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The record-union., 1898-07-20
LIFE ON THE COPPER RIVER.
PRECIOUS LIVES LOST ALMOST
EVERY DAY.
Fortune.Seekers Who Will Never
be Heard From-Letter From
Ralph Murphy.

The following letter from Ralph
I. Murphy Of Perkins to his rela-
tives will be read with much in
terest. Mr. Murphy is one OF
party from Sacramento who nave
made the trip across the great glacier
in the Copper River country, Alaska.
The letter was begun April 10th, ana
concluded May 18th. 1t was written
in the party's camp, at what is known
as Sawmill Creek, and says:
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REPUBLICAN REUNION.
A Qualification" at Fifteenth and
N Streets Tonight.

w. D. knights, President of the
Twenty-first Assembly District Re-
publican Club, has invited the men,
bers of the two Republican clubs
situated between Eighth and Six
teenth streets, north of K, to
meet this evening at the former
clubs new headquarters at the Queen
Anne Cottage. corner of Fifteenth and
streets, where a housewarming and
a good time in general will take place.
Republicans from all over the city are
invited to attend. There will 'be no
meeting of the Central Republican Club
this evening, on account Of the above
affair.
The record-union., 1898-07-20

form Of cold and 90 on through the entire list o
remedies. At all druggists, 25 cents a vial.
II you nerd medical advice write Prof. Nunyon
1900 Arch st., Phila. II II absolutely free.
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to-day for mail. Left camp at a. M,
and walked along the beach Of Turn
Again Arm at low tide, and had several
cliffs to climb. While climbing over a
point of rocks I discovered gold in
vein of quartz. The vein was about
two inches wide, and the gold was in
plain sight, and weighed 10 cents. We
broke the piece off and took it with US.
When we left Sunrise for camp the
tide had not fallen enough to make
the travelling safe, but we worked our
way along the mountains above the
beach for two or three miles. We then
built fire, dried our clothes and waited
for the tide to go out. In the meantime
we reread our letters, the first from
home. and the first mail since last Sep
tember.
We had a hard trip the balance of the
way, as it was so dark we had to climb
over rocks where, if we should slip, we
would go into the water below. At ii
p. M we arrived at camp. Our letters
we'll paid us for the trip.
We have taken up claims on this
Sawmill Creek. The hills on each side
are of gravel formation, with a fine fall
Of water. which will be called into use
for hydraulicking if the ground pros
pecas good The ground is frozen four
feet deep, and we had to build fires to
thaw it.
Plenty OF timber stands so close the
sun cannot shine through. We have
got down fifteen feet, and have 40 feet
of drain ditch. 1t was seven feet to
water. We have to timber the hole TO
keep it from caving in on US. We went
to prospect a quartz ledge which cross
ed the creek above this mine. We be-
lieye this to be a good quartz ledge,
and will make some sluice- boxes and
prospect.
Some of the powders weigh 1000
pounds. We take them out by aid of
block and tackle. There have been sew
eral snowslides on the mountains across
the Arm from here. They go tearing
down the mountains, taking rocks and
timber before them.
Three men camped with us April 22d
The wind was blowing so hard they
had to make for the shore. They re-
port eleven feet of snow in two days
and nights, on the glacier. Some out
fits were lost.
A Government expedition is at the
other side Of the glacier. There are
thirty men, and twenty of them are
United States soldiers. They will not
come over the glacier but go around
and come in through Cooks Inlet. They
are looking for route into the in
terror
Henshaw and went over to our cache
on Quartz Greek after provisions. 1t
was raining for the first time this sea-
son. We had to pack on our backs
seventy pounds. 1t was hard and tire
some and the walking bad, as the beach
was covered with soft mud and slush,
also broken ice and half-melted snow.
We had to crawl around two points
of rocky cliffs with our packs on our
backs.
On our return trip the wind was blow
ing gale We had to keep in close to
the mountains. Whenever we would
pass canyon or open place the wind
would almost blow us off our feet.
There are about 200 people camped
on Quartz Creek. They came over the
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McMorry sells groceries. Agent fol
Coronado water and Stockton sarsa-
parilla and IRON 531 M street.
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Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Cloudy Wednes-
day; southeasterly changing to south
westerly wind.
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q. A., No. 32S-In Bank-Filed July 16,
1889
A. S. Moody, respondent; Newmark
and Edwards, appellants J. S. Robin
son, defendant Reversed
Where two findings upon an essential
fact are irreconcilable, the findings
cannot support the judgment.
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Is. F., No. 546-In Bank-Filed July 16,
1889


