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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-13

were rot such an enthusiastic read
er : adore society. bur l cannot re-
+ turn my friends calls. being such a
! poor walker. and so l drop cut of
things When / have my carriage /,
Will make thinss altogether different"
/ had prescribed for her. and l pre-
scfibed neither carriage exercise nor ex-
/ element. ard was descending the
stairs when d sharp-faced. busting
woman met me and beckoned me into
I q room.
III you want TO know what's really
| the matter with my lady" she said
| eaust,cally, I'm her lanGlady and 1
can tell YOU. It's laziness, am.
that's what ii is-downright. sinful.
wicked iaziness. It's ringin the bell
for Eliza If she drops her handkerchief;
it's riugin' the bell fer Eliza If the
FIRE warts a poke; it's ringin' the bell
for Eliza If she wants her powder puff.
not out what her complexion calls for
/ it, and her never takin' good whole
some spin. rs nothing all day long
, but singin' the bell. L declarS. ma am,
Ia never stand il. not if it wasn't for
Mr.. Chiffon. who's the incest. we'll
maaneredest gent you ever saw, and
as handsome as shes good -for-nothing
And te's got to look that pale and
peaky Il would make anybody's heart
ache. She rates him from mOrnin' till
nig;ly. and from night again till morn
in. because he amt rich enough to
please her, though my husband says
he's dom uncommon We'll She Will
have everything of the best Breakfast
in bed, and wines. and little dinner par
ties. Ill I'm wore cut with cookin' He
works Ike 4 drayhorse. but he don't
satisfy her. He's got TO fetch and car
~ Ike dog, and bring her titbits and
hneries from tie city. It's too much
crumbs end too little 10 do. It's too
much feedin' and too little Dustin al
ter things, ike other people has to.
That's what's the matter with my
LADY,"
On tbs doorstep / encountered IA
miliar face. But now It was worn and
lined, and those stalwart shoulders OF
his stopped. There were symptoms of
gray IN his hair and he had lost his
deDOEuaire look. But there was
neither languor now nor indecision in his
movements. lie carried in one hand a
heavy lsather bag. in the ether bas-
ket Of dollhouse grapes and a small
bonnst5oX, Despite his less fine phys
zeal condition, he somehow looked a
bsttsr man. Where before he had pre-
scented an appearance Of having shrunl
within his body. now he seemd to prop
erly IL il.
He raised his hat with an embar-
raised air anu hurried into the house.
Nov" remarked l to myself Mrs
Chiffon No. > is. to all appearance a
superfiuoUs factor in the scheme of
things, Yet. TO my knowledge, she has
served two useful purposes. In the
first place. she has avenged the wrongs
of poor. brave-hearted dead little
Joan: in the second she has made Il
man of 'Tomas'i'-Woman at Home.
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mute later she was dead.
CT APrER III

! 1t was three years after when a hey
! in buttons shambled bashfully into 10y
/ consulting-roo lie rendered M a
crocc dile-skin-S .cl1et envelope rtofus y
scented
Il was TO give il into your very hands
with Mrs. Cnilton's compliments,
rla'am. and could YOU come AT once
TIE note ran thus: Mrs. Tomas
/ Chiitcn presents her compliments 10
Or. Ramsey. and could she kindly see
Mrs. TCmas Chiffon as early as pcssi-
BILE, as she is extremely urwel and
trusts, as the morning IS 50 exception
ally fine. TO be strong enough for a
drive. If Or. Ramsey Will be GOOD
enough to time her visit before |!
O'clock"
The name seemed familiar, despite its
forlorn ring. Then I remembered where
last had heard it. l dismissed il as
mere coincidence, l wonder what has
become of my MI Tomas Chiffon re-
flected as | drove
Mrs. Tomas Chiffon w2s plump and
handsome blonde whom l found re-
Ginning on ceCch in one OF a we'll
furnished suite Of rooms.
Excuse ne rising, doctor" she apol-
hand. Il am trying to collect a little
strength fer MY drive. l feel il would
Go ne so much good l am u perfect
martyr to nerves: that you will see at
a glance The merest trihe units me.
