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The Old FeIlow,. Game.

An uncouth old rancber from the San
Joaquin Valley W az making his weekly trip
to Stockton the other day, ana chanced to
be sitting, with an impertent drummer in
tie smoking-car. The old man helped
himself 10 the matches from the railroad
box. and tried to strike one and then an
other
You have to scratch them on the box,
UNCLE" remarked the drummer.
'oh, 1 guess ] kin strike u match" re-
piled the rancher as he ripped one across
a vanished panel OF the car and broke off
the head The drummer laughed at his
failure, aud gave him some more informa-
ton.
The only way 10 light those matches is
to strike them on the box," said he.
.'oh, guess kin scratch 'em most apy-
where's" and the old man tried on on the
sole OF his shoe, another on the arm of the
seat, and still another on the car floor,
while the drummer only laughed.
Il tell you they are made SO that they
won't light unless yon scratch them on
the box"
BET you they win.''
I'm bet 81 they won't"
BET You $50 they win.''
I'm take it,
The wager was made, the Old man took
Dne of the matches, stood up, and, hitch
ing his trousers up SO as to make d SMOOTH
surface over his broad thigh, gave the
match a deliberate scratch and it blazed
up. Then he deliber ately lighted his
pipe and drew down the stakes.
The Smart drummer does not know that
the Innocent old raneher pays his expenses
every trip on that trick, for he has the
side Of a match box sewed in his Trousers
beneath the tail Of his long, shiny coat.
San Francisco Post.
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A Panama Hat.

There is certain aldermanic resident
OF Detroit who had a fine straw hat left
over from last season 1t was the living
image of Panama and good enough for
Che chief dignitary of the republic The
only evidence OF age or d previous condi-
ton Of servitude was one small small spot
Of dirt. The good Wife would not lei
that cost her liege lord the price of an
other hat. She would remove the deface
ment and he would have as fine piece
OF hotweather headgear as anyone
At it she went with soap, brush and
vigor. But the thing began to grow pulpy
in her HANDS. The sweat band curied up
like green leaves in a hot sun an d the crown
was limp as u dish rag But she was n
woman of common sense and resources.
Something must be done at once or the hat
was goner. She found butter Jar. turn
ed it upside down and deftly fitted the
hat over the bottom. 1t dried there. and
was then hung on the hat tree in the hall
way.
On coming in the alderman recognized
1t and was delighted. He attempted to
put it on, but his head is not the shane OF
butter jar He is long headed and has
bumps such as phrenologists tell US mark
the statesman. The hat was too small one
way and too big the other. He couldn't
account for it, SO he swore and tugged
aud wanted to het large money that some
one had traded hats with him and said
nothing about it.
Then the wife suggested that he go Co
the store where the hat was bought and
have it fitted. He didn' { even stop to eat.
but scorched away on his wheel In an
hour he was back, wearing a panama
that delighted his wife. She praised its
looks and congratulated him on their Joint
economy. He simply growled and tossed
her little bundle. 1t was what was left
of the cid hat; total loss and a total
wreck Detroit Free Press.
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Humble Bees In Battle.

Great in war and great in peace is the
the little busy honeybee is his accessory.
An episode of the somew hat distant past
emphasizes this fact.
There was once sad and discouraged
boywho lived down in Washington county,
Chic, and w hose name is irrelevant, incom-
petent ami irEmaterial. His companion in
boyish affairs was one Harry Stone, two
years older and several pounds stoGter
than hiraself Harry Stone was an ar
rogant and domineerng boy, and the ex-
ercses of the day were usually opened
by him cutting the desolate-hearted one
by the ears, after which show of authority
the two would go somewhere and steal
something, chiefly melons.
The smaller boy used to go into the
woods, and in the groves which the poet
declares were Gods first temples he would
sink OH his knees and pray fervenUIy for
a miracle of strength to come unto him
Fl e did not want it to be a permanent mira
Gle e-just temporary gift to endure long
enough to enable him to pound the day
lights out of his tyrant.. Bnt this was
one prayer which was never answered.
One day, though, this boy, in walking
across a meadow. found a nest of humble
bees in the stubble. At firsthe was inclined
to 20 and tell Harry Stone and join with
him to lombard the bees and steal their
honey, but wise thought came to him
and instead he arranged the surroundings
so that anyone travelling that Way would
necessa rily interrupt the bees in their busi-
ness. Then he went and found the ether
boy. By careful maneuvering he got the
unsuspect!ng Harry Stone into the meadow
on one side of the nest, and by means of
some pretense he himself worked around
in circle to the ether side. This being ac-
complished. ne almost petIified his friend
| ly foe by calling suddenly to him that he
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ARCH cosspisAToR MISSING.
Police Looking for Supposed Leader
of the Conway Abductors.

