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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

How Lillian Bells FrivoHty Shocks
Her Serious English Cousins.

x4eV serious 6S0K41DA OO0bAAAos
1--WE were going on coach to Rich
mond with Julia AMI her husband,
writes Lillian Bell in the Woman
Home Companion" describing in her
inimitable way many amusing incl
dents of her stay and adventures IN
London.
1T was lovely day. The trees were
a mass of bloom, and everybody ought
to have enjoyed himself. We were hav-
ing very good time of 1t among our
selves reading the absurd signs, Until
we noticed the three girls who sat OPP
posite to u.s. They had serious faces,
and long, consumptive teeth which they
never succeeded in completely hiding.
knew just how they would look when
they were dead; knew that those two
| long front teeth would still They
| listened to all we said without flicker
of the eyelashes. Occasionally they
| looked down at the size OF Julia's little
| feet, and then involuntarily drew their
own back out of sight.
! Presently l espled a sign, Funerals
for this week only, at half price l
seized Julia's hand. Stop, oh, stop the
coach and let's get a funeral! We
may never have an opportunity to get
bargain in funerals again. And the
sale lasts only one week. Everybody
/ told me before I came away to get
what 1 wanted at the moment l saw
| it; not to wait thinking l would come
back So unless we order one now
we may have to gay the full price.
And a funeral would be such a good
investment; it would keep forever.
You'd never feel like using it before
you actually needed it. Do let me get
one nowi'
.'Of course, Julia, my sister, and Ju-
| las husband were in gales Of laughter,
| but what finished me off was to see
three serious creatures opposite rise as
| if pulled by one string, look in an anx-
| ious way at me and then at the sign,
while the teeth began to say to each
other, What did she say? What does
she mean? What does she want
| funeral for?'"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
Tagged With Matches.

The jamestown, N. Y, STANDARD
prints a remarkable story Of the man
ner in which railroad employee saved
passenger train and the lives of those
on board. The story is given as fol-
lows:
Martin Troy of Hartford, Conn, an
old railroad man, was down at East
Bristol bridge watching the men at
work. When the afternoon train from
Bristol came along, the bridge was
noticeably weak, and the weight of the
train Jared it so seriously that all the
wooden piling under it was carried
away.
When Troy saw that the piling had
been carried away and that the bridge
had settled, he hurried up to flag the
train from Hartford, which would ar
rive at this point at about o'clock
1t had grown quite dark by this time
and Troy had no lantern, but as the
train came along he took matches
from his pocket and lighted them for a
danger signal. He was just in time;
the train stopped as the engine was
about to go on the bridge.
When the workmen came to repair
the bridge they tried to induce Troy to
go to work with Them but he refused,
declaring that the bridge was likely to
fall at any minute. His warning came
too late. Before the men could leave
the bridge the collapse came.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
WASSERMAN, DAVIS & co.
NEW YEARS IN WASHINGTON.
When Every One Keeps Open House
With Southern Hospitality.

Mary Nimmo Balentine, writing of
New Years Day in the White House"
in the "Womans Home Companion"
thus describes the public receptions:
announcements are published in the
newspapers proclaiming the levee at the
White House and the exact minute at
which the different officials of the Gov
eminent service will be received, but
it is usually near l O'clock before the
soverei sn people are admitted to the
GROUNDS.
"The State levee at the White House
is but the beginning of the calling that
continues throughout the afternoon
and well into the night in official and
private houses. The official social sea-
son is inaugurated on New Years Day
in Washington. It is the grand rallying
day of the neighborly proclivities of the
people of the entire district. Many men
make their first and last visit of the
year on this day, and only see certain
of their friends on this one day of the
year. AS they grow older these festival
days seem to come closer and closer to-
gether. Lists are published in the news
papers of the houses where receptions
will be held, with the names of the
ladies who will assist in receiving. The
assisting lady often attracts more call
ers than the hostess, and newly arrived
families are on the lookout for popular
women for their New Years Day re-
ceptions. There is no need to interrupt
the grand round of calls for luncheon
or dinner: the carriage is hired for the
day. and, dressed in his very best, the
caller must see all the old friends and
be will
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
Empress and Pianist.

