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IN RELIGION'S REALM. Expressions from the Various Religious Newspapers. The Religious Thought of tho Bay as Expressed in the Sectarian Press- Some Matters of Interest to Both Ministers and Laymen. In speaking of the Andover decision, the Christian Union observes that "to re vive the attack upon the seminary Would be regarded by the public at lar^e as an attack upon one of the valued insti tutions of the Christian church and as an act in itself inimical to Christian faith and life. Andover Seminary can now go on doing its work in peace and quiets representing with fidelity and power that phase of religious truth which it appre ij iids and which is given to it to empha size. And the ethical question whether the authors of 'Progressive Orthodoxy' can properly subscribe to the Andover creed of lKftS; whether, in other words, there is any other inconsistency between the ancient and the modern Andover theology than that which always exists in a living system between that which is and that out of which it has grown, will probably be left in the future to the consciences of the individual professors." On the same topic the New York Inde pendent says: "We do not, of course, dis pute the law which the Supreme Court of Massachusete has laid down in this ease ; but it does seem a great pity that justice should be defeated on a mere technical point which does not go to the merits of the case. * * * Any claim that the decision is a vindication of Professor Smyth would have no basis in fact. The moral effect of the finding of the Board of \ isitors is not at all destroyed. The Su preme Court simply intervenes to pro- Met him from the decree of the board, be cause the board failed in one point to fol low a rule of proceedings* which the court holds to be necessary in order to avoid the possibility of injustice being done. If the accused Professor desires a vindica tion, he has it yet to seek. All the facts brought out in the trial still stand against him and in support of the conclusion reached. If he chooses to be satisfied with the result, under these circum stances, it may be that the visitors will not. The way is open to another trial, if it is judged best to have one." The New York Christian Advocate thinks that the "outcome of this famous case only affords another illustration of the difficulty of getting satisfaction in ecclesiastical cases in secular courts. The intricacies of the law, the practice of the courts, and the ingenuity of counsel are such that it is possible to delay decisions until the interest in them and the occa sion for them have lapsed. Ecclesiastical •ases in ecclesiastical courts, though sometimes unavoidable, are generally at tended with influences which are* un fortunate. But ecclesiastical cases in secular courts, especially those involving the interpretation of confessions of faith, are of a decided hurtful character. Nine times out of ten the decision reached is satisfactory to nobody. While not pre suming to criticise the Supreme Court of Massachusetts for failing to decide whether there has been a breach of trust in the case of Professor Smyth in teaching doctrines which are alleged to be con trary to the creed which he had sworn to observe, it does not seem to us that the >ral result of this famous case will tend to encourage those who for any rea son desire to depart from the conditions of any sacred trust which they may be administering. It seems to us to "be a principle as fundamental in morals sa the law, 'Thou shalt not steal'; that the use of funds devised for any particular object for a purpose contrary to the ex- i pressed will and desire of the" founder of the trust is a great wrong, amounting really to misappropriation." The New York Observer sees much trouble ahead. It says: "If by this de cision the conservative Congregationalists ire so discouraged that they do not think it worth while to renew long and uncer tain litigation, then the victory of the lib eral professors is practically just as com plete as if the Supreme Court had decided that the new theology was in harmony with the old theology which these pro fessors vow every five years to defend and maintain. They can retain their pro fessorships with no actual danger or" los ing their positions. Meanwhile every year a large body of young men will go forth from their instructions to swell tho number of those in the Congregational ministry who have no sympathy with the theology of those who founded the sem inary for the very purpose of handing down their faith to future generations. • * It is impossible e\en for the Congregational body, with its minimum organization, to exist many years as a homogeneous working church, if it edu cates part of its ministry under influences ;hatare openly hostile to its traditional '.neology. The division of opinion and feeling at the root must reveal itself in the trunk and branches. In the Congrega tional Church the friction is first apparent in missionary work, for the