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THE CROSSROADS STORE.

This is the way they do business at
the crossroads store, where they have
plenty OF time for it. This system has
not yet gone into effect in the large dry
goods emporiums OF the cities. Old lady
in pink Stat sunbonnet and a gown
made Of five and quarter yards OF call
leo enters, adjusts her glasses and looks
at the three pieces OF gingham on the
shelf.
Anything l can show you TODAY.
Mrs. Skinner asks the proprietor, com
ing forward with his mouth fuII of
pickles and cheese.
Il dunno, says Mrs. Skinner,
Got fine lot O. ginghams Just in
i dunno but might look at EN-. No
charge for that, reckon
oh, no; of course not. Now. here's
mighty nice piece O. green and red
plaid
I dunno as Ike plaid
We'll, here's blue and white check
Il hadn't callated on Rettin' a check
Well, now, here's green and white
piece
I've had go many green and white
ginRhams, thought I'd like something
different this time
They're mighty good colors, Mrs.
Skinner
I've an idea the pIaidIl run in wash
i'm
What! Bingham like that run That
gingham'll wash longs there a rag OF it,
and never fade
Il amt 80 sure O. that
'Cbaw a piece and see. Nom, that
gingham II bile like muslin. Don't you
aao foa IL
'Aw. that don't count fer nothin' now.
adays. How much is itT
Twenty-Five cents yard
How muchT
Twenty five cents.
Fer Bingham like that2'
'Yes'm, an cheap At that
My land! I've bought better ging-
ham many an a-many time fer a
shillin'.'
1t wasn't seech gingham as this.
IT was a leetle better, II anything
i guess yer mistaken. This gingham
cost me twenty four cents.
Then you got dreadfully cheated
It'd be bargain at thirty cents
Pshaw, man, you're crazyi Now,
lookee here, Sam Peters, III give you
twenty cents a yard fer that gingham,
an it's all will give
Cant do it, Mrs. Skinner. Say twen-
ty-three an I'll 40 it, but III lose
money
'Twenty's all I'll give
IN split the difference an say twenty
two and half
''Tain't with it, SAM
It's wuth two bits
'Pshawr
Deed it is
4 kin get better gingham fer fifteen
cents in town.
Not much, you can't
L know kim
I'll give you sixteen cents for all you
can git for twenty cents, good as this.
I'll give you twenty-one cents il
you'll throw in a card Of hooks an eyes,
Can't do it,
We'll, say a spool O. thread
I'm losin' money as it is.' .#...
Ia, Sam, I'll bet you make ten cents
\ yard on that gingham. You kin put
in a card OF buttons, anyhow
IN say six buttons
why can't you make 1t a dozen ?
oh, I'm losin' money now
How you talk ....
It's So
We'll, gimme yard an the SIX but.
ons an stick O. pep'mint candy for
he baby. But I'm gettin' cheated.
Take your pay in aigs, won't your
No, couldn't
Amt aigs same e7 money!
Mop
Well, you storekeepers do beat all at
maxim a bargain. You don't leave a
body foot to- stand on, = Detroit Free
Press.
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GRANTS LUCK.

Leonard SWEET told an interesting
story the other day, illustrative of Cen
eral Grants traditional good luck, as
well as his lack of what is called
shrewdness in commercial dealings.
When Grant was engaged in writing his
memoirs the Century Company, which
had been publishing some of his war
articles in the Century Magazine, offer
ed him $40 900 for the manuscript OF his
book, Webster, the publisher, also had
his eye on the alert for the forthcoming
work, and one day called on the General
to inquire about it, Grant was seated
at his desk, about to attach his sigma
ture to the Century Companys contract,
which lay before him, 1t had apparent.
ly never occurred to him to ask more
for his literary production. Webster
intimated that he would like to make an
offer.
III it would not be Impairment, he
said, / would like to inquire how much
the Century Company agrees to pay
your
Ten thousand dollars General Grant
said.
Then | wouldn't sign that contract
just yet, said Webster,
why notT
Because l will pay you $50, 000.
General Grant opened his eyes in
Amusement. 1t had not occurred to him
to set 30 high value on his work; he
had not thought Of dickering beyond
the first offer. But he did not sign the
contract.
Afterward Mark Twain, Webster's
relative and business partner, called and
told the General that none of the pub
fishers had offered him what his manu-
script was worth. i will give you
500, 900 and royalty he said. Sc
Webster & Co., became Grants publish.
ers. The firm has grown rich out of
Grants book, and Grants family has
been paid over $500, 900.
And Grants book, said Mr. SWEET, in
conclusion, will become classic more
valuable than Caesars Commentaries,
l consider it the greatest achievement
of General Grants wonderful life to
have written such work with death
looking over his shoulders. '-TChicago
Times.
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Rev. T. G. A. Cote, agent Of the Mass.
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Frederick W. Pratt, 424 Washington
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FRIEN D
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AN VII w ~
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weeks my head was almost bald. l
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WHOLESALE AGENTS.
/. v. ROYCE, N. D.,

