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CHALLENGE,

T HEREBY CHALLENGE GEO. ACKERMAN.
l. of San Francisco, to race me five miles for a
purse of S25 side, or to q series of three races
one, three and five miles-for purse of $50 d
side, FiSe-mile race or first race of series to
take place at the Pavilion Skating Rink on
SAT URDAY, January 4, 1890. at 9 P. NJ. Forfeit
of $40 muet be LETT at RECORD UNION office on
or before January s, 1890
ial- ARTHUR CROZIER
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ssO0,477 q
WM. BECKMAN. President.
WM. +. HUNTOON, Cashier.
STATE OF CALIFoRNIA.

County OF SacrementO. I =
Wm Beckman and VIM. F. Huntoon. being
each separately sworn each for himself says,
that VIM. Beckman is President and VIM F.
Huntoon is Cashier of the Peoples Savings
Bank, and that the foregoing statement is true
wa. Be KAIAN President
WI. +. HUNT00N, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3lst
day of DECEMBER, 1889.
lsEALl JAS. n. POTTER. Notary Public.
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PEOPLES SAYINGS BANK.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.

DIVIDEND HAS BEEN DTcLAgED BY
Il the PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK for the
tenn ending DEFENDER 3isF 1889, at the rate
OF FIVE and onP. third GO per cent. per annum
on tenn deposits. end Jour li) per cent. per an
mum on ordinary deposits. payable JANUARY
SD, 1880. WM. +. HENTOOS, Cashier.
H. CIet
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Dancing Glasses Of $780, Turner FALL.

COMMENCING OCTOBER 14th-Gentlemen's
" class, Monday evenings at $50 O'Clock.
Gentlemen and ladies class, Tuesday even
ings at $50 O'Clock.
Ladies class Friday afternoons at o'clock.
Children's class, Saturday at p. NJ.
If JONES, FIoCH e. WATSON.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01
Comparative December Weather from
1877 to 1889,

The mean temperature for this month is
90 warmer than the average of many years
and the precipitation is over inches in ex-
cess of the average. The wettest Deem
Der in a record of forty years was in 1852
when 10 40 inches was measured. There
were less clear days this month than ever
recorded in a record OF twelve years.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01

FINDER THE STANFORD co OPERATION
y Law-Parties to work my patent system OF
constructing earthquake and fire-proof build
ings throughout the United States and Canada
ial-3t* L. HAYES. l40S ID street
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TAERE WILL BE I SOCIAL DANCE

NEW YEARS NIGHT AT Y. NJ I HALL
~ Seventh street, between K and l., by PAR
RAMORES ORCHESTRA. Gentlemen, so
cents: ladies free Its
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01

A little Hartford miss who imagines she
is rather plain-looking, and who Is in
fiicted with pronounced lisp, or rather
lisp when she tries to pronounce, has also
a reflective turn of mind. The other day
she reflected out loud TO this extent: Il
can't thee why God made me tho homely,
when he knowth am tho particular" =
Hartford Post.
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STATEMENT

OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE PEo-
" pies Savings Bank. a corporation doing
business st No. 900 street, Sacramento city,
California, DECEMBER 3lsT, 1889:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01

while
the number about 2 The that the least was 1879
recorded before 1879 in which
7fnr the Yeariu
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-01
ADVERTISEMENT OF HALE BROS. & co.
CLOSED THE ENTIRE DAY.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Commencing with the New Year
Our Stores will Close on WEDNES
DAY, and all Other Days, at 8 o'clock
Saturdays Excepted.

