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The record-union., 1893-08-12
NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS.

DURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE
/ Board Of Directors Of Modesto Irrigation
District, duly given and made on the Goth
day of July, A. D., 1893.
Notice is hereby given that said Board OF
Directors Will sell 10 the highest and best bid
der the bonds OF said irrigation district TO the
amount OF S14O,0Oo, bearing interest at the
rate of o per cent. per annum PAYABLE SEMI
annually, on the first days OF January and
July OF each year on the presentation OF the
interest coupons at the Office of the Treasurer
of said district.
Said bonds are issued by the Board of Di-
reCtors OF Modesto Irrigation District in ac-
cOrdance with and by the authority of an Act
of the legislature Of the State Of California
entitled IAN Act to provide for the organlza-
tion and government OF irrigation districts
and to provide for the acquisition OF water
and other property. and for the distribution
Of water thereby for irrigation purposes" ap-
proved March 7, 1887.
said bonds viii be sold tor cash. and not for
less than 80 per centum of the face value
thereof.
Sealed proposals and bids for the purchase
OF said bonds will be received by the said
Board of Directors at their office in the CITY
OF Modesto county OF Stanislaus State Of Cal
ilorniai and may be addressed TO or left with
Z. ,. ABBOTT, the Secretary of said board at
MOueslo, Cal-, at any time after the date OF
this notice, ana until 2:3O O'Clock p. N. on the
17TH DAY OF AUGUST, A. d., 1898, at
which time and place the SAID sale will be
made.
said bonds will be each of the denomination
OF 5000, ana will be negotiable in form and
VIII conform In all respects TO the require
ments Of said Act.
The Board of Directors reserve the right to
reject any or all bids.
Bids must be sealed and addressed 10 the
secretary OF said oard and tndoTsed: PRO
posals for Modesto Irrigation District Bonds"
Done by order of the Board OF Directors OF
Modesto Irrigation District, July 20, 1893.
W. H. FINLEY, President.
G. S. ABBOTT, Secretary jy22-td
The record-union., 1893-08-12

CoRBETT, the champion, asserts his power
Was gai med thro drinking only Sassafras
Sour.
The record-union., 1893-08-12

Mrs. Florence McMahon committed
suicide last evening at her residence in
the alley between Second and Third, P
and Q streets.
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
Injury Beyond Repair.
fGrnnd Rapids Democrat.l

Grand Rapids Democrat.
The lissome form of the beautiful woman
was shaken by the commissions OF her grief, and
the fixed look of dumb, hopeless misery in her
dark eyes was pitiful beyond words.
Marian Marian, for your own sake be calm, "
entreated her friend as she knelt by her side
and tenderly removed the hands that covered
the hot, tear.stained face. Tell me what it
all means, dear"
81 cannot, cannot" was the dull, listless
reply. Mono. never can tell any one"
You must-you SHALL" insisted the other,
firmly. II cannot bear to see all the bright
ness crushed out Of your life without sharing
the burden with you. sweet. Perhaps it will
make you feel better"
x, Nothing can do that now. But / will tell
you. 1t is best You should know all, perhaps.
You-you remember that horrid creature from
Cadillac whom | engaged as cook last week
On, l thought she was such paragon. So
young and modest and dainty in her ways!
II had every confidence in her. And this
morning happened to step into the dining
room just as there was a great crash in the
kitchen. Iopened the door quickly and saw
my new soup-tureen lying in fragments on the
floor, and my husband kissing the cook"
THE monster" Missed her friend
"Yesp sobbed the stricken woman. at
was the loveliest piece of china in the house."
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
How We Taste.

Strictly speaking, with the tip of the tongue
one cannot really taste at all.
If you put drop of oil of bitter almonds on
that part of the mouth you will find that il
produces no eject OF any sort: you only taste
it when it begins slowly to diffnse itself. and
reaches the true testing region in the middle
distance. 34srrfN
But if you put a little mustard or cayenne
on the same part. you will find that it bites
you immediately-the experiment should be
tried sparngly--while if you put it lower
down in the mouth you will swallow il almost
without noticing the pungency of the stimu-
liant.
The reason is that the tip of the tongue is
supplied only with the nerves of touch not
nerves of taste proper ; they belong to totally
different main branch, and they go to differ
ent center of the brain. together with the very
similar threads which supply the nerves of
smell for mustard and pepper.
That is why the smell aud taste of these pun
gent substances are so much alike, as every body
must have noticed, good sniff at mustard
pot producing almost the same irritating effects
as al incautious dose.
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
Brave Wnnen.

