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The record-union., 1894-07-14
Russian omcials Fear Turtle Doves.

Russian Officials Fear Turtle Doves.
Most people regard the turtle dove as
an ideally innocent creature, but the Rus
sian Minister of War evidently looks
upon it as as positive danger to the sta
bility of the Cars dominions. A lady
prestidigitator from the Folles- Bergere
Paris, was travelling to st. Petersburg to
ful6ll an engagement in that city. Along
with her she carried number of turtle
doves for professional purposes. but on
reaching the Russian frontier these were
seiEed In virtue of the War ministers
order-really aimed at the suppression of
carrier pigepns-prohibitin the intro
duction of any kind of pigeon on any
kind of pretext whatever. Prayers and
ex postulations were in vain. but it is a
pleasure to think that the General Com
mandant of the town gallantly undertook
to take good care of the birds until their
owner should recross the frontier
Westminster Gazette.
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the same.

PRENDERGAsT, the assassin of Mayor
Harrison of Chicago. was yesterday pun
ished by death upon the gallows. The
man was crank. no doubt, but precisely
of the kind who are susceptible to fear
and responsible for their acts. The exc
cution of this assassin will therefore serve
to deter others of his order from doing
deeds of violence. The only regret is
that the mercy of the law gave Prender-
CAST SO long a lease of life after the com-
mission of his crime.
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A Doves strange companionship.

''I can recall strange incident that has
never found its way into print,p said q
member Of the New York Congressional
delegation to a Post reporter. ut hap
pened in Long Island, in the Queens
County Jail, and to say the least, In
tinged with a strangeness. Patrick Ca
sey. Long Island City policeman, was an
inmate of the jail, under the sentence
of death for the deliberate murder of his
superior officer. Sergeant Cumiskey.
The present Representative in Congress
from the First Congressional District of
New York. James w. Covert. was Ca
sey,s counsel, and succeeded ia having
his sentence commuted to imprisonment
for life. On the day that Casey was sent
enced 10 death pure white dove flew in
the courtroom window and alightsd on
his shoulder.
1.-THE dove refused to be removed, ac-
companied Casey back to his cell and be-
came his constant companion. At the
same time Charles Ruga, the notorious
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NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Board of Directors of the San Jacinto
and Pleasant Valley Irrigation District, To-
Gated in the County of Riverside and State of
California, win receive sealed proposals, at its
Office in said district at Winchester, Riverside
County, State of California, until the 9TH
DAY OF AUGUST, 1894, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
hundred and thirty thousand two hundred
and fifty dollars ($1S0,250) Of the bonds OF
said district. or any number OF one-twentieth
Q-2O) parts of said am ount of said bonds.
BY order of the Board of Directors of the
San Jacinto and Pleasant Valley Irrigation
District. BY T. w. HUDSON, President.
II. 81 Attest: P. MILLIKEN, Secretary.
iyl3-20t
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The RECORD UNION and WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers on the Coast,
oaltstde Of San Francisco, that re-
eeiCe the full Associated Press Dis
patches from all parts Of the World. Out
side Of San francisco, they have no COM
pststors, either IN influence or home and
general circulation throughout the State.
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NOTICE TO REDITORS.-NoTICE IS
IN hereby given by the undersigned, execu-
trix Of the will of CHARLES SCHWARTZ,
deceased to tho creditors OF and all persons
having claims against said deceased. TO pre-
davits and vouchers, to the undersigned,
within ten months next after the first publi-
cation OF this notice, at the Office OF White,
the City of Sacramento, In the County OF Sac
ramento, State Of California, the same being
the place for the transaotion OF tho business
of said estate,
July Il, 1894. MARY SCHWARTZ,
Exscutrix OF the viii Of chafles SchHarts,
deceased.
WHITE. HUaHxs 4 szYNouR, Attorneys for
Executris. jy14-6t8
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for evidence or information leading to
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every person guilty of any of the crimes
set forth in the Train Wrecking Act
passed by the Legislature Of the State Of
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tuting Section zTs, Penal Code.
A similar reward will be paid for
information or evidence leading to che
arrest or conviction Of any person
shooting at any locomotive engineer or
train upon the lines of the Southern
Pacific Company, with the intent to kill
or injnre any person thereon.
The following is copy Of the above
mentioned Train Wrecking Act:
section 21S Penal Code. Every person
who shall unfawfully throw out switch, re-
move rail or place any obstruction on any
railroad In Inc state Oh CdiiiornlA, VIII the
intention OF derail1ng any passenger, freight
or other train or who shall unlawfulIy board
any passenger train with the intention of rob-
bling the same, or who shall unlawfully place
any dynamite or other explosive material OF
any other obstruction on the track OF any
railroad in the State OF California, with the
intention of blowing up or deraillng any
passenger freight or other train or who shall
unlawfuliy set fire to any railroad bridge or
trestle over which any passenger, freight or
other train must pass. with the intent oi
wrecking said train, upon con nviction shall be
adjudged guilty OF felony and shall be pun
State Prison for life, at the option Of the jury
trying the case"
,v14.1m A. N. TOWNE.
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RICHARD GRAY, Cen Traffic Manager,
T. II. GOODMAN. Gen. PASSENGER AGenh
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21

