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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1877)
iferO m Fun and Sentiment. W Mr. Ham proposes to start a weekly paper in Milledgeville, Ga. It should come out every Fry-day. Ex,. Little things should not be despised. The little toe is the smallest on the foot, hut it always has the largest corn. Oil City Call. Athletic sports for ladies: jumping at conclusions; walking around a .subject; running through a novel; skipping full descriptions. The fashionable male shirt collar is gradually decreasing in night. A young v man can now pass under a telegraph wire without ducking his head. It is discovered again by several pa pers that our system of government is not a failure. This thing must be pa tented. Rochester Democrat. "TflAT was very greedy of you, Tom my, to eat your little sister's share of the cake." "You told me, ma, that I was always to take her part," said Tommy. Everything is not in a name. The small paths in Fairmount Park are called foot-paths, while the very large path on the other side of the river is called a tow path. ." So you like yonr second wife better than the first ?" "Yes," he said, enthu siastically ; " she alwars puts enough starch in my shirts to save me the trouble of scratching my back." A Kentucky editor remarks that nine ty nine out of a hundred people make a great mistake when they cut off a dog's tail, in throwing away the wrong end. That's just what's the matter. About this time q' year the man who has spent a hundred dollars on his garden begins to estimate his onions at two dol lars each, in order to make his books bal ance. Detroit Bree Press. St. Mary's, Ga., is offering land free to all who will settle there permanently. The town is entirely out of debt, and owns a great deal of land, which they offer as an inducement to new comers. "The dead march in Saul !" exclaimed a startled old lady on seeing in her paper the title of an old piece of music. "Well, now, I don't believe the dead can march in Saul any more than they can march over in Jarsey !" Tipkins aroused his wife from a sound sleep the other night, saying that he had . seen a ghost in the shape of a donkey. " Oh, let me sleep," was the reply of the irate dame, " and don't be frightened at your own shadow." A Frenchman, soliciting relief, said giavely to his fair hearer : Ma'mselle, I never beg, but dat I have von wife with several small family, that is growing very large and nossing to make deir bread out of but the perspiration of my prow." Connecticut don't like to be behind and don't want to brag on nutmegs and hams, so she eggs on Williamantic to teng about pigweed seven feet high. Our rafalfa roots are 20 feet high, down in, and we once saw an oat root six feet long. "My articles do not receive a very warm reception of late," wrotca lady to the conductor of a monthly magazine : " Our fair correspondent is mistaken," replied the editor ; " they meet with the warmest reception possible. We burn them all." A Yery Little Bank Account. "Among the subscribers to Audubon's magnificent wTork on ornithology was John Jacob Astor. He was always ready to encourage such works, and he put his name down on Audubon's book for one thousand dollars. During the progress of the work, which proved to be more expensive than had been at first antici pated, Mr. Audubon often found himself obliged to call upon his generous pat rons for assistance; but he did not call upon Mr. Astor until the letter-press and the plates had been delivered. "When the final delivery had been made, how ever, he called upon the great merchant for his thousand dollars. "Ah, Mr. Audubon," said theowner of millions, "you come in a very bad time, iloney is scarce and hard, and I "-have everything snugly and tightly invested." And so the ornithologist called, time after time, and was otten put off. It was not because Mr. Astor did not wish to pay, but it was from that strong de sire, growing stronger with his years? to keep his property intact and see it in creased. "When he had paid away a hundred thousand dollars for a really "benevolent purpose he felt good, as a man feels good who has got rid of an aching tooth. It was only the wrenching away of the money that hurt him. At length Audubon called the sixth time. Mr. Astor had commenced to be moan the low ebb condition of his cash in hand, when he caught a disapproving look from his son "William, who happened to be present- "But," said the old man, after a pause, "I suppose you want your money, and