Helena Seymour, respondent; Marga-
ret McAvoy, ct al, appellants. Action
to sub-let interest of defendants to sat
isfaction of plaintiffs judgment. Re-
verSed
The author of a trust to pay to or ap-
ply for the benefit Of another the in
come of property, or portion of such
income, may lawfully provide that the
interest of the beneficiary shall not be
assignable or shall not be subject to
the claims of his creditors. And such
provision need not be expressed, but
may be implied from the general inten-
ton of the donor, to be gathered from
the terms Of the trust, in the light Of
all the circumstances.
Alienability is not an essential attri-
butte of an equitable life estate in prop
erty; and there is nothing in the policy
Of the law prohibiting donor from
providing that his bounty shall be en-
ployed only by those to whom he in
tends to extend it, and that property
devoted by him to a trust otherwise
valid shall not be divested from it's ap-
pointed destination.
The decree Of distribution is conclu-
sive of the validity of all of the pro-
visions of the will
The record-union., 1898-07-20

ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR-THm
WEEKLY UNION. The best weekly.
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July IA, 1899
Amos Hart, administrator. ETC., Platt
Ketchum, appellant Recovery of
money affirmed.
1t is essential to a gift causa mortis
that the donor shall confer upon the
donee, at the time of the gift, a present
title and property in the thing given.
and If the thing given is capable of
corporeal delivery there must be an
actual or symbolieal delivery of it. or,
if it is not so capable, the means of OBJ
tanning control and possession of the
thing must be then giYen. Unless the
property in the thing given vests in
the donee it remains in the donor and
there is only a purpose or intention on
his part to make a gift. Such pur-
pose, or intention, is incapable of en-
forcement The delivery must accom-
pany the gift and must be made at the
same time. 1t is the delivery by the
donor, and not the possession by the
donee, that makes the gift effective.
If by the terms of the gift it is not to
take effect until after the death Of the
donor, the disposal is testamentary, and
not a gift. Such limitation is a con-
dition precedent, by which the gift is
prevented from becoming absolute in
the lifetime of the donor and the thing
given is therefore a portion of his es-
tate at the time of his death.
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Grim, No 416-Departmen One-Filed
July 16, 1889

July 16, 1889
People, respondent; Ludwig A. Siren
Der, appellant Felony. Reversed.
Held, that the instruction 1T is not
incumbent upon the defendant to prove
his innocence, nor is 1t incumbent upon
him to explain suspicious circumstances
unless they shall tend in some degree
to establish his guilt does not contain
a satisfactory statement Of the law,
since in no case except those where the
burden of proof shifts to the defendant
is it necessary, or even incumbent on
the defendant to explain anything.
G. A, Nos. 416, 417-Department Two
Filled July 16, 1889
G. v. Stansbury, respondent; ]. o.
White, ct al, appellants. Street assess
ment. Reversed.
The legislative department of the city
has no power to delegate to any officer
or committee of the corporation the
power to determine the mode, manner
or plan of an Improvement.
A contract which gives to the Super
intendent of Streets the power to in
crease or diminish the cost of improve
ment, after the contract has been en-
tered into, by requiring a greater or less
amount Of material for-I>e completion
as he shall determine, renders the as
sessment invalid See Bolton VS.. Gill
leran. 105 Cal pa.
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Deal with merchants who disp|ay

Two-thirds Of the people Of the
United States are collecting Sperry
4 Hutchinson's green trading
stamps. The other third are just
beginning. Beware Of imita-
lions"
The record-union., 1898-07-20