may he consulted by letteriAdhis address Lock
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DR.. ROYCE'S
LIVER AND KIDNEY CURE.

This is the only Liver and Kidney Cure put up
by regular practicing physician Of twenty FIVE
years active experience.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
Depew en- Foreign RAILWAYS.

In telling about his recent European
tour President Depew, of the New York
Central SAID: | was more surprised on
this visit than ever before with the enor-
nous superiority of our railroads over the
Government roads of Germany, Belgium
and France, in every element of comfort.
convenience and speed. The cars are the
same as they have been for a generation.
without toilet or closet accommodations
and the roadbed was so bad on one of the
principal roads in France that the people
in the cars were virtually slung from one
side to the other by the oscillation of the
train. 1t was impossible to read or even
to comfortably dispose of lunch. One
gentleman, who was very fat, was laid up
for week by the muscles of his abdomen
being bruised and strained because he
was slung about so niscellaneouslv DURING
the SIX hours trip. As this was an
express train the fare for this ride was 4
cents mile. discovered in Germany.
where the Government owns the roads and
all the employees are Government officers.
and uniformed as if they were in the army.
that the appointments are political Every
locomotive engineer and fireman, con-
daetor and brakeman, station master and
porter, trackmar and sgitchman, is an ad-
hereat to the Government. The supplies
which furnish SO large an item of railway
expenditure-locomotives, cars, rails, ties,
spikes, oil, coal-are all bought from
friends OF the Government. The result is
that with the appointments in the civil
service, IN the army, on the railways and
IN the telegraphs, the party in power is
lntrenched SO there is not the slightest
possibility Of its ever being disturbed by
liberals or socialists or any Kind of oppo-
sition, no matter by what name it may be
called"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
SUNDAY RE1IG,oUs NOTICES.

Central NJ. Il. Church, Eleventh street,
| between II and I-Rev. Thomas Filben, pastor.
Preaching by the pastor at 1915 A. N. Subject
services by A. J. Bell, lay evangelist of Chicago,
at 7:30. Fine music by the Young Peoples Choir.
| Come Young peoples meeting from $50.
| Strangers specially invited.
| A. j. BielI, OF Chicago, will conduct
evangelistic services at the Central NJ. Z.
| Church. Eleventh street, between II and l. every
| evening next week, beginning Sunday. Also,
Bible readings every afternoon at $50 All are
earnestly invited TO these services.
United Brethren, corner Fourteenth and
K streets-Rev. j. w. Baumgardner, pastor.
Preaching at IL a. NJ. and 7:30 p NJ. Sunday
| school a t 9:45 A. NJ. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 7:30 P. NJ Welcome TO all.
sixth-street NJ. T. Church, between TX
and L streets-Rev. Arnold Needham pastor.
Preaching 1045 A NJ: Tempted and Tried -
AZ ?:So P. NJ, Christians and the Theater"
Christian Endeavor, $50 p. NJ Mission School,
| corner Twentieth and streets, $50 r
Westminster Presbyterian Church, cor
ner Sixth and l. streets-Preaching by the pas
tor, Rev J. f. Wheeler, d. d. Morning service.
And evening at 7:30. Young peoples meeting,
| at 645.
First Unitarian Society, Pioneer Hall,
Seventh street, between and K-Preaching at
II A. NJ. by Rev. c. p. Massey. By request, the
discourse of two Sundays ago will be repeated.
Subject The Rehabilitation of Another
Christian symbol" Sunday-school at 12:15. A
cordial invitation is extended to ALL
Calvary Baptist Church, L street, be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth - Rev. A. C.
Herrick, pastor, viii preach at II A. NJ Subject:
" The Destroyer of the Last Enemy" Wash
ington Mission, $50. Evening, at 7:30 Bible
day service, assisted by the Sabbath-school and
church. choir. Christian Endeavor, Tuesday
evening, 7:45. Everyone welcome.
Christian Church, Eighth, near NJ.
y. Early, minister. Sunday school at 945 A. NJ
Preaching at IL 4 NJ and 730 p. NJ Young peo-
pie meeting 0t $50 P. NJ
nj. 4. Church South, Seventh street, be-
tween and K-Preaching by the pastor, Rev.
A {. Bane, at II 4. II. Subject, Shibboleth
and Sibboleth" At 7:30 p. H., subject " Your
Pedigree Sunday-school at 12:l5. Prayer
meeting Thursday evening.
Young Mems Christian Association
Mr. J. B. Rutter, General Secretary of the Wood
land Association, will address the gospel meeting
for ulen only tomorrow afternoon at $50 o'clock
IN The Association Hall. Strangers cordially
welcomed.
Congregational Church, Sixth street,
between and J-The pastor. Rev. W. C. Merrill.
will preach at l0:45. Subject: Profession and
Confession" Sundsy-school, 1915 I. NJ Mis-
sion school, Twenty third and X, $50 Chris
tiar Endeavor at P. NJ. in lecture-room. All
are welcome.
a. NJ. Z Church. Seventh street, between
and H-Rev. Q. Summers pastor. Services
Sunday at II a. NJ. Evening at 730 Subject
Moses Lending the Hebrews Out of Bond
age"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
A curions Little Discovery.

