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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-18
Spring Changes in MIX.

1t Is interesting to notice the varia-
lions Of butter fats made by herds and
cows which may be accurately shown
by the Babcock testing machine. When
grass first comes In the spring and
farmers begin to decrease their grain
ration, exchanging it for the most per-
feet ration ever grown, the flush feed
OF May and June, the increasing yield
Is p~erceptibla. In the case Of we'll bred
Jersey herds it is remarkable. Hol.
stems and only ordinary natives ap-
pear to respond less literally to the
change Of food and conditions. The
Babcock machine, and what 1t will
prove to the wideawake dairyman may
be made of inestimable value to him.
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For twenty-five years the ruling pas
sion Of the western college student has
been the passion for oratory. So far
as we are aware, says the Review Of
Reviews, no has ever attempted a
general estimate OF the causes or the
results Of this ~unexampled devotion on
the part of at least a hundred student
communities through the entire period
since the war to the art Of public ad-
dress. But to deny the fact itself would
be to confess total ignorance of all the
springs and motives Of the life that
has long dominated the undergraduate
groups from Ohio to Colorado. To
some extent this ardent student passion
for proficiency In public speaking has
been encouraged by the college authori-
ties. But for the most part It has been
neither encouraged nor recognized by
the faculties of instruction. Like col
lege athletics In the east, the cause of
college oratory In the west has been
promoted by the unofficial cooperation
OF the students themselves, with the
tolerance rather than the full approba.
ton Of teachers who have been Jealous
Of anything that threatened to weaker
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Common in EurOpe.

The use of q third cylinder on a loco.
motive, where the latter IL a compound
engine and the steam has two chances
to expand. Is 10 novelty. Such a plan
Is quite common in Europe. But 4
t~hree-cylinder locomotive Of the single
expansion type is much more unusual.
and, indeed, WAS unknown until quito
recently. 1t Is an American invention.
400.
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Charitable.

The Board Ct Health Of New York
City has received q gift Of sos, 900 from
Mrs. Minturn 70 establish a pesthousa
where patients will receive better At
tention than . commonly accorded
,nem. She was moved to this deed BIZ
the Incarceration Of a friend in the mil.
cradle quarters now used.
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If Burrowe ever leases Tom Ochil-
tree into a duel somebody is very
liable to get shot plump through the
shirt bosom instead OF the c0at-tail.
This need cause no anxiety among
the friends of the 1orid-haired
romancer from Texas, for it Is the
other fellows linen that is in danger.
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schedule In detail.
Roanoke college in Virginia Gee

college In Virginia seems
likely to become the educational head
Quarters OF Coreans In this country.
Surh Beung Kin of Seoul has been a
successful student ut Roanoke since
January OF last year and now Whang
Hyen Mo has arrived at the college to
study English. preparatory to matricu.
lating as a student next autumn. This
college has had Choctaw students for
some twenty-five years and a few a
ago enrolled among it's students three
young Japanese, sons Of members Of
the imperial privy council.
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i Come again In . week. Meantime, II
your n~ecossities are pressing
They arc" bluntly admitted Dalton.
4 Will advance you some money.
How much-6fty-A hundredH"
two hundred will do"
The lawyer took out his check book.
I'm . week, theny" said Dalton, ~ he
folded up the bit Of paper.
Yes, we shall be ready for you then
All these proceedings Ralph Prescott
watched with lowering brOws.
He saw money that he had expected to
handle given freely to another; he saw
An almost utter stranger to Godfrey
Forsythe ~ claimant OF his fortune.
Oh, 1t was m~addening, hate-inspiring.
The DEGREES Of fate were cruel, unjust!
Say. Prescott, I want to cash this
che. r. said Dalton, as they left the
lawyers house together.
cash 1t, then" gruwled Prs
Come, don't be wrathy. I may
throw a few hundreds In your way yet.
! bear you no ill-will."
Shouldn't think you would, seeing
that you've got all the plums In sight"
Dalton smiled complacently.
That's my good luck, he remarked.
Come; get the check cashed for me.
I've got q friend I'm to meet at the
hotel tonight. and I need ready funds.
Keep out . tenner for your trouble"
1t suddenly dawned on Prescott that
he could gain nothing by sullen ami
mostly; much, perhaps, by playing the
sycophant.
He led the way to his old friend. the
tavern-keeper, explained the situation,
And got the money, for Lawyer Drew's
check was as current as gold coin In
Ridgeton.
He watched Dalton indorse it with a
fiourtsh, and then, his glance falling to
the name, his eyes bulged.
-Hello!" he calculated forcibly,
Dalton handed him the promised ten
dollars, but Prescott was strangely lost
In reverie.
I'll see you again, Prescott, " he said.
Suppose I'll have to call around ON
Ruth Pretty busy for a week or
80, though, 80 IL she gets better tell her
l came, but was called away again. I've
. friend to meet. See you again"
He passed from the tavern "A he
spoke. Jaunty, self-possessed, the
sleek, successful knave, If there ever
was one, voted Ralph Prescott.
The latter scratched his head thought
fully. He stood for some moments like
2 man In . dream. He was thinking of
Lawyer Drow's check for two hundred
dollars, and Paul Dalton's Endorsement
on 1t.
What does it mean9" he muttered, as
ne too left the tavern. Something
up! What? Why, Paul Dalton has
even changed his handwriting"
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BAD SCHOOL BOOKS.
fCHiLDREN'S EYES AFFECTED eY
POOR PRINT.

