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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-04

CHARLOTTE IN. Co, April 3.-Fire
at Rockhill, S. c., destroyed twelve
buildings. involving a loss of $3.50, 900,
uron which there was an insurance Of
$4,000.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-04
USUAL SUNDAY
QU|ETUDE.
Only Assistant Secretary Of State
Day Called.
Other Cabinet Members Did Not GO TO the
White House.

Some High Officials and Clerks at
Work in the DEPARTMENTS
Some Naval Officers Think Spain
May be Pooling Us With False
Information About the Move-
ments of the Torpedo Flotilla--
Preparing Bases of Supplies.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-04
HAD BEEN FLOODED ONCE.
But the Levee Had Been Repaired
and Was Considered Safe.

ST. LOUIS. April -Shawneetown
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
They Dug Graves.

Many of the gold finds in the Klon-
dixie region have been purely accidental
and some of them were decidedly in
teresting, though perhaps not more so
than many accidental finds in our own
West in the '40s and sos 1t was be-
fore 1850 that three men, while look
ing for gold in California, discovered
the dead body of man who evidently
had been prospecting Poor fell
low" said one Of the trio. HE has
passed in his checksr' Lets give him
a decent BURIAL" said another ''Some
wife or mother will be glad if ever she
knows it." They began to dig a grave.
Three feet below the surface they dis
covered the signs Of god. The stran-
ger was buried in another place, and
where they located a grave they open
ed a gold mine.
An adventurer who had drifted into
Leadville awoke one morning without
food or money. He went out and shot
a deer, which, in its dying agonies,
kicked up the dirt and disclosed signs
of gold. The poor man staked out a
"claim" and opened one of the most
profitable mines ever worked in Lead
vile.
"Dear Man Claim" the name given
to another rich mine in LeadviEe, was
discovered by a broken-down miner
while digging a grave. A miner died
when there were several feet of snow
on the ground His comrades Ia id his
body in a snowbank and hired a man
for 500 to dig grave. The grave dig
ger, after three days absence, was
found digging a mine instead of a
grave. While eXcavating he had struck
gold. Forgetting the corpse and his
bargain, he thought only of the fact
that he had ''struck it rich"
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
A Misguided Rurplar

Scar-faced Skies, the burglar, was
operating on tine ground floor of house
Of Steenth street the other night, max
ing judicious selections from the ar
ticles of silver and alleged silver which
he found in the dining-room, when he
inadvertently made a noise, which dis
turbed somebody upstairs.
He heard that somebody cautiously
open door, and then all was still, as if
the somebody were listening. Then a
voice floated down the staircase:
William, is that you"
Without a seconds hesitation the
burglar replied, "Yes, darling" and be-
to move toward the door, hoping
that his reply had satisfied the in
quirer, who would then go back to bed,
and wait for William" to come up
stairs. But he was disappointed.
The voice Immediately let loose some
piercing screams, and as the burglar
rushed out into the street, he said to
himself:
THAT comes of my inexperence with
the ways Of husbands. Instead of re-
plying Yes, darling l should have
said, of course it's me; shut up and go
to bed That would have been more
natural and soothing, and could have
got away without giving myself a
nervous wallpapers Bazar
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Honest but Cute Yankee.

There is funny case of international
honesty down in Arizona, Just Oh the
line between that territory and Mexico.
A Yankee farmer lives there, one ANA
sa Barrow by name, and it is his busi-
ness to raise chickens. Chicken feed is
cheap in Mexico and chickens bring fine
prices in Arizona, but to raise fowls in
Mexico and bring them across the bound
ary or to buy the feed ard bring it
across, would involve the payment of q
considerable duty, which would eat the
profits about as fast as the hens could
eat the corn. As for smuggling, that
was not to be thought of.
Amasa is a Yankee, and he is so hon
est that his neighbors say he wouldn't t
take advantage of a man in horse
trade. But he is also full of Yankee in
genuity, and after deep cogitation he
built long, slim hencoop, one-half of
it In Arizona and the other in Mexico.
On the line there is a gate. Over the
line there are barns containing feed
At feeding time the gate is opened. and
the chicken fancier Shoes his flock into
Mexico, where they eat their meal.
Then he shoos them back to the protec-
tion of the American flag, where they
digest this Mexican grain, lay their
eggs and carry on their family affairs.
Mr.. Barrow saves about so per cent on
his grain and makes about that much
on his chickens, and if there is any
smuggling done it is done by the inno-
cent and irresponsible biddies. Wash
ing ton Times.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
The Women of Guiana.

