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The record-union., 1895-09-04
Following are the retail prices for the vari-

Following are the retail prices for the vari-
Gus articles mentioned:
FRUIT-Bananas, 25c p dozen: Lines, 100
q dozen; Lemons, 25@40c; Riverside Or
anges, 1593oc; Apples, &c; Pears,3c; Peaches,
&c; Plums, Sc: Prunes, Sc; Strawberries, 2 Ds
for sc; Cantaloupes, 5@1oc; Watermelons, B
@20c; Grapes &c.
DAIRY PROD UCE-Butter-y Valley, p roll,
Fancy Creamery. 6oc; California Cheese,
15c; Young America, 14c; Eastern Cream
cry. 20e; Limburger, zoe; genuine Swiss,
35c; American, 25c; Martins Cream, 15c;
Neufchatei, ] 0c each.
POULTRY-Turkeys-L Hens and Cob
blers. lac p ID; dressed, 16c. Chickens-Hens,
60c each. So so q dozen; BOOSTERS, 55c each;
So so p dozen; Broilers, 50c each, So 2 doz;
lame Ducks, 75c each. 81 90 p dozen; Geese,
| 81 so p pair.
EGGS-CaIifornia SOC q dozen: Eastern,
csc.
VEGETA ABLE &c p ID; Bunch
Vegetables 121ac; Garlic, &c 2 b; Articnokes.
! 6Oc p dozen; Caulihower. 10c each: Green
! Peppers, &c; Potatoes, local. 50@60c; Green
Peas. &c p b; Alameda Peas. lbs for SC; Gu
cumbers, &c p dozen; string Beans, &c p 10;
Summer Squash, &c; Wax Beans, &c; Shell
Beans, &c . b; Lettuce, for sc; Bay Lettuce,
for 1oc; Green Corn, 15g20c p doz; Egg
Plant &c p u; Yellow Squash, SC p b Okra,
sc p 10; Tomatoes, &c q %; Lima Beans, SC q
10; Sweet Potatoes. SC q ID.
MEATS-Beef-Prime Rib Roast 121501 Sc;
Loin steak, 1870 &c; Rump steak, lOc;
Chuck Steak. 1Oc. VeaI-Loin and Rib
Chops, sc; Roast Veal. lee. Mutton-Leg,
11@1215e; Loin and Rib Chops, 1218c; Nut
ton Stew, SC; Shoulder Chops. SC. Pork
Roast and Chops, 15c; Corned Pork / sc:
Sausage, 12114c; Vienna Sausage, 15c; Bacon,
14@15c Ham, 10000.
HAY AND GRAIN-Oat Hay, soc p cwt;
Wheat, soc; second quality, SOC; Alfalfa, new,
first cutting, SOC; third cutting, SOC. Whole
Barley. zoe; Ground Barley, S5c; Feed Oats.
81 1901 30; Middlings. 75ci Bran, CSC;
Straw, 65c.
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California Fruit Sales.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-The Porter Brothers
Company sold to-day at open auction West
Snore dock as follows: Plums-Japan, 81 90
@3 3713; DamsOn, 70c- frunes-Gros, 81 %
! 50; German, S5cgSl ! B; Grapes-Haif-
crates Tokay, 81 25g2: haif-crates Muscat.
3Oc9Sl 90; halI-crates assorted, ooc9S1 SO;
hai1 crates Mai oise, 90c0S1 40; others, i &c
GSl 05. Peaches-Saiway, 3Oc9Sl 70; Late
Crawford, SIC 20; Cling, s5cgSl Is; other
peaches, S1%1 20. Pears-BeUrre Hardy
81 55GI s5i Alexis. 81 70; Howell, 81 80;
haif-OOxes summer Seckel. FOG 0c.
BOSTON. Sept. 5. ~ The Porter Brothers
Company sod today at open auction
Pears-Beurre Clairgeau, 5 81. Prunes-
eros. 81 2oG1 90; German, 81 80. Plums
Victoria, 81 SO. Grapes--Hali-cTates To-
kay, 81 %; Malaga, 81 %; Muscatel, 81 l ? -;
Seediess. II 10; MusCa1s. S71zc9S]; NAL
voise. 81 IS; Black Prince. 75GS &c.
Peaches -Salway, 81 3715; Orange CIlngs,
93c@s1 ri; Late Crawford, 81 so; Nc
Dewitt, Soe@S1; others, o71@95c. Aecla-
rlnes-S1 = box.
CHICAGO, Sept. 3.-The Porter Brothers
Company sold to-day atopen auction: Pears
Bearre Ciairgeau, 81 l0Gl 80; Beurre Hardy,
75cG 81; Bartlett, 9oe; duchess, soc.
CHICAGO, Sept. 3.-The Earl Fruit Com
pany sold California irult al open auction to-
day realizing the following prices: Pears
Bartietts. u 6OS2 10: Buerre Hardy, 81 20
O. 40; Clairgeau. 81 3O&1 80. Grapes-lo-
kay 90c8S1 80; buscat 81 90; Malaga.
$l@l o.. fIuns--kelsey Japan, 95cGSl 80;
Victoria, 81 ! o. Peaches-Sus suehanna, soc
@S1i Cling, oOc3Sl Quinces-S1 35.
BosToN, sept. 3.-The Earl Fruit Com
pany sold California fruit at open auction
to-day, realizing prices as follows: Pears
bartlett, 81 SO@2 %. Grapes-ToKay, S11
j 80; soBe IN bad order, 50@9oc; MuscaJ,
zoe. Pluns-Kelsey Japan. 5 70. Peaches
-salway, 9oc Prunes-German, 81 %
hungarian, SOC.
NEW YORK. Sept. 3.--The Earl Fruit Com
pany sold California fruit at open auction
to-day West Shore dock, realizing the
following prices: Pears Bartlett, 81 9oG
20; hali-boxes. 81 359l 90; Beurre Hardy
81 20@1 go. Prunes-Gros, 81 1891 so
German, 5c@Sl 20; silver. 55GSUc. Grapes
-Iokay, 55c9S1 40; Malaga, oocGS1 20;
Muscat, 70c@ i. Piums-Egg. Sfgl 90
Kelsey Japan, So 65. Peaches-Lemon Cling
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Meat Market,

