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, 1891-04-18

WHAT he said, and this on rich
embroidered carpets. on marble floors,
with cunning sculpture, and carved
woods. and rich pictures and piles Of
books around youy
Look at our pictures and books,
they said, and we will tell Won. goo,
father. how we spent the last evening.
These are stories of godly children and
holy families. and romantic sacrifices
made in old and recent times bv great
and not mean persons, and last evening
our family was collected, and our hus.
bands and brothers discoursed sadly on
what we could save and give in the hard
times
Then came iu the men. and they
said. What cheer. brother les thy
convent want gifts
Then the friar went home swiftly
with other thoughts than he brought
saying: This way of life is WRONG vel
these Romans whom u1avaI cod 10
destroy. are lovers: they urs Ipyers
What can | dor"
And this is the fact "a "A friend re.
lates it.
II called last night upon my friend in
Fifth avenue. His house is stately and
magnificent. 1t abounds with every de.
vic Of luxury. II not tasteful il is rich
If not elegant il ia profuse in snlen1or
While | sat gazing around me nj fine
mirrors and carpets and curtains and
costly furniture my friend entered and
cordially welcomed m.
Where have Won be.p On I,po.g, s,id
l. 1t must be many weeks since / have
seen Won
".You know. he answered .tbat we
were absent upon n visit 70 Cnuzin
Charles for some time and upon opr ra.
,urn the doctor told ms that two If the
y lny i'll with the shin foyer md
that the children mrzt he sa1t ov,,,, i,n1
mcdiateIv So we sent tbau IN moi,
r~rnndfatber's pcor Albany and NV y,ifs
and | remained to tak cnre of thr .erv.
ANTS
xposE To srAsF
Did You know what "A terrible dis.
en-n 1t vas
Yes. the doctor warned H. Rrt we
could not leave them when we knew
how critical wa the situatiou II was
hard To pnrt with the children. and th.v
cried bitterly at going. knowing to yvbnt
dangers we were exp5sed,
And know ,nsv,prad I for have
had the shin fever md for two u.aaIs
Law utterly senseless like ono daad
Both of the serynnts continued my
friend. were delirious for two weeks he.
, 1891-04-18
HERDISM IN 4 BIG CITY.
BRAVE AND KIND HEARTS m a
RICH FIFTH AVENUE HOME.

An Old Legend Of Rome l. Enacted in
Reality Right In the Midst Of a Busy
aud Thriving Metropolis People Of
wealth Nurss Their Servants.
Emerson in his essay upon THE Con-
servatiye' relates a legend of the Friar
Bernard in illustration of the truth that
the bc-t virtues are to be found in all
conditions Of society. If the story were
merely an apologize with the essIyist it
has. I am glad 10 record. lately become
u fact
This is the traditions
The Father Bernard lumeutcd in his
cell on Mount Cents the crimes Of man
kind, and rising one morning before day
from his bed Of moss and dry leaves he
guawed his roots and berries, drank OF
the spring and set forth 10 go TO Rome
20 reform the corruption Of mankind.
On his way he encountered many tray.
eler-, who greeted him courtcously, and
the cabins Of the peasants and the castles
Of the lords supplied his few wants.
When he came at last to Rome his piety
and good will easily introduced him to
many families of the rich, and on the
first day he saw and talked with gentle
mothers, with their babes at their
breasts, who told him how much love
they bore their children, and how they
were perpleNed ia their daily walk lest
they should fail in their duty toward
them.
The record-union., 1891-02-25

WE congratulate the San Francisco Call
upon the excellent service it is doing in
behalf of the ballot reform movement.
The regret is that the Call gave the matter
so little attention in all the past. For six
years the RECoRD-UNIoN has had to
carry on the battle single-handed, practi-
cally, against the foes of the reform. It
recognized the necessity of educating
public sentiment to level with the re-
form before any Legislative action could
be expected. But we welcome the late
corners in the movement. There is not
now in California a half dozen journals
opposed to the passage of the Senate COM
mittee ballot bill, and but one Of these,
the San Francisco Chronicle, has had the
courage to make "a fight" We trust
that the Chronicle will continue in its op-
position. Every blow that it delivers in
the direction of the bill but serves to
praxe the worth and virtue of the meas
ure--for it is practically invulnerable to
assault. 1t is as nearly perfect ballot
bill as has been presented in any State in
the Union. Taken section by section it
is the closest approach to completeness
yet made, and if it becomes a law will
give US the most effective, just and
evenly-balanced ballot law in existence.
The record-union., 1891-02-25

