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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

BOATS DRAWN BY MOTORS.
Electric Power to Supersede Horses
on French Canal.

With the exception of the Erie Canal
experiments nothing has been done in
this country as regards the electric
haulage of canal boats but in France
there are perhaps as many as half a
dozen different systems in actual opera
ton. some of them hauling over 900
00C tons year. If the electric power is
superior to horses for street cars, why
is it not recognized as superior to ami
NAL traction for the heavier work of
hauling canal beats. The system de-
cribed here is now being installed on
the Aire and Deule Canal. The method
is peculiar in that what might be term
ed an electric horse is used to draw a
train of loaded boats, the power being
derived from an overhead trolley
This electric horse is in reality form
of independent motor carriage which
travels on ordinary paths or roads, dis
pensing with rails. An eight-horse
power motor is all that is required. thus
being geared to the large driving
wheels shown. These wheels are of
iron, with alec fiber rims. which gives
the whole a certain elasticity and in
creases the adhesion. The electric loco
motive is steered by the front wheels
by the motorman in the cab, through a
series of bevel gears. The electric horse
weighs about two tons and can draw
load of 3S1 long tons at a speed of
about a mile and q half per hour.
Another system by the same invent
ors, which is also to be used on this
same canal, consists of an adjustable
propeller and rudder. which may be at
tached to any canal boat. thus trans
forming it into an electrically propelled
boat. The propeller consists of a mo-
tor Theoretically sealed TO it's armature
shaft. passing cut through the casing
and carrying at it's extremity a three
blade propeller screw, which makes 300
revolutions a minute. The ordinary
rudder is removed and the propeller at
tached in a very few minutes. BY this
method speed quite equal to that at
tanned by the electric horse is reached,
but a slightly greater power conSump
ton. The current will be supplied from
power stations at the end of the line
at a pressure of SEQ volts at the boats.
These two systems are lower in operat-
ing expenses and maintenance than any
of the other electric systems. over fifty
boats day are to be hauled. and the
yearly tonnage at present is estimated |
at over 3,000O0O. After charging off
6la per cent fer the depreciation the i'm
vestment will yield a fair rate of in
terest. So for one more service the
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

tended wives knowing it, ard to nave
one Jolly night OF it in New York before
settling down for life, which Involves
them in many complications. Mile.
Henrietta, known as the peerless perl
Queen of the vaudeville stage, while VS.
iting friends in New England assumes
the character of Miss Henrietta, quiet,
demure country maid, and falls in love
with Willoughby Still; and the marriage
is to take place in New York. Mile.
Henrietta, while in New York, visits
Mrs. Harlem (who is to be married 10
jefferson Manhattan and induces her
to go to the gay French ball. The ell
max is reached when they meet and
mutual recognition results. Miss Nc
Henry assumes the dual role and mas an
opportunity to give full sway to her well
known movements. She is the lie OF
the company. but the arteries through
which come the fun and merrlment are
her clever assistants, numbering dozen
or more. prominent among Whom are
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

The new bill at the Orpheum for this
week promises to be one of the very best
that has yet been brought to this city
by the Orpheum management The
chief attraction viii be that great nov
city, Missions aerial ballet, which had a
phenomenal run of thirteen weeks at the
San Francisco Orpheum during the hol-
iday season and later a run OF eight
weeks during the past year, and its
fame has gone far beyond San Fran
cisco. 1t will be elegantly costumed and
made Respondent with beautiful light
effects. One of the new faces viii be
Dolline Cole, who styles herself WORLDS
female baritone" She has a remark
able voice and will appear in descriptive
songs. but her great stronghold is in the
popular coon songs of the day. She has
fine stage appearance and is elegantly
coStumed. Another feature is Fanny
Bloodgood, Coincidence. who will appear
in her comic specialties introducing
songs and dances. Some portions of her
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06
A Remarkable Diver.

