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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30
Turn-Verein Tonight.

At Turner Hall this evening the
Turn Verein will give an entertainment
and dance. There will be a gymnastic
exhibition by 100 trained athletes and
the Turner Harmonic will sing several
selections. These Turner entertain
ments are always very enjoyable af-
fairs.
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Contents of a Loaf of Bread.

According to scientists a typical loaf
of bread contains SO per cent OF water.
10 per cent. of protein. per cent of
fat and 10 per cent. of sugar, and some
other carbohydrates. TO this must
be added / per cent. of ASH and per-
hapS more if the oven is too hot.
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Blessed by Providence.

Mack-Enpeck seems very happy
lately.
Wyld-Yes; the doctors say his wife
is losing her voice-Town Topics
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30
Not Unlikely.

II wonder who ever set the fashion
| for dressing children in sailor suits.
| observed Mr.. Mann
| Il dess maybe it wath Mrs Noah
| papa" lisped Polly.-Harper's Bazaar.
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To Sell PrODertv.

Judge Hughes has granted the petit
ton of Charles n. Williamson, assignee,
for an order to sell the perishable prop
erty of Stable & Elworthy. insolvents.
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Portrait of a Lady.

Her form is like Diana's;
She's the statues counterpart,
With deeper semblance also,
For she has a marble heart.
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Special Administrator.

Judge Hughes yesterday appointed
w. A Anderson special administrator
of the estate of Manuel Dubois, deceas-
ed, with bond fixed at $4,000.
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and Fourth streets, with interest
amounting to SIT 81.
Attorneys fees amounting to SOU are
claimed in the first case and per cent,
or S65S 81, in the second case.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30
Ii Was Not Uncle John.

Uncle John" Douglas wishes it
stated that he is not the John Douglas
who claimed to have had his watch
stolen from him in a Front-street sa-
loon.
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BONDS FOR SALE.

PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF
of the Board of Directors of the Grapeland
District duly passed at it's regu-
lar meeting held April 6, 1897, notice is
hereby given that sealed proposals will be
received at the office Of said board. IN
fornia, up to the 4th day of May. 1897, at
II O'Clock a M of said day. for the pur-
chase of bonds of said district to the
amount of twenty-five thousand dollars
(s25, 900. By order of the Board of Direct
ors of the Grapeland Irrigation District.
A. G.. PIER, President.
f. T. Myers, Secretary.
Grapeland. Cal. April 10, 1897. a1A-20t
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DON'T Go RaDUed

The chance of the year to get suit
of clothes at So Go worth three times
that sum. The Model
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30

AS good as girls are, whenever they
carry soup to the poor. they like to carry
it through the main streets.
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Wire your house. Get prices electric
fixtures. Tom Scott. plumber, 1903 J.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30

Save money by buying your tea and
coffee of j. McMorry. 531 NJ.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30

McMorry sells groceries. Agent for
Coronado water and Stockton sarsa-
parilla and iron, 531 NJ street.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30

Tomorrow night at 10 the Model
closes at Sixth and X. Tremendous
discounts to-day and tomorrow.
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Genuine home made pies and cakes.
Pacific Grove Bakery S23 j.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30

Quick-meal Gasoline and Blue Flame
Oh Stoves. S. ]. Jackson, 423 ] st.
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Ice cream and cake, 10c; ice cream
soda, DC. Eagle Confectionery, SIG K. 8
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Aermoter galvanized steel windmill;
best on earth. Miller Bros, agts, ZIG j."
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A complete line Of garden hose and
sprinklers at Hirschs, 1013-15 j.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Vehicles-Baker & Observation-Disclosures
Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Balm
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
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NEW TODAY.
H0l FOR GRAHAMS GROVE !!

THE vISU WAGONET WILL LEAVE
9CS Ninth street at 7:30 SATURDAY
MORNING for the Changers Picnic. Sc
cure seats. Round trip, 81 II
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STRONG AGAIN!
New Life, New Strength, New Vfgor
THE HNHpHpODISIC.

