The record-union. [volume], September 12, 1895, Page 6, Image 6

About The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
6
HENRY OF NAVARRE WON.
Defeats Domino and Rey EI Santa
Anita at Sheepshead Bay.
RUNS TBE MILE AND A FURLONG
IN GOOD TIME.
Baldwin's Representative a Kad Last,
Althoncrh Well Backed by the Pa
cific Coast Contingent—Xanaipooh .
"VVlns the September Stakes After a
Severe Drive on the Same Track-
Results on Othor Eastern Race
courses.
Sheepshead Bay, Sept. 11.—Close to
10,000 of the turl 's best patrons were
here to-day. The programme was of a
high order, but tbe magnet that drew the
spectators was the meeting of three
cracks. Doininof'Henry of Navarre aDti
Key El Santa Anita, at a mile and a fur
long. The outcome was to settle the
question of the best horse of the year.
The talent were stanch in their alle
giance to lienry of Navarre. Domino
waa second choice. Key Xl Santa Anita
bad the consideration ofthe Pacitic Coast
contingent only.
The big race was the fifth on the card,
and Henry of Navarre opened aud ruled
favorite throughout tbe quotations. Kiley
Graunan went the rounds of tbe riug
with Henry of Navarre money. His
biggest bet was with Joe L llinau, who
laid him f_2,000 against §10,0.0. When
tbe flag fell tbe Western plunger stood to
win $_o,_o_ on Henry of Navarre.
At the eleventh hour it looked very
much as if the battle for supremacy of
the American turf would not tako place;
both i_. J. Baldwin, tho owner of Santa
Anita Stable, and Byron McClelland,
who trains and manages Henry of Na
varre, declined to race tbeir horses unless
James K. Keene signed an agreement to
race two longer distances uuder similar
conditions. After a long argument,
Keene agreed to sign the articles to lhat
•fleet.
Domino was somewhat fractious at tbe
post, and thoy got tbe signal to depart ou
tne second break. Domino had tbe rail
and at once settled down to a killing
pace. He carried his rivals along at a |
territic ciip. He had a clear and decisive
lead until the upper turn was reached.
Perkins then sent Henry ol Navarre up
to him.
At tbe far turn Henry of Navarre and
Key El Santa Anita began to wear down
Domino's lead. As they swung into the
homestretch Henry of Navarre was iv
striking distance of Domino. The hopes |
of the Caiifornians were dashed at tins !
juncture, for Key El Santa Anita was In ':
hopeless diliieulties in tbe rear. Henry !
of _avarre Hashed by the post the wiuner j
ofthe iir.t of tbe championship series by
■ neck. Key Xl Sauta Auita was a bad j
last.
The other big event on the card was ;
the race lor tho September Stakes, and I
was won by _ ankipooh after a severe j
drive witb tbe odd.^-on favorite. Plying
Dutchman, defeating him by two iengtns.
Counter Tenor came strong in the stretch j
aod snatched tbe pi ace from Hying :
Dutchman by a bead in practically the
last stride, ibe time, 2:_i, is a uew track I
record. Summaries:
Milo and three sixteenths, Leona won, '■
Pepper second, Andrews thirl. Time- - ;
2_:0l 1-5.
One mile, Gotham won, Lucania sec- :
ond, Bel—ter third. Time —1:401
Six iurlougs on main track, Harry
Reed won, Nick second, W altzer third, i
Time—l:l4 1-5.
Mile and three furlongs, Nankipooh j
won. Counter Tenor second, Plying
Dutchman iu_i. Time- -
Mi.c and a furlong, Henry of Navarre
won. Domino second. Key ci sauta Auita
third, 'lime —L-53 _-6.
Mile on turf, Diaoo-UDt won, Lookout
second, Harrington third. Time —1:403-0.
ai' L 4 t isv ; [_J_
Loi;is\ n.i.i; iKy.j, Sept. 11. —Sum
maries: Pour aud a hah furlongs, Lu
cille H. won, Willie Snanu.n second,
Lottie third. Time— o-J,,,.
Six furlongs, Monte Ponso won, I'ai
second, -Hater lone tnixd. Time—;
Miie and seventy yards, ihe iron- '.
master wo.i, Ingomar second, Gascon
tnird. Time—l:._.
Piveaud a ball xurloiigs, Satuerne won,
Judge Denny secoud, Duncan third.
Time—l:'
Pive-eigbths of a mile, Olive won,
Prank Kogers second, Bob Martin third.
Time—l_B,
AT ST. LOflS.
St. LOUIS, Sept. ll.—Kesults: Selling,
six furlongs, Lyndnurst won, Occuia
second, Aunt Susie third. Time —I
Selling, hvefuriongs, JoaMancini won,
Nicholas second, Canneid third, 'lime—,
-
Selling, six furlongs, Immilda won,
Haroldine secoud, J. A. Grey third. |
Time-1:15_.
selling, mile and a sixteenth. Cicely
won, Freddie L. T. second, Charlie Mc-
Donald third. Time—l: ii.
Handicap, seven furlongs Magnet won,
Kmpera second, Booze third. Time—
1:27,.
Selling, six furlongs, John Mcllale
won, Pritzie second, Kose third. • Time—
1;1_
AT ST. JOSEPH.
S_ JOS-EPH Mo. , Sept. 11.—Summa
ries: Two-lourteon class, pacing, mirse
fbuu, Ked Lady wou, Junet second, Dick
G. tbird. liest time—2:14.
Two-year-oid racing; purse $2,-00,
Prootor won, l»oc Duiouey second, Sireid
third. Bast time
Two-twenty trotting, purse f-,000, The
Corporal won, Pat L. seco:,d, Ella Bel*
wont third. Best time, 2
ai LOtT-SVUXK.
