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The record-union., 1891-02-27
The President of Brazil,

Rio JANIERo, Feb. 26.-Fonseca took
the oath of office as President of Brazil
to-day in the presence of the two Houses
of Congress.
The record-union., 1891-02-27

A bill passed the Texas Senate making
1t felony to fight prize-fight in the
State either with gloves or without gloves.
The record-union., 1891-02-27
Colusa Pioneer Dead.

I CoLUsA, Feb. 26.-Stewart Harris, a
pioneer of Colusa, died last night of
pneumonia.
The record-union., 1891-02-27
Brandy Shipments.

ST. HELENA, Feb. 26.-S. A. Scott, store
keeper and gauger at the Government
bonded warehouse, is preparing for ship
ment 723 packages of brandy, the largest
quantity of brandy ever shipped from this
warehouse at one time. The brandy be-
longs to B. Dreyfus " Co. and is from the
distillery of w. b. Brown, and is to be
shipped in bond TO New York by a sail
ing vessel. over 1900 packages of
brandy leave the st. Helena warehouse
this month
Death of an EX-Treasurer of Nevada.
ST. HELENA, Feb. 26.-George Tufiy,
ex-Treasurer of Nevada, died yesterday
at the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Iiburcio Parrott, st. Helena, after a long
illness. He was 4 native of Switzerland.
"a years old, and a prominent Knight
Templar. He had been State Treasurer
OF Nevada for many years, and refused
the denomination last fall on account of
failing health.
The record-union., 1891-02-27
General Boulanger.

BRUSSELS, Feb. pa mysterious lady
has joined General Boulanger in this city.
The Government will expel the General
from Belgium if he engages in any po-
litical intriglles
The record-union., 1891-02-27
Labor Troubles.

P1TTsBURG, Feb. 26.-The Grievance
Committees of the various organizations
of the Pennsylvania system received
from the company's officials to-day de-
tailed answer to their demands, setting
forth just how the company would equal
ize matters. 1t was received with appa-
rent dissatisfaction, though there was no
discussion.
General Superintendent Watts still
hopes that there will be no trouble, but
says there is no telling what may happen.
Snow-Slide in Colorado.
CRESTED BUTTE Coli, Feb. ga
snow-slide swept over the Bullion King
mine, at Irwin, yesterday, carrying a
clearinghouse and the Superintendent's
dwelling down. Mrs. Ripell, Mrs. Ed.
Clark and child and Z. f. Smiley are
still buried in the slide, with little hope
of recovery alive.
Death of Colonel McKibben.
CHAMBERsBURG Pa.), 26.- Colonel
Chambers Mckibben, ninety-two years
Of age, once assistant Treasurer OF the
United States at Philadelphia, is dead.
The record-union., 1891-02-27

BEEoHAM's pills act like magic on a
weak stomach.
The record-union., 1891-02-27

season is now 4.86. 1t is being steadily
increased this evening by what bids fair
to be heavy fall. All fear of dry
season is past.
GILRoY. Feb. GA slight sprinkle of
rain fell to-day. 1t looks like more to-
night: 1t was not needed, and farmers
would gladly dispense with a further Wis
ltation at present.
TRACY, Feb. ga heavy rain has
been falling for the past two hours, with
indications for an all night rain. The
wind is southeast.
NAPA, Feb. GA heavy rain set in
again about 8 o'clock this afternoon and
still continues. Those who were so anx-
ious for rain some days ago now cry
| enough.
SoNoRA,I Feb. 26.-It is again raining
very heavily, after cessation of one day.
The wind is south and blowing a gale.
There is snow in the mountains fifteen
miles north to depth of three feet.
Every indication points to another severe
| storm.
SIssoN, Feb. 26. = Snow commenced
falling this morning. A big storm is in
! progress.
The record-union., 1891-02-27
Charges of Bribery Sustained

OLYMPIA (Wash.), Feb. 26.-The House
this afternoon considered the report of
the special committee appointed to inves-
tigate the charge of bribery made against
Harry a. Clarke by John L. Metcalfe in
the recent Senatorial campaign. The re-
port of the committee submitted yester-
day finds that Clarke offered bribe, and
requested the Grand Jury to indict him.
1t censures Metcalfs for soliciting and
accepting the $500 bribe which he dis
played before the House, and afterward
handed to the Speaker.
The resolution introduced yesterday
expelling Metcalfe from the House came
up this afternoon and was defeated by a
vote of Al to 80.
The record-union., 1891-02-27
False RunorS.