From PROF. DIR. RECORD of Paris is the only
remedy for restoring strength under guarantee
and will bring back your lost powers and STOP for
ever the dangerous drains on your system. They
act quickly, create healthy digestion, pure, rich
blood, firm muscles, rugged strength, steady nerves
land clear brain. Imported direct from Paris.
Prce per box directions inclosed, s. 50. For sale
10y all respectable druggists. Mail orders from any
person shall receive prompt attention. DE. ".
Vondory. agent and Manager for u. s. a,
800 Quincy Building. Chicago. HI. Kirk,
kieary & Co., sole distributor for Sacramento and
vicinity.
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KENT BROS, 1917 Third street, for car
riages, buggies, rigs of all kinds at short
notice. Telephones-New. 215; old. oil.
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MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by mill
ions of mothers for their children While
teething with perfect success. 1t soothes
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, ana
is the best remedy for diarrhea, whether
arising from teething or other causes. For
sale by druggists in every part OF the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five cents
q bottle.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30

DR. Weldon, SOC ] street, extract
teeth without pain: local anaesthetic.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-30

T. A. LAUDER-Carriages buggies
| Buckeye, Crown and Osborn mowers and
all-steel rakes. Call. before purchasing, al
| 1O06 K
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
WINTER HATcHINe.

everything Considered, There Is Not Much
Money in 1t.
Eggs are too valuable in winter to be
used for Matching purposes unless one Is
confident of securing good matches and
of raising the chick, says the Mirror and
Farmer. To use q dozen eggs from
which only six chicks come, and then
lose three of them, means an eXpendi-
ture of four eggs for one chick, and no
can afford the cost in that respect.
The heaviest loss of chicks is with hens
not with incubators and brooders-
and this fact should not be overlooked.
1t is admitted that in the spring and
ummer when the hen has everything in
her favor she will be more serviceable
than the brooder, but in the winter,
when cold winds, ice, snow and rains
prevail, the hen has a difficult undertake
ing to care for herself instead of at
tempting to raise a brood, and as a rule,
the hens are fortunate if they raise one
half of the chicks Matched.
When a hen becomes broody make her
nest in a warm place, and when she
brings off her brood have a place pre-
pared for her, under shelter and where
the sunlight can come. Be carefuIth that
the chicks are not exposed or become
chilled, and aim to raise everyone of
them. In that case the chicks will pay
because the expense of the eggs used
will be reduced by easo of the larger
number of chicks marketed.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
NOTES Q HORSES.

The horse has been known to exhibit
hatred to particular men, and home
sickness.
A fence is not a good protection from
cold and storm, Dr. a straw stack very
succulent food.
Too much feed is as bad If not worse
than too little, especially when the
horses have but little to do.
The colt should be well cared for and
well fed from the day of his birth until
he is a mature horse ready for market.
First impressions are most lasting in
mar or beast. Animals can never be
made to- unlearn habits which are once
acquired.
A few feeds of bran mash, carrots or
other roots, given to a horse off his
feed or slightly ailing, will generally
bring him around all right.
If we would fatten the work horse
for market, we take him off his oats
and bran and put him upon corr and
oil meal. just so are we learning much
about feeding cows for beef or milk.
Good mixers are invariably thin, while
others with the same food get fat and
produce less milk.-Southern Cultiva-
tor,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
RACK For coRN FoppRR.

being careful to keep the center full
and well tramped SO it will turn wa
ter perfectly. A rack 16x32 feet should
hold a g~ood-day's threshing, or about IL
acres of ordinary fodder, without MAX
ing the rack very high. Racks are made
by setting posts in the ground and
mailing on fencing, beginning four or
five feet from the ground and running
them as high as necessary. To keep
the thing from spreading, the wires are
tied together by putting wires across
and twisting them together with a
stick to tighten them. Around the rack
q manger is constructed with fencing
boards and posts for the cattle to eat
out of.
The sketch herewith will serve to
show the principle of constructing; it
shows a small rack which is very con
venient for feeding straw or hay in the
yard, as well as for fodder, when it is
made on a largerscale The lower part of
the manger, being the opening for
heads of cattle to pass through, should
be boarded up tight for feeding fodder.
The railing about the opening should
be a strong pole or a hardwood 2x4.-
George 7. Petit, in Ohio Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
THE FARMING WORLD.
sELLlNo come AoNEN

