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the mounted General on the right side.
At that instant he put his arm around the
Frenchman's waist, lifted him bodily out
of the saddle, and, throwing him over his
own horses neck, turned sharp and made
for the English lines.
When the Generals staff realized the
Emeaning of the bold rider, they dashed
after him. But he had good start, and
not Frenchman dared to fire, for fear of
hitting the General. Half a squad of
English dragons, seeing Halkett chased
by dozen French officers, charged them.
They opened their ranks to let Halkett
through, closed them up again the moment
he was in the rear, and then forced the
Frenchmen to turn swiftly and seek shelter
under their own guns.
Amidst the maddest cheering, Halkett
stopped in front of the British lines, with
the General half dead, but securely clasped
in his strong arms. He jumped from his
horse. apologized to his prisoner for the
unceremonious way in which he had been
handled, and in reply to the congratula-
tions of his comrades, said simply, praise
my horse, not me-
The captured General was treated with
the utmost courtesy. Horses and servants
| were placed at his disposal, and he was
| sent under escort to Brussels.
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air of want and discomfort. He did not
understand the summons, but thought he
might be going to receive his discharge IN
return for his bold request. Again he
was ushered into the presence of his en-
ployer.
II have been thinking OF your re-
quest, my man." said Mr.. Griffith, in a
kindly tone, "and though / doubt whether
any other manufacturer would grant it, l
have made up my mind to do it,"
"Bless you, sir" said Hugh Roberts, his
face lighting up. .Heaven will reward
you. Then we shall have three shillings
and sixpence hereafter ~
@You shall have four shillings"
"Four shillings? Are you really in
earnest, sir?
"Truly so. The overseer shall receive
my instructions tomorrow"
The workman burst into tears, but they
we're tears of joy.
"The men will bless you," he said smil.
ing, and the words had pleasant sound
for Mr.. Griffith. A hearty blessing is moi
to be despised.
| 1t was found on experiment that the
profits of the business were but little
affected by the increased wages, for the
men now worked with a hearty good will
which enabled them to accomplish more
work in a day, so that Katy's sacrifice viii
be less than was supposed. Every day
she rejoices over the additional comfor
secured by the extra shilling paid at hel
nstigation.- Yankee Blade.
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CAPTURING A GENERAL.
Daring Exploit of Cavalryman a
Waterloo,

Waterloo.
The only prisoner made by the English
reserve at Waterloo was French Gen
eral, whose capture was due to the COO
and stout heart of young Brigade Major
anxious for an adventure. Baron Malortie
tells the story in his book, ''Twixt Old
Times and New"
During the battle several regiments Of
cavalry and infantry were kept in reserve,
under heavy fire from the French guns
Great was the havoc, and neither men nor
horses relished the passive attitude to
which they were condemned.
While group of young officers, in front
of the left wing of the reserve, were dis
cussing the situation, their attention was
attracted to a French General and his
staff, all on horseback, who were looking
through their glasses at the Englishmen.
One of the group was Captain Halkett,
young Brigade Major, mounted on a
thoroughbred. Suddenly he exclaimed :
'Tll lay any one five pounds that l will
bring that French General over here, dead
or alive. Who'll take my bet?"
ne-done-done," shouted several
officers.
ssThe Captain examined his saddle girths
and mis- pistols. Then shouting, good
byep and putting spurs to his horse he
dashed at a furious pace across the plain
between the British and French lines
His comrades followed him with their
glasses, not speaking word.
The Frenchmen opposite seemed puz-
zled. Believing that the Englishman's
horse had bolted, and that the rider had
lost control of him, they opened their
ranks to let the runaway through.
