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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28
CHARITABLE COOPERATION AT LAST

The charitable organizations of San
Francisco have at last done what they
should have undertaken years ago, and
that which has been in effective operation
at the East for a long tine. They have
organized themselves TO prevent imposi-
ton upon the charitable generally, and to
check waste and instruction OF charitable
effort. This plan was advocated by the
REcoRp-UNIoN two years ago. and urged
by it upon the attention OF the Convention
of Charities in 1886. But such reforms
move slowly. The REcoRD-UNIoN was
not discouraged that the idea was not at
that time considered fully. 1t was content
with the conviction that sooner or later it
would be adopted, since Its virtue is such
as to commend it to business sense and
administrative caution.
The charitable societies Of San Francisco
have now united in cooperative union,
by which they viii be able to act in har-
mony and each know what the other is do
ing, by system OF frequent reports and
the maintenance of Central Board, with
a publiely-established and ever-open CEN
tral Office. Thus it will scarcely be
possible for two or three societies each to
be furnishing at the same time simple aid
to the same applicant. The central agency
viii become detective bureau, to which
all cases of imposture and professional
beggary viii be reported, and of which the
several societies will be Immediately mott
fed. All the interior charitable societie:
viii be able to unite in this cooperation
and report to the metropolitan association.
all movable cases against which they
should be on guard, and the San Francisco
union in like manner post the interior
organizations concerning ''floating" beggars
On the other hand many cases of desery
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

WHEN DRUNKARDs WERE LIoNIzED.
The reign of George III. of England was
the most openly dissolute period in the
history of Great Britain. State officials
who had acquired regulations for drunk
enness were then The most popular. 1t was
then that govt attained its highest degree
of perfection. A man who did not wear a
split shoe was only under protest admitted
into the circles of polite society. Sir
Philip Francis upon awakening at night
and finding himself sober would immedi-
ately get out of bed and proceed to get
drunk again. Lord Weymouth, after
spending fortune and becoming utterly
worthless, was appointed Secretary of
State in recognition of his abilities as a
drunkard.- Louis Globe Democrat.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

THE GLOW OF LovE.-Wife plead
ingly y" I'm afraid, George, you do not
love me as well as YOU used to do ?n Hus-
band" Why ?" Wife" Because you al
ways let me get up to light the fire" Hus-
band" Nonsense, my love- Your getting
up to light the fire makes me love you ali
the more. "-Boston Courier.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28
SLEEpLESSNESS

Is generally caused by arrangement of the
Stomach and Bowels. To enjoy refreshing sleep
it is necessary that the larger organs of the
body should properly perform their functions
Adults as well as children sometimes eat too
much supper or something that does not agree
with them, producing
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

The REcoED-U UNION is The only paper on
the coast, outside of San FronciscO, that re-
ceires The flu Associated Press dispatches from
all parts Of The ,corld. Outside Of San Fran
cisco has no competitor IN point Of mum
bers in its home aud general circulation
s6ro,,oho,tt the coast.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28
SAN rrANo1sco AaENcIEs.

The paper is for sale at the following places /:
L. p Fisher, Room p. Merchants Exehange,
who Is also Sole Advertising Agent for San
Francisco: Grand and Palace Hotel News
Stands; Market-gtreet Ferry and junction Of
Market and Montgomery street News Stands
So Also. for sale on ali Trains leaving and
coming into Sacramento.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

IL the January number of the Univer-
salist Quarterly Rerier 4 writer, signing
Rev. olney Darling, has proved to the
world how unjust and illiherai even a man
of the pulpit may be. Mr. Darling is a
writer of ability, and, We assume. must be
in sympathy on general lines with literary
workers: but he has run OF into the ab-
surd doctrine that when writer puts the
product of his labor before the world, he
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28

There would be very few windows broken
If they waited for the man without SIN to
cast the first stone,-Ne,e 0fleass Ficayufle.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-28
INDIGESTION,
A Dose of Simmons Liver Regulator will
Give Prompt Relief and Insure
Refreshing Sleep.

