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PRICES REALIZED BY RELICS.

The passion for the possession of remark.
| able I. hcs as led to extraordinary prices
| being sometimes given for things OF little
value in themselves, or something per-
fectly worthless. The following instances
of extravagant sums paid for objects more or
less curious have been recorded A tooth
of Sir Isaac Newton's was sold in 1916 for
f730. 1t was purchased by nobleman,
vino had it set in ring which he wore
constantly on his finger.
| The prayer book used by King Charles
|. when on the scaffoid was sold in London
in 1925 for 100 guineas.
The hat worn by Napoleon Bonaparte at
the battle of Eylau was sold in Paris in
1885 for ]. 900 francs about fS0). 1t was
put up for sale at $50 francs, and there
were 80 bidders.
The ivory armchair presented to Gus
tavus Vasa by the city of Lubbock was sold
in 1925 to the Swedish Chamberlain, NJ.
| Schmekel, for IS, 600 FORMS
The coat worn by Charles XII at the
battle of Pultawa, and preserved by one
of his officers and attendants, was sold In
1925 for SCI, coo francs.
The two pens employed in signing the
treaty of AmIens were sold in 1925 for
$500.
The pens used in Paris for signing the
treaty of peace, concluded after the Rus
sian war, were presented to the Empress
Eugene, by whom they have no doubt
been carefully preserved.
a wig that had belonged to Sterne was
sold at public auction in London for 200
guineas.
An old wig which had belonged to the
German philosopher, Kant, was sold after
his death for 200 francs.
Voltaire's cane realized 800 francs at
sale in Paris.
A waistcoat belonging to J. j. Rousseau
was sold for $50 francs, and his metal
watch for 500 francs.
AT the French village of Pezenas some
years ago there was an old arm. chair,
which was said to have been frequently
used by Moliere. When he was living in
this village he was accustomed every Sun
! day afternoon to 90 to BARRIERS shop, in a
corner of which this chair was kept. The
shop was the resort of all the idlers and
| gossips of the town, and there politics
were discussed, and all the news of the day
repeated. The chair formed kind of OBJ
| servatory for the dramatist, who was in
the habit OF attentively watching all that
was going On around him. The old chair
was brought to Paris to be sold, and
realized a considerable sum.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27
THE BRorHEas oFFENsAcH.

Jacques Offenbach was followed to Paris
in 1912 by his elder brother Jules. Jacques
was then % and Jules 81. Jacques was
restless and ambitious, and remained
young man to the end. Jules was sober,
meditative, indifferent to fame, and an old
man at 20. jacques played the cello, aud
soon found himself in the current of Paris
ian life. Jules played the violin, and kept
to his cheap lodgings. jacques died un-
expectedly, in the exact tempo of his char
acter. Three days afterward Jules fol-
lowed him into eternity, and the news
papers mentioned MS name for almost the
first time.
In lS47 Jacques became leader of the
orchestra in the Theatre Francois, and ap-
pointed Jules his first violin and Vice
Regent. And when jacques founded the
Bouffes Parisiens in 1865, the elder brother
was appointed leader of the orchestra, but
proved too obstinate and too little appre-
ciative of Jacques wicked music to long
remain in the position. Such interchanges
of sentiment as this would happen at re-
hearsal:
Too slow, Jules, much toe slow The
time ought to be twice as fast !"
'On the contrary, much slower, if any
thing"
But have composed it, and ought to
know "
And l have to direct it, and therefore
must know better than you p
Jules wasn't to be managed. If he had
/ been allowed to have his own way, ola
Belle Helene" would have become lady
of department, the operetta an oratorio,
and the cancan dance suitable to yoIng
ladies seminary. One day, after an un-
usually hot dispute through one act of
opera bouffe the brothers separated. Jules
returned to the study of German masters,
and became chorister of the Mannerchor
''Teutonia. He had talent which in
Germany would have developed itself but
for Paris he was wanting in the quality of
the jumping jack, and could only dream.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27

AGNosTTcIsM. Professor Robert Flint,
in paper ON Agnosticism read before the
Presbyterian Alliance, says: g A church
which rests satisfied with the acquisitions
which former generations have drawn from
Nature, Providence and Scripture which
does not seek to add to the old treasures,
stored up in its creeds, catechisms, and
dogmatic systems. new treasures, may be
orthodox, may have espoused as yet no
grievous positive falsehood, but its whole
attitude toward the truth is a wrong one.
1t is at heart disloyal to the truth and dead
to the love of it !; and once church is
dead and disloyal to the truth it will soon
be dead and disloyal to all that is good.
The mere exercise of discipline by any
church must be deemed very poor method
indeed of replying to Agnostic criticism or
any kind Of illegitiinate criticism Of religion
and revelation.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27
THE NEW ARRIVAL.



