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NEWSPAPER WIT.

&C. In Nantucket there are sixteen women
to one man." Happy man !-[Boston Tran.
script.
The Coroner always goes inquest for a
body as matter of course.-[Wit and
Wisdom.
If any man thinks he has comic opera
in his head, now is the time to let it out
New Orleans Picayune.
The farmer who "run rapidly through
his property" wore red shirt and had his
brindle bull behind him. Keokuk Con.
stitution.
Wicked New York men want to be
buried in Greenwood, because it won't burn
so quickly as the dry.-[Cincinnati Satur.
day Night.
The Venus de Milo is well called model
of perfect woman. There is youth, grace
and beauty-without ingernails. Phila-
delphia News.
Despondent men have been known to
commit suicide because out of work. This
indicates that tramps are not despondent
men, Boston Post.
"Six Girls is the title of the latest
novel. 1t is expected that sequel enti-
tied "Our Broken Gate " will be issued
soon. Chicago Tribune.
"The mill will never grind with the
water that is past" maybe, but the hand
organ grinds right along with the airs that
are past couple of hundred years.
William A. Wheeler is going to Cal.
fornia to pass the winter. In California a
man doesn't have to dig so deep for angle
worms in the cold season Courier. Jour-
nal.
Editors in this country are always be-
hind the age. In Iceland the editors carry
the papers about and trade them for dried
meat and whisky Kentucky State Jour-
nal.
They ssked him if he was the best man
at the wedding. Nc" he said, 81 don't
know as / was the best, but, be jabers, 1
was as good as any of 'em p Boston
Post.
Whoever shall smite thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him the other also," is a
biblical expression. In modern parlance
it is termed reversible cuff. Boston
Times.
A Chinaman named On Tick is about to
start laundry in Detroit This will leave
no reasonable excuse for any one to fail to
appear in clean shirt on Sundays.-[De
troit Free Press.
An old proverb says ga change of pas.
ture makes fat calves" With the mem
bers of a burlesque troupe the same result
is arrived at by change of tights.-[New
Orleans Picayune.
A very unhealthy occupation" re-
marked Brown as he looked at the brick
makers wading through the wet clay.
Yes" said Fogg; it is kilning work.
Boston Transcript.
Tutor in German" Take the familiar
sentence, Il will go before the faculty.
would you use wollen in translating %
Student" No; because the sense of de.
sire is entirely left out. "-[Yale Record.
When you see a man at the railway sta
tion, who is really looking for his trunks
and valises, but who insists that he ia
hunting "me boxes and bags, you bet
your bottom dollar ne isn't entitled to a
vote in this blarsted bowling country, not
by trunk full OF HIS, he isn't. Aud if
you can't guess to what nation he belongs,
ask him. He'll tell you.-[Burlington
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- BOOT AND SHOE
PARTNENTi

THIS DEPARTMENT has earned for itself reputation that is
the envy Of all our competitors forcing some Of hsm abandon
The better grades of SHOES hitherto kept by them for an inferior
quality so as compete with us in price, We however believe
that the public are possessed Of no little amount Of Gernmen
and ask them to inspect our stock and make comparison Of
QUALITIES before purchasing elsewhere The question Of being able
to sell CHEAP depends upon the ability pay CASH DOWN for all
purchases together with the inclination to sell small profit and
in no Department Of our House is this more clearly illustrated than
in our SHOE DEPARTMENT. ne do not keep low grade goods raG
Gay WOrtheSS pef8ng rather to sell only such as we know
will gVe satisfaction prove credit to our House, and rent in
continued patronage.
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A sTATIsaAH's PEcuLIARI1IEs.

