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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-20
Mrs. railing Held to ANSWER.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19th.-[Special. =
Mrs. Falling, who fatally shot her husband
last Sunday while he was out riding with
another woman, was examined in the
Police Court to-day, and as result of the
examination she was held to answer to a
charge of murder before the Superior Court,
with bail fixed at $4,000.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-20

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19th.-[Special. =
Morris M. Estee, appointed Viticultural
Commissioner by Governor Waterman,
vice Arpad Haraszthy, has declined the
honor. 1t is stated that Mr. Estee pleaded
his inability to attend to the duties of the
office, owing to his private business and
law practice, as the reason for his declina-
ion
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-20
TOO SUSPICIOUS.

Coiored Citizen Who Evidently Has
No Faith in Clergymen.
ST.. LOUIS, April 19th.--A special to the
ost-Dispatch from Saradia, Miss, saws
Edward Caesar (colored), man of consid.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-20
Jottings from Sonoma.
ICopuiaat, 1855. 1u he California Associated Pre-,

oPyIIy1' -oo Oy le CaIJo77lta dSSoctdled Iress.
SoNoMA, April 19th.-The weather has
been very pleasant the past week, the morn
ings foggy and the afternoons warm and
bright. The fog is of great benefit to the
vineyards, as it keeps off the frost, which
generally makes its appearance in the val
ley during this month. The prospects for
large fruit crop are very fattering.
The work of laying rails on the Santa
Rosa and Carquinez Railroad is being
pushed through with great rapidity. Con-
struction trains now run within ten miles
of Santa Rosa. Great efforts are being
made to complete the road by the 1st of
June, as $4,000 will be forfeited by the
contractor if the road is not in running or
der by that time.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
Some Biblical Data.

From Chambers Journal.
Verses in the Old Testament, 49,
A1,
Verses in the New Testament, T.
656.
The books of the Old Testament, 80.
The books of the New Testament,
q.
Words in the Old Testament, 1922
430.
Letters in the New Testament, $685.
800.
Words in the New Testament, 49,
253.
Chapters in the Old Testament, 626.
Letters in the Old Testament, 2,
72S, 1OO.
Chaptersin the New Testament,
260.
The word Jehovah" occurs $685.
times.
The middle book of the Old Tesla.
ment is Proverbs.
The middle chapter Of the Old Tes'
lament is Job xxx.
The middle verse of the New Tes
lament is Acts xii, II.
The shortest verse in the New TIES
lament is John XII, So.
The longest verse in the Old Tesla
ment is Esther viii, 8.
The middle book of the New Tesla
ment is II Thessalonians.
The middle chapter and shortest il
the Bible is Psalm cxvii.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
A Clerical Society for the Promotion OF
Burial Reform.

A Clerical Society for the Promotion OF
Burial Reform.
The Episcopal clergymen Of New
York, under the advice Of Bishop Pot
ter, have organized an association for
the promotion of burial reform. The
first purpose is to do away with the ex-
travagance of funeral expenditures.
Most burials are unnecessarily expen-
sive, by reason of costly burial caskets,
and numerous carriages and people 60
to an expenditure which their means do
not justify. Besides, there are sanitary
considerations, such as are leading to
tho growth of the cremation sentiment.
One of the aims Of the new association
will be to abolish the use Of close
collins and metallic burial cases, and
the substitution Of wicker-basket or
paper-mache coverings, so that "dust
to dust will have o literal and whole
some meaning.
Bishop Potter made the following re-
marks after the various points had
been discussed at the first meeting: II
am in entire sympathy with this move
ment, and it will receive my hearty and
active cooperation. 1 trust the organ
ization will be so formed as to include
representatives of all religious de-
nominations, to the end that its work
may be made as effective and far-reach-
ing as possible. 1t will be necessary to
bear in mind that at every step the or
ganization will be fought by powerful
combinations of tradesmen, whose in
comes this movement will tend to
diminish, and whose hostility, there
fore, may be confidently predicted. 1t
IS my belief that the methods of inter-
ment at present in vogue are vicious,
and that the highest type of Christian
burial will only be attained when the
administration of cemeteries is placed
entirely in the hands of the church. y
MiLt0aukee Sentinel.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
They Do Not Pay Cash.

