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The record-union., 1897-08-21
TAX ROLLS.
Dates for Hearing Counties to be
Fixed Next Monday.

Chairman Morehcuse OF the State
Board of Equalization and Controller
Colgan put in the day yesterday study
ing the several county assessment rolls
sent in by County Auditors
1t has been settled that dates for
hearing officials from counties which
will be cited to appear and show cause
why their assessments should not be
increased viii not be fixed until Mon
day next. In the meantime Secretary
Colgan is figuring out dates which will
not conflict with other duties Of the
board
The record-union., 1897-08-21
MATCHES AND COAL OIL.
A Combination Put Into Activity
by Some Children.

The alarm of fire yesterday noon was
caused by children playing with
matches in the basement of Mrs. Nc
Nulty's residence on Ninth street, be-
tweenn G and II.
The youngsters succeeded in setting
fire to can of coal oil, but Mrs. Nc
Nulty partly smothered the flames
with a rug, and a passing wheelnan
turned a hose on the fire and put it out
before the firemen reached there.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
Famous Oarsman Dead.

NEWBURGH On. W, Aug. 20.-Cap-
tain Timothy Donoghue, once a famous
oarsman, and for many years one of
the leading manufacturers Of oars for
boat races in this county and Europe,
died suddenly here yesterday morning of
heart disease in his sixty-first year. He
was born in Ireland, and came here
as a child. Joe Donoghue, the skater
and bicycle rider. is his son,
The record-union., 1897-08-21
SIDEWALK INSTRUCTIONS.
The Police Are Rigid1y Enforcing
the Ordinance.

The police are these days ''going for
people who place goods on the side
walks and keep them there any length
of time. Yesterday a charge of OBJ
structing a sidewalk was entered
aginst John Dierssen.
Merchants claim that they should be
privileged to use portions of the side
walks for handling their wares, and
that the ordinance is unfairly restrict
i've, but Chief Drew insists that it must
be enforced, or the walks Will be block
a1aI
The record-union., 1897-08-21
A Deception Easily Practised

Is the offer Of reward for "any case
of catarrh not cured" by certain
cures" Nothing is said regarding
the number of bottles required, and
therein lies the deception. Ely's Cream
Balm is an elegant preparation, agree
able to use, and immediate in its bene-
fetal results. 1t cures eatarrh. You
can rely upon the fact that it contains
no mercury nor other injurious drug.
90 cents.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
Restaurant Men Arrested,

Arrests were made yesterday of Marco
Zarick and one Valerie, proprietorS
of restaurants, on charges of selling
liquor without having taken out Ii.
censeS therefor
The record-union., 1897-08-21
Strange But True.

DR.. Craig & Co. cure catarrh rheu-
matisrn, kidney troubles and diseases
of the nervous system without the use
of poisonous drugs. Advice free. Letters
containing stamps will be answered
Office, Singleton Bldg, Fifth and K.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
Shipments OF Fruit.

Yesterdays shipments of fruit for the
East amounted to 56 carloads-12l4 Of
peaches, 434 of plums, 3134 of pears and
IA of grapes.
The record-union., 1897-08-21

Assorted waters, genuine water ices.
and pure ice cream, made of the finest
fruit juices at Barton's, $40 and 420
K streets.
The record-union., 1897-08-21

The E. Dorado saloon and family re-
sort, SIG street and 1908 Ninth street,
strictly first-class in all respects.
The record-union., 1897-08-21

The Rhoads & Townsend House. The
finest furnished house in the city, for
sale at a bargain. Sure.
The record-union., 1897-08-21

For Wieland's extra pale bottled beer,
ST a dozen, call UP Blauth. Tel. 297.
The record-union., 1897-08-21

The best regulator of the digestive or
gans and the best appetizer known is
DR.. Siegert's Angostura Bitters. Try it.
J. McMorry. importer OF fire teas.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
TROUBLES REMOVED
A Californian Feels as though Given
New Life

New Life.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. -"I suffered
from constant cold in the head and chest
In the morning, would feel drowsy and
tired, and would rise with the greatest
reluctance. began taking Hoods Sar-
saparilla and these troubles are now re-
moved, and feel as though new life had
been given me-" GEO. w. ARMRRUsTER
230 Montgomery Street, Room 8.
The record-union., 1897-08-21
NEW TODAY.

