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The record-union., 1891-07-24
UNBOTTLED INDIGNATION.
The Trustees and the P-street Fran
chise the Subject Again.
Mayor Comstock Hauled Over the
Coals-The Improvement Associa-
toms Actfon-To Try Again.

There was special meeting of the Sac
ramento Improvement Association last
evening for the purpose of considering
the recent action of the City Trustees in
refusing to grant franchise for an cleo
trio road on p street.
There was large delegation of P-street
property-owners present, loaded with
speeches and indignation.
Chairman Luhrs, in calling the meet
ing to order, stated that communication
had been received from the P-street peo-
pie requesting the board to confer with
their committee, and it was in accordance
with this request that the meeting was
called.
The record-union., 1891-07-24

ENOR SALE-EXPRESS WAGON, SEATS
Il top, two horses. harness and business for
S325; can be seen corner Fourth and j streets
Gun see owner at 1S2S q ST. up stairs fvli-St*
The record-union., 1891-07-24

MANTED- FOUR GIRLS AT MATCH
~ FACTORY, Third street, between Il
anu >. jy23-2t*
The record-union., 1891-07-24

/ APANESE WANTS SITUATION; WILL
~ Work for small Wages il allowed privilege
OF 9oinS to school. Address l. SHIRAI II CO,
01I Sixth street. between and i eiyoI-otx
The record-union., 1891-07-24
5t1unteH.

NNANTED-TO FIND, LAND BUYERS OF
w large or small tracts; people who know
Q good thing wle.l they see il. Call ON STRO-
BEL, 81 j street, sacramento jy24-6t4
The record-union., 1891-07-24

DETROIT, July 23.-Rain prevented all
but one heat of the 2:30 trot to-day
Prince Hogarth came in first, Pilot II
second, Little Albert third, Lucy NJ
fourth. Time, 2:3O1.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Patented EeIines,

The Illuminated cat was granted
patent in 1884, and it is a cat of paste
board or tin for the purpose of fright
ening rats or mice. This cat is to be
made in a sitting posture, and it is
painted over with phosphorus so that
it shines in the dark like cat of fire.
Another cat, equally funny, is the
patent cast iron cat which is worked
by clockwork, and which has a bellows
in it which swells up its tail to the size
of the maddest of feIines. If properly
set it will emit a noise equal to the
widest of living midnight Thomases
and it has in addition steel claws and
teeth. You wind it up and place it on
your roof and set it bowling. All the
cats in the neighborhood jump for it,
and its poisoned claws kill every one it
strikes.-Frank G. Carpenters Letter
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Why Suicides Were Buried at Crossroads.

Why Suicides Were Buried at Crossroads.
1t has been suggested that suicides
were buried at crossroads because that
was the place where a cross or crucifix
usually stood, and only second in sane
tity to a church yard, and that the
driving of a stake through the body
was not at first intended as an insult,
but to keep the ghost of the suicide
from walking on the earth again. These
plausible stories have gained many ad-
vocates, but it is more likely that burial
at crossroads was intended as a mark
of Indignation.
The temples, or rather affairs, of the
heather Teutons were mostly at the
junction of crossroads. The place of
execution was there, criminals being
sacrificed to the gods, and hence sui
cides were buried at the crossroads to
give as strong an impression as possible
of a heather burial Probably, too,
the publicity of such a spot, which in
sured the fact that great number of
people would become directly aware of
the degrading consequences of the
crime, had a good deal to do with its
selection Chatter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

Gounod's parents did not at all fancy
his becoming a musician. They took
counsel on the subject with the head
master Of the school which their son at
tended, with the following result:
"Your son become a musician? Never,
sirl'' replied the worthy NJ Poirson. ''He
has a decided aptitude for Latin and
Greek?n
The next day Master Charles was called
into NJ. Persons study
"Well, sir, they tell me you've been
caught scratching down notes on paper. :"
-.Oh. yes; want to be a musician"
you musician? Why, that's no pro-
fessiOn at all. But let me see what you
can do. Here's some paper and pen
Write me new air on the words from
Joseph, Scarcely emerged from infancy
Wen see what You can do said the good
professor, delighted at the cleverness of
his device.
1t was the noon recess. Before the bell
rang to resume studies, Gounod was back
with his page black with crochets and
quavers.
"What, alreadyg'' said the professor.
swell, sing it"
Gounod sang. He sat down at the
piano and soon tears came into the head
masters eyes. He embraced his pupil
and exclaimed:
''Ma fol! let them say what they please
Study music. paris Cor. New York
Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