Josef Holman, the famous young
pianist, is fond of all sorts of sports.
especially of skating in which, as a
boy he excelled. When visiting St.
Petersburg year or two ago, Josef
was summoned to play before the ex-
Empress, the hour named being from
three to four in the afternoon. 1t was
perfect day. The Neva was frozen
over, of course, and the skating was
at its hight. Immediately after iun-
cheon Josef's father found his son
dressing as if to go to the place
where are you going?" he demands
ed =
.sTo play for the Empress.
But you were not to go until
o'clock"
ssThree o'clock! If I wait until then
I will be too late to go skating. m
going now"
He went. And it Is not surprise to
any one who knows Hofmann to learn
that he played for the ex- Empress as
soon as he reached the palace, and that
he then went off and skated the rest
of the afternoon--Ladies' Home
Journal.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
TWO OF A KIND.
A Brace Of Scamps Who Deserve
the Cowhide.

Does anybody know the two rowdies
who answer to these descriptions? One
is quite tall, has a long beard, wears
a black square-cut sack coat and soft
black hat. He is apparently about AZ
years old, perhaps a little more. The
other is a person of short stature,
wears a close-cut beard and a Derby
hat
The parties referred to last evening
followed a couple of ladies for several
blocks, and one Of them finally adj
dressed the ladies after they had left
K street. The latter returned hastily
toward K street in search of an officer,
when the men FASTENED out of sight.
The descriptions given Of the men are,
of course, not very minute, but some
one may recognize them.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

general result will be tariff not dis
similar toathat of Jamaica, which av-
erages about 1919 per cent duty, but
which is now undergoing revision by g
committee, and which tariff, your Com
missioner was informed when in King
ston, averaged after the revision was
completed about s16 % per cent.
AS has been said, the revenue-pro
ducing schedule on the Porto Rico tar
if, as in the Cuban tariff, is that relat-
ing to provisions. The Spanish policy
seems to have been per cent for man
ufactures of cotton, II per cent for
manufactures of silk. 10 per cent for
manufactures of wool, 2 per cent for
special imports, but 20 per cent on
alimentary substance. There would
seem to be two reasons for this: the
first being that the people in climate
like that of Porto Rico can do without
almost anything but food; the second,
that as most of the food products were
imported into Porto Rico from the
United States, Spain herself took little
interest in the rates of duty. Indeed
of the total amount of duties paid as
above nearly $950OO0 were paid by the
United States, largely on food prod
ucts.
In making up the Porto Rican tariff
Spain arranged the schedules SC
adroitly in favor of her own interests
that between the goods placed at a
high rate of duty coming from coun-
tries other than Spain, and the com
modities placed at low rate Of duty
on the free list, when imported into
Porto Rico from Spain, she escaped
almost altogether the payment Of duty
Spain, according to DIR. Carroll, fur
nished over 40 per cent in value of the
imports, and paid less than per cent
of the customs collected; the United
States furnished p per cent of the
value of the imports and paid 3S pei
cent of the customs collected As
Spanish imports now pay duties at the
same rates as those from other coun-
tries, an increase of revenue may fairly
be expected in the schedules which
Spain reserved for herself
IF the amount of this increase could
be estimated it would be possible tc
considerably reduce the rates of duty
on foodstuff, but to do so without
knowing exactly the amount of reve-
nue. it may be possible to obtain from
the other schedules, would be a dan.
gerous experiment.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
Weather Reports.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 80 and 45 de-
grees, with fresh to brisk northerly
winds and clear weather prevailing.
There was dense fog the greater por-
ton of Saturday night
The barometrical readings at 5 a. m.
and 5 p. m. yesterday were 1929 and
1925 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 40 and 36
degrees, with trace of rain, and one
year ago to-day 4S and 81 degrees,
with no rain
The average temperature was 81 de-
grees, and the normal AZ, showing yes
terday to have been five degrees
warmer than usual for the 22d day of
January.
River Is feet inches and falling.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
Tough Firing.