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA has reason to
be very much ashamed of itself. If it
were possible for this section of the State
to blush, it ought to be rosy red to-day.
California on Wheels" the most success
ful and economic advertising feature of
all of Californla's efforts to introduce her.
self to attention abroad, has returned
from trip of many months over more
than one-half the Union. In that time it
was visited by hundreds of thousands of
people and served to practically preach
California's claims throughout all the
north and west sections. II returns now
and locates in our midst for few days to
tell the story Of the shame of Northern
California. For while Southern and some
parts of Central California and the coast
region contributed the splendid exhibits
that make up the valuable exposition on
wheels; and while Southern California
kept her exhibit fresh by almost weekly
additions and supplements, all that
Northern California contributed during
the entire nine months trip of the train
was one big squash and three boxes of
grapes, the latter-sofne consolation
coming from Sacramento grower. We
submit that here is cause for sackcloth
and ashes. A section that is an empire of
wealth, a garden of beauty; that grows in
proflsion and abundance the grape, fig,
hops, deciduous fruits, the orange, lemon,
date, olive, and all manner of grains. veg
etables, berries and flowers; a section
with the greatest and richest valley of the
State resting in it's heart; region of foot
hills and lowlands that for fertility and
prolific yield surpass anything possible
to be shown in Southern California: this
splendid region permitted California on
Wheels to exhibit i'll nineteen States and
Territories at the East, and in more than
four hundred towns and cities, and to tell
the people that Northern California has
capacity to grow one squash and three
boxes of grapes. In the light of this fresh
instance of lack of local pride and public
spirit, the people ought to humiiiate
themselves in the dust and abase them
selves in the ashes.
The record-union., 1891-02-25

dictions have not been fulfilled, for after
the first rush to send it up, it went down
1t went to 81 20 and we were told it would
go to 81 29!, but as more silver was pro-
duced, thS cheaper silver became, pre-
cise>S as the REcoRD-UNIoN warned the
country would be the case.
1t was a prophetic forecast, yet not due
to revelation or occult power, but to a
rational process of reasoning, as we have
indicated. This proceeded upon law
that IS irrevocable and Interchangeable
that the poorer money must and viii drive
out the better. So, as the poorer is made
more plentiful, the better becomes more
scarce, because it is boarded. This result
is due to the fact that the better money
becomes too valuable to be used as
money. Under this law the market value
for labor must decline as the cheaper
money is inflated, because dollar legal
lied by the stamp of the Government
made in silver disc, will be paid out for
dollars worth of labor, but the wage
Garner can buy, under initiation, in the
commercial market, of his necessaries,
just as much and no more as the CONNER
cial world determines the dollar to be
able to purchase. That price is deter
mined by the value Of gold. the boarded
metal.
So, then, the Garner of silver dollar,
stamped, who gives labor or service for
it, pays the premium upon gold. In other
words, the wage-earner gets his pay in
silver as if it were gold, while he can buy
with his silver only at the commercial
valuation of silver, which is the valuation
that gold puts upon it. Or, as the Mobile
Register aptly puts it, 'Free silver coin
age means the taking of so cents worth
of silver from Jones, and compelling
Brown to pay 100 cents for it." That is
to say, free coinage would demonetize
gold, because the silver dollar of varying
intrinsic value, would be less than agold
dollar, though having the legalized ability
to pay a debt of 100 cents.
The record-union., 1891-02-25

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 a0orld. out
side of Sd,, Francisco, they haze no COM
petttors either IN influence or home and
general circulation throughout the State.
The record-union., 1891-02-25
gale srns. 4 90.
More recruits haue been added to the Ginq1san
army. The latest are the fine soft Scotch Cling
hams, With eolors dainty but hard as granite
Maeo Cottons.

