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The record-union., 1894-10-02
THE STATE FAIR
What the "California Turf'' Has tc
Say Concerning It.
california Turf

california Turf
The State Fair which closed a. Sacra-
mento two weeks ago was by tar the most
successful that has taken place in recent
years-successful in point of attendance
of all-round excellence in the general
character OF the exhibition, in the quality
of the racing, and above all, in the execu-
tive ability which permeated the entire
arrangements and brought the affair off
with an eclat that will mark the fair of
1894 as pre-eminent in the long line of
most excellent shows given by the par
ent Agricultural Society OF the State and
which leads all others in the Union in the
matter of such very necessary adjuncts
to important industries.
Too much praise cannot be given the
Association for its liberality toward the
trotting horse breeders IN the valuo of
the FuturIty Stake and it is 10 be regretted
that the outlay in this direction cost them
so dearly. Still, it shows the spirit that
animateS the Directors, who have but one
object in view, no matter what pecuniary
loss to the organization be involved there.
in-the offer OF sufficient and satisfactory
inducements to breeders, and the conse-
quent advancement of the interests OF all
connected with the horse raising busi-
ness.
President John Boggs and Secretary
Edwin +. Smith may well be proud oi
the results of their labors on behalf of the
agriculturIsts and horse breeders of this
great State. To them belongs mighty
need of praise.
The record-union., 1894-10-02
BOARD OF SURVEY.
1t Makes Its Report to Adjutant-Gen-
eral Allen,

1t Makes Its Report to Adjutant-Gen-
eral Allen,
The Board of Survey which was held in
August upon lot of regimental property
belonging to the Third Infantry, n. G.
c., has sentlts report to Adjutant- General
Allen.
The report is filed by Major V. D. Da-
boce, who presided over the board, and it
states that the board finds that about
thirty tents are unservioeable and beyond
repair, while many others can be repaired.
Two hundred uniforms are also con-
demned as being worn out and unfit for
service, and it is also recommended that
number of articles of camp equipage be
turned in for repair.
The condemned articles will be replaced
as soon as possible by new ones, the uni
forms being Of the pattern now used by
the United States Army, made from pat
terms furnished by the Quartermaster-
General
The record-union., 1894-10-02
WEATHER AND CROPS
The Recent storm-Last Crop BulIe
OF the Season.

The Recent Storm-Last Crop Bulletin
OF the Season.
Director Barwick of the California
Weather Service. in his crop bulletin for
the week ending October lst, summarizes
as follows:
The average temperature for the week
was: For San Francisco "a, Eureka 56o,
Red Bluff, Sacramento and Fresno 60o Los
Angeles 90, San Diego 620.
The total rainfall for the week was ::
For San Francisco Los inches, Eureka
1.90. Red Bluff 1.20. Sacramento 0.Ss,
Fresno 0.S0, San Luis Obispo 1.90, Los
Angeles 0.70, and San Diego nothing.
AS compared with the normals, very
great excess is shown at all points, ex-
cept San Diego, where slight deficiency
prevails.
The average temperature, as compared
with the normals, show heat deficiencies
ranging from 12o at Fresno to 80 at Los
Angeles, while Eureka shows an excess
of2o.
AS the storm of the 29th and 30th was
the first of the season, and also is the total
fer the month Of September, q comparison
The record-union., 1894-10-02
TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
That of the w. c. L. u. to Meet Her,
on Monday Next.


