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The record-union., 1891-10-01
LADIES MUSEUM ASSOCIATION

The Members to Meet To-day.to Con-
slider Important Matters.
The Ladies' Museum Association is to
meet to-day, after long adjournment, to
consider its future course. There is a fine
field of usefulness still open to the asso-
citation, whichs has done so much to aid
the Art Schoo Few local public-spirited
societies have done so well as has this or
ganization of Sacramento women.
1t is understood that the Directors of
the Museum Association propose to in
vite the ladies' society to Joint meeting
at the Art Gallery presently, the consider
matters of public interest that both socie-
ties can engage in this winter with benefit
to the community
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DEATH CLAIMED HIM.
Colusa County Loses One of Her Bright
est Public Men.

est ltIllc -vtCUs
t. J. Hart ofColusa, brother OF +. c.
and A. L. Hart of this city, died yester-
day morning at o'clock at his home
The cause of his death was quick con-
sumption.
Deceased was well known throughout
tie northern portion Of the State, and
served several terms in the Legislature
fiGm Colusa County, the last time in
1887. He was also District Attorney of
the county, and had practiced law for
over twenty years. It was he who de-
Tended Hong Di in the notorious murder
clse in ColuSa, and saved his clients life
+ mob afterward lynched the heathen,
however.
The deceased leaves wife and four
children. His remains will be inferred
this afternoon at Colusa
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PRESSED WOOD.
A Piece of Ordinary Pine Compressed
To 1ns.ss Of Gtcr,o

A Piece of Ordinary Pine Compressed
to the Hardness of stone.
Joseph Beer, Of Eleventh and II streets,
through j. E. Mills, has presented to the
Museum Association cabinets piece of
pine that has been, by water pressure,
pressed into solidity almost equal to that
Of granite.
1t was taken from the 1,3O0-foot level of
the Crown Point mine, and had been
under water pressure of forty atmos-
pheres. or 600 pounds to the square inch.
The block is as hard as lignum-vitae.
The wood was SO condensed by the water
pressure that it is difficult to now dis
cover any grain in it. 1t is considered
remarkable specimen.
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Laid TO Rest.

The funeral of MIs. Charles S. King
took place yesterday afternoon from her
late residence, 1925 p street. A very large
number of the deceased's friends and rel
atives attended the services, both at the
house and ut the grave. The floral trib-
utes were many and elegant. Rev. Mr..
otficiated. A quartet was also in
attendance. The remains were inferred
in the City Cemetery. The deceased was
the daughter Of T. NJ. Tracy, and was
only Il years Of age.
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school of Design.

The School of Design reopens at the
Art Gallery, for the fall term this morn
ing. 1t is requested that pupils begin the
course this week to gain full advantage
of the term. A full corps of instructors
will be in attendance.
1t is worthy of note that Miss joey
Richardson, one of the recent graduates
of the school, has been just called to an
art work position in San Francisco, at a
salary of SS5 a month. Another has
opened a studio in Portland, Or, with
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CITY TRUSTEES.

They Award the Contract for the I'M
provcment of i Street.
The absence of newspaper reporters at
yesterdays special session of the City
Board of Trustees did not have the effect
of encouraging any of the members to
indulge in unparliamentary remarks.
it was quiet little meeting, the only
business done being the awarding of the
contract for improving + street, from
Sixth to Twentieth, TO B. Labs, the low
est bidder therefor. The line of the side
walks ON the north side are TO remain as
they are.
It was expected that the board would
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A wonnan,s Screams.

About II O'Clock last night woman's
screams rent the air for several minutes
iii the vicinity of the Water Works, on /
street. They proceeded from the Dingley
residence, near by, and were fierce
enough 10 warrant the belief that some
one was being roughly handled.
There was no policeman at the station
who could be detailed to investigate the
cause of the screams.
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COURTHOUSE NOTES

Official Fees for September-DIvorc
Case Disposed of.
During the month of September there
were thirty-six marriage licenses issued
from the County Clerks office.
The fees received by County Clerk
Rhoads during the past month amounted
to 5000.
County Recorder Johnson received the
sum of 1896 so as fees during the month
In Judge Van Fleets court yesterday
f. w. Bates was granted divorce from
n. s. Bates on the ground of desertion.
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A Specimen Sacramento Product.