Halkett steered his steed SO as to Craze
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THE s0-CALLED INDEPENDENT MOVE
MENT

A so-called independent ticket alleged to
be in the interest of anti-bossism has been
secretly born and suspiciously projected in
this county. The REcoRD-UNIoN will be
second to none in advocacy of genuine re-
form in municipal affairs. Ii has reason to
be proud of its constant occupation of such
a position. But it will strike the intelli-
gent reader that movement in opposi-
ton to alleged dominant powers in politics
is absurd and farcical that selects its
candidates from the very nominees such
alleged dominant powers are charged with
placing in the field. The misled citizens
who have put forward a composite ticket,
denounee the old party management, and
with amazing inconsistency in the same
breath indorse men, with single excep-
tion. that are the nominees of the very in
fluences they charge with alleged evils of
m;sOoyernment or are old-time professional
of;ee.seekers. Sacramento has had a
searching dose of that kind of medicine,
and the result has not been such as to IN
spire respect for the composite remedy.
All such schemes are plots to give few
Democrats and defeated candidates offices
who could not otherwise hope to be elected.
In this case, also, there is king-pin
around which the whole plot reyolves.
Mr.. Hamilton, by favor Of the Republican
party, has long held the office of County
Clerk. He did not even appear before the
recent County Convention and ask re-
He was held back by SIMS
ter influences having axes to grind, and
now appears as the center and circumfer-
ence of the independent movement, which
is intended also to aid scheming business
man to turn penny in the matter of secur-
ing county printing.
Primarily then the heart of this indie
pendent ri movement is to retain Ham
ilton in office by defeat of the party to
which he owes all that he has enjoyed as
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Art of Fast Walking.

Persons who have never been trained to
walk fast generally quicken their gait by
bending forward and frightening the
stride, at the same time bending the knees
very much at each step. 1t is pretty safe
to say that no one can possibly adopt this
style and keep fair walk at faster gait
than six miles an hour. The fast walker
must keep himself erect, his shoulders
down his forward foot and heel first, and
with the leg straight. He must take
strides so quick that they look short. He
must, if he expects to get a good stride,
work his hips considerably, overcoming
the sidewise tendency Of the hip move
ment by compensatory swinging of the
arms. The length of stride in fast walk
ing is astonishing to those who look at it.
A little figuring will make it clear why
this is SO. There are ], 200 yards in mile,
or 1850 strides feet long. To do mile
in minutes walker must cover 900
yards a minute, or II feet second. Now
800 steps minute-nearly four second
is pretty quick work, as any one may dis
cover for himself Even three steps sec
ond, or $50 to the minute, seems quick.
The chances are that your eight-minute
man, although his legs move so quickly
that the steps seem short, is not doing as
many as 200 steps to the minute, and con-
sequently that the stride is at least 8 feet
6 inches. With little practice a man
feet high can easily maintain four-foot
stride for half mile.
1t is true that fast walking is an arti-
fetal gait; but it is also true that practice
at fast walking will quicken mans unar-
ti6cial gait. One who can do his mile in
7:30 in racing trim and on the cinder path,
can walk in the street at six-mile gait
without either getting out of breath or be-
coming red in the face, and without at
tracing attention by any popularity of
his gait except its swiftness. 1t is real
gain to any man to be able to walk a mile
in ten or twelve minutes without over-ex-
ertion or fatigue; to be able to walk FIVE
or six miles for every four he used to walk
without any more conscious effort, and
with sense Of enjoyment in the mere ex-
ercise that he never had before.
The walking records at some Of the ordi-
nary distances stand: One mile, 6 min
utes 80 3.5 seconds, F. P. Murray; two
miles, 134S 3-5, F. P. Murray; three
miles. 2l:09 1-5, F. P. Murray; fEe miles,
3S:00s, w. II. Purdy; seven miles, 54:07,
E. E. Merrill; ten miles, 77:40a, E. E.
Merrill.-Harper'S Weekly.
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THERE is one youth in Illinois who is
seriously troubled with the big-head He
is student in the University of Illinois.
