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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-29

Stop That Cough! Take warning.
It may lead to Consumption. A 25c
bottle Of Shil0h's Cure may save your
life. Sold by DR.. w. ]. Comfy & Son.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-29
DO You Eat?

We have opened up q new
restaurant and cOnfectiOn-
cry store. They have q
new and fresh stock of the
finest OF the line. In the
matter Of cigars, tobacco,
canned goods, their line
can not be excelled. Come
and try a can of our French
Peas, imported they are
hne-only 2Oc a can. -
70 the Farmers-Do you
want a clean and square
meal? We aim to keep the
neatest and best restaurant
in town. Try US.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-29

Cril1'S Mill is runninQ
night and day. Plenty
of flour. Prompt ex-
change.
No other kind now lends it.
For every woman knenuS it..
If not, she needs IL skiII--
The Flour made mt The, Mil of Grill
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-29
John Ma/ady
City Bakery t
and
Restaurant.
Board by Day or Week
w. G. Halter,
Dray g. Express Line

All orders intrnsted to my care will receive
prompt and carefulattenti0.l. Prices moderate.
satisfaction guaranteed Wood sold and de.
livered.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-29


On every pound Of this sugar which it
had in stock it was perfectly apparent
that it would make whatever profit
there was between the tariff rates OF
the Wilson law and the increased tariff
rates named by the Dingley law, or an
aggregate profit calculated at 1900
600 dellars.
10 It surprising that sugar stock went
up In view Of the fact that this organic
alton would make upon the sugar which
1t had brought into the country II
million dollars by the mere advance
which the trainers of this bill have
found 1t necessary to make IN tariff
rates in order to protect the sugar pro-
ducers Of the Uuited States and bring
. revenue to the government
But, the objector will say, everybody
familiar with this subject knew that
the sugar trust had al this sugar In
stock, and since this fact was we'll
known this does not account tor the
sudden rise in sugar trust stock which
followed TIA announceme Of the
agreement OF the conference commit.
tee.
This IL true, but the explanation Of
the sudden advance, which was caused
BY the profit thus assured to the sugar
trust through tho enormous stock on
hand, II found In the fact that Secre-
tary Gage had recommended to Con-
gress the placing Of IN internal revenue
tax Of one cent per pound on al unre-
fined sugar in the United States whom
tho new tariff Law should 60 into effect,
Tie object being to compel the trust to
pay to the government q tax OF one
cent per pound on al this l,5oo, 0o0, 900
pounds Of sugar which It had aocumu-
lated waiting the advance which It
could make By the new tariff. Had
Secretary Cages Recommendation boon
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03

but that they belong to a different race
which may, as time advances, have a
destiny Of its own. They write as if the
great Hindu legists, who hold that fe-
male property should descend only to
female, had perceived part of great
truth, which is, that women are con-
tinuously separate from men, inherit
nothing from them, and are forever ad-
vancing upon a line of their own which
will in the end, or at all events may
in the end, after what Mrs. Green calls
an anarchic period develop in them
something probably superior to any
thing in men, or at the worst, some
thing radically different.
The human race with these writers
is male, but women are female, and,
therefore, something quite other than
human Their strength and their weak
ness, their virtues and their failings,
belong to themselves, and no more be-
long to a common humanity than the
qualities of cattle and the qualities of
the fclidae belong to a common animal
nature. They have a different line
as we'll as a different law of progress,
and will in the end develop into be-
ings entirely separate from men, prob
ably much higher, but at all events
so different that to reason from the
progress of one sex to the progress of
the other is as futile as to reason that
because wolves have in the course of
unnumbered ages developed into dogs,
therefore cats must in the course of
countless aeons develop into dogs Also
In the violence of their recOil from the
Tennysonian idea that woman is but
lesser man, the more fanatic writers at
tribute to her qualities, faculties, and,
above all, a future fate which would, II
their assumption were true, prove her
to belong to an essentially different
species. which resembles man only for
a moment when, as it We're accidentally,
she is level with him in a race in which
she is destined 10 be far the first. The
fact that, as all men are the sons of
women, they must share in any inner
tied excellence, or even change, which
their mothers may develop is not so
much denied as ignored, and the whole
question treated as if all men were
the descendants of Adam and all wO-
men of Eve, not by license of poetic
speech, but in prosaic fact.-London
Spectator.
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was only one organization for promot
ing temperance Band of Hope at
Preston, numbering seven members.
In the year 1886 the late Samuel
Morley-at that time President of the
Band of Hope, the English temperance
society of tiny teetotalers-sent out no
less than a million appeals, begging
dren to buy beer or liquor at public
houses. In 1891 Sir George Williams
sent out another million. The third
great appeal is now being gotten
ready, and on some Saturday in the
autumn, to be designated in the future,
doors in towns and country and plead
the cause of temperance. This band al
ready numbers nearly 100000, and
Sunday-schools and day-schOols are the
great recruiting ground. The children
are active workers and many a tiny
teetotaier is gathered in by them. They
know by bitter experience in their
homes the evils of drink, and the object
of the work is to catch them before
they get a taste of liquor.
After child has, by the permission
of it's parents, signed the pledge-'I
hereby promise to abstain from all in
toxicating drinks as beverages = the
pleasant weekly meetings begin, and
here it is that many a. pleasant hour
is spent in song, story, anecdote and
discussion
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Hats in the House of Commons.