Some Sacramentans seem to make their
mark wherever they choose to locate. A
few years ago Frank L. Ewing went from
here to Yuma, as bookkeeper for Sisson,
Crocker q Co., and is now Probate Judge.
superintendent OF Schools and Post
master OF that Arizona town, beside be-
ing the Assistant Superintendent of a
gold mine
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Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers have
been recorded since our last report:
II. 0. Beatty to T. L. Bates-South 37J
feet of lot 5, @, r, Twenty-seventh and
Twenty-eighth streets.
G. Ayers, l.. A. Hall, f. l.. Gelwicks.
a. Shankiin and II. Mcintyre to Emily
Slater-Their interest in the estate OF
Nelson Slater, deceased; love and affec-
ton.
a. L. Frost to W. II. Hartley-West so
feet of the east 60 feet of lot 6, II, /, Fif-
teenth and Sixteenth streets: $40.
William Bergin to j. V. Iong-Lot 4.
block 81 of Oak Park $40.
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The Clark and Strong wells.

In our report of Mr.. Abbott's remarks
on Tuesday evening regarding the y:old
OF the pumps on the Clark and Strong
farms east Of this city, the figures ''30J''
and "500' were printed, instead Of 30, eco
and $1,000, respectively, concerning the
number Of gallons pumped per hour The
error was apparent, however, because Il
yield of but 300 or $50 gallons of water per
hour would not be much OF test.
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Petty PnIicn Co..

In the Police Court yesterday All Toe
and Ling Me were fined $40 each for vio-
lating the health ordinance.
The case of Patrick McCaffery, charged
with disturbing the peace, went over 1n-
til Tomorrow.
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FurnIture, Etc, at Auction.

w. II. Sherburn will sell at auction
to-day, at 10 4. NJ, the furniture and
contents generally of the Elmer Hotel.
on X street, between Front and Second.
including bar fixtures, dining room and
kitchen furniture.
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take some action in the matter of the
proposition to contribute $1,000 to the
Governors mansion fund, but the sub
ject was not taken up.
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DIED.

BRISSELL-In this city, September 25th. at
the residence OF his uncle, A. Meyer, Jacob
p. Brissell, a native of Wisconsin, aged Is
years
R6 Remains will be sent to Wisconsin on
this evenings train for interment Friends
can view the remains at the undertaking
parlors OF j. Miller, Ninth and X streets.
from ) 10 $50 p. NJ.
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A fall novelty is a line Of
Cashmere TWilled COttons.
MerinO Underwear.

Mems Gray Merno Undershirts or Drawers
Tor TALL and winter wear Price soc.
Wnlte Merlno Undershirts or Drawers,
SILK braid and stitched around the neck
Price soc.
The above lines we buy in case lots direct
from the mills, saving the profits Of jobbers
and wholesale dealers, and give far superior
values to what 30 cents usually buys
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Per1in cnnah Cure

For coughs and colds and all lung and
threat affections this article has superior
merit II is perfectly harmless. gives imme-
two TO three days. Endorsed by our best phy-
sicians. Try bottle and you viii always
keep it. Price, fifty cents a bottle. The w IL
Bone Company san Francisco, sole propri-
etors. Kirk Goary & Co., sole agents. Try c.
c. Liniment for acnes and pains.
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Petition in Insolvencr

Edmund Higgins, an upholsterer. has
filed a petition in insolvency. His liza
bilities amount to 81, ,l96 So, and he has no
assets
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STEINwAY & Sons, popular Pease and
ments. A. j. Pommer, corner Ninth and j. ;
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CITY licenses and water rents now due. Pay
on or before the l 9th inst and save costs,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-08

did the women who could not write so well
but could dress better. What is more
fascinating than to talk shopn-literary
shop-wlth a woman skilled in the craft
It IS one Of the mitigating amenities of the
afternoon tea.
But then there is the literary dude. He
is necessary, but he is a most painfully
burdensome element. A woman can toy
with literature without losing any of her
natural charm. She can hut err about a
fad in picturesque way, and even if she
writes with pilful inferiority she carries
with her, like the bee or the bui terhy,
something OF an aroma from the many
literary flowers upon which she has alighted,
for.she reads more than most men. But a
man cannot fntter about literature with
anything of this success. His half-baked
opinions have a melancholy lack of interest
His affectation of literary manners is
simply maddenng.
Yet worse things happen in New York
than IA literary afternoon tea. These enter
tainments have in fact, many attractive
features IL there was any way of making
them little more truly literary they would
be immensely more feasible. But Ameri-
can writers ara infected by the rush Of the
broker and the dry goods men. They live
at high pressure and have noe time. I'm
afreid Grub street is not good enough for
them. They are ''out for the dust"
MATT LAMAB.
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STREET CAR MONEY TRAPS.

