The record-union., 1895-04-10

able to make it a paying proposition, has
concluded that he must come down to
farming along the fences, producing his
own meat and his vegetables, and to
practlclng economy to which he never
before gave thought. So in all industries
economy has been instituted, and bene-
hclal reaction is at hand.
TRAIN ROBBERS.
San Diego Unionl
Capital punishment for train robbery
should be incorporated into the laws of
every State in the Union. 1t is as much
crime as piracy, and on the same Level
as banditti, and deserves the same
prompt punishment as is meted out to
those who engage in either of the last
named nefarious callings. A train robber
is murderer at heart, his aVocation
making 1t essential Tor him to Kill those
VINO oppose him if he finds it necessary
10 do so In order to carry out his pur-
pose, or to save his own neck in the
event of being overpowered. Death by
the gallows or electrocution would not be
an undeserved punishment for the gentry
whose recent hold-ups have stricken ter
ror TO the hearts of the trainmen aud
travelling public generally.
DORIAN GRAY"
Los Angeles Times.l
Dorian Gray" has entered the literary
lists and "Trilby" runs a good chance of
being 'distanced," to use a sporting
phrase. And perhaps not only dis
tanced," but so badly beaten as to be no
longer "placed." In fact, it looks as
though Du Mauriers heroine will be
toppled from the high pedestal she has
occupied for so long time and that
Dorian Gray" will take the position.
THE WAY OF THE READER.
[Napa Register.l
IL
IN this day is hard. If he finishes an
article without being made angry clear
through, because of Interruptions by in
terJected reading advertisements of
drinks, powders, medicines and goods,
he Is so perfect as to be ready for paradise.
sacramento RECORD-UNIoN.
es, he is. But ''he'' is not so easily
caught by the seductive headlines of in
nocent readers" as she is. The man
OF business knows thing or two about
advertising and his eagle eye takes in the
Kidney" or kindred 'cure'' Joker that
rests In the bowels of the article before he
dips tor information. The women of the
household are the oftenest fooled, and
they don't like it bit. Choice family
Journals" take warming.
AN OPENING MARKET.
Seattle Post-IntelIigencer.I
There is new market being opened for
Pacific Coast wheat and flour in Asia. In
1871 the United States shipped 95OI6 bar
rels of flour TO Asia; in 1894, 6gS.S7S bar
rels, and in 1895 the amount will be very
much larger. At present no wheat car
goes are shipped to China and Japan, but
Japan is building Touring mills, and
with cheap labor will be able TO import
wheat from Puget Sound, grind it and
sell the product IN competition with
American flour.
Rice is the staff of life of a majority of
the inhabitants of the earth. In japan.
CHINA, Corea, India, the Malay peninsula
ana the East Indies rice is almost the
only food OF the working people. But
wheat Hour Is preferred 10 rice, wherever
the natives can obtain ii. The coolies OF
China and Japan would rather eat wheat
bread than rice, and they have begun To
change their diet, as shown by tie export
statistics. The United States ships more
wheat Hour to China than to any other
country IN the world except England
and the Netherlands. While England
took 100000 barrels less in 1894 than in
1888. China took $4,000 barrels more, and
all Asia took $1,000 barrels more.
a TARDY CONCLUSION.
Portland Oregonan.l
1t is interesting, or, perhaps, more
properly speaking, curious, to note that
after thirty years of Congressional life
known as the "Great Obiector.U has
reached the conclusion that it is folly for
young man to undertake a political
career. Whether the conclusion was in
duced by the fact that he was ingloriousIy
defeated IN his attempt to be reelected
last fall, thus causing the bitterness OF
political gall to be distilled upon his med
itations, can be only matter of surmise.
There are those, of course, who will he
uncharitable enough to ascribe this reason
for his tardy decision.
1t may be worth while, however, to ex-
anime into the calculations upon which
this conclusion is based. Mr. Holman
states that he started three decades ago
with small farm in Indiana, and he as
sures the public that this farm is all he
possesses alter thirty years of devotion TO
his country. Whether or not he would
have been better off had he devoted the
thirty years to steady cultivation of Indi-
ana soil can only be a matter of coniec-
ture. but he is evidently of the opinion
that the economical habits by which he
has become known to the country would
have brought him wealth as a farmer
which has been denied to him as States
man.
DOCKING.
San Jose Mercury.7