really, I should like to let you have it. I may have a yery little in bank . William, have' we any money in bank?" Evidently John Jacob had expected his son only to answer a simple yes; and it may be that William B. thought his father wished to know something of the bank account. At -any Tate lie was just fresh from the cash-on-hand page of the ledger, and he answered: "Yes, we have" a little over a hundred thousand in theBaak of'KewYork; eighty thousand in the City Bank; nine ty thousand in the Merchants'; ninety eight thousand four hundred in " H "That'll do, William! That'll dol I guess, Mr. Audubon, William can give jou a check for the money." ExcJumge. Chiccory. A plant known to commerce by the name of chiccory is cultivated extensive ly' in Belgium, France, England, Ger many and various other countries of Eu rope, and also in the United States. It is also called succory. It belongs to the genus chicorium Intybvs. One sjiecies is eaten in Europe as a salad, while the bast known variety is used, after the root is roasted and ground, to adulterate coffee. Chiccory was introduced into England by Sir Arthur Young, in the year 1788. He obtained the seed from France. It is, however, only within the past fifty years that it has been extensively raised in Great Britain. Chiccory roots are dried, roasted and ground. They are mixed with cheap coffees at the average rate of about one half pound of the root to each pound of coffee. Some consumers of chiccory are highly impressed with its healthy quali ties, and believe that it prevenls bilious ness. Others think that it adus much to the flavor of coffee. Chiccory is imported into the United States from European coun tries, to the amount of about fifteen million pounds per anuuru, and this business is yearly increasing. The root is a narcotic, but it is sometimes mixed with foreign substances that are injurious to health, and in so'me rare in stances have proved destructive to life. The impure condition of the imported ar ticle is said to arise from mould, or fun gus, which is engendered from its im perfect preparation, or is caused by damp ness gathered while in store or in transit. There are large manufacturing estab lishments in Europe devoted exclusively to roasting and grinding this article. These establishments are numerous in the Grand Duchy of Brunswick, Mecbleu burg, and in many parts of Belgium and Holland. There are said to be two hun dred manufactories of this description in Germany alone. The best foreign chic cory is raised in Germany, but is said to lose much of its flavor by a sea-voyage. In this country chiccory is raised quite extensively on Long Island, in New Jersey, and in many of the Western States. The soil best adapted to its cul tivation is a sandy loam. On Long Island the product is from two to three thousands (green) per acre greater than that raised in most parts of Europe. It is of a quick growth, but requires plenty of manure and caieful husbandry. The domestic article is said to be of a finer flavor, and to possess' stronger narcotic properties than the imported. Prime qualities should be free from any rank taste, and of a fresh, bright color. Its growth is very profitable to farm ers, but it greatly impoverishes the land. The drying and preparation of the root for market can onty be performed after considerable experience. There are coffee dealers in this city who use from fifty to seventy-five tons of chiccory annually. N. Y. Mercantile Journal. How Eggs are Preserved by a New Process. The egg traffic of this country has lisen to an importance which few comprehend. The aggregate transactions in New York city alone must amount to fully $8,000, 000 per aqnum, and in the United States to 1S,000,000. The perishable nature of eggs has naturally detracted from their value as a standard article of diet. The peculiar excellence of eggs depends on their freshness. But lately the process of crystallizing has been resorted to, and by this process the natural egg is converted into a vitreous substance of a delicate amber tint, in which form it is reduced seven-eighths in bulk compared with barrelled eggs, and retains its propert les for years unimpaired in any climate. In this form eggs may be transported, with out injury, "either to the Equator or the Poles, and at any time can be restored to their original condition by simply adding the water which has been artificially taken away. The chief egg-dessicating com panies are in St. Louis and New York. No salt or other extraneous matters are