Do you know the fact of your being =
stranger has set me aH of a tremble:
l am 50 stuptdly sensitive"
I had no difficulty in making a dag
81 Dt,rt 81 4
sensibilities ~ stating it, TIE while
| pursued my Investigations she ran
on:
The truth is, I require carriage exer-
else. / cannot live without fresh air
l opened window; the air was heavy
with musk and aromatics. "Oh. pray
be kind enough TO close it," she object
ed reeVishly; Il get neuralgia from the
slightest drausht. Thank You. Do you
know / am Sc dull and moped from BE-
lnG continually in the house / DO not
expect to De We'll un:il | am able 10
get carriage exercise. My husband IS
not wealthy, and. unfortunately. ! lest
my Ittle income before we were mar
ried. but he hopes soon to give me at
least a dogcart. l need fresh air so
much, and l cannot live without ex-
GIlciIeHt.
While turning a civil face upon her
complainings my eye was caught by a
Photograph on the wall
Il think l have met your husband" l
said
He was married before. You at
tended his first wife, l believe. He was
not then in good circumstances. | dare
say she did not know how TO manage
him. He needs little stirring up"
Her fingers were decked with rings
not very valuable rings, it is true-and
the bangles jinglins at her wrists were
more numerous than they were costly.
But she wore a handsome tea gown Of
satin and lace, her STOCKINGS wel q
silken, showing the pinkness of flesh
through perforated pattern: her high
hseiede shoes were silver buclzied. It
was plain she had stirred up" Mr.
Tomas to some purpose. she was half
way through the second volume CT
sensational novel, which She SUPPORTED
in che limp hand. The other clasDed
a bottle Of smelling salts
She held the book up. my life
would be insuppcrtable." she said. If
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There's the raean of the victor and the
yell OF wild delight
That always greets the winner when ne
carries off fight:
There's all kinds of iubilation from a
cheer UP TO a whoop.
And you'd think meme of them do Justice
20 great, big scoop.
There's the boy who works the story. and
his heart is full of glee
Sut ne doesn't show he's tickied he's as
calm ca I'm can be
ana you q think TO see him writing that
his health was on the drooo
But you bet he's fairly humlning with his
great. great. big SCOOP
Then the boss. who reads the copy. marks
first page" ana let's IL go.
And he'd Ike 10 let q yell out SO that all
the world might know
How hes got the opposition most complete
ly in the soup"
When they wake up from their dream and
read the great. big SCOOP.
Yes, there's lots of ways 10 show a sense
of oVeroOWerin@ low
from firing off a cannon 10 cavortina like
/; boy:
But it's time that some inventor To the
mammoth task would stooa.
AND get Up some celebration for a great.
big
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Fer lips Quivered weakly like q
cEi,ds. She shock her head.
Il know size said, a little bitterly
turtle soup and trufies. hothouss
grapes, 10 port. drives and sea vos.-
ages III winter in the Riviera. What
prcGiGal ialag.nations YOU doctors
have. Freedom frcm mental anxiety
unbroken sleep. cheerful society Wine
and ncur.sting fcod, frequent changes
Of aits-these are the Representatives, you
order in light and airy fashion t.
the careworn mother CT clerks Chi
! dIen. Isn't il a Bit hearted oi
YOU. ROW.
My dear l answered her II have
prescribed you none of these things
l have 50 far ordered only rest. Ana
though I mean 70 supplement it with q
more or less s.auseous potion and pos
sibly cod-iiyer o.l-ah. / thought
should ruGie that fire composure OF
yours ala not suggesting the in,
possible. That big. splendid fellow OF
a husband
All. you are jealous She cried
roguishly. her eyes sparkling half with
laughter. half with tears. All. You
are envying me my Tcm"'
Why. OF course / am" ] turned
and hid my cyr;c.srl in my Instrument
bag. My mind was on. her fr2gigt
face and frame, her wasted limbs. The
swollen weakness Of her white feet
F! (Which struck so pathetic a note out
OF that row cf small and shabby shoes
the vaive-fcilrre of the poor heart
"Of course am jealous l mumbica
from cut OF my bag. who would no,
envy you so magnificent a masculine
possession %
All. why haven't you married, dor
tor?" she questioned. Where is tho
JOY OF working when there is nobody t,
share results with?''
IT is rather gingerbread without
gilt | admitted. But sometimes one
sets more ginger bread. NY dear
"Ch, you are never SO selfish. know
am reader CT faces. Perhaps there
was some one-but perhaps l am tread
ing on tender ground"
| turred my s.alwart inches broad
side on her. do I look like a person
with a tender past?" I demanded.
She could not say / Gid. She laid a
thin hand cn mine and looked pathet-
icaly into my face.
Il am sorry she said.