The wife of the cody in Guiana is a
woman who is very much to be envied
Every gold or silver piece her husband
receives for his services is beaten into
personal trinkets to be worn by his bet
ter half In this condition it constitutes
the cash wealth of the family. 1t is per
fectly safe, as it is as much as any man S
life is worth 10 touch the trinkets SO long
as the woman wears them. These same
women are also noted for their beauty.
Their features are straight and perfect,
their eyes beautiful in color and their
forms perfect models of symmetry and
grace. Dressed in soft, filmy materials,
rich in color and eastern fgurss, they
present strangely oriental and fantastic
appearances
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Where the Fruit Goes.

There were shipped east this year ur
to September so, 1868 carloads of decid.
uous fruit from California, an increase
of thousand carloads over the cores
ponding period of 1886. The following
shows the destination of the cars
shipped to arrive in September: Chi
cago, 153; New York, 314; Boston, ia
Philadelphia, 80; Minneapolis, So;
Baltimore, =; Cincinnati, 2; Kansas
City, 26; Montreal, 16; New Orleans,
%; Denver, IA; st. Paul, Al; st Louis
%; Omaha 81; Cleveland, 6; Pittsburg,
s; Buffalo, 1; Milwaukee, II.
There has been an improvement in
the lemon market of late and the loca
demand is at present good, at $1.75 tC
1926 per box.
The first considerable rainfall of tn;
season occurred this week. There haC
been ample warning of its coming fol
several days previous, and such farm
ers as were caught unawares have
themselves to blame for any loss they
may have suffered.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Poor Oscar! He Is in the market yet
Who bids ?-Spare Moments.
The Metric Svsten

Metric standards of weights aud
measures have been adopted by twen-
ty-one countries, Great Britain and the
United States being the only prominent
exceptions. Before another year Great
Britain will, in all probability, have
passed an act legalizing the system. in
the United Kingdom and providing for
the preparation of a table of eoltiya-
tents between the metric and The inn
perial standards. This will leave the
United States in a conspicuous minor
1ty among nations.
Inc British act, it should be noted. is
merely permissive, and the choice be-
tween pounds and kilos remains free
10 every merchant; but even so, it is
a concession to the metric enthusiast,
in that it will lead to more careful
teaching Of his system in the schools
and to wider use of it IL dealings
with other nations. The metric sys-
tenn has much to conquer before If no.
comes universal, but it is making rapid
strides toward ultimate success. Its
standards unquestionably facilitate the
keeping of accounts, and give one a
great deal in common with the rest OF
the world. With our decimal money
system we have a good start made
upon the metric gradations, and our
arithmetic classes have always paid
more attention to the French standards
than corresponding classes in English
schools.
1t may be fifty, in may be one hun
dred years before the metric system
becomes the established method of ad-
JuSting weights and measures in all
civilized nations. The change is grad
ually being effected, however, and not
rapidly enough to entail confusion or
sudden great cost. American scien-
lists have long asked for compulsory
bill from Congress, and it is likely that
we shall at least go as far as parlia-
ment in this change before many more
sessions are ended.-Boston Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
s1Oo REWARD, 800

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
i'm all its stages and that is Catarrh Hall's
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, Oequires a
constitutional treatment. HaIPs Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work The
proprietary have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list OF Testimonials.
Address, f. J. CHENEY & CO., Teledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Origin OF Fencing.

From the first invention of the sword
down to the period when the fifteenth
century was drawing to a close. the
weapon had always been used as an
arm of OffenSe
The person using it thr- st or hewed
it into the body of his antagonist when
ever he had chance, and the only de-
fense against it was a stout armour or
an interposed shield.
1t is not to be supposed that an an
cient warrior, or one lalonging to the.
earlier middle ages, never thrust aside
or parried with his own a stroke his
enemys; but this method of defers Sc
was not depended upon i those days:
the breast plate, the helmet, or the
buckler was expected to shield the SOL
der while he was endeavoring to get
lis own sword into some unprotected
portion of the body of mis- antagonist.
But about the time of Ferdinand and
Isabella Of Spain the science of fencing
was invented. This new system of
Lighting gave an entirely new use to
the sword.
1t now became weapon of defense
as we'll as offense. Long, slender ra-
piers, sharpened only at the point, were
the swords used in fencing.
Armed with one of these a gallant
knight or high-toned courier, who chose
the new method of combat, disdaineti
the use of armor; the strokes of his
opponent were warded off by his own
light weapon, and whichever of the two
contestants were enabled to disarm the
other, or deliver a thrust which could
not be parried, could drive the sharp
point of his rapier into the body of his
opponent If he felt so inclined.
The rapier, which was adopted te
combat two persons, and not for gen
eral warfare, soon became the weapon
of the duellists; and as duels used to be
as common as law suits are now, it was
thought necessary that a man should
know how to fence, and thus protect
the life and honor of himself, his fam
lily, and his friends.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
An Inauiring WheeIman.