introduced in the process of crystallizing, the product being simply a consoli dated mixture of the yolk and albumen. Im mense "quantities of eggs are preserved in the spring of the year by liming. Thus treated, th.ey are good for every purpose except boiling. It is a common fraud for some dealers to palm off eggs so treated as fresh, so that imposition is easily practiced. In the dessicating pro cess, however, the difference becomes ap parent, as from four to five more limed eggs are required to make a pound of eggs crystallized than when fresh are used, and eggs in the least tainted will not crystallize at all. Sanitarian, New York, October, 1877. Ararat and the Ark. The legends of Koah and the Ark still cling to Ara rat like its snows. The fissure where, under a snow drift, lie the remains of the ark is pointed out to visitors, and there is a piece of the wood of that vessel pre served in the treasure-house at Etchmaid zine. It looks very much like a bit of fossilized or petrified wood. There is only one place in the neighborhood where the olive grows in a hollow on the lesser mountain; additional proof of the truth of the scriptural account of the Deluge. On the flank of the mountain stood a village, since des'troyed by an avalanche or an earthquake, the name of -which, Agourri ("He planted the vine"), recalls another incident in the life of Noah. The Rochester Democrat thinks Char ley Ross was deposited in a Chicago Say ings Bank. Anecdote of Paley. The career of Paley presents an instance of the saving power of a proper word spoken at the proper time. It is a well known fact that in his earlier days Paley was some what wild. Yet, fr all this, he held his piace at the head of every class of which he was a member, besides ren dering assistance to classmates who was not so fortunately endowed by nature. Among his warm and devoted friends 'was the young and wealthy Viscount R . One night a party of the students only a few of the choice spirits were as sembled in Lord R 's apartment, where they drank and caroused uniil a very late hour. On the following morn ing the Viscount came to Paley's room, and sat down upon the side of the bed, for the latter had not yet arisen. "Look here, Paley," said he, with sol emn earnestness, "I've been givibg my self a good deal of trouble this morning on your account. Now I am wealthy, and belong to a wealthy and powerful family; and what I do here don't so much matter. Even if I should go under en tirely, there are plenty standing ready to fill my place. But how is it with you? You are poor and have your own way to make in the world. You have it in you to make a leader of men aye if jou do your best you may mould them to your will. Your friends are even now looking up to you. And yet see how you are wasting not only your time, but your own self 1 Paley, don't do it any more At any rate, don't, for Heaven's sake, let me have it on my conscience that I have helped to drag you down!" Lord R went out, and Paley sat up and reflected; and, as he often told to his youthful friends in his later years, from that moment his life entered upon a new course. He gave up all dissipa tion at once and forever, and went to work to lay deep -and strong the founda tion of that manhood which was to bless the world. He who walks each day. over his estate finds a coin daily. Bulgarian Atrocities. The Tuikish Government every few days sends to the world a bulletin announcing fearful atrocities by the Russians aud Bulga rians. So far as these casus have been in vestigated, they appear, where substan tiated, to have been principally commit ted by Bulgarians, Our readers will, no doubt, remember tl?e fearful 'atrocities ot last year committed by the Turks upon them. As unfolded in the speeches of Gladstone, and in the details furnished by our own counsel, Schuyler, they were of a character to shock,as they did shock, the civilized world. The immediate re sult was an indignant protest from the great powers of Europe, which was so far heeded that the atrocities ceased. But the chief actors therein were promoted and honored by the Turkish Government. Now the Turks are getting their own ac tions returned upon themselves. Natu rally they don't like it, but what elae could they expect? It is certainly human nature for the Bulgarian to take re venge when it comes to his hand. In human outrages by either party admit of no justification, but the provocation the Bulgarian has had cannot but be remem bered when we are called upon to record with reprobation his deeds