Then you are wasting good synpa-
thy. Do not read your own failings
into others, little woman There are
women ard women. And not one wo-
man in fifty knows anything OF love.
except as q convenient sentiment which
leads to an establis hment. And the
woman who does l added viciousiy
and sctto voce, as / severed the limbs
Of my "birau1al" generally gets ner
heart broken,"
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A Young St-ateg;st.

Johnnie: Papa. see what I've found
"a bicycle cap
Papa: what are you going TO DO
with I. Jchanie?"
Johnnie: wen. Amt you going to
buy ne L bicycle 10 Gi it:?'-New York
World.
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Trying to Make It Out.

Theodore-I declared myself, Alfred:
but | don't know whether she accepted
me or not. That's what I'm trying to
make out, you know.
Alfrad-What did you say to her?
Thaodore-I said l thought the world
OF her. and she said It's a queer
world" That was all. don't you know.
and Geuced if l know whether il meant
she is in love with me or not.-Boston
Transcript.
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How did Ferkasie come to be called
Colonel He never had military COM
mand."
He married Kentucky widow. -
Puck
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Rum omelet is offered in French hes
pitfalls to patients whose digestion has
completely forsaken them. The omelet
is delicately made, a little powdered
sugar sprinkled over it, but along the
side of the dish the rum poured over
and lighted. 1t is, Of course, eaten at
once. the burned liquor contributing,
according To the French idea, TO the di-
geStibility of the dish
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
ONE OF THE BEST FEATURES
Of the Pyramid Pile Cure

Is the fact that it cures every form oil
piles without one particle of pain. This
desirable point is not obtained by tbs
use of injurious opiates, which simply
deaden and paralyze the nerves of the
parts and make matters worse in the
long run But it is done solely by its
remarkable healing and soothing effects.
And while it thus gives immediate re-
ief, at the same time the disease is not
merely checked, but radical cure is
rapidly accomplished.
And the point we want to make clear
is that all this is done without particle
of pain.
This fact is one reason for the great
popularity of the Pyramid Pile cure,
and constitutes one very great differ
ence between it and almost any other
kind of treatment for piles.
Every kind Of surgical operation for
piles is overwhelmingly painful besides
endangering the life of the patient and
n most cases is not to be compared with
Pyramid Pile Cure, neither in making
successful cures without pain nor in cheap
ness and safety.
The Pyramid Pile Cure has been be-
fore the public too long and its merits
recognized by too many people to allow
it to be classed with the many salves.
suppositories, pills, etc, and you run no
risk in trying it, as is often the case
with new and untried preparations.
If you are ever troubled with any
form of piles or rectal disease do not
forget the Pyramid Pile Cure Pre-
pared by the Pyramid Drug Co, Mar
shall, Mich, and sold by druggists at 50
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
Halls Order Is
Unpopular
WITH De M0CRATS.
They Declare 1t a Republi.
can Party Scheme.

There is evidence of a merry time in
store for the new board of aldermen in
disposing Of the question of aldermanic
representation in the board in succeed
ing years, which has been raised by
Presil ent Hall of the lower board.
The announcement made by Presid-
ent Hall in Yesterdays Spy to the eff
feet that he intends introducing an Or
der at the next meeting OF the city
council providing for the presentation
of petition to the Legislature from
the council asking for a change in
the charter allowing the election of on
ly one alderman in each ward and one
alderman at large has given rise to
considerable comment and was. the sub
iect of much discussion yesterday in
the political circles of each party.
The democrats are bitterly opposed
to the project regar ing it as a step
toward curtailment of their representa-
tive rights in the upper board, and the
democratic members of the new board
will oppose it as one man when it comes
before them. Among the democrats it
is firmly believed that the step is sim
ply move on the part Of the repub-
leans to get absolute control Of ward s.
and it is asserted that if the measure
goes through the board of aldermen
and a bill is gotten through the legis-
ature, there is nothing which can pre-
vent the republicans from holding the
democratic representation on the alder
manic board down to two, an possibly
get it down to the single ward repre-
sentative.
DR.. Barrett is bitterly opposed to the
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rest Of the fellows in your club. Get
him Interested in the affairs of your
society and don't have your club rooms
esemble q wake Make them SO at
uactive that your new recruit won't
tire Of you and your dryness and get
ing lonesome return in disgust to the
gayetes of his saloon.
don't wish to be understood as as
ailing or having assailed the total alb
'tainers of Worcester. l have had my
land on the pulse of the total absten-
lnce movement for the last eight years
II this city, and have been as intimate
connected with the members Of the
'arious societies as perhaps any other
ayman. I know of many, many hum
Die, unknown and unhunOred workers
whose lives are Christ-like in their eff
'Hrtc to ho'0 othare
Rev Ter. Stanley gave a very fine his
tory of the work done by the Catholic
Church from the fall of Rome down 70
the present day. and the work done by
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
0TED YES.
