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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, COUNTY
of Sacramento, State of California.
In the matter of the estate of GEORGE
MUDDOX, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY,
the It'll day of July, 1899, at 1880 o'clock p.
m of said day, and the courtroom of De-
partment No. Of said court, at the
Courthouse, in the City of Sacramento,
County of Sacramento and State of Cali
fornia, has been appointed as The time
and place for proving the will of said
ing the application of Frederick Raschen
for the issuance to him of letters tesla
mentary thereon
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court this Goth day of June, 1893.
(SeaD w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY B. H. Gallup, Deputy Clerk.
Devlin & Devlin,f attorneys for petit
toner.
Endorsed: Filed June 20. 1899.
w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY B. H. Gallup, Deputy.
ie27-28- e. 2fIiy1- 3-4-5-6-7
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Prefers to Be Called "Sim."
IT don't see how they dare take such
liberties" said the young woman. 1.-The
familiarity with which the public men
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30
Fresh Fish To-Day.

A complete assortment of fresh and
salt water fish, also mountain trout, at
our fish stalls to-day. The Pacific, ],
near Eighth.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30

Use Angostura Bitters to stimulate
the appetite and keep the digestive or
gans in order DR.. j. G B. Siegert &
Sons, sole manufacturers At all drug
gists
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30

The Los Angeles Herald" Demo-.
cratic leader. is filed with woe over the
Philippine situation. though there is
reason to believe that it's tears flow
from a partisan fount. According to
the Herald the cost in dollars and
cents of retaining the islands is going
to be something enormous and the COM
pensating returns nil We are fooled
by the "bauble of imperialism
ever that may be-we are warped by
religious zeal-which will be news to
most people-we have neither moral
justification nor glory I'M taking and
holding the islands; we are going to
get the worst of ruinously bad bar
gain We treated Agoncello with incl
Witty; we have refused to deal fairly
we have made a frightfM blunder, are
going to be ignominiously trounced, dis
graced and Inundated, and all because
Republican fills the Presidential seat
at the national capital. That is, no
other conclusion can be drawn from the
'Herald's" wailing. It is too bad, really
too bad, that the nation is going to the
dogs like that 1t is too bad, indeed,
that the Democracy represented by the
Herald did not have the manage
ment of matters. All would then have
been lovely, and the world would now
stand before US in awe and admiration
of our performances. Really it is too
bad that the American nation fails to
take counsel of the Herald" and be
guided by it's fears and cowardice
The Incorporation Edition" of the
Redlands Facts is about as hand
some and interesting souvenir as has
ever come to US from the south of the
State 1t is large quarto of 100 pages
replete with high class half tone Illus
trations of scenery in and about the
Redlands section, portraiture of leading
citizens and pictures of homes and bust
ness houses Of the city. The text is
lucidly descriptive OF Redlands and vi
entity and largely biographical of the
people who have been foremost in
building up the prosperous city and the
younger element which IL now active in
managing and governing it. The
Facts has done itself credit by is
suing SO fine a work.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30

For medicinal purposes drink Glen
brook" sour mash whisky. Theo
Blauth, 4O7 K Street. Tel 207.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30

The man who makes proverbs the
sole rule Of his life never has to take
anti-fat.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30
DR.. CHEESEMAN'S
SPECIFIC MIXTURE.

For the cure Of Gonorrhoea, elects,
Structures, and analogous complaints
of the Organs of Generation.
Price 81 bottle. For sale by druggists.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30

Pears
It is a wonderful soap
that takes hold quick and
does no harm.
No harm! It leaves the
skin soft like a baby's; no
alkali in it, nothing but
soap. The harm is done by
alkali. Still more harm is
done by not washing. So,
bad soap is better than
none.
What is bad soap? In
perfectly made; the fat
and alkali not we'll bal
anced or not combined.
What is good soap1
Pears.
All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists:
all sorts OF people use It.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30
II Pills

Price 25c Rox. Soldby Druggists or Sent by Mail
Send to DIR. RADWAY & CO., IS Elm street New
York. for Book Of Advice.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30
A LUDIcRoUs CASE.

