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The record-union., 1899-02-12
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
Short Legislative Day Spent in Sec
ond Reading Of Bills.

Yesterdays legislative day in the As
sembly was short, and the attendance,
by reason Of junketing trips and other
absences, reduced to the bare forty-one
necessary to make a day of it,"
Reports of committees, Introduction
of new bills and the advancement of
others from the second reading file to
the third occupied the morning two
hours, no more serious legislation being
attempted in the face of so absolutely
bare a quorum.
TRAVELLING COMMITTEES
Among the absent committees was
one making the long trip to Southern
California to visit the State institutions
there The members of this sub-com-
mittee of Ways and Means were: San
ford Mack, Wardell and Griffin-all
good Democrats. 1t was probably
thought, in view of the Senatorial sit
uatlon, that Democratic votes were the
ones which could be spared.
Assemblyman Radcliff, though not a
member of the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds, was, on motion
of Crowder, added to the party going
down to San Francisco, as he is the
blocks on the San Francisco water front
for a free public market The inspec-
tion of this market site is a part of the
object of the committees little junket.
The reports of standing committees
were quite full. They follow here:
Ways and Means-Valentine, Chair
man. reported Bliss A. B. $40, amend
ing the Act providing for the payment
of interest on the outstanding bonds Of
the State of California held in trust fer
the University and the State school
funds, without recommendation.
Also Americas 155, appropriating
money for enforcing the penalty against
the sophistication and adulteration Of
wine; Irrigation Committee substitute
SOB, providing for the location of sites
for reservoirs to store flood waters;
Dunlap's A. B. 521. to protect the
health of consumers-that they be with
drawn.
Also A. M. McDonald's A. B. ia, for
the relief of agricultural districts, and
appropriating money therefor; Henry's
A. B. Is, providing for the purchase of
a system of ventilation for the State
Capitol; Richards A. B. 415, for the
claim Of Julius Herzog; Eugene Sulli-
vans A. B. 40. concerning a Veteran
Volunteer Firemen's Association of Cal
ifornia; S. B. q, to prohibit the adul-
teration and sophistication of wine
that they do not pass.
Also Dunlap's 1O5, for the relief of
district agricultural associations and
appropriating $4,000 therefor; Con-
drey's A B. 252, to pay the claim of
E. M. Strout; Lundquist's A. B. 405. to
pay the claim of w. H. Donnelly; Rick
ards 476, claim of Lawrence Dunnigan,
and Al, claim of Charles F. wells
that they do pass as amended.
Also Belshaw's A. B. 42S, to pay Jo-
seph Schwindler; committee substitute
A. B. GOT, to protect domestic livestock
from contagious diseases; Browns A.
B. 661, to pay d. E. O'Keefe; committee
substitute A. B. 66S, for the construc-
ton of a public highway from Sacra-
mento city to the State Prison at Fol-
son-that they do pass.
Also A. B. 492, from the Committee
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joint assembly for the purpose of voting
for a United States Senator. After that
necessary function had been settled to
the credit, if not to the satisfaction. of
all concerned, the Senate at 12:o0
o'clock adjourned until 10 o'clock Mon
day.
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FEDERAL RELATIONS.

Dale, Chairman, reported A. M. Nc
Donald's A. j. r. Is, relative to the
building of a submarine cable from San
Francisco, Honolulu, Japan and the
Philippine Isle nds; also Hoey's A. J. r.
IS, relative to immigration from the
Philippine Islands; also Johnson's A. j.
r. 16, relative to the relief of certain
owners of timber lands in the Yosemite
Valley National Park Reservation
that they be adopted
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OTHER CoMMITTEEs.