SEVENTY FIVE OR 100 WOMEN AND
girls wanted at once at Gridley Cannery,
Gridley, Butte County, Cal; fare up paid;
good workers average 81 % to 81 30 per
day; good board S2 80 per week Apply up
TO p m. to-day at Faris & Spinks, COL
I street It's
The record-union., 1897-08-21

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. STATE
of California, County of Sacramento. In
the matter of the estate of A. d. OAK
LEY, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY.
the 9th day of August, 1897, at 80
O'Clock p. m. of said day, and the court
room of said court at the Courthouse,
in the City of Sacramento, county of
Sacramento, and State of California, has
been appointed as the time and place
for proving the will of said A. D. Oak
ley, deceased, and for hearing the ap-
plication of Henry L. Oakley for the is
suance to him of letters testamentary
thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court this 18th day OF August, 1897.
(SeaD w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
By e. S. Wachhorst, Deputy Clerk.
James 3. Devine, Attorney for Peti-
toner. au13-10t
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

IF AFFLICTED with Sore Eyes use
DIR. ISAAC THOMPSON'S EYE WATER.
Sold at % cents.
Vehicles-Baker & Hamllton-Hardware,
Carts. Buggies. Carriages. PhaetonS Rain
The record-union., 1897-08-21
LIQUORS, WINE, BEER. ETC.
DEFECTIVE EYES
CORRECTED.

Sc EYE GLASSES FOR So 25. OR So
eye glasses for 81 10: warranted gold plated
frames. Make your friend a beautiful and
useful present. We guarantee a perfect
tit by mail providing when you order the
glasses you answer the following ques-
tions How old? Ever used glasses? How
long? Male or female?
GEORGE MAYERLE,
Expert Optician, 2S Third street, San
Francisco
Opticians and Photographic Supplies
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. STATE
of California, County of Sacramento. In
the matter of the estate Of ADDELLE
a. CARTER, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY,
a. IN. of said day, and the courtroom of
said court. at the Courthouse in the
city of Sacramento, County of Sacrament
TO, and State of California has been ap-
pointed as the time and place for prov
ing the viii of said Addelle A. Garter, de-
ceased, and for hearing the application
of Chauncey H. Dunn for the issuance
to him of letters testamentary thereon
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court, this 10th day of August. 1897
(SeaD w. 3. HAMILTON Clerk
BY l.. S. Wachhorst. Deputy Clerk
S. Solon Holl. Attorney for Petitioner
1ndorsed: Filed Aug. 16, 1897
w. b. HAMILTON, Clerk
By e, s, Wachhorst, Deputy.
III
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WATEEHOUSE z LESI EH.
IncorpOTated.)
WAGON AND CARRIAGE MATERIALS,
Hardware, Lumber, Iron, Steel and Coal
Horseshoers' and Blacksmitns' Supplies.
700, ILL., z13, 715 j ST.. sacramento.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
The Age of Needles.

There is reason to believe that nee
dies were known to the ancient Ro-
mans, and by them used from very
early date. The Hebrew, Chinese and
Hlndoo records furnish abundant evil
dences that they also were familiar
with this useful implement. 1t is not
remarkable that none have been dis
covered, as the quality of steel of which
they are made will not resist the COR
oding influences of the atmosphere.
The Moors taught the Spaniards how
to make needles, and to Spain England
owes her knowledge of this important
bit of handicraft. For many years,
however, the manufacture of needles in
England was in the hands of foreigners
who guarded the secrets of their trade
with the most jealous care. 1t was not
until the year 1850 that this industry
became Of any great commercial i'm
portance in England.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Birds Hold the Balance of Power,

In a recent lecture Prof. Wilmer
Stone of Philadelphia cited many facts
to show that birds are natures great
check on the excess of insects, and that
they keep the balance between plants
and insect life. Ten thousand cater
pillars, it has been estimated, could de-
stroy every blade of grass on an acre of
cultivated ground. In thirty days from
the time it is Matched an ordinary cat
erpillar increases 10000 times in bulk,
and the food it lives and grows on is
vegetable. The insect population of a
single cherry tree infested with aphides
was calculated by promin-
ent entomologist at no less
than 100000! The bird popu-
lation of cultivated country dis
tricts has been estimated at from 700
to 1000 per square mile. This is small
compared with the number of insects,
yet as each bird consumes hundreds of
insects every day, the latter are pre-
vented from becoming the scourge they
would be but for their feathered enc
mics.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Tho Strength of Metal.