I. tBV-__UK (Ky.), sept. 11.—There
were live races on the programme at the
Louisville Driving and 1 air Association,
two having been postponed Irom yester
day, but only two were decided to-day. ;
Seven heats were trotted in tho opening
•vent, a Ith two wins each to tne credit of
Boreal and Prank lin, when it was
sary to carry it over, owiug to daricne.^
Bam -paries:
1 wo-tw .nty-seven trotting, parse
$1,000, iloreal, b. c. Fuller , won, Frank
lin, b. g. (French), second, fiuoita I. !
third. 1 '.est time— _
Two-year-old trotting 2:40), purse <
$_,<><*», Wiggins, b. c. (Thomas), won, .\_.
ma:d, blk. f. Young , second, Eleotro*
phol third. Beet time—2:
AT _MlH..\i>i<:i.l-iUA.
Puii.Ai'K; i'llia, Sept. 11. — The pio
granime on the sucoml day ol tho Phila
delphia Driving Park Association lali
meeting ut Point i'.r__/e to-day proved a
shorten., only two races being scheduled,
ana they w.ro both iiui-heu in straight
heals. Summaries:
Two-thirty cli_s, Philadelphia Tattor
sall, purse ?'-."••«', Prinos Purdy won,
iielie Truxton second, Tom Medium
third. Beet ime—2:
Two-thirty-iiv. class, three-year-olds,
purse £1,0. >, I'red Kohl won, Menlo Prin
ce-, second. Miss Muscovite third. Best
time—-
A A Air.es.
GoDU-CBC- ''. . Sept LL Following
are the summaries ol the races to-day:
Two-thirty class, trotting, for three
vear-olds, Sl.oou '.postponed irom yester
day), suuland Clay won. Mark twain
second, < »edd.s third. Pest tune—_:l. "...
Two-tweoty-five ciass, pacing, f
Caliente won, Carrie 11. secoud, Jack
third. Best lime—_: 141.
Two-thirty class, trolling, $1,000, Spin- ;
away won, Marwin Me_enger second, i
Jack Dawson third. Best time—2__6_.
Broke Hie Anlrte.
Yesterday afternoon a young man j
named Allen, in tlie employ of C T. ;
Barton, while hurrying down ono of tho ;
stairways in the Pavilion slipped and j
broke one of his legs near the ankle. He
was taken to his home on O street, be
tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth.
SONGS THAT WE ALL KNOW.
How Some of the Popular Ones ofthe
Past Wore Written.
"The Campbells are Comin' " is a very
old Scottish air. Conies of it date back lo
IG_O.
"One Bumper at Parting" is one of the
best known of Moore's convivial song..
Tne tune was called "Moll Koe in the
Morning."
"Come, Landlord, Pill the Plowing
liowi," dates Irom the time of Shakes
peare. It appears in one of Fletcher's
plays.
"Cheer, Hoys, Cheer," was the work of
Charles Mackey, the music being by
Henry Kuss.ll. It was the outcome of
an evening ol conviviality in 1.13.
"Drink io Me Only frith Thine Fyes,"
is from a poem entitled "Tho Forest," by
lien Jonson. Ihe air is an adaptation
from one o; Mozart's opera melodies.
"Allan \V;.ter" was written by Mat
thew Gregory Lewis, better knowu in
literature a3 "Monk l.owis," whose
weird taies were tho lasbion wheu Scott
was young.
"\\ nat Aie tbo Wiid Waves Saying?"
a duet that was one. immensely popular,
was suggested to Dr. Joseph Edward
Carpenter by the conversation in "Doui
b.y and Son."
"iiuie Britannia" is usually credited
to James Thompson. It lirst appeared
m a play entitled "Alired," by Thompson
anu Mallet, in 1740. The air was by
Dr. Thomas Arne.
"Tne Wearing ofthetireon" exists in
several iornis and versions. Tbe beat
Known one was written by Dion Bouci
cault, the dramatist. It is sung by
Sliaun, tho Post, in "Arrali-ua-Pogue." *
•"Scots, VVha Hae" was by liurus. It
was written ou a dark day while the
author w.is on a journey, i'he tune is
"Hey, Tutiio Tattle," an old march tbat
ia _aid by tradition to have animated
Bruce's mon at Pauuockburn.
"A Life on tho Ocean Wave" was the
work of Epes Sargent, an American
poet, tuo idea being suggested to him
during a walk on the Battery in New
York oue day when a high wind was
blowing iv irom tne sea. It was set to
music by Harry RusselL
"lue Last Lose of Summer," oue of
Patti's favorite songs, was the work of
Thomas Moore. The moiody is a very
aucieut Irish tune formerly known as
"ihe Groves of Blarney." This tuno has
beeu lound in collections of Irish music
at least _un years oid.
"The Blue Bells of Scotland" was the
work ofAunie McVioar, afterward Mrs.
(.rant, the daughter of a Scottish ollicer
in tbe iiritisb army. Tbo melody was
long believed to be Scottish, but it is now
kuuwu to be of English origin, being au
old Lngiish folk song.
"Kathleen Mavourneen" was written
by Mrs. Crawford.au irish lady, whose
songs ninety years ago were in high
repute. The music was by Crouch, au j
eccentric genius, who in his old age and
poverty begged bis way into a concert
given by Tltieus that he might hear his
own composition iitly sung.
