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Evening star., 1896-09-28
The National Safe Deposit,
Savings and Trust
Company,


OF the District OF Columbia.
Evening star., 1896-09-28

Thrown From Cur.
Samuel McKeever, residing on Goth street
between I and X streets northwest, was
thrown from a cable car at 25th and Penn
sylvania avenue last evening. and sustained
severe bruises of the hip and shoulder He
was removed to his home. where DR.. Pierre
attended him.
Evening star., 1896-09-28
pII,ECrnRS.

Bailey, Charles b.,
Barber, A. L.,
Barker, William E.,
batchcldcr, X. N,
Baum, Charles,
Carmody. John r.,
Clapp. John NJ,
Crane. Augustus, jr.,
Cummings, Horace s.,
Darlington. ]. j.,
In BJis. Jas. T.,
Edison, John 10y,
Fox. Albert F.,
Fraser, James.
Gurley. William B.,
au3-m. .6itf
Evening star., 1896-09-28

HAVE YOU VISITED
CLEVELAND PARK?
Call or send for booklet.
sell Office, G1O 14th ct.
Evening star., 1896-09-28
You'ln Have No Trouble

In getting everything for the Office or Ii
brary In the STATIONERY line HERE. Ask
for what you will Wen have tiff 1t can
be obtained in town. Many things you'll re-
quire that can't be obtained elsewhere-ve
have.
EOur prices mean a saving-because
they're lowest.
EastOn& Rupp, A2u H1th St.,
popI-u aP pRICEn SriTToSEps ..c -,
Evening star., 1896-09-28

IAIId
Is lest done on the Columbia
the standard Of the world for wheels.
The greatness Of the Columbia is
evidenced by the fact that other
makers strive to make their wheels
'.tust as good" POI'E MFG. co.
J. Hart Britain. Manager, 452 Pa
eve. fe4-tf
Evening star., 1896-09-28
A CORDIAL WELCOME HOME Is EXTENDED
TO ALL OUR RETURNING FRIENDS AND

THIS Is To GIVE NOTICE THAT THE FIRM OF
Acker Il kenner. composed Of Albert E. Acker
and Harry W. Kenner, doing drug business
14sJ Pa ave. NV, has been this day dissolved
by mutual consent. Mr.. Albert E. Acker will
continue the business the old stand. and Is
authorized to settle up all the transactions of
the late tirm.
ALBERT E ACEER.
se12-3w HARRY W. KENNER,
Evening star., 1896-09-28
iii Pay You Painters

to buy your materials here for cash.
Whether your order amounts to little
or much. leash discounts will ap
p-,cably lessen the cost. You can al
ways count getting the best quail
tiles here.
Chas. e. Elodgkin, p13 9TH.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
A FAST STEAMER FOR TAHOE.
NeE Attractions for the Queen Of
Mountain Waters.
There is Also to be an Electric Rail.
way From Truckee Direct to
the Lake.

The fastest vessel of its size plying on
inland waters is being built at the
Union Iron Works for use on Lake Ta-
hoe, says the San Francisco Chronicle" +"
It's speed is 231la knots an hour, while
that of the Olympia is only p knots
The boat is being constructed for pas
senger traffic. 1t will be of steel and
will cost $4,000. Propulsion will be by
means of twin screws. The measure
ments are: Length over all, 163 feet 8
inches; beam, II feet 10 inches; extreme
draft, 6 feet. The boat will have two
decks and will accommodate 200 pas
sengers.
The frame Of the boat has been set
up and the plates are, now being put on.
When finished it will be taken apart
and shipped to its destination, going by
car as far as Truckee. Thence it will
be hauled by team to the lake and again
set up. It is to be completed by June
1st, and will take the place of the
steamer Meteor, now used for passen-
ger traffic and carrying the mails
The fast steamboat will be used MAIN
ly for excursions around and across the
beautiful sheet of water The owners
are d. B. and C. T. Bliss of Nevada.
The elder is well known through his
connection with the old Virginia and
Truckee Railroad, and both father and
son have large land and timber inter-
ests in the Sierra and many sawmills.
The steamer forms only part of the
scheme which they have in view to
render Lake Tahoe more accessible.
They intend to build a broad-gague
electric road from Truckee to Lake
Tahoe, a distance of sixteen miles, at
cost of 100000. Power will be OBJ
tanned by the fall of water from the
lake. It is expected that the line will
be finished by June 1st. AS its gauge
will permit of the sleepers of the South
ern Pacific running continuously to the
lake, General Passenger Agent Good
man has in contemplation the sending
out of passenger excursion trains on
Saturdays once or twice month during
the summer.
Besides the fast steamer and the
broad-gauge electric road connecting
with the Southern Pacific system, the
Bliss people have in view the building
of hotel. It will be erected near Ia
hoe on the south end of the lake, and
will accommodate 80 guests. The plans
have been drawn and work will be COM
menced as soon as the weather permits,
| but it Is hardly hoped that the building
wiz be completed before autumn. Lake
Tahoe will thus be placed within easy
distance of San Francisco, and with the
steamer on the water and the hotel on
the Shore will become a place of more
general resort than in the past.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
Presidents who Joked Not.

