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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29
Gifts and Givers of Gifts.

Kindness is not so much shown in the
cost of presents, but in the way of present
ing them. There is, as German proverb
SAYS, much honor in glass of wine
which means that gentle nature will
show much more in the way sought to
oblige than in the magnitude of the gift,
which may depend on the means of the
giver and not ON his heartfelt wish to be
kind. A man may be able to give an
eagle as charity, but throw the gold
coin so as to avoid the touch of the needy
person, and, by humiliating him, diminish
the value of the gift. 1t is given only to
few people to accompany the gift with a
warm, sympathetic look or smile, or kind
word, which will do more than the gift
itself to console or comfort.-N. Y. Led
gej.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29
HENRY ECKHARDT. GUNsxITH.

MANUFACTURES AND DEAL o
MI e- in Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, ESY -
ANN uniti0n and Sporting Goods. >Ss>
All the leading makes of Guns and LF~4GS.
Rifles st popular prices-Parker, ~ "
LefeveT, Colts Smith, Ithaca, new Baker sni
new make Guns. Flrst-class Gun and Rifle
work, Send for price list Of guns. No. SIS z
street. Saoram ento. Csl.
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or FLoHR

DRACTICAL GUNsMITH, 1924 =
I Sixth street, between aid MI
K, Importer and Dealer in Shot
guns, Ri1es and Pistols. Ammu- MSSIS$M
milton of all kinds constantly on% ~
hand. Safes and scales repaired, and Trusses
made to Order. f---- -
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29

English Foundry Coke is quoted at 81 on the spot
and Sli 50Gl5 50 TO arrive; Puget Sound Coke,
Sl4; san Francisco Gaslight Company is selling
Coke at soc > Dbl by Wholesale and SOC by re-
tail.
COFFEE - 214 a 2lg%c for prime Guate-
mala, Costa hica and washed Salvador;
201a@2lc for good descriptions OF the same;
l714@lsc for medium do; l51l7c for ordinary
do 121aq1434c for inferior to common do; and
20i &C for good unwashed Salvador
CORDAGE-The Tubbs Cordage Company
turns out three styles, which are quotabie as
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29

FRET not your life away because your
hair is gray, while young, IS you can stop
all grayness and can beaulify the hair with
Halls Hair Remover and be happy.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29
BUSINESS CARDS.

q. p. ROOT. ALEX. NELSON. j. DRIscoL.
ROOT, NELSON s. CO.,
TNION FOUNDRY--IRON AND BRASS
u Founders and Machinists, Front street,
between n and o. Castings and machinery OF
every description made to order. 4p
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29

PEARS Soap secures beautiful complex
pm,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29
General Merchandise.

SAN FRANCISCO, March ., IssU
BAGs-Caleu.ta Wheat Bags, 65s@64c tor
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UNDERWRITERS.
w. J. KAVANAUGH,
U NJ ID i II II a x e ES
No BIS j ST., bet, Fifth and Sixth,

LwAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSERT
n ment of Metallic and Wooden Caskete
Burial Cases, Collins, AID Shrouds furnished
Coffin orders will receive prompt attention on
short notice and at the lowest rates Office
nra1l day and night In
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29

Successor to Fritz & Miller)
u NJ ID Ell II * E:F,
OFFICE IN ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE
" Ninth and ( streets. Complete stock o
Undertakers' Goods constantly on hand. City
and country orders promptly attended to, day or
night, at reasonable rates. Telephone 1856. 4p
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
How Fast the Sea Swallows
Land.

There is n broad lowland stretch
ing from Sandy Hook to Cape Henry
and another washed by Mississippi
sound upon which the sea is en-
croaching; they are wave-fashioned
plains but recently wrested from the
ocean, and ocean reclaims it's own.
Already it's octopus arms have seized
the lowlands in horrid embrace, and
day by day, month by month, yenr
by year, generation by generation,
the grasp is tightening, the monster
creeping farther and farther inland.
Each average year the water-mark
advances Il rod. The seaside cottoge
with a broad lawn before it has an
"expectation of liie"of a decade or a
generation; but the cottage at the
verge OF the cliff may go in q year
and must'go in n lustrunl, unless hu-
man devices outwit and overpower
the waves fo- an exceptional period.
On most other eastern and southern
coasts the waves are also encroach.
ing, but their progress is slower.
And the oceans power is too great
for puny man to oppose successfully.
Forum.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
Christianity and the Wages
System.