The contrast between great man as he
appears to the world and as he appears in
private life was never more strikingly H.
lustrated than in the case of the younger
Pitt.
"When he was at Walmer we are
quoting Lady Hester Stanhope's "Mem-
oirs"-"he used to go to farm where hay
and corn were kept for the horses. He had
room fitted up there with table and two
or three chairs. On, what slices of bread
and butter have seen him eat there, and
lunches of bread and cheese big enough
for p!owman 4! He used TO say that when
ever he could retire from public life he
would have a good English woman cook.
To see him at table with vulgar sea captains
and ignorant militia Colonels with two or
three servants in at.endance-he who has
been accustomed TO a servant behind each
chair, to all that was great and distin.
guished in Europe-one might have sup
posed disgust would have worked some
change III him but it was always the
same. On ore occasion Sir Edward
Knaschbull took him to the Ashford ball
to show him off to the yeomen and their
wives. Though sitting in the room in all
his senatorial seriousness he observed
everything, and nobody could give more
lively account of the ball than he. He
told who was fond of certain Captain,
how Mrs. K. was dressed, how Miss Jones,
Miss johnson, or Miss Anybody, danced"
We find him in another passage drinking
out of a lady's shoe. and experimenting
his sisters toilet. Lord Chatham was
model of domeaticity. The pride, border
ing upon insolence. in which he showed
himself encased TO the world, says
Brougham, fell naturally from him, and
without any effort to put it off, as he
crossed the threshold of his own door.
He was, however, always studious to
maintain his dignity, and it was noticed
that when he read Shakespeare in his fam.
lily circle he invariably passed the volume
On to someone else when he came to the
comic passages, resuming itagain when the
serious portions recommended.
We have often been struck with the
significance of an anecdote which Hookam
Frere once related to his nephew about
Canning /" remember one day going to
consult Canning on a matter of great i'm
portance to me, when he was staying at
Enfield. We walked into the woods to
have quiet talk, and as we passed some
ponds was surprised to find that it was
a new light to him that tadpoles turned
into frogs. Now, don't you, ne added,
90 and tell that story to the next fool you
meet Canning could rule, and did rule,
great and civilized nation; but PEOPLE
are apt to fancy that a man who does not
know the natural history of frogs must be
an imbecile In the treatment of men. -
Temple Bar.
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DIAMONDS. = The most valuable dia
monds are those which are entirely color
less. Those with blue tinge, though
still more rare, are not SO highly valued,
az the actual beauty Of the pure ones out.
weighs the rarity Of the blue variety. One
of the firest of the blue variety is, we be-
lieve, in the collection of Mr.. Beresford.
Hope. Diamonds OF red tinge take still
a good place green diamonds are tolerably
numerous, and rank lower yellow ones
are very common, and the least esteemed
The estimation of the value of diamond
is made according to regular system of
appraisement. 1t will surprise many OF
those who are not conversant with the SUBJ
iect to learn what large proportion of
diamond is often ground away to dust in
cutting it 60 as to make the most of it's
brilliancy. The greatest diamond in the
French Treasury, the Regent, weighed, we
are told, 4l0 carats before cutting, and
1861 after cutting. which seems an i'm
mense loss in size; but we presume it really
increased the marketable value of the gem.
OF course, the diamond dust taken off in
cutting is not allowed to be lost, but it is
useful chiefly for practical purposes, in
forming in its turE the means of grinding
do En the faces of other diamonds for this
superb stone will yield to no tool but one
from its own substance. Il London Builder.
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ton OF the forward bulwarks. While the
third officer and two sesmen were engaged
securing tarpaulins on the hatch heavy sea
washed all overheard. The seamen clung to
sne ropes and were saved, but the officer was
sfefnses to Reduce the Rent.
CORK, December 9sb.-The Duke of Dey-
onshlre has refused an abatement of the rent
asked for by the tenants on his estate.
Diphtheria In Nova Scotia.
HALIFAX. December 9th.-Diphtheria De.
stroyed 1000 lives in this province last wear.
Preventive measures are to be taken.
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Sir Garnet Wolseley says that 90 per
cent. of the crime in the British army is
due directly to intemperance that when
the men are removed from the temptation
of strong drink crime is practically un-
known among them; and that when he
was in South Africa his escort had very
hard work to do, but did it without grum-
bling, and behaved better than any other
set OF men he was ever assisted by, for the
reason, he believes, that every man in the
company was total abstainer
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ton, il was resolved TO make General James
A. Beaver the next Governor of Pennsylva-
a,with the active aid of the Administration.
Themomefrical.
NEW YoRK, December th-Midnight.-
Observation-Disclosures. 4So, lowest 32'.
CHICAGO, December sh.-Thermometer-
Highest, 39', lowest So.
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HALE BROS. & co.
DEP ]E'NT s!

