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A MEXICAN FUNERAL GHASTLY SCENES IS THE CHAK -SEL YARD. .Rented Graves and Borrowed Coffins —Neither Wife, Mother nor Sister Allowed at the Funeral. fSpecial Correspondence of the Rboord-Pkion.] Mexico, November 6, 1885. The days of "All Saints 11 and "All 8oula," through which we have just been passing, are the saddest of the year to re ligious Mexico— and that means everybody of Latin blood within her borders. In our own older Republic few church ceremo nials, unless it may be those of Christmas and Easter, call for special observance from the people at large; but in Mexico. I—notwithstanding1 — notwithstanding the "new epoch" in 1 which the State, instead of the Church, is supposed to rule — the latter is still the all prevailing power. The ''holy days'' in her calendar out-number the days of the year: but among them all none touches the pub lic heart so deeply as tho3e two days de devoted to the dead. "Black Friday" — commemorative of the crucifixion — is sad enough, for on that day tio sound of wheel or hammer or human labor is heard, no carts or carriages are permitted On the streets, and the whole nation, dressed in black, goes to church to mourn •with the virgin mother. Bat that far away tragedy, with nearly nineteen hun dred years between, does not come home to all hearts like the OOMMOX BORROW OK F.VKBY HOUSEHOLD, For death is alike a tragedy in palace or liotcl, in the home of the highest Don, or in the family of the untutored Indian, who has only mother earth for a bed uiivi the blue sky for a covering. On All Saints' day. immediately after «ar!y mass, the people crowd the cemete ries, and it is about the only day in all the year when the cities of the dead are ever visited, except by sight-Peeking tourists. liut this day, solemn though it be, is more especially devoted to the remembrance of those, who died in otiier years, the saints and martyrs, and "glorious army of just men made perfect,' 1 who are supposed to have safely passed the pains of purgatory and long since become acclimated to the atmosphere of heaven. On All Souls' day people pray in the churches, each for bia own dead, ami every family in the land, high and low, rich and poor, .semis lamenting Rachels, for true in deed it is that There is no Bock, however watched and tended, But some (load Umb > there. Cathedral scenes on that day are long to be remembered. For •hours the bells tolled dismally and the streets were (Hied with mourning figures, with black shawls or rtbnms covering their faces, silently wend ing their way to the place of prayer. In the center of each darkened church, the black-palled funeral dias was erected, with its flickering candles and grim suggestions. The altars were draped with crape, the usual gaudy paper roses replaced by black ones, and sombre banners bore (in Spanish) the words, "EKMItMRF.R THE DEAD." The kneeling crowd, all with devout faces tured toward the eross — the symbol of their hope — repeated their prayers si > earn estly that the united muimnr sounded like the distant roaring of the sea. They were mostly of that sex who arc "first at the cross and last at the tomb,' 1 and it was easy to read in the upturned countenances whose sorrows were freshest. There were orphaned children, the widow in her weeds, the white-haired mother bereft of sons and daughters — every face had its history. And liul not detract from the solemnity of the Occasion to knoW that iLc floor of the sanctuary in which we kuell was a sue . m of trap-doors, covering vaults filled. to the brim with bones of two centuries' dead. A Mexican fjineral is very different from tin: same sud ceremony in the United States, for here all that is ghastly is brought to the frnnt, and every cheering suggestion carefully excluded. Apparently the c people mean to enjoy the "luxury of grief 17 to the full, and decline to be robbed of a single pang. Here no floral tributes aresentby sympathizing friends — no pil lows of white carnations, with "Rest" in purple immortelles, nor crosses and anchors of sp itless lilies, at;d the dear departed are not laid away in beds <■!' roses with white blossoms upon their bosoms. If Bowers are used at all, they are generally the most gaudy of artificials, with leaves and "tream ers or gilt paper — precisely like those fast ened to iron hooks which are thrust into the bulls 1 hide at the Sunday dwertiigemeni of the Plaza de Torros, 1 have seen a bunch of these monstrosities as big as a cabbage in the waxen bands <.f a dead baby, and a wreath of blood-red roses crowning the gray bead of an old man — which gave or corpse a rakish air most comically - jiie. At whatever hour of the day or ni;;ht a in dies In Mexico, it is customary to appoint the. funeral services just twenty four hours thereafter, or as near to it as can possibly be arranged. It is a well known fact the world over that the major ity of souls go out of the !> »iy at the mys tic bour between nigh! and dawn, when all the forces of life are at their lowest ebb; and therefore, in consequence of the na tional custom aforesaid, most funerals are conducted before sunrise. About the sad dest sights I ever Baw, enough TO MAKf. AXY MOTHER'S HEART ACHE, An frequently met in the twilight of the early morning ; a little pr< I men on root, with seldom a woman among them, wending their way •<> the Campo Santo, or " Field of Saints," as the ceme tery ia called. The bereaved father marches in advance, wuh the little blue coffin bal anced on hi bead, while male relatives follow with lighted candles, and the rear is brought op by v boy carrying the coffin lid. The dead child is plainly visible within the gaily-painted box, wearing its brightest ganni 1.. I with many paper flowers, and often the little features are hardly recognizable from the dust of ; tree! Unit ; I upon it before the " <iu v t '<< •'• .ins. All bodies must b< . the church I i i in consecrated ground, but itisnol c fashion here for women to atti nd funera -. n it to f llow thi ir dead : cemeteries. So the wife, the mother, U ten . ■ their last ■. and the corpse is then - - away by male relatives— first to the sanctuary and then to the Bepulchre. Uow mothers can endure this when their children di American undv but the iron hand • itom is far lere .than in our own try, and none dream of defying it. At my tirst visit to a Mexican " riold of saints," I !';:r:icd the wisdom of excluding women from the last horrible rites. Except among the wealthy the coffin ia not buried with the body, but is merely rented for the nev between the house ai>! cemetery, the same pine box (which for adults is usually painted black, with white or yellow stripes), serving the same purpose a great many. times. Arriving at the grave, whether the body is interred with or without a coffin, it is always ;ii>t covered with lime, that