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YAMHILL REPORTER. A. V. H MM Y DER. Proprietor. AN HOUR WITH MODJESKA. A Delightful Chat W Uh the ( harm lux Artrem»»—Meaalblo Talk < on- eerulnc Kral Idfe. McMINNVILLF, - - OREGON1 CONSOLATION. We toueltfNl our own to the clay-cold hands, From life’s long labor at real; And among the bloewouis, white and sweet. We not(xl a bunch of golden wheat Clasped close to the silent breast. We know not what work ,her hands had f< >und, Wh^t rugged place her feet; What cross was hers, what blackness of night; We sjfw but peace, the blossoms white, And the bunch of ripened wheat. THE MAUDLIN DRUNKARD. Thr Man Whom the Urntieman Moot »ialiked to Come in Contact With. ! Arkansaw Traveler. ] ?'?II’”..<'°“tinued the gentleman, "I wish to tell you of what kind of man I most dislike to meet. The maudlin drunkard, governor.” "I understand,” nodded the chief ex ecutive. “I can stand most anv kind of bore governor. When a drunken man comes up to me and wants to tell me a long story, I can stand it." “Tes,” assented the chief executive. When the man wade tragicbv drink comes along, I can stand him. He mav make wild gestures, and swear ven geance on the man who has done him a wrong, but without «inching I can re main in his society.” I know, the chief executive ao- quiesced. “When the comedy drunkard conies along and tells me funny stories, how he played jokes on his friends. I can stand him, even though lie punches me in the ribs. 1 can turn from him to the long winded drunkard ami listen with complacency to a story of family affairs stand”6 “ “ “““ Whott Icaa“ot ♦1 • Y *S. askpd the governor, thinking that the list had been ex hausted. 1 he maudlin drunkard, governor. I say I can stand any imposition of loquac ity, can put up with the weakness of a long story, and can even enjoy myself reasonably well when a drunken joker punches me in the ribs with his thumb, but dad blast my eternal epidermis if I can stand the maudlin man. When a man punches me, all right, but when a man wants to hang on me and weep, Im done. He may hit me as hard as he likes and may kick me reasonably hard, but blamed if lie must hang oil me and weep. The weeping man, gov ernor, is the man whom I desire to see ex communicated. Now, listen tome. There is now a man in the jail of this county who is condemned to be hanged next Tnday. It has been clearly proved that he is innocent, and the judge,' the prosecuting attorney and the jury have signed a petition for his pardon, but you must not pardon him. Why ? He is a maudlin drunkard. He catches hold of people and wants to weep, lhere is always a sob in his voice and a tear in his eye. Such a man must not live. His life is too dreary No matter how drunk he is and no matter how hilarious the party is, he grabs a hold of somebody amt wants to cry—to shed tears. Now we don’t want his tears We want no truck with the emotional side of Ins nature. What's to be done with him? Turn him loose to bang on to the wardrobes of respectable drunk ards and weep ? No, sir, hang him.” ’I had not thought of that,” replied the governor, after a few moments re flection. “The maudlin drunkard must go. Here there, secretary, burn that petition. The execution shall take place next Friday.” Vanderbilt I nhappy. [New York Cor. Philadelphia Record.] No Vanderbilt was present at the Knickerbocker feast, and vet 100 years ago a Vanderbilt—father of the great commodore who raided Wall street- made an humble but honest living dur ing the then existing unpleasantness by selling pies and other refreshments with distinguished impartiality, to such of the soldiers of either army as had money. The gentleman lived on «taten island, and being a sort of peripatetic sutlor, was entitled to recognition as a Knickerbocker us well as any tory or Hessian hi^h private. But the elder V anderbilt is in no mood for festivities just now. He is alarmed—not on the subject of his money, but his health. His family fear he may become a settled hypochondriac, though there really is nothing the matter with him except a nervous fear that lie is not to live long to enjoy his wealth. It is said that he has made his will, bequeathing tho great bulk of his fortune to his son Cornelius, tying it up in such a manner as to insure its accumulation, and that he IS also thinking seriously of placL.g it at once in tho hands of Cornelius, so as to rt!lieye liis mind of this care. He will do this in the hope of prolonging his life. But his