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The record-union., 1897-07-18
One Hundred Years Ago

"a day laborer received two shiIlings
a day
Imprisonment for debt was a COM
mon practice.
There was not a public library in the
United States.
An old copper mine in Connecticut
was used as a prison
Books We're very expensive "The
Lives of the Poets cost SO.
Crockery plates We're objected to be-
cause they dulled the knives.
horseman who galIoped on a city
street was fined four shillings.
There was only one hat factory. and
that made cooked hats.
Virginia contained a fifth of the
whole population of the country.
Drygoods We're designated as mems
stuffs' or '.woman's stuffs."
Stoves were unknown. All cooking
was done before an open fireplace
Many of the streets were not named
and tahe houses were not numbered.
Two stage coaches bore all the travel
between New York and Boston.
Six days were required for journey
between New York and Boston
man who jeered at the preacher or
criticised the sermon was lned.
The parquet of a theater was called
the pit, and was filled with the rabble.
The whipping post and pillory were
still standing in New York and Boston.
The Mississippi Valley was not as
Well known as the heart of Africa now
is.
Three-fourths of the books in every
library came from beyond the Atlantic.
When man had enough tea he
placed his spoon across his cup to in
dicate that he wanted no more.
Quinine was unknown. When a man
had ague fits he took peruvian bark
and whisky.
When Virginian started on a Jour-
ney to New York he made his will and
bade farewell to his friends, as though
he never expected to see them again.
Detroit Free Press.
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First Postage Stamps.

Fifty years ago-in July, 1S47-Un-
Icle Sam issued his first postage
stamps writes Fannie Mack Lathrop
in the Ladies Home Journal I'm
England, seven years before Rowland
Hill, father of the penny post intro
duced the sticking plasters,' as the
stamps were contemptuously called.
John M. Niles our Postmaster-G General
at that time, tried heroically, but in
vain, to move Congress to authorize
stamps for this country. His sue
cessor, Cave Johnson, was more fortu-
nate, and the bill desired was approved
on March 3, 1S47, the stamps not be-
ing issued, however, till August, though
the time appointed was July 1st. Only
two values of the new stamps were in
troduced in 1S47-a five and ten-cent
stamp bearing, respectively, the por-
trait of Franklin in a bronze tint, and
Washington in black.
"The first purchaser of stamps in the
United States was Henry Shaw, faith
er of Henry Wheeler Shaw (better
known as Josh Billings the humor-
isD. Mr. Shaw was in the Postmas-
ter-General's office on August g. 1917
printer from whom he had lust re-
ceived sheets of the new stamps. Mr..
Johnson passed a sheet to Mr. Shaw
for inspection. After giving the stamps
hasty glance Mr.. Shaw, perhaps with
an eye to future fame, took out his
wallet. counted out fifteen cents and
purchased one of each variety. The
five he kept as a curiosity, the ten
he presented to Governor Briggs as an
appropriate gift
The record-union., 1897-07-18

Reformed Church are the ability to
read the Bible and to sign the name.
| Hapnily in the better-to-do families
! the daughters are better taught, some
being sent to the seminarieS at Cape
Town. In this circumstance lies the
hone for the regeneration for the ka-
roo for women do not, as rule, put
their pianos on the mud floors OF ILL
constructed dwellings.
The Boer has ample time for con-
temptation. Seated on his stoep "a
raised platform in front of his house)
with his abominably filthy sheep kraal
but a very few yards away, he has
leisure to turn over in his roomy mind
one or two questions of great national
interest. His favorite study is natural
histroy. He sees his scabby sheep
rubbing themselves against the dung
brick walls of the kraal, and he con-
tinually revolves in his mind this
mighty problem: Does the insect cause
the scab or dies the scab produce the
insect?
CHANGING to call UPON a farmer so
engaged, / asked him if he ever solved
the problem of the origin of the scab?
He replied that he was aware that
scab was an insect. and that the insect
was caused by the scab. He was con-
vinced that scab simply came" Asked
whether he knew of any other insect
bred from nothing, he instanced fieas.
He had, he said, known house to be
thoroughly cleansed, but within two
days it was full of fieas again.
This is the type of man which pos
sesses a very large portion of the sur
face of the Cape Colony. 1t would be
uncharitable and unfair to stigmatize
all Cape Beers as conforming to this
standard; but the fact that the poll
tics of the country have to be shaped
so as to catch the votes of the repre-
sentatives sent by the Karoo farmer
indicates the power of prejudice and
ignorance. No wonder that with such
type nationality comes before loyalty,
and that the Beers, reading nothing of
secular character except the honeyed
poison supplied by a certain class of
Dutch newspapers, should regard the
claims of the Transvaal upon his SYM
pathy as paramount to those of Great
Britain.
Apart from these considerations the
karoo Boer is a good stamp of man.
With all his conservatism in his re-
the reputation of being good, kind and
hospitable. He welcomes the stranger,
and should the stranger be able to
speak the language of the country he
may count upon the best the farmer
has to offer.
With the increasing inclination of the
Boer population to send their daugh-
ters to Cape Town for their education
there would seem to be some grounds
for the hope that a generation hence
may witness the disappearance of the
appalling ignorance and bigotry which
prevail in the extensive back country
known as the Northwestern Province.
But there is always the Dutch Re-
formed parson to be reckoned with.
Truth to tell, the future of South At
rica lies largely in the hands of the
Dutch Reformed clergy-Cape Town
correspondent London Mail.
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History of Alcohol.