We trust our patrons w take due notice Of the change
md sustain it by doing their trading Saturday evening"
To the average reader the above announcement will not
appear to be endowed with any striking importance But to
the large body of people in employ that TOu it
means two more hours time tor recreation and SelfmpOYe
ment Rev A. T. Needham struck the keynote of the Dues
ton when in a recent address Short Hours he said
han Re e hs nFs n Fsse "b h@ n f @
is behalf OF s class of men w,Ln esPfaT to plead There are
long Of observation and bitter
shackle and the giving more hours Of refreshing leisure
The gTeat-indeed the univerSa-Cry at this stage of
the worlds history is not much for more wages as for
less hours Business its best is hard memorable and the
more we can lessen its stress and strain the more do we
temper the commercial spirit by the chvarous feeling of the
brotherhood of man
All things are progressing toward the IDEAL Rome
was not built in day. Neither can reforms of this nature
be effected Or perfected but by degrees And though we have
just taken off couple of hours from the week. the step is
nevertheless in line with the path of duty marked out by us
some years ago when inaugurated the earyoSng move
ment in this city On the 2d of last March another forward
step was made by shortening the Oome hours of Saturday
evening by closing at ocoCk-an hour earlier We nOw
abolish Wednesday evening" our original motive for holding
the stores open that evening being for the convenience of
that portion Of the public which must do its trading after
o'clock We now pool our loss with your inconvenience
The gamers are the many who find employment here
Moreover, our timeschedue allows each employe AZ
minutes for lunch and 50 minutes for dinner Allowance
being made for those intervals our statesmen are on duty
each day hours and minutes and the saesadie hours
and minutes To this must be added hours and 10 min
uteS incurred by Saturday evenings work
These believe to be the shortest hours provided by
any similar establishment in the city We shall be pleased
to better the present as like opportunity shall pre-
sent itself Life is short enough without abridging withx
needless burdens The age demands that the claims of
humanity be recognized The merchant should be among
the first to do it,
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ANNUAL WEATHER SUMMARY SACRAMENTO


relative humidity and dew point veal PRESENTATION prevailing
velocity number clear fair cloudy and oggy DAYS and number of days
hao light and killing number maximum
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The Texans Will unite with the North
western cattlemen in big Convention at
Fort Worth early in March.
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A WILLFUL LIE.
"AMTED.

WI an article published in the Bee last Sat
urday evening l do not live with Mrs. Wheeler
It is q Millful lie. llt*l JOHN RUGGLES.
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Character of weather condition IS shown
by observations of the past thirtee1 years
Possible range of maximum temperatures,
between S. in 1882 and 65s IL 1889; posi-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-07
President Cleveland's vetoe..

The country has been generous-as it
ought to be-in its provisions for soldiers
disabled in its service. But this very gen.
crosby has melted many whose claims were
of the fimsiest character to seek aid from
the government. President Cleveland de-
termined if possible to stop the greedy and
unjustiiable scramble, and to this end used
the veto more than twice as often as all his
predecessors together. His purpose is we'll
explained in the following quotation from
a veto message. "Heedlessness and dis
regard of the principle which underlies
the granting of pensions is unfair to the
wounded, crippled soldier, who is honored
in the just recognition of his government"
Again, the president declares that the in
discriminate granting of pensions teaches
the people THAT as against the public
treasury the most questionable expedients
are allowable" A careful examination of
PRESIDENT Cleveland's veto messages COM
pels one to the belief that he lived up to
the principles set forth in the message Just
quoted. President Cleveland in vetoing
pension bills was defending alike the pub
lie treasury, the disabled soldier, and the
public morals.-Edward G. Mason in the
July Forum.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-07
HELPING ALONG THE MIND.

Uncle Jabez Says that It's All q Question
of Britches Pockets.
just then Senator Plumb, of Kansas.
arose to address the senate, says the Wash.
ington Star:
"There now" said Uncle Jabez, trium-
phantly, "now you'll see what's the greatest
American convenience. See? He allus starts
speech with his hands chucked down into
his pockets halfway up to the elbow.
You know it takes a heap more thinkin'
in the first part of speech than in any
other part. After you git to goin' and
git sort o. wound up to it-after you git yer
mind kind o. in the habit O. thinkin'-you
don't have to help it SO much. But right
on the start it comes hard, an you have to
give yer mind lift, you know. Wall, that's
what Senator Plumb is doin' now. That s
his britches pocket that way. Now
you watch him. Bimeby, you'll see he'll
git his thinkery sort O. oiled up an set
agoin' at the right gait, an then he'll lift
his right hand out of his pocket an do
some gesturatin' with it, lettin' the left
along little. Then bimeby,, arter that.
he'll take his left hand out, too, and his
thinking machine'u run along ali right. A
train O. thought, ''said Uncle Jabez, drop
ping into almost poetic simile, "a train o.
like railroad train. The bigger and heav-
Ter it is the harder it is to start, but when
once you get it agoin'. the bigger and heav-
Ter it is the further it'll run without help.
That's why Senator Plumb allus started
with his hands way down deep in his pock-
cts. ana that's why arter awhile he takes
'em out and jest let's the momentum THEY'VE
given his thinkin' carry it along.
II tell you, gentlemen, it's a question O.
britches pockets, an it's to britches pockets
morn ANYTHING that Ameriky owes her
greatness
Uncle Jabez looked up to me with an ex-
preston which said: Saint right?''
put my hands into my pockets and
fected long before committed myself. re-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-07
HOLDING THE BAG.
An Incident In which tho Hoesier Post
and Others Figure.

