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The record-union., 1893-02-21
ABOUT HBIRLOOMS.
Their Value in Making the Home
Picturesque.

| value Making Un6 Home
Picturesque.
''This is the only relic of our former
greatness" said my friend Lucy, as we
Dpolished up solid mahogany table, and
prepared it for its place of honor in a
simple but neatly furnished sitting-room.
II wonder why" L ventured sincerely,
for the first time glancing around
the walls in search of family por-
traits which should have been there, and
at the mantel and cabinets for something
old and handsome in brio a-brac.
WELL" she explained, my mother
loved beautiful things, and was frequently
| inclined TO buy them, but father was very
practical, and invariably preached against
anything that savored of vanity or display
| He argued that every dollar spent for
something that we did not really need was
robbing the children's inheritance. My
mother yielded, and we lived in comfort
but great economy. Large investments
were made i'll real estate, stocks. etc.
| Then she added with sigh latter fathers
DEATH" real estate declined, stocks fell
below par, and now we are not only poor,
but have none of those quaint old valua-
bles which serve to throw a romantic
glamour over the poverty of some
homes"
1t was even so, and my reflections be-
came very practical. l Immediately de-
cided to buy the handsomest of two hall
racks l had in contemplation, and con-
ceived of some other eXtravagances
which, later, 1 carried into effect. There
was a silver pitcher, price $50, for which
my soul had yearned-I bought it, and
have never repented. There were some
other things-but what did was nothing
compared to what l would do if L had
the money.
The other day / was present when a
young girl unlocked, for the first time,
bnr harjc trrInly-fha
life ceased when hers began and spread
out to view all the things which had
been hers. There were soft shimmering
silks, rich old yellow laces, a necklace Of
pearls, and many other beautiful relics,
about which still fingered the faint odor
of fine French perfume-a kind that
we, somehow, never find nowadays
Well, we are all human, and such things
have power to move US strangely.
Money could not buy from that daugh-
ter the contents of that chest; and how
much dearer these personal belongings
| the star she wore in her hair, the chain
that encircled her neck-than purse of
gold representing the same value could
ever be!
l once heard rather cynical person
say that "the old arm chair'' was prob
ably very handsome one which Alice
Cary ''bedewed with tears and embalmed
with sighs." That may or may not be
true, but the problem certainly came
home to friend of mine, who was re-
modelling her home. There in the corner
was the chair which her beloved father
had always occupied-but it was an eye
sore then-it was one now, and finally,
after struggle, it was banished to the
garret. Does not what l have written
suggest a peculiar duty we owe to our
selves-to make our belongings, as well
as our lives, picturesque and sweet, if
possible ?-Kate CRANKY, in Housekeep-
ers' Weekly.
The record-union., 1893-02-21
DisInfection of Mails.

Distinction of mails and merchandise
seems to us highly necessary in cholera
time-the International Sanitary Confer
ence at Rome and DR.. Sternberg to the
contrary Notwithstanding. That is, the
condition they prescribe for dispensing
with it can never be relied on; namely, that
the mails be clean and dry when shipped.
How are you to know that without open
ing every piece and parcel? Granted
that dryness is sufficient to disable the
cholera germ, letters, and especially
newspapers, usually convey the humidity
of the atmosphere at least to sufficient
amount to keep them humid throughout
their voyage, close packed in the hull of
a ship, not to speak of the moisture-laden
sea air and all the accidental dampness to
which they are liable at sea. Everyone
who has unpacked paper parcels from a
sea voyage has noticed the peculiar damp,
cool feel and odor of the wrappers. There
can scarcely be a surer way to import
cholera than in the millions of letters and
papers coming from all Imaginable
sources, unless the mails should be at
least thoroughly desiccated with hot, dry
air and kept in ventilating current OF
same under pressure throughout the voy-
age.-Sanitary Era.
The record-union., 1893-02-21
ONE OF NATURES CURIOSITIES
Lake Assal, Which Lies In a Bed OF
Pure Salt.