Once more the great hat question
not the matinee, but the ordinary silk
hat of commerce-haS been before the
House Of Commons, owing to a sad
misadventure which befell the tile
of Sir Francis Powell, member for Wi
gan. Our legislators are sadly ham
pered with their hats. If they leave
them in the vestibule they may find
themselves in the predicament of Mr.
Gladstone, who, on one occasion, felt
obliged, after question put" to ad-
dress the Chair. In such a contin-
gency it is imperative that a member
DESTROYS of speaking should be COW
cred. Mr.. Gladstone never brought
his hat into the House, and the con-
sequence was that he had to borrow
the Solicitor Generals (now Lord
HerschelD for the occasion, and, as it
was much too small for him, the then
Prime Minister was obliged to balance
it on his head like juggler while he
explained his views to the Speaker
But if to avoid such a predicament
members carry their hats with them to
their seats, there is always the danger
that, in the excitement of their
speeches, they will telescope the articles
by sitting on them. The late Mr.. Ber-
esford-Hope and Sir George Campbell
were good friends to the hatters in that
respect, for nearly every grafton they
made entailed the collapse Of one hat
and the purchase of another.
Yesterday Sir Francis Powell was
very eloquent, but, unfortunately, for
got that he had left his brilliant
"chimney-pot' on the seat. So, after
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Antiuuarian Discoveries.

AT Catania, in Sicily, the discovery
has been made of a small metropolis,
which belongs to the latest Roman
times, and contains several rows of
tombs, disposed in almost the same
manner as the loculi in the Christian
catacombsp. The objects brought to
light resemble very much those pre-
viously found in the Syracusan necro-
polls of Grotticelli; a Christian one,
written in Greek, and another written
in Latin, and relating to soldier from
Gallia Narbonensis belonging to the
Legio Ceptima Gemina. 1t was known
that this legion, created by the Emper-
or Galba. was recruited chiefly in Spain
and in the province of Narbonne but
no memory of it existed to the present
day in Sicilian inscriptions.-Ath
cum.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Women as a Race.

All women have fathers as well as
mothers. That is a fact of natural
history which we do not suppose the
most advanced of the crowds who are
now writing about women and their
progress are prepared definitely to de-
ny. but they would certainly like to
deny it if they could. The assumption
which underlies all their views is that
women are not only different from men
physically, intellectually and morally
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS

San Francisco. Aug. I'd.
Morning Session-Alpha, l5c: Fletcher
Doe; 3 & B, 65c; G Va, 81 Is; G Point
&c; Mexican, SSc; Occidental Toe; ophir,
Nevada, 81 %; Standard, 81 Is: Union 5tGS
soc: Jacket, Sic. '1@
Afternoon session-ophir, eSa67c: G &.
G, 46ad9c; e E Va, 81 20; Savage. SIC; Po-
Sierra Nevada, 81 20; Utah. 1oc: Union ion
50@49c; Occidental, 10c: Caledonia. Sc.
Closing 4uotations.oAlta, &c; Alpha, lsc;
lion, Sc; Caledonia, 81 0S; Chollar Zoe.
Confidence VI %; G G Va, 81 20; Imperial.
e; c Point, Point &c; Exehequer. &c; g & c,
49c; Justlce, &C. kentuck. &c; Mexican,
Soc; Occldental. sc: Ophir, &c; Potosi, SOC /;
Savage, Bic; Sierra Nevada, 81 20; silver
Hill, lc; Union, 49c; Utah, &c: Jacket.
sic; Standard, 81 70.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03

