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The record-union., 1898-06-17

Ladies insist on having the American
Biscuit Company's cakes, cookies and
crackers. All frSt-claSs grocerS.
The record-union., 1898-06-17

McMorry sells groceries. Agent for
Coronado water and Stockton sarsa-
parilla and iron. 531 NJ street.
The record-union., 1898-06-17

Coronado water, Stockton sarsapa-
ILia anu IRON, cnainpasie cioeT, ginger
ale, orange cider. j. McMorry, agent.
The record-union., 1898-06-17

EGYPTIAN HENNA-A vegetable
dye for Immediately restoring gray
hair to its original color; convenient
and effective; no Objectionable uuali-
ties. For sale by first-class druggists
and hair-dressers.
The record-union., 1898-06-17

Removed-Charles A. Palm has re.
moved his iron works to 1110 Sixth
street.
The record-union., 1898-06-17

Save money by buying your tea and
coffee of j. McMorry, 531 M.
The record-union., 1898-06-17

Try McMorry's SOC uncolored Japan
tea; E. B. tea, 6Oc; G. p. tea, 75c; P. F.
Japan tea, 4Oc; 53l NJ street.
The record-union., 1898-06-17

Pianotuning-P. Schoen is here. Leave
orders at Hammers or Pommer's.
The record-union., 1898-06-17

Fora cool, sharp glass of steam or
lager, Ell Dorado, S26 J.
The record-union., 1898-06-17

Elegant miniature portraits in water
colors given away at Boysen's, 31S j.
The record-union., 1898-06-17
Hodson, the Photographer

Newer, better, brighter than ever.
Hodson will make photos again. S13 X. =
The record-union., 1898-06-17
6Oz y STREET.
In the Matter of Ordering an Elec-
tiOn of Trustees in Reclamation
District No. 341, of the State of
California. in and for the County
of Sacramento,

ON THE WRITTEN APPLICATION
of J. M. Upham, and it appearing to the
satisfaction of this board from the evi-
dence adduced, that the petition for the
formation of Reclamation District No
341, of said State. was presented to and
trict has adopted bylaws; that the said
j. Nj. Upham is a landowner in said dis
trict, and that more than two years
have elapsed since any election was held
, for Trustees of said district. 1t is order
ed that an election for three Trustees of
at the house of j. NJ. Upham and sons. on
Sherman Island, at the junction of Three
mile Slough and Sacramento River. in
1898, and that j. NJ Upham be and he is
hereby appointed Inspector, and G. j.
Hughston and George Knight. be, and
they are hereby appointed judges, to con-
stitute board of election for said dis
trict, at said election, it appearing that
said three are landowners in said dis
1t is further ordered that notice of such
election be given by publication of this
tion in the "Record-Union," a newspaper
published in said county.
Dated June s, 1893.
(SeaD Attest: W. B. HAMILTON.
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Sac
ramento County.
By B. HI. Gallup, Deputy.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. STATE
of California, County of Sacramento In
the matter of the estate of WILLIAM
SCHOLEFIELD, deceased.
NOllce Is neToDy given tnaL FRIDAY,
the 18th day of June, 1898, at 10 O'Clock a.
m. of said day. and the courtroom of
City of Sacramento, County of Sacra-
mento, and State of California, has been
appointed the time and place for prov
deceased. and for hearing the application
of Henry Brook and Mary A. Gambonf
for the issuance to them of letters of
administration with the will annexed
thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said
court, this 1st day of June, 1898
(SeaD w. B. HAMILTON Clerk
BY z. s. Wachhorst, Deputy Clerk.
Hinkson & Elliott, Attorneys for Peti-
toners.
Indorsed: Filed June /, 1898.
w. b. HAMILTON, Clerk
BY p. 8. Wachhorst. Deputy. je2-td
The record-union., 1898-06-17
Granted a Divorce.

Judge Hughes yesterday granted
Barbara Greer a divorce from r. H
Greer
The record-union., 1898-06-17

Electrical lamps at scott's. 3O3 J.
The record-union., 1898-06-17
DIED.