Following are the rates for whole car
casses from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-Flrst quality, SO 01ac: second quail
tty, 4@5c; third quality, 3sG4c y D.
NEAL-5@612c tor large and 7Gsc , D foI
small.
MUTTON-4@5c r ID.
Handspring. 55aG6e , %.
FORk-Live Hogs, 354&4c ? b for hard
g. 3s931ac for soft and 3@514c for feeders.
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Final Accounts Filed.

estate of Louis y. Ronat. deceased, has
filed her final account of the estate, which
is valued at S2.6S2, and asks for final dis
tribution Of the estate.
Mary i. Gregory has filed her final
account of the estate of Alfred K. Greg
ory, amounting to s., 1885, and asks for the
final distribution OF the estate to her.
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Wants n Transcript.

Private Secretary McCabe has requested
of the District Attorney of Los Angeles
County a transcript of the testimony in
the case of II. L. Rowland, who was con-
victed of perjury in Los Angeles, and
sentenced to term In the State Prison.
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Eastarn Grain NIarket.

NEW YORK, September Sd.
WHEAT-September 6455c. October. CSC;
December, 665gc; May. 7l1sc; March, 7Issc.
CHICAGO. September 80.
WHEAT-Septembe 6oc; December, 81 &c;
May 66c.
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TIE cRoCKER-HUFFMAN LAND b
WAITED NNMpANv7y

irrigated lands at Merced, in the very
heart of the State, under splendid
climatic conditions, with the free
use of water as an appurtenant to
the land, for sale for interest only,
for five or seven years, at the choice
OF the purchaser, eventual settle
meut on the land and cultivation,
dating one year from date OF pur-
chase. being made incumbent upon
the l,iIPa. ll2 sarS-
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THE CAPAY VALLEY LAND COM
pANy'S LAMBS

are located in the rich, fertile valley
in the western portion OF Yolo Coun-
ty, California They are splendid
fruit lands, il one Of the earliest To-
calities OF the State, and range IN
price from SIS IN acre upward, and on
terms Of interest only, for FIVE years;
that is TO say, for five years the pur-
chaser pays interest only, at the end
of which time the purchase price be-
comes due. The object of these terms
il 10 give the purchaser an oppor-
tunity to pay the purchase price out
of the proceeds of the land. Cultiva-
tior is required OF all purchasers.
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SACRAMENTO MARKER.
Trade Continues TO Improve IN Local
Produce Circles.
SAcRANrSro Sen


