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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-02-05
NEVER TAKE THE HORSESHOE, ETC.
An Individual Who Sells the EmbIens
OF Good Luck.


The latest fallir is the forlorn-looking
individual who presents those upon
whom he makes descent, with a giIded
horseshoe BE is at present ''working''
the State Capitol building, and endeavor-
ing to persuade the new State officers
that their administrations will be utter
failures if they do not provide themselves
with his emblem of good luck. He
makes no charge but manages to convey
the idea that he is penniless, and would
thankfully receive ANY small donations
that might be given him.
When he hailed Deputy Supreme Court
Clerk Williams iii the corridor yesterday
and presented him with 4 gilded shoe and
a blue ribbon, The latter received the gift,
and thanking the donor, started to walk
away, when he was tapped for few
bits. Mr.. Williams was not in pressing
need of such an article (having enjoyed
an exceedingly prosperous career in the
past four years of his official life, with
indications pointing strongly to contin-
uation of his former good luck and
he offered the shoe back to the giver The
latter, however, politely refused to take
il and left the scene. Mr.. Williams placed
the horseshoe on the letter-box outside
the door of his office and thought no more
OF 1t until few hours afterwaroi, when he
had occasion to visit Controller Colgan.
he had no idea that the man WAS in the
BUSINESS of peddling the shoes, and when
be hoticed the same kind of an article as
had been given him lying on Mr.. Colgan's
DISK. he locularly accused the latter of
stealing il. The Controller denied the
!nsinuation and said he had given man
. cents for it. Mr.. Williams would not
believe it until he went back TO his Office
and found his horseshoe where be had
left it. lie and the Controller are now
searching for the place in the building
where the shoe man stores his trunk, for
he carries only one shoe with him on
each expedition.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-02-05
ALLEGED Assaurt

A man named 81. Sherman was arrest
ed last night on a charge of battery. The
complainant is '.DiclNn Reed, the propri-
etor of the New England House, who al
leges that when he called on Sherman
and asked him TO pay his rent the latter
struck him in the face.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-02-05
Employees Discl,argea.

Several of the compositors in the State
Printing Office have been discharged on
account of the decrease in the amount of
work on hand. The services of several
of the young ladies employed in the
bindery viii also be dispensed with in a
couple of days.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-02-05
Paw car.

The pay car arrived here last evening
and after paying off few of the yard
hands, started up the Oregon road. 1t
viii return and distribute the sheckles
among the shop men on Saturday.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-02-05
National Guard Medals.

The medals won by members Of the
First Artillery Regiment at the annual
target practice last fall in this city have
been received at brigade headquarters
and are ready for distribution.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-02-05

MAIER-In this city, February Sd, to the
wife of j. Maier, "a daughter. Stillborn
SCOTT-In this city, January 2Sth, to the
wife of John Scott, a daughter.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-02-05

/ SAVED 5 cents by going to Gieseke's. 419
X street. and buying the finest pound box of
French candy in the city for 80 cents Try
his ice cream soda; it is excellent.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-02-05
15ORN.

FANCY pitted evaporated cherries, finest in
the land at Weber & Co.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-02-05
CHARLES FLOHR, PRACTICAL GUNSMITH,

100A SIXTH STREET, BETWEEN j AND
lUZ4K, importer and Dealer in Shotguns,
Rifles ana Pistols. Ammunition of all kinds
constantly on hand. Sales and Scales re-
paired, and Trusses made to order.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
Worthy of Note.

