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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE 4 
ottnu. 
DAISY’S YEAR IN 80TJTHERN CALI¬ 
FORNIA. 
ALICE F. ADAMS. 
Ad Easier Letter. 
San Gabkibl, April 18,1881. 
Dear MeTHBR:—This lstde montli of roses! I 
thought when I first came that they could not he 
more beautiful, but now they are mu^h finer, and 
In addition to the ever blooming varieties all the 
June roses are out. Mrs. Erman has a yellow rose 
like the one in the front yard that always blooms 
bo early. It seemed like a little bit of home when 
the first bud opened, for moat of the roses are so 
different from ours. 
A great many ot the vines and climbers about 
the veranda have grown above the roof and are 
fastened to a stout wire extended on posts. This 
came down a few days ago and last Saturday Mr, 
Erman brougnt a ladder and went on the root to 
tlx It. Violet and I went up with him. Violet had 
been there several times, bo she did not mind. But 
1 never remember of having climbed a ladder be¬ 
fore, ai d this one seemed so shaky that 1 almost 
screamed out Bi veral times before Mr. Erman 
landed me safely on the roof. 
Such a lovely view as we had of the mountains 
and valley. 1 sat down and enjoyed It until Mr. 
firman called for some assistance. 
Oh, mother, l wish you could have seen the 
roses iliat lay heaped upon the roof (In luxuriant 
•profusion may be more elegant, but heaped ex¬ 
presses the Idea precisely.) There were roses of 
all Blzesand colors but the most beautiful were 
the Lainarque and Gold of Ophlr. These grew 
together ou the north side of the house, one being 
budded into the other and they had made such 
rank, vigorous growth that the combined weight 
cf the houghs and branches had broken down the 
wire. 1 he LamaTque ts trained to the top of the 
house and is covered with clusters of white buds 
and blossoms. But the Gold of Ophlr, now In full 
glory. Is bo different from the roses you have 
known that you cannot comprehend lte loveliness 
until you see It with your own eyes. Irs color Is 
pink and yellow so beautifully shaded together 
that you cannot tell where one ends and the other 
begins. Violet says that a gushing lady-reporter 
once described It as “ peaches and cream in the 
form ot a rose. - ’ There are hundreds, 1 might al¬ 
most say thousands, of blossoms on It. Mr. Er¬ 
man is going to have It photographed for the 
benefit of his Eastern friends; especially those 
who sympathize wiih the family for living In the 
backwoods so rar from civilization.” 
We picked quantities of the roses, for It seemed 
a pity to let such beauties “ waste their sweetness 
on the desert air.” I filled every vase In the house, 
and Mrs. Erman sent a great many to the decorat¬ 
ing committee at the church. 
I scratched my hands dreadfully, but had a de¬ 
lightful time, and toy happiness would have been 
•'without alloy” If I had not been tormented all 
the time as to the manner of my descent; for that 
old ladder did not reach to the roof, and how I was 
to get down without breaking my neck I could not 
understand. 
violet went down first without any trouble. 
Then came my turn, and 1 approached the edge of 
the roof In fear and trembling. 
•• Now, Mr. Erman,” I said, “ it you let me fall 
my mother will nave you hung for willful mur¬ 
der I” 
I was sorry that I said It, for It made him laugh 
so hard that I really was arrald he would let me 
drop Into the geraniums below. '* With such a 
doom hanging over me I must he especially care¬ 
ful,” he replied. “ But there is no need for any 
fear. Violet, tell Daisy when her foot Is near the 
first round.” So I was lowered till my foot struck 
the ladder, and then crept slowly down. 
Yesterday morning Bert, Violet and I went 
down to the Easter service at the old Mission 
Church. It was the first time I had been inside, 
t hough we have frequently driven by It on our way 
through the Mission. The church is Just one hun¬ 
dred and ten years old. it Is of a queer shape, long, 
narrow, and there aro plants growing on the roof 
and the projections at the sides—growing in the 
dust of ages. There Is a straoge old hell-tower, 
which once had a chime ot bix bells,that were 
brought from Spain; but there are only four left. 
The streets of the Mission were thronged with 
Mexicans, dressed In their best, and the church 
was well filled ; but Bert managed to secure seats 
for us. We were quite early, and I looked around 
with considerable cunoslry, as 1 never had been In 
a catholic church before. Formerly It had only a 
dirt floor, so Violet Informed me, but now It has an 
ordinary floor with a boii of asphaltum pavement 
through the center. On either side mere are six 
seats, or pews, having Utile doors; back ot these 
are a tew benches without backs {on one of wblcn 
we were sealed), and then a long, empty space 
where the peapie knelt or stood. Tne walls are 
roughlv plastered, and are adorned with large oil 
pictures of the apostles, and smaller paintings 
having crosses on their frames. At the top It is 
open to the roof, showing the rafters. 
