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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08

that a person of criminal impulses
should conceive the idea of buying pol
son with which to kill fellow citizen.
He could go to a drug store in any city
or town in California and buy the poi
son by answering the questions con-
tanned in the foregoing blank, together
with one or two trivial matters of like
import. He might give the name John
Smith instead of his real name, ana
might give a false residence, as well
as false answers to every question pro-
pounded. He might say he wanted to
kill rats when he intended to poison his
brother, as in the late Below case; but
the druggist would be exonerated from
all blame if he should sell poison to
such a criminal, and under the circum-
stances named. What is the remedy?
In this connection light comes to the
solution from the old and densely pop
ulated countries Of Europe, and the
solution they have all reached is that
the sale of poisons shall be regulated
with the greatest possible strictness. 1t
is the general rule in the old countries
across the Atlantic to require the strict
est Identification of the person apply
ing to buy poison. If he does not get
the prescription of physician he must
be identified and recommended strictly
and as accurately as if he We're apply
iyacr 70 1,a 1f ho, IL fn,
ment of a check.
OF course a druggist, if he desired to
be a violater of law, might evade the
provisions Of any statute that society
might enact, but it is a we'll established
fact that pharmacists have generally
tried to obey the laws, and in many
instances they have refused to sell poi
sons to persons who aroused suspicious
as to their purposes in buying deadly
drugs.
Some system that would make it
very difficult matter to buy poison, that
would make it as troublesome and I'M
sons by the average citizen, would seem
to be about what would meet the re-
quirements Of the times. 1t is to be
remembered, in this connection, that
the laxity Of the American laws regu-
lating such matters is generally due to
the fact that the country was sparsely
populated when the laws were origin
ally made, so that the purchaser not
only personally knew the druggist, but
was acquainted also with nearly every
body in the village or neighborhood.
Denser population and new conditions
demand stricter laws.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08

On Monday and Tuesday evenings Of
next week George H. Broadhursts lat
est success, What Happened to
Jones'" with Harry Corson Clark in
the lead, will be the attraction at the
Orpheum. 1t is purely farcical com
edy, which depends entirely upon it's
dialogue and situations for it's fun. 1t
was seen in this city at the Metropoli-
tan -Theater last February, and those
who attended were perfectly delighted
with it and will be glad of an oppor-
tunity to hear it again. 1t keeps the
audience in a roar of laughter from the
time the curtain rises to the close, and
is really the jolliest play on the road.
In San Francisco lately it drew crowd
ed houses Mr.. Clark's company in
cludes, among others, Lillian Young,
daughter of Major General S. B. NJ
Young of General Skaters staff; Olive
Snider. one Of San Franchises most
charming girls; John Allison, Charles
Charters. Mrs. Adele Clark Margaret
Marshall, Florence Marion, Maud AL
lison, Charles w. Torriss and Henry
Hockey. Those who have seen or
heard Of Harry Corson Clark will need
no further inducement to attend. The
box sheet will be opened at the Or
pheum on tomorrow (Friday) morn
ing at 9 o'clock
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
NEWTOWN SHOALS.
Pile-Drivings Going on Rapidly
Four Feet Of Tide Water.

Work on the jetty system at New
town Shoals, near Rio Vista, is actu-
ally in progress. The first pile of the
LOO which will be placed in position
was driven on Saturday last. and since
then fifty have been driven daily
NJ. A. Nurse, Chief Engineer to the
Commissioner of Public Works. said
to 'Record-Union'' reporter yester-
day that the work of driving the piles
would be pushed to a conclusion as
rapidly as possible, but that owing to
the four feet Of Underwater which rolls
back over the shoals daily, as we'll as
to the increased depth of the water in
the middle of the stream, a less num-
Der will be driven daily as the work
men get farther from the shore.
In answer to question as to wheth-
er or not, with four feet of tide water
running back over the shoals, the cur
rent of the river would be swift enough
after being confined to a comparative
ly narrow channel by the jetty system,
to scour out and remove it, thus MAX
ing an escape-way for the debris above,
and making it possible for boats of
heavy draught to ascend, Engineer
Nurse spoke guardedly.
Engineer Randle is now at the
shoal,' said Mr.. Nurse, land 1 have
instructed him to take accurate and
extensive soundings at every part of
the shoal so as to be able to deter
mine whether the jetty will do all that
Is expected of it.
eff / find that the current is not
swift enough to remove the shoa1, after
being confined to a narrow space by
the jetties, I will lose no time in rec
ommendfng to the Commissioner, and
to the Auditing Board to the Commits
sioner, that dredgers be set to work
even if we have to use the old-fash-
toned clamshell machines
From Engineer Nurses statement 1t
might be inferred that the effect of a
jetty system at Newtown Shoals is ir
the nature of an experiment.
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This is a system of human serv!