Street car fOorings are probably the old
est existing form Of money trap They are
most ingeniously devised. The strips Of
Wo)d by which the superhooring is made
are placed ct precisely chat distance apart
which admits tho passage OF dropped money
and permits contemplation of the dropped
money from above but which prevents the
entrance Of anything wider than the little
finger. You put in your little finger, but
the little fpger cannot charm the money
and it STAYS where It is
IL the conductor is blackguard-a and he
sometimes ls-he will watch a woman Strug-
gle to get out piece of silver from between
the infuriating strips without Offering to
get the money for he'. II she gives up in
despair ne knows ne can capture the silver
at the end Of the route.
The thing 20 do, naturally, is to lift sec
tion OF the flooring. But this is often ex-
tremely difficult. People are not willing TO
climb on the seats or otherwlse get them
selves out of the way. There is always
somebody who grudges the effort TO move
obstructing legs. This embarrasses the per-
son who has lost the money whether or not
be or she is lifting the sec ion of the floor
ing. The crusty middle aged rarity DANES
the company in softly audible inurmur,
and the young lady with a poodle scowls a
powdered scowl.
Yesterday | chanced upon plan for
remedying the whole difficulty. do not
mean the substitution OF reasonable species
Of flooring. You can't expect revolutions
like that from street railroad company.
The plan was suggested by an incident to
this effect:
A man dropped 10-cent piece. I saw
him look down at it for a moment. | ex~
pected him to dive for it with his fingers, or
delude himself with penknife, or try lift
ing the fioor. But he slipped his right hand
into his left hand top waistcoat pocket and
draw out slender pair of tweezers With
these he quickly lifted the coin from
its nesting place between the strips Of
wood.
Probably the man was printer, or a
ieweler or an artisan OF some sort who ha-
bitually used tweszers. But what's the
matter" with the suggestion offered by his
equipment and his conduct!
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The home of the Tenderloin Club Is on
Thirty-second street, in the Tenderloin dis
trict Of New York. i have re7er heard
satisfactory explanation Of why this is
called the Tenderloiu district of New York
One explanation is that, taking the form of
Manhattan Island as apr 3ximateiy repre-
sentiDg the form of g steak, this district lies
in that area which might stand for the ten
derloin. This theory is seriously advanced,
but it is fantastic, is it net? Another ex-
PLANTATION that seems to have more of his
torcal iustticl ION is this: That in the
division of police precincts OF the city that
district which fell to Capt Williams yielded
the fattest income, or let us say, is capabI
of Welding the latest income, and is thus
the pet piece of the steak. It is notorious
that this section OF New York contains, in
addition to its quota of hotels, theaters,
saloons and pool rooms, brilliant essort-
ment of gilded uunamsble haunts. 1t lies
in the heart of fast district, and may
therefore be readily assumed to present an
interesting field for that kind Of supervision
which the New York police captain gives to
the region over which he is appointed to
preside.
1t is in this Tender!oin district, then, that
the Tender DIN Cub disposes itself.
Who are the members Of the Tenderloin
Clubl Well. begin at the top, newspaper
men, club men, men about town, horsey
men, brokers and theatrical men, with
sprinkling of detectives and policei CAPTAINS
and so Oman interesting agglomeration Of
city types Here, you would say, is com
hination Of those elements which are habit
ually TO take the world very much for
granted. II there are any idealists in the
crowd, their theories are at least based on a
profoundly realizing sense of what existing
conditions are The men know the big
metropolis like book. They know too
much about 1t to be sent'mentalists, and
enough, too, to represent the spirit Of re-
form in it's most practical shape.
The club house is as curious as the mem
bership. In general it has the character
isiics OF city club house-the drawing
room, grill room, reading room, billiard
room, etc. But it has some novelty in de-
tail. That second floor room with the
stucco walls is one of the most remarkable
in the city. Embedded in some substance
which have not analyzed, but which seems
to have a strongly adhering quality. is q
Collection Of objects of fantastic variety.
Here are all manner Of weapons, pistols,
dirks, ponards, stilettos, rifles, rasors.
rapiers, "jimmies," police clubs, brass
knucklss, handouts, with shleldt, spears,
masks, and an amazing number Of other I'M
rememberable things combining to form an
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LITERARY TEAS.