Long before the advent of the white man
in California, forest fires ragged, and from
recent discoveries it is probable that giant
trees were thus destroyed, in comparison
to which the much lauded sequoias and
redwoods of the present are but saplings.
The Industrial World says that certain
amount of air admitted to the furnace
above the live coal is advantageous rather
than otherwise if the supply be regulated.
The oxygen of the air thus introduced as
sists in the more effective combustion of
the gases.
According TO Engineering, half the tin
in the world is exported from the Malay
peninsula, where mining is carried on al
most entirely by Chinese. The mining is
that of flood tin, and the metal is taken
from the lowlands near the mountains,
where it is found in pockets ten to twenty
feet or more below the surface.
1t is told that Frenchman, NJ. Teynac,
has been experimenting, and seriously con
siders the ACCESSIBILITY of substituting bees
for carrier pigeons in carrying messages.
A tiny piece of paper is pasted on the back
OF the bee, with cipher message on it.
and, when the bee returns to its hive, il
can enter only through round perforations
which will not let its paper through, so the
message is easily found.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13

MAN PLAYING BALL WITH HIS OWN HEAD.
ground, we need not trouble ourselves
with hangings of black cloth, but simply
open a window on a cloudy evening if we
are to use flash light or if the picture is
to be taken by daylight, we may open the
door OF a dark room or building and obtain
a back ground both theoretically and prac-
tically nonactinic.
With such a nonactinic background
many interesting and amusing photo
graphs may be made by a process of null
tiple exposure. The cut, for instance, rep
resents man playing ball with his own
head. This picture was taken at night by
means of flash light three exposures be-
ing necessary, the open window forming
the background. The two small heads
were first taken in succession, the person
represented standing on the balcony out
side with a black cloth thrown over his
body and the light from a flash lamp being
thrown upon his head as he posed in the
different positions. He then took the POI
sition represented in the engraving, and
another flash imprinted his whole figure
and the walls of the room upon the plate,
which, when developed, gave the amusing
result shown in the illustration.
Numerous other applications of this
principle will at once occur to every pho
tograpber, and the process is so simple
that very unique effects can be obtained by
any amateur possessed of the ordinary
amount of patience and ingenuity. An
important point in such pictures is to have
the different images fall upon their proper
place on the plate. This is easily secured
by attaching to the ground glass bit of
gummed paper showing the position of the
smaller images-the heads in the cut, for
example Then. when the principal ex-
posture is made, the relative position of the
different images can he accurately adj
justed by moving the camera in the usual
way The foregoing illustration, which
originally appeared in La Nature, was re.
Gently described, as here told, in The Pop
ular Science News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
A Literary Man.

Men who become suddenly rich should
be judged leniently. They have many
temptations from which the rest of us are
happily delivered. Mr.. John johnson, a
man of this class. was DESTROYS to be
known as of n literary turn, and to that
end proceeded to lay in library. One of
his purchases WAS an old dictionary, which
being somewhat out of repair was sent to
the binders. When it was returned to the
purchaser he found printed on its back the
words, "Johnson's Dictionary" The sight
threw him into a furious passion, and he
demanded of the messenger "Why didn't
he put the full name on, John Johnston's
Dictionary "-London Tit-Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13

Fair Customer-I live in the suburbs, and
! want a watchdog.
Dealer-Yes, mum.
But Of course | don't want one that
will keep us awake all night barking at
nothing"
mo, num-"
'He must be big and strong and fierce,
you know"
Yes, mum"
Yet rs gentle as lamb with us, you
know"
Yes, num-"
And he must pounce on every brutal
man that comes along, and drive him off. 1"
Eyes, num-"
But he mustn't interfere with any poor
but honest man looking for work"
"No, mum"
"lf burglar comes providing around at
night, the dog should make mincemeat of
him in an instant"
Yes, num-"
But he mustn't attack a neighbor who
drops in for an evening call"
mo, num-"
And of course he mustn't modest people
who come hurryng in at all hours of the
night to call my husband. He's doctor,
you know"
mo, num- | see what you want. You
want mind reader dog"
Yes, ! suppose so. Can you send me
one?"
VERY sorry, mum, but I'm just out of
that kind. York Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
70 HOPE, EIGHTEEN MONTHS OLD.