This is a system of human servi-
tude just as complete as chattel
slavery and in many respects more
atrocious; yet the so-cal1ed Demo-
cratic party, while claiming to be
the friend Of the laborer, expressly
defends this system, and bids for
the support of those who profit by
ters to which the party has been
recreant.-James G. Mcguire.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
PURE FOOD REVIVAL.

Tt is an encouraging sign that the
public is at last beginning to appreciate
the value of pure food and to appre-
ciate also the California output of prod
ucts that are worth eating.
The pure food question is one of the
most important that can engage the
attention of statesmen and scientists,
for authorizations at once destroy
health encourage dishonesty and drive
honest industry to idleness. These re-
marks are made just now because of
recent revelations concerning the ex-
tent Of adulteration.
Warden Hale of San Quentin recent
ly said: I'VE have the hardest time i'm
aginable in buying so simple a thing,
for example, as genuine black pepper
We have hundreds of samples that we
have to reject, for the chemist finds
they contain only a flavor of pepper.
These spurious substances, too are
often sold by firms supposed to be
straight"
But the most startling Of all these
. revelations comes in the olive oil in
dustry. The recent Pure Food Con-
gress at San Francisco developed the
fact that it is almost impossible to buy
olive oil that is fit to eat Out of some
two hundred samples obtained by
Chemist Rising for a test, nearly 50
per cent. contained no olive oil what
ever, while most of the others had a
mere flavor Of the real oil. Even the
oils imported (and therefore supposed
to be pure) were shown to contain cot
ton-seed oil and lard. The former is
most injurious to the human system.
being indigestible and otherwise dan
gerous. In the Southern States it has
been demonstrated that cotton-seed Oil
which the cattle obtain by eating the
seed, prevents their breeding.
It has also been shown that there are
nearly a hundred varieties Of so-called
imported olive oil on the market in
San Francisco, at prices less than one
tenth the cost Of producing the crude
oil in Italy. SO pervading and insidi-
49, 40 TIC lIldI men VINO
ought to be experts are deceived. It
was shown by the reports of Professor
Rising that a high liver" a member
Of prominent San Francisco club. was
sent out as a committee Of one to buy
the best oil on the market for the
club. After examining some fifty
brands, he fell upon one that suited
his taste, but he refused to buy 1t I'M
til he had a sample He took the sam
pie to chemist and was chagrined be-
yond expression to learn that there
was not a drop Of olive oil in IT,
1t is pleasing to learn that there are
now farms in this State that are manu-
featuring the genuine article and put
ting it on the market with a flavor that
commends 1t to connoisseurs. It Is
also encouraging to note the fact that
those who are in the olive business
may expect to meet a reception that
will increase their bank accounts for
the public is being educated by such
bodies as the Pure Food Congress and
its experts. 1t is the duty Of all loyal
Californians to do all they can to en-
courage home industry, and the sooner
the idea that all imported things are
pure is exploded we shall be on the
way to pure food. Like many other
things in life, the Golconda of our
treasures is near home, not in the
clouds and not behind the horizon in
some other land.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
A PLUCKY WOMAN.
She Fires Three Shots at Would
be Burglar.

Between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday
morning Mrs. Hawley of 1913 o street,
whose husband, a painter, happened to
be out of the city, fired three shots at
burglar, but the fellow escaped.
Mrs. Hawley says she heard a noise
in her yard, and going to a window she
got a glimpse Of a man just beneath
it. She got her pistol and shot quick
ly through the window screen, but the
latter probably DETECTED the bullets.
The man. she says, escaped into the al
ley and got away.
Special Officer Carroll was only a
block away and reached the house a
moment after the shooting. He made
prompt search for the would be
burglar, but the latter could not be
found
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08

There Is much evidence that Great
an understanding in regard to Anglo
German interests in China, Africa and
elsewhere, though the London foreign
officials say that it is not precise in its
stipulations. If this proves true 1t will
serve TO offset the combination between
France and Russia and will balance
things up again in Europe for a while.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
POLICE PICKINGS.
Newt Fisher Gets Six Months and
Jack Buckley Gets One.