"i.ovo's Young Dream," one of
j Moore., best, was set by bin; to an Irish
tune called "The Oid Woman." Moore
heard tbe tune from a blind tiddler,
I wrote it down, and discerning its beamy,
l determined tbat it should have better
- thau the nonsensical verses to
| which it was sung by the Irish peas
! antry.
••I'll Hang My Harp on a Willow
j Tree" has attached to it a bit of royal ro
, manca. iL was writteu by a young
j nobleman who became deeply enamored
I of t^ueen Victoria a year or so belore she
; ascended tho I.nglisb throne, which event
| destroyed nis hopes ol sinning her hand.
; The words ;ir_t appeared iv an Euglish
magazine and were set to music by Well-
I ington Ouerr:-.y.
•Wind Lang Syne" is of uncertain
• origin, tnor.r being several versions of j
, this deservedly popular song. One of
j the best j. Uy iiurns, bat only the second
; and inird stanzas are by tbis poot, tho
j remainder being from tbe pen of Bam
i say. The song is ol uncertain antiquity;
i one version i-* dated ITitj and another is
| said to date irom tbo sixteenth century.
ABOUT SOUND.
_>me Very lVculiur Things in Connec
tion M 111 l It.
Generally sound is more audible at
night than in the daytime, iiumboidt
noted ibis \v;:en listening lo the cataracts
o; in. I >nu:>co and traced it to the differ
ence in the humidity of the air. Tno at
moephere is sometimes more than usually
opaque or transparent to sound as well as
to iigug Dr. Tyndall has proved this iv
a striking way in relation lo the audibil
ity of the tog signals in diilereut states of
weather. A lutie mystery ls also due to
tlie fact that we sometimes know that
so md is beiug produced by au object
visible to us and yet wo canuot hear it.
me chirp of tlie sparrow is inaudible to
some persons; others, who can hear tho
sparrow, canuot hear the squeak of a bat;
and all of us are at the mercy of a kind
of tone-deatuess iv regard to sounds of
acute piicb. A singular case oi visible
bnt inaudible drumming occurred dur
ing tiie revolution. Lngiish and Ameri
can troops were diawn up on the oppo-
Bite Si Iss ol a river. The outposts wore
mutually visible and the Lngiisu could
■cc an American drummer healing tattoo,
though uo so md could be beard. I bis is
attributed to a kind of toneopacity which
. •• air over the river in a partic
ular sta_ of temperature and humidity.
I nere is to most of us much mystery in
sounds when they ar • louder man wo cx
l to find tbem. At Carisbrooko
Castle, Isle ol Wight, when even So "mail
uu object as a pin is dropped into a cer
tain wiil the sound can be hoard above,
although the well is more thau 200 teet
deep. At SL. Alban's Cathedral, v used
said, the lick ol a watch could be
heard from end to end of that loug build
ing.
- md can be beard over water a
greater distance than over land. Dr.
liutton heard a person reading at a 140
--ioot distance on the fbau-SS, when he
. sear him only seventy feet off on
Sound iv beard oeuer also over
ice. it !•* asserted ihaithebuuiativo.ee
. on j. card ton utiles off at Gibraltar.
Single sounds repeated many times
ay. i wh tie senieuc-8 repeated ..iter a rec
i ii i i r two ..re adke mysterious to those
ire uot conversant with the scientific
..oos on whicb tney depend. Some
■ or very remarks >le
:ter. fbose ou and uoar ths Lakes
■ are very strange. At Wood
. I .-.. near Oxford, it u-.rd to be
- . „ii echo wouid repeat seveateea
_. day and twenty by night s
■ :. _sibly in nes i oi no leru
. . A n echo on the ban . - :
. ipo, ;.•■ ir I'erni, i> said to
-•; w luio tlio old
• ■ . .■. 111 . i bo ol
• allies in Shipley church.
a rumbling, a tru
i! no. :i _•. fairlY
attri annonading beam
- ci and sometimes
over , ug tbo statements t»
. '. . I.- or led ox
atopics are n_table. I'he evening gun at
I.y:: •mi beSl I St iii -c >m be,
im ■> r more than this is
sad to Is. ings-
Dublin, a distance traveled by
te from the ;ieet of
i ids, Cau
r_*es has »ii beard at Cam iridge, and
ireian l, :u London, dis
. • or eighty miles. Ths
booming ol great gun-, bas een heard
M*.--nu_ to Syracuse, from Lienos to
rii.fi .i I .risuiouth to Hereford—
.■••-.•>.' nil.el] to a hundred utiles.
leiri te iii ing of the . a and
silllfg
heard l_u miles off, and it is
r iaid that ihe gun-firing at Stock
. tvas ouce heard at a distance o: 180
in . ' lial . uonading in the
O.rmau Oceau was audible at Shi
but ii ior cannon-
titute tho mightiest sounds
tl volcanic eruptions, we
.uob distance i far behind. Sir
.anies and oilier reliable au
thorities tell us that the tremendous voi
• n c: uptlOU al Mimoawa I_iaud, in the
m Archipelago, was heard'■■'.Kl miles
away. Chicago New-.
it is claimed that Lake Krio produces
more fish to tiio square miie than any
other known body of water.
SACRAMENTO DAILY KECOED-UNION. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1895.
ELECTRIC MOTORS.
How They Are to be Used in Machine
Shops.
Experience of the Baldwin Locomotive
Worts In Intruduciutf Elec
tricity for Power.