a correspondent of the Electrical Reciew
says: | have made curious little dis
eoyery which may interest your readers.
II first occurred on a railway train. |
happened to hold against the inside surface
OF the window glass daily paper which
had been cut Icy 4 sax-tooth cutter, leaving
ragged edge on which some of the bits
were leose. When | removed the newsps-
per sonie bits remained clinging to the
glass. L was curious. and began to inves-
tigate with larger pieces. All would stick
to the glass when laid against it. | took
different kinds Of paper then, but the re-
suits were the same. Since then / have
repeated the experiment great number of
times on different failways, and always
found the giass apparently electrified. 1t
cannot be capillary attraction, rs the
most porous kind CT paper, If light. will
stick just the same. have had i,;eceg of
newspaper two inches square hold firmly.
And strange thing, too, tie phenomenon
appears LIS certainly il Fsiny weather. even
vhen the window pAnes are streaming out
s.de. 1t seems 10 require clean window
Tor coed results. One egeniag ! tested
seven Windows IL one car. and had then,
n spotted With bits Of papes, and my
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
WOMEN Ii ELEVATORS.
The Boys Who Run the Lifts in Dry
Goods Stores are Seldom Happy.

There Is an etiquette observed in ele-
vators as well as in street cars. a gen.
tleman gives a lady his seat and removes
his hat upon the entrance Of one of them
He is not often called upon to stop one
for her, however, for she does it herself
and the different ways in which this is
done are peculiar
The business man merely calculates
Whupw " Hi y or names his floor as the
car rushes up toward the roof in its me-
teoric fight. He has no time for more
But in the big dry goods houses the pas
before them. They sit in Whites pala-
tial elevator, with stained glass lights
and soft cushions and as the young gen.
tleman at the helm mentions what they
want in his voluble enumerations of arti-
cles sold on the different floors they say
Stop" Or Here, please
A couple of women went up in one OF
these elevators the other day, and they
were so deeply engaged in a debate on
the merits of Balbriggan underwear that
their floor was reached without their
knowing it. The boy shut the door aid
was just throwing his weight on the rope
when one of them awoke to the situation.
Here, you " she cried, clutching him
by the arm as she saw the floor recede.
Stop; / want to get Off"
No matter how much time q woman has,
she makes Just rs much fuss at being car
ried by. An elevator boys life in these
big stores is not happy one Said one
the other day:
"We get knocked and banged all around
especially on a pleasant day, when the
crowd is out. Smothered, too. | tell
you, the fresh air feels good when l 60
home"
Do they ask questions?'
Well, do they? l have to know every
article in the stock and Just where it is.
know better almost than the statesmen what
goods are in most demand"
Blankets, maam? First floor. Step
right in" Bang! went the door, and the
car started on a return trip.
At the corner of Winter and fremont
streets there is a very obliging elevator, or
at least the official in charge is ,obliging
for he will regulate the speed to suit the
passengers. Sometimes it will fall like q
shots at others it will sink as softly as
though it had parachute attachment and
would not break an egg should it light on
basket of them. The other day the boy
misjudged the passenger. 1t was lady
with little girl, and he let the car down
at 2;e8 gait.
"Myp exclaimed the lady as she caught
her breath. 'Do you always go rs fast as
that?
We'll, mum, some likes to go fast and
others SLOW"
81 dent like it," spoke up the little
girl in q most dignifed manner, and she
marched,of with an offended air.-Bpsto,
Record
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
Tohaoco and Vitality.

