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The herald., 1896-04-21

And 1 think this is what we must be
striving for. Our ability to see it, of
course, depends upon our mental condi-
ton. If we are harrassed with petty
cares and small worries, it is all beyond
us. We cannot feel it because our bodies
mentally speaking-are benumbed by
the trivial wounds and petty irritation.
In such a condition it is beyond us to ap-
preciate the beauties of earth. Forget
ting the true Creator in whom we have
been taught to place reliance, we at
tempt to rise superior to nature and the
result is a constant cropping in the
gloomy corridors of our own vain con-
The herald., 1896-04-21

eyes of the angels from heaven and
hades. whose chief business appeared
to be to dance and sing and wave pep
per- tree boughs and blue gum leaves
before the believers" at the bidding
Of the sanity and chosen medium, Elsie
REYNOLDS
The herald., 1896-04-21

AT one of those seances, Elsie was
again exposed. At that time she fled to
convenient closet. where some honest
persons soon after found her ghostly
garment which was coated with chem
ical preparation tnat eriitted faint
rhosphorescent light.
Those honest persons are we'll known
in business circles here, and have been
at the same location for more than
twenty wears
The herald., 1896-04-21

And by the way it is the small worries
that hurt. 1t is the fine sand that. pen
etratng our flesh irritates to madness:
it is the pin in our clothes that spoils
the days pleasure. The whining voice
Of the house-cat spoils our nights rest
clashings and mutterings of the thun-
der storm. 1t is our foolish friend and
not the open enemy who hurts and in
lures us. In other words it is the Incl
dental. not the accidental. ills of life that
cause our degeneration.
The herald., 1896-04-21

If Ella Lucy Merriam or any other
champion will controvert these state
nients they will be substantiated by
certain and divers doctors. merchants,
bankers, and others who We're my in
formants, and who themselves aided at
several eXpositions of the game of Elsie.
The herald., 1896-04-21

And it does cause our degeneration.
Small worries harass and make us peev-
ish. Great griefs are enobling. They
reach down into our very life springs.
They cause the heart to throb. They
cause complete change, reflection and
thought. Not SO with the little ones.
They do not cause the blood to flow in
great, wide torrents. They do not cause
Il single extra heart throb. They sim
ply abrade the flesh. and, causing us to
think of them for the time being. distract
out attention from the more serious
problems of existence, thus taking us
The herald., 1896-04-21

Rheumatism in the back, shoulders, hips
ankles. elbows or wrists is caused by accumu
'ation OF acid in the blood Hoods Sarsapa
rilla neutralizes the acid and cures the rheu
mattsm.
The herald., 1896-04-21

IOffliantS, ana VINO themselves aided at
several eXpositions of the game of Elsie
In my former observations concerning
this question spoke entirely by way of
general argument based on reason and
science, and the hope of hereafter
which others than spooks and goblins
and idiots might enjoy. Ella Lucy Mer-
riam seemed determined to stake the
whole matter on Elsie Reynolds, and I
trust that I have thrown a few lights
on some of the dark passages of that
text.
feel that am innocent of the charge
of using 'eagle-like oratory." Men do
not usually incur the charge of scream
ing-in fact, know of but one mascu-
line chump in the city who even pre-
tends to scream like the eagle bird"
and he is beneath notice and Otis.
Ella Lucy Merriam says: ''No men
tai, moral, intellectual, nor physical
phenomena is unattended by the exer-
else of the human will" That is ut
terly absurd. If it were true every
sane man could believe that iron rust
is butter and that solid iron is bread.
Besides, what of dreams, and fancies.
and sickness, and pain, and being
knocked down, and of death itself?
The spirit bands that "are for the
time being physical bands" for all
purposes save bearing the light and
touching the hands of honest skeptics,
are the hands of rascals.
The following alleged English from
Ella Lucy Merriams last reply is not
clear to anyone that know. and it's ex-
PLANTATION would be much appreciated:
ITO spiritualists death ceases to be
speculation" Morality is not the stat
us of medium, but their organic con-
frtra Tow, t. IL
of some fact or event, even though triv-
ial, that betrays the existence of some
invisible knowledge" Air and it's
properties are in more rapid motion in
light than in darkness thus being more
easily manipulated in the shadow"
Every mortal attracts to itself sim
liar elements from the invisible" "A
test is not high-flown sentiment alone
nor eagle-like oratory."
These fearfully and wonderfully con-
structed specimens show a clearness of
mind that would delight even Professor
Search, whose own chaste and chased
effusions they resemble hideously.
We are continually told that we may
be wise and learned in earthly lore, yet
know nothing whatever of spirit lore.
Therein l agree with all my antagon-
lists, but l do not agree with them in
their corollary which intimates that the
ignorant and foolish have deep insight
into spiritual matters and monopoly
thereof. The great and wise and good
men of this world have been sadly neg
lected by revisiting spirits.
Considering the number of those who
have been afflicted byvisits from spooks
and goblins, and the fact that I have
been on this earth a little over a quarter
of a century without seeing anything
but physical and chemical manifesto
tions. ! am led to the conclusion that my
The herald., 1896-04-21
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The herald., 1896-04-21