After two months of experimenting
with The so-called one-shovei system,
the managers of the Rock Island Rail-
road Company have decided to use the
system throughout the whole line. The
primary value of the scheme is said to
be, its economical use of coal and con-
sequent large saving of money to the
company. Incidentally, too. the COM.
fort of the passengers will probably be
largely increased by an almost total
absence of smoke and cinders. In the
new system the fireman is required to
put only one shovelful of coal at a
time-about every thirty seconds-on
the fire, instead of piling in a lot of fuel
at longer intervals. 1t is argued that,
under the old plan, large percentage
of the heating power of the coal is sim
ply wasted. This is evidenced by the
heavy cloud of black smoke emitted,
showing the escape of large quantities
of carbon. The new plan merely fur
nishes no more coal than the fire can
consume. Any saving in this direction
means great deal to a company, for
nearly one-twentieth of prosperous
roads gross earnings is expended for
fuel.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
SOCIAL EVENTS.

The U. U. Whist Club met last Fri
day evening at the home of Miss Edith
Hebron, 704 o street. The first prizes
were captured by Miss Florence John
son and H. L. Pierson. the BOBBY prizes
being carried off by Miss Bessie Shinn
and Fred Beaton. Those present were:
Misses Florence johnson, Bessie
Shinn, Edna Menken, Viola Menkin,
Ida Fitzgerald, Minnie Ruhstaller.
Edith Heilbron and Amelia Wendt;
Messrs. August Biewener, Hobart Pier
sen, Fred Beaten, Harry Krebs. Frank
Herman, Charles Baker and George
Hebron. Refreshments were served,
after which music was rendered All
present spent very enjoyable evening.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
AT THE TARGET.
Scores Made Yesterday by the Mill
tary Marksmen.


Following are the scores made yes
terday at the American River 2OO-yard
range by members of Company G:
LIEUTENANT Ruhstaller "a. Sergeant
Klein SO. Corporal Brown 45. Corporal
Klees sc. Corporal Bates 36, Privates
Petitdidier 80, Wackford 80. p Cook
81, Hortmeyer "a, Thomas 33, Finley
81. Gordan 33, D. Cook 30, Todhunter
"a.
Extra Scores-P. A. Brown AZ, c.
Hortmeyer 40, J. Meyer "a.
HELvETIA RIFLE CLUB.
The Sacramento Helvetia Club had
its monthly best center shoot for cash
prizes yesterday. ]. T. Carol, one OF
San Francisco's champions, was the
guest of the club, and the members are
hoping he will make this city his per-
manent home.
The prizes were awarded as follows:
First prize. A. Burgi; second. William
H. Eckhardt: third, E. Schmidt: fourth,
Captain Ruhstaller; fifth, A Meister;
sixth, F. Ruhstaller. Jr.; seventh. A.
Griesel; eighth, J. Meyer; ninth, F.
Zberg; tenth, G. Weismann; eleventh,
F. Imhoff: twelfth, c.. Zuest, thirteenth,
A. Haynke.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

been erected on the plain, and in these
the two Kings and their suites were
to lodge. The tents of the French King
were pitched just outside the walls of
the town of Ardes, and extended almost
to the tents of King Henry.
The tents in which the two Queens
were lodged We're covered with cloth of
gold, as were also the tents of the
ladies in attendance upon them, and of
all members of the royal families. The
effect was dazzling. Beautiful pavilions,
hung with cloth of gold, dotted the
plain: banners f1oated everywhere;
fountains of wine spouted in the bright
June sunshine; horses, decorated with
fiuttering ribbons, pranced about gaily.
So gorgeous had the dreary plain been
made that it has become known in his
tory as the Field of the Cloth Of Colo"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

smaller dose Of cocaine. Then hypno-
tfzed him daily for six weeks; after ten
days he gave up cocaine entirely, after
three weeks the voices disappeared,
and after that the other symptoms
faded away. 1t was not however, until
the end that the telepathic system was
exploded. Even when the voices had
gone, he for while felt his move
ments controlled over the ocean, and
after six weeks, when 1 had him quite
we'll again, he laughed over his tele-
pathic absurdities, but assured me that
II these sensations came again he
should be unable, even in full health,
to resist the mystical Interpretation, SO
vividly had he felt the distant inf1u-
ences.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
AMATEUR BASEBALL.
They Seem to be Rushing the Sea-
SON Of '99.