Hitherto in the galvanic coating of
plaster casts there has been a difficulty
in stopping the pores of the surface so
effectually as to prevent the galvanic
bath penetrating into the interior Of the
plaster and there producing first crystal
lization and then disintegration This
obstacle appears to have been overcome
by the discovery that saturatiOn in tan
not only closes up the pores of the plas-
ter, but adds very considerably to it's
strength. Specimens so prepared have
been covered with copper one millimeter
thick, a thickness which is not only suf-
ficient to resist atmospheric influences
but which enables the surface to be fur
Their worked up and finished by hand
The price of cast coated with copper is
said to be one-ffth Of the cost of copper
casting.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Christians and GentiIes.

Christians are not Gentiles. They
are a religious sect, a God fearing sect.
They are the followers of the teachings
of Jesus of Nazareth, who was himself
aside from his peculiarities God
fearing man. Gentiles were idolaters
or pagans, who were called by the He
brews by the name of COIN, and the
Christians called them Gentiles. In
the New Testament we find it repeat
edly. Jews and Gentiles are often men
toned. Now it seems that the use of
the word Gentle in connection with
the Christian people is an unjust mis-
homer, and yet some of the best Christ
ians call themselves by that name. -
Hebrew Journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
The Mother of Dickens.

The childhood of Dickens was so shad-
owed by poverty, and his sensitive and
imaginative mind was so keenly alive to
his position, that it is hardly possible that
he could draw an absolutely impartial
picture of his parents. His mother had &
keen appreciation of the droll and Of the
pathetic, and likewise considerable dra
matte talent. She was a comedy little
woman, with handsome, bright eyes, and
a genial, agreeable person. From hcr
Dickens undoubtedly inherited his tenn
permanent and intellectual gifts. She pos
sessed an extraordinary sense of the ludi
crous, and her power of imitation wa
something astonishing. Her perception
was quick, and she unconsciOusly nOtel
everything that came under her observe
ton. In describing ridiculous occur
rences, her tone and gestures would b
inimitable, while her manner was of the
quaintest. Dickens declares that to he,
he owed his first desire for knowledge
and that his earliest passion for readin,
was awakened by his mother, who taucn
him not only the first rudiments of En-
lish, but also little of Latin. Poverl
saddened and darkened many y~ars of h
life, and her children were slrly CO..
PEELED to leave her and earn their ow
living, but they all honored and loved he
as she eserved.-Woman's Argosy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
A Real Case of Stupidity.

Kosciusko Murphy-How do you like
Miss Jonesl In my opinion she is not
only handsome, but very intelligent.
Gus de SMITH agree with you as
far as her looks are concerned. but she
is not intelligent. I've been counting
her for the last six months, and l don't
think from the way she acts that she
has found it out vet.-Texas Siftings.
The Chinese Dead.
The Chinese bury their dead in the
fairest spots in the land They are ex-
traordinarily devoted to the dead, and
the labor contract of every coolie emf
grant specially STIMULATES that in case
of death his body shall be carried back
to China, that his dust may mingle
with that of his forefathers and join
their spirits in the fowery kingdom.
Otherwise he believes that his soul
will wander amid strangers unknown
and astray.-Once a Week.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