MERGED, Feb. 26.-The little town of
Smelling was all excitement yesterday
over the rumor that the body of Wesley
Logan, who killed himself February 18th,
had never been buried, or that it had
been stolen since burial. Leading citi-
zens telephoned to the Coroner Tor Il per-
nit to look into the matter; also, to
Clough u Nordgren, the undertakers
who buried the remains, to come over.
A permit was granted and the undertak-
ers went over, opened the grave and
found the body unmolested. Since the
murder of John Ivett, near Smelling, the
citizens there have been very eXcitable
and any little story started spreads like
wild fire and causes a big excitement.
Spokane Falls Notes.
SPOKANE FALLS (Wash.), Feb. 90
An explosion startled the city this fore
noon. Some workmen at work near
Main and Bernard streets were thawing
out frozen dynamite. Three men were
seriously, but not dangerously hurt, and
the windows in the vicinity were shat
tered.
Dan Tolton, prominent citizen OF
Rosalia, fell beneath the cars at Medical
Lake to-day and lost an arm. He had
just taken out an accident policy, and
will receive $1,000.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
The Mystery of Mark Island.

Mark island, the ledge off Small
point, where schooner was wrecked
the other day, says the Lewiston (Me.)
journal, was the home for two or three
years of mysterious family. The cot
tage there was erected five or six years
ago by man who came with a fine
yacht, his wife and mulatto boy and
took possession. They made friends
with no one and never allowed anybody
to land on the island unless some one
broke an oar or was shipwrecked.
There is only one place where land
ing can be made, and from it's beach a
path leads to the house. At this path,
at a point which commanded a full view
of the landing, the mulatto boy stood
from daylight till dark with a musket
on his shoulder. Two or three years
this strange family spent on the island,
and then one spring they did not come,
nor have they been seen or heard from
since. But three years ago this fall a
man was arrested in either Boston or
New York for passing counterfeit
money who answered to the description
of the one who lived on Mark island.
No attempt was made to find his work
shop, but some folks think this was the
Mace
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26

Amerlcan-1s that so? How long ago
was that?
Englishman-Oh, about eight hun
dred years or so, in the time Of William
the Conqueror.
Americana didn't know the Romans
ever lived in England. Was that wall
all around the city?
Englishman-Yes with several gates
in it, which were shut at night.
American-What was that about?
Wasn't there king named George LII.
who tried to conquer America and
didn't succeed? That was the time of
the revolution. They had trouble, the
English and Americans, up to 1879 or
1914.
Englishman-Yes, I believe there was
something of that kind.
American-Isn't London on river?
Yes, on the Thames.
Some people pronounce it the way it is
spelled, but it is wrong.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
Handel's Violent Temper.

One of Handel's violent exhibitions Of
temper nearly ended tragically. At a
certain rehearsal Signora Cuzzoni de-
clared that she would not sing the air
"Falsa imagine in which she after
ward had very great success. The
ruling spirit of the great man had al
ready been irritated by some symptoms
of INSTRUMENTATION, and this declaration
carried him Quite beyond bounds. He
flew at the rebel, saying: Il always
knew you were a very demon, but !
shall now let you know that | am Beel-
zebub, the prince of themr' Selling
her with one hand he ran to the win
dow and swore that if she did not sing
the air Immediately he would throw her
into the street. She was afraid, and
sang it forthwith.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
A Heavy Blast.