family oppose the idea, and some of them are up in arms about it. Cornelius, meanwhile, con- *>n,1‘‘s quiet and religious, confident that the plum will soon fall iuto his opened mouth. William K. is in dis grace Ixvause of his recent losses in Wall street-losses that have been denied, but are none the le s true, and Fred Vanderbilt has never recovered the paternal favor he lost bv marrying the divorced wife of one of his cousins. The “old man” has not had a pleasant time with his children since he left the old farm at load Hill, Staten island. He got the wealth he had so long cov- eted, but he left his happiness behind. Eopt'a Length anil Hreadth. “One gunboat on the Nile could com mand the whole of Egypt.” remarked Rev. Henry M Field, a groat traveler, in speaking of the dangers of a further invasion by the False Prophet. "Peo ple forget the shape and form of Egypt. Egypt is, in fact, more than one thous and miles long and only six miles wide. The only habitable or traversable coun try extends some three miles on each side of tho Nile. This is fertile lie- canse the river overflows it: beyond are the hills, and above these the hot. flaring, lifeless desert." (“Mary Jane” in Courier*Journal. 1 It was on a murky, ugly afternoon, a real Cincinnati dirtv-dav, which cannot be appreciated unless seen, and the more seen the less appreciated it is. and we went down to the Burnet house en cased in umbrellas, gossamers and the grunts. • We sent up our cards, and in a few minutes were conducted to the famous suite, occupied in years past by Sontng, Nilsson, Neilson, Jenny Lind, and where, last year, I was so delightfully entertained bv Miss Mary Anderson, and there we found Modjeska, her hus band and a lady of our acquaintance were seated about a little table. The count rose to meet us. I was presented to madame la countesse, who shook hands with a real, good old-fashioned hand-shake, and in a minute was at the table talking and being talked to. as though we had known each other since chililhood. “■Which of your plays do you liko best, madame?” asked lliekey. “None of them: none of them. I’m tired of it all, and want to rest. I like to play, but I don’t like the rehearsals.” and her tine face showed a weariness which made me think of a tired child looking for its mother. "The houses have not been good in Cincinnati, and you are depressed,” said her husband. “When the clouds are dispelled and the sun shines it will be quite different.” And we all laughed over her woes; and she laughed, too, and told us how lonesome it was at the matinee, and how, if it had not been for a few familiar faces, she would hardly have had heart to go through her lines. The conversation drifted along in a delightfully aimless way, full of inter est, as would be the floating down a river winding among beautiful hills and dividing lovely valleys, carried along by the current whither it would. Finally Modjeska’s own work came up, and gracefully and without egotism she talked of it. It happened that “Frou- Frou” was the play spoken of, and Dickey said: “Do you think, madame, that Frou Frou loved her husband? Do you play it with this feeling?” “Oh, no,” she answered. “Frou Frou was a spoiled girl, who knew nothing but to be loved. Careless and thoughtless she went about until Louise came upon the scene, and she thought lier husband loved her sister. I think she loved her child as a result of in stinct, but her surroundings and her as sociates led her away from all such thoughts. When at last she left her home it was not done though jealousy, but anger and for spite, and she at once realized what she had done, and the woman, wife and mother developed in her, but too late to repair the wrong she had done. She was still Frou Frou, however, and in the death agony the same spirit was with her, and she was but a child.” “Do you play those parts with other than the feeling of the artist ?” asked Dickey. “Not always; but sometimes one can not help but feel what one is doing.” “What of the effect of applause and good audiences?” asked Mrs. W. “They are much, very much.” “Do you approve of recalls ? Don’t you think they spoil the illusion pro duced by the play ?” said I. “No. indeed. I appreciate the com pliment and like it. I think the illu sion is mostly gone when the curtain goes down, and the appearance of the player after that has no bad effects. I do not, how ever, approve of recalls dur ing an act.” "How do American audiences com pare with foreign audiences in enthu