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UsELEssNEss OF AIR-sHIPs.

Arthur FL. Cummings, in the North
american Reuie,U, takes the position that
flying machines are useless, and even if
perfected can have little value. We con-
fess that we have long entertained the be-
lief that the great effort put forth to per-
feet air-ships is positive waste of human
energy.
The truth is, that ships for navigation
of the air have had sufficient trial to dem
onstrate that a vessel cannot be steered in
opposition to current of air by any re-
sistance of rudders or other appliances
for guiding against the current to be op-
posed. Buoyancy can be and has been
obtained, but governing the air-ship has
not been, nor do even the best informed
experimenters believe it ever will be.
Those who continue to strive for the un-
attainable are those who have not thor.
oughly analysed the reasons advanced
against the possibility of steering air
ships. or of managing them in swirling
and eddying currents of air.
Mr.. Cummings takes the position that
no bird or insect can support itself mo-
| tionless in the air. There is required first,
buoyancy, then certain amount of mus
cular energy. Now, if we are to initiate
nature in this flying business, we must
have some very light and at the same
| time very strong structure, plus great
deal of energy or output of power. Now,
these conditions can be attained; by the
| use of steel and electricity I'VE can get
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strength and power, but we get at the
same time SO large body that it is an
wieldy and helpless in the air, and not
possible of control
The utility of flying machines, there
fore, finds early limitation, and it is
readily seen that there can be neither
carrying capacity in such ships nor at
tainment of speed except by drifting with
air currents. The probability, therefore,
OF alr-ships ever proving serious or even
worthy competitors to steamboats, and
rall-cars is SO remote as to be scarcely
worthy of being reckoned among possi-
blllties. Mr.. Cummings makes one tell
ing point that enthusiasts should ponder
long and well. They have assumed that
by reason of directness of route, and the
hghtness of the medium in which the
aerial vessel rests, great speed with much
| weight may be attained. But as a ship
| with her cargo rests upon water, and dis
places it according to her weight and
| bearings, so the air-ship, with cargo,
must rest upon the air. When it comes
to propelling the ship with it's weight of
| cargo through the air the friction or re-
sistance will be found to be very consid-
erably greater than if the load rested
| upon wheels rolling over smooth metal
| rails.
The steamboat and the rail-car move
| through the air with the advantage of
| material beneath them that the propelling
power may operate upon, or bear against,
while the air-ship, having as much of
the friction of the air as has rail-car,
| has only grip or traction for it's motive
power upon the yielding atmosphere.
Again, the power necessary to lift a
dead weight of one hundred pounds into
the air must exceed the power necessary
to move the same weight an equal dis
tance along the earth's surface. Thus an
ordinary stone-drag enables a horse to
pull along the ground for miles load he
could not possibly by the same output of
power lift thousand feet. A forceIof ten
pounds will move ton horizontally, but
to sustain ton in the air and simultan
eously move it horizontally would re-
quire force of ten pounds plus two thou
sand pounds.
So that no ingenuity can devise machin-
cry to operate in the air and gain power
by resistance to or pressure upon the air
that will ever be practically useful, and,
therefore, all efforts to construct airships
to carry weights and traverse distance
under control will be wasted energy.
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PRESIDENT HARRISON HAS now twice
selected from the bench instead of from
the bar in filling vacancies upon the Su-
preme bench of the nation. 1t has not
been the custom of the Presidents to fol-
low such rule. But it might well be
made matter of convention. We be-
lieve that it is the true principle, and that
it should be uniformly adhered to. 1t
certainly conduces to the maintenance
of the dignity of the Supreme bench, and
to the more exalted respect it should in
spire among the people. Certainly the
lawyer who has had years of service upon
the District or Circuit bench is better
fitted to assume the robes of the Supreme
tribunal than one who has never occu-
pied a judicial attitude.
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WHAT has become of the proposition
broached about the the time that division
time standards were adopted TO reform
the dial of the clock. 1t will be remem-
bered that the scheme was to place the
the twenty-four hours upon the dial,
numbering from to "a. At the time we
believed that it was good scheme and
would prove of infinite convenience, 81
soon as the public could be freed from the
trammels of convention of the old system.
Every reason appeared to favor the adop-
ton OF the new plan, but somehow it sud-
denly dropped out Of consideration. We
learn, however, that the Indian railways
were so impressed with the value of the
new system of measuring the hours that
it has been officially adopted in British
India, and on all the railway dials there
now appear the twenty-four hours in
order
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The REcoRD-UNIoN, SUNDAY UNION
and WEEKLY UNION are the only papers
on the Coast, outside of San Francisco,
That receive the full associated Press dis
patches from all parts of the aoorld. Out
side of San Francisco, they haze no COM
petitors either IN Influence or home and
general circulation throughout the State.
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San Francisco Agencies.

