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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

pIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE BOARD
- Of Directors of the State Insane Asylum at
Stockton, California, until $3.50 o'clock a. NJ,
FRIDAY. AUGUST o, 1889,
For furnishing materials and labor and erect
ing additinnal buildings and repairing old
buildings, in accordance with pl ans and speci-
ications prepared by PERCY & HAMILTON,
Architects; and under their directions
The work is to be performed under three sep
arate contracts, as follows:
First-Excavating and concrete work, in &C
cordance with specifications for contract No. l.
notwithstanding. brick work, stone work,
carpenter work, plasteTing painting and other
work, in accordance with specific ton No. 2.
Thlrd-Plumhipg drains, ventilation, roofing
cementing wat tanks, repaTs, painting cd
WORK, etc. in accordance with specifications
for contract No. ).
Bids will also be received at the same time
for furnishing 200 barrels more or les of
some standard, first class Portland cement, TO
be delivered at tie wharf in Stockton or rail-
road station during the months OF August, Sep
TENDER and October, as required, bidders to
give the name of the brand they propose to
furnish and the price per barrel.
All bids for the above described work and
materials must be made on the blank forms
furnished by The Secretary of the Board of
directors, and must be accompanied by bond
'f ten per cent of the amount of each bid,
With two good sureties. The amount of the
bond to be forfeited in case the bidder does not
sign the contract to execute the work if award
ed to him.
Plans aud specifications may be seen at the
Directors room at the Asylum, in Stockton,
California
Bids to be in sealed envelOpeS addressed to
N. NJ. ORR, Secretary of the Board of directors,
and Endorsed Proposals for Contracts Tor the
state Insane Asylum"
The Board of Directors reserve the right to
reject any or all bids or to accept any one.
The work must be performed within five
months after the contract is let.
Payment. will be made monthly as the work
progresses, by warrants on the state Treasurer.
jyi2 4w. MWF
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15
Delighted Scholars.

Charles Campbell, Superintendent of the
Presbyterian Sunday School in this city, is
travelling in Europe. Yesterday letter
dated at Rome addressed to the scholars
was read in Sabbath school. 1t was full of
interesting matter relative to the ancient
city. Each of his pupils was presented
with souvenir from the ',Old World y
Mr.. Campbell is one of the California Com
missioners to the Paris Exposition.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15
En- Route 70 En1snm

Deputy Sheriff Carroll of San Francisco
came up last night en- route to Folsom
Prison with Charles n. Miller, sentenced to
ten years for burglary, and Robert Cruise,
sentenced TO four years for robbery.
An Alameda officer arrived with Frank
Williams, sentenced to the same place for
two years for burglary.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

Go WHERE you can select from the larg-
est stock of pianos, organs, small musical
instruments, ETC., by more than double that
of any other house in Central and North
ern California. See the Mathushek pianos.
Mr.. Cooper, the agent, always has a large
stock of these pianos on hand to show his
customers. Call in at 63l ] street and ex-
anime these pianos. Write for our new
price list of all kinds of musical goods.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15
ADJUSTMENTS,

The appearance of the Lilly Clay " Co.
lossal Gaiety Company is announced for
the Opera House Wednesday night, with
the spectacle e Beauty in Dreamland." and
the burlesque of Robinson Crusoe." The
box-ofhce opens tomorrow.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15
wheelmen Abroad.

A very pretty SIGHT was presented yester-
day on the street by procession of seven
teen local bicylists, who were starting out
for spin in the fresh morning air. The
young men all appeared to be masters of
the silent steed," and the procession
moved along at lively rate of speed.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15
Dress Good. K can,s . w.,

1000 pieces, always sold for 10 and 12lc
yard, in our semi-annual clearing sale,
commencing Wednesday. All goods
equally as low as our ribbon sale of Satur-
day. At Red House
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them castoria
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

To MAKE room for our new stock. we
will sell q number of good square pianos
stallments. Call and examine Cooper g
Music Store, 63l street, corner Seventh. =
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

MAxoH & AcKLEY, GIL and 913 Second ST.,
are now agents for the Columbus buggies. 9
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