siastic demonstrations?” asked Dickey. “Not at all. Why, when I made mv first appearance in San Francisco, I was told that such applause was rare and I could scarcely understand that I had not made a failure. In England audiences are cold, but I received five recalls in London; in Dublin it was al most like home; in France audiences are less demonstrative, but in Italy and in Poland, especially, they are wild. One night I was recalled'twenty two times, and I was so tired that I had to have a chair on the stage and finally I had to ask the manager not to let the curtain be rung up again. That was a little too much, but it was very flatter ing.” We spoke of Marv Anderson, and I told her how I met her in that room, and how cordial she was. Modjeska praised her greatly, and the count dwelt glowingly upon her beauty. They liad seen her in London, and I asked if she thought the fair Kentuckian was cold as the critics had pronounced her to be. “No woman is cold." she said. "Though I think one must know something of the feelings she would portray to do it with tho best effect. No girl who is perfect in her physical development and is well and strong can be cold. It is her nature to have a heart, and when it is touched, then the feeling will be developed and her womanhood will be beautiful. There is a right one some place in the world, and when he comes the coldest woman is warmed.” "Ah.” said a young newspaper mail just arrived. “I think some girls are awfully freezing cold. I have been frozen out more than once.” “Oh,” laughed madame, “that was be cause you were the wrong one, that's all.” “Woe is me!’’ he sighed. Love and friendship were discussed. "I think,” said Mrs. W„ "that friend ship with no thought of love can exist between a man ami woman.” “A very young man and young woman ?" said I, interrogatively. “Well.no; not that kind,” she said, and they all smiled. “The love of a husband and wife,” said Modjeska, "is the purest friendship, and the husbands and wives who are friends, as well as lovers, are the hap- P"<st." “Love is selfish," said I. "the highest and best form of selfishness.” “Ye«,” »aid the count, “it is.” “I know,” said I. "that a woman who is in love thinks first of her own happi ness, and what may be apparent sacri fice is her pleasure. She can’t lie happy- only in being miserable for one she loves. Her love is subjective as much us it is objective.” “Is a mother’s love selfish?” asked madame. “To an extent, yes,” said the count and I simultaneously. “Oh, don’t talk so,” said she. “You would make us all creatures ot selfish ness and destroy whatever beauty of spirit we may have. I knyw I am self ish, and every morning when I get up I resolve to be better, but it seems very hard to fulfill my promises to myself." “Ah,” said her husband, with the look of a lover; “you are not selfish I know you better than that,” and their eyes met in a way which made my old maiden heart go out warm to them, as old people hold out their hands in blessing upon happy lovers And so the talk run on for an hour full of interesting topics, full of variety and having nothing in it of that unde sirable constancy of stage talk, so often marring the conversation with and among actors. A more delightful call I never made, and a more womanly woman does not live than Modjeska. She calls her husband “Charlie" in the brightest sweethearticalist way, and there is none of that disagreeable gush one sees between married people, and which one knows is only a little dash of sunshine to fool people into going out without an umbrella only to be caught in a storm. They are an ideal couple, as much in love us when years ago they joined hearts und bauds. They ure botli highly intellectual and both accomplished, and upon neither has there ever been cast the slightest shadow of reproach. As an actress Modjeska. I think, ranks first of all English-speaking women. She has a nature loving, warm and true, and it imbues all the characters she assumes and gives to them such lights and shadows of feeling, that every listener follows her action and expression as if they were parts of him self. She presents in her acting an ideal realism which is the ultimatum of the highest dramatic art. and she pos sesses to the fullest extent a quiet force of expresssion, which is intensified by its very greatness. She can bring tears to the eyes of her auditors without say ing a word; she is, indeed, a heart pan- tomimist. In her love scenes there is a purity as beautiful