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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
FORTY LONG YEARS.
A Sketch of the Origin and History
Of Eureka Lodge,
Celebration of the Fortieth Arniver-
sary of Its Organization-Ban-
quet, Speeches, Etc.

The celebration by Eureka Lodge, I.
o. o. F., of its fortieth anniversary on
Wednesday evening was an unusually
interesting event of that kind
D. D. G. Nj. James Stewart, assisted by
Frank Nichols, G. NJ; II. F. G. Wulf,
G.. W.; Stanley Grimes. G. r. S.; P. S.
Watson, G. ?. s.; C. H. Holmes, G. T.;
r. d. Tilton, G. I. c., installed the fol-
lowing officers: p. e., +. II. Duden; n.
G., @. G. Davis; V. g., r. II. Petit; Sec
rotary, e. Glover; Treasurer, NJ. Miller;
w, e. Scheppelmann; c., c. II. Holmes;
r. s. n. c., b. c. Brier; l.. S. n. c., John
Switzer; r. S. V. c., c. S. OFT; L. S. V.
c., J. T. Adams; r. S. s.. W. r. Benja-
min; L. S. s., E. Fellows; / c., J. +.
Delaney; 0. g., B. II. Chapman.
At the banquet which followed Past
Grand Representative S. B. Smith acted
as Master Of Ceremonies, and in a few
complimentary remarks introduced Will
lam BOyne, former member of the
lodge. The latter reviewed the early his
tory of the great immigration that 1ol-
lowed the discovery Of gold in California
how they all sought Sacramento as the
nucleus of attraction. He told OF the
sickness, restitution and want that then
charity; how the odd Fellows, without
authority to organize a lodge, did organ
iZe an "Odd Fellows Aid Society, - which
was the first organized benevolent society
in California; how Sacramento Lodge.
No. 2, was the outgrowth of That organ
ization, and how, on the 18th day of Janu-
airy, 1852, Eureka Lodge was organized.
He then gave its financial and numerical
standing and the gross revenue Of the
six subordinate lodges in this city to De-
cember 81, 1890.
In the life of Eureka Lodge it initiated
All members; admitted otherwise than
by initiation, 257; ceased membership
564; deceased, 81; present membership
l62, and the average membership all these
years, 1876. The total revenues had been
nearly 100000, while the present assets
are SI0,500.
He then gave the gross receipts of the
six subordinate lodges since their organi-
2atlOn, amounting to the munificent sum
OF SIS, }SS, with present assets of SIP. 257
The speaker impressed upon the mem
bers the fact that in the handling Of this
large sum Of money there were only two
/ trivial losses, one Of which was the result
OF incOmpetency, and the other detected
so soon that the loss would not feed the
proverbial church mouse month.
In the earlier years of the order the ac-
counts were not so accurately kept as in
later years, so that it is difficult to segre-
gate the expense account from the benefit
and charity accounts, but he thought it
safe to say that % or 20 per cent. OF the
gross amount was paid for the relief Of
distress, burying the dead and educating
the orphan.
Addresses were also made by Elwood
Bruner, II. f. @. Wulff,t James Stewart,
o. w. Erlewine, r. II. Petit and others.
The exercises concluded by the singin Q
Of the Closing Ode"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
How Do Gases Go, Up or Down /!