Atherton, for State Prisons and Re-
formatories, reported Milice's A. B. 62S,
to provide for commission to promote
prison reform, that it do pass as
amended; also Meserve's A. B. GAG, to
provide special quarters in county, city
and county jails, city jails or police sta
tions. for juvenile prisoners.
Crowder, for Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported Blood's A. B. 199, to
establish a branch State Normal School
in Calaveras County, referring it to
Ways and Means Committee without
recommendation; also Bliss A. B. 3339,
to authorize the insurance of all prop
erty of the University of California held
for purposes of income, against damage
or loss.
De Lancie, for Education, reported
De Lancie's A. B.. 1913, amending the
Political Code; that it do pass as
amended.
Henry, for Military Affairs, reported
back Radcliff's A. BIS 412 and Alb. en-
abling the State to accept the site for
a camp of military instruction offered
by Santa Cruz, recommending that
they do pass.
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on Public Health and. Quarantine, to
reorganize the State Board. of Health;
that it be withdrawn, and the commit
tee substitute A. B. T55 do pass.
Also Valentines A. B. 4S1, the claim
of J. c. Nichols; Cobb's A. B. 4SS, for
refurnishing the Office of the Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction.; john
sons A. B. 610, for the furnishing of
the office of the State Surveyor Gen
eral S. B. II, for the construction of
a free wagon road from Mono Lake Ba-
sin, to connect with the Tioga road
that they do pass as amended.
CORPORATIONS.
Raub, Chairman, reported Valentines S
A. B. GA, authorizing the sale or lease
of one railroad by another, with a COM
mittee substitute therefor, A. B. 732,
recommending that the substitute do
pass.
Also Meade's A. B. AGA, amending the
Civil Code, relating to the filing of ar
ticles of Incorporation with the County
Clerk and Secretary of State, the is
suance of certificate, and the effect of
such certificate; Dibbles 469, amend
ing the Act relating to life, health, acci-
dent and annuity or endowment insur-
ance on the assessment plan; Meade's
A. B. to create Board of Commission
sioners for building and loan associa-
tions-that they do pass.
Also Browns A. B. IT'S, to enable
railroad companies to complete their
railroads, and authorizing the construc-
ton of railroads; that it do not pass.
CLAIMS
Mcdonald of Alameda reported the
following bills all of which were sub
sequently sent to Ways and Means:
J. M. Miller's A. B. $40, for the claim
of Fred B. Blakeley: Beecher's A. b.
642, for the claim of Theodore Priesch:
Johnson's A. B. 404, for the claim OF
H. G. Smith-that they do pass.
Also Caminetti's S. B. 242, for the
claim of J. w. Sibole; Dunlap's A. 3.
344, for the claim of j. E. Atkinson;
Richards A. B. 26, for the claim of
William Sullivan-that they do pass as
amended.
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Continued on Twelfth Page.)
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
UNIQUE WiNDOWIN CLUBHOUSE
Made to Order for Man Who Was
Separated from His Wifo.

In the Kinloch club, at st. Louis,
there is stained glass window with
an odd history, says the st. Louis Re-
public. 1t is not an ordinary window,
with its parts Joined by frames of lead,
but is OF the finest kind of colored ca
thedral glass, so perfectly joined that
the seams are not visible. 1t Is paneled
In shape, and in the colored glass ap-
pears the face and form of beautiful
woman. She is in the costume of a
dancer. and her skirts fall but little be-
low the knees. The figure is perfect in
Its proportions, and the face is one Of
surprising beauty. When the club
house was finished the art committee
looked around for something unique in
the way of decoration. They found it
In Chicago, where they had gone ex-
ploring. Entering the art store they
told the dealer they wanted to see the
choicest thing he had. The dealer re-
piled that he had a beautiful eolored
window panel, which was left on his
hands through peculiar chain of
circumstances. A rich Chicagoan had,
Immediately after marrying, decided
that as a part OF the decoration Of his
new home he would have window in
which the face and form Of his wife
would appear. He got together the
necessary photographs in appropriate
costumes and brought them to the
glass window concern, where estimates
were made as 70 the probable cost. He
wanted Eaught but the best, and was
not content to have the picture painted
or burnt into the glass. He wanted
the work done in the actual colored
glass. The dealer was obliged to send
the photographs and an extended ex-
PLANTATION of what was wanted abroad,
and there the window was made. 1t
took months for it's completion, end
when it was finished and returned the
dealer notified his rich patron. But
the window never found place in the
rich mans house. They had been mar
ried long enough to become estranged
and divorced. The rich man had COM
pleted the house he had built for his
bride and was living alone in it. There
were enough sad memories about the
house without having the face OF the
woman from whom he had separated
looking down on him from one Of the
great windows, so the work was never
accepted. That is the reason the men,
bers Of the Kinloch club were able to
get such a truly beautiful and origi-
nal window as a decoration for their
mantel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14

