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The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
CObaIine Cloths

The MuscOviettas are on the
order of the figured wools-have a
Drap-d'-ete ground, with satin finish
figure. Five styles, so inches wide,
75c yd.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
PURCHASED.
Gilman'S New Beginning.


G. H. Gilman, who for SO MANY years
stood at the head and was sole propri-
etor of the Red House, which was es-
tablished in 1874, putting the system
Of the one-price before the laborers Ct
California and Territories. of marking
all goods in plain figures, which caused
such terror among the merchants of
those days up to 1892 He then met
his Waterloo. and has since been strug-
Cling along in small way as man.
ager of the Incorporated company of
The Red House Company, which went
out of existence, and was sold at auc-
ton about two months ago. Mr.. Gil
man has since bought out the stock.
fixtures and lease of the old
stand, and now proposes IN
change the name to The J-Streat
Bargain House, and once more enter
into the duties he did when he did so
much to break UP the old rut of blsi-
ness, and start as he did The Red
House Mr.. Gilman proposes to make
this house in time a companion tn the
old Red House. This means every ar4i-
Gle that he handles will be as good as
the best and cheaper than the cbean-
est. He asks the people at largo n
come in and see the repetition of the
infancy of the Red House of IA.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
SIMPLICITY ITSELF.
A SIMPLE HARMLESS REMEDY.

Yet 1t Cures the Werst Cases of Dys-
pepsia and Indigestion.
DR.. Jennison, who has made a life
study of stomach troubles, says: Ali
forms of indigestion really amount to
the same thing-that is, failure to COM
pletely digest the food eaten; no mat
ter whether the trouble is acid dyspep-
sia or sour stomach, belching of wind,
nervous dyspepsia or loss of flesh and
appetite; a person will not have any
of them if the stomach can be induced
by any natural, harmless way to thor
cughly digest what is eaten, and this
can be done by a simple remedy which
have tested in hundreds of aggra-
waited cases with complete success. The
remedy is a combination of fruit and
vegetable essences, pure aseptic pep
sin and golden seal put up in the form
Of pleasant tasting tablets and sold by
druggists under the name of Stuart's s
Dyspepsia Tablets. One or two of
these tablets should be taken after
meals and allowed to dissolve IN the
mouth and mingling with the food III
the stomach digests 1T completely be-
fore it has time to feament, decay and
sour.
On actual experiment one grain Of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest
1900 grains of meat, eggs and similar
wholesome foods.
1t is safe to say if this wholesome
remedy was better known by people
generally it would be national bless
ing, as we are nation of dyspeptics,
and nine-tenths of all diseases owe
their origin to imperfect digestion and
nutrition
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are not
a secret patent medicine, but fifty
cent package will do more real good
for a weak stomach than $50 worth OF
patent medicines, and a person has
the satisfaction of knowing just what
he is putting into his stomach, which
he does not know when widely adver-
tfsed patent medicines are used.
All druggists sell Stuart's DYSPEPSIA
Tablets full sized packages 80 cents.
A little book on cause and cure CT
stomach troubles mailed free by ad
dressing The Stuart Company, Mar
shall, Mich.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
Afternoon Session.

In the afternoon Mrs. Moeller opened
the session by singing "The Better
Land" in an exquisite manner to an or
gan accompaniment by Miss Lizzie
Griffin, and was persistently encored.
Miss Ball then resumed her tall i'm
drawing. All forms are classified, she
said, under the sphere, the cube and
the cylinder. The sphere is taken up
first, with all it's notifications. Next
is the cube, which is much more diff
cult, and when this and its kindred
forms are mastered, the cylinder is
taken up. Where possible each child
should have one of the objects to be
drawn in his own possession, from
which he can draw and compare. If
the school trustees have not funds, or
will not procure these small wooden
forms, they may be supplied by stiff
paper ones for cubes and cylinders.
Miss Ball gave illustrations with ap-
pies and other things of the way in
which she taught pupils to draw from
objects. Curves always give grace, she
said, and straight lines give character,
therefore, the figure is blocked out first
with straight lines, which are afterward
curved and rounded out with curved
lines, accentuating the shape. The line
that is heaviest on paper stands out the
most; therefore, the outline is made
prominent by heavy lines, unless it is
desired to bring out the table line or
background. The pupil should be taught
to treat the subject broadly and bring
out only the prominent points. After
veget ab,es come leaves and foliage.
Begin with the simplest leaves you can
find, as the long, narrow eucalyptus
leaf, then the broad eucalyptus leaf,
the magnolia leaf, etc. Before drawing
analyZe the leaves, so that the pupils
learn the names of the parts. They
should also be drilled in position for
drawing The leaf should be looked
at from different points Of view through
the half closed eyes, so as to study it,
and set the comparative measure
ments. 1t should be looked at from
various points of view, so as to see the
changes made by position, in its shape
and other respects. The nearest lines
should be the most accentuated- Call
the attention of the pupils to their
leaves end have them make drawings
of them in various positions, and they
will snon see that there is a new pic
ture of the leaf in every new position,
instead Of the conventional leaf that
they have a mental conception of
After going through the form Of the
sphere in leaves. flowers, etc, take up
the sphere. Place it in a plane above
the eye. on a level with the eye and
below the eye, and let the pupil study
1t and draw ii in these different posi-
tions. She explained how she taught
the perspective of the cube
Miss Ball is most interesting lee
turer and possesses the faculty of inn
parting instruction to a high degree.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
and she held her audience to the very

