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The record-union., 1897-03-09

A grocer that sells ,SchsH
hngs Best tea and is glad
to sell it is a good grocer
SO far as tea goes.
He sells you the best he
can find for the money, and
he returns your money if
you don't like the tea.
a Schilling & Company
San Francisco $50
The record-union., 1897-03-09

J. McMorry, importer of fine teas.
The record-union., 1897-03-09
Imported Suits.

Imported French Dress Pat
terms, in new styles for Spring Of
1897, at SIS IS per suit.
The record-union., 1897-03-09
Spring OverCoats.

Medium-weight and Medium
} colored Overcoats. for Spring and
} Fall wear, fill necessary place in
/ mans wardrobe. We have
I, some very stylish garments of this
, kind ( ("top coats they are called,
N light and dark covert mixtures,
t $40 IS and SIS. They are in
} excellent taste, cut on perfect lines
! and iaultlessly finished.
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Milton, we have at least our Longfel-
low, the quality of whose works will
fall not far behind that of the masters.
In the year 1900 the United States
government was as yet in its infancy.
Congress then convened in Philadel-
pbia, but the corner stone of the new
capitol at Washington had been laid,
the north wing finished; and at its first
session the propriety of holding the
next session there was decided upon
by the members of the Sixth congress.
At this session a Professionally APP
preparation OF $500 was made, which
appropriation was to he used in the
purchase of books to form the nucleus
of a library at Washington, which
should perhaps one day not only be the
first in our country, but be second 10
none in the world. The collection thus
formed was placed in room assigned
for the purpose in the capitol build
ing at Washington.
The establishment of the library was
notably due TO Thomas jefferson; and,
having been so favorably started, CON
cress made appropriations from time
10 time for its increase and mainte-
nance until the British entered Wash
ington in 1914 and destroyed the whole.
To make good this loss congress in the
year 1918 appropriated $4,000 for the
purchase of the jefferson collection of
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TO FIND WHAT you WANT.

DO you want house. or mansion. a cot
tage or a fat.
a suit OF clothes. dress or CLOAK. some flo-
hons or a hat2
Shoes. underwear or hosiery. nne feathers
or some lace2
or furniture or carpets TO 1t out your
dwelling placer
DO you want some ratent medicines for
any kind OF iIls7
Some lotions. pOtiOus. tonics. plasters. lax
stives or pills?
Whatever your requirements arc. though
big CT little sized.
II you look through the newspapers you'u
find them advertised
DO you want 20 buy fine groceries. and
other kinds OF food2
Meat. poultry. fish and game. and fruit. and
vegetables gyOd2
Pianos. organs. Hi0lins. or comic songs or
hymns2
Books. novels. guns or carriages. or ar;i-
fetal limbs2
or sporting goods OF any kinda wheel
that's up-to-date2
Or garden tools. farm implements. q
kitchen stove or ggaie2
no matter what your fancy for a purchase
has surmised.
II you look In the newspapers you'll ind II
advertised!
do You want 70 get some toilet soap. or
powder for your teeth2
a bright bouquet OF flowers. or pretty bridal
wreath2
Plants. seeds-a horse or harness, or the
latest thlng in sleighs7
Or tewelry OF any kind that's sure to win
your pralse2
DO you want 10 buy some stocks or shares
would you insure your life?
Or do you think you'd like 10 get a rich and
pretty wife?
For these. and many other things we have
not specified.
II you look IN the rev spapsrs you'n find
them advertised.
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Large Movement Of settlers.