Reform Demanded In Existing sys.
TENS Of Grading-Growth of College
Oratory and Orators I'm the West
School and College Notes.
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NO phase OF the growth Of the Univer.
atty OF Pennsylvania has been 30 strik.
Ing as the number Of new buildings.
Within the last I'VE years i've e
buildings have risen on the college cam,
puA
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house on IRE, though; it were but to
roast their eggs.
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should be used as much as possible In
the materials with which children

should be used as much as possible in
the materials with which children
work.
Only ten Of tho 500 children exam
sned were entirely color blind. but In
nearly Is per cent. the sense was prov
ed markedly deficient. The color test
was q very simple one. From a light
wooden rod hung q fringe of small
skeins Of wool, the colors being ar
ranged In a certain order-greens min
gled with fawn shades, pinks with
blues. and reds with yellows. A knot Of
green was placed In the child's hand
and he was told to throw over the rod
any similar color he discovered among
the fringe OF skeins. Where the sense
Of color was acute the greens were tn
stanty selected; where 1t was feeble
much hesitancy and searching were dis
played.
In cases where the sense was mark
eddy deficient fawns and greens were
mingled, blues were pronounced identi-
cal with pinks, and no attempt was
made to distinguish between yellows
and reds. The child In whom the color
sense was wanting chose every color
In turn. In no instance was the child
aware OF his defect. the deficiency up
parently not having come under the no.
tce Of its parents.
In view Of these facts, 1t becomes the
duty OF parents and school managers
to insist on such changes IL will check
and ultimately prevent injury to the
eyes of children In the schools.
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We are often made Supremacy happy
BY what we ONT get
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education the school was q place of
detention. the work was only routine,
and the teacher was the embodiment
OF force. In the plan Of the new educa.
ton the school Is q workshop; the
teacher IL a helper; all are to do orig
inal work together. More than one
school has been borne down by too
much profundity, administered with
too much solemnity.
What They Study at Yale.
An interesting table has been pre.
pared showing the hours Of instruction
devoted to different studies by the class
OF 1876 In the academic department of
Yale (Which will graduate next year.
but whose schedule Of electives ia now
made OUT, and the class of 1892. which
graduated as '96 entered. From this It
appears that the classics still lead: in
deed, they make nearly ~one-fourth of
the work of 1896, but they were as
much above a quarter for 1892 az they
are below it for 1896. European Ian.
guages are practically in the same ratio
Tor the two classes. Mathematics take
a noteworthy and comforting drop from
14.8 per cent to 9.S and from second
place to fifth. Political science nd.
vances from 7.6 to 0.8 and English han.
PLY moves up from SIS to 1913. History
gains, too.
E0llowfnO is Tho ooboar,
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the allegiance Of students to class room
drill or laboratory work.
Yet In spite Of the cold shoulder or tho
active opposition of president or pro-
fessors, the students of every western
college have persisted In attaching IN
enormous Importance to thes. self-ul'
rected. s~elf-taught, cooperative schools
Of debating and oratory. The so-called
literary societies Of the western colleges
are In fact for the most part training
schools In the art Of public speaking.
The extemporaneous debate, carried
on under the strictest possible parlia-
mentary discipline, has Away" been
the favorite exercise of the literary 30.
cieties. Most colleges have several
of these associations, which compete
with each other for the acquisition Of
the brightest of the new lads al tie
opening Of the year. The student who
does not join or another OF the So
cieties is a very exceptional fellow; and
the older members consider II their
loyal and brotherly duty to help every
new member, no matter how timlu and
tongue-tied he may be at first, to &C.
quire the art of expressing himself In
the presence Of an audience with some
degree of freedom and confidence.
1t does not follow that all western
students become orators; but 1t certain
~ does come to pass that practically all
of them acquire the ability to stand
upon their feet in a public place and
say anything that they may have occa-
sion to say with d~irectness and without
undue embarrassment or confusion Of
manner.
Lauds the Public Schools.
DR.. Draper, president Of the Unlver-
sity of Illinois, in his address to the
graduates Of the Indiana State Normal
School at Terre Haute, said in part:
In u republic there is one institution
which towers above oil others and
which was not created; 1t has grown.
1t is open to all, free from intolerance,
providing an equipment for any liveli-
hood. 1t is the great free school sys-
tenn Of the country, with its $4,000
teachers, its 100000 children, and
costing $4,000 900 annually. 1t is
at once the best exemplifcation and
the best inspiration of American char
acter. 1t is the capstone Of our temple
and 1t holds the place of honor nearest
the flag. We r accustomed to say
that the teacher makes the school and
We say rightly. In the plan Of the old
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CHAPTER XIV.
UNMASKED!

