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The record-union., 1891-05-22
A "yag,, and a Drunk.

William Serch, who yesterday pleaded
guilty to charge OF vagrancy, was sent
to the County Jail for six months.
John Connors, a cripple, who got drunk
and lay down on the public highway, was
fined S20 with the alternative of serving
ten days in jail.
William Wilson, charged with misde-
meanor and drunkenness, sent up word
that he was too i'll to appear in court, and
the cases were continued until to-day.
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NO MORE GARBAGE
Citizens Should Take Warming FIR
Yee Gins Fate

zee Gins Fate.
zee Gin, the Chinaman arrested by
Sanitary and Building Inspector Starr
for violating the health ordinance,
pleaded guilty to the charge in the Police
Court yesterday and was fined sl0
Mr.. Starr stated to the court that the
Board of Health had ordered him to
arrest all persons who allowed garbage to
stand on their premises or in the front or
rear of their property, and also those who
caused it to be placed there.
Judge Cravens. in imposing the sem
tence, sta ted that the next person who is
brought before him on similar charge
may expect to be dealt with more rigidly.
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The Ladies pe1iehted.

The pleasant effect and the perfect
safety with which ladies may use the
liquid fruit laxative, Syrup of Figs, under
all conditions, make it their favorite
remedy. 1t is pleasing to the eye and to
the taste; gentle, yet effectual, in acting
on the kidneys, liver and bowels.
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ST. DAVD,S
Us Howard Street, near Third, San Francisco

rs HOWard Street, near Third San Francisco
4 FIRST-CLASS LODGING HOTEL. CON
N tanning 900 rooms; water and gas1in each
room; no better beds IN the world; no guest
allowed to use the linen once used by another;
a large reading-room; hot and cold water
baths free. Price of Rooms-Per night, so
and rs cents; per week from So upward
Open all night. h. HUGHES, Proprietor
81 At Market-street Ferry take Omnibus
Line Of street cars for Third and Howard IT'S
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TROFTIEG STALLION-A Great Sire Strangely Overlooked.
STERLING.

MO. 6,223, Is a HORSE OF MOST FASH
IN ionable breeding, his sire being by the
sire of the great Nutwood, and his sire's dam,
like that of Nutwood's dam, being by Pilot Jr.
Although it has been the repToach of my
friends that my partiality for Prompter pre-
vented me from giving Sterling "a chance"
not giving him my best mares nor working
his colts, and he had but few outside mares,
in spite of which, at l L years old, ne had four
$50 performers and son that sired q FLY
that entered the $50 list at 3 years old and
showed a full mile in her work in 2:1 GA
showing that not ten horses in the world has
equaled. His dam is the dam of 4-year-old
with q record of 2:26, and grand dam of
4-yearold with q record of 2:2O, and OF
mare that has produced $50 trotter and the
fastest 2-year-old ever bred in Butte County,
and grand dam of q horse that has sired a
$3.50 performer. She has not only won her
way to the 'table of great brood mares, - but
has demonstrated that she possesses In an en-
inenI degree those invaluable qualities in the
dam of a stock horse, the potency 10 ''breed
on" and the quality of 'early development"
Although foaied in Sacramento, what inn
ported horse excels him? w. II. HICKS.
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Rattkf1to 51n.tBrs.
SACRAMENTO BANK

FTNHE OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN THE
Il city, corner Fifth and streets, Sacra-
mento: Guaranteed capital, $500, 600; paid
estate in California, July 1, 1890, So. S9S, 442:
ter ma and ordinary deposits, July /, 1890
-, IO9,394. Term and ordinary deposits re-
ceived. Dividends paid in january and INV
Money loaned upon real estate only. The
bank does exclusively a savings bank bust
ness. Information furnished upon applica-
ton to w. 2. COLEMAN, President :,
ED. r. HAMILTON, Cashier.
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SACRAMENTO CITY BONDS.

THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE FUNDED
i Debt Sinking Fund of the City of Sacra-
mento will have on hand by the 25th day of
purchase of Sacramento City Bonds which
they will pay to the lowest and best bidders
for the respective classes of bonds due in
proposals for the sale of these bonds. and will
consider all bids placed with the Commission
ers on or before 10 o'clock A. NJ. on the goth
day OF MAY, 1891. The different series of
bonds must be offered separately, as they are
OF. different values according to the period at
which they fall due. All bids should be di-
rected TO the commissioners of the Funded
Debt of Sacramento" and marked on the out
side, s'Bids for Bonds" The Commissioners
reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
III. o. BEATTY, President,
NEWTON BOOTH,
SPARROW SMITH,
ap21-tillmy23 Commissioners.
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KAFFIR.

standard No. 15,O45.-Kafir is a rich bay,
d d'od 1857; bred by l.. j. Rose, Esq Los An
geleSl Cal; l5I hands high; sired by AlcaZar,
~ 059, he by sultan PEA sire of STEAMBOAT,
81 81 : out OF Mfnnehaha dam of 5 horses in
the S:oO llst). kafir's dam is Flower Girl,
6y Authurton sire OF Arab, 2:15. and the
cams cams OIL hazel Wilkes, 2:20, Freedom, 2:2934--
lastesI yearling in the world-and 5 others in
S:30 nstl; second dam, Flora, 2:33, by Cen
e S NcGSlellan tsire of 3 ia $50 list; third
cam, tlofa Langford, by Langford sire of the
a th OF Lillian Wilkes, 8 years, 2:1711, aud
others IN 2:3O liSt. Mr.. Rose SAYS Kaffir was
one of the fastest yearling trotiers ne ever
pred, trottlng quarters in 3712 seconds in his
yearilng form. He will be allowed TO serve n
limited number of mares at $40 the season.
after which he will be prepared for the tall
campaign.
The public is invited to call and see these
me lndlYlduals, representing the THREE
GREAT TRoTrING FAMILIES - WILKES
ELECIlONEER and SULTAN
Good pasture close by the city at 81 Der
month. For further particulars and com
plete circulars, call or address
Il. Il. LOWELL.
mr2S-tf 1920 + street. Sacramento. Cal.
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Mnhr g. Ynerk

The best place to purchase picnic supplies.
Cooked corned beef cooked ham, all kinds OF
sausage and other delicacies.
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PACIFIC HOTEI,

Corner and Fifth Streets, Sacramento.
CENTRALLY LOCATED AND CONVEN
y lent TO all places OF amusement The best
family hotel in the city. The table always
supplied with the best the market affords.
Street cars from the depot pass the door every.
five minutes. Meals. % cents
Q. II. SINGLETON Prnnrietnr
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BROOKLYN HOTEL.

DUSH STREET, BETWEEN MONTGOM-
- cry and Sansome, San Francisco, con-
Quoted on both the European and American
plan. This Hotel is under the management OF
Charles Montgomery, and is the best Family
and Business Mems Hotel in San Francisco.
Home comforts, cuisine unexcellcd, first-claSs
service, highest standard of responsibility
guaranteed. Board and room per day, 81 25
TO So; single room, so cents to 81 per night.
Free coach to and from the Hotel ITSa
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FREMONT HOTEL,
MRS. p. BRYDING, Sole Proprietor.

N EWL1 FURNISHED AND RENOVATED
IN nne family hotel; weil-supplied table;
airy rooms; terms moderate; accommodations
excellent. lip and ia j street ap4-3rn
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: NEVADA COUNTY CASE.
TWO OTHER CASES

Chittenden (appellanD VS.. Pratt, and
Chittenden appellant VS.. McRae. These
cases, which were appealed from Placer
County, were heard on the same evil
dence, and were brought to the Supreme
Court on appeal in one transcript The
action involves the question of the right
of the appellant to certain property.
The Supreme Court reyerses the iudg-
ment in each case
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". l. KAVANAUGH, Undertaken,

No. 513 J ST., bet. Fifth and Sixth.
A LWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORT-
n. ment of Metallic and Wooden Caskets.
Burial Cases, Collins and Shrouds furnished.
short notice and at the lowest rates. Office
open day and night Telephone No. sos.
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THE SADDLE ROCK
Restaurant and OYSTER House.

E'IRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE
/ spect. Ladies' dining-room separate. Open
day and night. BUCK MANN 81 CARRA-
HER, PToprletors. No. 1919 Second street,
between and K, Sacramento
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5Il1tnrrtnlsrrs.
IOHN MILLER