Carrie.an Has
Convictions
ON PROHIBITION.


A very successful temperance rally
vas held in Mechanics hail last nigh
nder the auspices of the United Cath
lie Temperance Societies of this cit.
The speakers We're Mrs. Leonora NJ
AXE, third vice president of the Caru.
lie National Union, one of the bes,
lnown temperance advocates in the
ountry, Rev. Walter j. Stanley OF
Hartford, president Of the Total Alb
3tinence Union Of Connecticut, and NJ
Thomas C. Carrigan Of this city, who is
he representative Of the temperance
societies of this city at the central dis
riot court.
All the speakers made very eloquent
appeals to the work against intemper-
anCe, Mr. Carrigans speech being es-
)ecially interesting as he spoke of his
practical experiences with the drunk
}rd at the Jails of this city
When the exercises opened at
o'clock the attendance was rather dis
appointing, but during the evening
the han filled until there was nearly
1900 present
Among those on the platform were
Mrs. Leonora M. Lake, Rev D. F. Nc
1iIicuddy, president of the Springfield
Diocesan Union; Thomas c. Carrigan
Rev. w. J Stanley Of Hartford. Conn;
col. Ell. Russell probation officer; CHIEF
Of Police brennan, D. J. Reardon, P. r
Ryan, E. H. O'Brien, r. J. McAuliff
John P. McKoan, E. D. Cunningham
David Goggin, N. J. Mooney, John T
Sheehan, Mark A. Skerritt. Johr
Whalen
During the evening, Mr. Joseph Reid
of the Catholic Young Mems Lyceum
played a violin obligato accompanied
on the piano by Miss Annie Foley, anG
Edmund f. Hunt of the St. Johns
Gu17 san" "Ti~ht of the World "
The ushers We're: Daniel Flaherty
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Fred Maple, Timothy OHearn, John
w. Clark, NJ. D. Carroll, John T.
Sheehan, E. j. Carberry, F. J. Reidle
w J. Delaney, Henry Cummins, John
McGrath, James F. Hines, j. Fred
Mccarthy and Morris Redy.
Mr. David Goggin of the Father
Matthew Society acted as chairman and
introduced Rev d. +. McGillicuddy for
the opening address.
Father McGillicuddy said in part:
1t is my pleasant duty to preside over
this meeting of The United Catholic
Temperance Societies of this city. l
know that you are anxious to hear
the speakers of the evening, so ! will
not detain you long.
If poll was taken of those in this
hall, a majority would be from wards
three four and five. These are the
wards that are not supposed to do their
duty on the temperance question, yet
in the election yesterday these wards
gave but 1894 votes for license against
$3.50 votes from the other wards. While
/ do not care to take issues with the
license committee, get it seems strange
that SO saloons are placed in the three
wards that polled 1894 votes and but 20
are given to the wards that poll $3.50
votes 1t seems DIS if the people who
vote for license should be given their
share of saloons
Thomas c. Carrigan, who was next
introduced, said in part:
In coming before you tonight l have
thought it might be at least a novel
change if not an instructive departure
from our ordinary course, to view the
temperance movement through the eyes
of the victim Of intemperance. This
total abstinence movement has many
aspects, but of all it's views none APP
view the drinkep to excess takes of his
own sad position Small need there is
have found to urge on him the bene-
fits Of total abstinence, and it is even
more unnecessary to point out to him
the damning effects Of intemperance.
You may argue with such a man and
use the logic of St. Thomas Aguinas
you may clothe your ideas on total alb
stinence in the rhetoric of Addison, You
may employ the persuasion of Rufus
Choate, you may thunder and denounce
total abstainers.