charming little tiddy ddy bit Of mothers bliss,
A tinY to1dles, sweet as fiow'rs OF spring
precious popsy wopsy-giye Us maminy, den, 4
kiss,
Apretty darling itsy witsy ting!
SO that's the little fellow! HIM. A healthy,look-
ing chap.
Another mouth 10 feed, as sure as fatel
No, wife, don't consider that his coasings mis-
But sui could have done with less than eight.
BROTHER
My eye Is that the babys What jolly little
But | say, ma, wherever il its nose?
Ana 1 say, father, bJand-by, when he gets more
grown up,
Hell wear ny WORKOUT jackets, suppose,
UNCLE.
Ano,her' Well, thank goodness, am not mar
ried man.
whatY Dop'5 | think him pretty no. l don't.
To keep him from the workhouse you must do the
Don't think that in assist you-for Won't
DOCTOR.
How are we getting on to-day? thrust we soon
We mustn't think we're strong just yet, YOU
We'd better take something which this afternoon
And let me see-hum : ha !-Ah, yes-just So
NURSE.
He's lovely, that he is, mum See them sturdy
llttle legs
He's twice the size OF LadY smither's third;
Aud when he comes acuttins OF his little loosely
Fess,
He'll BE- man, he VIII, upon my word.
NElGnDoR.
Oh yes, dear, he looks healthy, but you mustn't
trust to that
1 do not wish, OF course, your hopes to dash,
But when see tender babe, so rudy, strong and
fat,
/ look, dear, On his face Is that rash?
MA ida capo)
a charming little tiddy iddy bit of mothers bliss,
tiny toddes sweet as fow'rs OF spring.
A precious popsy wOpsy-give IFS NANNY, den, a
kiss.
pretty darling itsy witsy ting Fun.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27

LIFE IN WASHINGTON. - Despite any
thing that may be said against Washing
ton, says the Star Of that city, 9 this city
seems remarkably favorable to longevity.
Nor do the numerous state dinners appear
to have an unwholesome influence upon
those who have been constantly attending
them for many years. No one class of Off
GERS are guests at these more frequently
than the Justices of the United States
Supreme Court, yet none of the members
of that body die young, or are forced to
retire young on account of their health.
Judge Clifford laughingly remarked last
winter have been to three state din
ners this week. My wife accompanied me
to two, and when the time came for the
third | asked her to stay at home and pray
for me- He suffered no i'll effects from
that indulgence, however, for his present
illness began at least seven months after
the dinner. giving season ended.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27

SMOKING IN GER0iANY.-It appears that
the German Government has taken tie
matter of smoking seriously in hand, the
practice being carried to so great an extent
by the youth of that nation that 1t has
been considered to have damaged their con-
situations and ineapacitated them for the
defense OF their country. In certain towns
of Germany, therefore, the police have
had orders to forbid all lads under i6 years
of age to smoke in the streets, and to pun
ish the offense by fine and imprisonment.
Moreover, Belgian physician has ascer-
tanned during journey of observation and
inquiry made at the request of the Belgian
Government, that the very general and ex-
cessive use OF tobacco is the main cause OF
color blindness, an affection which has
occasioued very considerable anxiety both
in Belgium and Germany, from its influence
upon railway and other accidents, and also
from the military point of view.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27

The New AMERICAN SINGER.-Miss
Van, the American singer, whose success
in Rome few weeks ago was recorded in
our cable dispatches, has been enormously
thought by many journals to be Miss Van
Zandt. Miss Van was born in France, and
the name OF her father was Beullet. Her
stepfather's name was Van. She is we'll
known in Cincinnati, which is her home
In Paris she has been under the care of
Muzio, who is enthusiastic about her, and
who went to Rome in order to attend her
debut Verdi and the Marchese d'A1cais
warmly indorse her. She is about 20, a
well-made and handsome blonde, with
golden hair, and she uses her handsome
hands and arms with great effect. Her
voice. a naezzo- soprano, has spirit, enthusi-
asm and dash.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27

A WONDERFUL RIDE-A miner had a
wonderful ride in a tin pan in Colorado.
Being at the top of a mountain, and desir-
ing to get to the bottom of the valley, he
knew thai tedious and circuitous walk OF
fifteen miles was necessary by the ordinary
route, while the distance straight down the
snow. covered incline was only three. He
had such pan az miners use in washing
out gold. Squatting down in this, away
he went, faster and faster, until the solder
Of the vehicle was melted by friction, and
he was almost inseusible from lack of
breath. But the trip was quickly over,
without any mishap, and the passenger
now declares that he enjoyed it.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27

