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6 HOFFMAN'S INVESTIGATION. He Looks Into the Characteristics of the Grasshopper. Els Hoport Is About as Lucid as Many Othor Public Documents—A Ram bling Article on a Variety of Sub jects—Taken for tlie Lady of tlio House. ISpecial correspondence of RkcoiitvUxiox.] Early in January, 1885, 1 was requested by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and also by Professor C. V. lliley, United {States Entomologist, to assist the United •Siates Government in its ollorts to be come more thoroughly acquainted with the character, habits, construction and domestic relations of the various species of locusts inhabiting and indigenous to the Santa Clara Valley, in Southern Cali fornia. I assured both tho above-men tioned honorable gentlemen by letter that nothing would give mo greater pleasure than the fullillment of a duty which, by their request, I considered as unavoid able; that one's patriotism was best shown by one's attention to the needs of one's government; that one should hasten to labor for tho benefit of one's country without being told twice to do so; that the ignorance of Undo Sam concerning grass hoppers was very lamentable indeed, and that we should not allow Egypt to set herself up before us a» the only nation on earth Having an extensive and compre hensive knowledge of the subject. It should, not be my fault, I added, nor the fault of tho high authority which had so honored me, if in the future we could not give the world points and down the mostlearned savants of Europe on this subject. It was only a matter of time, I said, when tho grasshopper would become an international question. That national greatness was best achieved by studious uitention to tho small tilings a\ hich make up the everyday aitairs of life, and that there was nothing which would briug out and illustrate the greatness of a nation more than the study of various insects, among which the locust, or grasshopper, Occupied a conspicuous position. Ivext to the eodlin moth and the scale bug, I knew of nothing more worthy of the patient study and investigation of learned men, and I would, by devoting my spare time to the subject, endeavor to discover something new in the grasshopper something which would be appreciated by my Government and of infinite bene fit to the world at large. At the earliest possible moment 1 would visit the Santa Clara Valley and get down to business. ►Such is the gist of my reply to the honor able gentlemen above mentioned. Circumstances over which 1 had no con trol, or not very much control, prevented mo, and 1 did not visit the Santa Clara valley until June 15thof the present year, at which time I suddenly and unexpect edly appeared in Ventura County, armed With a microscope and asurgeon's scalpel, ready for study and dissection, or vivi section, of all the grasshoppers from Montalvo to Camulos. of course I did nutlet my report included in the report Commissioner of Agriculture for >r lor any following year, and it is 100 late now, perhaps. Hut I have obeyed tho request <>i" the honorable gentlemen aho\ c mentioned, and my mind isat rest. i ha\ c, however, prepared a report and forward it to the Reoobd-Uwion, know ing that it will accomplish much gr< ater good than If inserted in an agricultural re port, sandwiched between a cut showing the evolution and transformation of tho ■lid a colored plate illustrating the growth of the r-wine plague in Missouri. There are a great many people whoso duties compel them to forego the pleasure of reading the agricultural re ports, and information derived from the columns of the leading journals is their only means of keeping posted. I sincerely hope and trust that after the publication of the following report no man who can ml write the English language will be found possessing much ignorance of 1 ject treated in this paper. Before 1 ginning my report I win state that I am indebted to Capitan Owly Pamblo of Nevada County, and his relative, Au gustus Hoopey, for much valuable infor mation concerning the insect under dis . in. i < V» M Sept. 12, '91. : ■ ij (■> whom it i concern: In obedience to a request j made by'the United States Commissioner ! priculture and Professor C. V. Kil y. United .states Entomologist, I have • ■ Santa ciara Valley, a part of Ventura County. Southern California, 1 United states of America, lor the purpose } studying the locusts, or grassho] •. era, ' inhabiting and indigenous to tfa i at Pillmore occarred on the ] th of Jane of th< ;i t- I by a long Bcratch made upon the < le of tiic register in the audi toriamoftheFillmore Hotel, and a dent in the front part of the Farmers' Stove, caused by my having stumbled over it v lien rushing forward to meet Mayor <! rimes and i ; her prominent citizens. * I began my labors immediately, merely waiting lonp enough to lay aside my hat and gold-headed cane, and re tlicTii with a wide-brimmed .lesse mbrero and a shotgun, with | which] brought t<- earth many carious ir to tins semi-tropical re-I i had always felt that 1 baa mis.-cd vocation somewhere; that instead of •\ Ith brain and muscle I - ■ mi or less worthy people, 1 should have been chasing butterflies j a musket, and now 1 am certain this is what Providence intended that I Hhould do. But it sometimes ha that we are forced by unfbrseen events to drift out of the lines of duty down for us and pursue avocati v. holly unsuited and at variance with our When we arc conscious of .sat we have so drifted it behoov os t<» make the best of a had Bituadonand live up, in theory, to what we cannot li\<* up to in practice. I hav< ssertionhei have I e\. my .>'li<r man use i ii is perl ih and pure, and WOrtl . i< ration. J f-onictinn s guri rise myself by formu which strike me j very forcibly as worthy of perpetuation, ! mediately Jot them down in a little 1 ook which I carry in my left-hand rails pocket. There is no better ] t ..i! this for the security of ideas, which, I erpetually and sp >ntane oosly bo] th irom one's mci incubator. Some day 1 shall find that i In filled with bright, pithy,oi thoughts, and I will have them pub lished in an ornate volume suitable for l>irti wedding presentations, or a < >nspiouous position on the escrit the 400 ol Fresno. Dm salyaUon of oritr thought, is, or should be, the high aim oi the literati of the present tin I an assiduous cultivation of I faculty of adhesiveness—the sticking to one subject until it has been thoroughly Is one of the most Important i ing* flife. 