Few business enterprises have grown with the rapdity
of our CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.; it became popular the
first day we exposed STOCK continued to grow
public since Conducted the principles
of integrity that characterize the other Departments of
House. BUYING FOR CASH Importing Direct, and Selling
Small Margin of Profit explains the why Our
Clothing Department has met with SO much success.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD -UsIoS-
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Extensive Frauds among railroad M

Extensive Frauds Among Railroad Men.
TOPEKA (Ks.) December 9th. = Great
frauds on the Atehison, Topeka and Santa
Fe road have Just been discovered. They
consisted of combination among the boss
section men, boarding.house keepers and 9TH
ers along the entire line, by which fictitious
names were carried on the payroll. It is
supposed that 200 men have been engaged in
the swindle, and from S100, 600 to $500, 900
mas been stolen. Eighteen men have been
arrested a. and placed in jail. The list includes
nifty prominent and rich men. Attachments
TO the amount Of SS0. 600 Rave been issued,
ana large amount of prep rty eyied upon.
Passengers Passin., Omaha.
OMAHA, December 8th.-Left here to-day,
to arrive In Sacramento December 12.h !:
John .Schua.z, St. Louis; Eliza Farrell.
BROOKLYN; Jos. Brewer and wife. Boston
J. w. Soleman and wife, Redwipg, Mimi:
Mrs. VIM. Ash, child and son, Berlin, CAL;
Hugh T. OGsllagher, San Francisco; A.
NJ. Mony, Chicago; l.. L. Conners, Mil
waukee; III. Fl. jackson, Cincinnati B. f..
Dunlap Indianapolis.
Sixty three through emigrants left on last
nights emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra.
mento December 18th.
By the Southern Route.
KANSAS CITY (Mo.), December 9sh.-The
following passengers passed Topeka to-day,
due to arrive in San Francisco December
18th n. S. Garrett, Santa Fe; H S. Jack
and family. Stockton ; A. S. Hudson, Chi
csgo Z. II. Smith and wife, st. Louis
Mrs. Kearney, Chicago.
Death of John w. Forney.
PHILADELPHIA, December 9th.-Colonel
John w. Fo,ney died at o'clock this morn
ing.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The vienna Caiastrophe-FurfEer Par
ticIIars.
New York, December 9th.-A Vienna COR
respondent writes At l o'clock it was
discovered that the death roll of the Ring
Theater catastrophe was much larger than at
first rumored An American physician, who
had just returned from g visit to the Alegi-
mile Krankenhaus, told me that he had seen
So men and A women laid out in that instisu-
ton alone. Their faces were black and their
tongues protruding, with froth issuing from
their mouths-all symptoms OF suffocation.
When he left the Krankenhaus at midnight
they were still carrying the dead away. He
described the sight as horrible in the extreme.
Friends were striving to identify friends, snd
relations their relatives. Women were rush
irg about almost crazy from a fruitless
search. By 2 o'clock 240 bodies had been
taken out of the thsater. 1t was thought
that 100 mora were still among the ruins.
Reports up to 2 O'Clock were that in the
third gallery 90 corpses were found in one
mass. The fourth gallery had not yet been
seached.
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Once more my eager, searching eyes
A sight of thee had gladdened
Once more thou bringest blest surprise
To him thine absence saddened.
Too long thy pearly white hand hath pressed
That Of some other felfsr,
Come let me clasp thee to m, breast,
Ny loved and lost umbrella.
-lBrocklyn Eagle
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: Prisoners Escape from jail.

MODESTO, December 9sh.-Five prisoners
confined in the County Jail broke Jail yester-
day. Among those escaped are Chinaman
convicted Of murder in the first degree and
awaiting sentence, also Al. lyon and Dan
Carman, awaiting sentence fer burglary. The
escape was effected by digging through the
wall of the jaa near the iron door on the
north aide Of the building. The officers are
in pursuit of them, with every chance for
their recaDfure
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Verdict OF Not entity.

HoLLIsTER, December 9sh.-To-day, at IL
o'clock, the jury returned verdict Of not
guilty in the case of VIZ. Palmtag. promi.
nent saloon keeper here. charged with violat-
ing the Sunday law. The case was on trial
three days, aud great interest was manifested
during the trial.
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PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
The Train. Wrecker Cases Continued for
the Term,

AUBURN, December 9th.-This morning,
owing to the continued absence of General
Hamilton, attorney for the defense, who is
attending st the bedside of his sick brother in
Wheatland. Judge Myers discharged the jury
in the Frazier case, and continued all these
train.wrecker cases for the term. So far
these trials have cost the county in the neigh
borhood CT $40. 600, and are no nearer being
disposed of than on the day the suspected
parties were arrested. On the first Monday
in January next they viii ell be set for trial
aoaip
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TO LET Or FOR SALE.

