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The record-union., 1898-07-22
Point d'Esprit Shans.

The $3.50 kind reduced to $3.50
The 1925 kind reduced to $500
Point d'Esprit bureau sets of
four pieces. Reduced to 75c.
Irish point scarfs, size 2Ox36:
The 75c and 81 reduced to CSC
The 81. so kind reduced to $l.25
The Use kind reduced to .4Sc
Irish point scarfs, size 2Ox54:
The 8 7. SO kind reduced to $1.O5
The $1.25 kind reduced to. -9Sc
Irish point scarfs, size 2Ox72
inches, good SIZE for sideboards:
The $I.25 and $3.50 kinds re-
duced to CSC.
Irish point center pieces, size
2Ox36, ob1ong, SIPS. Reduced
Irish point center pieces,
square. Reduced to sale price,
Soc.
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think it no more than proper" said one
OF the Colonels who has been in the field
for a long time, that the Seventh
should go, but we consider it very
shabby treatment when regiment
which has arrived very recently gets
ahead of u.s."
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Liliuokalani Arrives,

SAN FRANCISCO, July 81. Ex-
Queen Liliuokalani, attended by her
physician, DR.. English OF Washington.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Heleluke arrived to-
night from Washington, en- route to
Honolulu. The party will leave on the
Gaelic next Tuesday for the Hawaiian
Islands
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cisco for Honolulu on the steamer Mar
iposa August 10th. The Commission
ers will meet in Chicago, August 4th
and proceed together. joining the Ha-
Waiian members of the commission at
Honolulu. They expect to be ready to
report to Congress when it reassembles
next December.
The record-union., 1898-07-22
Bookmakers Indicted.

CHICAGO, July 21.-On evidence fur
nished by John Hill, Jr., of the Civic
Federation the Grand Jury to-day
voted indictments against a number Of
Washington Park bookmakers.
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SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE;
WOmen's Oxfords,
81 instead of Sl.5O.

A fair assortment Of sizes in
those ladies' fine kid oxfords,
both in black or chocolate, also
a few in button shoes. Clear
ance sale price, $1.OO pair;
worth $1.5O and mp.
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WASSERMAN, DAVIS & co.


by two negroes whom he had employed
to guard him en- route to Manchester.
One of the negroes escaped. All con-
nected with the White Howard or the
Garrard- Baker factions are guarded
when they travel.
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Olive Oil Mill Burned.

POMONA, July 21.-D. II. McEwen's
olive oil mill near North Pomona was
entirely burned up to-day A large
quantity of oil was consumed The
fire is supposed to have caught from
burning rubbish near by Insured
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Resting Comfortably.

BOSTON, July p. Congressman
William II. Fleming of Augusta, Ga,
who was operated on at the Massachu-
sets Hospital for appendicitis last even
ing. was resting comfortably to-day,
after a fairly good night. and there is
strong hope of his recovery.
The record-union., 1898-07-22
The Bermuda Released.

KINGSTON Gamaica). July 21.-(3 o.
M 1.-THE steamer Bermuda, filibuster
seized by the British Government fif-
teen months ago, forfeited and adver-
The record-union., 1898-07-22
A Kentucky Feud.

CINCINNATI, July 21..- The Com
mercial Tribune's" special from Bar
louisville, KY, says: John Baker and
colored man We're killed yesterday
by unknown parties in ambush. Baker
was out on bail, and was accompanied
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$40 X, NEAR SIXTH.

tised for sale was to-day freed by order
of the Government on the payment Of
all libels filed against her. The Ameri-
can fag Will be hoisted on the Bermuda
tomorrow.
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Wool Suitings,
Csc instead of SOC.

rs pieces all-wooI fancy
weave cheviots, in pretty two
tone mixtures, and boucle ef-
fects; regular soc value. Re-
duced to 25c per yard.
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FOulard Silks,
Reduced to 39C.

Foulard silks, in dark grounds
with figures and scrolls, of
white, some twilled, some plain,
for fancy waists or entire
dresses. Clearance sale price,
see yard.
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Wool Suitings,
75C instead of Sl.25.

fancy suiting, in pretty broken
plaid effects. a very stylish and
handsome novelty for separate
skirts, width As inches; price,
$1.25. Reduced to 75c per
ward
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HAWAIIAN COMMISSION.
It Will Sail for Honolulu on Au-
gust 10th.

WASHINGTON, July 21.-The mem
bers Of the Hawaiian Commission. SEN
ators Cullom and Morgan and Repre-
sentative Hit, Will sail from San Fran
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Shadow Cloths,
&c ward.