Trade continues TO improve in local pro-
duce circles. and viii probably do so without
any change until the Fair season is over. As
the markets are well supplied with produce,
however, prices will probably remain station
Ary.
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TN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF
| California, County of sacramento.
In the matter of the estate OF CATHERlNh Ia
WHITE, deceased. a..
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY, the
18th day OF september, 1895. at l o O'Clock
A. NJ OF said day, and the courtroom ot SAID
court at the Courthouse in the CITY OF Sacra.
menfo Comfy of Sacramento and state OF
California, has been appointed as the time
and place for proving the will OF said Cath-
crime White, deceased, and for hearing the
annlicafion OF Add G. Hinkson for the issu-
aIlce to him OF letters testanentary thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said court
this oath day of August. 1895.
TSEAIl w. b. HAMILTON, Clerk.
RvT. NJ LANUSBoRoUGH, Deputy Clerk.
Indorsed: Filed August "a, 1890.
W. y. HAMILTON. Clerk.
RyI. NJ LANDsBoRoJGH Deputy.
+. T, VAN FLEET. Attorney for Petitioner.
au26-11t
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IUDSON EXCURSION HAsr 5eF 81 PIalRss Ieanes
Sacramento weekly. Upholstered cars. Man
ayers through to Chicago and Boston. Lowest
rate. Call on g. j. ELLIS. Agent s. r Co.,
Sacramento, or address JUDSON * CO.. ~
Montgomery street. San Francisco.
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NOTICE.
4 COMPLETE CHANGE ALL ROUND.

In July we advertised that we would by
September lst close out for what it would bring
our stock of DRY GOODS, FANCIES, MILL
merry, MEMS CLOTHING, SHOES, ETC., which
we came very near doing; at any rate what
little there is left you can have for carrying it
away Eve might say, it goes at such small
price
But what we want to talk about now is
something that interests the ladies, especially
just noW and of stuff we have been getting il
for them, in the latest fall styles of MILL
merry and Fancy Goods. All new, especially
MILLINERY and RIBBONS, of the latest
Partisan silks and velyets in plain and figured.
Also the Plain Mirror Velvet New Ostrich
Tips New Demi Plumes, Birds, Wings 0uillS
and Ornaments New Pattern Hats of the
latest importation. We extend an invitation
to ALL
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TIE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
CoMPANy'S LAND DEPARTMENT

can supply any seeker of investment,
or any home-seeker, with any variety
OF land desired, It lower prices and
on more favora BILE terms than can be
had of any other landed proprietor in
California.
The list of land for sale III this De-
partment embraces bodies Of from
ten to thirty thousand acres, or as
small subdivisions asmay be desired
in the form of five. ten, twenty or forty
acre tracts of irrigated land.
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SACRAMENTO BANK.
FARMERS And MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK

fAhllLflN AND MEbllAINlUN DAFlNUN DAMN
Southwest corner Fourth and j
Streets, Sacramento, Cal.
Guaranteed Capital l.................... $500, 900
Paid up Capital. loo, 900
r oANS MADE ON REAL ESTATE. IN
| 4 terest paid semi-annually on Term and
Ordinary Deposits.
B. u STEINMAN President
EDWIN X. ALSIP Vice-President
D. ID. WHITBECK...... Cashier
Z. II. CUMMING ............ Secretary
JAMES NJ. STEVENSON.. SURVEYOR
DIRECTORS:
B. u. STEINMAN, EDWIN X ALSIP,
c. II. CUMMINGS, GEoRGE a. SMITH,
SOL. RUNYoN, JAMES MCNAssER
JAS. NJ. STEVENSON.
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PACIFIC HOTEL