In Australia a credit of six months
is generally allowed.
In Asia Minor a credit of but two
or three weeks Is in most cases all
that is allowed.
In France four months accept
ance is required to be sent in settle
ment of the invoice.
In Cuba the time fixed for pay
ment is generally from four to five
months after the delivery of the
goods.
In the Bermudas accounts are set
tied but once year. The 3Oth of
June is the day usually fixed for the
payments.
In Austria it is scarcely possible to
do business without allowing very
long credit, which is nearly always
six months. "
In Turkey even objects of prime
necessity are sold on credit, and in
this country, as well as in Russia, the
time allowed is in most cases twelve
months. g aa Htlte
In Mexico the large commercial
houses willingly give credit of from
six to eight months, and in the retail
trade longer terms are given custom.
ers in which to settle their accounts.
The consul-general of the United
States at Rio states that one of the
greatest drawbacks to commercial
intercourse with Brazil lies in the
necessity of allowing too long a cred
it. AT Rio, as at Buenos Ayres, min
imum credit is six months. Hfa
In Costa Rica a credit of from six
to twelve months is given in case of
merchandise imported from Europe,
in order that goods may be easily and
quickly disposed of. But since this
system Of credit has often led to losses
it is now being given up. f
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
Luxuriant Hair

Can only be preserved by keeping the
scalp clean, cool, and free from dam
draft, and the body in a healthful
condition. The great popularity Of
Ayers Hair Vigor is due to the fact
that 1t cleanses the scalp, promotes the
growth Of the hair, prevents 1t from
falling out, and gives it that soft and
silky gloss 80 essential to perfect beauty.
Frederick Hardy Of Roxbury, Mass,
agentleman fifty years Of age. was fast
losing his hair, and what remained was
growing gray. After trying vatious
dressings with no effect. lie commenced
the use OF Ayers Hair vigor. 1T
stopped the falling out" he writes;
land, to my great surprise, converted
my white hair without staining the
scalp) to the same shade Of brocn il
had when was % years of age."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
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THE HIGHEST DUTY.

Too long the warriors bloody brow
has worn the wreath Of fame,
No longer shall the nations bow
And tremble al his name;
Too long, like savages of old,
Have servile millions bowed,
Where souls with swords were bought and
sold, .a
While trumpets prayed SO loud.
The conqueror in Ambitions war
Shall share the felon's doom, #
Bellona's grim triumphal car
Shall bear him to the tomb;
Only the patriot soldier, he
Who to the rescue flies,
Who Yields the sword for liberty,
And for his country dies,
Or lives victorious Ger her foes,
And at her feet lays down
His falchion at the conflicts close,
Is worthy of crown: -t'" '
And yet there is nobler cause,
A nobler name than his @
Or theirs who frame nations laws
A loftier rank there is.
To him, whose hands the orphan fed, @
Beside fathers bier,
Who DER the ashes of the dead
Hath dried the Widows tear;
Him, from whose generous open hand,
Responsive to each call,
As showers upon thirsty land, sa.
Rich floods of blessing fall; sf
Who freely gives the cup of good,
Full, even to the brim, l 1H@
Does to all others as he would
That they should do to him;
Him, at whose word the lofty dome
Der castle walls arise,
O'ershadowing cen the humblest home
Like the o'er.arching skies;
Who to the hungry giveth bread,
Shall gain worlds renown;
His, his the glory.haloed head
Humanity shall crown! .U.
The hottest duty is to give, m
Give freely while we can;
The noblest life that man can live
Is while he lives for man.
-Knighfs Journal.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.
NO mar fails whn diestrvinp


