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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-07-14

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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-07-14

Two Third Glass Cruisers Ordered to Go
20 tho Philippine Ialands.

RoME, July o The Popolo Romano
says the Italian government has Or
dered the third class cruisers Piemcnto
Pnd De Gall to proceed TO the Philip
pine islands.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-07-14
a sTuPENDous COMBINE.
The Great Adam Forcpaugh and Sells
Brotbsrs Enormous shows

I0ron the New York world,l
The record-union., 1898-11-25
Pussy's Letter.

A Back Bay woman has a cat that
can tell when a letter comes for her,
as is proved by the following story:
The owner of the cat spoke of it's
ability in this direction to friend
who was making a call.
"A letter!'' exclaimed the caller, in
surprise.
Yes, letter; and If you don't be-
lieve 1t I will prove it to you. Just
wait a minute until direct one"
The woman left the room, and in a
few minutes returned with a sealed
envelope, addressed to Miss Pussy, No.
- Marlboro street, city.
"Now," said she, IF you will kindly
post that for me tonight and be here
when the postman comes around on
his. first. delivery tomorrow morning,
you will see that I am telling you
facts"
The caller mailed the letter as she
was asked, and was at her friends $
home promptly the next morning.
Soon the bell rang, and shortly after
ward the servant entered with bundle
of letters, among which was that fol
Miss Pussy.
Sure enough. pussy at once showed
an interest, and in a moment. hac
pushed aside with her paw the en-
velope addressed to her.
The visitor was about to express hel
surprise, when the woman of the
house said: 'sWait a moment. Shell
open 1t and eat up all that Is in the
envelope
Scarcely had she said this when Mis-:
Pussy had torn the envelope open, ane
was enjoying her letter very mucn.
The envelope was filed with catnlp
Boston Herald.
The record-union., 1898-11-25
Faith in His Lungs Shattered.

A tall young man who looked as II
he might have few hayseeds con-
cealed in his luxuriant locks wandered
into corner drug store last Saturday
and sat down at the soda fountain.
"Give me some of that pink stuff,
Cap'n," he said. pointing to sher-
bet which a small boy on the next
stool was devouring. The attendant
tossed a lump of sherbet into cup
and handed it over with a couple Of
straws impaled in the top Of the mass.
He may have stuck the straws there
Inadvertently and he may not. At any
rate, the stranger attached himself to
them in evident good faith. and then
ensued struggle that was nothing
short of Homeric His cheeks sunk in
and his eyes bulged out; he wrapped
his legs around the shaft of the stool
and he gripped the marble ledge with
both hands to hold on, but still the
sherbet refused to rise The young
man with the concealed hayseeds
glanced stealthily across the counter
to where lady was leisurely assim-
Hating a glass Of vanilla soda. She
was using a straw, and the sight en-
couraged him to try again. Once
more he turned on his full suction
power, but it was no go, and he was
about to give up in despair when the
attendant, who was suspiciously red
in the face, came to the rescue with
spoon. The stranger took it hum
bly,. .T hate to-" he said, with sigh,
.sbut I reckon I must" He ate the
sherbet in silence and seemed troubled.
I'm mighty skeered there's something
the matter with my lungs" he said
to the clerk as he paid his check
New Orleans Times
The record-union., 1898-11-25