On Saturday the Lee Stanley and
Capital Box Factory baseball teams
gave a fine exhibition of balI-playing,
the former winning by a score of Ii
to Z. The feature of the game was
the playing of Ackermann, at third
base, who accepted ten chances without
an error. The score was as follows
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
Too Short for Comfort.

Mrs. Benham-Was it short or long
sermon?
Benham- Short, guess; don't feel
as if had had enough sleep. Town
Topics.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

Yesterday afternoon the Bowery base
ball team defeated the Sixth-street
Stars by a score of IL to IA. Zanazzi
and Rogan formed the battery for the
Bowery boys, and Phleger and Nor
man for the Stars. Fay Harlow Off
ciated as umnire
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23
| Totals

Summary: Runs responsible for Balsz
l. Home run-Bowers. Three-base hits
Mackree, Lynn. Two-base hit-Acker-
man. Sacrifice hit-Peeler. Base on balls
BY Balsz 1. Struck out-By Balsz 1, by
Peeler T. Umpire-Anderson. Scorer-A.
Henderson. Time of game-1:20.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

The bicycle puts the person who is
learning to ride it in touch with the
whole earth.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-23

The necessities and wants of the two
countries are radically different. Porto
Rico has not been devastated by war.
nor will it require a large United States
army to keep order There are no
armed insurgents demanding millions
for payment of military services to be
charged up to the customs receipts. For
these and other reasons the amended
tariff for Porto Rico has been framed
on revenue-yielding basis of Is per
cent, instead of % per cent, as in the
case of the amended tariff of Cuba
BY this it must not be inferred that all
the schedules will be uniformly Is per
cent. The schedules relating to tools
and manufactures of silk and musical
instruments have been increased to 25
per cent ad yalorem. The rates of the
liquor schedule will exceed p per cent,
and is the same as in the Cuban sched-
ule
An endeavor has been made to keep
cotton and manufactures of cotton be-
low 10 per cent, only the finer grades
at the higher rate, and all the coarser
goods of general consumption have
been placed at 10 per cent ad valorem.
The machinery to be used in extend
ing transportation and advancing the
industries of the island has been put at
ID per cent, or its equivalent About
IL per cent ad valorem has heretofore
been collected on the imports of the
metal schedule, and it is probable that
the proposed rates viii keep within
this proportion.
Here. and there few changes have
been made, as will be seen by refer
ence to the several schedules which fol-
low. but the changes have all been die
tated by the desire to make the rev.
enue tariff less burdensome on articles
of food than on articles which are con-
sumed by those better able to pay The
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

When the Trans-Siberian Railway is
finished, we shall be able to make the
tour of the world in thirty-three days.
According to the Russian Minister of
Roads and Communications the timer
ary will be Bremen to st. Petersburg, by
rail, one and half days; st. Petersburg
to Vladivostock, by rail, ten days !;
thence to San Francisco, by steamer, ten
days; thence to New York, by rail, four
and half days, and back to Brennan, by
sea, seven days. Perhaps some "Phin-
eas Fogy" will do it in month. at
present the shortest route from South
ampton, by Paris, Brindisi, Yokohama,
San Francisco and New York, is sixty
six days.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