PACIFIC HOTEL,
CORNER X AND FIFTH STREETS, SAC.
- ramento. Meals, 2 25 cents. Nearest Hotel
TO Post and Express Offices and Theaters.
Street ears pass the door every three minutes.
Elegantly furnished rooms in single or suites
from so cents to 81 per night
z. +. SINGLETON. Proprietor.
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GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL
Corner Seventh and Streets.
CTRICTLY FIRST-CLASS FREE BUS
- to and from the cars.
GRAY TITUS, Proprietors.
STATE HOUSE HOTEL,
Corner Tenth and Sts., Sacramento
BOARD AND ROOM, 81 20 TO So FER
ID day. Meals, 25 cents.
As-AcccoDlrnodations FIRST-CLASS. Fres
BUS to and from hotel.
w J. ELDER. Manager.
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THE RED HOUSE CO..
] STREET, BETWEEN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

mr. TYRRELL SUCCESSOR TO DIR.
II G. G. TyrrelI). Office over SACRAMENTO
Bank. corner Filth and streets. uours-11
II street.
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SUNDAY excepted. SMonday excepted.
A-For morning. P-For afternoon.
RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Traffic Manager.
T. 81. GOODMAN, Gen. Passenger Agent.
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Educational Public, Attention!

WRITE Us FOR COMPLETE CATA.
w logue aud prices on Everything Needed
for School Use. Text BOOKS, Library Books,
Teachers Books, School Furniture, Apparatus
and supplies
Visit our new store when in the city.
THE WHITAKER & RAY COMPANY,
7o3 Market street. San Francisco.
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THE METROPOLITAN,

NV. Cor. FIN and K Sts., Sacramento, Cal,
HANDSOMELY FURNISHED ROOMS,
II single or suite. Centrally located and
strictly first-clsss. Especial attention TO tran
sient Electric ears pass the door to all parts
Of the city. Conducted on the European plan.
MRS. Z. j. c. KETCHUM, Prop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-06
snch n Good Joke.

A broad shouldered man was walking
along Chatham street on Friday, says the
Great Divide. He looked as if he was in
great pain.
ooh I'm in terrible agony! Got a boil
as big as a watermelon on my calf. Can
hardly walk. So long,! and the proprietor
of Jobs comforter moved Off As ne did
SO another gentleman came along and
shook hands with his friend.
I've got the joke of the season on --.
There he goes up the street He was tell
this morning. Let's have some fun"
The new arrival was in for it,
You walk up behind him. grab him by
the leg and bark like dog. His nerves
are all unstrung, and We'll have a big joke
on him to see him jump"
I'm do it," said the other, and you
walk on the other side and sec me scare
him to DEATH
gramme. The latest arrival proceeded af-
ter their mutual friend. Just as he got
close up behind him he grabbed him by
the boil and playfully barked: Bow, WOW,
wow" just as naturally as a dog show
The broad shouldered man went nm in
the air. while his face looked as ii he
had suddenly swallowed tree full of per-
simmons When he came down he recited
the alphabet backward and then pointed
his toe thirteen different times at his play
full friend, slammed him up against a tele-
graph pole, mashed his hat over his eyes.
and then walked away, looking as if he
would like to pug the leg with the water
melon boil on it over his shoulder and
carry ii home.
After the dog had pulled himself out
of his hat he hunted up and down Chat
ham street for the man who had put the
job up on him, but he couldn't find him,
for he was looking over the cornice of a
neighboring house and bursting with
grinS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-06
BRIGHT BITS.

