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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The poster fad that has seized upon
society looks very like an advertising
dodge promoted by publishers of maya
zines and novels.
What is the use of threshing the
straw of defeat to ascertain why Cali
fornia was whipped for its presump-
ton in asking a National Convention
to meet on this coast? We are baby
beaten and that is the end of 1t. To
say we went down with colors flying,
fthat we fought to the last ditch" that
we maintained an unbroken front,
and all that, is mere whistling to the
winds. In this matter the least said
now the better.
A proposition is on foot to have the
great thoroughfare of San Francisco,
! Market street, paved with some mate
rial that will give smooth or even
roadway surface. Let all the people OF
the State applaud and urge on the
scheme If there is a nerve-trying,
soul-harrowing, animal destroying and
mercilessIy cruel thing on earth it is
/ the San Francisco Market street of to-
! Y
| a Kankakee marsh is a path of ease
and comfort compared with 1t. 1t is
the noisiest pavement in the world. 1t
is the most uneven. It infiicts cruelty
upon the poor beasts compelled to haul
over it that is unsurpassed in the his
tory of the Humane Society agita-
items. 1t is altogether the worst and
most inexcusable act of any municipal
| ity of the time to maintain such road
| way as is Market street, San Francisco.
at this moment.
! An Oakland clergyman has done serv-
ice to the community by directing atten-
ton to the fact that concentrating
thought upon one great crime-as the
Durrant case, for instance-or upon a
! few sensational crimes, leads a people
! into forgetfulness of other crimes,
which, in the judgment of posterity, are
likely to surpass them in Importance.
This is certainly true The sensational
press of San Francisco by so persistently
and fioridly presenting the crime of
| Durrant, and designating it as 1.-The
crime of the century" instead of quick
heuing the public sensibility, has really
hlunted it, For the result of such abb
so.ption of interest in the one crime is
to belittle other equally as grave
crimes, and dull public concern in them.
| The contrast between the inflated and
'sensationalized' case and those that
are less graphically preached of is dam
aging to public conscience and sensi-
bility. AS the Oakland Enquirer well
says:
Excessive attention to every detail of
/ a single crime of the sensational order
produces anything but a state of the
MUD in which a healthy public judg-
ment will be formed of the occurrences
OF the day as they successfully arise.
Too much worked-up horror over a
murder case does not tend to a state of
things likely to promote the orderly ad-
lministration of justice.
| The sensational press which has so
much Rugged satisfaction to its soul for
the part it played in the Durrant case,
may now well reflect upon the truth
that its course instead of being of serv-
| ice to society was really injurious to it.
The CaHstogan has entered upon its
nineteenth year. 1t has changed hands
during the year, but the young man
who took the helm last summer seems
to be entirely qualified to conduct its
| course
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Coming Annual Meeting an
Election.

IHe COMING AIlnuaI NeSttHS anu
Election.
The first annual meeting of mem bers
of the Sacramento Chamber of Com
MERGE will be held on Saturday, Decsm-
Der 14th. at Pythian Castle. Ninth aud
streets. at 1880 p. M, for the purpose OF
nominating regular chamber ticket OF
officers and directors to serve for the en-
suing year. Election will be held Mon
day, January II, 1896, of which due no.
tice will be given.
1t is hoped that there will be a full at
tendance, and that mem bers will not
only attend but take an active part in the
proceedings. The Chamber of Com
merce can be OF immense benefit to Sac
ramento, but if it fails into the hands OF
persons who have private axes to grind,
it may do more harm than good.
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Battery ON a Boy.

In the Police Court yesterday w. A.
Bevans was fined $40. with the alterna-
tive of ten days in Jail, for battery on q
boy named K. j. Perkins.
The evidence showed that Bevans was
having some trouble with another man
and that Perkins advised him 10 keep
quiet, in order to avoid arrest, and Bev-
ans choked the boy.
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To what base end is political power
loaned when France can be threatened
with a governmental crisis because the
President of the Republic, when he was
not President, married the woman he
loved. It seems that the father of his
wife was convicted of malfeasance in
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12
Granted a Nonsuit.