THE "GsLDEN LILY. Miss Norwood,
an American missionary in China, de-
scribes how the golden bly," as the
Chinese lady calls her little foot, is
formed. When the child has learned to
walk the binding Of the feet begins The
bandagss are two inches wide and two
yards long for the first year, and FIVE yards
long for subsequent years. During the
first year the pain is SO intense that the
sufferer can do nothing. and for about two
years the foot aches continually, and is the
seat Of a pain which IS like the pricking of
sharp needles. With continued rigorous
binding the foot IN two years becomes
dead and ceases TO ache, and the whole
leg, from the knee downward, becou es
shrunk SO as TO be little more than skin
and bone.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27
THE PROPENSITY TO STEAL TIE NAMES
OF AUTHORS.

The fatal accident at st. Paul. to Mrs.
S. S. Harris, who claimed to be the au-
thoress of g Rutledge" and other novels,
recalls the propensity of many men and
women throughout civilization to trans
parently absurd literary pretensions. The
name of the Western woman who, until
recently, had resided at Hudson, Wis,
seems to have been Harris-it may have
been s. S. Harris-but she appears to have
been unrelated and indeed, unknown to
Mrs. Sidney S, or Marion Cole Harris, the
real writer of the story named. She
had the reputation of an eccentric, and
one OF her eccentricities was, plainly, to
lay claim to writing books which other
persons had written. She was thought by
many to be on the borders of insanity,
although her foolish literary assumptions
would not, of necessity, show her to be of
unsound mind. Literary pretensions
would seem to be form OF monomania to
which many people are subject. These
monomaniacs, if they are such, are CON-
mon in every country and in every city.
Only now and then do they gain any noto-
riety, as when the work claimed has a
wide reputation and it's authorship creates
controversy, but they are always active
and inventive somewhere. Every con-
siderable town has its literary and
journalistic humbug fellows who will de-
clare that they have written any article,
happening to be anonymous, published in
magazine, or any editorial letter, critl-
cism or communication, printed in a news
paper. Their falsehood is soon detected
but they do not know or care if it is, since
Gov thn and
they can tell fresh falsehood to take the
place OF the old one. Whenever q poem
or story or article of any sort appears
without name in periodical, and rivets
attention, scores of people without intel
lect or culture either openly declare or
strongly intimate their connection with it.
Everybody must remember the claimants
to crock Me to Sleep, Mother" and
.. Beautiful Snow" When the first
of the Waverly novels won fame,
divers men in London, Edinburgh and
Dublin intimated that they had had hand
! in the remarkable stories. 'Junius Let
tiers had a score of would-be authors so
had Thomas Hopes "Anastasius so had
George Eliot's Adam Bede f" so had sew
eral of the No Name tales so will any
anonymous effort have which draws public
attention. Literary preteDsion appears to
| be weakness of many folks possessed OF
literary ambition disproportioned to liter
airy capability. 1t is an idiosyncrasy that
defies analysis or explanation. Sometimes
it seems as If the pretenders had told the
lie so fervently and frequently that they
had grown to believe it themselves-one Of
the phenomena said to accompany long
continued misrepresentation Of any kind. =
New York Times.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27

The man who takes you eoniidentially
aside these days and asks you how are
things goingf' generally wants something
more valuable than your opinion.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-27

Had been pronounced against the Prafet
and all the agents who had contributed to-
wards the execution OF the DEGREES. It
can scarcely be believed, however, that
the information took away the Prefet's
sleep and appetite. This arm, SO formula
bic in past days in the hands Of the Pope,
has become the relic of scarecrow, used to
subdue young civilization. remember very
wildly a picture ia the AHsee of the Lux
embourg by Paul Laurens, representing the
accommodation Of some king Il have
forgotten which, never could keep their
names fastened in my memory, and the
utter misery and desolation which resulted
from this religious act has made marked
impression on me. The figures are not
large the room is apparently large hall,
with no furniture whatever than tue throne
on which are seated the victims Of the
church's wrath, and the emptiness suggests
gloom and unhappiness a large silver
candlestick is seen with its lighted candle
thrown upon the floor, and through The
door may be disesrned numerous church
dignitaries and priests marching away with
solemn tread the queen with Mortified
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-30
settled nsishborhood Door. Il 70 large sxtsnt
RELATIVE VALUES.
fNew York Journal Of Qommerce.)

