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How the Telephone is Managed.

The two Roumanian cities, Galatz and
Braila, on the Danube, were lately con-
nected by telephone, which is, like the
telegraph in that country, an institution
of the State. Before its opening, an or
dinance of the Government for its use
was published in the official gazette, the
principal part of which is as follows:
"a person who wishes to communicate
with another by telephone is bound to
notify that person beforehand by letter,
telegraph or otherwise"
dealer in produce in Braila was about
to close contract for supply of barley
He desired, however, to learn before
hand the price OF the barley quoted at the
Board of Trade in Galatz. For that pur-
pose he went to the telephone Office, and,
after the fee, desired to get telephone
connection with his correspondent in Ga
latz.
Every well. Have you informed that
gentleman"
"What for? He is in Galatz, and the
person to whom l want to telephone"
THAT would not do, sir. Here is the
ordinance. Before you can telephone to
him you must inform him beforehand by
letter. telegraph or in any other way"
Nonsense! Is the Government crazy?
Maybe they ask me to travel to Galatz
| and inform him that on a certain day and
hour he may be at the telephone office to
receive communication from me?"
"Yes, that would do, too," the official
said.
.aThe merchant was obliged to give UP
his barley deal.-Electrical Review.
The record-union., 1893-02-22
How We Grow Old.

The thread that binds us to life is most
frequently severed ere the meridian OF
lite is reached, in case of persons who
neglect obvious means to renew falling
strength. Vigor, no less the source OF
happiness than the condition of long life,
can be created and perpetuated where il
does not exist. Thousands who have ex-
perienced or are cognizant-including
many physicians OF eminence-of the
effects of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
bear testimony to its wondrous efficacy as
creator of strength in feeble constitu-
tions, and debilitated and shattered sys-
TENS. y steady performance of the bod
lily functions, renewed appetite, flesh and
nightly repose attend the use of this thor
ough and standard renovant. Use no
local tonic represented to be akin to or
resemble it in effects in its place. De-
mand the genuine, which is an acknowl-
edged remedy for Indigestion, malaria,
nervousness, constipation, liver and kid
ney complaints and rheumatism.
The record-union., 1893-02-22
THE CHIEF MEAL
Dinner Has Always Been the PrInci-
pal Meal.

1t is believed by some that the word
dinner springs from a corruption of the
word 'dixheures" )" indicating the time at
which, in the old Norman days, this meal
was taken, says the Cincinnati CONNER
c1dt Gazette. The mere idea of having
dinner at the barbarous hour of 10 o'clock
in the morning would in all probability
send modern chef into tit, yet it was at
this early time that persons of quality,
both in England and France, partook of
the meal. Froissart mentions waiting
upon the Duke of Lancaster at 5 o'clock
i'll the afternoon, after he had supped,
and during the reigns of Francis l. and
Louis MI. of France, fashionable people
dined at 1890 and supped at the latest at
O'Clock in the evening. And again, from
Northumberland household book, bear
ing date 1912, we learn that the family
rose at 6 o'clock, breakfasted at I, dined
at 10, supped at 4, and shut the gates at 8
p. III.
Louis Mi. did not dine till u, while
his contemporaries, Cromwell and
Charles IL, took the meal at l. In 100
the hour was advanced to 2, and in l75l
the Duchess of Somerset's dinner time
was ). In 1850 Cowper speaks Of O'Clock
as the then fashionable time. After the
battle of Waterloo 6 p. NJ. was the
time at which the beau monde took
their substantial meal, while at the
present Gay lnauy OF Une nODlllLy 90 nOu
dine until or O'Clock.
The Romans, in the time of Cicero and
Augustus, took breakfast from 8 to in
the morning, luncheon at II or l, and
at about 3 o'clock the coena or principal
meal of the day, corresponding with our
dinner. Concurrently, we read of some
not dining until sunset. A Roman dim
ner at the house of wealthy man con-
sisted chiefly of three courses. All sorts
of stimulants to the appetite We're first
served up, and eggs were indispensable
to the first course. Among the various
dishes we may instance the guinea hen,
pheasant, nightingale and the thrush as
birds most in repute. The Roman gour-
mands held peacocks in great estimation.
especially their tongues. Macrobious
states that they were first eaten by Hor-
tensius, the orator, and acquired such re-
pute that single peacock was sold at
fifty denarii, the denarius being equal to
about seventeen cents of our money,
The record-union., 1893-02-22
A YOUNG JOURNAIIST
He Knew How to Work a Snap and
Get Even with the Editor.

