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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-06
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

8. O. E. L. southwor,h. Dentists, Sac.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-06

The Harrison and Morton Glee Club
Division will meet THIS EVENING at Head
quarters, on Fourth street, for rehearsal. All
members are requested to be present.
ELWO0D BRUNER, President.
". C. MCNEELY. SeorefarY
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11
Roman Catholic Missions.

Some of the Protestant papers are
calling attention to the fact that, while
Protestants are appealing and coaxing
men to go to the heather us mission
aries, the Roman Catholic Church is
hard at work and her missionaries are
abroad in all lands. In China there
are 483, 403 baptized converts, 47 Euro
pean missionaries, 281 native priests,
2,429 churches and chapels, 1,779 COL
]eges and schools with 25,219 scholars,
and 33 seninaries with 654 seminarists.
In Corea, Japan, Manchooria and
Thibet, the church has 13O European
and Is native priests, 227 churches and
chapels, and II, 254 baptized Christians.
In the Indo-China peninsula, there are
reported 694, 286 Catholics, and in India,
1,185,5S8 Catholics. The grand total
of the working forces in these countries
is 2,440, 481 baptized Catholics, 1858
missionaries and native priests, 1928
churches and chapels, 4,469 colleges
and schools with 1l2, 1859 scholars, and
76 seminaries with 2,746 seminarists.-
NJ Y SU7t -..' g..
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11
MILLIONS FOR CHARITY.
Baron Hirsch's Munihcent Gift for the
Benefit of Russian Jcws.

Baron Hirsch's Munihcent Gift for the
Benefit of Russian Jcws.
One of the most munificent gifts ever
made by a rich man during his lifetime
is that of Baron Hirsch. He has given
$10,OOO,O00 to the Emperor of Russia to
found in Russia primary schools for
Hebrews and 100000 to be at the dis
posal of the Gar for works Of charity.
This money was offered to the Emperor
three months ago, but with the formal
tiles that monarchs will insist on has
only just been accepted. The three
months delay was caused by the En-
peror going to Copenhagen. He in
structed his Minister of the Interior to
report on the offer when the Emperor
should return to Russia. The report
has been made, and the gift has been ac-
cepted. The $40, 100000 has been placed
in the Bank of England, and Baron de
Rothschild and Baron de Worms have
been appointed trustees for the money.
The interest on this money, which will
be about $500,000 annually, is to be de,
voted to the maintenance of schools for
Hebrews. One thousand of these
schools will be opened, and they will
be able to educate in each school fifty
children, or in all $4,000 children.
Baron Hirsch is one of the wealthiest
Hebrews in Europe and has always
been famous for the large sums OF
money he has given to charities. He has
been particularly generous to the He
brews in Europe. He was born in Mu-
Mich, but now lives in Paris with his
wife. He had one son, but he died a
few months ago. It is estimated that
the Baron is worth $50, 900, and
this enormous fortune he has accumu-
lated himself, chiefly through invest
ments in Turkish railroads. For some
time Baron Hirsch has expressed great
sympathy with the Hebrews in Russia.
There are about 100000 there. He
thinks that if they are we'll educated
that things will change for them. and
they will be much happier, and for
this purpose he has given one-eighth
of his entire fortune.-M. 7. Mail and
Express.
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11
AN IMMENSE CLAIM.
A Suit for the Recovery of Forty Million
Dollars Worth of Property.