All great necessity and trial in the
life of nation develop men to meet
them. Dewey is one of the men.
The record-union., 1898-07-20

pleaded in an answer contain several
matters. these should not be repugnant
or inconsistent in themselves. But the
plea regarded as an entirety, if it be
otherwise sufficient in form and sub
stance, is not to be defeated or disre-
garded merely because it is inconsistent
with some other plea or defense plead
ed. And there is no distinction in this
respect between pleadings verified and
unverified. Held, therefore, that an in
struction from the court, "A defendant
may plead as many separate defenses
as he has, but a sworn answer must
not deny a fact in one part which is
averred to be true in another part" Is
reversible error.
The record-union., 1898-07-20

April Is, 1S9S.-As / have chance
to send out a letter by Mr.. Fensten-
mauker who is going over the glacier
l will write a few lines. We came from
Sunrise City by boat, and had to wait
several days, as we found the Turn
Again Arm so rough and the wind
blowing so hard we did not dare VEN
ture on it. We at last found fine
smooth water and fast running tide
We moved our camp from Quartz Greek
to this place while we built a boat. We
have the lumber all sawed out.
This is called Sawmill Creek because
so many boats have been built here,
the lumber being all whipsawed, and
tell you that whipsawing is anything
but easy work. We are cutting boards
II inches by 221a feet from spruce
trees. The timber here is all spruce
and hemlock.
But little mining will be done mere
before May 1st We are going to saw
out our sluice-box lumber as soon ds
We finish our boat.
We expect to work our claim on
Quartz Creek this summer, as we have
claims located on two or three otner
creeks. The season for mining is very
that So per day diggings are not con-
sidered good. 1t is most all piacer
mining here, with very little hydraul-
licking.
we have a, claim on the Left Fork of
Twenty mile River which is hydrauhc
proposition. and will go over and pros
pect it this summer, as there Is TOO
much snow and ice to tell much about
it at present.
Everything here is still covered with
snow and ice, but it is getting much
warmer. We have all kinds of weather.
1t was blowing, showing and raining
all of yesterday and last night. The
sun has just come out again. There is
about two feet of snow under our tent.
1 can hear a bird singing now. We all
enjoy the best of health, and have had
no use for medicine.
There are hundreds of people being
landed here-lawyers, doctors ana all
kinds of tradesmen-but there will be
just as many disappointed and be glad
to get home.
There will be many lives lost here this
year. as the glacier is treacherous ana
the boating anything but SAFE "A
minister and his niece fell in a crevice
in the valdes Glacier the other day,
and could not be rescued. l believe
fully one-half of the people who did
cross over Valdes Pass, on Copper
River, will never be heard of again.
Three men started from here one year
ago last fall for Copper River by the
Knik River route. An Indian brought
in word to the effect that these men
perished, two of them having died OF
scurvy. There are some parties talking
to Henshaw now who have just come
from the glacier.
Some of the ice is about six feet thick,
and is badly broken by the rise and fall
Of the tide The days are getting quite
long now, and we have but little use
for a candle. We have not seen paper
since we left Seattle.
The record-union., 1898-07-20
REGISTRATION!

Sacramento County, State of California,
having made an order on May 5, 1898. de
recting new and
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-27
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE GOULD.
Story Of Ii Man Who Thought tho Fnan
cier Bunko Steerer.


Once when the late Jay Gould wen
to Margaretville, n T., with his ply
stefan and private Car, he called Oh hi
old friend George Decker, a retirec
merchant of the village, who was for
merly clerk with Gould in Roxbury
Every one who knows MIR. Decker well
calls him 60, and this was what Mr..
Gould said to him:
Hello, or guess you know nc
this time, don t you:"
A few years before Decker, while in
New York on business one afternoon,
was suddenly confronted on Broadway
by dappcr, black eyed little man, who
grasped him by the hand, exclaiming
How are you, Mr.. Decker? l am glad
to see you.
Mr.. Decker looked the little man over
from head to foot, and hurrielly an.
swored
eyes, SO am l, but don't know you,
Sir. Good day"
But, hold up" said the other
aren't you George Decker of Margaret.
ville:"
on yes; that's all right " respond
ed Decker, "Lut l am in too great a
hurry to Le interviewed today, NV
TREND. You have struck the Wronp
man.
Yes, perhaps" said the little man,
but my name is Jay Gould Don you
know me:"
"'Jehosaphat!" exclaimed Decker IL
'ook you Tor confidence man. Phil |
ldelpLia Press.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-27
Tennyson and Birds.