One of the most terrific and effective
blasts ever made in the extensive stone
quarries at Glen Mills was made the
other day, says the Philadelphia Public
Ledger and Transcript. In the face OF
that portion Of the quarries which is
opened, about eighty yards in length,
nine holes twenty-five feet in depth
were drilled at equal distances apart.
In these five hundred pounds of dyna-
mite were placed, and all responded to
the touch of the electric button at the
battery, several hundred yards distant.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of stone
were raised and broken by the explo-
sion, many of the pieces being as large
as freight car. The arrangements for
the blast being generally known IN
that section, hundreds of people as
sembled to see it. The amount OF
stone loosened by the explosion will be
sufficient to keep busy the several large
crushers for many weeks.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
The Feet of tho Fair.

Women's feet are seldom perfectly
shaped. Among dozen ladies' seated
in a circle, recently, only four were
beyond criticism in this respect. One
well-known Delsarte exponent, says
the Chicago Times, sat back in her
chair with her feet turned in, unmis-
takably so. Two sat with one foot on
top of the other, to the presumed de-
struction of patent leather; two more
sat with one foot closely coiled around
the ankle of the other; the other visible
feet were extended, crossed, directly
in front of their owners. Some one
should write few rules on ''What Not
to Do with Ones Feet, and strew them
broadcast. It would be an act Of kind
ness to the women who do not. conceal
theirs.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
HAPPY OLD MAIDS.
Their Curious Organization and Its Work
in Milford, Conn.,

Their Curious Organization and Its Work
in Milford, Conn.
This town boasts of as many pretty
girls as any in Connecticut, and it also
boasts of some odd ones. At Minor
Smiths Shore hotel yesterday there
was an assembly of ''girls,' who proba-
bly, have no counterparts in this state of
hasty marriages and easy divorces.
They used to be called the ''Bee Hive
society of the First church Of Milford"
but at their meeting yesterday they
voted to adopt 1'Old Maids society" as
the title of their orga nization.
Thirty-fve years ago thirty young
women belonging to the church organ
lied the 'sBee Hive society for fun as
well as work in an cvangelistic way.
They passed rule that only unmar-
ried women might belong, and that if a
member so far forgot her promises as to
marry, her name should be stricken
from the rolls, and her picture on the
wall Of the society's club-room was to
be draped in mourning. Each member
paid twenty dollars initiation fee This
money was invested, and the interest
was to be used in providing an annual
dinner. The principal could not be
touched until only one member was left,
when the whole sum, with accumulated
interest, was to revert to her.
For several years the society -four
ished but at last Cupid came, and the
Youngest and prettiest member fell a
victim to him Her picture was draped
with black and she was formally ex-
PEELED. The next year two more of the
original thirty withdrew to marry, and
SO it went on in spite of the earnest
protestations Of each member that no
man living could tempt her to marry.
This year just half the original num-
Der remain, and they we're all present
at the supper at Smiths hotel. The
oldest member confessed without
bushes to being sixty years old, and
the youngest is forty-eight. They are
handsome, sprightly women, and only
one wears glasses. The president called
attention to the fact that not set of
false teeth could he found among them,
and wanted to know where the reporter
could find fifteen better-loolling or bet
ter-spirited women of their age.
Residents of Milford are watching
the club with interest. Their work
among the poor of the church and town
is spoken of with the highest respect
by the pastors and selectmen, and, al
together, the Old Maids society is not
such bad thing. The original fifteen
hundred dollars which formed the as
sets of the club had been so well in
vested that the amount is now five thou
sand dollars.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN.
Sir Edwin Arnold Says tho Little OnAs
Are Not Needed. 81