This paper is for sale at the following places:
i. p. Fishers, room 21, Merchants Exchange,
California street; the principal News Stands
and Hotels, and at the Market-street Ferry.
HS- Also for sale on all Trains leaving and
Coming into Sacramento,
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Weather Forecast.

For Northern California-Fair weather;
winds generally north to west; nearly station
ary temperature; frosts.
For Southern California-Fair weather;
winds generally northerly; nearly stationary
temperature; frosts.
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PIANOS TO SUIT THE TIMES-Having
received large invoice direct from manufact-
urers. including eleven different factories,
brand new. Easy installments. Prices, S2O0
and upwards, at A. G. SHAW & CO.'S, 1893
Eighth street. dl6-tf
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SAMPLE ROOMS, 1o14 Sixth street. be-
tween and K. Fine Wines Liquors and Ci-
gars. JACOB HEARTH, Proprietor.
n14-tf
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PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH, by
use of local anesthetic. DIR. WELDON
dentist, Eighth and streets, je22-n
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HOLIDAY GOoDS.-The finest assortment
ever offered in Sacramento. Fancy articles for
Christmas gifts. Plush Cases, Photograph
Albums, Vases, Pictures. Picture Frames to
order at short notice. THEO. W.SCHWAMB,
S04 street. d13-tf
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MRS. DIR. FRENCH, the renowned fortune
teller. This woman tells wonderful things,
City Hotel, 3o5 X street, Room 15. Just ar
rived from Chicago. ja7-St*
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NOTICE is hereby given that the annual
meeting of stockholders of the Germania
Building and Loan Association of the CITY of
Sacramento, for the election of three Directors.
and for such other business may be brought
before it, will be held at its office 1O1l Fourth
street, on MONDAY EVENING, January L.
1891, at 7:3O o'clock.
l., NEITRORG President
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u. 4NIsC sCDOINO, ITtSfutE
II. j. GOETHE, Secretary, d27-0

A FRENCH LADY, just arrived from Cam
ada. Most powerful spiritual healer in the
world and trumpet-medium, at 42l S street;
room d. ja7-7t*
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MICHIGAN has SO amended her school
law that all children suffering from con-
sumption or from chronic catarrh must
be excluded from the public schools.
This is, we believe, the first State recog-
milton that these diseases are commune
cable, and that the discharges from the
mouths and nostrils of such afflicted ones
are dangerous to the living. But science
has demonstrated the wisdom, indeed the
necessity of precisely such regulations.
The well should not breathe the atmos-
phere OF the room occupied by the con-
sumptive, nor should the patient with
| chronic catarrh discharge matter from the
nostrils in room with others, except into
vessel supplied with matter to neutral
Ize the poison. AT the very least, says
DIR. Oswald in Belford's, the room of the
consumptive visited by others, should be
constantly ventilated, and most freely so.
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@prrinl agtntirrH.
THERE IS NO PAIN LIKE TooTHAcHE,

1t "beats the dogs' for making a fellow
squirm. Nobody pities you. "Get it out,
says one; ''rub the tooth against a stone, - saws
another; "when it begins to swell then it won't
hurt SO much" says a third The reason of the
ache is you didn't use ZOZODONT and pre-
vent your teeth from decay.
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MADAME BELL, renowned in telling life's
future events, fifteen years. practice in India
and Australian colonies; late of San Jose.
Young people should know their future. Fee
so cents and 81. 1910 Third street. d9-tf
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s4 BUYS a coRp