CHAPTER XIV.
UNNAskED!
Something's up!
Ralph Prescott described the situa-
ton in that terse expression. There was
something up, to a certainty. Some
thing dark, mystical, susl icious.
But what2 He had made a new dis
covery-that even the handwriting of
Paul Dalton had changed; but what of
thai A man acting a part for two
years might, upon resuming his original
identity. have changed his appearance,
manner and handwriting back to the
real from the false. and emerge as Diff
ferent into his new existence as q but
terfly from q chrysalis.
He was always discovering" some
thing, and every additional discovery
generally resulted In disaster for him
self.
He had set out t sweep his enemy
from the field by q simple plot, and had
only succeeded in precipitatinR q climax
that had richly benefited that foe and
impoverished himself.
Still, plotting was like drinking-fas-
cinating, cumulative. Once in the swim,
to put 1t tritely, the victim plunged
deeper and deeper into the labyr1nths of
crime.
Besides all this, things looked queer.
He could not imagine Paul Dalton 90
eminently heartless and insensible to
the rare beauty of Ruth Elliott as to
utterly ignore her, and prefer wealth to
her love, when he might have both.
TIL keep him In view a bit, II only
for curiosity" s~oliloquized Prescott.
He said he was going to meet q friend
at the hotel. ! may learn something by
watching them"
To the hotel, therefore, Prescott took
his way.
He passed by the open doors and
glanced in, but caught no sight of the
man he sought.
Through the window Of the smoking.
room, however, opened to admit the
fresh air upon the tobacco-smoke tainted
atmosphere of the apartment. he made
out Paul Dalton and q stranger.
They occupied the room alone, and,
tilted back In chairs, sat %conversina
animatedly.
Prescott had become quite an expert
shadower Of late, and he was soon Turk.
ing near the window.
Distinctly on his hearing sounded the
! conversation Of Paul Dalton and the
black bearded man who was his com.
pani0n.
so you could not make it, Paul?" the
the latter was asking, in q disappointed
tone Of voice.
Not all Of It; but what's the odds?'
"A weeks the odds!" returned the
other; "and q week sometimes changes
the destinies of nations"
1T won't change mine" asserted Dial.
ton, confidently.
.You don't know that?"
ooh, yes, lido. Here's the plain facts
Of the case: Paul Dalton falls heir to
fortune. Paul Dalton appears ant
claims it,
Proceed"
HE is accepted as heir, rightfully ant
~undisputed. Very good"
But the side entanglements?'
THE girl''
She's sick. May die. Sick enough
anyway, to be out Of the way for /.
week"
That's good"
by that time fortune and Paul Dial
ton will have disappeared
But her father"
Wont sven look at me II he saw me
and this simpleton Of q Prescott I cal
wind about my finger
Can your" ground out the enraget
listener.
well, everything looks all right. re
marked the bearded man.
.Of course it's all right spoke Dal
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ton with convincing emphasis. We
get the fortune, leave and enjoy 1t.
And after we're gomez"
Let these people figure out the COST
Of being too sure Of . man ut their own
leisure"
1T will be . surprising awakening to
reality. smiled the other grimly. paul.
about him"
The record-union., 1895-11-16
Ia the Matter of Reclamation District
Number Five Hundred and Fifty.Six,
County of Sacramento, State or Cali.
fOrnia.