EDS RECORD UNION: It will be re-
membered by many of your readers that
] wrote number Of articles on the sani-
tary question, plumbing, sewers, ETC.,
which were published in the RECORD
UNION some time last July and August.
In one of those articles [ said if the Sys-
tenn OF the special vent-pipe was carried
out. as it had been instituted, we would
have one of the most sickly cities in the
State or in the United States, in less than
tive years. But see what it has already
aeeomplished-our death-rate has run up
from thirty TO fifty per month. | don't
know just how many have died the last
month, but / think the number will be
Very near sixty, ii not quite. We have
had the most sickly fall here that we have
had for years and years; the scarlet fever,
etc, prevailed TO such an extent last fall
that we had to close our public schools
for awhile.
Now some may say that this special
vent-pipe has nothing TO do with the sick
ness Of this city. but l believe it has more
IL do with il than any other one thing or
All other things put together. \ person
asked me the other day, "What are you
going to do with the gases in our cess
]9ools2 They have got TO go somewhere"
] said, Let them stay there, or find their
way down through the sewers and out at
Inc lower GItl OF lile CllSs NHGES LAey viii
GO no harm"
Well" he said, suppose there is no
overflow from the cesspOOl to the sewer?"
| said, in that case let it lay there and
become petritied and hard, as everyone
who has studied science and chemistry
knows carbonic acid viii when conined;
:.ld even if it don't become hard. it is bet
ter under the ground than above, in our
chambers and in the air we breathe all
through the city If there is any true
philosophy why we should have special
1ent-pipe to our cesspools and sewers, |
wish some one who knows something
about it would give us the people, the
reason why.
After | had written the articles last
summer, some one sent me a number OF
papers setting forth how the sewerage,
drainage, plumbing, etc, was earned on
ia the little town Of Pullman, Ill, which
is said 10 be one OF the healthiest places
in the United States, which was ALMOST
exactly as ! had set forth in one OF my
articles how our sewerage system should
be established here and carried out. At
every other street running north and
south, extending from the north leyee to
Il street, there should be four-foot
sewer in the shape OF an egg, made of
brick laid in good cement mortar: there
saould clSo e q sjN-'oot sewer the whole
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
FOUR CLUB LEAGUE.
San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland
and Stockton in 1t.
Mrs. Vices Franchise Not Affected by
the Withdrawal of Two of the
Old Baseball Managers.

The decision of the new Consolidated
| Baseball League as to the DISPOSITION of
the Sacramento club franchise has settled
| the baseball question, as far as Oakland
is concerned, and there is little doubt but
that this year win see the old California
Baseball League resurrected, just as it
! stood in the palmy days of 1889, when
| Oakland won the pennant.
j. 7. Moran, the original organizer of
the old Greenhood q Moran Baseball
Club, has taken the matter in hand. and
announces that preparations are already
being made for the revival Of the old
league, with the cities of San Francisco.
Oakland, Sacramento and Stockton rep
resented.
The outlook for such league is good.
Moran says there will be no long jumps
( and no great expense to be borne. PLAY
ing will be made profitable in San Fran
cisco, as there viii be stretches of five
weeks when the clubs Ofthe Consolidated
League will be up north
WILL says Moran, put an Oakland
club III the field. Stockton wants a club
once more, and Sacramento will he clad
to put a club in such league I believe
that we will do better than the CONSOLE
dated league
Arrangements are already being made
looking TO the establishment of grounds
IN Oakland and the formation of a club
there, and when the club is formed there
will be more than one old favorite in it.
Sacramento will undoubtedly do like
| wise-in fact, all the cities named will
soon be engaging players, and the out
look for the success of the State League
was never better. Then, when the other
| league goes up the Hume" there will be
more good material with which to
strengthen the weak spots in the State
clubs.
The latter can now say, as did the In
dian who was found a long way from
camp, and was asked if he were lost
No, Indian no lost-wigwam :" In
this case 1t is not the state League that is
out, but the three clubs that have nut
themselves out.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08

BELL CONSERVATORY COMPANY, flor.
lists. You can always find us at telephone No.
80. Finest work; lowest prices.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08

Containing all the news Of the
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best methods Of agriculture,
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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
Comfy HosnitaI.

The report of DR.. G. A. White, Super
intendent of the County Hospital. for the
month Of December, shows that I42 pa
tents were admitted during the month.
1l9 were discharged, s died, and 239 are
now being cared for there. Those who
died were: Albert Bertoli, 10 years OF
age, and a native of Italy; J. II. Davis.
~, Virginia; All Took, Al, China; Mary
Cunningham, 6S, Ireland; H. Klumpe, IS,
Indiana; All Duck, IS, China; Peter Oh
sen, 90, Norway, and Robert Laube, "a,
Wisconsin. The cost of running the in
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
Rer1in Cough Cure.