native living in Nawiliwil, district
OF Lihue, on the Island of Kauai
whom every one knows as Johnny, but
whose family name is kualokai. is a pc
culiar character
Johnny is remarkably good swim
fner, and, it is said, was at one time
much addicted to the habit of stealing
ducks from various people. His method
was very simple. He would hide in the
bulrushes along the edges Of the duck
ponds and would. from tine to time
dive out where the ducks happened to
be, snatch one or two from the surface.
push them into a bag swim back aeaiu
10 the rusfes, there to take breath for
another sally In this way he succeed
ed in making quite a comfortable liy-
ing. However, he has given no his
crooked ways and now resides like a
peaceably inclined citizen, relying on
work that is given to him from time 10
time.
When cut on hunting or fishing ex-
petition. there is no better man on the
Island of Kauai than this same johnny
Barefooted he will climb over the dam
gercus pals hat fall away abruptly and
end thousands OBJECT below in the sea.
The festive goat itself is not more ac-
tive and, When hunting for this kind of
game, he is an Invaluable man to cha 50
the animals round to a point of want
age.
As diver, there are few natives
even who can beat him. In diving al
ter Holsters, he has the very uncom-
Portable habit CT swimming a great dis
lance into the caves that have no open
ing above the water. Beneath the rocks
of those places he will feel around, new
err failing to come to the top bringing
with him something to make glad the
hearts OF the Observation-Disclosures
Gazette.
THE WEEKLY UNION-THE BEST
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06
MISS SYLVIA GREEN.
Counted the Richest Heiress in the
World.

People generally know that Hetty
Green the richest, and in many respects
the most remarkable woman in the
world has a son, but few know that
she has a daughter. Sylvia Green. who
is counted the richest heiress IN the
world She is "A years old, and when
her mother dies VIII fall heir to $50
100000 in her own right. She is no
more desirable as an heiress than she
is as woman. Her training and nat
ural accomplishments are such that
she will be counted one of the most
capable women in the world.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06
Library of Condemned Books.

The Italian Government has resolved
to found at Florence at public expense
library Of all the books which have
incurred the censure of the Sacred Con-
gregation of the Index. The Vatican
has protested against the measure. on
the ground that the majority of the
books in question are improper to the
last degree, and that the establishment
of a collection of such a nature is an
affront rather against public morality
than against the discipline of the
church.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06


Tuesday evening at the Congregational
Church the Mcneil Club promises the
public another OF those delightful con-
certs for which the club is famous.
After ALL the male voice is the leading
voice and in chorus how superbly SUI
perior the male tone is to the feminine.
The club promises us in this coming con-
cert thirty strong, Well trained male
voices, and under such leadership as
that OF Rhys Thomas, and with Miss
Cara Atkins and Madame Eunice West
water we are assured of q delightful
evening of music. Among the features
are to be the choruses Meister's Elf"
Van Dewater's Sunset Chopin-Vog-
rich's Ring Out Wild Bells Mr.
Scholes is TO give us "Oh Hear the
Winds Blow" Mr.. Lester will sing
Lohr's "Oh, Were / Rich and Mighty"
Miss Atkins win sing with Mr.. Thomas
the Nile scene from Verdi, and as solo
Ronald's once in a Life While Mime.
Westwater will give us Shelly's Loves
Sorrow" and Arditti's Let Me Love
Thee"
New York Post: Wonders will never
cease. Brahms last piano pieces con-
verted a well-known American Wag-
nerite to Brahmsism. whereas Brahms
two leading apostles-Dr. Hanslick
and Billroth--did not admire them
Hanslick confesses that in these Ave
volumes of piano pieces Top. 116 TO
119D the bold flight OF fantasy is ar
rested and the living sap OF melody
dried up" As for Biilroth. he wrote in
one of his letters. which has been added
to the fourth edition:
Brahms again wrote this summer
GS93) dozen piano pieces. / know NOT
whence this passion has come upon
him all at once. With the exception
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