The first week in this month witnessed
the largest movement of settlers to North
Dakota known to the history of that state.
IL is doubtful if larger number of actual
settlers was ever before moved at one time
in this country than the Great Northern
Railway took out of St. Paul on April 2.
The train consisted of 152 cars of passen-
gers, household goods, farm implements,
etc, and was divided in five sections. The
total number of men, women and children
was 1851. They came from various states,
Indiana, Virginia and Missouri contribut-
ing more than any other. Many of them
are known as Dunkards, or German Bap-
list brethren, and went to Join colonies pre-
viously located in the Turtle Mountain and
Devils Lake regions OF North Dakota, where
their brethren nave been very successful.
Many of the newcomers will locate on gov
eminent land. of which millions of acres
still remain open to settlement. The Dun
kards are American born and English
speaking. an industrious farming class, and
have already proven themselves an import
ant addition 10 the population of North Da-
kota- They have now along the Great
Northern Railway no less than seventeen
settlements IN that state.
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Geo volumes. George Natterson was
appointed Librarian at a salary of $1,000
and the library again begun.
On tine Sd day of December, 1918, con-
gress made an appropriation of $4,000
for the purchase of books for the new
library, and from 1920 70 1923 5000
were appropriated.
Again, on the goth DAY of May. 1924.
congress made a similar appropriation
os $4,000. and an additional one of si,54d
for furniture TO be used in the library
room.
On the nth of February. 1925. con-
gress passed an act directing that the
secretary of the treasury should remit
all duties on such books, maps and
charts "ss have been during the present
wear or may hereafter be imported in
to the United States by the authority
of the joint committee of congress Tor
the use of the library of congress-"
On the 25tb of February, 1926, anoth-
er act was passed appropriating 5000
for books for the congressional library,
and from that time until the fire of 1851
congress made annual appropriations
for the increase of the library, as fol-
lows:
On March 3. 1925, $1,000 for the pur-
chase of books and 1925 for coal and
stoves.
On March 2. 1927, $4,000 for books and
$500 for the employment of an assist
ant.
On May "a, 1928, 5000 were added for
the purchase of books and the librarian
authorized to employ an assistant al a
salary of $500 per annum.
A resolution passed May "a. ISIS. pro-
vided that duplicates, imperfect, dam
aged or other works not wanted may
be removed from the library"
On the 2sth of May, 1929, Andrew
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

M. Jules Claretie is putting the
finish strokes TO a fantastical tale
called THE Eye of Death" which will
appear in serial form in the Annales
Politiques ct Litteraires-
Mrs. oliphant is a rarely bright
woman at 6s, Miss Braddon still c pro-
life novelist in her Goth year. and
TOuida as capable as ever of writing
startling romances, although she con-
fesses that she is sc years old.
Says London literary weekly: Miss
Mildred Howells. daughter of Mr.. Will
liam Dean Howells, the American nov.
elist. has studio in her fathers home
in New York. and has done some clever
illustrating for books and magazines
-Sunuyside is suffering changes.
The new owner. Alexander ID. Irving,
is building an addition TO il, aud he has
closed up Snnnyside lane, all of which.
Tarrytown tradition asserts. is in di-
rect opposition to the known wishes of
Washington Irving.
The best description of mountain
scenery was written by a man who had
never climbed a mountain, and Miss
Nora Hopper, the most distinctive
Celtic of the new Irish school of writ
ers. has never so much as set foe: ID
the Green isle in her life.
-Germany's new poet Johanna Am
brosius, is being well treated. The
empress has paid the expenses of hei
trip to Italy. The poor woman has
had a life of drudgery, but her genius
has lifted her out of it at last, for hel
books are not only popular. but profit
ohle
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CRUSHING CRITICISM.
The First Poem LongfeIIow Pub
II.hed WINS scored.

