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bers and cut-throats that hover around
all administrations is doubtful.
PACIFIC COAST HISTORY.
important Movement at the LeIan
Stanford Jr. University.

important Movement at the Leland
Stanford Jr. University.
In the Leland Stanford Junior Univer-
sity there has recently been appointed a
professor whose attention is to be devoted
largely to local history of the Pacific
Coast, and especially to California his
tory. There is in this and neighboring
States probably large mass of historical
material in the possession of individuals
for which they have no use, and in many
cases for which they would be glad to
lind permanent depository where it
might be preserved and made available
to students. At the meeting of the Amer
lean Historical Association in Washington
III 1886 forcible plea was presented by an
eminent scholar asking for the preserva-
ton OF such printed and written matter
as threatened to be lost to the historian.
BY historical material is here meant all
sorts OF printed matter-books, pam
phiets, broadsides, including speeches,
sermons, proceedings of associations,
legislative and other official documents,
and old newspapers. All these publica-
tIons, no matter how unimportant they
may possibly seem to the possessor, bear
some valuable testimony concerning the
past and will be Of real use to the histor-
ical student.
Those who desire to cooperate in this
eilort, looking toward the permanent
preservation of such material and max
ing 1t accessible to the student, can do SO
by merely addressing the packages to
the Leland Stanford Junior University.
Palo Alto, Cal. and handing them to the
nearest WellsFargo Express agent. All
accesslons to the library will be promptly
acknowledged.
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COOL AND STORMY.
The Temperature Still Below the No
NAL for This Time of the Year

The Temperature Still Below the Nor
NAL for This Time of the Year.
The Weather Bureau reports show
another low barometer lowering over
the Sacramento Valley, producing fresh
southerly winds and cloudy skies, par
TALLY covered with cumulo-stratus clouds,
from which .02 of an inch of rain was pre-
cipitated yesterday, making 1927 inches
for the season, as against 10. 10 inches to an
equal date last year.
On Wednesday night the skies became
cleared OF all clouds before midnight, but
before morning the heavens became
yelled in clouds which reflected back 10
the earth the latent heat that is so rapidly
radiated from the soil during clear nights;
otherwise light frost would have been
visible yesterday morning.
The highest and lowest temperatures
were 6lO and Az, as against 7l7 and So
one year ago.
The barometrical readings at A. NJ. and
. P. NJ. yesterday were 3009 and 1898
inches, showing the barometer to be
again below the 30-inch mark and still
falling.
The average temperature yesterday
was 52o and the normal 63o Yesterday
was therefore llo cooler than the usual
May weather for the 9TH of the month.
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Secretary ofsuch union, with the seal of the
union attached.
The home is beautifully situated on an
emlnence about one mile east of the town
OF Colorado Springs, and from it the OBJ
server can command a splendid view of
the surrounding mountains and valleys.
lt IS constructed of a peerless quality Of
Colorado stone, and presents a massive
ana imposing appearance. The main
building is five stories high, with a round
tower at the north and a square one at
the south end, each surmounted with
mlnaret and finals. The towers extend
iar above the ridge ornaments, which are
sixty feet above the base course.
Ihe towers are surrounded with
porches and balconies, and the outside
view is one of artistic and substantial
effect. The main building is l44x44 feet,
with a wing to the rear of the north end
2OX40 feet. Porches also extend from the
wing to the south end of the building,
aaordlng easy access to every part of the
mousse from the rear, and providing ready
egress IN case of fire Or other necessity.
broad stone stairway. protected by
heavy baluStradcs leads up to the mass
I've archway Of the portieo. From the
NeSubule open portals lead to spacious
parlorS, reception rooms and chambers
on either side OF the main hall. Above
the portico, III the second-story cap of red
stone, III Gothic capitals. are the words,
y Mon Printers Home," while on either
side carvings and ornaments decorate the
building. Zach story contains 4 central
hall the entire length of the building.
every room opening into 1t, in addition to
having outer windows, aItOrding, as well
as great convenience to its occupants, a
perfect system of ventilation, and access
tor the sun. The dining room in the
basement is large, bright and cheerful
room at the northwest corner, extending
into the base OF the round tower.
