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The record-union., 1896-04-26
Gun and Dog.

The men who hunt ducks with howitZ-
ers and bag their quail by means of
traps have had their day in California
The Pete ST. Glars and their cannon
may be somewhat in evidence for an
other season, but they cannot do much
more harm. The men who go afield
nowadays are mostly mechanics, labor
ers and clerks, and they have resolved
that the game of the State must be pre-
served for all the people, and not de-
stroyed by few rapacious professional
hunters whose only thought is to make
few dollars.
An English sportsman, having hired
shooting in Ireland, arriving in the
district, asked the keeper, Where's
the best place for snipe?''
"Murphy's bog, SIR" was the reply.
They're just 'jostling one another in
that place, sirr!'
and woodcock?"
"Is it wOodcock, your honor?" Then
adding solemnly, Don't go into Mike
Dennis wood widout a big shtick, or
they'll eat you aloive"-W Westminster
Gazette.
The second bench show of the Ala
media County Sportsmen's Association
will be held in the Mills Tabernacle,
Oakland, on May Goth, Dist, 22d and
Odd. The premium list is now ready
for mailing. The judge will be J. Otis
Fellows of Hornellsville, N. Y. Thomas
Higgs will act as Superintendent.
F. r. Webster of San Francisco is
soon to join party in New York who
will shoot in the principal events III
England and France this spring. J. 3.
Ellison and Yale Dolan of Philadelphia
will be the party. Clarence Dolan is
already in France and will join the
party abroad
Reports from the foothills of Nevada
and Placer Counties are to the effect
that the quail are nesting in large num-
bers, and the prospect is that the next
seasons supply will be better than for
many years past.
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SACRAMENTO RECORD UNION sUNDAY 2e 1896.

with running 100 yards in 40 seconds
in a race at the college last week This
performance quashes the worlds pro-
fessional record held by ]. Owens, Jr
William Kraus of Newport, Ky,
claims to be the strongest boy" in the
United States. He is 81 years old,
stands 5 feet inches and weighs $50
pounds. His biceps measure Is inches
when distended. He can swing a 49,
pound dumbbell with one hand.
At an Irish athletic festival, held at
Stamford Bridge, London, two weeks
ago, some remarkable hammer-throw-
ing was done by j. Flanaghan of Kill
mallock, who threw the sixteen-poun
hammer from a seven-foot circle 141
feet inches, which is worlds record
breaking the previous best, by J. Mitch
ell. Flanaghan also accomplished 1876
feet with an unlimited run and follow
which becomes a new worlds record.
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Amateur Athletics.

There is every prospect of an intercol-
legiate athletic contest between Union
College and California University, says
the New York Mercury" L. T. Merton
Captain of the Western college, tele-
eraphed Manager Terry of Union the
other day, suggesting a meeting at AL
bany on May 10th. An affirmative an
swer was telegraphed. The Calfor-
mans visited Union last year, and were
treated so well that they are anxious to
again go East. The Union boys are
very jubilant at the outlook, and have a
strong team in training. Fitzpatrick,
who lowered the worlds record for a
half-mile last year, is a student at
Union. George Lands, a member of the
New York Athletic Club, is also affili-
ated with Union.
celebrated baseball! player. basing
on his own experience of training, rec
ommends women who are anxious for
symmetrical development to supplement
the abnormal use of the lower limbs in
cycling with special exercises for the
arms, and the daily use, for a few min
utes, of the skipping rope, which is
particularly efficacious in the direction
Of gaining that advantage known as
strengthening of the wind.
Several of the Eastern papers are very
skeptical about Edgren's performance
in throwing the l6-pound hammer 14s
feet and 5 inches. AS Edgren is shortly
to go East he will have a number of op-
portunities to throw the hammer but it
is doubtful If he will equal his great
feat made in private, and which isn't
recognized as a record. Edgren is a
senior in the California University, and
has been practicing regularly since his
return from the East last June, under
the instruction Of Tom Carroll, the Scot
fish athlete.
HEREFORD Smith, a student of Center
College, Danville, KY, is accredited
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Had Him There.

Mr. Chugwater-Women voting and
holding office? Shucks! Think of
women in Congress making laws for the
country!
Mrs. Chugwater-Well, If ever we do
elect q Congress We'll never send such
lot of old women to the Senate as
you've got there now!-Chicago Tri-
h,1na
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ATrifle Clumsy at II.