matters Of discipline, means Of en-
barkation and debarkation, and so
on through still longer list of essen
tials.
Very ordinary intelligence only is
necessary ta comprehend the value OF
such a body to any nation. It will
be seen that this general staff really
embraces all military. knowledge, and
is ever ready to instruct the Govern
ment in time of military or naval neces-
sity, on all points Of vital Importance.
1t is ready at a moments notice to
carry into effect any orders essential
to the maintenance Of any policy CALI
ing for use Of the army or the navy.
In word 1t Is a theoretic, scientific,
practical and efficient body of distin-
guished officers, which becomes the re-
pository Of information hardly possible
to be gathered by any other organiza-
ton, and which information Is kept in
such manner as to render 1t instantly
available.
Since General Wheeler has written
upon this subject, General Howard has
contributed paper to public reading,
concerning certain needed reforms in
our military system, together with sug-
gestions concerning the disposition of
forces in new possessions. Thus, Gen.
eral Howard thinks regiment of LOO
man is sufficient for Hawaii and that
it should be mainly raised in the ISL
ands. So, too, he would have the Pres
ident work the army" as he puts it,
through its commanding General,
rather than through the Secretary Of
War. Either that, or he would have
the Office of commander of the army
abandoned, and erect the Secretary Of
War into commander ex-officio. But
1t will be seen that the creation of a.
general staff would commit all such
questions to that body, and that its ad-
vice and direction would in all likeli-
hood be invariably followed, because
of necessity it would be the best.
For this general staff is continuing
body, never expiring and always in
session. and, being constantly recruit
ed with the ablest and most experience
ed military men at our command. Of
course it would cost much money, but
the experience Of other States proves
that it will save the nation far more
than the cost of it's maintenance.
The record-union., 1898-11-25
A NOTABLE CHANGE.

The Record Union presents this
morning comparative showings of the
number and compensation Of officers
and employees of the two houses Of the
Legislature under the old and under
the new statute relating to that mat
ter. 1t will be seen that pickings will
be meager in the coming session, and
rake downs few and far between. The
old-time grand rush for places will not
be witnessed the first week in January
of the new year, for compensation has
been reduced and the number of en-
ployes cut down so severely that place
hunters will necessarily be fewer and
have less incentive for rustling. Very
properly the new law takes from the
Legislature and commits to the custo-
dian of the Capitol the entire subject
of portering, cleaning, lighting and
heating the building The grand army
of clock-winders, superfuous porters,
pages and numberless other employees
who have been heretofore engaged by
the Legislature will be notable by rea-
son of it's absence in the forthcoming
session, for while the custodian will
feel it incumbent upon him to care for
the building well, it will be done eco
nomically also, and for his own credit
he will employ men skilled in their
lines, and only such as are absolutely
necessary. Clerks, messengers and
pages, porters, assistant clerks and
typewriters will not at the approaching
session be so thick in the halls of leg
islation that they will fall over each
other in the effort to pass through
the corridors.
The record-union., 1898-11-25
WHO PAYS THE WAR TAX?

Shortly after the adoption of the
war tax, it was a favorite theme for
opponents of the Administration and
chronic GROWERS and social reformers
who believe that everything Is arranged
for the oppression Of the poor. This
class of preachers never wearied in
their woful complaining that the Con-
gress of the United States had deliber-
ately saddled the war tax upon the
wage earners and the man without
In the late campaign the same song
was the refrain of fusionist orators of
the Democratic stripe. We recall the
time when we were witness to the tears
to a convention the woes of the un-
moneyed and the triumphant escape of
the rich from the tax. allsdue to Repub-
lican misrule.
ported the contention of these pessi-'
mists nor the complainings of the So
cialistic reformers, who find nothing to
approve in our political system The war
tax carries about $1,OOO,00O day into
the National Treasury. The New York
Herald" shows that of this sum that
city alone pays $67,300. The returns
for the first quarter under the war tax,
show that the man of modest means
and the poor man pays a share of the
tax, as a matter of course. We appre-
hend that neither would wish to be pau
perized by total exemption. They recall
the instance where Prussia, engaged in
war justified by her people, called
upon them for aid, when the poor, sub
jects of monarch, voluntarily threw
their golden wedding rings into the ma
tional treasury, accepted iron ones m
stead, and wore them as souvenirs OF
patriotism. They know that free Amer
leans have infinitely more to be proud
of than the peoples of monarchical ma
| tions.
Here is the fact that New York pays
one-ffteenth of the whole tax. OF this
the city paid In the three months re-
ferred to s., ,326, 600 for documentary
stamps alone, which was more than
double the amount paid in any other
department of the tax. The meaning
of it is, that the stamps are used on
certificates of stock. on bonds. con-
tracts for future delivery, bank checks
and drafts, bills of lading. insurance
policies. passage tickets to foreign
ports, and similar instruments. Tbs
great volume of the sums thus repre-
sented come out OF the bankers, the
The record-union., 1898-11-25

