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The record-union., 1894-12-25
NATURAL GAS At SEASIDE.
Important Discovery said to Have
Been Made.

Important Discovery Said to Have
Been Made.
A correspondent of the Monterey Ne3c
Era, writing from Seaside, says:
Seaside is all excitement ever won
derful discovery just made, which prom
lses marvellous developments in the near
future. 1t Is found that this whole sec
ton IS natural gas country and wells may
be developed anywhere. Many people
have noticed that streams of bubbles
we're continually arising all around the
lake, but little thought had been given to
1t I'LL Wednesday OF this week, when DIR.
Roberts and our local Bishop constructed
rude gasometer and applied it to num-
Der Of these natural wells and from each
secured fine blaze, gas enough collect
ing in coal Oil can TO keep up continu-
GUS Lame from two six inches in hight,
according to pressure. This test was ap-
piled in some six or eight different places,
some rods apart, and as these phenomena
appear all over the lake, it is reasonable
to suppose that underneath this entire
section are large reservoirs of natural gas
which may be readily utilized. From the
amount collected In a single bottle placed
over one Of these bubble holes it was
computed that if stored for twenty-four
hours 1T would supply a house with a
single jet for an evenings light, and as
there are hundreds of such places where
the gas is continually being given Off,
probably gas enough wastes from this
lake alone to supply Monterey with
nearly halr the gas they consume. And
why should not the adjacent country as
well as the lake be good locations tor gas
wells? Possibly oil may be found as
well as gas? There's millions in it.''
Quite large number of Sacramentans
own property at Seaside and will be
deeply interested in this news. The NelO
Era says:
Our Seaside correspondent furnishes
us this week with most important item
OF news in regard to the finding of natural
gas III that suburb. Should it turn out,
as Is confidently expected, that Dame
Nature has a large Storehouse of gas
there, the boom that is imminent for
this section will have its inception in that
hitherto quiet locality. 1t is more than
possible, If gas is present in any quantity,
that petroleum will be found also. The
probability is that a test we'll will be
sunk at an early date, either by Messrs.
Houghton and Roberts, the PRINCIPAL
owners of realty III the neigh borhood, or
some of the recent purchasers of lots, of
which there have been a goodly mum ber
within the past year. With natural gas
or petroleum-or bOth-at Seaside, the
completion of the Monterey and Fresno
Railroad, the establishment of the Mon
terey Power Company's electrical works,
the use OF electricity as a motive power
our street-car line, and subdiyiding and
placing on the market of large tract of
land by the Z. L. Co., Monterey. will vet
astonish the world with the rapidity of
her progress.
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ADJUSTMENTS

The boS-office of the Clunie Opera
house ought TO be beseiged by ticket buy
ers all the rest of the week, for the
Higgins w aldron Company are present.
ing Faust i'll manner worthy of
crowded houses nightly. For far less
meritorious presentation of Faust" we
have known our people TO pay 81 and
81 80 admission fees. As spectacle it is
very handsome stage picture through
all its many scenes. The scenery is all
new ana exceptionally fine. Artist
Duran has done his best work in this
piece. The prison scenes are excellent
architectural effects; the church view is
one of the best bits of perspective and
toreshortenlng ever shown on a Sacra-
mento stage. The garden scene, the ma
rine view and the Brocken scene are very
handsome, but The finest and most sue
cesstul of all are the transformation and
cloud effects at the close OF the last act,
concluding with "Gates Ajar' and an as
cension that drew round after round of
applause last night-and deseryedIy so.
In the garden scene electric lights are
so used as to make a large flower
plat glow and burn with magical effect
and brilliant color. In the duel
scene electricity is also introduced
IN beautiful surprise, the flashes OF the
electrical current following the three
swords as they are used III the fencing
bout, and the electric sparks flashing
with almost painful vividness. Calcium
lights on the stage and from the gallery
are well worked IN all the scenes. Stage
Mechanic Parker wins much credit for
his stage work, indeed nothing better in
stage work aud scenic effects has been
done by local artists than the effects in
'Faust," as now played at the opera
house. MIR. Hosmer makes a splendid
''Mephisto." 1t affords him fine oppor-
tunity for defamation work, and he
does 1t well. He reads the lines selected
from the great poem in a manner indica-
tive Of intelligent conception of the part
and OF artistic good taste and Judgment.
Indeed, his Mephisto is nearly faultless,
and Is an artistic success that scores him
high credit. Miss Waldron's Marguerite
is an admirable work; she realizes the
spirit ana gentleness and innocence of
the part, and plays it and reads it with
charming effect. 1t is level with some of
the best dramatic work of the order
Mr.. Stuart's Valentine is a manly and
soldierly one and without blemish. Nc
Curdy and Burress and Misses Weld
man. Jackson and Powers give good sup
port. All around. the reading and acting
are good, and as a spectacle the new pres
entation of Faust is g great success.
Harry Mann Post of the Al. Hayman
Dramatic Organization, was in the city
Saturday. He went East from here. He
has arranged for long line OF the best
dramatic events. He has effected ar
rangements so as to play the Hay
man companies at Los Angeles after
San Francisco, then at Fresno, at Oak
land and lastly at Sacramento, so that
the troupe Will not be here Saturday
nights, which will enable full and COM
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HELP THE sTRBBT-CbEANBRs
The Citizens Appealed to to Take Tick
cts and Help the UnemnIoyed

