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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-03-01

Brusie. for the Committee on Ways and
Means. reported favorably on A. b. So,
for construction Of free wagon road
from Mariposa TO Yosemite Valley; rec
ommending that A. b. 962, providing for
the termination of the duties OF the State
Board OF Nitcultural Commissioners,
pass as amended also q resolution for the
pay of j. l.. ellis for services. Adopted.
SENATE MESSAGES.
Senate messages were taken up, and q
number of Senate bills were referred to
the appropriate committees.
The Assembly recsded from the amend-
ments to S. b. 259, relative to salary of
Waterman of the State Treasury, and the
bill was ordered transmitted to the Sen
ate.
Cutter moved that S. B. 10 be declared
case OF urgency, which was done, the
blll considered in Committee OF tho
! Whole and recommended for passage.
| 5. b. 10, making an appropriation for
relmOurSlng the County OF Marin for
! moneys expended by it for the prosecu-
| ton OF crimes committed within the State
! Prison at San Quentin, and for inquest
| held over the bodies of Convicts who
| have died within said prison, was passed
ayes Il, noes 0.
On motion OF Phelps, A. b. 627 was
made special order for Friday at $3.50
! p. NJ.
| RESOLUTIONS.
| LaugenOur offered a resolution eXclud-
ing from the floor of the House all per-
sons not enUitled to be present there,
which was laid over one day.
RESOLUTION OF THANKS.
Pendleton offered d resolution reciting
that j. b. Mcdonald had, by the decision
| OF the House, lost his seat therein, and
| that, during the time he had been a mem
| Der he had discharged his duties with
| honesty and fidelity and had been q faith
full representative; that therefore it was
resolved that the thanks of the House be
| extended TO Mr.. Mcdonald for his faith
| full service ana attendance as q member
| and that the members extend to him their
! best wishes tor mis- success in future life
| The resolution was unanimously
! adopted by rising vote.
! The petition presented by Waymire on
/ Wednesday from Il,O0O citizens of San
! francisco, asking for the appointment of
I an investigation Committee, was ordered
! printed III the journal, by resolution of
! Waymire.
J Dodge rose to a question of privilege.
! The San Francisco HOJgIjHg coll had mis-
! stated his position in regard TO the salar-
! les of Alameda County officials The
statement did him gross injustice, and
! whoever furnished 1t to the paper in
! question must have known ii was false.
/ 1t was the first time he had ever in his
! Legislative experience risen TO a question
OF privilege, but his actions here had al
/ ways been III accordance with his decIa-
! rations during the canvass.
/ North rose to similar question of priv
I llege on the same subject, as he had been
/ similarly misrepresented.
ON motion of PendletOn, at 4:45 p. NJ
! the Assembly adjourned till 10 A. NJ. to-
day.
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Legislative Notes.

The Senate pages have decided to hold
banquet royal next Thursday evening,
the menu to consist ofpork and beans, and
Sacramento River water. Presiden. pro
tenn. Flint, Senators Deuison and Mathews
have headed subscription list for the
purpose with 81 each.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-03-01
Lost Their Child.

Death visited the home of Colonel r. E.
Murray, Assistant Adjutant- General,
yesterday, and bore away his only son.
The child was months old and was q
wonderfully bright and interesting boy.
The remains will be taken to Stockton tor
interment. Tue parents are terribly
grief-strickeu.
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Restores the District
Fair Appropriations.

Bill Repeating the Act Appropriate
ing Money for the Support of
Aged INDECENT Persons Signed by
the Governor-The General Appro-
Driation Bill In the Senate-H. NJ.
Collins Takes his Seat in the As
sembly-The Age of Consent.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-03-01

OUR crockery and glassware sale is fast
drawing to close. Buy your household
goods before it is too late. 51S street. =
SARsAPARILLA AND IRoN.-Get it from
the sole agent, McMorry, 531 NJ street. <
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
When OsceOIa Saw Forrest.