act are rather risque, but refined never
theless. The novelty of the bill is M.
c. Lawrence in his trick bicycle act in
which he displays his skill not only as a
bicycle rider but does balancing and
acrobatic work. Weston and Herbert
have been retained on the bill for an
other week. and are the only hold-over.
They viii appear in an entirely new act.
Other new features on the bill are Lo-
zelle Bros. in their marvellous perform
ance on suspended rings The great
comedy feature of the bill Will be Al.
Wilson, German comedian and yodler.
He is credited with scoring the great
est success made in recent days at the
Orpheum in San Francisco. He comes
with entirely new string of jokes and his
German dialect is said to be the real
thing" One critic has said that his
yodling is the best ever heard out of
Switzerland. He will probably be as
great a favorite here as at the San
Francisco house. With such a strong
bin the Orpheum should be packed
nightly.
Jolly Nellie McHenry, the charming
and vivacious comedienne, who has
been crowding the theaters nightly
throughout the East. comes to the Met
ropolitan next Thursday, February 10th,
in new play described as a lyrical COM
edy, "A Night in New York" written
expressly for her by II. Grattan Don
nelly, who is also author of "A Night at
the Circus" which was seen here some
years ago. The patrons of the Metro
politan have got into the habit of ex-
pecting Jolly Nellie" just as one ex-
poets rosies in June or rain in Decem-
Der. No matter how often one sees
Nellie McHenry, there is just as much
novelty in her appearance as there Is
the first time. Her new play, a Night
sn New York. by its title expresses the
entire plot, which consists Of the adj
ventures of jefferson Manhattan, a gay
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

She is a great loter of good books.
and does not devote her time to So
ciety She believes that a few tried
friends are of more value than a world
Of society. Her mother expects her TO
marry, but does not demand that her
husband have more than a good char
acter. He must be an honorable man,
and must love Sylvia more than he does
her cash. is the qualifica ton her moth
a,.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

BY THE JOKERs.
Heard you had little brush with
Jones last night
Il guess youd better call ii broom"
"Eh9''
"Yes-I swept the floor with him
New York Journal.
What We're those two men fighting
about
Each claimed that his grandmother
used to make the best pumpkin pies On
earth Detroit Free Press.
Mamma-Why did you strike little
Elsie, you naughty boy. you?
Dick-Well what did she want TO
cheat for, then?
Mamma-How did she cheat?
Dick--Why. we were playing at Adam
and Eve, and she had the apole 10
tempt me with-and she never tempted
me-but went and ate it all up herselfI
!-Tit-Rits.
He is marked man." said the fat
lady.
Who are YOU talking about?" in
quired the blonde of the two-headed
cir! combination.
The tattooed man." said the fat
lady. And then she chuckled-New
York World.
"Jaysmith is always blowing about
his wealth. said the Major to the
Judge
Nonsense" replied the Judge. Not
ten minutes ago / heard him telling
man that he hadn't dollar TO call his
own
Yes. l saw the man he was talking
TO. He is the Assessor in Jaysmith's
ward. Louisville Courier-J Journal.
did your wife have access to your
clothes the night the money disap-
peared?" was asked the man who had
gone to the Judge for a warrant against
the hired man.
burned eff She didn't. I guess I'll
jest drop the case, edge."-Detrot
Free Press.
What is the cream of your society
here?" asked the gentleman from
abroad.
The richest part, of course. De
troit Free Press.
Grandpa, how old are your"
Il am 81 years old, my dear"
Then you We're born eighty years be-
fore 1 was. What long time you had
waiting alone for me- "-Philadelohia
Times.
1T looks like rain to-day" said the
affable milkman as he dumped the reg
ular quart into the pitcher.
1T always does" said the woman,
and the milkman drove off wondering
why some people take such gloomy
views of everything. Free
Press.
He-Hasn't Miss Cutely lovely COM
plexion?
She-Yes.
Heller mother has a beautiful
lcomplexion, too, l suppose she gets it
from her.
She-No: she gets it from the drug
store.-New York Journal.
so he married in haste Did he re-
pent al leisure?"
NO, he repented in haste, too,"-New
York Journal.
Chappy-Ah, Miss Maud. would you
give me a penny for my thoughts?
Maud-You're exorbitant. Up-to-
Date.
Did your cook leave you without no.
tice?"
Not exactly. We heard the explo-
sion."-Town Topics.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