California events relates to the grant Of
the so-called corkscrew franchise for
street railways in San Francisco. We
do not recall anything quite as absurd
in all the history of that city, though
absurdities there are common.
1t seems that certain grants to con-
struct the railways We're necessary
roads and afford the residents of GER
tain districts quick and convenient
transportation. The people living in
those districts were unanimous in favor
| of the asked-for grants With them
| 1t was question Of being related to
the rest Of the city or being shut out.
The merchants of the city, who de-
sired the trade of these people, were
also in favor of granting the petitions.
| But the morning press of that city,
| to whom the word railway" is the
| equivalent of the traditional red flag
to the historic bull Immediately an
tagonized the proposition ferociously,
startlingly and in the most vicious
manner Fraud" corruption" "out-
rage" 'steal,' bribery rings"
monopoly and like explosives reared
and sprawled over their pages for days.
Such a tempest in teapotshas not been
known in many a long day in the me-
tropolis.
The Mayor of the city, as an exchange
wittily puts it, ''mistook the noise Of
the papers for the voice of the peo-
ple," joined the opposing forces and
wound up by making a deadlock be-
tween the Board of Supervisors and
himself, in which the power Of the
board to assemble and it's very exist
ence were threatened.
After there was time to cool off, calm
judgment began to examine into the
matter, whereupon it was discovered
that the connecting street railway links
ought to be built; that the people of
the districts to be trayersed wanted the
construction, and that nobody but the
noisy press and the mistaken and now
Inundated Mayor were out in opposi-
ton. The Merchants Association Of
the city met, and in a long and caustic
address read the authorities a sharp
lesson, when the Mayor and the SEN
sational press woke up to the fact that
they were opposing a popular and a
just demand, that there never was any
reason for denial of the petition or the
Mayors Mysteries or the rawlings Of the
press; that the construction would be
a decided beneficence and that all the
shouting, screeching, roaring and
charging were about nothing.
More suddenly than the excitement
was. kindled the press subsidized and
took the back track by silence: the
Mayor discovered that he had blund-
cred and had been made a fool of, and
to-day in the city of San Francisco no
person can be found willing to confess
that he was ever opposed to the much
abused 'corkscrew'' franchises. But
this is not at all an uncommon thing in
the metropolis AS long as its sensa-
tional press exists it will be bs:sy d.
covering mares nests, and as long as
San Francisco is a city with such a
press it will continue to be deluded, de-
ceived, misled, be-fooled.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30
Weather Forecast.

For Northern California; Fair Friday;
continued warm weather in the interior,
with northerly Winds; fresh westerly
winds with fog on the coast.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07
MoOre's Mills-Canaan.

Mr.. Leland Merrill from Mass, i:
visiting at G. II. Fosters.
Mr.. Matthew Mccarthy, former
| teacher 10 the high school, from Bangor,
has been visiting his many friends the
past week.
Mrs. G. A. Williams and Miss Lucy
Burrill were guests of Mrs. Wilson Bos-
ton, So. Canaan, last Friday.
Mrs. Chester Gaylord and daughters
from Fairfield, are visiting relatives in
this place.
Among those who went to Lakeside,
last week, from this place, were Miss
Lottie Fernald and Mr.. Walter Shores.
Mrs. Albert Cain from CLIFTON, made
brief call CD her grandmother, Mrs.
Priest, last week.
Mrs. E. d. Cass and sister, Mrs. j. S.
Emery. from Burnham, made US call,
Aug. %, on thei' way to Skowhegan.
Miss Bertha Williams has been visit
ing the past week In Winslow.
MIR. J. s. Goodrich with his mother
and sister, Mrs. A. B. Foster, visited
relatives in Fairfield and Oakland, last
Friday and Saturday Mrs. Foster will
remain several days longer.
Mrs. Fred Nelson, who has been
spending the summer with her mother,
Mrs. IL. II. Rolfe, returned home to Bos-
ton, last Saturday.
The high school at the village and
most OF the district schools in town COM
menced Sept. 4.
Mr.. Geo. Smith sold a nice colt, re-
Gently.
The granger's picnic at Lake George,
Aug. 30, was largely attended.
MIR. John Harris is sick with fever.
Miss Elizabeth Davis passed away at
her residence last Thursday. Funeral
services we're held, Saturday a. N.
Burial at the village cemetery.
During the shower. Sunday afternoon,
barn on the late Wentworth Sanborn
place, was struck by lightning and
burned with a quantity of hay. The
farming tools were saved. One barn
and the house were not burned.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07
Four Courtship Sundays.