The kitchen and pantries are on the
east side and are OF adequate size, with
plenty OF light. The boiler room is at the
south end OF the basement. in which the
heating apparatus is placed. The large
laundry is on this floor also, and several
bedrooms. The parlors ON the first floor
are light, warm rooms, and the big chapel
or meeting room'' is well arranged to be
comfortably heated and lighted. All of
the rooms are spacious, the halls long,
wide, and the ceilings everywhere high.
The stairs are in the center OF the build
ing, and place is arranged for an
elevator, If future requirements make
one desirable.
A novel idea now being acted upon is
for the furnishing of number of the
rooms OF the home. The San Francisco
Union applied for permission to fit up
one apartment as the Pacific Slope Me-
mortal Room, and the idea has been car
RED out. The furniture and hangings of
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cllned to allow his name to be used in
that relation, saying that if elected he
would not qualify. HHrDe1's U-eeEIy
once spoke of Mr.. Childs as the two
Cheeryble Brothers rolled into one. His
birthday was first celebrated by printers
IN 1888 by grand celebration and ban
quet given by compCsitors and pressmen
at Philadelphia. At this banquet were
several visitors from Washington in
Guiding Congressman who had once been
compositors. 1t was proposed that thev
should each set up thousand ems and
donate the proceeds to the Childs-Drexel
Fund, but at the close of the banquet it
was too late. The intention was men
toned by Congressman James O'Donnell
OF Michigan, and naturally it was vOcif-
erously applauded. AS matter Of fact.
Mr.. O'Donnen and his printer col
leagues, eight in all, after their return to
Washington, did, on May 18th, set up a
thousand ems each, and contributed the
amount received to the fund mentioned.
Mr.. Childs was born May II, 1929, in
baltimore. From the time he began to
amass wealth he began to give to good
works, and as early as 1868 gave an s. 900
tract to printers of Philadelphia for a
printers cemetery, and Tor twenty years
paid all the expenses of keeping the Gem
etery i'll order and Improvement, and his
fund by the interest now continues the
same work
Every charity of worth in PhiIadel-
phla has had a share of his money, and
many others throughout the Union. He
has relieved small army OF printers who
were in distress, and never turned a man
away empty handed who was willing to
help himself, and was not the victim OF
his own vices.
He put memorial window into West
minister Abbey to the memory of Cow
per and Herbert, the poets. He erected
a monument over the grave of Leigh
HUNT, and another over the. grave of
Edgar a. Poe. He was the chief contrib
utor to a window to the memory of the
poet Burns in the church at Bromham.
Anthony j. DreXel is banker Of Phil
adelphla. He was born there in 1926, and
has been identified with the banking en-
terpriscs OF Drexel, Morgan IL Co. of New
York, and Drexel, Harjes IL Co. of Paris.
and Drexel d Co., Philadelphia, since
their founding. He is a man jealous in
promoting science and art, and espe-
cially music. He has made many large
contributions to philanthropic and edu-
catonal schemes, and has often Joined
Mr.. Childs in creating heneficent funds
His father was born in Dornbirn,
Austria-Tyrol, in 1892, and died in
1868. He came to the United States in
1917 as an artist, and painted portraits in
Peru, Chile and Mexico, to the order of
distinguished men. He founded the
house of DreXel Il Co. in 1887
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this room are an honor to the union and
the Pacific Slope. st. Louis and other
places are also considering the same
proposition, while the Houston, Tex,
Post wishes the privilege of presenting
an American flag to the home.
The institution will certainly not lack
for future additions in the way of libra
ries, reading matter and other provisions.
The Childs-Drexel Home will stand as
memorial, and a fitting one, to its
broad minded and warm-hearted patrons,
as well as an admirable illustration of the
good that can be accomplished by unity
of interest and fellow-feeling.
The International Typographical Union
is comprised of the printers in Canada,
the British possessions of North America,
Hawaii and the United States, and it is
the oldest international organization. 1t
extends fraternal fayors to European
unions as well. 1t was organized in 1850,
and has been steadily increasing in mem
bership and popularity to the present
time.
Perhaps no body Of men in the world
are more deserving or more appreciatiye
OF ood-fellowship than the members of
the great fraternity who follow the art
preservative. Surely any means draw
ing them closer in a spirit of common
friendship and interest will result in gen
eral good and Tor the best interests of
humanity.
