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The record-union., 1894-06-26
MOST ON ASSASSINATION
He Advocated the Use of the Knife in
q Long Editorial.

He Advocated the Use Of the Knife in
a Long Editorial.
Johann Most, chief anarchist and ed
itor of the red flag organ. Die FTeihelt,
published in last Fridays issue of his
fiery sheet q three-column editorial on
the folly of assassinating potentates by
the pistol, instead of by the surer and
quicker weapon, the knife. The intro
ductory paragraphs of the editorial con-
sist of denunciaticn of anarchist cabinet
maker Lega, who attempted to assassi-
nate Italian Prime Minister Crispi Most
says Lega was fool for not using a
trusty knife or good bomb.
II an anarchist should be professional
sharpshooter, says Most, he might use a
pistol with some success. The knife he
recommends above all things because it
makes no noise, but is quick, silent and
sure.
The interesting climax in Mosrs ed
itorial is the moral which he draws from
the various attempts made by European
anarchists to assassinate prominent per-
sons. He says:
'sFirst-W hosoever wants 10 under
take an assassination should at first learn
how to use the weapon with which he
desires to accomplish his purpose before
he brings it into play.
'Second-Attempt by means of re-
out of twenty five attempts only one is
successful, as experience has thoroughly
shown. Only expert shots may thor
oughly rely on their ability to kill.
s'Third-0f course we would not say
that every attempt at assassination which
is not Immediately successful would be
anti-revolutionary or reactionary. There
are a great many such misdirected at
tempts which at last have great moral
effect. For instance the attempt of Com
rade Hoedel upon old William (Em-
peror William l. of Germany was ridicu-
ious, so to speak; and NoDiling's attempt
to shoot Old Lepman' again meaning
William II ended in smoke. It had, how
ever. an electrical effect. 1t was indorsed
by hundreds of thousands of people, as
proven by the ungovernable Mysteries
which the ruling class fell into and en-
tirely lost its head. Other recent attempts
had q like effect. may mention the at
tenlpt of Reinsdorf to assassinate En-
neror William with a bomb at the un-
vailing Of the Niederwald monument on
the Rhine. Then there was the attempt OF
Pallas against the Spanish General, Cam
nos But it was entirely different with
the execution of Alexander Ii. Of Russia.
The deed of Padelowsky who killed the
,aisarable caitiff Rumpf, Commissioner
Of Police in Frankfort-on-the-M Main, and
similar acts of retaliation, all worked on
fhe forces ready TO bring about greater
5aeds- The lesson which we may learn
from the numerous unsuccessful attempts
al essassination by our comrades, is that
If II is sesired TO punish tyrant one
shonld study the science Of making at
NO more child's play. Serious labor.
long live the torch and the oomoF
The record-union., 1894-06-26
NOVEL Law POINTS.
y Liberal Decision Regarding Right
Homestead.

y Liberal Decision Regarding Right OF
Homestead.
Recently, in the matter of the insolvency
of A. Miller, Judge Catlin made decision
of interest to the legal profession. and
which gives additional force to the law
concerning homesteads. Isaac Joseph,
the attorney for the petitioner (Miller).
filed an application to have homestead
set aside for the insolvent cut of his es-
tate.
After an elaborate argument by coun-
sci, the court held that the law required
1t TO set aside to the insolvent debtor a
portion OF his estate for a homestead, and
that, too, Notwithstanding the fact that he
had never resided upon the land; and, ac-
cordingly, the court entered its order set
| ting apart to the use of Miller as home
stead lot No. 3, between K and s, Third
and Fourth streets. OF this city, and by
that much the chances of the creditors OF
the insolvent to be paid in full will be
reduced.
In the same case the court also decided
that where an attachment had been levied
upon the property of a person who after
ward goes into insolvency, thus dlssoly-
ing the attachment as to him, the costs
are not a preferred claim against the es-
tate If the attachment was at the same
time levied upon the property OF CO.
defendant who has not gone into in
solvency, until the security thus afforded
has been exhausted.
The attachment in this case was levied
in suit brought by w. Rigby, Jr., the
assignee of Buckingham 81 Hecht OF San
Francisco, upon the property of the in
solvent (Miller), and also upon the prop
erty of his wife.
The record-union., 1894-06-26
HARPER'S
Pictorial History
Or THE
Civil w ar.