brokers' the men with bank accounts,
securities to sell and lands to speculate
in and transfer. In other words, the
comparatively rich pay this share OF
the tax. The Revenue Commissioner for
New York declares that Wall street
alcne pays the sum Of $4,000 day in
this order Of taxation.
In the three months covered by the
report New York City paid $424, 600
Of the special taxes. so-called, there
coming out Of manufacturers and cap
italized institutions, places of amuse-
ments, certain lines of brokerage, etc.,
in all such cases the tax falling upon
capital In the matter of the proprie-
tary or stamp tax levied upon patent
medicines, wines, etc.. New York alone
paid In the three months 81, ,163.OO0 as
well as $SO4, 600 of the tobacco tax
and 81 ,463, 900 of the. beer tax.
The New York Herald shows in an
that the consumers, taken as whole,
have not felt the burden of the war tax
seriously, and that the poor have had
no reason to complain of it. Prices
for admission to places of amusements
have not been raised. nor Of proprietary
articles, save in a few cases, though
there has been some slight advance in
cosmetics and perfumes, which it may
be assumed the poor do not much con-
sumo.
So, too, in the fine grades of tobacco
and cigars there has been some ad-
vance, but in the great mass of tobacco
goods there has. been no tax visited up
on the consumer. There has been nc
lowering of wages by any employer
capital has had to bear. Beer has in
some cases diminished in the size OF
the drink and in others it has not, but
dealers report that there has been nc
complaining on that account, and that
beer consumers have cheerfully and IN
the vast number Of cases proudly and
patriotically paid their tax in that
manner.
The truth is that the war tax was
laid on very justly, much to the advan-
tage of the poor man and the man of
small means, and that the people with
money have borne larger share of it
than exact justice would have awarded
had a mathematical calculation of per-
feet distribution Of the tax been made.
The record-union., 1898-11-25
Farragut's Opinion Of Dewey.

Rear Admiral Dewey as g. young OFF,
Ger impressed one as a self-contained
man with powerful native force. of
ten think of the remark made by Ad-
miral Goldsborough to Farragut on the
occasion of the visit of the latter to our
ship.
The two Admirals were standing
within few feet Of my table, and
Dewey had stepped back to, give an
order to the orderly.
.Farragut." said Goldsborough,
Dewey viii make his mark in the
world If he ever gets an opportunity"
"Ay," answered Farragut, with the
pleasant smile so becoming to his
homely face, "and he will make the OPP
portunity."
And Farragut was true prophet
Harper's Round Table.
The record-union., 1898-11-25
Autumn.

Little lakes of blue mid isles OF gray,
Thousand, thousand isles in silver sheen.
Summer beckons faint and far away,
Lands of summer, isled in seas OF green.
Birds are homing in the evening sky,
Clouds or birds, gold-winged, ana rose
above.
What fine company flies home on high!
Like the Dove of Pentecost, the Dove.
Little souls in fight so sure and bold,
Living gold on gold and flame on Name
Flying south before the winter cold,
Pail Mall Gazette.
The record-union., 1898-11-25
STATE HOUSE HOTEL
Corner Tenth and Sts, Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM. 81 rs TO 81 PER
day. Meals, 25c.
Accommodations first-class Free sbus
TO and from hotel WI. ELDER, Mgr
The record-union., 1898-11-25

The amount Of money at the credit
of depositors in the State savings
banks of France in 1896, when the
latest statistics were taken, was $685.
100000, upon which 3A per cent. in
terest is paid annually. One out OF
every six inhabitants of the country
has accounts at the banks and half or
the depositors are women.
The record-union., 1898-11-25
THE SADDLE ROCK
RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE

FIRST-C HOUSE IN EVERY m
spect Ladies' dining-roon senarot@
Open day and night. BUCKMAN e "a D. D.
RAGHER. Proprietors. No. 1919 Second
street. between and X. Sacramento.
The record-union., 1898-11-25
BAY RESTAURANT
IO26 Second street

Private rooms for. famiIies: omen DO,
and night. Orders served outside fSvSy.
ters in every style. MATT and J0TIN
RADONICH- Proprietors
The record-union., 1898-11-25