The home will be dedicated, as we have
said, May u, 1892, which is Mr.. Childs'
birthday. He wilt be present then, as
also the National Editorial Association,
en- route to California. Mr.. Childs will
reach California Wednesday, May 18th,
and Will remain in the Stale until Mon
day, June 10th. His time is filled by en-
gagements for every day, but as he will
be III San francisco from May 18th at
ll:40 a. NJ. until May 9th at 2:30 p. NJ, it
is the desire OF the Typographical Union
at Sacramento to have him between those
dates visit Sacramento and be entertained
here.
Mr.. Childs is credited with being the
greater factor in bringing about the era
of good feeling between employers Of
printers and the craft, one printer having
dubbed MIN The Patron Saint of the
Printers" title often used affectionately
in speaking OF him. Mr.. Childs despises
man-worship, but is not insensible OF adj
nliration. He is a man Of very affec-
tionate nature, kindly impulses and gem
erous habits, and is properly entitled to
the title "Philanthropist."
When the printers came to him in 1876
and told him they were willing to come
down to the forty-fiye-ceut rate estab-
lished by the International Union he re-
piled that he saw no reason for reducing
the wages in his office; that he got the
old prices for his paper and mis- advertise
ments and should pay the old rate. He
was satisfied if they were.
In 1888 the CfdttSmGU nominated him
for the Presidency, but MIR. Childs de-
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FOR ats erection. This liberal offer was
accepted, and the union not only fulfilled
It's part OF the conditions, but has erected
a building costing S62, 600.
Inc additional amount needed for its
completion was raised by an annual as
sesSiilehL OF ten cents month and nom
maj contributions from various sources
The Home" building alone cost S62,-
OOO, aside from the necessary furniture,
ana 1t has all been paid for. The furnish
ing ana tuture maintenance of the insti-
tuition Will be provided for at the next
annual meeting. The Denver conven-
Ion 1Ion enacted law creating Board of
trustees, thirteen in number, and in
trusted to them the responsibility of
building the Home"
these trustees We're instructed by the
convention held at Atlanta in June, 1890.
and proceeded at once to organize, elect
ing the following named officers: Presi-
qent, August Donath; Vice-President,
John ID. Vaughan; Secretary, William ).
McClevey; Treasurer, James j. Daley.
Ii was unanimously decided after organ
lzation tina: all officers would serve with
out compensation.
IL was at first proposed to limit the
cost OF the Home building to $50, 900.
but, after an investigation of plans and
specifications submitted, the Building
committee, August Donath, George w.
hliNA u. ~. ' dIlS udtl, were
authorized to let contracts to the amount
OF SoS,OOO and subsequently it was found
advisable to increase the expenditure to
So, 900.
The building is now completed and
will be dedicated on the 18th inst, the
birth anniversary of the illustrious bene-
factor and friend of printers, George w.
ChlldS, and IS TO be known as the Childs-
DreNel Home for Union Printers, and is
the only institution of it's kind in the
world.
President Donath has appointed the fol-
lowing Committee on Applications:
William Aimison of Nashville, Edward
/. Plank of San Francisco, and George
W. Morgan of Atlanta.
Applications for admissions should be
made to the Secretary of the Board, w. s.
MGCleVey, % Vance Block, indianapolis.
The rules prescribed, governing the
admission OF applicants, are as follows:
Section 1. Every application for admission
into the home as an inmate shall be made in
writing setting forth the name, age, residence
Win such other information the Board of
trustees may require. All nominations shall
be received by the Secretary and recorded in
Do0k Kept lor that purpose in the order in
which they are presented and shall be referred
to the Committee on Admission
Sectlon = Applicants shall be admitted
INTO TIE hGme after favorable report Of the
committee on Admission.
SGctlon 3. Each candidate for admission
10 the home shall make application through
the subordinate union of which the applicant
may be Il member i'll good standing, said ap-
pilcation being indorsed by the President and
The record-union., 1892-05-06
A Decisive Blow for Freedom

From the tyrannical yoke of those des-
potic allies, dyspepsia, constipation and
liver complaint, is struck when the uuan-
dom victim OF their Calling supremacy
has taken course of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Then they vamose defeated. and
health resumes its welcome sway. Such
is the inVariable experience of those who
use the ruling alternative to get rid of
these associate evils. Anti-dyspeptics
cholagogues, drastic cathartics are as the
sands of the sea, numberless and-use-
less. The happy blending of remedial
properties derived from natures botanic
storehouse, with pure, modified spirit
uous basis existent in the Bitters, not
only initiate bud fetfectuate the joint cure
of chronic indigestion, irregularity of the
bowels and perversion of the bile. The
surest defense against malaria is this
agreeable fortifer and preservative of
health under unfavorable atmospheric
condition. It counteracts tendency to
rheumatism, rouses the kidneys and
bladder when sluggish. from inaction,
and endows a debiiitated, nervous in
valid with vigor. Incompatible as
tonic.