One of the rules of the institution re-
quires students to attend at least once a
week in the college chapel the regular
"prayers" or religious service. This youth,
who is altogether too smart for his day,
resolved to fashion himself into areformer,
or the leader of a new movement that
should make him famous. He discovered
in the bill of rights clause providing that
"no person shall be required to attend or
support any ministry or place of worship
against his consent" He thereupon re-
fused to obey the rule of the University,
and, being taken to task for insubordina-
tion, he was told that if he would say that
his refusal was based upon conscientious
scruples he would be relieved from
obedience to the rule. But this fresh
young man declined to present such an ex-
cuse, and replied that he stood upon his
constitutional rights" The faculty there
upon suspended him, and now he has APP
pealed to the Supreme Court of Illinois for
a writ of mandate to compel the faculty to
reinstate him in the school. The young
man may WIN, if it can be shown that the
prayers held in the University assembly
room are within the meaning of the clause
cited. But that his attendance in that
room constitutes support of ministry"
or enforced attendance upon ''place of
worship" is not to be believed. The law
was intended to protect society from the
power of churches and priests in legisla-
ton and government, and is reasonable
and universally commended bulwark of
liberty of conscience. But the regulation
of the University is one to be commended
also, and that is in conformity with good
usage and the wishes of nine-tenths, if not
all the parents who send their children to
the institution. The smart young man in
his attempt to upturn wise disciplinary
custom of the University has made an ex-
hibition of himself that should make him
an object of scorn and contempt.
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Hard Names Applied to Titled Personages.

Among the relatives of the Earl of Dy-
sart are Lyulph Ydwallo Odin hester Egg
bert Lyonel Toegmag Hugh Erchenwyne
Saxson Esa Cromwell Orma NevilI Dysart
Plantagenet, born 1876; Mabel Helming-
ham Ethel Huntingtower Beatrice Blazon-
berrie Evangeline Wise de Lou de Orellana
Plantagenet Toedmag Saxon, born 1872;
Lyonesse Matilda Dora Ida Agnes Ernes-
tine Cursor Paulet Wilbraham joyce
Eugene Bentley Saxonia Dysart Plan
tagenet, born 1874; Lyona Decima We
ronica Esyth Undine Cyssa Hylda Rowena
Adela Thyra Ursula Ysabel Blanche Lelias
Dysart Plantagenet, born 1878. These are
but four out of the very numerous family
of one of the uncles of the late Earl, and
it is recorded that they survive under the
heavy burden inflicted upon them at their
baptism.
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Wasn't Quite Ready.

During revival in one of the Southern
States, the minister noticing that young
fellow named Hank Boyd had begun tc
sink down under apparent conviction, ap,
preached him and asked, "How do you
feel?"
"Oh, middlin'.n
"Don't you feel that your life has been
sinful, and that it is time to turn from the
certain destruction that awaits you?'
Yes, middlin'."
"Well, won't you come up now and
kneel down at the altar !"
No, don't believe | will right now"
"But now is the accepted time. How
much danger do you suppose your soul is
in this very minute ?"
"Middlin' danger, reckon"
Come with me" the preacher urged,
taking hold of his arm
mo, not right now. cpl see you after
a while"
"Do not let anything stand between you
and the cross, my dear boy"
Wont eff l kin hep it."
"Well, then, come along with me-"
No, not right now"
Don't you know that it is dangerous
to wait?'
"Yes, reckon thar's middlin' lot of
danger in it."
Then, for heavens sake, come"
"No, KANT till l do one thing. I've
got to whup Abe Bender befo' 1 kere to
profess religion. After that's done I'll be
on the Lords side"
"Oh, you must not think of whipping
him."
" KANT hep it when he has done me so
mean"
"What did he doY'
Wall, | war away from home luther
day-off' on the country road ten miles
from house, an | wanted chaw ter
hacker wus'n houn' pup ever wanted a
hunk of liver, an 1 war powerful nigh
dead an war slobberin' like boss eatin'
white clover. Just then | met Abe. /
axed him fur chaw, an he grinned at
me, showin' mouthful of long green,
but lowed he wouldn't give me none. /
war to weak to whup him then, but Pm
pearter now, an think kin fetch him;
an after | have tried, wy, Pll come into
yo' flock"
My son." said the preacher, as he bit
off chew of long green, 81 don't blame
you, and more than that, Pll help you
whale him"
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A Speedy Cure.