it I may the more quickly decompose. In the majority of cases the corpse is taken out if the coffin, iaiii in the dirt without any cov ering (often U c vightUss eyes wide open), a Quantity of unslacked lime thrown in and earth shoveled upon ir, the sexton now and then jumping In and stamping ihe dirt Juwn with his feet, to make all snug and secure. Kven then, though buried like a dog, the poor cadaver cannot be said to have gone to hie " iong home." for he is ROT BUKK OF HIS GB.VVK Time enough to decay decently in. It is an actual fact, all over the length and breadth of Mexico, that (except aiuonu the few who are rich enough to own family vaults) the graves are mostly rented, for periods varying from three months to a ▼ear's time. Many of these ancient cities have only one Campo Santo— a veritable *' God's acre " as to size — wherein the dead of several hundred years hare been some how disposed of. That is the secret of tho quick-lime. I have lc>oked down into many freshly-dug graves, and all presented the same appearance — the sides a perfect aandwich of layers upon layers of crum- ' bling bones and bits of coffins, which the spade had cut through, looking like huge slices of chicken salad or old-fashioned "marble" cake! It is doubtful, indeed, whether the Scriptures can be fulfilled in this country in regard to the gathering together of " dry bones " on the resurrec tion morning. But these good Catholics do not believe in that idea. They think the body is of no consequence after the soul has been safely prayed through purgatory, and to them there is no sense of sacredneea connected with the clay casket after iv jewel is gone. When the time has expired for which the grave was rented, the occupant is uncere moniously shoveled out to make room for a new tenant. If the time has been long enough — thanks to the liine — there is little left to evict ; but the three months allowed to the vast majority in which to decay, is not time enough in obstinate case*. Bones are sometimes unearthed not yet quite bare of flesh, and skulU with capillary adorn ments still clinging to them. In walking through these Campo Santos, one cornea upon such cheerful sights as sections of vertebra;, ribs, marrow bones, BITS or SHBOIDS AND BROKEN COFFINS At every step. But this is by no means the worst of it. In the rear of each grave yard is a smaller inclosure. which had bet it -r not be visited by persons of shaky nerve. The first glimpse is warranted to make the strongest man forego his dinner ; but one can get accustomed to all manner of things, you know, and generally ends— as I did — by poking over the bone-s with an umbrella to lind a nice white skull for an ink-bottle ! The bones are CJirted to this charnel yard and left in heaps till the an nual cremation time comes around, when they are burned to ashes and left f< >r the winds to scatter. Poor Gabriel — what a time he will have of it on that great day in trying to fulfill his contract! Golgotha must have been an Men to the place we lately visited. Every step showed a new horror. There were scores of well-pre served coffins, still half-full of the lime which had failed to complete its work, mixed with shreds of grave-clothes, their gay colors scarcely faded. Scattered about were, babies 1 tiny shoes ; leather enough in half-decayed boots and slippers to set up St. Crispin in trade ; women's combs and other paraphernalia; skulls of all sir.es, and piles of bones in the corners of the wall higher than a man's head. We noticed a skull malted with long, gray hair; another with a long, black tress attached, which doubtless loving hands have caressed in other days; and dozens of smaller heads white and shining like ivory — evidently those of children. Naturally the stench is sometimes intolerable— enough to give the whole country the cholera in any other atmosphere; and as in this mountainous land tee Campo Santos are generally lo c.HP'l on hills out-lying the cities, it Is not to be wondered at that the residents imme diately below, who HECfiIVE Till! WASHINGS INTO THKIR WKI.LS, Die off like sheep at certain seasons of the year. The other day a prominent citizen died, and Betsy and I determined to attend the funeral, notwithstanding the custom excluding women. The cathedrals are al ways open, and under pretext of perform ing our devotions unusually early, we hied us thither. Imagine a gray November morning, at the " witch-hour' 1 of 5; a dim old church full of ghostly shadows, with here and there some conscience-stricken creature kneeling upon the floor in peni tential prayer, or whispering at confession al windows. The funeral pyramid — pine boards painted black, ornamented with skulls and crossbones,aiid wwmeiUi morn in seriptions— occupied the center of the church. This pyramid and its four side pieces, which are shaped exactly like cof fins, was stuck full of sputtering candles, in whose flickering light the, shadows swayed to and fro, like ghostly visitants trailing their shrouds behind them, getting ready to return to the vaults below after a n cturnal revel. For Betsy's encourage ment, I whispered that cheerful stanza : Somwhcrc. in <le«olate, windswept spare— In twilight land— in "no man's" land- Two shivering nhapesmtt, fuee to (Vice, And liid each other stand. "And who arc you." erics <.r,e agape, Shuddering iv the Rlouniinp Unit; " I know not," satu Ao second shape— " I only died hu>t night I" Now the funeral procession enters (of course all men), who bear the coffin upon their shoulders and deposit it upon a black palled dais in front of the pyramid. As usual, there is no cover upon the coffin, and the wide-open eyes, with no inure "speculation" in them, stare straight up at the great white cross above the main altar. But the blood-stained Christ thereon gives no sign to that unhoused soul, which seems to say, " This dayshalt thou be with me in paradise." At the side of the cathe dral an image of the Virgin of Sorrow?, with clasped hands and a dagger sticking in her heart, looks down upon the dead man, as if mourning in place of the wife and mother who should be there. A procession of white-robed priests en ters, preceded by a boy bearing a huge brass crucifix, which he stands at the Jie.ii of the coffin. Then follows a long mass, chanted by the priests in monotonous minor tones — as wierd as any Indian in cantation in the wills of our own north west ; while much holy water is sprinkled, and burning incense shaken, till the whole pile is full of spicy odors. Meantime the sun has risen, and his first beams — penetrating a barred window high up un der the roof — fall aslant the crucified Savior, about whose feet some white doves, Wiio make their home in the church, are joyously twittering. Gazing upon that symbol of the Christians' faith, we fall to wondering — with the unutterable Longing all human hearts feel in