The four Sundays of November are
observed as fete days In Holland. They
are known by the curious names Re
view, Decision, Purchase and Posses
sion and all refer to matrimonial af
fairs. November in Holland being the
month par excellence devoted to court
ship and marriage, probably because
the agricultural occupations of the
year are over and possibly because the
lords of creation from quite remote
antiquity have recognized the pleas
antness of having wives to cook and
cater for them during the long winter.
On Review Sunday everybody goes
to church, and after service there Is a
church parable in every village, when
the youths and maidens gaze upon each
other, but forbear to speak.
On Decision Sunday each bachelor
who is seeking a wife approaches the
maiden of his choice with ceremoni-
Gus bow and from her manner of re-
spending judges whether his advances
are acceptable. Purchase Sunday the
consent of the parents Is sought if the
suit has prospered during the week
Not until Possession Sunday, howey-
er. do the twain appear before the
world as actual or prospective brides
and grooms.-Denver News.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07
Browns Corner.

The meeting at this place on Sunday,
July II, WAS well attended and two very
interesting sessions were held. The
speaker, Mrs. Warren Corson of Athens,
is surely gaining ground, she enters into
! her work with the true spirit which is
recognized and appreciated more at each
meeting. There will be another meeting
Sept. "a. The weekly prayer meeting is
on each Tuesday evening.
The infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. ID. Brown which has been so afflicted
with sore eyes is much better and gain
ing fast.
! Rev. Chas. Bean of Hartland. attended
the meeting at this place on Sunday.
Several others from out of town were
present.
Mr.. John Drew has raised some very
nice wheat this year which he has har-
vested in fine condition.
! The schools 10 this vicinity begin
Monday, and vacation days are now
over.
The seats In the school house In Dis
trict No. !, have been transferred to the
house in No. 10, which has been under
going repairs.
Miss Blanch Hall will teach in this
District, Maymie Peavey in No. 8, and
Nellie Holt in the City District.
Mrs. vickery OF Hartland, recently
| visited his sister, Mrs. w. r. Bailey.
Miss Maymie Peavey has recently be-
come the possessor of new bicycle.
A barn belonging to Mrs. w. W. San
born was struck by lightning, Sunday
afternoon, and consumed together with
| its contents.
Mrs. Cora Blaisdell of Corinna, visited
her brother, Frank Hubbard recently.
Mrs. Eliza Davis Wyman has moved
back to her old home in w. Pittstield,
with her son, William Cool.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb of Dexter, have
been visiting friends in town recently.
Chas. and Henry Purington of Vassal-
| boro, have been visiting their relatives
here Mr.. f. c. and FL. l.. Purington.
Misses May and Emma Goodwin re-
turn this week, to their schools in
Massachusetts, after spending their va
cation at home.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07
What the Uitlander Council
Demands.

A statement of the demands of the
Uitlander Council, made In June, 1899,
will again Illustrate how serious were
the grievances Of the people:
l. Legislation by mere Volksraad
resolution to be abolished.
2. Equitable franchise law and fair
representation, with redistribution
scheme.
3. English and Dutch language to be
official
4. Reorganization of the Civil Service.
5. High Court to be independent.
Cat present the Judges of the High
Court are required under pain Of dis
missal, to respect any resolution of the
Volksraad, however hastily it may have
been passed. This demand was the
direct result of an action in which an
American subject obtained damages
against the Government)
6. Reform of education.
Z. The cancellation of monopoies.
(Iu addition to the long standing liquor,
railway, and dynamite monopolies-the
last two of which are said to represent
a permanent tax of from f600, 900 to
FL ,001 1000 per annum upon the country,
although conducted almost solely 10 the
interest of the monopoly holders-there
are now monopoles engaged In the
manufacture Of cocoa, calcium carbide,
soap, candles, matches, brushes, etc.
That 1t should be necessary, at the
close of this century, in any civilized
country, for white men of education and
ability TO ask for these rights may well
seem Incredible. That they should ask
for them In vain. seems impossible.
Redress having been promised by the
British Government, it will, without
doubt, be secured. And 1t Is only when
the demanded concessions are granted
that the South African Republic will
prove worthy of its name.-"Recent
Erents in the TrdnsraaI," by Thomas r.
D0dd in the September Forum.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07
Fairfield.