his peroration, he sat down heavily, not
on the seat. but on his hat, which gave
a 'scrunch,' and then assumed the
form of a MINDLESS concertina. The
House cheered the honorable members
accident, and Sir Francis consoled him
self with the reflection that his speech
had placed the arguments of his oppo-
nents in the same condition as his hat.
London Telegraph, July Sth
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
LIE Roi S'Amuse.

While the King of Siam was at Berne
as the guest of the members of the
Swiss Federal Council, after the ban
quet was over his Asiatic majesty pro-
duced an album. and requested that
each of the Swiss Ministers of State
would draw a pig in it, but the
draughtsmen must first have his eyes
blinded. The Republican statesmen one
and all consented as readily as the
most obsequious of courtiers. When
all the sketches of the blinded politi-
clans were exhibited, it was found that
nearly every one of the amateur artists
had drawn the tail at a distance from
the pig, while the eye was placed in
every part of the body except in the
head.-W estminster Gazette.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Duck Skirts, soc.

Companion to a pretty shirt
waist. We show to-day a line of
new White Duck Skirts, made
from an excellent quality of
duck, the newest seven-gored
cut, perfect in hang, has 5-inch
hem. Always coo1-1ooking and
gentee1. The regular 81 so
kind for $50.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Summer Clearance Sale.


a11-wool material, serge in navy
blue and black, alpaca black;
also, fancy small check Skirts,
seven-gore cut, full lined, bound
bottoms, perfect and graceful in
hang. These sold from So rs to
So so. To be closed out at
uniform price-$1 80.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
SunbOnnetS, Csc.

Child's Co1ored Chambray Cord
ed Sunbonnets, in pink, blue
and red. Price, Csc. Former
price, soc.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Dress Ginhham,
&c ward.

Fine Dress Ginghams, checks
and stripes, in coIors of pink,
light blue and tan, patterns for
waists and children's wear. The
Zoe kind at sale price, &c yard.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Striped Linon,
l2C ward.

Fine Sheer India Linon, zoe
value, with neat satin stripes.
For a pretty summer dress or
waist, for chiIdren's dresses or
aprons. Sale price, 12c yard.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
A Practical Test.

Dom Pedro, the last Emperor of
Brazil, was a man of a practical turn
of mind, as the following story told Of
him by a Spanish newspaper we'll IL
lustrates:
He once gave an audience to a young
engineer who came to show him a new
appliance for stopping railway engines.
The Emperor was pleased with the idea,
but wished to put it to a practical
est.
DAY after Tomorrow said he, 'have
your engine ready. We will have it
coupled to my salon car and start.
When going at full speed I will give
the signal to stop. and then we shall
see how your invention works.
At the appointed time all was in
readiness. The Emperor entered his
carriage the young inventor mounted
his engine, and on they sped for sew
eral miles as fast as they could go.
There came no signal, and the engineer
began to fear that the Emperor had
fallen asleep. Suddenly the engine
came to a sharp curve around the edge
of a cliff, when, to his horror, on the
track directly ahead of them the en-
gineer saw huge boulder.
He had just sufficient presence of
mind to turn the crank of his brake
and pull the engine up within couple
of yards of the fatal block.
Here the Emperor put his head out
of his car window and demanded to
know the cause of the sudden stoppage.
The engineer pointed to the rock, and
much to his surprise Dom Pedro be
gan to laugh.
Push it to one side and go on"
he said calmly.
The engineer obeyed, and kicking the
stone, was still further astonished to
see it crumble into dust before him.
1t was nothing more nor less than
block of starch which the Emperor had
had made and placed on the rails the
night before-Haper's Round Table.
A celluloid comb adorned the hair of
Miss Maud Parks of Lock Raven, Md,
as she sat close to a stove. The comb
suddenly burst into flame, and an ac
quaintance prevented serious injury by
promptly emptying a bucket of water
over her head
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Grass Linen.
l8C ward.