The relative values. Of capital and labor are
liable to such fluctuations % the following:
I9crease n tho amount of capital hhe amount
OF labor Remaining stationary. Decrease IN
tho amount Of capital. tho amount Of labor
being increased. Increase u the amount Ut
labor. the amount of capital remaining sta
amount OF capital remaining stationary.
In the event Of any OF such huctuattons.
changes such - tho following would be likely
II the amount Of capital increases. tho amount
Of labor. remaining stationary. wages will Ad-
vance. Il the amount Of capital decreases. the
viii decrease. II the amount Of labor increases.
tho amount Of capital remaintng stationary.
wages will decrease. If the amount Of labor
decreases. The AMOUNT q caDitel rem.inin. 20;
tionary. WAGES Will advance. II the amount Of
capital increases. and the amount OF labor In
crease4 IN the same proportion, wages vii not
vary. II the amount OF capital decreases. and
the amount Of labor decreases u the same pro.
portion, wages will not vary. II the amount OF
capital Increases, and the amount Of labor de-.
cr8ases. wares will advance. II the amount OF
capital decreases and the amount Of labor In
creasee, wages will roCed0.
We hold these truths to be sol. evident: and
those who would seek to bring about any other
result will b greatly mistaken In their calcutta
lions.
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60. :e's :s ssssss ~ ~, :sd .s ss,!,
70 ,' sood s101 CO. bntchers stros. SUnnf9 lss
CHANGED: COWS sag }. 70 bulls q 9osS - ssssfs
eeipts go; shipments $40; prices not saots6iys
lover sT io ssss March aa-Flour du,,. ANN, q
April. Choice Is OK caeh Wheat hisnsarM e 81
red fall d 21x cash, ei 1901 12,4 June, III. AZ
q 1901 5sH Corn lower at ssk caah. Js1sSx
81 0s. Pork flrmer at iii as. Lard ncnin.liixs
| 720 Bulk meats hrm and slow: shoulder q -
FDs 81 es ses ss g.
and Baltimores q 1904 As. mixed psckinSa - Il &
a. 60; receipts 1900. shipmenis asoo II III. so
strong and active: export steers IS lot ~. /
choice u s. sSg es @, e., sood 70 prime q
1 rs; good stocksrs and feeders, Sss&Sz 81
COWS and , heiisrs q s0@a y; ri !
Ii active dsmand: good muttons u sssssaI.
prime 70 choice Is 1ose as: receipts loo. sSaS
CINmNMA11. March 2s.-Flour dnIi. Y.iAsfsal
dull and lower to soil et Is 5oSs Is: fancy =
o. 5000 80. Wheat dull and DROPPING At 93S 4
nrm. Lard stronger at 70e@Zlo. Bulk n5SSas72 I
armer; shoulders AZ rdb y. s1 stdes ssl - H
WRlsEl IL far dsnsna 1' and r n s' 6
Sugar arm; hards 10x01osS, New Orieesa ~ 4
~. Hogs steady; common %. 1904 U5 mn II
81 1904 49, packing a 1904 So butchoros n ~ ssSk
As. 81 81 IN
Loursy1I1E, March .as.-Flour qniet u III
changed. Wheat easter al 81 1901 Az t.'s3r 81
quiet at 42@42k. Oats steady at SIX H3k III
quiet at 81 25. Lard steady at Z Bn1f ~ IN
Armer: shoulders *. ribs 81, sides III T. FL VI
steady: shoulders AZ, ribs ~. sides ~ ~.
cured hams 1910. Whisky steady at q, "a "A
DALT1Monn March 29.-Oats dull anil Saxv. N
Southern 45@46. Western white 10, do 81 II r. I'll
Provisions quiet: mess pork el2 750 j fid N
and new. Bulk meats-Loose should 1E.
Shoulders 81, cl.sar rib sides TX. Ear SSszn ID
Tx. Lard $685.. Coffee frm. small r. I'M: N
Rio cargoes fatr To- .rime. l4A@tSJ5, ~ II
q 1ok@1 II. Fretohts firm. - IA
WILMINGTON. n. O.. Match 20. --SpirinG fur- N
pentine dull and nomtnal. R1sin IN &c "A
Tar Arm Mt 81 40. Crude turpentina 7nH r.
q Is for hard. - rs for yellow d .odeS nm
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-30
SOUTHERN PROSPERITY.
In. Y. Shining Lat.

