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Mesa free press., 1896-01-10
EvoInti0R and the Pulpit.

| President Joi dan, Of Stanford,
and Professor LeConte, Of the State
University, have made their latest
confession Of faith to the Bulletin.
Both are eyolutionists, hut with a
difference. The President is an
agnostic of the Huxley type, but
without the d, sire to do battle
with ecelesiasticism, which always
reused the great Englishman, Pro
fessor LeConte sees God in every
thing, like \ Pantheist, but holds
to the immortality of the hnman
soul. In other words, the two
men who stand highest on the Pa
cific Coast as educators are in en-
tire sympathy with he work and
theories Of modern science, whether
or not they phase themselves by
the way with speculations as to
another sv0rI,l after this.
y Twenty, years ago both would
have heell denounced as dangerous
heretics from one end Of the country
to the other. Thirty years ago
neither would have be"n allowed to
occupy professorship in any col
lege. And in the good old days
further oaek they would have been
burned for such opinions. To-day
any AccIes, astic who would chal--
lenge the facts and conclusions
which they pass on to the young
men and women attending the two
universities would be laughed at
by The general public, and pitied by
tle most intelligent Of their CON.
gregatlon. 1905
What Messrs. Jordan and lie
Conte had to say in the Bulletin
was bat the A B G of evolution,
yet what orthodox divine is there
hereabout who would dare to read
those interviews from his pulpit
and commend them to the. studious
attentions of his hearers The
preachers themselves will read the
interviews, no doubt, and not few
will privately approve, but the ma
jority will feel that their focks
have been 80 long fed on food of
sort to be able to stomach
such.strong meat. We see, there
fore, that the pulpit is altogether
out. of tune with the scientific
knowledge and thought of the
period, and continually behind the
moderately read and ordinarily in
telligent men in the pews. The
pulpit has nothing to say in these
days to tho unbelieyer whose un-
belief is due to a preference for
facts over the declarations of revela
tion as commonly Interpreted.
Of course this state OF things
last. 1t is but the latest
phase Of very long war. in, which
faith has lost every battle. The
time will come when the pulpit will
denounce as viilifer any scoffer
who will dare to say that the
church ever opposed the theory of
evolution, or thought it contrary to
Scripture. Prof. lie Conte, who is
advanced in years and a good deal
more old-fashioned in his modes of
thinking than President Jordan, is
able to reconcile his knowledge of
the truths of biology with a faith
in the existence of Deity, quite
like q church's Deity, and with a
providential government of this
speck in the cosmos which we call
the earth. He has been reviled
and prosecuted blythe brethren of
the cloth for his reconciIinu hook.
Mesa free press., 1896-01-10


People will probably continue G
die for a time longer of 'sheast fall
ure," but no more for ',lack of
BREATH for a New, York physician
has invented AL apparatus which
will pump the air into a mans
lungs strengthening deficient res
piration or restoring suspended
respiration. The invention con-
sists of foot bellows, rubber and
metallic tubes with, throat attach
ments. It is pronounced, a most
important ilfe-saYing apparatus.
Mesa free press., 1896-01-10

All the rivers. which. dowr into
the ASetis ocean are frozen solidly.
to the boeetten boz ddHring. sis months Of
l1the yeenxals.> y 80 49, 90. L. u.
Mesa free press., 1896-01-10

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Eclectic shysician end Surgeon
VEIL ATTEND ALL cALL.s PROMPTLY.
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The record-union., 1896-12-23
RUSSELL DISCHARGED.
Justice Davis Decides Against tht
Portrait Soliciting Ordinance.

