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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-26

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The record-union., 1897-07-06
SemiAnnuaI Statement and Dividend Notice
OF THE
SACRAMENTO BANK
DIVIDEND NOTICE.

The Board of Directors Of the Sacra-
the semi-annual term, ending June 30,
1897, at the rate of A 4-10 per cent per
annum on term deposits and $40 per
of all taxes, payable on and after July
6, 1887. ED. r. HAMILTON, Cashier.
The record-union., 1897-07-06
How the National Holiday Was Celebrated
i'm Sacramento.
A Vast Multitude Witness the Grand Military and
Civic Pageant.
An Eloquent Grafton by Dr. Charles Van Noden
1.-The Glory of Our Country
Evening
by Wheeimen.

Sacramento may with perfect proprl-
ETY. ere dit herself with having celebrat ted
the national anniversary in a manner
becoming the Capital City Of the State
In no important particular was the
demonstration of yesterday inferior to
that of any former year. even before the
wave of industrial depression rolled
over the coast and left the specter Of
hard times" in its wake.
Strangers began to pour into the city
on Sunday, and bright and early yes
terday morning the roads leading to the
city were filled with vehicles of all de-
scrfptions carrying people from their
country homes to town to participate
in the celebration and see the sights.
Al incoming morning trains also
brought many visitors, and long be-
fore 10 o'clock the streets were crowd
ed with well-dressed men, women and
children, all seeking points of vantage
from which to view the military and
civic pageant.
The streets were literally decorated
with the national colors, and "Old
Glory" streamed from every staff and
many of the housetops. There was
life, joy and patriotism manifest on
every hand, and overhead clear skies
from which the ardent rays of the July
sun beat down warmly upon the NOV
ing multitude
The day was ushered in by the BOOM
ing of cannon, which awoke the resi-
dents of the sleeping city. announcing
that the day for celebrating the ma
tional independence was on. and soon
the entire community was astir.
The record-union., 1897-07-06
AT THE PAVILION.
Eloquent Address by DIR. Van Nor
den and Poem by Mr.. MASSEY.

The large central area in the Pavilion
was filled by an attentive assembly,
the summer bonnets and dresses of the
women giving it a very lively appear
ance by their bright colors.
Rev. c. L. Mel offered an eloquent
and patriotic invocation, which was fol-
lowed by America" sung by Messrs.
Genshlea, Kidder, Longbottom and
Crocker, with fine effect.
Mayor Hubbard then made a short
opening address, as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: Once more we
have assembled to commemorate the
birthday of our great nation. For more
than thirty years our country has been
blessed with peace and prosperity. This
is the longest period that our country
has passed through without a war dur
ing the 121 years of its existence.
1t is proper that we should celebrate
this day, in remembrance of that day
on which our forefathers declared that
this should be a free and independent
nation, and because they fought for
seven long years TO sustain that dec
laration
1t is proper that we should celebrate
this day, for in this way we may in
culcate into the minds of the rising
generations that spirit of patriotism
that viii prompt them to the noblest
sacrifices for our country. The time
may soon come when they will be called
upon to initiate the example of those
heroes of 1776
While our country is now at peace
with all nations, no one can foresee
what may happen. Our nation may at
any day be forced into a conflict of
arms.
This celebration of the Fourth of July
is intended to strengthen all cur people.
young and old. in that true patriotism
that viii in the hour Of trial preserve
the honor and independence of our
great Republic.
The love of home and Of country and
its institutions is what Will make our
nation strong. Let US strive by all
means to cultivate these sentiments in
the hearts of all our people
The reading of the Declaration of In
dependence by Fred W. Carey was
done with emphasis and clearness, in
manner that reflected great credit on
the young reader and gained him hearty
applause.
Another song by the quartet fol-
The record-union., 1897-07-06
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

Trains Leave and are Due to Arrive al
sacramento:
The record-union., 1897-07-06

LEAVE TRAINS RUN Daily iAR,Tv
(For) CEron,
The record-union., 1897-07-06

MORRILL-In this city, July 5th of diph-
iberia, Emmette Ross, only child of j.
r. and Eulie Morrill,. aged years, /
month and days.
Funeral private.
MILLER-At Long Pine, Neb, July 1st.
VIM. B. Miller, a native of Pennsylvania
aged 49 years, II months and 2S days
Friends and acquaintances are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral
this CTuesday) afternoon, at O'Clock,
from the residence of his niece, Mrs. c.
II. Agner 1921 l street.
The record-union., 1897-07-06
UNDERTAKERs.
MRS a. REAM.

