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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-18
WORK FOR THE FIREMEN.
Two Very Lively Cohagrations in One
Night.
Chief Engineer Guthrie Falls Through
Weak Balcony, and a Man
Badly Scorched.

The fire alarm turned in at 6 o'clock
yesterday evening was occasioned by a
fire in the small frame building 14l2 Fifth
street, between \ and O. When the de-
partment arrived the flames had begun
TO break from the roof, but the fire was
soon extinguished.
During the progress of the fire Chief
Engineer Guthrie, who had climbed
upon small porch at the front of the
house, was precipitated to the steps be-
low, a fall of fully twelve feet, and
seemed to strike upon his head and
shoulders.
He gathered himself up Immediately,
however, and did not allow the incident
| to keep him from the work, although he
received many painful bruises.
Thomas Reardon, an employe at the
railroad shops, occupied the dwelling
with his wife. The fire was caused by
the explosion OF a gasoline stove, which
was not working satisfactorily, and
Reardon was endeavoring to fix it.
He was badly burned about the head
and face, but Immediately set about re-
moving the furniture and effects from
the burning building.
Although the fire was quickly eXtin-
guished, the house was badly wrecked
anu COLlSlieIdDlS Vi the furniture ana
clothing of the inmates destroyed.
The building was the property of n.
Zemansky and was partially insured.
The loss probably amounts to 81 900.
ANOTHER FIRE.
| At half-past 10 o'clock last night an
other fire broke out. 1t was in the en-
gine-room of j. L. HIPS wagon-factory
at Thirteenth and streets, and for half
| hour gave the firemen q hard fight.
Above the engine-room is the drying
room. where large piles of hardwood are
stored. The fire got into this room, and
despite the efforts of the firemen copsid-
cradle of the lumber was burned or so
badly charred as to ruin it.
The men worked under great disad-
vantages, too, owing to the frequent
bursting of the fire-hose, and the dense
volume of smoke that poured out of the
| tfIilding i'll which the fire was.
Adjoining the drying-room was one
story frame building used as paint
shop, and had the fire once got inside. 1t
is likely the destruction would have
been very great.
The Council of Federated Trades was
in session three blocks away when the
fire broke out, and the delegates fastened
early to the scene and greatly assisted the
| tiremen i'll getting their apparatus at
work.
The extent of Mr.. Hips loss will not
be learned until an inspection of the
premises is made to-day, but it will not
be very heavy. The fire is supposed to
have started among shavings that the
wind had blown into the engine-room.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-18
The Industrial NIovement

At Federated Trades Hall this evening,
at 7:3O o'clock, there will be meeting of
those who have signed notes for the pro-
motion OF factories, the purpose being to
consider matters in connection with the
movement. A full attendance is re-
quested.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-18

had of members of the Museum Associa-
ton and of the Ladies' Museum Associa-
ton. The concert will be moneys
WORTH" and the proceeds to the extent of
% per cent. will aid an institution that
stands to the credit OF Sacramento and is
educating so many worthy youths.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-18

On Friday evening, the 25th instant.
a grand concert will be given in the Cal
vary Baptist Church on L street, near
Twelfth. when the following local talent
will assist the choir: Mr.. and Mrs. w. +.
Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Neale,
Mrs. Howard; Mrs. Hawley, Mrs. Pink
ham, Mrs. Turrell, Miss Belle Morton,
Miss Mae Connelley, Miss Alice M.
Andrews, Messrs. Weeks, Conn, Croker
and Kidder.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-18

The box-sheet of the Bostonians and of
the Florence engagements opens at the
Metropolitan Thursday.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-18
SOMETHING UNUSUAL
Hogs are Up and Hams are Down.
OUR WINTER SUGAR-CURED
EUREKAHAMS

Have been reduced in price so they are within
the reach of everybody. Your grocer keeps
them. If not call at MOHR IL YOENhtS
and Twelfth.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-18
CHEESEMAN'S SPECIFIC MIXTURE.