Sir Edwin Arnold Says the Little Onhgs
Are Not Needed. af7Ss&
II was astonished," Sir Edwin Ar
mold said to a Pittsburgh Dispatch re-
porter, Shy the news Of such terrible
earthquake in Osaka and Nagoya.
Never, if memory serves me, has an
earthquake visited that region before.
The usual scene of seismic disturbances
is in and around Toxic and islands near
the capital are pointed out as their
foci. Near there is also the great vol
cano Of Fugisan. Thirty years ago
twenty thousand persons are said to
have persisted by earthquake and food,
but this recent loss is evidently greater.
Osaka and Nagoya are busy, populous
cities.
''Nagoya is about two hundred and
fifty miles from Toxic and on the south
coast. A railway runs between it and
Toxic. The country abounds in hills,
many of them volcanic, and no doubt
fires underlie the ground 1t was here
that last year the Japanese troops ex-
ecuted their military maneuvers under
the eye of the emperor. 1t is large
city of wide, we'll -planned streets and
population Of one hundred and twenty
thousand. The principal occupation of
it's inhabitants has been the production
of silk and cotton wove goods, and it is
very famous for it's porcelain. Osaka is
very rich and prosperous manufac-
turing city on the border of a river that
leads to the sea. 1t is not so much
damaged, imagine, as Nagoya.
'The great danger in earthquakes is
due rather to fire than to any commo-
ton. The houses are usually only one
story high and are of thin woodwork
and paper. bad earthquake easily
shakes down these fragile houses, and,
as every one contains a fre-box and
petroleum lamp a general bonfire Is
the result. Light earthquakes are SO
common in Japan they attract little
notice. They begin with little COM
motion. twice or three times repeated.
The vibration increases and a roar fol-
lows. When you begin to wonder what
is about to happen it ceases and all is
quiet. To guard against these frequent
shakings the Japanese have invented
an ingenious contrivance.
SIN my house at Azova the column OF
cherry which supports the roof was
pivoted under the floor to a stone like
cup, so that the earthquake did not
cause it to tumble down but only made
it oscillate. An earthquake door has
also been invented which is fastened to
strong, massive joint, which slips
along the beams Thus the danger OF
being struck down in the doorway is
removed, but the danger arises chiefly
from the ignition OF the ruins, as have
described. The consequent foods, too
are very destructive. TIE earth is lifted
up by the shock and a huge wave swells
in from the sea upon the city on it's Dor.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
THE MINISTER'S WIFE.
What Is Expected OF the Woman Who
Marries Preacher.

What Ts Expected OF the Woman Who
Marries a Preacher.
To be z, minister's wife does not nee
essarily mean to be a model of female
perfection, but if the picture of the Sue
cessful one, depicted by a minister's
widow in the New York Recorder, is
accepted, the girl who weds a parson
assumes difficult responsibility. This
is what she must be: First of all, a
sympathetic woman, and her tear wells
must be near the surface that she may
weep readily with the repentant sinner,
the godly Pharisee and for the erring
world when called upon to do SO. She
must be something of theologian in
>rder that she may lend timely sug-
:estion to her husband when he re-
luests it, She must be able to offer a
rayer worthy of emulation and to be
resident of the church aid society.
While she sews for foreign missions
nd makes stocking supporters and ear
tufts for the cannibalsy she must guard
veil the suits and trappings of the par
ONE self-imposed deputy discovers ev-
dences of her neglect. She must Guilt
ate feeling Of gratitude to the church
igilance committee, who walk in oc-
asionally to count up the broken
rockery and inspect the wall paper
revions to donation. She must be
omewhat of a cook, in order that she
nay send broth and blanc mango to the
afflicted, and somewhat of an authority
IN disease, to prescribe paregoric and
.iniment to the needy. OF her the
world expects SO much and gives so lit
1lein return. Her individuality is en-
tiray swallowed up by those whom she
serves. She is not even responsible for
the proverbial ministers son, VIII ''goes
to tAe bad;" she is accountable for
neither virtues nor vices in the family,
but In the battlefield Of her own exist
ence she stands an uncrowned hero
greater than he who has conquered a
city.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
NATURAL TELEPHONE LINE.
Remarkable Discovery Made by an Explor
ing Party in South Dakota.