For coughs and colds and all lung and
throat affections this article has superior
merit. II is perfectly harmless, gives imme-
date relief, and cures the worst cases in from
two to three days. Endorsed by cur best pnv-
sicians. Try bottle and you viii ALWAYS
keep IL. Price, 80 cents 4 bottle. The w Il.
Bone Company, san Francisco sole proprie-
tors. Kirk, Geary 6. Co, sole agents. Try c.
c. Lin1ment for aches and pains.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
MARRIED

REPRESENTATIVE this city. January
9TH: by Rev. G. p. Massey, Ernest L. Reguin
to Hattie a. Neubauer, both of this city >
DUNN-O'NEIL-In this city, December 9TH.
at the Seventh-street NJ. L. Church by tho
Rev. Singleton, Captain Il. j. Dunn, of New
York TO Mrs. Mary O'NeiI, Of Sacramento.*
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
BORN.

BENING-In this city, December goth. TO the
wife of a. IL. Bening, Jr., daughter
LIITLE-In this city, December 18th, TO the
WIFE OF Robert Little, a daughter
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
Settled With the Control,ar.

San Diego County settled its accounts
with the State yesterday in the sum of
SIS, 1875 Al, according to the Controllers
figures.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
EVERYBODY'S COLUMN.
Correspondence Of Interest to the
General Public.

under this heading the RECORD-UEION
VIII publish short letters from correspondents
on topics of interest to the general public. The
matter in these communications viii be un-
derstood to represent only the views Of the
writers. All communications must be accom-
panied by the name of the writer, not for pub
Hcation, unless so desired, but as a guarantee
OF good faifh-EnSl
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
THAT FUNDED DEBT.

The Funded Debt Committees major
ity report was next taken up. The con
clusions Of this committee We're given in
the RECORD recently. The re-
port showed by comparison that the citv
would do better to keep the Funded
Debt Commission in existence. as il
would get the city out of debt and have
q surplus OF over $4,000 by 1898. Ac-
cording to the report it would prove too
expensive to dispense with the com
mission
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-08
THE MINORITY REPORT.

The minority report submitted by
Clinton l.. White was listened to with
marked attention. Mr.. White does not
agree with the majority of the committee
That the Funded Debt Commission should
continue in existence, and proposes to
abolish it with the adoption of the new
charter. He gives his reasons in detail.
His report is herewith given in full:
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-30
SHEEP SHEARlNGS.

Do NOT abandon land but turn q few
sheep upon it
SHEEP kept on wooden floors will
have ill shaped hoofs
A CROP of early lambs can often be
made very profitable.
CLOVER or millet makes a good win
ter feed for the sheep.
Now is the time to store up plenty of
bedding for the sheep next winter.
PREPARE to give the sheep good care
in winter, as to neglect them in winter
Is a very improbable thing to do.
In commencing to feed sheep for any
purpose it is best to commence on a
small scale and gradually increase.
WHENEVER it is necessary to feed
sheep any kind of grass or roughness
good feeding racks should be provided.
IT is best to take up the lamb bucks
and put in a separate pasture and keep
them separate until after the breeding
season is over.
GENERALLY spring lambs should be
Seaned, not later than the first OF
August. Put the ewes in a field out OF
hearing of the lambs.
THERE is no economy in allowing a
ram to become poor or run down dur
ing the breeding season; it fact in
nearly all cases it will pay to give a
little extra attention. Live Stock lndi
Gator,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-30
rAI
SECTION OF ROOF

of each sheet at right angle, making
d wing an inch high. Serve the right
side in the same way, only have it two
inches high and turn back half of it to
form an inverted V. After dipping
these in crude petroleum the first
course is begun at the right lower
corner of the roof. Each sheet is
Tapped half an inch over the one below
1t and firmly held in place by two
shingle nails driven, not at the sides or
ends, but in the center of the sheet and
two inches apart, the nail heads being
puttied over. This gives the expansion
and contraction Of the metal no chance
to cut off the nails nor make holes in
the roof, as it would do were they wide
apart, No snow nor rain can enter,
and it will last indefinitely If kept
painted or oiled with crude oil. This
roof is recon- mended for all farm build
ings.
Close behind the barn the stacks OF
hay and corn fodder are built out of
sight from the house. When the
provender in the barn is exhausted a
stack is opened and entirely pitched
under cover, so no part of 1t is dam
aged by storms. II stack should be
too large to admit of this the portion
left out is fed first, A perspective
view of this barn is seen in Fig. 1 and
a cross section of the finished roof is
shown in Fig. as. Hollister, in Amer
lean Agriculturist,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-30
Wit AND WISDOM.