The following letter needs no introduc
tion or comment, as it explains itself:
OiTici: of Baldwin Locomotive )
, Works, s
Phh.aoei.phia, July 3, lS.'o. j
Jf. I. Lioermore, (feneral Manager
mento Electi ie Power and J^f./ht
Oompanp, Gem Francisco, Cal. —Dkab
Sik: ln auswer to your letter of Juue
_t>th, relative to electrical transmission
ol power at our works, 1 wouid say:
We tiist introduced electric power in
1880|, when we rebuilt our erecting shop,
where we put iv two ono-uundred-tou
Sellers electrical traveling cranes aud
four < ;ib cranes of various capacities. At
drat we had trouble with motors burning
out, but soou overcame that, aud tnese
cranes have yiveu us tho greatest satis
faction since.
The next building to be remodeled was
our wtieol shop, ibis shop required
heavy line shafting, wbich of course pre
vented the uso of traveling cranes. This
was a cause for serious objection, and
was oue of our main reasons for using
electricity. Since this shop was com
pleted, our experience with tho motor
system bas lar exceeded our expectations.
We have about twenty-live motors,
each running its own tool, aggregating
Irom 350 to 400 horse-power, driven by a
loj horse-power generator (Westing
house , which is never overloaded, al
though all of the machiucs may be run
ning at once. Tbis i.s proof tbat only as
much electricity is generated and used as
is needed to do the work, and it is bo
c_use there is no timo tbat ail ofthe ma
chines are working to their full capacity
together that we are enabled to couple aa
many motors or horse-power to this
Binall si/.e generator, comparatively
speaking,
. We calculate that we save 30 or 40 per
cent, of power in this shop by doing
away with ima shafting and boavy bolts.
Our method of connecting the motors to
machines is extremely simple, and is our
own idea. We prefer tho use of belt con
nections because it gives elasticity; be
cause there is less power lost in trans
mitting than by tbe uso of gears, and wo
are able to keep the cone pulleys for vari
able speeds, which is far more satisfactory
than by using a controller which, at best,
will not give over two and one-half times
the initial speed, or a rheostat system,
i uir belts are very short, to be sure, but
we experience little or no trouble on thia
account.
The saving in this shop is enormous
over our old methods, because wo can
now use a traveling crane, and two men
can load a pair of wheeis on a machine in
hve minutes, where before it took ten
men thirty minutes, and indirectly this
is all due to tbo use of electricity; be
cause otborwise we must have hold on to
our line shaft and belts, and conse
quently could have no traveling crane.
We are now putting in a 250-horss
power Westinghouse direct connected
engine and generator, and it is our inten
tion to run our frame shop aud two large
machine shops by electric power within
the next four months.
<»v tho first floor we wiil follow out
precisely tho same method as described,
namely, traveling craves and motors for
individual machines. »>n tne other two
lloors we will keep the line shaft, but
divide il into several sections, say of 2.
horse power each. This is au advantago
where there is any hurried work, aud you
may wish to run ono or two machines
over-time. Hoping that this information
may aid you, i reuiaiu very truly yours,
I'.iK.NiiAM, Williams _ Co.
S. M. Ve>'___.in, Superintendent.
HE FOUND HIS FINGER
Discovers It After a Lapse
ot Nearly Thirtx-Two Years.
John Samtnoni is a responsible man, a
! good larmer, who stands high among his
' neighbors and whose reliability has never
beeu brought iuto question. lie was a
brave soldier of the Confederate army,
and was oue of those who participated in
tbat bloody tragedy on tbo banks oi tho
i, hickamauga Creek, ou September 18.
18(3. During the hottest ol the engage
ment Sammons found himsell in an _-
posed position, with shot .ml shell play
ing nigh revel around him, and besought
I such shelter as was atlorded by a large
i oak ireo which was in direct line of lire.
While handling his piece a bullet struck:
his gunstock and cut oil the two first
joints ol the forefinger of ins right hand
as clean as a knife would have dove it.
i'he dismembered linger dropped among
the leaves, and as he was more particular
about saving the balance of his bo iy than
about rescuing as nitio a tiling as a miss
ing linger, ho mad^ the best of bis way
out of tho light, staucbing his bleeding
hand as best ho could.
Iho w-ar was fought to a finish and
Sammons came back home aud wont to
work, charging up his maimed hand to
the hisses of tne Confederacy. Some
time ago he decided to revisit tho battlo
libld, which he had not seen in thirty
two years nearly, and so he betook him
self to Chickamaugs and started to stroll
over the battlefield. Tho tree where ho
stood wheu wounded occupied such a
conspicuous position that ho found iittle
difficulty in locating it with ail the soars
and knots in its rugged trunk caused by
tiie Hying missiles of death. Having
ii>und tho tree be put himself in the _ne
position in whicli he was standing when
wounded, and then it occurred to him to
look for the bonus of bis missing nuger.
Scratching around among tho leaves,
much lo nis astonishment he found tbe
bones where tho linger bs_J fallen, and
the}- corresponded exactly with the tin
gerne had lost. 1 hey had lain thero un
disturbed ever since lhat Jread day, and
it was with b Strang i :: iling lhat he took
ihetUi ami iificr establishing thoir iden
tity to bis perfect satisfaction wrapped
tbem up aud look them away With him
.., ■ --.range souvenir o: ins war-time ex
perieu.es. Mr. Sammons has tiiom in
his possession now and will preserve
them as in evidence ol the lact lhat ho
found thorn on the battle field aa.-r the
ii so many years.—Atlanta Consti
tution.
_—.«.
REASSURED.
Not Exactly Suro vi First That 110
Could Believe His tCyee.
A dilapidated specimen of manhood
lug hard against a teln
graph 1- ie in tiie neighborhood of the
tyatds yestsrday morning with his
eyes tightly sunt called out to a mau
whoso looisteps be heard approaching:
••day!"