my wife having suffered a long time with
Restlessness and Sleeplessness, and having
tried everything recommended without
benefting her, was finally advised to try
Simmons Liver Regulator, and it has acted
like charm. After taking one bottle she
improved so much that sent and bought
half dozen. My wife is now in the enjoy
ment of excellent health. We keep the
Regulator in the house us a family medi-
cine, and recommend ii as the best in the
world. IT. C. HERRING, Twiggs Co Ga.
1yMWS&w1y
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18

quarter. Not the least doubt about
it. That quarter wouldn't go. 1t was
a counterfeit, and recognizable as
such at a glance. It was new, like the
one the conductor took, but q school
child would not have thought it good,
and in the days before Mayor Hewitt
cut short the career of the organ
grinders monkey not n of them
would have putt in his cap. So the
youth mildly suggested that he had
not given the conductor that quarter,
but another.
"You passed it to me right through
the door there. The man next to you
passed me a fifty-ccnt piece and you
passed mea quarter, and | haven't had
it out of my hand since" The youth
admitted all but the last, and the COM
ductor looked as if he had scored a
point. Perhaps the youth would have
stuck the fight out, but he happened
to glance around the car. The pretty
blonde young lady opposite was look
ing at him with scorn, and he distinctly
heard her say to her companion,
What a shame to try and beat a
poor conductor" The men were all
smiling and all evidently on the side
of the conductor" Taking the re-
naming ffty-cent piece the youth
passed that over, together with the
change from the quarter, telling the
conductor he might keep the quarter,
and when that worthy asked what he
should do with it, advised him to
throw it in the street or use it to play
the same game with. He received 40
cents change, and it was only after
considerable argument that the Gen.
ductor could be convinced that 45 were
due. The quarter the conductor put
in his pocket.
The youth did not feel as comforta-
BILE as he did, and he was still regard
ed with distrust by the rest of the pas
sengers. Yet he managed to take a
piece of paper and, half turning his
back on the conductor, make a note on
it, and count the passengers and look
at the register a few times until the
conductor was clearly very uncom-
Portable. Then he jumped off, but
not before he had been assured twice
by the conductor that he would not for
the world have him think that he could
do anything so mean as cheat a pas
senger, that truly the quarter had not
been out of his hand, and that he was
sure he had taken it fright through the
door there" In return the youth adj
vised him the next time not to pass out
change until he looked at what he re-
ceived, and not under any considera-
ton to walk away to the back of the
car and be sc deliberate is discovering
mistakes. And the conductor prom
ised, almost with tears in his eyes, to
heed the lesson. But he had the coun-
terfeit quarter safe in his pocket.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18
a Counterfeit Quarter.

He was q mild youth with a fair
amount of trust in the general honesty
OF humanity and rs cents in his pocket
when he stepped on the front platform
OF a University-place car last Satur-
day, says the New York Times. He
was not mild when he stepped off the
rear platform; had his stock OF trust
materially diminished and As cents in
stead of the 20 he should have had after
paying his fare.
1t is an old trick, and many have
been, and will be victhnized by it.
They may storm or take it quietly,
just as they choose; but they have no
redress in either case unless they can
bear the distrust of their fellow-men.
This particular youth, aftet. standing
a few seconds on the platform. took
out q quarter and passed it through
the hole in the door to the conductor.
That quarter was a good one and a
new one. There was not the slightest
doubt about. The youth had ex-
amined it particularly, for he didn't
know 1T was in his pocket, and when
he found it there, had gazed at the
Well-known eagle on one side and the
sitting goddess of liberty on the other,
much as one gazes at the face of a
friend Unexpectedly met. Mr.. Com
ductor poked back 20 cents, rang up
the fare, and walked to the back Of the
car, apparently satisfied.
Young man, guess that quarter
won't go" He looked up. There
stood the conductor holding out a
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18
Negro Superstition in Africa.