--5 " @AANA L%AOS III ocu VA
Pure Salt.
The French Government has Just sold
to MIR. Chefneux the right to refine and
export salt from Lake Assal, one of the
most remarkable sheets of water in the
world. The lake is in the district of
Obock, East Africa, only few miles
from the head of the Bay of Tadjourah.
The gentleman who has purchased the
concession agrees to pay into the Colo
Mai Office the sum of $4,000 a year, and
II, during the fifty years that he is to
have the exclusive right to export salt
from Lake Assal, the annual product eX-
ceeds $4,000 tons, he is to pay tax OF 20
cents for every ton in excess. The Gov
ernment will designate part of the lake
where the natives may secure all the salt
they want without let or hindrance. All
along the edge of this little lake, which
comprises only sixteen square miles. is
| bed OF nearly pure salt about foot in
thickness. The water of the lake is so
surcharged with salt that, according to
the New York Sun, it is impossible to
sink in it. The bottom is apparently a
bed of solid salt. The heavy waters lave
the bases of jagged and precipitous noun
talns which descend to the edge of the
lake, making it almost impossible to
travel around it, Mr.. Chefueaux will
probably carry on his work by floating
| machinery on the lake and dredging in
the salt bed at its bottom, though on the
west side of the lake an enormous guam
tity of salt is in sight when the lake is at
Its lowest level.
Very little was known about Lake Assal
until seven years ago. The few men who
! had visited the lake were unable to tell
whence it derived its water supply. The
lake evidently had no outlet, and nobody
was able to find single stream flowing
into it. The question was dismissed with
the answer that the lake doubtless had
Subterranean atfiuentS, and it was left for
Henry Audon, seven years ago, to solve
the mystery and prove that Lake Assal
was indeed very exceptional sheet of
water. Mr.. Audon spent several days
examining the shores, clambering with
the greatest difficulty along the rim of
the lake. He was about to give up the
fruitless search when he heard the muir
mur of a little waterfall and in a few
minutes he stood on the edge of large
brook running into the lake. Much to his
surprise he found that the water OF the
brook was as salt as the ocean, and a little
while after it was proved beyond a doubt
that the ocean itself is the source of Lake
Assafs water supply. The lake is about
400 feet below the level of the sea- 1t is
now known that three brooks from the
Gubbet ell karab, little land-locked bay
at the extreme western end of the bay of
Iadjouran, conducted the waters of the
Indian Ocean inland about ten miles to
this remarkable depression. The salt
which the natives have gathered, perhaps
Tor ages, along the edge of the lake, is
carried to markets hundreds of miles
inland,
The record-union., 1893-02-21
WooLsEY's SPLENDID SHOT.
A Man Who Was Famous With His
Rifle in the West.

ZINE IN the w est.
"The finest rifie-shot that ever walked
the soil of the West was man named
King Woolsey, an old-timer, who lived
near, Yuma, Arizona, in the good old
stage days of the West" said Wallace
McLaurin. This man Woolsey was
originally from Ohio. He moved to Ari-
zona in his early childhood. When he
was about the age of 10 his father and
mother were killed and scalped by the
Apaches. He hid in the rocks and es-
capped. Five years later, when he was a
mere boy, he went on the warpath for
Apaches, and he never spared one. He
could not count exactly how many he
had killed in his life.
1.-The last time l saw him was one day
while the stage stopped to let the horses
rest near Texas Hill, on the Gila River,
in 1872. His fame as a rifle shot had
spread all over the West, and the men
tion of his name filled the Apaches'
hearts with fear and trembling. The
passengers persuaded him to give an ex-
hibition of his craftsmanship, and he
consented. He nailed board up to the
side of shanty and put one hundred
balls at distance of one hundred yards
in the same place, without the difference
of a sixteenth of an inch in one hundred
shots. He then drove the nails far into
the board with ten more shots.
EVERY one applauded. Then he took a
common bullet, tied it in an infinitesi-
mally small thread, fastened the thread
to the limb of tree twenty feet above
the ground, placed small-necked bottle
on the ground and started the bullet
swinging two and fro. He walked
back fifty PAGES, wheeled suddenly
around and fired.
"Well, gentlemen, you may stuff me
with sawdust and exhibit me at the
Worlds Fair as the biggest liar in the
universe, if Woolsey didn't cut that string
in twain with the rifle ball and make the
bullet drop in the mouth of that hottle.'
st. Louis Republican.
The record-union., 1893-02-21
Distinctive Features of New orleans.