Agnes: I think Mr.. slowe is horridl
He asked me for a kiss the other even
ing, and of course | said no.
Gladys: What did he do then?
Agnes: That's just it. He didn't do
anything Yale Record
Wife: l wonder where Mr.. and Mrs.
Hyfier will put all the people they've
invited in that little fiat.
Hubble: Well, If Hyficr had his way
he'd put 'em all under the table.-Life.
Why" Numbered the King of Da-
honey, lowering his field-glass, lis the
left wing of the Amazons firing without
orders, and breaking into retreat?'
Sire" answered the chief of staff, "a
courier announces that COW has APP
peared in front of the lines at chat point"
Puck.
shopper: Isn't IS rather dear for this?
Salesman The price is f. That other
ticket Is meant to be kept on when you
make a present of the arucle.-Tit-Bits
Senator Sorghum boasts that he be-
gan at the bottom of the ladder" re-
marked one citizen.
80 he did" replied the other, "and
worked his way down."-Washingto
Star.
Tin pleased to see you are better
dear. What was it-intluenza?'
Influenza Why no. dear. / had in
huenza when II first came out when Lady
Blakeborough and that set had it."-Tit-
Bits.
doctor. what is the meaning of the
peculiar formation just back of baby's
ear?''
"Combativeness, perhaps"
why, some one said 1t was love Of
''Oh, well, it's all one and the same
thing. Harlem Life.
Mr.. Mainland so you have been es-
tablished in this town for several years
Have you had many cures?
DIR. Jalap: No; but. you see, I've not
got along so far as that yet. I'm only
practicing just at present-Boston Trans
cript.
links: smlthson strikes me as being
a sort of religious broker; but I'm blamed
if l can tell whether he's a bull or a
bear
Filkins: Why not?
links: Because he's long on counte-
nance and short on works.-Harlem Life.
Mrs Fogg: Oh, yes, Miss Della Sart
is a fine elocutionist She reads so nat
urally and every word is uttered with
such distinctness.
Mr. Fogg: Hml Reads distinctly and
naturally does she? Well, all I've got
to say is she is no observation-disclosures
Transcript.
-Apropos of boasters. Dean Hole tells
story of an acquaintance of his at
Oxford who once wrote him note begin
ming MY dear Countess" and then
scratching out Countess" substituted
Hole" Whereupon, the dean, not to be
Qutdone, began his reply, My dear
Queen" and then drew his pen through
Queen" and substituted Dick. House
hold Words.
II licked him" said the boy, mourn
fully. Il licked him good, an now there
are a couple of big fellows in the next
street jest a-layin' for me to lick me
cause l licked him.
My SON." said the father, earnestly
seeing an opportunity to impress a lesson
in international politics upon the boy
now you realize the position that Japan
is in."-Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-06

The feature OF the celebration Of Grants
birthday In his native town Of Galena- H..
on last Saturday. April y. was the unveil-
ing Of Nast's picture Of the surrender, pre-
sented To the city Of Galena by Mr. n. r..
KohIsaat. Of Chicago. The canvass IS 8
by p feet. and the painting was executed
in a year being finished on April o 1895.
just thirty years TO a day after the surren-
der The artist. Thomas Mast. Is well
known as the war artist for the Harpers.
The picture has received the name Of
Peace in Union. The scene is in the low
ceiled room Of the Mclean homestead at
Appomattox and the central figures, Grant
and Lee. stand with clasped hands By the
side Of a small table. Lee is accompanied
by only one Of his STAFF Col. Charles Mar
shall. mis- secretary. now prominent law
yer in Baltimore. Col. Orville F.. Babcock,
the federal staff officer deputed TO escort
Gen. Lee TO the place of meeting. stands
with Col Marshall. behind the confederate
chieftain Behind Gen. Grant stand
eight Of his stan officers. namely, Sher-
idan. Rawlings. Custer. Porter. Ord. VIII
liams. Badeau, and Parker. Tradi-
ton has it that Gen. Horace
Porter stood next to Gen. Grant
at the meeting. but the picture
shows Gen Rawlings in that position,
which the artist claims is correct
The contrast between Lee and Grant is
striking. The imposing personality Of Lee
dominates the picture. He was "A hand
some man and an ideal soldier which
points are said TO have been brought out
by the artist with fidelity. Dressed. as he
was then. in full dress uniform, his was O.
commanding figure Grant, on the other
hand, appears less imposing than either
of his attending officers. He alone Of all
those present wears short coat. II viii
be recalled that he attended the meeting
in his field costume.
The portraits are said to be speaking
likenesses.' especially that of Lee. There
is nothing in the work that can prove in
the least offensive to southern sensibili-
ties, hence southern people can join in
offering congratulations to Galena upon
the possession. through the generosity Of
Mr. KOhlsaat and the artistic skill of Mr..
Mast, of a most valuable historical paint
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A standard for CoIors.