Seventy. ono New Orleans ladies have formed
league with the pledge, "We, the under
signed ladies of New Orleans, promise never to
wear hoop skirt. If we break this pledge we
will pay So to the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children" This forming leagues
of themselves against themselves to protect
themselves from themselves is the most anus
ing thing women have done in decade. Why
not take leaf out of the mans book on dress.
When the aesthetic craze for knee breeches
broke out five or six years ago there were no
leagues and guilds of men formed to prevent
the contagion. The average man knows that
his neither limbs are more of an adornment to
the world when draped in such way as to
disguise their outlines. Consequently he wore
his regulation trousers without word, and
behold, the craze lied sudden death and was
buried without obsequies in an unknown grave.
If women do not want the crinoline there Is no
power that can make her wear it once she
makes up her mind she will not disfgure her
self with its uplifting skirt and hoops.
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
Convinced by an Oriental Adept.

b ..ttss
s"sThes slorics of the remarkable power of the
Oriental adopts to bury themselves for months
have not been exaggerated in the least" said
Archibald C. Leweiiyn, q Britonian, whose
ruddy tan and sturdy frame bespoke the ex-
posure and trials of many lands.
when / first went to India some years ago.
like every other white man / was absolutely
inered leus-as to the ability of any man on
earth to be hermeticaliy sealed in box and
buried underground for six months, or six
hours for that matter.
Zone day my dhinga told me of a fakir who
had just como into the little village, who, he
said, could perform the feat. After great
deal Of ceremony. and by dint of liberal
bribe, we set about to bury the yeilow-skinned
old rascal He was not very lovable object.
and would have about as little trouble on my
conscience In killing him as any human being
| ever saw, but felt like an accessory to a
murder as we lowered him into trench in my
garden and heard the PUNK of the earth upon
scoffiB. He was swathed in bandages from
head to foot. He had drawn himself up into n
ball, had rolled back his tongue into his throat,
and was apparently dead 10 minutes after he
began his final preparations.
II put white guard over that grave night
and day for six months At the end Of that
time as agreed, the natives gathered together
and | sent for the officers of our mess, aud We
dug him up. If / had seen Moses resurrected,
if Julius Cesar were to walk down Pennsyva-
MIA avenue / would not be more astonished
than was when saw that fakir. He was
covered with mold, and while perfectly mani
mate, had not decayed.
In about three hours he had fully recov-
cred and was chanting the praises of Buddba."
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
The English Point of View.

Lieut.. Ralston Hedges, late of the British
Navy, was in Philadelphia He visited ship
yards and League Island Navy-yard. Ques-
toned by reporter as to his ideas upon the
modern American naval policy, Mr.. Hedges
said: Why, / have only had a cursory view
of the new ship building So far / think that
the policy OF your Naval Department is right"
Speaking of ships, Mr.. Hedges said that the
New York was a fine vessel. But my fancy"
he added, g is the Columbia. She is my beau
ideal of the fighting and cruising ships of the
future. Of fcourse there are many naval author
tiles on both sides of the Atlantic who will dis
agree with my statements, but there is noques-
tion in my mind that the sea fights of the future
will not be decided by the heavy, cumbersome
ironclad. but by the swift armorei cruiser. This
has practically been admitted on the other side
as evidenced by the laying down of Is armored
cruisers of the Blake ype for the ensuing year.
do not mean to say that the ironclads will not
have their fair show. They are still neces
sity and will do their part efficiently, but it
will be near shore and as coast defenders. In
battles on the open sea, where the water may
be rough and the wind blowing gale, they
would be comparatively useless"
Lieut.. Hedges thought that the United
States would make great mistake in not an
nexing Hawaii. Great Britain has twice re-
fused to take over the islands," he said, "not
for the reason that We think the United States
has better claim to them, but simply because
the Kanakas would be source of trouble. aud
annexation would not pay. / served ON that
station three years, and beyond few sugar
planters and British and American shop-keep-
ers, the feeling among the majority OF the in
habitsnts is Let US alone"
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
The Pension commissionership.