Mrs. G. G.. Weeks and children went
to Carmel. Saturday afternoon.
Captain Kreager of the schooner
Sarah g. Ropes, Is spending few days
at his home here.
Deputy Sheriff Mutt, who has been
acting as police officer at the Bangor
fair, returned, Saturday.
A. B. Page, who has been in Aroos-
took county in the interests of Lawrence
Newhall & Co., has returned.
s. I. Lawry & Co. are having an ele-
CANT new front added to one of their
stores. Large plate glass window
will be put in to correspond with the
store above.
The work of moving the Baptist
church was commenced, Saturday.
The work of remodelling it will CON-
mence as soon as possible and will be
completed before fall.
Rev. o. S. Pillsbury, who with his
family has been on voyage with Capt
tain Kreager, preached his first sermon
since his return at the Methodist church
Sunday morning. He gave very inter-
esting account of his experiences on
the trip. The audience was very much
pleased to welcome him, especially
after his narrow escape from shipwreck.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07
Qulcksand. Hidden Under Clay.

Curious but dangerous freaks of ma
ture frequently found In the deserts of
Arizona are called sumideros by the
Mexicans and Indians. They are mask
ed pitfalls of quicksand that occur in
the dry plains and are covered with a
treacherous crust of clay that has been
spread over them In fine particles by
the wind and baked dry by the sun.
The peculiar properties of the soil
retain all the moisture drained into
them after the infrequent rains and al
low il to be filtered to unknown depths,
so that man or horse or u cow or a
sheep that once steps upon that de-
ceptive crust instantly sinks out of
sight beyond hope of rescue. The
sumideros are on a level with the sur.
face of the desert. There Is no dan
ger signal to mark them, and their
surface cannot be distinguished by the
ordinary eye from the hard clay that
surrounds them. They occur most fire.
quently In the alkali covered flats and
are often Il or 20 feet in diameter
Sometimes they are only little pockets
or wells that a man can leap across
but the longest pole has never found
their bottom. A stone thrown through
the crust sinks to unknown depths
and no man who ever fell into one Of
them was rescued. They account for
the mysterious disappearance of many
men and eattle.-Chicago Record.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07

The term secret service money" Is
usually applied to d fund placed at the
disposal of ministers to be expended
at their discretion In promoting or pro-
tecting the interests of this country.
These moneys consist of sum of f35,
600 annually included In the estimates.
In respect Of which ministers are only
required to make declaration that
the moneys spent have been expended
''in accordance with the Intentions of
parliament"
AS ministers are required to give no
account of their stewardship It Is OBJ
vious we have no means of knowing
how these moneys are expended. The
reader. however, who carries his mind
back to episodes within his knowledge,
such as the collapse of the Fenian CON
spirators or of their later develop
ment, the Irish InvincibIes," win have
little difficulty In realizing how indis
pensable a fund OF this kind Is to the
protection OF state and Of under
standing the infinite variety OF uses TO
which it may be applled.-Chambers'
Journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Colby and grand
daughter, Miss Lottie Sawyer of Moose
River, have been visiting relatives in
town the past week.
Mrs. Edwin Danforth of Raynham,
Mass, will visit relatives In this vicinity
for three or four weeks.
The pupils of Madison high school
return to their work, Monday, Sept. 4.
The young folks in this vicinity held
a corn roast at the town house, Friday
evening, Sept. /. An enjoyable time is
reported.
Mr.. Perry Gates and Mr.. Frank Smith
went up river on fishing trip, last
week.
Miss Annie Turner, who has been
visiting relatives In Sidney, Fairfield
and Pishon's Ferry, returned home,
Friday, Sept. 1.
The Madison Spiritualist association
opened their annual meeting, Friday,
Sept. l, at Lakewood grove to continue
ten days.
Mr.. Hiram Wilbur of Raynham,
Mass, arrived in town, Thursday, Aug.
81. Mrs. Wilbur and two children, who
have been visiting here the past four
weeks, will return home with him,
Thursday, Sept. I. M.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07

