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Election of United States senators.

The new school Of constitution makers
say that they think the Senate has become
body of rich men who gained their
places by corruptIng Legislatures in a
pecuulary way. But to any one ac-
qualnted with the personality of the Sem
ate as 1t has existed for generation and
Is now, such a statement Is known to be
absolutely destitute OF foundation. The
proportion of rich men in the Senate is
not greater than that which exists in
every State and community in the whole
country where the honors and RESPONSE
blllties OF public office are shared alike
by the rich, the comfortable aud the DOOR
AS perfect millennium has not yet been
reached, 1t Is doubtless that some (but
very lew men have secured election as
Senators by pecunlary persuaslons, or, to
put it roughly. have bought their
places" with money-a crime OF the worst
character both in the buyer and in the
seller. But, alas, this is not pecuIiarity
belonging TO the office of Senator alone
Ii has happened equally or more often in
elections TO the House of Representatives,
as well as III State and municipal elec-
tions. A legislative election OF Senators,
therefore, Is not the cause of this great
evil. Iu the nature of things, it must be
worse in popular elections, for the MEM
bers OF Legislature must, in the choice
Of the Senator, vote openly so that the
constituents know whether or not their
Representatives have followed the gen.
eral judgment of the particular commu-
mites they representa- matter of vital
importance in ali representative govern
ment. But IN popular elections, where
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DURATION OF SLEEP.
Early co Bed and Early to Rfse'' 1.
Becoming n DIscredited Adage.

EARLY TO Bed and Early to Rise'' Is
Becoming n DIscredited Adage.
The notion that certain fixed periods oi
sleep and waking life are recommended
to the human race by considerations OF
physical and moral well-being is evil
IDENTIFY one OF the most difficult to eradi-
cate from the mind of man.
There seems to be no doubt that the
venerable jingle which promises health.
wealth and wisdom to those VINO observe
the maxim Early to bed and early to
rise" is proof against all the ridicule
which has been heaped upon it. An
offensive selt-righteousness is still, as
ever, the mark OF the man who has risen
early, and there are clearly many people
yet TO be found among US who connect
late hours with dissipated or at any rate
Irregular habits.
The TACT that very considerable quan-
tity of the work of the modern world is
done between 10 o'clock and the small
hours is doubtless not unknown even "a
the most bigoted believers in the old
adage, but they probably regard sucn
unreasonable activities as iustiiiable, like
Sunday labor, only on the ground OF
necessity.
That anyone who is free to go 10 bed at
10 o'clock should prefer to sit I'D as a
matter of choice until past midnight is
still, IN their opinion, sign OF an ILL
ofdereu lie. or, al pest, q neglect OF the
conditions under which the bodily and
mental powers can alone be maintained
in full vigor. 1t is, however, hardly too
much to say that in a majority of in
stances this is the very reverse OF the
truth.
Except in the case of a certain number
of workers whose enforced early rising
compels early retirement to rest-and
therefore, entirely deprives it OF the char
acter OF virtue-the desire to get to bed
betimeS IS an indication that neither the
body nor the mind is III its best working
order. 1t is usually due either to the
physical fatigue which is the result Of in
firm health, or to the ennui which is the
mark of The vacuous or the indoleut
mind.
Most people, not either aged or invalid.
who retire 10 rest at 10 O'Clock are flying
to their bedrooms as TO mere cities of re-
tuge from the boredom of their lives.
They begin their night early because they
are desperately tired of their day; and as
often as not they show by their later ris-
ing the next morning an almost inyin-
chile reluctance 10 begin another. No
doubt they sufficiently secure their health
against the maladies which spring from
overWork or any excessive cerebral ex-
element; but they are attended by all
that gloomy company of hypochondriac
and dyspeptic ills which are natures
chastisements of torpid brain, and which
so often carry off those who have ex-
changed a life OF wholesome energy for
that form OF melancholy inaction known
as retirement from business. ."-London
Telegraph.
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The Leap of the Salmon.