drove him out. Dash went and lay
down in the garden TO think about it.
Surely his master would set things
right-he would never allow eats in
the garden, much less in the house.
But when Rob showed the kitten TO
his father he, too, strolScd il until it
purred. The cook was told TO give the
little beast milk regularly, and let 1t
curl up by the stove whenever it was
pleased Co visit the kitchen.
If the dog had been in n cage he
might have strangled himself or beat
en- his brains out, as l have known
birds TO do. As IL was, after trying
several times 10 kill the intruder he
sullscd and grew 50 bad tempered that
his mistress became uneasy, lest he
should bite some one Of tlfc family.
1t was little Rob who suggested n
cunning plan. The cat should be kept
In the kitchen, and II should be Dash
who should keep her there. In short,
Dash should be made the cats guar
dian.
The plan worked 20 n charm. Dash
soon grew proud OF his duty of looking
after Tippie. When She became a thief,
as most good mousers do, he would
chase her out Of mischief. When he
saw her on the table he would reach
up, catch her In his mouth and set her
down on the floor. lie did this several
times, but as she did not seem Go mind
IL, one day hc shook her before letting
90. That made her understand.
would run 90 meet him every morning,
jumping up and catching his nose
between her forcpaws and sometimes
throwing them round his neck, as IL
she were bugging him. He would play
with her by turning her over on her
back, holding her down with his paw
and then pretending TO bite her, but he
novcrhurt her.
Nor would lac let others punish her IL
he thought she did not deserve IT, One
day her mistress, who spoiled them
both, grew tired OF the cats moving
when she was not hungry, and was
only asking for food because she
smcllcd IL, and 20 teach her better at
tempted 70 put her out into the snow.
Dash ran 10 the rescue. lie snatchcd
Tippie out OF the ladys arms and car
rked her over 60 the corner where she
slept Then he ran back 70 his mistress
wagging his tail, Us much as TO say:
'Shc won't bother you any more, take
my word for it,
SO they lived until Tippic, the cat,
and Dash. the cat hatcr. died Of old
age. And all this camc about because
little boy understood the strong
points Of a dogs nature. Margaret
Compton, In ST. Louis Republic.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21
POLITICAL DRIFT.