TT'HE PETITION FOR THE FORMATION
of said district having heretofore been ap-
proved by this board, and the landowners OF
said district having heretofore adopted and
recorded their bylaws,
landowner OF said district -,
1t is ordered that an election be held on
SATURDAY the 10th day of November
1895, commencing at 10 O'Clock a. N. and
closing at O'Clock p. NJ. on that day, for the
purpose of electing three Trustees of SAID dis
trict and that notice thereof be published in
the RECoRD-UNIoN. a newspaper of general
circulation in said county, for one month,
and that the County Clerk sign said notice.
And it is further ordered tnat said election
be held at the warehouse of Sol Runyon in
Swamp Land Survey No. $50, on Andrus
Island, County OF Sacramento, State of Cali
fornia and that Pleasant Crew be, and he is
hereby appointed Inspector, and that J. NJ
Gleason and James :. Foster be, and they are
hereby appointed judges of said election.
By unanimous vote of the Board of Super
visors of the County OF Sacramento. October
iSFAL1 Attest: WM. B. HAMILTON,
County Clerk OF the County OF Sacramento,
and ex-off1cio Clerk of the Board OF Super
visors. o10-td
The record-union., 1895-11-16
WANTS A PERMANENT INJUNCTION.
P. S. Lawson's Suit Against the Ma
sonic Grand Chapter.
Arguments on the Demurrer Begun
Yesterday and to be Resumed
This Morning.

The demurrer in the case OF p. S. Law
son against a. Hewell and others was
partially argued in Department One OF
the Superior Court yesterday, and will
be resumed this morning.
The case has excited much interest
among Masons, as it relates to what is
generally termed among them as the
"Cerneau rite" of Scottish or adaptive
Masonry, and which is claimed by the
two recognized Jurisdictions Of the Scot
| tish rite in the United States to be ille-
gitimate.
! Lawson's complaint is against Adolph-
US Hewell, Thomas Flint, Sr., and others,
who represent the Grand Chapter OF
Royal Arch Masons of California, the
members of Stockton Chapter, No. Is, r..
a. NJ, and John w. Boyd, High Priest,
and y. J. Vermilys. Scribe, Of Sacra-
mento Chapter, No. 3.
! The plaintiff alleges that for more than
thirty tive years he has been member In
/ good standing of Sacramento Chapter
! and that Boyd, the High Priest, and Ver-
milya, The Scribe, have brought charges
against him of unbecoming conduct, in
soliciting oliver William Porter, another
Royal Arch Mason, to receive the So
called Masonic degrees in the a. and A.
S., from an alleged Masonic body claim
ing 10 act under a charter from a body
styling itself THE Supreme Council OF
the Accepted Scottish Kite for the Vest
ern States OF America, its Territories and
! Dependencies" which body is one de-
! clared not TO be genuine and legitimate.
1t IS charged that Lawson has for a
| long time been a member Of spurious
and clandestlno body of Masons claiming
/ 10 act under charter Of the said alleged
! Supreme Council, and since the passage
and adoption of General Regulation y O.
! u bv the Grand Chapter of the State, has
| knowingly and willIully been present at
/ and assisted in comforting OF so-called
Masonic degrees in such body or organ
1zation, which is contrary to and in viola
tion OF the said General Regulation
/ No q.
| Lawson claims in his complaint that
| the Grand Chapter has no right TO pro-
/ hibit him from becoming member of
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
/ organization referred to.
He alleges that his expulsion from the
! fraternity of Royal Arch Masons is the
! end sought, and claims that it is "con-
/ spiracy between the officers of the Grand
! Chapter and the other defendants to oust
! him from that body, which will result in
/ his expulsion from the bodies comforting
/ degrees higher than the Chapter"
/ lie asked for a temporary injunction
restraining them from carrying out their
! Conspiracy" and that it be- made perma-
| nent after the case is heard. Judge Hink-
son granted temporary Injunction. and
/ now the case comes up on demurrer. The
argument for plaintiff is being made by
ex-J udge Myrick of San Francisco and
! Mckune and George of this city, and by
| S. s. Holl and G. a. Elliott for the defense
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goods, is simply disgraceful to the intel
ligence of those who have had the max
ing of the laws, which make it impos-
sible to do otherwise.
In conclusion, am pleased to say that
the sentiment against using prison labor
seems to be changing, and will, [ trust,
soon be better understood in California,
IS we'll as in Pennsylvania and while it
would be wrong for any State to engage
in industries whereby the enterprise of
its citizens would be ruined it should
be possible without doing this to find
employment for all able-bodied men
that would make them at least self
supporting, ard we shall look forward
with interest to the conclusions to be
rea ched by your committee. Yours,
very truly, EDGAR DE PUE,
President State Board of Prison Di-
rpcfOrS
The record-union., 1895-11-16
GRANTED A NEW TRIAL
/ Vantine Says He Did Not Intend to
Violate the Ordinance.