The Citizens Appealed to to Take Tick
cts and Help the Unemployed.
Parts of o and of P streets were sue
cessfully cleaned by the Citizens Com
mittee yesterday, something over sixty
tons of mud being removed.
Tickets are now ready for citizens to
take, to aid the cleaning and at the same
time give the worthy unemployed oppor-
tunity to earn enough to get food. o. p.
Dodge and +. II. Russell offer the tickets
from house TO house These tickets are
ten cents each, and are to be given by the
buyers to men who apply for food. One
OF the unemployed having ticket can get
one hours work in cleaning crossings
and loading mud into wagons as the
scraper heaps it up. At the end OF the
hour he receives five cents in coin from
the committee. and an order for good
nourishing meal. one having two tick cts
can work two hours, and one having
three tickets can work three hours and
get three meals.
This plan furnishes the committee the
necessary la Dor to prosecute its work and
at the same time leeds the hungry. If
tickets are not taken the work will have
To stop, and still the needy must be fed.
Householders should leave means at
home 10 enable housewives to take tick
cts when the solicitors cali 1t Is at once
benetlcent plan and a municipal I'M
proVement these gentlemen are carrying
on. How can one 10 more good with d
dozen dimes on Christmas day than by
their expenditure to feed a dozen men
willing TO work an hour each for a meal,
and VINO else must go hungry?
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CHRISTMAS.

The inn was full at Bethlehem;
busy crowd were there;
And some were rich, and some were wise
And some were young and fair;
But who or what they were to-day
There Is not one to care;
But III the caLJie'S manger
There lay baby stranger
Soft nestled, like a snowwhite dove among
the scented hay;
And 10. through Him was given
Our song to Earth and Heaven
The song two worlds together sing upon q
Christmas Day:
Glory to God. GOOD will to men!
. listen, Wake it once again!
Peace upon Earth! Good will to men!"
They sing it, those who sang it first,
The angels strong and high;
They sing, in shining white, the saints,
Who died long years gone by,
And all the f1uttering cnerub throng,
The children OF the sky:
They sing, the patient, waiting souls
VINO stl Faiths conflicts know
They sing, Life's happy InnocentS,
Their faces all agloW;
One melody fills Heaven above
And floats from Earth below,
The song OF That sweet stranger
Who, il the cattles manger
Lay, nineteen hundred years ago among the
scented nay!
All sin and wrong forgiven,
Earth seems close kin of Heaven
And sweet two worlds together sing upon a
Christmas Tf1-i
Marian Il slas, in Harper's Bazar.
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ERlEF NOTES

James Sabin has been fined g 90 for
battery on K. w. Miller.
Nineteen cars of tea from the Orient
passed through this city last night ell
route TO the East.
William Cohen was fined S2 80 in the
Police Court yesterday for disturbing the
peace OF q. krinkle.
Andrew Smith was arrested yesterday
by Officer rutherford for battery on a
boy named Philip krepper.
The Sisters OF st. Joseph's Academy re-
turn thanks TO the Grocers' Union for a
Christmas donation OF S3S -.
Windy" O'Hare and Edward Everton
engaged in rough-and-tumble fight on
h street, between Front and Second, last
evening, and were arrested by Officer
rutherford.
George NJ. Mott. manager of the local
house OF Ii. 5. Crocker d Co., has filed in
the superior Court, through his attorney,
tAioert Nj. Johnson, his answer to the
complaint of Bernard Ruhl in the suit
brought by the latter against Mott to de-
clare void sale OF certain country prop
erty on the ground that its value was mis-
represented. The answer embraces gem
eral denial of the allegations in the COM
pIaint,
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ROYAL BAKING POWDER.
KNIFE STEALERS.
Two Stores Robbed. But Officer Maley
Gets the Thieves.