Jackson was always aggressive, un-
compromising, serious.
Tyler was cross, sour, unapprocha-
BILE and irritable.
John Quincy Adams was Puritan
through and through. with caustic
and bitter wit, but no humor.
John Adams was impulsive and iras-
cible, but too much in earnest ever to
be humorous.
Benjamin Harrison is credited with
having no sense of humor, although he
does not object to a joke If the point is
explained to him.
Buchanan could never see the point
Of a joke, and regarded all jesting as
ill-bred. His strong point was dignity
and politeness.
Washington was the embodiment of
gravity. 1t is said that he seldom
smiled and never laughed. A man was
once so careless as to slap Washington
on the shoulder and the poor fellow was
frozen stiff by the icy stare of his ex-
cellency
The record-union., 1896-01-23
desire to lampoon and blacken. It IS not

desire to lampoon and blacken. 1t is not
so in this section. That procedure was
characteristic. of the south some years
ago. We thought it had been aban-
doned, but as we write there comes to
US from the mouth of gentleman of the
East whose word will not be questioned,
that in Los Angeles only last week
he was advised by many and
prominent people not to come
to the upper part of the State. that there
was nothing worth seeing here. nothing
worthy his capital, his energy or his
thought in the center and north. His
amazement when he came this way and
spied out the land led him to state the
facts to us.
We repeat that it is regretable, in
deed, that any intelligence in any part
of the State should sink to so mean a
level as to speak i'll of any portion OF
California at the expense of the exact
truth. We will gain no credit abroad,
no respect at home by such methods.
They are little less than suicidal, to say
nothing Of their injustice and cruelty
and their being manifestations of ILL
breeding, and of sordid, envious and
mean disposition.
The record-union., 1896-01-23

Hardly a year in the last forty has
passed without recording a strike by
which some patient toiler secured
snug sum, ranging in amount from
500 to $500.
During the fifties a ravine having its
source in this locality was found to
contain rich placers. There being no
water nearer than the CosumneS River,
two miles away, the gravel was carted
thither and it is said averaged 500
ne1 each two-horse load. Many stories
are vet told of the big nuggets washed
out there. After exhausting the placers
the field for a time was abandoned,
until curious prospectors began gopher
ins among the rocks to discover where
the gold came from. These investiga-
tions resulted in the discovery OF nu-
merous pocket veins, some OF which
are very rich.
For the last two years Mr.. Morgan
has spent his leisure time in prospect
ing on this ground, and has run down
a number of pockets ranging from SO
to $3.50 in free gold, but last week he
unearthed a small bonanza. He, with
two companions, had followed trace"
for weeks. The helpers became disgust
ed and left, but Morgan stayed with his
pick and shovel Finally he reached
a depth from which he could not throw
the detritus. He sought assistance,
promising several men that he would
find the pocket" in one hour and share
it equally if they would lend hand,
but all refused with a skeptical smile
Finally, with repeated entreaties. Nor
gan induced one of his old partners to
return to the mine to help him. In
twenty minutes after Morgan descend
ed into the little shaft he had sunk he
sent up coal oil can full of clay and
quartz, which contained $1,000 worth
of gold. One nugget weighed $144 90
Mr.. Morgan returned from San Fran
cisco yesterday and he declares that
he could get enough men now to dig a
shaft to China in a few weeks.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
THE FREE-MARKEr soHEnrE.