'•\, -11," said tho other.
"Have you got a miuuto or two to
spare."
•q reckon. 1'
"Would you mind just looking inside
the fenoS right thore where that board,
broken off and telling me it you see any*
thing on the ground?"
'•.No objection at all, sir. 1 see two
dead rats."
•• A BJ thing peculiar about them ?"
'•Nutning except lhat thoy are whop
pers. They are two of the biggost rats 1
ever saw." 0
••Anything olse near them . '
"No—yes, thore's a queer-iooking
snake."
'•Is it alive?"
"It's ali dead but its tail. 'That still
w .>;-__."
"i. it a green snake that looks as if it
had swallowed a baseball?"
"Yes."
"out a queer-looking stripe down its
back?"
'•\..5."
" 1 nen its ail right," rejoined the dilap
idated citizen, straightening himself up,
opening hiseyee aud walking on. "Yon
have done me a groat kinduess, mister.
1 was airaid I'd gol 'om again."—fraey
Tribune.
Wyoming was at hor last census worth
fi3,e_i,s_a
ROYAL BA___l_ POWDEB.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov't Report
f^^v -__. „* US $0_ P *
' /t__*_L-Ji'__l.- F__3E
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From Now-papers of In
terior California.
[Stockton Independent.]
Those preachers who invited Hsrdie,
' the British socialist, to address them, had
no goiid ground lor either surprise or in
dignation Had he thrust himself into
their meeting it would have been other
wise, but tbey had no ground for expect
ing anything diilereut, and hence their
indignation is absurd. When men invito
a blackguard to speak they should bo pro
pared to tolerate blackguardism. It
makes no difference what Hardie calls
himself, he is simply a blackguard.
FAR-RKACHING AND B_SEF_CIAL.
j Woodland Democrat.]
It was a great day for Sacramento.
Irom the timo tbat jocund morning
came tiptoeing over the mountains until
after the miunight bells, there was one
continual rouud of entertainment for her
guests, and tlie citizens of .Sacramento
oxorted themselves to see tbat there was
no hitch iv the programme and that a
generous welcome was extended to every
visitor.
1 here is no doubt that tbe celebration
was ihe greatest oue of Admission Day
ever witnessed in this State. There were
more peoplo in line than ever before;
more spectators crowdiug the streots and
seeking a view irom every point of
vantage, and the decorations wero ou a
scale ot inaguiii.euceaud briliiancy never
before attempted in the history of the or
der.
We have not the space to describe tho
brilliant pageant at length and as it de
serves, for it was a coiebratiou tiiat took
on a State character. The
electric carnival was the finest thing
ever witnessed in Sacrauiento, and the
people turned out eu masse to witness
the brilliant fete, and wero reinforced by
a crowd of couniry people so largo that
the facilities of the railroad company
were taxed to their lullest capacity to
transport them.
Some of tbe designs were exquisite and
very beautiful. It is doubtful if any city
in the United Statos lias ever achieved a
more brilliant success in the matter of
carnival illumination aud decoration.
The pageant was a success be
yond the anticipations of its most san
guine promoters, aud any attempt at an
adequate description, with the force and
facilities of the average iuterior newspa
per, would be futile.
Tue eiiect is certain to be far-reaching
and beneticial. Saoramento has devel
oped so much energy and enterprise since
tho installation of the new era and the
introduction oi tbe new power, that the
people of the State had a right to expect
ol her the most liberal policy in cele
brating such au event, and it affords us a
gieat deai o; pleasure to say that they
wore not disappointed.
Tbe business men of that city, from the
inception of the movement to celebrate,
until its close, interested themselves
thoroughly and unselfishly to prevent
any action that would savor of provincial
ism. Nominal prices iv hotels, restau
rants aud elsewhore prevaileu, and this
circumstance excited much favorabio
comment from visitors. Sacramento in
viied her guests to come aud see her, and
to those guests tiie Capital City was pre
sented in its best aspect, There waa no
attempt at inoiiey-makiug at the expense
of her reputation for broad fellowship
and generous hospitality. We congratu
late her upou the success sho bas
achieved.
THE CONSEQUENCES.
[Sauta Uo.a Democrat.|
The demonstration witnessed at the
Capital on Admission Day i.s fraught with
tbe profoundest economic consequences
to California. It assures the utilization
at one stroke of the streams which flow
j down from the mountains for the double
purposes of irrigation and power. Alter
turning the dynamos to supply tbe Cities
| and towns with light, heat and power,
; tbe water can be conducted over the
! plains to stimulate the fecundity of the
| soil. The use of the water for ono pur
! pose does not sacritiee it for tbo other,
but ou the contrary tenders it more avail
able. This double use reduces the cost
oi irrigation and power to a minimum.
As a consequence the successful outcome
ofthe transmission enterprise at Polsom
! will vastly promote irrigation and enorm
ously enlarge the production aud produc
tive area of California. At the same
time the development of abundant and
cheap power transmissible to all required
points wiil operate to increase manufact
uring and the upbuilding of the com
monwealth. Thus agriculture and mo
chanics will receive a mighty impulse in
this State by reason of the peculiar con
ditions existing here.
TIME FOB ACTION.
,Lus Angeles Times.]
There would seem to be a good opening
for the investment of capital in the
construction of bicycTe toll-roads along
desirable linos of travel. Such a road is
to be constructed, according to a recent
announcement, between Chicago and
Milwaukee, a distance of eighty-live
miles. It is to be elevated some feet above
the surface of tho ground, and the toll be
tween the two cities will tie but a lew
cents. It is estimated that 10,000 wheel
men will puss over tho road daily be
tween the two cities, and the estimate is
probably not excessive. Tho first cost of
the road will be heavy, but it will un
doubtedly pay large dividends.