as lovo itself, and her own high character permeates all the characters she assumes. This is my idea of art, and this is why I say the true woman alone can be the true artist. However, life is short, which this letter is not, as Dickey would say, and I must bid this delightful couple adieu, with a world of good wishes. As we went away we shook hands three several times (Modjeska has a beautiful hand), and the soft young newspaper man stepped back for an instant, while I overheard him say: “Ah, madame, your golden hair and brown eyes are like my sweetheart's.” "Have you only one?” she said, archly. “Only one. madame.” “ Ah, most unusual man,” she replied, and the door shut us out from all but ploasunt memories. The Orchestral .Baton* [Home Journal. J The baton was first used at the King's theatre by Chelard. He came to London at Monck Mason’s invitation with a German company in 1832, and always conducted with a baton. Before that the leader alone with his violin bow con ducted the orchestra. Sir Michael Costa saw at once the advantage of the baton and adopted it from that time. But the practice was much criticised both in the case of Weber and Mendelssohn, who used it in conducting for the Philhar monic society. Prof. Ella tells me that Mendelssohn, in company with Meyerbeer and Costa, were dining with him the day after the Philharmonic rehearsal, anil was so much annoyed at the imjiertinent remarks made by tho leaders of the orchestra, who criticised his use of the baton, that he was seri ously thinking of giving it up, when Ella exclaimed, with his usual strong sense: “My dear Mendelssohn, do no such thing; don’t pay any attention to them; if you give up the baton toplease them, it will be put down to cowardice on your part.” Both Costa and Meyer beer urged the leaders to set a good ex ample by accepting the baton. This decided Mendelssohn, and he retained the use of the baton, which was also used by Moscheles, and has boeu re tained ever since. The Bonanza Kings. [St. Iamis Globe-lleiiioerat.l Flood. Fair, and Mackey are brawny, full-blooded men, with good color, heightened by good living and drinking. They dress carelessly and have all the California characteristics—free and easy in address, hail fellows well met with all their friends. Sliaron, on the contrary, could sit for a picture of a good Connecticut deacon. He is thin, angular, undersized, flat-chested, with straight, lank hair, whitened by age, combed down smooth over his small head : a pal lid face, almost destitute of expression, and a mustache that adds nothing to the countenance. When he looks at you, however, you notice a pail of eyes as sharp as those of a weasel, and the quiet gestures show that the small body has a good deal of nervous energy. He always dresses in plain, black broadcloth, of ministerial cut, nnd this, w ith his white necktie and silk hat. adds to his clerical appearance. He is one of the best poker-players on the Pacific coast. The “Wishbone* Wedding:. The “wishbone" wedding has become the correct thing. The couple stand beneath a floral wishbone. After the ceremony the bride ami groom are given the wishbone to pull. The tug results in a break somewhere, and who ever holds the long piece is absolved from getting up to build fires in the morning. ___ _____ Keep« I p II I m Correspondence. Mrs. Tabor tells a reporter in Den ver that her husband, the ex-senator, now away from home, sends her "a postal card ivery day and once a week a sweet letter." INFORMATION INA BARBERSHOP Tlie Crowning luqulry <*r an Inquisi tive Mau Who Carried a Maehei. [New York Sun.] “Is this the barber shop?” asked a neatly dressed tall man, carrying a saehel, as he entered a Sixth avenue establishment. "Yis, sail. Walk in, sah!” said the owner. "Cun I get shaved here?” “Oh, yis, sah. Yo’ nex’. Only five ahead.” "Hair cut ?" “Sart’nly, sah.” “Shampooed ?” “Oh, yis, sah.” The man walked in, placed his sacliel on the floor, and sat down. “Barbers don’t pull teeth to any great extent nowadays, do they?” said he. “Oh, no, sah.” “But they used to, you know. They used to pull teeth, cup, lance, leecli and do other things that hurt utmost us badly us their razors do now. What are the prevailing styles in whiskers now ?” "Mufstaash, mutton chops, an' de English split chin, sah.” “Ah, yes! Do you ever find the whole three combined on one face ?” “Nevali did but once, sub! A young man ’ployed me to block out de free styles fur him, so he kin hab ’em shabe off one by one, sah, to see w’ich o’ dem styles he look de lies' in. W’en dey was all growed he ’feared to hab any one oh 'em sliabe off, sah, ’cause mebbo dac be de one wot suit his ’plexion bes’. Dat young man struggle wiv dem w’is- kah fur free munce, sah, an’ den he or der ’em all shabe off. Den he say, ‘Raise me a mufstaash.’ I riz him a mufstaash, sah, an’ he hab his pictur’ took. Den. he want his mufstaash took off, an' English split-chin riz. W’en dat was riz he go wiv dat an’ hab his pictur’ took. Den off come de English split-chin, sah. an’ we grow de mutton chop. W’en he get’s a likeness o’ dat he put dem free pictur’s in a row an’ look at ’em a minute. Den he frow ’em on de flo' an’ flop hisself in dis cheer, sah, an’ holler out, ‘I looks like de debhle in ’em all, I does. Shabe ’em off!’ An’ he nevah wo’ no w’iskah ’tall, sah, after dat." “So?” said the tall man. “You use bay rum, of course ?” “Yis, sah.” “And hair tonic?” “Oh, yis, sah.” “Ami the belt pomade?” “Sart'nly, sah.” “And—but of course you have that on your shelves—Capulini’s Scalpita- truni'?” “No, sah; we ain't fell to usin’ datyit, sah.” “What!” exclaimed the tall man, grabbing his valise, opening it, and taking out a square black bottle with a gold label. Don't use the greatest ton- sorific of the age! Then let me—’’ “Yon’s <le nex’, sah!" said the barlier to the tall man. He glanced up at the clock. “Jiminetty!” said he. “Half past 6! I’ll bet I'm too late to catch Job- son !” And the tall man rushed out. WfiMliinxton’M Love A Hairs. [Cor. Detroit Post.] Warlike sentiments on certain sub jects still lingered in the heart of Washington on that peaceful morning 100 years ago when he resumed posses sion of this city. As he crossed Spuy- ten Duyvil creek and made his way upon the island the night before he re ceived a message to tarry, as Sir Guy Carleton was not yet embarked. So he directed his steps to a great imposing wooden house on Washington Heights, still standing and known as the Jumel place. This house twenty-seven years before had been his Mecca. Here he courted the beautiful and wealthy Mary Phillipse; here for weeks he lin gered in the light of her blue eyes; here he left her at her father’s till he could hurry oft' and capture Fort Duquesne and come back, and here at that fatal interval came Capt. Morris and captured Mary Phillipse and mar ried her before Washington’s return. It was an awful lesson to the father of his country and he solemnly resolved never to be caught out agaiu in matters of that kind. It was the second blow; first the lowland beauty, Miss Grimes, afterwards mother of tho Lee family, and then the faithless Mary. He had somewhat recovered from the jilting mi this peaceful morning I speak of, for the Morris family had largely multi plied by this time; but the spot was still sore. Tradition has it that he went over and sat again in the Phillipse parlors and meditated. "Where is your master?” he inquired of a darkey ou the porch, concerning his former rival. “He goned wid the British, sah, wen de wall fust bruk out,” said the humble servitor, “an' missus she is crost de rib- ber and is very porely, sah, and malisa he was shot wen he was takin’ Fote Moldetree down in Carlinv, io' years ago." The visitor knew that well enough, but he was fond of hearing it over again. “And. mahs.i. dey du say dat all dis great fine estate heah is gwine to be cornfiscated by the devilish rebels. Dat can’t be. sah.” Washington evaded the question. But a ’ -r.r later the great fine estate was confiscated and sold to Jumel by the government and Washington does not seem to have juterposed to save it for Mary and the bailies. He ought to have been grateful to her for teaching him such a noble» lesson, for he learned it so well that when Martha Custis dawned on him he just sat down by her and didn't let her get away from him. But she was a widow and perhaps didn't want to get away. California the Nnr.ery of Art. [Madame Modjeska.] “Did it ever occur to yon that it is from California that your artists, actors, poets and singers are likelv to come— that it will lie to America n hat Italy is to Europe?” Chinese proverb: < Inly correct your self on the same principle that you cor rect others: and excuse others on the Tennyson's income is al>O'.it $20,000 same principle on which you excuse yourself. per year. ( Kame's Feativnl ofthe Lend. [St. Loui.Globe Democrat.] Tho first week in November, begin ning with All Saints' Dav, is celebrated in Home as a “Festival