AT recent meeting of a COMMITTEES
of the Merchants Association of San
Francisco to consider still further the
proposition for a free market for that
city upon the water front a letter was
read from q. L. Colnon, President of
the Board of Harbor Commissioners.
In that letter Mr.. Colnon took such a.
broad, wise and progressive view of
the question of establishing such a
market that it proved a very weighty
argument, and must go long way to
bring about the desired result. We
were so impressed with the strength
and breadth Of Mr.. Colnon's views
that we published his letter the other
day in full
All official station has it's influence
upon the progress of community. It
is to be assumed as a rule that incum-
bency of an Office of high trust tends
to conservatism and impartiaIity, and
therefore the expression of an official,
especially one who has it in his power
to retard or<promote public movement,
carries an influence with it that is of
Importance.
That such a position as Mr.. Colnon
has taken on this free market question
should have been assumed by him is
cause for the interior press to be proud,
since Mr.. Colnon is one of its repre-
sentatives, and himself a citizen of a
progressive interior city. In fact, Of
tener than not, the interior man when
called to metropolitan trusts develops
more broadly and wisely along progress
sive lines than those whose whole lives
have been confined to metropolitan ac-
tivities.
President Colnon's views about the
free market proposition are clear cut
and straightforward. For years, he
says, there has been granted to the pro-
| ducer of cereals and dealers in mill
stuffs the privilege, without charge or
frontage at San Francisco for some
days with their goods, while seeking
for purchaser or arranging for their
disposition.
But q like concession has been de-
MED to the producer Of and dealers in
fruits and vegetables, though fishermen
have always enjoyed such concession.
Discrimination of this order is repug-
nant to Mr.. Colnon's sense of justice,
and he therefore says he will favor
granting a five hundred foot space for
an open structure on the city seawall,
where, under such proper regulations
of the Harbor Commission as are nee
essary, shippers and growers may free
ly display and market in season per-
ishable products of farm, garden and
orchard, instead of being driven to get
their goods out of wharfage space as
soon as landed or submit to their being
dumped into the bay.
But aside from these obviously just
considerations 1t is clearly to be seen
from Mr.. Colnon's letter that he favors
the free market on the seawal at San
Francisco for even higher reasons, be-
cause it will be conservative Of State
interests, since whatever promotes the
true well being of the producer and
legitimate dealer contributes to the
good of the entire State community.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
DIsREPUTABLE METHODS.

The Los Angeles Express recently
made some comparisons between the
north and south ends of the State, using
the Truckee ice festival and The Pasa-
dena rose show as examples of what
were representative of the two sections
ait one and the same date. The Rec
ord Union pleasantly objected, that
while what our contemporary said was
strictly true, it was not the whole truth.
and therefore was calculated to mislead
the reader not familiar with the fact
that altitude, not latitude, marks the
difference between Pasadena and
Truckee, because the same conditions
Of comparison could have been made
with equal truth between Sacramento
and Truckee, or any Sacramento VAL
ley town and Truckee.
This now affords the Express" OPP
portunity to display temper, bad taste
and worse blood. 1t replies to our en-
tirely just criticism, in which we dis
claimed assault upon the motive of the
Express" by pitching into Sacra-
mento because 1t has the rains it needs
and is not dependent upon irrigation;
because it has not all the roads it needs
because it is not largely concerned in
orange growing, being sufficiently en-
gagged in the deciduous fruit market
and other industries; because, as has
/ 1o, n ~ Ann sr If
great disaster, our streets have in past
years had water in them hub deep; be-
cause, as in Los Angeles, there are
some foggy days in Sacramento, and
some that are damp (but it would in
struct the Express" to examine the
meteorological records and make a
note of the sunny and clear days in
| this valley and the credits in the same
score given to southern sections); be-
/ cause there are some crisp cold days
here in winter, as there are in the
south also, but none SO cold as the snap
that froze the southern orange crop this
winter to the tune of from $3.50, 900 to
100000 damage when the mercury
tOuSAtu 10 ueSIteS, DuI registered here
10 degrees warmer.
The Express" has fling also at our
hotels, and generally snarls at the
ncrth. We submit that the article call
ing out this eruption of bad blood was
just, temperate and true. In it not one
wcrd was said against the south or in
dispraise of it, but all in honor. We were
careful to avoid even the seeming of
drawing comparisons to the discredit
OF our southern brethren. All we did
| do was to point out that the article Of
the Express" which was but one Of
similar articles in other southern pa
pers, compared Truckee and Pasadena.
and by a half-truth conveyed to the un-
informed false impression. We sub
mitted that such treatment of the sub
ject was unfair. Hence these tears.
We regret that our Los Angeles con-
Temporary should show such haste and
The record-union., 1896-01-23
A witty Judge.

