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The Portland daily press., 1891-02-19

THE UNION MUTUAL LIFE
INSIIRANCE COMPANY does
not ask the patronage of our clti-
zens solely because 1t is home In
stitution, but because Y gives as
annie equivalent for outlay as any q
Company In the country.
The record-union., 1891-05-13

The Capay Valley Land Company is Offering the
most fertile lands in this beautiful valley upon terms which
enable the purchaser pay for the land out of its own
product viz Interest only for five years at per cent
The only condition imposed is that reasonable pro-
portion OF the land purchased shall be planted to fruit
trees or vines Land may be bought without this con-
dltlon on payment OF per cent cash and remaining
80 per cent at the end of five years. with interest ann
ally IN advance at per cent The various tracts owned
by the Capay Valley Land Company have been subdi-
Vlded INTO 10 and 2o-aCre lots, which are for sale at
prices varying from $50 to $3.50 per acre. Similar un-
improved land in Vaca Valley has recently been sold at
$500 and $500 per acre.
These Capay Valley lands are under the most favor
able climatic conditions for the prosecution of profitable
fruit growing and the locality has proved itself to be
one OF the earliest in the State The grape crop of 1900
from the companys vineyard at Cashmere was picked
dried and shipped to Chicago and Philadelphia before
the Fresno County grapes were ripe.
lhe railroad passes through all of the tracts owned by
the Capay Valley Land Company, thus insurng excel
lent shipping facilities; and land may be purchased
IN the immediate proximity of either of the following
stations Capay, Cadenasso Surrey Guinda Sauterne
Cashmere or Rumsey.
At many of these places fine orchards OF the choicest
and earliest varieties of peaches and apcos may already
be seen and during the coming considerable ad
donal acreage will be planted One of the recent
sales made by the company was that of the Tancred
Tract containing 600 acres, to a colony association
This tract has been subdivded into forty holdings all of
which will be planted to fruit trees this season.
The fine orchards on the Guinda Tract where 400
and is significant fact that several of the blocks are
owned by successful Vaca Valley fruit growers who ex-
pect to make their earliest shipments from here.
The record-union., 1891-05-13
COMM MERCIAL.
SACRAMENTO MARKET.