1t was my happiness, last year, to
highly enlightened negro chief, Tetteh
Agamazong by name, but hereditary
chief of Quiah, a region to the north
west of Sierra Leone. and inhabited by
a branch of the great Timneh tribe,
the people from whom we originally
purchased the peninsula on which
Free TowG stands. and who, though
within a few miles of u settlements,
are all Pagans and all, heart and soul
believers in the fetish-man. Himself
a Christian, who had served the En-
glish government, in various capaci-
ties at various points along the west
coast, he was about to return to his
own country and assume the full SOW
ereignty, in the hope that he might be
able gradually to Introduce some few
elements of civilization and Christ
ianity among his people. One Incl
dent, told me, by him, will illustrate
better tnan many pages of disquisition,
the intractable nature of this belief in
fetishes, and the terrible impeachment
that it is to all improvement.
His people believe that certain of
their number have the power of chang
ing themselves into crocodiles-and,
in that shape, carry off those against
whom they have any grudge. One
day a man was brought before him as
king, charged with this offense: ~
shot at and killed a crocodile the other
day" said the accuser, s'and this man,
who was lying asleep in a hammock
near, tumbled out Of it at the moment
when | shot. He must have been in
side the crocodile, and must be put to
death" In vain did the king repre-
sent that, if the accused was in the
hammock, he could not have been in
the crocodile. and, If the crocodile was
killed when the prisoner was concealed
within it, he must have been killed
too, and he could not therefore have
been, at the same time, alive in his
hammock. 1t was no use. "Why,'
asked the accuser triumphantly, t'did
he tumble out of his hammock when /
shot the crocodile, if he and the croc-
odile were rot one and the samep'
And, strangest thing of all, the accused
agreed with the accuser, and confessed
his guilt! What could be doneP The
king could not bring himself to put to
death a man for doing that of which
he knew him to be innocent; nor did
he dare acquit him of having done
what he had himself confessed, and
what his neighbors were now more
than ever convinced he had often done
before. he adjourned the matter till
his visit to England should be over, in
the faint, and ! fear the forlorn, hope
that something or other might, in the
meantime, ''turn up" to save tho I'M
happy man.-N5neteenM Century.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18

A College Presidents Reprimand.

An old Bowdoin graduate says:
President Leonard Wood was a
capital man, whose great abilities did
much 20 build up the college. / well
remember a severe reprimand which
hezonce ave me. Acrowd of us had
been round a few evening before doing
up the Freshmen. You may be sure
we did u work-as was usually the
case in those days-in a thorough
manner. Whether the others lied out
or bluffed their way out of the scrape
! do not know-but / do know that /
appeared to be the only victim of the
examinations That evening / made
my way with fear and trembling to
the Presidents study. I found him
seated at his table engaged in examine
ing a large book. He motioned me
to q seat near him, and remarked
pleasantly: Here Is a book, Mr.. W.,
in Which j have been considerably in
terested, .'The Arabian Nights Enter
tainment."' The book was profusely
illustrated, and as / sat down the old
President began carelessiy turning ever
the leaves and talking upon it. His
remarks were intensely interesting
and entertaining, and as he went on |
became absorbed in his conversation
and quite forgot whatI came for.
The President talked on / say for fully
an hour and a half on that work
in the same pleasant way. / began to
feel, however, that while I had passed
the most delightful evening had en-
joyed for a month, / was t~respassing a
little too long upon the Presidents
time and patience. Perhaps some
thing of this showed itself in my face,
for lie suddenly ceased his talk on the
book, and turning to me said in the
most kindly tone: w, the Faculty
are very DESTROYS of doing way with
this pernicious practice of hazing.
You were engaged in the riotous pro
ceedings of Wednesday night, and the
faculty have deemed it best that I
should reprimand you. Therefore,
you may consider yourself reprimand-
ed And / bowed myself out, feeling
that / could well afford to receive a re-
primand for. the sake of another
such q pleasant evening.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18