A few years ago had occasion to say
something about the leaping powers OF
the Atlantic salmon, and what l said was
criticised by Well-known angling au-
thority. l mentioned that il was re-
ported that salmon in Norwegian rivers
had jumped up and over an obstruction
sixteen feet high. My friend and critic
contended that salmon could not jump to
exceed six feet. l then brought forward
evidence from a number of anglers, fish
ing inspectors, fish commissioners, etc.,
in this country and in Europe to show
that salmon had made leaps ranging
from ten to sixteen feet, and still my
critic was not convinced. Under date OF
October ., 1894, Professor A. Landmark
Inspector of Fresh Water Fisheries for
Norway, writes me from Christiana about
his experiments in marking salmon and
seatrout for the purpose of observing
their migrations, and he has this to say
about the leap of the salmon:
Concerning the hight that salmon can
jump under favorable circumstances
there is in one place in Norway undeni-
able evidence that salmon have some
times made perfectly clear jump of six
teen feet perpendicular hight. No
doubt jump OF the said hight is quite
unusual; but having myself examined
the spot where the occurrence had taken
place. and heard the evidence OF persons
who have themselves witnessed it, can
not doubt the fact.o-Forest and Stream.
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lowed on the ground that the investigat-
ing committee did not find "any book or
proceeding OF Congress, nor are they in
formed OF any general or receiving Gus
tom, on which the charge of moneys for
the education of the accomptant's son
can be admitted, and, though the same is
lnconslderable, they are OF the opinion
that precedent be not established"
In the appointment of Benjamin
Frankilng TO negotiate a treaty with
Sweden, Congress established a very
curious precedent. The appointment OF
Franklin was accompanied by the ap-
polntment OF John Adams, John Jay and
Henry Laurens, to succeed to his office
in regular order in case of death. All
these gentlemen were abroad on diplo-
matte duty.
The Department of Foreign Affairs
| tnow the State Department. was created
| in l1ol, and 1t was provided that the Sec
Tetary "shall have liberty TO visit Con-
gress." The Departments of Finances.
" ar and Marines were established in the
same year, with a superintendent of
Finances and Secretaries for the other
offices.
The office-seekers began to be burden
10 the powers as early as l7o7, Tor John
Jay reported to Congress in that year on
the application of Sir Edward Newen-
ham, that his son might be appointed
Consal al MaTseilles, that honorary reso-
lutlons, Jew offices, very little money
and much land'' were the only funds
on which Congress could draw rewards
Tor it friends. Not long after that reso-
luton was passed reducing the salaries OF
Government clerks, and providing that
no clerk should receive moro that $3.50 a
year and a messenger more than Sl5O.
| The pampered cler1s of Congress who
draw 5000 year would scorn to accept
| the salaries that were good enough tor
their predecessors 100 years ago. Wash
ington Correspondent of the New York
Snn
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TRICKS OF sMUGGLBRs.
Bible Filled With Watches and Bread
WITH Cigars.

The devices which smugglers have re-
sorted to in order to pass the Custom
house inspectors are quite as ingenious
as those OF criminals seeking to escape
1ron jail. Mechanical appliances Of all
kinds have been invented in which to
conceal contrabaud articles.
One of the most remarkable of these
Is Bible followed out inside so that a
number of valuable watches could be
concealed among the leaves. This was
carried under the arm by q solemn WIS.,
aged and reverend-looking gentleman
with white whiskers.
lie took passage on 4 Channel steamer
for England, and was noted among his
fellow passengers for the care and at
tachment lie displayed towards the holy
book. The man turned out 10 be no.
torlous smuggler, who, in a small way,
had for years been deiraudiug the rev.
enue 10y bringing in articles supposed to
pay duty.
Several loaves of bread followed out
INSIDE so as To contain cigars have also
lately been seized, and from the same
gang OF smuggiers was taken a coucer-
una hlled with choice Havana cigars,
upon which high duty would have mad
to be paid II brought i'll in the ordinary
way. These fellows had the impudence
To assert that they were free traders
and were only putting into practical
u.
OF which Mr.. Gladstone is an honorary
member.
Another equally bold attempt to pass
the customs inspectors was made by q
handsome woman who expressed great
indignation when it was proposed to
search her person. She said that she
had been insuIted, but the officials had
reason TO suspect her.
When her corset was taken off it was
found TO contain numerous pockets filled
with contraband goods. This article of
attire now reposes in curious little col
lection OF snugglers' devices which is
constantly being added TO.
one OF these appliances, which is be-
lieved to have done much duty in the
hands OF smugglers, is can with numer-
Gus rings, made to tow overheard from
the stern OF steamer. 1t was water
tight and contained large quantity OF
cigars when captured.
An oil can with y chamber to contain
brandy was also taken from one OF the
engineers OF an incoming steamer. Per-
haps one OF the bOldest of these devices
was bogus log Of wood, or rather log
which had been followed out and was
found kicking about harmless on the
deck OF a steamer. 1t was closely
packed with cigars.
Imitation Jumps Of coal have also been
made Tor this purpose, and these, painted
black, have been almost impossible of de-
lection. 1t was good joke on the SNUG
gIerS, however, when one got lost in
load Of coal, and the fine cigars which it
contained ultimately went up in smoke
through the furnace of the steamer
New York World.
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An Omen Sonth pnIn