1 hope you understand me. I Bean-pulling has been in progress in i Bai ■ Clara Valley lor several wet mad the crop, I am told, is very great. I • when first I came to Una rnia, that 1 should proudly tread uj [] holding in a mini ;ns of thought which have m Boston peculiar, have given us aChau tauquaand created t\»r us a Ward McAl lister, [say created for us a Ward Mc- Allister, because only a long oontin ■t beans could have produced that and brilliant genius whose great and throbbing brain has given forth light and heat to s world that yearned and han kered for Just exactly what ho gave it when his book came forth irom thepn By the way, what has become of tins Ward, this transcendental genius, this "v '■• iii'upn nomiius umbraf™ \\ ; i s he the reflection of some dreams, or has society retaliated by finding him and— . but why no on? i*tdy i have been watching the out- 1 SACEAMEFfO DAILY HECOKP-UXTOy, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1891.—EK1HT PAGES. come of affairs at the residence of a friend. My friend lives just across the street, and he has a Chinese cook, a gen tle-ej'ed son of Confucius, who is one of the most humane, generous, tender hearted heathens I ever saw. His name is Ah Long Fat, and he is so fat that it is with extreme difficulty he can crawl through the keyhole of tho kitchen door, or repose in the shadow of a clothes polo. A few days ago his employer took his wife awa3~ lor an excursion into the hills, and left Ah Long Fat alone, Ah Long Fat stood in the door and watched them dopart, his countenance wearing an ex pression so inlinitely sad, and his eyes so suffused witii tears of regret, and his en tire body so bent with sorrow that I said to myself: " H ere is a poor misguided heathen who has a heart, a lost soul who has in him tho elements of a true Christian; a ma ligned being whoso inner self overflows With the milk of human kindness! Surely, on the last day thou shaft bo saved." When Ah Long Fat had seen his master's carriage disappear ho turned away with a profound sigh, wiped the tears out of his eves and relieved his feelings by building a box-trap for a skunk that bad been killing his beloved master's chickens. This morning tho skunk was caught. Ah Long Eat gravely carried the box and its inmate to tho back yard, placed it in a sunny spot, and then began heating water. At first 1 thought the benighted soul was going to cook the animal. When the water was hot, scalding hot, he took the kettle from tho stove, carried it to the box, and poured just a little bit of boiling water on the skunk. Fifteen minutes later he poured on just a little bit more. He has repeated the performance at intervals of exactly fifteen minutes all this day. lie has done nothing else. Ho has not cooked a bite for himself, nor allowed anything to disturb him. He just sits there by the stove, keeping the water hot, and watches the clock, and at tlie expira tion of each quarter of an hour he goes out and pours a little more hot water on tho skunk. Sometimes ho smiles a sad, plaintive sort of smile, and then looks at tho clock again. How the skunk likes it 1 don't know. Last night two strange gentlemen an noyed me considerably by coming to my hotel and prancing up and down the cor ridors in a veiy hilarious state. Then they called for the landlady and asked her if Mr. Smith roomed there. They were told that Mr. Smith was an un known quantity at that house, and they went away. At 10 o'clock they returned and rang the bell again. The landlady answered. "Beg pardons," said one of them, "but dosh Misher Smith live here?" s "No, sir." "V'ry shorry, 'ndeed, v'ry shorty. Hopesh no harmsh done." At 11 o'clock (he i» 11 rang again, vio lently. Enter landlady as before. "Ashk pardonsh," said one, "dosh Misher Smith live here?" "No, sir, he does not!" "Hxchuze me. Good evenin'." At twelve there was a great racket in the hall, and somebody fell down all over himself. Then the bell rang again, and the landlady stuck her head out of the door. "What do you want?" "Want to know'f Mister Smi— (hie) Smith livish here." "No, he don't! Git out ■" "Cert'nly, cert'nly. Alms respeetsh zhe ladiesh. Goo-good night." At 1 a. m. another racket, and another peal of the bell. The landlady did not answer this summons. My patience had gi\( ti out and 1 said to myself: "This sort of rehearsal has been re peated often enough. I'll just get up and tire these egregious asses out of the house!" .So saying I arose, clad in my lovely robe de unit, flung open the door and confronted the two disturbing spirits who were after Mr. Smith. "Whatinhelldoyouwant?" I said, very coldly. One of them bowed low, drew himself tip again, surveyed my attitude, which was that of an enraged Colossus of Rhodes, and said: " Eggschuze (hie), eggschuze me, but arc you she lady of zhe houshe?" The Santa Clara Valiey is noted for the facility with which all" sorts of flowers are grown, and there is scarcely a home in it wliich is not made sweet and cozy by a wealth of bloom. Flowers bloom here cormuuousiy, and the cukelbur, S.vmpson and wild suntlower are found in profusion. Yours respectfully, A. V. Hoffman. Fillmore, Vontura County, Cal. SENSIBLE SENTIMENTS. Simplicity in Furnishing: and Decora- tlon Should Prevail. If only people could be guided into simple habits and ideas as regards so called comforts and ornaments, we should not only bo more likely to de velop nobler art, Bays the British Archi tect, out also to secure less of toil and trouble in the care and keeping of the useless gimcrackery with which the homes of all, from noble dukes to well to-do tradespeople, at present abound. As a rule, it may be safely admitted, that rooms are too much furnished and that the doors, windows, fireplace, floor, walls and ceiling have too little compe tent care bestowed upon them. Were the constructive features of a room pi Looked after much furniture ana Btery WOOld be as needless as