In the case of Frances johnson and
others against L. c. Chandler and Will
lam Snarr. involving the title to lot in
the block between III, !. Sixth and Sew
enth streets, Judge johnson granted the
motion of defendants for nonsult
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The REcoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers on the Coast,
outside of San Francisco, that receive the
full Press Dispatches from all parts of the
world. Outside of San Francisco, they
have no competitors, either in influence or
home and general circulation throughout
the State
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12
THE WEEKLY UNION

Is the cheapest and most desirable h ~ ~,
News and Literary Journal puphshso oi'
the Pacific Coast.
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These publications are sent either ~
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ecribers with charges prepaid All fo@'
masters are agents. ~
The best advertising mediums ca the
Pacific Coast
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THOSE XMAS NOVELTIES

AT MISS L. SCHUBERT'S ARE NOT FAC
tory made goods that you can buy at any
store The first lot was speedily sold and an
other consignment has Just arrived, and you
will be surprised at the artistic designs and
low prices of these articles.
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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12

SHOE REPAIRING-1o13 Seventh street,
between and X. Take your shoes to the
Chicago Shoe Manufacturer Strictly first
class work. Old SHOES made to look like new
ones. invisible joints on half soles; edges
same as new
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ponular Prices-IOc. goo and soc.
AUCTIONS.


OF Elegant Furniture and Carpets removed
from No. 1924 Second street to store No. 92T
X street, THURSDAY, December IL, 1896,
at i 80 D. M. BELL & co. will SELL in part
as follows: Consisting of Elegant Parlor
Chairs and Rockers. I Easel Mirror, Large
Vases, Oil Paintings and Parlor Ornaments.
Extension Table, chairs to match. Crockery.
Glassware and Cutlery, . Elegant Bedroom
Suits, spring and Hair Mattresses. Brussels
Carpets, Linoleum, Range, Kitchen Furni-
ture etc. Also a choice lot of Bed Clothing.
Feather Pillows, etc. Sale positive. Terms
cash. BELL d CO. Auctioneers.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12

MILLER BROS, 1116 street, carry a
full line of oil heaters.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12

THURSDAY SOCIAL.-REGULAR WEEK
ly social dance at Jacobs Hall TONIGHT.
Admission - Gentlemen, 90 cents; ladies
Free (BC)1t
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THE WEEKLY UNION - THE BEST
weekly on the coast.
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OLIVE BRANCH LADIES' SOCIETY Y
Regular meeting THIS Thursday EVEN
ING, at $50 O'Clock.
MINNIE BURGESS, President.
Della Haedrich Rec. Sec. 1t
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T B. REID, dentist Masonic Temple
Sixth and K streets. Office hours to 8.
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Weather Forecast.
For Northern California-Fair; probably
slightly warmer in the interior valleys; light
10 fresh variable winds.
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NEW TODAY.

PHOTOS. Get Hodson's coupons from agents
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Eastern Business Offices.
As Tribune Building, New York
So THE Rookery,' Chicago.
s. C. Beckwith, sole agent foreign adver-
tising.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12

The poster fad that has seized upon
society looks very like an advertising
dodge promoted by publishers of maya
zines and novels.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Vehicles-Baker G. MISUNDERSTANDING
Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Balm
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12

asks is: care your bowels regular?' If
not, he gives something to make them
SO and quite often that is all he needs
to do
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12

The CalSstogan has entered upon its
nineteenth year. 1t has changed hands
during the year, but the young man
who took the helm last summer seems
to be entirely qualified to conduct its
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12

THE FOUNTAIN, SIG X, has the best
clam juice, chowder and steam beer. Call.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12
SCHOOL OF ART NEEDLE WORK.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
Watches, IGWHlTY, Diamonds and Holiday Goods
Al
HoTFILTER'S. sos j STREET.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
| County or Sacramento, State OF California
The People OF the state OF California to
KATE PYNE, w. s. KENDALL. C. II.
SHILLER, MARY E. ROSS, LOUIS PONG
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psrty's neck and If possible partially
behead him. With still one more turn
of the wrist tho edge OF the machetc
strikes downward, cleaving the body
again.
This is all done with wonderful dexter
ity. These strokes are the easiest form of
attack to learn among edged weapons.
In the hands of the insurgents, who are
hsbituated to the use of the machete and
are very strong, the blows are described
as wicked. Many times heads are all but
severed from the body, and a machete
wound is usually fatal.
The machete used by the insurgents at
present is very cheap and ordinary look
ing affair, and costs less than a dollar. 1t
is made in England and in Germany.
The blades are from twenty TO thirty
inches long. Some of them have blade
slightly curved backward towards the
thick. dull edge. with rounded point
curved back to the thick edge. The ia
yorite and the one which has done the
most damage to the Spanish forces, has
the thirty-inch blade, about three inches
wide, long, straight and clean-lookiDg.
and with the end cut off diHgonally to a
point as milliner outs the ends of rib
bon bow. The handle is of rough looking
bone, the hardle of the blade being run
through the center and fastened together
with what look like four ordinary look
ing nails with the heads cut off. There
is no guard at all, and the machete man
often gets his fingers badly wounded.
That is the simplest machete. Others
have the bone handle curved to fit into
the palm of the hand. When the Cuban
hUsbandman gets his machete it isn't at
all sharp. He. however, whsts it up I'M
til it cuts very easily. A Cuban who had
been with the insurgent army described
the scene after an encounter, when the
insurgents sat around, each busily sharp
ening his machete for the next assault.
Not only the privates. but the officers
MS we'll use the machete. The officers
have shorter weapon ana of better stuff.
The long blade of the machete of the pr-
Yates will almost bend double without
breaking. The shorter. broader, thicker
weapons have not the same elasticity.
A very famous machete has been in
New York within few weeks. 1t was
the machete which the insurgent chief
Maxine Gomez carried during the Ten
Years war.
Astonishing stories are told of the force
of the blow that the insurgent can give
with the native knife. In the national
museum at Madrid is an American rifle
which, it is claimed, was completely
split in half lsngtnwise with a blow from
a machete.
Women have been known to use the
machete, and during the Ten Years
war there were numerous instances
where women whose husbands were away
fighting defended themselves and chill
dren with the machete.-New York
World
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RESTORATION on nAsropoN AMERcANus