1t is evident that some climatic condi-
tions have existed IN the neighborhood
OF the Antarctic Pole for the last few
years which have caused masses of ice to
appear In trequented waters by the side
OF which our usual northern icebergs are
as molehlIIs to mountains. These nave
been so reported by masters of vessels
making passages in the extreme south
that there can be no mistake about it.
even allowing for imagination and exag-
geratlon. No doubt many a ship re-
ported missing" found her fate upon or
among these ice masses. Such being the
case, II stands to reason that the present
would be favorable time for explora-
ton towards the South Pole, and efforts
have been made for some time to have
the English Government undertake such
mission and endeayor to discover
whether great antarctic continent. with
It's lofty volcanic mountain ranges, does
really exist, and, incidentally, what new
huuting-grounds for seals and cetaceans
are to be found.-United Service.
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Early Thanksgiving Days.

The first recorded Thanksgiving was
the Hebrew feast of the Tabernacles.
There have been but two English
Ihanksglvlngs in this century. One was
on February q, 1872, tor the recovery oi
the Prince of Wales from illness, the
other June p, 1887, for the Queens jub-
lice.
The New England Thanksgiving dates
from 1858, when the Massachusetts Bay
Colony set apart day for thanksgiv.
ing.
The first National Thanksgiving proc
lamation were by Congress during the
Revolutionary War.
The lrst great American Thanksgiving
Day was in 1874, for the declaration OF
peace. There was one more National
THANKSGIVING in 1889, and no other till
1868, when President Lincoln issued q
national proclamation for day ofthanks-
giving. Since that time the President has
issued an annual proclamation.-Jour
of Education.
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THOSE COAL BILLS,

The autumn leaves are falling
Red, yellow, green and brown,
The mercury, TOO, is slowly
But surely moving down
Cur spirits low are sinking
And sorrow fills our cup.
Fer coal is swiftly SOARING
Going up, and up, and up.
Kansas City Journal.
Coal, coal, coal.
BY the ton, and in smaller lots;
And | long as | shiver
And shake meath the kiver
For u mountain of lIghtwood knots!
Atlanta Constitution.
The weather noW'S upon US
hat doth most appease the soul
When we have to grant ii bonus
10 tiend who deals in coal
Atlanta Journal.
He sat by the stove, that hapless man,
And sorrow pervaded his soul,
Whlle shlVer ran thro' his diaphragm,
AS ne thought OF the price OF coal.
Milwaukee Journal
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For the RECoRD-UNIoN.
THE POETS,

I've often cried when at my side
Dependency hath stood,
go, thank thee, Past, for jolly hearts
And blessed be Tom Hood ~
And oft again when 1 did long
For life were grand and pure,
40, thank thee for sacred song,
And blessed be Tom Moore ~
Once more, when gazing on Lifes stream
SO idly dallying here,
80, thank thee tor the 1iery dream
And blessed be Shakespeare J"
And thus they came-in each dark mood
The poets say Endure;
For every worn heart there's a Hood,
For each faint soul Moore!
-ELWYN IRVING HOFFMAN.
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HEI NGANG.

"Heimgangv So sweet the German people
Whisper when they hear the bell
rolling from some gray old steeple
Deaths familiar tale to tell;
When they hear the organ dirges
Swelling out from chapel dome,
And the singers chanting surges,
"Heimgang' Always going home.
Heimgang! Quaint and tender saying.
In the grand Old German tongue
That hath shaped MelancJhon's praying.
And the hymns that Luther sung;
Blessed is our loving Maker
That where'er our feet shall roam
Still we journey toward GODS acre,
Heimgang! Always going home.
From Songs in the Night,
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POOR JIM.