Active work is being done to receive
and entertain delegates to the State Con-
vention of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, to be held in this city at
the First Baptist Church from the Sth to
the 18th of this month.
a large delegation is expected, and the
following Committees of Arrangements
have been appointed. The list heretofore
published was not complete:
Entertainment-Mrs. Williamson, Mrs.
Stalker, Mrs. Hutchinson.
Church Entertainment-Mrs. M, E.
Tryon, Mrs. NJ. A. Coughlin.
Bureau of Information-Mrs, S, c.. Os-
born, Mrs. c. Condo.
Ushers-Miss Condo, Miss Schadt, Miss
Schubert, Miss Woods.
Postoffice, Telephone and Telegraph
| Mrs. B. +. Tade.
Decorations-Mrs. jerks, Mrs. Mer rill.
| Miss Kaiser, Miss Rush.
Press-Mrs. M. L. Tryon, Mrs. M. A.
Coughlin.
Hotel Rates-Mrs. S. B. Smith. Mrs. G..
| Schadt.
Music-Mrs. NJ. E. jerks, Mrs. Brand.
Reception Committee at Trains-Mrs.
Hattie Jones, Mrs. Stalker, Mrs. s. ID.
Smith. Mrs. Cross. Mrs. j. A. Barrett.
Reception at the Church-Mrs. S. c..
| Osborn. Mrs. G. Condo, Mrs. Il. Schadt.
| Mrs. Hopson. Mrs. E. q. Yoerk.
COMMITTEES on Badges-Mrs. Condo.
/ Mrs. Hutchinson.
! Finance-Mrs. G. A. Stoddard. Mrs. T.
| NJ. Tracy.
The following named persons have
been invited to give addresses of welcom 9
| to the convention: On behalf of the w
C. L. o., Mrs. E. B. Purnell; i. o, G. T..
George B. Katzenstein; Y. M, c. A..
Charles NJ. Campbell; Y. w. C. A., Miss
c. Schubert; Clergy, Rev. r. Nj. Steph-
enson; Board of Education, President
Winfield J. Davis: Catholic Temperance
Association, Rev. Father Grace; welcome
to the First Baptist Church, Rev. DR..
Banks; song of welcome, by Loyal Le-
gions.
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SundrieS.
We carry every School Book used
in the High and Public Schools:

Pencil Tablets, ruled, So pages, &C.
Companion Books, IS pages. press
board covers, size 68xS9. Price, &C.
Ruled Manila Pads, size 5xS. Price, &C.
Ink Tablets, &c; larger and finer, price,
I0c.
Ink Tablets, letter size and good quail
ity, I5c.
Bookkeeping Blanks, good quality, press
board covers, 80 pages-Day Book,
Cash Book, Journal and Ledger,
each oc
School Companions, round box, 4 pieces.
Price, &C.
School Companion Puzzle Box, 4 pieces.
Price, &c.
Plain Cedar Lead Pencils, &c dozen.
Oiled Cedar Pencils, rubber tips, &C. a
dozen.
Round Lead Pencils, rubber tips, W. &
L. brand, 25c dOzeE.
A. W. Faber'S School Drawing Pencils,
H, HH, HHH, HHH, Sc EACH
DiX0n's Artist aud Drawing Pencils, &c
each.
Slate PenciIs-C0mm0n Pointed Slate
Pencils, &C a dozen; Cedar Covered
Slate Pencils, &c dozen.
Rubber Stick Erasers, each &c, &c, 2
and SC.
Pencil and Ink Erasers, &c.
The record-union., 1894-10-02
THE SCROGGS ESTATE.

Third Petition to Administer There
on Has Been Filed.
John c. Scroggs has petitioned the Su-
perior Court for letters of administration
on the estate of Alexander Scroggs, Sr,
deceased.
Three petitions for letters of admins
tration on the estate have already been
hled, ana the contest will be an interest
ing one when it comes up in court.
The other two petitions have been filed
by Alexander Scroggs, Jr., and Almira
j. Reichert, children, together with John
c. Scroggs, of the deceased.
The record-union., 1894-10-02
Estnres IN Probate.