American knives, when intended for
sale IN India, are usually made With
rings IN the handles. The natives carry
them tied to their girdles.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

New York club man, and Willou:yhby
Still. a New England club man, who on
the eve of their entering domestic bliss.
schemed to go TO the French ball at
Madison SQUARE Garden without their In
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06
BY THE JOKERS.

horse is fast being displaced by cleo.
tric er--Philadelphia Record.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

What Were those two men fighting
about?"
Each claimed that his grandmother
used to make the best pumpkin pies On
earth. Detroit Free Press.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

Heard you had little brush with
Jones last night
Il guess you'd better call ii broom"
En-
"Yes-I swept the floor with him" -
New York Journal.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

THE WEEKLY UNION-THE BEST
weekly on the coast. Only = year.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

He is a marked man." said the fat
lady
Who are YOU talking about?" in
CURED the blonde of the two-headed
cir! combination.
The tattooed man." said the fat
lady And then she chuckled.-New
York World.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

What is the cream of your society
here?" asked the gentleman from
abroad.
The richest part, of course De-
troit Free Press.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

Superficial views as to the character
and mission OF Jesus Christ in partic-
ular have always been circulated by
interested parties since Christ came to
earth" says the New York observer
tPres.). MANY of the Jews of His
own time would not allow that Jesus
was even prophet. and some of the
radical preachers Of the present day.
who obtain notoriety greater than
they deserve, b'indiy fail to sec that He
is more than a prophet. / believe God
was in Christ. remarks one of these
false teachers. 'reecnciliEg the world
unto Himself. | believe God was in
Socrates, reeoaciling the world; in tha
Bu6dha. ] believe He was in Confu-
cius, reconciiing the weird unto Him
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

Mamma-Why did YOU strike little
Elsie, you naughty boy you?
Dick-Well, what did she want TO
cheat for, then?
Mamma-How did she cheat?
Dick--Why, we were playing at Adam
and Eve, and she had the ao0le tO
tempt me with-and she never tempted
me-but went and ate it all up herselfI
Tit Bits.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

"Jaysmith is always blowing about
his wealth" said the Major to the
Judge.
Nonsense" replied the Judge. "Not
ten minutes ago / heard him telling "a
man that he hadn't dollar TO call his
own"
Yes. l saw the man he was talking
TO. He is the Assessor in Jaysmith's
ward. Courier-Journal.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

Grandpa, how old are your"
Il am 81 years old, my dear
Then you We're born eighty years be-
fore | was. What a long time you had
waiting alone for me- "-Philadelphia
Times.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-06

Did your wife have access to your
clothes the night the money disap-
peared?' was asked the man who had
gone to the Judge for warrant against
the hired man.
burned eff she didn't. I guess I'll
jest drop the case, edge."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-03-26
OIL MEMS LAST CARD.
Cannot Transfer Their Cases to the
Federal Court.

Judge Baker has decided that the Federal
Court has no juri. diction over the gas waste
cases brought by the State against the Allie
gheny Oil Company, in Delaware county.
A judgment for $S 700 was given the State.
The oil company undertook to have the
cases transferred from the state to the
Federal Court They were remanded by
the Judge to the Delaware county court.
In his opinion the judge recites two rea-
sons why the Federal Court has no juris-
diction. One is that the Federal Court will
not act on cases covered by state law,
except in purely civil actions. In the gas
waste law there is a penalty of $500 for per-
mitting gas to escape from the wells more
than three days after notification, with an
additional fine of $500 for each ten days
the waste continues. The other point on
which the case was remanded is that the
State is not citizen, and cannot be brought
into the Federal Court on the familiar plea
that citizens of different States are interest
ed in the litigation 1t is believed by the
state officials that there will be no further
trouble in stopping the waste of natural
gas Unless the oil companies fail to cap
their wells the injunction suits will not be
pushed. Most of them have complied with
the law since the decision of the Supreme
Court
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-03-26
ENTHUsEs OVER FALL CREEK
City Should Buy Abutting Ground at
Once, Says Mr.. Montgomery.

