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The record-union., 1893-02-27
VISITED THE MINES.
THE LEGISLATORS PAY A VISIT
TO NEVADA COUNTY.
Delightful Excursion to Grass Valley
and Nevada City-HospitaIity
Extended to Them.

The greater portion of the Senate and
| Assembly, accompanied by about one
hundred friends, went to Grass Valley
and Nevada City yesterday to see the
big gold mines. They were guests of
Senator Ford, Assemblyman Thomas and
John f. Kidder of the Nevada County
Narrow Gauge Railroad.
The excursion train left Sacramento at
s A. NJ. and arrived at Grass Valley
shortly before noon, and at Nevada City
about fifteen minutes later. About half
of the visitors were dropped at the first
named place and the balance at Nevada
City. The citizens of both cities have
regulations for hospitality, and they
demonstrated on this occasion that they
well deserve such regulations. At both
places the legislators were received
royalty, and after being lunched were
taken in teams to the various mines that
surround the towns. Every preparation
had been made at the mines to show the
visitors everything that was to be seen,
and the miners were assisted by the citi-
Zens. No doubt the trip gave most of the
lawmakers some needed pointers" on
the mining question.
Inc excursion lett Nevada City at 8 p.
NJ, but not before number of speeches
had been made at the depot by the legls-
lators, and cheers had been given for the
hospitable citizens of that city. When
the train reached Grass Valley and took
up the balance of the party, there were
more speeches and cheers. Mr.. kidder
Senator Ford and ASsemblyman Thomas
came in for good share of the express
sions of gratitude from the excursionists
At Auburn the citizens of that town
turned out en- masse on the return trip to
give the excursionists a cheer. The Au-
burn Hussar Band rendered several Sc
lections at the depot, and excursionists
and citizens cheered each other in turn.
The trip home was a lively one. partic-
ularly from Coltax to this city, thanks TO
Engineer Frank Sweeney and Fireman
MeEnerney. Everybody was delighted
with the excursion, the weather being all
the programme occurring,
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Senate Bill No. 3S2, authorizing the al
lowance, settlement, and payment of
claims of counties against the State, was
read third time, amended and ordered to
be printed.
The following bills were read second
time and ordered to third reading:
Senate Bill No. 3S4, relating to the coer-
cion or compulsion of persons seeking
employment.
Senate Bill No. 652, relating to the i'm
provement of innavigable streams, and
| the protection OF land adjacent thereto.
Senate Bill No. 274, relating to the
National Guard.
Senate Bill No, So. to amend Section
1lO7 of the Civil Code.
Senate Bill No. 80, to amend an Act for
the completion of all unfinished county,
CITY, city and county, towns and town
ship buildings,
Senate Bill No. 10, to appropriate
money TO pay the claims of McGowan II
Dutler 1or building retaining walls 10 the
Mehdoclno State Asylum for the Insane.
Senate Bill No. 2l9, to provide for the
appointment OF guardians of children
maintained in any orphans home or
orphans asylum in this state.
senate Bill No. 2lS, regarding the adop-
ton of children.
Senate Bill No. 1O3, relating to serving
notlce of application for letters of guard
sons.
a resolution offered by Mr.. McCauley
was adopted, that the Judiciary Com
hnttee be instructed to investigate the
necessity for framing law which will
settle the question of the length OF time
winch must necessarily elapse between
tHe occurring OF a vacancy and the date Of
holding an election TO I'LL such vacancy.
Mr.. Conway was permitted to introduce
Dill out OF order relating to prisoners
conhned in county jails. Referred to
Committee on State Prisons.
The bill to create Bidwell County was
refused second reading by vote of II
ayes to 81 noes. Mr.. Miller gave notice
| OF reconsideration on Monday.
Assembly Bill No. 500, to create the
county OF Santa Ynez, was read second
time, ordered engrossed and to a third
reading.
Senate Bill No. 349, to change the
boundaries OF Glenn and Colusa Counties,
was read second time, ordered engrossed,
and further consideration made a special
Order for Tuesday at $3.50 O'Clock.
senate Bill No. 4S0, appropriating
SIo, 'oO lor deficiency in appropriation fol
southern California Asylum, was read
second time, ordered engrossed and TO d
third reading.
The following bills were read second
Tune, ordered engrossed and to third
reading:
Senate Bill No. 12O, to appropriate $780,
0oO Tor the erection OF an administration
building for the Mendocino Stale Asylum
for the insane.
Senate Bill No. 4Sl, making an appro-
prlatlon OF Sll1,O for the erection OF ad-
ultlonal buildings and improvements for
the Southern California State Asylum for
the Insane and Inebriates.
Senate Bill No. go, appropriating the
sum OF $4,000 for the erection and con-
structlon OF a sewer for the State Insane
Asylum at Agnews.
Adjourned
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SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
National Prisons-The ''Scalpers'' Bill
RaSSed-.Iuta Goods