When Europeans first visited New Yea
land they found in the native Maorit
the most finely developed and powerful
men of any of the tribes inhabiting the
islands of the Pacific. Since the introduc
.duction Of tobacco, for which the Maori,
developed passionate liking, they have
from this cause alone, it is said, become
'decimated in nEmbers, and at the same
time reduced ia stature and in physical
se!l-being so as to be an altogether in
ferior type of men.--G. " Lyman, an Ned
seal Journal.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
CUTTING A FIyE.POINTED STAR.
Read the Directfsns in this Article and
You Can Cut One.


"Do you know how to make the stars
on the star spangled banner ?" inquired a
gentleman who sat at his desk with
piece of waste note paper and scissors in
hand.
Couldn't cut one that would look re-
spectacle. to save myself" said his COM
panion.
"Well, there's nothing easier, and l
don't think there's anything patriot
ought to know better. 1t may seldom
come of use, but it's highly patriotic. In
Preble's History of the American Flag
may be found statement Of the effect that
the committee of Congress, appointed to
report design for the national ensign,
called upon Mrs. Ross, dealer in regalia
and fancy goods in Philadelphia, for sug-
gestions in their work. This lady was
possessed of excellent taste in all matters
pertaining to her business, and was withal
an ardent patriot The story goes that
while talking with the members of the
committee she folded a sheet of paper so
that by single clip of the scissors she cut
a fve-pointed star. 1t is stated by others
that the committee was as greatly pleased
with the ingenuity displayed as with the
symmetry of the design, and readily
adopted it. This was in 1776, and ever
since that time the fve-pointed star has
appeared in the blue field of our country's
| flag. Neither Preble nor any other
authority tells how Mrs. Ross folded
the paper, and in the absence of
information one will find it rather diff
cult feat to accomplish. Once known, the
| process is very simple. Take sheet OF
paper of any size and fold it once across.
Then take fold at right angles to this,
merely for the purpose Of determining the
center of the paper. Throw the sheet back
| upon the single fold and let the center
point be the point Of a triangle when all
| the folding is completed. 1t must be ur-
derstood that to have fve-pointed stan
there must be one single and two double
folds, the folds being made outward from
the center point. This single fold should
be made to a point about four-fifths OF
the distance to the middle line made whe1
the center of the paper was determined
The first double fold is made by folding
the further side of the sheet as it is LEFT
after the single fold, back upon the outer
edge of the latter. The second double
fold is then made by. folding what is now
double upon what is triple To obtair
the star, now make cut with scissors
on straight line diagonally across from
the apex TO the extreme outer lower point
Of the fold. The cut may be made from
either regular side of the triangle The
eye must be the guide as to acuteness OF
obtuseness of the angles of the star. \
very little practice will soon enable one
to cut one of these stars with entire accu
racy. Comparison of a star so made Will
a geometric star will show it to be far more
symmetrical and graceful than the stiff
mathematical product - -Chicqqo Herald
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
congratulation to the people of the districts
affected that this Commission has been
appointed.-lftning and Scientific Press.
Food COlOrings.

Annatto for coloring butter is liable to
many adulterations, some of them danger
Gus, and since most of the dangerous
adulterations to which it is liable, e. g., red
lead, are not soluble in alcohol. and de-
composing organic matter, bacteria, etc.,
would also be excluded, it is less objection
able in an alcoholic solution than when
used as paste or powder.
The eoloring of milk or of pastry is al
most sure to be with some ulterior object
either to conceal original defect in quality,
or to substitute some less expensive ingredi-
ent. The coloring of ice cream is almost
sure to be done to enable the maker to dis
pense with fruits. 1t may be laid down
that whenever the color may serve the
purpose Of concealing in any way the
quality of the article, or giving it an ap-
pearance of higher grade than it would be
without color, the use of it is fraud. In
all cases, there should be entire publicity
as to the nature of the colors used-Dr.
Henry LetmGnn