tB-The democratic party is all
sugared with the same stick, from the
sugar-curcd administration down. -
Philadelphia Press
GsS-Thc democratic idea OF relieving
distress is 90 nominate rich men for
Office on n promise 10 bleed freely for
the benefit OF the party. Louis
Globe Democrat
~ Under Harrison the treasury had
n sufficient stock OF both gold and sil-
YER Under Cleveland its stock OF sill
yer is discrcdited, and its stock Of gold
is in constant peril OF evaporation. N.
Y. Recorder.
esS-Thc scarcest thing in politics this
year is cheering for Cleveland in dem
ocratic conventions. When his name
is mentioned, the response Is faint and
perfunctory, and the subject Is changed
as soon as possible st. Louis Globe
Democrat
- Every republican will hope the
story is true that Cleveland hopes TO
make Gresham the next democratic
presidential candidate. There Is no
more unpopular man in the United
States to-day, nor one whom IL would
be easier 10 defeat Toledo Blade.
sT-Democrats will be glad To know
that tho veterans of the war are dying
rapidly, and we should hear no more
OF the democratic jest with regard to
the long life OF pensioners. During
the last year the payments for pen
sions have amounted to only Si4i. 000,-
600, or some SIS, 600, 900 less than the
appropriations. Chicago Journal
gE-The platform OF the national re
publican league, adopted In Denver. is
a strong and clcar-cut cnunciation Of
republican doctrine. II embraces pro-
lection for labor and capital, rcci-
procity. fair wages. opposition TO cor
poration rule in the nation and in the
state. gratitude TO the union veteran,
sound money. with silver on an equal
ity With gold, practical civil service re-
form. and the assertion OF American
ideas In American affairs-a creed that
will meet tho enthusiastic endorse
ment OF republicans everywhere. To
ledo Blade.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21

young man with practical lknowl-
edge in his head, skill in his hands, and
health in his body IS his own letter Of
recommendation, diploma and refer
cnce. Mix him up with sixty thousand
other people, and you can find him
again, he will have the habit Of being
on top. Throw him naked on n desert
island, and he will be at the head OF
something. lie does not 20 whining
up and down the land blaming fortune
and saying he has no chance, but goes
out and does something, and goes out
again and does IL again better. Boys
and men that do something definite,
either with head or hands, are the boys
and men that are wanted, and tho de-
mand is as great here and now rs ithas
been any timo since tho beginning.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21

have met Iran him through with my
sword, and left him for dead upon tho
field I was forced to fly, with my
seconds. The physician was .
stranger TO me. . friend of his. He
sent me a paper later, marked with an
account OF the duel, and the death or
my opponent. went abroad. Before
leaving tried Co see her-the woman
we had fought for. knew that she
loved me. and not him"
He paused-and was silent so long
that thought he had forgotten me. 1
made little movemnt 10 attract his
attention. He looked up at me and
smiled again.
II have been back In tho long ago"
he said. There are pleasant memo
ries there, as well as sad ones. II Is
much TO know that you were once
loved by pure woman. knew that,
for she told me SO I'm little note that
have always kept. Nothing can take
that knowledge from me. But she
said that she could never marry man
who had the blood of another on his
hands and on his soul"
Again he paused and seemed TO
dream. and l respected and did not
break the silence.
III have seen her many times since, I"
he began again, presently, 'as one sees
the stars away off in the unreachable
heavens. But never TO touch her hand
her garments, even; not even TO
speak with her, except as we have met
and passed In the street. She has
never married. and j know that she
has grown old, still loving me, as
have grown old, loving her.
After this he asked me 10 tell him
what / had done, and / did this as
briefly as could.
you say he has not long 70 liVeP
WIN you come with me2'
He started up eagerly, drawing on
his coat. We went out together and
led the way To the hospital, where
had left the other
The touch OF human sympathy that
we had given him had mellowed the
poor outcast, aud silenced his jeers.
The meeting between the two men
was affecting. The long years seemed
! blotted out, and their hands clasped,
as they had done in their youth. The
stranger had grown weaker since
left him.
~ am dying, Willis" he said broken
ly; ''it may los but matter OF a few
hours. have wronged you, and
want your forgiveness. / know what
| have made your life. ] have been
wretched, and weak, and miserable as
any dog that walks the earth. But
accept It all Rs the just reward FOR
what / did. provoked you beyond
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21