Newt Fisher, the negro who for some
time past has been consorting with a
white woman, was before Justice Davis
yesterday on a charge of vagrancy. He
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six
months in the County Jail. Fishers
consort was sentenced to serve six
months for a similar offense Tuesday
last.
All Shu, an aged Chinese, pleaded
guilty to a vagrancy charge and was
sentenced to serve 100 days in the
County JAIL
Jack Buckley entered a plea of guilty
to a charge of battery and was fined
$50 with the alternative of spending
thirty days in jail. Buckley beat a
fellow prisoner in the City Jail.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
Not the Hibernia Hotel.

A paragraph in yesterdays paper re-
ferred to the incident of a man having
been beaten and robbed in Mrs. Goa
dy's Hibernia beer hall on Front street.
This was an error. The place is on
Second street, near /. The Hibernia
Hotel, on Front street, formerly kept
by Mrs. Coady, is now kept by Mrs.
Martin
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
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FRESNO nELoNs, HIGH GRADE CREA1ERY BUTTER SANTA
PAULA LEr1ONS
WOOD. CURTIS g. co.'s.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE
of California County of Sacramento
In the matter of the estate of FRAN
ZISKA LOFFLER, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY,
the 10th day of September, 1895 at 10
o'clock a. m. of said day, and the court
room of said court, at the Courthouse In
the City of Sacramento, County of Sac
ramento. and State of California, has
been appointed as the time and place for
proving the will of said FRANZISKA
I.OFFLER, deceased, and for hearing the
application of Henry Wuttke and MrS
Dora Fuchs for the Issuance to them @
letters testamentary thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
(Seal) w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk
BY E. s. Wachhorst, Deputy Clerk.
Endorsed: Filed September 2, 1898.
w. b. HAMILTON, Clerk
BY E. S. Wachhorst, Deputy
Miller & Brown. Attorneys for Petit
toner. se3-10t
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Baseball Game.

The Olympia Market baseball team
defeated the Battle Axes by a score Of
80 to u. The battery for the Battle
Axes were Watson and Blower, and for
the winners r. BalsZ and c. Bottoms.
The feature of the game was w. Balsz' s
one-hand catch on second. The Olym-
pia Markets will play at Tenth and U
streets to-day
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
The PIacervilIe Ball.

The Admission Day Celebration Com
mittee of Placerville requests the state
ment made that tickets to the ball on
Friday night will be but $1.5O. and
supper % cents. A story had been
circulated to the effect that the prices
would be greatly in excess Of these fig
,1rac
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

Good audiences continue to greet the
vaudeville company at the Orpheum
but the merit of the performance is
such that the house ought to be packed
every night. There is not a weak num-
Der on the program. TIE artists are
all first class in their line and mirth
and music are the order from the time
the curtain goes up. All Of the favor
ties appear again tonight.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
New Law Firm.

r. M. Clarken, an old practitioner,
and John D. Moynahan, late of Moy
nahan's Business College, have formed
a firm and opened a law office in the
Joseph building at Sixth and K streets.
The new firm ought to be a successful
one
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
Weather Forecast.

Northern California: Fair Thursday,
except partly cloudy along the coast in
the morning; cooler in the upper portions
of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Val
leys; brisk northwest wind.
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II DO MY OWN WORK"
So Says Mrs. Mary Rochiette Of
Linden, New Jersey, in this
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.

ST was bothered with flow which
would be quite annoying at times, and
at others would almost stop.
81 used prescriptions given me by my
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08
Fruit Shipments.