You can't most always tell about these
young men who do newspaper work."
remarked a New York editor To a party of
journalists. Il had heard that they hadn't
very good business ideas, however bright
they might be in other respects, and L was
little careless, perhaps. Anyway, once
when | wanted the services of one to tone
up my paper 1 called for specimen stuff,
and from one chap in a nearby country
town received such excellent work that
L invited him to come in and see ME. He
came, and found him an ideal humorist
and as guileless as he was ideal.
Il wanted column week, and he
agreed to furnish it at S25 a column, with
50 off for each joke that was not copied
by some OF my lllustrious and esteemed
contemporaries, or he would do it for Sl5
straight. l snapped up the S25 PROPOSE
ton, for was sure that out of dozen or
h1teen jokes and verses and gags week
certainly not more than half could be
good enough to catch on all around. He
had an idea that he was great humorist
and l had an idea for business, and also
to teach him that humility which doth so
become journalist. l signed a contract
for year on these terms and he went
to work.
The first week he sent in ten squibs of
various lengths, and they were good, but
l calculated that not more than half
would 60 the rounds and | would be
even. Within a week thereafter l re-
| ceived the Podunk Banner or some such
paper with the entire column copied, and
of course whacked up the S25. The next
week the Banner copied the whole lot
again, and l put up my S25 as before.
Well, to make long story short, that
Podunk Banner, week after week, copied
every squib, and at last L wrote to the
Banner to find out who its editor was,
when, 10 and behold! he was the father
in-law of my humorist, and that guileless
The record-union., 1893-02-22
Berlin Cough Cure.

For coughs and colds and all lung and
throat affections this article has superior
merit. 1t is perfectly harmless. gives i'm
mediate relief, and cures the worst cases
in from two to three days. Endorsed by
our best physicians. Try a bottle and
you will always keep it. Price, 80 cents
bottle.
c. C. Liniment, the best remedy for
aches and pains
Compound Sulphur Powder, the most
perfect laxativs and cathartic known.
Gives instant relief in cases of constipa-
ton, indigestion, piles, biliousness, liver
troubles, rheumatism, gravel, ETC., etc,
A great blood purifier and pleasant to the
taste. The w. 81. Bone Company, San
Francisco, sole proprietors. Kirk, Geary
d. Co.. Sacramento. sole agents.
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Anecdote of Horace Greeley.

David a. Wells, the well-known econo-
mist, tells in the February Forum this
curious anecdote of Horace Greeley: "In
an interview between the writer and
1872 of the latter for the Presdency-an
interview arranged by the friends OF the
candidate with a purpose of conciliating
the so-called free trade element of the
Cincinnati Convention-the conversation
was opened by remark by Mr.. Greeley
that he did not believe there was but one
honest free trader in the country, and
that was Horace White,' then editor of the
Chicago Tribune. OF course, after an in
troductory remark so flattering to the
person with whom he had sought to con-
fer. the conversation did not continue,
and Mr.. Greeley, falling back in his
chair, soon peacefully went to Sleep"
The record-union., 1893-02-22
Three Hundred and Fifty Years Ago.

Coal was hardly used at all $50 years
ago, remarks J. E. Taylor, T. L. S. Yet
since then Great Britain has consumed
nearly half The stock deposited by nature
in its coal cellars many millions of years
ago. At the present rate of increase in
consumption what will be the condition
OF those cellars alter another $50 years? !?
1t is clearly indicated that this period will
witness a marvellous development of the
economic science. Coal, long before that
as a form OF energy will be regarded as
somewhat antique and work ed-out mate
rial. The ebbing and flowing tides, the
shifting winds, the waters running to the
ocean, perhaps even volcanic and earth
quake energy will have taken its place.
! Indeed, line of inquiry and research
now going on may possibly affect the
commercial interests OF the whole world
within the short space of the next five
! years. This relates to the use of petro-
! leum, already being tried on steamers
and locomotives of the Caspian Sea and
vicinity. The coal fields of the world will
certainly lie worked out within an his
torically brief period, but distinguished
Russian chemist finds grounds Tor believ-
! ing that petroleum is still being formed
by the action of water on heated metallic
deposits, and that the supply will be per-
manent
The record-union., 1893-02-22
Too Enthusiastic.