spoon-turkeys are mighty partic'-
lar" as the colored people say; but IL
you don't take them the crows or the
setter dog will. You must leave her
NEST egg" OF course, and above all
things the hen must not see you do
this, for you and she are playing at
hide-and-seek.
Some day you will find her sitting ON
the nest, crouched down close 20 the
ground, with a scared look in her pretty
brown eyes. Don't say word; trip
noiselessly away, and late that evening
give her back those speckled eggs, slip.
ping them under her with your hand.
She will pluck you, but do not mind
that; you and she will be friends some
day.
Once i made turkey sit in hen.
house where there was many a rat
hole. She had been on the eggs four
weeks when little turkey voices were
heard beneath her and little turkey
heads peeped out from among her
breast feathers When took her up
by both wings such pluclsing and pick.
ing and scratching as she did, looked,
and beholdl not "A turkey chicK was
there. The little things just out OF
the she'll, obeying the wild instinct OF
their nature, had "scootedn in the
twinkling Of an eye, leaving a nest OF
empty shells / hunted all over the
henhouse, but no sight or sound OF
them could be heard, but, as turned
away, heard the old hen calling soft
~; then, more softly still, came the
answers and from ratholcs, from wisps
Of scattered straw, from chips, from
cracks and from corners the little ones
came creeping back 90 the nest. 1
caught them, though, after all, and did
as an old woman told me. With my
finger nail / scratched off the little
pip" at the end OF each tiny bill, and,
holding the little turkey firmly and
placing n finger in the bill 60 keep IL
open, crammed the little pip-which
looks like piece OF meal husband n
whole grain OF black pepper down each
little throat The black pepper makes
them warm. Then the young turkeys
are treated 10 a dab Of salt grease and
snuff, mixed together in brown paste,
first on the top OF each head and then
under each little throat. Their food IL
now 20 be wet corn meal and chopped
garlic on onion tops-with an OCCASION
al seasoning Of black pepper on damp
days. How those little turkeys like
onion tops! They actually sQucai with
delight when they smell them. What
tussling when two or three are hanging
on 10 the same piccel What funny
little things they arcl-so weak in their
legs. so easily upset, yet so strong In
their bills You can lift little turkey
off the ground with an onion top II no
once gets a firm hold.-Mary II. Cox, In
ST. Nicholas.
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human endurance, compelled you to
fight, because l hoped 90 kill you.
When fell, IL would have been only
right II had died. But lived, saved
through the cxertions OF my physician,
and then together we made mp that
lie, and sent IL To you. / knew what
that would do. Then, when | was
well again, / drank and gamblcd until
poverty and the devil claimed me,
wholly; until became the ruin you
now see. / did not think ever TO cross
your path again, but am glad that IL
has happened so. can die easier for
having said this"
The Old Beau put his arms about
the dying man. and his face down
close beside him, and l heard him
whisper:
"My dear Edgar. let the dead past
bury it's dead"
We remained with him through tho
rest OF that night, and through the fol-
lowing day. and through the next night.
lie grew gradually weaker, and his life
went out just as the sun OF a new day
had risen. When IL was all over, we
went back to the club and there my
friend wrote brief note.
"Will you take IL TO this address, he
asked me; "but walt, he added you
Ahould have the right 70 read this"
lie unfolded the paper and laid IL
before me. and | looked and saw these
words:
THE hand OF God has turned back
| the leaves OF the book of tho past.
have Just come from the deathbed OF
| Edgar Freeman. We were friends
again, at the last; and my hands and
my soul are free from his blood. May
l come TO your
When had read this saw already
the dawning Of new and glorious
day for the old Beau, as l trust one
had already dawned for the poor out
cast went with light heart, with
speeding feet.
/ had thought TO find an old woman
"A woman grown old before her time.
But found her In the sweet and full
maturity OF womhnhood. / will not
try and tell you Of her. She was
worthy TO have been served for seven
times the seven years that Jacob
served for Rachael.
l was her slave from the moment
that saw her. could have fallen
down at her feet and worshiped her
when she said 20 mo:
"Ho must love you, or he would not
have trusted you with this message.
Tell him that wait for his coming"
Shall | tell you the rest2 No,
think I will not. But l may say 10
you that think my friend has found
the Fountain OF Youth; for his step Is
lighter, his eye brighter, his smile
more Joyful. his voice merrier and his
heart more full OF the milk OF human
kindness even than IL was before. Yet
his gain Is my loss, for there are nc
more coy hours In the club alcove
and no more stories OF the Old Beau.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21