presence or the drLiil mystery of death— whether the in numerable proce sion of dead who have " DIF.I) IN TIIH LORD" During all that eighteen centuries ar,' bet ter ofl' to-day, now thai their bodies are dust, than equally devout followers of Buddha, Mohammed, Confueins or Quetial- Xow all that can be said or done f'>r the dead man here below is accomplished— and i :i the shoulders of those who yesterday were friends and oeighbi ra ol this inscru table thing now called " It," the coffin is Lome toward the Campo Santo, followed by the multitude on foot, each with bis lighted candle, " Come," whispers B< -■■. " we have caught 'blues enough this morn- Outsi itle shower is just passin ; over, and a rainbow arches the an upon the mount ain tops at either Ride. Looking down the narrow street at the vanishing proci our thoughts revert to the w< eping women in the i . who may noi even ii bis last .. But the rainbow Bpanning the ■ - is an ausj ii i en. "I am the resurr ! the life ; who; .. r ■■ lieveth on me, though dead, shall live again." Though death and sorrow is the common heritage, the promise endures tor all lands, and we must believe that some how — somewhere — it will be full I UCBIB 1!. Ward. About tut. Bostob Grsis.— A gentleman who was apparently rather deeply tinged with the prevalent An,r!;i:.:.i\i;i wk watering-place discanting upon the superi ority of English over American scenery. " There really is no finished scenery in this country, be was pleased to observe; "of course, the Palisades, on the Hudson, are very well made, but •" " Yes.' 1 crisply and dryly interpolated the clever Boston .girl whom he was favoring with his conversation, " I think they are — consider ing who made them. 11 Another Boston girl was at a New York rcscptlon. "So yi v are from Boston?" said a young gen ii to her. "(Hi, dear!" she replied, with an accent of despair, "how did you know? I'm sure I tried hard enough to conceal it." "To conceal it,' 1 he replied, with a puzzled air ; "surely you are not ashamed of it ?" "Ob, no.' 1 replied Bhe, with encaging candor ; " but I thought everybody would be afraid to talk with me if they knew I was from Boston." — [New York Tribune. Ksskxtial Foop or Plajttb. — While it is positively known that plant 9 require car bon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen as constituents of their food, there are several other elements found in plants whose es sential character is not co certainly estab lished. Some recent experiments, accord ing to Mr. T. Jameson, an English chemist, furnish proof that sulphur is not an essen tial, tLat even linie and magnesia are of doubtful necessity, but that phosphorus and potassium are indispensable. Iron and chlorine occur in plants, but have little claim to be regarded as essentials. NEW YORK GOSSIP. THE NATIONAL HORSE SHOW AT MADISON SqUA£E MRUKN. Theaters and Wtusic— Election Retro spect — The Predicament of a Manager— General Notes. 1 Correspondence of the Record Vnion.] New York, November 7, 1885. The election being over and the fog partly blown away, I find that no'oody knows just how the result was attained, except by the power of votes for one in excess of another, which. asNasby would say, is " res-Ing anufi fur a Dimicr&t." To tell you just how it is is to say that here in " Manhattandom " we know no more about it than you in the Golden State. The chief cause may be set down, though, to the sober second thought of the Democrats. They wanted, many of the true blues, to punish the Hill wing, but it wouldn't do, you know, to give the Ad ministration such a blow from the shouldt r just now — there's too much to hope for from Cleveland yet. But reul!y. the election was tame. I do not remember so spiritless a one in the last ten years. For a really breezy polling day, we went bact on our reputation sadly. I spent nil day at pre cinct polls, and raw no great manifestation of CDthu-iiasm anywhere. That night Tam many had a big rejoicing time around at the old hall. But even in that, there was more of formality than of heart. The truth, low down, is that our local Democrats are frightened half out of their wits by thn course ot the Administration on the" civil service reform. There is not one in ten of the hard-shells who are friendly to the policy, and disguise it as they plecse the ugly fact crops out. 6OCIAL QUIET — A.MWKMKNTC. Socially there is little new— the season, you kuow, is between hay and grass, when the society people have hot laid out their plans for the festive season. Kut with the opening of the second fortnight of the month, we look for receiving and dancing and marrying fashionable* to blossom out, and from that on to the middle of March there will be life in society circles. The theaters have been the centers of attraction thus far in " the fall o' the year, 1 ' and they have all done well and some of them better. Thcrc'n Duly's, the Star, Wal- and Casino that have been coining money. Judic makes her last appearance at tl.o latter temple of folly Monday night. At the Star the only Anderson has been the de light of Abbey and the public alike. She has been before us now these three weeks ami over, and the public docs not tire of hi r chaste acting and classical reading. Monday night we are to see. her as Juliet, in which, perhaps, she is without a peer at this date. Anderson leaves us in two weeks and takes up a route that will finally bring her to your coast, and probably to your city. Nevada's grand concerts, with the support of Vergnet, Bull and Casti, have been the fashionable, and the cosily things, too, of the week. The little lady 'and her bridegroom will be on their way to you cntoinporuneous with this letter. You Westerners have heard her, but I think not to good advantage. Nevada's strength is not in opera. On the concert stage she is better in all respects, has the conditions all at her own command, ami can manage success that the inilexible rules of the lyric stage deny her. Salvini, at the Metropol itan, gave us Othello thin afternoon, and it was my good fortune to have the half holiday at my fingers' ends, and 1 devoted it to Salvini." I could wish you no higher or more soul-satisfying dramatic luxury than that you might wit ness one of his personal! one. Minnie Maddern, who hn3 a management that understands the greatest of all arts, has closed out her business after two months, nearly, of financial success, and turns her pretty toes westward, with designs intent upon the California public. MUSICAL, While the refitted Academy Las given us Italian opera, with Minnie Haukandßa velli in "Carmen," at least a numerically strong company supporting, the real music connoisseurs have pinned their faith to the hem of Mr. Thomas' superb orchestra, with the Interspersed vocalization of that splendid singer, Mine. Fursch-Madi. "We are to have these concerts fortnightly for the whole winter — a delightful outlook for those whose love of musical expression rages and is not to be sated. !'