This famous Gin Law" passed in
1856, is interesting as the earliest Sc
we're blow at liquor dealing among civil
lZed nations. 1t levied tax of twenty
shlllngs a gallon on spirits, and a license
OF toO for anyone selling or dealing in
II. And, being in advance of public
opinion, it failed much as other, more
stringent. prohibition laws have failed
III our own day. For the cry was at
once raised that it taxed the poor mans
gin, and let the rich mans wine go free.
Every wit, every caricaturist, had his
fling at it. Ballads were hawked round
telling of the approaching death of
mother gin. The liquor shops were hung
with black, and celebrated unrOariously
Madame Geneva's lying in state, her
funeral, her wake, and so on. The
night before the law went into effect, so
the contemporary journals say, there
was universal revel all over the coun-
try. Every one drank his fill, and car
ried home as much gin, besides, as he
could pay for.
To evade the law apothecaries sold it
in walls and small packages, sometimes
colored and disguised generally under
false labels, such as Collie Water"
Make Shift Ladies Delight" There
were printed directions on some of these
PACKAGES. g., Take two or three
spoonfuls three or four times day, or
as often as the fit takes you. Inform
ers were very prominent and exceed
ingly offensive, inventing snares to catch
lsWbreakers for the sake of the heavy
rewards, and spying and sneaking
around in a way particularly distasteful
to the English mind In consequence,
they suffered in their turn. The mere
cry Liquor SPY" was enough to raise
a mob in the London streets, and the
informer was lucky if he escaped with
a sound thrashing and ducking in the
Thames or the nearest horse pond. In
deed, such an outcry was made about
the matter that the ministry became
very unpopular, and the law was not en-
forced after two or three years, and was
largely modified in 1143, after seven
years trial.-Professor G. E. PelleW, in
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly.
The record-union., 1897-07-18
Seven Ages of Man.

with apologies to Shakespeare and
'Adonis' Dixey)
At l he Drattles, cries and laughs,
The cunning footsteps daily find new
paths.
AT in innocence his plays are mild
y lovable, winsome, but sometimes noisy
child.
At 10 he romps and runs or rides &
bike"
Assumes the role of hoodlum, at times
would strike.
Fifteen sees him in school and games
For ''fullback" in the football team ht
trains.
At 20 years a man-alas-he sees him
self;
He's learned it all and piles his books upon
the shelf.
At 40 his knowledge insufficient proves
at times,
And experience brings some newer
thoughts to mind
II so years he sail along life's ebbine
stream,
He echoes oft that things are seldom what
they SEEM
1@r
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Renuiescat in Pace.