and she held her audience to the very
last.
CULTURE OF IMAGINATION.
Professor Dresslar's address Of "Cul-
ture Of Imagination" came next.
He asked Ii the teachers would tell
him the exact truth, which is the hard
est thing in the world to do If they
would do so, he would tell them some
thing about themselves that they had
never before known
They provided themselves with pencil
and paper and he read an extract from
"Evengeline, giving a picture of a
house imbedded in trees. on the edge of
the prairie, with a horseman collecting
his herds on the prairie at the setting
of the sun. The answers to twenty
questions asked by him were widely di-
verse in some cases.
He said-what was borne out largely
by the answers-that the mental pic
ture drawn from his reading, embodied
the past experiences of the teachers
present. When we teachers, he said,
ask the children questions, the answers
we get are the outgrowth of their ex-
periences and home surroundings, and
we. therefore, do not understand them,
and their thoughts and deductions
Their answers will be as various as
their individual experiences and their
power to express them. We have at
our hands enough material to make US
famous for all time, if we knew how
to put it together. The phonograph is
made of simple materials, we'll known
for centuries, but it needed some one to
put them together.
1t is the hardest work in the world
for US to study ourselves. Read this
or some other description and make
your mental pictures. See how your ex-
periences or former environments in
fiuence the picture you see.
Professor Allen spoke for a few min
utes on the work of the University AS
sociation, explaining the objects sought
by it. He asked the teachers to ex-
anime irto it and see if they could not
obtain benefit from it.
The institute then adjourned till $50
a. m. to-day.
Following is the programme for to-
day:
Forenoon-9:30, roll call and reading
OF minutes; music; Ethics of School
Organization, Professor Edward H.
Griggs; Reading by Sentence and
Phonic Methods Miss Elizabeth Rog-
ers, assisted by pupils of second grade
from Capital Primary School, under di-
rection of Mrs. Clara F. Parsons.
Aftcrnoon-l:3O, music; Reading by
Sentence and Phonic Methods" Miss
Elizabeth Rogers; recess; Value of
Literature in the Teaching Of History"
Professor Edward H. Griggs report of
Committee on Resolutions; miscellan-
eous business; roll CALL
HATS OFF IN FRONT.
An incident happened during the
morning session tending to show that
politeness and unselfishness permeated
the whole assembly. When Miss Ball
had been speaking a few minutes. IL
Illustrating her work on the blackboard
one of the teachers arose and said that
those in the rear could not see the
board, and asked if those in front would
mind removing their hats. In less than
half a minute every hat in the body of
the church was removed, and only a
rev teachers on the sides of the room,
who, not sitting in front of any one. did
not obstruct the view, kept their hats
on. One male teacher remarked that
he wished women in other public places
We're as conSiderate as the teachers
were.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
Real Estate Transactions.

The following real estate transactions
have been recorded since our last re-
port:
W. A. Fountain to H. W., r. A,
Louis J. Hoppe and Lena r. Lowe
West % acres of northeast quarter and
east 65 acres of northwest quarter sec
ton "a, township s north, range 5
east.
j. w. Wilson, trustee, to John H. Den
ton-East half of lots 3 and Z, block 13,
lot 1, block 15; lot 3, block 10, Fair
Oaks Addition; 1900.
George w. Locke ct ux. to L. w.
Eskridge ct ux-Tract 6 of the White
Tract in Redding Ranch.
A. c. Tufts at ux. to Louis and Han
nah j. Gaume-West 20 feet of lot Z,
east 80 feet of lot s, G. and H, Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
YOUNG JACKSONS.
A typographical Error Tres Their
Youthful Blood.