This great book has sold for years
at $40 to $50 in two big volumes.
The pages are I64xII4 inches.
There are 832 pages. Lots of maps
and sketches, and one big colored
map 23x33 inches.
People wanted them, but couldn't
afford S16 and kept asking for the
old "Harpers Weekly during the
War" After the pictures had been
put into this big, new, complete his
tory, the old Weekly plates were de
streyed and now those files are scarce.
But the big history was SO inter
esting, and, being compiled from all
the official records, was SO COM
plete and valuable that thousands
bought it
Now it is all cut up and everybody
is getting it and being surprised.
1t is made into 26 big parts, ga
big pages in each, and printed on
nice supercalendered paper-bettet
than ever before and has a hand
some buff cover with emblematic de-
sign on each part.
The parts have sold as high as s.
each, but can be got for only 8 cents
each if you know how. The
pictures alone are worth more than
that, but the story and copies OF
many official documents and state
papers of priceless historic value, all
go in with the pictures.
The record-union., 1894-06-26
EVIDENTLY INSANE

Patrick McKenna Takes His Life In
the County Jail.
Patrick McKenna of Humboldt County
committed suicide in cell in the County
Jail early yesterday morning.
On Sunday McKenna was observed
praying on his knees on the railroad
track at Elk Grove. He was arrested
and brought to the County Jail for ex-
animation for insanity.
Yesterday morning McKenna was ly-
ing on his face in a pool of blood, with a
large cash in his throat. He had killed
himself with a large pocket-knite.
The prison officials think he had the
knife concealed in one Of his shoes.
The record-union., 1894-06-26
BROUGHT UP IN JAIL
Conclusion to a Saturday Night Froli
stDOWn the Rnad.,,

Conclusion to a Saturday Night Frolic
''Down the Road.''
The author of the old Bowery ballad,
"Bad Luck to the Moonlight Picnic"
might construct another in which the
moonlight ride" could be substituted
for the picnic. and then the title would
strike responsive chord in quite as
many breasts.
On Sunday night young man and his
girl went out for whirl down the Riv-
erside lane. They took in all the beer
joints and then commenced swapping
jewelry.
Swapping back again was not so easy,
and on their return to town the man had
his partner arrested for the theft of his
watch. She retaliated by having him
locked up for stealing some Of her
trinkets.
Alter passing the night in Jail and be-
coming sober they concluded to make
up. Each withdrew the charge against
the other and they were allowed to go.
The record-union., 1894-06-26
A GUARDIAN SUED

j. G. Green Wants Judgment Against
o. N. Cronktte for S57S SO.
John G. Green, by his attorneys, M. G.
and Laura M. Tilden, has brought suit in
the Superior Court against 0. N. Cron-
kite, his former guardian, and H. F.
Smith and r. II. Buckingham of Wash
ington, Yolo County, who were sureties
on Cronkite's bond, for S579 Sc, claimed
to be due from Cronkite.
The complaint alleges that in 1886 Cron-
kite was appointed Green's guardian and
obtained 81, 1888 70 belonging TO the estate,
and that when Green became of age
Cronkite paid him part of the money
but retained the rest, amounting tC
S578 56, and has since neglected and re.
fused TO refund the same to Green.
The record-union., 1894-06-26

Northern California-Fair; warmer, except
stationary temperature along the coast brisk
TO high southwest winds, diminishing in
force.
The record-union., 1894-06-26
NOTE AND COMMENT.