A Suit for the Recovery of Forty Million
Dollars Worth of Property.
Some St. Louis attorneys are now
preparing documents for forty claim
ants who are to bring suit for the re-
covery of $40,000,000 of property To-
catedin the heart of that city, and COM
prising twenty blocks lying chiefly be-
tween Third street on the east, Jeffer-
son avenue on the west, Olive street on
the north, and Pine street on the south
The claimants are some of the heirs of
Jean B. Becquette. The property is
known as survey 901. and was con-
firmed to the legal representatives of
Becquette by an act of Congress passed
April 20, 1916. The land was surveyed
in 1926, and the survey returned to the
recorder of land titles for the United
States in July, 1928. According to the
record in the case, Marguerite Hortiz
(born Becquette). in August, 1885, con-
veyed all her interest in said land to John
B. Lucas. Lucas interest, it is assert
ed, was only an undivided half there
in. Marie Barada (born Becquette)
and her children, it seems, were heirs
also to one undivided half of the prop
erty, and it is her descendants who are
now about to take measures to enforce
their rights and claim to this undivided
half This means that the title to more
than $40, 900, 900 worth of property will
be tested. One of the attorneys who
has the matter in charge, N. O. Gray,
was at one time one of Mrs. Myra Clark
Gaines lawyers, and has for number
ofyears been connected with important
land litigations in Missouri. Some of the
finest and costliest private residences,
banks and business houses of St.
Louis are situated on the disputed terri
tory. fhe ground is valued at $50, O,OOO,-
600, and the buildings at $10,000,o00.
Some very nice and intricate questions
will come up in the course of the litiga-
ton; but, it is a well-known fact of
law that the statute of limitations
never runs against tenant in common,
and if it can be proven that the heirs
and descendants are and have been ten
ants in common, then their claim can
not be barred; but the question will
hinge upon whether the grantees of
Mrs. Marguerite Hortiz have by their
acts invoked the aid of the statute of
limitations by holding. as against the
heirs of her sister, open and notorious
exclusive possession Of the property in
question. st. Louis Republican.
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11
from real life!' said Mildred, with

low sigh.
'In what respect, Miss Boyce?"
She looked at him from under her
lashes. 'Why, the musician doesn't
stop when disappointment comes in
the shape of interrupted resolution,
and people in novels never give up
when obstacles come before them.''
''Wellp" Percy Blake was evidently
somewhat puzzled.
"But real people do"
'Do they?" in listless tone.
"Of course they do. You do! You
turn away from your purpose just as
soon as the least thing happens
Percy Blake gave sudden start.
An electric shock seemed to dart
through his whole being, and wild
look of hope came into his face. Seiz.
ing both of Mildred's hands, he ex.
claimed: mildred, do not trifle will,
me. Are you sure you understand how
much love youP Will you give me
the right to make it plain to youp"
"Ah," she murmured. ''hcre is the
point of unrest again! Let the answer
be what you will"
Tho moist and lustrous eyes beamed
on him, and the pouting lips were SO
tempting and convenient that he ac-
cepted the permission. and took his
answer in way that was altogether
blissful.
And thus. with the aid of his beauti-
full pupil, did Percy Blake find solu-
ton to the most interesting problem
in interrupted resolution that he had
ever encountered.-O s. Adanas, in
Hurper's Weeklu.
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11
A GOOD YEAR.

: ut has been a good yearr'
So the farmer said, as the heavy vain
He helped unload OF its golden grain.
''I've had wind and food, it Is true, and yet
I've all, know, I've right to get.
Kind Mother Nature has used me we'll
The shining grain in my barns can tell.
, 1t has been good year"
, ut has been good year,"
So the merchant said, as the wintry day
It's curtain dropped; "Well, know men say
That the times are hard and I've losses had,
But ut homo I've troop of faces glad
To cheer me at night from my weary care;
And, surely, each one some load must bear.
1t has been good year!"
ut has been a good yearr"
So the mother said, as she counted DER
The dimpled faces, and from the floor
Picked tiny garments, and smoothed away
The tumbled clothes till another day;
1--WE have one wee lamb in the upper fold
Away from sorrow and sin and cold;
She is fostered now by q tender hand,
And she feels no want in that sunny land"
And tho tears fell down in a tender rain,
Her heart beat still to the sweet refrain,
1T has been good year"
And childhood counted the glad days spent
In laughter, or hours to mischief lent;
And many boasted of golden gain,
And some of a record free from stain;
But they who the worthiest year had known
Were they who before the hearts high throne
Had felt that the bestowed treasures must 20
Had felt in the dark the head bow low,
And had known the strain of the breaking
thread
That, severed, had meant: ''Thy past is dead y
And then had known Of the peace and rest,
And had felt that the way of Right was best
1t has been good year!
-lVettie j. Hunt, in CHICAGO STANDARD,
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11

The chances of life are thus SET
down: Out Of every 1000 men twenty
five of them die annually. One-hah
those who are born die before they at.
tain the age of seven years. The men
able to bear arms form fourth of the
inhabitants Of country. More old
men are found in elevated situations
than in valleys and plains. The num-
ber of inhabitants of a city or county is
renewed every thirty years. The pro-
portions between the deaths of women
and those of men is 100 to 10S. The
probable duration Of female lives is
sixty years, but after that period the
calculation is more favorable to them
than to men.
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11
GIVING UP DESERTERS,
Representatives of Two Nations Demon
strate How Not to Do It.