ASSISTANT LADY UNDERTAKEN.
Leave orders with any undertaken TeIe-
phone 81 red. Residence, 1l2s E street
The record-union., 1897-07-06
DIED.

Continued on Fourth Page.)
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16

In certain portions of the west
where water is used for purposes
of irrigation, experiments have beer
tried in first utilizing the water fol
power. Suitable pumps carry II
to high reservoirs, where it il
used to generate electricity. 1t Itacquires
an enormous power by its weight snd
is in no wise injured for irrigating pur'
poses. An ordinary spring constantly
drawn from furnishes very valuable
power in this way, and after the water
has done its work either in the electric
81 plant or in the turning of wheels. il
goes on its way to refresh vegetation
and make the ground productive. Ii
this way It performs more than adoubIs
Office without detriment to itself or it,
original mission.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16
FADs OF FASHION.

This Is q matching season, and leath-
er belts can be bought in almost every
color of the rainbow.
A new cuff flares over the hand in rip
Piles. Many sleeves without cuffs are
finished in Venetian style.
The old-fashioned yoke nightgown is
q thing of the past. The full sack style
Of the French underwear is the thing
now.
Feather stitching is prominent fea-
ture as a trimming in lingerie; wher-
ever . band is found it is sure to bo
feather stitched.
The new sailor hats to be worn with
outing dresses are highly crowned and
broad-brimmed. with ribbon band
tied at the left side of the crown in q
fat bow with ends.
The standing military collar is the
most worn of the linen collars, with
the very narrow turned-over one Sec
ond. The wide turned-over one Of last
year has fallen into innocuous desue-
tude.
Plaid stockings are now as correct ad-
juncts Of dressy attire as they have
heretofore been Of the sporting cos-
tune. For dress use they are Of silk
or Isle, and are worn with slippers or
ties. !.
Richelieu ribbed hosiery IL not near
" 20 mnch in evidence this summer as
IL was last. The preferred kind now
Il gauxe lfsJe, very thin, or silk plains
and most aaways plain black Tor ordi-
nary wear.
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16
sAsEBALL BRevITiEs.

The New York club has tried dozen
men in left field since it let Eddie Burke
60.
George Tebeau, brother Of the famed
Patsy, Is playing star game at frst
base for the Columbus (O) team.
"It looks as if Jim Callahan could
have Job in the Quilted when his
pitching days are over" says the Sport
ing News. :
Tim Murnane says that at the pres
ent pitching distance no pitcher can
be at his best who works more than
two games a week.
Fred Tenney. the ex-collegian who
guards first base for the Beaneaters, is
regular contributor of baseball arti-
cles to eastern magazines. i
Chris Won der Abe says he'll buy
every one Of his players a new suit of
clothes ii they get out of last place,
and der poss president has pledged his
word that they won't be hand-me-
downs. either.
Mark Baldwin, the old ex-league
twirler, il now pitching for the Car
negie A. C. team of Pittsburgh. 1t is
said that the once famous twirler still
retains much of his speed and ability to
fool the best of the batters.
This year has been marked by the
success Of many of the young twirlers
in the league. Lewis, Corbett, Powell,
Callahan and Dunn have all done re-
markably well, and their good work
has done much to knock out the theory
that club must have seasoned twirlers
in order to be successful.
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16

The standard maxim of the electrj-
clan: "Never touch wire; it may be
dead, but if it amt, you may be-" il
generally followed, SO far as actually
touching the wire with the hand is con-
cerned; hut several recent accidents
have taught the public that they must
be just as careful to avoid contact be-
tween electric wires and any conduct
ing material held in the hand. Not long
ago a mechanical engineer who was
inspecting the third-rail system at Hart
lord, accidentally touched the conductor
with his umbrella, which had steel rod.
The umbrella was badly burned, and its
owner had lesson in electrical con-
ductivity that he will not soon forget.
A similar incident is reported from a
New Jersey town. Two brothers, stand
ing arm in arm, were looking in win
dow, while one held an umbrella. He
raised it little, and as the steel tip
came in contact with an arc light wire
above, a shock was received that knocked
both men over. In another accident,
the issue was fatal. A man carrying =
steel-rod umbrella touched live wire,
which was lying almost out of sight near
the edge of the pavement. He was in
stantly killed His hand was burned
to crisp. and there were livid msrks
all over his body. The umbrella had
transmitted the full power of an elcc-
tric lighting eircuit.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16
puNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