Agnes Weld, a niece of Tonnysou,
speaks thus of the poet in The Con item.
porary Review: "Much as Teunyson mo-.
tlcod every individual tree and plant
blrd life had still greater attraction
for him. lIo was much touched by tho
TACT that the Gagged linnot loses tho rcd
plumago from its head and breast ot
tho first molt after its captivity, and
never regalns them, and he thought of
devotlng whole poem ia tho deem
yearnlng for liberty of whica this was
inc sign and type. And one reason no
almost daily, when at Fresh
water, to the summit of tho Beacon
down was because he loved to watch
the wild, free flight of the sea gulls cir.
cling around its lofty cliffs"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-27
The Moslem's Rosary.

me rosary consists of 90 beads, and
distinct ejaculation is appropriated to
each as 1t passes between the fingers.
Each ejaculation generally consists of
TWO words, and declares name or at.
tribute Of God. Almost all Moslems in
the upper and middle ranks of life carry
IN their pockets Or bosoms a string Of
beads for this purpose, which they use
not only on the occasion | am describ.
ing, but while sitting and smoking
their pipes, walking in the streets or
even while engaged in conversation.
When Moslem has gone over his
beads at the regular time of PRAYER. be
folds his hands, and then, holding them
up open, as if to receive something from
above, he prays for such blessings as ho
desires for himself or his household
when this is concluded, he strokes his
beard with his right hand and saws
Praise be to GodW This concludes
,he whole. Mind
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-27
MetaIlized yVDoJ.

1no following process, invented b,
Nr hubennlck, for motallizing wood
IS thus described by Les NionGcs; "Tb,
Wood Is first immersed for three or fon,
days, according to its permcabilitv i,
a caustic alkaline I've (calcareous sadn,
Ill Il temperature Of from IS to 90 de.
9rees Thence it passes inlmediotclv
into bath Of hydrosnlphite Of calcinn,
10 winch is added, after "a or 3G bours
= concentrated solution of sulphur in
caustlc potash The duration of This
bath Is about IS hours, and its temnor,.
turo Is from 30 to 30 degrees. FINALLY
inc WOOD Is Immersed for 30 or 80 bonrs
III not solution (35 to SO degrees, of
acetate of lead. Tho process, as NAV bo
seeh' Is long one, but the results arc
The wood thus prepared
alter having undergone proper divine
a1 Il moderate temperature, acquires ms
dor Durnishcr of hard wood a polisbod
SURFACE and assumes very brilliant
metallic luster This lustcr is still fur
Iher Increased if the surface of the wood
% llfst rubbed with piece of lead tiu
IL ENC and be afterward polished with
grass or porcelain burnishrr Tho
Nooo mus assumes the appearauce of a
rue metallic mirror and iy wow, a,1:,
lha resistant. -Invention
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-27
A LIFE FOR LOVE,

world below and heaven above
Let US live, my dear; let us live and love!
We know not nil that the blue skies mean.
But the beautiful lilies loll and lean,
And here is the sunlight on meadows of green
And rivers with slvery ripples between
A world below and a heaven above
Let US live, my dear; let us live and Lowell
world below and heaven above
Let us live, my dear, for breath of love!
We know not the meaning of stars and skies
We only sec heaven In Loves glad eyes
And give him our sorrows, our songs and our
signs.
And red rose is born for each red rose that
dies!
For world below or heaven above
Let lis live, my dear; let US live and Lowell
Let us live, my dear, in the lonely lands
For Kiss, tear and a clasp Of hands,
For whatever blessings soul may miss
There is nothing in heaven as sweet as this,
Loves kiss-love's lingering, first sweet kiss
With world below and heaven above
And life, my dear, that is lived for Lowell
Atlanta Constitution.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-27
vi. d., Z. r. S.