Yesterday thirty-five cars OF fruit
were sent East-peaches 1SA, plums
", pears 1917, grapes 6. On the same
date last year thirty-seven cars went
out.
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taking your meul.
cine, and have certainly been greatly
benefited by it's use.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has indeed been friend to me,
6 / am now able to do my own work.
thanks to your wonderful medicine. !
was as near death believe as could
be, SO weak that my pulse scarcely beat
and my heart had almost given out. J.
could not have stood it one week more.
I am sure. I never thought I would
be SO grateful to any medicine.
81 shall use my influence with any
one suffering as I did, to have them
use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
Every woman that is puzzled about
her condition should secure the sympa-
thetic advice of woman who under
stands. Write to Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass. and tell her your ills.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-08

M. Victor, the French naturalist. says
that toad will live twenty-eight
months completely embedded in plaster
Of paris poured on as a liquid and then
allowed to harden.
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TO Cunr CoLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug.
gsts refund he money If 1t falls TO cure. &c Inc
genuine has L. 3. Q. on each tablet.
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HERE is A SAMPLE.

The following from the Nevada
State Journal" published at Reno is a
sample of the articles being published
all over the United States by the Demo-
cratic and pinto papers:
The Chicago Record one Of the Ad-
ministration newspapers, publishes a
picture of Secretary Alger announc-
ing at the top of his voice the imme-
date wants Of the Government These
are scapegoat, one who will admit
that he is responsible for unsanitary
military camps; one who will say that
he is to blame for lack Of medicines,
nurses, surgeons, hospital cots and
food for sick and wounded soldiers;
one who will announce that he arranged
to have returning troops starved on
transports.
The Administration also wants more
red tape to tie up the mouths of army
officers, including the Commanding
General (Miles), and good reasons for
courtmartialing officers and others
who are offensive to the Secretary of
War. AS there is about 100000, 900
available cash in the Treasury derived
from the sale Of interest bearing bonds
money is no object, and those who
can supply the above badly needed
wants of the Administration can name
their own price.
The Republican party, with it's GUS
tomary modesty, claimed the credit of
the victories achieved by Dewey and
Schley, and is now ready to pay any
amount of money to anybody who will
relieve the Administration from the
responsibility Of treating our soldiers
worse than Butcher Weyler did the
Cubans.
Is any comment necessary on such
an Infamous statement as that?
Spain has already commenced to seek
advantage during the suspension Of
hostilities pending the meeting Of the
Peace Commissioners. She has re-
quested Of this Government the privi-
lege Of sending a few gunboats to the
Philippines with a view to maintain
ing Spanish sovereignty there" on the
ground that the insurgents are particu-
is not likely that President Mckinley
will be duped by any such gauzy trick.
To grant the request would be to lose
all that was gained by the gallant cap
ture Of Manila, the capital Of the Phil
ippines. It would be an admission that
Spain and not the United States is now
in charge Of those islands. 1t will pay
to keep an eye on the Spaniard every
minute
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physician, o.
same state
of affairs
continued.
+" After a
time I was
taken with
a flooding,
that I was
obliged to
keep my bed.
Finally, in
despair, I
gave up my
l.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-11


THE COHEN COMPANY'S DIRECT
REPRESENTATIVES,
THE NEW YORK DRY-GOODS En-
CHANGE,
WERE AMONG THE LARGEST BUY
Frs AT THE SALE,
IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT ANY AD-
VERTISEMENT MAY TRY TO
MAKE YOU BELIEVE
Pure Wool Serge Plaids. 81 inches wide,
in the newest and best designs the 81
grade for 3Jc.
Arlington Mills Camers-Hair Cheviots,
81 inches wide, pure wool, IN every
shade and color for 25c. -
Arlington Mills Fancy Brocadc. IN al
the new shadings, for l5c. a yard.
Arlington Mills Tycoon Reps, in nice
dark shades, mill price 9c.; auction
sale price. &c. yard
Arlington Mills Ladies' Cloth, 81 lnches
wide. auction-sale price, 4lc.
Camel's-Hair Cheviots, made by the
Arlington Mills. In every shade; auc-
tion-sale price. 19c
Arlington Checks. in neat, pretty Ell
fects, "a inches wide; auction-sale
price 33c n yard
ladies' Tailor Cloth Sultings, IA Inches
wide for GJc a yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-11
COTTON FABRICS