CRY licenses and water rates now due.
Pay on or before the 18th inst. and save
costs. Also get your dog tags
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

Our great summer clearing sale all over
the departments will commence Nednes-
dsy next at s O'Clock. See our sd govern
ing ii, No space for prices. Red House.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

THE Keystone Watch Club Co., 500 J,
sells watches at 81 per week.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

The country is flooded with poor limitations of
the famous Seal of North Carolina Plug CUTS
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

Try Hobbs Little Vegetable Pills for sal
low skin.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-15

DDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE BOARD
- OF Directors of the State Insane Asylum at
Stockton, California, until $50 o'clock a, NJ,
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-02

Headquarters of W. G. T. T., Meth
odist block.
The next Gospel Temperance meet
ing will be held at the Christian
church, on the 10th inst, at 4 p. m.
Particulars given next week of pro-
gram, but talk up the meeting all the
intervening time.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-02
PREMIUM ARNICA SALVE

Is an Indispensable household remedy for
the certain relief and cure of chapped hands
and skin, burns, cuts, bruises, flesh wounds,
sprains, pimples, testers, scrofuous sores,
BARRIERS itch, eczema, letter, chiblans, etc, be.
ing prepared from the latest discoveries in
medicine and according to the art of phar-
macy; 1t cannot fail to give satisfaction. For
sale by John A. Jungkind druggist, 500 and
sos Main street. Price % cents a box.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-02
Let 1t Adorn the Center Table.

EDITOR OF WoMAN's CHRONICLE: At
the last annual session of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union held
at Hope, May Is, 1888, the WoMAN's
CHRONICLE was adopted as the official
organ of communication between the
Unions in the State of Arkansas.
A better selection could not have
been made, as it is the only woman's
paper published in the State. Lovely,
original and pure, it will prove
blessing wherever it enters. Tie busy
man at the store laughs over the
domestic Hunting Ground" and
s'lmpecunious Wilfers;" tired moth
ers rejoice in the better day coming,
and the wee tots are delighted over
the beautiful rendition of Mud Pies"
as portrayed in the Children's Corner.
In fact, we cannot afford to be with
out WoMAN's CHRONICLE.
Let married women especially sub
scribe for this paper, as it will prove
to be better recipe for cooking a
good husband" than the old one our
grandmothers used.
Modern husbands have to be
trained over again. We are obliged
to the good old-fashioned mothers
who gave us their model boys, but
nevertheless we have gone forward
two PAGES, while they have advanced
only one, SO we stand resolute and
intend to bring "those men up to the
colors." Subscribe for The CHRoN-
1CLE and let it adorn the center table
Let it slip unaccountably into hubby's
pocket; let him hear it in his upris-
ing and down sittings, and if he has
vices he will quit, Or call upon the
the rocks to cover him from sight of
weman and her CHRONICLE. Ignore
suffrage items until he is strong
to hear them, then sugar-coat, then
plain, until finally he forgets just
when he was converted into so pro-
found a respect for the abilities of
woman, aside from her angelic tend
encies, but the little CHRONICLE smiles
knowingly and says 1--WE know"
like the suggestion of Irregular
Reader in the issue of January y,
where she suggests that every person
interested in the advancement of
women, invest two cents per week to
aid this noble enterprise, and in re-
turn receive two frst-class weekly
papers. Each member of the w. G.
J. L. should have this paper in the
home. Yours truly,
Mrs. ERvIE ETHRIDGE.
0ko Iona A I'll,
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-02
A Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life.

1t was just an ordinary scrap of
wrapping paper, but it saved her life.
She was in the last stages of con-
sumption, told by physicians that she
was incurable and could live only a
short time; she weighed less than
seventy pounds. On piece of
wrapping paper sheread of DR.. King S
New Discovery, and got a sample
bottle; it helped her, she bought an
other and grew better fast, continued
its use, and is now strong, healthy,
rosy, plump, weighing 14O pounds.
For fuller particulars send stamp to
W. H. Cole, druggist, Fort Smith,
Trial bottles of this wonderful dis
covery free at c. j. Lincoln's drug
store.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-02
DIRECTORY OF STATE OFFICERS.