@@
a simple PIAn That Has Been suecess-
fully Used for Years.
There Is need for a good, cheap and
substantial way to put up small guam
titles of comb honey to preserve it from
being broken until the purchaser can
get it to his home. The plan that one
beekeeper has used for ten years and
gives an illustrated description of in
the American Bee journal may not be
the best, but it is convenient and eff
fectiye when the material can be OBJ
tanned with little trouble and expense.
Here is what he says about his method;
What I use is called basket spliats''
at the shops. / think almost any bas-
ket shop will sell the material very
cheaply if you will order it at q time
when they are the least crowded witll
other work, say in the winter or early
spring. The size / use is about II
inches long, four and one-fourth inches
wide and one-twelfth inch thick, rhads
from Eastwood timber. These / score
across with the point of a knife, 80
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
How to Ten Fresh Eggs.

A correspondent of the Dakota
Farmer asks rs there any sure way of
distinguishing perfectly fresh eggs
from tainted ones, or those that have
been set upon by hens for several days?
Gambling is quite Assure method, but if
there is any other l would be glad to
know it." The following reply is
given: ITO the experienced eye the
roughish or granulated surface of the
perfectly fresh egg distinguishes it at
once from the more shiny or polished
surface of the one that has been under
the hen a day or two. We can pick out
every fresh egg among a nestful of
those that have been sat on two days,
in the dark. The secret is very
simple. just scratch over the surface
with the finger nail, if it CRATES the egg
is fresh, but if the nail slides smoothly
the egg is old. A little practice makes
this a sure test
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
AGRICULTURAL HINTSl
PoRTARLE Hoe PENs.
These Who Have Tried THEM Pronoun
Them a Great Success.


Those who Have Tried THEM Pronounce
Them a Great Success.
In order to be successful in winteripp
ewine, both old and young, it becomes
necessary for many hog raisers to give
the question of sleeping quarters more
serious attention. Many alot. OF nice.
thrifty shoats go into winter quarters
only to come out in the spring having
barely held their in weight and
growth, and perhaps are somewhat
stunted. Wintering hogs in large
droves and around strawstacks is not
conducive to best results. One great
objection to the practice Of many
farmers in allowing large numbers to
nest together is that they pile up in
cold weather, in which condition they
generate a good deal of moisture.
What farmer but what has seen the
steam rising from a nest of swine?
When they come forth from such a
condition on a cold winter morning
they are very apt to take cold. When
they leave the nest wet and warm and
go out into exactly the other extreme
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
ARouT coRN EonpER.
Doms Valuable Hints About shreddlnr
Storing and Feeding.