■>• the way, the story goes thai the violation of the rules of flic Musical Protective Onion cool Thomas the nice little sum of $750 on the opening of the season. It appears that he brought over with him, when la.-t be came from Europe, an instrumentalist of high accomplishments, upon whom he de pended for certain oboe passages that none on this Bide the water can Int n ret as dof.s this new importation. The laws of this tyrannical " Trade Onion" prohibit its members playing in any sort of a company, or for any occasion where an admission is charged, with a non-member. All of Thomas' men are " Unionists," and not until the tir.-t concert \v::s announced, and the house lighted for the entertain ment, 'li<! the seventy-five lid. Hers and born- blowers notify him that the society refused to suspend its rules and admit, the foreigner. tad< i ■:. said they, it can't do so, because a constitutional mandate requires three months' — or six. I forget which — res idence on this sod as a prerequisite. U they played with the oboist it would cost them $! (1 each in the way of fine, ami for a second offense •?:■!) each, and so on in :n --creasing ratio until their little all would not suffice to payihe punishment, mi: air wa.s BLUE For a time, but there was no help for it. and Theodore paid the .*;■'>". the $10 fine of each man. Whether he came down $1,500 for Thursday's matinee or withdrew the artist I a-.n unable to Bay. Speaking of theatrical matters, Wallai k did a brave thing the other day. Dalv, the somber but unsurpassed managi r. bad announce no tickets purcbasi d of aid walk gp< . u r< ceivi dat his ! iot. This ended an intolerable nuisance for ii. who go to see " The Magistrate." Wallaek. more pugnacious, n - . " law. Jlc lui'i a complaint be fore the ! olice i!'>ani, claiming that the les of the speculators d-> not entitle them to use the. entrance sidewalks to : place? of amusement. The other tl cal is;:. •! with him, an I as a result the mandate lias, gone forth to the police i > Buppresa the speculators ii'l'i ticket-peddler!" of every degree. In the f entertainments we are to have thing unique and decidedly new, beginning on the lTtli ins!., when the Woman's Crazy Work Show and Fine Needle Work Exhibition is to open ut Masonic Hall, with a thousand pre; as inducements to canning fingers to com pete. The affair has the countenance and Fi'.v.fiort of some of cur leading women, whose names arc quite guarantee enough of the" chancier of the management, [t is anticipated that it wiH bo the most novel exhibition of handiwork ever attempted on these shores-, and I sha'.l, though not . in the ways of embroidery and such like, manage to attecd and tell you something ! of the curiosities to be seen." 188 HATHHML nORSE 6UOW lAt Madisoo-Sqnare Garden has been one I of the greatest successes. It opened on elec- I '.ion day, and while there wan great diaap- I pointmtnt that Parole — announced on the list — was not there, on nccount of sickness (even the equine stars are sometimes " in disposed "). yet there was enough to see. .goodness knows. To the lover of line i.nrjes the show was a perfect revel — and who does not love a splendid servant of that kind ? tell me. 1 might fill a page of your journal with even a slender review of the exhibits. There were over four hundred horses on exhibition. Yon. who have had such splendid stock eihibitions at your State Fairs, and the last of which I was bo ! fortunate as to witness, can form some idea I of what this National Horse Show was, j with 400 of the choicest animals the Atlan tic side can bring together. Unlike most fairs, it opened with judging the animals and testing those trained to special service. The Fire Department exhibit was the first on the list, and it was something marvelous, in its way. to witness its exercise. Thetwogiant draught horses of 2,100 and 2,400 pounds weight respectively were among the won- I ' ders of the show ; but I remember one or two at Sacramento, when I was out therein September, that were quite as heavy, or appeared so. As people love contrasts, and tne more extreme the better, so they di vided attention very evenly between the exhibit of ponies and dwnrf animals, and their gigantic brethren. The exhibition of thoroughbreds was exceedingly fine — I can't even pause to say how mnoh of a treat it was — and next in importance was the exposure of matched and single road sters. The trotters I rate as third on the list of excellence. For reasons that will be readily appreciated, game of the rarest, speedy and fine bred trotters could not be brought to vs — the risk and cost an- grea', and then owners at this season ure more than usually careful of such stock. But the showing of trotting colts was " first class." The saddle-horse exhibit was rather light (or New York, where so many tine animals of this kind are grouped ; but there was nothing lacking in the way of carriage and coach horses. THE OHP.I.ISK In Central Park has just been given a coat ing of paratlinu to save it from decay under the trials of this climate. It has been crumbling very last, and it is not likely that it would have held together two years longer. Two hundredweight of the paraffine w.is used, and that of the very best quality to be prepared. 1 have my doubts about the efficacy of the applica tion. Dr. Hague, whom I met on the ground while the work was going on, said to me that it was evident the rutting of the stone had been going on very much more rapidly than any one had supposed. I gathered from his remarks, as well as from statements made by Cattail, who superin tended the work, that grave doubts are en tertained if the shaft cvi be preserved in the open air, by any moans. GENERAL KOTI-S. I do not propose to trouble you with any remarks abbot Ward. That "grand rascal has gone to Sing Sing, and shares his coll with a would-be murderer, and serves him right, well right too, There is not halt the consideration and thought given to the fellow and bis fate here that the papers would have you believe. It may be of interest to compositors to learn that the late type-setting race did not satisfy "the boys." On the contrary, it only whetted eager appetite, and they Lav. 1 arranged for another contest to take place early in December between Mv- Gann of the Herald and Barnes of the World. The rules prescribe solid minion and four hoars of time. Paragraphs will be ignored, as also stick-emptiera. The men "go' 1 for $500, and unless I miss my guues, Barnes, a fast man — in composition, of (nurse — such as few offices have, will handle the most raon'-y for Christmas (avors this year. He is about the only type-setter I know, who has absolutely no " false motions.'' Columbia College hns accepted the en dowment of $10,000 and over, made by Professor Tyndall, of -London, to establish a fellowship for the encouragement of re search in physics. The Fellow who re ceives the appointment will not got a large sum annually for bis labors, for ti per cent. will give him less than $700. But there is do requirement, * believe, that be bhu.ll devote bis whole time to the Work. No man lit for the place can do so for the salary guaranteed. Some men of wealth should supplement the endowment with as much more. A new society has been formed here that deserves notice as a curiosity in the order of co-i operative effort to better the condition of humankind. It is known and incorpor ated as the '' Woiking Girls' Society." It is intended to widen the opportunities of working girls in this city to take summer vacations, and to enable them to get the most "summer" possible for the K.'