LYDIA M. CHAoE, State President, Little
Rock.
MRS 7. A. DUNLAP, Corresponding Score.
tary, Little Rock.
MRS. JULIA A. CLARK. Recording Secretary,
Beebe.
:, MRS. G. A. McDARMID Treasurer, Little
Rock.
MRS SARA X. HART State Organizer, Hazen.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-02

National Pledge .

~ solemnly promise, God helping me- to alb
stain from all distilled, fermented and malt
ploy all proper means to discourage the use
of and traffic in the same"
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-02
w. C. Notes.

The Prohibition Alliance was large
ly attended by delegates from more
than half of the counties of the State
and has been an interchange of senti-
ment and strengthening of purpose
along this line of the good work.
The reports from different localities
are upon the whole encouraging and
in some places especially so, but the
cry of distress that comes from many
places on account of the wine parlors
(saloons) and the JUG trade, show
that there are many in our State that
are openly defying the law and are
not aw-abiding citizens. The APP
peal to the legislature for relief on
these two lines we are encouraged by
the signs of the times in that body
will not be in vain. Let us then, as
factors in making these more stringent
laws effectual, continue to cultivate
and teach total abstainance for the
individual and prohibition for the
State as the expected and only ac-
copied result of our labors. 1t has
been very pleasant to meet with so
many OF the earnest men and women
of our State, and their calls at Head
quarters has not only been an inspira-
ton to us, but will surely be a bless
ing to our work throughout the State.
The Union was well attended and
did good deal of important bust
ness. Had the company of Mrs. F.
l.. Sutton, of Fayetteville, one of the
delegates to the Alliance. Her pres
ence was inspiring, though she could
not give glowing report of the
Union as she would have been glad to
do, but the gradual change in that
important city of orr State for better
in the last few years is certainly en-
couraging. Mrs. A. S. Harris, our
new police matron, was present, and
won the hearts and sympathies of the
ladies of the Union, as she spoke of
the new and peculiarly trying work
she had come to take, and earnest
prayers were offered for the success
of the work.
Mrs. Wallace and Chace had waited
on Mayor Whipple with Mrs. Harris.
He very kindly gave a letter of intro
duction to Mr.. Botsford, chief of po-
lice, with instructions to him to aid
Mrs. Harris in the difficult work also
promised his own influence, with the
exception of payment of salary.
Now, dear friends, who feel an inter
est in the better condition and lifting
up of those unfortunate women, who
from any cause are brought under the
ban of the law, we ask not only your
prayers and sympathy and influence,
but that you assist in contributing to
the means to give Mrs. Harris at
least acomfortable living while in this
uncongenial work, only that it is the
Masters work. Quite number have
kindly put down their names for GER
tain sums per month, from So down
to % cents for this purpose. Others
paid so much at the time, with the
encouragement that they would still
aid. Any contribution will be thank
felly received, 1t can be sent to
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-09-12

81 thought you knew" he returned.
'I thought everybody had heard it it
was too sad q story to rehearse often or
needlessly. 1t was in all the dailies at
the time. You must have been abroad
then. Amy was in her cradle when
Lefty left me -eloped with her music
teacher. Two years ago she went to the
asylum, mad as Hamlet. Prue, Prue, p"
he cried, "do You think 1 have hidden
anything from you2 Is not the loss of
fifteen years happiness enough. Shall
her ghost divide us stilli'
And | have been loving another
woman's husband all this time, she
said, moving away from him Heaven
only knows how far her Puritan con-
science would have carried her, but Just
then Jane burst into the room, crying:
"It's little Tom Miller the peacock
fell into the river, and Tom jumped in
to save him-and the birds safe-but
Tom-the cramp took him-John' s
brought him up to the bank"
And then Jane tainted away. 1t was
hours before consciousness returned to
Master Tom, and weeks before the roof
of The Elms could be exchanged for
that of the parsonage, owing to a fever
which succeeded. Mr.. Miller and Miss
Prue passed many watchful night at
his bedside, and many day of sicken-
ing dread; but it was year and better
before a wedding which had been be-
lated fifteen Years took place at The
Elms. New York Graphic.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-09-12
Smallest Baby in the Land.