obvious reason that in that work the independent churches are compelled to unite their ef forts." "President Andrews, in his address in New Haven, said: 'We have not a well-equipped theological seminary in ihis country.' He might have gone further and said: 'There is no well equipped theological seminary in this country,' " remarks the Christian Secrc "ri/ (Baptist), of Hartford, Conn. "The ological seminaries are as a class too nar row, and are not practical enough. Thev <lo not meet the needs of the age, and the .student who expects to learn how to be a pastor will often be sadly disappointed. The theology taught is not as Biblical as it ought to be, and rests altogether too much upon the traditions of the elders. We have some grand men in our theo logical seminaries, and we believe those belonging to the Baptists are as able, and the theology they teach is broader and :noro Scriptural than any other. But there is great need for improvement, and it is high time we had an advance in theological training. Some of our people seem to be afraid of the word progress. They think it is another name for heresy; and so they are contented to re main in the old ruts. No other denomi nation has such an opportunity as we have, and what is needed to-day is a thorough awakening upon the subject of education." "It is a question if the use of the word 'infallible' is not importing into theologi cal discussion an idea that confuses the issues," the Boston Watchman says. "It smacks too much of Rome. The certainty granted us in revelation is not mathemat ical, but probable and moral. The realm of faith embraces the probable, but not ihe demonstrative. Rome endeavors to iiive demonstrative certainty to faith, and n so far as she does this she renders aith impossible. Protestantism, trusting i-i the self-witness of truth, is content to ioave the soul alone with the truth. And upon that soul rests the responsibility for its dealing with the light it has. The response of the persoual soul to such spiritual truth as it has, be it much or Httle, is faith." "When we speak of saints, in these •lays," says the Churchman, "we are apt lo think only of some ideal characters which have been commended to our hom age by pious legend, or created by our iancy for the investiture of remote per sonages. Because death is itself a far re move, we beautify our departed friends, magnifying their virtues and forgetting their faults, although we may have found them hard to get on with while they Were :vlive. It is not improbable that an inti :nate personal acquaintance with any of the vast majority of the saints of history would largely modify our opinion of them and reveal, at least, that they were men of like passions as we are; com passed with infirmities." The Christian Advocate of Nashville (Methodist), after quoting the eulogistic SACRAMENTO PAILT BECOKP-ryiQK, SATTTKDAT, NOVEMBER 21, 1891.—EIGHT PAGES. pa<T,.T2os from the rddressps delivered at ti>" funeral of William H. Kemble, to which attention was directed at the time in this journal, remarks: "Who is it that understand* the bearing of things and the interests involved that cannot see at a glance how religion is damaged, the interests of morality sacrificed, and the barriers of virtue destroyed by the lack of conscience at this trying point and on these trying occasions? It ought to be read of all men that if the church is called on to bury men who have de graded her elementary principles, no bribe of position, influence or money can silence her voice of warning or lead her to betray her own principles, the inter ests of public morality or the eternal con cerns of the living." "What can be more misleading." the Hebreir Journal asks, "than Matthew Arnold's definition of religion as the pur suit of morality with the addition of emo tion ? For purposes of discussion it is entirely inaccurate to describe the spir itual activity that produces in the mind an acceptance of the fact of supernatural power as the mere manifestation of emo tion. The huge mountains of works by the master minds of the ages,Vtevoted to the explication of the problems^ of theol ogy, would be but monstrous heaps of folly if there were nothing to religion but the outcome of feeling. In its broadest sense religion may be defined as the ac ceptance of a belief in a superhuman power, to whom allegiance is due and by whose will human conduct must be guided. With this simple conception of religion as a basis of union it would be possible to combine in one groat fold almost the entire human family." MAKING FARM TIMBER Desirable Varieties of Trees for Plnut- IntC in Valleys. Chief Fernow, of the Government Di vision of Forestry, has just issued a bulle tin relative to tree planting. The general principles on which experiments in tree planting on the plains should be made are summed up as follows: 1. Forest plantations in large blocks hayemorecnan.ee of success than small clumps or single trees, since large plania tions alone are capable of becoming self sustaining and of improving their condi tions of growth by their own influence upon moisture conditions of the soil and air. '_'. We must not only plant densely (much more densely than is the common practice), but in the selection of kinds give predominance to such as are capable of quickly and persistently shading the ground, creating an aodergrowth and cover that will prevent evaporation, and thus make possible the planting of the li;lit-foliaged, quick-growing, valuable timbers. Twelve kinds of trees used in prairie planting are grouped as follows, accord ing to their shade endurance, aud their rate of bight growth during their youth: SHADS. HKIOHT GROWTH. I— Box elder. I—Cottonwoed. 