Mr.. Montgomery, of the Board of Public
Works, is a believer in parks. Although
citizen of the South Side, he is enthusiastic
over the prospect of getting to work on the
White river and Fall creek park system.
He is especially enthusiastic over the op-
portunities along the latter stream. Nov
is the time to buy this land" he said yes
terday in a conversation on the subject.
1--WE ought to get it now if we ever expect
to get it. In ten years it would be almost
impossible to buy. If the city does not ac-
quire it it will be improved privately and
its value will be so great that 1t would. be
impractcable for the city to purchase it,
While 1 shall favor measures which are for
the special benefit of the South Side, I am
most heartily in sympathy with this park
making movement, Notwithstanding the fact
that the bulk of the money is to be spent
the North Side / look at it as great
benefit to the whole city"
Mr.. Montgomery was asked if he looked
for much objection on the part of property
owners to the appraisements made by the
agents of the board. Il cannot tell how
much there will be-, he said. but / think
there Will be little modification of the
boards estimates. The appraisements were
made by three men than whom there are
no more competent judges of the value of
real estate in Marion county. Charles T..
Coffin knows every foot of land in the coun-
ty, and all the peculiarities of each foot
and its value. Joseph Flack owns a hun
dred thousand dollars worth of property
in various parts of the county, and has been
for years active in real-estate transactions
The other man is Daniel Burton, a man
who has had opportunities to keep abreast
of the times in real-estate matters If there
are objections to the appraisements, and l
suppose there will be some the Circuit
Court will have the adjudication of the dis
pute. The opinions of other men, qualified
to give an opinion, will be asked, and other
appraisers may be appointed for specific
pieces of property. I do not think there can
be much variation. 1t seems to me that
the boards estimate of the cost of these
park lands is pretty accurate"
A park bureau" will be opened next week
in Room 13, in the basement of the court
house 1t is the room formerly occupied
by the city engineer. j. Clyde Power, su-
perintendent of parks, will be chief of the
bureau, which will be conducted as de-
partment under the Board Of Public Works
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-03-26
what Cole Had to UNDERGO.

Clinton A. Cole was yesterday granted a
divorce from his wife, Margaret c. Cole
by Judge Harvey in Room 2, Superior
Court. Cole had charged his wife with the
temper of a tigress," and that she was
accustomed to fly into such fits of rage
that the aid of several persons was required
to restrain her from doing him bodily
harm. When in these fits of passion she
would throw at him anything she could
Law her hands on he claimed They were
married in Milwaukee Nov. IL, 1893, and
lived together until December. 1895, when
they separated. March 8, 1885, he persuaded
her to try it again. But Mrs. Cole one day
asked for some pocket money. He thought
her demand exorbitant, and refused it,
Thereupon she assaulted him. grabbing him
by the hair and pounding him in the face.
She wouldn't make up and after short
rest attempted to- stab him with knife.
Then she left him and took rooms at a
hotel. The court thought Cole was justified
in demanding release from his matrimon-
ial bonds.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-03-26
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

The Board of Works, Monday, will open
bids for the following improvements:
For paving with asphalt the roadway of
Washington street, from Rural street to
the Belt Railroad.
For paving with asphalt the roadway Of
Eleventh street, from Capitol avenue to
Senate avenue.
For paving with asphalt the roadway of
Thirteenth street, from Meridian street to
Illinois; from Delaware street to Central
avenue; from Central avenue to College
avenue.
For paving with asphalt the roadway of
New Jersey street. from Sixteenth street
to Nineteenth street; also for paving the
sidewalks with cement.
For paving with wooden blocks the road
way of Pratt street, from Delaware street
to Alabama street; from Alabama street to
Fort Wayne avenue.
For paving with wooden blocks the road
way of Tenth street from Illinois street to
Senate avenue; from Meridian street TO
Illinois street.
For paving with wooden blocks the road
way of Southeastern avenue, from Wash
ington street to State avenue.
Bids for repaving Washington street,
from Alabama street TO Senate avenue,
will be opened next Friday.