A couple of weeks ago, says a Glasgow
paper, man in that city was so carried
away by the "Yum- Y um" trio in the per-
formance of 1.-The Mikado'' that, lacking
a bouquet with which to express his ad-
miration for the young singers, he pulled
a whisky bottle out of his pocket and
hurled it on the stage. With the thrifty
instincts of the Scotch, he had previously
emptied the flask. But this was not re-
garded as an extenuating circumstance
by the magistrate, who sentenced him tC
thirty days Imprisonment for the offense
Pitt Sing, who was struck on the knee
by the admirers tribute, is at present il
the Glasgow hospital.
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Wanted to Repeat 1t.

A certain small boy had told a lie.
Very sadly his mother had reproved him
for il, and to help him to resist tempta-
ton she said:
Now, my boy, if you ever feel like
telling lie again come to mamma, and
she will help you fight against it."
The lad went off with sober face.
Only few moments elapsed, however.
before he appeared again, and with an
eager smile said:
Mamma, I want to tell lie"
We'll my dear. tell me what you want
to say" said the mother.
Il want to tell that same old lie over
again." observed the boy.-From the Ed
itor's Drawer in Harper's Magazine.
The record-union., 1893-02-22
ARARE OPPORTUNITY
Good Agricultural Land for $40
to 500 per Acre.

The Pacific Improvement Company has re-
Gently purchased twelve thousand ceres Of
land in the heart Of Tehasna County, for the
pHrpose of promoting subdivision and settle
ment. This land embraces lands from FIRST
class Sacramento Valley agricultural land, to
land of fair average quality, and is offered at
from $40 to $50 per acre, in subdivisions of
40, so, 12o, 16o ana 32o acres.
The terms upon which these lands are offered
are especially attractive They Will be sold in
subdivisions, as above indicated, by the pay
ment of interest only Tor three years, a. which
time the purchaser can begin the payment of
principal by paying the first of i've equal an
nual installments. Thus no part OF the prin-
cipsI is to be paid for three years. and then
the purchaser is to have five years in which to
pay five equal annual installments, with in
terest at the rate of per cent. per annum,
making payments extending over period OF
eight years. Intending purchasers are as
sured that this is an opportunity to purchase
land OF fair average quality at SO per acre,
and good agricultural land at $40 an acre,
with other grades Of land at prices TO CORE
spond between these figures.
The assertion is frequently made that good
lands, suitable for general farming, and es4
pecially adapted for fruitgrowing, cannot be
had in California for less than from $50 to
800 an acre. An examination OF the land
subject of this advertisement Will prove TO
home-seelers that this is an opportunity for
the purchase OF good agricultural land at $40
an acre, and for qualities grading down to lair
agricultural land at $40 au acre, on terms OF
payment which should make the disposition
of these lands to actual settlers result easy OF
accomplishment.
The primary object OF the purchase Of this
body OF land was the breaking up OF large
holding for the purpose OF promoting its set
tIement in smaller quantities and its devotion
TO diligent husbandry.
For further particulars, call upon or adj
dress WM. II. MILLS,
Land Agent of the C. P. R. R., Fourth ana
Townsend streets san Francisco. Cali
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atfirmatiyely, saying: 'I want always to
be true. even to be realistic, hut | want
never to lose beauty. | don't know how
TO put it quite accurately, but 1 can't ex-
press myself better than by saying that
should like to do for Italian music some
thing of what Wagner did for German.
l endeavor always to portray in my mu-
sic the emotion of the instant and to pre-
serve always the ideal of Italian melody"
The record-union., 1893-02-22