David Jenkins and Mary Tullar. ex-
ecutors of the estate of T. c. Tullar, de-
ceased, have filed their final account and
report i'll the County Clerks Office. There
remains in the hands of the executors for
distri button the sum Of $4,000.
Amelia Gassman. administrators of the
estate of Louis Gassman, deceased. has
filed her final account and petition for
distribution. There remains in the hands
of the administrators to be distributed
the sum of Sl65.
The record-union., 1894-10-02

School Bags, medium size, fair quality,
IOc; same as above, extra quality,
2oc.
Drawing Sets. consisting of pieces,
lacquered brass, in hardwood, plush
lined box, soc.
Midnight Black Ink, per bottle, sc.
Sanford's Students Premium Writing
Fluid, Sc.
PenhOlders-Stained Cedar PenhOlders,
plain, per dozen, &C; Enameled PEN
holders. each &C.
Rulers-Ia-inch lockwood. &C.
P. D. & S. Copybooks-ShOrt course,
Nos. and 3, each &c; large cOures,
Nos. 2, 3, q S, and 7, each SC.
BarthOlOmew's Drawing Books, small,
Nos. /, 2, 3, 4, each &c; large, Nos. S,
g Z 8, 9, 10, each Sc.
Single Slates-WOOd Frame 6x9, &C;
wood frame, SxI2, &c; felt covered
wood frame, 6xo, SC; felt covered
wood frame, SxI2, I5c; felt covered
wood frame, 0xI3, zoe.
Double States - Felt covered wood
frame, silicate, SC; felt covered wood
frame, regular, 6x0, I5c; felt covered
wood frame, regular, 7xII, 2oc.
Students Notebooks, end open, manila
paper, ruled, press board cover, size
6xo, SC.
The record-union., 1894-10-02
See Here /

Owing to the large demand for the
Landscapes" by the Phenomenal Artist
at 9I3 X street, he will remain the balance
OF this week, giving free exhibitions of
his marvellous talent every evening
Also the Mexican exhibit of the foreign
department for sale at less than import
price. consisting of Mexican and Aus
tralian opals, fine handmade linen
drawnwork, magic lucky stones. cat eyes,
silver filigree jewelry, feather cards and
a large stock of Mexican curios. Re-
member the place, 9l3 X street.
The record-union., 1894-10-02
EVRRYBoDY,s COLUMN.

Correspondence of Interest to the
General Public.
Under this heading the RECoRD-UNIoN will
publish short letters from correspondents on
topics OF interest 10 the general public. The
matter In these communications will be un-
derstood TO represent only the views of the
writers. All communications must be accom-
panied by the name of the writer, not for
publication unless SO desired. but as guaran-
Tee OF good faith.-EDS.
The record-union., 1894-10-02
Asks a Change of Yenne,

The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Company, against which suit was brought
by Susan Mitchell Harvey for the recov-
cry OF $4,000, alleged to be due on an in
surance policy in favor OF the late DR.
Obed Harvey, has petitioned the Superior
Court for change of venue TO San Fran
The record-union., 1894-10-02

INTELLIGENT people, who realize the
important part that blood holds in keep
ing the body in normal condition, find
nothing strange in the mum Der of diseases
that Hoods Sarsaparilla is able to cure.
The record-union., 1894-10-02
Reopening OF the schools.

To-day the city public schools will re-
open after two-months' vacation, dur
ing which it is hoped both teachers and
pupils have profted by rest and healthful
recreation.
The record-union., 1894-10-02

The steamer Jacinto came down the
river yesterday morning, having in tow
the barge Dakota with about 5000 sacks
of wheat aboard.
The record-union., 1894-10-02

MARRIED ladies try Seguro. Take no
substitute, See general notice column. =
The record-union., 1894-10-02

insanity and on their advice Judge John
son committed him to the Stockton Asy-
lum. He was found roaming about the
Rancho del Paso.
The record-union., 1894-10-02

TRY McMorry's Teas. They are the
best in the market 63l NJ street.
The record-union., 1894-10-02
Committed to stockton

Henry Brown was examined by Drs.
Huntington and Gardner yesterday for
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-06
VOL CANOES I'm ALASKA.
Iora Than Two score of Them Have
IL. ..,.1, In, H.. Hresent GfntnrN.