The literary tea season is setting in. But
the glory of this form OF aesthetic debauchery
seems somehow to have departed. Perhaps,
the ecadence is only temporary, but 10 is,
nevertheless, palpable.
When the literary tea, generally at 4 or 5
o'clock p. m. 4, first came into fashion, it was
q great fad. Everybody appeared to be de-
lighted. The tea was generally bad. But
the cups, even IL they only cost 20 cents on
Fourteenth street, were artistfcally sug
gestive and alluring The company was
largely feminine. A few men leaked in
toward o'clock, but they never looked
happy, il we except few gentlemen of al
vanced years who delighted 10 bass In so
much femininity.
Mercy how literary some Of them were I
The more intensely literary they were to su-
perHcial acquaintance the more certain it
was tn e you had never heard of anything
they mad written. When you inquired into
their literary standing you were amazed
to discover how many periodicals that Will
publish anything are circulated into the OBJ
scurity of printers linked world. Yet it
was charming to hear and to see them effer-
vesce; to hear their plots, to sympathize
with their battle against obstinate editors Of
big magazines; to hear q stanZa of their last
poem, and to debate modification in a
denoHement. Sometimes you got into q
scrape by being ccrnered into reading q
mauuscript-not on the spot, Of course, but
at q later day when is handed over for your
honest" opinion. II you are hardened
wretch you do give & moderately honest
opinion. II you are human man you prob
ably "trim" and let her down gently.
The literary women who were really lit
erary were sure to be interesting vixen you
could get them. The fact that they dressed
awfully did not bother you SO much as IL
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impre isive background to any group which
fnnV r,afhnr hera

impre isive background to any group which
may gather here
The Tenderloin resembles a good many
other New York clubs in that its member
ship is too busy TO spend much time within
its walls But late at night, after the thea
tiers are on, and after the newspaper men
VITO are not tied to night desk have got
most of their copy" off their minis, there
Is pretty certain TO be representative
gathering III the room aud on one Of the
special nigats there may be aerowd.
The TenGerloin's methods of amusing
itself are in some respects peculiar IL may
be ssid that its amusemeuts are 8 metimes
considerably ventional, for the ordl-
nary forms Of pubic amusement are, Of
course. exceedingly trite aud unbeafable to
men whose life enables them to see every
thing The club is always able to fall back
upon private entertainments by pubic per
+ rmers. the members summon Mile.
Fougere, the charming chGnteltsP c.rcea-
tTiqWe, to sing for them. Nali GENES from
th- Eden MuSee to sing her chaRtGRt nov
elites; Omene dances. Theatrlcal men ap-
pear ct their best before an audience so APP
preciative Of an ariisticSthing. Hermann
waves his wizard wand, and some big polit-
ical celebrity steals in for an hour TO make
capital speeob.
Inclu ,ive as tie membership Of the Ten.
derloip might seem to be. 1t is in one sense
exclusive eaough Cnds have had hard
time getting in, II they ever do get in.
There is no room in the Tenderloin for
dudes.
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APARADISE FOR QUACKS
NEW YOaK ovERRUN WITH QUEER
MEDICINE MEN

