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The morning times., 1896-05-10

Ears banquet hail. Everything thai the
Commons had done was TO be traced TO
this committee room of ink and sponges,
with the exception of the conception and
birth OF the Venezuelan boundary commits
sion There Were also some items trace
able 10 the lower house which provided
for 5000 additional bricks for East Wash.
ington.
IL is only proper to state that the new
horse for the Emergency Hospital was
not the gift of Congress. With the ex-
ception of this public improvement, they
did absolutely everything, but nothing
more than has been noted by Uncle Sam.
Il think" said the old man, after rumi-
mating awhile, that it was not a bad
idea TO call this exodus funeral process
sion. There is more cause for tears in the
The morning times., 1896-05-10

them remarkable specimens OF the wors
OF the Roentgen photography.
Tesla was once asked If he was wen off.
His reply was,
If every man who uses my machine in
elcctrotherapy alone would give me a quar-
teri would bea very wealthy man. Inever
received a dollar for it and there is no way
in which could I receive a small income
from my invention in the rotating field,
and have small Income from home All
This l spend here
Regarding the future, he has said:
II expect to I've to he able 10 seta ma
chine in the middle of this room and move 10
10y a. egergy OF no other agency than the
mef.'un: Il motion aroun duS"
The morning times., 1896-05-10

HE hearsc is not Wis
ible in this picture.
IL is there, all
the same, like the
fireworks at Nan
Ii Poo'S funeral,
only that gentle
man didnot Seethe
display.
The hcarse in
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this case, or rather sketch thereof,
has been suppressed on account OF
the high connections of the gentlemen, the
the honorary pallbcarers. TO say nothing OF
tile person or persons in the casket or
caskets.
Even lr the members of this great ma
Iional procession had not been ticketed,
labelled ana designated by Il bill Of par
ticulars of their shining records, hey
uldeasily be recognized as our own states
men. They are personally conducting the
oisequies of one OF the most important
funerals of the republic.
There is a dash OF Jeffersonian simplicity
In the method of This sad occasion. tits not
rich. elaborate or costly in its outward de-
tail Such funerals are now things OF
the past by reason OF the bin passed in
the muIibund hours of the late Congress
that $40 single corpse shall be attended
TO any one burial place by more than one
attendant. whose refreshments and res
iaura;ion en- route shall be cf the simplest
ana least expensive nature.
Theprocession is deHneated aS having left
the halls Of Congress and is On its march
home The band is playing with muffled
drum ana rubber drumstickS the dead
march composed for the occasion by An
dante the celebrated author OF the "Iu-
fcrno'' The Senate clock was put back
fifteen minutes before midday TO enable
the north wing 10 pass the bin providing
HmanucHses for the south wing. These
amanueuses are now called Senate super
ciliarics and House supernumerares. These
completed the organization, as it We're,
OF The magnificent demonstration as here
In illustrated when the National Capitol
was closed for the season of summer comedy
and Uncle Sam went behind the scenes to
e. ke stock
History repeats itself is q Iruism, but
nobody will suspect that this aphorism is
luggcd in here for the mere space the lug
gage viii occupy.
There was. as is well known. another
funeral in which this Congress was deeply
Interested. Everybody will recall that
~, May morning when the eldest daughter
Of The distinguished Gen. CoXey, OF Ohio
rode a white palfrey down TO the foot, the
very feet. of the Peace Monument. where
the declaration was formally made that
liberty was dead, and that the country had
gone 10 the devil, or words TO that effect
Briglt's Gallant Army.
Sergeant-at-Ams Bright collected an
army of 300 Mamelukcs and Tanizaries to
prevent The Ohio cortege from taking the
corpse up into the cold and impassiTe
marble room of the Senate 1t was on that
day that Freedom shrieked a shrek which
let down the back hair of mother Ceres on
the east side ef that Peace Monument II
was also on that day that Carl Brown, in
bis rolc of the y lying Gladiator, spoke many
words OF winged wisdom TO the member OF
the police department who assumed to ar
restthe dead Goddess Of Liberty on her pale
white stced, the more exact description Of
which may be found in the Book of Revela-
ions, according to St John of Kansas.
Ii viii also be remembered that as Liberty
Dead was riding down the Avenue at
rate not Exceeding eight miles an hour over
The morning times., 1896-05-10
Return of Our congressman and What Adjourn
nent Means to the Men Who Make Our Laws
Some Peculiar Characteristics.