-sLouise, two-thirds Of every healthy
infants life should be spent in Sleep
"Weil, don't tell me about it; go talk to
baby. ."--Iousehold Words.
y --Fooled.-"Was that mind reader
able to read your thoughts?' No. l
fooled him by thinking in French, and
my French is perfectly awful. Truth.
-A-"Have you heard the eight-year
old violin player who is creating such a
sensation?" Bob, yes; 1 heard him
In Berlin 12 years ago."-Tit-Bits.
--Sapsmith-"I saved Miss Dolly
Swift's life lawst night!" Sissington--
sBah Jawve!" Sapsmith-"Yahs! When
proposed to her she said she'd rawther
die than marry me, and SO I excused
her. Puck.
-"Do you think he expects his sensa.
tional prayer to be answered?" "Sure.
There were dozen reporters in the
audience, and that means that at least
three papers will answer him editorial
ly."-Truth.
Easily Explained don't see how
getting ones feet wet causes tooth.
ache" "You don't2 If you had ever
had tooth pulled you would know that
the roots RUN clear to your toes. I'm
dianapolis Journal.
Choosing the Epitaph.-Bereaved
Widow want something short and
simple for my husbands tombstone =
Dealer-"How do you like 'Resurgam?
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16

Struggling the shoulders in cold
weather is probably the survival of an
old instinct, which prompts them to put
the skin of the back on the stretch, and
so erect the hairy covering on that part.
The hair is now reduced to a mere
downy covering, but the old instinc.
still remains in common with Others;
the rule apparently being that all I'm
stincts which are harmless to their pos
SCISSORS are constant, in spite of any
change of structure. All animals with
long hair or feathers erect their coats
I'm cold weather, for the warmth of such
covering depends on its thickness and
the amount of air it contains rather
than on its bulk. Cincinnati Enquirer
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16
BETTER THAN GOLD.


Better than grandeur. better than gold.
Than rank or title thousand fold,
Is a healthy body-mind at ease,
And simple pleasures that always please:
A heart that feels for neighbor's woe,
And shares his joys with genial glow
With sympathies great enough to hold
All men as brothers-is better than gold.
Better than gold is a conscience clear.
Though toiiing for bread In the huniblest
sphere;
Doubly blest with content and health.
Untrfed by lust or cares of wealth;
Lowly living and lofty thought
Adorn and ennoble poor mans cot.
For man and morta1s on Natures plan
Are the crucial test Of the gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet repose
OF sons of toll when their labors close:
Better than gold Is the poor mans sleep,
And the balm which soothes HIS slumbers
deep
Brings sleeping draughts to the downy
bed
Where luxury pillows its aching head.
His simpler opiate, labor deems,
A shorter road to the land of dreams.
-E. A. Emmons. In Union Signal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16
HIS FLy-Book.


1t Is Dcarer to the Angler Than An,
other Pos.essfon.
Is there anything closer to an anglers
heart than his fiy-book? know of q
case where burglar, among other
things, took fly-book. He was ar.
rested and speedily convicted and
imprisoned. He cleared things out
pretty well in the house, but the owner
seemed to care nothing about the miss.
ing fur coats, sealskin sacks, silver
ware and other valuable lares and
penates, but he did bewail the loss OF
his book of flies. The other things be
could buy again, but to get together
such an assortment of valuable fiies
seemed to him an impossible thing.
He had been years collecting them.
picking up odd ones here and there,
until, for quality and variety his book
could not be excelled.
1t was fly storehouse, as it were.
No matter where he intended fishing
or whether for trout, bass or salmon
he could always find a choice assort
ment to draw from with which to ill
up supplementary book.
Although it is some time ago he yet
bewaiIs the loss Of that hy-book. Many
have been the efforts to get track Of it.
but all in vain. He has gone to the ex.
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16