The candidates for the Pension Commission
ership are legion and they come from almost
every State in the Union, except those that
were in rebellion. Some States furnish two or
three candidates for this hard-w0rked office.
The contest is the most interesting as we'll as
the most important, of all the Bureau offices.
1t is generally understood that President
Cleveland proposes to make the revision Of the
pension roll one of the features of his Admins
tration, and consequently he is canvassing the
list Of candidates very closely for the purpose
of finding some one who will perform this duty
with care, precision, and frmness. Most of the
candidates being pressed on account of
their soldier records, but while this will carry
some weight with the President it is by no
means the only desideratum with him. AS
Cleveands views are known in this re.
spect.soit is thought significant that the
Grand Army. Loyal Legion, Union Veterans
Union and Legion and similar organizations
are not attempting to exercise any influence
in the selection of Commissioner of Pensions.
While Gen. A. " Rice, of Ohio the father of
the arrearages act; Col. Levi p Mash, of Penn
sylvania; Gen. Wheeler, of Michigan Ex-
Congressman Bnsey, of Illinois, aud many
other prominent soldier Democrats are favor
ably mentioned as possibilities, the prevailing
impressions here is that Gen. Isaac S. Catlin of
Brooklin will be the successful man. Gen.
Catlin isrs lawyer of prominence. formerly the
partner of ex. Secretary Tracy. He was prom
inent Republican until few years ago, when
he left the party on account OF the tariff and
has since acted with the Democracy.
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
A Puzzled Ho0sier.

The filing of several applications in the
Treasury Department for the Solicitorship an
Office of the Department of Justice, caused
Private Secretary Wynne to tell Of an Indiana
man who had been calling at the State Depart
ment for several days past. making inquiry
about happenings in Indiana, when one of the
puzzled clerks asked him: Why Go you come
here with all these questions-what have We
got TO do with Indlana?"
well. by gosh," was the reply, isn't this
the State Deparlment?"
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
BEAUTIFUL PRESENT.
TO MIKE GhAD THE VETERANS
HEART.
A Package of The National Tribune
Portrait Cards.

One of the most acceptable Christmas
presents that can be made TO a veteran by
his wife, sons, daughters or friends, is a pack
age 10O) of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Portrait Cards, which will contain not only
an admirable portrait of himself but his
name, address, regiment, GAR. Post, and
GAR. Badge.
The portraits on these are etched in the
highest style of art, directly from photographs,
and printed on heavy, satin-suriaced card
board. Each package is sent in neat paste
board box, postage paid, to any address in
the United States. They are the handsomest
and most desirable cards made anywhere in
the country.
The price of these is but So for the first
100. This is very cheap, as the usual price
for plain cards is 50 per 100. An additional
number if ordered at the same time, will Oe
furnished at 81 per hundred. A good pho
tOgraph must accompany the order, which
will be returned if desired.
Send in your orders at once, so as 10 make
sure of getting the cards before Christmas.
All orders sent out within a week after
being received.
Send for samples Address
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
1929 New York Ave,
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
Gen, Harrison to be Honored.

Ex. President Harrison has been offered the
Presidency of the Indiana State University at
Bloomington, to succeed Prof J. M. Coulter,
who will resign to accept chair in the North
western University of Chicago. Gen. Harrison
will be urged to accept the place as matter of
State pride. with the understanding that he is
to be !. Professor emeritus, and will look after
the law school. The actual duties of Pres-
dent will be intrusted to one of the regular
faculty,
The National tribune., 1893-03-23

The ,eay to defend the pension system and
secure its maintenance is to begin the fight nor,
achen the pcnsioa-haters arc doing their almost
to poison The public mind. Gttap erery,chere
clubs Jor THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
1t Mixed Up Her Legs.
-St. Louis Republic ]

recent essayist quotes the following line
to "express the morbid influence of CONSCIOUS
ness in a complex organism":
The centipede was happy. quite,
Until the toad for fun
Sad . Pray which leg comes after which,"
This worked her mind to such pitch
She lay distracted In ditch
Considering how to run.
The National tribune., 1893-03-23

If each subscriber to THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE teW charge himself witb getting
one ne,o subscriber the circulation of the paper
wM be doubled at once, and nth little trouble
Let each subscriber try IT,
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
Eyesight
SAVED.