The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, the
successor Of Henry Ward Beecher in
Plymouth pulpit, who has studied
the industrial situation from con-
servative and Christian point o.
view, formulates his latest conclu.
sions in tho August number of the
Forum in an essay on industrial
democracy. He gives his reasons for
believing that the wages system must
pass as slavery has passed; that
competition, as it now exists, must
yield to a more just system; and that
the oligarchic industrial organization
will give over to what he calls indus
trial democracy; in other words, that
as the people have taken the place OF
kings and oligarchs in managing
their social organizations, their re-
ligious organizations, and their
political organizations, just so there
is coming an organization of indus.
trial life which will be administered
by the people, for the people, and not
by the laborers for the capitalists.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
Leo Still a Paving Power.

Paris Despatch to the London Daily Tsle-
graph.
Lion hunting made easy" might
be the motto employed by NJ. Cat
tier, q bold colonist of Algeria. He
has taken up the succession of the
late NJ. Bombonnel, who died q few
days ago in Dion, after having been
for the greater part of his existance
mighty Nimrod in the North Afri.
can jungles and deserts. If we are
to credit the testimony of those
who know the colony well, it is an
error to suppose that there are no
lions in Algeria. On the contrary,
the 'monarchs of the desert" abound
in the forests of Bona and in the
gorges fPalestro. NJ. Gather is run.
ming" his lion hunting business at
Palestro, and is doing his best to
work up a connection, not only
among gentlemen who may wish to
accompany him in his expeditions,
but also among ladies. Here is a
splendid opening at once for the
modern woman" who dares do all
that man does.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28

HER THIRTY-NlNE LOVERS.

A vessel was voynging over the sea,
And two-score at passengers on board had
Thirty and nine Of the muscular sort
and u charming young lady the captain
brought.
The thirty aud nine were all shot through
by Cupid
But the charming young lady thought them
all rather stupid.
She saw them alone, and she saw them to-
gether.
How they looked in calm and after bad
weather.
There were tall ones and short ones,
Fat, lean, rich and shady.
But oil were nike deep in love with the lady
She could not love them ALL what was to be
- done?
She consulted the captain who suggested
some fun.
ITO morrow" said he. 81 the day should be
calm,
Just jump in the sen, and it shnll do you no
harm,
And the first one that follows to rescue your
life
Will have tho first claim to make you his
VIE
The next day was calm, and over she fell,
Aud thirtv-eight passengers 'OllOwed as we'll;
One stayed where he was for no could not
swim:
He knew he'd be drowned, which was gone
goose" for him.
The lady was rescued, and til, passengers,
too,
And they stood in n row us for review
Uninviting before they now look like dro wne'l
rats,
From the eolcs of their feet to the crowns OF
their hats.
She consulted the captain. whose look was a
Wy one
"IfI wero You, Miss, I'd favor tbs dry one. "
London Graphic.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
He Thought He Had'em Sure.

A Georgia man, Mr.. Evans, stood
in the Girard Cate preparing to mail
n letter and had just moistened two
one-cent stamps when they slipped
from his fingers and fluttered to the
floor. Mr.. Evens, who is u portly
man, looked at them in disgust and
then stopped to pick them up. Be-
fore he could put his fingers upon
them, however, they began to move
slowly away from him along the
floor. He drew back and gazed at
the spectacle with astonish,nent and
terror. When they reached the side
of the room they began slowly to as
cend the wall. 1t is to be hoped that
Mr.. Evans is not given to drink, but
he FASTENED to the bartender at this
point and begged him to feel his
pulse. When he returned the sta mps
had risen half way to the ceiling and
were still gliding upward. Happily
for Mr.. Evans sanity, the bits of
blue paper just then altered their
course and began to descend and
soon they were within reach of his
hand. Then the mystery was ex-
planned. The moistened stamp had
fallen upon q fy's back and had
stuck to the insect, which naturally
enough started off with them
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
How Hooked.