THAT picture reminds me of one of the
most thrilling incidents Of my life" said a
venerable, white-haired gentleman, K. B.
Simms of South Carolina, pointing to the
that adOrns the walls of the Hotter Page.
1T certainly is a splendid likeness of the
great actor, and carries me back to a Ger
tam memorable occasion many years be-
fore the civil war, when he was filling an
engagement in Charleston. playing nightly
TO large and enthusiastic audiences | was
a mere lad and was wild with delight
when the night came that l could go to
hear him.
I'm the audience was the Indian chief
tain. Osceola, and half dozen of his,
braves, who were then captiyes They
had been pinng in confinement. and
prompted by the humane motive of afford
ing them some diversion, the authorities
took them to hear Forrest play. His grand
looks and majestic figure caught the cop
prr-h'"d auditors at once, and they aD-
prar''l entranced from the very outset.
Forrest soon observed the strange group
and immediately formed design to inter
est them, particularly, for suddenly, in
tn" midst Of stirring scene, he emitted
an Indian war WhOop. It fairly electrified
his audience and the effect on Osceola and
hrs party was magical: Jumping to their
f"et nstantaneOusly they gave back an
answering whoop that rent the air win
its mighty roar, and fairly chilled the
blood Of many a nervous nearer. Two or
three ladies tainted.
The whole thing was so sudden. SC
strange and startling that it made vivid
and lasting impression on every soul in
that asSemblage. Forrest was frequently
heard to recall the episode, and he was
wont to declare that the action of those
untutorcd warriors was the greatest com
pment ever paid to his powers as an
actor ashington Post, 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
DethrOue6 Him.

NJ. Francisque Sarcey, the great French
critic, has been to see Little EyoIf,' as
the company of the "Oeuvre'' has Just
presented it in Paris, and this is what he
says of Ibsen's latest: Permit me to
say nothing about Ibsen's Little Eyolf.'
1t was SO furiously applauded and bored
me so cruelty that heaven clearly has not
endowed me with a brain capable Of I'M
Outstanding and enjoying symbols. For
from. one end to the other. It is series
of interminable conversations intoned by
actors who have been at the pains to
provide themselves with voices from the
other world. And all the time you are in
the darkness of night. What is the most
wonderful is that at the moment when
the curtain rises upon scene as black as
an oven get vague glimpse of a WON
an seated over her needle work at table,
| whisper to my neighbor: But what
light can she see to sew by, anyhow
miseration and contempt. My remark
denoted a profound uninteligence Of
Scandinavian literature. Believe me or
not, as you please, had on my return
home the fortitude to read the piece, as
well as the preface, wherein the translator
explains the symbolical beauties for us,
The commentary seemed to me little
more luminous than the work. It is a
bottle of ink this Little Eyolf,' and
I cannot get the idea out of my head
that the people who affect to 90 into
hooking ut our. credulity. But they have
y capacity for boredom which admire"
So much for Snrcey! OF course, the
Ibsenitcs have dethroned him as the pope
of criticism, and will no longer believe
he knows what he is writing about.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
. jim FISK'S WIDOW IN NEED.
Living III Bbst6n Almost Pehnilcss-Wha
Became Of Her Fortune?

Living In 1sBst6n Almost Petiniicss-What
Became Of Her Fortune?
f The widow bf jim Fisk, Who was the
victim of Ed. STOKES pistol is almost
poverty -strickch. She is living at present
in humble apartments in Boston She
has an income of $50 month from her
family property, but not one cent comes
from all that colossal fortune which Jim
Fisk risked his fair fame to gather to-
gether by the most audacious and stu
pendous achievements known to modern
finance. When Fisk, shot down by an
assassin's pistol, died at the Grand Cen
trail hotel, New York city, January 6,
1872, he was currently reported to be
one Of the Wealthiest men in New York
When, three months later, James d.
Clark, the friend and business adviser
OF the widowed Mrs. Fisk, filed an in
ventory OF the dead mans estate in the
appraised its total value at 50 600, 600.
The contrast of circumstances between
her present state of living and the lux
ury in which her husbands assassin now
lives brings wildly to mind the crime
which shocked this world twenty-three
years ago. It was partly for his wife's
sake that Jim Fisk embarked in these
enterprises, Despite the stormy passions
that shook his mature years, she was his
SAAS IVY AIAS III ~ hAu Hlo luSl. III
his will he left her all his property, real
and personal, subject only to a legacy of
100000 to his sister. But all that great
wealth has vanished. Mrs. Fisk claims
+ that she signed over S3,OOO,OOO of real
estate to the Erie road and never received
cent. She did this at Gould's sugges-
ton. She exchanged her interest in the
Narragansett Steamboat company (now
s Fall River line) to Mr. Gould for $780,
600 New Jersey Southern stock and $15,-
600 additional. She realized $500 on
the stock
Gould afterwards purchased the real
estate, which he induced her to transfer
to the Erie road. A further problem is
presented by a calm review of all the
facts. COL Fisk is we'll known to have
owned large block of Erie stock. Only
few days before his death he made a
statement to this effect to William H.
Morgan. The amount is currently re-
ported to have been 5000 shares. Their
total value at 500 per share would have
been 5000, OO0-more than enough to have
soothed the declining years of his widow.
But neither that lady, nor her relatives.
nor her business representatives, have
ever been able to discover trace of
these enormous holdings. Where have
they disappeared? A subscription list for
the widow ia snproSto1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
The Castor OIL Plant i'm Florida.