The late Lord Bowen, beside being 8
great Judge. was also a great wit, an6
many interesting bon-mots of his are
being recalled just now. On the oc.
casion of the Queens jubilee the Judges
were drawing up an address to the
Queen. Conscious as we are Of oul
shortcomings" ran the address; ICON.
scious as we are of one another's short.
comings," suggested Lord Bowen.
Sometimes his wit was very incisive
as, for instance. when he remarked:
Truth will out-even in an affidavit >
Not the least happy Of his recorded wit
ticisms was the remark he made when
congratulated on his appointment tc
be law lord. He would, he said, find
the work easy, his duty being to give
his opinion after so many others had
given theirs. I'm fact, I only have to
agree, and might we'll have been raised
to the peerage as Lord Concurry.'"
The record-union., 1896-01-23
An English railroad club.

A curiosity in clubs is being started
by certain Manchester men, who travel
daily to and from homes in Lytham, St.
Annes and Blackpool. In virtue of an
arrangemnt with the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Company, carriages will be
reserved for the use of the club. They
viii be specially fitted up, and the only
charge beyond the usual cost Of sea-
son ticket will be one of three guineas
a year The carriages, which will be
run twice a day-to Manchester in the
morning and back at night-are now
approaching completion. Southport is
watching the experiment with the full
intention of starting a railway club Of
its own, if the Blackpool pioneers are
ccessfuI.-London Realm.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
Doubted the Bill.

One of. the principal men in the Bu-
reau of Printing and Engraving had a
somewhat peculiar experience in New
York recently.
He had occasion to visit the metropo-
lis on business, and after a stay Of sew
eral days at one of the chief hotels, he
called for his bill. When it was given
to him he rendered in payment a brand
new $50 silver certificate. The clerk
looked at it for moment and then
passed it back.
Whats the matter ?" said the official.
II can't take that" replied the clerk.
'I don't think it's good"
mot good" exclaimed the official.
mot goodl Why, man, know it's
good. I made it myself
Yes" said the clerk, 'fthat's just
what I thought "-Washington Post.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
STRUCK IT RICH.
Perseverance Brings Fortune to Sac
ramento County Miner.

ramento County Miner.
Correspondence of the Record -Union.)
MICHIGAN BAR, Jan. 22.-"Bad
luck with miners and prospectors has
always been accepted as a real though
indefinable something, while good
luck" a sister will-o'- -the-wisp, is gen.
orally accounted as a visionary senti-
ment If fortune favor, it is through
superior knowledge or skill to which
the miner attributes his strike. How
ever, George Morgan, a Sacramento
County miner, now stands ready to
credit 81, 500 in shining coin to good
luck.
For a number of years a tract of
land on the extreme eastern border Of
Sacramento County at a point near
where the Costumes River enters the
county has been favorite locality for
prcspectors. Many man has expend-
ed his muscle and consumed his -four
bacon, black coffee and beans, lured on
and on by myriads of the minutest par
ticles of the alluring metal until his
credit was ruined. Some few have fol-
lowed these traces of flour gold" to the
hiding place of the coveted pocket.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
A silent Cab Call.