One of the candidates of the "Izzey"
Alexander and "Diek" Clarken Demo-
cratic Convention has already withdrawn
from the ticket. Miss Mary ]. Watson,
who was nominated for County Superin-
tendent Of Schools, says she is not in poll
tics and does not wish to be. ''Izzey"
and "Dick" will have to get together and
patch up the ticket.
The Calaveras Prospect, published at
San Andreas, has entered upon new
volume. The Prospect is one of the old
and reliable papers Of the mining region.
On Sunday night a prisoner who was
locked up in the County Jail on suspicion
of insanity committed suicide by cutting
his throat with a pocket-knife. 1t might
be good idea to relieve prisoners of such
weapons before locking them up.
The cowardly Polish strikers in Penn
sylvania get behind their women and
urge them to attack the Sheriff's officers.
When the latter charge they scatter like
chaff and leave the women to fight it out.
They are disgrace to the human race.
The record-union., 1894-06-26
Horsford,s Acla Phosphate.

Travellers in the alkali districts of the
West have noticed that a few drops of
Horsford's Acid Phosphate render the
use of alkali water harmless.
The record-union., 1894-06-26

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The record-union., 1894-06-26
Maathar FORECAST.

Entered at the Postoflce at Sacramento as
seeQnd-elass matter.
The record-union., 1894-06-26
HOW'LL?

Well, you want to first get part
No. I and see the table of contents
and see that there is ten times as
much value as you thought, or even
saw before for the money.
The record-union., 1894-06-26
THE WEEKLY UNION

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News and Literary Journal published on the
Pacific Coast.
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The record-union., 1894-06-26

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The record-union., 1894-06-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.

DR.. WELDON. Dentist, has opened an Office
at SOC ] street.
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-28
trucks ard place it in piles for further

trucks ard place it in piles for further
seasoning.
As stated before, Shere is one de-
tachment of this strange army of labor
ers which does the "kitchen work" for
the "hotel de elephant" or whatever
the feeding.place of these big fellows
may be called. Some may be seen
carrying hay for the stables, but by
far the most interesting sight is the
preparation of the food. This is com.
posed of grass, bran and molasses, and
is mixed in large vat. While some
are carrying these different compo.
nents of this highly delectable ele.
phantine boarding-ho hash, others
are engaged in mixing it with pestles
which they dexterously manipulate
with their trunks. The narrator OBJ
served one of the elephants suddenly
stop in his work with the peste and
refused to WELD his mixingstick any
fnrther. One of the two big elephants
was called to the scene, and picking
up the recalcitrant pestle beat him
with it over the back and hips until
he whiningly returned to his work.
Only about ten men are employed
in directing the work of the entire
herd of elephants. Those who have
seen this novel mill at Moulmein in
operation all agree in giving it the
credit of being the greatest exhibition
of trained animals i'll the world and
say that Hagenbeck's, and, in fact, all
other trained animal shows are simply
nowhere near "in line" with it The
mill hands, or more properly speak
ing, the mill trunks of the insti ution,
have never yet gone out on strike. -
PicaYune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-28
PILINa UP THE LOGS.

also stack them in huge piles, convey
them 10 the mills, saw them, and
afterward pile the lumber. OF course
each elephant performs only certain
parts of the work for which he has
been trained, and the entire herd is
divided into companies, of from two
to eight. One division of the pachy-
derms does the work in the water, an
other company carries the logs to the
drying or seasoning stacks, others
pile them, another class conveys the
dry logs to the mill, where some of
the elephants do the work of saving,
still others pile the sawed lumber, and
another herd carries hay and prepares
the food for the great industrial
combination of brute strength and in
telligence.
But the most wonderful, interesting,
novel and most incredible feature OF
the entire combination is the sight OF
two monstrously large male elephants
that actually act as bosses or over
seers of the work. These move from
place to place among the working ele-
plants, squirting them on, pushing,
driving and frequently chastising a
lazy or recalcitrant member of tine
force.
Very few men are needed to direct
the elephants in their work. From
six to eight of the animals usually
work in the water. These wade OF
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-28