In Zuni lApl the woman makes the first
advances looking toward marriage 1t is
right The woman raises the family She
transmits the name She sends to the
youth she chooses a basket of meal or
some peaches. and if he is inclined toward
her he forthwith makes present of ''pri
mary consideration. consisting of a pair
Of moccasins Of a whole deer skin. beau
tifully dressed and snow white That
signifies that she is provided with shoes
for life The skin is placed over the foot,
and then rolled around the leg and
strapped down with delicate thongs You
can always tell newly married Zuni
woman by the large roll of deerskin. and
by the small silver buttons that adorn the
leggings Whenever the foot piece wears
out it is cut off and the roll is replaced
When the women become old the roll is
small
The only sanctifcation Of the marriage
Is the formal adoption Of the Dung man
after the acceptance of the b e He is
then the stepson of the g-Is father
When the youth desires to consummate
the coartship he sends the girl dress.
which, theoretically. he weaves That is
to show that he can provide his wife with
clothes He works for her in the fields,
to show that he can provide her with
food Each of those little things has a
significance. They seem small, but thew
are of great Importance The Zuni In
dams are a small tribe, but in them is
condensed the history of the greatest
people that has ever populated the Amer
lean continent.-Frank Hamilton Cushing
in San Francisco Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Idle Hours,

When a man is apparently idle it
may be that his time is most profitably
employed. This were some time a
paradox, but he who reflects upon it
will see its meaning. All hard workers
learn sooner or later the truth that
recreation is an absolute necessity for
tired bodies and tired minds.
The idle time of Bacon, Pope, Cow
per and many another famous writer
boo boon ~r7~->e - s,-,.>'ss-;-s,. T. LTD
that market gardening is the one pas
sion of Blackmore, the English novel
list, and that he spends the money
earned by his pen in carrying out this
dearly beloved hobby. And who could
wish it otherwise? Doubtless the poet
zeal spirit which pervades his work is
that caught from long days spent in
homely tasks in the garden and field.
Some men dig up worms from the
earth, says an old proverb, 'others
uncover truth. Youths Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Exereise and Rest for Digestion.

There are but few people who can
not eat good ripe fruits in season, pro
vided they do so in the morning.
Fruits, raw or cooked, if eaten with the
supper, often cause digestive disturb
ances. after dinner rest awhile, and
the rest should be mental as well as
physical. But in the course of an hour
or two after eating, most dyspeptics
are benefited by walk of a mile or
two, the distance being covered leisure
ly. This is usually the case if what is
known as fatulent dyspepsia is suffered
from. During the walk the 'fullness"
disappears, and the victim of it returns
feeling buoyant, physically, as well as
mentally.-Boston Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

Mr.. Julian Hawthorne advocates the
Punishment of illustrations from the mag
azines in order that more space may be
devoted to the writings of American au
thors. Mr. Hawthornes suggestion does
not tally with the notions that prevail
among magazine publishers, who ought
to know their business pretty we'll We
happen to know of an eminent poet who
was requested to furnish poem for one
Of our leading magazines not long ago
He complied with the request, and an EN-
inent engraver was employed to Illustrate
it. When it came to making up the pages
of the magazine it was found that the il
lustrations required more space than was
left on the rage after the poetry had been
put in type Accordingly it became nee
essary to sacrifice a part of the poetry or
part of the illustration. Which had to
to go? The illustration? Oh, mol 1t was
one of the poets beautiful verses.-Bos
ton Herald
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
LITTLE LAUGHS.