National Prisons-The s'Scalpers'' Bill
Passed-Jute Goods.
The Senate convened at 10 A. NJ. Satur-
day. Lieutenant nt-Governor Reddick pre-
siding.
Roll call, prayer by Chaplain Hoskin-
son, and reading of the journal
The San Francisco street extension bill
was recalled from the Engrossing Clel k
and referred to the Municipal Corpora
ton Committee.
Senator Wilson's anti-usury bill also
came up on second reading as a special
order.
VOORHEES, motion to amend, excepting
building and loan associations, loaning
money to their own members, from the
provisions of the Act, was defeated. The
bill was ordered to third reading.
On motion of Senator Hart, Senate Bill
No 81, relative to the non-inSurance of
property belonging to the Stale against
the risk of damage or destruction by fire.
was made special order for Monday
l nder the present law no State building
can be insured except the State Printing
Office, but this bill permits insurance OF
the new Pavilion.
Senator Goucher offered a resolution.
with a request that it be referred without
reading to the Committee on Attaches.
10 pay Charles Robinson 81 per diem for
keeping the gallery clean during the ses-
sion.
Under a suspension of the rules Hart
introduced a concurrent resolution me-
morialiHng the United States Attorney
General and Secretary of the Interior to
establish one of the three prisons author
lied by Congress to be erected for the
confinement of the United States prs-
> oners, at some point near Folsom. The
Federal law authorizes $500. 600 to be ex-
1Nnnna1 tine nnrphaSa of a site ba
construction Of a building at each of
three locations. The resolution was
adopted.
on motion of Senator Hoyt Senate Bill
No. 63S 20 provide for the redemption of
unused transportation tickets, and TO
prevent frauds upon travellers, was de-
cIared a matter of urgency and taken up
for final action. This is the bill known
as the "anti-scalpers' bill" Ii provides
that none but authorized agents of trans
1lortation lines shall sell tickets and that
the transportation company selling such
ticket shall provide for the redemption of
such ticket If unused, or any part thereof,
at the same rate at which it was sold.
The bill was passed by vote of 26 ayes
fo noes. Burke gave notice that he
would move for reconsideration on
Monday next.
The bill for new road law, an Act to
amend Sections 1888, 26il, 2643 and 2645,
and to repeal Section 2646 of the Political
Code, relating to the powers and duties
of highway officers, was taken up and
passed. ..., of 49,
Goods. for the manufacture OF ice and for
> cordage factory at the State Prison at
Folsom were reached on general hIe, but
were. on motion of Ostrom, made a spe-
cial order for $3.50 P. NJ. on Tuesday.
Recess.
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STRONGER AND STRONGER"
An cable Champion of the Interiors
CauSe.'s
From the Coiusa Herald