An Incident In Which thu Hoesfer Post
and Others Figure.
This sthe season q the year when the
robin sings his sweetest song, the young
girl turns her thoughts TO ice cream and
moonlight strolls, and the college lad Who
four years ago "held the bag'' for snipe to
wander into at the midnight hour is looking
for some one to get even ON. Ancient his
tory gives no account of 'sniping, and it Is
probably modern Institution. The city
lad who goes to the country to teach his
clodhopper cousin the ways Of the world IL
generally victim of this game. II has
never been known to result seriously UNI
less the victim takes lay-of for couple
of weeks and thumps each one in turn OF
the crowd who STOOD him near log IN q
dark woods and caused him to hold sack
into which they were to chase some real
live snipe.
In the days when .....Jim'' Riley, the Hoo
sier poet, Jim McClannahan, the ''pore
mans friend, - unfortunate Ed Lamon and
others of the merry crew held forth IN, An
dcrson, a curly-headed barher came from
Cincinnati. What he didn't know could be
placed in a page. Dense ignorance on the
complishments. The gang proposed to
have some fun with him, and, to make the
plan carry. we'll, used to sit around in his
shop and relate wonderful stories of their
adventures when the world was asleep on
the snipe trail It required one week 10
catch the manipulation Of mugs, but he was
hooked hard when he did bite. One night,
armed with a coffee sack, a couple Of can
dies and tin pans on which to pound, the
jokers led the barber to thick forest
about two miles north of town. Into the
thickest part OF this thick wood they led
him, and on broken limb they hung his
hat. The sack was spread open wide, the
candles were lighted and Mr.. Barber told to
stand perfectly still and the snipes would
surely come. zs.sEs
The iokers, pounding on their pans, dis
appeared in the bushes, and soon made
their way back to town, laughing as they
went along.
The next morning, bright and early, the
shop was visited, but no barber was there.
No uneasiness was expressed until noon,
an1 when he did not appear the crowd be-
gan to feel decidedly uneasy. Perhaps
something had happened him; he may have
wandered through the woods and met with
a hundred different ills.
ABOUT B o'clock the crowd was like Davy
Crockett's coon, GLADLY skeerd,'' and many
regrets we're expressed that they had made
the barber victim of such foolish joke.
There was talk of organizing searching
party for him, when he came up smiling
about 8 o'clock in the evening. As soon as
he found how he had been sold he played
for even by hiding and giving his tormen-
ters q bad fright. It was, in the language
of McClannahan, "a boss and hoss.'
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-07

Fast Trains with Pullman vestibuled Draw.
ing room Sleepers, Dining Cars and Coaches Of
latest design, between Chicago and Milwou-
kee and 81 Paul and Minneapolis.
Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuled Draw.
ing Hoom Sleepers, Dining Cars and Coaches Of
latest design: between Chicago and Milwnu-
kee and Ashland and Duluth.
Through Pullman vestibuled Drawing
Room and Colonist Sleepers via the North
ern Paci-c Railroad between Chicago and
Portland, Ore.
Convenient Trains to and from Eastern.
Western, Northern and Central Wisconsion points.
affordins uneanalled service TO and from Wsu.
kesha, Fond du Lac. Oshkosh, Fan Claire
Hurley, Wis, and Iron wood and Bessemer:
Mich.
Tor tickets, sleeping car reservations, time
tables and other information. apply to Acents 81
the line, or to Ticket Agents anywhere "a ~
United States or Canada.
& r Ainslis. Gen1 Manager. Milw,ukee. Wa
J. n. HAnnAford, Genl Traffic Manager,
81. Paul, MINI.
b. c. Barlow, Traffic Manager, Nilvankee. Wa
Louis Eckstsin. Asst GsnI Pasei Agent
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-07
Slnaay Excursion.