Albany, N. Y, Aug. 21.-The arch-con-
spirator In the Conway abduction case is
still at liberty. Albert S. Warner, the
New York lawyer, whom the police and
the district attorney have settled upon as
the principal in arranging the KIDNAPPING OF
the Conway boy, has successfully eluded
the police.
Their traces of him end at Schenectady,
where he was with Blake yesterday De-
fore the lhtter's capture. Hardy's state
ment, which he wrote yesterday, remains
undivuiged lie and Blake continue to as
sert innocence of criminal completely in
the case and say that they were simply
used as go-betweens.
The district attorney intends to prose-
cute the case against the hdnapers with all
possible haste. The county court convenes
September 3. The case probably viii be
one of the first to be presented to the
grand jury.
Evidences are plenty that Blake has
been leading a double life here for sew
eral years under his and the assumed name
Of Avery"
Hardy, it turns out, is bigamist, having
had three wives, one in Albany, one IN
Philadelphia, where he went under the
name of Hardeman or Hartman, and
another who has not been located
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The President of the Transvnal.

All there is of Boer history for the last
eighty years is a struggle for personal lib
erty. The Boer is the embodiment of re-
pullicanisin without a republic. The Beer
ideal is 10 live upon farm 50 big as 10
Conceal from view his next neighbor, and
TO be exempt from all government inter
ference, particularly that OF the tax col
lector His constitution is framed On the
theory that every Boer capable Of bearing
arms has a right 10 be heard in the national
assembly, and if his view does not pre-
vail it is iii his tradition to secede and
establish a government for himself, even
in defiance OF popular majority The
history OF the Beers is one-thrd war against
England, One-third war against negroes,
and one Ihird civil war. So natural is ii
that the Boer should take UP arms against
his own government that in past years
the penalty for technical treason has been
about the same as that for stealing
horse or being drunk and disorderly oyer
night.
The Boer by no means suIrenders any OF
his OWE personal rights when he elects his
representative in the Voiksraad, or his
President. The parliament is regarded
merely as peoples committee, and the
President as its Moderator OF spokesman.
The people expect their President to visit
them with the regularity OF a family
physician or minister Of the Gospel, and
they exercise the right to catechise him
him as TO what he has done, and to
ventilate, each in turn, whatever griev-
ances he may entertain. Even in the
United States the President has never. least
of all in the earliest days OF the republic.
represented so intimately the people OF
every corner OF the country To be sure
George Washington presided over popula-
tion of three millions against President
Kruger s little burgter band OF perhaps
one hundred Thousand SOULS -Harper's
Magazine for August.
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snencerian Business College.
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL HALLS

NEW AND BEAUTIFUL HALLS
In Academy of Music building,
Ninth street, corner D NV. Entrance 4O9
Ninth st. Thirty third scholastic year be-
gins Monday, August So. Day and evening
sessions The leading business men of
Washington We're trained in this college,
nd endtheirsons and daughters a nd eandl-
dates for employment here for training.
Rapid writing, English, rapid cal
culations, bookkeeping, laws and ethics Of
business, science OF wealth, science or
citizenship, vocal and physical culture, art
of expression fDelsarte methodl, shOrtha and
and typewntins.
Terms reasonable, but no competition
with cheap schools.
Office open ON and after Monday, August
%, every business day and night through
out the year.
Call or send for new announcement, 81
'9S, containing full particulars, also adj
dress of Hon. Lyman j. Gage at college
commencement, and names. occupations and
addresses of SOS graduates of 5. b. c..
MRS. SA RA A 8 PENCER,
au21-1m-em Principal and Prop
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ENGLAND and the Transvaal.