The breaking strain of metals is
something that has interested scientists
for many years, and is of peculiar mo-
ment to builders who employ metals
in the course OF their work. AS an
example Of the strength of wire, it
is stated that there is in Switzerland a
single span of wire crossing the lake of
Wallenstadt in the canton OF St. Gall.
It was built by the Swiss telephone bu-
reau, and is the longest unsupported
telegraph wire in the world. Its ends
are anchored to two stone piers sup
porting iron towers, which are seven
thousand eight hundred and seventy
two feet apart. The towers are SO high
that the wire at it's lowest point is one
hundred and thirty-on feet above the
surface of the lake. The wire was
made of specially prepared steel, and
is only one and one-half inches in di-
ameter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
A House Signal,

Grandfathers' clocks for the hallway
are undeniably beautiful and will never
be given up by persons who appreciate
the tremendously artistic, but there
are a great many families in which
the desire for the new outweighs every
thing else. In such household this
unique novelty will find a welcome. 1t
is not large enough to stand on the
floor and must be stationed on the hall
table. It is a miniature railway sig
nal carried out in polished oak, with
nickel or silver mountings. On one
side of the post is clock and on the
other is a barometer, answering to the
lights on the original signal. At the top
of the post is a calendar, while run
ming down below it is a thermometer.
The real railway signals are replaced
in this instance by the words on either
side, "In" and "Out," and are operated
by the nicely adjusted levers indicated
at the bottom on the standard. This
is convenient in many ways, for if the
mistress of the house goes away she is
not obliged to notify her maid, and if
she does not want to receive callers the
little signal serves the same purpose.
AS the maid answers the door one
glance at the demure railway signal
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
A Test for Water.

There is urgent need of simple and
reliable test for ascertaining the purity
of water. An analytical chemist gives
the following directions, which are read
lily understood. and can be applied by
any person of average intelligence.
Fill clean bottle three-fourths full
of the water to be tested. and dissolve
in the water half teaspoonful of the
purest sugar loaf,or granulated will an
swer, cork the bottle. place it in a
warm spot for two days; If at the end
of this period the water becomes cloudy
or milky, it is unfit for household use.
If on the other hand it remains clear
and fresh looking. the probabilities are
that it is at least approximately pure
and fit for all domestic purposes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
The Sorghums in Kansas.

In 1893, when the first returns of the
non-saccharine sorghums in Kansas
were made to the State Board of Agri-
culture the area planted to milo maize
was 14,004 acres, Katir corn 46,911
acres, and Jerusalem corn 17,O27 acres.
In the four years since, according to
press bulletin issued by Secretary F.
D. Coburn. milo maize has fallen 25.5
per cent in acreage, and Jerusalem
corn so per cent, while the increase
in Kafir corn has been 692 per cent,
324,S3S acres. The counties in 1893
having 1000 acres or more of Kafr
corn were Neosho, leading with 1882
acres; Clark, 2,48O; Comanche, 2,4O5;
Haskell, zoos; Ness 1,716; Greenwood,
1927; Dickinson, 1,549; Stanton, 1921;
Gray, 1868; Morris, 1,21S; Meade, 1,210;
Ford LII; Grant, 1,150; Lincoln, 1,099,
and Ellis, 1,O44, or fifteen counties all
told. This year there are II counties
with 1000 acres and upwards, ranging
from 1,12S acres in Graham to 22,256
in Greenwood. This years area is
81, 1888 acres. The leading counties are
Greenwood, with 22,256 acres; Barber,
81. 54S; Dickinson, II, 731: Butler, lila.
and Reno, 11,124. So popular has this
plant become that it is grown in every
county, and, except in a very few, it's
acreage is of considerable Importance.
If the total increase in acreage during
the past four years was equally appor-
toned there would be 1908 acres in
crease for each county in the state.
During the four years from 1894 to
1897 inclusive, the saccharine sorghum
area increased 220,323 acres, or 16e
per cent. The total this year is 1852, 52e
acres. The county having the largest
planting is Barber, with 1888 acres,
followed by Finney. 1873; Ottawa,
$3.50; Reno, 9,0S2; Russell, $3.50, and
Dickinson, $3.50. Sorghum is grown in
every county; the great bulk of the sac
charine sorghum now raised in the
state is for forage and grain; not at all
for sugar making, and only in small
way for syrup. While stock growers
are pretty evenly divided as to which
sorts are of greatest value for their
purposes both the sweet and the nom
sweet are rapidly gaining in popular
ity and becoming important factors in
their business.-F. D. Coburn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21

Russian Hons.