In front, back of me altar, was a large figure of 
the virgin, and two other images. I do not know 
what they were intended to represent. Then 
mere were Ughted candies—four very long ones, 
and a good many that were shorter—Bert said 
there were thirty-five In all. There were also a 
number of bouquets of natural and artificial flow¬ 
ers, but aside from this the church was not 
decorated. 
1 expected to find no one but Mexicans attend 
lng the services, but I saw a good many white 
people—some of them very well dressed. They 
W 0 iu seated promtscously throughout the build¬ 
ing. One old Mexican woman, before she took 
her seat, kneeled slowly down on the pavement, 
and touched It with her forehead. When me 
|lealritig for tjjr 
women came In late, If mere were no vacant seats 
down they knelt on the Door. A good looking 
woman, wearing a nice black silk, knelt by ns till 
a Mexican gave her his seat. The church was very 
damp and oold, and I do not see how those women 
and children endured staying on the floor so long. 
The men were not as humble; they seemed to 
_PteKUattMtt*._ 
A RIC H EXPER IENCE. 
What a Prominent and Well 
prefer standing. 
After awhile the priest came In with some boys 
dressed In red and wblte; and aa soon as they 
appeared four Mexican women in a rude gallery 
at the back of the church began to sing. Of course 
we could not understand anything, but It was the 
queerest music I ever heard, for they all Bang 
through their noses and very aiowly. Bert said It 
strongly reminded him of a cat concert. I remem¬ 
ber this strain came In very often. 
fig. 289. 
Ask Mary to sing these notes with a decided 
nasal twang and as Blowly as possible, and you 
may get some Idea ot the music to which we 
listened. While the choir wa 9 singing, me priest 
came down the alBle with one of the boys and 
scattered something around—l suppose It was ln- 
ceDse. Then he went back to the altar and com¬ 
menced a sort of chant. First he s&ng and then 
the choir responded When this was finished he 
went up Into a queer little pulpit built out at the 
side of the church, and read from a book In Span¬ 
ish, and men commenced to preach In the same 
language. 
After he finished bis sermon he read In English 
a long communication from me Bishop with refer¬ 
ence to certain collections, and then made lengthy 
explanations for the benefit of the American part 
of hla congregation. Then he took up me paper 
again and commenced reading It In Spanish. •• Oh, 
fudge!" said Bert. “Do you girls want to Btay 
and hear all that rigmarole over again ?” 
Neither of us cared to stay any longer, (for It 
was very tiresome sitting on that bench without 
any back,) so we walked out Into the pleasant 
sunshine which seemed all the brighter on com¬ 
ing out of the gloomy, damp old church. 
In the afternoon there were Easter services at 
me little Alhambra chapel. I cannot help think¬ 
ing of me way our church at home la usually dec¬ 
orated for Easter, if the weather la mild a few 
living near takB over some of their house-plants, 
and possibly borrow some from me green-houses, 
and everyone Bays, “ How beautiful!" 
I wish all me people in E— could have seen 
this little church yesterday. I am certain that 
very few of them ever looked upon such a sight. 
The windows and Illuminated texts on the walls 
were festooned with long sprays of English Ivy. 
Back of the minister was a cross of call as over 
five feet high— (mis refers to me cross, for cal las 
five feet In bight would he a wonder even In Cal¬ 
ifornia) and using from a mound of rests of all 
colors. The altar rail was completely hidden in 
flowers, and In front of It was a perfect bed of the 
beauties—roses and many other kinds. There 
must have been bushels and bushels of flowers 
there. On the wall was a lovely anchor of Gold 
ot ophlr roses, and there were bouquets In every 
available place: one vase of delicate wild flowers 
and ferns was especially beautiful. 
There! violet is calling me to go down In the 
arrays with her. You cannot complain mat this 
letter is short, bo write a good long one In reply to 
Your loving daughter. Daist Hkbbrpkn. 
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Known New York Physi¬ 
cian Told a Reporter. 
His Revelation Upon a fubjcct of Vital Inter¬ 
est to fill. 
(Detroit Free Press) 
The experience of any one of education and 
learning extending over a lODg period of tune 
must necessarily be valuable, and while no two 
experiences In this world are alike, there is such 
a slmllarliy between them as to render one which 
Is rich in valuable facts of benefit to all. America’s 
greatest orator declared tba; he knew of no way 
of JudgUr me future but by the past; and past 
personal experience Is of «ho same nature as tbat 
history which repeal»Itself. 