NO man fails who diestrying.
On the elevated situations of for
tune, The great calamities Of life chiefly
fall. 81 A
1t is far better to educate persons
to keep out of sin than to convert them
out.
-,fhe dead elephant Alice was dis
sected at Hartford and 800 pennies
found in her stomach. 1t is believed
she had started a monument fund.-
Omaha Bee. M ~ fH
Presence of mind is all well enough
in some cases, but when man finds
himself in danger of freezing to death
he shouldn't try to keep too COOL
Epoch.
Pm goin' to leave, mum!'' "What
forp am sure l have done all the
work myself, in order to keep CIR"
"Well, mum, ther works not done to
suit mer'-Puek.
Milton was asked If he intended to
instruct his daughters in the different
languages-to which he replied, mo,
sir, one tongue is sufficient for a
woman. Salem Standard. rsoi
Women are bothersome creatures
sometimes and cause US no end of
trouble. but after all, what would we
men do If we hadn't somebody to whom
we can attribute all our faultsp
knowledge which Came too Late. -
imagined Maria had thousands 80,
Laid up in strong vaults;
welded, and find she has millions eF
or faults.
tta. -7Id-Bis
-rInquisitive people are the tunnels
Of conversation: they do not take in
any thing for their own use. but merely
to pass it to another. Steele.
-Mistress-"Why, Mary, / told you
to make up my room an hour ago, and
here 1t is in terrible disorder. Mary
-"Yis, mum, an did make it up; but
the master came in to put on clane
collar, mum, and he lost the button. ~
Epoch.
Voice (from under sofa)-"From
this time forth, shall cease to call you
wife; you have beaten me shamefully,
and / have still enough of the spirit Of
man left within me to remain here
until you apologize for your conduct !"
Judge. 81.
Paris has taken up the crusade
against the high hat at the theater and
"a bas les chspeaux" is heard on every
hand.-Erchange. This is a bas les fab
rication. There are women who could
not enjoy play al theater if they did
not have high hats on their heads, and
such women are going to wear high
hats when and where they please. ~
o. Reayune. T
You must remember, my daugh-
ter, you are only a little girl. can't
think Of letting you wear long dresses
yet" "But, mamma, am as tall as
you are" 'Is that possibleP" "Then
measure" "Sure enough, my child,
you are. How fortunate! Now you
can hang out the washing just as well
as I can. "-Chicaqo Netos.
The play was drawing to close,
and the bad man was just about falling
to the earth transfxed by the bullet Of
the hero. The villain cast wild look
over the house, and cried, Hold! Al
least let me die in peace. Wait till the
suburbans who have trains to catch gel
out! Grant ME this my dying request.
1t was granted. Ten minutes later he
fell headlong, and expired in artistic
agony. Then the curtain fell, and the
house was emptied silently and with
many a sob of sympathy. Bosto,
Transcript.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
Deaf When Not on His Engine.

Columbus Journal.
Some time ago an engineer on the
Little Miami railroad was suspended
because, after having been examined
by DIR. Clark, he was found to be
quite deaf. The engineer claimed at
the time that he could hear every
thing while running his engine, but
the doctor found that in a still room
he could not hear an ordinary CONVEX
sation a foot away. The engineer
lives at Cincinnati, and received treat
ment in that city for his disease, but
without any special benefit. After
being suspended eight months the
engineer again came to DIR. Clark and
insisted that he could hear perfectly
while on moving engine. The doc
tor thought he would test the case,
and, accompanying the man to Gin
cinnati, he made number of expert
ments with him on engines. The re-
suit was that the doctor found that
the engineer was not only telling the
truth in regard tothe matter, but also
that the deaf man could hear low re-
marks and whispers on moving en-
CINE that even DIR. Clark's keen ear
failed to catch. The engineer was
reinstated to his former place.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
Ayers Hair vigor,
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24

English SPAWN Liniment removes
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
Why the American Novel is Lacking