"I hope. Johnnie said the Sunday
school teacher to her new scholar, "that
your parents are good Christians?"
well, ma Is" replied Johnnie, IAN
pa used to be, but guess he is a little
out of practice now."-Bay City Chat.
The record-union., 1896-04-26

STRENGTH OF MANHOOD COMES WITH A
healthy nerve force. Your nervous sys-
tenn Is the basis Of all your manly vigor. so
it comes that such troubles as Indigestion.
dyspepsia. kidney troubles. palpitation of
the heart ETC.. drain the vital powers and
destroy the element Of manhood.
| was greatly troubled with Indigestion ~
bad that could not sleep at night Nv nerrr.~s
system was greatly debilitated, and thoueb
have tried many different remedies i harp 49,.
found anything that could Recommend =. ! -
Dr. Sanden's Electric Belt. I have ora - fr.s
thirty days and can now eat food that thourst
Snoutd never De able to touch again rest Vol
anderson. with Ballard Hall, wool house. Ttrtn
and Brannan streetn. San Francisco AAeA
The record-union., 1896-04-26

you sleep at night. Try It. Consult Che
doctor about it, or send for the book. s.rhree
Classes of Men," free.
sANDEN ELECTRIC co..
50 Market street. opposite Palace HossI. sss
Franc4sco. Cal. OtHcs hour. a. =. "a $50 ..
m: suntiay. 10 to l. Los Angeles enc. COX
South Brosdway; Portland, Or. 2sS WssAsaetos
street
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MANHOOD
Depends upon your nerve power =,

AAA A1(-x V0
power Is electricity.
DR.. Sanders Elec-
trio Belt fs = SIM
pie. cheap way Of
getting back you,
manhood Il ycG
nave wasted Il. II
charges your body
with VITALITY ~Afle
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Still One Danger.

Friend-And are you now out of dam
ger?
Convalescent-No; the doctor says he
will pay me two or three more visits
Puck.
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bicyclists. The first prize is $1,000. and
there will also be consolation prizes.
John S. Johnson is expected to be one
of the competitors.
The record-union., 1896-04-26

A bicycle manufacturing company in
Connecticut recently received an order
for 1000 wheels from house in Rus
Sia
The record-union., 1896-04-26

The Grand Prix of Florence, Italy,
will be run on May 14th. 18th and oath.
The event is open to all professional
The record-union., 1896-04-26

Nearly every army now has a bicycle
corps. In Germany six men of every
regiment are mounted on wheels to act
as scouts.
The record-union., 1896-04-26

Wigwag-What's the hardest thing to
master In riding the bicycle? Harduppe
i should say to get the bicycle.-Phil-
adelphia Record
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reputation? It is matter the rider
should pay particular attention to, fol
it is to his interest to do so.
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L
less than four rails and four foot and a
half high, and the partition fences to be
not less than four rails and four foot
high. And all persons concerned are
hereby required to take notice accord
ingly."
An early traveller, Professor Kahn,
who visited New York IN 1I4S, tells
some very remarkable stories about the
city. In reading them we are almost
inclined to believe that some ingenious
Yankee got hold of the innocent for
eigner and filed him full of whopping
big yarns. However, some of them are
decidedly amusing, and it is barely pos
sible they may contain many elements
of truth. The following about Holsters,
frogs in the streets and watermelons are
among the best which this Professor has
left for the education of posterity:
about New York they find innumer-
able quantities of excellent oysters, and
there are few places which have them
of such exquisite taste and of so great
size; they are picked and sent to the
West Indies and other places. Oysters
are reckoned very wholesome; some
people assured us that they had not felt
the least inconvenience after eating a
considerable quantity of them. Lob
sters are likewise plentifully caught
hereabouts, picked much in the same
manner as oysters, and sent to several
places. was told of a very remarkable
circumstance about these Holsters. and
I have since frequently heard ii men,
toned. The coast Of New York had al
ready European inhabitants for a con-
siderable time, and yet no Holsters were
The record-union., 1896-04-26

Apart from its usefulness as a health
giving sport and means of recreation
bicycling has many other advantages,
the value of which are only being real
lied. Of course this sport, like many
others. has its detractors. They are
however, becoming fewer and fewer
every day, although there are still many
practical and scientific men who con-
denim the wheel
The record-union., 1896-04-26