WITH THIS REMEDY PERSONS CAN
w cure themselves without the least ex-
posture, change of diet or change in applfca-
ing that is Of the least injury to the cons, itu-
ton. Ask your druggist for it. Price, $ a
bottle. TuF
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
CHINESE INSTRUMENTS.

brane lining the abdominal cavity, for
ceps to pick up and help tear the thin
membrane covering the testicle, an eleva-
tor or spoonlike probe to draw the lower
testicle into view, to assist in passing
the hair over the glands, and to scoop
out blood feathers or particles that
should be removed from the cavity, and
a tube or canula to hold and direct the
horsehair loop by which the testicle is
torn off. To save picking up 50 many
different tools the knife and forceps are
usually combined i'll one, also the spoon
and hook.
The first cut will be understood by
means of the following: A, knife and
forceps combined B, whalebone spread
er. c. cords for fastening birds, fur
nished with most sets, but not used at
the station. D, hook for tearing the
thin skin. E, spoon or elevator. F,
canula or tube, showing horsehair loop
which is passed over the testicle project
ing from the point and the part grasped
by the fingers projecting from the square
top or butt, by which the tube is held.
G., special form of spoon and hook
Mr.. Cushman criticises the Chinese
tools in some particulars. He thinks the
forceps have too much curve at the
point. The jaws should be thin and mar
row at the point and fit each other per-
fectly and be about inches IN length
from the blade. One should be able to
catch with them the thin outer skin Of
the back of the hand and stretch it quite
distance or tear it off without their let
ting go. The excellence of this tool is as
important as anything connected with
the set. The whalebone spreader Mr..
Cushman pronounces far superior to all
the wire spreaders seen and tried. If
properly made, it stays in position until
removed without being held. In the one
shown in the cut the whalebone is in
two pieces fastened together at one end.
The sliding ring is used to increase or
decrease the tension. In all the spread
ers of this sort that he has seen as they
come from the makers the whalebone is
so weak or lifeless that it is unsatisfac-
tory.
The spoon in all sets on the market
that he has seen he thinks not just suited
to its purpose. His idea of the best form
of Chinese caponizing spoon and hook
may be seen at G in the first cut. The
bowl should be widest near the tip and
the stem rough that it may not slip in
the hand. The tip of the canula shown
in the cut is not quite right either, as it
should be slightly hattened and wider,
with holes in the extreme corners, like
A in second cut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
A neuvainel And for what reasobY

"A neuvalnel And for what reasob"
"Guess."
"Are you married, my queen2"
81 have been, but
"Ahl | understand. You were offer
ing up vows for the end of your widow
hood"
perhaps that is it"
Without another word he began to
press a series of kisses upon the mar
chioness' taper fingers
Her hesitation increased the enemy's
boldness, and when she thought of draw
ing away her hand he had already aban-
doned it for a s1irmish where the kisses
closed her eyes.
Suddenly she escaped from her i'm
piisonment and noticed that his eyes
were fixed upon the brilliant diamond
she wore upon her little finger.
DO you want a pledge of pardon for
your boldness," she said; there it is.
And putting her whole soul into last,
playful smile she added: 1T is a tails
man that will aid you in returning to
the right path my dear brigand. Re-
member that should prefer to see you
dead rather than unfaithful or felon."
AT these words, lightly uttered, the
masked man showed extraordinary emo
ton. Then, with reverence this time,
he kissed the lady's hand and disap-
peared.
When she entered the house, she found
the duke and Dom Maroufot at the chess
table. The duke was so absorbed that
he did not even turn his head as she came
into the room. She thought that really
she was in the presence of a cOnsummate
actor.
She leaned over his shoulder as he was
moving a knight and suddenly turned
pale-the duke had no ring on his finger!
The poor marquise passed a restless
night.
Toward morning she had scarcely
closed her eyes when she was awakened
by the sound of gunshots, followed by
the noise Of galloping horses.
The duke at the head of his dragons
was returning to the chateau. He had
alighted and was taking off his pistols
when the marquise appeared.
Its all over" he called out to her.
II brought down Gillou with a single
shot. We had hardly got outside the
park gate before the idiot came to us.
He threw himself between our horses
legs, so to speak. And for fear that
might not recognize him he cried out:
L am Gillou. Kill mel
He kneeled down 10 steps from me.
When he saw me aim my pistol at him,
he raised his hand in the air and held up
something brilliant; then he cried out
again, but don't know what he said,
for the report of my pistol drowned his
voice.
He fell, and one of my men picked
up the brilliant thing he held in his hand.
If you want it, here it is. 1t shall be
your part of the booty. But there is a
little blood on it.
The duke handed beautiful diamond
to the m" iuise. Recognizing her ring,
sho turned deathly pale, and suddenly
she read clearly in her heart She had
never loved the duke, and now she de-
tested him.-From the French.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
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No. 1oe.-submerged Articles.