deemed move in great throngs, and on
earth nothing is accomplished out of the
ordinary without unity of action and pur-
pose. Hope not the cure of sin till self
be dead" wrote an eminent divine, and
self will never die until the causes that
produce self be modified and eventually
obliterated, and chief of these causes is
isolation.-J. B. in Cincinnati CONNER
cial- Gazette.
The record-union., 1893-02-22

funny man was having fun with me in a
way that 1 despised. 1t was too late,
however, to kick, and as he wrote good
stuff l hadn't any occasion 10, only l did
swear at myself every now and then for
not having accepted his proposition Of SIS
week straight and left il To somebody
else to teach humility to great American
humorist. detroit Free Press.
The record-union., 1893-02-22

Captain Mckay of the Umbria has
nothing of the seaman about his manner
or uniform, appearing on board his own
ship more like passenger than an officer.
He is short, slightly built man, with q
pale face and black hair, and is as quiet
and reserved as a travelling clergyman.
The record-union., 1893-02-22

F. 81. WELD, an old and respected in
surance agent of New Haven, CT, had
rheumatism over fifty years, until Hoods
Sarsaparilla cured him. For three years
now he has not had an attack.
The record-union., 1893-02-22

Merchant-Now here is piece of goods
that speaks for itself. Uncle Hayseed-
Well, that wouldn't suit Mandy. She
likes to do her own talkin'.
The record-union., 1893-02-22
NIaSpaUni.

Mascagni was recently asked by a
newspaper interviewer il he had any
special aims or views regarding the mu-
sic of the future in Italy. He responded
The record-union., 1893-02-22
FARM And ORCHARD.
Alfalfa Without Irrigation-Stock
Fatten Upon 1t.

Raising Onion Sets-The Great Diff1-
Guilty In Growing Them is the
Tendency of Producing Scullions-
Turkeys. and How to Raise Them
Upon Good Stock Depends Your
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ISOLATION IN FARM.