Two Stores Robbed. But officer Maley
Gets the Thieves.
Sometime yesterday afternoon or last
evening thief entered the hardware
store of II. X. Wallace 4 Co., on street,
near Ninth, and abstracted a sample card
of pOcket-kniyes from the show window.
Whoever took the knives did so while the
clerks were busy in another part of the
store, as it was necessary 10 go inside the
store to take anything out Of the win-
dow. Some fourteen knives in all were
stolen. Several knives were also stolen
from Isidor Cohen's place
Last night Officer Maley dropped into
the Steam boat saloon, at Front and *
streets, and Immediately his attention
was attracted by the peculiar actions of
four men sitting round table.
AS soon as the officer made his appear
ance one OF the men dropped upon the
table knife which he had in his hand.
Maiey's suspicion was at once aroused
and he Immediately placed the men un-
der arrest and, Handwriting two of them
together. marched ali OF them TO iail
The officers suspicious were soon con-
hrmed, for the men commenced to drop
knives upon the sidewalk along the
route from almost every part OF their
persons. This they continued to do at
intervals until the police station was
reached. Even there one OF The men
dropped couple of knives. In all about
thirteen knives were recovered.
The men arrested gave their names as
Frank Cook, George Harris, John Gal
lagher and William Hamilton. The po-
nee are Of the opinion that the men are
responsible tor the thievery OF the knives
from both Wallace u Co. ana Cohen.
The record-union., 1894-12-25
SOCIAL AND Personal,

Alfred Andrews of Iowa Hill is in the
city.
DR.. Latham came up from Alameda
yesterday.
Edwin T. Pierce of Los Angeles is at
the Golden Eagle Hotel.
l.. NJ. Schwan of San Francisco is in
this city visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene \. Crouch are
back from their Eastern visit.
Miss Cora Hammer has gone to San
Francisco to spend the HOLIDAYS.
Mrs. {. +. Dillman, having concluded
her Oakland visit, is again at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. F. s. Kelsey of Eng
land are stopping at the Capital Hotel
Henry Barklage, a prominent mining
man OF Georgetown, El Dorado County.
is in the city.
William Nichols is up from San Fran
cisco spending Christmas with his father.
DIR. Z. b. Nichols.
Mrs. }. G, Slater and Mrs. William
Lyon OF San Francisco are here visiting O.
their parents for the holidays.
Julius L. Gregory, son OF ex-Mavor
Gregory, is UP from the University to
spend his Christmas vacation
City Attorney j. Frank Brown has re.
turned from an extended vacation. most
OF which was spent in Southern OREGON
Homer Buckman is still a very sick
man i'll San Francisco, but his friends
say his condition Is not regarded as really
dangerous.
Governor Markham will enjoy his
Christmas shooting ducks on the Cordelia
Clubs marsh near Suisun. He is the
guest OF Henry Gerber, member OF the
club.
Arrivals at the Capital Hotel Yesterday.
A. q. Metchum, Colusa; G. {. Brown.
Rocklin; Frank w. Smith, Reddinr:
\. i. Smith, Boise: c. +. Layham. New
York; j. \. Junken, Suisun; ". j..
Ietherston. city; +. +. s. KELSEY and
wife, England; r. w. Gardiner, Isieton:
Alfred Andrews, Iowa Hill; I. j. Mason.
Ne" caS.te' N1IS, Jones ana Doy. Placer
vile; W. +. Watt, New York; d. III.
ellis and wife, city.
The record-union., 1894-12-25