Inc Northern Pacific Railroad COMPANY
WI make Sunday excursion rate of one
rare is for the round trip to all points between
Helena and Butte via Garrison; also to all
points Ga ths Helena. Boulder Valley d
butte, Helens h jefferson County. and
Helena d No!thesn branches. Tickets to
I'M ~ 0onno n only. god e return
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-07
Sunday Excursions.

Attention is called to the fact that on and
after Sunday, May 4, train No. I, which
leaves Helena in the morning for Butte,
will leave Sundays at 9 o'clock instead of
9:l5 as heretofore and will continue to de-
part at that time until further notice for
the purpose of accommodating the large
number of excursionists who wish to make
trips to our elegant summer resorts.
B. H. LANGLEY,
General Ticket Agent,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-07

have For Sale thirty acres line Of Electric Cars,
right in the line Of Fine Buildings Also eighteen acres
Plated and Close in. These are SPECIAL BARGAINS
and can be RetaIed
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-05-30

As soon as the sun has disappeared In
the valleys, and its last rays are just
glimmering on the snowy SUBMITS OF
the mountains, the herdsman who
dwells on the loftiost takes his horn and
trumpets forth, praise God the Lordp'
And all the herdsmen in the noighbor-
hood take their horns and repeat the
words. This Otter continues quarter
OF an hour, while on all sides the
mountains echo the name OF God.
Solemn stiffness follows, and every
shepherd on bendsd knees, with un-
covered head, offers his secret prayer
BY this time 1t Is quito dark. Good
night!n trumpets forth the hcrdsman on
che lottiest summit Good night" is
repeated on all the mountains from the
horns of the liordsmcn and the clcfts OF
the rocks. Boston Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-05-30

uncover the head as a mark OF respect;
the Chinese gallants not only keep their
hats on but when wishing TO be very
polite remove their shoes. We shave
our faces; they their heads and eye
brows. We cut our finger-nails; they
consider 1t aristocratic to let them
grow from five inches TO q
foot in length. The Chinaman
whitens his shoes, buries his dead
on the surface of the earth, and de-
mands that his wine be scalding hot
when served. With us black clothing
is a sign OF mourning; in China white
garments indicate the loss OF friends.
In the Celestial empire not children but
old men fly kites, walk on stills. play
marbles, shoot frecrackers, and In do
ing this use their feet as much as possi-
Bile instead OF their hands. In China
the men are milliners, ''washerwomen"
and dressmakers. We live, cook and
eat usually on the first floor, sleeping
upstairs; but the Chinaman reverses
this order. In dating letters we write
the year last; they place it first. In
speaking Of the compass they always
say it points south. We pay our doc
tors when we are i'll; they pay as long
as they remain we'll, but as soon as
they get sick the pay stops. Here men
kill their enemies. A Chinaman gets
revenge by killing himself. They
launch ships sideways, ring bells from
the outside, and turn screws from right
TO left
Mr.. Sang mournfully observed:
"America may be great country. but
1t is truly the queerest Of placos."-
Philadelphia Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-05-30
FULL OF FUN.

Mrs Fangle-"Why, I declare, the
dining-room is colder since 1t was re-
papered than it was before" Fangle-
'0f course. The new frieze is deeper
than the old one"
-"Will you walk into my parlor?"
said the spider to the fly. "No I've
! engaged sweet Of my own," replied
the fly, as he jumped into the molasses
jug.-Jury. M
-Mamma(at the doll counter)-"Now,
Flossie, dear, here is very large assort-
ment to select from. What kind Of a
dolly would you like to have?v Flossio--
Twins, mamma, II you please"
First Little Girl-''We are going to
move down on LaSalle avenue and be
rich. Are you rich?" Second Little
Girl (thoughtfully)--"We amt rich an
we amt poor. We are jest mixed. -
Arkansaw Traveller.
-Tenant--"The windows in your
house shut so badly that my hair blows
all about my head. You must really
have something done TO them" Land
lord-'I don't see the necessity for that.
Itwould be much simpler for you to have
your hair cut"-Fliegende Blatter.
Where does that now
dentist have his office?" Policeman
"You mean the one who pulls teeth
without pain?p Stranger--"Yes." Po-
liceman-"Go right around the corner.
You will have no trouble finding his
office. You can hear his patients yell
half block away."-Texas Siftings.
uPretty Girl--"I called in reference to
your advertisement for typewriter"
Cautious Bachelor-.'I advertised for
young man. 'Yes, know, but was
in hopes might do" "H'ml Can you
cook?" "Cook2 Why, yes" Good
houseleeper?" "Oh, yos." Fond OF
society" "No, | seldom go out unless
obliged to-" Take that desk there,
please."-N. Y. Weekly.
Ernest Peachblow Ito tho new
boarder from Chicago)-Ah, Miss LATTE,
tho study Of the occult sciences inter
ests me greatly. love to explore with
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-05-30
Basseff e Co,

