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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-04

depredators. Every vessel entering an
American port is compelled to stop at quar-
antine and exhibit clean bill of physical
health for its passengers; but the pestilen-
tial ideas which may be on board are al
lowed to pass unchalfenged, as though po-
litical plaques were not thousand-fold
more contagious.and destructive than ply
steal ones.
1t appears very strange to see our great
nation building into its walls those ele-
ments which must irrevocablY explode and
destroy them. 1t seems strange to see
such commodities as agrarianism, Mill
ism, anarchism, accepted so blandly by our
good-natured republic and allowed TO be-
come part of the national life. The foolish
countrvman in Esop's fable only took
frozen adder into his bosom. Our Govern
ment is accepting a nest of adders, not
frozen, but active quirming, busy, singing,
and hides them in her breast What must
the consequences be?
THE MENACE OF MAMMoN WORSHIP.
A third menace is the very growth and
greatness of our country Through the
very vastness of her prosperity, power and
resource she is in peril of being material
lied, mammon;zed, of becoming so drunk
with material prosperity that she shall for
get and neglect and lose all else. We are
in danger of expanding all our resources
upon the national dwelling, and have left
neither means nor taste nor capacity to
furnish it. 1t is a danger that Americans
should become so absorbed in gathering
the means to live that they should really
have no time nor capacity for actually liv-
ing.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-04
THE DRINK EVIL.

The drink evil threatens to be ten times
as great, therefore, in the physiological
point of view, among Americans as it is
among Europeans. But that is not the
most alarming difference between the
drink-power here and abroad. Abroad it
will submit somewhat to national and mu-
nicipal control. Here it refuses to. With
us the supreme menace of the drink-power
assumes a political complexion. 1t is with
US a stupendous law-breaking and law
defying power 1t is a gigantic debauching
and corrupting power. 1t breaks law, de-
fies law. 1t also dictates law and enacts
law. A thousand million dollars invested
in the liquor business in American means,
under our system of institutions, colossal
power to corrupt public morals and defeat
The public will It has been said there are
two things that can reach the top of the
pyramid-the eagle and the reptile. To-
day, with us, it is race between the two !;
doubtful whether the eagle will rend the
reptile or the reptile strangle the eagle
UNRESTRICTED IMMIGRATION.
The second great menace to our country,
as looked at from abroad, is the evil of I'M
restricted and indiscriminate immigration.
1t appears amazing, looked at from stand
point of other lands, that the palladium OF
American liberty should be allowed to
stand absolutely without doors against the
assaults of the vagrant hordes of foreign
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-04

THE constant feeling of being played
out and FUSED up can readily be re-
moved Dy using Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-04
As OTHERS SEE US.
OUR COUNTRY AS VIEWED
FROM EUROPE.
We are Stronger, Physically, Better
OF, Richer and Happier than
We Think We Are.

On Thanksgiving Day, at Oakland, Rev.
DR.. J. X Mclean, who has recently re-
turned from a European tour, delivered q
sermon or essay on sour Country as
Viewed from Over the Sea- There were
in it SO many interesting statements and
suggestive thoughts that we quote literally
from the San Francisco Bu}ietinS report
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-04

ALL true lovers of the delicacies and re-
finements of the table. in order TO keep
their digestive organs in good order, should
use Angosiura Bitters.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-04

They looked with especial fear upon the
innumerable lizards and basilisks that
darted everywhere about us, thinking that
these reptiles might be animated by the
spirits of the vanished races
We fingered in this strange reception
hall till the moon shone full upon the
mountains, and familiar stars whose faces
We had know in the far-away North came
out and winked at us in friendly recog-
milton. while in imagination we attempted
to repeople these deserted palaces. No
words can do justice 10 the melancholy
scene, nor to the thoughts that crowded
upon US during the sleepless night, which
we were obliged to pass at near by
rancho. The winds, wsiling through the
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08

How to Dispose of a Bore.