What are they? Not Challis nor Satines but
fabric that combines the graces of both In weave and
nlsh 1t is like an India Silk; in beauty it is not bad
second The prlce-25 cents-also endows it with add
tonal atracveness to economical buyers The patterns
are sprays polka dots and foliage effects All of them
distinct and new with the season. Price IS cents yard
The record-union., 1891-02-25

THE long continued and heavy storm
has assured the agricultural section of
the State of good crops this year, and the
horticulturists are justified in anticipat-
ing the largest yield yet credited to Cali
fornia. The rains of the wet season of
1S90-9l have thus far been SO well dis
tributed that the fall-some 10 inches on
the AVERAGES of vastly more benefit
than was twice that amount of precipita-
ton last season. The gales accompany
ing the storm appear to have been very
severe upon shipping, and wrecks and
loss of life upon the coast are the sensa-
tional events of the hour; but inland
there has, beyond few washouts and
landslides on the lines of the railways,
been done 10 damage worth notice. All in
all, the storm, now showing signs of
abatement, has been a beneficent
one, and should move Californians to
give thanks with deep sincerity.
The record-union., 1891-02-25

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
Has been used over fifty years by millions of
mothers for their children while teething
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child
sottens the gums. allays pain, cures wind collie
regulates the bowels, and Is the best remedy
for diarrh9a, whether arising from teething
OF other causes. For sale by druggists in every
part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs
Winslows Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five
cents q bottle MWF
The record-union., 1891-02-25
Weather FORECAST,

Forecast till P. NJ. Wednesday-For
Northern California: Occasional rain, turn
ing to snow in the mountains, followed by
fair weather; fair weather at Keeler, Red
Bluff and Eureka; nearly stationary tempera-
ture, except warmer at Carson CITY.
The record-union., 1891-02-25
Burns and ScaldS
Eiperiul Notices.

THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH must not he
neglected. Colds in the head and snuffies
bring on catarrh and lung affections. Eiy's
Cream Balm cures at once. 1t is perfectly
safe and is easily applied into the nostriis. II
also cures catarrh, the worst cases yielding
to it,
The record-union., 1891-02-25

FAST TINE TO THE EASP.-The Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad Santa Fe route is now
twelve hours shorter TO Kansas City and St
Louis, and twenty-iour hours shorter to Chi
cago than formerly. Pullman Tourist Sleep
Ing Cars to Chicago every day without change.
Personally conducted excursions every Thurs
day. GEO. w. RAfLTON, Agent, 1904
Fourth street, Sacramento MWE
The record-union., 1891-02-25

ing liquids and exciting snuffs. Use Ely's
Cream Balm. which is safe and pleasant and
is easily applied. It cures the worst cases of
ing relief from the first application, Price, SO
The record-union., 1891-02-25
Sam Francisco Agencies.

This paper is for sale at the following places:
L. p. Fishers, room j, , Merchants Exchange,
California street; the principal News Stands
and Hotels, and at the Market-street Ferry.
ES- Also, for sale on all Trains leaving and
coming into Sacramento.
The record-union., 1891-02-25

SAMPLE ROOMS, lO14 Sixth street. be-
tween and h. Fine Wines Liquors and Ci-
gars. JACOB HEARTH, Proprietor.
n11-tf
The record-union., 1891-02-25

PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH, by
use of local anesthetic. DIR. WELDON,
dentist, Eighth and j streets. jc22-tf
The record-union., 1891-02-25

All these publications are sent either by
Mail or Express to agents or single subscribers
with charges prepaid. All Postmasters are
agents.
The Best Advertising Mediums on the Pa
cific coast.
The record-union., 1891-02-25

Entered at the Postofiice at Sacramento as
second-cass matter.
The record-union., 1891-02-25

UCTiON SALE
AF ONE HUNDRED HEAD OF HORSES
" on SATURDAY, February 2S, 1881
Bel y Co, auctioneers will sell, on the premi-
ses, fwenty-eighth and J streets, by order of
the Central Street Railroad Company sale to
commence at l O'Clock p. NJ. sharp: One hun
dred head Of Fine Young Work Horses; all we'll
broke; weigh from 900 to 200 pounds each
Single Trees, Halters, Blankets, Whips.
Wagons, Carts, and all to be SOLD without re-
serve. Terms OF sale: Six months time with
sooc security, or per cent. discount for cash.
n. B.-The electric road being now in opera
tion and q grand success, the above company
have no further use for horses or for harness.
Sale positive, rain or shine. BELL & CO.,
Auctioneers. fel2-td
The record-union., 1891-02-25
Aurtiu,ta.
AUCTION SALE
FORTY ROOMS HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

we WILL SELL on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1891,
AT 1880 O'Clock on the premises,
1921 Third Street, between L and M.
EORTY ROOMS OF FURNITURE
l. 20 Bedroom Sets, Carpets, Piano, Side
boards, Wardrobes, Comforters, Bedding
Stoves, Safes, Crockery, etc. eEySale positive
d. j. SIMMONS q CO., Auctioneers
Office, 1905 Fourth street. fe1l-3t
The record-union., 1891-02-25
New and Neat.