Grenadine Grass Linens, Csc
values. The popular fabric of
the season, with fancy lace work
stripes, alternating and con-
trasting with bright co1ored
dots. Sale price, 1Sc yard.
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55C instead of S5C.

Fancy FouIard Silks in light
and dark grounds, with new
scroll designs and other pretty
patterns of white. Sale price,
55c.
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75C instead of ST and
ST Is.

A large assortment of fancy
Silks in figured effects, plaids
and stripes. Among these you
will find something pretty for a
stylish waist, underskirt OF en-
tire dress. Sale price, Use.
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0OC instead of S5C.

Fancy Black Brocaded Grena-
dimes, in some of the latest de-
signs, and an excellent quality
for waists OF dresses. Sale price,
Coo.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Bows Waists, l8C.

Boys Calico Shirt Waists in
light and dark patterns, ages 4
to IL years. Price, 1Sc.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
WORE HIS ARMY CLOTHES.
Ange1ica's Small Brother Suffered
Because of an Extra Syllable.

Angelica invited her young man to
the evening meal, states New York
Chips" Everything passed of har
moniously until Angelica's seven-year-
old brother broke the blissful silence
by eXclaiming:
ooh, ma, yer oughter seen Mr..
Lighted the other night when he called
to take Angelica to the drill. He look
ed so nice, sittin' long side of her
with his arm"
Fred" screamed the maiden, whose
face began to assume the color of a
Well-done crab quickly placing her
hand over the boys mouth.
yer oughter seen him. continued
the persistent informant, after gain
ing his breath and the embarrassed
girls hand was removed; che had his
arm"
"Freddie!" shouted the mother, as,
in her frantic attempt to reach the
boys auricular appendage, she upset
the contents of the teapot in Mr.. Light
eds lap. making numerous Prussian
war maps over his new lavender thous-
ers.
Il was just going to say" the half
frightened boy pleaded, between a cry
and an injured whine, ''he had his
arm
''You boy!" Numbered the father,
"get out!'
And the boy did so, exclaiming as he
waltzed: II was only going to say Mr..
Lighted had his army clothes on; and
1 leave it to him if he didn't"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03

He-I love you better than life.
She-Considering the life you lead. T
cannot say that 1 am surprised.-In-
dianapolis Journal
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
FOREIGN GLEANINGS,
Some Interesting Notes of People
and Things.

Rome and, in fact, all Italy, are be-
wailing heat almost unprecedented
Men who are working in the fields fall
to the ground, dead i'm some cases.
and in others have to be carried home
in a fainting state. In one day on one
field no less than thirty-two laborers
were struck by the sun, and six died
on the spot before they could utter a
word. Weather prophets for the dis
tricts give no hopes of let up for
the entire month, and, to add to the
discomfort, ice is scarce in all the cit
les, and in Rome, at times unattain-
able at any price What is to be had
is charged for at four times the price
of other seasons. So intense has been
the heat that the chambers, where Par
lament is in session, have been fitted
with extra ventilators and the roof is
kept constantly deluged with water by
a hose.
A correspondent of "Galignani," writ
ing from Rome, says: General Draper,
the new ambassador of the United
States, gave a general reception on In
dependence Day at the Grand Hotel
where he was staying whilst his apart
ment was being prepared for him. The
guests were almost exclusively Ameri-
can, though every other nationality,
without exception, would have re-
ceived a most courteous welcome with
true American hospitality. General
Draper, whose fine soldierly bearing
is admired by all, has already made
himself most popular with his country
men in Rome, and we anticipate a most
pleasant season next winter with him
and his amiable wife at the head of our
American society. For his residence he
has secured the whole of the ma gnifi-
cent apartment on the first floor of
the Piombino Palace in the Via Veneto,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Misses and
Children'S
COlOred Shoes.