Nearly everybody has one story he
always likes to tell. Some people have a
great many, but there is generally one
fav0Tite / knew one man once who was
the most effective fellow on bores ever
met. He was the most genial of men
good-hearted and full of fun, never tire
some himself, but his greatest enjoyment
was meeting bore. When we found q
fellow at dinner inclined to tell long sto-
ries and stupid cnes, especially about
himself, it was the richest possible treat
to turn our friend loose on him. He had
one story of which nobody ever heard the
end, and we knew it had no end, because
long before the conclusion had come the
bore would be silenced and the conyersa-
tion would have changed.
1t was story about when he was
attacked by brigands. He never saw a
brigand in his life, didn't know what they
were like, or how they carried on their &C.
cupation, but he could make this story
string out just as long as was necessary,
and only remember once we had to come
to his rescue, for the bore was getting
quite interested and excited, and the poor
devil didn' know where he was getting to
with the brigands. He was the most in
valuable man at dinner party l ever
met "Brigands" was the cue, and when
anybody made q remark on that subject
purposely he knew what it meant and he
fred away. - San Francisco Chronicle
"UndertoneS
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08
some of the English Crown Jewels.

While speaking of jewels may add here
that the English crown jewels do not at
all compare with those of France, and of
course do not come any where near those
of Russia and some other countries. Here
there is lot of filigree gold work, great
golden crowns, plain and bejewelled, and
the only two among all worth mentioning
are, first, the Queen Victoria coronation
bonnet which is a cup of purple velvet in
hoops of silver, surmounted by ball and
cross, .resplendent with diamonds, and in
fhe center of the cross Is the "inestimable
sapphire" and in front is the great, heart
shaped ruby said to have been worn by
the Black Prince.
The other diadem, called st. Edwards
crown, was made for Charles J. 1t is q
mass of gold, brilliantly honeycombed with
gems of tie purest water of every species,
from the diamond to the humble tor
quoise. This bonnet has crowned every
English sovereign since Charles II and
was stolen from the tower by certain
Col. Blood, who afterwards restored it
with many likewise stolen state docu-
ments, and who received in recompense
for his pains, a pension of $500 year for
life to himself and heir male forever
after, a peculiar way of rewarding theft, !
should say. I wonder that there have
been any crowns left in the kingdom to
go on With,-I.On Letter.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08
results Of Heavy N1ental strain.

Some men can stand an enormous
amount of mental strain without any ap-
parent injury; others, from what may be
called, for want of a better term, ''weak-
ness of the BRAIN are incapable of any
thing requiring mental tension. The worst
consequences are noticed in people of
moderate brain power, who, in the alb
sence of proper training, attempt the per-
formance of severe mental labor Their
case is similar to that of those who sud-
denly engage in trials of strength and en-
durance after an insufficient amount of
training, and who either exhaust them
selves by overtaxing their nervous ener-
gies, or induce disorders of the heart or
lungs, or strain Of some portion of the
muscular system by the violence of their
efforts.
When man is being prepared for great
musular exertion he undergoes course of
training in which the severity of the work
assigned to him is gradually and cau-
tiously increased, and the same rule should
be adopted for those whose mental powers
are about to be severely taxed. If this con-
dition be fulfilled if a proper amount of
sleep can be obtained, and if the appetite
remains at its normal level, the brain will
bear almost any amount of steady strain
In the form of severe mental labor.-Fort-
nightly Review.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08
A Sharp Connecticut Subscriber.

A Connecticut man is usually sharp at
bargain when he gives his mind to it.
invariable rule to charge 81 down for a
years subscription, and s1.25 when the
subscriber was in arrears. One subscriber
was three weeks behind when he went to
offered his 81, and was told that .25 was
the price. "Fll stop my paper" said the
you for the three papers" After the
editor had pocketed the 12 cents the sub
scriber handed out the same dollar and
said he guessed he'd subscribe for q year;
He saved just 13 cents by the operation
He is Is years old.-Exchangc.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08
probabIe origin Of Texas Cattle,