Here lies poor woman who always was
busy:
She lived under pressure that rendered
her dizzy,
She belonged to ten clubs and read
Browning by sight
Showed at luncheons and teas, and would
vote if she might;
She served on a school board with Cour-
age and zeal;
She golfed and she kodaked and rode on
a wheel
She read Tolstoi and Ibsen. knew mi
crobes by name.
Approved of Delsarte and was Daugh-
ter and Dame:
Her children went in for the top educa-
tion:
Her husband went seaward for nervous
proStraton.
One day on her tablets she found an hour
free
The shock was too great. and she died
instantlee, Philadelphia Record.
The record-union., 1897-07-18
A .Towett Story,

Once a friend was accompanying
Professor Jowett on a long walk. Ar
irving at Tewsbury, the quaint Old
World town seemed asleep in the sum
mer. sunshine, and his companion rashly
ventured to say: II believe that there
are more dogs than people in the streets
this morning" Jowett instantly awoke
from his reverie ard replied, If you
have nothing more sensible to observe
you had better be silent altogether.
The record-union., 1897-07-18

mount The day should be consecrat-
ed more to the inculcating and emphas-
izing of the important lessons of Chris
tian patriotism" Taking a somewhat
different view, the STANDARD" Bapt),
Chicago, says: The sober aspect of
Independence Day must be emphasized
by preachers, teachers, and the press,
! but not in a scolding spirit as if the
people should give up their fun and
study their history books We Amer
leans have few enough play days as it
is. There is no reason to diminish the
number. But let the great lessons Of
national honor and uprightness which
our citizens need to hear be calmly and
firmly set forth, in an optimistic rather
than pesSimistic spirit, and they will
not pass unheeded. casionally there
is chance to combine these two de-
sirable features of our holiday. The
Fourth of July falls this year on Sun
day, and an excellent opportunity is
afforded to preachers to enforce the
higher lessons of patriotism which are
inspired by the deeds of our fathers
and the dreams of to-day. The follow
ing day, by general custom. is observed
as holiday, and there the picnics and
the bicycle races can come in
An excellent theme for the city par
son on these warm SUNDAYS is the
Christian duty of the summer visitor" ;"
the 'Churchman" P E). New York
says. The country parson would be
grateful for some plain speech from
the city pulpit. 1t must be confessed
that the summer visitors are not at
present means of grace They pre-
sent demoralizing example of idleness
which makes the country people dis
contented with their own hard and
monotonous lot. They introduce So
cial distinctions which are new to the
natural and fine democracy of the viii
laSe and the farm They are seen
making merry on front porches as
country folk go by to church, and on
Sunday afternoons they play golf The
impression Which they give to the re-
Elective rural mind is that Well-dressed
people set little value upon the institu-
tons OF religion The country parSon
breads the sight Of them. They give
no support to his labors, either mater
Ial or moral. They develop all that
people; they introduce a distinctly
harmful influence into the neighbor-
hood. For it is possible for fine young
fellows in white fnannel suits. and for
nice girls in summer gowns. to do
harm to the whole community lust by
doing nothing"
The record-union., 1897-07-18
Silver and Wheat.

The silver orators who are brushing
up their last years arguments for use
in Ohio and Iowa this fall, are not
finding any use for those formidable
tables with which they used to prove
that wheat and silver had kept pace
since 1873. Wheat has steadily ad-
vanced in price since those tables were
devised, while silver has as steadily
fa11on
The record-union., 1897-07-18
PROF. GABRIEL LIPPMANN.
Holds High Place in the Estima-
ton OF Scientists.

One of the most interesting men in
Europe is Professor Gabriel Lippmann,
whose researches in electricity have
won for him a high place in the esti-
nation of scientific men the world
round. He has just been in London,
where he was invited by the Royal So
ciety and the Royal Institute to read
papers before those lofty bodies on the
subject of his new work in color pho
tOgraphy
The record-union., 1897-07-18
Biography

Professor Lfppmann was born at
Luxembourg in 1S45 and was not yet
80 when he attracted the attention of
the world by his mastery treatise on
the relations between the phenomenon
of electricity and capillary attraction.
He is a member of the French Acad-
emy of Science, occupied the chair Of
experimental physics at the Sarbonne,
and is married to the daughter of Vic
tor Cherbuliez, the well-known French
novelist
The record-union., 1897-07-18

toilets, and in browns grayS and greens
for church, visiting, etc. Some OF the
grounds are striped with satin in
bronze or black, then figured with small
leaves or flowers or quaint old-fashion-
ed figures. These patterns make
charming fancy waists.
Among the numberless elegant gowns
for dress occasions this summer are
those in princesse style open at the
back, and finished either with Marguer-
ite sleeves and the bodice portion cut
out half low to admit of a pretty
French chemisette of some handsome
material, either very rich in quality or
very transparent and dainty. On
gowns in the latter style, a series of ex-
ceedlngly pretty trimmings standing
out very full and fluffy finish the tops
of the sleeves. On still other gowns
the corsage is high in the neck. elabo-
rately decorated on the entire front and
over the shoulders. The sleeves are in
long mousquetaire style, faring at the
wrists, with diminutive puff at the
top.
The record-union., 1897-07-18