The Highways and ByWayS and Devious Routes By
Which Our National Statesmen Will COnSuul-
mate Their Return COnStituenCy-Ward
When the Aggregation on Capitol
Hill Agrees to Adjourn
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What They Didn's Do.

Over in the House the classification Of
events that led up to the funeral was
easily accessible. He entered the hand
some room of the. committee on inkwells
and spongeholders, and, behold On the
wall was map of the, whole situation,
IN spatter work, and as clearly defined as
II 1t had been written by d stenographer
Of the dead shah on the wall Of Belshaz
The morning times., 1896-05-10

section in the years 1897, 1898 and 1900,
respectively.
IL also passed Senate bill No. for the
establishment of complete system of fill
tered water and $1,15 gas for Pork Steak
alley. The Senate also by concurrent resolu-
ton provided for the distribution of 6,O00,
900 copies OF Hills reply to Tillman, prov
ing that South Carolina wanted blood in-
stead of garden seeds In the inventory was
also the evidence, with proof to convict,
by Senator German, that two battleships
were a plenty, as they say in Baltimore,
for the defense of St.. Louis, in case of a
descent of the British or Spanish fleet on
New Orleans.
The morning times., 1896-05-10

ton OF anything hut Colorado silver, nc
matter who or what was dead.
While on the impressionIst Cbara cter
istics of this snap shot of the dissolvin:
view of Congress it may be as well TO not,
how art verifies nature.
1t Will be observed that the nearer home
the figures get, the bigger they appear
At tthe capitol, or the Capital. as you please
as you please, there are only a few mer
who are considered big, and even these
are not measured by what they do bu
by their capacity for doing
When They Become Great.
As to the others, there are only two oc.
casions when they reach any appreciable
size. one is when, carpet sack in hand thew
listen 10 the village band at a remote rail-
road station, as they leave for the first
time for Washington; and the other is
when they reach home again with an
alligator skin vaise in hand
On this occasion the crowd is usuallv
composed of the same band with the same
tune, and the wly-appointed fourth-class
postmaster and his immediate family. on
the other side OF the railroad track is the
new political club recently formed and
calling themselves the Coming Grave Dig
gers of Liberty County" The president
aud vice-president OF the club are playing
checkers on an Old starch box in front of
the only store in town. whose proprietor
was Il candidate for postmaster "a gin the
skunk what got it,
Thus ii is that the Lilliputian of Pennsyl-
vania avenue is the Brobdingnag of the
little hamlets, where the bone and sinew
of the land have had their habitat for
generations.
1t was in these little villages that before
the Goth of this month of May the bands
began to practice for the return Of the
prodigious sons of the commonwealth.
1t has been stated that Uncle Sam, who
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Guess She Wasn't Much American.

An American Woman" In the Lon
don Daily Chronicle describes the aver.
age EngIishman as "a superior being.
Of active brain. much travel experience
with women and q certain desire to
please. American men are an eccentric
growth, q hodge podge flung together in
agalloping money grabbing civilization.
not fully known to themselves. She
adds, I'm America we all like our "a
theirs and brothers, but we haven't any
great admiration for our husbands, al
though we may be fond Of them in q
patronizing way"
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

bv local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deaf
ness, and that is BY constitutional rem.
sdies. Deafness is caused by an IN
famed condition Of the mucous lining
Of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube gets inaamed you have a rumb'
ling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness Is
the result, and unless the Inflammation
can be saken out and this tube restored
t. its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out OF ten
are caused BY catarrh, which is nothing
but an inAamed condition Of tho mu'
cous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case Of Deafness (caased by ca
tarrb) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
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From q Former Resident.