A diver was last summer spending a few
weeks in a state which is noted for its sum-
mer resorts. One day he was out on a lake.
when the thought suggested itself to him
that he would don his diving suit and ex-
plore the depths of the water His friends
laughingly asked him if he expected to find
n coral reef or a wrecked ocean steamer, but
in spite of their jokes he made the descent
on the following morning. From his de-
scription when he came to the surface his
friends thought he must have found a
Hunken variety store, for this is what he told
them he had discovered:
/. An article of commercial value found
In the ocean.
2. Pinions.
3. Two varieties of birds
4. Dresses.
8. A kind of silk.
6. Two kinds of drink.
Z. Domestic animals.
s. Small and very useful articles which
ere often spoken of as if they had little or
10 value.
What was the name of the lake, and what
did the diver find in it,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
Fashions Gold Tipped Shoes.

In this year of 1898 gold, yellow, shin
ing, heartless metal, mother of murders
and temptress to terrible privations, the
yellow root of red evil, holds sway, In
the silver age we had combs and brush
es, buckles, toilet cases, picture frames
and other stuff cleaning with the paler
metal. 1t wasn't rich enough for the
blood of New York. Gold has not dis
placed it here in the metropolis, but tri-
umphantly flaunts itself above it.
A little time ago the satin slipper with
silver filagree toe and heel tip was quite
good enough for any one. But it only
cost from SEQ to $40. Society insisted
ON something more expensive, and now
New Yorks swell set rest satisfied as
they poke their gold tipped toes from
beneath Worth afternoon creations.
The gold tipped shoes are only for house
wear. You don't see 'em on Broadway.
Their use is to make poor callers envi-
Gus, than which there can be no greater
happiness.
This is but one instance. The men are
as bad or worse, for IA pair of gold tipped
shoes at $3.50 are at least visible, and a
pair of $50 gold suspender buckles
haven't even that merit. The only use
for them is to show that one can stand
the pace.
The extravaganza of wealthy people
in small personal expenditures has grown
out of all proportion, Trifies and trink-
cts cost fortunes, good pictures by Amer
lean artists go begging, and authors OF
good books trim their cuffs.-New York
Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
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CAPONlZlNG TOOLS.

The Old Chinese instruments Versus the
Various Modern Ones.
There are a number of different pat
!erns of caponizing tools on the market.
Instrument makers and others have en-
ieavored to improve upon the old Chi
nese instruments. Samuel Cushman,
poultry manager of the Rhode Island
experiment station, who has made an
extensive study of caponizing instru-
ments of every description as well as
practical tests, gives the preference to
the best Chinese tools.
A set of these consists of knife or
scalpel for making the incision, whale
bone with hooks at each end to stretch
the ribs apart or hold the wound open, a
hook to tear the thin, filmlike MEM
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
Petroleum For Diphther


In the village of Neuville-C hs
sci, about nine miles from Rou|
lignant type Of diphtheria brok
year. The country doctor, M.
Flahaut, treated the cases in
way, but the deaths were nj
Remembering, as he says, that
fish use petroleum as an antisI
and an antiseptic, he determine
it as an experiment. His first
in the case of a little girl Z I'd
He had already given her up d
posed to the parents to make thu
ment, which consisted in swab
throat with common petroleum.
little hope of the success of
method, but to his astonishmen|
ticed an improvement after the VI
application. He continued tho
ment, and the child recovered.
tried it successfully with his OF
tents.
This year he had 40 cases Of dip
to treat, and he was successful il
one. In order to be perfectly 81
the cases in question were genuil
Of malignant diphtheria he had
perforated matter submitted to Il
ysis of Professor Francois Hue
Rouen College of Medicine, and {
fessor reported that he had clea
covered the presence in it of nu
bacilli of diphtheria. Moreover
agnosis was confirmed by Drs. De
Lerefait and Ballay of Rouen.
named being the physician in {
the hospital of that city.
The treatment presents little d.
or Ganger. The swabbing is dor
hour or every two hours, accor
the thickness Of the membranes
become, as it were, diluted under
ton of the petroleum. The brus
being dipped in the petroleum
be shaken to prevent any drops
into the respiratory channels.
tents experience relief from t
first application. The disagreed
of the petroleum remains for a
ments only.-Normandie Medica
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23