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WORTHY ENTERPRISE.
Completion of the Union Printers
Home at Colorado Springs.
Magnificent Building Erected by the
international Typographical Union
for Aged and Infirm Members.

Probably no more worthy enterprise
was ever undertaken and carried to sue
cesstul end than that of the Childs- Drexel
Home for Union Printers, recently COM
pleted by the international Typographical
Union at Colorado Springs.
The social and beneficent benefits to be
derived from the proper union and CO.
operation of a guild or profession were,
perhaps, never better illustrated than in
the origination and establishment of this
home for aged and INDECENT printers.
members of the International Typo
graphical Union.
When it is known that there are over
thirty thousand members enrolled under
the organization, and when it is taken
into consideration that the character of
the work required of them is of the most
contning and arduous nature; that print
ers, as class, are proverbially prone to
wander, and that they have not been. as a
rule, noted for saving-it may be readily
seen lhat refuge to which they NAV re-
tire IN thelr decline or Indulgence is or no
small consequence.
The idea OF the establishment of such
an institution is not OF d recent origin
Early IN the history Of the International
typographical Union the founding OF
such an establishment was advocated
ana the subject brought up at various
sessions.
An offer was made by the people of
Austin, Tex, of seven or eight acres of
iand II the union would build such q
nome there. The proposition was sub
nltted at the Buffalo session of the Inter
national Union in 1887 and a committee
OF three was appointed to inquire into the
feasibility Of the undertaking.
Ibis committee followed in the foot
steps OF former committees and reported
adversely, deeming the scheme inipracti-
cable. 1t was believed at that time bv
iillahy OF the members in session that the
home was feasible and that ALI that WAS
needed was start, when the craft would
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4 Few Words About Hats.

We have an immense lot to
close out. In Felts we have the
Stiff Hats in all shapes-S4 Hats
for So IS; So SO Hats for 81 25.
In Soft Hats we have the fine
So so Cru5hers in dark blue
and brown for ST S5. The
same cOlOrs in a ST 80 grade
for 9Oc. Wool Crushers for
45c. Some Extra-fine Beaver
Soft Hats, in square and oval
crown, light and dark nutria,
calf and black, SIS grades for So
and So SO.
Our Straw Hats all 90 at the
same marked down prices: zoe
Child's Straw Hats for Zoe; 4Oc
Boys Whole Straw Hats for
25c; 75c Boys StffStraw Dress
Hats for soc. Handsome styles
in Mems Dress Stiff Hats ST so
grades down to ST 15; 50
drades for 81 35. Good style
Harvest Hats, in white and
colored, Csc. High crown
Dress White Straw 81 Hats for
soc.
We like to have you come in
and see us if you do not wish to
purchase. See what we have
to sell and our prices. You can
tell your friends, and that will
do us some good.
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A Guide for the Afflicted.

The following letter will show the way
to health to many downhearted man
and woman.
ii. s. r. Mather, Moravia, Cayuga
County, \. Y, writes:
Il have been afflicted for some wears
with liver complaint, accompanied with
dyspepsia and prolonged constipation. 1
was almost in despair when commenced
using BRANDRETH's PILLS. 1 took a
course OF them for a week-five or six
pills every night. 1 found myself yer y
much better, but to make everything all
sure, continued to take one pill night
Tor over month. I am now in a very
fair state of health, and know l shall
continue SO as long as / take one BRAN
DRETH's Pill night"
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carry the work to completion. A year
before this a letter was received by
the President and members of the
international Typographical Union from
George w. Childs inclosing a check for
$4,000. In this letter Mr.. Childs said
that it was known to some of the mem
berS that he felt a warm interest in the
welfare Of all who work for wages and in
the wise management OF trades unions
and kindred organizations. This feeling,
he stated, was especially strong toward
the printers unions, with members of
which he had long held close and salts
factory business relations. This letter
concluded as follows:
"It is my earnest desire, a desire in
which am heartily Joined by my friend,
A. j. Drexel, To extend to the time-hon-
ored International Typographical Union.
as the representative Of the united craft
of Orth America, some expression more
substantial than words. How to do this
in way that may produce lasting good
has engaged the thoughts of both Mr..