That the cattle OF Mexico and Texas de-
scended from the herds of old Spain is al
most universally believed. 1t is Thought
that when these gentle and pious worthless,
the Spanish invaders, brought their
swords to America to help make openings
for the introduction of saying grace and
the sweet charitable teachings of the
church militant, they also brought cattle
of the herds of Andalusia Some of them,
it is supposed, escaped, or were abandoned
to roam and breed at freedom on the
sunny plains of the Rio Bravo del Norte.
The resemblance there between the pict-
uresquely gothic Andalusian bullock and
the slabsided and cathemmered racer of
the southwestis is considered good evidence,
if not proof positive, that they had q re-
mote common origin Chicago Tribune.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08

Sparks has been reversed by the Sec
rotary of the interior and his infamous
order declaring that no settler upon the
public domain should receive patent
to his land until private detective had
made personal examination of the case
is null and void. Sparks declared that
every land claimant IN the new ives
was o perjurer and william, but the
order OF his superior places him before
the public as liar of large dimensions.
Most of his important rulings have gone
to the same fate and the swath he set
out to NOW is narrowing day by day. 1t
would save much trouble for the depart
ment to dispense with Sparks. Dakota
will be gratified over the final reversal
of the secretary OF the interior. 1t gives
to our settlers the hope that justice may
come to them even through demo-
cratic administration.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08
Good Results in Every Case.

D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer
OF Chattanooga, Tenn, writes, that he was
seriously sffiicted with severe cold that
settled on his lungs; had tried many
remedies without benefit. Being induced
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, did SO and was entirely cured by
Use of a few bottles. Since which time he
has used it in his family for all Coughs
ami Colds with best results. This is lhe
experience Of thousands whose lives have
been saved by this Wonderful Discovery
Trial bottles free at the Excelsior Drug
Store of PnEdy & Brecht.
J. P. Morris, cashier of the Girard
house, Philadelphia, Pa, writes, Novem
Der 81, 1884: For the past twelve years
: have been sufferer with what il
known to the medical profession as lum
bago. Having been recommended, abou
Ave years ago, to try Allock's Porous
Plasters, / did SO, and was more thar
astonished at the result. / found slmos
immediate relief on their application.
/ / wear one constantly now
and would not be without them.
consider them invaluable"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08

Mob violence on the part of the knights
OF labor is phase of the strike not look
ed for, as the public had been given to
understand that the code of the knights
positively prohibited any such action.
Yesterdays scenes in the railroad yards
at East st. Louis dirIip to the supposi-
tion that the great strike was to con-
tinue an orderly and law abiding affair
until it's end was reached. In the past
history of the present movement there
have been few demonstrations of q
disorderly nature, bnt nothing approach
ing the apparently well organized mob
movement of yesterday. By their action
the knights succeeded in intimidatipe
the working yard men and all labor
| ceased III East st. Louis. This is an
alarming development of the Intentions
OF the strikers. Carried to it's legitimate
sequence it means conflict between the
workIngmen and the military forces
of the state. The declaration Of the
knights is that no substitutes for
the members of their own organization
| will be permitted to serve in the employ
of She railroad companies and when they
attempt, as they will, to put this dec
laration in force, the governor is, by law
and duty, bound to send troops to the
scene to violently resist the ooercive
operations of the strikers. Then will
come the bloody conflict SO long immi-
nent and so long dreaded by the public
The knights of labor are a
numerous organization. 1t ia 0
secret society which reaches into
every city Of the land and has its sym.
pathizers on every hand. Other labor
organizations of the country are pre-.
pared to give to the knights cid and
comfort and even physical assistance
the moment they ask for it. Almost the
entire strength of the skilled and un.
skilled labor masses of the United States
is ready 10 join hands with this organi
zation of strikers as soon as the conflict
opens in earnest. These are come ot
the reasons why the labor troublee
of the southwest assume serious
aspect in face of the evident intention
to precipitate violent measures. The
end no man can fortell if reign o.
bloodshed is once fairly inaugursted.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08