This letter, published by The Ameri-
can Field, is said to be an order sent by
a Kansas man to bicycle company:
DEAR sIRz-I live on mi farm near Hamil
ton, Kan, am 81 years old and just little
sporta. My neffew in Indiana bot hisself q
new 5iscile and sent me his old one by frate,
and i've learned to ride sumo Its pile of fun,
but my biscile jolts considerable. feller come
along yesterday with biscile that had hollow
injun robber tires stuffed with wind. He let
me try hissen and mi, it run like a kushinl He
told me you sell njun robber just the same as
hissen. How much will it be TO fix mine up
like hissen? Mine is all iron wheels. Do you
punch the hollow hole threw the injun robber
or will have to do it myself2 How do you
stick the ends together after you got it donet
If your injun robber is already holler, will it
come any cheaper empty? can get all the
wind want out here in Kansas free.
EBERNEEZER Y. JENSON
P S.-How much do you charge for the doc
dad you stuff the wind into the robber with
and where do you start?
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08

In Southern California there are
nearly 1000 stamps pounding quartz,
and the industry is in its infancy
hereabouts. In the upper end of the
State there are $3.50 stamps, Nevada
county having 750.
The vintage of California this year
promises to reach 20, ,OOO,OOO gallons, or
% per cent more than last season. About
one-half of the grape crop has already
been converted into wine. The growers
are now receiving an advance of from
70 to $40 ton on their garpes, the
understanding being that they are to
receive 81 ton for every cent per gal
Ion the wine brings went sold.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Meek. but Vigorous.

She was the daintiest of the dainty
face. figure, air and apparel all pro-
claimed it. To be sure he had not heard
her speak as yet, but from the lips of
SO pretty a little patrician only pearls
and diamonds could fall. 1t was strange
that she should be at the races unat-
tended, but that, of course, was but the
accident of moment Her husband or
brother could not be far off and would
rejoin her in moment. Time went on,
though, and still she sat alone. Pres
emily something happened. One of the
horses stumbled and fell. The Jockey
was pitched headlong to the ground.
He lay white and still. The man turned
to look at her. There she sat, the color
flown from her cheeks, her lips parted,
her eyes wide and staring He ventured
to reassure her. "Oh, l don't believe
he's badly hurt, " he said "Hurt?" she
repeated quick as fash. II only hope
he's broke his neck l had $40 on the
little scoundrel. New York Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
ShiDpinP Fruit Abroad

Secretary Filcher of the State Board
OF Trade has received letters from many
handlers of California dried fruits, in
dlcating decided improvementin in ship
ments to Europe. Orders from Ger
many are reported to be three times as
large as last year with promise of a
continuous demand. Great Britain's
purchases are also far in excess of last
year.
From San Jose comes the information
thatwhile only seventy-six calroads were
shipped to the Old World in 1896, it is
estimated that at least 800 cars of dried
fruit and from 100 to $50 cars of canned
fruit will be sent from the Santa Clara
valley to Europe this year.
As result of the Ham burg exposition
Los Angeles claims that eight carloads
OF fruit were shipped from that point
this year.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
YaIlOW Alaska Cedar.

The durability of this timber is foroi-
bly, illustrated by fallen trunks that are
perfectly sound after lying in the damp
woods for centuries. Soon after these
trees fall they are overgrown with moss,
in which seeds lodge and germinate and
grow up into vigorous saplings, which
stand in row on the backs of their
dead ancestors OF this company Of
young trees perhaps three OF four will
grow to full stature, sending down
straddling roots on each side and estab-
fishing themselves in the soil, and after
they have reached an age of 200 or 800
years the downtrcdden trunk on which
they are standing, when cut into, is
found as fresh i'll tie heart as when II
fell. john Muir in Century.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
The Blue Glass Craze.

About twenty years ago somebody
gave to the world the information that
blue rays were health rays, and that to
sit in the light falling through blue
glass would cure you Of almost any
thing you happened to have. Half the
touses one passed had a blue glass
window. There were even blue glass
sun parlors, and invalids basked in the
CHASTITY light, and many of them re-
gained their health, till somebody
proved the blue glass idea to be utter
nonsense, when, of course, they dis
covered that they hadn't really been
helped at all.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Rose-Eating Wasps.

1t is asserted by a correspondent of
the Gardeners Chronicle that wasps
not only devour ripe fruits, such as
apricots, grapes and pears, but that
they extend their ravages to rosebuds
and blown roses. The blossoms and
buds covering two fiourishing rose
bushes belonging to him were destroyed
by wasps, in spite of the battle which
ne waged with the insects for the pres
ervatlon of his flowers.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word ''cASTORIA," and
"PIrCHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
1, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHERS CASToRIA," !"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS
CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that 1t is
the kind JON have aIzUays bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas H Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Grape on Doors.