poms Valuable Hints AbOut shreddlngs
Storing and Feeding.
Combined corn hHskers and fodder
cutters or shredders were used to a linz
tied extent in this section Of country
some years since. but / think none are
used now. I~mperfeetions in material,
workmanship, and ia principle OF cons
struction, as then made, and the ex-
pense Of operating, will account for
their failure to obtain a foothold
among the labor-saving machines Of
country. All except the last OF
these objections have been overcome in
the latter machines, which are now be-
fore the public.
For several years past ali the shred
ding that has been done in this section
has been with the common s~maH-grain
thresher-mostly with old machines.
While they do not do the work quite as
well as the special corn machinery
now in use, the expense of purchasing
the latter is avoided by the use Of the
thresher.
AS a shredder, the thresher, used
with all of the cylinder spikes and two
half-rows Of concave spikes, is a de-
cided success, doing the work rapidly
and well-in fact, much more of a sue
cess than as a shelter and cleaner OF
the grain, which usually is left some
what broken and not clean enough for
market, though in good condition for
feeding purposes. If, however, the
ground has been wet and is frozen when
the threshing is done, causing the earth
t. adhere to the stalks, a considerable
quantity Of Jumps of frozen earth about
the size Of corn kernels will be found
in the grain. If the corn is dry when
threshed "a condition essential to best
work and easily secured west of the
Missouri, there will be no difficulty in
keeping the grain in bin and the slower
in large quantities in NOW or stack.
Our dry autumns are very favorable for
this work, which is usually done in
November and December. Iknow that
in northern Ohio the corn was never
ready to shell and store in bulk before
winter set in; therefore, I think the
huskers and shredders should be bet
ter adapted to that and other sections
where the season is comparatively
short and the autumn moist. Ear corn
can he safely stored in large quantities
when SO damp that if shelled and piled
up it would certainly be lost. AS be-
fore stated, the fodder must be dry
when it is threshed; for damp slower is
a great material to develop heat when
shredded and stored in large quantities.
A little of the natural juice remaining
within the stalk is not nearly so bad as
outside moisture from rain or dew.
The western plan is to run the shred
ded stover directly into large racks in
the feed yard, where two or three men
NOW it away, same as they would
now or stack straw from the machine,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

Bees must, in order to collect a pound
Of glover honey. deprive $4,000 clover
blossoms of their nectar. To do this
the d2,OOo flowers must be visited by an
aggregate of s.75o,oOO bees. Or, in
other words, to collect it's pound of
honey one bee must make 3~,75O,OoO
trips from and to the hive. The enor-
nous amount of work here involved
preeludes the idea of anyone that enc
bee ever lived long enough to gather
more than a fraction of a pound of nec-
tarine sweets. AS bees are known to
fly for miles in quest of suitable fields
Of operation, it is clear that a single
ounce of honey represents millions Of
miles of travel. It is no wonder that
these industrious little insects havu
earned the reputation of being 'buSSS
bees.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
MARKErlNo
Birds Of Medium Size and weight Al
the Best SELLERS.

-
Birds Of Medium Size and weight Are
the Best SELLERS.
We can offer a pointer on marketing
turkeys that we discovered while buy
ing Christmas turkeys in the city mar
ket, and that is the superiority Of
medium-sized turkeys oyer 20 to "a
Founders, as sellers. People, as a rule,
do not'want enough turkey at one time
to lay a banquet spread, and conse-
quently they pick for something small,
or not exceeding medium in size.
The hen turkeys always sell first,
simply because they are more suited in
size to the wants Of the ordinary fam
lily. Then the smaller gobblers go, and
lastly the pride Of the hock-the big
'gest tom in the lot-and he usually goes
at a discount of two or three cents q
pound less than the lesser weights.
A turkey that weighs from ten to If
teen pounds dressed is plenty large
enough. The people don't want a tur-
key IS big as a hog, but they do want a
fat turkey.
1t seems to us that there is a good deal
of room for improvement in breeding
turkeys for the market. That a bird
shorter in legs and neck, and very full
in the breast, would be more desirable.
One that would be meaty and plump,
and capable of taking on a great deal
of fat.
The heavy weight, tall, rawbohed
toms that weigh rs to 40 pounds may be
suited to a barbecue feast, but they
are not the kind that. the man with an
ordinary size market basket looks for
when he goes to the city market.
There would be more demand, and
better sale for turkeys all the year
through, if they were grown more with
a view to compact body, meat and fat,
THAI for large size and coarse structure,
III. B. Geer, in Midland Poultry Jour
nal.
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they will bend at the scored places and
not break off. To score the splints in
the right place l use blocks of thin lum-
Der cut the right size to score where 1
want them scored. These blocks l lay
on the splints and score along each
edge of the blocks with the point of a
knife. The number of sections sold is
set out, and then the splints are scored
just right for that number of sections
Then the splints are wrapped around
the sections and tied with Irvine; then
a paper is wrapped around the package
and again tied with Irvine. This makes
a good, solid package, and the custo-
mer cannot easily stick his fingers into
the honey until Il is united. Some
times when l have a little leisure 1 tic
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
How to Dig a Farm wen.