Advertisements of five lines In this department
inserted for 25 for tie three times for 80
cents or rs cents Per week.
ID ooMS, ROOMS, RooMS-To KENT CHEAP
Ia er than any house in the city, single or i /
suite@ Quiet and home.like Stove in every room.
Kept firs.-class in every respect. New building.
Everything neat and clean. Also, few uufurnished
rooms. MRS. GRICE, Proprietress, northeast cor.
ner Eighth and streets, Ciunie Building. dc 1p1n,
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.

"oUSToN & CO.. FOURTH AND STREETS,
II Saeramento-Farmers requiring plow hands,
send in your ORDERS we have some first class
Western men who understand the work also first.
class male and female help for hotels and families.
ni5-Ipu
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TEE WEEKLY UNION

TEE WEEKLY UNION
Published IN semi-weekly psrtsl
3 issred on Wednesday and Saturday of each week
comprising Eight Pages in each issue Sixteen Pages
esch va z and is the cheapest and most iesirdhle
szoms. Eewe and Literary journal published on the
Pacifc coast.
Terms, One Yea. 20
sonai.WceklT Union Advertising Rates.
Hsi Square, time...... 81 90
Each additional ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
One Square, tine ...,......,.....,.,..,2o 90
Each additional tine ..,..,....... co
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OFFICE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
WAsHrNGToN, ID. C. Decamher lIl)

WASHINGTON, d. C., December yIh.
Dear General: had conversation with the Presi-
dent this evening in relation to the statements in
today's Post and Star, Of this city, attributng to
him certain views on the Senatorial question In
Virginia In those statements he is represented as
expressing wish for the defeat OF Riddleberger
lean from him that the report is wholly destitute of
foundation. In the interview which has been so
msrepresented he was told that it had been stated
that e was taking part in the matter in behalf Of
Riddleberger He merely that he has not inter
fered at ALL He suggested that Lewis have friendly
talk with YOU on the subject The President ex-
pressed no desire as to the political antecedents of
the man who should be elected, nor did he say one
word which correctly stated would in the slightest
On the contrary he desires it to be uDderstaod that
he has no views which in any manner conflict with
the friendly sentiments hitherto expressed to you
Yours very truly, GEO. C. GORHAM.
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The virginia Political Contest.

WAsHISGToN, December 9th.-A Republi-
can Senator, speaking of the Virginia Sena.
torial contest to-day, said 81 think Re-
publican ought to be elected. but Riddleber-
ger will get it. Malone has determined
upon Riddleberger, and hs will elect him.
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LOST AND FOUND.

Advertisements Of i've lines in this department are
Inserted for 25 css for time three times for 50
cents OF 70 cents per week
A GOOD SOLICITOR WANTED TO SELL
"A sewing machines in the city. Fer particu ars,
inquire at our ofce, No. SIS street, Sacramento.
Cal. ds-1w
A GENTS WANTED-A NEW AND NOVEL
N invention, which combines simplicity, prac-
ticability and economy An excellent improvement,
well worth your careful investigation Write at
for particulars and territory. Address E. ".
MELVIN, General Agent, Sacramento. div
TO FARMERS.
WTE HAVE ON HAND LOTS OF AS GOOD
w piowmen ard farm hands be found ;
also woodchoppers, miners, cooks and walters.
Female help If all kinds. ANY kind OF help can be
found and guaranteed at KENNEDY & CO.'S New
Employment Office, No. 1925 Eighth street (Clunie
Buiding). nl6-tf
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-22
Tree Planting Extraordinary.