milk and making butter. TO such the
creamery is a money bringer to great
extent, but il they would Gull their cows
dispose of all the poor ones, even if they
had to purchase an entirely new set of
COWS, and would feed intelligently, how
much greater help the creamery would
be.
One of our neighbors has four COWS
whose milk they sell to the creamery for
IL cents per pound for butter fat con-
tsined therein, and they receive 70 cents
per COW each week. 1t looks small in
deed by the side of the COWS To be sure
he will have calves to sell, but to us it
seems it would be better for him to pro.
cure better COWS.
Did it ever occur to you that through
the country, especially the sleepy hooks,
there are more COWS giving milk six
months than there are nine, and more
that give milk nine than ten, with
scarcely any cows giving milk ten and
one-half and eleven months. Often
this is not the cows fault as they would
do better were they rightly managed,
but very often it is the COW and nothing
else. She was bred to do no more, was
raised to do no more and is cared for
along the same lines. The owners do
not expect anything else and they ought
not. for COW fed on dry, hard corn,
with an occasional desert of musty hay
or spoiled fodder, ice water to drink and
a row of posts to shelter her, can't make
a 300-pound-a year record, not much.
Yes, this is summer, but winter is
coming and it is excellent policy to pre-.
pare beforehand, SO think of these things.
and do your best towards preparing a
comfortable place for the COWS, and feed
and water that won't go down in chunks.
Emma Clearwaters, in Visions
Agricultu rist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20


rheumatism is often preventable in
one or all of the following ways: First,
and most important, by abstaining
from such articles of diet as are known
to consist very largely or almost en-
tirely of nitrogen, such as lean meat,
cheese, and milk. Second, by taking as
much oxygen by means of active exer-
else as may be necessary to oxidize all
the nitrogen in the blood. Third, if
one is unwilling or unable to eat less
meat and take exercise, then the next
best thing to do is to drink enough pure
water to dissolve as much of the unoxi-
dized nitrogen as possible, and thus to
eliminate it by means of the kidneys
from the blood. When necessary a
mild and harmless cathartic should also
be properly used.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
Love without A Living.

"oh. I Will walk with you my lad whichever
way you fare,
You'll have me. too. the side of you, with
heart as light as air
No care for where tho road you take is lead
ing-anywhere-
1t can but he 4 joyful jaunt the whilst you
journey there
SO sang fair Jennie warm and true before
her wedding day.
For marriage to her foolish heart was but
She loved her lad, Ills kisses sweet. were all
the world to her.
And thought of lfe's hard rugged road 'twere
better to defer,
1.-The road YOU take S the road of love an
that's the breadth of two.
And will walk with you, my lad, oh Will
walk with you.'
But, all! full soon Jen changed her tune, the
falrest bride must dine.
And living In bare, cold room, the sweetest
A dainty girl may live on love, a wife wants
beefsteak too,
And when there is naught for dinner, poor
love himself looks blue.
Her rooms must be furnished nicely, how
else can n woman live,
And the plumpest wife gets scrawney II lad
has but kisses to give.
Aye glad. my lad, Ill walk with you, what
ever winds may blow,
But Jen is sure to want good shoes to keep
her feet from the snow,
She plies her needle day and night though
the pain In her side is bad.
He whittles box and ogles the girls, nor
cares for his wife, dear lad"
His pipe and beer are more to him than his
wife and cheerless home.
Aud lad and work are enemies and never can
friends become.
"'Tis better to dance than cry" says lad, bnt
Jennie is sick at heart
There's rent to pay. the flour Is gone. lad
plays so poor his part.
That len is angry with all the world, with
tears bemoans her fate,
Cries, oh were the river twice as deep, IL
could not drown my hate,
her own sweet way,
She'd marry her lad in spite O. the dell but
sorry is Jen to-day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

One of the expert and most reliable
guides through the forests of the north
west is Dan Haywood, and among the
many interesting and wonderful provi-
sions of nature he has noted is that which
protects doe deer during the period
when her offspring is very young. Be
tween the toes of her feet the doe has a
hole terminating in a sack, which se-
cretes very strong odor, and ordinarily
she can be tracked by this scent several
hours after passing over the ground /;
but for several months after the fawn is
born, and she needs to protect them
from intrusion, these glands in the feet
of the faithful mother are entirely dry
and emit no odor by which she might
betray the hiding-place of her young.