Eneland's faults are focused III the
Jameson raid. Against the individuals
who fought in that raid the Roers feel no
anger. But they are sma rting under the
Injustice done them in London. They hear
that the money for this raid was suo-
scribed in England; that the man chiefly
responsible was Cecil Rhodes that IN
stead OF being punished he was received
as a hero. The meddling OF the EnSIsl
government at all was tad thing, for
it drew upon the Queen cabinet all the
odium which might otherwise have disa-
pated itself in charges made at Cape Town
against the cha rtered company The crime
was committed in South Africa; all the
witnesses to the crime were there plain
tiff and defcn dant were on the spot;
competent tribunal was not wanting. To
drag this local matter to a point 5000
miles away, before the bar of a judgment
seat which the Beers could not regard a 3
impartial. was unfortunate.
Time can do wonders, and a wonder is
needed to once more bring together the
conflicting races that are now wasting
their energies in recrim!nation. There
must be liberty and peace throughout that
country if it is 10 realize the future which
only the other day seemed within its
grasp. There mustbe no question of Dutch,
OF English, German or French, il that
country is to prosper. All must unite,
and there are none too many. The flag of
Great Britain represents freedom of trade.
freedom, of thought, beyond that OF any
flag on the high seas and in Africa, at
least, it is the only flag strong enough
and generous enough for our purposes
IT guarantees life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness to all within the sphere
OF its influence. 1t is, in short, the only
flag which today makes possible our dream
of a white mans Africa. From British
and Eoer Government" In Harper's Maga
zine for August.
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G0NZAGA COLLEGE.

Three scholarships, awarded each year to
successful competitors, are open for the
Year 1887 9S. Examinations on Septem-
Der 1, anu s.
The examination for entrance viii en-
brace the rudiments OF English grammar,
arithmetic, United States history, and
United States geography. The examina-
ton for any particular class viii embrace
the matter or the preceding class Students
from the city and vicinity are eligible, and
the successful candidates will receive a
free scholarship in the classical depart
IHent OF the college. This is an offer which
young men should appreciate, as the op-
portunity is afforded 10 secure r1r src class
education free or all expense
Any boy receiving a scholarship muss
have a monthly average OF nifty marks; it
he rall below this two months in succee-
sion the scholarship will be Withdrawn.
8ul5-2W
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EDUCATION AL.

d ETHEL MILITARY ACADEMY, VIR-
ID GlNIA.-Y alue, 100000; located SO
miles from Washington in Northern Vir-
ginla; prepares for advanced study and
for business: charges extremely low;
patronage from 22 States Address for
illustrated catalogue. Z. A. MCINTYRE,
near Warrenton,Va ie25- 26t-eod
81. AIAR1'S ACADEMY,
Alexandria, Va.
Boarding and day school for young z ladies
and children, will reopen Monday, Sept
8. For particulars address SISTER SU-
PERIOR. aul0-1mo
EMERSON INSTITUTE tYeung's Acad-
eHiyl-Select classical and mathema teal
sch,,ol for young men and boys. GA 18th
ST., opposite Franklin Square. Will re-
open September 27. Circulars can be oh
tained at the school builtling or by adj
dressing CHAS. B. YOUNG, Principal
aul9-f
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How the Yeils Originate

lt is not necessary C repeat his remarks
whenhis wife heard them imperfectIy
being in the next room, she said. -oh.
do say that over again, dear" Look
here, woman,' he replied, in a concentrate.
voice, when man gets his finger caught
between q sprocket and chain, 1T is nu
time for his wife TO get funny" "oh,''
said she. WAS that it? i thought yol
We're repeating one OF those Christian En-
deavor 'yells' - Indianapolis Journ al
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McLnugnlin wins at Billia rds.