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Ike Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug.
gists refund he money ii IL fails to cure 25c. The
Genuine has L. b. O. on each tablet.
The record-union., 1898-11-25
TURCLU HOTEL,
QfsE II c<,oA

500 X Street.
CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN
baths free to guests; electric cars nsss
the door. FRANK MEYER. Prom On
The record-union., 1898-11-25
NOTICE OF SALE OF PEOPLES say
INGS BANK STOCK.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
pursuant to an order of the Superior
Court of Sacramento County, and subject
to confirmation by said court, on SATUR-
DAY, November 26. 1898. at 10 o'clock a.
m, at the front door of the County Court
house, / will sell at public auction to the
highest and best bidder three hundred,
eighty-nine $3.50 shares of the capital
stock of the Peoples Savings Bank.
Dated November q, 1893
GEORGE FASSETT,
Administrators of the Estate of Lydia Fas-
sett Deceased
Hiram w. Johnson. Attorney. n2I-td
The age-herald., 1898-05-22

The old idea that linen must work and women must weep" has gone out, for women have long been doing their share of the working as well as the weeping. Just as certain seems the ex- tinction of the soldiers traditional "girl l left behind me-" Very few girls want to be left behind, and the American government will have itself to thank if it does not profit by the services of a small army of enthusiastic and daring amazons. Mrs Birney's motherly ad- vice at the Washington women's con- vention might just as well have been spoken to the winds that blow for all the attention her patriotic countrywo- men paid to her tirade against wicked warfare.
 There is something in the blood of ev- cry healthy, wholesome woman that is and always will be stirred by the re- cital of martial deeds and the sight of a splendid uniform, inside of which, Of course, is a sturdy, broad shouldered man not afraid to walk up to the enc mys guns with smile on his face.
 If you don't believe this, just inquire among your female friends, and you Will find that more women than men admire "Sheridan's Ride," '"The Charge of the Light Brigade" "Horatius at the Bridge" the Battle of Ivry' and such heroic lyrics. The stories concerning Florence Nightingale, Molly Pitcher and Clara Barton can command larger feminine following any day than those written by Laura Jean Libbey, Sarah Grand, Mrs. Rorer or any of the dis I.o f.lI. xraA in sweetly feminine ways.
 Military companies composed of wo- men are, to be sure, rather a novelty. One was organized some years ago in Pittsburg as an auxiliary to one of the local regiments, and the young ladies were said to display much aptitude in mastering military tactics. There was at one time, at least so says a loyal Georgian, a woman's military company in Atlanta, and the Georgian says if that brigade had gone into active serv- ice there would probably be as many sonnets written about it's beauty as about it's bravery. Nobody who knows the southern girl can doubt him.
 Reading, Pa., at present has a mili- tary band which has its shirt waists, chewing gum and toothbrushes all neat ly packed away in the company's love- ly, shining leather knapsacks ready for a call to arms.
 There isn't,a homely girl in the com- pany, and astute diplomats have sug- gested that the reason the company will not be sent to Cuba Is because there would not be a whole heart in the American army after the woman's bri- gade had been "A hours in camp. The damage that they would do to the sus- ceptible hearts of the Spaniards is be- yond computation, and to send these beautiful Spaniard hating damsels to the front might come within the pro- scribed limits of inhuman warfare. Ev- cry woman in the Reading company has solemnly sworn that the aversion which she feels for snake. toad. a COW or a mouse is but a pale, feeble, wavering shadow of the undying ennity with
The age-herald., 1898-05-22