it is troub lesome to keep in order and move about. And this brings up another important point in house furnishing too often for gotten—the question of du.st. Dwellers m town are particularly subject to this all-pervading evil, an evil arising not altogether from without. Houses are more or less vibratory, es pecially where there is heavy street or tram traffic in the vicinity, and we have I cleared our stock of smoky flues. So thai in addition to paying particular attention to the fitting of doors ami win dows, we would urge the selection of only so orach furniture as may be easily moved about, or so raised above the ground as to leave at least nine inches -pace underneath. Avoid useless side-tables and cabinets, which are so often dragged in for no other purpose in the world but to carry "art emporium" rubbish. Remember that all furniture beyond «rhat is really necessary for comfort and com snience only proi idea so many more traps wherewith to catch the dust. Avoid all WOOlen or fluffy material in such up holstery as it may be deemed necessary to have. These two or thne simple hints can be acted upon by nearly everybody. To those Whose means admit of it we would suggest the use of thin parquet over old noons; upon such a >lo<>r only one or two rugs in lieu of the usual car pet would be needed, which should be of a dose, hard texture. Then we would substitute the grand or semi-grand piano ;br the dust-attracting cottage instrument possible, and abolish, forever, the hideous practice of covering our furni ture with all kind of drapery and frip pery. New Clearings in Frontier Settlements I tften give birth to miasma, as one of the i-i-t fruits of an upturning of the soil. Malaria is a relentless foo to the newly arrived emigrant if lie be unprepared to meet it hy the use of a reliable prepara ti\e and pn>\c.'itivc It, therefore, lie hooves those seokinp: the f;'.r West in search of homes, to provide themsthes with a medicinal guaranty against chilis and fever, bilious, remittent and ailments of kindred origin, llostetter's Stomach Bitten has for nearly half a century hern »l euaed the best. From Maine to Okla homa, from Victoria to San Juan del sml. its acknowledged superiority meets with no challenge In localities where it has been used. Medical testimony, the most positive and direct, backs np the general verdict, no lesa In rogard t-> its virtues in '■■■isc of liver complaint, dyspepsia, consti pation, rheumatism and kidney ;.ii xii!•nt.s, than in eastsof malarii-.l disease. False Economy Is practiced by many people, who buy inferior articles of foo,l because cheaper than standard roods. Surely infants are. entitled to the best food obtainable. It is a i:t< i that the <iail Borden "Eagle"' Brand f'ond< used Milk is the best infant food. Your grocer and druggist keep it. CHOLLEY AND I. A ''Backwoods Belle" Plays Lawn Tennis. Cholley Is Not Notod for His Intellect, but lie Can Play Lawn Tonnis—A Challenge to All Comers—Points on tho Enticing Game. [Special Correspondence of Record-Uniox. I had an Idea. Ono unbeliever sug gested "holding on to it;" another skeptic, "passing it around." It was to play | tennis, and was carried into effect. | Watching the game from a veranda had not won jul' in its favor. To a disinter ■d onlooker it seemed that there was j not enough life manifested. My resolu tion to quit my shady retreat and book met with approval i'roMi the players, who | pressed mo to take a racket and be initi ated into its mazes at once. But, no; I I would not dream of entering that field of j sport without being fully equipped. I | would not treat the game so lightly as to I enter into it without a rig apropos, for to my eye it seemed verily that the esthetic get-ups of the players were half the bat tle. Sooner would I dream of flying without wings than trip across a tennis court in my citizen's dress. So, after a few moons of preparation, I advanced on the scene of action in a ravishing rig, fashioned regardless of expense, to say nothing of taste. It consisted lor the most part of a perfectly "killing" monkey jacket of dainty flannel, a skirt verging on abbreviation at the bottom, a jaunty cap with State's prison stripes adorning, from under which my ringlets bobbed merrily with every coquettish wag of my head, and a pair of low-necked gum-boots with speckled tops. I looked too cute for anything. One of my companions was a pretty lad oi' some three-and-twenty summers, and my poor, feeble pen and Webster's "on-a-bridge" fail to amass adjectives and interjections to do him justice. He was so pretty and childlike and innocent. He bad been some mother's dainty darling and had never outgrown it. Ho was BO joy ous and happy, "Cholley" was, and glad he was living. You could no more be come impatient with him than with a beautiful, bright-winged butterfly. When 1 sat in the infant class at Sunday-school, dangling my little feet from a high bench, and swapping paper dolls with my neigh bor surreptitiously, my good teacher bat tered into my brain that "God made all things; the good, the true and the beauti ful." I have never doubted it. But on j this day, while watching "Cholley, deah boy," the serpent twined its slimy folds around my brain, and I wondered what the idea had been in making "Cholley." He was so nice 1 did not dare to of lend him, for fear he would take his rag dell and express wagon and go home and not play any more. I quit wasting good, healthy con tempt on him, and finally got to spelling his representative pronoun '"it." indul gently with a big "I." He was not tagged, and while one of my optics feasted on his smile the other looked around the corner for the pound man. I had a sus picion that the game law was in. I had captured a rare specimen of game, but yielded up to the delight of the moment, knowing it would more than recompense me for tlie relentless grip the law would fasten on me for illegal hunting. Under the silken sash he wore 'twas whispered he had a girdle of h< arts he had stolen away from damsels who could not view that noble head and call their hearts their own. Mine was not "init." His ears were only the regulation length, and his voice like the cooing of a woodland dove. "Is this your