OF OLD LUMBER WOOD. GET YOUR
~ winter supply now at the C. o. D. YARD,
Fourth and streets.
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THE enemies of the Bennett compulsory
education law in Wisconsin have just re-
ceived "set back' in the report of the
School Department of the State. They
had forecast all sorts of educational retro
gression and decadence as the resulnpf
the enforcement of the law. The official
reports show that, in fact, the effect of the
law has been to increase the per cent. of
the attendance of those between the ages
of and IA from 73.9 in 1888, to 7S.3 in 1890.
That is the public schools; but in pri-
vate schools the effect has been still more
marked, the attendance increasing from
lis per cent. in 1888, to 1871 in 1890. Could
there be by any possibility more positive
demonstration of the falsity of the claim
of the Wisconsin Democracy, that the law
was designed and would operate against
certain religions? All the law aimed to
do it has done, that is to fortify every child
in Wisconsin of school age with rudi-
mentary knowledge of the English Ian
guage as the official language of the State.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento as
eecond-class matter.
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A DIVIDEND HAS BEEN DECLARED
N by the Peoples Savings Bank for the term
ending December 81, 1880, at the rate of fiva
and one-third t5l:0 per cent. per annun OF
term deposits, and four ~ per cent per an.
mum on. ordinary deposits, payable JANU.
AIRY 8, 1891. CIV. LORENZ, Cashier.
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A. M. SMITH,
Plumber and Gas Filter, AZ ] street.

A FULL LINE OF GAS FIXTURES, FINE
IA Gloves and Plumbers Supplies. Agent for
the celebrated Cleyel and Hydraulic Beer
Pump. All orders promptly attended to- Tele.
phone No. 143.
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GENERAL GRANT said that we taught
the Indian tribes to distrust us. That
was as complete statement of the whole
Indian question as could be made. 1t is
as true to-day as when Grant uttered the
bit OF wisdom. But though our policy
towards the Indian has been one of folly,
shameful mismanagement and disregard
OF solemnly assumed obligations, when
blows are struck and the army is called
in to fight the Indians, it should be left
alone to its task. There should be no in
reference by peace sentimentalists, no
palavering by Quakers, no suggesting by
Indian Agents and Commissioners. Let
the army deal with the Indian in arms,
and let the country abide by what the
army officials do. We can rest assured
that there will be no scandals, no charges
OF shortage in rations, no allegations that
the tribes are robbed or swindled. In
short, we would have the whole manage
ment of the Indian question turned over
to the War Department, and entertain the
belief that with the Indians under the
management of the military, we would
have no further trouble with the savages.
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dubitably establish any Of the super
imposed cities at Hissarlik to be the
Homeric lion.
Schliemann's excavations at :Mycene,
and his discoveries were even more inn
portant, and he there unearthed a royal
treasure-house rich in valuable relics,
which archaologists everywhere admit to
be genuine, and to show no evidences. of
being spurious. This is true also of his
researches with Dorpfeld at Tirgus, one
OF the ancient cities of Greece, and of his
opening of the great tumulus at Marathon.
But it is not necessary to pursue the sub
ject further. The great archaologist is
dead, and there is no evidence whatever
to warrant the suggestion that he ever
imposed upon any human being, or pre-
tended to find what he did not find.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01

IT is amusing to see the London Times
of 1891 advancing precisely the same ar
guments against the domestication otnew
industries in America that were advanced
by Jealous Englishmen IN 1890, when our
first congress concluded then that It was
best for this country to make its cotton
and wooden cloth and its tools and imple-
ments, instead Of importing them irom
England Englishmen with one voice
exclaimed that it was absurd and impos-
sible-that such vocaions were ''uncon-
genial" to Americans, and that they had
neither the materials nor the mechanical
skill to conduct manufactures success
fully. But that didn't frighten our fore
fathers then, nor can similar language
| friphten their descendants. There IS not
a single argument against the demesu-
cation Of the tin plate industry for IN
stance, that has not been advanced by
the English manufacturers and their
American "allies" in succession against
every mechanical industry we possess
When the London Times, therefore, de
clares. as it does in a recent ISSUE that
the new tin-plate duty twill not suthce'
to establish the manufacture in America
and that the plans for intercepting the
hardware trade of Sheffield and the WOOL
and worsted trade of Bradford and other
Northern towns are doomed to failure ="
because they are 'delusive encourage
meut of American capital and labor to
resort to uncongenial enterprises, y irrev-
erent Americans will promptly reply that
All Iris is a chestnut" and that they
and their fathers and grandlathers have
heard these melancholy predictions and
seen them utterly COMPOUNDED hundred
times before. When the Times laments
that the new Tariffs depriYing the Amer
lean people "of- pehknives and scissors
which can cut, of broadcloth which will
wear" fhe only reply Of the Americans
will be 4 burst Of sardonic laughter. They
know Nat American scissors are the best
in the tworld already; and that adequate
Protection to offset the larger cost of
American labor is all that is required to
produce American penknives and Ameri-
can ! broadcloth of better quality than
Sheffield and Bradford ever knew.-Bos-
,86A /0N5Nak
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01