The Southern States are fast repairing the
changes :na rs @ sHa
prosperity. While the business, revival has
not apparently kept pace with the great Inn
Il IL In reality greater. for where there. was
utter stagnation q year ago there ie now thrift
and prosperity unknown before for half . gem
way 10 manage Tree labor. and The freshmen are
also just beginning 10 have an idea OF the accu-
mutton r q property, Where formerly the latter
land or. with accumulated earnings. remov-
Ing 70 other sections 81 the oopntry: There
over tho largest yield In ante 6ellum times. and
the period Is not remote when tho highest crop
change In the cotton trade il the continued H.
States to the consuming centres and shipping
tie increasing ACTIVITY witch everywhere n lis
Southern States exists In railroad matters. One
Of the leading caus OF this increase is the
81 middlemen. Agents Of Eastern spinnsrs . are
small coT an and ship direct By rail- vir.
In Georgia. Alabama and South Carolina are
doing fourishinK business. and = company ID
about ready f. q eet several factories ~ ocum
operation In South Carolina. having capital
Of over e ooo.oro and employing 229e opera.
with 1898 looms In operation. The profits
range from lS to 50 per cent. the latter figure
being the return from the Westminster factory.
The Improvement IN machinery is smother
marked Indication OF the progress In the cot
ton growing States. and. generally speaking.
the agricultural imDlemehts nre much better
than they were under slave labor. There are
other Indications OF revsving business In the
South besides those In the cotton trade. The
gold Mfnee OF North Carolina are being profita.
bly, worked; coal has been found which prom
teee TO be quite . bonanza to the owners Of
tbs land: the lumber business was never
better. every mill In Georgia and Flor.
ttS Ss result il vast production sas; ~ u
yellow pine. Al Beaufort and Charleston thou.
sands Of negroes md steady employment In
the quRrrying OF phosphate found In the bed Of
the river. Tnts phosphate comes North, where
Il ID manufactured into fertilizer and re-
shipped tn the Houth to enrich her wOrnout
lands. IL Is also exported to Europe. To time
the Southern people will manufacture 1t Them
selves. 40 they are now learning to manufacture
their own cotton goods. The outlook Ia the
south Ia. on the whole. most favorable. The
negroes are beginning to reaizs that they can.
NOT thrivs without the cooperation Of the
whites. and the latter understand that It IL
quite out OF the question TO get along without
the blacks. II echeming and designing politt
clans OF every shade and creed can be kept in
the rear and only men interested In the devel-
Opment and peace of the country can be kept In
the front. marvellous prosperity for the South
seems assured.
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10 the Board ST Trade. New YORK 0ity.
COTTON MILLS m THE SOUTH.
IN. Z, .Heraid.l

N00f Northern beople VIII rei0Ice with the
A0nth that the experiment OF working no cot
th1ee thousand miles away, has beep success
fully tried. and they win hope that Our manu-
factQring will not be restricted TO q single
variety OF raw material. Nearly every industs y
which has fiouriehed In the Northern States
And EnRland 10 practicable lii tho South: wood.
meta, coal and water power are abundant. aud
the labor supply. IL not sufilcIent to the de-
mand. would soon becomo 90. Aside from the
Immediate benefits enjoyed By a community
when manufacture cnnee 10 the aid OF agricul
ture. tho fndil cot results are Invaluable. Life
I'd properly imnsdiafelY demand and receive
49, NAfeRuards when capital and Industry are
r6pC 9Rted ~ something besides lard aad
tends ~ &7kNre general inrr1 se 81 intelligence;
0axket = Aok al houk9 anroduc,s age en-.
16Naed ddle@ pho. under d. Q
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-30
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.

As to-day was still observed at Liverpool and
Havre as aholiday. and the New York spot and
future markets exhibited little variation, both
factors and buyers seemed indisposed to 20 on
until further developents tomorrow. This
restricted Gales to $500 bales. exclusive OF 5000
bales Saturday. The offerings were moderately
fair. but the assortment was poor.
The Cotton Exchange reported sales to. day
$500 bales. includinR.ssoo bales Saturday. Market
easy. Stained H@kc less than white Of the
same class.
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FUTURES.

cial bulletin board Of the New Orleans Cotton
EEchGnge, and comprise all transactions re-
ported BY the Exchange to the close of bust
ness.
The market opened dull and easy. ruled as-
ier at noon and closed easy. The ssles summed
up $500 bales. including $500 between calls.
against $4,000 on Thursday. including 5000 be-
tween calls. The movement was principally In
Mays and Junes. The sales Of the former COM
prised 1900 bales and Of the latter 1900 The
largest single sale TO- day. and the largest since
the Inauguration OF the local future movement
here. was reported to-day. comprising 1900
Mays at 1880.
COURSE OF THE MARKET.
The inside figures Of the following quotations
at the closing calls are the bidding rates to-day
and the outside figures the asking rates.