1t is almost impossible to- think of
some men reaching good old age
Texas siftings,
1t is the lady of doubtful age who
believes in 'wiping ottt old scores. -
Yonkcr's Gazette.
Nothing gets SO warmed up to its
worl, as mustard plaster
Democrat-Chronicle.
The farther away the man gets
from his baby the more he praises it's
good behavior. -Atchison Globe.
Most lives which turn out a failure
DO it from tbe simple lack of moral
courage. DR.. Theodore l.. Cuyler.
"A boy is never of any use until he
has discovered that he is not a success
bis a whistler Milwaukee Journal.
The college graduate thinks he
knows everything until he undertakes
to hitch mule. --Binghamton Repub-
lean.
We dance for JOY to-day and to-mor-
row we are kicking. No wonder we
have corns on Our toes. Galveston
News.
What a woman calls a perfect
dream of dress is generally a stern
reality to the husband who has to pay
for it.--1'itts burgh Dispatch.
"A Good, Faithful Wife. Does your
wife open your letters Johnson? John
son--Never Unless they are marked
brivatn -Spattle SOundinus
-Clara-How well you looked on the
street yesterday. Maude Immensely
flattercd)-Do you really think SOP
Clara-Yes, you had on such becom-
ing veiL-Cloak Review,
Mrs. Velox, on visit to the Yoricks--
What! Not a fireplace; not stove in
the rooml Why, where does your faith
or warm his slippers, Tommy? Tommy
Yorick-Warms 'em on me, he does.
Little Johnny's Great Grief-My
great-aunt Hetty died last week an
was buried on the very day the circus
came to town. never cried so much
at funeral in my life..-N. Y. Herald
1t often happens that those are the
best people whose characters have beer
the most injured by slanderers, as we
usually find that to be the sweetest
fruit that the birds have been pecking
at.---Pope.
--Censure and criticism never hur'
anybody. If false, they can not hur
you unless you are wanting in manly
character; and if true, they show mar
his weak points, and forcwarn hin
against failure and trouble.-Glad
stone.
AS ships meet at sea moment to
gcther when words of greeting mus
be spoken, and then away into tn,
deep, so men meet in this world; and
think we should cross no mans patl
withou. hailing him, and II he needs
giving him supplies"
Not infrequently the most import
ant years of life, the years which tel
most on the character, are unmarke,
by any notable events. A steady, OF
derly routine, a gradual progression
perseverance In hard work, often
moro 10 educate and form than varie
and cyentful life Edna Lyall
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-30
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
For every drop we need God has an
,ccan to give lIS.-Ram's Horn.