2—Mulberry: 2— :-o.i maple. 3—Elm. 3—fcl>,:. ck cherry. A—Locust, s—Osage orange. s—Honey locust. ft—Cataipa. 6-Black cherry. 7—Soft maple. ' 7—1 :i Lalpa. cast. B—< fa jc orange. 9—Honey locust. 9—Boat elder. 10—Black walnut. 10—Black walnut. 11— Ash. 11— Ash. 12—Cottomvood. |l2—Mulberry (•?). Of all trees, the most suitable for prairie planting and for planting in the dry plains are beyond doubt the conifers, es pecially tho pines. There are two rea sons why they should be chosen prefer ably to others: First of all, they furnish not only a denser cover, lateral and verti cal, but a coverall the year around, being evergreen. Second, they require less water, from one-sixth to one tenth, than most deciduous trees, and are therefore less liable to succumb to drought. In winter they will hold the snow more efficiently than the naked, leafless kind, thus preserving the moisture on the ground. Nature has given us indications in that direction. The driest soils everywhere are occupied by the pines, and the arid slopes of the Rocky Mountains and the interior basin support only conifers, es peciallj- pines and junipers. lUCsT AT LAST. On, glad am I that Call has come, And glad am I that winter's near; For oh, the genial wumiruT tin:e Has been to lr.e Exceeding drear. For every sad-eyed humorist. Eacli paragraphing cockatoo, Each Aleck more than passing smart, Has nagged me ali the Bummer through. They picked at me at tarly morn, At noontide, and at dewy eve ; And not a single soul of them Si enied able'me alono to leave. What e'er I did, whate'er I s;>id— A thousand other things beside— They lluunted to the gaping world, They circulated far and wide. Ah. triad am I that summer's gone, And glad to leave its wicked whirl; For I'm the constantly maligned, Tiaduced and slandered summer girl. —IJo*t en Courier. A Portnernese Courtship. The Portuguese are very conservative in their ideas of the position of women society, and they got their ideas from their Moorish masters in by-gone centu ries. Consequently girls lead a very shut in life: they go regularly to mass Sunday morning and take occasional walks dur ing the week, always accompanied by one or two chaperones. Young men never call at the house, and if they did would not be admitted "except on busi ness." This strictness leaves but one way open for an interchange of senti ments, and that is the window, and it is quite the thing to make use of it. It is not considered ill-bred to stare in Portu gal; a man may stare at a girl he does not know as long as he likes; he must not do so to a girl he has been introduced to unless she gives him some encourage ment by returning his glances. A girl will sit at her window all the afternoon looking into the street, and her adorer from the street looks at her, and this is so much the custom that it attracts no at tention from the passers-by. From looks they proceed to bows, to smiles, to a few words, then he follows her to church, finds out if she is going to the theater, and goes too, serenades with his guitar on moonlight nights and finally makes an offer to her father. He is then received by the family and allowed to come to the house in a quiet way untii the wedding, and after that the young couple usually live either with her parents or with his, and the even tenor of their life thus con tinues. ÜBB Angostura Bitters, the world-re nowned South American appetizer, of exquisite flavor. Manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons. EVERYONE SNEEZING. Colds Remarkably Prevalent. "Will the Grippe Return? Dangers of Pneu monia. Have you noticed the unusual number ol colds possessed by your acquaintances this year? rhei e soems to be no particular ret- m why the fall of this year should be more try ing than usual, but, nevertheless it is a fart Those who know something of these matters' say thut this extraordinary prevalence ot colds is the forerunner ol another visitation of the grippe. Whether it may turn out so or not a thing everyone should do is to get rid of a cold as soon as possible on account of the (lunger to which a person with a"Jitt*e cold' Is cx poeed. Pneumonia nobody wishes to race and it Is no exaggeration to state that eirhty?per cent, of deaths from this cause could hare been averted if tiie colds out of which they givw hail been cured. By far the best method of ridding oneself of a cold is to take a little pure stimulant in water and keep warm after having done so Tht,- greatest < are and prompt measures should be taken at the slightest sign of the aupn.