first game of tennis?" ho cooed with a heaven-inspired smile. "Yes, oh yes," I cooed back, trying vainly to reduce my grin to a smile equally heaven-lit. "I think it is perfectly lovely." (Smile). "Oh, yr-s, indeed, I do, too." Then I would smile at him and he would return it with double compound interest, until to a spectator it must have looked Like a mutual admiration society. His costume was even apropos-er than mine. The round-about anil pantaloons were of a summery material the color of unbleached muslin, a scarlet sash en circled him, and his chestnut sorrel curls played lightly on a marble brow under a jaunty cap. The outfit might be de scribed as a cross between that of a pirate, a waiter and an imbecile. liujt he looked cute. Wo were a cute pair. lie was thoroughly conversant with the ins and outs of tun game, while 1. with a ile suspicion of doing many things in compatible with tho mandate of Hoyle, st* pped with Balmacedan nerve into the ;;• oa. Through watching Liie same my . is eye had detected many things that were now us sftiL For instance, you must not go into it with a healthful step like you were climbing; the ladder of fame, but ju.-.t you gather up your racket with a weary, blase air like that of Cleo patra wielding the scepter when Anthony was absent, and daddlo into the ring with an unconcerned, limpy-go-catchexn gait. Do not forget j'ourseif so far as to indulge in undue haste. There is nothing so ungraceful as haste. Tho gune is simple enough when ex plained lucidly. Now, for instance, when that other fellow in this other court knocks a ball into that other court over here and it don't hit on this other line in that there other court of the other fellow, and you don't knock the ball back across the other line to the other fellow in this other court, th?n the other follow in that other court scores a few against the other fellow in the other court. Whereas: If that other fellow in tin's other court knocks a bail into the other court of the other fellow and it don't light inside of that other line in that other court of this other follow, then the other fellow in the other court tallies a t m. Again, if you are serving in that other court and knock a ball on the others:! of that other lino in the other court and the other fellow in this other court don't lii t it and send it back on this other side of that there other lino in the other court then this other fellow in the other court— well, his name is Mudd, or words to that effect, as it were. When the party of the first part goes to the bat the party of the second part coaches for the party of the first part, and vice versa. It kept the piratical sash and baby blue eyes in a State Of perpetual mo tion chasing after the balls that 1 sent too far into the blue ether. But he did not allow himself to grow angry. He smiled at me sweetly and roamed around lacki daisieally and imperceptibly against the green sward. Sometimes, growing weary waiting, I played fielder myself, and wo cam*; out neck and neck under toe net. Those tennis balls have not recover* ; from their surprise. I"sed to gentle little pats, they could not understand the hand that sent them Hying skyward with a propulsion like that the boys throw into a nme of "ante over" over the old re 1 BOhoolhouafi on .the hill, and greatly to the delight <>f the row of bare-footed spec tators perched on the fence; for as an ex ceedingly misguided ball lit a half block away one of this audionee dapped his hands in wild glee, saving: "A home run. b 1 gosh, boys; bet's a.jo dandy." Though I was criminally ohtusein the : matter of comprehending the subtle niceties of the game, the Nonentity (a big ">."," if you pleaso did not lose his tem per—he had none to lose. His Intellectual capacity may have been deep as the sweat on an ice pitcher, but the odds are largdy ln favor of the frigid perspiration. Uut he could play tennis. At the beginning both players went into the air and a line start was made, Chollry maintained a steady gait to the end of the h< at. The balls were tossed to and fro a few minutes over the seine and our opponent. Miss step - and - fotcfi - it, announced "That's a game." Time, 2:IPJ. Theu we plunged into the eiddy whirl again and again, and not till long, dark shadows fell on the grass and the crickets ' chanted their monotonous evening i chorus did we retire from the scene of frolic. From a perfectly dispassionate observer 1 have emerged a loyal exponent of this truly interesting pastime. Those who come to scoff will remain to play, just as sure as sure can be. My reeling brain has visions lloating like downy Hakes of snow of that summer suit vacillating over the surface of the United States, and in my ears, mingling with the music of the voice of the owner of the aforesaid summer suit, are the teachings impressed on me as to the rules of tho game. Prominent among them are "to lets," "loves." "biscuits," "half and half." "fifteen two," "smash ups," "knock downs," "high low Jack and the game," "deuce low," and playing tho deuce gen erally. Cholley remarked that he was all broke up after tho exhilarating chase, and a cruel bystander remarked that he ; was so simple it wouldn't be hard to get him together again. While tho vernacu lar of tho tennis court is more elegant than that of tho prize ring it is certainly as enigmatical. If there be one among you who dare face us on tho bloody sands. let him come forth, equipped "with a striped monkey jacket and a jamboree, oh no, a "racket," Marquis of Gooseberry rules to govern, and we will squelch 'ciii —"Cholley" and I. A. R. L. (Santa Rosa, September 17th. MEXICAN NEWSPAPERS. How the Press is Subsidized by the Mexican Government. "Ilere's your daily paper of to-morrow!" This is the cry I near at 5 o'clock every afternoon in tho streets of Mexico City. Dozens of newsboys are crying it. Ragged, dirty little fellows, they look out under trig huts and stick cheaply-printed newspapers under your nose while they yell out in Spanish the names of their papers and say that they contain all the news of to-morrow. In the morning they will cry the game papers as just from the press, and pretend that they contain all the news of the day. Mexican daily