More Than Two Score of Them Have
Been SctIve In the Present Century.
Recently read an account of bona
fide advertisement in Scandinavian
paper of stupendous volcanoes for sale
for about four hundred dollars, says
writer in the Christian Advocate
They are located in Iceland. Alaska
might glut the market in this aesthetic
article if il were to put all its stock on
sale The number which have been
active within one hundred years is va
riouslv estimated by the authorities |
have consulted as all the way from
forty-five to siNty-one. More than
twelve have been active within TWEEN
tV wears and five at least within four
wears. Among the most Iarka bic Is
Bogorlof. one hundred miles west of
ITnalaska. This, about six hundred
feet high, together with the part of the
island from which it rises, has come
up out of the sea within few years.
and constantly sends out steam and
smoke. MakuShin, on | Inalaska,
though snOw-cOvered. pourS out inn
mense volumes of steam and milk
white smoke, visible on a clear day
nearly sixty miles at sea. Alutan acts
like geyser, putting at intervals of
few seconds ShiShaldin. on Cunimak
island, a perfect cone s,s55 feet above
the sea, snow-covered, but washed by
the ocean at its base striped down its
siddS with ashes and condensed smoke,
was still smoking.
IC has no foot hills. and its precipi-
tous slopes fail into the great Pacific
ocean on the south and Bering sea on
the north. Elliott says: 1t is wholly
safe to say that Shshaldin is the most
beautiful peak of vast altitude upon
the North American continent.
Pavlof, on the Alaska peninsula, sends
out from the side huge clouds of pitch
black smoke hot enough to melt two
feet of snowfall in few minutes. 1t
puffS at intervals like Il locomotive.
Ilnamna ON the shore of Cooks in t,
is 12.O66 feet high, and constantly
sends out ashes and smoke of brim-
stone. In 1883 Mount st. Augustine,
$50 miles north of kadiah island, was
active, and, according TO the official re-
port of Gov. Knapp, covered the
decks OF ships hundreds of miles ut
sea with ashes" In 1874 Capt. Lehman
was sent to the islands OF the Four
Mountains, west of Umnak, to explore
a cave said to contain mummieS .tof
which he brought seventeen bodies,
now in different museumsl. While on
this trip he discovered on kagamil
island Il volcanic mountain of low
altitude. from which issued jets of
Sulphurous steam. smoke and noXious
gases of such horrible stencil as To
compel him to stand off from shore.
Mount st. Elias sent out smoke and
VappI- in so and in IS4T. when the
earthquake occurred which shook the
whole Sitka region, flame and ashes
came from its summit"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-06
GOLDFISH GALORE.
Portland Boasts single Pile of One Hun
dred and Thirteen Cords.

dred and Thirteen Cords.
Imagine $500 quintals. or $4,000
pounds, or 3D. tons, or 113 cords of
salted cod and pollock. all neatly piled
up in one building. and you will have.
says the Lewiston journal, before Won
the largest stock of fish in the city OF
Portland at the present time. 1t has
all been brought from Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland since the 10th of Octo-
ber. There is one pile of fourteen tons
of special selected Goldfish. They
were big fellows when taken from the
water ana weighed then from 10 to 50
pounds each. Now they weigh from -
to 80 pounds apiece. When they have
been stripped of the skin, carefully
boned, trimmed into slices of faultless
flesh like SO much clean, clear bread or
cheese, and packed in boxes marked
homeless fish" they will weigh from
Il to 10 pounds apiece Such is the
shrinllage of an sO-pound Goldfish into
the perfect food product. In the trim
ming process about 20 pounds of
scrap are removed to every zoe
pounds of the boneless slices. This is.
of course, good food tissue, though it
looks decidedly like '.leavings" 1t. is
Soid ioT apouI cents a pound oOun-
try fish peddlers buy it, sometimes in
100 and $50 pound lots, and sell it to
farmers and villagers, to make into
hash. for about 10 cents pound. The
skins are packed in barrels and sent
away to Gloucester, Mass, where they
are made into glue. They bring about
"a cent and a half pound. The bones
sell for two or three dollars ton and
are hauled over to Cape Elizabeth to be
utilized as a fertilizer for cabbages.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-06