Representatives. Oh Two N0ClO0S DomOn-
strate How Not to Do It.
"A few years ago the flagship Of the
European squadron put into Malta for
repairs. The Mediterranean is a de-
lightful sea in ordinary weather, the
cities are attractive, their authorities
are hospitable, and ships on that Sta
ton stand in need of good deal of
repairing. Our stay at Malta was not
rs agreeable as usual this time. Half
4 dozen of our men deserted. They
were seen on the streets, their hiding
places ascertained. and the Admiral
wrote polite request to the Governor
that they be arrested and returned to
the ship. In due time a reply was re-
ceived. The Governor regretted that
his Interpretation of treaties and inter-
national law would not justify him in
making the arrests. He found no men-
ton in the treaties between Great
Britain and the United States of any
return of deserters from the public
service of either. and therefore was
unable to lend any assistance to the re-
capture of the men, nor to arrest, nor
consent to their arrest in Malta. We
sailed in huff: No sooner had we
got into blue water than commo-
ton was observed in the forecastle.
This commotion extended to the
quarterback, when eight British
soldiers in undress uniform marched
aft. making their way through the
staring crew, halted before the officer
of the deck, saluted, and stood at atten-
ton in the regular Tommy Atkins style.
The astonished officer asked who they
were and what they wanted. With the
utmost GOODNESS the leader replied:
"Deserters, if you please, sir; from
Malta, sir; want to go to the States, sir,
to settle there.'
"'Do you know that we do not enlist
deserters?'
"'Yes, sir; but we heard that there
was ''no treaty provision for the return
of deserters from the public service of
either.'''
This was an exact quotation from
the Governors letter, and an audible
smile ran round the group of officers.
Nobody knew exactly what to do with
the deserters. They were sent forward
and shifted for themselves. The sailors
somehow provided them with naval
clothing. After short passage under
sail we reached Alexandria, where we
found dispatch from the Governor Of
Malta, sent by a swift steamer, request
ing the return of the deserters. The
Admiral at once replied that, there
being no treaty provision for the return
of desorters from the public service of
either country, he must decline to COM
ply. The deserters were sent out of
the ship, but we enlisted eight men at
Alexandria who bore striking rcaem-
blauce to the English soldiers. They
proved excellent men, and were lost
sight of in the rest" "-Boston 1%an-
script.
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11
The Old Lady's Custom.

Old Lady Gn drug store)-D'ye
know, young man, I've stood here like
a monument fer over ten minnits fer
somebody to wait on me? If ye can't
hire clerks enough, I'll go somewhere
else.
Young Man (humbly)-Sorry, ma am
but we're very busy. am at your
disposal now; what can do for youp
Old Lady-You kin give me two.
cent stamp, an be quick about it,
Life.
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11

The man who absconded with
red-hot stove has been eclipsed by a
Denver individual who jumped a
cemetery. The citizens are talking Of
compromising with him by giving him
a burial plat and planting him in it,
San Francisco Alta. 81 r.
Mower County transcript., 1888-01-11
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS,