story. The Buzzards remained seated on
the banks of the bayou until the sun
went down. They seemed to have real.
lied that they had been fmrnishif =
amusement for the town, and the old
mau suddenly developed a belligerent
spirit and caused people to do their laugh
ing at a distance. Every time anyone
approached them he would flourish his
sword and swear like a pirate. The sun
went down on his wrath and it hid the
Buzzards forever, so far as Texas was
concerned. Houston never saw the Buz-
yards again. 1t was just as il you had
put your hand in bucket of water and
withdrawn it. Thre was not one trace of
the Buzzards. OF course, every body was
soon SATISFIED with the theory that they
had been murdered.
Time rolled on. The steamboat fell to
pieces and furnished fire food and build
ing material for the Brazos bottom ne
groes. The old ca bin on the banks of
the river decayed and few people remem-
bsred the Buzzards.
About u year ago an article hoated
around in Texas newspapers describing a
rich find maue in a cave by Governor
Hogg and party of his friends while
on a fishing and hunting expedition.
the lucky governor had found some old
Spanish documents which would enable
him to locate and claim a large body of
land and some rich lines in Mexico. At
the time there was great deal of talk
about the matter, and many people be-
lIeved there was something in it. 1t is
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She has frightened her cinch by another
inch, she has 4ortened her stirrup
strap,
And she's off with a whirl of horse and
girl and I'm lucky chap!
with-a "Catcn II you can! I'm as good
as a mani at breakneck pace we
ride;
have all but placed my arm round her
waist, as we gallop side by side.
When ''Roopl XII yip' and, her elbow,
high, she gpurts in the COW boy style I;
With jerk and a saw at her horses jaws
she's ahead for another mile
And It's Nancy'a dust that breathe 1
must. and it's Nancy's trail I follow,
Till leave the rut for a steep. short out,
and I've caught her down in the hol-
low.
Tuen into the creek, with splash and a
shrek, to her saddle girth she dares.
"Oh. make for the shoal, or he'll stop and
roll"' but it's little that Nancy cares.
And up the hill she's ahead of me still.
and over the crest we got
And my steaming nag has begun to lag ::
but 1t isn't my fault, 1 know.
Oh, fair astrIde does Nancy ride, and her
spur she uses free;
And it's little she cares for the gown sbe
wears, and It's little she cares for me
But the strawberry roam, with the sharp
backbone, that Nancy rode that day
He doesn't forget that Saturday yet,
when Nancy led the way.
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light OF domestic animal so they &C.
quainted him with the hostile use Of fire
ana sharp stones until he turned that
ridiculous tail Of his toward them and re-
treated haughtiiy uortnward. This, SAYS
the scientist, accounts for the scarcity
of images OF the masto ion among the
southern mound builder, and for the
plenitude of them among the mound
builders of the north. The mastodon is
wiser than ne looks. Wise with tho Wis
dom of centuries. II he mad not lost his
tongue as we'll as that small thing called
his brain perhaps he could explain away
the tantalizing mystery OF the mound
builders, and could descant on the bar
oaric rnagnificence of our own carly
American sun worshipers. Man and
the mastodon were contemporaneous.'
but the mastodon doesn't look it.
Preg glacial he appears, and postglacial he
and the mammoth raced about the yet
undiscovered American continent aud
played tag com monty in ITS corners. The
mastodon is fused over now. but he was
plentiful enough then and to spare. No
body then tied blue ribbon around his
neck. nor worried about the cutting Of
his teeth. Scientists tell us that 1t was
nothing remarkable for a mastodon to
have tooth weighing eleven or twelve
pounds. Happily there were no dents,ts
in those days, or else they had nSsde
been giants. too. Fancy creature Of
this tremendous bulk busily engaged N
cutting his eye teeth 1t would DO stead =
occupation for few years at least. and
q great deal of it.
Nobody has as yet discovered the mas
todon un m istakably inscribed on tablet,
and that is why some scientists hold that
he was dead and neatly bu!ied before ever
the Indian came to inherit the land.
Unfortunately not even the ''oldest i'm
habitant' is able to set this problem
straight, so each one is welcome to be-
leve pretty much as he chooses or his
textbook decides. If. however. and there
have been some thing. pointing. to this
conclusion, the mastodon survived the
catastrophe which exterminated tn, hip
popotamus, rhinoceros. tapir. etc, from
America, ana continued through the post
Pliocene, to the appearance of man
there is no one to prove it. Those mol
luces prevailed all over the states of 1lli-
nois and Indiana. and it should be cited
as evincing the healthfulness of the dis
trict that though there is conclusive proof
that the climate was the same then as
now. the masJodon did not die young.
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true that hunters found a cave in the
Brazos hills. 200 or 300 yards from the
Buzzards' old cabin. Your correspondent
and several other persons visited the
place soon afterward. The entrance to
this cave haG been closed by big rock,
which had been disodged by recent
rains. We crawled inside on our hands
and knees and found ourselves in quite a
large room. There were the marks of the
chisel and hammer on the walls and there
was no question that the former oc-
cupants had done considerable work with
edged tools to make the place move COM
Portable. There we're several dressed rocks
and burnt brick on the floor, innumerable
pieces OF broken crockery, old rusty knife
blades and handles and pieces of heavy
oak boards that had evidently formed the
sides of chest. There was nothing of
any value even to an archeologist. The
old story of the Buzzards and their sud-
den display of such extraordinary wealth
was revived. The walled WE'LL the earth
works and the cave furnished plenty OF
food for speculation. The most plausi
bic of all the,ries is that the old SpaIi-
iards had fort there in very early. mes.
This road was travelled by the people from
New Orleans and old Spain, going to the
City of Mexico. as far back as the very
first years of the century. In the very
earliest chronicles shis well is mentioned,
and the good crossing on the Brazos is
referred to. The old vlceroys travelled
this road. and long caravans of pack
mules loaded with treasure have crossed
here. Old Buzzard must have found a
large sum of gold and the diamonds and
other costly Jewels that he displayed, in
this cave. There is no telling where the
precious stuff came from or whom it be-
longed to. Lafitte's pirates often ran thsir
vessels into the mouth of the Brazos
They may nave followed the stream to
this place of perfect safety in these times
and here concealed rich treasures trans
ported by red hands from the slippery
decks of some Spanish galleon. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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He Used to Get Uproariously Full and Make the
Money Fly by Buying Anything From
Circus to Steamboat
Elephant That Was Nothing Man Who Claimed Lan
Pirates Indians, Wildcats, Hurricanes Cyclones
Paymates...Did He Find
Hid