Captain Joe Richardson of the Young
Jackson Squares baseball team, re-
quests the publication of the follow
ing correction and accompanying de
f.:
Eds Record Union: Kindly allow
me to correct a mistake in your issue
of this morning which referred to our
game last Sunday. We were defeated
by the Perkins Juniors by a score of
10 to 8, not 19 to 8, as printed
There was no such catch made as
a running one-hand catch by fielder.
We played the Perkins Juniors with five
of our team and the other four We're
picked up at the grounds.
I'VE stand ready to meet any team
whose members are under sixteen and
a half years old and that we have not
yet defeated"
The record-union., 1897-11-24
UNION MEETING.
A Gathering Of Christian Endeavor
and Other Societies.

A quarterly union meeting of the sew
eral societies of Christian Endeavor,
Baptist Young People and Epworth
Leagues of the city was held in the
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Twenty fifth
street, between NJ and N. on Sunday
evening.
Ine meeting was conducted by
George Purnell and unusual interest
was manifested by all present. Many
testified and spoke on the topic of the
evening, Blessings Received From
God"
The meeting closed at o'clock, Civ
ing all ample opportunity to attend
their respective places of worship in
time for the regular evening services.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
DIED..

SEYMOUR-In this city November %,
1897, Eugene A. Seymour. husband of
Sue. w. Seymour (son of the late Marga :
ret Seymour). and brother of John Klees
and Mrs. Nellie Spurgeon of Sacramen-
to, Mrs. Myron Pixley of Deeth, New,
Mrs John F. Allen of Tulare. James
klees of Rocklin, Neb., - - Klees of
Amador County, Cal, a native of Cali
fornia, aged AZ years. months and 4
days.
Friends and acquaintances respectfully
invited to attend the funeral to-day
"wednesday at 2 O'Clock p. m, from the
Central NJ. E. Church, Eleventh between
II and l streets. Interment City Gene
terry.
BROWNIE Folsom, November %, 1897,
John 0. Brown, eldest son of Mrs. p.
Yager of Folsom, beloved brother of
Eugene A. Brown of Folsom and Daniel
L. Brown of Sacramento, aged 25 years,
6 months and II days.
Friends and acquaintances are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from
his late residence in Folsom, thence to
St Johns Church, where funeral SER
vices will be held. it,
The record-union., 1897-11-24
Millinery Change.

Mrs. l. Van Alstine, well-known in
the millinery business in this city. an
nounces that she has purchased Cor
wins millinery, at COZ ] street. entire
stock and store. Beginning to-day. she
is prepared to show the latest in mil
linery, and invites friends. patrons and
the public to call
The record-union., 1897-11-24
The Poolroom War.

F. A. Daroux, who is understood to
be interested with George K. Rider in
the pooiroom on Seventh street. near
K, was yesterday charged by Richard
A. May with infraction of the anti
poolroom ordinance.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
The Pay-Car TO-DAY.

To-day the Southern Pacific pay-car
will be the scene of the usual monthly
levee in the railroad yards The army
OF employees of the company will be
the guests of the paynaster.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
Given Away Free

At Hodson's Photo Studio. S13 K
water-coior portrait. 16x2O. with every
dozen French panel photos for So a5
Secure coupons from agents.
The record-union., 1897-11-24

Notice-All union meat markets will
be closed tomorrow. S. B. p. U.
The record-union., 1897-11-24

Missouri corn fed Turkeys will a,
rive to-day. Christianson & Co.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
Prepare for storms.