1t is the all but universal custom
among the fashionable ladies of Ven
ice of the present day to smoke CT
garettes, both when alone and in com,
pany. The hostess at ball among
the nobility receives her guests with q
cigarette Between her fingers, and
all the fair danes smoke in the
pauses of the dance.
The wife OF the son of Robert
Browning, an American lady. Great
ed a profound sensation in Venetian
society by declaring that she would
not invite ladies to smoke at her
house, and the little daughter of an
other American lady unconsciously
uttered a severe criticism upon the
custom.
The mother was visiting an Ital-
ian woman OF title, and in her honor
ball was given in the palace of the
hostess. The little girl, who was 6
years old, was taken by her nurse
from her bed to a gallery where she
could look down into the ball room
after the company had assembled.
She looked at the brilliant sight for
a moment in silence and then asked
in much wonder:
"Where are the ladies?"
"Why, the hall is full OF them" an
swered the nurse.
"Oh, no." said the child, call those
women but momma are smoking.''-
Youths Companion.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
Life Romance,

fashionable physician told an in.
teresting experience the other day
Thirty years ago he was boy ir
one of the villages near New York
Like most lads Of his age, he had a
sweetheart, with whom he used to
attend prayer meeting, parties and
other affairs. Like some other vii
lage maidens, this maid was capri
c;ous, and one fine day she coolly gave
him the yo-by for some other fellow.
To addinsult to injury, she badgered
him about his prospects, and asked
tauntingly what he was going to do
when he grew up to be a man. Oh,
he was going to be doctor, and a
great doc, or. She laughed and said
contemptuously, as only wicked.
Misunderstanding girls can, that he'd
never amount to much because her
mother had told her that lie was very,
stupid.
"Well, that's all right" responded
our doctor, grimly. You'll hear from
me some day because l am going to
make a success of it,"
The village lad kept his word. He
became a famous doctor, ind at
tended some OF the most celebrated
persons in the United States. He
rose constantly in his profession, AM!
had almost forgotten his Wiling,
maid when one day, not SO very long
ago, he received a note from her ask
ing if he was the same person she
had known as boy. He replied
courteously, but without unnecessary
words, that he was.
About two weeks later the lady
called on him at his office She was
gray-haired and matronly. She had
seen his name hundreds of times in
the public prints, but had supposed
that it must be some one other than
her former admirer. Then she asked
if he would do her favor. Her hus
band had had reverses and was az.
present a sort Of demented paralytic.
She was too poor to provide for him.
and had vainly tried to have him ad-
mitted to one of the hospitals for
incurables. The doctor gave her a
note to the superintendent of the
hospital with which he happened to
be connected. that was tantamount
to an order for the admission of the
patient.
Two months after the husband
died in the institution, and the widow
called to thank the doctor for his
services. A tear glistened in her eve.
and, with deep sigh. she limited at
how different things might have been
if her mother hadn't forbidden her
to have anything more to do with
the stupid village lad. The DOCTOR
who saw the ticklish ground that the
widow was treading, rapidly changed
the subject, and soon after bowed
the lady out, with much dignity, to
receive one ofhis high-priced patients.
But he was very absent minded. and
shocked his new caller considerably
by the diffident manner in which he
asked. after her symptoms. His
mind was with the Hudson river vii
lage girl OF 80 years ago.-Ncw York
Star.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
we're reaching and falling towards