1.-The biggest little city in the country"
is what an adopted citizen of New Or
leans calls that town. With butlittle more
than quarter of a million of inhabitants,
the Crescent City has most of the features
OF true capital and metropolis. 1t is
among the few towns in our country that
can be compared with New York in re-
spect of their metropolitan qualifications,
but New Orleans leads all the rest, though
in population il is small beside any of the
others. 1t has an old and exclusive So
ciety, whose claims would be acknowl-
edged in any of our cities. 1t supports
grand opera; its clubs are fully what the
term implies, and not mere empty club
houses. 1t has fine theaters and public
and church buildings. The joys of the
table, which Chesterfield ranked first
among the dissipations of intellectual
men, are provided not only in many fine
restaurants and in the clubs, but in a
multitude of homes. No city has finer
markets. Its commerce is with all the
world, and its population is cosmopoli-
tan, with all which long continuance
of those conditions implies. Like the
greater cities it has distinct divisions or
quarters, which offer the visiting sight
seer novelty and change. Its ''slghts"
are the accumulation Of nearly two cent
ulies, and of Spanish, French and Amer
lean origin.-t'rom "New Orleans, our
Southern Capital" by Julian Ralph in
Harper's Magazine.
The record-union., 1893-02-21

The table on which the articles of agree
ment for the surrender of Vicksburg
were signed by General Grant and Cen
eral Pemberton is in daily use in a beer
saloon in Vicksburg. The saloon-keeper
his been offered large price for the relic,
but he refuses to dispose of it.
The record-union., 1893-02-21

ems its hold upon one side of its jaw, and,
pushing that side forward as far as pos
sible, it drives the teeth in again, and then
draws the jaw back 10 its original posi-
ton. The result is that the prey is drawn
down by the movement. The process is
then repeated by the other half of the
jaw, thus inevitably forcing the victim
inward. The snakes skin stretches enor-
mously, and the jaw is, of course, dislo-
Gated, but the extensihle ligaments hold
the bones together. The disproportion
between the diameter of the frog and the
serpenps slender neck is indeed marvel
Gus, and snakes have been observed to
split themselves open by attempting too
ambitious a mouthful. After, perhaps,
half an hour of laborious contortious, all
that is seen of the poor frog is great
swelling that the contracting muscles are
rapidly forcing down the reptiles neck.
If one hberates the captured frog before
1t is too late, the wretched animal often
seems so overcome by fear, or perhaps
stupefied by the serpent's saliva, that it
will not leap, but crawls i'll painful
manner. We must not allow ourselves
to be duped into q mistaken sympathy,
however, for such is the poetic justice of
the case. Large frogs esteem small snakes
particular delicacy.-A. G. Mayer in
the Popular Science Monthly.
The record-union., 1893-02-21
She very often played for him,
Anu sung sOLIlt WOIIl-OuI sON8
Until he knew exactly how
To suffer and be strong.

TO-DAY Hoods Sarsaparlla stands at
the head in the medicine world adj
mired in prosperity and envled in merit
by thousands of would-be competitors
1t has larger sale than any other medi-
cine. Such success could not be won
without positive merit.
Hoods Pills cure constipation.
The record-union., 1893-02-21
How a snake swallows a Frog,

The method of swallowing is very
simple one, although, if the frog be large,
more than half an hour may be consumed
in the process. The two bones of the
lower jaw are separate and capable of in
dependent movement, so the reptile loos-
The record-union., 1893-02-21
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The pioneer journal, which,
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Of the coast, has maintained
the FRONT RANK OF JOUR-
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facility with the San Francisco
leading dailies, and sustaining
the fullest public confidence.
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ALL PosTMAsTERs ARE AGENTS.
The record-union., 1893-02-21
TEE INAUGURAL.
Some Historic Ceremonies Wit.
messed at Washington.