Successor to Fritz & Miller,
UNDERTAKING PARLORS,
or X STREET (ODD FELLOWS TEN
JUO ple). a complete stock of Undertaking
Goods always en- hand. EMBALMING A
SPECIALITY. Telephone No. 1S6.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-01

friends, had herself seen to the laying of
the table early in the forenoon and closed
and dsrkened the dining room till lunch
con should be served. A few minutes be-
fore that time she left the parlor and ran
down stairs for a final inspection. Bring
the CLAIMS in" she said to the maid. 'T
will open the room and luncheon can te
served at once, :" and she hurried into the
apartment, raising the shades and opening
the blinds.
And then she stopped and said ''ohl"
for there at the daintily laid table, his lit
tie high chair drawn up to its occasional
place by her cover, sat her three-year-old
boy sound asleep, his brown haired head
almost touching the cloth, and one moist,
pudgy hand resting fairly on its immacu-
late whiteness, and clasping between the
limp fingers a red rose which he had evil
IDENTIFY admired and pulled from the cen
terpiece, as its trailing way was clearly
marked across the table
It was a critical moment for the mother,
eff take him up" the thought quickly,
''the traces of his presence will be dishg-
uringly there. and II is too late to relay
the table. I'll leave him Just as he is; they
are all mothers up stairs, and win see the
picture he makes before they see the print
of his fingers on my cloth" And the
clans were put on, and the luncheon was
announced, and Master Arthur was a very
much surprised boy when he was aw akened
few minutes later by rain of soft kisses
from beyy of admiring women.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-01
MASSACHUSETTS DRUNKARDs

MASSACHUSKTTSB BRUNKARDS.
Drunkards are 30 numerous and trouble
some everywhere that considerable inter
est will be felt in the new law concerning
the punishment of drunkards which goes
into effect in Massachusetts to-day. This
law provides that a person arrested for in
toxication, may, upon recovering his
senses, make a written statement declar-
ing that he has not been arrested twice in
the previous twelve months for drunken
ness, and requesting to be released. If,
upon investigation, his statement is found
to be true, his case will be placed on file;
if false, he will be rearrested and tried as
if he had been out on bail, and his
sentence will be imprisonment for such
term as the court may prescribe. No fine
can be imposed; imprisonment is newt
able
1t is argued in favor of this law that the
fine system makes discrimination be-
tween rich and poor. A man who has five
dollars left after deliberate debauch may
secure his release by the court by paying
that amount, though he is the most worth
less of citizens, while the industrious man
who occasionally yields to intemperance,
lacking that sum, must loose a months
labor, if his wife or mother or some friend
cannot borrow the money to pay the fine.
If imprisonment for thirty days is the
proper punishment for drunkenness, it
| should be imposed directly by the court,
on all who are sentenced. 1t cannot be,
| under the present law. The only way
in which such imprisonment can be Sc
cured is by sentencing person to pay a
fine. If he is unable to pay he will be i'm
prisoned. If he can pay, he practically
escapes punishment, for fine of five dol
lars is little punishment for the man who
| can pay it. In actual experience it is found
| that more than one-half of those who are
sentenced for drunkenness are imprisoned.
If they were the ones most deserving of
this form Of penalty, the fact that their
confinement was secured in this rounda-
bout way would be less serious objec-
ton, but as the release or imprisonment
depends solely upon the possession of a
few dollars by the prisoner and his
friends, it will be seen that the worst are
likely to escape and some of the best will
60 to prison.
There is sense in this. Hereafter, fol
awhile at least, drunkenness in Massachu-
setts will be serious matter.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-01
EDITORIAL NOTES

Pensioners do die The returns of the
the pensioned veterans who fought under
the great Napoleon who now receive $50
a year. put their number at 112, instead of
1S0, as in 1888.
Perhaps the next war won't be so deadly
after all. A new steel cuirass that can be
folded up and carried in the knapsack,
and that resists any bullet known to mod
ern warfare, is being introduced into the
Austrian army.
1t is hard to defeat some men. Black
smith Ripper, of Iglau, Moravia, had at
tempted suicide several times and been in
terfered with; so he constructed box
like clock case, seven feet high, the door
of which could be fastened with paddock
inside. Then he put strong hook in the
top board, entered, locked the door, and
comfortably hanged himself inside. He is
dead
A curious return has just been printed
at Berlin. 1t shows how often German
regimental colors were struck in action
during the campaigns of 1854, 1865 and
1870, and also how many officers, nom
commissioned officers and men were killed
while carrying the celors. The memory
of these losses is touchingly preserved.
Every staff that has been clasped in action
by dead soldiers fingers is encircled with
a silver ring with the inscription of the
mans name and the words, "Died hero's
death with this color in his hand"
General Russell A Alger told San
Francisco reporter that the rumors that
he is booming Blaine are untrue. "In my
| Judgment" he said, "Mr. Blaine can have
the nomination if he wants it, and he does
| not need my assistance in the matter.
Whether he will be physically able to
| enter such a contest is another matter.
Six weeks ago saw the Secretary and he
seemed to think that he had recovered his
health almost entirely. 1 cannot say, of
course, that Mr. Blaine will be fitted to
run for the Presidency, but my latest ad-
vices are that he is gaining strength and
that his old vigor is returning"
Aessrs Lewes & Gilbert, who are heavy
raisers of wheat, have conducted series
of experiments with different one-acre
plots to test the power of the ground to
hold water. They found that an acre Of
their celebrated wheat fed contained on
the permanently unmanured plot 1896
tons of water; on plot dressed with arti.
fetal manure 1919 tons; and on a plot
dressed with fourteen tons of farm yard
manure each year 1,610 tons of water
Beneath this land there are under-draini
eight and a quarter yards'apart. Wher
the soil contains more than the quantitie
I.of water stated the surplus flows through
the drains, but when the quantity get
down to the amount mentioned above tn
under-drains stop running.
4 How extensive the wanton slaughter o
the buffalo was is shown by the busines
i Of selling the bones which stgew the wes1
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-01
The Yankees Duel with n German.
TFrnu1 Tha Chiea,o M.u