HEREFORD Smith, a student of Center
College. Danville, KY, is accredited
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
Large Sums for Declarations,

The sum that Londoners spend in
flowers amounts to considerably over
So, 900, 900 every year. 1t is no I'M
common thing for 50, 500 or So, 600 to
be laid ont in flowers for decorations
at a single reception, andin some cases
the floral decorations for one evening
have cost SIS, 900 and even 81, 500.
When Lord Rosebery was married
(Which ceremony took place in March,
one of the worst months for fowers),
10, 900 white roses were used in dec
oratiOns.
At ball given in Covent Garden
last year, 1900 plants of lilies of the
valley were imported from the south
of France at the cost af fifty cents q
dozen sprays; and at one Of the balls
| given by the late Colonel North wher
he first came to England as the "Ni'
trate King" the flowers cost $50, 900,
philadelphia Times.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
The Dog Aided the Hen.

As the story goes, the mistress OF
the dog Is also keeper Of hens. One
Of these was setting upon a "olutch"
OF thirteen eggs and Don, tho black.
and-tan, soon became very curious to
know Why she stayed in the barn So
closely.
The dog, as itappears, had formerly
been given to teasing the hen, snatch
ing her food away from her, and other
wise making himself torment; but
this intercourse had gradually turned
into friendship, and the two would
sometimes be seen lying and squatting
side by side in the sun, on a bit Of
carpet in the back porch.
During the three weeks that the hen
sat on her eggs Don used to pay daily
visits to the barn, and sometimes he
would stay with her by the half hour.
Then the chicks came out of their
shells. Don was intensely interested.
All day long he scarcely left the barn.
The next morning when the hen
stepped off tho nest and with a cluck
called her brood after her Don fol-
lowed.
The hen fell to scratching, and the
fluffy chicks darted hither and thither,
| picking up the tidbits which the
mother had uncovered.
Good, said Don to himself 81
can help in this business, and to the
terror Of the chickens he ranin among
them and began turning up the soil a
lively rate. Then he sat down an(
waited.
The mother hen called back the
chicks to the newly scratched earth
and soon they picked it clean. Thel
the dog took another turn. And s,
the good work proceedad, to the grea
delight Of all parties. -Indianapoli
Sentinel.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
ArllncIal Diamonds.

1t is the impression that the dia-
mond OF all precious stones deaes
successful imitation, yet Francis Cap
rim Of Havre, France, at present q
guest of the ST. James, assures US NJ.
Moriseau, a countryman Of his, has
discovered q method Of Transforming
carbon into the queen Of gems, says
the Washington Tines There are,
however, two reasons which will pre-
vent the artificial stone from entering
into competition with the miad ar
licle. In the first place, they are so
exceedingly minute that they have no
commercial value, and secondly, the
process is 80 expensive that it costs
more to manufacture diamonds than
to import them from the mines. The
essence Of the discovery is the idea Of
obtaining tho requisite pressure by
utilizing the quality possessed by some
Embarrassing in Volume as they change
from a liquid to a solid state. The
chemist placed a quantity of silver
and charcoal of sugnr in an electric
furnace and fused the metal to the
boiling point By this method the
silver was made to absorb a small
quantity of carbon. The whole mix
ture was then thrown into cold water
forming a shell of solid silver. Aftel
a few moments this was withdraw
from the water and allowed to coo
slowly. As it did so the kernel of sill
yer contained in the outer she'll ex
banded, precipitating the form Of mi
croscopic diamonds, There can be n,
doubt as to the validity of this dis
covery, as the French Academy O
Science has examined the diamond
produced by this process, and hO
pronounced them the same in ever
respect as the natural ones.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

The principal element in the COM
position OF tear as may readily be
supposed is water. The other ele-
ments are salt, soda, phosphate Oflime,
phosphate Of soda and mucus, each in
small proportions. A dried tear seen
through q microscope of good average
power presents peculiar appearance.
The water after evaporation, leaves
behind it the saline ingredients, which
amalgamate and form themselves into
heightened cross lines and look like a
number OF minute fish bones.
The tears are secreted in what are
called the 'Gachrymal glands" stu
ated over the eyeball and underneath
the lid. The contents OF these glands
are carried along and under the inner
surface OF the eyelids by means Of
six or seven very fine channels, aud
are discharged little above the CART
lege, supporting the lid.
The discharge of tears from tn
lachrymal glands is not occasional an
accidental, as is commonly supposed
but continuous. It goes on both da
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
Pertinent Ten Points.
.nre mnrs noe than b menda.