A representative of this paper while lounging in 
the lobby of a prominent New York hotel, met a 
gentleman whom he nad known years be tore In 
me city ot Dei roll, but whom he had not seen be¬ 
fore for a number of years. When the knight of 
the quill had last seen mis gentleman, he was giv¬ 
ing hla entire Umo and attention to an extensive 
medical practloe, and was on the crest of the wave 
of popularity. From Detroit he remove to New 
York where to Could find a more extensive field 
for his talents ana experk nee. Although scv< ral 
years had passed, the doctor’s physical condition 
had evidently very much Improved, for lie was 
looking much better than when the man of nowB 
had last seen him. Afier some general talk, the 
doctor fell Into an easy train of couveraailon and 
utered some truths so scientific and valuable, as 
to Justify their reproduction in print. 
‘•Yes ,' 1 said the doctor, "1 have Improved In 
health since you last saw mo and l hope also In 
many other ways. One thing however, I have 
succeeded In doing, unci It ts one ot the hardest 
things for anyone, and especially a doctor, to do 
and mat la 1 have ovetcome my prejudices You 
know mere arc sonic people who preier to remain 
in the wrong tamer than acknowledge the mani¬ 
fest right. »uoh prejudice leads to bigotry cf the 
worst older, and of precisely the same nature as 
characterized the sixteenth century wnen people 
were burned ai the stake. Now I am a physician 
and oi the • old school ” order, too; but 1 havu af¬ 
ter yeans of experience and obrervatlon, come to 
the conclusion tnat truth la me highest or all 
things, and ihat.lt prejudice or bigotry stand in 
me way of truth, so much the worse for them— 
they are certain to b« crushed sooner or later. 
Why, when I knew you in Detroit, l would have 
no sooner thought of violating the code oi ethics 
laid down by ihe profession, or or prescribing any¬ 
thing out ot the regular order, than I would of am¬ 
putating my hand. Now, however, I prescribe 
and advise those things which 1 believe to be 
adapted to cure, and which my experience lias 
proven to be such.” 
“ Tnis ts rather an unusual way for a physician 
to talk, Is it not. doctor 
" certainly It is. It la way outside of our code 
of etblcs but I have grown far beyond the code, 
l have all I can attend to, and am determined to 
be honest wltn my patients and mankind, whether 
my brother physicians are with me or not. Why, 
l prescribe medicines evei y day, some ot mem bo- 
callea pateot medicines, which wonid render me 
liable to expulsion Grom the medical fraternity, 
but I am supremely Indifferent to their laws.” 
•• Are the medical fraternity of i he country com¬ 
bined against proprietary medicines, doctor ?” 
“Invariably, audit la sufficient ground for ex 
pulsion lrotn any medical society in the land to 
prescribe any patent medicine whatever, no mat¬ 
ter if it la made from an exact formula, such aa 
physicians are using every day. You see the code 
la established and bub tallied by old physicians 
like myself, who make mo rules and insist udoh 
their enforcement In order to keep the younger 
doctors from obtaining a foothold and encroach¬ 
ing upon the already established practice of me 
older ones. This Is largely the reason whv young 
physicians have such a hard time of It; they are 
fettered by the code, and have only their personal 
influence to depend upon Id securing practice." 
“ How did you come to get such heretical ideas 
as these, doctor ?” 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Unolk Mark ;—My father has long taken 
the Rural Nbw-Yorkkr, until lately, when he let 
me take It.- I am a Northern New York girl and 
live on a farm near me Rackett river. I am 14 
years old, and have taken the first premium twice 
at the fair for yarn spun by a girl under in. and 
have once more to try, I have just finished a quilt 
lor our next fair which has nine hundred and 
seventy-eight different kinds of print, In It. 1 am 
very fond Of flowers and peta. The farmers around 
here have been busy mis Spring making maple 
sugar. Carrie M. Crandall. 
lianawa Falls, N. Y. 
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THE YOUNG QUERIST. 
A. IV., PPterboro, Canada, asks If we allow Can¬ 
ada boys and girls to join our Club. 
Ans.—C ertainly. We hope to enroll on our list 
many names from Canada. If you have applied 
lor admission before, your letter has been miscar¬ 
ried, as we have not received it. 
0. if., cool springs, Ga , sends flower for name. 
Ans,—W e are not able to name the flower you 
sent ua. if you will send us a better specimen 
wltn stem, leaves and flowers, we will name It 
for you. 
D. R, solitude. Ark, wishes to know If violets 
make seed. 
ans.— Yes: you can obtain seed at almost any 
seed store. 
ir, P. D., Dover, A r . F., askH, 1, the name of the 
little black bug found on squash vines; 2 , what 
will destroy It. 
ans.— t. This little bug la known as Coreus trts- 
tlB or common Black Squash Bug. 2. The best 
way to get rid of these pests Is by hand-picking. 