take any comfort where these livine
yachts are flying about, rs n collision
with one of them is far from pleasant.
An entirely new feature, which from
it's novelty and simplicity of construc
tion is bound to become very popular
is kind of running sledge that is in
tended to supplement the snowshoe.
II can be used on any snow-covereG
surface, rs we'll rs on the ice wherever
the foot meets with resistance. Foi
people who have a disinclination tc
use skates or snowshoes the kick sled
fills the purpose admirably IL is
adapted to men, women and children,
and does not require the slightest
preparatory skill IN its use. There is
no danger from breaking through the
ice, as each runner is from six to eight
feet long. The person who uses the
sled fastens a stout strap provided with
steel prods on his right or left foot,
stands with one foot on one of the
runners and does some lively kicking
with his prod-shod foot. In Sweden,
from which country this sled is i'm
ported, it is turned to use by the
farmers in carrying small loads both
to and from their homes. Tourists
are also very fond of this means OF
locomotion and on a fair surface at
le asst thirteen miles an hour can easily
be covered. By many it is called the
ice bicycle, being controlled by a
steering-gear, and fully as beneficial
in its hygienic effects as any wheel.
The kick-sled, as a matter of course,
can be utilized for coasting or any.
thing else in the way of similar sports
to which its owner may want to turn
its use. Chicago Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-28

swim, according to the depth of the
water, to the log boom, and loosening
several logs at time tow them to the
shore at certain point. Each of the
company of elephants that convey the
logs from this point to the drying
place has chain attached to his neck
and reaching to the ground. At the
bottom of this chain is loop, through
which the log is run. A man directs
the movements of the elephants in
placing the log within the coil of the
chain. The elephant picks up another
log by his trunk. and in this manner
drags two at time to the seasoning
stacks. About eight elephants are
employed in this capacity. The work
Of piling the logs to dry is done by two
female elephants. Each winds her
Gunk about the log near the end. and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-28
Home OF the Wild Horse.

A correspondent says in Texas pa
per: 81 believe this is the greatest
horse country in the world. 1t was
certainly his home in the wild state,
which proves, think, that it was
adapted to his wants. He was roam
ing this vast prairie country long be-
fore the white man concluded to make
it his home, and he is here still within
twenty miles or less of this place, it is
said, but this may be little doubtful /;
but $50 or 200 miles west of here he
abounds in large droves, and from
what I learned of parties that know
the term wild fits them extremely
well, for they can sniff you from two
to five miles away, and, at the signal
of the horse on guard, they bound
away, and by the time the feetest
horse can catch them, though he have
the staying qualities of the old four
mile repeater, he is completely ex-
hausted."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-28
ELEPHANT LABOR.
HALF A HUNDRED MAMMOTHS
AT WORK IN sAwMILLS.
Wonderful Intelligence Displayed by
the Bulky Animals OF
Them Act as Bosses
of the Herd.


lSPLAYS OF trained animals,
broken for show purposes,
IL cannot offer the slightest com
I. parison IN interest in the
trained elephant exhibition one sees in
sne city ofMoulmein, British Burmah.
me more nbsorbingly entertaining
feature OF the novel sight is the para
uoxicaily Industrial character which
the work OF these huge Indian pachy-
derms assumes. 1t hardly seems possi-
pie that the work OF sawmill, usually
done ny human hands. could be nc.
compiisned through the medium OF
tne eiephant trunk ana the elephant
ssRacity nevertheless, 1T Is fact
that the irawadi Steamship Company
uses some forty or hfty elephants in
the operation OF lts sawmilis at Moul-
mem, ana the teakwook 30 largely en-
terihg upon the construction OF ships
Is mere made ready for the hands OF
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-28