nent and the most indignant Of the Wig.
iIantes. According to Abe Owens, "Jake
McCabe fairly ached to git his grip on
the red-handed robbers" but they
eluded him.
haIf-adobe structure about quarter of
mile from the built-up portion of the
little town. His ranch was presided
over 1--WE quote Abe again) ''by black
eyed, tallish woman, as Jake said was
his sister, but no one didn't try to make
love to her on that account. Jake had
saloon and ran a game in town, and
thar wasn't no one more poplar with
tie boys. And then he was cookbook
ing feller, and always dressed as neat
az pin and looked as smooth and slick
as quicksilver"
1t was Jake McCabe who confirmed
the suspicion against James Nesbitt, or
"the professor" as they called that
gentleman. 1t happened in this way:
One morning Jake McCabe, who had
good horse and was fond of riding out
at all hours, came galloping into town
and said he had discovered the body of
Tom Horstman, well-known prospect
or. about six miles from town, and that
as he came upon the body he saw two
men riding off-one of them was the
professor and the other his colored man,
Ike.
The vigilantes were in no humor for
investigation. This was the strongest
and clearest evidence they We. had, and,
without more ado, they surrounded
James Nesbitt's house and ordered him
out.
He obeyed and appeared to be very
cool for so great criminal, till Jake Nc
Cabe, as spokesman of the party, point
edly told the mission of himself and
companions.
Then Prof. Nesbitt became indignant,
''and while he didn't swar," said Abe
Owen, "he acted to me as if he was
innocent as the babe unborn. But then
some men kin do that when they're
guilty, and them that's innercent looks
jest as if they wasn't"
The professor said that he was a
botanist in the service of the Smith
sonian institute, and offered to show his
collections and his papers, but Jake
McCabe wouldn't hear to it.
''He was told that him and the black
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16

--Light from the sun reaches us in
eight minutes and is $50 times greater
than the calcium light.
If all the coal fields on the earth
were burning at once in . vast fire the
heat emitted could not be compared to
that of the sun for even a second of
time.
"A man weighing 200 pounds would
weigh nearly three tons on the sun, and
bis own weight would probably fiatten
and kill him, the force of gravity being
% times greater at the suns surface
than on the earth.
The biggest brain in existence IL
that of the elephant, though not in pro-
portion to the size of the animal. But
the matter of proportion does not seem
to be of absolute Importance as an in
dex of mentality There is little
South American monkey which, though
not particularly intelligent, has brain
bigger than mans relatively to size.
That insects have an acute sense Of
taste is assumed from the way in which
they pick out the sort of food they
want to eat. Sir John Lubbock made
many experiments, from which he drew
the conclusion that ants have an ex-
cellent sense of smell. The same au-
thority states that insects are able to
hear sounds which are entirely beyond
our range of perception.
There are 40 mountains in Colora-
do whose peaks are over 10000 feet
above the ocean level. Forty of these
are higher than 14.00O feet, and more
than half of that number are so remote
and rugged that no one has dared to
attempt to climb them. Some of them
are masses with snow, others have gla-
ciers over their approaches and others
are merely masses of jagged rocks.
The needle of compass does not
point directly to the north. In the first
place, the north magnetic pole does not
coincide with the north pole, and then
east or west of zigzag line which
moves east and west the needle of a
compass points west or east of the
north magnetic pole. A ships COM
passes have to be corrected and the va
ration determined once or twice year
At all events
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16