Examine me vines dally during the early part of 
melr growth, both for the bugs and their eggs. 
Place pieces ot boards near the vines, for me bugs 
will collect under mem at night, and early In the 
morning they may be killed. 
Fair skin, rosy cheeks, buoyant spirits and me 
sweetest breath In Hop Bitters.— Adv. 
“ Oh, they are the result of my experience and 
observation. 1 obtained iny first Ideas upon me 
subject, however, from having been cured after 
all my care and Hie skill of my professional 
brethern bad tailed to relieve me. Why, 1 was 
bo badly off with a complication of troubles, In¬ 
cluding dyspepsia, atcl consequently imperfect 
kidneys ivud fiver, that 1 feared i sbould Dave t.o 
give up my praclloe. For more than a month I 
could not Bit down or get tip without me most in¬ 
tense agony, and I was suffering all the while. 
Someone advised ine to go outot the regular 
channels and try a remedy that was brooming 
quite famous for the remarkable cures It was e ITect- 
tng ; but ruy prejudice was altogether too strong 
format. However, I did quietly begin trying the 
remedy, but l promise you I said nothing to iny 
brother physicians, or even to my family about it. 
Well, sir, it was a revelation to me; for In all my 
medical experience 1 never saw anything operate 
so rapidly or go effectually as that did. I owe 
my health to-day; and for all 1 know, 
my life also to ihe remedy know as Warn¬ 
er’s Sare Kidney and liver Eure. Thai was 
the siftrtlng point with me, and my prejudices 
faded very rapidly alter that! can assure you. 1 
went to reading extensively and analyzing more 
extensively, aud I suppose l analyzed all me lead¬ 
ing proprietary medicines that are made. Many 
ot idem I round purfecily useless, being compound¬ 
ed simply of water with a little flavoilug. A vast 
majority of them all, however, I found made 
up or prescriptions used by physicians In 
their every day practice; but out of the 
entire number 1 f jure! only two mat con¬ 
tained absolutely harmful Ingredients and then in 
very slight quantities. Indeed we areprescilbtog 
things constantly that have more deleterious mat¬ 
ter In than they had. After discovering this, 1 
sold to myself: why should the medical fraternity 
be prejudiced against those prescriptions which 
they are writing every day, simply because they 
are put up by wholesale und are sold with a 
government stamp on the wrapper. 1 saw Its 
manifest aosurdlty and I resolved mat I would be 
bound by It no longer. Kince mat lime, 1 have 
prescribed proprietary remedies Dearly every day, 
in my practice, and I have no reason to regret 
having done so. Why, only a few days ago, 1 ad¬ 
vised a lady who was suffering tram a serious fe¬ 
male difficulty and displacement to use this same 
Hale Kiduey und Liver Cure which cured me. 1 
saw her this morning and she Is nearly well;the pain 
and Inflammation ord all gone and she is around 
as usual. We have no right lu the medical frater¬ 
nity to sit back and declare there la no such thing 
as improvement or advancement or that we have 
a monopoly of me remedies which nature has 
given to mankind. There are great changes going 
on In every department of life and there are great 
developments in medicine as well. Thousands of 
people die every jeaf from Supposed typhoid 
fever, rheumatism cr other complaints, when In 
reality It la from trichina, and the result of eating 
poorly cooked aDd diseased pork, A vast majority 
of all dlseas es arise from l mperfect kidneys or liver. 
The liver becomes clovged, and its work is thrown 
upon the kidneys; they become overworked and 
break down, and so the poison gets Into the blood 
Instead of being thrown from me si stem No one 
with perfect kidneys or liver Is ever troubled with 
malaria; and It 1b the poisonous particles which 
these diseased organs allow to get into the blood 
that clog the capillaries of the lungs and cause 
tubercles and consumption. Thousands of children 
are dylDg every year from dropsy as the sequel to 
scarlatina, when In reality It is diseased kidneys 
which have become weakened by the lever they 
have just liftd. Here la another strange thing: not 
one lu ten people who have dl-Cased kidneys notice 
any pain In the vicinity of the kidneys, tor these 
organs lose their nervous sens! hi lines when they 
become diseased, and the symptoms are shown in 
hundreds of other wayH.” 
•• Well, doctor, you have got some new truths 
here, certainly, but they sound very reasonable 
to me.” 
“ well, whether they are reasonable or not, I 
have demonstrated to my own satisfaction that 
they are mie, and l propose to a land by them, no 
matter how much opposition T may raise hy doing 
so. Any man, b? be politician, preacher or phyel 
clan, who Is bo considerate of his pocket-book or 
ot his own persona) ends as to stultify himself by 
suppressing the manifest truth, la unworthy the 
name oi man. and unworiliy the confidence of the 
public whom he serves." 
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