a-
for the last three or four years. Stand
ing one day on the platform, and fac
ing a great meeting of the clergy and
laity, who were discussing how money
was to be obtained for the missions of
the church, he raised the cry of "A
million for missions!" The old. boys
laughed at him, but he looked over
their doubling faces and answered, Il
will find it" And he did. One million
and a quarter of dollars were poured
into the treasury of the church by this
sturdy and ~engergetic beggar for
missions, and men who had never
given a cent before helped the cause
for the first time. He has gone on
collecting, and his success still con
tinues phenomenal. He is in the
prime Of life, and was born in Ohio.
During the war he spent half a year in
Libby prison, and carries in his half
shriveled arm the reminder of services
done for the Union in ITS darkest days.
He is ali orator of no mean power, a
singer of church music far superior to
Sankey, a thoroughly religious. man
and a genial. brotherly, good fellow.
who realizes the failings of humanity
and is ready to forgive its sins.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18

journalistic Enterprise.

A correspondent of the st. Paul Pho
neer-Press tells this story about A. G.
Adams, editor of the Webster Cd. I'd
Farmer and Reporter: Mai. Adams
settled in Day county, far from the
haunts of man, took up q claim, and
built himself q sed shanty. He finally
went to amusing himself getting out
a newspaper. He was twelve miles
from Il postoifice and thirty-eight from
a railroad, but he issued a paper filled
with accounts of occurrences which
would ordinarily take place in a town
of 5000 or 1000. He described the
tlremen's parade, the concert by the
band, lectures by prominent people in
the town hall, church sociables, and
SO on, drawing on his Imagination and
past experience indiscriminatcly. At
ter printing a few hundred copies of
these papers the major would drive
over to the postoffice and mail them to
various Offices in the east and west for
general distribution.
One day the editor of this strange
sheet was standing in front of his sod
shanty when he saw horse and buggy
coming across the prairie. As it drew
nearer ne observed the figure of a man
in a buggy, and he noticed that every
now and then the vehicle stopped and
the man stood up in the buggy and
looked anxiously about him, At last
he stood up on his seat, shaded his
eyes with his hands, and scanned the
horizon in every direction. Then he
sat down and drove straight to the sod
shack.
"Hello! said Adams, chow are YOU
"f1owdy DO" replied the stranger.
Wont you get out and come and
rest. said the major.
es, | wiii,,,' responded the traveller,
and he did.
He took a stool and looked around
the shack curiously, taking in the
printing outfit with the other furni-
ture. Then an idea seemed to strike
him.
look here he said. 4sdo you print
the Western Chief herep"
Yes" said Adams. 'Would you
like to look st onePn
''Look at onei' exclaimed the stran-
ger; 'look at one! No, thank you! I've
looked att a good many times.n
what do you think of itP" inquired
Adams.
You wan me to tell yonp" respond
ed the stranger.
Certainly replied the editor.
well, then, | think you are the
la--est liar / ever knew
why, you didn't take my fun in
earnest, did youP" inquired Adams.
Fur nothing!' said the stranger.
why, came out TO your Internal
place to start a hardware store"
Adams tried to prevail on the stran-
ger, whose name was Lawrence. to
stay and start the store anyway, but
it was no use. He wentback to Iowa.
But four months from that time Mr..
Adams stood in the door of his shack
and counted 100 houses in sight. The
boom edition had brought others in
who staid. Now railways traverse
the region, and q short distance from
that first dwelling stands the thriving
town of Britton, in Marshal county,
Day having been divided and a new
county formed of that name, ssIf
Lawrence had stayed and started the
hardware store, Says Adams, che would
now be worth $50, 600"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18
A Wonderful Bird,