Every man who has ever been commits
stoned to match a piece of silk or ribbon
will agree that there is an absolute de-
mand for fixed and recognized standard
of color. The man who can take piece
of "Trilby blue" to the store and get It
matched perfectly is a freak, and ought
to be put in a glass case. To the average
man all shades of color are merely colors,
and the modification of the primary col
ors are devices designed to try patience
and purses. In France there is no occa-
sion for the vexations and disappoint-
ments that in this country attend the
enormous majority of efforts of masculine
mankind whenever the question of color
and shade Is tackled. In that happy
country color and shade ere reduced to
known qualities by system of classi1ca-
ton and notation that is scientifically ac-
curate Prof. Chevreul, the famous chem
list, invented the system for use by the
Sevres porcelain works, and it has been
adopted by the country. The standard of
the primary colors is fixed, and their modi-
fications are denoted by numbers. Thus.
there is no need for such terms as shrimp
pink" or elephants ear" or ''toper-nose
purple" the shades are merely red No
23l or yellow No. AZ, or whatever else the
case may be. The advantages of such a
system need not be enlarged upon, to men.
There is a movement afoot to have a
similar system adopted in this country.
A request was recently made of the inte-
rior department that it direct the National
Academy of Sciences to take hold of the
problem of fixing an authoritative stand
ard of color. 10 be endorsed by congress.
Secretary Smith referred the matter to
the president of the academy. who replied
that it would require a long and eXpen-
sive investigation TO obtain the data up
on which an authoritative standard of
color could alone be based. and the results
of such investigation might then be of
very limited value; that standards of color
sufficient for practical purposes are al
ready in use. Nevertheless, he said, il
the secretary were to issue an order to
! that effect the academy would take up
the work.
Sufferers because of the lack of a color
standard will hardly agree that there is
! any system in use that is sufficient to the
demand. on the contrary. from the num-
Der of nonsensical and confusing terms
used to designate shades of color, there
| would appear to be rather lack of sys-
tenn 1t might be a little disagreeable at
| first to society women for them to read
in the papers the morning after the recep-
ton that they were costumed in a gown
! of red No. 4-11-4 with bodice of red No.
Pill but they would soon get used to it:
and then under the new system, the wo-
man who wasn't there would be able to
tell from the report precisely what the
dresses were like. 1t seems to be Secre-
tary Smiths plain duty TO order the acad-
envy to go ahead with the fixing of the
| color standard
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-06
Her Request Granted.

They are telling a story at the expense
of very charming young North Carolina
girl who lives here, says the Washington
Post 1t runs this way: The girl, as |
said is charming, but like a great many
other charming people, she is poor. She
never has more than two evening gowns
in a season, and the ruin OF one of them
is always a very serious matter to her
She went to little Easter dancing party
last week, and she wore a brand-new
white frock. During the evening great,
big, red-faced, perspring man came up
and asked her to dance. He wore no
gloves She looked at his well-meaning
but moist hands despairingly, and
thought of the Immaculate back of her
waist. She hesitated a bit, and then she
said. with a winning smile:
of course I'll dance with you but if
you don't mind-won't you please use
your handkerchief?
The man looked at her blankly a mo-
ment or two. Then a light broke over
his face
'tWhy, certainly he said
And he pulled out his handkerchief and
blew his nose
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-06
A. the supreme Moment.

Some months ago a man went down to
the lake shore to commit suicide, says
the Chicago Record, and when he began
to write a final message to his wife he
could think of nothing to say except that
some butter which he had ordered would
be found at a certain grocery. HIS mes
sage bears out a certain fact discovered
by realists that in the supreme and soul
terrifying moments of life the most RI
diculOus and trivial things often come
uppermost in the mind. The dying man
comments upon the ugly pattern of the
wall paper in his room and the newly mar
ried couple is said to show an invariable
preference for talking about the weather
Just the other day a boy employed in a
west side factory fell four stories down
the shaft of a freight elevator BY some
interposition of fate or Providence, he
landed on his feet after turning over
a couple of times and crawled out OF
the bottom door with silly and mort-
fled look on his face. Except Tor an IN
ward iolting and few bruises he was not
The men who had seen him fall rushed
to the bottom of the shaft expecting to
find him lying there crushed and lfeless.
But he was on his feet outside the shaft,
catching his breath in an excited, nervous
giggle. and awkwardly brushing the dust
Are lr You hurt?" they asked taking hold
"N-n-no. I'm all right"
did you light on your feet?'
Il don't know Leave me alone. I'm
all right"
In a few minutes he had Gained down,
and one of the men asked him: w hat
did YOU think of while you were falling?'
IAN | remember is that the feather
cleanin' place on the SECOND floor was
shut down.
rs that all?'
Il could see as I went by that there
wasn't any one workn' in there. That's
every blamed thing | can remember
He stuck to it. At an awful moment
when his past life should have come to
him in a fash, he was taking observa-
lions of the misunderstanding place.