Remarkable Discovery Made by an Explor-
ing Party in South Dakota.
There appears to be natural tele-
phone line between two mountains in
the Black Hills range. On each side of
an intervening valley twelve miles in
width stand two high peaks which
tower above the other mountains and
have long been known as landmarks,
being called the twin peaks. These
mountains are fully ten thousand feet
above the range. Only on rare occa-
sions have these peaks been assembled.
and little was known of their topo-
graphy. Some weeks ago a party OF
tourists determined to make the ascent,
and, forming into two parties, one for
each peak, they took apparatus for
signaling and expected to have pleasure
and amusement by flashing the hello
graph code across the intervening space,
to the justification of the people OF the
valley. The ascent was made, and
while the people were making arrange
ments to signal across one of the party
on the north mountain was surprised to
hear voices which apparently came
from the air. He moved about and the
sound was no longer heard BY chang
ing his position several times he discov-
cred that at certain spot on the noun
tain he could hear the voices, and it
was not long before he found that they
proceeded from the party on the other
mountain. He called the attention of
the others to the phenomena and then
they attracted the notice of the party
on the south mountain and found that a
conversation in an ordinary tone of
voice was plainly heard from one noun
tain to another. There was only one
place on each mountain where it could
be heard, and it appeared to be nat
ural telephone. No shouting was neces-
sary, and the words were perfectly dis
tinct. "
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
THE SCOTTISH LANGUAGE.
IT'S Words Are Easily Pronounced When
You Know the Way.

Its Words Are Easily Pronounced When
You Know the Way.
The Scotch trilling of the r, the deep
ening of the sound of the vowels, and
several other things will not be well at
tanned by us on this side the Atlantic,
and yet sufficient familiarity with
Scottish pronunciation and idioms to en-
able one to sing an easy Scotch song or
relate a Scotch anecdote, is a qualifca-
ton to which many one would like to
aspire. W.,
liam Wye Smith, in the Chautauquan,
with the a and the O. If the reader
will carefully practice the sound, ne
will find that the long sound of o in
English is compound sound. 1t begins
with and ends with 90. The long in
Scotch is a simple sound. It does not
end in 90. There is no movement OF
the mouth during the sounding of it.
There is some advantage in having the
English sound; it widens the scope of
our pronunciation. An average Scotch
man cannot make Ito our ears, and usu-
ally not to his own) any distinction be-
tween the sound of clock and cloak. He
learns the English 0; but seldom after
he is grown up.
Then the long a. Here, again, the
English is compound sound; it begins
with a and ends with e: a-e. The Scotch
is a simple sound; without the e; no
moving of the vocal organs without
pronouncing it. Having mastered these
two sounds, the reader has made a
good point in trying to pronounce
Scotch.
The elisions require care. In a, ba'.
ia, etc, the vowel is pronounced ex-
actly as if the consonant were not
dropped, all, ball, etc. The ringing
sound at the end of words ending in ing
is not much heard in Scotch. Feeling
becomes feelin'; only the i sounds to us
like ee. Try to keep the accent on the
first syllable, and say feeleen. Such
would be the Scotch sound. In relating
Scotch anecdote people sometimes
write and speak the word minister as
meenister. In this case it is the wrong
that is changed into ee. Preserve the
accent on the first syllable and say men
ee-ster. You have still the last syllable
wrong. You call it stur. The er there
and almost everywhere in Scotch has
the pure sound on the short as found
in merry.
One word about gutterals. ''These
have all been discarded from the Eng
fish language" so everybody says. |
am Scotchman. and I beg to dissent.
You say *'pooh!" and when you pro
nounce it don't you say ''poo" You
add the gutteral sound Now Dry the
the beautiful Scotch word sough, ''the
sough O the sea-" tits a perfect rhyme
for pooh All words ending in ign or
ich, light or icht are gutterals. Anyone
learning German will soon acquire the
sound.
These, with little attention to the
French sound of the u, in a large class
of words, such as guild, blaid, cult,
schulz, ETC., will do much to take off
the awkwardness of having to read q
page Of Burns or Scott or venturing ON
little Scottish song.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
Chinese Justice for Rebels.

The Chinese government has adopted
extreme measures in order to convince
foreign powers that the government is
in earnest in it's efforts to protect for
eigners. A decree has been issued maxi
ing the printing and publishing OF anti
foreign placards capital offense, and
it has been given ex-post facto effect
Those already under arrest are TO pc
beheaded at once as a warning to 9TH
ers. In the ordinary course Of events
their execution might be delayed two
months, but the government will not t
suffer the laws delay, small though e
NAV be, to interfere with its demonstrarf
ton of sincerity. Whether western
nations will be pleased by an exhibit.
ton OF zeal which outrages their spr e.
ciples Of Justice remains to j be.seen