The Northern Pacific people are negotiat-
ing for section of improved land east OF
Bismarck with view of planting timber
for ties and other railroad use. This is a
move in the right direction Now if they
will break their right Of way, which in Da-
kOta Is strip of prairie 400 feet wide and
400 miles long, and place it in the hands of
practical men for cultivation and tree plant
inc, they will make long stride in the right
direction, and do very much toward promOt-
ng their own interests.
They will lay the foundation with little
expense for growing the timber for ties and
fuel and for maintaining their fences. They
will do their part toward breaking the prai-
re winds, which howl over all prairie cOun-
tries at times, and contribute in wonderful
degree toward modifying the climate. The
result would prove an object lesson in tree
culture which would prove of untold value,
for farmers beholding their success would 90
and do likewise. They should not only plant
one section of timber, but near every station
the experiment might be repeated and from
the timber so planted the farmers and settlers
could be supplied with cuttings or seed
The cost to the North Pacific would be
little. The breaking in such long strips and
III such large quantity could be done at
rom - to $3.50 per acre, and during the two
Years it ought to be cultivated before the
trees are planted, more than the cost of
breaking could be realized from the freight on
the grain alone that could be raised upon it.
What magnificent advertisement it
would prove for the country and for the road
Just Just such things may be expected from the
Hard management of the Northern Pacific. .
-Bjsmorck Tribune.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-22
MacVeagh to Lowell

ELBERON, September 14-There is an in
crease this evening in the Presidents tenn
perature, pulse and respiration, but it is so
slight as not to necessarily indicate that the
condition of the blood is producing any new
complications. The trouble in the right lung
is not increasing, and is causing him less an
nOyance. He has taken adequate nourish-
ment and his leep has been natural and
refreshing, He has gained nothing, but has
probably lost nothing during the day
ELBERoN, September 15.-The Presidents
condition does not appear to have undergone
any material change to-day. All his symp-
toms continue substantially the same as yes
terday, except that the expectoration from the
right lung has been rather less difficult and
less profuse. He is still very weak and this
weakness is due to the condition of the blood
While it continues grave anxiety must also
continue.
ELBERoN, September 16-There has been
no very marked change in the Presidents
condition. but it is not at this hour reassur-
ing. The different symptoms are almost all
slightly aggravated. The temperature and
pulse have fuctuated more than usual and
the respiration is rather more frequent, while
the character of the discharges continues to
be unsatisfactory. There is therefore SEN
sible increase of anxiety
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-09-22
4 FaYOrahIe Indication.

NEW YORK, September 15-The Wor1d;
Long Branch special says A symptom in
the Presidents case which is extremely fav-
orable, and which has not been much spoken
about as yet, has recently appeared, This is
the almost entire disappearance of sweating
when he is asleep. When he was in Wash
ington, and for day or two after he arrived
here, he never went to sleep without profuse
perspiration making its appearance. During
the past week, however, this has been stead
lily lessening, and now when he wakes up his
body has a natural moisture upon it and
nothing more. This symptom is the strong
est proof of general improvement which has
yet appeared, and his physicians are very
greatly encouraged by it. 1t is said on good
that Drs. Hamilton, Agnew and
Bliss are privately of the opinion that there
is no doubt of his recovery
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A Rich Gold Nine.

The -itG says there is on exhibition in
Sah Francisco piece of ore from the Rain
DOW mine, at Chips Flat, Sierra county,
Mnssh " has been carefully examined by Mr..
rice the well-knOwn assayer, and after SUBJ
Jotlng 1t to the latest process by which the
value OF ore can be determined to within a
lew lew dollars, he pronounces it to be worth
2-O'466.02. 1t fairly glstens with free gold
M ana Is an object of admiration and envy to
'he hundreds of visitors who daily call to ex-
aliine 1t. A smaller piece, about five inches
~ ~ length and an in inch depth, weighs
"oout thirty-tour ounces and is composed
almost entirely of free gold Its estimated
,'1ue Is 5000. The last report of Mr.. Price
the secretary of the mine, in which he
Na'ed that from 1862 pounds Of ore he had
sA'Iacted Sll6,337SS, will convey to the
- Leaaer some idea of the richness of this won
ssLIul soa1 NINE. The shaft is only down 270
N et and the vein upon which they are now
SSorking varies from 2 to 8 feet in width.
noine twenty years ago the mine was first
tponed tr" and at that time the company ex-
m"cted about S1s0,OO0 worth of ore but
ah eie driven out by water and compelled to
mnu1 lGon their project. Within the past few
h,' h~onths they have obviated this difficulty
d; o.unnelling, and everything at present in
tho es We that they will soon develop one of
aaol i,chest mines on the coast. 1t is man.
s,aas ssea oy private company, and it is under
" ''iat none OF the stock is for sale.