Darling, with those big eyes of blue,
That stare me gravely through and through
IN babyhood's undaunted wise,
Whence came their color and their size?
Did nature kind to nurseing new,
Lend them her speedwel's artless hue1
And did the open eye of day
Teach yours to open the same way?
Half with their gaze abashed, call
Your name or toss the aimless ball,
As counter clsirms to rid my sense
of those twin fixed stars influence.
Come. shall lift YOU? Round you wheel,
With arms out spread. prepared to feel
My hands beneath them laid. and soar
To spot oft visited before.
Dear. on my shoulder perched so high,
Yet dcign with my meek suit comply,
Mix condcsccnsion with your bliss.
And bend your cheek for me to kiss.
Nay, listen must when you prate
So eager, inarticulatet
What Daniel could interpret pray,
Those voluble wise things you say?
Yet words you have, your little store;
For, see, poke your pinafore
And cry, who's this.' and straight hear
Your answer, Baby" sweet and clear
And when some far piano plays,
With lifted finger and fixed gaze
a solemn Hank" you utter plain,
Rapt listener to an elfn strain!
Then, worldlier busy, dolly's head
You amputate and earthward shed
Its sawdust soul with flattening fist,
Small lev Ter, infant Nihilist!
Sweet Hopel methinks for comforts sake,
As here our toilsome way we take,
The Hand that gave us flower and star
Made you the winsome thing you are.
w. Il. Webb in Spectator.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13

stroy not only cattle and horses, but men.
The wolf is very widespread animal with
slight variations in color and size: it ex.
tends from the east of Asia, through India
and Europe, to North America, having in
all these countries the same ferocious char
acter, killing-especally in the cold season,
when much pressed by hunger-men, wom-
en-, children cattle and sheep; but the wolf
taken young becomes perfectly tame, is at
tached to its master, learns to live with
dogs and acquires from them the habit of
barking, which is entirely unknown to it
in the wild state.
Even when taken older wolves may I've
tanned, and our engravings show the per
formances of pack which have recently
been exhibited in London. Each Of these
animals, as may be seen, knows its own
kennel, and takes to it at command. They
climb stairs at the order of the keeper and
assume positions at command, and will
leap onto the shoulders of the keeper and
form very striking tabeauX.
The wolf, which is one of the origins from
which the domesticated dog has doubtless
sprung, is, it is needless to say, most in.
telligent animal and hence it can be tanned
by appealing to its mental faculties: but at
the same time, as in the case of dogs, it
must be impressed with the sense of the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13

The operation of increasing the hardness
of steel, says the Neurological Review, is by
heating it to redness and then cooling it
suddenly Bright steel should not be eX
posed naked to fire or flame 1t may with
advantage he placed in covered box con
tanning bone dust or animal charcoal in
some other form or another plan is to smear
soap all over the article to be hardened
Water or oil is the medium generally Sc
lected for plunging the article in to cool it,
Petroleum is recommended if extra hard
ness is required Either mercury or salt
water will give great hardness, but the
steel is rendered brittle Oil is the best
medium for hardening steel.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
DEAFNESS.
ITS CAUSES AND CURE,

scientifically treated by an aurist OF world
wide reputation. Deafness eradicatcd and
entirely cured, OF from 20 to 30 years standing
after all other treatments have failed. How
the difficulty j. reached and the cause re-
moved, fully explained in circulars, with
afllhavitS and testimonials OF cures from
prominent people, mailed tree.
DIR. A FONTAINE. Iith St, NY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
Modern Methods of Coloring Flowers.

Blue roses have heretofore been ranked
among the things unatttinable. BY the
most modern method of culture, however.
all difficulties are said to vanish. For eX-
ample, water pure white roseDush con
tinuously with solution of Prussian blue
and the ensuing buds will take on SYM
pathetic tinge. In like manner proceed
with green sulphate of copper and hope
for a similar satisfactory result.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
Recording the Contour of River Beds.

An instrument for taking and recording
the contour of a river bottom has been in
vented by Herr Stechner, and tried on the
River Elbe. 1t consists of a long curving
arm, which hangs from boat into the
water and trails OH the bottom. Its in
clination under the varying depth is
caused to work "A pencil and draw curve
of the contour on band of travelling paper
as the boat proceeds. During the trial on
the Eide the contour line OF POI miles of
the river bed was drawn in ten days.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
He Had Lived In a City.