II-hed WINS scored.
IL was the good fortune of the poet
Longfellow TO succeed early in his
chosen career. He had never TO en-
counter the bitter struggle with pow
erty, an unappreciative public, and re-
.uctant publishers of which many of the
great in literature have had TO com
plain. Nevertheless, the first criticism
ne was fated 10 hear upon the first
poem he ever published, was not exactly
encouraging. Mrs. Fields relates the in
cident i'm recently published volume.
The poem dealt with an episode of
American history, and was called The
Battle OF Lovelrs Pond" 1t appeared
one morning in the poets corner of a
Portland newspaper. and the author
that same evening was invited to the
house of the chief justice to meet his
son, Harvard youth then regarded, at
least by his family and friends, as a
rising genius. During the evening the
stately old Judge. turning with com
placent air toward the young man, in
quired:
"Did you see poem in to-day's paper
upon the Battle of Loyell's Pond p"
"No. SIR" was the reply.
well, sir" said the old gentleman
with a conviction, 1T was very stiff
product ION. Get your own poem on the
same subject, and will read it to the
company"
The poem v as brought, and was read
aloud with proud. paternal emphasis
to the admiring guests, while the IN
known and cruelty snubbed author of
the stiff production" was obliged TO
listen, sitting. as he himself said. ''very
still in a corner" The author of the
production which pi esumably was not
stiff, did not, strange to say, ever be-
come known 10 the great American pub
lie as a poet.-Youth's Companion.
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II dozen hens were selected from the
best of the flock every year and used as
breeders, n great improvement would be
the result. The temptation to use eggs
for Matching purposes from hens not
60 selected should be resisted, and the
entire lot of chicks should be produced
from your select breeding pen. The
selection If the male. he being one-half
the pen, is of considerable importance.
lie should in all cases be a sturdy,
strong, vigorous thoroughbred, not
over two years of age. Practical points
should always be given the preference
over the fancy, aud yet it pays to keep
as well within the bounds of fancy
as may be possible. BY following such
a system you will be constantly inn
proving your flock, and family OF
hardy, active layers may thus in short
time be produced.
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sentatiyes, end a few other privileged
characters; but on the s0th day Of Jan
uary. 1880, congress passed resolution
granting tie privileges of the library TO
the follow ing officials:
The secretary of state, the secretary
of the treasury, the secretary of war,
the secretary of the navy, the postmas-
ter general, the secretary OF the senate,
he clerk of the house of representatives,
the chaplain of congress and any indi-
vidual in the district who NAV have
been president of the United States.
The usual annual appropriations for
many years after the accession of Jack
son were $1,000, exclusive of expendi-
lures for the law library and contingent
expenses-for law library had grown
in connection with the regular one,
since which time, having received an an
nual appropriation of about 81 900, il
has come to be one of the best
equipped law libraries in the country.
The regular library again received an
appropriation in 1882 of $4,000, for fur
niture and repairs.
In 1913 the new library received a
bonus of s2.412 for its enlargement: and
in 1850 the usual appropriation OF 81 900
for the same was increased to So 900 by
act of congress.
BY 1851 the library of congress had
become the pride of the nation, having
increased to $4,000 volumes; but again
sustained check by the fire of Decem-
Der "a OF that year, when IS, 900 volumes
were destroyed.
Congress Immediately made an appro-
priation of $4,000 TO replace this loss.
and again. in 1852, another appropria-
ton of So, 900 for the repairs of the H.
brary room. and $4,000 for the pur-
chase of books to make good the loss of
those destroyed by the fire.
John j.. Stephenson was appointed
librarian of congress in 1861 by Abra-
ham Lincoln. He only remained in
office three years, when, upon his resig-
milton, A. II. Spofford. the present in
eumbent, was appointed.
II is needless to recite the various
acts of congress whereby additions OF
books have been made to the library:
the most notable one being the Smith
sonian collection (then numbering
1000 volumes, but now 100000. or al
most one-half of the stock of the whole
national library). whereby the most
valuable collection of scientific books
extant has been added to the national
library; for. by the Smithsonian sys-
tenn of exchange, whereby copies Of
their publications are exchanged with
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WHOSE WAS IT2
A Question which VIII Always Re-
main Unanswered.