+ In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing Justice Davis sustained the de-
murrer interpoSed by Attorney Frank
Sprague in the case of the city against
c. F. Bussell, charged with having vio-
lated Ordinance No. 435, fixing a Ii
cense On the business of taking orders
for enlarged photographs, the work on
which is done outside the city.
The point raised was that the excep-
tion allowing orders to be taken by
firms doing business in the city, to the
exclusion of those doing business in
other localities, is an unjust discrimi-
nation against trade, and that such dis
elimination. under the Constitution,
invalidated the entire ordinance.
A point similar to the one made had
been decided In the San Francisco case
of ex-parte Franck, in which the
Beard of Supervisors had passed an
ordinance providing for the licensing
Of business interests when the goods
were actually in the city, and imposing
heavier licenses when the goods were
elsewhere. This was held to be dis
eliminating, and on that ruling the de-
murrer was sustained.
Judge Davis expressed the opinion
that were the exception eliminated the
ordinance would be entirely valid. At
torney Sprague believed likewise, and
stated that he had suggested to a MEM
Der of the Board of Trustees that the
obnoxious exception be stricken out.
Bussell was discharged.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Transactions Recorded Since the Last
Report.

Adolph Stoll ct ux. to Mary Hughes
North 80 feet of south 60 feet lot 4, u
and r, Third and Fourth streets.
Edith S. Pendery and husband to
Edwin K. Alsip-Blocks w and x,
Nineteenth to Twenty-second streets,
and X and Y, Twentieth to Twenty
second streets.
c. T. K. Tracey to Albert NJ john
son-Undivided half of lots IL, II and
13, block p, Highland Park.
A. S. Neves to Jose E. Neves-Lot II
and west 81 feet lot II, Oak Grove
Tract
A. E. Katsch to Mary E. Logan-Lot
16, block 49, Oak Park.
D. W. Carmichael to Nora E. Slater
Lot 100, Oak Grove.
A. Luchessi, by Constable, to G. Pas
galia-Fifteen acres east Of Thirty
first street on J-street road.
c. p. O'Neill to Mary M. Gagan-
Undivided half of block U and V, First
and Second streets; lots to 8, V and
W, First and Second streets; lots i, Z,
9, w and X, First and Second streets;
block u and v, Second and Third
streets; block V and w, Second and
Third streets; block w and X, Second
and Third streets; lots 5, 6, Z, u and
V, Third and Fourth streets; block
and w, Third and Fourth streets;
block w and X, Third and Fourth
streets; lots and s, H and I, Third
and Fourth streets; east half lot 8, H
and I, Fourth and Fifth streets.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Priceless Vision.

The eye Is one of the organs most Ii
able to render life a miserable failure
and a loathsome burden. Loss of sight
is the very king of terrors, while any
impairment of vision is a source of
ghastly anxiety, Of constant dread, of
sickening mental worry, to say never a
word of acute physical anguish. Again,
think of what a delicate organ the eye
is, and how essential it is to have
glasses fitted correctly. There is just as
much science required in fitting glasses
as there Is In prescribing medicine.
Glasses fitted and work guaranteed abb
solutely reliable by F. de Wolfe Hennah,
Masonic Temple. Finest ground con-
cave and convex lenses mounted, 81 30.
Gold eye-glass frames. 50. Consulta-
ton free. Office hours: 9-12:30; 10
Sundays, 9:30-1i
The record-union., 1896-12-23

It will be noticed by all who examine
the lists Of the returns of the late elec-
ton, that in the case Of every group
Of Presidential electors those names at
the head Of the group received the lar
gest number Of votes. AS the eye runs
down each list it will be observed that
the total votes cast decrease as the end
Is approached. This is true in every
case, proving that the mass Of the voters
either grew weary Of marking as they
ran down the list of names, or they were
stamp opposite the first three or four
names only, or else they supposed, de-
spite the printed instructions to vote
for nine," that to vote for one would
count as much as vote for each name
in the group-either these excuses are
the true ones, or else there was not time
enough allotted to the voters In their
estimation in very many cases to stamp
the ballot throughout, and hence some
of the electors names were skipped in
haste to get to the names of candidates
for minor offices. But whatever the rea-
son there Is the fact staring us in the
face. All which proves that the single
choice Of one Bryan elector was not the
result of design and Mr.. Flint was not
beaten because he is less popular than
his associate nominees, nor Mr.. Martin
chosen because a majority Of all voting
resolved to send up one Bryan and eight
Republican electors to the Electoral
College. No, Mr.. Martins name was at
the head Of one list and Mr.. Flints at
the foot of the Republican column;
which suggests that again to which we
have so often referred, that some legal
way should be found to enable voters
to vote for an entire electoral ticket by
one marking on the ballot.
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removes objection from it. or mitigates
its vicious features.