- 4 VI10Ok AOO0A~AOAASs
Bonner Springs, Kansas,
October 20, 1896
Allow me, Mr.. Editor, your honor, 10 write
letter to your paper.
On the 18th cay of August, 1896. was In
Mechanicstown, Nd, the little village OF
Mechanicstown, Hiram McAfee, boy. l
was, you know, barefooted boy; down the
mountain I would 60, crack chestnut bur
open with my bare heel, gather the chestnuts
and sell them to George johnson, you know,
at an eleven penny bit quart; then home
would 20 and give the money to my mother,
and how she would hug and kiss me.
Perhaps you have all forgotten me. am
living in Wyandotte County, Kansas, and
enjoying pretty good health, considering the
bardships I have gone through. Perhaps
you old comrades have all wondered what
ever has become of Hiram McAfee, and l
have wondered what has become Of you all.
left Hagerstown on the 18th day Of Aug
ust, 1855 and came to indianapolis, and set
tied down and bought me farm in 1877. l
went to California in 1872 and In 1873 was a
railroad contractor. At the present time
am living on little ofmy 145 acres and have
a wife and four children. am the only one
living of eleven children. You know am
the son of Ignatius McAfee, and a grandson
of Arch.
Now, old comrades of the 18th Maryland l
would like you all to write TO me.
Mr. Editor, please publish this letter in
your paper and send IL to me for one year.
Yours truly,
Hiram II. McAfee.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-11-05

CERTAIN THINGS IN NEW BLACK
GOODS ARE SCARCE BUT WE WERE
FORTUNATE to TOUCH THE MARKET
AT RIGHT TINE AND OUR BLACK
GOODS DEPARTMENT is FULL to THE
ROOF-NOTHING NEW AND DESIRA
BILE THAT WE DO NOT SELL.
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Sundag Schools in Oklahoma.

The new territory Of Oklahoma has
lust held it's third annual territorial
Sunday School Convention. The reports
showed 700 active Sunday Schools,with
$500 teachers and 30, 100 pupils. This
is great record for so young commu'
nifty. Possibly Oklahoma derives in
SEPARATION from herproximity to Missouri
the third Sunday School State in the
Union.-Kansas City Star.
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Not an American Hog.

Here is somebody talking about 1.-THE
American hog again. Would it not
be nearer the truth to describe him as
1.-THE hog living in America As a
matter Of fact, most Of the rudeness. the
signs Of ill-breeding and want Of con-
alteration for others we see in public
andlprivate places are not to be laid at
the door of native Americans, who are
VIGOROUSLY polite and careful.-N Y.
Sun.
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Practical Road Improvement.

The time was when stones were be.
lieved to have value for fencing pur-
poses, but now many farmer gladly
gives his old walls to any one who agrees
to make a clean job Of removing them.
Others, more progressive, would do the
hauling, provided some yawning chasm
WAS opened near at hand to receive them
where they would be forever out Of
sight and doing some good.
There are thousands of miles Of coun.
try highways that need only thorough
undertaking, properly rounded sur.
face and the necessary cutters to take
care of the surface water, to make them
permanently good roads.
It will be remembered that the worst
pieces of road are very apt to be hard
and smooth at certain seasons, and if we
get rid of all trouble caused by too much
wet, freezing and thawing included,
We make that certain season twelve
months long each year.
Let the road supervisors or the county
commissioners select portions Of road
most in need of improvement, and where
tho land. owners would agree to fill a
ditch with stones if the county would
do the digging and covering. The ditch
should he in the centre Of the road,
properly graded and provided with out.
lets the same as if draining the land was
tho sole object. The width and depth Of
the ditch should be governed by tho
needs of the case and the amount of
stones available for filling. The depth
Of earth above the stones is also matter
Of experience and judgment. The above
is not new theory or untried expert.
ment. In many places where stones
are not to be had, free or otherwise, q
condition that does not prevail in many
sections of Frederick County, tile drain.
ing would do the roads more good than
the same cost expended in any other
manner.
Road. reform scribes and orators are
pretty unanimous on one point, viz
that good roads cost just $4,000 per
mile. But none of them ever tell US
how many miles of road we have, or
how much the proposed Improvements
cost per acre. Where roads are laid out
in spares of one mile each, every GAO
acres calls for two miles of road, costing
at the price named aboye $3l.35 for
each acre. Such improving as We have
indicated could be done at cost to the
town of 81 per rod. exclusive Of putting
in the stones 1890 a mile. just 81 per
acre Of adjoining land. Any enterprise
ing town could stand few miles Of
such road.making every year. aud what
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are now it, worst roads would soon be
it's best. Some expect to see all sur
plus stones crushed by machinery and
used on the roads, but besides the cost.
not one quarter of the country highways
will ever have enough heavy traffic on
them to make good roads Of broken
stones.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-11-05

The Election.

We 70 to press at too early date to be
able to give anything approaching detailed
statement, but the result has been sufficiently
decisive in pivotal states to settle beyond all
doubt the fact that the election has gone in
favor of the republican candidates. The gold
standard has carried the Eastern States by
an overwhelming majority.
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1hE CAroc7lN CLARION.
CHAS. E. CASSELL.
Editor and Publisher.
Thursday, November 5, 1896.
Newspaper Law Decisions.