SACRAMENTO, May 18th.
FRUIT-Lemons-Sicil S6 5o07 q box
California, SO 1904 so; Lines, 5000 SO q
box; 81 so = 100; Bananas, So 5o@3 so !
bunch for Island; Cocoanuts. $7@S; California
0ranges-Los Angeles, 81 1902 p box; River
side, S2@2 SO r box; do Navels, $4 sc
dozen; Strawberries, 81 1902; B: I: Cherries
81 1902; Cherries. common, 81 50@1 rs
Goose6erries, 15c y u.
CANNED GOODS-Assorted table, S2@
2 10; Apples, 81 so; Apricots, 81 SO; Black
berries, 81 90; Cherries, So 4O@2 60; Cur
rants, 81 25; Gooseberries, 81 S0@1 go
Muscat Grapes, 81 55@I so; Plums, 81 go
Ounces, 81 95; Raspberries, So 70; Straw.
BREADsTUFFs-Flour, So SO p bbl; oat.
sacks; cornmeal, white, sa75 . ION sacks sacks;
yellow, 50 80 q 25-b sacks; Cracked Wheat
80 80 q 10-fb sacks; So 65 q 1O0-tb sacks;
Hominy, So so p 10-tb sacks; So 25 p loon
sacks; Graham, So 90 y 1o-fb sacks; So 65 ?
100-fb sacks.
VEGETABLES-On Silverskins, $50
70 sWt Onions red 81 75@S Ga66ags
121ac 2 doz: Parsnips, $1@1 SO; Beets, 75c
@S1; Horse Radish, 10c 2 10; Garlic, 2o@25c;
Artichokes, 75c@S1 q doz; Dried Peppers,
2o@25c; Green Peas, common, 4@41&c; do,
sweet, $40 &c; Potatoes, Early Rose, S5@ 9oc;
Peerless, 90c@S1; Burbanks, 81 4o@1 so,
Centennial, S1@1 25 y ctl; New Potatoes, 114c;
Sweet Potatoes, So 50@4 y sack; Celery, 75c
q doz; Spinach, sc p h; String Beans, go
10c; Summer Squash, 121a@1 sc; Caulifiower,
io@121Ic; Red Cabbage, &c > II; Savoy Cab,
bage, 90c q doz Asparagus, 81 25; Rhubarb,
DAIRY PRODUCT Butter-valley, $50
zoe 2 ID; Fancy Petaluma, 2O@2lc p n;
Eastern Creamery, fancy, 21@22c; packed
in firkins, choice, 18@25c; common, 1919
13c. Cheese-California, 11H@12c; Young
America, 121a@l3c; Eastern Cream, 1901 &c;
Limburger, 18@20c; genuine Swiss, 32a@
Soc; American Swiss, 21c; Martins Cream,
17@1Sc. Eggs, 10000; California Ranch
Eggs, 1791Sc; Eastern Eggs, 15@16c.
POULTRI-Dealers' prices: Live Turkeys,
hens, 12@ 13c; gobblers,, 11@12c; dressed, IA
@15c; full-grown Chickens, $4@5 u dozen;
young roosters, S4G5 q dozen; broilers, S3@
4; tame Ducks, S465; Pekin, S5@5 so;
Geese, S2@2 25 2 pair.
GAME-Ducks-Ma p pair, 5O675c
CanVasbacks, 75c@$1; Sprig, 40@ soc; Wild
geon, 25@5Oc; Teal, 35@50c; Quail, 81 25@
l 90 2 dozen; Gray Geese, 50@75c p pair;
Brant, 3O@50c; White, 25c; Honkers, 75c@;
81; Cottontail, 20@4Oc.
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED-Oat Hay, ,S1O@
IA tom Alalft do, $10g11 = ton: Bran,
81 ION; Middiings, $50 = ton; Barley,
20; Wheat lchoIc' millingl, paying, 81 20
Q cwt; Rye, 81 40; Tame Oats, S292 25;
Corn, paying. 81 35q1 40 p cwt.
NE HMEATs-Beef, Ts 51ac; Mutton, 713c; Lamb, 10
Hogs, 4t9414c;- dressed Fork: SC: Aams-
Eastern, 14@ 15c; California, 1112c; Bacon
Light medium, 91lc; selected, lie; extra light
122Ie; extra light; homeless; 1899 14zac.
crop, 5@9c: Timothy, Eastern, 6@7c, Pop
Corn, ear, 3@4c; shelled, 41%@ SIC; Red Clo-
yer, 19@l1c; Red Top, 6G7c p 70. Nuts
Chile WaInuts, new, 11@12c; California Wal
nuts, 11@12c; Almonds, new, l4@16c: Pea
nuts, California, 6@7c: Eastern, 6@7c. Lard
california, cans, 5000; Eastern, S5I910c.
Hldes-Salt, light, Sc; medium steers, sc;
heavy steers, sc; heavy cows, &c; dry, Sc.
TQllOE-, SIC.
The record-union., 1891-05-13

Too much stress cannot be laid upon the great ad-
vantage to the rut9rower of being in an early locality
In most it makes the difference between success
and failure The industrious orchardist Of Capay Valley
may assured that he will derive all the benefits gained
by the first fruit shipments of the season. and that 20
acres OF this rich land when the are in bearing
will yield handsome and assured income.
The Capay Valley Land Company has an agent re-
siding in the valley whose duty to show the various
tracts to land seekers.
-Four townsites have been laid out in different points
in the valley, viz: Esparto Cadenasso, Gunda and
Rumsey. Town lots may now be purchased at reason
able prices and on easy terms
The enterprisng and hourshng town of Esparto is
situated at the lower end of the valley and SI25,ooo
worth of substantial buildings have already been erected
blocks and waterworks, with pipes laid in the Streets
besides extensive warehouses and numerous residences
The town has postofice, school-house and a weekly
paper, and the fine railroad depot contains telegraph
and express offices.
Postoices have also been established at Guinda and
Rumsey This latter place situated the head of the
valley is the present terminus of the railroad The
comfortable little hotel makes excellent quarters for
hunters we'll as land-seekers.
The advantages enjoyed by the settler in Capay Val
ley may be thus concisey summed up:
soil of great fertility, yielding bountfuy of every
crop.
A soil and climate which will ripen all kinds of fruit
vegetables earlier than anywhere else in the State
ana climate perfectly adapted the curing of raisns and
drying Of fruit without the aid of artificial evaporators
AloCatOn that central and close to markets Railroad
communication which enables shipments to be made
quickly and Cheaply Lands which are sold cheaper
and on better terms than anywhere else in the State.
The record-union., 1891-05-13
SAN FRANCISCO MARKET.
SAN Francisco. Nav 10