Experiments on considerable scale
were made last year in Orange county
Fla. in cultivating castor beans as com.
mercial crop. The planting was deferrp,.
until May. 80 that the plants had only
begun to ripen seed in quantity when the
frost came and destroyed them About
$50 bushels of beans were gathered in
two cuttings. and the experimenter has
reason to believe that if he had planted
in February longer season and greatcr
growth would have given Thousand
bushels more before the cold killed the
plants. since there were from three to-
FIVE heads on each stalk which were too
green to be of any value when the frost
came. Of course. last season was spr-
cially upfavorable. and for ten years past
caster oil plants have lived through winter
and begun to form new heads and Tipen
seeds early i'm spring. and it is Thought
that in the socallcd orange belt plants
will so through the winter. rs a rule. and
bear seed for ten or twelve months. II
often occurs that plants live FIVE or six
winters. and become real trees before
there is frost enough to kill them The
experimenter does not seem to bc dis
heartene,l. and the tract has been replant
ed with beans for this year-Garien anil
EnrnSf
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
THE KAISER WILL DRIVE ZEBRAS,

Trained to Harness In South Africa and
Now Being Tested by an Expert.
The Kaiser Wilhelm has received from
u Boer firm in the Transvaal Il consign-
ment of three zebras, that have been
broken in for carriage use and are said
to be reliable it driven abreast. His
majesty intends to use the team before
the Russian troika, 4 carriage built for
three horses harnessed together The
troika was given him by the late EN-
peror OF Russia, and in trying to drive
the fiery horses of the steppes with his
own royal hands, or rather his hand flor
his left hand is no use to him in handling
the ribbons), the Kaiser came near getting
killed once or twice. Several of his
eoachmen We're injured and one killed
in runaway accidents with the troika
horses.
The zebra team will be thoroughly
tested before his majesty attempts to
handle it. The animals are now in
stalled i'll the royal news at the Neuss
palais, and are exercised daily by an
expert driver in the grounds. They
seem to so quietly. but the fact that
two grooms on fleet horses follow in
anticipated, and that the driver is not
willing to sacrifice his life for the sake
of his masters whim.
The zebras are graceful, slight of build
and nearly of the size of Trakehnen
horses from the celebrated royal stud
which the Emperor usually drives. Their
bodies are white, striped with numerous
brownish black bands. Three sets of rus
set and red morocco harness COR each are
being manufactured.
If eXpectat tons are realized, the En-
peror intends to use the team upon his
frequent travels between Potsdam and
Berlin instead of the four Hungarian
fuckers" now employed by him.
Experiments with zebras We're first con-
Quoted at the Paris Jardin d'Acclimata-
ton two years ago. The managers har-
messed two zebras before heavy wagon
with an old horse between them, so they
might learn the gait and other necessary
accomplishments. a servant walked at
the side of each zebra holding him by
the bride. The animals, although very
shy and vicious, after while showed
themselves tractable. They were sold to
Il rich sportsman who by his haste spoiled
every thing. He had to sell them to a
menagerie ut great loss
The Emperor heard of the experiment
and requested the authorities of German
East Africa to get him Il team of four.
1t is understood that several Berlin aris-
tocrats and millionaires have ordered re-
bra teams from Africa by firm that will
make a specially of the trade.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
"BUFFALO GNATS."
Their Bite Causes the Death of Horses in
the Mississippi Valley.