GFrom the Coiusa Herald.l
We lift our lat and bow low with ven
Grafton TO the Sacramento REcoRp-UN1oN
this week, for ''what find you better or
more honorable than old age" That paper
entered upon the forty-third year of its
existence on last Wednesday. The past
1orty-three years of the nineteenth CEN
tury! The past forty-three years in Cal
1tornia! For newspaper it means more
than the average mind can grasp at a
single thought. Its columns since 1851
have recorded the passing events that go
to make up the most important and
wonderful achievements in the worlds
civilization. Progress, progress-every-
where progress! But with an old age yet
serene and bright, life for the RECORD
UNION has but just begun. The worlds
great age begins anew, and we hope as
the years come and go that able champion
of the interiors cause will wax warmer
and warmer, stronger and stronger, and
its purse grow longer and longer! It's
fact, gentlemen.
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torney should say to General Hart, Did
you aim to keep the money arising from
these casesY or, Did you not convert
| currency into gold?' and General Hart
should Indignantly say Mop there might
be someone present who would believe
he had done So"
Mr.. Devlin, in reply, said his business
IN the investigation was simply to get at
tne truth, and that if General Hart was
innocent be would be glad to know it. 1t
was not his intention to roast anyone,
out General Hart had stated that if given
nearing he could and would explain
away any charge that had been preferred
against him. He wished to give General
Hart the opportunity TO appear and make
explanations, so that he could never state
that the Investigation had been con-
Quoted under a star chamber rule. He
stated that General Hart was the only
person capable of telling where this
money had been placed since it had been
collected, and for what purpose it had
been used.
Attorney Stone contended that the last
observation admitted that no case had
been made against General Hart.
Chairman Mathews called attention to
Section 342 of the Civil Code, which pro-
Vldes that the Attorney-General shall re-
port yearly to the Governor all moneys
belonging to him, the report 10 be SUBJ
nItted on the 1st day of January.
Mr.. Stone stated that the report had
been submitted in September, and before
The money arising from the Harbor Com
mission suits had been collected by
General Hart
Chairman Mathews wished to know
why the report had been sent in three
months before it was required, and as
serted that lit looked mighty bad.''
he was set right by Attorney Stone,
VINO read section repeating the one cited
by the Chairman, and provided that the
report should be submitted before Sep
tember 18th of each year.
Chairman Mathews stated that it did
not look so bad as formerly"
Mr.. Kahn said lie understood that the
money collected from the Harbor Com
mission cases had been in General Hart s
possession from November %, 1892, until
February Z, 1898, and wanted to know
why 1t had not been turned over to the
State.
General Barnes replied by asking to
Whom 1t could be turned over before a
decision from the courts mad been re-
ceIved regarding its placing.
MIR. Kahn thought there might at least
have been an effort made to turn the
money over, and asked why such action
had not been taken.
General Barnes replied that General
Hart had been very busy with important
railroad cases and other business, and
beside did not deem it his duty to at
tempt anything which in his Judgment
was wrong.
Inc committee refused to place General
Hart upon the stand, declared the case
| closed, and adjourned, promising that
their report would be submitted by Mon
day next at the latest.
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Legislative Notes,

Unintentionally Assemblyman Nor
decai was slightly misquoted in the col
umns of this paper Saturday morning.
In replying to Mr.. Jacobsen, MIR. Nor
decai did admit that the strip of country
on the "west side" owned by Miller 4
Lux, was eliminated from the new
county of MADEIRA at Mr.. Miller's request.
for the reason that it did not legitimately
belong to the new county.
The Assembly clerks are happy. They
will draw salary for another week.
The sixty days of the session will end
Thursday, but it is not likely that the
Legislature will adjourn before a week
from next Saturday.
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HOW HE BROKE UP THE GAME.
General Grants Arbitrary Interfer.
ence With Poker Session.

General Grants Arbitrary Interfer-
ence With a Poker Session.
General Grant once interfered in a
most unwarranted and arbitrary manner
with poker game that was paying me a
big profit" said Andrew banner. sit
was after the battle OF Shiloh, and we
Conteds were feeling pretty badly down
III The mouth. was on the advance
picket line one bright moonlight night,
and the anks had post only few
hundred yards away. We shot at each
other until we got tired of the sport, then
we sWapped newspapers, coffee and to-
bacco. y daredevil young Yankee cor
poral walked right into our post, sat
down on log as unconcerned as YOU
please, and asked us if we knew how to
play draw poker. Did we? We rather
thought we did. Had we any green
backs? A few. Then he pulled out
deck of cards and we sat down to play.
Pretty soon another Nank came over,
then another, until there were six of 'em,
and we all Joined in and played a wide
open game, forgetting that the cruel war
was not over.
Luck came my way, and l soon had
everybody but the Yankee corporal
broke. Fhe rest were Squatted around,
blue and gray, watching the game, when
there came that ugly 'c-I-l-ick ick' so IA
miliar to the soldiers ear We looked
up, and there stood a Yankee sergeant
with four men, their muskets cooked.
Members of the Forty-ninth consider
yourselves under arrest said the SER
geant. %, come now, sergeant the cor
poral began, when horseman reined up
behind the guard, and he concluded,
General Grant, by hokyn The blue coats
got up looking like lot of whipped
school boys, and saluted their COM
mander, who eyed them rs sternly as a
sphinx. They filed in front of the guard
and started for camp. When their backs
were turned on him Grant removed the
cigar from his mouth, and, with a cynical
smile, asked the Confederate nearest him:
Who's ahead?' 'O we're ahead re-
piled the defender of the stars and bars.
Those chumps you've brought down
here can't play poker little bit. But
they can fight. General, I remarked.
Have to, sometimes said Grant, dryIy,
and rode away"
The record-union., 1893-02-27
JAMES GORDON BENNETT
Some "reminiscences of the OId-Time
Editor.