Try McMorry's 35c tea 531 M.
The record-union., 1898-06-17
THE SADDLE ROCK
AND OYSTER HOUSE

FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect. Ladies' dining-room separate
Open day and night. BUCKMAN & CAR
RAGHER Proprietors. No. 1919 Second
street. between and *. Sacramento.
The record-union., 1898-06-17
STATE HOUSE IIOTEp,
Corner Tenth and X Sts., Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM, 81 25 TO 81 PEB
day. Meals, 25c.
Accommodations first-class. Free bus
to and from hotel. w. j. ELDER Mgr
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19

When the Scotch missionaries fol-
lowed their great countryman's foot
steps into what is now known as Brit
ish Central Africa, they called their
station "Blantyre," the name of the
town in which DR.. Livingstone was
born. The place now contains about
six thousand natives and more than
hundred whites. OF the natives a re-
cent Parliamentary report says that,
IF the natives do not love taxation,
they are at least beginning fully to
understand the value of tax receipt,
the possession of which frees them
from the oppression of their chiefs.
They appreciate also having a silver
currency, because it enables them to
accumulate their earnings,-an impos-
sibility In the old calico currency days,
and now many of the workers in the
Blantyre district have stores of money
hidden away or deposited in the bank.
The more intelligent and enterprising
natives have even begun to buy blocks
of government land of about one hun
dred acres each, for coffee cultiva-
tion."
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19

One of the most hopeful signs of the
times in governmental affairs in Amer
lea is the growing appreciation of post
al facilities as shown in the continued
and continual expansion of the system
even more rapidly than business condi-
tions alone warrant. The representa-
tives of the people are alert to see that
the best possible postal facilities are
given to their constituents and with
the establishment Of the pOstOftice
comes closer connection and commun-
ion with the outside world by letters
and newspapers and telegraph, and
consequently a more enlightened citi-
zenship. The next step in the develop
ment of the postal system will undOubt-
edly be in this country, as it already
has been in England and some others,
the establishment of postal telegrapns
in connection with the postal organiza-
ton of the government. Under our
present system the telegraph, unlike
the postoffice, is limited in it's extension
by purely practical business considera-
tions of profit and loss in management.
1t is estimated that if the same system
were to prevail as regards postoffices,
two-thirds of the mail routes operated
in the United States to-day would have
to be discontinued as only about one
third of them pay a profit.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19

sides were armed men peering fearfully
at the frightened people in the cars.
ou can't stop here" said their lead
er. Just you run through as fast as
steam will let you. Nobody gets off"
is that you, Hank?" said man. low
fully, as he stepped to the platform and
was about to descend to the ground.
Glad it's you. l want to come to your
house. The wife and children are with
me-"
''Get back there. Didn't you hear me
say nobody alights. Don't care if you are
my brother. Stay on that train or I'll
fill you with buckshot," was the grim
reply, as the man covered his shrinking
brother with his ready rifle.
Then on again rushed the train, the oc-
cupants filled with an even greater ter
ror. Where could they go? Who would
| receive them? All the country was
aroused. On all sides cleaned the guns
which held them at bay Death might be
on the train. 1t was certainly out of if
On the rear platform a distracted girl
! struggled to a sitting posture as the train
resumed its rapid flight. Two men stand
ing huddled with the crowd near by saw
her. She was i'll. She might be suffering
with the dread scourge. Must others
suffer? No!
With a common impulse they rushed to
where Mamie Butler lay half-extended on
the platform, lifted her suddenly in their
arms and shot the fragile form out into
the wilderness, recking little of the almost
certain death their cowardly and brutal
act would entail.
Fortunately another swOon followed the
first wild cry as the girl felt herself lifted
in the arms of those brutes. She fell
limp and helpless into a friendly clump
of wayside bushes. Her fall was broken
SO that little injury resulted But she
was left in the swamp regions, miles from
any human habitation, the prey of the
elements, barred from intercourse with
her kind by the rigid law of the shotgun
patrol" now fully organized all over the
State. Slowly her senses returned Slow
ly her desperate situation dawned upon
her. Out in the wilderness without food,
poorly clad in the hurry of the fight from
Magnolia, and reared in a home of luxury,
she was little fitted for any kind of fight.
Her situation was such as to appall the
most determined and stoical man. What
could frail girl do?
Slowly and painfully with badly bruis-
ed ankle she took up her way on the
tracks. Where should she go? Home,
of course. Her father was of the lines
He would admit his child, even if to the
dangers of infection and death. Death
from the plague at home with her loved
ones was preferable and not more certain
than out in that swamp. Home she would
go. Bravely-for the girl had her father
rugged, forceful nature-she started to
walk back to home and safety.
How that frightful journey was accom-
plished the half-delrious girl never knew.
Three days and nights she wandered,
driven away from every camp she ap-
preached by the same iron rule Food she
had none but wild berries and acacia
buds. But on she struggled under the
blistering heat or the cooler shades of
night until at last she saw the tall tower
of the city hall in the distance. Gratefully
she sank in the sand and thanked heaven
for her deliverance. Home was near and
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19