An eminent physician and ro,,o-.
the Royal Society, seeing over tha ao 1 u
o ul a paitry alehouse, the Grown an~l
=, nhlstle, by Malco..n MacTayisb. N I n
T. H. s., walked in and scvpr.lv w. -:
a ouhea the landlord for this presumnt tn
Gus insult to science. Bonifaco ,r;t,,
s shower respect S but with flrmness that
s th nc had been a soldier, ossnra W." !,
s sno aoctor that he meant no insult to
..a What right, them" asked ho ~
nave you to put up those Letters at ~
your name?" o''ofs after
cood nave answered the landlord ",s
gooa right to these as your honor a "s
Iaa r.,' ), MAJOR OF the Royal Scots fns;s
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-27
The Old Time StagecOach.

In 1863 there were, strange as i,
seems. only six stagecoaches running
IN all England, and of course these were
the only public vehicles for travellers.
Even these were novelty, and a per.
son named John Crosset thought they
were such dangerous innovation that
ne wrote a pamphlet against them.
These coaches. " he wrote, mako gen.
tlemen come to London upon every
small occasion, which otherwise they
would not do except upon urgent neces.
slty. Nay, the conveniency of the pass
ago makes their wives como often up
who rather than come such long Jour.
neys on horseback would stay at home.
Then when they come to town they
must be in the wade, get fine clothes,
go to plays and treats, and by these
means get such habit of idleness and
owe of pleasure that they are uneasy
'fter." Even people who come to the
'ity on steam cars are sometimes sim.
larly affected by the visit, even unto
his day.-Exchange.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-27
FIVE REMARKABLE TREES.
Which Rank Among the Curiosities of
Plant Life.

The whistling tree, or Acacia fstula,
is found in Nubia and the Sndan.
The Arabs call il soflar, or piper, be-
cause Of the whistling sound that it pro-
duces, and the specific name u hstula,
a word also meaning pipe or flute, has
been giAen it for the same reason.
Insects infCst the tree and deposit
their eggs i'll its shoots. y galllike ex-
crescence about an inch and half III
diameter is produced at the base Of the
Shoots and when the larvr have
emerged from circular holes III the sides
! OF the shoots the holes, played upon by
the wind, produce Il Whistlin2 sound
equal to that produced by sweet toned
flute.
The COW tree is SO called because
ltylelds an abundant supply of milk, 10
obtain the MIX deep incisions are made
IN the tree, FROM which the fluid flows
into vessels placed ready to receive it.
This vegetable milk is white, somewhat
vlscid and has an agreeable favor, and
an analysis of it shows that it is very
much like the milk of Il COW IN its COM
position. The COW tree grows on the
slope OF the mountain chain bordering
on Venezuela
The cloth tree is found at Otaheite, in
the south sea. The bark is taken off in
long strips and put to soak overnight |
In running water The soaking softens
1t, SO that the inner fiber may be easily
separated from the rest of the bark. |
The tibers are put together in lengths Of
about ! or IL yards, and the lengths
are placed side by side until they are at
least IL inches in width, and two or
three layers of tibers are put ono upon
another.
The fibers adhere together in ono
piece, and the material thus formed is
beaten upon smooth piece OF wood until
lt becomes as thin as muslin 1t is then
oleached in the air for time, when it
IS ready to be made up into clothing.
The singing tree of Queensland is
pleasing to the eye, but dangerous to the
ouch. Its effects are curious. 1t causes
'reat pain to the person or animal that
las the misfortune to get stung by it,
'ut 1t leaves no wound, no mark of any
IND, and for months afterward the part
tung is painful in rainy weather or
'heh III any way 1T gets wet. Frequent
1t Is necessary to shoot horses and
oss that have been stung by the tree,
maddening is its effect upon Them
The angry tree grows in Nevada, east.
RI California and Arizona. When
the least disturbed, this highly sensi-
We tree shows its anger by ruf1iing up '
$ leaves and emitting disagreeable
lor.-D. V. f. in Philadelphia Times. {
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-27
10 the Ladies'.

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