/. Any person who takes paper regularly from
the postof6ce-whether directed to his name or an
others or whether he has subscribed or not-is re-
sponsible for the payment.
II any person orders his paper discontinued ne
Or she must pay all the arrearages or the publisher
continue to send it until payment is made ana
coffee, the whole amount, whether the paper is taken
from the Office or not.
No paper will be discontinued until paid up.
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FORD'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

Week OF November 9th.-A new ana mag
nif]cent production OF
HANLON'S sUPERBA,
revised and elaborated, spectacular revela'
ton.
The Hanlons have no peers in the direc.
ton of spectacular productions introducing
the highest pan,omimic art with series OF
the most magnificent scenic splendor devel.
opments, the ingenuity and originality of
their productions evoke sort OF wonder.
"Superba." the object Of their present endea'
vor, has been entirely revised and elaborated
for this seasons production. 1t embraces
the most striking and wonderful specialties
that human thought ever wrought out 1ts
story is rapidly and entertalningly shown by
q company engaged specially for the Hanlon
performance One is carried with such di.
rectness through maze of bewldering stage
novelties and meets with such number and
variety of ingenuousnes gorgeousness OF
scenic illustration, that it Is almost indescri.
bable in the ordinary theatrical parlance.
The costuming, the chorus, the drills, the
dances. in fact the whole production une.
qualed by the best work of the celebrated
Hanlons in any previous work.
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Admission IS and so cents.
Week of Nov. 16th-JosEPn JEFFERSON.
How Legislators joke Vs. Made Into
Law to His Surprise.
Every one knows that Phil Sheridan
said Of Texas. If I owned Texas and
hell. I'd rent Texas aud live In hell. "
Possibly out Of respect for 30 great q
man the Texan g answer was suppressed,
but 1t was good just the same. He said
with great promptness well. gin'r!.
yer know ouss alters will take up fer
the place be cum frum."
The Texan has a strong sense Of hu.
NOR. and it manifests itself in other
ways than repartee. The legislator who
proposed that all trains running into
Texas should be detained for ten min.
utes at the state line and required to
whistle three times In acknowledgment
Of the sovereignty Of the state didn't
expect to be taken seriously. He wasn't;
but his colleagues thought it would be
such good joke on the railroads that
they made the suggestion law and for a
time religiously enforced it.
The Texas women have their share Of
humor, and they can be sarcastic, too.
as the following conversation between
the daughter Of Texas congressman
and New Yorker at Washington ball
testifes:
"You are from Texas1' the New
Yorker said in very much the same tone
that he would have used had he asked
II she was from Hawaii or some other
remote place.
Eyes," she said, smiling sweetly.
Lots Of cowboys out there, he said,
like man who knew.
eyes" she said doubtfully.
you We seen some Of course?'
'Oh. yes" This In tone Of convic.
ton.
I'm what part Of the slater" he went
'Oh, didn't BEE any cowboys In
Texas. The ones saw we're on Broad
way, New York. New York Sun.
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Trained Down.

Wickshire-You seem to be pretty
we'll trained down since you got your
wheel, and yet never see you riding.
Mudge-I don't have to ride. 1t keeps
me thin worrying about the payments.
Indianapolis journal
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ssnt]er rex, every one OF whom should subscribe 70
Semorests Magazine. II you are unacqusinted with
IL merits, send for . specimen copy cree, ana
you will admit that seeing these THuAb ~ has pos
Magazine everything to satisfy the literary wants q
1hs whole family.
The record-union., 1896-02-25
THE CONVENTIONS
This Evenings ng-Subscriptions
Are Coming in Already.