Ellis took refuge behind a tree and
shot two Of the bandits dead. He was
In position that promised to cause
the outlaws trouble. They could not
shoot him and could not leave their
refuge without his shooting them.
Finally, Curly" Wilson, big, strap
ping Fellow, picked up one Of the stable
men whom the bandits had bound and
laid in the trough of the stable, and
holding him in front of him with one
hand, made the fellow human shield,
and with the other he proceeded to
operate a six-shooter. Thus equipped
he marched straight toward Wade's
hiding place. There was nothing for
Ellis to do but either kill the helpless
man or run, and he ran Then the
outlaws proceeded to take the money.
1t was in bars of $4,000. They placed
the treasure in a two-horse wagon and
started overland toward the Missouri
river. The wagon was traced to the
river near Niobrara, Neb. AS an evil
dence Of the furious rate of speed the
team was being driven at, number
OF bars of gold-three in all-were
picked up along the route, which had
jolted out of the wagon. This was all
ever secured of the stolen money.
Wilson and Carey were never cap
tured, and lived to spend the money.
The two outlaws mutilated the faces
of their two dead companions by cut
ting them with knives so that the
authorities would not be able to iden-
with the robbery. The dead bodies
were left as they had fallen at the
Buffalo Gap station. This was the last
time the Deadwood treasure coach was
held up.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
HAS Tucked FIVE CENTURIES
Famous Old Clock I'm Rouen Has Kept
Time for $40 Years.

From the Cincinnati ENQUIRER:
Rouen, one Of the principal cities of
France, and the greatest seat of it's
cotton manufacture, possesses the old
est public clocks in the world. The
great Rouen clock has held its place
in that city for $40 years and is the
pride of its citizens. Placed in 1889,
it has been running without Interrupt
ton from that day to this, requiring
nothing except cleaning and a few
trifling repairs of its accessory parts.
The great clock has SO accustomed
the citizens to look upon It's exacti-
tude as a matter of course that when,
in 1872, the breaking Of a wire pre-
vent its sounding o'clock one morn
ing, the population was in a state of
CONSERVATION. The magistrates sum-
moned the Observation-Disclosures Pc
tit-and demonstrated gravely with
him. Until 1712 the great clock had
no pendulum. For 1923 years it had
no other regulator than "foliot," an
apparatus unknown to the majority of
modern clock makers. The pendulum
in clock work was introduced in 1859,
but so well satisfied were the people
Of Rouen with the time keeping quail
tiles Of their famous old clock that
fifty-three years were allowed to pass
before pendulum was substituted for
the "foliot." Equipped with this new
apparatus it has continued to this day
to strike the hours and chime the
quarters.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
A Cultured Monarch.

King Oscar II, king of Norway
and Sweden, is one of the most cultur-
ed men in Europe. He is remarkable
in literature, his works comprising
musical compositions, verse, fiction,
and many volumes on technical SUBJ
jects, and he has also translated into
Swedish Gothe's Faust, which alone
is a very great undertaking. He is a
fine speaker, and in his youth had
such remarkably fine and we'll train
ed voice that it was considered one of
his greatest gifts. The king, though
now an old man, has splendid pres
ence, and in manner is simple and un-
affected. He spends many months of
the year at Tullgarn, his grand old
castle on the edge of the cliffs over
hanging the sea, and one OF his great
est pleasures Is drilling his little
grandsons.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
Spanish Cave Dwellers of To-day.