When labor" is spoken of 1t general
ly means the union of skilled workmen
In the cities and large towns. But a
farmland" Mr.. Keans, of Topeka,
Kan, calls attention in the Arena to
the fact that 100000 of wage earners,
nearly One-half the total, are pariahs
among the laboring classes; their ex-
istence ignored, their name a byword.
In most localities" he says, ''they
work harder, get less pay and have
fewer of the blessings of civilization
than any other workmen. They work
so hard that they have no time for rec
reation or reading" Evidently the Ia
Dor question concerns much more than
the wages and conditions of skilled
city workmen or of miners and rousta-
bouts
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19
ShOeStrinUS.

Shoestrings are made not only in
enormous numbers, but also in very
great variety. There are factories de-
voted solely to their production.
They are made principally Of cotton,
but also of calfskin, porpOise hide, silk
and mohair. There is an elastic shoe
string made of combination Of rub
Der and cotton and a tubular cotton
lace that has a linen cord running
through it. In shape shOestrings are
made in solid round braid, of cord
twisted like rope, of fiat braid and of
tubular braid. These are all made in
various sizes.
Flat braids of the kinds used for fine
shoes are made in width ranging from
fourteen to twenty-fOur lines. In col
Ors they are made to match all the va
rious shades of leather used in shoes.
Most shoestrings are still made with
the tips of the kind that are clamped
on, but the use of the spiral wire is In
creasing These are made in lengths
ranging from three-quarters Of yard
to two yards and half. The longest
laceS are uSeu lOF WOLueu UlCyCIe
boots. Before the Introduction Of the
bicycle the longest shoestrings in reg
ular use were a yard and three-quar-
ters long.
There is shoestring yard long that
can be sold two pairs for a cent with
good profit; there are shOestrings sold
at 3 cents pair on which the profit is
proportionately less. Shoestrings are
sold at various prices up to 20 cents
and 25 cents a pair, depending upon
material, quality and length. A great
many shOestrings are given away. Silk
shoe laces are used mainly for lowcut
shoes. There are half a dozen fac
tories in this country producing moth
ing but porpOise-hide shoestrings, used
mainly for brogans.
Formerly many millions Of the shoe
strings annually consumed in this
country were imported, chiefly from
Germany. Pretty much all of the cheap
shoestrings used here, which include
rather more than half of the total con-
sumption, were made here; Of the bet
ter grades about half were imported.
With the adoption of the recently en-
acted tariff laws in this country the i'm
portatiOn Of shoestrings has practical
ly ceased.-New York Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19
FEET AND CHARACTER.
What the Pedal Extremities Reveal t,
One Who Knows,i


The person who had his character
read by the palmist must now go to the
first cousin of the chiropodist in order
to learn whether the markings on the
foot agree with the prognostications of
the hand.
According to the adopts, a small in
step denotes religious temperament
while, if it is high, it suggests self-con
sciousness. If arched, it indicates q
love of luxury, while, if it is thin in
addition, it not only demonstrates the
desire for appreciation and applause,
but the possession of honor and lofty
ideals. A thick, heavy instep, which
the bootmaker would describe as rath-
er high, is the mark of the individual
who is capable Of great eXertion contin-
ued over a long time, the instep, in
fact, Of the worker.
The heel is another of the great dag
nostic points. If it is smooth and
round, and without any prominent out
lines, it declares the individual to be-
long to that commonplace order, which
never achieves any distinction, and
who, though pleasant enough in his or
her way to live with, Is yet devoid of
any special talent. If it is small it
shows that the owner is capable of go
ing heart and soul into any work which
he undertakes.
Long toes suggest artistic capacity,
just as do long fingers of a certain
shape, while short toes indicate selfish
ness. If they are crooked as well as
long, they demonstrate the possession
of good common sense and no little
business capacity, while toes separated
by a distinct interval, in spite of the
compression to which fashionable
of great eXertion continued over long
boots compel them, are indicative of
emotion. If they curve downwards, they
indicate an amiable turn Of mind, and
different portions of them denote diff
ferent characteristics, as do the So
called mountains" and valleys" on
the palm.
In addition to all these characteris-
tics, the markings on the sole must be
carefully considered, for they may
modify certain other peculiarities. 1t
is impossible, however, to lay down
any laws for selfguidance in these
minutiae, but the broad facts will no
doubt furnish sufficient stimulus for
further investigation at the hands Of
the wise women of the world; for they
must be indeed wise who can read, as
in an open book, chara cter which may
be formed by the constructions of a
fashionable boot.
Whatever else may be done, however,
it is safe to say that great toes which
are pressed out of the straight line, and
which are, therefore, in hideous con-
trast with the beautiful feet of Trilby,
bespeak an egregrious vanity in their
possessor, and proclaim a belief in the
proverb, which states that ''to be beau
tiful one must suffer-" This, however,
was the Old-fashiOned idea which 1t is
hoped the vogue Of Mr.. Du Maurier's s
heroine will have done good deal to
counteract
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19
WOMEN WORKED LIKE MEN.