South Boston, Mass, has produced
some wonderful midgets within the past
year. Only q few months ago there
died at Washington Village probably
the smallest infant that was ever born
alive i'll that section. It weighed less
than pound, and was the child of Mrs.
Charles Shepard, whose husband was an
employe of the city. The child was so
small that its hand could be passed
through a small finger ring. Mother
and child are both dead. Another
midget, which weighed about four
pounds, was the progeny OF a Mr.. and
Mrs. Murphy, in the lower portion of
the Peninsula district. But the marvel
of the trio is Annie Louise Harrington,
whose weight is thirty-one and one
fourth ounces, and q healthy, fully
formed, CHEEKY infant at that, with a
boisterous set of lungs. This baby's
father is the cousin of Charles Shepard,
who was the father of the Washington
Village midget, now deceased. Annie
Louise was born three weeks ago. 1t is
one of twins, the other was born dead.
The little one has been sick only two
days since its birth. 1t has q luxurious
growth of black hair and blue eyes. 1t
nurses regularly, but has not increased
a fraction of an ounce in weight, the
mother says, since its birth. The baby
is about ten inches in length, with the
tiniest of limbs, pink with health.
The mother says that she is always
fearful when she bathes it. "That is
the most trying moment to me, she
continued, 81 am so afraid that it might
break it" The parents, Margaret
Harrington and John a. Harring
ton. have been married for eleven years,
and have had e eeven children. The
smallest, except Annie Louise, weighed
nine pounds. They have living at
present Fred, eight years old Charlie,
one year and eight months, and Annie
LoIise. Mrs. Harrington is n large,
powerful woman, while her husband is
Of slender buiid, though of excellent
physique nd exceedingly strong. He
works MS helper on an ice team, - New
York Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-09-12

Thus it is that words are made and
phrases take on new meaning. In
this manner The language progresses by
accretiOn, as it WERE Such words as
take new meanings from custom are
usually from the common people; that
is, from those who are not scholarly. 1t
is in this way that cd words drop out or
take new meanings and lose their oid
ones, and new words take their place.
At first most of them are slang. One of
the best words we have is ''agnos 'icism, :"
yet its inventor-Prof. John Tyndall,
the great scientis.-says that when he
used it he had no idea that it would be
used again, or that he would be under
stood in using it. He could find no
oLher, he says, 10 convey an idea of his
religious belief in answer to some
churchmen that he tell what he did
believe. Hence he invented "agnosti-
cism. meaning ''the unknowable. It
is only about fifteen years pitts
burg Dispatch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-09-12
Fishing With Purse Seines.

Purse seines, says the Washington
STAR are used extensively in the mack
erel and menhaden fisheries on the
Atlantic coast. When a school is
sighted boats put out from the fishing
schooner and circling about the fish run
out great wal of netting, which can
be drawn together at the bottom like
purse so as to hold the fish. In the
mackerel fisheries seines as much as
225 fathoms in length and % fathoms
in depth are used. Cork lines and
buoys are used to float the upper part
of the net on the surface while the
lower part is he'd down by lead line.
II requires considerable skill to fish
successfully with the purse seine. AS
the schooner sails over the fishing
grounds man is posed at the mast
head to keep q lookout for schools OF
fish or any movement on the part OF
other vessels indicating that they have
sighted fish. When the lookout shouts
that he has sighted school, he gives
direc ions how to steer the vessel, and
all is hustle on board. The members
of the crew Jump to their places i'll the
seine boat which is towed astern or at
the side of the schooner. The captain
takes his place on a platform In the
stern of the boat where he can steer
and direct the operations of the crew.
He has to calculate the speed at which
the school is moving and have his boat
rowed so as to intercept them and
cut them off with his net. A
little dory with two men aboard follows
the seine boat and picking up line at
tatched to the buoy where the ne Il
first doopped into the water, holds it il
place until The seine boat has rowed
around a wide circle and back to the
dory. Then the men tug on the ropes
that purse the seine and the net is
gradually taken in, the part in the
water being diminished in size until
there is nothing left but a little purse
filed with fish which are bailed out
and taken to the schooner. When the
men put out net the captain and all
the crew leave the schooner except the
andoften get dinner at the same time,
dividing his time between the
wheel and the cooks galley. 1t is
among the vicissitudes Of o fisher
mans life to have to eat a burned din
ner Until few years ago such fishing
was done only i'll the day time, but the
competition ed to fishing at night, so
; that the crews are worked almost con
stantly. At night. too, fish rise to the
surface that remain far below in the
day time. Their presence is betrayed
by the movement of phosphorescent
particles in the water When the same
boat goes out at night, the attending
dory carries light so the captain can
see how to steer his boot so as to com
plete the circle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-09-12
A FIVE-DoLLAR TRICK.
How a Clever Philadelphia Trickster
Fleeced a Crowd.