Cording, frills and tucks are, so to
speak, the stand-bys of the dressmak-
ers. series of narrow tucks, the rum
ming thread slightly drawn to ruffie the
tucks, serve to decorate many fashion
able bodices and blouses. Women who
nave thin arms, and feel obliged to fol-
low the new Whim of fashion in wear
ing the very close-fitting sleeves, find
this sort Of trimming for them a very
satisfactory compromise between the
old and the new models
The record-union., 1897-07-18

None need be deceived in r..
buying cut glass. The nameS<I10eZ
''Libbey" is cut on all their
goods.
The record-union., 1897-07-18

Gros de Tours is one of the popular
silks this summer and has soft I'm
ished corded surface, slightly heavier
in quality than taffeta- but less glossy
1t is used in the pale tints for evening
The record-union., 1897-07-18

The falling of the Fourth of July on
Sunday will give "the people an OPP
portunity to observe the anniversary
of our national independence after the
fashion that used to prevail" the I'm
telligencer' (Ref.). New York. says. TT
would be well to restore the religious
character that was once given to its
observance Though the holiday feat
ures should not be excluded, and the
noisy demonstrations suppressed, yet
they should not be INDUCED in to ex-
cess; they should be only incidental. be
held subordinate, be not made para
The record-union., 1897-07-18

Most of the new tucked evening
gowns of gauzy material have rows OF
handsome Venetian lace insertion on
bodice and skirt. Other toilets are
made with Gainsborough fichus OF tulle
or mousseline de sole crossed over the
corsage, passed under the arms ana
tied at the back.
The herald., 1897-06-09
ADVISORY BOARD
Endorses the Recommendation to Re-
Elect DIR. Ellis

Endorses the Recomm endation to Re-
Elect DIR. Ellis
An informal meeting of the local ad-
visory board of the Childrens Home So
ciety was held yesterday afternoon at
the headquarters, corner of Griffith av-
enue and Twenty-fifth street. Among
the members present were Mrs. Percy
Wilson, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Dallas, Mrs
Bowles. Mrs. Gregory and DR.. Ellis
Matters of interest relating to the Or
ganlzation were discussed at some
length.
1t was the consensus Of opinion that
while the board had not considered DR.
Ellis deposed from his office of state su-
perintendent, the members present most
heartily concurred in the action taken
by the executive board at the meeting
Tuesday evening, recommending his
election to his former position. Thu
ladies pledged DR.. Ellis renewed sup
port and more earnest effort in working
for the welfare of the society in its va
rious avenues.
Before the meeting adjourned Messrs
J. w. Eddy, w. E. Mcvay and DR.. Sher-
wood Dunn, members Of the executive
board, made fraternal call on the act
i've supporters of the work, and plans fol
the mutual cooperation in society mat
ters were cordially discussed.
The herald., 1897-06-09
LONG REACH

LONG BEACH, June 8.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) A public reception was held
by Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. Julian in the parlors
OF The Julian on Monday afternoon. The
anair was delightfully."- informal. The host
and hostess were assisted by their nieces,
Miss Mabel Skidmore and Miss Grace
Thompson, and Will Julian.
The Christian church, corner of ELM ave.
nue. and Third street, was opened to public
worship for the first time on Sunday MORN
Ing. Elder r. N. Davis officiating, The
evening was given up to the children. as
1t was childrcn's day. and there were not
seats enough in the building to accommo-
date the people,
w. d. White. the man arrested a week
ago Tor malicious mischief in cutting wire
under the far end of the pleasure wharf to
gain ingress to space he floored to Keen
and use as a fish market, was fined by
Judge Rosecrans the sum of $50. White
PAID the fine this afternoon and then went
down to his holding" saying he was 90
ing to stick there at all hazards in spite of
the city or anything 1t could do Some of
tne citizens, on advice Of District Attorney
Williams, nailed fence around the en-
closure. White remaining inside the while.
The chances are that IL the prisoner de-
molishes the fence put around the city's
property in order to get out he win be
arrested and heavily fined again,
Your correspondent has Been requested
by A. M. Dunn on behalf of himself ana Il.
w. Fortune of Alamitos Beach to refute
an assertion made that owing to the failure
OF the gentlemen above named to be elected
school trustees at Fridays election, they
and the residents of Alamitos generally
would fail to back the projected SO. 1000
bond issue for school purposes. Mr.. Dunn
stated that both Mr.. Fortune and himself
were heart and soul in favor of the bond
issue. and would so work and vote at the
election on Saturday.
The herald., 1897-06-09
! TT7ERN EM4FE357NNAlsS.$ q sS$F7E5eIAlEs i .:::'
ORANGE COUNTY