DURING the past twelve months Nil
ford has made advancement and i'm
provement to such a degree as to make
her a town double in population during
the next ten years, if each one of these
ten years would witness the same amount
of enterprise. The new shirt factory,
which now employs sixty hands and
which promises to employ two hundred
and fifty within another year, and Grier's
ice plant have been put in operation,
while water works. new and larger cleo
trio light plant and a creamery are all
assured and will be complete before the
present year is passed. We now want a
shoe factory, a basket factory, a sash and
door factory, a starch factory, a ready
made clothing factory, etc. All of the
above can find labor cheap and the nee
essary raw materials as convenient here
as anywhere else in America Freights
are unusually low to all the large cities
on the Atlantic coast. A little generos-
ity with energy and push will bring many
more factories to the town and give en-
ployment to every man and woman, who
will work, in the town. Let them coiue
as rapidly as possible.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01

Two weeks from next Tuesday will be
held the special election to take the sense
of the people regarding the holding Of a
convention. Every paper in the State,
regardless of politics. has spoken in favor
of the convention and has urged the peo-
pie of all parties to come out and vote
for a convention. There are a few who
in their hearts oppose the holding Of a
convention, but they have not courage to
open by fight against it as they did four
years ago, yet we know of few who are
advising their followers to vote against
the holding ofth convention. The peo-
pie recognize, however, the great bene
fits that are sure to accrue from a con-
vention and it will be hard to defeat the
will of the people. Those who are oppos-
ing the change had better keep quiet or
their opposition might turn the tide away
from their best interests. Eighteen thous
and votes are required to insure success
and it is therefore necessary that the
voters of all parties come out on the
10Th, and cast their votes for a conven-
ton. If you remain at home a conven-
ton will be defeated and then yours will
be the fault
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01
Consumption Cured.

An old phyncian. retired from Practice having
had placed IN his hands by an East India mission
ary The formula Of a simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure OF Consumption,
Bronchitis, CaiarTh, Asthma AID an Throat and
Lang Affections, also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and an Nervous Complaints
after having tested its wonderful curative powers
in thousands OF cases has felt It his daty to make
it known to his suffering fellows Aetuatcd by
this motive and a desire TO relieve human suffer
ing will send free Of charge, 10 All who desire it,
this recipe, in German, Fr,nch or English, with
full directions for preparing and using, Sent by
mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper.
W. A. NorEs, SO Powers Block, Rochester, N. Y
Feb, "a, iy
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01

The accomplishments Of the Alliance leg
islatures when compared with the ante cleo
ton promises Of the stump speakers Of that
organization is as a mustard seed to a noun
tain. All Of which shows that Il IS much
easier to promise relief than to give it, The
farmers have grievances. serious grievances,
which must be rghted before the iudustri-
GUS tillers Of the soil will enjoy the prosper
ity to which they are justly entitled; but, we
think and we believe that the time will soon
come when a great majority Of the members
Of the Farmers Alliance will think with us.
that the Republican party, which has all
ways been the best friend Of the working
men, is the source from which practical re-
lief will come.
Senator Pleher bids fair to 60 down to pos.
terty as the champion talker Of the nine.
teenth century.
The convention Of the National Republi-
can League at Cincinnati was like the Repub-
licau party-a "corkeT aud all right
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FouIk's Bulletin.
MILFORD. May !, 1891.