In London, when a lady wearing
tiny silver star meets Il man with Il
silver star, she will say: How dye do.
brother" and he replies: How Il We do.
sister," Either is then privileged to
extend any courtesy or ask any favor
of the other. without the act being
misapprehended- If, for example, she
desires an escort to the theater. sh,
can ask a man to go with her withou-
his thinking she is expressing to,
tlattering preference for his society.
If he wishes her companionship on any
occasion. she accepts it in the spirit it
is offered. The order of the Sill
yer star" says the Evening sun
arises out of the necessities of ::
social civilization. in which men anf
women are more and more indispens
able To- one another. For this the
new organization provides. Otherwise
il il called the ''Anti-Matrimonia in
league" This by no means prohibit
marriage. In fact, it has been callc,
the Ante Matrimonial league" But
this was by persons ineligible to mem
bership- Neither widows nor widow
ers are admitted
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-06
MARRIAGE LAWS.

THE laws of most of our states ap-
pear to show that the responsibility
for the marriage contracts rests on the
parties themselves
MARRIAGE is a contract. but differs
from all others in that it is the only
contract minors can make which in a
court of law viii be held good.
EMPEROR TIBERIUs made an edict
against the marriage of men over sixty
and women over fifty, but so strenuous
were the objections of widows and
widowers that the law was soon re
pealed-
For a clergyman or registrar in Eng
land to celebrate a marriage in a pri-
vate house. except by private license
from the archbishop of Canterbury, Is
felony, and punishable by severe
penalties
THE Scottish marriage law is so loose
that If a lady living with John Smith
i addressed in the presence of Smith
as Mrs. Smith. and answers to the
name, the courts have decided that she
Is legally his wife.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-06
LONGEST OF SWING SPANS.
That Now Being Constructed at Omaha
WI Measure SEQ Feet.

That Now Being Constructed at Omaha
VIII Measure $50 Feet
A bridge is now in course of erec-
ton across the Missouri river. between
East Omaha and Council Bluffs, which
will be rcmaria BILE when completed as
possessing the longest swing span in
the world-five hundred and twenty
feet-being fifteen feet longer than the
swing span of the bridge over the
Thames river, in Connecticut. The
structure has been designed by Prof
j. A. |. Waddell, of Kansas City The
construction of the pier of this swing
span was completed a few months ago
and presented many features of inter
est to engineers. From a long article
in Engineering News it appears that
the work was begun by sinking
steel caisson for a foundation, much as
A. L. Boiler started work on the
swing span of the large bridge in New
York city year ago The outer shell
of the caisson is forty feet in diameter
and the inner twenty feet. the latter
spreading ont at the base to join the
former and thus give cutting edge
Both shells are made of half-inch steel
reinforced at the lower edge, where
they meet, by two bands of inch steel,
two shells were kept I'M their proper
relative positions by braces running
between them, of which there were
twenty in all, made of half
inch plates. The caisSon proper is six
teen feet high. Above this the two
steel cylinders extend to a height of one
hundred feet, making a total of one
hundred and sixteen feet from the cut
ting edge To the top of the cylinder.
Above the caiSSon the plates are re-
duced in thickness to three-eighths of
an inch and are braced by bars and
rods rather than the heavier and more
costly plates required in the lower
part. The friction of the earth aga inst
such long cylinder is very great, and
to reduce it a number of pipes run down
the whole length of the caisson and
shell. These open at the bottom of
the caisson and at intervals of ten feet
above, SO that by forcing water
through them it was possible to di-
minsh the hold of the surrounding
earth on the steel. The space between
the two shells was filled with rubble
concrete. The sinking progressed
with no more than the usual delays;
as the shells went down under the
weight of the concrete placed between
them, aided by the removal of the
earth within by means of bucket
dredgeS. plates were added to the top
until the whole was at the required
depth. The masonry pier built on top
of this cylinder is of limestone backed
by concrete. 1t is thirty feet in
diameter and eighteen and one-half
feet hiph
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pePoPuCATED BY OPIUM.