We commonly refer the cave dwell
ers to prehistoric times, but there
are still some Of these people In parts
of Europe that are considered civiliz-
ed. Their primitive dwellings are, in
some cases, natural caves, and in oth-
ers have been hewn out Of the rocks.
Some Of these homes in Spain are de-
scribed by writer. He says: There
is no need of an aims house in Alcala.
One side Of the hill above the town is
honey combed with caves, which are
used by the poor as dwellings, free of
rent and taxes. These caves run in
tiers, with paths between them, and
before each Is a garden in which grow
the prickly pear, fig, villas, maize and
vegetables. The combination Of rock
and foliage gives the whole hillside
that singular appearance of rocky
fertility seen only in southern lands,
and particularly in the presence of
cactus growth. The people seemed
quite as comfortably situated as many
who lived in houses, and in general
appearance the aims house hill of Alca-
la was more attractive than the gypsy
quarter of Granada. Doubtless these
caves have the advantage over ordi-
nary houses of being warmer in win
ter and cooler in summer"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
GEMS FOR LEAN PocKErBooKS
Promise of an Abundance OF CcuDterfeit

Stones ~ Good az Any.
From the New York Evening Post:
Manufacturers Of imitation jewelry
that it is said the sale of genuine jew
elry in this city is less than ever before,
and 1t is also said on good authority
that large amounts of capital are soon
to be invested in the manufacture OF
imitation jewelry For some time past
1t has been possible to obtain imita-
tion jewelry in France and England
which is difficult of detection by ex-
perts, but the business has never be-
fore been taken up in this country to
any great extent The principal man
ufacturers expect to deal in jewels of
their own manufacture which are said
to be extraordinary fine limitations OF
the real stones and will have a guar
anteed life of twenty years. The ''dia-
monds' are composition of glass, lead
and carbon, tipped with platinum,
which is harder than gold. Every real
stone, except diamond, is traLspar-
ent; without the tip of platinum these
diamonds" would also be transparent,
but with it they are given an undetect-
able resemblance 70 the genuine stone.
These goods are mounted in 14-carat
gold and so artistically that, when
worn, the platinum tipping cannot be
seen. An infinite variety of designs,
copied from the best real models, are
shown, and at price which is about
80 per cent less than the genuine. All
the colored stones-rubies, sapphires.
emeralds and turquoises-are also
manufactured in a like way and are
similar, with the exception of the tur-
quoise, to the doublet, except that they
are much harder and are made of real
stone (garneD and crystal. They are
SO hard that the surface can be filed
and no hlemish made on the stone. AS
genuine pearls are the most costly of
gems, so do the imitation pearls take
the lead in price. They are made OF
fishskin and a secret composition. The
manufacture of some especially good
imitation pearls, known as Venetian
pearls" is lost art, the process hav-
ing been invented by a poor Venetian,
whose secret died with him. There are
about 10000 Of them in this country,
bought in Paris about ten years ago;
they are very hard, can be stepped on
without sustaining the slightest injury.
and will also bounce like rubber ball.
The difficulty in the manufacture of
pearls is in obtaining the orient, or
luster, similar to the genuine gems, and
it is said that very often out OF 10000
manufactured, few will be marketable,
and they are almost as difficult to
match for necklaces as the real. A dog
collar Of imitation pearls, with "dia-
mond" clasps, would cost about $3.50.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
Burglars Never Use Chloroform.

That burglars of the more advanced
type can and do use chloroform in the
commission of their crimes is belief
widely held and rarely contradicted,
and yet there is, curiously, little foun-
dation for it. Indeed, those who are
most familiar with the administration
and effects Of anaesthetics assert that
there is no foundation at all for 1t ex-
cept in the imagination of sensational
writer's and in the needs of people
whose losses can not safely be ex-
planned by statements of fact. The
question has been raised at Pittsburg
recently by several robberies in which
chloroform is said to have been en-
ployed, and opinions Of the local ex-
perts are strongly against the posi-
bility OF such use. The idea that the
mere introduction of chloroform into
room would cause unconsciousness
was derided as absurd. Even If doors
and windows were alright, it would
take several gallons of either anaes-
thetic so to fill a room with the heavy
fumes as to affect sleeper on bed Of
average height. And the first effect
would be, not deep sleep, but excited
wakefulness. The chances are, then,
that when anybody claims to have
been chloroformed by burglars there
is something queer about the case
New York Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
Let Them Alone.