'Vantine Says He Did Not Intend to
Violate the Ordinance.
The case of Frank Vantine, who was
found guilty in the Police Court on
Thursday OF depositing rubbish on his lot,
in violation OF the ordinance, come up
yesterday morning for sentence.
II. L. Buckley, attorney for Vantine,
asked for q new trial, as the defendant
had conducted his own case, and although
there was a technical violation of the Or
dinance, as a matter Of fact the substances
deposited were only cinders, tin cans and
broken brick. which gave out no odor
and were not in any way injurious TO the
health of residents. Mr.. Vantine. he
said, was law-abiding citizen, and had
no intention of violating the law, and
would not under any circumstances do
anything that he thought would endan-
ger the health of his neighbors.
The court said that he very seldom
granted a new trial, but the circum-
stances in this case were peculiar, and the
violation of the ordinance only tech
nical one. He should therefore grant a
new trial, and set the time for the 22d.
1t appears that Vantine was hauling
rubbish and cinders. and dumping them
on lots owned by his father to fill in the
lots. The latter states that there was no
garbage mixed with the rubbish.
The record-union., 1895-11-16
Working For Their Moth er.

Miss Mayne Williams of Georgia is ex-
hibiting in Breuner Bros.' window a
painting by her sistet. Miss Louise Will.
Jams. which she is disposing of, with
others, TO enable the two 10 maintain b
dependent mother. The young ladies are
daughters OF a deceased Southern soldier
Miss May me comes with letters of cordial
Endorsement from Governor Atkinson Of
Georgia, and ex-senator Walsh of the
same State. She bears also the com
mendations of General John b. Gordon
Ex-Governor Northen of Georgia, and ex.
Governor Jones of Alabama, and also o
Governor West of Utah. and she ha:
complimentary and commendatory men
ton in many prominent journals of the
South, and of Portland, Oregon.
The record-union., 1895-11-16
DELINQUENT NOTICE..

LIVE OAK CONSOLIDATED GOLD
Mining Company-Office 914 Ninth street,
Sacramento, Cal. Notice-There is deln-
quent upon the following described stock
on account of assessment levied on the 10th
day of October, 1885 the amounts set OPP
follows: Miss O. Ayers, certificate No.
u. fifty shares; amount So And in ac-
cordance with law so many shares of this
parcel of stock as may be necessary will
be sold at the office of the company on the
23d of November at p. m. on such day,
to pay delinquent assessments thereon, to-
gether with costs of advertising and eX-
penseS of sale.
a. MEISTER, Secretary.
Office, 914 Ninth street, Sacramento.
,11O
The record-union., 1895-11-16
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

dds FOR BUILDING FENCES ON THE
ID Y-street levee. from Ninth street west to
the Sacramento River, will be received at the
office OF the undersigned until O'Clock y. m.
MONDAY, November Is, 1895. Specifica-
tionS for the construction of the fences can be
seen at this Office. Each bid must be accom-
panied bv a certified check, payable to the
City Clerk, for a sum equal to 10 per cent. OF
the amount of the bid.
ns-td @. S. FLINT, City Clerk.
The record-union., 1895-11-16
Demurrers Overruled.

Judge Catlin yesterday overruled the
demurrer in the case of the Germania
Building and Loan Association against
Elizabeth Hooker and others.
The same court also overruled the de-
murrer in the case of j. Ginsberg against
i. ODpenheim.