Amongst the most unfortunate,
Vas certainly poor Jim,
his always seemed cruel fate;
With no Fortunes smiles for him.
For when at school, 1 tell with shame,
That while we had lots OF fun,
POOR Jim was sure to get the blame,
When some deVlltry was done.
And he never got the credits,
Ihat the less deserving would,
For his most familiar merits
Were, you should not" and "you should.
Years passed and then he welded,
someone that few else admired,
Highly cultured and great headed;
W ltu tongue that made one tired.
If his marriage he regretted,
II was happily not for long,
Soon she lett him deep indebted;
For TO join the angel throng.
But it neither made him solemn,
Nor unGind we might INFER
For he raised handsome column;
Ia his remembrance Of her.
But the marble-cutter blundered,
And put ''W' for ''c'';
Poor Jim he gazed and wondered.
just now SUCH Thing could be.
For there, she hath done what she lcollld,
Was plain, he read it DER and o'er,
ana then he said it's true and good
For about ten millions more.
But how swiftly time it passes,
For soon alterWard we met
Drank wine and touched our glasses
While the summer sun it set.
And be told me OF his gladness,
With its peaceful days to come,
whispered, you may think it madness
But my second wife is dumb.
But his hopes were only phantoms,
or the joys that he would lose,
And hIs songs but funeral anthems,
AS came afterward the news.
He was travelling on commission,
On some Western agents route
And was killed in a collision,
When the air-brakeS all gave out,
And so thus his life was ended,
And all his troubles ceased,
And in time his friends intended
For to send his body East.
But no story reached the widow
Hearts failed that would begin it,
mat beneath the caSketS lid, Oh!
Poor Jim, he was not in 1t. w, BID.
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Battle Between a Hawk and Snake

There was witnessed near Prince Fred
erick, Calvert County, a few days ago. a
desperate encounter between a huge
black snake and large hawk. The haw k
was the aggressor, and its intention, no
doubt, was 10 seize and fly away with the
snake, but the reptile was a little too
active and weighty 10 be gotten away
with so easily, and showed fight from the
beginning. After numerous contortions
the snake finally got the hawk IN its coil,
which it steadily tightened, and at the
same time holding on to earth by grasp
ing with its mouth strongly rooted
running brier. The hawk just then was
getting decidedly the worst of the en-
counter, when two other hawks came to
the rescue and valiant fought the snake.
Then w. II. Bowen, who was watching
the interesting and novel battle, dis
patched the contestants. The hawk lost
one of its talons. The snake measured
nearly six feet in ngth.-Baltimore Sun.
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A SSESSMENT NOTICE. - EXCELSIOR
y Drift Gold Mining COmrauy.-Location
of principal place OF business Sacramento
City, Cal.
Notice is hereby given that at a special
meeting of the Directors. held on the NTH
(5th) day of September, 1894, an assessment
(No. y of two (2l cents per share was levied
on the capital stock Of the corporation, pay
able Immediately 10 the Secretary, at the
Office of the company in Sacramento City,
California.
Any stock on which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on Monday, the fifteenth
15thJ day of October, 1894, viii be delin-
quent and advertised for sale al public auc-
ton, and unless payment is made before,
will be sold on MONDAY the twelfth 12thj
day Of November, 1891, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with cost OF advertising
aud expenses OF sale. BY order uf the Board
OF Directors. J. J. BAUER. Secretary.
OnIce: 1870 @ street Sacramento Citv. Cal.
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each citizen is acting in his personal
character only, it is equally important
that he have the right to vote secretly,
Notwithstanding that he may be bribed
IN spite OF every precaution that the law
may adopt TO prevent it.-Ex-SenatOr
George f. Edmunds in Forum.
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The Down-rrodden Sex.

Mrs: Highupp (wearily) - Woman's
work IS never done.
Mrs. Wayupp (drearily) Too true. A
man may get rich and retire from busi-
ness, put woman must go on making
and receiving calls to the day of her
death.-New York Weekly.
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Two of the UnemplovoJ.