''You see this dollar 2" said one of
company of men in front of a rosewood
bar in one of the leading hotels in Phil
adelphia, and he handed a dollar to one
of the group, who examined it and passed
it around among the company. All
decided that there was nothing unusual
in its appearance unless it was counter
felt.
"No, it's not counterfeit" said the
first speaker, ''but [ will let you take
that dol or, spin it on the bar. will
turn my back, and will tel you whether
it turns head or tai"
impossible, said one of the doubt
ers, unless you use looking glass. -
''No, [ don't use anything, and I'll
bet drinks I'll tell it every time"
'Done," sad the doubter.
The man turned his back to the bar,
the coin was spun, and, as it settled, he
called out:
''Heads !'
It was ''heads."
''Make it three out of five times for
another round, said another of the
group.
Certainly" consented the stranger,
accommodatingly.
Again the coin spun around and
'taiIs" was called. The third time it
turned "tails," and third time the
stranger "called."
"I can keep it up all night, gentle
men," he said, smilingiy.
The drinks were paid for and the
stranger under the genial influence of
the liquor and the urgent requests of
the company, said:
81 don't often give my tricks away,
but it will leak out sooner or later. You
see, gent emen, the coin on the head
side is nicked very slightly with a knife,
the hicks being about an eighth of an
inch apart. The hicks are so small as
to be scarcely perceptible. When you
spin the coin, if it turns on the nicked
side it settles quickly, whereas on the
other side it slowly settles, taking fully
twice as long to die as on the other
side. BY the difference in sound, you
see, can tell which side turns up, or,
rather down. It's all tod by sound"
The coin was handed around and spun
again, and what the stranger said proved
true, much to the dc light of the group,
who We're glad, apparent y, as is usually
the case, to get hold of a trick which at
first seemed SO inexplicab'e.
"There, fix me dollar that way,
said one of the group, handing out the
money, and the other four requested a
like favor at the hands of the stranger,
who taking out a penknife obligingly
did as REQUESTED. Then, bidding them
polite goodnight, he gracefully
retired, leaving the group spinning
their coins Suddenly one of them
picked up his dollar, examined it, and
quickly flung it on the bar, the sound
given out being the unmistakable dull,
dead sound of counterfeit.
'Done for $5," said he, as he looked
ruefully at the door where the stranger
had disappeared.
''Well, we've learned a trick well
worth a dollar, said another philo
sophically.-[P Philadelphia Enquirer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-09-12
Statistics of Railroad Accidents.

Statistics collected by the State
Bureau Of Statistics of Labor and Indus
tries show that of about 90, 200, 900 pas
scngers carried on the New Jersey rail
roads last year only III met with acci-
donts, 81 Of which proved fatal, the rest
being made up Of los slight and AZ
more or less severe injuries. Tho casu-
aitios to passengers are, however, only
n small Fl action of the total of accidents,
which this year reached /, 1,407-the larg-
est number yet reported. OF these, 326
were fatal accidents, and 47S resulted in
severe injuries. Employees are the
greatest sufferers. Last year $40, over
onc-half of the accidents, happened to
them. OF these 103 proved fatal. Among
train and track hands, one out of 21S
is killed, and one of 20 injured. The
number of accidents, though not as
great as in the carly days of railroading,
is increasing, and is now four times
what il was in 1878. Jersey City and
the Newark "maadows" have the most
accidents. Il Now York Post.