Care mars more than it mends.
The longer an animapa horns tho
lees one needs to fear it.
The devil is satisfied with his due,
but the corporation isn't
The man who likes to hear himself
talk should not forget that there are
others.
When a man develops opinions it -
a sure sign that he has given up his
ambitions.
Wine, women and song may ruin o
man., but il is the song that annoys the
neighbors.
When woman let's the notes Of her
voice 90 to protest there is bound "A
be lots Of trouble.
A macintosh is better protection
from rain than an umbrella. The rain
coat will not fit all Of your friends. -
Truth
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

October /, 1914. the Wasp hailed the
Swedish bark Adonia aud took on
board two Of The surviving officers Of
the old Essex after her destruction IN
Valparaiso Harbor, and then passed
on into the dark mystery which has
never been solved. That was the lnst
intelligence ever brought to any port
By any ship concerning tho veteran
fighter and victor Her fate will ever
remain an unexplained puzzle.
The last vessel Of the series to be
lost at sea without leaving any sign
behind 10 explain matters was the brig
Eporvior, commanded by Lieutenant
John Shubrick. When the terms Of
the treaty between the United States
and Algiors we're dictated to the Dey
at the point Of the cannon by Decatur
IN 1915 a copy Of the paper was sent
home by the Eperyier The brig
passed the strait OF Gibraltar on July
-, 1915. and from that time oil trace
Of her was lost. She sailed out upon
tho'ocean and was swallowed up by
the sea that has wrecked the hopes
and ambitions OF 50 many. New
York Advertiser.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

and night-lhough less abundanlly a.
night--through the "conduils." aud
spreads equally over tho surface Of the
pupil, IA virtue Of the inccasant move
mont Of the ida
After serving its purpose, the now
is carried away by two little drains
situated In that corner Of each eye
nearest the noso-into which they
run, and called the 'lachrymal
points. Tho usefulness Of this quiet
dow Of iepra to both man and beast 10
manifest
There Is such an immense quantity
Of fno dust floating in tho air and
constantly getting into the eyes that,
but for It, they would soon become
ohoked Very little is requisite to
keep tho ball free, and when some OBJ
noxious aubstanee-smoke, an insect,
or the like-that Affects tho nerves
does make It's way in, an increased
aow is poured out to sweep it away.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
A Persinn BeIief.

A physician who has just returned
from a visit to Persia says that the
Persians still believe that human tears
are q remedy for certain chronic dis
eases. Atevery funeral the bottling
of mourners' tears is one Of the chief
features Of the ceremonies. Each OF
the mourners is presented with a
sponge With which to mop off his face
and eyes, and after the burial they are
presented to the priest, who squeezes
the tears into bottles which he keeps
This custom is one OF the oldest known
in the East, and has probably beer
practised by the Persians for thousand
Of years. Mention is made Of it il
the Old Testament.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
GnardIng the Eyes.

Don't sleep with the eyes facing the
light. A test by closing the eyes when
facing the light quickly shows that
the strain is only lessened, not re-
moved, and the interposition of an
adequate shade is as grateful to the
shut eyes as when they are open. 1t is
sometimes necessary in a small room
to have the bed face the window, but
even then, by means Of shades rolling
from the bottom instead of from the
top, the window may be covered to
the few inches left free for the pas
age of air.-Troy Times.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

1t is the pickings of the first tips of
the blossoms The greatest care must
be taken in the picking, and nothing
but the bright, golden-hued tip taken
off the blossoms. All the picking of
this grade is carefully done by hand.
The process Of drying these tips is as
delicate as picking. The annual out
put is estimated at $4,000 pounds,
valued at so, 100, 900. But FIVE pounds
of this tea have ever been known to
have reached the United States, ex-
cepting a few pounds placed on exhi-
bition at the worlds fair. A rich lady
residing at New York wrote to Mr..
Mari, the agent of the Ceylon teG
growers for America at Chicago, ant
asked him to try and procure for her,
if possible, five pounds of this remark
able and expensive tea, Mr., Mar
was successful in securing six pounds
of the precious article. The New
York lady gave a check for 81, 900 fol
her five pounds. New York Letter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
The Ruling Passion.