MILFORD, May !, 1891.
Sun rises at 5 a. m. and sets at
.6.54.
Days length, 10 h. 81 m.
High water at Milford 4.30 q. M,
at the mouth of the river, 2.l7 a. m.
Moon enters last quarter to-day
at S.5l a. m.
Weather for the next seven days
changeable.
Tar Camphor is an absolute pro-
lection from moths, and is cheaper
than camphor. Your woolens put
away with Tar Camphor will be en-
tirely safe from moths.
A first quality, secondhand BIZ
cycle for sale; also, n secondhand
Creamery.
Why do you 90 hobbling about
complaining Of cons, when you can
have them cured for 10 cents?
Why cough, cough, cough, when
Foulll's Cough Syrup will cure you?
Why suffer from constipation,
when Foulk's Pills will cure you?
Why live in dingy room, when
you can get Wall Paper at Fould's
so cheap ana beautiful?
Why whitewash, when you can
get AlabastIne at Foulk's, which is
so much better and prettier?
Why let your house rot down for
the want of Paint, when you can
buy Foull1's Ready Mixed Paint so
cheap?
Why burn poor oil, when you can
buy the best Head Light at Foulk's
for l2 cents per gallon!
Why not answer your friends LETT
ter, when you can buy "a sheets of
paper and "a envelopes at FOulk's
for 10 cents?
Why let your sweetheart wonder
why you do not write, when you can
buy such beautiful paper and en-
velopes at Foulk's for 25 cents per
box?
Why not be always sweet and
clean, when you can buy such Fine
Soap and Perfnmeries at FOulk's?
Why go with your teeth looking
not very-when you can get
good brush and tooth powder at
Foulk's.
FOULK e. co.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01

Sso3,5I4.54, or an average Of 81, 4o2. az per
car In addition 7 disposed Of II6 500 bar
rels Of Almeria grapes, realizing therefore
S4o5,735, to say nothing Of the large luanti-
ties Of oranges and lemons disposed Of by
me and with satisfactory results, and mail
ing 10 my shippers within twenty-four hours
every account sale and check for proceeds.
make practice Of advising my shippers
by telegram condition ofour market aud sup
ply the latest possible information.
have just returned from a heightened
visit TO California, and although the crops
there will be Of the usual fair average, can
see nothing to iniure the prospects Of your
local crop.
viii be glad to Dear from and confer with
any of the shippers in your county and make
arrangements for the handling Of their fruit
during the coming season.
Yours faithfully,
f. L. Good ELL, Auctioneer,
No. Io3 Park Place, NJ. Y.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01
FOR A CONVENTION.

On Tuesday, May 10Th, special cleo
ton will be held throughout this State, to
take the sense of the people upon the
question of calling Constitutional Con
vention. The polls will open between s
and 9 O'Clock in the morning and close
at 6 O'Clock in the evening. Every quail
fled voter should bear the date and the
event in mind, and on that day go to the
polls and vote ticket on which is printed
"FoR A CONVENTION"
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WE ARE GRATIFIED

constantly receiving in every part OF the
United States commendatory letters to promptne and correct
ness in filling orders and take this occasion to say '' a."
are particularly gratifying they show that our Efforts when
are not in vain We pride upon this and propose
far as possible to continue the good opinion OF all those VINO
favor MS with their valued We cannot however, conceal from
uver the fact that despite and omissions WI"
sometimes happen clerk will leave something out Oh an oe
poor substitution and unless the customer Is u
attention to the fact we NAV never it, this do
know that our patron perhaps of miles is nconenenoed
and ANNOYED as right for the best service in entrusng
her order
We therefore desire emphaca customers who shop by
mail otherwise that aim is always to give the best service anu
falling in this we ready correct errors that may be nau
and NO o5 esteem it favor if our would promptly notify us
the facts the comparatively few instances where mistakes occur
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01

THE E0e,y EUeHiAg wants the Sen.
ate to Gust Speaker Donahoe and select
another in his place. The Speaker of the
Senate would become the Governor Of
the State in case of Governor Reynolds
death, and it would not be safe to have
such man as Donahoe sitting as the
chief magistrate. The suggestion is
proper and the Senate should not fail to
act before its final adjournment. Dona-
hoe is all right when dirty work is de-
sired for the party, but even the Democ-
racy of Delaware is afraid to trust him as
Governor.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-05-01

A young lady ofJeferson. West Virginia.
declares that she was all run down before
taking Ayers Sarsaparilla but that now she
Is gaining strength every day. Ayers Sar-
sanarilla IS certainly a wonderfully effective
tonic for the feeble and delicate.