A scholar travelling in the east says
that he was once in camp with his
friend Ramsay. man of kindred tastes,
in a wretched Phrygian village, far
from the track of travellers. AS they
were str king tents, in the morning, a
heavy-faced boy brought Mr.. Ramsay
handful of bronze for sale. He sorted
it rapidly on the palm of his hand. and
found among the rubbish one very rare
coin of Hierapolis. Then he put it all
back again in the boys outstretched
palm, and offered half a dollar for the
lot. The boy accepted the bid, gave
back the handful, took his money and
disappeared. while the exultant pur-
chaser went chuckling off among the
horses.
Ten minutes later, the boy appeared
again. and going up to the other Eng
lishman, offered another handful of
rubbish, among which was the same
rare Metropolitan coin. The gentleman
kept the bronze in his hand, and offered
half dollar for it. which the boy re-
fused. though the bargain ' rs eventu-
ally concluded for dollar.
Then the gentleman, IN nlgn gree,
hailed his companion. and showing his
purchase, informed him that he was the
only man who possessed a coin of HER
apolis.
LET us compare" said the other,
en,ptying the pocket where his bronze
was juggling.
He sorted the lot. and felt in every
pocket. No coin of Hierapolis was
there To this day three questions re-
main unanswered:
How did the boy retain the coin in the
first instance, in order to sell it over
again?
How. in thar remote region. far fro n
the haunts of travellers, did he know
the value of his find?
And to which purchaser did the coin
really belong Companion.
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e, water tank {, and the hot water pipes
h h are so laid as to allow OF outflow
and return of water. The hot water
pipes are directly below the sawdust-
covered top (e). Dimensions are feet in
rear, feet in front and IL feet for
length of roof, including caves, while
the full length of the floor space is IL
feet. The windows d open out for ven-
tilation and are feet long; the win
dows are feet long and open in. The
covers of the coops consist of light
frames with 1h inch netting. A door
closes off either coop during cold
weather, to keep the heat in either one
coop. The tops of the brooders (e) over
the hot water pipes, are covered with a
good coat of sawdust to keep in the
heat. Besides the door at the sides of
the brooder, there is a heavy fringe to
keep in the heat.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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DR.. C. c. Miller in Gleanings in Bee
Culture says what is to be done TO unite
swarms is to hive a swarm in hive
in which another swarm has been hived
IL you have any choice as to queens. kill
the poorer, but if you have no choice
the bees win settle the matter to their
own satisfaction. IL the swarms are
small there win be decided gain in
uniting; bur IL the swarms are large it
is not SO advisable to unite. Unite two
large swarms and by the next spring
you will have no more bees in the hive
than each would have had il you had
hived them separately
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without being recognized. There
seemed little alteration in the place.
Several of the shops-now gay It'll
Christmas goods and fnery in the
main street now had large plate-glass
windows in place of more coupsryfied
fronts, but were otherwise much as
Il years ago. For a moment he stood
confused. staring up and down the
street. regarded by the passers-by with
curiosity. Then he remembered that
he would have 10 go alone the street,
past the grocer's whose window pro-
iected a yard into the footpath, turn
down the by-street, and then again
turning take the road leading to his
home.
In ten minutes he reached the gar
den gate. lie had run part of the way,
and now he could not make up his mind
to go up the drive to the door. What
IL they were all dead? He grew sick at
the very idea. There was a light IN
his mothers room. which was at the
front of the house. What IL she was i'll
perhaps dying? At last his legs car
ried him mp the drive which swept
around the little front lawn In a semi
circle. He heard the bell tinkle shrilly
at the back of the house. The sound
seemed like home. All at once he re-
membered how. years ago, he had
banged il with long-handled broom
till it tangled against its fellow OF
either side.
The door opened. A food of light
streamed out on to the gravel. II was
a strange face, and the fact sent an
lev shock TO his heart. Far outside
himself he heard a voice he did not
recognize as his own asking if DR..
Harborde were in. a year seemed TO
pass before the servant said: mo-"
adding: Did you wish to see him par
tieular?"
"Yes."
Hell be in in half an hour"
Isis Mrs Harborde in? Is she
alive?" said the man at the door. throw
ing the words at her when once his
tongue consented to frame them.
why, Lor' bless me, yes! Come.
none Of that"
But it was no use. The man she had
Just noticed had suspiciously short hair
and strange, Withholding face had
pushed past her. thrown open the sit
! ting-room door, stumbled into il and
thrown his arms round a sweet-faced
old lady who rose in alarm at his sud-
/ den entrance.
MY son! my son!" rang out through
/ the house. Mother! mother"
| The girl stood rooted to the spot,
then she ran to Jane, and the two OF
I them came out into the passage. In
| the sittiDg-room with its pink-shaded
l lamp a woman was seated kissing every
| line on her sons face-every line that
/ the long years had written. And he
stroked the hair that still lay thick.
though white, in a coil at the back of
/ her head.
Suddenly the man started up.
JESSE" he asked, huskily.
Some one who had lain, half-stunned
with Joy, in wicker chair well out of
the range of the lamp-light, came into
| his vision.
"Jess!" he cried, folding her in his
arms whilst the room swan round.
"My Jessi"
Toni" came the answer.
"But / am DID," said he; $50 old"
"And l also, with the sadness and
loneliness of waiting. But now-now
l am young again"
The voice of the elder woman broke
| the silence after a moment: For this
my son was dead and is alive again"
And they began to be merry.-Black
and White.
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Care in putting up eggs for marker
will. just as in all other lines of bust
ness, pay well. II all the dirty eggs
are washed with cloth dampened in
warm water, their appearance will be
greatly improved. and they will COM
mand frCm two to four cents more a
dozen than though sent away in a
soiled condition. IL is this care in put
ting up their eggs for sale that forms
one of the principal sources of profit
10 the men who are in the business
for all that is in it. Where large num-
bers of eggs are handled it will pay to
sort them. both as to size as well as
color. But. above all things. have
them clean.-Western Plowman.
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The popularity of the Winchester repeat
ing shot gun is deserved, for although 1t cost:
very little, it has repeatedly out shot the
highest priced handmade guns. Thou
sands of shooters who used double bsrreled
shot guns now use the Winchester repeateI
because they found thai they could bag
more game and make better scores at the
trap with a Winchester. What stronger
Recommendation could any shot gun posi-
blv have than to be used by j. A. X. Elliott
champion live bird shot of America; Rolla
o. Heikes, champion of the world at fly
ing target; Ferd Van Dyke, Capt. b; A
Bartlett and many other of the best shots
in the country A Winchester repeating
shot gun and Winchester factory loaded
shells form combination. which cannot bt
eoualled. Sepd to the Winchester Repeat
ing Arms 60, New, Haven, Ct Tor then
large illustrated catalogue free.
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1t is not accidental that oats, the grain
which, next TO whole wheat. is best for
furnishing growth 10 the muscles
should have always been the fayorite
food for horses. They are better than
wheat for all animals except man, and
as good also for man. if properly pre-
pared. II is the large proportion OF
hull which makes oats superior for
horse feed, as the hrll distends the nu-
triment and prevents it from compact
ing and beating in the stomach. Ga,
grain not only contains large amount
of heterogeneous nutriment, but il has be-
sides a certain stimulatiye subsistence.
which is peculiar to the oat.-Rural
World
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Il is hoped that the narration will at
the same time prove TO be somewh hat in
teresting.
The United States is benefcent gov
eminent. particularly So in the ma tier
of literature. "The glory of country
is its authors" and, IN the matter of
authors. America bids fair to rival the
world il she continues as she has be-
gun. Irving, Cooper, Bancroft, Pres
colt, Longfellow, Whittier, Bryant. Poe.
Lowell and hosts of 9TH have placed
our literature high in the rank of the
worlds productions. If we have not as
Yet produced an author whose works
equal those of Homer. Shakespeare or
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M
CHEAP HOG SHELTER.
push it up and enter or come out al