DreXel and myself, and we conclude that
your union, or such trustees as you may
select for the purpose, will know better
than ourselves how that good can be best
accomplished. We therefore send to you
herewith orr check for the amount OF
Si0,G00-S5, 900 from Mr.. DreXel, who is
now in Europe, and $1,000 from the
I
gestion of any kind, as an absolute gift,
i'll full confidence that the sagaciouS and
conservative counselors of the union
Will make or order wise use of it for the
good OF the union"
On motion, the gift of Messrs. Childs
and DreXel was accepted, and rising
vote taken, and three hearty cheers given
for the donors. The following resolution
was then adopted:
RcSoiUed, That the disposition Of this mu-
nificent gift of Messrs George w. ChildS and
Anthony j. DrexeI Of Philadelphia be referred
10 special committee OF five members OF this
body.
Nothing had been done toward the ex-
penditure of this fund in 1889, at the time
OF the holding of the convention in Den
yer. The fund, now known as the Childs-
Drexel fund, had been increasing in
amount from accruing interest and from
the addition to it of contributions from
members of the union. y large number
of printers voluntarily instituted sys-
ten OF donating a yearly contribution
| from the proceeds of their earnings OF
Il, ,0O0 ems" 50 that when the Denver
I Convention took place in 1889 the fund
had amounted to almost so, 900.
During that convention the people of
Colorado offered 70 donate to the union
eighty acres of land at Colorado Springs,
valued at about $50, coo, under the condi-
ton that the union should establish a
home there to cost not less than $40, 900
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Scarfs and FOur-in-Hands cut
to zoe and 25c; ST Scarfs down
to 75c; lot of Boys 25c Black
Satin Scarfs cut to 15c; 75c
Gray and White Merino Under
wear down to soc; in fact this
whole department is teeminq
with good values.
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THE grip leaves its victims very weak
and debilitated. Hoods Sarsaparilla is
just what is needed to restore the strength
and vigor so much desired and to expel
all poison from the blood.
The record-union., 1892-05-06

When you go to a special sale
you have but one line to choose
from. When you come here
you have a general assortment
to select from. We do not
mark one article down to a
small price to catch your atten-
ton, but, on the contrary, we
have made our reductions gem
errl in all departments, and
then we take 9Oc for ST. This
IS a great saving to those par
ties that come in to purchase
goods Of all kinds, for our lines
are still unbrOken, with a few
exceptions. We can show you
as good an assortment Of
Ladies and Misses Footwear
as there is to be found in the
city, and we guarantee every
pair of our Shoes, as we have
nothing in our stock but good,
reliable and serviceabIe goods.
The same we can say Of Mems
and Boys Boots and Shoes.
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Among the many different
lines we are now closing will
be found a large variety Of
goods in heavy weights. In our
Furnishing Goods Department
we have Heavy AIl-wOOl Un-
derwear, in scarlet, white and
fancy cOlOrs. They are all Of
the best qualities, and to close
them we have made large re-
ductiOns. The assortment con-
sists Of Heavy Scotch Gray I'm
derweap, Gents Double I'm
derShirts, Extra-size California
Flannel Drawers, Natural
MerinO UndePshirts and Draw
ers, EXtra-heavyW White Merino
Shirts and Drawers. 1t will
pay yon to buy these goods at
our closing prices. In Medium
weight and Light Underwear
we are giving grand values.
Many lines in our Furnishing
Goods the prices have been cut
to closing rates. A lot Of Gents
EXtra-fine LiSle Thread Hose,
in plain aud fancy coIors.
Fifty-cent goods cut to 25c; soc
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MILLINERY GOODS.

The great rush for our Milli-
merry continues. We never sold
SO many goods before. The
people know when they are
rightly dealt with. Our prices
are One-haIf less than any
bOdy's.
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If you want anything in the musical
line write to Hammers Music Store, SO
street. Sole agency for Chickering IL
Sons and Wissner pianos.