This ls not published for its literary
merit or for its scriptural regard for
truthfulness, but only to show the depth
to which humanity can sink when
weighted down at the toes and heels
with violent prejudice. It is from
the Jamestown Alert:
1t was not supposed that Yankton had
anything left to pride itself on at all,
but Ii seems they do have snow etorms
that stop the bob-tail train running into
town, and when two strangers arrive at
once the impressive monotony and dead
calm of existence is cracked, as is were,
for the while.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08
sucklen,s Arn,aa Save,

The beat Salye in the world for Outs,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rbeum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chilblains
Corns, aud all Skin Ernptions, and pos
itiveIy cures Piles, orno pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, OF
money refunded. Price rs cents per box
For Sale by the Excelsier Drug Store o.
Purdy & Breeht. q.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08
The secret Of the Alci,emists.

Justice Field, Of the supreme court,
takes deep interest in the electrical inven-
tions of Mr.. Edison II would moi" he is
reported as saying, 3be surprised any day
to hear that he had discovered the secret
that the alchemists searched for so long,
and invented some method of keeping the
vital spark alive forever. The vital spark
is nothing but electricity, after all, Kan
sas City, Journal
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08

OF Mr.. Briggs, who was member OF
the last parliament, but was not re-
elected, it is told that his one great speech
was made in opposition to the Napoleon
memorial in Westminster abbey He
came in that night in full evening dress
and waxed eloquent over his subject. "1s
there not" he demanded, some eminent
Englishman who might more fifty take
place in the national abbey?" Whereupor
aBriggsn "Briggs' roared the house with
one voice, and the speech ended. Chicago
Times.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08

Judge Tourgee says that he read over
several hundred of actual letters which
school girl had written I'M order tt,get
tine spirit in which young girl wrote
home, SO that he might faithfully compose
girls letter that was to take its place IN
one of his novels. Baltimore Herald.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08

The Deadwood Pioneer denies the
published report that Judge Moody Is q
candidate for delegate to congress. Ths
Judge is senator slready aud not
liable to step down into lower posi-
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-08

Agents or RELIABLE INSURANCE co.'s
PARlEs, and insure properly on terms
syorable. EDhuNBSs HUDSON & co.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-09
G. A. Il. Thanks.

At the regular meeting of An
drew Mather Post No. IA, Depart
ment West Virginia G. A. r., held
June srd, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted;
Resolped, That the thanks of this
Post be rendered the Mayor and
City Council, Parkersburg Lodge
No. Z, and Sharon Lodge No. %, l.
0. 0. F., Germania Singing Soci-
ETY., Ancient Order Hibernians,
Knights of St.George, Parkersburg
Steam Fire Company, Sixth Ward
Fire Company, ladies and gentle
men who sang at the cemetery. la
dies who furnished and arranged
flowers, City Band, city press who
gave us notices in their papers, po-
lice force for their services, Messrs.
Logan, Gilbert Il Stage, Ward and
Muncy, for the use of carriages !;
President and Board of Trustees,
for permission to hold services in
Riverview Cemetery; ministers for
their remembrance of us on Sab
bath, May 30th; Parkersburg Mill
Company, for lumber; Messrs
Warne, Bentley & Gerwig, for use
of wagons; Samuel Stewart, use of
carriage, and to citizens who dec
grated their houses at our request,
all for valuable assistance rem
dered on Memorial Day.
Resolved, That copy of these
resolutions be rendered to each or
ganization, to the city press, and
the same be spread on the minutes
of this Post.
GEO. K. MALLORY,
Post Commander.
D. w. WELSH,
Post Adjutant.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-09
The Herald ON st. job m.
A True Republican Editor Pays
Tribute to a True Man.