The steamer from Newport 10 Provl-
dencc, Il. l., had n passenger the other
day which escaped the notice OF tho
purser and paid no fare. On the arrival
OF the steamer peculiar noise was
heard in the paddle box, and investiga-
tion revealed the presence Of a very
disconsolatc and much-bcdraRgled cat,
and its appearance gave conclusive evil
dcnce that il had mndc n very unpleas-
ant trip. It's own mother would prob
ably not have recognized IL, but after
IL had been taken out and dried II WINS
found 20 be the feline pet OF the New
port agent OF the line. IL was sent
back on the next trip TO its master In
much mare comfortable quarters. and
the purscr says IL purred all the way.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A CAT Halter CURED.
How Daah Learned 60 Take Caro- of Ills
Mistress Pussy.

How Dash Learned 20 Take Caro- of Ills
Mistress Pussy.
Dash was n Gordon setter who had
enjoyed the full confidence OF all the
members of large household for half
n Nfetime-that is TO say, half a dogs
lifetime. From puppyhood he had been
petted and treated as n person OF inn
portance.
He had many pleasures, but the
greatest waS being sent scampering
down the long garden in pursuit OF
cats ignorant that this particular piece
OF ground belonged TO a dog
Dash's master dislilSed cats almost as
much as the DOG, and as these animals
made havoc with his flowers, breaking
down his favorite rose trees and lying
In the midst of his Canterbury bells,
perhaps his dislike was no more 10 be
condemned than the dogs. However
that may DO, the moment n cats nose
or tail appeared at any corner OF the
garden wall Dash was summoned TO
give chase. Cats and the legs of the
ioeman were two morsels that Dash
longed 10 taste. The man had acci-
dentally hit the dog with piece Of ice
which no was throwing away, and on
another occasion he had shaken his
tongs at him.
One day Dash bounded into the sit
ting-room in answer 90 call from his
mistress and found her petting little
ball OF black fur, which on being set
down on the floor In front of him
bumped up its back and Missed at him
like n snake. A catl Dash could not
believe his eyes. How kind Of the mis-
tress TO give him sich treat. lie
priclSed up his ears and wagged his tail
and then pounced toward the kitten,
but before he could seize IL he was
struck sharp blow by little Rob and
called bad dogl" by Robs mother.
Worse even than that, his mistress
picked up the kitten and stroked IT,,
while she stamped her foot at him and
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21
A nRAINlEss PARTY.
Democrats Lack Even the Elementary
Principles OF statcsmanship.

Democrats Lack Even the Elementary
Principles OF statcsmanship.
10 Is becoming very evident, II there
was ever any doubt about IL. that
there Is not room in the United States
for two protectionist parties at the
same time The democratic party
must have discovered this before 1t
framed and adopted tho Chicago plat
form, and by various devices. some Of
them not particularly reputable, made
their opposition 10 protection win in
1892. No sooner, however, had they
undertaken 20 put their frce-trnde
theories into practice than they
found nearly the whole coun-
try arrnyed solidly against them.
The very fear OF what they
might do created n paralysis Of
domestic industry. n withdrawal OF
capital, and n shrinkagc In the de-
mand for labor, accompanied, ncces-
sarily, by reduction in wages. Then
the democratic party grew frightened
at the demon u had involved and ncd
for refuge 10 the fortress OF protection.
But instead OF knocking az the gate
and demanding entrance. a. climbed
over the walls and sneakcd through
the wiclxets. and even when inside de-
MED that 10 had asked shelter OF pro
lection aud asserted that II still adj
hercd TO the banner OF what IL called
tariff reform.
We are strongly IN favor Of educa-
ton, but we maintain that congress IL
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21

not the place TO teach wouid-be states
men the elementary principles OF
statesmanship. Some little knowledge
of everyday affairs, some little power
OF reasoning. some modicum of COM
mon sense Is necessary in congress-
The proper place for this party OF inn
becility is the lower grades OF the pub
lie schools They need some little
foundation OF brains before they at
tempt TO handle serious questions
San Francisco Argonaut.