COTTON FABRICS
AT PRICES LIKE THESE TODAY:
u 1-2 and is 2-3c. Fancy Printed Cam
|. bric-Finished Percales, full yard wide,
all new dark styles for 3-ic
1914 Utica Bleached Sheeting, full pieces
and branded for 16 2-3c a yard.
81 Utica Pillow-Case Cotton for S1-3c
New Fall Shifting and Skirting Che
viots, 10 and y lie. quality, for lac.
Merrimac Shifting Prints neat, new
designs, for 21-2c.
Solid-Colored Organdies, Fancy Printed
Dimiues. Pretty Figured Organizes,
etc. cost from II TO 35c., for 7-Sc
a yard.
"A Sea Island Percales for 3-4c
SC. Apron Ginghams, all colors, for
1910.
Fine Unbleached Cotton for &c. a yard.
Al Lonsdale Cambria for lie, instead
of u lie.
S1x9O Bleached Sheets, laundered ready
for use, 27c. for the 45c. ones.
Double-Bed Hemstitched Sheets for 800,
instead Of Coo.
Hemsttched Bolster Cases yards
long, for 23c., the 45c. quality
Extra-Large-Size Pillow-Casss. well
made, splendid cotton, for lie.
FROM S;i5 TO 9I5 O'CLOCK
Al AndroscogGn Cotton, full pieces and
branded, for Use. a yard.
FROM 1880 TO II O'CLOCK
A French Percales, the Y l-2c. quality
Tor lie. a yard.
FROM l2A5 TO lis O'CLOCK
l0-4 Bleached Sheeting. the regular zoe.
grade. for S3-fc a yard
THE GREATEST BLANKET GATH
ERING
THAT EVER TOOK PLACE IN VIR-
GINA
will be in story of to-day; 40 and soc. on
the usual cost is the price range. All of
last seasons. too, for just half, to clean
'em out.
Second hoor-take elevator.
"a White Wool Blankets, extra heavy,
that cost Sl0.75, for Sc a pair.
u-4 White Wool Blankets, fancy coll
ored borders, long fleece, $3.50 ones
for &.25 a pair.
PA White Blankets. full weight, for
$l.49, instead OF $3.50.
Ia Fancy Bordered White Blankets
for 75c., the $3.50 grade.
lO-4 Camefs-Hair Blankets. full size,
for 45c. pair.
FEATHER PILLOWS,
'Ull weight and size, for ACC.
Full-Size Cambric-Covered Down Cush-
ions for 15c.
Extra-Large- Feather Pillows for
Zoe.
24x2l-inch Cambria Covered Down Cush-
ions for CSC.
LEATHER GOODS
S9c. All-LeatEer Belts. in Black and |
colors, with leather-covered buckles |
Qined and stitched. for 25c.
Scotch Plaid Leather Belts. with lea /
ther-coyered buckles, for &c. instead |
OF 35c.
Isc. Colorcd Leather White Kid Belts |
Cor lOc. each.
Black Leather Shopping-Bags, with sa-
tine top. worth 39c.. for DC.
MOnkey-Sksa and Alligator Combination
Card-Coses and Pocket-Books. 29c.
value. for 19c
39c. Black ard colored Chateiaine- Bags
for Sc eacn
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TINWhRE.

lin Muffin Rings, Drinking Cups Egg
Whips, 1-quart Muk-Pans, Potato
Washers Strainers, Nutmeg GrtsU.
for 1c. choice.
steel Cake Turner's. &C., from Sc.
Malleable Iron spoons A..
3-quart REFINED Saucepans for &c.
Glass Oil~Cans, tin covered. l5c
Galyanized-Iron OH Cans. Sc.
Galvanized Dish-Pans, seamless i0,
each. were 25c.
Sponge Baskets. zoe.
Wire Waste Baskets 39c., worth 10
Wire Flesh Forks, 2c
Sheet-IrOn Pans. all sizes. Sc each.
Asbestos Stove Mats. for Sc.
Brass Candiesticks Sc
l-burner Gas-StOves. DC.
Rotary Egg-Whip, Be.
Perforated Fry-Pan Covers lqc
Nickel-Platcd Crumb Tray and S,ra6eis,
1Jc
Wire Broiiers, SC.
Nickel-Plated Copper Tea Kettles, Ic,
instead Of 3jc
Tea or COdec-Pot Rest. 90.
Galvanized Wash Tubs 81 Size, Tor
T5c
Japanned Sugar Boxes. Zoe.
Family Scales, will weigh up 20 .
pounds, Sl.O each.
Japanned Wash Stands, with bowl
pitcher, and soap-dish, a s. article,
for 90