A man always thinks he is on the wrong
tack when he sits down on one.-lrisb
Weekly Times.
1t is queer that Queen Victoria did not con-
fer the Order of the Bath on some of Buffalo
Bills Indians - Pittsburg Chronicle.
Yam Phon Lee, the Yale Chinaman, is from
Fragrant Hills, China. Fragrant Hills Is
probably the place where the dead animal
man of Pekin runs his glue factory. Cities
are cities, whether they be i'll China or
America.-Lousvile Courier-Journal.
This is the season of year when we are
thrown into the society of the man who rocks
the boat for fun if he goes out with you for a
row on the lake or river. He never gets to
be over 30 years of age, and generally partici-
pates in double funeral. Beware of him.
Albany Journal
Customer-Isn't it a trifle large, Levi?
Levi-Larch, mine trent? Graciousl Ufyou
geeps dot sphring coat on, unit your wife sees
it, your bosom will schwell NIT pride SO dot
she'll hef to set dem buttons forvarts.-New
York Mercury
ii can't come now, maw," said the high
school girl, when her mother called her to
assist IN some household duties; land wish
you wouldn't interrupt me again. | want to
finish The Model Daughter; or, a Happy
Marriage, and then l must commence work
on my gradual ng essay, The Duty Children
Owe to Their Parents "-Norrstown Herald.
We are filled with establishment at the re-
port that Boston boy recently spelled "haz
ardous' "hazardess," and defined it as "a
female hazard - But the Bostonians are
weak if you take them away from their
native Greek-PiCtsburg Chronicle.
q want to be an angel" sang a female
voice in side room, and thereupon a heart
less wretch in an adjoining apartment broke
forth with: johnnie, get your gun, get your
gun, gun, gun. detroit Free Press.
What are the wild skeeters saying.
Sister the whole day long?
Ever with buzzing and humming
The air seems filled wi h their song.
Why come the pesky old critturS
A-bitin poor sinners like me?
Tl-~ .RAss of big humps, A. M'ria
t-7sS- y head to the pan of my knee.
New York Journal.
Cheek is tie tight rope upon which crafty
rIen often cross the chasm of ignorance to
lccess-Washiugto Hatchet..
Politics makes strange bedfelows. And the
t}dfellows do not sleep. They lie awake
atching one Observation-Disclosures American
1t is used as an argument. either for tenn
France or the bicycle, that no bicycle rider
e ier comes home drunk on his bicycle
Iicayune
Father of Fair One-We close up here at 10
o'clock. Brassheaded Beau-That's a good
idea 1t keeps fellows out who don't know
enough to get inside earler.-Tid Bits.
Literary Lodger to new servant-Oh, you
are the new servant; and what might your
name be! Gamer, sir" Literary Lodger-
Hannah or Anna? Servant-Tainu neither,
sir; it's Amer, with two matches. -Fun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
A Jumbo Spider.

E. NJ. Tutwiler, superintendent of the
Sloss Iron and Steel company mines at
Coalburg, has, preserved in alcohol, the
largest black spider ever seen in this
section.
A few days ago Tutwiler heard a great
commotion among the chickens in his
yard. He went out to investigate and
saw a small chicken being slowly drawn
into a hole in the ground Some invis-
ible reptile had caught the chicken by
one leg and was drawing it into the
hole in spite of its desperate struggles.
Tutwiler approached, and looking
down in the hole discovered an inn
mense black spider He punched it
with stick and compelled it to release
the chicken. He then dug the spider
out Of its den and placed it in jar of
alcohol. 1t lived an hour after being
placed in the jar. When dead the
spider was taken out, weighed and
measured. 1t measured 2 - inches
across the back and weighed nine
ounces. Its longest legs were 4 10
inches in length, and its eyes were as
large as a hotel clerks diamonds
Birmingham (Ala.) Cor st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Very SOCiabIe.

"The people of New York are not very
sociable, are they" said a western man, adj
dressing an acquaintance who lived in the
east.
well, l don't know but they are although
they may be little peculiar i'll that respect.
For several years l had my office in a very
large building on Broadway One day a fell
low came i'll and asked if my name was J. w.
McFiddleton. l told him it was, and then,
after a few moments silence, he said: NV
office is just across the hall, and ever since ]
saw your sign several years ago have been
intending to drop in and see you. l am
your brother, You know, and-well, how are
you getting along, anyway? Yes" con-
tinued the eastern man, they are a trife
peculiar, but after you get in with them you
find them very sociable. "-Arkansaw Tray
eler.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
He Had His Doubts.

-Four young men, evidently from the coun-
try, stopped at one of the prominent hotels in
the city the other day. They were well
dressed, and appeared to be agreeably i'm
pressed with all that they saw They arrived
In the morning and did not desire room.
About o'clock one of them stepped I'D to
the cashier, holding a IS bill in his hand.
Il want to pay my BILL" he said, with
smile 1--WE had four breakfasts and dinners
and one extra dinner"
"What names" inquired the cashier
Horace Stribling," was the reply.
"Ten dollars and quarter, sir" said the
cashier
The young man looked scared, then incred-
ulous, but, finding the cashier in earnest, he
heaved a sigh and drew forth another IS bill
and silver quarter, laid them on the glass
plate before him and walked away.
In little while he returned. He seemed
to be in doubt about something, and the
cashier expected a kick about the bill.
Excuse me, he said meekIy, "but l had
little dog with me today. He wasn't regis
tered, but is there any charge for hima'-
Chicago Herald
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
TOrDid IiXer.