piete entertainments to be given here
whereas In the past it was often necessary
TO hurry or cut performance in order to
meet other interior engagements.
The boX-office for the T. w. Keene en-
gagement opens at the Metropolitan
Iheater this morning. Mr.. Keene has
won the commendation of the press
generally as now one of the foremost of
American tragedians. For a long time
the San Francisco press begrudged him
approval to his full merit simply because
III his earlier days his home was in San
francisco, and The adage regarding a
prophet ana renown in his home APP
pIled evidently. Ia his engagement just
closed at the metropolis it is confessed by
the critics that Mr.. keene is an artist of
the first order, and he has come in at last
Tor that just NEED of praise so long due.
The Grand Army of the Republic has
got ali tie arrangements in working or
der for the production of the ''Cantata of
Esther the first week in February. 1t
viii embrace very large chorus aud all
singers are invited 10 come forward and
join the already large number of volun-
teers. The cantata is given TO start fund
Tor the annual Grand Army encamp-
ment, t0 be held III this city III March
next.
The record-union., 1894-12-25
Weather Notes.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yester-
day to have been 5l0 and 3So, with fresh
to brisk northerly winds and clear
weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at A. NJ.
and . P. NJ. We're 30.37 and 80. 20 inches
respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 500 and 44o.
with 40 OF an inch OF rain, and one year
ago to-day 460 and $50, with no rain. This
and last seasons rainfall compares as fol-
lows:
lS93-September. 0.22 inches: October.
OH; November. 292: Decem Der, l.76.
lS94-September, 0.S8 inches; October.
LOG; Noyem6 Der, 0. IS; December, S.I4.
Totals-1S93, 5.02; 1894, 10. 30.
This shows more than as mucb .aoi,
for this season as last, and there NAV vet
be more before the 1st of next month.
The record-union., 1894-12-25
Slick RuSiDasS-

A man named Frank Stone has secured
contributions from several citizens on the
plea that the money was to be used for a
banquet to be given to the newspaper
men of the city. Governor Mark ham
was touched off" for 80, and William
Beckman tor similar amount.
Stone says he gave the money to zone
William Springer" an alleged printer,
and doesn't know what has become OF
hlm. The newspaper men of the city
nave nothing to do with the affair
The record-union., 1894-12-25
RAILROAD CoMMIssIoNERsHIP.
Mr.. Beckman Denies That He Con

Mr.. Beckman Denies That He Con-
templates IA Contest.
The San Francisco Bulletin of last even
ing contained a statement TO the effect
that William Beckman OF this city in
tends to demand a recount of the ballots
in the First Railroad Commissioner Dis
trict, believing that be ceuld overcome
ID. NJ. La Bue's LA plurality.
Mr.. Beckman was asked last night if
there was any truth in the statement, and
he replied there was not. He said he had
not investigated the matter, ana had no
intention OF contesting The election.
The record-union., 1894-12-25
Stole Christmas Presents.

While the delivery wagon of the Nom
pareil dry goods store was being loaded
with Christmas goods for delivery last
evening thief sneaked up and abstracted
ulnpefs of parcels rom it.
Inc wagon at the time was in front of
the store, and as the thoroughfare was
crowded at the time the goods were
sto!en the thief took desperate chances OF
Oelng detected while at his work.
The record-union., 1894-12-25
SDT1pipS PuhIin

Governor Mark has appointed and
commissioned the following Notaries
Public: John j. Wells. Red Bluff: Dir. J.
Porter. San Jose; George Z. Church,
Fresno; Adolph L. Selig, Los Angeles:
George Allen Doyle, Perris. Riverside
County; Healey G. Booth and John O.
Colt. Santa Barbara; Murray Whallon
and Frank p. BrOphy, Santa Rosa.
The record-union., 1894-12-25
PUBLIC LOAN OFFICES.
| Seattle PoSt-Inte telligencer.

One effect OF the hard times has been
the establishment of public loan Offices.
While this conflicts with the business of
the ~ per cent. per month brokers, ii has
been welcomed with genuine thanks bv
thousands who from stress of poverty
nave been compelled to borrow on house
hold and other perSonal@coilateral Mil
waukee is agtating the establishment of
such an Institution, and the movement
receives signal Endorsement from the test
that the project had in New York city.
The Provident Loan Society was started
there last May Tor the purpose OF stand
ing between the poor wage workers, the
unemployed, and the pawn shops. Its
work has been so signally successful
during the six months OF its existence as
to justify an increase of its working capi-
tai.
The record-union., 1894-12-25
Bogus Candy.

There is great deal of cheap candy in
town just now, and an investigation
shows that it is made of chalk and other
unwholesome, if not dangerous, COM
pounds.
This candy comes from Portland, Or,
firm, and is not handled by dealers who
trade with the local manufacturers
The record-union., 1894-12-25
GeSterdaN7S Eirn.

The alarm of fire from box "a shortly
before O'Clock yesterday afternoon was
occasioned by slight blaze caused by
defective fireplace in the residence of J.
w. Greenlaw, al Thirteenth street. The
damage will not exceed $50, and is COW
cred by insurance.
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Time TO Snhnr In

E. Rosenfresh, who destroyed the inte-
rior of room in lodging house on K
street, and also one in the st. George
building, was yesterday sentenced to the
County Jail for thirty days by Justice
DaVinA
The record-union., 1894-12-25
Tic Returns Hero.