SAN FRANCISCO, May 18TH.
FLoUR-Trade is of active character, the
inquiry being. good both on domestic and
shipping. We quote: Net cash price for
Family Extras, 50 4O@5 so q bbl; Bakers
Extras, So 1905 so; Superfine, S3 75@
4 80.
WHEAT-There is no well-defined market
as offerings are limited, and little opportunity
is presented for liberal trading. From 81 so
TO 81 S5 would about represent the range for
milling parcels, though some holders are said
to be asking more.
BARLEY-We quote as follows: No. 1 Feed,
81 1901 4614; choice, 81 Az; common
The record-union., 1891-05-13
Reul G5Htntr, Qttr.
ARARE OPPORTUNITY
Good Agricultural Land for $40
to $40 per Acre.

The Pacific improvement Company has re-
Gently purchased twelve thousand ceres OF
land in the heart of Tehama County, for the
purpose of promoting subdivision and settle
ment. This land embraces lands from first
class Sacramento Valley agricultural land, to
land of fair average quality, and is offered at
from SO to $50 per acre, in subdivisions of
40, so, 12O, $50 and $50 acres.
The terms upon which these lands are offered
are especially attractive. They will be sold in
subdivisions, as above indicated, by the pay
ment of interest only for three years, at which
time the purchaser can begin the payment of
principal by paying the first Of five equal an
nual installments. Thus no part of the prin-
cipal is to be paid for three years, and then
the purchaser is to have five years in which to
pay five equal annual inStalmcnts, with in
terest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum.
making payments extending over a period of
eight years. Intending purchasers are as
sured that this is an opportunity TO purchase
land of fair average quality at SO per acre,
and good agricultural land at $50 al acre,
with other grades of land at prices to core
spond between these figures.
The assertion is frequently made that good
lands, suitable for general farming, and es-
peciaIly adapted for fruit-growing, cannot be
had in California for less than from $50 to
500 an acre. An examination of the land
subject of this advertisement will prove 10
home-seekers that this is an opportunity for
the purchase Of good agricultural land at $40
an acre, and for qualities grading down to fair
agricultural land at SO an acre, ON terms of
payment which should make the disposition
of these lands to actual settlers result easy of
accomplishment.
The primary object of the purchase of this
body of land was the breaking up OF & large
holding for the purpose of promoting its set
tlement in smaller quantities and its devotion
to diligent husbandry.
For further particulars, call upon or ad-
dress WM II. MILLS,
Land Agent of the c. p. II. r., Fourth and
Townsend Streets San Francisco, Cal:
The record-union., 1891-05-13
What is lacking is truth

What is lacking is truth
and confidence.
If there were absolute
truth on the one hand and
absolute confidence on the
other, it wouldn't be neces-
sary for the makers of DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy to
back up a plain statement
of fact by a $500 guarantee.
They say" If we can't
cure y0zS (make it personal,
please,) of catarrh in the
head, in any form or stage,
we'll pay you $500 for your
trouble in making the trial"
An advertising fake"
you say.
Funny, isn't it, how some
people prefer sickness to
health when the remedy is
positive and the guarantee
absolute.
Wise men don't put money
back of /" fakes"
And taking" doesn't pay.
The record-union., 1891-05-13
THE NEW ENGLAND HOME BAKERY

HAS BEEN OBLIGED TO REMOVE
Il from 703 street, on account of repairs
to the building. We can now be found at No.
1114 J STREET, where we shall continue
our business of First-class Home Bakery.
Please give us O. call my1-lm
The record-union., 1891-05-13
STONE MASON.