4 MS Evening > S-SuDScrlpllOIlS
Are Coming in Already.
This evening the general committee
selected by Chairman Lubin of the
State Conventions Committee will meet
at the Courthouse for the purpose of
taking further action looking to secur-
ing for this city as many of the coming
State political conventions as possible.
Yesterday the Subcommittee of the
Finance Committee met in the cham
bers Of Judge Hinkson. There were
present c. w. Baker, William Land, I.
II. Wallis, Judge Hinkson, Peter Fla
herty. F. t. Johnson, L. T. Hatfield, E.
w. Hale and F. L. Gray.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Gray, Wallis, Flaherty, Hale and Land
was selected to canvass the city for
subscriptions to the convention fund,
and in a few hours had met with en-
couraging success. Other committees
will start out to-day.
The local members of the Democratic
State Central Committee and other
prominent men of the party are laying
plans for securing the Democratic State
Convention for Sacramento. They
think the prospect is very bright for the
accomplishment of their object
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One=haH to
One=fHHd

Less than they have been up to to-
day. Note the following:
Fine Muslin Drawers reduced to
23c, 33c, CSC and CSC.
Fine Muslin Gowns reduced to csc,
81 3S and 81 o8.
Infants Cloaks reduced to 81 IS,
81 so, S. so and S. (the last-named
reduced from SIo).
Children's Short Dresses -
months to 5 years-reduced to 58c,
75c, e8c and 81 20.
We shall also offer variety OF
other articles in muslin cambria and
nainsook for women and children.
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Estates of Deceased Persons.

Public Administrator w. B. Miller has
filed petitions in the Superior Court for
letters of administration on the estates
of Octave Lucie, Frank x. Bauer, Fong
Can Hen, Philip Moore, James Couples,
Thomas F. Slater anu w. Marchant.
These are cases left over from the
term of George F. Bronner and in which
the administration had not been closed.
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Robbed a show-Window.

Some miscreant at an early hour yes
terday morning smashed in the show
window of A Casellis shoe store on
K street, near Sixth, and got away
with a. number of display shoes that are
rot mates. But one full pair was taken.
The value of the stolen articles was
about S25.
The record-union., 1896-02-25
F0rLarge
Girls.

For large girls who wear women's
sizes we have Spring Shoes,
with cloth tops and patent leather
tips, new style half square toes, at
81. Also Fine Dull Dongola Kid
at the same price.
Both of the above are new lines
with US and splendid shoes for the
money.
The record-union., 1896-02-25
New Millinery.

The many ladies that visited our mill
linery opening Saturday and yesterday
were surprised at the many elegant
novelties we have on display. We have
another surprise to-day in a large in
voice of ten big cases of the newest
things in ladies' trimmed and un
trimmed hats, new laces, flowers, rib
bons and fancies. Red House Company.*
The record-union., 1896-02-25

Spring, 1896. You are respectfully
invited to my opening Of French pattern
bonnets and millinery novelties, Thurs
cay, Friday and Saturday, February
9th, 2Sth and 18th. Mrs. NJ. A. Pealer,
621 and 623 street, Sacrc mento.
The record-union., 1896-02-25

George Egan and Will H. Hanlon
well-known Sacramentans, have pur-
chased the Reception Saloon, Seventh
and x streets. The full returns of the
races at San Francisco are chronicled
there daily.
The record-union., 1896-02-25

and violins in town. Secondhand up
right pianos, $3.50; square, $T5 to 5000.
Mathushek, Jacob Doll, Kranich and
Bach and Conover pianos. Everything
in the musical line at Neale, Eilers Co.
Cooper Music Coz, Seventh and j.
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FANNY GOES FREE.
Kokavich Did Not Swear to a Com
plaint Against Her.

The case of Fanny Grennan, charged
with disturbing the peace, was dis
missed in the Police Court yesterday,
there being no complaint on file against
her
She was arrested for throwing a sugar
bowl at a waiter in the Mint Restau-
rant, striking him on the shoulder and
filling his hair full of sugar. 1t will
be in order for her next time to fill his
hair with molasses, as she tells a story
of an alleged insult that aroused her
anger
The record-union., 1896-02-25

MENZEL-On the Lower stockton road. near
Sacra amento, February 23d, August MenzeI
known as Happy GUS. husband of Jossie
Nj. MenZel Gather of Leonard MenzeD. ma
tive of Germany. aged So years, months
and days.
Friends ana acquaintances are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral this
Tuesday afternoon, at O'Clock. from his
late residence. Lower Stockton road, near
Sacramento. Interment City Cemetery.
McGRAIL - In this CITY, February 24th
Thomas McGrafl, native OF County Mayo
Ireland. aged Sc years.
Funeral notice hereafter.
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Stop Walking.

To those of our patrons living at an
inconvenient distance from our market
who send in their applications within
three days we will furnish a kitchen
telephone at their residence gratis. D.
Dierssen Company. The Pacific.