Eek Governor st. John addresses
the Wheeling public on Tuesday
next, the 9Th inst, the main topic,
of course, being that upon which
he has been discoursing all over
the country for several years past,
the suppression of the liquor evil
by prohibition; or by any other
and all means by which it can be
brought about. There are few men
in public or private life who have
been worse lied about than the Ex-
Governor and few who have en-
countered more unscrupuluous
enemies, for he has fought the dew
il and fought him with fire. There
are few even of these though who
will deny to him the possession of
great oratorical ability, or that he
has the sand to stand up to his
words, when the occasion seems to
require. He is man of convic-
tions and no coward and a man
of that sort, no matter how many
his enemies, always has fully as
many and determined friends.
So has it always been with men of
that stamp and SO it always will
be, and so it is now with st. John.
There are few cities where the
liquor sentiment has a stronger
hold than it has at Wheeling and
not many where opinion on the
subject is more sharply defined.
At the same time, under the pc
culiar circumstances, there are few
places, where it would do more
good than there for the cause or
temperance tohave ageneral shak-
ING nm. X X
II is pretty safe to say that if
any one man can do it by plain d.
rect speech, st. John is the man
to undertake it. Wellsburg Herald.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-09
MARIETTA COMING.
Ohio PrOhibitiOniSfS to In
wade West Virginia.

There is every indication of a
rush and crush at the Rink to.
night to hear st. John. We have
had applications for certificates tor
excursion tickets from friends out
the B. & O., but had to reply that
no arrangements were made, or ask
ed for excursions on the railroads.
The time after securing st. John
was too short for this.
We are glad to know, however,
that Ohio will "excurt" over into
West Virginia to hear the Kansas
orator, est. John, the Fraud" as
the Commercial Gazette compliments
him. For the devil to SANDER
gentleman is always compliment
AS seen by advertisement in an
other column, the Geo. Strecker
will bring load of Ohio Prohibi-
tionists to the city to hear st. John.
Bro. Browning, of Marietta, asks
that room for a "hundred more"
be reserved.
Let the people comel Well try
and stand the rush and the crush,
for,
The Saloon Must Go!
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-09
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.
Their Notions and Ours.

Denver is strongly disposed to Ii
cense her gambling houses. Den
yer is desperately practical. If she
can't abolish her gamblers, she
proposes to share in their profits
Phila, Press.
Why not? That's just what
Philadelphia and nearly all the
States are doing with the Saloon,
which is of the same Infamous fam
lily of the gambling hell.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, has
become an earnest champion of
Prohibition. He lectured in Brook
Ign short time ago, showing the
work of Prohibition in Atlanta
and the South, and presenting
long line of arguments in its be-
half.-Register.
Has become an earnest champion
of Prohibition, indeed! Why Col
quit was champion of Prohibi-
tion long before the Register took
up the cudgel for the Saloon.
Two more DRINKS were arrested
Thursday morning, IL so far this
week, or one-fourth as many in
four days under license as in the
whole of last year. Prohibition is
failure o. We'lsburg Herald.
But don't you see the traffic is
making business lively and bring
ing in revemues The more DRINKS
the more police activity, &c. A few
saloon murders would stir things
wonderfully.
According to The FREEMAN, the
apostate, St. John, is going to make
Rome howl in West Virginia.
Journal.
A slight mistake, there, Brother
Journal. It's Rum, st. Johns at
ter, and all the cowardly crew that
muster under the Saloon flag.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-09
HO for the w. e. T.. u Con-
VentiOn.
Reduced Fare By Steamboat.

Reduced Fare by Steamboat.
The steamer, w. N. Chancellor,
leaving Charleston, Monday, 5, a.
M, has very generously agreed to
take delegates to the W. G. T. U.
State Convention at Wellsburg,
June %. "a, for 81 from Charleston,
and $3.50 from Parkersburg for the
round trip; and will give reduced
fare in same proportion from all
other points along the river. This
will give down river delegates a
pleasant trip at very low rates,
landing them at Wellsburg just in
.ime, Wednesday morning, and on
return trip, calling for them after
Convention closes.
If there be water enough for the
Chancellor, this is a happy arrange
ment,
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-09

Hon. John P. St. John, of Kan.
sas, and Prof. Walter T. Mills, both
of the National Prohibition Lee.
ture Bureau, and Frances E. VIII.
lard, of Illinois, will address the peo-
pie of West Virginia, as above an
pounced.
Let the Temperance hosts have
grand rallies at all these points.