Misses Chocolate Goat Spring.
Heel Shoes, button; also, Little
Gents Spring Heel Ok Blood
Shoes. Regular price, 81 rs,
Now 81 10.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
LIBRARTAN'S RFPORT

LIBRARIANS REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Directors
of Sacramento Free Public Library
Gentlemen: I herewith present my
eighteenth annual report for the Free
Public Library of Sacramento for the
year ending July 81, 1897:
The library was open during the year
S44 days. Number of books issued
during that time, rs, 727, classed as fol-
lows: Fiction, "a, S43; history 1889;
literature, 1906; fine art, 2167; useful
art, 1888; natural science, 1,426; phil
ology, 6S; sociology, 713; religion, 415;
philosophy, 10S5; general works, 1902;
Juvenile fiction, 1886 Juvenile other
classes, 2,427; current magazines, f.,
$50; books read in room, 4, 16S.
Percentage of fiction, 50; percentage
of fiction, not including juvenile fic-
ton, n; percentage of juvenile fiction,
-; percentage Of all other classes, 80;
average number of books issued per
day, 229; number of patrons registered,
5.636; amount of fines collected,
Sis 80; number of catalogues sold,
=; number of books mended in library,
4,077.
Total attendance in reading room,
0S41-women, 3,243; men, 81, 9S3;
girls, 2,114; boys, 9,501; total average
attendance per month, 4, 237-women,
30; men, 1899; girls, 176; boys, 1872;
total average attendance per day, 14S;
number of books lost, 81; number of
books lost and paid for. IL; num-
Der Of books worn out and dis
Carded, $50; number Of books rebound,
300; number of books purchased. 1873;
number Of books added by binding, 334;
donated, 2S: Government publications
received, 100; total number of books
added to the library, ego. Periodicals
subscribed for are classed as follows:
20 daily and 90 weekly newspapers,
81 illustrated literary and scientific
weeklies and 135 monthly and quar-
rterly magazines and reviews. Donated
periodicals of the various classes, 50,
taggregating 81 periodicals in the read
fing rooms.
The percentage of fiction is per cent.
less than last year, partially owing per-
maps to the issuing of special cards for
fThree-week books which is much liked
by our patrons. A very large number
of the teachers here awaited themselves
Df the privilege of five cards for school
use.
There is quite a large increase in the
circulation of books over last year.
More than ever do we need a refer
ence room and I hope some method
may be devised to add one to our Ii
brary building. Respectfully submitted,
CAROLINE G.. HANCOCK,
T librarian
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REHABILITATION.
Received from library fund SO, 3S7 Il
Received from contingent
~ SIS, 52s 81
Paid from library fund.-. st, $50 10
Paid from contingent fund. 1S3 90
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Silk Selling
Extraordinary.
O0C instead of 00C.

Black GailIe and Taffeta Silks,
with satin stripes, desirable for
waists, skirts or dresses. Sale
price, 69c.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
THE CITYS FREE LIBRARY.
PRACTICALLY NO FUNDS FOR
PURCHASES.
Reports Submitted by the Score
tary and Treasurer for
the Year.

Following is the annual financial re-
port Of the Secretary of the Free LIZ
brary for the year ending August /,
1887:
TIRRARV FIND.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-03
Children's and
Misses Ready
wear Suits.

These suits have been reduced
to almost one-half the selling
price and less than the factory
price. They're of navy blue
serge, neat skirt and jacket,
with large sailor collar and Tam
O'Shanter or yacht cap to cor
respond; also, separate large
sailor collar of linen with 4
rows of white braid around edge
to wear over collar of goods for
a change; very jaunty suits for
ages 6 to IA years. The So kind
reduced to 81 65 and 81 25.
The Sc kind reduced to So 80.
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The amount was so small that the
City Trustees levied for library pur-
poses that only 500 63 has been ex-
pended this year for books The bal
ance Of the S217 was expended before
January LIST from the fund of the pre-
vious year. From the contingent fund
So 30 has been paid, making only
So % in all. A very poor showing for
n city like Sacramento, the capital of
The State
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Amount on hand August l, 1865 ID 20
From fines for the year ............- us W
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Total amount in both funds
AUGUST I. 1897 49,.
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CONTINGENT FUND.

balance in fund August l,
1874 .......-
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the finest street in the new Ludovisi
neighborhood.'
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WOmen'S
Handkerchief,
&c each.

Swiss Embroidered Scalloped-
Edge Handkerchiefs for ladies.
They're unusual values at 1212c,
but we've too great a surplus,
hence this clearance sale price
so low on such pretty goods; 7c
each