In the Southern Mississippi valley are
found great swarms of flies known as
buffalo gnats.' They bite horses and
mules to death. Nearly related to them
is an insect known to science as the
simulium, which attacks man. 1t is
found in caves in the mountains some
times, and now and then appears in enor-
nous numbers. The larvae attack young
trout i'll the streams, destroying many.
One of the most painful bites, though not
poisonous, is that of the horsefy, which
stabs with sharp beak and sucks blood
somewhat like a mosquito.
1t is known that the houseAy acts as a
distributing agent for some diseases of
plants. Another interesting thing recent
ly ascertained is that the complaint
known as Texas fever depends for it's
propagation upon the common cattle tick,
which conveys the germs from one animal
to another. A point worth nothing is
that the bite of any unknown insect is
apt to be laid to the spider, owing to
popular superstition. You get up in the
morning with small swelling on your
person, and nine people out of ten will
diagnose it as spider bite. The house
fly seems to be comparatively new in
sect. At all events, no specimens have
been found fossil. Four species of bed
bug are now known; they are parasitic
respectively upon the swallow, the pigeon,
the bat and man. The familiar house
wife's notion that "bats bring bedbugs
into the house, is not wholly without
undation.-Rene Bache in Boston Tran
SCRIPT
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
4 Quick Finish.

The English painter, Hawkins, at 20
years Of age was the center of acclama-
ton. But ut the close of his life he is de-
scribed as having lived in FOOLS para
disc, content with himself and fattening
OH the empty praise he had won. The
mischief lay in the fact that he was an
excellent boon companion. On one occa-
sion he was asked by Mr.. Ackers, a
member of Parliament, to accompany him
and one or two others to Paris, the host
promising to give him a holiday and pay
al al, his expenses. Hawkins objected.
want to finish it for exhibition Never
mind Illi1s that" returned Ackers; bring. it
yielded, us he always did in the end,
and the picture was put into the carriage.
As they were driving along Mr.. Ackers
asked to be allowed to look ut it, and,
when it was uncovered, he said: ..'What
do you want for it 7" IT shall want ESQ
for it when it's finished answered
Hawkins very WELL" returned the
member Of Parliament, "I'll give It to
you. and I'll finish the picture for you,
toow With that he kicked hole through
the canvas, and the artist was thus set
free for an undisturbed jollification.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05

about six months old. named her vic
t0rlanA In my own inner consciousness.
but called her Vic. BY the last name
only was she known to my friends and
associates,
4 camped in deep valley fourteen
BY eight miles-on a Navajo trail, and
lived there eight months, my men and i
occupying sixteen little log cabins. Three
hundred Nayajos. attacked ME the day
after my arrival, but, although 1 had
but f0rty-fye men, u came out ar fhe
fight best fellow. l had frequent other
encounters. spent much time ID edu-
catlng Vic. She was taught to bring
my slippers when she saw me remove
my boots, shut door II shirered, carry
messages to the first sergeant, my sery-
ant and the cook, lead my horse from
the stable to the cabin and do many
other things. | practiced her at long dis
tances. and succeeded in sending her.
from valley where I was fishing to
camp, distance of six miles.
once was caught in g cnbin with d
sergeant by Twenty-Five Navajus. The
successfully defend ourselves from The
windows and keep the Indians away.
At last they took d log OF four feet
diameter and, Lying behind it, rolled t
towards lls. It was a movable breast
work. When found that we were SIRE
to be taken and killed after the Indian
manner, l sent Vic nine miles to. the val-
"The rolling of the log was impeded .hv
stones IN its path, and the Indians re-
moved them by digging under the log and
letting them down below the surface.
This made a long delay. eo Vic returned
with message that detail of ten men
was on the way to our rescue. She err
rled my note and brought back one eight
cen miles in all-in three hours, The
men came just in time to save our scalDs.
For this Vic was presented with
silver collar by the company. Ten silver
dollars were put in it, and us much more
paid for making it.
"All the other stories which have writ
ten of her are inventions. She accom-
panied me to Arizona and across the
Xuaca Nella desert. She sat on q balsas
which l padded on the Colorado river
She accompanied me when 1 went to
of old age in 1873. She was the mother
of but one litter of puppies.
Il have already mentioned her mark
ings in my stories, but I have omitted one.
On her left foreshoulder she had a mark
in brown hair ON the white that looked
like a capital letter U. That was sug-
gestion to me. All government stock Is
always branded on the left foreshoulder
with U. S. With piece of caustic /
traced out semblance of those letters on
Vic's shoulder. BY not making the solu-
ton too strong the letters took, the same
tinge of the lver-colored spots and mot
ties on her body. never allowed them
to fade, and most persons thought them
a birthmark. If questioned, always told
how they were made"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
eeKouEsT OF THR NORTHWEST.
I, va. Acquired from IN, aI.- is,i,s-s by rsrss-
eE a rurs