newspapers are always printed the after noon before the date of publication. The editors and reporters are too lazy to think of night work, and they have no idea of tho value of news. Telegrams are just as likely to be printed three days after re ception, or to be thrown out entirely, as to he used at once, and a prosy three-col umn editorial often crowds out a big.ac cident or good news matter. The Mexi can reporters do not know what the word '•scoop" means, and many of them will not take telegrams because they say they have not the room for them. Neverthe less, they are twenty-nine dailies in Mex ico City. The most of these are subsi dized by the Government. All have small circulations, and the biggest jour nal of the whole Mexican Republic runs out only about .r>,ooo copies daily. This is El Maxtor Republicano, which is the great independent daily of Mexico City, which contains about ;-{OO,OOO people, and which is bigger than Cincinnati. Still, ill Monitor Hepublicano pays $40,000 a year, and it is the l;e:st newspaper prop erty in Mexico. It gets no subsidy from the Government, and it is supported by the Conservative party. It is* one of the most independent of journals in its ad i erasing methods. It will not take an advertisement for any fixed time, but only for as long as it is convenient to publish it, and it will not make any re duction in price for a number of inser tions. It has four pages, and sells for six cents a copy. The editor of the R< jpiiblic<mn is now and then too decided in his criticisms of the Government, and, like all other edi tors in Mexico, he suddenly finds him self arrested and given a few months,or a year or bo imprisonment in the Peni tentiary. There is practically no free dom of the press in Mexico. The editor of a newspaper who is obliged to sign his name to his matter never feels certain as to whether he will not be taken to Belem, which is the name of the Mexican Peni tentiary. There is, m fact, a corridor in this prison which is devoted to newspa per editors, and which g<>es by the name of Newspaper Row, The most of the ar ticles in a Mexican newspaper are signed, and the paper has to print in every issue the name of a man who is responsible for those which are not signed, and in case of trouble as to the unsigned articles this man goes to prison. In some of the newspaper offices here the attaches as sume this responsibility turn about. El Tiempo, or the Times, is the organ of the Church party, and it often denounces the Government. Its editors are frequently imprisoned, but it makes about 810,000 a year and it considers itself doing well. The leading Government paper is El Universal. This is subsidized by the Government, and it gets (I*ooo a month from President Diaz. The editor has also been made a Senator, and ho gets a Sena tor's salary. The Universal has about fifteen editors to every one reporter, and tiiis is the proportion in most of tho offices. The editorials are chiefly essays. The; Mexicans do not know what the racy paragraph means. The first page of every Mexican newspaper is devoted to long-winded critiques and commentaries on current events or ancient history, and the only live papers that the city has are two dailies published in English, and patronized by the English-speaking peo ple of Mexico. One of these is the Two Republics, which -\\::s established about twenty-five years ago, and which makes about (10,000 a year. The other English paper is known as the Anglo-American, it hat . only lately established, but it is fast increasing in circulation and in -1 dice. All kinds of newspaper work in Mex ico are poorly paid. Editors get from *!!» tos2sa week in Mexican money, which is only irom $7 ."<0 to BiS a week in Ameri can money. The essay editors get the highest salaries. As to telegraph news, the; papers seem to think nothing of quoting from their contemporaries tele grams which have been used a day or two before, and an event three months eld will be put in with as much assurance as though it had just happened. Time, in fact, is of no importance in any affair of Mexican life, and neither the people nor the editors seem to care as to whether the matter is new or old. I found newspa pers in every one of the big cities of Mex ico I visited, and there is no perfecting press in all Mexico. The presses in use are oi" the old French style, made after patterns which have long siuce been abolished. The amount- paid for tele graphic service in Mexico City ranges from £4 to £:T> per week per newspaper, and only the leading newspapers pay anything for telegrams. In contrast to this the St. Louis Globe-Democrat pays |8,000 per week for telegrams. As to newspaper correspondents, these are paid by getting a copy of the paper free, and the papers throughout are run on the economical ground. Tho printers get from 2s to •'«» cents per 1,000 ems, and a good foreman receives a salary of £20 a week. Bach printers as are on salaries get Irom $6 to tflU a week, and all of these sums ;:ro in Mexican" money, which is worth only 7f» cents to the dollar. —Mex- ico City correspondent of the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. A Serious Objection. A < iprraan peasant family had made all their arrangements to emigrate to the United States. The day before the family \\ as to take its departure the eldest son, Hans, who was an enormous e:\tor, inti mated that lie did not care to go West. •'Has some village maiden beguiled thee to remain behind?" asked tho father. "Nothing of the kind." "Why, then, dust thou not wish to go with us?'' "I've been talking with tho school master, and —" "WpII. what did he say?" "He says that when it is 12 o'clock with us here in Germany that—" "That what?" "When it is 12 o'clock here with us that in America it is 9 o'clock in the evening." "Well?" "I don't want to go to a place where I have to wait that long for my dinner," and the poor fellow <-oinpletely broke down at tho mere thought of it.