| A woman who was painfully making he
way on two rude crutches called at a
house on Third avenue yesterday and
asked if the man was at home. He was,
and he appeared and asked what was
| wanted.
II was passing your house three days
ago and fell on your sidewalk" she ex-
planned
"Well?"
"Well, l think you ought to pay me
damages
'.But my sidewalk is all right; there are
no holes"
'But fell, sir"
Il don't doubt that, but it was your own
carelessness."
"No, sir"
at certainly was"
~ want $25 damages"
"You won't get cent, madam p
81 am SO badly hurt that I'll have to
crutch around for three months"
s'Pm sorry, but am not to blame"
Then you won't give me anythingw
"No, maam."
"Not even So"
"No."
"Then take that"
She dropped her crutches, swung her
arm, and he received box on the ear
which made him see stars. Before he
could recover she pushed him over the
rail, and as he brought up on the grass in
a heap, she pitched her clutches after him
and walked of, saying:
"Ihere's no man on top this earth can
walk around on me."-Detroit Free Press.
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an ofice-holder these many years. An I'M
trammeled and harmonious convention OF
the party put forward ticket of merit
and strength, greater part of which these
boilers indorse, and thereby commend as
wise and clean. But because the Conven-
ton did not crawl at the feet of MIR. Ham,
ilton and solicit him to do it the favor OF
accepting gift at its hands, its work must
be assailed in the interest of this same
man, and the selfish influences that are
pushing him on to political ruin.
The whole thing is absurd, farcical, and
will excite the contempt of men who have
any regard whatever for the integrity OF
the Republican organization. They will
see in it nothing else than scheme to for
ward unworthy ambition, to second Demo-
cratic chicane and to create new corps Of
bosses.
Any independent movement or protest
worthy of respect will operate boldly and
openly and not hide in privacy, council ii
hole and corner and cover its proceeding
by pledge of secrecy that the people may
not be able to judge of the temper ant
spirit of the conspirators.
In the midst of campaign, the result
of which may determine the question o
the retention of the Republican party il
power in the nation, the projection of an
such scheme as this so-called "independ
ent" movement is little short Of politica
crime. 1t is an ofense against good gov
eminent. We have faith in the good sens
of Republicans who are such from princi
pie, that they will wash their hands of thi
whole silly affair, and at the polls pat i
under their feet.
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Mr.. WATTERsoN made a speech the
other day before the Reform Club of Bos.
ton. In the course of his remarks he told
the Bostonians that because of the passage
of a bill by the Republican majority in
Congress recognizing the theory of pro-
lection, New England can no longer bring
cotton from Georgia, Alabama and Missis-
sIppi, and work it up at profit, as against
the cotton factories established upon the
edge of the cotton fields, when the far
seeing and energetic young Yankees New
England has sent to the South get ready
for action. Mr.. Watterson, therefore, con-
cluded, with burst of eloquence, that the
Republican theory would destroy the in
dustries Of New England, Without at all
considering the strength or the weakness
of any tariff theory, we must express sur
prise at the statement of the distinguished
journalist. What under the sun has pre-
lection or any other tariff doctrine to do
with the difference in miles between New
England and the cotton fields of the South.
That the mill goes to the mine, the wheel
to the water, and the machine to the near
est possible point of production of that it
works up, is an economic truth that has
about as much to do with tariff debate,
the issues of protection and free trade, as
has the doctrine of the cranks who believe
in Symmes' Hole, with the theory of seas
on the planet Mars. The centers of man
ufacturing change in this country because
of local conditions. The tariff does affect
their existence and prosperity, but that it
has or can have anything whatever to do
with the utilization of the splendid water
power of Georgia as a competitor with
motive power at the North, or the saving
of carriage of the raw material to the mill
by placing the latter upon the edge of the
cotton patch is simply absurd. Mr.. Wat
terson must have mistaken New England
manufacturers and Boston reformers for
backwoods auditors from Kentucky.