II was Acquired from, fI~ issftssss by Fsrs--
Of rms.
IN 11TG, when iia.iefs~nsi-fs.-p WIS -
clared, the EHited States itfeEsssssti ssly 20.
thirteen original states on thu sesf<arf
With the exesffiou IF a few huntsr=
there were Bo white nisB west IF tire 81
legheny mountains, and flssre Wa ast
even an American hunter In sfs .-rsat
country out Of which We have s4a-ys mari
the states Of 1liInsis. Indiaua. Dbis. Ui-k-
igan ami Wisconsin. AL this r.zIgn
north Of the Ohm river then fprrusst .
part of the PrpyiH@p af sgusIsr o. vas
a. WILDERNESS of fsrsstS aud grairiSz, fspus-
ing with game. and inilsbytTd by atauJ
warfike tribes Of IBhiaHs
Here and thsrs through " 4srs d,,vtssI
quaint little towns If French f-ss,.l.z..,
the most important heIn= Dstrsrft. Vic,
cpfiiiss bii the Wabash. and Ea-kszkrs
aid EahDkianIs Oh the tiliIiDi< Tfssp-E
French villages were ruled bF BgftiSFs
officers commanding sBssH IsgaIi.-s ~ r@sT-
lar soifliers br- Tory F:sHsera AMI CTa,,iF
Fartis5ns The towns 1eFa etsuit,istarF
In the Is3wpr Of the British gyvernmsHT
none Of the American states Bad d.,tsitl
possession Of 4 fa9t Of lr8Is'FtF ~ rms
NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY.
Tie Northwest was FrtIrIirs-sl 81 IN
time Of the rprolut5on only bF aruss-d
toH3ufsif 5H1 III IL Ea'i nTt hsSu 50 -
guifed. il would have remHi1Rsi 4 ga-r -
the British Donfinion Of ER"HfId-
Tie Han 10 whom this rptgHs~t W.
due was 4 famous ia,-kwo,.is I.-sr.l--r, q.
mighty hunter. d noted fn'iian fighter
George Rogers Clark He was . TSr-
strong man. with light hrir and BIH@
eyes. of good firgiaia faHiiIr rif.
early il, so''th efiibarke,l qp rio s.ivanrrIr
GUS career of a tacbw01si< surveyor *
actly as Washington and -, many 0fhar
Firginians of spirit did NJ that periusi
He Travelled ont To ,Eentnrsy Sr"n after
it was opened Up by BSone. and II~sH
there 4 year. either at the Starirus Or
camping by himself in the Woods. sur
veying. hunting and making war aga nzr
the Indians, like any other sptrEer t,9'
al the time his mind vas bent On ys~Es,-
schemes than were dreamed IF ~ ~
men around him He had his <pje< "rF u
the Northwestern territory, AMI te'-s1rUs
convinced that with a small fore ~
resOlute barkweodsmen he could roHgU'r
il for the United Stairs. When h. VEN
back to Virginia Gov. Patrick H"nrT IN
tered heartily into Clark's seh"rI1e- rud
s5Se him authority to fit out i forve FIR
his purppse.-Theodore Roosevelt in June
Ct Nicholas
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Horse Power Of Bicycle Rider.

An experiment which may be performed
by any one riding a bicycle is the deter
nination Of the horse power Of the rider.
by a simple calculation after the ascent OF
a hill. The mechanical equivalent of a
horse power, being $4,000 pounds raised
through a distance of one foot in one min
ute, may be directly applied to machine
and its rider. The only requirements be-
sides man and wheel are stop watch
and steep, smooth hill of known altitude.
The bill should be steep enough to prevent
one from ascending with any great yeloci-
~, and thus have the wind resistance viii
ate the result. The weight in pounds Of
machine and rider being almost always
known and the time readily taken, the
altitude of the bill can be found by a
level and staff. 1t will be seen that the
length Of the hill does not matter, so long
as the incline is steep enough to prevent
fast riding when the whole energy of the
man is expended in proplling him I'D the
grade. The figures found when compared
with the ones above, give the horse power
in Il pretty accurate way.-Philadelphi
Inuuirer