Pretty, cool, fresh shadow
cloths, in a variety Of patterns,
as some of them have just been
opened. Clearance sale price, &c
yard.
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Dress Ginghans,
7C ward.

Taile De Nord ginghams, all
Of our light and medium pat
terms, &c yard; the regular price
is 12c for this gingham.
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Madras Cloths,
&c ward.

3S-inch double fold madras,
for wrappers, boys waists, etc.
Sale price, Sc yard; worth 1212c.
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WOmen's Dress Shoes,
Sl.95 instead OF SIS.

Small lot of ladies' extra fne
chrome kid lace shoes, cloth top
to match, L. XIV. heels, turn
soles; worth S4.OO to $500.
Sale, $l.95 pair. Ask to see
this line. It will pay you.
The record-union., 1898-07-22
Wool Suitings, 4
SOC instead OF 75C.

10 pieces silk and wool mixed
suitings and fancy weave cam
vas cloth, in rich two-tone cf-
fects; a handsome and stylish
novelty for handsome suit; 75c.
Reduced to soc per yard.
The herald., 1898-03-15
AN EXCLUSIVE PoSTMISTREss
Trials of Hoosier Town in Getting
ANY Mail at All

In the first part of 1881 Georgetown, Ind,
had a new postmistress appointed, a Miss
Louise M Mottweiler, who had the recon-
mendation of a sufficient number of good
citizens to secure the 5000 office.
All went well, except that nobody seemed
to get any mail only now and then a strag
Cling letter or paper. But Georgetown was
practically cut off from the outside world,
so far that office was concerned. for
fifteen years, and no one did more than a
little local grumbing and fireside gossip.
One fine morning patience ceased to be a
virtue to one of the long-suffering citi-
zens. and he scrawled with a lead pencil
on scrap of paper a complaint to the
postoffice inspector. The postoffice depart
ment would not ordinarily act on so slight
complaint, but in this case it did.
Two back rooms in the building in which
the postoffice was located were full OF
letters, packages, postal cards, newspa.
pers and about anything the mails are
supposed to carry. The Inspector had
wagonoads of it hauled out and tried 8
general plan of distribution. Many to
whom letters were addressed had died
many married, and some moved away to
unknown or forgotten parts.
The postmistress was a morphine or OPT
um eater, and storing mail seemed to be
one of the fancies of her diseased brain
Her cunning must have been great, fol
even today letters old enough to have
whiskers are coming to the postoffice de-
partment, along with complaints of the
writer's who have just now gotten back
letters written fifteen or seventeen years
ago.
The bright citizens We're still not con.
tent, and put in man of good busines.
standing, but who seemed to have consid.
cradle trouble in deciphering Names ant
when in doubt which seemed to be most OF
the time, returned them to the postoffic,
department.
They now have a new postmaster, wht
seems to still be unearthing mail, ant
| through him First Assistant Postmaster
/ General Heath has just received, with
| complaint, letter written in 1894.
The curious part is that for fifteen year:
the townspeople saw the mail pouch com,
and go, full of mail, received few letters
and yet entered no complaint, allowin.
this non-voter to fill the office.--Washing
| ton Post.
The herald., 1898-03-15
A CATS ODD PREDICAMENT
Brooklyn Residents Much Disturbed
By the Animals Howls