One OF the new patterns in our matchless stock of
FIVE DOLLAR Suits for children is a Fancy Tan Plaid
adapted both to the and the wearer Many other
patterns at the same price We're bound to suit YOU
that's evident if you see the size of the assortment
The record-union., 1891-02-25

AT all times we carry full stock of Trunks Valises
Straps ETC. Larger than ever now with carload of
Trunks just in.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25
Personal Note by Editor,

We have travelled few miles in our life
time, and know what it is to be uncom
fortably housed in a poorly upholstered
car and rudely tossed up and down on old
iron rails that are laid on dirt road bed.
We have been there; but it was always on
other roads than the Santa Fee. Their main
line between Chicago and Denver is hard
to beat. The rails are of heavy steel, the
track smooth and rock-ballasted and the
through "Cannonball' train that flies at
fiftymiles per hour speed over this ele-
CANT roadway is as pretty bit of work
manship as Messrs. Pullman ever turned
out. Each vestibule sleeper is a model of
luxury, and as easy as a cradle. Chair
cars, library cars, and day coaches are all
carefully adapted to the travellers every
want. The Santa Fe is rightly named
''the most comfortably line" 93
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25
- ,or,. - colorado Vi. wichita

Commencing Sunday, July 1850, the
Missouri Pacific railway viii run through
sleeping cars from St Louis VIA Pleasant
Hill, Rich Hill Fort Scott and Wichita 20
Geneseo and from thence to Pueblo. Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver. This change
was made on account o. great many peo-
pie from the east going 70 Colorado being
DESTROYS Of going via Wichita The train
will stop here two hours. giving all
chance TO view the Peerless Princess" and
still land passengers n Colorado same
time SIS ifth4y had gone via Kansas City
X also gives the citizens OF W lchira sleep
ing car service from here to Colorado. Pc
turning, il gives Us through sleeping car
service Wichita toSt. Louis, and gives tns
Colorado people a chance 70 60 east VIA
Wichita This change viii undoubtedly
be appreciated By the travelling public. AID
especially by the citizens o. wichita Il
you are going east or west 20 Wis the pop
UiaT Dew through route Trough char
and Sleeping car service New route Just
completed between Fort Scoti and Rich
Hi goes through the finest mineral and
agricultural country IN the west. Don.
forget TIE new short line 70 ct LOUIS or
Colorado
CITY ticket osioe, 80 North Main street
Wichita, Kansas
46-tt Z. Z BLEckLET. P < T. 4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25
Saved Health and Penny, Too

Amusing incidents often are met with
on the streets. in winch those who are
the central figures are totally obhvious
Of the part they are taking. A night or
two ago a poorly clad child, with her
mother, was gazing anxieusly into a
confectionery store window on Broad
way, Camden. The mother was en-
desvcring to break a piece from a preszei
Which the child held III her hand. Tne
little one. about years old. was appeal
ing 10 the mother for a penny with
which TO buy some candy Tne woman
dropped the basket on her arm. and
startled the child and those around by
excktiming:
mo, no, nv tear child. dot will not do
for you; your NANNY loves her little
girl When you eat DOT candies it makes
YOU feel so bad yust like when you takes
dot caster oil" The child did rot re-
quire second warning, and with a
snile the woman picsed up the basket.
nUnched the preszel and walked Up the
street-Pniladelph Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25
ECHOES FROM THE OLD FARM.

When the crop is on the market and the cash
is in your sock,
And you hear the elink and jingle of the key
turned in the lock,
And the blinking Of the pennies and the
clanking of the Items"
And the grocery man is paid up and no more
his bill he sens:
o, it's then's the time Teller is a-feein' at his
best,
When he rises from his supper, then downward
pulls his vest;
And he smokes his pipe In comfort and then
goes and winds the clock.
When the crop is on the market and the cash
is in his sock.
There's something Kind O. cheerful like about
the farmers eyes
When he knows the summers over and he
doesn't have TO rise
About the time the daylight's a-peepin'
through the gloom,
And work until the moons up mid the grain
that's all in bloom;
But instead he sorter calculates he'll hook his
old Buck" and Jess
To his cutter in the evenin', and put ON his
Sunday dress,
Then go a-courtin' Lizer, with her apron and
new frock,
When the crop is on the market and the cash
is in his sock.
Oh, the huskin' and the spellin' bees-the win
ter's harmless fun;
The raspin' of the fiddle when the dancin' is
begun;
The jingle of the sleigh bells. your best gal in
the sled;
The kissin' and the buggin' when the old folks
are in bed;
The roastn' of the chestnuts, the neighbors
drOppin in;
The eatin Of the apples. drinkin cider from a
tin.
Oh, it sets my heart prancin', like struttin'
turkey cock,
When the crop is on the market and the cash
Is in the sock.
Boston Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25
Only One Left.