One of the uptown clubhouses has
just introduced a London idea, very
popular over there, known as the silent
cab gall. It is but another use of elec-
tricity, which Is doing so much to light
en- the labor of man. Two lamps are
suspended outside of the clubhouse por-
tals-one red, the other green. BY
pressing a knob in the entrance hall the
lamps are lit at will. The green light
calls for a hanson, the red light for a
four-wheeler or coupe.-New York
World
The record-union., 1896-01-23

The Supreme Court has just handed
down an important decision upon the
license question. In Merced County
the Board of Supervisors imposed a. GER
tain license tax upon retailers of intoxi-
Getting liquors. One of these objected
on the ground that the tax is prohib-
tive, and he offered on the trial to in
troduce testimony to that effect. This
offer was refused, ana he appealed. The
Supreme Court sustains the court below
on these grounds, namely, that the
power to regulate for the purposes of
revenue is not the power to prohibit;
any attempt to accomplish the latter
end by the former process will not be
upheld by the courts, because the right
to prohibit is separate and distinct from
the power to regulate for revenue pur-
poses. But as it was contended that the
tax in effect prohibits, how is that to be
determined? The court answers that it
is not to be determined by the effect of
the license tax upon the business Of the
defendant. What might be prohibitive
in his case would not necessarily be SO
in the case of his competitors in busi-
ness. The matter Of licensing is COM
mitted to the discretion of the Super
visors, and they must be assumed to act
with good motive, and to be taxing for
what they say they tax for, namely,
revenue. For a court to interfere and
undertake by hearing testimony to de-
termine whether a license rate is pro-
htbitive would be to usurp the func-
tions of the Supervisors and exercise q
| discretion committed by law TO the
Board of Supervisors. The reasonable
character of the ordnance is to be as
certained from the forceof it, and there
fore it must be upheld unless, as a. mat
ter of law, the court can say that it is so
unreasonable in character as to tran
scend the proper exercise of the power
| of the legislative body. 1t is not a ques-
ton of fact to be determined says the
court, upon the varying circumstances
of each particular case. Whether an
ordinance be reasonable and consistent
with the law or not is question for the
court and not the jury, and evidence to
the latter on the subject is inadmissible.
The record-union., 1896-01-23

the friends Of confederacy. that Cecil
Rhodes has resigned the Presidency of
the South African Company that he
may become the head Of the Bond or
"Union"that it is proposed to establish
of all South African States, to be in
dependent of England
The record-union., 1896-01-23
DELINQUENT SALES.

THE FELTS PRIMARY BATTERY COM
pany. Location Of principal place OF busl-
ness, Sacramento, California.
Notice-There are delinquent upon the foI-
lowing described stock, on account OF assess
ment number four AZ thereon, levied on the
26th day of October, 1895, the several
amounts set opposite the names OF the re-
snacliYa shareholders. as 1OlloMa to Wit:
The record-union., 1896-01-23

Tkese publications are sent either py
Mail or Express to agents or single sub
ecrjbers with charges prepaid. All Fost-
masters are agents.
The best advertising mediums on the
Eacidc Coast.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
THE DAILY RECORD. UNION

For one 90
For six months. ....................3 90
For three months. hs.................. / 90
Subscribers served by carriers at F,if-
teea Cents per week. In all interior cities
ana towns the paper can be had or the
principal periodical dealers, newsmen ana
EgankR.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
THE WEEKLY UNION

Is the cheapest and most desirable Home,
News and Literary Journal published on
the Pacific Coast.
The Weekly Union, per year. %
The record-union., 1896-01-23
Record-Union Telephone.

Entered at the Postoff1ce at Sacramento
as eecond-class matter.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
Eastern Business omces.
Weather FORECAST,

Weather Forecast.
For Northern California-Rain along the
coast and in the Sacramento Valley; south
erly winds, brisk to high along the coast.
The record-union., 1896-01-23

And in accordance with law ana an order OF
the Board of Directors OF said company. made
on the said Y 9Th day of October. 1856, so
.1nany shares.of each parcel of such stock will
Felts Primary Battery Company. No. $40 J
street, SacFaIn ento. California on FRIDAY :
the twen+y-fouFth E24thl day Of January,
1856 Al the hourof O'Clock .. m. Of said
day. to pay said delinquent asseslm ents there
on, together with costs Of advertising and the
expenses OF the sale.
Z. e. SCOTT, Secretary.
a9-3tTh Office Of Stanton. Tho mson & co.
The record-union., 1896-01-23
Pafora fha 6usehed

Before the finished
fruit come bud and
blossom. Bud grows
into blossom and
blossom into fruit.
And so girlhood
merges into woman
hood and the woman
into motherhood.
The two most crit
ical times in a wo-
mans life are the
times which make
the girl a woman,
and the woman a
mother. At these
times, DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
ton is of incalcula-
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