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The herald., 1896-04-21

away from the great. wide. beautiful
world SO full of music, gladness and
peace.
The herald., 1896-04-21

feel that am innocent of the charge
of using 'eagle-like oratory" Men do
not usually incur the charge of scream
ing-in fact, know of but one mascu-
line chump in the city who even pre-
tends to scream like the eagle bird. -
and he is beneath notice and Otis,
The record-union., 1896-11-25

child, when grown up, seeks her father,
meets son Of the Count, who falls IN
love with her, although his father has
already arranged a union with him and
the daughter of a Baron. Love con-
quers, however, and in the last scene
the Count and the Marquis are reunited
by the finding of the lost will, which re-
stores the fortress to the Marquis and
thus ends the comic opera strife. The
company does not leave here until to-
morrow forenoon, so that no haste or
abridgment Of "Fleur de Lis need be
feared.
Friday night OF this week at Pythian
Castle Hall a company Of young people
VIII essay the clever society three-act
comedy Comrades" Those to take
part are Herbert Smith, Charles Baker.
Mr.. Goodrich and Frederick Clark and
Misses Mabel Carmichael, Louise Glib
son and Blanche Hand. A special stage
is TO be constructed and fitted appro-
priately The young people are under
the tuition of Frederick Clark, pro-
fessional, formerly with the Mckee
Rankin Company. He has had the young
ladies and young gentlemen in several
rehearsals and expresses the opinion
that they Will surprise tn audience by
the excellence of their performance.
Miss Carmichael will be remembered as
the Sacramento High School girl who
gave readings before the members of the
Clunie Opera-house Company and re-
celved the warm commentator of
Messrs. Gibney and Lonergan, and of
Misses Dalglish and Harrington. She
was subsequently, by them given an i'm
portant part in the play of CAS- You
Like It." as produced on Capitol Park
lawn one evening, and acquitted herself
remarkably well. Miss Hand has also
had some stage experience. The young
people say that they have formed a club
TO study dramatic art, and propose to
maintain the organization for purposes
of self culture. The prices of admission
they charge Friday night are simply
enough to meet actual expenses.
AT the Clunie OperaIhouse this even
ing the third performance of the beauti-
full play, Little Lord Fauntleroy," with
Little Mildred in the title role. This
child actress has the part capftally in
hand now, and Is dehghting the audi
ences who witness her work. The part
is the longest ever given any child to
learn, covering, lit Is said, no less than
eighty pages of stage manuscript. The
distribution of orders for crayon por-
traits takes place between the second
and third acts.
The box office of the Metropolitan
Theater for reservation of seats for the
Darkest Russia performance opens
this morning, the prices being 81, 70
cents and so cents. The play Is to be
given here with the full company and
all the effects and scenery used during
it's long run at the California Theater in
San Francisco.
Manager Todd says there will be matt
nee performances at neither the Metro
politan nor the Clunie on Thanksgiving
Day.
Fine chocolates. WEIGH Bros. 9th & j.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