.-r money. There is not a male beast named among the incorpora tors — tho girls propose to run this machine, for one, singly and alone. The very organization should suggest to some rich bachelor — and we have a host in Xew York who can't contrive to spend their income? — the golden opportu nity this Bociety off! rs for him to do a world of good by just plumping $10,000 or • i into their open-air fund. How it would encourage these poor and worthy toilers. The Preedmen's Aid Society of the. Methodist Church is not a noisy associ ation, and is little heard from. Hut in Iwss than two decades it has used over one and a half million dollars in educating minis ters and physicians ami maintaining it. dustrial school-- among the freedmen of the South, and it has accumulated over $700, --000 worth of real property. It has edu cated 100,000 young men and women, who have taught more than a million of colored children in the South. It lias forty-five educational institutions with -lv teachers and 5,970 stUTients to-day. This society last night celebrated its eighteenth aniversityat the Park Avenue Church. I spent an hour there last evening, agreeably entertained and surprised at the recital of statistics, ol v bich 1 have given you a glance. 1 happened to run across a procession last night on its way to the Jersey City ferry, to take a line wtst for Utah. It was , a body of 248 women converts landed yes terday from an Atlantic steamer. S> "Elders" were bossing li.' 1 party. They were a sturdy-looking lot of people, with a large proportion of children. ! should take them to be Swedes mostly. One of the accompanying mis sionaries in fpi"iin d me that they were chiefly agriculturists and gardeners, but that among them were some skilled workmen, such as brass-finishers, watohmakers and machin ists. I ventured (be inquiry as to whether - new arrivals— who appeared to be very much supetior to the ordinary run — were already confirmed in belief of the holiness ot plural marriage. The mi ary'.-> mouth shut up like a trap, and with a turn on his heel he was oB o:> the pre text of looking after a truck loud of small baggage. How long do this pi ople propose to permit this recruiting for the hosts of polygamy to go on ? Gaza. SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The volume of power comprised in Niag ara fulls, exclusive Of the velocity With which the water reaches the brink, is cal culated to be 5,000,000 horse-power, or nearly one-fourth the entire steam power .v.i. The Medical Juimal states that a :"■ ■ handfuls of common salt thrown daily into , and an occasional handful into wash-basins, goes far toward counteracting the uoxious effects of the omnipresent sewer iras. " The Monk," a well-known landmark of the Faroe Isles, five miles has disappeared. It was nearly X<>- > feel high, and it bore on its top several large •rs. Part of this curious rock had fallen last year, but it was not until re- I y that its entire disappearance was an rib mi Ellis Lever, of Bowdon, Cheshire, Eng land, has oiler. .l i |.rize of f-^OO for the in vention or discovery of a new method or composition for treating canvas or other material used t.s brat b ;vn<! air tubing in mines, which shall, at a moder ate cost, render such material air-damp and . - ■ if, and superior to that at present in Professor S. A. Forbes ascribes the cause of the excessive mortality which lately pre vailed among the perch and other, fiih of l.uke Mendota, Wisconsin, to a minute spherical microbe which destroys the cells of the liver and the kidneys. He a' that there are various spedes of this germ, the ditl' rent varieties of whiah produce specific diseases. A remnant of the great forest which once covered tho south of Sweden was re cently dug out of a bog at Kinneved, con sisting of a boat six feet in diameter hol lowed out of a log. The tree frum which the boat was formed must have been at least twenty feet in circumference. The wood, which was very hard, had assumed a blue color. The boat was so heavy that two bullocks could not draw it. From a recent statement it appears that the cost of restoring and completing the great cathedral of Cologne from ifH. when the work was resumed after a neglect of nearly three-quarters of a century, down to April Ist of the present year was 21,000, --000 marks, exclusive of objects lur the •ervices or for decorative purposes and of a large number of private donations. Work of this kind is perhaps the b^t means the student of history possesses for ascertain ing* with some degree of precision the quantity and quality of the religious senti ment prevailing within a given area over a definite period. SEED DISTRIBUTION. FURNISHED FROM THE STATE EX PERIMENTAL FARM. New Varieties of Forage Plants — Barley. Wheat, Rye, Etc.- Bulletin No. 47. Tha character of the season just passed prevented a fair test of the seeds sent out last year. As some of the varieties dis tributed last year have shown such excel lent qualities on the University experiment grounds, and in the hands of a number of our correspondents, we have decided to oiler many of them again this year, hoping that a more liberal rainfall will give ali an ' opportunity to determine their value in the different regions. We have also added to the list several new growths which promise well. As has been stated in previous an nouncements, this distribution is made, for the purpose of ascertaining the adaptation and practical value of the several kinds, in the different climates and soils of the Stale ; and persons receiving them are requested to report results, whether success or failure, and if the latter, from what apparent causes. At> there is no appropriation available to meet the expenses of packing and postage, applicants for the seeds are requested to send the amounts specified in connection with each description below. If they de sire seeds sent by express, applicants need not send money with their orders. Appli cations may be nmde fnr one or more kinds of seeds. In cisc any kind of