At late hour on Monday night the deni-
zens of Cleveland and Atlantic avenues,
Brooklyn, were awakened by the piercing
walls of cat. At first they rolled over
and stuffed pillows in their ears, but the
uproar continued. and presently windows
began to rise and white-robed figures to
lean out, with indignant right hands
clutching missiles. But no cat was to be
seen. The shrieks became more penetrat-
ing and the inhabitants swept back yard
fences and housetops with their eyes, but
the sounds seemed to come from the sur
rounding air At last, mystifed and
baffied, they withdrew to sleepless couches
leaving the cat anonymous and un!denti-
fed.
Yesterday morning, when haggard-eyed
Brooklynites emerged from their homes,
they discovered their tormentor perched on
top of an electric pole. The cat was now
voiceless; he had shrieked himself silent.
The audience soon became large, and phil
osophers began to PROFOUND theories as 20
why the cat did not come down. Coward
ice was generally agreed upon as the rea-
son, and the congregation hurled shoes and
things at the cat lie opened his mouth
and attempted vainly to raise his voice.
but did not descend. A resourceful person
in big fiat house near the pole threw wa
ter on the animal, but he st!il clung to his
aerial perch drenched and shverng. He
looked frequently and pitifuliy around and
opened his mouth in futile attempts at a
yawp.
Late in the afternoon Mrs. Theodore
Brown of 1867 Atlantic avenue Joined the
tiirong. After casting one glance at the
cat, she clasped her hands and shrieked,
Goodness! It's Toni Her voice reached
the poor animal, who looked down, opened
his mouth and weakly whispered cater
waul. She called him to come down, bu,
he only arched his back and raised his tail,
with look that seemed to say, Il can't;
it's not my fault" She declared that he
must be i'll, and besought her hearers tc
call doctor, but 1t was pointed out that
no doctor, however strong his ZEAL would
climb an electric light pole in the interest
of science.
Finally telegraph lineman named Rob-
ert Petty appeared, and climbed the pole
He found that the cat had received a
shock which destroyed for the time his
usual nimbleness, and that was why he had
so persstenly clung to his lofty throne
While Mr.. Petty was making these scien.
tifc inquiries, the cat, recognizing in him
a preserver transferred his claws to Pet
tvs whiskers and clung like a drowning
cat to a straw. Unable to dslodge him
Mr.. Petty descended with anguish written
on his face.
Pettys first effort to disentangle the ca
from his countenance proved futile, bu
Mrs. Brown came to the rescue and by
words of endearment and caresses finally
succeeded in persuading Tom to let go
Last night it was said that Tom was doing
well, but Mr.. Petty, when asked about his
health, was morose and declined to discuss
the matter-New York Times.
The herald., 1898-03-15

when we witness its pitilessness being
ourselves, by some happy accident, out
side the arena. Nature, "red in tooth and
claw" wedding out the unfit by the oper-
alton of her inexorable laws, raises many
a doubling question in gentle souls as to
why all this suffering should be necessary
They see but a portion of the reversed
pattern woven by the eternal looms. But
the fauna of the land are by an enormous
majority herbivorous, mild in their habits,
and terrified at the sight of blood. Even
the carnivOra, fierce and ravenous as are
their instincts, do not devour one another.
except in a few insignificant and abnormal
cases, such as wolves driven mad by star
walton. Much less do they eat their own
offspring, although there are many in
stances of this hideous appetite among
the herbivores which are familiar to most
of us. In striking contrast to these con-
ditions, the tribes of the ocean are all de-
vourers of each other, and, with the ex-
ception of the mammalia and the sharks,
make no distinction in favor of their own
fruit. One single instance among the in
habitants of the sea furnishes us with a
variation. The halicone, dugong and man
aztec (Sirenia), now nearly extinct, are,
without doubt, eaters of heritage only.
This they gather along the shores whose
waters are their habitat, or Gull from the
shallow sea bottoms.
l. VI all tuc ItSt, tEcy are uludily ue-
pendent upon each others flesh for life,
interruptions, unsatisfied and vigorous be-
yond belief. 'Vae victis' is their motto.
and the absence Of all other food is their
sole and sufficient excuse. Viewed dis
passionately. this law of interdependence
direct is beneficent one, in spite of its
apparent cruelty. Vast as is the sea, the
fecundity of most of It's denizens is well
known to be so great that. without effec-
tive checks always in operation. il must
rapidly become putrid and pestilential
from the immense accumulation of decay
Ing animal matter. AS things are, the life
of fish, from first to last, is a series of
miraculous escapes. AS ova, their enemies
are so numerous, even their own parents
greedily devouring the quickening spawn,
that 1t is hard to understand how any are
overlooked and allowed to become fish. Yet
as fry, after providing food for countless
hordes of hungry foes, they are still suf-
ficiently numerous to impress the imagin-
alton as being in number like the sands of
the sea. And SO, always being devoured
by millions, they progress toward matur-
ity, at which, perhaps, one-billionth of
those deposited as ova arrive. This infn-
titesimal remnant is mighty host, requir-
ing such supplies OF living organisms for
it's daily food as would make an astronomer
dizzy to enumerate.-London Spectator.
The herald., 1898-03-15
HOW CUTS ARE MADE
Methods by Which the Modern Maga-
zine Is Illustrated