The Dramatic Inauguration of Presi-
dent Arthur at Standardization
sons Induction Into ONCE With
Simple Ceremony-The Oath Admin
istered to Lincoln Under Exciting
Circumstances.
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outside of San Francisco, that receives
the FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DIS
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IN ALL RESPECTS THE
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

Clean in all departments, and there.
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JOURNAL The best paper for the
HOmeseeker, for the Merchant, Farmer,
Mechanic ard all who desire the full
news of the day presented in a cleanly
manner.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-23
Lucky Game of Chess.

A story is told Of the Moorish prince
Abul Hejex, who was thrown into prison
for sedition by his brother Muhammed,
king Of Granada There he remained for
several years, until the king, fearing he
might escape, place himself at the head Of
a fresh revolt and seize the; crown, ordered
one of his pashas to see TO his immediate
execution. Abnl Hejex was playing at
chess when the pasha came and babe him
prepare for death. The prince asked for
two hours respite, which was refused.
After earnest entreaty he obtained permis-
sion to finish his game. He was In no
hurry about the moves, we are told, and
well for him he was not, for before an hour
had elapsed a messenger brought the news
that Muhammed had been struck dead by
apoplexy, and Abul was forthwith pro-
claimed king of Granada.
1t was indeed small favor for the pasha
to grant, but II altered the whole current
Of the kings career, and it IS to be hoped
that when from prisoner the latter became
ruler he possessed that quality which kings
are said not to have-that Of gratitude to
his unwilling preserver. II the pasha was
not suitably rewarded, then truly was Abul
Hejex an ungrateful wretch. - Harpers
Young People.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-23
BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE Flour dull and unchang-
ed. Wheat dull and lower; Spot and Au-
gust 653. G66; September 66I245s; October
6SA6A; Defender 73G1s; Steamer No.
red 6319q$4; Milling wheat by sample esq
67. Corn weak; Spot ant August 46QH;
Sept 4615a9s; October 4GA@B White corn
by sample 50Q51; Yellow corn by sample
1880. oats quiet; No. white western
81 No. 2 mixed western 30q31. Rye quiet
No. 1858. Hay firmer; Good to choice tim
othy$l6.50d1700 Grain freights dull and
lower; Steam to Liverpool. per bushei
312d: cork for order, per quarter 80 asked.
Provisions quiet unchanged. Butter firm
Creamery fancy 25; Do fair to choice 22q
"a DO imitation 20. Eggs 15I5Q16 and
quiet Coffee steady; Rio cargoes fair 10;
MOI, 16A. Sugar strong and active; gran
ulated 5%. Whiskey firm 1l9 and 100.
b and o stock 81; Northern Central
stock CIV: b ond o S. w first 1O7q109h;
Consolidated Gas stocks 611aQ52. Peanuts
unchanged
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-23
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
TIE CLOSING QUOTATIONS or
MONEY.
Offerings and Sales nj tho Richmond To-
bscco Exchsngc-Internsl Revenue
CelIccfions-Foreign Adviccs.