And Not a Few Medici=e Women.
Stage stories-A Famous Club-The
Horse Car Money Trap - Literary
Teas and the People They Cathsr.
NEW York, Nov. THE lawmakers of
New York have from time to time been at
great pains to devise statutes designed to
protect the people from doctors of a ques-
tionable kind, but at this day the city on
Manhattan Island is populous with quacks.
Medical Tountebanks crowd each other in
The rush for patronage. New York is q
paradise for them. The we'll regulated
orthodox quack who is dissatisfied with New
York as field for operation is simply be-
You'd hope OF pleasing.
lnere was time when a quack was an
nh-around practitioner he was DR..
CureaLl who could turn his dexterousshand
toanything-coughs colds, cramps, bunions
ana liver complaints we're all oue to him.
put now the quack is q specialist Re
heved OF the strain on his ingenuity inn
posed by the diversity of cases once brought
itor"ard by his victims. he now centers all
us %lles on one form of human misery
ana becomes a more artistic humbug.
me quack specialist is every where. Ii he
Is cheap affair he is down, on the East
sue below Grand street. where he is likely
W De little IN the herb line, but often daz-
Eies with new tangled agencies. II he is a
higner priced Quack he is above Madison
SQUARE, perhaps in a brownstone house,
Win WIN nickle plated sign of staggering
dimensions. His patients include the
ppoorest and the richest. He hoodwinks the
.eV7cent patient from tho tenement and the
foV patient from the Park region. he is
osileo doctor" Probably he has diploma
Vi some kind. But he is a quack.
me. me New York newspapers TEEN with
nealcaF advertisement s. Portra tS of
taoAly relieved sufferers adorn these CON
g. ntial annpnncements, Bat these adver-
US VS. ~ nus. while they seem t. represent al
o't every specs OF human suffering,
Usually reveal but small proportion OF
Io successful! Qlack centerS. Some of the
cSou.er'l5ng Qcacks dispense high-priced
couusel In gilded pariors, into which visit
rs ~ are us cred by nenials in livery. But
ne Ioitlest quacks are a6ove the adver IS
t'us column. They are enthroned in sump-
Gus aIus sanctuerles, the entrance to VIII ch is
~ SSiSulated TO smite the patient with awe.
s rue rea giants of the medical profession
outround tbemseives with no fripr cry. The
c dlack under axes to dazzle. And his sues
0e n, Is extraordinary.
ne quGck understands the human aver
fse IL he doesn'5 understand asvthinC else
thke Barnum, he believes that the public
IVA wants to be fooled. and he obliges the pub
L. lie fools the public to the top Of its
#tsehe' ln patent medicines 1t is notorious
aas anything will sell if you advertise il
p~ouSh In practical quackery it is equally
GLORIOUS that anything will go If you
sUusarge enough for it and surround it with
esucient buncombe. The faith curists could
onuII, 20 strike partnership with the
, ubuacK, who is really curing by faith, only
90 Coy tne quack usually has the advantage
"a nsving LUCK and the devil with him,
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STAGE STORIES.

Society always delights itself in stories
about people of the stage. Even pretty
bad story will "go' if it is about one Of
those people whom the sensational illustrated
papers call "footlight favorites."
Somebody was telling me the other day
about one of Bob billiards experiences in
Brooklyn. The dashing billiard was play
ing romantic part in his romantic way.
10 box were the actors wife and little
boy. The attention of the house was d.
rected to a scene in which Bob fondles the
heroine preparatory 20 fulhllment OF his
contract to kiss the heroine at certain
moment. Things are getting interesting,
and Bob, in the midst of a profound bush
that was only broken by the murmuring OF
the lovers, was approaching the crisis,
when childish treble from the billiard
box was distinctly heard saying, Papa
Papa Don'tn
At an afternoon tea the other day GER
tain man was introduced TO certain
woman The man had been given to under.
stand that she was an actress. but he didn't
catch her name. 1t was one of those mis-
celaneous afternoon teas at which it is i'm
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possible o say whom you may meet, and
the man became very curious to know who
the charming creature was who so soon
mas cred his attention.
Being q candid. not to say waggish man,
he had 10 hesitation in asking st the end of
few minutes: II beg your pardon, but
will you not tell me your namew
Helen French" said tho young woman.
YES aaid the man, "blt--what is it i'll
Englishgh
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A FAMOUS CLUB.

No club is SO surely doomed to contsmpo-
rary obscurity as a club in which news
paper men form a considerable element.
This is why the Tenderloin Club, though
one of the most interesting in New York,
very seldom gets into the papers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-08

When Baby was sick, we gave her casterIa
When she was Child she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung TO CastorisN
When she had Children, she gave them Cassozis
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sAvAxSAH. GA, April %, 1889

SAVANNAH. IA, April 70, 1863.
Having used three bottles of P. p F. for i'm
pure blood and general weakness. and having
derived great benefits from the same, having
gained eleven pounds in weight in four weeks,
take great pleasure in recommending it TO all
unfortunates like yours truly,
JOHN MORRIS
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sAyAssAu, GA, March IL. 1891.

Mems Wool Drswers Closing Out
A fine variety, any sizes. LaFar, ~ Bull
street