were ISdciuuS duu ltthiue lOWdEuD
me.
ut was not the wind. blowing the
snakew eed. The fiendish plant had
life and motion. and every fibre of it
was strnining to reach me. knew
that If those advancing waves of
blnck ever reached me ] was lost.
would be like those shriyelled bod
les by the ginnt cactus.
IL made n final effort to escape. l
coull hear the muscles crack and
strain rs pulled. cut the thickest
stem that enveloped me and for the
first time since the struggle began
was able to make a step backward.
But the fight was not over yet. A
dozen smaller tendrills. like 80 many
whip cords, were tangled about me.
cutting into my flesh with ~ terrible
power | had kept my throat free,
though the vegeta BILE serpents seemed
to strive to coil about it. So | cut
and struggled backward. A final
slash, II Jump and | was over the
edge and on the bowlder in the dry
creek. But the demons arms fol
lowed me. knew that they would
seize me again before l could get
down, so dashed to the other side
of the water-course and clambered
up there.
"How l thanked God when found
nothing there but greasewood and
cactus. saw the vines swing and
sway over where had escaped, and
then I tainted.
when l cume to the mesa was
quiet agnin. The vines had receded
and il it had not been for my aching
swollen limbs l would have sworn it
was all nightmare. But there laid
the two dried out bodies. While
lay there recognized them. l: was
the halfbreed merchant from Merida.
The other was doubtless the Indian
who betrayed the secret Of the silver
mine"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
Came to See Sail and Dick.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Among the immigrants who landed
yesterday at the Barge Office was a
female stowaway who had crossed
the ocean in the White Star steam,
ship Teutonic. She was tall, mat
ronly looking woman and was well,
dressed for one passing through the
Barge Office. She gave her name rs
Mrs. John Jones and said that she
was about fifty years old. erhome
is near Queenstown and her husband
is an old sailor and n pensioner OF the
British governments. 4 few years
ago her daughter came to this coun-
try with n letter to the late Father
Riordan, who found q good situation
for her. The girl wrote home nlum-
Der OF times to her mother. The lat
ter longed to see her daughter and
her son Dick, who had also come to
this country.
Last Thursday morning when she
saw the Teutonic entering Queens
town Harbor the old woman put on
her best clothes and saidshe was go.
ing to America to sec Sally and Dick.
AS she did not have penny in her
pocket her husband did not take her
at her word. At the dock she board
ed the White Star tender and was
transferred to Tho Tcutonic. When
the vessel Was out ut sea the purser
asked her for her ticket. Although
she had neither ticket nor money,
the purscr was not harsh with her
"Sure, he couldn't help but treat
me decent" she said, ''because l was
respectable" During the voyage
she was treated as wei. as the other
immigrant women. Gen. OBierno
directed that she should he detained
at the Barge Office while Inc endea7-
ored to find either Sally or Dick.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
How Paradise Is Really Lost.

How Paradise Is Really Lost,
"Where was the Garden of Eden?"
was one of the interesting questions
ON which Hormuzd Rassam discours.
ed before the Victoria Philosophical
Institute recently, Sir G. G. Stokes,
NJ. f., in the chair. Mr.. Rassam has
been recently excavating Babylonian
and Assyrian sites, but he has not
found the Eden site, and he showed
how utterly impossible it was to fix
the locale in a land where volcanic &C.
ton and physical alterations had in
many places changed the courses of
the rivers in past ages. In this sense
it is really Paradise Lost. Lon.
don Telegraph.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
English and American Names.

English and American Names.
A donkey in England is called
moke; in America moke is q negro.
That which is known to American
as pitcher is called a jug in Eng
land.
The American locomotive becomes
engine and tue conductor is a guard
in England.
What Americans call sick the En-
glishmap call i'll; sickness in England
implies nausea and vomiting.
That which Americans call II bowl
is known as basin in England. In
England you ask for a basin of bread
and milk.
American wheat is called corn and
American corn is called maize. or
sometimes Indian corn. Pigs feet
are called trotters.
The American druggist is called a
chemist in England, many of the old
practitioners retaining the old spell
ing-"chymist.'
What is known rs hash in Eng
land Americans call a stew, and what
Americans call hash is known as a
mince in England.
That material know to Americans
as canton flannel is in England called
swans down and American muslin
is known in England as calico.
What Americans call stewing (culi-
nary term the British call simmering.
The American lunch is luncheon in
England, and baggage becomes lug
gage.
A chill" is called "rigor," and
the eruption commonly known
among Americans as "hives" is in
England known as 'nettle rash. -
Candy is variously known MS
Sweets" ''sweetmeats" an "lolly."
What Americans call IL telegram is
in England called telegraph; it will
probably never be determined which
of these usages is the better. The
American postal card is IL post card
in England, cuffs bee ONE wrists.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28