>a< h of paeamenia. If you have a tickling in the throat, tightness of the chest, pain iu the head a chilly feeling or pains throughout the b< d\' immediately use some pure stimulant to p o mote the circulation andarert the catastrophe ild be particularly borne in anlnd that to be of the required value, the stimulant (whisk v preferubly) must be pure, and Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky, which can be obtained of your druggist or trrocer, meets the requirements It is stau iard and reliable, und the lUct that it ha* received the indorsements ol the load mists and physicians of the present ciuy is the best iruaraniee of its usefulness as a ne. Insist upon having it and do not allow the salesman*t<.> sell you a substitute which he may recommend as ■•ji:st as good.'? There i< no other medicinal whisky whicl e |Qali Dudy's Pure Malt in purity and exceh lence. THE OCTAGONOGLETS. [Written for the Record-Union.] "It's a moighty poor year for a famly mon. Oi have eight of'em all told, and divil a wan uf thim is a boy. Oi ought to be proud as a burd wid two tails, and Oi am that whin I look at the purty craters airuest and willin' to hilp. Och, if Oi only had a husband apiece for thim I'd doi continted, but the mm in this fiat ar' scarce as pk-kled ales' feet or canaryburds' eyebrows." And Alike Sims wiped his forehead as he thus unburdened his sor row to his friend Pat Timlin; nicknamed "Whizzy." Now Put was not a weazened old man, but uncommonly stout, so it must have been in derision that the name clung to him. Once at a ball the lioor manager politely asked Pat if he'd like a partner. "Bejabers vis, if yees kin foind a light weight for me." So Pat evidently real ized his looks. "Well. Mike, if Oi was young acd had me tathe and no woife, Oi'd marry v. an myself to hilp you over a sticking 'place, for I don't belave, from Alta to Pilot Knob, in this State, could wan foind a more intirely Ulegmnt sit oi gurls." "Well, Oi thank you Tat. OI most wish oi was under the sod, Oi am that harried up—so miny bunnits, so lniny gownds, and a bad year for thim all, 1' re plied Mike. "True for you, Mike; but take courage. The world ain't much to a man whin his woife is a widder. tie can't aven marry bis widder'a sister, which ivcry mother son of thim back East wants io do be cause he can't. Moind that, Mike." "So they till me," replied Sims, as he moved away. "Rape a backbone to yer courage and don't give up," called back "Whizzy," its he rolled up the road, and "Oi'll troi, ' came back on the breeze as the men walked away. Sims' ranch was a typical California farm house, the sides dabboarded and a shake roof, wide porches all arouud it, ■ Hewer garden in front and a vegetal le garden in the rear that reached to the orchards, the orchards molting away into the golden haee of a wheat-Held in sum mer. Now the land v.;!s ;i dull brown, not yet plowed. Sim- ha I i. . a pn»spcr ous upto this year, but he had met with heavy losses, and lifetot ■bade. The future of ins eight girls rather worried him, for Sims was •• hearted man and v kind father, but the thought of eight girls, and "not one of thim hoys," as he said, to be providod fi r. was .diii' -i too much f<>r him. The eicls were all young and i looking >■ is, Kate, Sheiia, Mary Ann, Liz, Maude-, Alta and Xm— full of fun, and all aided in the work ut the ranch: but Suns would shake liis head when he heard thenf talking and laughing over th: ir work, and say**lioy6, moind yer, would not clack BO and ijel more none." They had all attended the Bumin r schools in the mountains and the winter terms in tho valley, so were not Igno rant. Sheila had been to "Fraysno," bo Sims said, "to hilp her eovtsifti to pick raysons, ami Father Connigan had talked to her on religirfn. She told him the only thing she did wrong was to ir>> with some friends to tho theater w itu the worst and richest man there, and they nil sat in the box with hiui Tho good father was shocked, and said, 'But, my chili, you cannot touch pitch and be dean.' " "I had me glov< son."' said Sheila, "and laughed at the good Father's perplexed look," and Sims sighed as he told it. It was still October, and the four girls were out on horse) ack rounding up the stock so that Sims could pick out the "beef critters" for winter use. The r inch was near the foothills, and since the end ing of the close season a party of huntors had come up dove ana quail shooting, others going on to the mountains for larger game. i he valley ranches were a noted resort tor doves, but many ranches had put trespass notices on their gates, for stray shots had often injured their stock, but Sims s-tid if "shootisis wanted to shoot and kill something he would not spoil sport as loug as nothing was killed on his ranch." On this day, however, the girls came ou a lope toward the