Since in, probably, ninety-nine cases out
of a hundred of our illustrated books the
pictures are either line-piates or half
tones" 1t may be well to give an idea of
their production.
Generally speaking the zinc plate can be
employed to reproduce any picture in
which the effect is produced by lines or by
solid masses of black. A thin sheet of fine
zinc or copper is very highly polished. and
upon this smooth surface is applied d
sensitizing solution (bichromate of potash
distilled water and the white of an egg)
upon which light acts chemically. A care
full negative Is then made of the object
to be reproduced. This glass negative
white. of course, where the black lineS
were in tho original, is placed in a
frame with the sensitized zinc plate on
top of 1t, face down, and the whole is ex-
posed to the suns rays for few moments
when the light acts upon those portions
covered by the white lines of the negative,
and upon them only The zinc being re-
moved and rubbed up with greasy lith-
ographic ink, the latter adheres to those
portions of the plate surface which have
been thus acted on, so that after washing
with a piece of wet cotton wool the draw
ing appears in black lines of ink on the
fiat surface of the plate Upon this is
sprinkled finely powdered dragons blood
oven where the heat causes the powder tc
combine with the ink. The edges and back
of the plate are covered with asphalt var
nish, and it is placed in a bath of nitric
acid, where the surface is eaten away, ex-
cept along the lines protected by the ink
and dragons blood. This leaves a metal
plate, with the picture in relief. which can
be blocked upon piece of wood or metal
and printed from.
Ao eta oh H.
used for drawings with a brush or for
MISUNDERSTANDING in which there are
various tones and shades. For these it is
necessary to make the negative through
glass screen upon which there are very
finely ruled lines or dots which break UP
and enable the plate to hold the dark and
light portions of the picture. A moment s
examination will enable one to discern the
nature of this screen in the gray back
ground of the ordinary half-tone and even
over the figures themselves
These, then. were the substitutes for
wood engraving which were suddenly
offered to the bookmaker; and he was
not slow to discern their advantages For,
whereas an ordinary full-page wood cut
by a competent engraver required sew
eral weeks in the execution and cost any,
where from SIS to 5000, a zinc plate or half
tone the same size could be rushed
through on plnch IN Few hours, and
normally required only couple of days,
while the former would cost only a couple
of dollars, and the half-tone from three
to five times as much. That is to say, for
the same expenditure, to leave out the
time consideration, one could obtain about
twenty times as many pictures, photo
graphically reproduced and in no way de-
pendent on "the fancy of the engraver.' -
Is it any wonder that the business of illus
tration developed SO magically ?-Inde-
pendent.
The herald., 1898-03-15
CHICAGO MARKET
Prices and Prospects of the Trade in
Cereals

CHICAGO, March 14.-Wheat showed
some strength at the opening. although
it was not of long duration. Besides the
favorable effect Letters application on the
board of directors for a margin price on
May wheat had on traders, both English
and continental markets showed unlocked
for strength. Liverpool opened lower, but
quickly advanced to point above Satur-
days figures there, and Paris also report
ed somewhat higher prices July, which
closed Saturday at S71s@S7A, opened today
at S7M. For about Is or 20 minutes there
was good support from shorts, and not a
little reinstating in lines which had been
supported during last weeks decline was
apparent. July was advanced to SSc, the
high point of the day, before the reaction
started. Then the influence of the favora-
BILE weather and bearish routine news be-
gan to be felt. Almost no support of con-
sequence was given the market until about
an hour from the close. July in the mean
time coming down to S6ls. At that price
there was a good deal of covering, prin-
cipally by local shorts, and the decline was
checked.
limited business was done in that delivery.
1t started &@9sc higher. at S91a@89A, and
when July reached it's lowest point, had
declined to SSss. May was offered in large
quantities, the pit crediting most of the
selling to Armour. who was reported a
buyer of wheat at Indianapolis. Letter
brokers, however, gave this end of the
market unwavering support, but succeeded
IN nOiuiil6 tne pIlCe a. iVf, itHouSn tney
had to absorb 100000 bushels to do so.
During the last hours trading July ad-
yanced to S7c but slid down again to 86h,
and closed easy at S6A. September closed
at 7S7s.
Corn was a fairly active market and a
fairly steady one May closed shade
higher
Oats were dull. The close was steady.
May closed unchanged.
Provisions were weak from the start.
The weakness of the grain markets and
the uncertainty over the Cuban question
were the factors. May pork closed 12Tac
lower, May lard SIC lower, and May ribs
SC lower.
The herald., 1898-03-15