@-S N-AS1HO -N&AAl
Professor A. F. Van Lser Was making a
vacation tour through Europe at one time,
and went to Berlin to visit a young New
York friend who was studying art there.
One evening the two Americans, in the
course of a stroll about the town, dropped
into beer-gsrden. Taking seats at a small
table, they were soon busily discussing art
matters over two foaming mugs A crowd
of German students had taken complete
possession of the place They were boist-
erous, and just drunk enough to be quar-
relsome. They were loudly discussing q
recent duel, and one fellow whose SCARED
face showed that he had faced an adversary
on the field of honor" asserted with great
vehemence that the Germans were the
bravsst race on earth, and that they should
be willing to demonstrate this upon all oc-
casions. Instead of fighting each other,
they would better cross swords with for
eigners-the Englishman, the Frenchman
and the American They were always plen-
ty of foreign tourists in Germany, he
argued, to furnish antagonists for the
brave Teutons, and he, for one, proposed
thereafter to challenge them instead of his
own countrymen. By following that course,
Germany would soon gain a reputation for
national bravery that would be world
wide.
As the hsrangue proceeded, attention
was directed to the two voung Americans,
and the latter soor - a-he convinced that
they were to be foreeI. into q duel. The
Germans suddenly crowded about the table
where Van Laer and his companion sat
quietly slipping their beer, and the ring
leader of the gang bent over the table ana
blew puff of ciger smoke full in Van
Iee-,a faoo. The American smiled he
finished bis mug of beer and remarked to
his brother-artist: Jack, want you to Sc
cond me for just ten seconds. Go over to
the door and stand there. Let no one pass
you either way. If anyone tries to get out.
knock him down"
By this time the students. who hid been
fooled by Van Laer's apparent good-hum-
or, set up derisive chorus in German.
ga coward! n coward,'' they cried ''He
| will not resent insult. Why does he
| not hghts Let Us have a duel, 4 duel =,
| 4 duel ="
Then Van Lear arose. still smiling.
Gentlemen, You want fgnt. You shall
have it. As the challenged party / have
the choice of weapons. / select those that
| nature gave me, and propose to show Won
how Americans fight duels when they are
at home" AS he finished speaking his
right arm shot out like catapult, and the
| German bully went down as If pile-driv-
/ er had hit him. Then he turned his atten-
ton to the remaining students. BifTl Bitf,
Bang! Down they went in one, two, three
order. At every blow student was fell
ed, and within the ten seconds limit there
was wild rush for the door, and this gave
the second American an opportunity to en-
| joy himself by taking hand in the gym
nastic exercises. One minute after the
festivities began the little garden contain
ed only three people. One of them was a
bartender who was too badly scared &c
move, and the others were two Americans
who were seated at a table calling "Noch,
zwei beer,''
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-01
The Summer Girl.