CEMENT AND ARTIFICIAL WALKS
" laid, in all colors, at lowest prices. First
class work guaranteed. A. BOITANO, No.
719 Alley. between NJ and n, Seventh and
Eighth streets. Sacramento. Cal.
The record-union., 1891-05-13
BnaffteHH CARDS.
D. J. MANNIX,

v sominfng and repairing in all its branches.
Insulating of steam pipes and boilers a
speciality. Center pieces, brackets and all
kinds of plaster ornaments for sale. Resi-
dence, 2215 o street. shop, 1920 street.
The record-union., 1891-05-13
DIR. S. BISHOP.
MRS. MARION STIRLING. IN

T ATE RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND SU-
II perintendent of the Nevada State Insane
Asylum. Office, room IL, Postoffice Block.
Residence, 1916 street. mrl1-lm
The record-union., 1891-05-13
8. earle

CARRIAGES, VICTORIAS, PHAETONS,
v Buggies and Spring Wagons. 90, 912,
91 4 Ninth street Sacramento,
The record-union., 1891-05-13

T ATE LADY PRINCIPAL OF DUFFERIN
i Medical College for Women, and Supern-
tendent of Women's Hospitals and Dispen-
saries in Northern British India. Diseases of
women and children a speciality. Office room
Z, Odd Fellows Temple.
The record-union., 1891-05-13
LEE HAYS,

WELL BORER AND TANK BUILDER,
w tin, sheetiron and copper work, plumb
ing, gas and steam fitting, jobbing, etc. 1914
j street. apS-3m
The record-union., 1891-05-13
GUTHRIE BROS,
a. MEISTER,

.DRACTICAL PLUMBERS, STEAM AND
liz Gas Fitting. Roofing and Jobbing. Terms
reasonable. l27 street.
The record-union., 1891-05-13

CUCCESSOR TO CARLE & CROLY, CON
y tractor and Builder. Orders solicited and
promptness guaranteed. Office and shop,
1124 Second street, between y and l..
The record-union., 1891-05-13
CHARLES II. oATMAl
A r, HART

4 TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
N OFFICE--420 street, Sacramento, Cal.
Notary Public,
The record-union., 1891-05-13

Magical little granules-
those tiny, sugar-coated Pei
lets of DIR. Pierce-scarcely
larger than mustard seeds,
yet powerful to cure-active
yet mild in operation. The
best Liver Pill ever invent
ed. Cure sick headache,
dizziness, constipation.
The record-union., 1891-05-13

SUNDAY excepted. +Sunday only. Mon
day excepted. A.-For morning. P.-For II.
ternOOn.
RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Traffic Manager.
I. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
The record-union., 1891-05-13
THOMAS W. HUMPHREY.

A TTORNEY-AT -AT-LAW.-OF SOUTH
a west corner Fifth and streets, Rooms
10 13 and IA Sutter building.
The record-union., 1891-05-13

CEND THE WEEKLY UNION TO YOUR
- friends in the East.
The record-union., 1891-05-13
'
T ONLY FOR FIVE YEARS

capey Valley situated in Yolo
Lake Railroad Furnsey 2nies
The record-union., 1891-05-13
D. K. TRAsK,

T AwYER. FULTON BLOCK, LOS ANGE-
L les, CAL, attends TO business in Southern
California for non-residents and attorneys.
Practices in all courts. Letters promptly
answered
The record-union., 1891-05-13

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
a southwest corner Seventh and streets,
rooms rs, Sacramento, Cal. Notary Public.
The record-union., 1891-05-13
i. F. ROOT. ALEX. NELSON. ]. DRISCoL
ROOT NELSON q Cn

TTNION FOUNDRY-IRON AND BRASS
L Founders and Machinists, Front street,
between \ and o. Castings and Machinery
of every description made to order
The record-union., 1891-05-13
AttnrnruH-nt-4nttr.
A. J. & ELWOOD BRUNER,

A TTORNEYS-AT-LAW, ROOMS 5, z AND
n 8, Postofice building, Sacramento.ap5-1m
CHAUNCEY H. DUNN. s. SoLoN HoLL.
H0LL DUNN,
II AWYERS.-OFFICES, 920 FIFTH ST,
IL Sacramento. Telephone No. IA. ap1-1m
The record-union., 1891-05-13
Cash GrOcerY,

ID A. OLMSTEAD & CO., FOURTH AND
II. l. streets, dealers in groceries and
provisions, butter, cheese, eggs, finest Japan
and China teas, California and Eastern hams
and bacon, and every description OF family
supplies. ap22-u
The record-union., 1891-05-13
LIBERTY GARDENS,
Highland Park.
NJ. CRONAM

$50 X ST., ana I1OS-111O Third St.,
sacramento, Cnl.,
The record-union., 1891-05-13

IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE DEALER
i III Fine Whiskies, Brandies and Cham
Dagne.
The record-union., 1891-12-17
FREE COINAGE or SILVER.
Likelihood of n Bill Passing Both
Houses at This Session.