L15@1.2 20; milling, 1.2O@1.25; surprise. L27l4@
LBS; black for seed 1.35Q1.50; red, L2591. .45.
Flour-.Family extras, 455@i.s5; bakers
Wheat-Shipplng wheat, 1.40Q1.41H for
No. 1. and 1.42h for choice; milling. L450
1.50.
Barley-Feed, good to choice. 1.O7hs@1. 10;
fancy, 1.12h; brewing, 1.15dD1.20.
Hay-Wheat, 16.50M19.75; wheat and oat,
10.00m11.00; clover, nominal; stock, 11.00QD
1850.
Observation-Disclosures, 20.00@225O per ton;
BRAN 1600lp1650.
Dry Beans-Pink, 2.25a25O Lima, 2.OOd
2.1O; small white, 1.55M1.65; large white,
1.5041.65.
Potatoes-Eurly Rose. 65Gl75 per Genital;
River Burbanks G0M70c; River Reds, 50@
60c Oregon Burbanlxs, 7O095c; Merced
sweets, 75cM1.00.
egetables-Onions, 2.4092.7 75 per GENITAL;
4c; green peas, 3dl31ac; string beans, 15c
per lb.: asparagus, S0l9c; egg plant, 15M
zoe; tomatoes, p1.5O mushrooms, 4M9c.
Citrus Fruits-Naval oranges, 1.25@300;
Mexican lines, repack, 5.00M5.5O; COM
mon California lemons. 75cQ1.25; choice
2.25. kx.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 1Sc per lb.;
do. seconds, 16k@17c; fancy dairy, 16lAc; do.
seconds, 151l6c.
Eggs-store, lOiaQl1c per dozen; fancy
ranch, 11hm12hc.
old roosters, 3.75d4.0O per doz.; young roost-
ers, 6.5Om70o; small broilers, 3.00M4U0;
large brollers, 5.U0N550; fryers, 5.50m6.00;
hens, 3.50M4.50; old ducks. 400Q5.0O; geese,
1.J00fl.75 per pair; old pigeons, 1.23; young
pigeons, 1.50M225.
The herald., 1898-03-15
HOW HE WON HER
Obstinate and Mannish Mother Had
Her Weak Snot

"Mrs. Trelawney," said Francis Walling-
ford, there is something that 1 have for a
long time wished to say to you.
The president of the Society for the
Squelching of Husbands looked over her
glasses and frowned. She evidently knew
what was coming, but after a moment $
silence she said in her most impressive
platform tones:
We'll, go on What is it?''
II love your daughter, Miss Gladys.
have every reason to believe that she re-
turns my passion, and / want to ask you
to give her into my keeping"
Mrs. Trelawneys features hardened and
there was a cold metallic ring in her voice
as she answered.:
What recommendation have you to Of
fer for yourself? How can you convince
me that you will always love her-trat you
will always think her beautiful?"
"She looks like her mother" said Fran
els Wallingford. '"That is enough to con-
vince me that her beauty will not diminish
as her years increase. OF course, l know
that this can hardly be regarded as a final
test. You have not reached the age at
which women begin to lose their
They were interrupted then but he got
the girl.-Cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1898-03-15
WHEN MEN ARE FOOLISH
Funny Scenes at the Confectioner's or
at the Florists

Did you ever notice man enter a candy
store and go up to the desk and order a
box of candy, asks an exchange, or open
the door of a florists shop and demand a
supply Of roses? He readily selects his
flowers and easily names the size of the
box of sweetmeats, but when the girl at the
confectioners desk or the clerk behind
the conservatory counter asks to whom
the box is to be forwarded then the fun for
the onlooker begins. He coughs and hesi-
tates and stammers incoherently, and the
red in his face outrivals the scarlet in his
tie. The saleswoman begins to write
Miss to help him on encouragingly, and
when she looks up in an inquiring manner
with her pencil looks around the store and
with the despairing air of victim led to
torture mutters the name in husky voice.
The clerk may catch 1t or she NAV not !:
the chances are decidedly in the negative.
If she is obliged to ask a second time the
purchaser goes through his former em-
barrassed agony and wipes the moisture
from his face in relief when he sees 1t
finally written. He grasps his change with
reckless disregard of what it contains
and hurres out of the store.
The girls indulging in soda water in a
shop on State street one day last week
were intensely interested in the contor.
tions of well-dressed man Of 27 or there
abouts who came into the establishment
to order box of candy. He stood smell
on one foot and then a spell on the other.
while the woman clerk was arranging the
papers In the box. He coughed and fidget-
ed, and finally drew from his waistcoat
pocket a tiny ring box wrapped in snowy
tissue paper, which, after much prelim-
mary fencing, he requested the girl to
place in the bottom of the candy box. The
man watched 1t slowly disappear from
sight under the weight Of its sweet cover
ing and the girls at the soda water tables
watched the man. He carried the candy
with him, and when he left his detectives
also left. They followed him at discreet
distance down State street, only to see him
enter florists small store. where they
could not enter without arousing suspicion.