Editor.
l first saw the elder Bennett one bleak
snowy night toward the close of Lincoln's
Presidency. A guest with my ever hos
pitable and gentle friend MIR. Haskin at
his Fordham residence, nothing remained
after dinner but that we should speed
over the snow with tinkling sleigh-Dells
to the Bennett home on the Hudson. If
my imagination had gone into darkened
tancies over the ideal Bennett, the man
as l saw him drove them away. Hair
white and clustering, smooth face, soon
to have the comfort of beard, rather
above the middle size, prominent aqui-
line nose, long, narrow head with
abundant development in perceptive
faculties, keen, boring eye which threw
arrowy glances, bantering rather than
hearty laughter, a firm, masterful Jaw.
talk in broad Scottish accent, which he
seemed to nurse with 4 relish. His
speech had the piquant, saucy colloquial-
lsms which stamped his individuality on
the Herald. His manner stately, cour-
teous, that of a high-bred gentleman of
unique intelligence giving opinions as
though they were aphorisms, like one
given to have his own way. Whatever
he may have seemed i'll the columns of
his journal, the man as he welcomed us
was wreathed in courtesy and good will.
was to see Bennett on many occasions
between this winters night encounter in
1864 until our last meeting in Nav. 1872. a
month before he died. You felt in his
company the impression of a man of
genius; humor, apt to run into mockery-
until it seemed almost as if it were The
spirit OF Voltaire breathing through him.
His mind teemed with ideas. which
streamed into his talk; such phrases. in
vectives, nicknames, keen bits of mar
ratlve, surcharged with a cynical uessi-
misnI, which remained, one might fancy.
as legacy of early days of disappoint-
ment and trial. For this man had fought
the world-ha fought it down! The
world would not come in his need, and
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gned apart, looking down upon

now he reigned apart, looking down upon
it with scorn.
bennett admired Andrew Jackson, and
next to Jackson his adniration tras
Grant. He was the first of the great
EDITORS to recognize Grant. He felt the
aiilnlty of the Generals Scottish blood or
the attraction of his Scottish tenacitv of
character. The editor had an eye for re-
suits. and the campaigns of Grant were
ripe IN results. Bennett did not have a
cheerful view of the war: he could see mr.
outlook but irretrievable bankruptcy.
against which, as he said with smile. he
had provided by keeping a special de-
post of gold in the Commercial Bank.
When the bottom fell out, he would have
swimming gear OF his own, and sub
stance likewise, and not go down in a sea
OF paper currency and intiation,-Jobn'
Russell Young, in Lippincott's.
The record-union., 1893-02-27
OWLS HAVE THEIR USES.
Mice, Insects. Gophers and Sparrovvs
Food for the Wise BIRD.


Food for the Wise Bird.
The little screech-owl, well known in
most parts of the country, is indefati-
gable III its work of destroying mice and
insects. 1t may often be seen at dusk
lowering around barns and outhouses.
Watching for mice, or skimming over the
fields and along hedgerOws in search of
grasshoppers, crickets and beetles. Many
birds of this species have taken up a
residence in the cities, having learned to
feed upon what the Boston TRANSCRIPT
calls that most destructive nuisance, the
English sparrow. In winter rural resi-
dents often notice the tracks of mice
which form networks in the snow, cross
ing and recrossing, passing in and out of
walls and stacks-tending to show how
active these small rodents are when most
of the world sleeps. Occasionally such a
track stops abruptly, and, while the OBJ
server is trying to read more of the his
tory written in the snow, his eyes catch
the faint impression of a pair of wing
tips near where the trail ends, and in
stantly he is made aware that tragedy
has been enacted. Screech-owls also feed
on chipmunks, shrews, moles and occas-
ionally bats. During warm spells in
winter they forage exclusively and store
up in their homes quantities of food as
provision against inclement weather.
Probably the most important, from an
economic point of view, among owls is
the barn owl. Its food is almost entirely
made up of injurious mammals. In the
West it leeds largely on pouChed gophers,
and the stomach contents of many indi-
viduals examined have revealed little else
than the remains OF these rodents. To
appreciate properly the services of this
owl, it must be remembered that pouched
gophers are among the most, If not the
most, destructive mammals which in
habit this country. In various other To-
calities it feeds exclusively on the COM
mon rat. The great horned owl, which in
the East is persistent in its attacks on
poultry and game, kills immense num-
bers of rabbits in rabhit-infested parts of
the West, where its assistance is inval-
liable to the farmer. 1t is much addicted
to eating skunks, of which it devours
great numbers wherever those objection
able animals are common.
The record-union., 1893-02-27