house, dismounted and came in to tell their father "that a party of oight had been shooting down by the 'crik' and had accidentally shot the Al derney calf." —one Sims was especially proud of—"and had sent them tjack to ask him to come down at once." "Shot me bist friend, me little Aldcr ney. Well, o'll be blist; sich ihim care lessness. The boobys—not to tell an in nocent calf from a dove. Faix they ought to stay home," declared Sims as he walked away. "Thoy must be color blind, the humpbacked flandermites that they are. Oi'dloike to make thim sigh a sigh four sizes too large for thim." Mut tering as he went, and mad as he could be he did not notice an irrigation ditch till he was sousing in it. He crawled out at the other side with the remark, "More water in that ditch thin any need of, the dom thing." This mishap did not tend to sweeten his temper. When he arrived at the "crik" he saw the eight young men standing around the call as if at an inquest. Sims was covered with mud and looked like a "two-legged mud pie," one fellow said; but the cloud on Sims' brow prevented a laugh as Will Joselyn, the spokesman for the party, said pleasantly as he approached him: "Mr. Sims, we are exceedingly sorry for this accident to one of your stock, but we are willing to pay damages whatever you ask." "Money, sir, won't pay for that calf, the flower of the lot, named after me. She ain't no good for a cow or call either, for that matter now. Oi hate such care lessness. Oi'll close this ranch to all coiners, and Oi'll have it in painted roil ing so all who run can rade it, and after rading it run some other place. No, sir, money won't pay me;" and be looked mournfully at his dead favorite, and then turned away. A silence of a few seconds marked his departure, and Will said: "Oh, hang it all, this ranch has the best name for doves around here. So near the foothills they come here after nesting. I say, can't we draw the 'commither' around the old gentleman and get ou his good side. He must have one." "Yes, inside," said Jack Conger, dryly. "Has he not a wife, or daughter, for in stance?" asked Will. "Only eight of them," replied Jack. "Kight wiyes!" said Will iv an amazed tone. "No—daughters," Jack replied, laugh ing at Will's tone. "Weeping Rachel," said Mat Dickson. "Eight daughters—all girls. Octagonog lets, as it were." The boys all laughed at this, although the calf killing was a serious subject, and the closing of the gates on them more se rious still, yet this ridiculous name ap pealed to them. "One apiece," said Conger. "Oh, I say," said Nolan, one of the crowd, "four of us will have to decline as we are married. "Four wise, four otherwise, which?" queried Will. "Well, Mat, Bob, Jack and I can make up to these octagonoglets, can't we, and propitiate the old deity?-' "You are too greedy," said Nolan. "Leave four for some other crowd; but we're wasting time and ammunition. We had better go to camp; its 5:30 now." And they departed across lots to a belt of timber where they had pitched their tent in a central location, going from this point every day, up and down the valley alter game. M:ns had walked back to the house and Sicked up a shovel to dig a grave for the cad calf, 'Oi'se no heart to ate the critter. It would seem as if Oi was ating me own children," he said. "I wonder which one?" said Sheila, mischievously, in a whisper to Bess. Their father came in an hour later, say ing, as he put up the shovel, "that's the last of the calf, and it is a pity it was not the last of that herd of two-legged wans yonder." The girls giggled quietly at this as they separated to perform their evening tasks. Whizzy Timlin heard of it and came over next morning to talk it over. "Och, Mike Sims," he said, "eight as foine fellows yer iver saw come up here dove hunting; illegant matches, ivery one of them, for the curls. Yer jrravin' yer soul out to foind husbands for these hard toimes. Now if yer had only made up to thim instid of berating thiin, yor moight have had eight son-In-laws to father-in-law. Sure, yer must have been crazy in the hid not to think of it." "Pat Timlin, do yer think it? Do yer mane it?" said Sims anxiously. "Oi do, by the same token," replied Pat. as he winked solemnly and stroked his bean! with his fat forefinger. "If yer had four of thim inarrid would be a hilp to yer, and yer could lay back and think of pleasant taings, for instants: White Hose Jockey dub, upper ten walk ing in the Shah of Persia's garden. These pleasant perfttmy thoughts would be a quietin' circumstances to bunnits and gownds for eight." "flow do you think I could apologize to thim, Pat, me frind?" asked Mike. "Be yer ascent hospitable self, man, and Bind thim something to ate. A hun ter's heart is to be found through the cook pot.' Small blame to thim for that, for a man must be in a eatamous state whin he ain't a longin' for the flesh pots oi Agypt ■>:• any other counthry." Anl Pat arose to go, leaving Sims to digest his lecture. The next evening, when the young men were preparing