1t will be a lasting shame 60 society
if the boy Curtis Cox, arrested in San
Francisco for stealing, is sent to State
confirmed criminal. The story Of the
boy is simple and seemingly true. Aged
but 10, he was set adrift recently in
Colorado by his stepfather. without
money. or means to obtain 1t. He
beat" his way to San Francisco, and
after an adventure in Oakland on a
charge of vagrancy, and where 1t ap-
pears he did all a lad could do to get
employment, he was induced by some
evil minded companions with whom he
fell in, to enter a store and tap the TILL
He started away with his plumber, but
repented, returned to the store, and
made confession to the merchant and
restitution Of all he had taken. There
upon he was arrested, has been held to
answer in bail he cannot Of course
possibly give. It will be equally re-
proach to send such boy to Whittier
or lone. He is not of the criminal
class. His moral strength was suffi-
Gent to lead him to confess the crime
into which others and his starving ne
cessity drove him. He is said to be an
honest-faced, frank and clean-minded
boy. Society should save just such If
he is allowed to be driven by conviction
into convict companionship, we will
have made another criminal against
whom society must arm and defend it.
self. There are institutions, happily,
which care for such boys, that are not
asylums for criminals, and life in which
does not attach disgrace to those sent
to them This lad should either be
committed to the care Of some such So
ciety or a home should be found for
him where he can be trained up to an
honorable manhood and become use
full citizen In fact, we ought to have
in this State some officer is has Massa-
chusetts, whose sole duty it is to look
after just such cases, and keep ward
and watch over such boys, and aid
every deserving one to get up out of
misfortune and become an independent
member Of society.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

If coastwise navigators will not keep
more to sea along the dangerous Cali
fornia coast, with its strong currents,
shifting bars and innumerable reefs Of
rock, how would it do in the interest
of human life to provide penalties for
this in-running? We compel railroad
companies, river boat navigators and
even stage coach owners to provide
certain safeguards in the interest of
the passengers; why not extend the law
to include this dangerous in-shore navi-
eating? The loss Of SO many steamers
within a few weeks on the California
coast is a reproach that should be pro-
vided against in the future by law and
strict enforcement Of it
The record-union., 1896-11-25
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers have beea re-
corded since last report:
Julia F. Dunn to Lewellyn Tozer, un-
divided half Of lot 6, ] and X, First and
Second streets; north IS feet of west
20 feet of east so feet, and east 90 feet
of south 20 feet, lot 8, X and L, First
and Second streets
Alexander Scroggs ct ux to John
Donley, south 3 inches of north Is feet
6 inches OF south 40 feet, lot 4, and
K, Ninth and Tenth streets.
w. L. Pritchard ct ux to W. H
Young, east half Of lot "a and east
half of west half Of lot 33, Oak Grove
Tract.
Charles e. Wright ct ux to Catherine
Hoeckel, south half of north half OF lot
3, b and G, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets.
Catherine Hoeckel to Charles e.
Wright, lots 5, 6. and 8, D and E,
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets.
Thomas D. Kendrick ct ux to Harriet
Taylor, lots and 8, Clark Tract.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

present uneconomic system. and ind1-
Gates that the report will give us much
valuable Information regarding reform
of the road laws, the planting of trees
along highways, the use of roads for
rails, and the experience of other States
in road reform Generally that is out
lined which will fully justify the last
Legislature in erecting this bureau,
measure that the Record Union" be-
ieved to be wise and necessary.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

The balance of Lesser Bros cloth
ing stock will be sold at SOC on the dol
lar at The Model, Sixth and K streets.
this week.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

Bargains-5-fb pail Eastern lard
35c; lob pail. Zoe; new sweet corn, 4
for 25c; oysters, for 25c; cranber.
ries. 1Oc quart. Beesley & Son, 518 J. :
The record-union., 1896-11-25
Weather Report

Northern California-Unsettled weather
Wednesday, but probably without rain
from San Francisco northward: colder
north: fresh northwesterly winds.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL Il
fails to cure. 25c.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

Fine chocolates. WEIGH Bros. 9th & j.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

50-inch Zebaline Cloth in rough
cameps hair effects for capes and
wraps. Also 50-inch Heavy-Quality
French Serge. Both lines were fog,-
merly worth 81 20 a yard.
Said PRICE, TO YARD.
The record-union., 1896-11-25
SILKS.

2O-inch Firm-weave Japanese Silks,
in both light and dark shades. For
evening wear or fancy work. Forty
shades. SALE PRICE, zoe YARD.
The record-union., 1896-11-25
SERGE.