If the liver is inactive, and conse-
quently fails to make bile enough, the
poisonous waste elements which should
be eliminated in this manner are re-
tanned. The bile is not retained, be-
cause it is not made The materials
for the bile are not bile, any more than
alkahes and oils are soap. One of the
elements of bile is a resinous substance
called ch0lestarine If this is not car
RED OFT properly very serious and some
times fatal consequences follow. In
the liver itself it accumulates and
forms gall stones, diseased condition
accompanied with the greatest pain.
Gall stones are sometimes so nearly
pure resin that they can be ignited and
burned.-Hall's Journal of Health.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
How Camphor Is Made

Camphor is made in Japan in this
way; After tree is felled to the earth
1t Is cut into chips, which are laid in a
tub over large iron pot partly filed
with water and placed over a slow fire
Through holes in the bottom of the tub
steam slowly rises, and heating the cnips
generates oil of camphor. OF course
the tub with the chips has close fit
tlng cover. From this cover a bamboo
pipe leads to u succession of other tubs
WIN bamboo connections, and the last
OF THESE tubs is divided into two com
parIments, one above the other, the di-
wong floor being perforated with small
noles TO allow the water and oil to pass
10 the lower compartment. This lower
compartment is supplied with a laver
Vi straw which catches and holds fbe
cailphor crystals that are being depos-
lted as the liquid passes to the cooling
process The canphor is next sena.
Ia5eo rom the straw, packed in wooden
1u ~, ana IS ready for the market. The
OIL IS used by the natives for iIInninat.
ny ana other purposes. st. Louis Re-
public. Ni' A'e
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

1t is always better for a man to be
several years the senior Of his wife, and
I'll tell you why. The average girl
who marries-God bless her.-stays at
home and makes Il home a blissful
abiding place for her husband and her
children. The man goes out into the
world and has the responsibility of car
ing for those who are at home, and yet
time does not seem to set its seal on
him as it does on woman The little
cares of life ruffie her and too often
make her look, as we say, ''old before
her time" Now, even when this does
not happen she does proportionately
grow old in appearance sooner than a
man, and for that reason she wants to
take the benefit of the doubt and let
him have the added years to start with.
Then, too, you should desire to keep
your heart and mind young, to be his
allantHal comnauirIru, and tlli0 is much
easier when your husband is old enough
TO be the guide, philosopher and
TREND. The love of a woman to her
husband always has a little of the ma
ternal in it-that is right and tender
but she does not wish to be mistaken
for his mother.
BE wise and marry a man older than
yourself; one who has seen life in its
many phases and who can guide YOU
over the rocky place; one who has
learned that it is not always wise to
IL
obey impulse, but that any important
duty should be well thought over
Ruth Ashmore in Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Tit for Tat.

It is never wise to intrude ones pref
udices upon the general public, since
there is everywhere some one capable
of taking up such prejudices and turn
ing them to ridicule Nowhere is this
more true than in the case OF stran-
gers in country towns, for nowhere does
ready wit find expression more freely
than under such circumstances.
1t is related that there formerly lived
in Boston a lawyer named Radcliffe,
who was famous in his circle for his
skepticism and his hatred of religious
things. One time this Mr.. Ratclltfe
had occasion to go to st. Adams, Vt,
to take testimony in a law case IN
which he was engaged. He amused
himself during the proceedings by con-
tinually abiding to the town as cal
bans instead of st. Adams.
Presently one of the local lawyers
present asked, why do you call this
place 'Albans|"
Because | don't like saints, said
Mr. Radcliffe.
''Oh!
Nothing more was said on the sub
ject, but by and by, the work being
completed, the Boston lawyer rose to
take his departure.
''Good-by, gentlemen" he said to
the three or four st. Adams men who
were present.
"Good-by, Mr. Cliffe!" they all an
swered
"What do you mean by calling me
Mr. CIiffeH" he exclaimed
"Why, we don't like rats" said one
of the st. Adams men.-Youth's Com
DaDiOn