. bet. BroadwaT
AND WaSIUNOTOX STS.
JJI' nndersigned has pnr
chiisel the Patent Kjoitt for tha
I acitic Coast. Send for Circulars.
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Agents Wanted in Every County.
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113 Sansome Street, San Francisco,
? iIuj porters and Dealers in every deserts.
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Is rot relieved. Address Ir-ck Box 1011. or call up
on K. P. KussKLL.302 Masjn St. Sati Francisco.
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