Buggy tops, $12; storm aprons, 81 so;
side curtains, 81 90. A. Meister & Sons,
910-914 Ninth street, Sacramento.
The record-union., 1897-11-24

Call and see our domestic heater. Ton,
Scott, agent, 303 J street
The record-union., 1897-11-24

Try McMorry's Doc uncolored Japan
tea; E. b. tea, oOc; G. p. tea, 75c; P. f.
Japan tea. 40c: 531 NJ street.
The record-union., 1897-11-24

DR.. Smith extracts scores of teeth By
his electrical process. Just splendid.-
everybody says Fifth and X streets. {.
The record-union., 1897-11-24
You Cannot Afford to Make

A mistake, a Domestic drop-head sew
ing machine goes up and down, does
not tip over, and oil does not soil your
carpet. Pommer's, Ninth and j
STR
The record-union., 1897-11-24

McMorry sells groceries. Agent for
Coronado water and Stockton sarsa-
parilla and iron. 531 NJ street.
The record-union., 1897-11-24

Miller Bros, 1116 street, sell oil
heaters at cost. They also have fine
line of air tight heaters.
The record-union., 1897-11-24

Try McMorry's 35c tea. 531 M.
The record-union., 1897-11-24

The superb service, that for the past
three seasons has made this train the
most popular in America, will be con-
tinued. No extra cost.
The record-union., 1897-11-24

A-For morning. P-For afternoon.
Sunday excepted. monday excepted
T. H. GOODMAN. Gen. Pas. Agent
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-20
Chinese Royalty.

The present emperor of China is
Huang Hsu, who succeeded to the throne
Jan. 10, 1875. He was one Of the young
est monarchs who ever assembled the
throne, being at the date of accession
only years old. There have been %
dynasties in China, the royal history of
this country being better ascertaiEed
than that of any other which reaches
hack to ancient times. With some few
breaks, the Chinese have had regular
succession Of sovereigns since Fuhhi,
who, the Chinese say, reigned from b.
G. 1852 to 2737. According to Chinese
tradition, Fuhhi was no less person
age than the Noah of the Scriptures,
who, after leaving his ark on Mount
Ararat, travelled east and founded the
Chinese empire. Chinese history asserts
that several Of their early monarchs
ru4eu IUE over "a century eaUu, Uuo ISI 51i-
ing over China for 115 years, another
for 1902, another for 100, and SO on. It
is considered probable by historians that
these figures represent rather dynasties
than the reigns of individual sovereigns.
China has had in almost direct descent
with no more than two or three breaks
in the history of the royal family, 80
sovereigns, 90 elnperors, 2 Tartar rulers,
Mogul emperors and 3 empresses.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-20

other direction. Almost shivering IN
his excitement and eagerness, he
watched his enemy slip into the box
and, emerging therefrom a moment
later, with swift movement make for
the place where he had been working.
Now was the time for Private Smith
to act. Turning to resume his march,
he made pretense of observing Val
dois' doings for the first time, and with
a roar of rage called upon the convict
to halt. He covered the man with his
rife.
Halt, therer' he shouted. Hands
up, or I'll fire."
And Vaudois, speechless with amaze
ment and white with apprehension,
obeyed.
The commotion that ensued was as
toniShing warder came rushing for
ward, and a number of blue jackets and
marines hurried from the Ravager. In
an instant the warder had Vaudoig
handcuffed, and then demanded an ex.
PLANTATION. Private Smith lowered his
rife and went forward to where the
others were standing.
well, what's the matter?" demand
ed the warder, sharply.
Il saw that fellow coming out of my
box, that's ALL" Private Smith an
swered. "My greatcoat is there"
And in the pockets-Y
1.-TWO pieces of tobacco and a half
crown"
Vaudois. after darting a glance Of
fierce rage upon the soldier, with impre-
cations Cpon his tongue, was taken,
struggling, to the guard-rOom, and, be-
ing searched, the articles named were,
surely enough, discovered upon his
person. AS Private Smith had hoped,
the temptation to take the silver piece
had been irresistible.
The soldier fellow gave them to me," j."
he cried, sullenly.
But Private Smith only smiled. "Now,
why should ] give a convict half a
crown?" he demanded, with quiet pro-
test
That was sufficient. The soldier
turned to depart and as he did so, he
bent upon the convict sly glance and
gave a dry little chuckle just after the
manner Of Vaudois own chuckling
laughter which he had initiated a
thousand times in the days long past
Vaudois started and stared. ''By
heavens, you are"
But a door closed between them, and
the soldier heard no more.
Vaudois was punished. He was
drafted to the heavy labor gangs; and
the much-desired ticket-of- leave had to
be worked for over again.
And | fear Private Smith felt more
delight at having overreached his old
enemy than compunction for the rather
tricky way he had managed it!-Cham-
bers' Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-20
A MEXICAN NEW WOfdAN.
She LIS Thoroughly Capable and Carecal
Railroad Station Agent.