to push it up and enter or come out AT
will.
Each sow takes possession of house
aud when her time to farrow arrives
she will not permit other pigs to ap.
proach her. As the house is small, her
body almost warns it, and, in fact,
have had pigs born and live in these
houses during very cold weather. II
extra severe cold should be experienced
it is easy to haul a load of manure or
straw or sawdust and bury the house
almost entirely.
There should be button on the door
and another on the board at the side
of the door; the one prevents the SOW
from leaving her home. the other pre-
vents other pigs from getting in when
not desired.
When feeding cattle or sheep on shock
corn in the pasture it is desirable that
pigs should CLEAN after them. By set
ting enough of these small houses in the
pasture TO contain the pigs, and by turn
ing the buttons each evening SO that
the doors open inward only the pigs
are trapped and kept prisoners until
shcn time as IL Is desired 10 nave the
cleaning commence, about noon gen.
orally.
] build these houses sometimes on
runners, merely letting two of the two
by six stills project IL inches and round
ing them in runner shape. In this case
the cross sills of the frame should be
but four inches wide, so that the run
ners are two inches lower than the cross
pieces. While this leaves a two-inch
crack at the bottom, a little bedding
fills it and makes it all tight. l put
40 floors in them, of course. set one
On the dryest and preferably poorest
spot in the pastures. There is no way
so practical for caring for lot of sows
on large farm. ! once saw so OF these
tiny residences dotted over a 100-ac-e
pasture on a rich corn farm, and the
owner showed me 3s5 shotes feeding in
one lot, the fruit of the system.-Joseph
L. Wing. in Country Gentleman.