Between twenty-five and thirty years
ago travellers passing along the ola San
Augustine road, near Houston, Tex, fire.
quentlv stopped at a little log cabin not
far from the Brazos river, to get drink
OF the only pure cold water that could be
found for many miles along the famous
old highway. The well was very deep
and was walled with brick and kind of
stone not found anywhere in that region.
1t supplied an abundance of cold water,
very refreshing to the thirsty traveller.
whose lips had been parched by the hot
malarial winds of the Brazos bottoms
and the heat and dust of the plains.
John Buzzard, his wife and two children
lived in the little cabin. They were very
poor people, getting scant living from
the cultivation OF the little patch of
five or six acres of rich BRACES bottom
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riage he drew out an old sword and
bucKled it to his side. A big crowd of
poe pie. brimful Of curiosity, had assem-
bled. and their Lumber increased as the
Buzzards went from place to place. They
bought everything that struck the fancy
of parents or children, never hesitating
or grumbling about the price. Two
things were ever uppermost in their
minds one was raiment and the other
something to eat. Old Buzzard wanted
whisky and tobacco Mrs. Buzzard wanted
pie, cske and jam, and the children
wanted candy, first. last and always.
Here. certainly, was one family that had
attained the acme of human felicity.
They had found what they wanted, had
the money to buy It, and were satisfied.
The man and woman could not conceive
Of any bliss beyond whisky and pie, and
the children did not want the moon.
People gathered in little groups and
talked of cornering old man Buzzsrd and
forcing him to reveal the source of such