New York, Aug 21.-Edward Mcl1augh-
lin, the Pennsylvania champion, won INC
six nights billiard match WIN hueh
Kerkau at Daly's Academy tonight NC
Laughlin's total for the night was liooo
to Kerkau's III. McLaughlin's totai Ior
the six nights was 5000 and kerKaus S
4,749 points. Mclaughlin made one run
of 1890.
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was red-headed, freckled, and that be
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moreover lied.
The result was what might have been ex-
pected. Harry broke for him, and in his
fury rushed INTO the bumble-bees s. nest.
The bees responded to the presumed at
tack with all the anger of an outraged
people, and for the next five minutes the
Stone boy was the busiest, nOisiest and
most fearful young person in that county.
As he fought and wept the other Toy made
IL humiliatingly interesting for him by
neaving clods at him, aud saying unkind
things in high-keyed. changing voice.
was complete Tout, and, although
the scheming boy knew he was in for a
magnificent licking as soon as his enemy
should arise fIom his weeks soJourn in
mud poultices, he feltit wouldbe a whipping
well paid for Chicago Record.
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The PnIific I.angh.

"It's always policy to laugh at a poor
joke" saTd the Manayunk Philosopher.
''If you doa't the man who tells it may
give it to you over again. thinking yol
have missed the point. philadelphia
Record.
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The strong Man of Maine

"I shoald Ike to have seen that old
time stIong man Hercules. This writer
says his strength was equal to that Of 200
ordinary men,
THAT isn't anything great. Tom Reed
did the work or $50 men for four months
running Memphis Scimitar.
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EDUCATIONAL.

SCHOOL of Acting, Elo-
cution and Expression, with
ALL it implies; terms rea-
sonable. Apply or address
FRANK BOSWORTH,
Hotel Lawrence.
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A Natural Result.

People have been raising hell soIong that
by this time hell must be up somewhere
near heaven. -Atchison Globe.
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posToFF1cE NOTICE.

Should be read daily, as changes may oc-
cur at any time
FOREIGN MAILS for the week ending
August % close promptly at this office,
as follows:
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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-17
Awful Tragedy in the Vicinity Of
Castroville.
A Teamster ChOkeS the Life Out of
His Wife's Sister While Riding
With Her-A Candy Maker OF An
gels Camp First Shoots His Young
With a Ratchet, and Afterward
Tries to Kill Himself.

SALINAS, May 16.-One of the most
awful tragedies in the history of Mon
terey County took place some time last
night about a quarter of mile from
Castroville. j. S. Cole, a teamster,
was arraigned yesterday at Salinas for
having abandoned his five-year old
child He gave bail and together With
companion named Nick IOyman
drove to Castroville for the purpose of
finding his wife and making peace in
the family. Upon arriving at his des-
tination about 8 o'clock in the evening,
Cole found only his wife's sister Mary
Perez, aged 30, and two children at
home He returned an hour later
however, found his wife there and af-
ter some conversation proposed that
Mary Perez accompany him to town
after a bottle of whiskey. Mrs Cole
objected but the couple finally started.
Ioyman meanwhile remained with Mrs.
Cole.
About o'clock this morning Cole and
the girl returned in a cart and Mrs.
Cole and Ioyman, who went to the
roadside to meet them, found that Cole
had completely covered himself with
blankets. Seeing a foot hanging out
side the cart, with the leg wedged be-
tween the springs, Mrs. Cole threw
aside the blankets and found her sister
apparently resting on Coles breast.
Mrs. Cole said: IF you have got my
sister drunk I'll get even with you"
Ioyman meanwhile made a closer ex-
animation of the girl which resulted
in the horrifyng discovery that both
her eyeballs were sticking out of the
sockets, flecks of foam were standing
on her lips and that she had evidently
been brutally murdered. When 10y
man exclaimed: Why, the girl is
dead" Cole replied: She's dead drunk. "
After Ioyman had carried the body in
the house a closer examination revealed
the fact that the dead girls clothing
had been torn into shreds, indicating
that she had fought desperately and
been roughly handled by her assaileot
There were marks under her chin and
on each side of the neck which resem-
bled thumb prints, while the neck and
face We're badly swollen. Ioyman kept
Cole under cover of his pistol until the
arrival of doctor and Constable Nc
Guigan. The latter placed Cole under
arrest and lodged him in the County
Jail at Salinas.
The Coroner will hold an inquest to-
morrow.
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MORE TROOPS.
Sultan Orders Another Distribution
Along the Salonica Railway.