—Texas Siftintrs. — -+ Bon.sand pimples and other affections arising from impure blood may appear at this season when the blood is heated. Hood's Sarsaparilla removes the cause of these troubles by purifying, vitalizing and enriching the blood, and at the same time it gives strength to the whole sys tem. I IN RELIGION'S REALM. Expressions from the Various Religious Newspapers. Tlie Roliglou^Thoueht of the Day as Expressed in the Sectarian Press— Somo Matters of Interest to Botb. Ministers and Laymen. Tho Churchman, in commenting upon the announcement that Archbishop Plunket of Dublin recently ordained ' Andrew Cassells to the diaconate of tho Loformcd Spanish and Portuguese Church, says: "It is true that Arch bishop Piunket has not consecrated a Bishop for Spain. No doubt he lias had tar too much respect for tlie ancient canons to perform an act of consecration In which ho could not find two other members of his order, and in his own country not even one, to join him. But what he has done in ordaining a deacon for a Spanish Church is to assume to him selfthe functions of a Spanish bishop nothing less than that: and unless tho newly ordained deacon is to be as auto cephalous as the Archbishop of Dublin, I he will remain under Archbishop Plun ket's jurisdiction, which is only another way of saying that Archbishop* l'lunket will continue to exercise in Spain tho jurisdiction which by this act he has hs | sumed. This is popery without the his torical excuses of popery; for who has ever heard of an Archbishop of Dublin exercising more than patriarchal author ; ity in the Spanish Peninsula? Moreover, this act cuts away all right of objection on the part of the Church of England to the intrusion of popish Bishops into Eng lish sees. What is sauce for tlie anter feminimu must be sauce for the cmaer maieulus as well; and if the Archbishop of Dublin lias a right to intrude into Spain, why has not the Pope of Rome an I e.jual right to intrude his modern hier archy into England?" <>n tlie same subject the Independent Bays: "The real objection to Archbishop I'lunket's action are two—for this o'ojee tiou of locality is hardly worth consider ing. One is that he is invading tlie sees of a sister church,the Roman Catholic Church of Spain. The other is that the constitution of the Reformed Church de nies the Real Presence in tlie Hlessed Sacrament, and practically denies baptis mal grace. This is very offensive to the High Churchmen. It is tlie invasion of jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Bishops which offends The Churchman of this city. It says men can fin 1 field ! enough for missions without intruding ! in the jurisdiction of other churches, and that 'whenever they attempt to enter Ro man Catholic, Greek or other jurisdiction with a good intention of promoting re form they undertake a work which I has never yet been performed, for no church was ever yet reformed from with out.' Now, we do not care to go at length into any refutation of this theory: weonbrwant to call attention to what it means. It means that all churches in the Anglican communion shall abso lutely abstain from any mission work in any country Where there are Roman Catholic Bishops, or Greek, or Armenian, or Nestorian, or Coptic, or Jacobite, or Abyssinian Bishops claiming jurisdic tion. It makes no difference how corrupt any of these churches may be; it makes no difference how earnest the call of those may lie who are looking for the truth. They may call with all Macedonian fer vor for a pure gospel, but until their own ecclesiastics give permission—which per mission will not be given—Anglican Christians are required to refuse to give them instruction. But if Anglican Chris tians refuse, other Christians will not; and as Archbishop Plunkett says, this means giving up Spain to the Presbyte rians, and so with all the countries in which these various churches are estab lished. One would think that it would bo easy to see that there must bo some llaw in the logic that would lead to such an astounding conclusion." The New York IDvangelist, discussing the revision question, says: "In our present confession there is one great mys tery of impenetrable darkness, that hangs like a black cloud over the altar of atone ment and forgiveness and salvation, viz.: the doctrine that God has from all eter nity foreordained a portion of the human family to eternal Buffering—a sentence of death which Calvin himself pronounced a horrible decree, decretvm horribiU. and which certainly is more lit for the Dark Ages, or. for that Reformation period, which, coming after the Dark Ages, was si ill in the penumbra of that great eclipse, than to the ages of light into which we have been born. So, too, with the kin dred horror of the damnation of infant-;, which for ages has caused even the Chris tian mother to shudder as she clasped her bp.be to her breast. Tho agonies caused by that dread fear can never be told. Thank God, the awful terror has at last begun to dissolve in the light and warmth of God's own love as it shines in the face of Jesus Christ. Some may still cling to tho old doctrine, or remain at least doubtful of any better hope, but agaiilst all their arguments, which are hard at tho nether millstone, it is enough for us to set this one word of Christ: 'It is not the will of the heavenly Father that one of theso little ones should per ish.'"' The New York Observer says: "In the recent crisis in the Presbyterian Church, when the question related to latitude of instruction in a theological seminary, the highest and largest court of that body decided almost unanimously in favor of the old views of the Bible of the future, and of theology in general. How natu ral that remarks like the following should abound in some quarters: "One of tho most important effects (of the recent action of tho (ieneral Assembly in the case of Professor Briggs) will bo its influence upon the young men contem plating entry upon the Presbyterian min istry. It is highly probable that no small proportion of the more intellectual among them will be repelled and that the Presby terian pulpit will suffer no inconsiderable intellectual deterioration.' This is from an influential Chicago journal. Hero is another from a leadfng newspaper of this metropolis: 'There is another cause, in' our opinion, far more strongly operative in keeping young men out of the ministry that either the financial sacrifices required or the fear of insecurity to tenure. This cause is