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The RECORD UNION, SUNDAY UNION and
WEEKLY UNION are the only papers on the
Coast, outside Of San Francisco, that receive
The full Associated Press dispatches from all
parts Of the lcorld. Outside Of San Francisco,
they haze no competitors either in influence or
home and general circulation throughout the
Stnte.
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FOREIGN AMERICANISM.

A. Caminetti, the Democratic candidate
for Congress in the Second Congressional
District, is appealing to Italians to vote
for him because he is an Italian. This ap-
peal his journalistic supporters are taking
pains to give the highest prominence,
chiefly because there are lot of Italians
in Amador county, where Mr.. Caminetti
ostensibly resides, and to add emphasis,
editorials reminding naturalizeu Italians
that Mr. Caminetti is of their race are be-
ing printed in both English and Italian in
Democratic newspapers.
We have not observed that Judge
Blanchard, the Republican candidate for
Congress in the same district, has appealed
to Americans to vote for him because he is
an American. When men seek Office at
the hands of free people, the only con-
siderations which are german to the issues
before the voters relate to honesty and
qualification. The fact that Mr.. Can't
netti is an Italian does not necessarily i'm
ply disqualification for Office, but the fact
that he and his partisans appeal to ma
tional prejudice is an evidence of I'M
americanism which should bring his po-
litical methods into contempt.
If the Italians in the Second District
vote for Mr. Caminetti because he is an
Italian, they are proving themselves un-
worthy of the elective franchise. No Re-
nnblican candidate nominated in oppo-
sition to foreigner ever went upon the
stump and asked the American partisanso of
his opponent to forego their political con-
victions on the ground of race or national
prejudice. Judge Blanchard has not
printed an appeal to Americans reminding
them of his nativity and claiming their
support on that ground. He is too broad
an American for this contemplate species
of electioneering, and if the solid Italian
vote is cast for Caminetti the Italian citi-
zens of the district will prove their unfit
ness for American citizenship, and forfeit
the sympathy of all liberal-minded citi-
zens. The question of Caminetti's availa-
bility stands very largely upon the claim
that he is in control of the Italian vote.
]. was urged that the majority of the
Italians had heretofore acted with the Re-
publican party, but that national preju-
dices would lead them to abandon their
political convictions, and vote for the
Democratic candidate for Congress on the
ground of his nationality alone. This was
in its very nature charge that the
naturalized Italians of this country were
influenced more by national and race
prejudices than by reason of political con-
viction.
If Mr.. Caminetti's race alliances are an
argument in favor of his election to Con-
gress, tbs question naturally arises as to
whether Judge Blanchard's nationality
constitutes disability for holding office
in America.
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The doyden of Congress is the venera-
bic Senator from Vermont, Justin S. Nor
rill, who has served twelve years in the
House and twenty-three in the Senate
Next to MIN comes Henry l.. Dawes of
Massachusetts,, with thirty-three years to
his credit, and then John Sherman, who
has been in public life thirty-one years.
Although Mr.. Sherman's term is four years
shorter than that of Mr.. Morr:ll's, he is
really the senior Senator, as he has been
twenty-five years in the Senate against Mr..
Morrilps twenty three.
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DOUBLE-CYLIEDER HOE PRESS

Which we are now using. We have al
ready sold its mate TO the Fresno Repaid
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we will have no further use for it
when our NEW PRESS is IN OPER-
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This is an opportunity 10 secure a bargain
that is rarely presented to the newspapers
Of this coast. Terms of payments can be
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The press can be seen in operation at this
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Slavery existed in New York until early
in the nineteenth century. Near the close
of the eighteenth century the Legislature
passed a gradual emancipation law, and
subsequently, an Act was passed declaring
all slaves free on July 4, 1927. The CEN
sus returns show that there were about
81. 900 slaves in the State in 1870, 10000
in 1900, $4,000 in 1910, 10000 in 1920, rs
in 1880 and 4 in 1910.