day by indulgng in jag. He finally be-
came so boisterous that Marshal Graham
found 1t necessary to lock him up. This
morning he was given his liberty again,
and went home a better and wiser Ger
man.
A number of pupils of the Santa Ana
high school have organized dancing club
and will give their first annual hop In
Spurgeon's hall on June S0th.
William Carmichael, dubbed Technical
ity'' by reason of his frequent success In
evading prosecution through the aid OF
fine points of law, has again been arrested.
He was taken before the superior court this
afternoon and June 18th set rs the day to
answer to the same charge of forgery thai
has already made him famous. This Is the
fourth information presented against Car
michael.
The will contest over the estate of Will
lam Passmoro has been settled out Of court
by a compromise effected among the heirs.
The case came up in the superior court this
morning, and when 1t was announced that
the contest would be withdrawn Judge Bal
lard admitted the will to probate and issued
letters testamentary to Elsie L. Hamrick.
Elmer Burns Of Los Angeles spent last
night in this city returning home this
morning.
Will Ross-Lewin, who has been In Napa
for several months has come back to
Santa Ana to remain.
The herald., 1897-06-09
SAN BERNARD1No

SAN BERNARD1NO, June s.-(Regular
Correspondence.) For some time past the
Indians about the city have been getting
drunk, but where they got the liquor was a
mystery, until Mexican named Ed.
Roderiguez was arrested. His preliminary
hearing was had this morning before JUS
tice Knox and he was bound over to the
superior court.
On next Sunday In this city there will be
game between the Wielands and the Tril-
bys of Los Angeles. The visitors will have
to play ball to beat the boys who wear the
beer sign.
Miller Is tailor and last night he came
come and proceeded to beat his wife. I'M
mediately after the beating Mrs. Miller's
brother, Frank Voorhees,, appeared on the
scene and gave Miller a sound thrashing.
The police were called. but when they
heard the story no arrests were made.
| Coroner Heating received telegram
this morning from Orc Grande to the effect
that a smelter had blown up there. killing
one man and seriously injuring three
more. Who the men are and how the ex-
plosion occurred is not known at present
In this city. The coroner departed for the
scete of the disaster at 12:45.
The matter Of the Arrowhead toll gate
rates did not come up before the super
visors today, but was put over until their
next meeting.
The Rebekahs held social last night
at Odd Fellows hall, at which big crowd
was in attendance.
The Canaigre company today sent out
several four and six-horse teams to Orc
Grande to dig wild canaigre.
The high school alumni met last night
at the high school, there being about thirty
members present. 1t was decided to give
reception to the class of '97, and Miss E.
Cartwright, Fred Shoup and Walter Byrne
were appointed on the reception committee.
w. T. Warren, q rancher living near
Tippecanoe station, had two of his fingers
torn from his right hand on Sunday by
getting his hand caught in halter by
which he was leading young horse. An
effort Is being made to grow the fingers on.
Judge J. M Morris has made a strike at
the head Of Devil canyon which promises
big things. There is two and one-half feet
of ore, which goes 1921 in gold and $40 in
silver and so per cent copper. The canyon
affords an ample supply Of water and wood.
The find is about fifteen miles from this
city.
The proposition to convert Chaffey col
lege at Ontario into high school and
transfer it's endowment to the University
of Southern California has called forth a
strong legal opinion from Otis. Gregg &
Hall of this city, who were selected by an
Ontario committee to render an opinion.
The opinion is that all parties interested