N. o. Picayuns.
Who will write the typical Ameri-
can novel, and when? Critics agree,
and justly, that 1t has never yet been
produced. There have been and are
many writers of fiction in the United
States and they have produced mat
ter of more or less merit. They have
delineated many peculiarities of
American character, but all is provin-
cial, local, limited, sectional.
The Yankee, the southerner, the
westernman, the pioneer of the prai-
rie or of the mountains, the Califor-
MIA miner, the "cracker" of the Ten
nessee mountains or of the Georgia
pine woods. the Kansas "squatter"
and the cowboy" of the cattle
ranges, lastly the negro and Indian
savage have all been made to figure
in American fiction, but they are
only individual types. They are
American only in reference to geo.
graphical distribution but not in any
large and general sense, for outside
the narrow limits in which they are
known they are mere curiosities.
They do not constitute the coexisting
elements of a settled social state any
more than the exotics assembled in a
dollhouse represent the trees and
flowers of natural landscape.
The fact is there is no truly charac-
teristic American race of people. The
Americans are made up of tumble
of all races from which national pc
culiarties have not been thoroughly
eliminated. So far from it, the for
eign characteristics are preserved and
propagated by constant accessions Of
fresh population from the various for.
eign countries. Ifthere be 40 homo.
geneous American race, then there
can be no broad or universally recog-
nized characteristics of American So
cial life. Fiction, which would de.
lineate it if it existed, is powerless tc
createit
Dickens and Thackeray painted
the various classes of English society
as they exist side by side and con
temporaneously. The American type:
do not exist in juxtaposition, but are
found in localities oftentimes widely
separated. Incidents of the early
settlement of the continent, events o
Creole life, of the California mines
of adventurea among the wild Indians
of the revolutionary and civil war
and the like furnish ample material
fer American romance, but not fol
the American novel as is vigorously
prescribed by the best canons of crit
cisms.
The field of American romance il
marvelously rich and will one day
find a master of word magic like ST
Walter Scott, mayhap a dozen o
them, to develop its wonderou
wealth; but the American novels
, maynot hope to find his true sphereuI
, til there shall be truly American rae,
to evolve system of society, complex
, but unified, which shall characterize
) ically present all the features o
American life. Then also there will
! arisea genuine school of American
art in painting and music. What W,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24

One of New York's most famous
physicians, DIR. Willard Parker,
makes the astounding statement that
one-third of the deaths in New York
city are the result, directly or indi-
rectly, of the use of alcohol, and that
in the last thirty-eight years 10000
persons have died of its use in that
city.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24

1t is worn DER many loyal heart,
Der hearts that are good and true,
To help the SHINING away from the dark,
And give them life anew. N,+
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
w. c. y. COLUMN.
Edited and Compiled by the Woman $
a, Christian temperance Union.
THE WHITE RIBBON.
HATTIE F. CROKER.

1t is only knot OF ribbon white,
As white and as pure as the snow;
1t shines and CLEANS like beacon light
In the worlds dark valley of woe.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
Ten. Years Younger.

Mrs. Mary Montgomery, Of Boston,
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to wear a dress cap to conceal bald
spot on the crown of my head but now
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could hardly trust my senses when I
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1t is, and am delighted. look ten
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q persevering trial and strict attention
to cl anly and temperate habits.
an ass
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24
DTNuT " Rewarded are those who
hlOIlul read this and then act; they

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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24

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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24

The chaplain of the Massachusetts,
State Prison says: "Ofthe men here
the greater portion would be glad to
vote for a prohibitory law. They
realise their weakness and desire
such a law to strengthen them in
their resistance to the seductions Of
the cup which has been their bane
and curse. When about being dis
charged, in answer to the hope ex'
pressed that they will do well they
often say: ~ shall do well enough Il
/ can let liquor alone. If l can re-
sist when urged to drink or can go tc
some place where I can't get it,
shall do well enough"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24

have now is imported or else a reflex
which is but little more than mere
imitation.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-24

"Whisky is good in its place there
is nothing like whisky in this world
for preserving a man when he is
dead; but it is one Of the worst things
in the world for preserving a man
when he is living. If you want to
keep dead man, put him in whisky;
if you want to kill a living man, put
whisky into him."