Perchance the abolition of the saloon
is your preservative and prohibition is
your ounce of prevention that is worth
my pound Of cure. l can judge the flu
ture only by the past, and ! know the
tree only by its fruits, I may be mis-
taken but l am sincere, and as man to
man / tell you that l believe that pro
hibltion can only prohibit in the mill
lenium | prefer the legalized saloon
to the unlegalized kitchen dive. and
right here let me say yesterday | exer-
else my right Of suffrage by voting
yes on the license question and have
always done so because convinced that
such is the right course for me to pur
sue,
If you are a total abstainer and are
true to the spirit of your society's con-
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democrats that James Heavyweight
Mellen the democratic representative,
may play them false and favor the
measure in revenge for his defeat in
the run for alderman
Alderman-elect Barrett, when asked
yesterday what he thought of the pro-
posed measure, was very emphatic in
his protest against it. Il do not APP
prove of it," said DE-. Barrett. This
question has been settled once by the
people. That was three years ago.
They decided that they wanted moth
ing to do with it, and I do not see why
Councilman Hall should seek to set
up his opinion in the face of the de-
cision of the people. The measure is
not just one, and you may say that
for one shall oppose it if ii comes
up in the new board of aldermen"
Alderman ELECT Carberry is another
OF the democratic members of the new
board who is opposed to the measure.
He claims that the measure is unjust.
it's sole purpose being to reduce the
democratic representation in the alder
manic board and declares that he shall
oppose it.
Alderman-elect O'Connell is not vet
prepared to definitely state what action
he shall take if the measure comes up.
put he Will undoubtedly oppose 1t.
w liGH SeGu yesterday, MI. ON}OnnGll
said: Il have not given the subject the
consideration that it deserves, and am
not prepared to discuss it. 1t is a mat
ter Of considerable Importance and 7
SHAH make it the subject Of a thorough
investigation
Alderman-elect Back, one of the re-
publican members of the board. when
seen, said that he had had no opportu-
nifty to inquire into the merits of the
proposition, and until he had he should
not care to express an opinion for pub
llcation He said that on the face of
things the scheme looked like a feasible
one but he should want to investigate
1t more thoroughly before endorsing II
Alderman elect Kendall was one of
the men seen. He thought the scheme
all right. He said he had had no oppor-
tunity to Inquire into the details of the
scheme, but in a general way be re-
garded ii as a good one 81 do not see
why il is not all right" said MIR. Ken
dali, and l shall support it il it comes
before the board"
The city council viii meet Monday
night, and at that time CounciIr1an
Hall proposes to present his order The
matter will probably be referred to
committee and by them held over unt1I
the new city government takes control
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FIR, Mathew in England, Scotland and
he United States during his 40 years
work., and said that in that time he had
administered over 500 600 pledges, and
hen spoke of his death He spoke Of
Cardinal Manning of England, and said
hat he was the leader of q crusade
against intemperance and showed that
more than One-half of the misery and
poverty in England was due to drink.
He spoke of Cardinal Manning's walk
ng and talking" trips, and said that to
man like the cardinal the manifesto
don of such a vice was like a clarion
all to battle. FIR. Stanley said that the
work. of the total abstinence societies
lad the blessings and appreciation Of
go XIII, and that the council of Bal
.imore deprecated the liquor traffic and
ntemperance as the source of many
sins.
Mrs. Lakes speech was one of the
finest arguments against intemperance
ever heard in this city. Her description
II the crime and misery caused by
drinking was so vivid that many in the
audience We're moved to tears. Mrs.
Lake compared the saloon keeper to the
old English wreckers who caused a yes
sci to run ashore by putting out the
signal lights. She spoke of the evils of
treating, and called it the great Ameri-
can curse. She spoke of the curse Of
drinking in homes and at social func-
tons and closed with an eloquent ap-
peal to greater activity in the total alb
stinence work among the societies
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BETHANY CHURCH.
Annual Meeting Shows Gratifying Finan-
cial Condition.

cial Condition.
A very gratifying year was that re-
ported at the annual meeteing Of the
Bethany Congregational Church last
evening. Not only has there been an
increase in the church membership by
a marked addition, but the financial
conditions have improved so that the
coming year promises to be even more
successful than the past, through the
able and indefatigable work of the pas
tor Rev. A. G. Todd.
About 70 were present, V. P. Curtis
)eing elected moderator. Charles Hill
cad the call for the meeting. followed
by the roll call, with the election of Off
ers for the ensuing year as follows:
Trustee for 3 years, G. j. Woodcock;
ieacon for 8 years, f. L. Moore; clerk.
Charles Fl. Hill; treasurer, c. P.
Hardy; Sunday school superintendent,
T. l.. Moore; deaconess, Mrs. E. p.
Pourtellotte; auditor, Lewis Spaulding;
collector, c. E. Sawyer; financial secra-
AIRY, Mrs, C. E. Sawyer.