their dinner, Will tip toed into the camp and said in an audible whisper: "Here is tho octagonolets, sure as I'm born, coming to call." At this every fellow sprang up to glance down the road, or trail. "What in thunder are they after?" said Nolan. "Quieti sabe," said Will. "1 ols rush in where angels fear to i." b ..1 Bob dramatically. "You mean angels feart i rush in whore ! fools tread," said Jack, as the <rirls halted and evidently held council. Then four came toward the camp, each carrying, carefully, a parcel in each hand. Sheila t came ahead, her eyes twinkling with Fun she returned Will Joselyn's bow as he asked them to enter. "No, thanks," said Sheila, looking ai young men as they stood around In ly. "Excuse as for intruding; but r sent word to keep on Bhootiugon the ranch and please accept these pump kin pies. He thought you'd like them, ! lia*. in., nothing to bake th >m hei . And she delivered into Will's ham parcel, her sisters ahyly doing the same; and \> ill passe 1 them to each one of the j crowd as if he was at a concert passing ! programmes, murmuring the while, "Ali, ks, I'm l id to trouble yon:" ; an i amid .1 cfaoroa of "thanks ' and "■good ■ ni;_!it." the girls retreat 'Ain't be eternally scrumptious, and ain't they?" sail Will, "opapiug coals of lire on our heads instead of cuss words." "* I 1 iko his cusses done up in custards t!;i- v a .." !-ai<i .Sack. "Me, too, Pete," echoed the young men. "Who is Pi ;• s;:nso;one on, think you?" as;;. Dickson, as ho stirred the cc. "Not me, Kitty; nor yon, Kitty," said Nolan, pointing at his three married fri< nds with a laugh. "We ain't in it." Supper was Boon ready, and tho eight tngry young men sat on the pine spills to eat it, discussing their present and tho ••\vhmv-, and whyfbres" of it. After I •;■ they spread their blank ked their pij es and turned in with their Ux 9, not to i he stars, but to the gen -1 erons camp-fire in the center. midnight a blood-curdling yell aroused all bands. They started up, feel ing for thi ir guns. li was only Will elyn. He had bad a nightmare. "I ' h s.;id, "that blamed calf was | standing on my brodst and poking pies { in my mouth, my ears and eyes and nose, ! the girls handed them to it, and t laughed all the time." "Is that why you yelled like a loon?" : asked Nolan. "(i ness you would too," grumbled Wili j "if you bad such a nightmare." "A night-calf," said Jack, as they wrapped the drapery of their couch around them and lay down to pleas dreams; Lut as it <\ its Will's shut that had. finished the calf, the boys said "Par Sims had his revenge." Bui Will could nol be persuaded over again to eat pie before retiring; thai, can's impromptu promenade on his breast, and the wicked leer into its eyes as it stuffed pie in him,he will never forget. The young men had fine sport the next day, and returned to camp with their game bags full, and while preparing their meal told some marvelous tales of peril ous exploits. "Talking of fine shots," said Will, "I heard an old Dutchman say, when told of a line deer some ono missed, 'Vish I had been dere, I'd 'aye knocked de wax out of his ears quick ash a streak of greased lightning.' " "Crack shot he must have been," said Jack, laughing; "but you probably heard of the Barnegat fellow who saw six ducks standing in a row. Ho had only one bullet left, tied a siring to that, fired it, and, of course, it went through the whole six, the bullet answering for a knot to keep them on the string." At this atrocious yarn the seven young men yelled "Time, time." Amidst the laugh they did not hear a call of "Oh! oh! I say," at the camp entrance. A young fellow put his head in and said "Good evening." His salutation be ing returned, he continued: "Thar's to be a shindig clown our way to-night. Folkses would like you fellows to 'tend.'' "Thanks; we will," they said. And the boy vanished as he had come. '•Whore is our way?" said Nolan. "Not the octagonolets' way, as you are married," said Will. "But we wero a brilliant lot to accept an invite and never ask where it was located." "We'd make a good background for a mock gem," sad Mat, dryly. "Any way," said Nolan. "Will, you must go down to the Sims' ranch and re turn those pie plates. Give our thanks and ask where this fundango is—no shindig I believe." "No you don't," replied Will. "I am not going to beard the old lion. You fel lows all had pie, too. I'm not going to take the worse part of everything. Its like—'You take tho apples, I'll take the licking.' I've been spokeshare long enough." So they all concluded they would go to Sims'. To dress for the dance was an easy task. Simply to remove their cartridge belts and powder flasks; for, said Bob, as they removed those, "the girls will have enough powder to make the affair go off." They found the old man had gone to town, and the girls just ready to mount their horses to go to the Sesmas Ranch, where the dance was to be held. As it was a lovely moonlight night they all concluded to walk, the girls elated with the prospect of