Sympathizer Ito PROSTATE bieyelist)
ANY serious damage from the acci-
dent?
Fallen Bioyelist (feebly)-I don't
know yet haye--baven't looked at
my wheel. tFaints away. )-Brooklyn
Life.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
A DEADLY CALLING.
Bringing Out Borax From the
Riffs in Death Valley,
Horse Teams Subjected to
Killing Ordeal

a Killing Ordeal
The deadliest occupation for men or
horses If toaming in the borax folds
Of Death Valley Of the great Ameri-
can desert, writes q correspondent
from California. There the longest
teams in the world are employed
Scientists declare that the fierce heat
in this narrow rent in the cracked
surface Of the earth is not equaled
elsewhere in the world, Where the
thermometer often registers l40 de-
grees Of heat, unrelieyed by even O
breath Of air, where men sleep at night
in hollow bitches filed with water in
order to avoid dying from collapse,
the necessity for the longest teams Of
mules and horses ever harnessed to
draw the borax laden wagons is APP
parent
The desert team is the longest in
the world, and the percentage Of
deaths Of the horses is greater than
that Of domestic animals used in any
other calling. Forty TO sixty horses
are often hitched to one of the lum-
/ boring vehicles ia which the borax is
slowly dragged across the sun-baked
alkali plains. The average life Of
even the sturdiest horses used in this
work is six months, for in this length
of time they either become broken
winded, consumptive from inhalinR
the deadly dust Of the desert or are
driven crazy by the frightful heat.
A man there, though protected by
the wagon awning from the suns rays,
can not go an hour without water
without danger Of death. When a
team breaks down and the water sup
| ply becomes depleted, the men ride
on at top speed for the nearest source
Of supply, and often when they return
they find that the remaining horses.
made mad by thirst, have broker
from the harness and dashed on, only
to find death in the desert
The borax wagons weigh 5000
pounds and carry 10000 at a load.
Behind each wagon is a tank contain
ing hundreds OF gallons of water. The
: horses are harnessed in pairs, thu
/ trained ones in the lead, and the mex
in intelligence just ahead OF th
> tongue, while the unruly and Tia
youngsters are hitched between. Th
nigh leader has a bride with tn
, strap from the left jaw shorter thaI
: the other, and from the bride runs
I braided rope which the driver, perche
8 on the wagon seat, holds in his RICH
S hand.
Tho rope is called the 'jerk-line,
and is a little longer than the team
which stretches out several hundre
feet in front of the wagon. Durin
+ the busy season the borax Wagon
st make an almost continuous train, an
g the horses alone, if placed in sing
n file, would make team more than OIL
If hundred miles long.
|. Besides a little food and water Il
IS poor animals get no care. They cur
t. themselves by rolling in the burnir
s, sand. After few mouths of the XII
Is ing labor the poor creatures becon
to unfit for service. A kindly rifle ba
K. then ends their agony, and the
IL emaciated carcasses are left alongsi
" the trail to furnish scant picking +
r. the lowering vulture.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

The crown worn On state occaslaua 81 VIE
liam. emperor OF Germany. weighs exactly
throe pounds.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11
nraanIanEr.

Higginga-w Which do you favor, Pat,
gold 81 ailver9
pat--Faith. Thin, II yure akin my
opinion. Che groenbaoks is nay iayoriie.
Philadelphia North American.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

CAscAnETa stimulate liver. Kidneys "a
bowels. Sever sIckon. weaken or ulpe.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-11

The mao who la charitable in A.msaN VII
ilnfen 81 thn mute nprnal Or assistance made
hY be stomach. or hla liver. ln tha shape 81
divers dYapoptle Qualma AND uneasy anuaa-
lions in ihn regions 81 che Flaud fhnt serrrteH
hla bile. HOLSTERS stomach hltiHra, mf dear
Hif. or mHahm@as The eHsn may he~ia whaf
you require. Hasten On use NJ sou arc troubled
with heartburn, wind ln The stomach GO pete
that your skin ur the whites OF yuur eyes are
takinH a aallnH hue.