45-inch Atwood Black Serge in firm
Surah twill weave. An excellent soc
quality in twelve choice shades.
6ALE PRICE, 35c YARD.
The record-union., 1896-11-25
q Is TOMORROW GHAnkovno OUR STORES

That Sacramento ladies appreciate the fact that they
pointed has been shown by their goody attendance at
this sale despite the stormy weather They were well
paid for coming, and will you be, too, as the assert
ment is large and the price cuts deep They are hand
some, reliable, new and seasonabe. Il u y
The record-union., 1896-11-25
Shirts.

Mems Stanley Shirts In neat pat
terms, collars and cuffs attached;
also. Colored Bosom Shirts. with
with white collars. They're regu-
lar 81 values.
SALE PRICE, 80 CENTS.
Mems Domet Flannel Night
Shirts, made Of good quality domet
In neat patterns, cut extra long.
SPECIAL AT 90 CENTS EACH.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

Black Mohair Crepons. Also Bro
cade Soliels and Armure Suitings.
In medium and large designs. Very
stylish for separate skirts and well
worth 81 30 a yard.
SALE PRICE, 81 YARD.
The record-union., 1896-11-25

42-inch Black Granite Cloth. A
Arm, heavy quality that's very de-
sirable for full suits. Value, TOO
yard. SALE PRICE, soc YARD.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
PROPOSALS FOR ERECTION OF SCHOOL
BUILDINGS. STEAM HEATING AMI

PROPOSALS FOR ERECTION OF SCHOOL
BUILDINGS. STEAM HEATING AND
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANTS - Depart
men t.. Of the Interior, once Of Indian Ind
SEALED PROPOSALS, Endorsed Proposals
for erection Of school buildings, etc. and
addressed TO the Commissioner of Indian At
fairs. Washington, d. c., will be received
at this Office until l o'clock p. N. OF Aug.
Is, 1896. for furnishing the necessary mate
rails and labor required in the erection and
at the Pine Ridge Agency, S. OAK, viz:
One % brick school and assembly build
ing,
One % brick mess hall and kitchen,
Two (9 brick dormitory buildings
One % brick boiler house, laundry. and
bakery.
Two (2 brick employees, quarters,
One ID brick warehouse,
One q) Central steam heating and electric
light plant;
Also for furnishing the necessary materials
and labor required in the erection and COM
pletion Of the following buildings, etc., at
the Rosebud Agency, S. OAK, viz:
One % brick school and assembly build
ing,
Two 20 brick dormitory buildings,
One ID brick mess hall and kitchen.
One ID brick boiler house. laundry. and
bakery,
Two (2) brick employees quarters,
One % brick warehouse,
One "a brick work shop
One % Central steam heating and electric
light plant, all in strict accordance with
plans, specifications and instructions to bid
ders, which may be examined at the Indian
Office, Washington, d. c., the offices of the
Globe of st. Paul. Mimi, the Tribune Z"
Of Sioux City. Iowa. the World Herald" OF
Omaha, Nebr., the Pine Ridge Agency, s.
OAK. and the Rosebud Agency. S. Oak.
The Government will furnish all bricks re-
CURED in the construction OF the aboye-men-
toned buildings. In close proximity to the
building sites.
Bidders will state specifically in their bids
the proposed price for each building, etc..
the work
The right is reserved to reject any and all
bids, or any part of any bid. If deemed for
the best interest Of the service
The attention of bidders is invited to the
act OF Congress approved August l. 1892, en-
titled: "An act relating to the limitation OF
the hours of daily service OF laborers and me-
chanics employed upon the public works Of
the United States and Of the District Of
Columbia; also, to the act of Congress ap-
proved August 13. 1894, entitled: IAN act for
the protection of persons furnishing materials
works."
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certi-
fed check draft upon some United States
depository, or solvent national bank In the
vicinity of the residence OF the bidder, made
Indian Affairs, for at least five per cent Of
the amount Of the proposal, which check or
draft win be forfeited to the United States
In case any bidder or bidders receiving an
award shall fail to promptly execute e con-
tract with good and sufficient sureties, other
wise to be returned to the bidder.
Bids accompanied by cash In lieu of a
certified check viii not be considered.
D. NJ. BROWNING
Commissioners
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07

ing practically the same as the ages
of stone and bronze-Mr Munro, the
secretary of the Scottish Society of
Antiquaries, is a profound authority
The people who thus elected to keep
themselves aloof from their enemies
were. according to Dr. Munro, pastoral
farmer immigrants from the far east
OF Europe. They were of a high de-
gree of civilization for, though their
weapons and tools were but of stone
or bronze, they could use them we'll
Altogether, so far as we can CLEAN
any idea of the life led by these pre-
historic inhabitants of central Europe,
1t must have been fairly quiet and
peaceful one, comparing very favor
ably with modern peasant life The
lake age came to an end when iron
found its way into the hands of man
"a revolution In its way, said DR..
Munro, far surprising in its influence
on human life any development that
either steam or electricity has brought
about or is likely to.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07