of bearing trees, number Of young
trees not bearing, and value of all or
chard products sold. .(39) Vineyards
Number of acres in vines bearing anc
in young vines not bearing; products
of grapes and raisins, and value il
1889.
Besides these questions on the reg
ular Agricultural Schedule No. 2
Superintendent Robert p. Porter has
ordered several special Investigations
in the interests OF agriculture, among
which are Viticulture, Nurseries, Flo
rists, Seed and Truck Farms, Semi
.ropie Fruits, Oranges, etc, Live
Stock ON the ranges, and in citi es ano
villages; also the names and number
of all the various farmers organiza-
tions. such as Agricultural and Horti-
cultural Societies, Poultry and Bee
Associations, Farmers Clubs, Oranges,
Alliances, Wheels, Unions, Leagues,
etc.
In no part of the census work have
the lines been extended more than in
the direction Of agriculture, and II
farmers will now cheerfully cooper
ate with the enumerators and other
officials in promptly furnishing the
correct figures more comprehensive
returns regarding our greatest indus
try will be obtained than ever before.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-05-30
A RIde In the open AR.

A lady who has neither horse nor
,arriage manages thus TO take q ride
every day in the open air. On her
south piazza she has rocking chair,
with a high back to rest her head
against. Over the chair she spreads
two or three comfortables and has them
reach to another chair little less in
height than the first. In this chair is
hot brick or water bottle to keep the
feet warm. Then she puts on all her
wraps, as though she was going for
sleigh-ride, and seats herself In her
padded rocking-chair, wraps the com.
forts about her, and leans her head back,
and, II she feels like 1t goes to sleep
She takes long, deep breaths, watches
the sky, tho trees, the passers by, or
gives herself to long, long thoughts. II
takes time oget ready for thisrocking-
chair ride, but It is time fruitful In ro-
freshment and recreation. II she had
not piazza, she would have few
boards spread upon the ground In
sunny spot and have hor ride on them.
though for rainy or snowy days tho
piazza, being covered, Is preferable
Christian Advocate.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-05-30
BASSETT & co
CLERICAL EXPERIENCES.
Clergymen who Said Funny Things o
Had Ennny -Tillnrs Said To Them

| Clergymen who Said Funny Things or
| Had Funny Things Said to Them.
This is q small batch of clerical stories
which we believe have never before
been put in print:
We have heard that upon an occasion
when young deacon, who had been ap-
pointed to assist in divine service, at
tho close OF tho Gospel. which he had
just read, declared: Here endeth the
Gospel. the venerable Bishop Mcllvaine,
who was present, was heard to respond
loundly: 'God forbid!"
Upon another occasion, in Western
diocese, at an ordination service, the
Bishop, who was subject to fits OF pro-
occupation, introduced into the litany
this startling petition: "From the
crafts and assaults of the congregation. I"
The attendant clergy responded with
deep fervor.
The clergy have many funny things
said to them, and 1t 10 not always easy
for them TO keep straight face during
their ordinary parochial calls. The
writer was one time engaged upon maxi
ing his first round Of parish calls, when
good woman, whose tact was striking,
chose as the topic Of conversation the
virtues of his predecessor. OF course
she met ready assent to all her asser-
tions of the departed rector's saintli-
ness, etc, and the wickedness OF tho
congregation in not appreciating his
virtues. At last she exclaimed; "Well,
II do say it, this parish will never get
as holy a man again" Then, suddenly
grown conscious that she had said some-
thing, she mended it'by adding: ~ am
glad, sir, that You are getting on so sue
cessfully. / don't think such good
man as Mr.. - tho right man for
rector OF this church"
At another time gentleman from
another parish, whishing to compliment
the writer, began with this candor:
''Mr. -, don'tlfnow IL its because
am used to Mr.. - (his own reotor),
but I thought you read the lesson very
well."-Guilds' Calendar, Lock Haven,
Do