seed becomes exhausted, the money sent will be returned unless a second choice is mentioned by the sender. Amounts less than $1 may be. sent in postage stumps if convenient; larger Stuns should be by postal note payable at the Berkeley l'ostoffire. A distribution of plants and scions will be announced here after. BARLEY. The following barleys and wheats will be forwarded by mail to applicants who send L*o cents for one-pound sacks and 30 cents for two-pound sticks : Six-rowed Barley — A very different type from that commonly grown on this eoust, and we believe that for some localities and uses it is much to ha preferred. The ar rangement of the grains in the head is such as to show six distinct rows, instead of the crowded appearance, which makes our common barley pass as four-rowed. The Ftraw is of only moderate length, strong and very erect, making it less liable to lodge than most other varieties. The heavy rama of Jane, 1884, which prostrated nearly all the other grains »n OUT grounds, did not effect this variety. It stood erect and strong. Tim yield is. among tiie highest that we have recorded in our experiments. Our Stock was raided from seed scoured in the Brenner collection, imported trorh Europe, where the grain is also particularly valued ! for mountain lands. We commend this grain for a general trial, and in particular for the northern valleys of the State. Bice, Sprat, or Battledore Barley In some respects there is a close resemblance between this variety and the last, as in its upright straw, heads of even bight and spreading beards. Straw very sh-jrt, and like the six-rowed, did not lodge. It has two rows of grain in a very short head, so thai the beards stand in the form of a bat tledore. The grain is viid to swell when cooked, as rice dot s. The yield is fair, and the hardy plant adapted to mountain re gions—an interesting variety. Scotch Two-rowed Barley — In a serl years this has proved !.■ be a very supi i ior grain, both i-.i yield and quality, as well as in not lodging as badly as Chevalier. We have good reports from seed sent out in former years. • Imperial Two-rowed — Good, but not as , well proved as some oth< re. WHEAT. Whittington wheat— A favorite in Eng- , land, :\:;<l promising well here, when sown early; though, on becoming more ■ starchy than th( original seed imported by the University. Seed, long, and resemb- : ling the white Australian; should lie- tried on various soils. The Whittington, grown < on the University grounds, has been pro nounoedagood flouring wheat by a com petent miller. It is the best yielding wheat we have grown. Black-bearded Centennial — From seed . received some years ago by the United States Department «>f Agriculture. A variety that has been widely disseminated and much praised. Its very tall and strong straw, large heads and long beard, which is ■ black during growth, make a very showy crop. The beards are shed when the grain matures, it has been especially commended by California millers. The yield is good. California Spring Wheat— Received from Germany under this name, but not yet identified with any variety generally known here. It seems adapted to our climate. Iliad of medium length, compact, beard less* with white chaff. The grain looks well, is round, rather small, soft, starchy and fairly even in size. White Kilesiati Spelt-Wheat — In the chaff. This type of wheat is prized in Europe for pastry, although the chat! must be removed by a process similar to employed with rice, and therefore is less desirable than wheat for a bread grain. With u u it ha.s never made really plump grain, perhaps because of late planting, as it apparently needs a longer growing son, as regards moisture, or a mountain climate — its preferred location in Europe. Our own experience, and that of others, I indicates that its hardiness and leafy I growth would make it valuable as a hay j crop in the mountain regions of the State. It is sown in the chaff. Spelts succeed on poorer and rougher land, and are hardier than wheat. The g->iin cannot be plucked j bj birds. We have but a moderate sup ply, and can send !:i one-pound Backs, 20 cents ta ih. liV B. St. Johns Day Rye— Heavy, drooping :.. -.1 .-' ad qi ir the stem and tapering toward ihu tip. Abundant fine beards. Acknowledged to be i oe oi I known rye.--. From seed imported Erfurt, Germany. Fir one-pound send 20 cents. - ■. lish Sand ftyi — Another good va riety, imported from the im ilacennd recommended for sandy soils. We would ':'.:•• to h.v. ■ ■ y tried on ligh< soils for dairy fi as grain. For one po:: (its. FoßAiii: PLANTS, he three fo will be sent in four-oun . i five ich : Schrader'sßroi Qra ■'■romutSr.hmdrrii or unwind 1 *) — Valued in Australia as re sisting drought, and in Texas a* giving good feed in winter and early spring. We hive received reports from those in this S:a;e to whom we sent seeds two years ago, declaring the grass a success. Itisai the fir.-: grasses to start, grows vigorously, and matures an abundance of heavy seedi almost like oats. Its seed sterna being two or three feet high, and leafy, it i for either hay or pasture. Hungarian BromeGrassf. £ro»Mutn«rmu)— From seed imported by th ■ Dni i Europe, commended by the French, as adapted to dry soils. Our experience mdi- ' cates that it wiil do well here, either with- ; out or with modern irrigation. ififilHl MuUijlorum — A perennial millet ! grass, growing about two feet high, W:th j seed stems two fees, higher. It is a plant of < slow development, but strong. Owing to \ the fineness of the seed, it should be planted very carefully and covered lightly, it should not be pastured the firs: year, as it is easily pulled up by the roots. After being well established, if grazed down. there is an abundant growth of l'ma leaves, which resist winter frosts to a remarkable decree. Wo have had favorable reports j from tho p!ant3 from different parts ot tho State, although gome experinientera have complained of its failure. This is perhaps owing to the fact that it is hard to start, and because the season was unfavorable. Black Medic or yellow trefoil {Medicayo btpiitinu — A ci'jrer-like plant of very dense growth— very much iike burr clover. It has grown on our experimental grounds without water ; reseeds itself freely ; adapt ed to moist, rich, clayey soils, where it will make a fine pasture, it can be sown like alfalfa. For two-ounce package send two cents. Snail Cover {Madicago turbinaia) from southwestern Spain — An annual, closely- related to burr clover, bat the spirally twisted pod is free from spines, and will not cling to the fleece of sheop. It starts with the first heavy rains and makes a dense, low mat of foliage. At maturity the ground becomes thickly covered with nu tritious globular pod*. For two-ounce package send two cents. Taguaaste (Oytitiui proiifenu nlbiw) — A Epecie3 of broom ; a