My boy had Scarlet Fe.
yer when 4 years old, leav-
ing him very weak and
with blood poisoned with
canIser. His eyes became
inflamed, his suffcrings were
intense, and for Z weeks he
could not even open his
,eyes. i began giving him
HOOPS sARSAPARu-
The National tribune., 1893-03-23

Sn"oru niachhah' know it saved his sight,
II not his very life." ABBIE +. BLAcKMAN. 1888
Washington st.. Boston. Mass.
HOODS Pills are the best aiter-dtuner Pills.
assist digestion. cure headache aud biliousne 81.
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
A Breathless Period at Hand.

The time is near at hand when an anxious
public will again rise up and refuse to breathe
until John Ward and Mike Kelly announce
where they intend to play next season.
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
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The National tribune., 1893-03-23
ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.

On May 6 Gen. Sherman gave orders requir.
ing Gen. Thomas on the following day to move
his center. the Fourteenth Corps, directly upon
Tunnel Hill; his right Twentieth Corps) TO
Trckum. aud his left Fourth Corps to Lees
House in support of the Fourteenth.
sKIRMIsHEs AT TUNNEL HILL.
Accordingly the Army of the Cumberland
moved on the 9TH. At Tunnel Hill Gen.
Palmer, with infantry and artillery, met with
some resistance by the enemy but upon the
appearance Of the Fourth Corps upon his left,
the enemy iled to Buzzard Roost.
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST ROCKY FACE RIDGE.
From the 9Th TO the l1th. inclusive. the corps
was engaged In movements against the enemy
ia AZ attempt 10 disloGgc him from Rocky Face
Ridge, and during this time had severe skir-
mishes On tine I2th the corps withdrew and
moved to Snake Creek Gap TO the support OF
the Army of the Tennessee.
The National tribune., 1893-03-23
A DELlGBU|F Ill
MISeoNCEPTI0N.
The Ridiculous Situation of Two
ConpIfy!
1aAz
BY PAUL PAsTNoR.

YOUNG gentleman en-
tered the ladies' room
of the Providence Sta
tion. in Boston, and
looked anxiously, fur
lively and inquiringly
about him. Every line
of his clear-cut face ali
nounced as plainly as
if it had been written
there in great-primer
copperplate: Il a m
The National tribune., 1893-03-23

On Nov. 70 the First aud Second Brigades of
the First Division, the Second in advance
moved out IA pursuit of the retreating
rebels road leading south of east accom-
panied by The corps commander, Gen. Palmer
and after marching about seven miles the head
Of the column reached West Cbickamauga
Greek Finding that the bridge had been de-
stToyea and the creek could not be forded, the
horses were made 10 swim over. while a tenn
po;&y bridge was constructed. over which the
men passed. march of one and half miles
brought the column to Pea Vine Creek and
here. again il was found necessary TO constru ct
temporary bridge for the men. From this
point Zen. NarIin advanced toward Graysyille
but befsfe proceeding far the noise of the men
ard wagni.g rendered it certain that a column
OF the enoafy was retreating by the Lafayette
road. 'Ha
sKIRMIsH NEAR GRAYsvILLE.
Gen. Carlin was ordered TO form line Of
battle and Col. Stoughton's Brigade was, by
direction Of Gea. Palmer. ordered TO advance
on the Alnggod road to its crossing with the
Lafayette road, and TO attack the enemy
vigorously. The movement was promptly
made, aud about p. N. yolley was fred into
stewait's Division Of the eneny, the men of
which 1ea in all directions, throwing away
their arms abandoning their colors and leay-
aug ~ possession of the Union troops three
Napoleon gGRs two caissons. with horses, hsr-
ness, etc, aud considerable number of pris-
oners.ss The command. Gen. Carlin leading.
then resumed the march on Graysville. which
was reached by the head of the column about
IL p. m, the enemy leaving the village in
great confusion. A number of prisoners and
one cannon were captured.
About a. NJ. on the same date Nov. 26 the
Second Division tGen. jefferson C. Davis.
which bad been with Gen. Sherman. and, with
the exception Of Battery ] ID Ill. Art, held in
reserve during the engagements of the 24th
and 25tb, was put in motion toward Chicka-
narea Station. The cneEly's cavalry was soon
discovered but made but little resistance until
tie head Of Aorgan's Brigade reached the rail-
road Gi is crossing with Chickamauga Creek.
A. this point q brisk skrmish occurred, but
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-28
Tariffs Up-Wool Down. Down.