We recall. that in 1882, when hops
were very scarce, and when we were
paying for them ten francs per kilo..
in every direction for cheaper hops.
Orders were then specially sent to Po-
land, from which country we received
some hops of very ordinary quality, at
prices not more than half those which
were being charged for the inferior
qualities produced in other countries.
The situation is now entirely changed,
as it is not uncommon, to-day, to ind
Polish hops quoted at very high rates.
1t Is true that considerable plantations
have existed in Russia for long pc
Rod, but their product has been little
known, and has been in small demand
because the drying and curing were far
from what was desirable. During the
past twelve years or so many i'm
provements have been effected. The
Russian government, seeing the prof.
Its which would accrue to the country
by the adoption of more rational and
more careful system, has supported the
efforts made by the planters, with the
object of obtaining a product resem-
bling the fine qualities of Germany and
Austria. The first Warsaw hop COM
pany, whose collection of samples is
shown in the brewery section of our
international Exhibition, were among
The earliest to take advantage of this
encouragement given by the support OF
The government, and have rendered i'm
portant service to the hop culture by
engaging experts from abroad, and by
introducing on large scale the culti-
walton of plants obtained from Bo-
hemia and Bavaria. After careful ex-
animation of the samples resulting
from these rerlantings, we are able to
state that they now correspond very
nearly with the actual Bohemian or
Bavarian growths. The total produc-
tion of hops in the world in 1896
amounted to 1,650,OO0 quintals. Rus
sia's contribution to this figure was
3d. 900 quintals and her export of hops
In 1896 to the different European states
reached 21,000 quintals, being an in
crease of $500 quintals upon the pre-
vious year. It can, therefore. be I'M
derstood that Russian hops will prob
ably attain an honorable and import
ant position in the worlds market
lie Petit Journal du Brasseur, Brus-
Gels.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
RAISES MINT.
This Is the Queer Business of a Woman
In Michigan.

This Is the Queer Business of a Woman
In Michigan.
Buffalo Express: A little woman up
in Michigan carries on a very remuner-
alive business raising mint. She is
Mrs. Mary Weber, and she inherited
the business from her father. Some of
the mint is raised in hot beds, and
these are the objects of constant care
by the family, which consists of the
widow and grown-up son and daugh-
ter of 16 years, The profitable season
is between the months of May and Oc-
tober, and June, the best month of ALL
The mint roots are set out in May, and
the proprietress time is given to them
from that date until late in the au-
tumn. She clips and punches the mint
in the afternoon and evening, and the
morning is given to sales. She drives
to the leading hotels and makes the
sales herself. 1t is not necessary to So
licit custom. Most of it has been in
herited with the mint bed. The men
who patronized her father give their
patronage to the daughter. She is not
without competitors, but they are all
of the male sex and are not as gallant
as might be expected. Mrs Weber,
like the wise business woman she is,
refuses to say how much the prolific
bed yields, but it is safe to say that
she keeps the big house going" and
puts aside the desired sum in provision
for rainy day." She has supplanted
her income by dealing in lemonade
straws. Every summer she drives in
to the country for a radius of twenty
miles in search Of rye straw that will
serve that purpose. If she finds the
kind she desires she buys it in the
field. But she is very hard to please
in the matter of the quality of the
straw, and has finally settled to the
patronage of farmer named Black
Jack, who has yearly contract with
her. Womanlike, she cannot tell what
is most desirable in the straw, but she
"knows when she sees it." and after all
that is quite sufficient.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21

four or five weeks eat more than six
thousand times It's weight in food. An
adult human being must have most ex-
cellent appetite to consume in three
months time an amount of food that
will equal his own weight. A few per-
sons eat more than this, but by far the
greater number take less. An estimate
Of the food consumption of the world
would show a general average far be-
low these figures. The majority of
persons get food enough to satisfy
their cravings, but there is a very con-
siderable minority that scarcely knows
what it is to be free from the pangs
Of hunger.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21