She Is Thoroughly Capable and CarecaI
Railroad Station Agent,
There are many things of interest
along the line of railroad between Pu-
ebla and Oaxaca, Mexico, but few at
tract the northern traveller more than
the station agent at Ella This is Con-
cha Blanca, young woman with hon.
est brown eyes and a great mass of
wavy black hair. Ella, her post of
duty, is the place where the Indians
flock from the mountains for 100 miles
around for their annual feasts, and also
the shipping point for the big haciendas
in the fertile valleys among these same
mountains. When the train stops at
Ella i'll the dark, young woman in
white, for Senorita Concha dresses to
match her surname, stands at the door
of the express car, lantern in hand,
checking the packages OH the big receipt
book. When the freight train stops she
fits in and out Of the long line of cars,
telling the brakemen what te take and
what to leave. She goes from one end of
the train to the other, seeing that no mis-
takes are made. The bareheaded girl in
white dress is full of business. She
wastes no time on empty words. The
trainmen respect her. She does every
thing about the station but handle the
baggage. There are plenty of stout
Mexicans of the other sex hanging about
for that work
Concha Blanca is so we'll esteemed by
the management of the road that she
has been twice promoted until now she
has one OF the most important stations
under her care. She does all the tele-
graphing, besides attending to the re-
ceiving and shipping of freight. 1t was
her knowledge of telegraphing that got
the young woman her first recognition.
Her father and two brothers were oper-
ators. She learned to use the key. A
station was given to her where there
was not much to do besides the tele'
graphing. Her aptitude for railroad
work attracted the attention of General
Manager Morcom, and the promotion
followed. Concha Blanca lives in the
station. Her mother keeps house for her,
and a younger sister sits at the tele-
graph table learning the vocation of the
new woman in Mexico The conductors
have got in the way of pointing out to
travellers Senorita Concha along with
the ruins of the ancient city on the
mountain top, the site where the battle
of Tehuacan was fought, the hieroglyph-
les on the cliff at the entrance to Ric
Salada canyon and other objects of in
terest. Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-20
A ROYAL CORNER.
Comica1 Breach of Etiquette by an
American in London.

Comica1 Breach of Etiquette by an
American in London.
An American attending a wedding re-
ception in a great house in London con-
graduated bride and bridegroom, and
passed the usual compliments with the
host and hostess.
There was a great thrOng Of guests,
and he could not linger at the entrance
Of the drawing room, when there were
many behind him anxious to offer their
greetings.
Perceiving a quiet corner to the right
OF the bride, where u gentleman ana 4
lady were standing apart from the 9th
er guests, he went directly to it, unwit-
tingly coming to a stop between two
royal personages.
The American was not aware Of the
fact that he was face to face with one
of the queens daughters, and had turn
ed his back upon another member Of
the royal family. He stood quietly
looking about, hoping to see some ac-
quaintance in the company with whom
he might have a chat; and soon became
uncomfortably conscious that he was
attra citing attention, and that the hos
tess and bride were casting uneasy
glances in the direction Of the corner
where he had taken shelter. While the
drawing room was crowded, the COM
pany Of guests with one consent avoid
ed the secluded corner where he and
his two royal companions were sta
toned.
An acquaintance in the background
perceived his mistake, and coming
within hailing distance motioned to him.
He left his two companions in exclu-
sive occupation of the corner, turning
his back upon both as he edged his way
through the throng while everybody
stared at him. When he reached the
spot where his acquaintance was wait
ing for him, the stage whisper was
breathed into his ear:
''You have been poaching on royal
preserves. You are a privileged charac-
ter because you are an American, but
no Englishman> ventures to turn his
back upon prince or princess. Peo-
pie were staring you out of countenance
because they took it for granted that
you must be a royal parsonage, yet
they were unable to identify you"
The answer might have been made
that every American is a sovereign by
the divine right Of equality of free citi-
zenship; but this would have been q
meaningless pleasantly in an English
drawing room, where social etiquette
has a sanctity superior to loyalty to
democratic principle.
The American thanked his friend for
rescuing him from an embarrassing pO-
sition. and then stood by and watched
the corner where royalty was isolated
from too close contact with the world
of wealth and fashion.
No guest approached the royal pair.
Their presence was an act of conde-
scension to the host and hostess, and
they remained on exhibition as the pat
rons of this social function without
having their corner invaded Every
body was careful not to approach them
too closely, and there was a general
sense of relief when they departed, and
the necessity for backing away from
them on side tracks was removed
Youths Companion.