For every drop we need God has an
ocean to give u.s. Rams Horn.
Eighty millions of dollars is the an
tual amount paid TO school teachers in
Che United States.
DO you desire to be almost always
amiablc and in good humor? Then be
at peace always with God and with
yourself. Marchal.
William Rice went from Massa-
chusetts to Texas in 1888. He has given
thc city of Houston 100000 in cash,
$4,000 in securities, and 1900 acres OF
good Texas farm land TO found col
lego
DR. Newman Hall, the great Brit
ish, divine, preached his last sermon
from the text God so loved the world"
This, he told his congregation, was the
first text he ever learned, the text he
first preached from, and should now be
the last text of their pastor.
Perhaps no religious sect In this
country is more vigorous, considering
its SIZE than the Jews. During the
last ten years they have nearly doubled
the fiuhiber of their congregations,
while the membership has increased
from $4,000 to 13O,5OO, and the syna-
gogue property from s3,540,697 to So
754, 257--Missionary Review of the
World.
Japan has now a school system
somewhat similar to our own. Con-
ttolled by local authorities are more
than 2S, 900 schools, of which 5000 are
elementary. The teachers number
nearly ~, 600, and the scholars 8, 100000,
or nearly half the total population of
school age. The total annual expense
of the system is about $1,000, 000.-The
Young Man.
There are twelve memorial kinder
Fartens at work In San Francisco, and
six Of them were started by Mrs Le-
land Stanford. To put them on n
permanent basis she has now set aside
100000 as an endowment fund She
has given 100000 for these schools pre-.
yiously The one opened in 1874 by
Mrs. Stanford was the first memorial
kindergarten in the world, 1t is said.
-WiIliam #. Harris, commissioner of
education OF the United States, will
have charge of the educational con.
crosses to be held in Chicago at the
time Of the worlds fair. Arrangements
TO this effect have been brought abotit
by President Bonney of the worlds
congress auxiliary. President Bonney
has induced the National educational
association TO forego it's regular annual
meeting next yesr snd instead take part
in the congresses.
The noblest and most gifted men
and women are alone supremely inter-
| tstine and abidingly memorable. We
have already reached point where we
perceive the tinfeality of the import
ance which the chronicles have sought
to give to mere kings aid captains II
the king was hero, we love him} but
| &c he was sot or a coward, his jeweled
crown and purple robes leave him as
uncohsidcrcd by us as the beggar in his
rags. Whatever influence, favorable or
mfaY0rablc, democracy may exert to
make easy OF difficult the advent of the
noblest kind of man, aft Sge In which
the people think and rule will strip
from all sham greatness its trapping.
| and tinsCl. bishop Spalding.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-30
Lima Water for Earth Worms.

A correspondent asks for the best
cure for the injurious earth worms
that are such pest to house plants.
The fact is that these worms do not eat
the roots or otherwise directly injure
them, but they render the soil unfit for
the plants. BY some chemical process
the soil is left in an acid condition
which is unwholesome for plant
growth The best remedy for this con-
dition of things is thorough soaking
in lime water. The lime neutralizes
the animal acid and makes the soil
healthy again. To insure thorough
work the best plan is to slake pound
or so of lime and allow 1t to settle.
Pour off the clear liquid and In this
place the infested pot, allowing the
water TO come up nearly to the rim.
Let it remain in this position till the soil
is thoroughly saturated. Half an hour
would not be too long. The worms viii
desert the pot Immediately, or at least
come to the surface so they can be
easily removed and the lime will coun-
teract the evil effects of the acid
Farm, Field and Stockman,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-09-30
SHE SECURED HER PICTURE.

A Teltais work of Art Bought by An
Embarrassed Voting Woman.
The Usual routine duties of the Phila-
del phia customs officers were broken
for several Of them the other day by the
public sale of seized, Unclaimed and
warehotised merchandise which had
been allowed by consignees to remain
in the bonded warehouses after the eX-
piration of three years from the date of
its receipt. Very few Of the purchasers
obtained bargains. The greatest bar
gain, at least what was probably con-
sidered by the purchaser to be the
greatest bargain at the sale, was a
portrait in oil of lady and gentleman
taken i'll a very atfectionate attitude,
which was purchased by the lady chiefly
concerned for eighty cents. 1t had
been received by mail from Japan in
1887 and was seized and held as duti-
able as a foreign work of art, al an ap-
praised value of $50, by the customs Of
ficials and placed in the custody of the
United States storekeeper The young
lady was among the first arrivals and
wanted to make some arrangements
whereby the picture could be purchased
and delivered to her without being cX-
posed to the public gaze. This was i'm
possible, however, the law requiring
that all articles must be exposed to view
and sold to the highest bidder. When
the turn of the portrait to be auctioned
off came united and spontaneous shout
of "Ah-h-h,- and "Ain't that sweet, "
arose from the assembled crowd. The
poor girl, her face crimson with bushes
stood close by the auctioneer, too much
embarrassed to speak.
An unsen timental bidder offered five
cents for the portrait This was more
than the young lady could stand, and
she raised the bid to fifty cents. Then
some one made an offer of one cent
more, and in this way the picture was
run up to sevcnty-fve cents. When the
young lady bid eighty cents the crowd,
thinking they had enough fun, stopped
bidding and angry and almost in tears
she was allowed to carry off the coveted
Observation-Disclosures Press.