the new es corts that would make them the envy of all the other girls. Passing Whizzy Timlin's cabin he heard them laughing and talking, and came out; "1 loike the looks of yees," he yelled. "That's something loike a procission," "We have no band," called back Sheila. "Yes ycr have," he returned. "Yer hatband now, and a husband by and by. Can't git ahid of me," he chuckled to his wife as ho told her what he had said. "Well, Pat, I do declare yer a whole noospaper column whiny er tongue's loose," she said. The party was a great success, and Sheila, Bess, Liz and Kate completed their conquest of the four single young men. They were devotion personified, and why should they not? The girls were pretty, well dressed and bright. The four married ones acted as discreetly as their kind do when thirty-seven miles from wife and home, and no telegraph or little birds to carry back their doings. So all enjoyed themselves. After this party it was an easy matter to attend all the neighborhood parties, and the shooting season for our eight young men was drawing to a close. Old man Sims bad not spoken to the young men, but was secretly delighted at the attention paid to his lour girls. He had made in quiries and had found out they were 6teady, industrious fellows, and able to support a wife. When he saw them making a beeline for the house he would say to his wife : "Merry Ann, lets you and Oi take the back porch, or maybe we will be shot for dovos. But, Merry Ann. if it was notsith a bad year (>i\l rather have the darlints home, and If the lord in shape of a hus band was to say calf or daughter, Oi'd say take the critter: but it seems like kicking against goodness to iet the chance oi four slip if the gurls are willin'." ':They appear to be. Oi till yer." said his wife. "Niver a thing 'aye they done at all since thim young dove hunters come up, and the tay lead in the tay chist is all ! cut up in bits to curl their bangs whin I the boys come eommitherin' round." "Well, Merry Ann, you forgit our courtin' days whin I loved yer and yer was not unwillin'." "It's a long toime back behind," she said dryly. "Now it's more cookin' thin courtin' Oi'm ask to do." "Thrue for yer, Merry Ann; but Oi till yer, ould gurl, niver wan of thim gurls could hold a candle-wick to yer without apparant difference, aven now." And in the gladness of his heart Mike sang in a quavering bass voice: The tirst toime Oi met her I asked her to marry me. She said go away, why will yer harry me. .->aiu 01, ii yees die an ould maid think of yer sorrow, An oiler to-day Is not good on the morrow. Bi fol de rol diddle rol. So the love-making progressed, and the boys were getting ready to break camp. Never were days fairer or nights nearer perfection; the harvest moon beamed kindly on the happy couples, and the i slurs looked on with twinkling apprecia tion. The path to and from the gate was worn, and the gate itself would need re hinging for the winter. Sheila would rush upstairs to see after her work and would linger an hour to see Will Josslyn go by with his gun. Bess would go to the barn to milk, and hold up the barn door an hour to catch a glimpse of the smoke from the morning tires of the camp; Liz would lope her horse at Mazeppa-like speed for miles and would suddenly check him at tho camp trail till the worthy animal was nearly knock-kneed, just" because Matt was waving a coffee-pot for her to stop | and talk. To misquote a little: Love stirred the cam;., the ranch, thegrtve, The vn-y breezes whispered love, Sims gave the girls eight turkeys to take to the oamp as his parting present. The boys met them halfway and insisted ou taking the turkeys under one arm |and a girl on the other till they reached .•amp, when the married four took theirs with thanks. The boys sat down to talk over affairs and decide.l to return with the girls and ask Mr. Sims' consent : to an engagement and early marriage. I They were all so earnest when they started from the camp they forgot to leave their turkeys and returned to the ranch packing them under their arms. The : birds were tied and made no demonstra tion, and the four fellows in camp never i opened their mouths, but enjoyed the : sight imm nsely. Old man Sims, saw them coming back, turkeys and all. "Merry Ann,'- he groaned, "they won't forgive me. They are bringing me tur kays back. Will, if Oi hud iver thought of thim in the Uright of husbands for four, Oi would niver have Leon such a j gas-bajj as 1 was." "You was born that way Mike," was his wile's unconsolingcomment. Will and Sheila came up lir.st. "Good i evening, Mr. Sims, bine evening; looks like ram, don't itv" said Will, nervously. "Niver, sir," replied Sims, "think out here it looks like rain, onliss it's cloudy ::li around the. edge and pouring down in the mi Idle." "Well, I won't," said Will, obligingly, not knowing now ii' he was on his head or his heels, for Sheila had left him. alter a loving pressure on his arm that meant I now is the time. "Mr. Sims," said Will, clearing his throat, that