A bright little boy from Denver spent
some weeks one summer in the Green
Mountain State, and was much impressed
with it's verdure and beauty, One day,
walking with his mother along the daisy
edged road, he suddenly exclaimed, "Oh,
mamma, the street is embroidered. Cor
New York T,iJune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
PHOTOGRAPHY ON BLACK GROUND.
Interesting and Amusing Photographs
Made by Multiple Exposure.

Made by Multiple Exposure.
The color known as black is not, prop
erly speaking, color at all, but the alb
sence of all color or light. A substance
that absorbs all the rays of light falling
upon it would be perfectly black, but no
such substance is actually known, as all
dyes or pigments, even Of the darkest
shades, reflect small quantity Of the light
falling upon them
AS black, however, is the total absence
of light, it follows that nothing can lie so
black as perfectly dark room or the out
door world on a cloudy night; and, as un-
der such conditions there can be no light,
there will be no action upon Photographic
plate exposed in such a room or upon such
"A night Therefore, If we desire to take a
photograph AGAINST a PERFECTLY black back-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
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THE WOLF, WILD AND TAME.

Instructive Facts About the Largest and
Most Ferocious of the Canine Family.
In its native state the wolf is the largest
and most savage of the canine group 1t
is so fierce that many Of the older natural
lists regarded it as utterly untamabe In
countries where they abound wolves de
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13
PERFORMING WOLVES.

superior qualities of its master. There is
no doubt that the instincts of the wolf re
appear from time to time in IFS descendants,
the domestic dog, and the action of no I'M
tanned wolf can he more terrible than some
of the accounts one occasionally reads of
savage and mad dogs
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31
Pen Pictures of our Late Legis-
latOrs.

Brown, Of Harvey, Republican,
attracted as much attention as any
member of the house not because
of his ability, but because of the
noise he made. He has voice that
in volume and and harshness resem-
bles that noted animal that opens
his mouth only to bray He stands
over six feet in height, straight and
raw-boned, face once seen, never
forgotten, never trusted. MIR.
Brown talked long and loud, repeat
ing himself frequently, and seldom
entertaining the members. His
forte was to obstruct by consuming
the time in dilatory motions and
senseless speeches. Mr. Brown is
one Of the four lawyers of the
house.
XXX
Mr.. Heber, of Meade county, is
banker. His genera. appearance
is best described in the few words,
slick, slight build, sraall featured,
oily tongued. Mr.. Hsber was the
devoted friend Of the monopolies,
and fought every Peoples party
measure that promised relief from
the money power. Billingsgate
was his chief weapon, and of that
he is complete master. He was re-
ported as one of the brightest men
in the house, but his brightness lay
in raising questions and obstructing
legislation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31
Age of Consent.

The Garnett Eagle of the 9th,
from it's lofty perch swooped down
upon the junior editor Of the AGI-
TAroR, and, figuratively speaking,
attempted to swallow the whole
concern, as appears from the follow
lowing:
The AGITATOR, of which Repre-
sentative Alexander is one of the
editors, charges that Governor
Humphrey recommended the reduc-
ing of the age-of-consent law. viii
Mr.. Alexander produce the docu-
ments !? If there is such a recon-
mendation in his message to the
Legislature, will he please reprint it?
We don't believe Governor Hum
phrey made any such recommends
tion. Let the AGITAToR put up or
shut up.
The AGITAToR in reply has to say
that the editor who furnished the
editorial referred to by the Eagle
was not cognizent of all the facts,
but there was no intention to misrep-
resent, and to prove the fairness of
the AGITAToR, the whole truth is
herewith given. If the Eagle will
take the trouble, it will find on page
24, Vol. |, public documents, the
following language in Governor
Humphreys message:
But our statute, as amended in
1887, ignores the fact that there are
lewd and abandoned women under
eighteen years of age, who, having
prostituted everything else, prosti-
tute the law for purposes of black
mail, and instances of very great
hardship have been the result. This
should be remedied, as it can be,
without in the least lowering the
standard of protection to those for
whom such protection is intended.
The amendment suggested by the
attorney-general would cover the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31
And. why Not ?