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 16.-The
Council of Ministers met again to-day
and the Sultan has ordered another
distribution of troops at various points
along the Salonica Railway. official
dispatches have been received from the
commandant at Janina who says that
a division Of the Greek forces, ap-
preaching the town by narrow gorge
from the direction of Gremenitza charg-
ed the nights of Griboro and Koronari
but suffered heavily, losing 200 killed,
while on the other sides the Greeks
We're driven back upon Paraskevi. The
commandant states also that fighting
has occurred at Kumusades. Nofurther
details are given except that all these
battles lasted until evening, and that
the imperial troops retained their po-
sition, with the probability that the
Greeks will be reinforced and the fight
ing renewed on the morrow. No state
ment is made as to the Turkish losses.
The Turkish commander at Luroste
telegraphs under yesterdays date as
follows:
The outcome Of the campaign was a
two-days' battle against the Greeks,
and the latter have been confined to a
position on the nights they had previ-
ously captured, and have withdrawn to
the olive grove of Gremnitza.."
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-17
THE DIAMOND FIELD.
Baltimore Beats st. Louis and Gin
cinnati Beats Louisville.

ST. LOUIS, May 16.-Baltimore made
it three straights with the Browns to-
day in a dull and uninteresting con-
test. Hart was mark for the Balti-
mores Attendance 5000. Score:
Baltimore IA, base hits 10, errors 3;
ST. Louis 5, base hits IL, errors 2. Bat
teries-Hoffer and Clark; Hart and Nc
Farland. Umpire-McDermott.
CHICAGO, May 16.-The Colts were
again defeated by one run in an err
rorless game, full of sharp and sensa-
tional plays. Attendance $4,000. Score:
Chicago t, base hits I, errors 0; Brook
lyn ), base hits 9, errors Q. Batteries
Callahan and Arson; Kennedy and
A. Smith. Umpire-McDonald.
CINCINNATI, May 16.-Over $4,000
people witnessed the first Sunday game
between the Louisville and Cincinnati
teams, which resulted in a victory for
the Reds. The game was exciting
throughout, both teams playing snap
Ply ball. Score: Cincinnati I, base
hits TO- errors 0; Louisville g, base hits
10, errors . Batteries-Ehret and
Schriver; Hill and Wilson. Umpires-
Emslie and O'Day.
CLEVELAND, May 16.-Cleveland O.;
Washington O. The police stopped the
game after one full inning was played.
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TURNED MIGRANTS.
Two Boys and Two Girls Who Ran
Away From Home.

Los ANGELES, May 16-John Cob
erly and James WEIGH, each aged Is,
and Blanche Cunningham and Laura
Petrie, aged respectively ID and ID
years, were arrested four miles south of
Chino on Saturday night and are now
prisoners at the County Jail. Blanche
Cunningham is charged with vagrancy
and the Petrie girl is held as a witness.
On April 18th the four ran away from
home and together took up a sort of
rambling gypsy existence, going from
town to town. sleeping in barns and
fields and managing to gain a livelihood
as best they could. Three weeks ago
they took UP their abode near Chino in
an old tent. The boys found employment
wedding beets and the girls kept
house" The whole outfit became ragged
in a short time and when arrested it
was about as abandoned and disreput-
able a company of adventures as it
would be possible to find.
The warrant was sworn out by the
mother of the Cunningham girl. The
entire party of Adventures are resi-
dents of Los Angeles
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WITHIN THE ROPES.
An Interesting Night i'm Store For the
OLYMPIC Club.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-The
Olympic Clubs tournament next Tues
day night will be full of interest. Ba-
ker, who is more than anxious to regain
his lost laurels, meets Jeffries; Lawler
will fight Riley, and Mike Leonard, the
pugilistic Beau Brummel is to try con-
clusions with Cans. All the men have
trained faithfully for some weeks past,
but eased up in their work yesterday.
The Mckeever-Gree fight. billed for
the 10Th inst, is causing a good deal of
comment. Though the local man has
many friends, who will not consider the
possibility of his defeat it is generally
conceded that his present opponent is
the hardest game he has ever run up
against.
He viii probably go into the ring at
even money. McKeeVer is training
hard at the Seal Rock House. Green,
as usual is doing all his work at the
Olympic Club.