Good ro-un havo boon talked about for
years. It is now time for action, and lor
practical action.
A OB _KD CE-J-BRATIOX.
[Woodland Mau.]
Admission Day at Sacramento wit- |
nessed one of tlie grandest celebrations '
iv tho history of tho State. The great
parade ol iho Native Sons and Daughters
aud tho beauty and grandeur of the elec
trical carnival wouid consume pagos of
description. Those who wit
nessed and they were thousands) tbe j
grand electrical carnival at night saw tiie !
grandestdiSpisy of electricity ever wit- i
nessed.
SINGULAR-/. APFROPBIA. K.
.cion ttee< t•!..
Tiiat tbis celebration should take place I
in Sacramento just as that old Mecca of
the gold-hunters has .shaken loose from j
tho toils of the siiurians und tius taken
on a irosii louse of lite is singularly ap*
propriate, The youtbail lacos shone with i
the reflection of the myriads of electric !
lights, tlie power ior producing which I
has beou conveyed from tlie American i
Livor ut Folsom, some thirty miies away,
and the reflection doubtless canssd many
ol them whose minds were filled with tho
more sober thoughts, wbicb such acele-j
bration could not help but bring to them
and ciiuso them to wonder if this was not ',
tiio commencement of a new era -the
combination ol youthful Calilornia with !
tho continually developing power of tho
electric current. Such a combination
arouid beat the world, aud thousands of I
tho spectators last night undoubtedly j
hoped lhat iho timo was closo at hand i
whon it would be effected.
PUBLIC AM' PRIVATE ROAD-HAKIN_
i _ton independent,]
Whon the Highway Commissioners re
turned from their :rip through Mariposa
i ounty lhey wore armed with a new ar
gdment on tne subject of good roads. !
Alter telling pbopte how to build roads !
they toil how to preserve them by ex
piainitig lbs work done on two -furiposS
rounty toil roads. Che roads, they say,
are in hrst-class shape, tho toll-gatherej -
traversing them daily, shovel in baud, [
collecting the toil at any point and re- j
uiovinc - stone hero, -tiling an embryo ;
rut their, omiectiiig (in wiotcrj waterl
irom the road :tt one point and opening a i
choked drain at another. The result is
ti.r.t these line highways coat less to
maintain than tlio sumo number ol miles !
:Of county roads, ond the county roads i
! aro almost impassible. Ibis shows how
.much better work is done for a private
; corporation thau for tho public. If a
rond supervisor was subject to instant
dismissal for neglect tbo public would re
i coive as good services as a toll-road cor
poration would get. It is the ueglect of
I roads that wastes public money and al
lows roads that are well made to fall into
ruin.
MIST NOT EJTD IS TALK.
[Ilutte County Pendulum.)
The placing of the power ofthe Ameri
can River at Folsom into iho Ciiy oi Sac
ramento by means of the wire, is moro
talked about thau was tho big railroad
strike of a year ago. We hope our Cap
ital City wiil get a move on now and not
let it all end in talk. The power is a good
thiii„, but without manufactories to use
it il will be a whito elephant. This year
and the following year will toll in Sacra
uiento more tnan all tho years gone by.
A SUCCESS.
[Napa Daily Register.
The electric caruivat and Admission
Day colouration at Saeramonto was all
that could be desired by tue enterprising
citizens who made so grand a demonstra
tion possible. Tho rain began to iall be
tween 11 aud 1_ o'clock Monday night,
late enough not to interfere with the
illumination or the enthusiasm attending
it.
TIIOBOt'O-ILV ADVERTISED.
[Stockton Record.]
Taken as a whole the Saeramonto cele
bration was of such a nature that not
only highly pleased and entertained tho
myriads of visitors, but also so thorough
ly advertised the Capital City lhat it must
bo productive of uiuch good in the future.
ABOUT PERSIMMONS.
A Sclentlllo DisCusalon of the .onth's
T'avorito Fruit.
The common persimmon, Diospyros
A'lrganiana, ranges throughout tho coun
try oast ofthe Alloghenies as far north as
Now Haven, Conn., and west ofthe Alle
gheuies from tho valley of tho Colorado
iiiver, iv Texas, to lowa
aud Southern Ohio. When grown iv the
opeu ground it becomes a treo forty or
lifty ieet high, with a trunk rather more
than a foot tnrough, and a rounded top
head, and spreading and sometimes
drooping brandies. Under favorable
ioiost conditions in the .Mississippi Da
siu it sometimes roaches a bight o; more
than ono hundred fast, witb a slender
truuk, freo irom brandies, seventy or
eighty leet long. < me of these trees stand
ing iv the oid aboretum ol Kew, whicb
was presented by tho Duke of Argyle to
George 111., is stiil growing, aays (Jardi n
and forest, apparently as contented as
in its native babitat, and measures more
than sixty feet in bight, with a spread oi
about tbirty feet,and a trunk whicb girths
live feet four inches, breast high # •
The fruit ot ihe per.inimou ripens in
midsummer near the gulf, but does not
mature until late in autumn iv the -North,
aud hangs on tbe branches until alter
heav}- frost. It ia#n inch toau inch and a
half in diamoter, although it varies much
in dilierent parts of the country and on
dilterent individual trees, uot only in
size aud shape, bui especially in quality.
The early explorers in America lound
tbis fruit used by the Indians and were
glad to avail themselves of it, and pro
nounce it pleasant and somewhat lusci
ous, although they discovered that when
not fully ripe "pesaimmins wero harsh
aud choaky and furred in a man's mouth
like alum."