of vengeance. As far as the Russians are concerned, the Cossack is hardly a match eveu yet for the Bashi Bazouk in the outrage business. Detroit Free Press. Shutting out the Enemy. It is better to shut out the enemy, Disease, than to battle with him after he has entered the fortress of the body. Therefore, if health is endangered by hurtful influences, such as a malarious atmosphere, unhealthy occupa tions, sedentary jirsuits, and tKpse which necessitate undue physical or mental strain or exposure in rough weather, it is the part of wisdom to protect it by the use of a relia ble preventive. No article sold, advertised or prescribed is so well adapted forthis purpose as Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters, an agreeable and efficacious tonic, recommended by plry sicians as a medicinal stimulant and correct ive, botanic in its derivation, and having for its spirituous basis old rye of the purest qual ity, which preserves iu an undeterioratinff form the potent vegetable juices and extracts combined with it. Fortified with this benign preventive, the system may bid defiance to disease, no matter how unfavorable the con ditions. . ... . i Leef's & Oo.'s California Yeast Cakes. , Wherever these Yeast Cakes have been used they have given perfect satisfaction. We warrant them to do" all that the circular or 'printed directions claim for them. They received the premium at the last State Fair over all competitors. The grains and vegetables from which these Cakes are made 'are selected with the greatest care, and being manufactured at Sacramento, we shall always furnisn them fresh. From recent discovery in their preparation, Mr. Leef has been enabled to quicken the action of the yeast growth so as very greatly .to-add to their convenience, and making them a better substitute for the Vienna Yea6t than anj- yet introduced to public favor. They are intended to take the place verj largely of Yeast Powders, and at the same time to add to the flarorof all arti cles in which they are used. Adams, McNeil & Co., Sacramento, Cal. - Farmers' Guide Book to the Pacific Coast. A handsome 20-page Monthly, con taining map of Pacific Coast, list of "farms for sale, statistics, and information to settlers. Publisked by General Laud Agency of Cali fornia, 405 California street, San Francisco. Price, 15cents per copy; $1.00 per year. Physicians of high standing unhesitating ly give their indorsement to the use of the Graefenberg-MarshalPs Catholicon for all fe male complaints. The weak and debilitated find wonderful relief from a constant use of this valuable remedy. Sold liy all druggists. $10 per bottle. . - - ACough, Cold, or Sore Throat, requires immediate attention, as neglect oftentimes results' in some incurable Lung Disease. "Brown's Bronchial Troches" will almost in variably give relief. WESTERN HOTEL, SACRAMENTO, CAL... -11. 43.4.7, 47.49 and 51 XC St.. But one block from Kail road Depot and Steamboat Landing. This hotel i entire- I ly ncw,ha ing all tho modern imple ments 1 nelnding pa tent Elevator and Fre Escapes. lionnl and iiodsiusr. si to Sl.50 perDnj. craiEAis, 2. cent. Lunches put up for Overland travelers. An 1 in n Inns will he at all boat", and train to convey ijcf engeriml small .wgirice to and from the Hotel free of charge. WM. LAND, Prop. C"Tlie Finest ItnoniN or any House in tlie City of Sacramento B"The WESTERN HOTEL gives the Uent Meals for 25 Cents of any House in the State This cut represents he celebrated $10.CO SWISS STEM VZSTUNG WATCH. It is one-third larger than the engraving, and is noted for the JPEItFECT iJeclianism. of its Works, and its JtELIAJlILITY " as a TT3LE-JCEEPER, being used on the principal railroads -where accurate time is a necessity. It is open face anl back, the beautiful nickel -works being seen through a heavy glass, specially manufactured, and "being stem -winder it is next to impossible to get out of order. They will last for years and are the cheapest watch ever offered. Sent ieo by registered mail to insure safe delivery, for $1(.()0. Watch and Jewelry Circular free. Postage Stamps taken as cash. Address, P. STOCKMAN, 27 Bend Si., Kew York. 23gsri TTr3toi3jgc33-3r3jt SH WESTJERN , .f8 H O TE L . WOT smwTOOTIii ft i,rjvi'tfvagj !- nm nk rWHlirWTTS if '11 rb lr fw !