dread of collision with conserva tive theology. A bright, intellectual young man linds it hard to bind himself in advance to accept a creed which seems to him cast iron, etc.' In the same spirit a New York religious weekly has remarked that if the number of students in a theological seminary should lie diminished by changes in the attitude of the seminary, this loss would be compensated for in the superior intellectual quality of those who preferred ils teachings. It is not necessary to multi ply these quotations, for few who have discussed these subjects can havo failed to hear this expression of opinion from those who are confident that it is high time for all tho churches to reconstruct their Bible, their Confession and their Faith. Now what is to be said or done in view of this prospect of intellectual de terioration of the ministry that is thus set before us? Notwithstanding the in vasion of higher critics and new theolo gians, the great denominations show no sign of being willing to haul down their iiags, or even to broaden them so that tlies' can liy all colors. Aro they, there fore, ready to go on with their work of comfort aud conquest without the bright, intellectual young men? Can they trust tho Lord for an occasional Wesiey, or Whitetield, or Spurgeon, or Moody, or some other gifted man who will turn to ligut armies of the aliens in spite of his ignorance and incompetency.' Perhaps it is not worth while to speculate on a. cou tingency. We must wait and see whether these anticipations of intellectual failure are realized." Effects of Swimming. Tho effects of swimming upon the body vary according to tho constitution of the bather, and are influenced by the manner in which the bath is enjoyed. If a girl, in the full enjoyment of £ood health, plunges into cold water and continues in it but a short tinin. the sensation on com ing out is delightful. Ami when the body is dried a jjlow pervades the whole frame and the bather is invigorated and refreshed. But it is highly imprudent to remain any great length" of time in the water. If this is done, the skin will be come pale and assume ..that peculiar ap pearance the children call "goose-flesh." The lips are circled by a shadowy blue line. Numbness and shivering, and a feeling of weariness result. Alter the swim take a brisk run on the beach, then to tho bath house. SMILING THROUGH GRIEF. In Spite of tho Worries "Which All Women Ilnvo, They Appear Woll and Happy— ilo\v to Make This Ap parent Happiness Heal. "Yes," said an oainent physician recently, "I do not think I exaggerate when I say that one-half of the Baflering and sk-km ss which exists unions women might and should be avi 'ided. "How? Listen, and I will tell you. Pains and weakness aud the little cares, Which no man other than a physician suspect:;, fre r. ly combine !i> make women more or less miserable. Yet they come up smiling nearly I always, biding bemath their se> ming happl ' ness an Infinity of mental and physical tor | tore. This is all wrong. Woman was horn to brightness and happiness; she needs strength to resist bermany trials. Her body, her mind and all her faculties and functions must t>e pot Into a healthy condition or she cannoi secure strength; and where nature fails she st be assisted. Here is where stimulants ■ prove so valuable. "Yes, I mean spirits, but not the spirits of the saloon; and while I recommendwhisk; asthebesi and most useful of spirits, 1 :m\ always most careful to impress upon my pa -1 tients the necessity of obtaining 11 al solutely I j)ure, as impure whisky is wor.-o than use -1 bs." it has been agreed by the lead ngscien tists and phvslclaos of tbe day that Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky is absolutely pure. The proper use of it will strengthen the nerves, blood and body. It is not a beverage, but is di signed for medicinal use. it stimulates ail the faculties of the body and mind, adds energy and strength and builds up waste tissue. It may be obtained from your drug gisi orgroeer. In justice to yourselJ see that you obtain the genuine Duffy's Pure Mall Whisky,and do not be satisfied with any sub stitute which may be offered 1 a just as go -d. Do not be Depressed because you have been unable to rid yourself of that obstinate cough. You have been experi menting with new and worthless compounds. I Cheer up! There is hope for you if you will try that stand ard preparation that has been in use for more than 50 years. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. // will Cure You. Sold by all T^ruggists. BE A_MAN. mHERE IS PROBABLY NOTHING AS _L disgusting as a .sickly specimen of humanity. By this we mean those people who suffer from a disease which easily yield-; to'medical science. They are miserable themselves and make others miserable. Because some doctors inform you that your case is hopeless does not make it so. It mav be ignorance on their part. Take the case of Mr. Fred. Allen, a popular young plumber who has 0&. resided in this county /MtfsLV.h .'A for some years. He /' writes: "This is to u»^ '4m/ '•*s!& certify that I have /^"-Hr^Sifi? been ailing for some -CJ.- ""* M&wy time wit 11 rheuma- ■ Jrv'w tism and incipient "o^ *§"■ Jj/fr consumption, t 1r- -^.-g Sr^lS vis:itc-d several physi- 'us%t\ eians. who gave 'me Af^- ■$*■ JJ&S&tL but temporary re- X%^l»«^«9SsW' lief, and one said I iy//y^^^i <i^S^' was incurable. In v^'^flS^.^ff U April I went to the Miififr.. ■ ArM-'f< j rogressive Dispon- v \Jr\*££mr_^~ ' sary and took treat- Z^"^^^' ment, and can now assert that I am completely and permanently cured." (Signed) FEED ALLEN. This is the experience of but one of many. THE PROGRESSIVE DISPENSARY is a medical and sunr'.eal institution located per manently in Sacramento and Stockton, for the cure of all diseases, affliettona and. d - formitics. A staff of competent physicians, graduates of the best American umrr.ngU.sli colleges, skilled, experienced and able, ate In attendance. No minerals or poisons used: The most recent discoveries in medicine adopted. A pharmacy is attached and all prescriptions tilled free of charge from the purest drugs. Every Character of Dlfienso Treated. Sufferers from Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Ca tarrh, Scrofula, Heart. Liver and Kidney Dis eases, Lost Manhood, Piles, Bowel Troubles, or any other disease, should c-nll at once. All discuses of a private nature -"Nervous Debility," Lack of Vjuthful Vigor in Men. the result of excesses, overwork or dissipation— POSITIVKLY CUBED. The charges are. VERY LOW and consultation and examina tion FREE. ■SJrEneh patient seen privately and all com munications received in raored confidence. HDAPDFC^OTTTr^ Corner Sixth and nouits—Daily, o nTfinniTn 1 r\YT j to i; Evening. 