Present Day MiI1ionaires Tell Of
Money Made by The Wives.
In the early days Of the Republic
most of the women worked as steadily
as the men.
1t is true that they did "home work"
mostly, but it was hard work none the
less, and it helped support the families
and earn the slowly accumulating sur
plus.
In those days the women did the
work that is now performed by half a
dozen different kinds of factories. They
spun the yarn for the stockings that
were worn by every member of the
family, and knitted them, too, and they
did most of the weaving.
Nowadays even the knitting is done
chiefly by machines. Not only was the
cloth for the garments of every men,
Der Of the family manufactured at
home by the diligent housewife. but
she and her deep-cheSted, strongarm-
ed daughter wove the carpets besides.
All this factory work. was done in
addition to the "housework," now so
generally done by servants; every bit
Of 1t was then held to be distinctiyely
"woman's work." and had been so re-
garded since work first began.
Although this labor was mostly done
in doors, the woman never heSitated to
help in the harder, outdoor work OF
the men when called upon, and by all
accounts this was pretty often. Farm
ers' wives and daughters were fire.
quently seen in the fields. They plant
ed and husked the yellow corn, they
made hay, they helped In the harvest
and they drove teams.
Some of the vast fortunes on which
the famous families of to-day-whose
women marry dukes and princes, and
would be scandalized at the thought of
any kind of work-are founded, were
built up by the help Of woman's work.
1t is said that the wife of the first Van
derbilt toiled as hard as he did.
When he was young man he was
ferryman between New York and Eliz-
abethport. At first he used a schooner
in his business. He commanded the
craft, and his wife did the cooking.
Sometimes she had her hands full,
feeding the passengers and crew; for,
although when the wind and the tide
were right the trip was easily and
quickly made, when they were adverse
the passage sometimes occupied days.
Mrs. Vanderbilt was a good cook and
a frugal woman, and it was due quite
as much to her industry and thrift as
her husbands that he was able to dis
card his sailing vessel when steamboats,
came in
But for years after that the passen-
gers were often fed on the boat, and
she remained the cook until the Van
derbilt surplus had attained to consid-
cradle proportions.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19

Germany's industrial progress has
been so much in evidence during the
last twenty-five years that its charac-
teristic mark, made in Germany" is
no longer a thorn in the flesh of John
Bull only. There are other peoples be-
sides the English that are ready to al
low that the mother of nations" is,
after all, still a vigorous old woman.
Her goods are found in all the markets
of the world and her ships on all the
seas, and now she has even the fastest
and largest ocean liner on the Allan
tic. But it is not only in great enter
prises she is succeeding; she does not
neglect small things, as thread and nee
die for instance. Within the past few
years the needle industry in Germany
has taken a remarkable development.
Great Britain formerly supplied Ger
many with needles, but the fatherland
at present is fully able to compete with
Great Britain not only in foreign mar
kets, but in the British colonies also,
and even in Great Britain herself. OF
the chief centers of the industry-Aix
la Chapelle, Burtscheid, Iserlohn,
Schwalbach, Altoona and Nuremburg-
the AK la Chapelle factories alone pro-
duce upward of fifty million needles a
week. OF the enormous expectations
about 60 per cent. go to China, where
German needles control the market:
next in Importance are France and
British India. 1t looks now as though
before a great while German sewing
thread will successfully compete with
Coats, Clarke and Brown in the China
mo orlyo
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19
Cleaning a Mans Heart.