seemed as if a drought had visited it, "may I—can I will you—that is, let me have your consent to marry your daughters"—he hesitated. "All of 'inn ?" said .Sii,;s. "1 was going to say, Mr. Sims, your daughter's choice, myself—and—and— Miss Sheila!" "Oh." said Sims in pretended surprise, "is that the game yer after, bagged them by moonlight and lamplight. Well, I've no objections if you can buy bunnits and gownds and will be man enough to stick ; to yer bargain without running to the ! divorcement court the wake after." "Thank you, sir —no, sir—l will," said Will, still confused, but joyful over his answer. Then he thought he would help the other ooys out. He said: "Can Matt and Jack and Bob be married, too?" "To Sheila.'" said Sims. "Lord, no. Wan at a toime." "I did not mean to Sheila, sir, but the others." "Well," replied Sims, "you same to be running In couples, and twos, and pairs, and wan after the other, but Oi'll take 'em in rotation." And he called, "Sheila !'' She came blushing and smiling. "Take 'em," said Sims, "and see if you can taeh him 10 know a dove from a calf," and he walked away. "I have a dove of a girl anyhow," said Will, fondly. '•Have 1 a dear old calf?" she said, mischievously, but Will was too radi antly happy to care. The others came up, and old Sims dis posed of each case in an affirmative. All through the interview the boys had hugged the turkeys. When they re turned to camp they were met with a shout. At dinner toasts and congratulations were in order "To the Oetagonoglets," said Nolan, "and companions in arms." "The turkeys ! the turkeys!" screamed Patterson, and amidst shouts of laughter he recited: Oh. bird indigenous to our soil pliocene. Of whose presence those in love are unaware, oh, fowl! a fowler far more foul than tliou Once in this place did make a bigger row, But patched the peace he broice by v calf slaughter By asking the old man for each a daughter On, turkey succulent, with sauce In season, Be warned in time and listen well to reason For catintj you had loit its charm, When a sweet goose hung on the other arm. This rump breaks up, but please rjinuuiber The geese and turkey will uniio Late in November. And with much laughter and poking of fun the camp broke up and the boys re turned to the valley till Thanksgiving. Invitations were out for the wedding of Mike Sims' four daughters at Thanks giving; preparations went merrily for ward; the day came; the old home was decorated from rafter to sills with flowers, spruce and scarlet berries. The long ta bles in tho dining-room were loaded with cakes and pies, turkeys and geese, while yellow-legged chicken were roasted or roasting. Side tables were groaning un der heavy dishes of fruit. The barnyards were filled with ve hicles and horses of the invited. Rev erend Conners was walking around the grounds, waiting to be called in for the ceremony, at f> o'clock, to have the whole business over by 0. The hour came. Sheila and Bess in cream-colored silks, and Li/and Kale in white silk, were blushiugly beautiful, and the four happy grooms were radiant in white ties ami gloves and new dress •suits. The four single sisters, as brides maid—two lv pink, two in pale blue were pretty as possible, and the service went on which joined eight hearts as four, The happy ones were congratulated, and the presents were numerous, aud after the inspection dinner was served, at the close of which Mike made the following speech: "Ladies and gintlemen: You do me proud to be here, though Oi fale, in the exciss of me emotion, as if Oi hed in voited yer to four widdings at wance, and at the same toiuie to a funeral of me four hopes, for whin a daughter is married she is as did as a corpse widoutloifeto her famly; not but what Oi hould the state of matrimony is an illegant way to go thru' loife, for wid two hearts and two heads comes four feet and four hands. So wan is forehanded and not behiudhanded, do yer moind. 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And may ache and ivery wan's and future Thanks giving be as happy an occasion—a koind of a happy return of the day to yer all. From yours trooly, the happy father-in law." CHILDREN'S CUTE SAYINGS. Sunday-school teacher—Now, tell me what do you understand by a movable least? Pupil—A picnic. Sunday-school teacher —Do you always forgive your enemies, my boy? Small boy—Yessum; if they're bigger* 11 me.— New York Journal. "Ah, my little boy," said the conde scending gentleman, "and what might your age be?" tllt might be going oil 40," returned the polite little boy, "but it ain't."—Harper's Bazar. Captain J. J. Dalton has a bright little girl about two 3 ears old. He took her out boat riding a few days ago when the iaKe was quite choppy. "Papa," said she, "what makes the lake kick so?"— Cleveland Plain-Dealer. It was at a Saratoga hotel that a child , attracted considerable attention by sav ing repeatedly, "I wants a cake." "You have had Ihe or six already," replied the mother. 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