The custom Of placing Grape on the
door of a house where there has been
a recent death had its origin in the an
cient English heraldic customs, and
dates as far back at least as the year
100 A. D. At that period hatchments
or armorial ensigns were placed in
front of houses when the nobility and
gentry died. The hatchments were of
diamond shape, and contained the fam
ily arms Quartered and colored with
sable.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Prolonsation of Human Life,

Statistics tending to prove that :he
average of mans life has been increas-
ed through modern improvements in
medicine and hygiene are always in
teresting. Among the most recent in
stances is a table prepared by CORE
spondent of Nature, showing a steady
increase in the proportion Of sexagen-
arians among the population of Cana
da. In 1851, out of every 100 persons
living in Canada, $40 were so years OF
age or over. In 1861 the percentage OF
sexagenarians in the population had in
creased to 4.49. In 1871 it had become
$40; in 1881, 6.32, and in 1891, i7.01.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
QUEEN sABEq

Quien sabe ?-who knows ?-is phrase in
very common use among the Spaniards,
and helps over many, many difficulties.
1t is expressive. What the weather may
be the coming winter, who knows? it may
be snowy, wet, stormy, cold freezing, and
full of sickness and pain, who knows
Some of us today hale and hearty, mBy lie
on beds of torture or hobble about on
crutches, who knows? Before the autumn
merges into winter, many may have symp-
toms of approaching trouble; of the old
rheumatism coming on, or of first attacks
begun; who knows Who knows? That's
conundrum. But there is one thing
everybody knows, the best thing to do is to
be ready for the weather coming and To take
hold of what is. Everybody knows what is
best. With 8. Jacobs Oil in the house,
everybody hnJws they have a sure cure for
rheumatism, acute or chronic. 1t is like
wise known that in any stage of it the
great remedy does its work of cure per
fectly. If we suffer, we need not ask who
knows when it is SO well known what is
best.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Time Resisting Cedar.

Cedar-wood is famous among farmers
for its lasting qualities, when used for
fence posts. An interesting proof of
the power of this wood to resist the eff
fects Of time is furnished by the Egyp-
tian boats made of cedar which were
found buried near the banks of the
Nile, and which, according to recent es-
Inmates Of their age, were probably in
use 1900 years ago! The fact must not
be overlooked, however, that these
boats were covered by the dry sand of
the desert.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Quick!

The sooner you begin to
use ScAilllng's Best tea and
baking powder, the better your
opportunity to get some ol
that 100000.
And the more you will en-.
Joy your cake and eating.
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco 2O06
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Left DestituteI

Not of worldly goods, but of all earthly comfort
is the poor wretch tormented by malaria. The
fell scourge is, however, shorn of its thong in
advance by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, its only
sure preventive and remedy Dyspepsia, billions
ness, constipation, rheumatism, nervousness
and kidney complaints are also among the
bodily Affections which this benefcent medi-
cine overcomes with certainty. Use it system
atically.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Try sehllIlng,s Best tea and baking powder
IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE.

It's the quality that's high in TEA GARDEN
DRIPs, TOBOGGAN MAPLE SYRUP and PELICAN
LOUISIANA MoLAssEs. For said by frst-clasS
grocers in cans only. Money refunded if goods
are not satisfactory. Don't accept an imitation
See that the manufacturers name is litho
graphed on every can.
THE PACIFIC COAST SYRUP co.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08

8 A MALE F'LlRI. {
" -
SCAR EDISON was

SCAR EDISON was
a male dirt. There
wasn't a girl in
Dayton who hadn't
received attention
from him, and just
t h O S e attentions
which, when a
young lady receives
them from a gentle
man, are generally
consi d e r e d to
"mean something"
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08

But they make Century runs: "The-mills of
the gods grind slowly" remarked theaphiloso-
pher. Cleared too low, eh % queried the cyclist.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08

believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption. Mrs Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kan, Dec. II, '95.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08

Parke-I have a joint account in the bank
with my wife now Lank-GOod. You make
an even thing of it, oh? .Yes, put the money
in and she draws it out"
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08

The reciprocal civility Of authors is
one of the most risible scenes IN the
farce of life. johnson.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-08
Stop! Women,

And consider that in addressing Mrs.
Pinkham you are confding your private
Ills to yvoman-a woman whose ex-
perience in treating woman's diseases
is greater than that of any living ply
sician, male or female.
You can talk freely to a woman when
1t is revolving to relate your private
troubles to man; besides, a man does
not understand, simply because he isa
man.
MRS. PINKHAM'S STANDING
INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness are invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. All letters are re-
ceived, opened, read, and answered by
women only. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to woman.
Thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and
the women of America which has never
been broken. Out of the vast volume
of experience which she has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
Will help y,ur case. She asks nothing
in return except your good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely anywoman, rich or poor, is very
foolish If she does not take advantage
OF this generous offer of assistance.