The variability of the fruit and its im
provements by eelectibn and cultivation
have brought it recently to the attention
of nur.serymeu, and many varieties are
now propagated aud sold in diilereut
parts of the country, so in it it seems des
tined to become a genuine addition to our
orchard fruits. Wears not aware that
any successful elloris st crossing our na
tive species have been made, or that it
has been hybridized wkb the so-cailed
kaki, which has been cultivated lor gen
erations as a fruit tree in Japan, whero
the climate is quite as trying as tnat ot
_ ew England, and there seems no reason
why plants of this Northern strain should
not succeed in our Middle Slates. At ail
events, by hybridizing it with our nativo
Bpecies we might hope to secure native
fruits of high Ilavor and ornamental trees
of great interest, for the kaki, with its
luscious leaves aud large, bright-colored
fruit, which is not equaled in beauty by
auy other iruit grown iv north temperate
climattfs, would add greatly to the inter
est of our rural landscapes. As au orna
mental tree our native persimmon cer
tainly deserves attention, not-ouly be
cause of its pale, orange-colored fruit, but
because it is adapted to a groat variety
of conditions, from light sandy soils to
deep, rich bottom lands. Its habit is
good, its leaves are large and glossy, its
Iruit ornamental and it is subject to com
paratively lew diseases or insect enemies.
IS THIS A NATION OF GRUMBLERS?
A Ilotol Man Says That Guests Hero
Aro Haru to Please.
"Americans are said to bo the bost
nalured peoplo iv tbe world, and it is also
olten said that thoy will put up with more
inconvenience aud discomfort without
grumbling than the people of other coun
tries,"
So spoke a prominent hotel proprietor
one evening last week. He went on:
"I do not wish to contradict these
broad .statements only so far as they re
late lo our poopie and our hotels \\ c
havo by lar tbe best hotels in the world —
and this is no idle, Fourth of July blast:
and yet ol all tiie poopie ou earth our own
are iho greatest grumblers aud the most
exacting after they havo placed the.r
names on a hotel register. To say lhat
they simply want the earth i.s sometimes
putting it mildly. 'lhey want not only
that, but waut a roof garden on top of it
which will permit them to grab tho moon.
They want tho boat of rooms, food anu:
drink, batiis in evory room, electric bells,
speaking tubes, stationery and anamoant
oi waiting on lhat to salisiy some of thorn
would necessitate providing a 'front' for
about every guest.
"And, then, ii this is all made satisfac
tory and there is nothing else to kick
about, they kick about tlio cbargos. Now,
ono olten bear's comparison, made be
tweon this country and Europe, to tho
ed detriment of the i'nited States.
If anything goes wrong it is immediately
said thai, sued a state of affairs would not
lie tolerated iv Kurope. But one will uo
tice that unfavorable comparisons made
between our hotels aud those abroad are
generally mado by Americans wlio have
never visited Europe. Europeans know
better. We have the best hotels in the
World, and tho . of London, Paris or
llerlin aro not to be compared with them.
Enlightened foreigners will generally
readily admit tnis ttiomselves. Just now
every guest wo have wants a private bath
room, and, no matter how lull tho bouse
is, feels aggrieved if it cannot be had.
There is a man staying in tho liouse who
recently returned from F.iris. While
there ne stayed at tlie best, or at least tlie
highest-priced hotel in tiie city. But no
matter what ho was willing to pay, .ho
could not get a private bath. Ho could
not even get a bath on tho same door with
his suite of rooms, but had to go down
stairs to the hotel's public baths.
"1 bon, again, much has been said about
tbe cost ol living in tins country com
pared with that abroad. Tho truth is,
good living costs moro in London and
i'aris thau it doe.s in Now York. Of
course, 1 Speak uf 1 lie comparative prices
of the really first-eiass hotels and restau
rants. 1 like to see onr people go abroad,
as When they grd homo they are, au a rule,
far better satisfied with thoir own coun
try than they w ure belore, -md especially
with our hotels and modes of traveling."
Net* York Tribune.
THE NONPAREIL. _
fW ' c/y00 r 4 __ 9
SO CASES
OF NEW GOODS
Received this week and hundreds more on the way. We are
busy unpacking the handsomest lot of merchandise ever brought
to Sacramento. Our New Dress Goods are the talk of the city.
Exquisite styles in new colorings in Mohair and Fancy Boucles,
Mohair aad Wool Mixtures and Fancy Jacqnards are among the
newest creations for fail wear.
At $1 a Yard.
We show a large assortment of Fancy Boucle Novelties in
all shades, in combination with Hlack Mohair; }_ inches wide. ••
Wortii <i 25 a yard.
New Silks.
Our entire purchase is here. These Silks have boen se
lected with care from the stocks of the largest manufacturers
and importers of this country. We have had the pick from
thousands of stvies, and to-day we think we show the hand
somest collection of Silks in California. New Plaids, Fancy
Swivels, Cheney Effects and Black Brocades arc among tlie new
things for the fall season.
Prices, $1, $1 25 and $1 50 a Yard.
SPECIAL™
Black Brocaded
Gros=Grain Silks
AT $1 A YARD.
Ten different patterns in excellent quality of Black Gro«-
Orain Silk. You can have either large or small designs. All
entirely new. Value, $i 25 a yard.
Wasserman, Davis & Co.
AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK PATTERNS,
Corner Kiftl. andj Streets, Sacramento.