Since 1867 there has been tariff on
wool almost prohibitive in its nature
Notwithstanding this high protection
the number of sheep in Ohio. which was
at the time of the passage of the tariff
law the largest wool growing state in
the Union, has been reduced to about
one-half. Three years ago the Mckinley
bill was passed, increasing protection to
wool, and the price Of wool began going
down until its market selling price is
more than 80 per cent less than it was
Immediately preceding the passage of
the bill. And still in face of the facts
Mckinley and his followers continue to
preach high protection to the farmers
who are being crushed beneath its bur
dens. Mckinley and McKinleyism must
60 and 60 for good this time. No farm
er can vote for him without voting
against his own interests. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-28
Selling PigtIron In Canada.

The Toronto agents of importers Of
British pig iron are not busying them
selves very greatly this season in pur-
suit Of orders for that material. They
say that the pressure of competition
from the United States makes business
both too small and Improbable for it to
be worth much trouble and that this
years imports from Scotland and Eng
land will be lower than ever Some con-
sumers here, notably the Doty Engine
Works company, claim that the quality
and price of American brands suitable;
for their purposes are better than in
British brands they have heretofore used.
The company named above bought in
Glasgow all the iron they imported up
to this year. Our Canadian pig, which,
by the way, is coming into wider con-
sumption, needs to be mixed, and q suit
able complement for the production of
close, strong castings is found in certain
brands of American which blend well,
particularly with Londonderry iron.--
Iron Age.
If we can pay freight to Canada and
undersell Great Britain there, why do
our producers need a protection Of $6.72
per ton to keep British pig iron out of
our own markets? Let the duty be abol-
ished, give our metal workers free raw
material and prevent q pig iron trust
from selling cheaper abroad than at
home
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-28

tunity, such as the only available route
to or between certain mines, deposits OF
cities, and the privilege Of exclusive
ownership of mines, deposits, water
ways and other of natures bounties. So
long as one corporation or individual Is
permitted to own and have the exclusive
use and benefit of the only anthracite
soalbeds in this country the price Of
"hard" coal will be as high as the trust
can make it, of course limited to the ex-
tent that too high price would freeze
out customers and reduce profits.
The duty of rs cents per ton on btu
minous coal helps the Anthracite Coal
trust to sustain prices where there would
be real competition from foreign coal,
but the backbone of this trust-and it is
still strong-will not be broken until the
right to monopoize natures bounties is
abolished. 1t is probable that this could
be most easily accomplished by taxing
the owners Of these natural opportunities
as much as they could get if they should
hire out or sell the use of such privi-
leges. If the owners of the coalbeds,
the petroleum fields or the borax depos-
its had to pay in taxes all that these priv
ileges yield them above fair profits, these
monopolies would at once kick up their
heels and expire. The Reading company
could not then afford to pay millions Of
dollars year interest on mortgages on
coal lands which were bought and held
idle simply to obtain a monopoly. Nor
could F. M. Smith afford to buy up and
hold idle all of the borax deposits in Ne
vada, Utah and Oregon. The Standard
Oil trust would never have existed to
make dozens of multimillionaires
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-28
Prices of bicycles TumbIing.

At last there is promise of bicycles
at reasonable prices. One Of the great
English makers has deserted the Amer
lean trust and has reduced prices from
$3.50 to $S5, and to 500 for an 1892 ma
chine. AS the average cost of $3.50
wheel is only $50, it is not surprising that
q few manufacturers have become sud
denly wealthy and that within year 40
new bicycle shops have started in New
England. By next year, when the pres
ent 45 per cent duty is cut in two or en-
tirely abolished, we may expect to pur-
chase good machines for $50 or $50.