man must die, and when they heard that
they both was game. The professor
asked for time to write to his mother
and to the young lady he was engaged
to, and the boys didn't hurry him. When
he'd writ the letters he rose and said:
"Gentlemen, am innocent. You are
about to become murdcrers. and when
too late you will regret this days
work
''Waal, the boys led 'em to some cot
toIwoods whar ropes had been got
ready and give 'em chance to pray.
The professor he bowed his head on
his breast, silent-lilxe, but the colored
man, he prayed out like hull camp
meetin'.
I'VE was just a-goin' to swing 'em of,
when who should stagger into the
crowd but Tom Horstman all covered
with blood.
"Then we held up to hear Toms story.
None of us had noticed that Jake Nc.
Cabe had lit out in the meantime. Waal,
the story was that that same Jake Nc
Cabe was the man that shot and robbed
Ten, and left him, as he thought, for
sure dead.
II never seed such crowd as that
,ras when Tom Horstman got through.
OF course they freed the professor and
his sarvant and axed millions of par
dons, and then they made break for
Jake McCabe's ranch.
"The doors was closed and Jake was
inside. He knew the game was up, and
told us to get back in five minutes, as
he was going to shoot. We got back,
and after council of war we made up
our minds to burn him out that night.
"Of course the woman was with him,
ard we didn't want to hurt her.
never just knew how she got out of
the house. but saw her soon after the
fire was lit that burned to ashes about
the worst man, as we afterwards larned,
that ever lived. And that's all got
to say bout Jake McCabe."
As Abe Owens made preparations to
relight his pipe, one of the party asked:
..What became of the professor?''
"Oh, he was out to Yuma year ago
with his wife, and the prettiest critter
ever saw in shoes, and him and mo
laughed over his escape" replied Abe.
"And the woman ?" asked another.
"What woman?'
"Jack McCabe's sister,"
"Waal, we found out she was his
Wife"
ssWhat did she do?"
''What do you think?"
One thought that she swore ven-
geance, another that she went into
mourning, and a third that she at once
shook the ashes of Tucson from her
feet and withdrew.
Nothing of the kind" said Abe.
within six months she married an
other of the same stripe, and both are
now dead. But she knew that Jake had
lots of gold dust on his person and in
the ranch. She waited till everything
got cool, and then she got the proper
tools and went over and panned out Ill
the ashes-includin' Jake's-and they
do say she made right smart by it,
n. Y. Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16
A ROYAL vAcABoND.


King Milan Is Regarded m the Beau
HicIman of Europe.
A dispatch from Europe says that ex-
King Milan is so i'll that some anxiety is
felt by his friends as to his eventual re-
covery. The remarkable thing about
this dispatch is not that King Milan
should be i'll. Every person gets i'll at
some time or another. be he king or beg
gar, and Milan is both alternately, and
all must die eventually. In spite of DIR.
Brown-Sequard's elixir, people continue
to die with the utmost regularity, and
the man who can defy the grim mes
senger" has not yet put in his appear
ance. But the singular part of the dis
patch is the assertion that Milan has
any friends who are anxious about his
health. There are quite a number
among the royalty of Europe who would
regard his demise as blessed relief to
themselves,
Beau Hickman, in the sos, was char
tered mendicant of the shabby genteel
sort. He pursued the life from choice.
He had wealthy relations, one of whom
paid him 5000 a year to stay away from
her, and it is said that at the breaking
out Of the war he wrote her letter
saying that everything was higher, and
he was afraid he would have to pay her
visit unless she increased his allow
ance. Be this as it may, Beau was ar
interesting and amiable scamp, and he
filed the field Noted men submitted
without question to his rather modest
levies, and he led the life of gay and
cultured vagabond. What Beau Hick-
man was to Washington, in the days pre-
ceding the war, Milan has been to Eu-
ropean royalty and considerable por-
ton of the aristocracy in the past Is
years, minus the amiability and Sort
OF individual conception of honor which
never deserted Beau.
Milan has never exhibited any amia-
bility except the sardonic kind which
the gambler exhibits to his prey. He
has repeatedly visited every capital in
Europe except st. Petersburg, and the
late Car Alexander gave him an an
nual salary, like Beau's relative, to keep
him away. Wherever he has gone he
has left reminders in the shape of I. o.
us, which, as he is royal, are for pretty
heavy sums. But he has not contented
himself with borrowing from whomso-
ever would lend. He has been caught
repeatedly at cheating in games OF
chance, and on more than one occasion
he would have been forcibly elected
from a clubhouse at the end of a boot
had he not been royal parsonage. The
main anxiety of the sovereigns Of Eu-
rope is that he may take it into his head
TO pay them visit. If notified before.
hand, they would probably all increase
their gratuities to avert such catas-
trophe. There are dead beats in royal
circles, just as there are in other circles,
but more graceless vagabond than
Milan is not known Baltimore Ameri.
can.
The Colfax chronicle., 1897-10-16

Harry. DEAR said Mrs. Cawker to
ne. husband, don't you think ycu
ought to get your life insured ?r
Yes. dear, do I'll ge. measures
for policy to-nlorrow. = Lnpisville
Ccurier-JosFcal.