AT the Utah station last season Early
Marblehead and Cory were the most
promising of the very early varieties of
sweet corn. Landreth's Sugar and Old
Colony were the most promising, of the
late varieties. Other varieties that did
comparatively well were Amber Cream,
Black Mexican, Egyptian, Everbearing,
Livingston's, Evergreen, Moor's Early
Concord, Maule's Mammoth, Maule's
Xxx Sugar, Northern Pedigree, Stabler's
Early Triumph.
Varieties of sweet corn that have prov
ed especially adapted for canning pur-
poses are Hickory, Old Colony, Stowell's
Evergreen and Mammoth Sugar, Stow
ellis being favorite.
The Country Gentleman is fine new
variety of excellent quality. Concord is
one of the bNSt yielders, and the ears are
large.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
No. 16s.-Hidden Proverbs.

BY taking one word in each sentence two
proverbs may be found, one reading down
ward and the other upward.
How brilliantly the moon shines on the
lakel
We rose early and saw the sun rise
from the top of the mountain.
The bird hoped onto the window sill and
picked up the crumbs.
The farmer catches the boy while he is
stealing his fruit.
She lay reading among the newly mown
hay in the field.
We watched the bird bringing a worm to
make its young ones eat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
French Imitation Pearls.

The best grade of French imitation
pearls cannot be distinguished from real
ones, even by the most expert jewellers,
unless the string is handled, when the
difference III weight becomes apparent,
the real pearl being heavier than an imi-
tation one.
An American lady who herself owned
valuable jewels once told me that she
and her husband were shown on one &C.
casion by her Partisan jeweler cluster
of strings of pearls, half of which were
real and the other half imitation, and
they were requested to point out the
real ones. They both inspected the
pearls long and with the most minute
care, and finally indicated their choice.
The gentleman had indeed fixed upon a
string of genuine ones, but the lady,
though she continually wore and had
had in her possession for years a mag
nifcent necklace of real pearls, forfeited
her claim for discrimination by picking
out one of the imitation ones.
The very finest of the French imita-
ton pearls are expensive, costing from
so to $15 string. Oddly enough, the
longer they are kept the better they be-
come, as the passage of years lends a
yellow tinge to the wax, which causes
the pearls to look at once more lustrous
and more real. The pearls prepared for
embroideries. dress trimmings, etc.. are
merely small beads filled with wax and
lack the careful shaping, as well as the
inner coating of fish scale liquid that
make the pearls manufactured for neck.
laces and earrings so perfectly deceptive,
Ladies' Home journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
MODERN INSTRUMENTS.

Among the many modern instruments
an attempt to do away with the horse
hair gives the one just referred to. A
steel spring keeps the steel wire loop
back within the tube. By pressing on
the rod at the top the loop is pushed out
ready to be placed in position. By re-
moving the pressure the spring draws up
the loop and the attachments are firmly
held. B is wire spreader of style as
satisfactory as any Mr.. Cushman has
ever tried. c is the separate hook, and
D the knife furnished with the sets gen.
orally sold.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
No. I7O.-Numerical Enigma.

IL 2, Sir Cook!" the jovial baron cried,
Striking his spear upon the oaken floor,
The while the huntsmen bore the brawny boar
Within. All dauntlessly the cook replied:
"A roast, my lord, or would you like it fried?"
Marry, no frar |! But get good store
OF logs, and set 3 4 5 6 before;
Lay 67S9 10 as long and wide
AS thou art 8 o 10, for my train
OF hunters all shall gather round my board
Tonight, and they be valiant trencher men,
7S9 10 to eat what they have slf ="
Joyful, the cook obeyed. He, Xix is lord,
2345679o
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
First Meeting of Creditors
of Hammond, Bush ~ Co.,
InSO Vents.
CTATE OF VERMONT,