can only be got by an artist in dress making. She may live in back street and charge almost nothing or live in an expensive neighborhood and demand more than your life or liberty, provided she gets your entire pocketbook. The plaited blouse had close fitting sleeves tucked at intervals and was of pale blue taffeta. Over it came arfitted jack ct of the pique, cut out at the neck to show the underbody and lacking sleeves. This jacket was trimmed with black braid and buttons, while the double looped bow under the chin above the high collar was of black taffeta rib bon. The hat was the sort of thing the angels dream of. By the bye, did you ever sec an angel wearing hat? It was of black neapolftan decorated
 with yards upon yards of blue silk
 muslin and cooked up at one side in a way that made you realize that first it was necessary to be a genius before one could become a milliner.
 You probably think, if you happen to be man, that the dresses of these wo-
 men had no effect on the men of the party My dear friend, a man knows by some curious intuition when wo-
 man is we'll dressed, and he invariably likes to accompany that one whose
 gown is perfectly fitting, whose hat is smart and whose gloves are immacu- late-in fact, whose costume is suc-
 cess.
 Oh, I know, none better than l. that when man cares for woman he will take her out. no matter how shabby she | looks. but in society shabbiness is a thing frowned on. That you may be denying yourself a smart gown for
 some one else's sake is considered in society perfect folly. If your heart is
 breaking and you are in society, you
 must laugh, drink and be merry. since this world desires from it's votaries no tears and no sad looks, but always 8 jest and always laugh.
 And how many laughs conceal sor-
 rowful hearts? How many smiles are
 masks for sadness untold? An, my
 friend. you will see that the hardest part to play is that of the jester the one , who must always laugh! Yet we can't
 go around with tears in our eyes, with
 quivering lips and throbbing hearts. Oh, mol You and your neighbor have to put on a smile, have to laugh with those who expect to laugh and have to be glad or appear so whether the world
 has brought it's good things to you. to your neighbor or to
The age-herald., 1898-05-22
LATEST MODES IN GOWNS.

of joy, but who was told by fortune teller that she would die within three months and who had been worried by dreaming, first of all, of a black cat, next of wedding and, thirdly. of two white doves, all proofs that death was near her? Although joyous, this young woman was inclined to be careful, So she thought to herself: "At present I am wealthy. That is for me. And how unpleasant it would be to have my body, which has been so greatly admir- ed, for am a good figure, thrown into pauper's grave! That shall not be. Having wealth, will go at once to an undertaken and make all arrangements to pay in advance for my funeral" So she trotted off to the most fashionable undertaken in Paris, saw the head of the establishments and said to him aft CT inquiring about the carriages, hearses and all the more ordinary particulars of funeral. "What is most fashionable in shrouds?" With the usual good man. ners of an undertaken, who always washes hls hands in impalpable water with invisible soap, he bowed and en- tered into an explanation: For young ladies, those who are unmarried, we make a pure white resting robe. For widows, for married ladies or for those ladies whose lives have been full of gayety we make an eternal dress of del- icate mauve, while for elderly ladies, elderly widows and spinsters who have passed 50, we arrange gown of black velvet"
 Mademoiselle hesitated for a long time. Then she said: Make me white shroud trimmed with the finest lace. I will pay for it in advance" The gentle man who "undertook" was subservient. He seldom had such customers. After giving her the change he bade his fair client good morning, and she walked slowly to the door with her finger on her lip. Looking back at him from un- der the rim of her big hat, her black eyes sparkling, her whole face telling of the wit concealed in that small brain, she added, feeling sure that he would understand, By the bye. perhaps it would be better to pin on my gown a bunch of violets 50 there may be touch of mauve." After telling this a man asked me if she was buried in that way.
 Men as rule are anticlimax. Plays, books, music, nothing is written for men. They lack subtlety. A man may play on the violin like an angel. You may credit him with soul, but the soul is divided between the violin and the woman who listens to its strains of wonderful melody. He understands the
The age-herald., 1898-05-22
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Baltimore Belle Turns Milliner.

Miss Antoinette Crichton, one of Bal timore's most beautiful and cultured young women, has opened a millinery shop. She is the 23-year-old daughter of the late Malcolm Crichton of Mary land, once a very wealthy man and closely related to the Marquis of Butte, the present head of the Crichton fam fly. Miss Antoinette made her debut in Washington in 1893 under the chaper- onage of Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte. In 1896 the family went abroad. When in Italy, Antoinette was presented to the queen of Italy. Before her return to America her brother, who was first sec- retary of the American legation at Rio, took her with him to Brazil, where she was a splendid social success. On her return home she found that her. father was dead and that the family was in reduced circumstances. She determined to strike out for herself and has rented an up town store and laid in a fine stock of millinery goods. Miss Crichton is an admirable judge of color and has all the requisites of taste to make her shining success in her new venture.