The San Francisco election returns for
Governor and Lieutenant-G Governor have
arrived at the Secretary of States office
for delivery to the Speaker of the AS
Sembly
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Raid ON q StobIa

The stable of A. L. Hart, in the alley
between e and f, Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets, was entered by a thief
early yesterday morning and two saddles,
two brides and horse blanket stolen.
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EXACTLY so.
ISanta Barbara independent.

All who read and write; who, while
sitting at their desk can put themselves
IN communication with the past, the
present and the future, and can enter into
conversation with the most sublime
genius produced by humanity, can
but i'll comprehend the state of a man at
home with himself, having had but few
objective elements at his disposition, a
man turning III u limited circle, whose
1ont OF Ideas are encompassed within
a small horizon, with vocabulary of at
most 800 TO 100 words. There are millions
such men in our country whose per-
spective is thus limited, and ours is a
country, one OF the most civilized in the
world
The record-union., 1894-12-25
SACRAMENTO'S EXPERIMENT..
Santa Cruz Surf.

They have some live people in Sacra-
mento who are also liberal people, who
carry the open hand about with them in
their daily lie. Some citizens OF this
sort IN the Capital City have organized
society called the Federation OF Religious
Benehcence. The name is sumner. but
the society appears to be bent upon prac-
tical work despite the awful handicap of
its pompous title. Its members con-
ceived the idea that it would be humane
act to give willing men who were out OF
work chance 10 earn their livelihood iu-
stead OF putting them i'll Jail as vagrants
or compelling them to commit some crime
in order To secure iOod or lodging So
they decided TO begin their experiment
at the lowest limit of hard work and to
offer applicants chance to break rock
for their meals and lodging.
The Sacramento experiment speaks to
otner communities in these words: "Go
thou and do likewise"
The record-union., 1894-12-25
Treasurer linckliffe Batter

The many friends of Treasurer Rack
life, State Treasurer-elect, who has been
dangerously i'll, will be glad to know
that he is improving and will probably
be able to assume the duties of his posi-
ton at the proper time.
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VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From Newspapers of the
Coast.

Portland Oregonian.
The railroad pooling bib, which passed
the House by large majority last week,
removes one of The two gravely objec-
uonabIe features of the interstate COM
merce law, the other being the famous
long and short-haul clause, much of
whose mlschievous effect has been abated
by various rulings OF the courts and the
commission. This amendment virtually
repeats the fifth section OF the interstate
law, under which different and compet-
ing common carriers" were forbidden Ito
enter into any contract, agreement or ar
rangement Tor the division among them
selves or with other carriers OF the whole
or any portion OF their traffic, or any of
their gross or net earnings"
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Adjourned TIL w,

Adjourned Till Wednesday.
The City Board of Trustees held a short
meeting last night, and after they were
called to order adjourned till Wednesday
evening.
The record-union., 1894-12-25
W Gather Forecas-

For Northern California-Fair: probably
slightly cooler along the extreme southern
coast; nearly stationary temperature: light
northerIy winds.
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WAR AS A CTNILIZER.
Tuiare Register. I

The RECO RD- UNION has the temerity TO
declare that the whipping China is re-
celVlng at the hands OF the Japanese will
90 more 20 advance the cause OF the civil
lZatlon OF China than could be accom-
plshed by half a century of devoted la
Dor by whole brigade of missionaries.
ana the RECORD UNIoN is doubtless
right. The best way, sometimes, to get
the grace Into an unbeieving soul is To
pound 1t In. War is often great civil
lzer, Dut poor ChristianiZer, and. after
all, we do not know that it would not be
better tor our Western world to Christ
lanlze the Chinese and let them die and
go TO heaven in ignorance OF our way of
HVlng than to clviliZe them and admit
them, as we will have to, TO a most satan
!caiiy active competition with ourselves
IN all forms of production.
WILLIAM H. MILLS.
[Colusa sun.
William II. Mills is always thinking
about the interests OF California-always
working IN that behalf. He is in a better
position than some OF US for doing good,
but how many men with all his multi
tudinous duties in the service of his en-
ployers would care to devote his other
hours to the study of public interests.
Among his latest suggestions is that Cali
iornla might select fifty cities of the East
and lind the leading grocer or produce
merchant willing to give show-window
Tor the display of her products. This
grocer, be thinks, would be willing to
distribute such authorized literature over
his counter as might be sent him. Mr..
Mills is the father of the State Board of
Trade and he keeps it going by the force
of his will power. II he could be back ed
in his efforts by the people generally
what magnificent State could be made
OF California!