NEW YORK. August q. There was
Lees activity on the stock market than
m Yesterday. and the fluctuations were
ronflned within narrower limits me
transactions aggregated 151,V0 shafes'
including 1900 unlisted. As a rule pric-
Is were higher In the early tradine U"
Ing 10 10 the further arrivals OF goIu anu
he receipt OF Washington advices favor
ing the repeal OF the Sherman silver law
sbe rise was equal TO "a @l% percent
The latter in Chicago Gas, which 500
1t 20. The offerings were hght on tne
WAY I'D, but the rise was taken aoVah'-
ege Of by the buyers OF yesterday anu
Saturday 10 realize profits. during the
afternoon the professionals "orkhs OF
the bea- side put fresh lines or shorts
ana n decline of u 80 per cent resulted
General Electric fell OF to 3sN, Burling'
ton ana Quincy OK 10 IS; Chicago Gas
kn 10 ypa.. Distillers "a 10 Il; Manhattan
10 1lOl5 and Western Union Us TO 1913
There was little in the way OF news 10
efecf the market and the reaction e1clted
only a ianguid interest among operators
Most OF the traders have apparently
seached the conclusion that only small
turns can be made pending positive oe'
velopments on the silver question: ana
they are accordingly jumping IN ana ou'
rs they see the OppOIlriitS Va
profits. Among the specialties the lol'
lowing changes occurred from last report
ID sales: An advance Of 10 in Rens and
earatoga. AZ in Jersey Central, "a In
United states Rubber and ~ in Lead
preferred and a decline Of ISIS IN Louis
vile. ST. Louis and Texas. The last named
cold al T. The general market closed about
STEADY in tohe.
NEW YORK, August 2.-Money on
call has been firmer ranging from 10
8. last loan at a. and losing offered az
4 Bar silver 70 10 Sterling exchange is
weak with actual business In bankers
bins at 4s2 a 4s3 for sixty days and
81 81 a IS for demand. Posted rates,
81 n 50; Commercial bills so IL 50 IL.
Tsovernment bonds lower State bonds
dull. Railroad bonds firm. SILVER at the
Stock Exchange was neglecfted go
spb-Treasury balances: Coin$j0. 100000; |
&c AZ
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-23
A Shrewd Fortune Hunter.

An enterprising German had tried IN
vain to make fortune in many ways.
Luck was always against him, and at last,
to crown his misfortunes he fell III. But
on what the doctor declared to be his death
bed an idea with millions in it struck him.
He sent for a lawyer and dictated a will, in
which he bequeathed vast sums of money to
his wife, his family and various charitable
institutions.
The lawyer. notorious talker, spread
the tidings, and great was the chagrin of
numerous acquaintance TO think how they
had neglected to pay court to the dying
millionaire.
But our strategist wasn't so i'll as the
doctor had supposed and presently he re-
covered. Then it was that fortune hunters
begged him to invest their money, urged
him TO accept loans and gave him credit
second TO none In the city. At first he coyly
refused these 1attering testimonials, but
was gradually forced TO relent, and having
lived In clover for q considerable time has
just failed for an enormous sum.-London
Tit-Bi
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-23
GERNEAL MARK ETS,