&& ttl (B r -fft iWCiT"'!1 lEAJ nfErasffiJ feiifftTJtSi jjJKlrf 3 nfyfiUfci ?re rPKB -iTr?' : iiiiijw m m m urn nmrwi u wsyaraiWH i San Trancisco, May 30, 1S77. We, the undersigned Wholesale Grocers take pleasure in remarking the increased de mand for Bowen's Premium Yeast Powder, and of testifying to the general satisfaction given by this brand: Wellman, Peck & Co., Dillepiane & Co., Boot & Sanderson, Kruse & Euler, Ledden, Whipple & Co., Jones & Co., Haas Bros., I M. Ehrman & Co., Taber, Harker & Co., J. M. Pike & Co., J. A. Folger & Co., Newton Bros. & Co., Castle Bros., Thos. Jennings, S. Foster & Co., Adams, McNeill & Co. F. Daneri & Co., M.& C. Mangels, Tillmann & Bendel, Albert Man & Co.. W. W. Dodge & Co. Mebnis & Co., Booth & Co., Milliken Bros., Sacramento. Allen & Lewis, . - Portland z 3 ' Xi ?y Cd-i. TIME AND STOEM ALOXE FUHXISII THE TRUE TEST FOR AGRI cultural Machinery. bhort-Iived patent inven tions, manufactured 3,000 miles away, are being otrercd to tho Fanners under every apparent induce ment. The ECLIPSE WINDMILL lias ljeen Tested lO Years ; Xnnsrn toy 4,000 American Farmers; Ik made liere in California from Spruce Wood ; Xh fully Warranted, or no Sale. Send for Circulars on Pumps and "Windmills. CHAELES P. H0AG, 118 Uealc St.. San FranclHCO, $1,000 CMeip Ore Feeto ! MACHINIST TOOLS, Mining and Saw Mill Machinery. Dealer In nil kinds of New and Second-band ENGEKES AW BOttEKS, And other Machinery Bought and Sold. AT- J&LJEnSTJD-r, Cob. Fremont axd Mission Sts.. Sax Fratjoisco. OOKTCORD Carriages, Buggies, Express Wagons 1 Harness " AT ABBOT DOWXISG CO.'S, 413 and 415 Battery Street, San Francisco. T. S. ISASTarAX. Aprent. WAKEIEE'S Bath 3 Sheep! Use Burnham's Abietine for rheumatism and neuralgia. A Cheap axd Effect tve Dip fob SCAB, axd ALL OTHER SUEEP DIS EASES. "We earnestly recommend all "Wool Growers to try it.' CHRISTY & WISE, -07 Front San Francisco. P.N. P. C. 2To. 1G8. ,TO &3SUJU H w Yw -Picture Frames I Chrom Tkt Urrtt cuaofictarfns fim of Apa' Tnaa ul Chremo. la Aaeria krias to iatroduw ihdr new Illutrl Ctlogn (m book form), oonUialaj expeaiiT. .njrinp of the aort pepulw ft jki of Kealiapod Chrono. now UacTiacbelaOe price, and SnrtmctlcM bw to Il,fll Md their eiO. lotue, tosttliec wUa Vjx wutilnia tix eoratr nspltf of popoUrmooMmp (to truu all plctartt frca ra18i24 to 2U30) to a 7 !" & (P-IH) nemptof TSetatbtopayeootof poiUc, paekisr;, etc Addrett, ALBERT DURKEE.112 Monroe St Chicago. MERIT AVXL.1, 1VI. CALIFORNIA YEAST CAKES, WTK I P n rtD C HAi: i.UHmtlHHIMLJSoI mmiM&smGmsm m ATOW fresli on the market, an. on'y poods or the xi Kind MAxrFACTUKEn on m t coast. For Lisht Bread, Llsht lil'cuit?. isnsfc. Ho. )ll8. Hot Cakes, Doughnut; in t.ictthfs article eii)i7tot be exlelied. if used in any capacity where good ycati Is required. Manufactured hv - ? $L.L1$,F ,& r,- Sacramento City, Cal. 72For Sa'o by Wholesale and Hetall Grocers pp erally. Hetail pi ice, per package, 23 cents. Samples tent tre by vunl. A. EOMAET & CO. AKE DAILT RECEIVING HEW BOOKS AND ITew Stationery. Wholesale and Rotall Booksellers, Manufacturing Stationers and Printers. The Trade, Schools and Libraries supplied on most liberal terms. All orders promptly and cirefully attended to. Trices strictly moderatc. II 3IOXTCJ03IESCY ST.. LICK nOUSE BLOCK, SAX FH XCISCO. BUSSSiESS COLLEGE, Oe( POST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. THE jjmtKj oldest ann most compile tjommercmi col lege on the coast. Elegant halls ; new furniture : thor ough instruction; practical teachers; high standing with the public. Students can commence ut any time. Day and evening sessions. Circulars may be had free on application. THE ISriErW-" m g EVSERICAnl Sewing Machine. Tliree-Yuarters Je. frlrtlon than uny other Maclilno. !T BEATS THEWS ALL! Seir-Thrcad-liifC Sliuttlo I Kelt-TIireail-ln$r Xttotlle! X,lRlieHt -Stimulus: i Stillest It tinning:! Simplest! SSTThls Machine is fast becoming known as the BEST IE "SEE WORLD! SEE IT ! TRY IT I BUY IT I Warranted to Give Entire Satisfaction. American Sewing Machine Co. G. R. WOOD, Manager, 124 FIFTH STREET, - - - SAN FRANCISCO tSTGooA Acrnts Wanted In all unov cnplod Territory. MITCHELL WAGONS, A. W. S ANBOENrAgent, 33 Beale St., S. 2. EjgfeSsS IHE Mitchell Farm, Freight and Spring Wagons . are well known as the best in the market and will withstand the climate of the PacI5o Coast betier thax any other. Mr. Sanborn also keeps at the same place, imported from his own manufactory at Man Chester, N. H., a good assortment of his celebrated TH0R0U8HBRAGE, EXPRESS Of all sizes. tar'Also, Bwaxies, Fhaetoas and) 1.1 Kli t Carriages of all kinds. STAR SPRING BED THE BEST IN USE. EVERYBODY BUYS TLV Sead for Circulars to C. D. & E. mNCEXEX, 149 Hew Kontgpmerv. St.i S, R. X ft . sS tjtSQtli -