of published rumors that Admiral
Dewey had declined to accept the pro.
posed gift. The committee has never
received any declination from him and
on the contrary has every reason to be-
lieve that he will accept, as gracious
and precious testimonial, a home pur-
chased for him in the name of so many
of his admiring fellow citizens.
More than SOO,OO feet of spoolwood
of different sizes have been landed dur
ing the past week, at Eastport, where it
is now waiting early shipment to Scot
land by j. A. Coffin of Machias.
The U. S. commissary department is
now buying coffee in Porto Rico for
supplying the army in that island and
Cuba. General Weston has approved
the purchase of 81, 900 pounds.
Adjutant General Richards wears a
diamond ring which he values most
highly. 1t descended to him from his
great-great grandfather, John Richards,
who resided In England in the last cen
fury. 1t is of gold and on the face in a
pocket, with a transparent covering Is
plated lock of hair of the original
owner. Around this sparkles circle
of Is diamonds.
The fourth annual reunion OF the 21st
Maine regiment was held, Wednesday,
at Merrymeeting Park, Brunswick, and
jolly reunion it was of one hundred
and more old war dogs from Sagadahoc,
Somerset, Lincoln, Kennebec, Knox and
Androscoggin counties. At the bust
ness meeting the following officers were
elected: Charles S. Crowel of Lewis
ton, president; A. L. Smith of Togus,
first vice president; Capt. John N.
Hubbard, East Douglass, Mass, second
vice-president: George A. Wilson, Paris,
third president; Joseph S. Wood
ward of Sidney; secretary and historian,
Norman II. Fossett, Riverside; Charles
Ii. Watson, Bath, chaplain.
At the annual meeting of the Inter.
national paper company held at Corinth
last week, Hugh ]. Chisholm, the pres
ident, in his annual report, in reference
to the property owned by the company,
stated that the policy had been to merge
the management of the mills in one
neighborhood, SO that several mills in
the same locality are practically one
plant. This acoompishes considerable
saving in salaries. Notwithstanding
this merging of several mills in one
plant there are today 80 distinct plants
owned by the International paper COM
pany, located in Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts and New York.
The company was originally formed of
but 10 plants. Properties that have
been acquired during the year are as
follows Plant of the Moosehead pulp
and paper company, Scion, Me-; Olcott
Falls company, Wilder, VT; Wilder
company, Ashland, N. H.; Remington
paper company, Watertown, N. Y; c..
r. Remington & Son company, Brown
Vile, N. Y. Inaddtion to these pulp
mill with capacity of so tons daily has
been built at Milton, VT, and put into
operation.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07
Hose Water and Rain.

Flowers know the difference between
ralnstorm and a drenching from the
garden hose. You may deluge them
with barrels from the hydrant, and
they will at best simply hold their own.
Generally they wither in the long,
dry seasons ard that without regard to
the artificial wettlng they may re-
ceive from the gardeners. But let n
little shower, however brief, fall upon
them, and they brighten visibly.
The difference Is that the rain brings
down with 1t through the air or col
lects In the air chemical quality that
the vegetation needs. The rainwater
may be as like that in the lake as two
volumes of water can be, but when 1t
has ridden the upper levels of the at
mosphere, when II has Travelled
through the various stages of vapor
and liquid and has tumbied down
through that retort of the air, 1t has
become charged with elements that no
man can give it. and the flower knows
and recognizes Ii, as the first field
flowers recognize it.in the beginning.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07
East Madison,

Miss Lottie Harrington and Miss Perlt
Starrett of South China, have been visit
ing Mrs. John Stevens of East Madison
Miss c. A. Morrison and Mrs. Arnold
of Skowhegan, visited Mrs. c. F. Tuft;
one day last week.
Mrs. Isaac Freeman of North Corn
Vile, visited Mrs. Fred Russell on Wed.
nesday.
Mrs. Albion Thompson, who has beer
very sick is slowly gaining.
Miss Zilla Gibbons of Boston, Mass.
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Hattie Thomp.
son.
Mr.. Leon Withsm and wife of East
Madison and Miss Edyth Gibbons OF
Boston, Mass, are attending the Maine
State Fair at Bangor.
Miss Jennie Bosworth entertained a
few friends at Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rus
sells, Friday of last week. They spent
very pleasant afternoon and refresh
ments were served.