A well known English actor. travelling
to Birmingham by the Great Western rail-
way the other day, on approaching Ban
bury began to feel hungry, and determined
to indulge in one of the buns for which the
town is famous.
The train having pulled up, he hailed
boy, handed him sixpence, and commits
stoned him to get ''two Banburys," one OF
the two being promised him for his trouble.
Just as the train was about to start tha
boy came rushing up to the carriage in
which the now impatient actor was seated,
and, holding out threepence, exclaimed,
with mouth half full:
Here's your change. sir"
Bother the change; where's the cakes"
roared the hungry TheSpian.
They had only one left" replied the
boy, land I'm eating that"
And thin the train moved of.-Jester.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25
An Old Cornwall Custom.

The delightful custom of s'harvest home"
suppers. which unfortunately Is dying out
among American farmers, Is universal in
Cornwall. There Is also custom OF very
ancient origin OF celebrating the finishing
of work in any particular harvest field, es-
pecially in completing the labor Of ''stook-
ing" or shocking" the sheaves OF grain
into "arrishmows" The custom is called
crying the neck" and consists OF eievat-
ing small sheaf of the best heads Of grain
three times in the air among the harvest
ers, who thereupon cry at the top of their
voices, 1.-THE neck." finally changing this
shout TO "We yenl we yen" meaning "we
end' the harvesting OF this field This is
followed by a good deal of boisterous
though harmless iollity, to which the lips
of maidens pay tribute in proportion to
their lack of physical prowess.-E- l.
Wakeman in New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25
An Even Climate.

New Mexico is noted as having one OF
the most equable climates in the world
Sudden changes of temperature are almost
unknown. 1t is an ideal place for winter
residence. Very low excursion rates to
Las Vegas Hot Springs, where the cele-
does not cost much to run over from Hot
Springs to Santa Fe, the capital of New
Mexico, noted for its many scenic attrac-
tons. Inquire Of local agent of Santa Fe
route, III North Main street, or union
passenger station, or address G. T. Nichol-
sen, G. p & T. A. Topeka. Kansas. for
copy of New Mexico folder. just issued
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25
Inaersoll on California


In a recent magazine article. Mr.. Ernest
Ingersoll, the noted writer, says:
"The climate of Southern California IN
winter closely resembles that of Egypt.
Its eQuability is constant, and its dryness
is proverbial. The only complaint made Is
that it is too nearly perfect. Residents
bred in the eastern states confess now and
then that rousing storm would give them
a grateful sensation. But this sentiment
meets with no favor from the man who has
just fed from superfuity of wetness and
chilling gales. To him perpetual summer
seems perpetual paradise. and to the in
valid dreading the advance OF disease, the
still arid atmosphere is as the breath OF
life'
The most comfortable way to reach the
Pacific coast is via Santa Fe Route.
Weekly excursions in Pullman tourist
Nicholson, G. P. & T. A., Topeka, Kan,
for folder "
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25

California, Washington and Oregon are
having boom" on solid basis this year.
The country is fast filling up with farmers.
Business is lively in all branches. II you
thinking of taking a trip to the Pacific
coast, for pleasure or business, write to G.
T. Nicholson, G. P. and I. A. A I. & S:
F. r. r., Topeka, Kan. for Pacific coast
literature; or apply to local agent santa re
route, 122 North Main street. or Union pas
senger station, corner Douglas and Fifth.
and learn all particulars ABOUT personally
conducted parties Io9 u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-25
New Dining Car Serxla ..

Hereafter passengers leaving wichita
on the Missouri Pacific fast throbs; train
at 10 D. M, for ST. Louis or points east OF
Fort Scott, will enjoy the benefit OF hav-
ing supper served in a dining car at ort
Scott at 7:25 p. m. Likewise passengers
leaving st. Louis at $50 p. m. will he
served breakfast at 7:26 a. M. in the same
way. Thus is the 'easant Hill route"
becoming more poplar daily with the
travelling public. E. E. BLECKLEY,
Passenger aid Freight agent,
Missouri Pacific Railway.
100 North Main, dc II