People over 30 would do well to give
up milk and eggs in any form as a
diet" said well-known physician.
These are the notwithstanding food
of animals which mature in a short
time, and when taken in quantities by
human beings whose structures have
already formed they tend only to the
hardening and aging of the tissues. l
have seen people who were beginning
to find stair climbing difficult, and who
were losing their elasticity. much ben
Gifted by eliminating these articles
from their diet. That there has been
a great increase in the duration of life
below the age of 30 statistics prove.
but beyond that period there has been
no improvement. In my opinion, the
person over 80 would have as good q
chance to preserve life as the child
just beginning its struggle with exist
ence if he would only suit his diet to
his years.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
COLOR SCHEM E.
Should he Carefully Studied In Furnish
Ing Various Rooms.


Ing Various Rooms.
There are rooms in some houses that
produce a sense of irritation on nerve
and brain on those who are sensitive to
color, so crude and harsh and Earring
are the arrangements of the same Go
into another room in some other house,
where all the colors soothe and delight,
and you will find soft olives and dull
blue and blue-greens, having an indie
scribably gentle influence. The blue
green or olive prevails in the carpet,
the ground being deep blue and the all
over pattern soft olive and dull blue.
The olive prevails in the long curtains,
and takes on rather golden tone, while
the sash curtains are entirely OF the
softest dull blue India silk, trimmed
with tassel braid to match. The Hol-
land shades are in ecru. There is an
absence of conspicuous figures, pattern
and ground. A bit Of pale rose or
yellow, or old gold, or dull red, may be
used in such room. An old fan, for
example, ornamented with a bow OF
pale rose satin and displayed against
a light olive wall, tells for much more
than against a wall lowered or fig
ured conspicuously in dozen different
colors.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14

II Is difficult to realize that so fra
gile looking concern as a spiders
web is proportionately one Of the
strongest things In existence. The or
binary spiders thread would support
without breaking a weight Of three
grains. Now bar Of steel one inch
in diameter will sustain fifty tons. II
you take the diameter OF spiders
thread, and calculate what weight the
same thread an inch In diameter
would support, the conclusion arrived
at is no less than seventy-four tons,
which means that the strength OF the
seemingly feeble thread is, as near as
possible, as much as one and a half
times that of the steel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
Eel Clicked on a Rat.

A monster eel has been found dead
in Hempston Leaf, one OF the Dart
tributaries of England, 1t having ap-
parently been choked by water rat it
had tried to swallow, and which was
partly protruding from its mouth. The
eel also contained a young moor hen.
In trying to swallow both bird and rat
the eel lost his life.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
Changed Accompaniment.

One can hardly be expected to have
music in his soul" when there is dis
cord in his stomach. Husband-What
was that you were playing, my dear?
Wife-Did you like it? at was lovely
the melody divine, the harmony ex-
uuisite!" ut is the very thing I
played last evening, and you said it
was horrid." We'll, the steak was
burned last evening. STRAY Stories.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
wbere Ignorance Is bliss.

Jack-"The ingenuity of woman is
beyond the comprehension OF man."
Tom-"What's wrong now?" Jack
young Blanks fiance sent him an
deliberately constructed penwiper for
birthday present and he wore it to-
church thinking It was a new-fangled
cravat."
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
Not the Same.

Ethel-"He told me he made his
money in wheat" Edith (triumphant-
ly)-"T felt sure had seen his face
before. That's the fellow that leaves
us our bread mornings in the city,
Leslis's Weekly.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
Latest Table Trim.

The latest ornamentation for the
dining-room table Is dish OF jelly, in
the midst OF which are three or fc.ar
small electric lights. The effet is
pleasing and picturesque.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14
OI,DDEADWOOD TRAIL
.wv ONE ROBBERY IN TWEEN
TY-FIvE YEARS.

rsed to BE the Headquarters for Stage
uoId-Up Men - The Gold Trains
steel Express Cars Have Changed
Things.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-09-14

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