6to 8; I If Vyii filv \U\l ■ Sundays, 10 to 12 I li>j ri!\i^4j "> ■ -^ ■ ! Entrance on Sixth Street. We are located on the ground-floor: no Stairs to climb. Beware of quacks located in lod I houses, who would entice you into their dens, where you surely will be robbed. MCE TO CONTRACTORS, j OEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE BE- | O eeived at. the office of the Uoartt of I Trustees of the Southern California state Asylum for the Insane and Inebri ates, in the Farmers' Exchange Hank building in the City of San Bernardino, San lieruardino Conntv, California, until 12 o'clock M., MONDAY, the 12tn day of October, lsoi, for performing the labor and furnishing all mntorials necessary for the ' construction of and completion of each of the following brandies of work: 1. For performing the labor and furnishing all materials for the construction of a reser voir and pipe line. 2. For performing the labor and furnish ing all materials for the construction of a sewcr. 3. For performing the labor and furnish ing all materials for the electric wiring of the buildings now in the course oi' erection. 1. For performing the labor and furnish ing all materials for the piping and steam heating of the buildings now in the course of erection. separate proposals will be received for each of the above branches of work and a contract or c-.mtructs based on such proposals will be made. Drawings and specifications foi- each of ihe above branches of work can be Been daily from I 9 A. m. until 5 i*. M.at the office of the Board of | Trustees, in San Bernardino. Cai. Blank pro; osal forms and all information in regard to the manner in which proposals are to be tendered can be obtained at the aforementioned office ot the the trustees. Bach proposal must be accompanied by a bond of 10 per cent, of the amount of the pro posal tendered. No Chinese labor or materials manufactured by Chinese labor are to be used in any of the \ above branches of work. The Board "'of Trustees reserve the right to reject any or all bids if found necessary, as the public good may require. H. L. DREW. Chairman. JOHN M( >RTON, Secretary, For the Board of Trustees ot the Southern California State.Asylum for the Insane and Inebriates. 817-td ; GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL, Corner Seventh and K Streets STKICTLY FIRST-CLASS FREE BV9 to and from the car. _W._j^AQZJLRS- Proprirtor. aj* j»a l*ittaMUMii&- Corner-Seventh and K Streets, Sacramento. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. FREE 1 BUS TO land from the oars. B. B. BROWN for* merly of the State Hous^HuteLJ-roprietor. WESTERN HOTEL, rnilK LEADING HOD l\, X mento, c.i 1. Meals x;"< ■ -.:<.*. wm.i \ndl ! Proprietor. Free 'has to and from hotel \JNION HOTEL, Second Street, j and K. Conducted on itn El-ropean Plan. FINE COMMERCIAL LUNCH SEKVF.D daily from 11a. m. to 2 v. \r. ftu!9-tf SILVLVA- MON 1 ENEGRO, Props, PACIFIC MOTICL, Corner K and Fifth Streets, Sacramento. /CENTRALLY LOCATED AND CONVEX \j lent to all places ot amusement. The best Camily hotel in the city. The table always supplied with tho best the market afll Street can ir.>m ihe depot pass the door .-very five minutes. Meal*. 26 cents Ci_^ BINOL ETON. Propr WINDSOR HOTEL, Corner Eighth and .1 Streete. TWENTY-TWO NEW ROOMS JUST added and complete for occupancy New furnituiv, carpets, etc. .Best accommodations tor families. Terms mod pass the door every si j minutes se2-tf XEAItY A FLA! ill; 'V. Trops. TRE MONT HOTEL, MRS. p. brydixg, solo Proprietor. \TEWLYFTJRNISIIEDAND RENOVATED }JH fine family hotel; u well-suppli.d table; airy rooms; terms moderati: accommodations excellent. 11 : and 114 J street. ai THE SADDLE ROCK Restaurant and Oyster House. FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE ppeet. Ladies' dining-room separated ■•■ d dny and ni^ht. BUCK MANN A CARRA GI{ER, I'roprictors. No. I<^l'.» Second si between J and K. Sacramento. VIEXXA CAFE, w.)l K STREET. FIRST-! LASS HOME rt-CV cooking. I>oard by the week. EMIL FENTZLTNG, E'roprietor, formerly chief oook Saddle Rock ResUmrant. ,r:>. ST. DAVID'S, 715 Howard Street, near Third, San Francisco. A FIRST-CLASS LODGING HOTEL, CON- A taining 200 rooms; water and eras In each room; no better beds in the world; no gc allowed to use the linen once used by another; a large reading-room; hot and cold wa baths free. Price of Rooms—Per nlpht. and 75 rents; per vvek, from $2 upward. Open all ni^hr. R. HUGHES. Proprietor. ««-At Market-street Perry i ,'>us Line of street curs for Third and HowardLTTH BROOKLYN HOTEI7 BUSH STRKET, BETWEEN MONTGOM* ery and Bansome, Hun Francisco, ooa dueted on Voih t.hn European and American plan. This Hotel Is under the m .: ot Charles Montgomery^and is the best Family and Business Men's Hotel in San Franc Home comforts, cuieine anexo lied, Orst-c service, nlghcst standard of rcspectabtlity guaranteed. Board and room per day, -.1 25 to §2: single room, 50 cents t<>?iii>rn Free ooach to and from th» Hotel. W. R. STRONG CO., WHOLESALE DKALEKS IN H'r-u.it and IProcL-u-ce., SACRA^sIEXTO, (AL. S. GERSON & CO. V TVnOLESALE Froit, Produce and CwaiissiOß Meitiiaots, SACRA3DENTO, CAL. • P.0.80x 17>>. NrV. H. WOOD & CO^ Wholesale Dsalers and Shippers of California Fruits, Potatoes, Beans, BUTTER, ETC. I Kog. 117 to 125 J Street, Sacramento. CURTIS BROsT&COm General Commission Merchants, Wholesale Dealers in Fruit and Produce, *308, 310, 312 K St., Sacramento. j IWephone 37. Poat .130. I BUGESE J. OKKOOI'.Y. FRAMC Q&SOORT. GREGORY BROS. CO. SUCCESSORS TO GREGORY, BARNES <ft Co.. Nos. I^o and 12H J Bt., Bacramento, wholesale dealers in I'roduee and Fruit. 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