The Tramp-Won'ty you give me a little
assistance, sir? I've been out Of employ
ment for eight weeks.
The Gilded Youth - That's nothing.
I've been out of employment for EIGHT
years. Chicago Herald.
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LADY Henry Somerset maintains that
pure food is half the battle of life. A
guaranty of purity in cookery is the use
of DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder.
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The date of delinquency of the above assess
ment has been postponed until Monday. No
Ven Der l2th, and the day OF sale until Mon
day, December 10, 1894 by order of the di
rectors. j. j. BAUER, Secretary.
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The date OF delinquency of the above assess
ment has been further postponed until
Wednesday, December ~, 1891, and the day
OF sale until MONDAY, January 2I,lS95,
by order OF the directors
n24-4tS j. j. BAUER, Secretary.
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SNOWY crystals, made from argols.
form the bases OF Cream of Tartar. Cream
OF Tartar IS foundation for the best of
baking powders. None so strong or
pure as DR.. Prices.
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PROOF Of the pudding is in the string.
of the pie in the crust. None so good as
that made with DR.. Prices Baking Pow
der
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Bath-tubs are to be placed in Chicago
school buildings, and hereafter the clean
illness of the pupils will be looked after
by men and women janitors.
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In defending itself against the charge
oi having attacked the Protestant Episco-
pal Church, the New York OHttooE says:
1--WE honor the Episcopal Church alike
for Its past history and its present serv-
ice, for the witness which its historic
creeds bear TO essential catholic Chris
tan truth, for the expression which its
sublime liturgy affords 10 essential Chris
tan experience, and for the philan-
thropic and Christian work which it is
doing both in England and in this coun-
Try. But we attack the spirit OF narrow
ness, exclusion and schism wherever we
see 1t; and if the Epispocal Church shares
with other branches of the Christian
Shurch the glory of the divine life, it also
shares with them the defects and short
comlDgs OF human nature. We con-
demned that spirit of narrowness in the
congregational Church when it endeav
ored 10 exclude consecrated young men
from missionary service because they
rejected a pet dogma attached by a pro-
EiDcial theology to the catholic creed of
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SHADES or A SKIN.
A Journey From the Land of Paiefaces and
Back Again.

A Journey From the Land of Palefaces and
Back Again.
A familiar human example will make
this general muddliness and uncertainty
of nature realizable to every one. If we
see a negro in the streets of London, we
Immediately recognize the broad differ
ence that marks him off from the COM
non mass of white men by whom he is
surrounded. But that of course is only
because we take an individual instance.
We say quite Dramatically: This ma
is black, thick Tipped, fiat nosed. call
him a negro. These other men are white,
thin Tipped, sharp nosed. | call them Eu-
ropeans."
Quite SC. That is true relatively to
the small area and restricted number Of
cases you have then and there examined.
But now suppose you go on to the Sou
dan and start from thence downt the Nile
through Nubia to Alexandria. At first
on your way You would see few but
thoroughly negroid ~faces-black skins,
thick lips, fiat noses, etc, according to
sample. As you moved northward into
Egypt. however. You would soon begin
to find that. while the skin remained as
black or nearly as black us ever, the fea-
lures were tending slowly on the aver
age to E~uropeanize.
Yet there would be nowhere a spot
where You could say definitely, Here |
leave behind me the Nubian type and ar
rive at the Egyptian" Never even could
you pick out three or four mel quite GER
tainly from a group on some riverside
wharf overshadowed by doum palms
and say on the evidence of skin and fea-
lures alone. These men are SOudanese.
and the remainder are Nubians.'
Then. if you went on still through 81
mai and P.lestine-the regular eastern
tour-yuu would find at each step the
tints getting lighter and the faces more
Semitic. Passing farther through Con-
stantinople, Athens, south Italy, you
would observe at each change a lighter
complexion and more European style.
till at last, as you crossed Provence and
approached central France, you would
arrive pretty we'll at the familiar Eng
lish type of face and feature.-COrnhill
Magazine.
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He was showing them the various pic
lures hanging on the wall. They were
gems, for he really had excellent taste III
art. They were choice bits of land
scape, lovely ideals of humanity, studies
of still life and hints from the impress
sionist school. The ladies viewed each
with admiration, but none with especial
interest until they came to a huge frame
with its face turned toward the wall.
Immediately they were all interest.
What il that:" asked one of the la
dies.
The Young man assumed an air OF
mystery and shook his head rs though
he would like to tell. but could o Il.
"Artn'7 You going TO let us see it" said
Il III surprise.
I'm sorry. but YOU can't" began he,
But. reilly, we'd like more to see
that than any of the others. Wouldn't
we. girls:
The girls sand they would,
'Wcil, SAID the exhibitor, IF You
must see it. | suppose you must"
The Young ladies conjured upall kinds
of beautiful visions as they looked with
expectancy on the mysterious back OF
the frame.
1T Is called Curious Woman said
he. Of course that only increased the
zeal. Finally he turned the frame and
disclosed-a mirror. Were the young
ladies Observation-Disclosures Press