The evolution of social types in America
has produced no more interesting figure
than the summer girl-the darling, the de-
light and despair of the susceptible male
heart. Young, blooming, vavacious and
gay, she epitomizes in her delightful per
sonality all that is most charming in the
charming sex at the most charming season
Her happy fortune is to exist only when
the skies are bright. She is a summer girl
by virtue only of the year and her lie be.
ing both in the green leaf. Accordingly al
the seaside, in the mountains, visiting q
friend in the country, or boarding at farm
house, she fits before us Joyous, bright.
careless, with no thought but to be lovely
and to make the most of the bewitching in.
huences of idle hours in the warm sun
shine or under the tender rays of summer
moons. The butterfly of her kind, heI
day is short and she tastes of every flower.
Lst her laugh while she may, for presently
comes the whitening October wind to blast
her fascinating summer costumes, to drive
her indoors, and to metamorphose her intC
that sadly uninteresting creature, the win
ter girl.
II 10 a Wua
age the girl blossoms into the summer girl
if, peradventure, she ever becomes a sum
mer girl at all-for it is not given TO al
girls to attain that happy combination oi
physical and intellectual charms that 60 tc
the making of the type of perfection undei
consideration. Undiscriminsting persons
have held that the summer girl stage oi
evolution comedies with the age of swee
sixteen in every case. Better authoritiea
contend, hawever, that only the sweet gir
graduate ever becomes q summer girl a
that comparatively immature age. Eight
teen and even twenty-five are required q
times to produce the cultivation of intel
lect, the poetic insight taste in dress ant
tact by which the true summer girl is dis
tinguished from other pretty girls. For in
tellectuality, gentle as moonlight, is one o.
her invariable qualities, without which M
girl, however attractive in other respects
can for a moment claim to be classed with
her.
1t has been questioned whether the sum
mer girl is an annual, perishing at tn,
close of the first season, or has a Longer
period. The weight of authority, it seems
is with those who assert she is a biennial
Some assert, in fact, that in exceptions
cases she blooms out afresh summer aftel
summer, until the age of thirty, after which
what with neuralgia and rheumatism con
tracted in moonlight walks, she invsriabl,
retires. But the summer girl at any ag'
and anywhere is as pretty as q picture and
as sweet as the sweetest flowers of June.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-01
HEALTH


1t takes some people long while to find
out that poor health is not religion.-The
RAMS Horn.
Some people do not hesitate to rob
Peter, but they do not rob him for the
purpose of paying Paul any more. They
say that Paul can wsit.-Dallas News
The tombstone man elevated his eyebrows
inquiringly The doctor, who had just
come from the fine house round the corner,
shook his head decidedly and passed on
Chicago Tribune.
Judge-You are charged with being
drunk and disorderly. Are you Pris
oner at the bar-Not guilty, yer amer.
Oh was too dhrunk to be disorderly, any
way.-New York Telegram.
First hy-Hi there, Bluebottlel Come
over here. There's 8 keg of molssses here.
Second fy-Nolasses be hanged. l know
where there's q white and gold parlor
that's never been touched.-New York
| Sun.
'Do You think can see through your
said the irate old man to the buIly man
in front of him. "You ought to be able
to, SIR" returned the other good-natur-
edly, Give a pane in my back. ."-Harper's
Bazaar.
| Prudent mamma-What 10 your objection
to him, Clsrai He seems to be first-clsss
young man. Hesitsting young woman
How can he be, mammal He is the third
assistant in a second-class postoffice.-
[Chicago Tribune.
Knowles-The rhinoceros is a native OF
England, isn't itl Towles-A native OF
Englandl Why, man alive, whatever put
such an idea into your headi Knowles
Why, just look how his clothes fit him.
Scribner's Magazine.
She-These flowers are Just lovely, but
mamma thinks it is not right for me to
accept such gifts unless-unless we were
engaged. He-Well, guess it is a go.
Those flowers cost $15, and it seems a pity
to have the money thrown away.-Indian-
apolis Journal
"And what" asked the young woman
who is sometimes facetious, ''is the rank
| of the individual who brings up in the
rear with bucket and tin cupF' "Oh, "
replied the member of the militia without
hesitation, che is lemonade-de-camp."-
Washington Post.
81 cannot understand it, plaintively re.
marked the hsrd-working minister, who
saw q trial for heresy confronting him in
the near future. "I preached those very
same sermons to them fifteen years ago,
and no one made any complaint them
| Indianapolis Journal
The dissatisfied girl wish you would
bring me something besides flowers occs-
sionally. The patient lover-What would
you ikea Dissatisfied girl-Well, 1 can
name three things right off. The patien,
lover-Welll The dissatisfied girl-well,
candy, or jewelry, or-or-or both.-Har.
per's Bazaar.
Bolivar ian enthusiastic advocate of Gre
mation)-I wrote the Cremation Company
last week asking them to file my formal
application to be cremated.
Van Dyke-Ahi Did you receive {
replyl
Bolivar-oh, yes. They told me Il
come early and avoid the rush.-Brooklyr
Life.