DRUGS, DYESTUFFS, OILS, ETC.
Extract Logwood--Assorted, l5Q16c.
Alum-3qic.
Concentrated Lye-sl.75 to $3.50 per case.
Cochineal-50c. per pound.
Copperas-1 1-2q2c.
Madder-i6c.
Indgo-6OQ75c.
Oils--Linseed. 5Oa55c. machine. l5a75c .
whale, 45c.; straits, 40ql5c; Labrador
cod OIL 40q50c.; lard, 75c.Gsl co. sweet.
81 90 per dozen: best salad, $3.50: Virginia
lubricating. l5Q4oc.; kerosene. 1880 cash
per gallon.
Alcohol. s2.so925O; sperm oil. E.OOQl. Is:
castor oil. $40; sulphur. 3q4c.; blue
stone, 6q7 lie.
Spices-Pepper. salOc; allspice. sqlOc. !;
ginger, 14Q2Sc.; cloves. 2Oc.; cinnamon
bark. t0c.
LUMBER.
Yellow Pine-l, ! Ia, 1 IL inch, No 1.
seasoned. l6 feet, $l4.00Q16.00: !, Ia, I IL
inch. No /. green. l6 feet, sl2.0Oql40O: /,
/ Ia 10 inch. No. 2. seasoned, I6 feet.
s12.001140O; l, Ia, IL inch, No. 2. green.
1s feet. sloo0dl200; !. u. IL inch. No.
3. green. i6 feet. ss.0Oqs.O0; /. IA. Ia
inch, No. l, heart. is feet. $500: l. IA,
IL inch. No. 2. heart. l6 feet. s1S.0OQ22. 90.
Misunderstanding Fitched-No. /, sea-
soned. l6 feet, si4.o0; No. I. green. ls feet,
Si2.00; seasoned, is feet. s1l.OOQl3.00; No.
7. green 10 feet, $l0.C0n12.00: No. 3, green,
10 feet. sSooG9.0o; sawed laths. N.6Oa1. 60.
CEMENT, LIME. PLASTER. &C.
Cement-James River, Si.25 per barrel:
Rosendale. $50; Imported Portland, s3Q
1875: American Portland s2.75ds3.
Line-Agricultural. SQl0c per bushel:
Rocklaad. slo50sl.D per barrel; Virginia,
81.
Piaster-Lump. "a per ton: ground.
$50; calcined plaster. s1.65.
North Carolina Tar. large size, So; coal
tar. S.
Fire Brick-ss5Q&to per 1000
Plastering Hairs l-26tsc per pornd.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Lemons 80 75Qti6o.
oranges-Messina. saS@xso; Florida,
$2S0qts00.
Peaches-Three-peck boxes, o075c.; one
half bushel boxes. Ao6soc.; ordinary 800
Per barrsl
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-23
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, August 22.-Wheat.-The
opening was IA lower than yesterdays
closing figures. The market then ruled
weak. and with only slight calculations,
prices declined 5-S and 3-4c.. and then
held steady. The closing was easy, IA
and 3-Sc. from the bottom. There was
good deal Of wheat for sale, but there was
a neagre demand. In corn some changing
was going on-the selling OF September
and buying OF May-largely for New
York account. The moderate quantity es-
timated for tomorrow helped to sustain
the market at the decline, but II was pre-
vented from reacting to any extent by
the very encouraging outlook for the crop
In Iowa. The absence of orders was the
most notable point in oats. Prices kept
within a lac. range The stagnation in
the provision trade was again in evidence
to-day There was a little business In
ribs at the opening, and then trading died
out entirely.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-23
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

| NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
and easy. Southern flour Common Il
fair extra ST. 10a3.10: Good to choice 81
| Q42j.
Wheat dull. VI cent lower steady; No.
red store and elevator 6sqH. afloat CSasg
u. Options moderately active and 11nA
cent lower, closing steady. May s211 au-
gust GSM; September 69B. Corn dull y
cent lower closing steady; No. white
AZ. Options moderately active and %Qss
lower. August 463s; September 4G9s; Octo-
Der AN; December AZ.
Oats dull. lower; Options dull easier;
August 30it; Sept. 30js. october BOX. Spot
No. 2, 3OQA. No. white 35G11 Mixed
western 30q32; White do 3jGl43.
VOL, irregular; Domestic fleece 20G2S;
Pulled 1925.
Beef dull; family 1912; Extra mess
S7JOdS.OO. Beef hams quiet 17.50d1S.O0
Tierced beef dull; City extra India mess
15a17. Cut meats queit steady; Picked
bellies II cents; shoulders GAQ7; hams
1OJhGf1n Middles nominal.
Lard easier quiet; Western steam s1;
City sAQsla. option sales none. Refined
dull :Continent9.T5; South American 10cts;
compound ia Pork quiet steady; New
mess 14.5Oq14.73. Cotton Seed OIL dull
steady 35; Yellow 4O943. Petroleum dull
easy Rosin dull easy Turpentine more
active, firm; Sales 500 bbls al 25Hd26
Rice fair demand; Domestic fair TO extra
27sG5l1 Japan 4lkQ41s .Molasses foreign
nominal: New Orleans open kettle, good
TO choice 30Q3S, quiet steady. Peanuts
neglected; fancy hand picked Al. Coffee
Options quiet unchanged to . up. Septem-
berl4.G5; March 1870 Spot Rio dull
steady; No. 7, 1574. Sugar raw firm dull
Fair refinig 3A; centrifugals 80 test,
334. Refined firm. fairly active; Off IL.
3-1Gq5s; Standard A 3-16Gss Cut loaf
5asl13-16; GRADUATED 8 3-16Qh; Cubes
3 7-1Gass. Freights Liverpool steady dun;
cotton I'd. Grain SD.