LION tanning. which has heretofore
beeu looked upon as an exciting and
dangerous pursuit has been reduced
70 safe and mechanical basis by the
use OF electricity. The lion tanner
now enters the cage of the king Of
beasts carrying light wand with an
Insulating grip for the hand con-
nected by flexible wire with bat.
tory. With this device the lion is
about as dangerous as pug dog. He
may look terrible and roar, but he can
do no harm. Anybody can tame a
lion nowadays. and those thrilling
stories In which the keeper. failing to
subdue the majestic animal by the
strange power Of his bad eye. Is torn
al to pieces BY him in sight Of the
audience are tales OF tho past.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28

No ONE knows better that the
active workers in the profession the
faults Of the newspaper. They know,
too. that despite all things it more
than keeps abreast OF public senti-
ment and that it is constantly pro-
crossing and improving to a broader
and more wholesome influences in the
changing and advancing conditions OF
civilization. In this respect the news
piper need few no comparison with
tho achievements OF mon in other pro.
(essions
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
Americas Defenselossness.

There is nothing pleasant in the
testimony given by Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, of tho United States army, be-
foro senate investigating commit
tee. He said that the entire Pacific
coast is dcfcnscless and that during
ten days the British fleet could de.
stroy every town and city on Puget
sound, destroy our railroad system
there and occupy our outlets tor
that northwestern country. An en-
cmy's ships could 60 up the Colum.
bia river and destroy the c,ty OF
Portland. There is not an EARTH
work nor a single artillery soldier on
Puget sound. South of the harbor
of San Francisco there is cot Q single
gun in position, nor q soldier 70 do
fend the harbors and cities Of Sal,
Diego, Santa Barbara and San Ped
70. The city Of San Francisco is abb
soIutely open to attack by an emo
my's feet.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28

- NEVER before in the his tory OF man.
kind has there been u perio when
the Christian world was so much &C.
cupied as it is now in making ready
for war. Never before was the bust
ness OF killing men reduced to so
great scientific perfection. Moro
thought is expended on the invention
and construction of engines of war
than upon the implements OF peace.
Physics. chemistry. mechanics. all arts
and sciences are enlisted for the work
Of destruction.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28

THERE is no surer sign OF a more
liberal civilization and wiser world
than the perception that the bounds OF
legitimate wOmanly interest and ac-
ttvity are not to be set by men as
heretofore to mark their own con.
venicnce and pleasure. The traditio II
Of the lovely incapacity OF women re.
fleets either the sensitive Apr chen
siOn or the ignoble abasement OF man.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28

THE English law requires that every
mine shall have ut least two openings,
and that the location OF the second one
shall be arranged with especial regard
for ventilation and the chance of es-
cape in the case OF an accident. II
such law had been in effect, and
enforced In this country for twenty
years past, the present census would
have showed thousands more people
than it now will.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28

IT il said that New York iS now full
OF dukes. counts. marquises and other
European mobiles who have been COM
PEELED to leave their homes for one
reason or another. This is ever SO
convenient for New Workers, who
have heretofore been compelled to go
abroad to chase down a title. All
they will have to do now is to hang
out sign. little wanted" and make
their bargains at their own doors
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
How the Boy Looked att.

How the Boy Looked att.
Teaeher-"John, of what are your
boots nader"
Bov-"Of leather, sir"
Teacher-"Whero does leather
come from?"
Boy-"From tho hide oil an OK"
Teacher-"What animal, therefore.
supplies you with boots and shoes
and gives you meat to eat?"
BOy-"My father. Chatter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28
Frightened to Death by
Snake.
From the Fredericksburg Star.

From the fredericksburg Star.
Mollie Henderson colored, OF Spott.
sylvsnia County, while walking in q
field near her house and picking
some berries for amusement, discoy.
cred a huge snake near her feet. She
quickly retreated, but was so fright
ened that she fell to the earth in a
senseless condition. Her family soon
discovered her condition and took
her to the house. Medical aid was
summoned, but without avail, and
she expired that night.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-28

Why the Amazons fight better than
che regular male soldiery is explained
by one who was captured by the
French in battle last spring. Each
woman is promised IL mile square in
Heaven. three husbands. all the fish
md honey she needs. and the satisfac-
tion OF killing an enemy once a week