Every day We hear of some wonder
full doing by the doctors. So strange
are the achievements at times that peo-
pie apparently sick unto death will
take all sorts of chances in the hopes
that the wizards of the scalpel may
save their lives. Joseph Davenne, a
Frenchman, was in such a condition
when he allowed the doctors to clean
his heart. He had long been a sufferer
from fatty degeneration of that organ.
He knew he could not live much longer
when he took the chance the scientists
proposed. They cut Josephs ribs apart.
showing the lungs, with all their fine,
shining membranes. These were thrust
aside and four swiftly moving hands
were busily engaged in scraping the
fat from the sides of the heart. The
entire process covered only a few mo-
ments. But it was enough. The man
was dead. The surgeons engaged sent
q full account of the affair to a medical
journal. The law did not hold them to
account because Davenne had left q
paper stating that the experiment was
tried at his own request.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19
Average of Human Life.

The average of human life, accord
ing to Prof. Warren, is about thirty
three years. One quarter die previous
to the age of seven years, one-half be
fore reaching II, and those who pass
this age enjoy a felicity refused to the
rest of the human species. To every
1000 persons, only one reaches 100
years of life, to every 100, only six
reach the age of 65, and not more than
There are on earth 1,000,000,0 900 inhab-
itants, and of these 1888, 1888 die every
year, 81 ,S24 every day, 3,730 every hour,
and sixty every minute, or one every
second
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19

midnight and if you were the deity him
self, stay you must"
Reluctantly the young man Joined the
stampede. He took the maiden's Other
arm and with her father made rapiC
strides to the hail. There they stood Oh
the doorstep and watched the hurryine
mob of battling, terrorized human beings
almost devoid now of all semblance to hui
manity. Buffers influence made it posi-
bic for them to hope to wait until the last
train should leave. Then he determined
that his child and her lover should race
with death to more northern city. where
relatives would receive the girl and she
and Kendrick might be safe from the cpl
demic.
All day long and until nearly the hour
for the establishment of the quarantine
the people rushed madly to the depot or
out into the gulf Every conveyance was
impressed into service to remove loved
ones from under the dreadful shadow
Calmly the natives waited the inevitable.
Theirs was a nature to wait and pray and
keep strict watch and ward that the how
ering pestilence might be limited to their
own town and not rush unchallenged into
the interior or even invade the States
north of Dixie. Up to this time yellow
jack had been an aff1iction of Dixieland.
1t was soon to show its horrid front north
Of the Ohio and in cities where its pres
ence was never thought possible.
AS the mob grew in numbers with ev-
cry train, men, long, lank but sinewy,
types of the coast Southron, dropped
from the incoming train. Rifles and shot
guns were in their hands. Silently and
steadily they strode over to the city hall,
where they conferred with the Mayor
They were Joined by others of the city
itself. They would keep all within who
remained and bar all out who were out
after the big bell in the clock chimed the
midnight hour.
At midnight now not far off the shot
gun would rule. That was the law made
by these stern men. 1t would place the
little city under a martial law more terri
BILE than any framed or enforced by the
Yankee conqueror. Death might be the
portion of all who were left behind. The
gaunt ghost of pestilence stalked about
the streets sparing none. But the deaf
inside was not so swift nor so sure as
that which awaited him who essayed to
break that rigid line extending in a wide
semi-circular sweep back from the wa ter
front around the city to the other beach
from each to west On the docks and in
the railroad yards the guards stalked.
Their tense faces and steely eyes were set
with a determination which nothing hu-
man would shake.
AS the time drew nigh when escape
would be barred George Kendrick plung-
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-19

We are accustomed to congratulate
ourselves on the observance of law and
order, yet we are about the only coun-
try in which violence takes the place of
law. Lynching is American; even Mex
leo will not tolerate it. 1t is confined
to no section. 1t may break out to-
night In seemly Massachusetts and
make that excellent people cease to
vaunt themselves, as the outbreak in
Indiana a few months ago. Some of
the atrocities practiced in lynching can
be studied with profit by the frenzied
Turk who may desire new methods of
cruelty.