life time eternity. And what Is moro
strange about 1t all is, we may all get
there. mot l." says some one stand
Ing back under the galleries. Yes,you.
mot l." says some one who has not
been in church in fifteen years before.
Yes, you. Not T." says some one who
has been for fifty years filling up his
life with all kinds Of wickedness. Yes,
you.
There are monopolies on earth, mon
opolistic railroads and monopolistic tel
egraph companies, and monopolistic
grain dealers, but no monopoly in relig-
ion. All who want to be saved may
be saved, without money and without
price" Salvation by the Lord Jesus
Christ for all the people. OF course.
use common sense in this matter. You
cannot expect to get to Charleston by
taking ship for Portland, and you can
not expect to get to heaven by going In
an opposite direction. Believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved. Through that one gate Of
pardon and peace all the race may go
in.
"But," says some one, "do you really
think would be at home in that SUI
pernal society If should reach it,"
think you would. I know you would.
1 remember that in the husking time
there was great equality Of feeling
among the neighbors. There at one
corn shock farmer would be at work
who owned two hundred acres of
ground. The man whom he was talk
Ing with at the next corn
shock owned but thirty acres OF
ground, and perhaps all covered by a
mortgage. That evening, at the close
of the husking day, one man drove
home roam span, so frisky, SO full of
life, they got their feet over the traces.
The other man walked home. Great
difference in education, great difference
in worldly means; but noticed at the
each others society. They did not ask
any man how much property he owned
or what his education had been. They
all seemed to be happy together in
those good times.
And so it will be in heaven. Our
Father will gather his children around
him, and the neighbors will come in,
and the past will be rehearsed. And
some one will tell of victory, and we
will all celebrate it. And some one
will tell of great struggle, and we will
all praise the grace that fetched him
out of It. And some one will say,
"Here is my old father, that put away
with heartbreak. Just look at him, he
is as young as any of us" And some
one will say, Here is my darling child,
that buried in Greenwood, and all the
after years Of my life were Swallowed
| with desolation. Just look at her!
She doesn't seem as if she had been
sick minute" Great sociality. Great
neighborhood kindness.
What though John Milton sit down
on one side, and John Howard sit down
on the other side. No embarrassment.
What though Charlotte Elizabeth sit
down on one side. and Hannah More
sit down on the other side? No embar-
rassment. A monarch yourself, why
be embarrassed among monarchs? A
songster yourself, why be embarrassed
amid glorified songsters? Go in and
dine
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
The Effect of Water Pressure.

1t is a remarkable fact that the very
means of life may be the cause Of
death. A whale is drowned, and now
a scientist tells us that there seems to
be a peculiar fatality among fishes.
After reaching certain depth of water
the swimming bladders become dis
tended by the pressure of<air, and the
fish literally explode. Too much of
ones native element may bring about
most disastrous consequences. A sud-
den change of air from one density to
another may cause the rupture of a
blood vessel, and too sudden change
of temperature has produced like re-
suits. Extremes of all sorts are not
very injurious, but are likely to prove
fatal especially to organisms that are
not in the enjoyment of robust health.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21

Is satisfied that they are more useful
than birds. They stretch their webs in
all directions and are ever on the alert
for their prey, and hungry as we'll as
crafty. A large family of small spi-
ders will devour a great many insects
in the course of twenty-four hours, and
the orchards, groves and fields will be
greatly the gamers through the agency
of these busy creatures. It is mis-
take to look upon them as noxious and
offensive. To faint at the sight of
spider Is by no means a sensible or
creditable thing to do, when one real
ICES its Importance in the economy of
nature. To find that the spider is one
OF the most valuable aids of the farmer
and fruit grower, and to be able to
turn the inhabitants of our attics and
odd corners into a money-making and
really profitable crop, is an item Of no
trif1ing interest to large class of per-
sons who are on the lookout for some
way to Increase their incomes and turn
to advantage every thing that comes
in their way.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21
Gibbon In Parliament

Edward Gibbon, the great historian,
sat in parliament for many years, but
achieved no success in the house. One
morning, he tells us. "as he was de-
stroying an army of barbarians," a
knock came to the door, and the temp
ter appeared in the shape Of a friend
Offering to secure him seat in parlia-
ment for the borough of Liskeard
Gibbon represented the borough for ten
years (1774-17S3) without ever opening
his mouth; and once when moved to do
so he lacked the confidence to carry
him through. The great speakers
filled him with despair, and the bad
ones with terror. He grew heart tired
of this parliamentary prattle" and Of
"the noise and nonsense of the Pande-
monium." as he terms parliament In
bis letters.