Likelihood of Bill Passing Both
Houses at This Session.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-According to the
World it is pretty certain that bill for
the free coinage of silver in some form
Will pass both the Democratic House and
the Republican Senate the present ses-
sion. The plan practically agreed upon
by those who will control the matter in
the House, says the Washington special
to the ITOrld, is briefly this: To stop all
purchases of silver by the Governments:
TO throw open the minis for the free COIN
ago of all silver to be thereafter produced
from American mines, and to guard
against the unloading of foreign silver
upon us by a system of notification and
inspection similar TO that devised fer
guarding the sugar bounties. The dis
patch also states that Speaker Crisp has
fully decided to make Bland Chairman
of the Committee on Coinage, and that a
majority OF the members of the commit
tee are to be advocates of free silver.
Ell PASo TEX y Dec. 16.-The South
west Silver Convention to-day elected ".
Il. Brinton Of New Mexico President, and
Mr.. Shannon of Arizona Secretary.
Judge Trimble of Albuquerque made an
able address in favor of free coinage. He
declared that he was lifelong Democrat
but If his party failed to declare for free
coinage he would not support the party.
magnificent trades display paraded the
streets this evening.
The record-union., 1891-12-17
FruitleSS Search for One of the Brig
Tahiti's Passengers.

Fruitless Search for One of the Brig
Tahiti's Passengers.
New YORK, Dee. 16.-Among the peo-
pie lost on the brig Tahiti in the Pacific
while on the way to Mexico were her
owner, III. I'll. Leavitt, and Henry Mont
gomery Scrymser, his gnest. Serymser
was the youngest son of the late james
Scrymser, who for half a century was an
importer III the Mediterranean trade in
this city. Young Scrymser was 81 years
old and was educated at Helmouth Col
lege, Canada. For years he was cadet
in the Pacific Mail Steamship service,
and he made several trips around the
Horn TO China and Japan. One year ago
Scrymser joined Leavitt in San Francisco.
The latter was well known in this city as
member Of the law firm of Leavitt &
Leavltt. About one year ago he bought
the Iahltl and began trading with the So
ciety Islands. James A. ScrymSer, Pres
ldent of the Mexican Telegraph Com
pany, Is a brother Of the lost man. He
began to make inquiry all along the
coast. lie was in constant communica-
tion with all the telegraph stations on the
coast, but received no information which
afforded any hope. He caused q schooner
and steamer to be dispatched to Lizard
Point, and both vessels cruised about
those waters for days. on Saturday the
steamer returned to ManZanillo, and then
ScrynSer and the rest OF the family ex-
cept his brother Clarence Ii. Scrymser.
abandoned all hope. He thinks that there
IS a possibility that his brother may have
been picked up by sailing vessel bound
around the Horn TO some European port.
The record-union., 1891-12-17
About Emeralds.

The finest colored emeralds are at the
present time worth EGO carat. 1t was a
well-known gem when Moses wrote the
book of Exodus, and was used as an or
nament by the ancient Egyptians, as is
proved by finding it occasionally among
the old mummies. Herodotus mentions
an emerald column in the Temple of Her.
cules. at Tyre, which emitted a light at
night, and Pliny in his writing several
times alluded to this charming stone
Egypt contains vast store of emeralds,
and we hear that famous London gem
merchant has been invited by the Gov
ernment to go out and examine and
make bid for a concession. South
America used to be rich in emeralds.
When Pizarro discovered Peru he found
the natives worshiping an emerald as
large as an ostrich egg, and the temple
containing it was so adorned with emer-
aids that several chests full were sent TO
Spain, each containing 100-weight.-
Journal.
The record-union., 1891-12-17
The Secret of Youth.