II requires great strength and en-.
durance to carry even moderate
sized sail, but the larger the sail the
more exciting the sport. Splendid
strength in wrists and arms is an in
dispensible qualification for skating
cruiser, as we'll as steady and quick
foot. Few who have not indulged ip
this delightful sport can realize the
tremendous speed attained even in q
very moderate breeze, or of the diff.
Guilty in handling a sail so as to receive
the most benefit with the least exer
ton. There are few prettier sights tc
be seen on n bright, cold, winter
day than fotilla of skaters with theii
snow-white sails bulging before stif
breeze rs they come dashing over the
glistening surface of the course.
IL can be safely asserted that of all
known modes of locomotion sailing or
skates comes nearer to flying than any
thing hitherto attempted. The onl,
serious drawback to its indulgence IL
that it requires good deal of space
and that ordinary skaters can scarcely
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-28

feet from the ground, the snowshoes
must be driven forward by peculiar
stride or slide while the body should
remain in graceful erect pose with
out the slightest suspicion of stiffness.
Soon the novice will acquire proficiency
to develop his slide into swinging
gait of great force and rapidity.
Snowshoeing opens up such vista
of pretty girls and picturesque COS
tunes, handsome, manly fellows in
corduroy suits and sealskin caps.
The women have y chance for more va
riety than the men, as they are not
afraid to appear in costume that is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-28

with floating ice, and being over a mile
wide. the crossing was attended with much
danger. During the day portion OF the
Slst Ohio and 10th Mo-, however, crossed,
the boats being dragged mile above the
point desired to be reached, then shot dag
onally across, unloaded, and shot diagonally
again to the south side Of the river, from
which they were pulled to the original
starting point, the remainder of the regi-
ments and Home Guard battery finishing
the crossing on the 23d.
The next day the command started after
a large body OF rebels who were tearing up
the North Missouri Railroad, frequently
being in sight of but unable to overiake
them, But, finally. after several days
hard marching, they drove them into
Beree's Sharpshooters afterwards 66th fu)
at Mt Zion, where they were beautifully
whipped.
The Slst stopped for few days at Mexico
where the writer OF this, in company with
men from the 5th Mo. militia (Henderson's)
assisted in getting out paper-some hat
Of a novelty-from the office of the Audrain
County Gazette, the proprietor Of which.
being bitter rebel, had decamped, leaving
the outside printed, which was Secession to
the core, The Union soldiers placed head,
The Better Side" at the top of the inside
pages, filled them with loyal matter. and
then issued the paper-half rebel and half
Union.
Here Gen. schodeld. then almost un.
known, was in command. Remaining In
Mexico few days, the commands were
sent to different points in north Missouri,
the Slst being ordered TO Danville.
In few days several companies Of the
slst were sent TO guard points on the North
Missouri Railroad. Co ID being sent to
Montgomery City, four miles distant.
Starting for that point which was on the
level praiiie, when within half mile of
the city" the 3rd Iowa was seen marching
in line, carrying coffin, with firing squad,
reversed arms draped colors muffied
drums, and everything IN strict conformity
with military observance.
slowly and sadly (apparently) they
marched to where a grave had been pre-
pared, deposited their burden, went through
the usual ceremonies, the firing squad per
formed its duties, headstone Tor rather
board) placed to mark the spot, after which,
to quick time, they returned to their camp
All had been performed with gravity and
due decorum but on visiting the grave, 10
note the name of the unknown who bad
given his ife for his country the following
was found inscribed.
In memory OF L. Bread, born B. e. 49,
died A. ID. 1852, aged 1000 years"
Investigation was made, and it was found
that, tired of subsisting upon hardtach, and
no attention being paid to their remon.
strances the Sd had buried box of crack
ers with military honors, adopting this
method OF showing their disgust IL had
the desired effect, and soon they had rations
OF soft bread.
Gallant Sd They soon left us, and when
next we met them was in the thick of Sh-
loh, where on the first day we passed
through their camp. in which their own and
the rebel dead were lying thickly, showing
that well they had done their duty. III. T.
Carlisle, in NATIONAL TRIBUNE.