While admiral Porter was on one Of
his cruises he picked up a parrot and
presented it to a lady in Washington.
The parrot was a beautiful large green
bird with a yellow ring around his
meek and two or three red and blue
feathers in his tail. He was a won
Iderful bird and was petted by all the
family, especially by the children, who
looked upon him with a kind Of awe.
Regularly, when he heard the break
fast or dinner bell ring, Poll would
come sliding down the banisters, from
his perch on the tor story, aiding him
self with his beak and claws When he
had reached the dining-room he would
calmly and sedately slide up to the
place which Was always kept for him,
and climbing into the high chair wait
in a dignitied manner for the benedic-
ton. He was especially strict in his
religious duties. Immediately on hear
ing the first words of the grace he
would begin a sort of mumbling repe-
tition of them until the end, when,
with loud and sirill "Amen!n he
would startle anyone not prepared for
this finale.
AT the table he was exceedingly well
conducted, and was often held up. as q
shining example tosome of tie smaller
children belonging to the family.
Without a trace OF nervousness he
would calmly eat potatoes, rice, salad.
bread and fruit, reaching his claw
down into his plate and with great
.daintiness conveying the food to his
mouth. Something which he liked es-
pecially was sugar, and he never used
to be satisfied when any of the chill
dren noticed him until they gave him
some Jumps of it, which they with a
kindred feeling used to carry around
with them.
One Of the parrots tricks was in
perching himself at the head of the
stairs, on one of tho upper floors of the
house. and shriekipg the children's
names one after the other, initiating
their,tones and voices and making {
appear that a quarrel was going on or,
THAT oneSof them had been hurt. The.
terrifed mother would frequently rush
J out Of the rooms only to find Poll
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18
The Real Aristocracy.

81 hear. said a Boston woman to a
rosy, spirited Western girl, '.that the
society of the West is really very good
now; SO that n need no longer hes
tate about living there on that score.n
yes, indeed" was the enthusiastic
reply. Our society is tirst-class now.
I've counted as many as fifty and sixty
diamond pins and real sealskins in
n Sunday at our church, and when
it comes to a full-dress display we
amt behind anybody.r-Detrot Free
Press.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18

.You spilled this ink OH the floor,
did youp" said the wholesale grocer to
the store-boy, s'that is right. Tell the
truth, my lad. / would rather you
spilled a barrel of ink than to lie. In
tegrity, my boy, integrity and truth
fulness--let that be your motto. l at,
tribute my business s,uccess to the
strict observance of hat motto. You
can go nov and finish stenciling Pure
Vermont, Maple Molasses' on those
cans
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18

serenely sitting on the banisters, with
his head tilted over to one side, one
eye being shut and the other regarding
her with the utmost unconcern.
One very curious thing, considering
his nautical experience and association
with seamen of all kinds, was the fact
that he was never known to swear or
say anything which could not be said
in the presence Of ladies.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18
The Honest Conductors Reward,

A New York Central conductor
found s40e on his train. Learning of
its owner, he wired him to be on hand
on the return trip and get the money.
After the amount vas handed over and
found to be intact, the loser took a
half dollar from his pocket and held
1T out to the veteran of the punch.
Without hesitation the latter held up
his hand-to the engineer-and shout
ing, "All aboard! Sorry l haven't any
change for that, stepped aboard the
leaving the half dollar in the
hand that had rendered such a munifi-
cent reward for the return of $780,
Bufai0 ErpresS.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18
Chaplain M'cabe's Great WIN.

Chaplain McCabe is n of the
characters that add spice to the dry
of Methodist Church Manage
mene The New York Prsss says:
'itlie Bnos Concern up Broadway is his
occas on4l h~..,vqparters, and the
world has heara q good deal about him
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-18

Two brothers, not living more than
fifty miles from Harrodsburg, look so
much alike that when ONE of them
joined the Baptist church and was
about to be immersed, he found that he
had no clothes suitable for the occasion
rs he expressed it, and paid his brother
10 cents to be baptized in Ills place,