People are apt to attribute haggard
looks to mental activity, and to counsel
repose and tranquility as cosmetic, saws
Fannie Edgar Thomas in the New York
World.
To the thoughtful traveller the faIsitv of
this theory is obvious. It is in the coun-
try village, where the church meeting is
the theater, the mail the excitement, the
days weeks, and one can hear the cow
breathe in the deathly stiffness, that the
greatest number of sunken cheeks.
wrinkled brows, leaden complexions and
Hteless expressions are to be seen among
the women yet in their thirties In the
seething metropolis, living three lives
ana enjoying two, are to be found scores
OF women-mothers, or perhaps grand
mothers-poSseSSing all the vitality,
freshness and much of the bloom of early
youth
The fact is, it is not activity, but drow-
sineSs, the presence of sleeping or dead
thought in the soul, that is ageing. I'm
varied scenes, the repetition tomorrow
OF to-day, to-day Of yesterday, this week
OF the preceding one, the ability to calcu-
late exactly what each neighbor is doing
at each hour of each day-the inevitable
cIock-lIke routine Of conception. the mo-
notony of existence, the utter WEAKNESS
OF an empty think-tank, that Saps the
vernal springs of life and creates decay
in the face.
Past grief, old angers, revenges, even
past pleasures, constantly dwelt upon
all dead, decaying or decayed thought
make sepulchre of the soul, cemetery
Of the body and weather-beaten inonu-
ment of the face. This is age
The women who never grow old are the
student women-those who daily drink
III new chyle through memorizing, thor
oughly analyzing and perfectly assimi-
Iatlng subjects apart from themselves.
Study is developments eternal youth.
The student woman, who makes wise use
of her acquisitions, has no time to CORFU
gate her brow with dread thought of the
beauty destroyer leaping fast behind her.
Not considered or invited, Old Age keeps
his distance.
Brain culture based on noble motive
means sympathy, heart gentleness, char
lty. graclousness, enlargement of sense,
feeling, power.
Such being cannot become fossil.
She has found the elixir of life the fouut
ain of eternal youth
The record-union., 1891-12-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

"The Vision of Misery Hip is legend
in rhyme by Miles Eanson, with illustra-
tions by Harry Fem. @. p. Putnams
Sons, New York and London. 1t is a
handsome quarto, in green and gold, with
several tuil-page illustrations. It is in
scribed to the old-time miners of Califor-
MIA and the Pacific Coast. The story is
told in good rhyme, rhyme that ripples
as easily and gurgling as q mountain
stream hows down steep tanks. But it is
not poetry in the true sense: it is simply
rhyming dialect narrative. The supple
mental poems, however, are of q lottier
vein and have the true poetic ring. Some
Of them are very charming, some deeply
philosophical, some are brilliant in their
imagery. The poems in Scotch are ad-
mirable conipositions-that addressed
to a sOcialiStic preacher, and entitled
'The Gospel O'Gammon, we regret we
cannot present in full. 1t is charged with
the strength Of truth and burns with the
biting hunlOr OF a soul indignant at
preaching that unsettles and gives moth
ing Tor that it destroys.
''Was Abraham Lincoln Spiri ualist?"
is u volume by Mrs. Nettie CoIburn May
nard, noted medium. Philadelphia, r.
G. Rartranft. 1t is n curious book. both
in its method and its earnestness. Mrs.
Maynard certainly answers the question
of her volume, and that, too. aifir1na-
to the thorough satisfaction of the un-
biased reader. 1t is at least a lifting of
the curtain from some parts of the inner
life of Lincoln, that awakens interest and
sheds new light upon the kind-hearted-
ness, frankness and justice of his char
acter
Miss Sybil Brotherton" of Brotherton
Hail. with the face OF an angel and the
form Of a Venus, is Mrs. Emma d. +. n.
SOuthWOrth'S story inst publiShed in
"PeterSOn'S New Twenty-Five Cent Sc
ries," which takes up the test of faith, and
goes into the subject of us Divorce
Sanctioned?'' "Peterson's New Twenty
five Cent Series" Of fiction now numbers
one hundred volumes. T. b. Peterson IL
Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa.
Helen Potter's Impersonations" is a
book issued by T.. S. Wheeler, New York.
and for sale by w. Z. Purnell. Sacra-
mento, at 81. 1t is rich in photogravure
illustration, and exhaustive in its descrip-
ton Of the methods practiced by which
this noted artist initiates so many people
and so successfully personates notable
characters. 1t serves as a book of in
struction to those who wish to practice
the art.
"Nora's Return" is sequel o"TheDolPs
House, of Henry IbSen, and is by Ednah
d. Cheney. Boston: Lee dG Shepard. 1t
is a charming volume and thoroughly en-
tertaining.
''The Story-teller'' for December pre-
sents two complete serial stories. '"rhe
Story of Honor Bright and Having
His Own Way" u. Iothrop Il Co.. Bos-
on.
THE Railway Problem" is by A. B.
Stickney, and is from the press of the D.
ID. Merrill Company, st. Paul. 1t is an
octave and sells at So