- DISTRICT OF ADDISON, IS. ( INSOLVENCY.
In the matter of Charles +. Bush william b.
der the style OF Hammond, Bush X Company,
insolvent debtors
TAKE NOTICE that Charl, +. Bush, William
b. Wright OF Orwell and Thad. NJ. Chapman
OF Middlebury, all in the district OF Addison,
did on the 22d day OF May 1898, file in this
Court their petition tor adjudication OF in
solvency; and that n meeting OF creditors of
said insolvent debtors will be held Court of
Insolvency, at the Probate Office in Middle
bury, in said District, on the 22d day OF June,
1888, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, to prove
their debts and choose one or more assignees
of their estate; and that the payment OF any
debts and the delivery OF any property be-
loI ging to said debtors, to them or Tor their
use, and the transfer OF any property by them
are forbidden by law.
Dated at MiddleDury, this sth day OF June,
1873.
%: st JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
PASSION TIDE.

The young child Jesus had garden
Full of roses rare and red,
And thrice n day he watered them
To make a garland for his head.
When they were full blown in the garden,
He called the Jewish children there,
And each did pluck himself a rose
Until they stripped the garden bare.
"And, now. how will you make your garland,
For not a rose your path adorns?"
"But you forget" he answered them,
"That you have left me still the thorns."
They took the thorns and made garland
And placed it on his shining head.
And where the roses should have shown
Were little drops of blood instead.
Richard Henry Stoddard-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
Riddles Unriddled,

What does an ironclad vessel of war, with
four inches of steel plating and all its guns
on board, weigh just before starting on a
cruiser She weighs anchor
What is the difference between beehive
and diseased potato? None at all, as
the one is bee holder (beholder), the other
q speck'd tatur SPECTATOR
Why can you never expect a fisherman to
be generous? Because his business makes
him selfish.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
No. 160.-A window sash.

This is an easy trick for the benefit Of
very small people, and although the cut
shows clearly how the figure is made these
directions are given as help to our young
est readers Six wooden toothpicks are
used. Lay The first one lengthwise on the
table and place two others in the same po-
sition a short distance from each other.
Then, as in the cut, insert the remaining
picks over and under their fellows until
they bind. That completes the sash.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
No. INSTRUMENTATION.

Fill the first blanks in each sentence with
a word which, when transposed, will COM
plete the sentence.
|. Small insects often - the wheat.
2. He had the - - net l have ever
seen.
3. When was in -, wandered through
field - - with delight.
4. Her - was as great for the princess
as though she welded -.
s. When we read of the purple and fine
linen, we could hardly say there were -
- in the days of King -.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23

Chamberlain's Cough Remeny
Is famous as
Cure for severe colds.
Famous as
Preventive of pneumonia.
Famous as
Preventive and cure for Group.
Famous for the relief it affords in case
of
Whooping cough.
Famous as a safe and pleasant
Medicine for children.
Try it. 50-cent bottles for sale by all
also by F. C. Dyer, West
VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
No. 167.-A Double Square.
o o o
o o o
o o o o o
o o o
o o o

The Upper Square-The first row of three
letters represents the name of certain
kind of tree; the second, "a meadow" the
third, "a rug"
The Lower Square-A kind of ore; girls
name, also the name of certain mountain
mentioned by Tennyson; "a short sleep"
The cross of large letters pertaining to the
morning." ITO birds morning song"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
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No. 165.-Enigmatical Animals: l. Carp.
9. Cow. 8. Bobolink. 4. Alewife. 5. Beagle.
B. Goose. Z. Chamois. s. Bluejay. 0. Buff
falo. 10. Tapir. II. Sole. II. Canary. ID.
Gnu. IA. Kite. l5. Perch. 10. Swift. II.
Pike. 10. Shrew. 49, Gazelle. %. Oyster.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23

Deans Rheumatic pills absolutely curl
Rheumatism 4 Neuralgia. Entirely vegd
table. Safe. 40
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
No. I71.-Anagrams

[Single Words.
Tax not specie. felon's coins. Sit us
not in it. Cry at more. deal quits. Even
slope. call not stones. Grief at error.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23
Key to the Puxxler.

hey 10 the EuLAlers
No. 159.-A Letter Puzzle; Wolfe. Mont
Ialm.
No. 160.-Pictured Word: Four-in-hand.
No. 16l.-Easy Diamonds:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-06-23

No. l62.-Crossword: Liverpool.
No. l63.-Charade; Manage.
No. 164.-Scriptural Pyramid;