Before digging a well it is well to
look and see what kind of trees are
growing near it. Locust trees will send
their roots a distance of 10 to 20 feetfor
water, and if a well is within that dis
lance they viii surely get into it if the
well is walled with stones. In a driven
well, of course, the water can only get in
at the bottom, and this isamuch better
and cheaper way Of putting down wells
than the old-fashioned one OF digging
out the earth by hand.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
scrub st6ck means Loa..

ukhere ever was a time, says an ex-
clsange when the farmer who is hard
pressed financially could not afford to
keep poor stock, it is ut present. The
poorer the farmer is the more neces-
SHY there is for keeping only the best
stock, Because it is the only kind in
which there is any profit. Only ricn
men can afford to keep scrubs. 1t re-
qutres 3 bank account to maintain a
farm on which scrub stock is kept, and
If the farmer does not have a balance
70 his credit, he will have to borrow
trcm those who have.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
BOX FOR MARKETING EGGS.

carrier, with a handle and fitted draw
Frs, each drawer being fitted with paste
board egg filters. A drawer of eggs can
thus be taken from the box and carried
into the customers house, the box itself
being left in the wagon. The bottom of
each drawer may be covered with coarse
bran, and the p~asteboard filters placed
on this; thus providing a soft resting
place for@each egg.-Prairie Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

THnHz Il more Catar4h in thls section 81
tho country than all other diseases put TO-
Rether, and until the last few years Wassup-
nosed 70 be frcurable. Fora greet many
yesrs doctors pronounced i6fa local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and By con
stanHy failing 70 cure with local treatment
pronouncedit iucurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be q constitutional disease. and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
HalPs Catarrh Cure, manufactured By II. j.
Cheney q Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on Che market IL Is
taken internally ia dosesfrom 10 drops 10 q
~teaspoonfui. lt acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They
oher a hundred dollars for any case e
fails to cure Send for circulars aud teat-
m0nials. Address r, J.. CHENEY &CQ.. 10,
ledo. o. Sold hy Druggists, 7bc.
HallSs Family Pills are the best.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

There arc knaves now and then met with
who represent certain local bitters and
poisopous stimuli as identical with or pos
seaslng properties akin to those Of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. These scamps only
succeedtn foisting their trashy compounds
upon people u~nacQuainted with the genuine
article, which Is as much their opposite as
day is to night, Ask and take no substitute
for the grand remedy for malaria, dyspep-
troubIe =
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
CONVENIENT EGG BOX.

Good Things Where Private Consumers
Are Supplied.
Where n markets his eggs to pri-
vate consumers or at the stores even,
the egg box shown herewith will be
found very seryiceable. 1t is a box
about half the length of a 9o-dozen egg
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16
American Apples in lermany.

New England apples find ready sale
in the markets of Germany. Barrels
containing two and one-half bushels
have been sold there recently for as
much as seven dollars per barrel.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

TIE setting of a great hope is like the
setting of the sur The brightness Of our
lie IS gone, shadows of the evening fall
around us, ana the world seems but a
broader shadow.-Longfellow
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

When the wings are cut, the feathers
do not nj until the bird molts, but
where the feathers are pulled new
feathers viii appear in a short time.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

H devil can meet e~1oquenee without
trouble, but he has never been able to stand
before love.-Ram's Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

BAMBURY-'I hear that Stimpton is dead.
Did he leave his wife much7n Mispah-sI
suppose So. He always left her as much as
could while was alive. "-Boston Tram.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

LET your mind be full. and you will wan
little or nothing to fulfill your happiness
Chicago Standard.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-01-16

FITS stopped free and permanently cured,
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 tria4 bottle a.
treatise. Dr.. KLINE, 933 Arch st, PhiIa., Pa.