At the Present Rate That VIII soon BE
the Condition of These French Islands
w. Hoffner, for two years manageF
of the Societe Commerciale, which
owns large stores on the Marquesas and
Dominique islands, lately Arrived here
says the San Francisco Chronicle,
Every two or three months Mr.. Hotf
ner was in the habit of cruising in a
boat around these islands. making nu-
merous landings. This has made him
exceedingly familiar with the islands
and their inhabitants. He says that
the natives are dying off very rapidly
10y reason of the use of opium and that
in short time there will he none left
The past year has made fearful inroad.
on them.
Tile deaths have been so frequent,
said Mr. Hoffner, that lately the
French government has been doing
all it could to suppress the opium
habit. but with meagre success. II
hinders it in some ways. but in TIA,
main it is carried on as before. Th,
French government introduced opium
into the islands about twenty year.
ago. and now a vain effort is being
made to stamp out the evil. II is
however, too late to remedy the
wrong.
The natives are dying off like flies
In ten years, if the present rate o.
mortality keeps up, there will not be
one of them left. The last few years
have been especially severe and made
terrible inroads on the population
Where the natives cannot get opium
To satisfy their cravings. they subSti-
tute a brandy obtained from the co
cocoanut tree. which il even worse than
the product of the poppy juice. The
liquor is nothing, in fact, but the nat
ural sap of the cocoanut tree. The is
landers bore holes in the tree, and tn,
sap almost Immediately begins to run
This process kills the tree, but they do
not care for that. The liquor j.
stronger than opium, and | have seen
the poor native drunk on it and lying
about like dead men for three or four
days
They do not smoke the opium, but
eat it, and in enormous quantities
They eat so much of il and have such
abnormal cravings for il to the exclu-
sion of almost every other desire. that
they do not buy the amount of general
merchandise they ordinarily would. A.
a result, business is bad in the islands
Trade. outside of opium. has fallen off
a great deal, and the people seem t.
have lost the energy and desire To al
vance that they once had 1t iS 50
quiet there now that / think | shall
return to Chilli, where | was before
When the native population is wiped
ont altogether, as now seems To be its
fate. the islands will be an excellent
field for emigration ] am not sure that
at present the French government
would encourage immigration"
Mr. Hoffner says there are now very
few Americans on the islands.
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The Guy Fawkes Ceremonial.

About ten o'clock the picturesque old
pageant of the search for Guy Fawxes
was carried out A party of beefeaters,
in their quaint uniforms and still quaint
er hats, marched up the floor of the house
with lanterns and descended solemnly
by a staircase behind the speakers
chair into the bowels of the earth. there
to search for the shade of Guy Fawkes
or for his successor, if any. 1t was
striking scene, full of color and old
world associations. A few members
asked To be permitted to descend and
take part in the search, but their as
slstance was politely but firmly de
clined by the courteous police officer
who acted as sort of stage manager
of this dramatic little ceremony
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-06
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

He who forgets his own friends
meanly to follow those of higher de-
gree IL a snob--Thackeray
The devil knew not what he did
when he made man polite; he crossed
himself by it--ShakeSpeare-
Do NOT accustom yourself to consider
debt only as an Inconvenience; yOn
Will tind it a calamity.-Johnson-
No TRUE and permanent fame can o1
founded except in labors for the hap
piness and good OF mankind ChATle9
Sumner.
II your eve is on the Eternal yor
intellect will grow. and your opinions
and actions have a beauty which no
learning or combined advantage ol
other men can rival.-EmerSon-
IN troubled water YOU can scarce see
your face, or see it very little till ihe
water be- quiet and stand still; 50 IA
troubled times you can see little trulA'
when times are quiet and settled, then
truth appears--Selden-