Marriage certificates with divorce
coupons are being introduced in Chi
cago, and are becoming very popular.
It'd Bits.
When you have to pay one dollar
an hour for one-horse sleigh, it's easy
to understand what is meant by a rev.
enue cutter.-Duluth ParagrapAer.
Husband (dressing) "Where in
the world are my boots, my dcar?''
Wife-"On the mantelpiece where you
left them last night. IN. y Sun.
Every man has his own part to act,
has his own interest to consult, has af-
fairs of his own to manage, which his
neighbor has no call to scrutinize.
The London Lancet tells show to
lie when asleep" If it will teach some
people how to keep from lying when
awake it will do public service.-De-
troit Free Press.
Beauty deprived of its proper foils
and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as
beauty, just as light deprived of all
shadow ceases to be enjoyed as Light
Ruskim.
Wonder If She Missed It,
We praised the blush on beautys cheek,
Last eve with words that tell;
That blush, this morn, o wond'rous freak,
Is here on our lapel!
Puck
Some young ladies who own the,
name are said to spell Edith" with
''y.' Thys US pyce of sylly afecta-
tyon that wyll not be generally copyed
vt Us hoped. ed.-Norristow Herald
1t is the glorious prerogative of
the empire of knowledge that what it
gains it never loses. On the contrary
it increases by the multiple of its own
power; all its attainnents help to new
conquests.
An agricultural exchange asks,
''Do you know that the hog feeds reg
ularly?" Yes, he sits at the next table
to us, and he is there three times day,
as regularly as the steward rings the
| bell.-Dakota Blizzard.
"A column and a half telegraphic
report Of a football match was omitted
yesterday by the night editor to make
room for a prize-fght, the description
of the latter having a lesser tendency
to disgust the average reader.-Men-
phis avalanche.
1t is we'll enough to wish to be con-
| sidered the cream of society, my son,
but remember that it is the scum that
oftentimes comes to the top; and while
you are about it, it is we'll enough to
recollect that among lumbermen the
| first cut is always a slab. whatever it
may be in polite society.-Boston Tram
script.
First Omaha Youth-''What's the
matter? Got day Off" Second Oma-
ha Boy-':No. I've resigned" "What
for:?" ':Nearly worked to death. The
store was always crammed full of Gus
toners and it just kept me on the jump
all day. Couldn't stand it, But
what are you going to do now?'' Il
shall try to get a place in some store
that don't advertise. Omaha Worla
Didn't t want his life insured: Insur-
ance Agent-'H you insure in our
company, you will get your money
back in your old age when you need it.
III will have a good income when you
are aged.' His Victim-''I shan need
it. am sure OF good income in my
old age. NV business assures it?'' In
surance Agent-''Why, what do you
do?" His Victim-'I am a magazine
writer. I am not paid for my articles
until after their publication. Ny old
age is all fixed. What want is pres
ent income. .'-Puck.
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07
Let Us Remember Home.

Let us make flannel shirts for the
Hottentots, interest ourselves in mighty
charities, or become, in word, models
of public spirit. But let us not quite
forget our homes. In our homes are
lips that often and often will yearn for
cups of cold water, and sad, weary
hearts will gladden. and grow fresh
again when the cup is given unasked
by thoughtful, loving hand. The
small offerings cost so little there is
nothing in the world that costs 80 little
and is yet so priceless. The fire burn
ing brightly upon the hearth, the fa-
vorite dish upon the table, the cold
water to the humble laborer when even
ing calls him home, and the baby lifted
from the mothers tired arms, strong
hand at the heavy kettle, an apprecia-
tive word for the capital bread and the
nice tea, this is the cup returned full
and overfowing that half banishes the
cares of the day, and brings new light
into loving eyes. The old-fashioned
song played and sung for the silver
haired father, the ready fingers that
thread the needle for grandma's fading
eyes, the word of tender cheer for the
grieved chile, these are such little
cups, and yet they are so blessed =
st Louis 'Maoasiaae.
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07
Buttermilk as an Aid to Oratory.

When I went into Col Attorneys
dairy opposite the treasury to get my
daily sandwich I saw the Hon. John
Randolph Tucker of Virginia drinking
something out of one of the white china
mugs Col. Alderney serves his milk in.
When I expressed my astonishment
that such famous vivant should be
drinking plain, everyday milk, he ex-
planned that he was not-that in point
of fact it was buttermilk. "Buttermilk
and !" said he, "are old friends. We
have made many political campaign
together. Why, fused to be called the
'buttermilk candidate all through my
district. When I went to speak some
good fellow would come up with Z
have pitcher of buttermilk here for
you why, so have T. some other
fellow would say, and so would usually
start in with half a gallon of butter
milk on draught. It's the best drink
you can possibly take when you are
making public speech. Water in
flames the tender throat, but butter
milk cools and lubricates it-and, be-
sides, it is full of nourishment, and that
is all-important sometimes. Henry A.
Wise told me of it first in 1866, when I
was just beginning my public life, and
have thanked him for it ever since
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07
Summers Hatred Of Scandal.

It was maxim with him to say nothing
but good of the absent and dead. Not that
he would fail to criticise men as we'll as
measures, but he was an absolute enemy
to scandal and gossip; and he would often
go to the verge of Endorsement in defend.
ing the absent.
aBut, Senator" a friend once said, wher
thus put on the defensive, @Pve heard yor
say as much to his face"
aTo his face, yes!" was the reply.
Sometimes, when others in his presence
would fail into gossiping vein, he op-
posed the protest of absolute silence to the
tone the talk had taken. 1t was curious to
note the wet blanket effect his attitude
would have on the conversation. He would
not change the subject; he simply stared at
the speaker and left him to say the next
word.
s He was absolutely of clean, pure mind.
EmArson said, @He was the whitest soul I
oIef knew" So far as am aware. no one
.ysntufed to tell risque story In his pres
enoe. It II said OF him that at q dinner
liable he Quenched raconteur Who becan
something by saying, II will venture TO
tell you good story, as there are no ladies
present -aby saying, But, sir, there are
gentlemen present =" Arnold Rxr0es
s}okasOA IN he COsM0politan.
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07
Anti0uity of TeIegrapiy.