AiCll S Ifl V-i;
$2 Dress Shoes, j /§h
We have them in all styles, razor £ ■ v^S.
or square toe, with neat tip, con- j \^A
gress or lace. Nothing shoddy about L !V „\
them. They will look as well as R^" \^ %^-?\
any $3 shoe on the loot. All sizes Ik*:,- :-*'? \
and widths. Our price, $2. X.^_s« ._\
TC3^__3____Y V \
We received another iot of tho33 \f* «%p' JW %j.
Ladies' Fine Kid Dress Button Shoes,
kid or cloth tops, razor or square ?5&
toes, neat patent leather tips, that
we have been selling at $2. You
know that other dealers have been charging you $3. for a shoe
not as stylish or good in any way, but our price still remains
at $2. All widths and sizes.
Boys' Good, Strong Everyday Shoes, $1 and up.
GEISER & KAUFMAN,
Leading Shoe Dealers,
eO3 tJ STREET, - SACRAMENTO.
USES OF SULPHUR
Can Be Used to julvantnee lv Many
Ways.
Sulphur is a solid, non-metailio min
eral, which has been known I'roui earlie.it
agos. it is hard, yellow and brittle, and
has a most offensive odor. It is found in
veins or beds, mo.ily near active volca
noes, i'he imported sulphur mostly
cornea from Solatia in Sicily, bnt large
i|uantities are also procured irom copper
and iron pyrites. These minerals are
heated, and the sulphur, beim, volatile,
ilies oil in fumes which are convoyed by
j means of pipes to a condensing room." If
I left iv the powdery state in which it con
ileuses it is called Hour of sulphur; if
molted and cast into bars it is called roil
sulphur.
lno mango is a parasitic disease to
which some animals aro very liable. Sul
phur ointment should be used as an ex
ternal treatment, aud Hour of sulphur
given internally, mixed in the milk.
A German physician recommends to
consumptives the sulphur treatment!
This consists in the patients living in
rooms where ono or two drachma of sul
phur are melted daily on a hot stove.
The first ten days thero will be felt in
creased irritatiou and a cough; those soon
decrease and improvement is rapidly
felt, ami complete cures often eilected, if
the disease is uot 100 lar advanced.
When plants, roses, ate, are at all af
fected with uiiidew, spriul.lo tho foliage
with wator, then dust on liower of sul
phur quite thickly and allow it to stand
lor a few days,when it may he rinsed off,
but it may be renewed if necessary.
To disiulect clothing mix one teaspoon
ful of the milk of sulphur to one pint of
water, sprinkle tho clothing ligutly with
this, then iron it with an iron hot enough
to volatilize the sulphur witnout burning
the clothing.
Sulphur may be kept in small muslin j
bag:-* iv drawer*Wd cupboards as a pro
lection agaiust the ravages of the red aud
black ants.
For preventing vermiu in bird cages,
tie a little buiphur in a bag and suspend
il in ihe cage. Sulphur is said to kill
all kinds of fungus in mau, beasts or
plants.
For diphtheria, put a teaspoonful of
sulphur in a win-glassful of water, stir
ring it with tho linger so that it will
mingle with tho water. After it is well
mixed, let the patient gargle it, and after
gargling swallow a small quantity. If
the disease is too far advanced for gar
gling, throw some sulphur into the
throat by moans of a quill, which will
cause tho lungtis to shriuk, after which
sulphur gargle may bo us.d.
A suipnur wash ;s an excellent remedy
for roughaess and pimples on the skin.
Make it by taking one ounce of sulphur
llour and pouring over it ono quart of
boiling water; allow this to stand and
steep-fur twelve hours; then apply it to
the akin tiireo or lour times a week.
Traces of sulphur aro found in both the
vegetable and animal kingdom, as well
as in tho mineral. Oftentimes the disa
gresado o ior which some plants give
forth is due to tne sulphur which They
contain.
Sulphur is used for bleaching, also in
making gunpowder and matches.
ln oasn of being very near to premises
or apartments where there is diphtheria,
the simplest, yet effectual mode of fumi
gation is to drop a little sulphur on a hot
stove, or on a few hot coals carried
through tho rooms. In this way the
spread of the disease may be stopped.
Sulphur makes ono of the best treat
ments, both externally and internally for
skin diseases, particularly whore itching
is a symptom.
For a sweetish or bitter pasty taste in
the mouth try a few doses of suluhur.
sulphur is good for chronic diarrhea.
For constipation, sulphur will often give
speedy relief—Good Housekeeping.
A Depreciated Moon.
"Young man," said tho Colorado ed
itor, "you're a good poet, but you can't
write for this paper."
"Why not?"
"You lack judgment. At the threshold
ofan opportunity your discretion deserts
you."
"I must confess I don't quite follow
you."
"In this poem you refer to tho glories
of the golden moon."
"Yes."
"You could just as easily have made it
'silver moon.' It wouldn't have Injured
tho sense or the meter in tbe slightest.
And—you—didn't—do—it."—Washington
Star.
Hall and Sleet.
We are apt to speak of hail and sleet as
being very singular phenomena, but, in
fact, they are widely different. True
hailstones aro composed of alternate ec
centric layers of hard opaque and trans
parent ice. in the latitude of Missouri
hail seldom falls except in summer.
Sloet, on tho contrary, always falls in
winter or late fall or early spring, and is
composed of minute particles of trans
parent ice. It is caused by rain failing
from a high, warm cloud, which has a
stratum of cold air lyiug directly benoath
as a rule, but this cold air stratum may
lie immediately above the earth's sur
face. In tbis event it will be noticed that
there is a mixture of rain and ice par
ticles which fall aud give everything an
icy coating.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
DR'
w«_____^_t' s ,i*
Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.