Isolation is the curse of the farming
community; it makes people stupid,
ignorant and selfish. 1t has a ten
dency to harden and deaden all
of the natural affections and creates
morbidity, and destroys the high and
holy desire to aspire to better things
1t is said contentment is one of the
greatest Christian virtues, but con-
tentment that depends on isolation
is on sandy foundation, and, sooner
or later, must come to grief. How many
farmers have we known who in their
younger days were generous, noble fel-
lows, leaders in church, Sabbath school
and literary societies, always ready to
help others up the rugged pathway of
life, and when duty called were ready
to defend their country at The peril OF
their lives and we have seen these same
farmers settle down in some backwoods
place, shut Off comparatively from inter-
course with their fellows, ard in short
time they had grown into selfish, morose,
hardened things, careless of the world at
large, shutting their eyes and purse to the
calls of charity, and striving only to ac-
quire the almighty dollar" These
farmers will eternally grumble at their
taxes and family expenses, and will
work their wives and children early and
late and all the time, and deny them any
of those little pleasures, without which
life is not worth the living, and all in
order to get mortgage on his neighbor's s
farm, with the hope OF gobbling it up
some day.
From the beginning man was socia-
BILE animal, and all history proves that
men lived in groups and towns, and the
tendency in our own country is in the
same direction. Men must come into
contact with each other to sharpen their
wits, brighten their inteilectS and refine
| the feelings and affections. Destroy our
churches, Sabbath-schools, literary So
cieties and kindred institutions, and
where would society be in another gener-
direction. Take community OF
wealthy farmers, where all strive
to outdo each other in grasping after
houses and lands, and you will generally
find things in a precarious condition, so
| far as religious, moral and intellectual
! things are concerned. You will often
! find ignorance and boobyism of the
densest sort in such communities.
The selfish farmer cares little for his
! family only as a money-making machine:
he has isolated himself from the world,
and what cares he for the feelings or opin-
ions of others, so long as he can intrench
himself behind his bank-notes? His
soul, generally, Is so small that it would
rest on the point of pin, figuratively
speaking. He would see his children,
after toiling for him all the best years oi
their lives, sink into the lowest depths oi
poverty, and never stir finger to help
them. Floods, fires, tamines and dis
eases may ravage the world, but the
appeal to him for help falls OF
deaf ears; isolation and self are his
only. Why. even in heaven the re.
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an interim Of field work during the Neg
Perces expedition Of issT- lie was men,
Der Of the Havana yellow fever conn
mission in 1879. and served GA
special dgty with the national board
oil health until August, issi, when he
was ordered 10 the department Of
California, serving as past surgeon At Fort
Mason until May. I.ss. lie VAS attending
surgeon and examiner of recruits at balii-
more until f-ss. when he Was made deputy
surgeon general. In 1885 he was q dele
gate from the United States to the inter
nationa! sanitary conference 81 Rome, and
Was detailed nv President Cleveland TO
make Investigations relative 10 the canse
and prevention OF yellow fever In pur-
snauee OF this line OF study he visited
Brazil and Mexico in f..7, aud Cuba in
i->~ aud l..s
Gen. s.ernberg ia an honorary member
of the American Society Of Medicine, Of
the ARCHAEOLOGICAL Society Of London. Of
the Royal Academy OF Medicine Of Eoras.
and of the Imperial Academy Of Medicine
al Eto ia JAne,r9.
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the demands of The next decade. A
Measure Of economy they decided 20 make
it Ere proof. thereby saving heavy annual
insurance tai. also protecting by the same
means their helpless charges from danger
Of the most terrible. Of eli deashs-by ere.
Having decaded On all these points
they called in Architect Ritchis, Who had
given them excellent sasisfaetion In the
building of the courthouse. and commits
stoned hin 70 prepare plans for snch .
building. This action on the part Of the COM
missioner has caused no little criticism on
thu part Ut other architscts and builders,
Who mainsained that the plans should hare
bsen selected BY competition. Mr.. Gasch
replies % this that Mr.. Richie Was en-
ployed because he was known 70 have the
ability to carry ont the carefully devised
plans Of the board and had their entire
confidence. Mr.. Richie prepared the
plans which, after numerous changes
and notifications 70 meet revised
ideas and enlarged knowledge, were &C.
eepted Then bids for the construction
were called for and the contract Was
awarded on April IL to John Rigby. who
built the jefferson and Thursfon county
Courthouse, for $40, 400. his bid being sew.
erai thousand dollars lower than that Of
any Of his competitors. although within .
very few hundred dollars of the architects
estimate. The letting Of the con-
tract 70 Rigsy also called forth
howl from dsfsased competitors,
who said there must surely b
. lob" in il If the successful man could
undsrbid them % badly. The commits
sioners. however. silenced this cry by
placing James Hart, Of Auburn, IN charge
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side and Windows on both sides. opening
70 the front and On 10 the mems open
court At the opposite end Of the dsy
room . door Ieads into the mems stair
hall and cross hall A door opens from
the stair hall into the open court The
stairs are built in three flights for each
story. with two square grarser-surn land
ings. and land In the cross hail directly
above this one. The stairs eurround
three sides Of N elevator shaft, AIS feet in
hydraulic power elevator for carrying sick
another. The elevator is TO be Of such
shape and size ~ to allow the carrying Of
the patient on stretcher or cot.
To the front Of the cross hall 1t each
corner Of this wing OF the building is .
room for aged or crippled inmates. with
the main hall leading TO . front entrance
Of this wing Of the bni.ding; between these
rooms and a. the end Of the cross hall il
another room for the same purpose. All
Of these three rooms are l2xl6 feet in size
and each has IN open fireplace or CRATE in
one corner.
To the rear Of the cross hall and on the
right side Of the main hall is situated the
mems toilet. wash and bath room. l2xl2
feet in size. for this floor, in which ara
two closets. three urinais, . tripie-bowi
washstand. . slop sink and two bath tubs.
All are fitted with hot and cold water.
good and durable fixtures and the latest
system Of SOIL waste and vent plumbing
connections TO sewer and vent stacks
From the rear end Of the main hall in this
wing pair OF double doors open into the
mems dining room, 3Ix3S feet in size,