bush-likp plant, recom mended by the American Consul at the Azores Islands as a valuable forage plant for dry hill lands. We have vi-ry little seed, Mid it will be sent to those who desire to make a careful test of the plant. To facilitate germination hot water should be poured upon the seed and allowed to stand lor twelve hours before planting. Evergreen Millet. — This is the popular liHr.ie for Sorghum kaiapentc It is an un fortunate name because the plant is not evergreen, nor is it a millet. We have re ceived conflicting reports concerning the value of this plant, It must be understood that it will not flourish on a poor, shallow soil, nor excessively heavy or stony soils, nor will it generally do much the first year. It is always late in starling in the Spring, and is cut down by the first severe frost. In favorable situations it makes a very lieavy growth during the summer. It should nut bn planted where it is not de sired to remain, as it is hard to eradicate, and will spread to adjoining orchards or vineyards, especially in light moist soils. Pound packages of root stocks, L'O cents each. For planting, cut the r.^ots, two eyea to B piece, plow a light furrow and cover in. BLACK WATTLR. Acaciu dtevrrens, the black wattle, or tan bark acacia of Australia — The bark of this tree, as grown on the. University grounds, contains, as heretofore stated (Bulletin No. 4), over 40 per cent, of tannin when in the air-dried condition, while that of the oaks usually amounts to only 10 or 12. The tree is a rapid grower, and is usually stripped in its eighth to tenth year.when thirty to forty feet high. Does well on heavy as well as on light foils, provided they are deep ; is doubtless hardy from Sacramento south ward, possibly farther north on light soils. The seed is very bard, and should lie soaked well in warm water until softened, before Bowing, otherwise it may he in the ground a year before coining up. As the wattles do not bear transplanting, the seed should lie sown in pots or boxes and removed to open ground, with a hall of earth attached, when quite small — say six to eight inches in bight. The trei s may be successfully start ed in open ground by planting the seed in hills about ten feet apart, covering it not more than half an inch deep wilh well pul verized soil. When the plants grow. all bin two or three of the mot vigorous ones in each hill can be removed. For further in formation sco report of College of Agricult ure for 1882. subject "Tanning I'lants.'' The seed will be sent in two-ounce pack ages for four cent*. A. few parties in suit able localities may be supplied with larger quantities for lists on a larger scale. IIJBEOI POWDKB PLANTS. Pyrethrum cinerariafoiiwn and /'. roteum, the Dalmatian and Persian insect powder plants— The former U the one most to he amended as an insecticide, while the tatter ia quite ornamental, having flowers resembling single chrysanthemums, of four or live different colors. The seed should be sown in boxes in light, porous soil, mid kept shaded, but in a warm plan- and moist. Under favorable circumstances the Beed will germinate in two or three weeks, and the plants, when of sufficient size to he handled, should be set out like cabbage plants. We can furnish the seed in one ounce packages, two cents. For a full dis cussion ol these plants sc;' Report of Col lege of Agriculture for 1882. All applica tions should be addressed to E. W. Hilgard, Berkeley, Cal. THE D ECORATIVE MANIA. Tut away the little coal-hod that our darling wants to paint, For she fain wouiil decorate it with devices queer and quaint. Hide the difh-parj and the wash tubf , and hki" I v.i<-' the garden hose, Or Uatilda will adorn them with the lily ami the me, When our Bridge '. In the morning geM the wood en o ": ; t . ; . ; , i ; - bowl ! To concooi the morning corned beef hash it vexes of her -< : :;!. To aphold b wreath of pansiea where sh« most must cut and slash, So she scrapes it off because the paint nrsln penneute the hash. On the household rolling-pin U tied ■ yellow bow, And its lilies of the valley oft commingle with the dough. While the new i'>tiito-raasher and the kitchen Van* nU'\ ; Are magnificent with butterflies and .s-.vvi.-t for get-me-luiot AH mir articles of furniture, thcanclenl and the in H . Are resplendent quite with draper; and bows of brightest line. In the house we look about with mingled sor row and m For Matilda b afflicted with the decorative craw. .' hicago Rambler. It is given as a remarkable fact connected j with deep mining than from the !: i 12 at night till 3 in the morning the dis turbing influences in the bowels of the o:ir;)i (.i>t.;i;i increased activity. At this ii is observed by miners tbat water tails fr'.iin places where none is observable during the day. The volume in the wheel is perceptibly increased, thei phere is charged with eases, which often prevail th ■ .:. hts from burning, and i I particli - ol earth and rock are ibserved to full from the tops of t!.-. 1 drivers. Akoobtttba Bitters are the best remedy novins in Ii and all dis< ases originatuiß from the digestive 0 ware of counterfeits. A-k your grocer or druggist for the genuine article, manu factured by Dr. J. t.;. li. - , r t .'. 3ons. ; wnp§ 25 YEARnpSET Tub Greatert Mrr i;t! T-ismph of Qw Ags! SYMPToiviS OF A TORPID LIVER, i.onsoi appetite. Buwr!» costlvr, I'ain ia Ihe bcT.il, viiiii a dull Bensntiou in thf bacK part. Pain under the •huulrfer ! b!adf( Fulinrsn afteT eatina, with - .li> | inLlianrion to cicriloncf body cririo!, trritubtlitrnf temper, Low xpi.-ifr, xvll'a a foeliua of hiwJnff lirfflortod sninp dr;ty, \V. Brim •»*, I)i7.7incn«, nurseries nt tho Ilcurt, Dots lioforethe cyca, Ilcaiia hi over tl c risht eye, 1! c-stieM*. !»••;«, with flti j! dream*, Hiffhly colored Iriue, a.:\C CONSTIPATION. TDTT'S PILLS aro especially adapted to such cases, one doso effects such a cban^ooffeellnfrastoastonUtitbesnfferer. Tftc ■ Increase tki A ;>oftllc,3T..l csuja Urn >■ .!v ti 'Jriii; :<;. l'lcsh, t: •: i the s: t. .-n 13 noarlslieri, an>l by their Tonic. Artion on i th'i l»;(rtntireOr»tatiB,llear:ilar Stools aro j firo'l-' ■ •»■ P.-l'.-nagc. 4«!Wnrray St..X.Y j . TUTTS HAIR DYE. Guat Tlath or Whiskkks ohanged to a GLOssr Black 07 a stnpio application of i tbIsDTE. It imparts a i.;i?ur;i color, r.cti I i:is;ri»itanfou;:y. Kohl by Druggists, or bj errprewon receipt o* 31. : OtTico. 4-4. Murray St.. Wow York. PENNYROYAL PILLS j "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH. 11 The Original and Only (Ji-nulnc. ; P»f^ *nt\ ttttngt RrliiJ >. Stwutal worth !fm» ! - nublc v LADIES. A«k ymt l*ruxzl*t kr ; **C'hl«-Umitcr t (i EngTlnh" im UJm uo 0t.% t (.'Uniw! to vi br p*rtionKrJ tv Utter hr Tf turn mnlL NAME PAPER. i'Mchr*trr CnrT»lr M \ Co., 2f; i « Muillm.m •^taarr, Y'blluU*., !>«. 