PEOPLE with delicate stomachs find
Ayers Sarsaparilla agreeable to the taste,
and, therefore, prefer it as blood-puri-
fer to any other. This is one reason for
its great popularity as spring and fam
lily medicine. Safe, certain and palatable.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-09
White silk Blouse.

4 white silk blouse was made of a
straight breadth of the silk, using the
width for the length of the blouse,
from throat to waist line. The upper
edge was pinked, and just below the
pinking a shlr was run on the outer
side for a drawing string. The lower
edge was hemmed and drawing
string run through the hem. Arm
holes were cut in the breadth and full
shirt sleeves set in. The bottoms of
these sleeves were pinked, like the up
per edge of the blouse, and drawn to the
wrists, as the former to the throat,
by white baby ribbon that tied in
many looped bows. This blouse was
worn by young girl, was quite low
at the throat, and was closed at the
back, but another of dotted Swiss,
worn with skirt of the same by
young woman, was closed in front,
and a prettier height at the throat.
the ruffie just shadowing the nape of
the neck. Instead of the pinking, the
throat and wrists were finished with
fine white lace, and the drawing rib
bon was violet. The blouse was drawn
to fit the waist, the skirt placed over
it, and violet silk belt was fastened
by fancy safety pin of silver.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-09
IN THE POETS GARDEN.
Roses That Tell OF Love and Grief-Ths
Quiet Modesty Of the Violet.


Conspicuous among the individual
flowers specially honored by separate
poems TO themselves are the rose,
the violet, the lily and the daisy,
which occupy in poetic botany the
positions OF distinction and utility
filled. among the poets birds. by the
nightingale, dove, swan and linnet,
says the Contemporary Review.
The rose is everywhere telling of
passionate love and OF grief; the
violet. like the turtle-dove, dwe.ls
apart in modest seclusion, an en-
blem Of self-satisfying affection.
Like the lily-white, silver swan, the
flower that gives it its epithets is of
stately mien and of spotless robe, a
thing of ornament and conscious OF
its beauty, while the daisy is like the
linnet, artlcss--a pretty wildling,
supplying the poet with an innocent
smile of uncultured grace, and lend
ing rural charm to every verse in
which it sings its little simple coun-
try song. They are sweet flowers,
all four.
Pride of place for the rose. 1t is
the universal flower For it is ma
tive, so far as We can tell now, OF
every continent. IL is the foremost
flower. For it is recognized in every
country as the queen OF flowers. 1t
is the flower of all time. For it lives
in every language. however ancient,
and in all of them il is consecrated
to the future and eternity. 1t is the
flower OF legend For it is an
epitome the Of pious traditions and
folklore Of the world-whether
Christian or pagan-a concordance
OF all the faiths and superstitions OF
the human kind, Of their credulities
and hopes and fears; the symbol Of
every emotion, the ornament of every
rite; honored alike in Joy and in
grief. blessing the cradle. brighten
ing nnptials and sanotifying even
the grave. No wonder. then, that
our English poets distinguish it with
precedence-the premier flower OF
every race. the royal flower OF our
own.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-09
Wool Fabrics

Besides the linen duck, piques and
similar fashionable materials. the
many sheer wool ia brics used for tailor
costumes are unconlmonly ell CANT In
tone and texture this season, and II
artistically cut. which IS essential. they
are the perfection of summer wear.
Emphasis must be given by repetition
to what has been said before, THAI
there is no summer street gown In
which woman looks better dressed
than t9iior co tune of this descrip'
tion-plain, satin-striped. silk-dotted,
barred, bordered, or whatever styla
best suits her individually
grace TO a rounded form and roundness
to a slender one. as many dressy and
effective additions In the way OF bre-
telles, revers, shoulder capes, sleeve
puffs, etc, are now made to the bodices
of these gowns, which at first were too
severe and unadorned to prove becom-
ing to all figures.