The Woman's Council which re-
Gently met at Washington has made
move which looks like the begin
ming of the formation Of new
government in this country. The
ladies have sort of congress, sim
liar to our national congress, with
an upper and lower house.
1t begins to look az though the
women are determined to take a
hand in running the affairs of this
country. And, why not? There
is no law to prevent it. Then, they
constitute more half of the popula-
tion of the country. They do more
than half of the work. They rear
the children and mould their young
minds. Moreover, it was a woman's
foot that first touched Plymouth
Rock after the landing of the May
flower. Then why should she not
have a voice in our governmental
affairs?
The leading women of the coun-
try have labored for years to over
come this injustice, but have made
slow progress and, as we stated
above, it appears that they have
commenced what seems to be the
formation Of a new government.
One of these fine mornings, we will
wake up and find a woman president
occupying half Of the White House,
surrounded by her cabinet officers,
and in the capitol will be a woman's
congress, busy making wholesome
laws for governing the people (not
only the women, but the men, also, J
of this nation. Would there be
anything wrong in that ? The men
have, for more than a century, been
making laws to govern both men
and women; and isn't turn about
fair play?
We hope, however, that such a
state of affairs will not come to
pass, but that women will be grant
ed their inherent rights, and that
they and the present "lords of crea-
tion" may meet on an equal footing,
and together enact laws for the gov
ernment of the people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31

The Eagle of the 9th says in
substance, that the miscellaneous
appropriation bill of the late legisla-
ture is $6S,700 larger than the bill
passed two years ago; but the
Eagle does not give all the facts,
which are that the miscellaneous
appropriation bill originated in the
house, and after it went to the SEN
ate it was increased nearly $780,
600, and the bill was in conference
committee two or three days, the
house committee insisting upon the
bill; but rather than adjourn with
out passing it, compromise was
accepted. Also the Eagle is in
error as to its not providing for the
Investigations that are going on.
The Eagle had better post up, or
else give the items.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31

THE Grafton (Neb. Leader of
March 20, appropiates bodily one of
AGITAToR's editorials of the 10th.
This is not the way to do, Brother
Leader. Give credit where credit
is due.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31

case, by permitting in prosecution
for rape, under this statute, the
character Of the woman to be shown
in defense. Such amendment is
earnestly recommended.
The suggestion of the attorney
was embodied in bill and passed
the senate. That bill provided that
where an alleged violator of the
law of 1887 could show, in cases
where the female was under the age
of eighteen, and over the age of
fourteen, that the female was of
bad character, then no offence
had been committed. At first
glance, the governors recommends
ton and the bill that passed the
senate, seemed fair, but a little
study will convince the unpreju-
diced that the amendment to the
present law, as proposed by the
governor and senate, would render
the law Intellectual, and that any at
tempt at prosecution under such a
provision would subject any female,
no matter how just their cause, to
indignities that would put devils to
shame. He that does not know that
the tongue of SANDER has assailed,
and does assail, the purest women
that ever drew breath is either
dense, or has not been observant.
How much more, then, if a mans
liberty were at stake, would he use
every devilish devise known to the
most fallen of his kind to throw
greater blame upon some one al
ready greatly wronged, in order
that he might escape the penalty
Justly his due. In few words, the
measure referred to was as internal
a piece of legislation as ever dis
graced law-making bodies because
it is a mean, hypocritical pretense
of protection where no protection is
afforded.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31

WE have received copy of The
American Federationist, handsome
monthly paper published at Mattoon,
Ill. It's mission is to weld together
the laborers of the country into one
grand consolidation-seemingly for
political action--we hope so, at any
rate, for only in the united action of
all who desire reform can any last
ing good be accomplished. We be-
speak for the new paper long life
of usefulness.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31

SUBSCRIBE for the AGITAToR-THE
Peoples paper of the state.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31

THERE are about million trades
unionists in this country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31

KEEP up the fight Unite