A correspondent of the French jour-
nal, Cosmos, states that in a curious
old work printed at Paris in 1922 there
occurs a remarkable passage, in which
the following is a translation: "We
may also tell you of this great and
wonderful secret, which a certain Ger
man has shown to King Henry, and
who, by his industry and dexterity, is
able to speak with those who are far
away, and this by means of the magnet.
He first rubs together two needle mag
nets, and then places them each sep
arately upon two clock dials, around
which are engraven the twenty-four let
ters of the alphabet. If, then, they
wish to spAak together, or make
each other understood what they would
desire, they move one hand around un-
til it has pointed to the letters
whichi are necessary to make the
words and sentences that they would
say, and as they turn one needle SO also
the distant needle turns, making al
ways the same movement. The king
seeing this wonderful secret forbade
him to divulge it, fearing that thus
WOulu De opened very dangerous COM
munication between the armies of his
enemies and their besieged towns"
The title page of the work in which the
above passage is said to occur ION the
247th page) is as follows: "L'incredu-
lite ct naescrea,ace daI s0rtilege plai,se-
nlerat co1svGi7acue Par P. de Z Ancre,
co7aseilIer du Roy en- SON conseil d
Estat Paris. Chez Nicholai Boon,
rue Sainct-Iacqaes. a Z e'asegne Sainet
Claude ct de T. Honln1e Sauatage.
MDCXX1L The notion that two
needles by being rubbed to-
gether would afterwards move in
sympathy find place in more than one
book of marvels of the seventeenth
century, but the above date is, we be-
Iieve the earliest to which it has yet
been traced. Electrician.
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07
Rough on the Counsel.

The following experience of q 1awyox
was related by himself to the writer
many years ago:
He said-I was defending prisons
for horse stealing, and seeing no othe<
means of defending him under the cir
cumstances, I set up the plea of -
sanity. argued it at length, xo1E
many extracts from works on medier1
jurisprudence, and had the patient -
tention of the Court. The prosecu1fdH
counsel did not attempt to reply 20 NY
argument or controvert my authoritio6<' E
I seemed to have things my own NJ
and whispered to the prisoner th&<
needn't be uneasy. 81 %
Then came the Judges CHARGE
which he reminded the jury that tEoE1
was no dispute between counsel g ~
the facts of the case. Indeed, tbMo
could not have been, for severakF Wit
nesses had sworn positively that .thoy
saw my client steal the horse. But
concluded the Court, @the plea Of Fl
sanity has been set up, and I ch11
you, gentlemen of the jury, I'll +;
should receive your very grave and -
ous deliberation but must be al1oU
to say, gentlemen, that for my1 &
upon review of the whole case g
discover no traces of insanity on
part of the prisoner, except, perhap
the selection of his counsel W6et)
Erchd7a0e
Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07
BRICK DUST.

HONESTY is something that always
bides it's time.
THE fattest cow did not always stop
at the first gate.
BENEvOLENCE begins with trifles
and ends with God.
Do not keep cats unless you are will
ing to be scratched.
A STRUCTURE never rose higher than
the ambition of the architect.
THE one who sows the seed is more
to be feared than the harvester.
THE bird that knows how high it can
fly is wiser than some statesmen.
WE have never yet been dissappoin-
ted when relying only on ourselves.
No matter if others do not under
stand you, if you understand yourself.
The editor who reflects public opin-
ion correctly is always reflected against.
THE man who has the most money is
often poorer than he who has but little.
GOD gives us no credit for help we do
not extend until it is too late to benefit.
IL ItqulIoS 1dI 1858 tuOIt VI luUolloCG
to utter falsehood than to advance a
truth.
THE large ship that rots on shore is
worth far less than the small one that
sinks at sea.
THE man who first began to improve
fruit was worth more to the world
than to himself.
IT is better to wait for clean W ater
than to soil orr dipper in that which
is impregnated with filth and disease.
If men never married until they
could properly support and educate
children, humanity would not be so
shabby as it is.