of the Dead.” There is uothing mournful alsiut the custom. People go the cemeteries laughing and talking as if they were in a public promenade, and the various tombs, chapels ami vaults are visited with as much curiosity as any exhibi tion of works of art. Before 1H70 the "Festival of the Dead” was observed with more pomp than now. At break of day cannon were fired, and the Pon tifical banner was unfurled. Later the pope celebrated mass iu the Sistine chapel, and at night “sacred” repre sentations of scriptural scenes were given in various cemeteries. These performances, of course, were remi niscences of the "mysteries" that were celebrated during the middle ages, and also of the dances of pagan origin once performed in the cemeteries, called the “Dances of the Dead.” The loss of the pope's temporal power put au end to these doings. One singular custom of pagan origin, however, still holds on. The ancient Greeks and Romans, it is said, used to eat a mess of beaus over the graves of their dead, iu order to drive away evil spirits from the neighborhooil. Some have it that the Festival for the Dead was once kept in the spring, when beaus were young and generally eaten. When the memorial day was transferred from spring to autumn, it would seem, the custom of eating beans was still con tinued, but dried ones had to be substi tuted for fresh. At present no roal beans are eaten, but only imitation ones, of sugar or chocolate.’ Biscuits made in the shape of human bones are eaten also during this commemoration week. Herr Krupp and Ilin Kun Fuctory. [Chicago Tribune. ] Herr Alfred Krupp, tho proprietor of tho great steel-works, at Eisen, Ger many, where the guns which bear his name are manufactured, employs20,000 men, who operate 1,541 furnaces, 439 steam boilers, 450 steam engines, and 1,022 machines for working iron. Be sides being the owner of tho works at Eisen, he is the owner of 547 mines in various parts of Germany. His entire possessions are said to be worth $40,- 000,000. He is described as a tall ami rather stern-looking man, with sloping shoulders, a long neck, and full white beard, hiding a sensitive mouth, and a face narrow at the jaw and broaden ing above the thin, well-shaped uose. His dark eye is keen and penetrating, his forehead expansive. He is delicate, nervous and intellectual, and looks like a clergyman. His only son and heir, Fritz Krupp, who will succeed to his immense estate, is a young man of fine education, who is already acquainted with all the details of his father’s busi ness. He traveled considerably in this country. He is an inventor of very many valuable contrivances used in the works at Eisen. Herr Krupp's estab- meut has turned out 20,(MM) cannon. Telegraph in £ Along Wire Fence.*. [Milwaukee Letter.) An experimental work has been going on for a short time along the Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad branch and the Brandon branch, about thirty miles in length, the object being to determine whether or not the barbed wire of the fence on either side of the road can be utilized for telegraphic purposes. The fence wire was p.aced in proper condi tion for a sufficient distance to make a satisfactory test, the wire being run under the surface at road crossings. Superintendent oi Telegraph Simpson returned from the scene of the experi ment, and decided that the plan was not practicable. Telegraph work can be done over the fence wire at this time, he says, but during the winter months, when huge snow banks com pletely cover the fence, the line would be made useless. There are thousands of miles of wire fence along the western lines, and it has been contended it should be utilized for this nurnose. The Frederickton (New Brunswick, Can.) 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E i . k G rove , Sacramento Co., CiLj December S, Is»«. Messrs. D. 8. Brown & Co.: G entlemen Please send me ano) six-gallon Harkness Eire Extingni,kj soon ns you can. I had occasion to ta«| one 1 bought of you a short time «go. Last night the hotel a.ljointning| store caught tire in the hallway tothti mid story from the explosion of alaiipi tlie building being elothand paper »u: mediately on tire in several room«,kg less than two minutes after gelling extinguisher to work the fire wa»«t. As soon as this one arrive» I will« the other one down and have it repleniik Also please inform me if 1 cannot dm the fluid remaining in the tank and« it for future use, or shall 1 send it uit Yous, etc.. (Signed) J. N. Axuam Ammen’s Cough Syrup cures ca coughs, bronchitis ana consumption. Dakota lias set apart school lands to magnificent figure of $82,000,000. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN Are made pallid an unattractive bril tional irregularities, which Dr. fta “Favorite Prescription” will infall cure. Thousands of testlnumlak I druggists. About 3,000 persons are «annually ba in the New York “Potter’s field." Dujardin's Life Essence isTnOI F rench N erve T onic . M artine & Co.—In answer to youri requesting an unbiased and tree OH <>f the Life cnce, ! <an say, m i fore prescribing it I was so favoiabb] pressed with the formula that I contra to give it a fair 1 rial on myself. Ihadk suffering from ulcers of the prostran course with loss of t he use of tin ■ .My strength was greatly reduced, i from pain and the constant drain. ' nervous system was in a deplonhtefl I took 1-32 of a grain of strychnine ti in... .. day. but without favorableM I then commenced the Life Essence! me. and have grown strong and firmil nerve force. But now I find that 1 from night work and the laborotW combined, my nervous sj stem gets into irritable state, resulting in sleeple«« and irritability; If 1 take a teaspoonful retiring, it procures me a peaceful,dm less sleep, and I wake refreshed in morning. I am so well satisfied thi shall prescribe it to my exhusted patia I would not use patent mediciniili any circumstances, but since you gave the formula. I class it among my 00 standard preparations. Very respectfully. I. D. I. Pe noses, (ting t ibis 1< B, an »of t foot t Bing L A luriou i into t )f this ear of nby A id edit ttula. Bars, I y for 1 cord f i years J L. S i sever r. Tho »book om co The c lights ( with h ass, fl been I centu of the Confront improper conduct, not by retal iation, but by example.—Foster. If a cough disturbs vour sleep, take Piso’sCure for Consumption and rest well. There is no need of throwing a kiss. Any fellow deserving of one will go and take it. A SMART MAN Is one who does his work quickly and well. That it is what Dr. R. V. Pierce s “Golden Medical Discovery” does as a blood-puri fier and strengthener. It arouses the torpid liver, purifies t)i£ blood, and is the best remedy for consumption, which is scrofulous disease of the lungs. The Knights of Labor cleared ^(500 on a fair held at Decatur, Ill. No opiates or drastic carthartics are to be found in that peerless remedy, S amar - II \\ _\ I K \ I \ I . FOR PAIN CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciati* Lumbago. Baokache. Headache, ToothscM, ■ Sore Throat. Kweilin*», Sprain». ■lorn*. Menlda. .ro«l Hile. .in all orxiK noiiiLr riis. *lia Boid b, Uruui.i. .nA l>».l«r..T«r«wtar* FIRlC«'»*’* DlrKtlon. I. 11 I., u « vmw . THE « IIAKLE» *. VOLELWI ,. A. VUOILA. .CO.) Bau««* Dujardin’s Life Essence gives brain force and vital energy. Rev. J. S. White, Rock Hill, S. C., says: “I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for general debility. It has been of benefit in restor ing me to strength and vigor.” It is the province of ministers to do good, therefore we think every minister should inform himself in regard to .\m- men’s Cough Syrup, and after being satis fied that it is afl that is claimed for it, rec ommend it; thus lives can I k » saved and then taught how to save their souls. We are told tne proprietor is always willing to give a liottle free to any minister of family who wishes it to try. — ------------- Dujardin’s Life Essence conquers nerv ous debillity, loss of memory. A low condition of health is common with many who allow themselves to worry. Mental anguish causes bodily sufferings. Anxiety and care has broken down many constitutions. A train of disorders usually follow mental distress. Heart affections, nervousness, sleeplessness, dyspepsia, liver complaint. Money troubles, etc., are among the list. A sure remedy for reliev ing all mental and physical distress is Brown’s Iron Bitters. It at once strengthens every part of the lx>dy mak ing work a pleasure and care unknown. The ne«>" for promP* “L flcient remedi« » • growing wrati'-e. these HosW® the chief = and i ular- iF and bo<t» > rial fevtK. ' tv, rheum* 2nd mi»' nient». it is justly regarded as the purest prehensive remedy of its class- I »ruggists and Dealers general y. fiH WILSON LIGHTNING SEW Two tlimoi*« atitche* * nbaol Btely flr-t-ela*« n" „nP-4 world, »ent on trEjl- - »end for lllojtrnted H. A<ent« W < hi »ico INO MAC 111 > E CO.. < ip U.v opuL p will Kaisci