8«ld by Drarci-U fTfrywherr- J»^k hr •*< hlclie»> nf> lyTaThgAwly Many a Lady is beautiful, all but her skin ; and nobody has ever told : her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Magnolia ! Balm. rJENERAL NOTICES. Don't intitule* drowsy feolineN for Iml i Parker" Tonic 6 "' tbCm ttnd ****** b >' lurtn X Dandruf! promptly cured J.y Parker 1 * H«ir cau<uu - m am* ItB Teacher of Gorm»n.-Mls« Clara Ber tram, N W. oor. Tenth and I streets. Children's Classes -Saturdays. n'.'-lm» 8. S. & K. L. Soutliwi.rth, l>cnti»t«, Sac W-ll Frank E. Steren*. Piano Tnner.-Ad- O/S7 J street, bacraroento. (VI. auSMJm Carpet Weaving 80 i »T street. Work done nn.t-clr.to on shortest notice. aii2n-3m* Most Remarkable In Hr effects, and most useful In its .-ipplicati'-n j the fragrant SOZODUKT haa become the mon i popular Demifr.ce in existence-. 'i is used a'u" praised by everybody. mll-lyTuThK Advice to Kothera Mrs. IVtiisloir'a BOOTHINGSYBrrPihoaId always be nsedwhen ! children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little sutJerer at once-, it pr.>-liio.:s uatuiiil. Quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub uwakes as"brit:lii as ji button." it is Tery pleawnt to ta»'.e. It soothe.- the child softens the gunif, allays all pain, relieves wind' regulates the bowels, ar.d is the Iwst known remedy fordiarrlica. nruetheraiitdng from teeth ing or other causes. Twertv-fivo cents a botUe fe7-Iv.M\VS Curp for tlie Deaf.— l'oek'i Patent Im- IV.t'VKH CUSHIONED BAR DRUMS perfecUj restore ihe bearing, and ii.-rfii-ui tnu work ol the natural drum. Always in position but m vlnble to others am! oomfortable to wear AU conversation and even whispers dial >.■■ :>• heard We refer to those usirij; them. Send (1 .r Illustrated book with testimonials, free. Address 7 h\h- COX, I*:; iiroadway. N". V. (Mention thi-s paper ) au» -lrwlawi If a(Hi«)tnd with S«.r« Kye» use r»r. Inaar. THOMPSON'S EYE WATEK. Druggists sell it atsseentt. cii-ivs ___WJ^im— LOST-FO LWD. WAKTKD— A BrniATION ON A BANCB by a iiian and lii* wife; the n»n In tnoi ougl.ly famiitar with ranch worlc: the wife in a Kuod hmib'ki't i*r ai.d cook; DO children ]n quire at •! ■■■ ii gtieet nis 3t» WANTED -BY THILKK GUOWS PKHS()N~ three or four isunuy unlurnijhed room! inafranw building, suitable fur housekeeping must be ap6tairaand> centrally located, iddre* "D.." Ni). ll^ii X ttr.yt. nl3-2f QITfATION WAKTKD— BY A LADY AS AN O eacperienced aurse: best of reference gtveo HRB.M. A. BROWN, Room 12, Odd FeOoW lemple, Nuitli ;ind X BtreiU. DlO-6t* W'ANTED-BY A SIXULE (.I.NTI.EMAN employed nt tho Stato Capitol, a room and board in a private family where French oi German is spoken. A<Mr<*H ■• A. 11.," R] Cxi s office. nTti LADY AQBKTB (IF TACT VANTKD FOR our 18u»t :ii-t! Furm Dereloper; no humliuir. Indorsed by Physicians, write fin sealed def.enption and terma ERI KJI ED. CO. BuQ'tilo, N. Y. ii mo FARMER 3. HAVE ON HANDSOME L Kirst-clafs AmoricdO and Scandinavian P!'.\t Hanoi that we can furn'sh you at the shortest nctice Apply to :I ■'- BTON ACO Employment Office, rourth arid X. streets, Sac ramento. llKi-t! FOX iJLLE— TO LET. WALNUT BKDttOOM StTTMAKBLK-TTil" Foi Sale Cheap. AU >, 1 nro B d : oui ■ < HAS. M. OASIPBELVB, OS X su'.n Honjeai Id Furniture it Lowest I Upbolatering and Repairing. Give me a eal.. oiß-im POR BAUt— A YODNQ BOBRKLSV C Mare; drove & I ; ... ; jrarrv is ruiipliig nut and now i ISO /"'.. /\ Inquire or W. 0. PIERCE, hiugle BpiiiTa! nK-8t ROOMS I ROOMS!— No. 80S, NORTHEAST corner of Eighth and X street! Ii ime rooms, single or in suites; thebi : rooms in the city; prices reasonable; Btrej . the de pot pasi the door every Bye mil - - strictly Brst-clasa in every re-, nl'2-tf MBS. GRICK, Proprl r RENT-TWO OB THREI rooms for honsekceping; snitable for itmi and wif.'. Apply HIS Se^ tweei S and 0. ull-lw* F3ALE- SO ACRES OF FRUIT AND^M drain l^ind. .:. miles fr : mi the city, 9V per acre. Iminlre at ?1" ' ...A— •.'* j\. IV-OR ttKNT— AT72O AM. 7J 1; 1.'. . • '■'■I'ri^'. - of 5; each lot, LilxJi^i; 1. v ■■ '. ; , i i -:•!«- JJBIR. walks built: will be rented forSll each. Applj to CAUL STKuitKL. :.J! .1 stu.-t. t.1.-'tl TO RENT— ON SHARES. l.v«) ACRES OF fine Grain land, in tracts to snit, to p who enn furnish ; ..r n-1 dress MRS. K. M. AILBON, Elk Grove. Sacra mento county. i,_ FOR SALE— AN I D BBTABUSHED (JRO 'i ry Busine«s, ■ a n streets. For particuhirs apply to HALL i ' 11R4) 4CO. Second street, between I ana. J,. Sacra mento. 017-ti POP. BALE— A HALF OR m^'x} L wholeiiitei *t in ;: ■ \ .'• -: -v-1* -*£j3y' era Hotel HacKiti^; tw.iCurriai. ■■ X-'-^-^~ t Vj •iud fonrHoreesand Harness. Pi r y V farther particulars, Inquire at the OfiieecroJ the Driver. o :5-tf mo LET— A NEW HARD-FINISHED iTSt J_ house; nino r<)iiir>, 1/atli. '. H::i| ru (.'-mveiikiievs. Inijuire at I 1 1 OjßSL street. ou-tf WORK HORSES FOR SALE. INQUIRE OF L. 0. TODHUNTER,«I I at west < I of £ ■ • ■ 1 < '^-TT% Yolu Bridge. "" '"■ C?-?\ -'/, ; \ [I . I-i - : J ;' ' • nniaipr«T; *.* JL%. Sl » t A.TJI ed or iaiproT«<| Bmiill or 1.. r iLT.y kJ.-d, miiLo it « poiiit ocsi] ■:; CABL STiiOIJEL, the Bro. fair, Sa J btroot, Sacrataaato. 34 (»ttA« omit). 016-tm FOR S-A-Ij3E:. THK WELL KNOWN RANI El OF WM.-ta 1 1 ' . *Vv IJO a;i Iv- mm ftirnisbed; mith Shop and : the preml es v hich is 1-- log • ■ of Head ol ."■toek f . of the above property v I pliedfoi within a :•■ ■ ■ nia-lm JuHN ' Brownsville. FARM FOR SALE! 1 w:i 1. - ''ijaa L situated " - r Vvr ■ :■] i^fc ■ i ur 6 • 1 Fruit Trc •: also, 1 - : 1 1 ard . ; are new 1 Barn, ■ ■ it-build- Ul the i 1 ed, aud ■ farm 01 11 .'- Of N 'VIZ : for a term 1 I orinformati at J. B. '■ 1, Sacramento, or to Mfi . fNT.on the premizes. STOCK F<VRM FOR SALE. <6K K(\f\ - R Nri - O'J.')\lV'. Of ttin : :•• at re« cai b< plD'.vei!; plenty of water and ti U acres with a frame Dwell ing r.t . two Riu: , a «ood p, with tools; Caniago-i ; hou'e and other Outhoui QgSpring. AUo, 15head of Moles and Bom . I (includiuir 10 Bn> : . . . now Backeye Mower; new s-:i ; :y Rake ana oth'T FHrmi:.^' Implen .1 Tear linfM; '• ■'■ Sn^ora: "> iiogs: about ■ . :»to«ii \V(,«! r\,t h::i\ corded. Jackson Creek, with Its wal r «:; the yea- round, rn:if thn. ugh the place. Thi- sago d bargain, r-it uated four miles from Jarbson, Amador oo'inty, and seven mllen Icd-m ' MSo— Twenty acres one and one-li.i'.f mHe« from Lpomis, on ime of C. P. B B. All cluare* and fenced. XJSjr. je». COIiBMAN, 335 J gtroot, Sarruui«!iitc>. Jyi;l-!ptf Unm, May 2t, 18S1. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. ICH2BBFULLY CBBTIFT To THK FACT that Mr. FICANK KOGBR3 has tuned and cleaned Piano* tot me and many of my cu» tomen in thii citytomlß»andthelrperfecta»tl» faction. I wihh him »uc~osh. A. HBYMAN. Agent of Stetnway & Sons' Piano*. tH- T)i<" atxnc U only one of many recom mendations In my possession. FUANK ROGEES. Orders 'or Tuninp and Repairing Plaurw can Ire tell at 3 Bookstore, 70« J stroot.o3)-tJ