An Amusing Girl Who Wanted He1
Papa's .Infiuence,o

Chicago Post
Papa said the public oficial's bright
eyed daughter, as he settled himself in his
easy cnair after dinner and reached for the
evening paper.
"Well?' he said, inquiringIy.
She did not reply at once, but came over
ana TOOK a seat on stool beside him, there
by demonstrating to his satisfaction that
she had something important on her mind.
Papa, she repeated at last, you have a
great deal of influence haven't your"
Um-weli. have some,' he admitted,
guardedly.
Enough so that you can get position for
any one if you really want to-" she sug-
gested.
well, yes" he answered but how does
that interest your
"Why. have been reading about the new
woman she replied, land they all seem
to have sphere or something of that sort
and some business Calling
''Oh WELL" he interrupted, styou don't want
to be new woman
Moo" she answered slowly. ST don't
know that 1 do, but if every one is going to
be one, l suppose l ought To-
''Nonsense!" he exclaimed. I'VE all like you
better as you are, and l don't think you
hook well in boomers, any way"
"Oh, | wasn't thinking of boomers she
them, any way. / was thinking about a
mission in life and having work to do in
the world of business, so that ! could be
ready for rainy day"
Don't worry yourself. I'll get you an
other silk umbrella If you've lost the last
one I gave you"
She pouted prettily, but persisted in spite
Of his interruption.
'Well, I've picked out the position that I
want" she said, ''and 1 think you ought
to get 1t for me. 1 want to open the sealed
proposals I've read much about at diff
ferent times. I should think it would be lots
of fun, and maybe I'd find the one I've been
expecting"
She stopped because she thought some one
laughed, but she has the promise Of the
job as soon as there is vacancy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
THE SPANISH MAIN.
origin of the Term Dates Back to
the Last Century,

Origin of the Term Dates Back to
the Last Century.
Macmillan's Magazine.
we write and talk glibly enough of
the Spanish Main, but when did the
phrase first come into use, and what
was the exact geological significance?
The prevalent idea, borrowed, we take
It, from the delightful romance of
Westward Ho!' seems to be that the
phrase was in common use among the
Elizabethian sailors to signify that
part OF the great American continent
on which the Spanish had effected a
settlement when we first broke into
the Caribbean sea; that is to say
from Vera Cruz, in the Gulf of Mex
ico' to the delta of the Orinoco. But
we cannot find that the phrase was in
use at that time. In the pages of
Hakluyt we read of the Main. of the
Firm Land (Which is Of course, a lit
eral translation of the Spanish term
Terra Firm'). Of the Main Coast
OF the Coast of the Indies or of the
West Indies; but of the Spanish Main
we have nowhere read.
Nor have we been able to find IT in
the writer's of the next century. Dam
pier does not use it, nor Lionel Wafer.
nor the translator of Exauemelin's
DE Americ ensche Zee Roovers;" it
is not to be found in Morgan's official
reports of his buccaneering exploits.
nor in Ringrose's narrative, nor in
Sharp,s. In the map engraved for
Dampier's Voyage" Q729) the term
Firm Land is employed to designate
the territory now occupied by the Re
publlcs of Venezuela and Colombia.
The original TERRA Firma of the Span
lards, according to Ulloa, included only
the provinces of Veragua, Panama and
oar1en, with the city of Panama for
its capital
We may be in error, and certainly
we do not profess that our researches
have been exhaustive, but the earliest
use we have found of the term the
Spanish Main is in "The Journal of
Admiral James," lately published by
the Navy Records society, where. on
Nov IL. 1779, the Admiral notes that he
bore away for Truxillo, on the Span
1sh MAN," Truxillo being the port of
Honduras