its vicious features.
Nor can we repress the feeling and
expression that a citizen whose can
didacy is promoted on such a plane is
placed in a humiliating and exceeding
ly embarrassing attitude; one that, 1t
would seem, must in no small degree
charitable to assume that custom has
operated to the extent of dulling the
sensitiveness because the system has
become a part of the machinery of the
Government.
That it has given us wholly unfit per-
sons as servants of the State in the
library is notorious; that it has taken
the library into the realm of low poll
tics is likewise undeniable; that it is
absurd and disgraceful in its workings
no one can deny who is familiar with
the methods employed in its prosecu-
ton.
If the library is to continue under the
should elect no man to that honorable
and responsible position and high trust
who is not by education, taste and busl-
ness fitness eminently qualified for it.
The State, happily, is not wanting in
men peculiarly qualified for these liter
ary and business stations. The justice
and wisdom of this demand for quail
fication, of course, no citizen will at
tempt to controvert.
But above and beyond this, the Legis-
lature should elect no man to a library
trusteeship who cannot say with truth,
and whose word is not a guarantee Of
verify, that he is pledged to no one for
the position of State Librarian, no mat
ter who he may be, or how eminently
qualified for the place.
In other words, the Trustees should
run the Librarian and not the Libra
rian the Trustees. The question as to
who is to be Librarian should not enter
into legislative consideration at all, but
tees men whom they believe will best
and most economically administer the
library affairs. 1t should emphatically
refuse to consider the name of any man
for a trusteeship who Is supported ex
clusively or distinctively by a candi-
date for Librarian, and any man who
&c fh11c- "a
for ought to be defeated.
The State Library should not become
a useless expense to the State by be-
ing made the catspaw for political
scrambling or the plum for ambitious
men. 1t should be, as intended, a most
useful institution, a pride to the State
it's collection and the wisdom of its ad-
ministration. Like the State Univer-
sity, it should stand and move upon
plane above and superior to the polit-
ical one, and nothing related to it should
continue to be an agency for political
uses or private Office seeking.
The State wants no man for Librarian
who is not the free choice of a Board
Of Trustees, invested With discretion
and authority to choose for the State
according to ability, experience and
proved capacity. The only possible
way to secure these desired ends is to
elect a Board Of Trustees absolutely
unpledged and perfectly free to choose
from among any or all of those who as
pire to positions in the library
The record-union., 1896-12-23
NO PAPER SATURDAY.

That members of the Record Union"
force may have Christmas Day at home
and as a full holiday, no paper will be
issued from this Office Saturday morn
for that day should be sent in in time to
appear in Friday mornings Record
Union"
The record-union., 1896-12-23

This paper is for sale at the folioWlne
places: L. p. Fishers, room Il. Msr-
chants Exchange, California street; inc
principal News Stands and Hotels ana at
the Market-street Ferry, San F'rancisco.
Los ANGELES-Eclectic Book Store
eorner Second and Main streets.
SAN DIEGO-Emmel & Co., $50 Fifth
street.
CORONADO-Hopkins & Cox, Coro-
nado Hotel.
SANTA BARBARA-Hassinge News
Depot.
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SANTA CRUZ-Cooper Bros News
Depot.
Also for sale on all trains leaving ano
o0ming into Sacramento.
Eastern business Offices.
'The Tribune Building. New York
City.
Western Business Cfhce, 1.-THE Rock
cry" Chicago.
The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency.
sole agents foreign advertising.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
CHANGED HIS MIND.
Purdin Pleaded Guilty and Was Fined
Ten Dollars

Ira E. Purdin, charged with having
appropriated to his own use a coat,
vest and some other articles which had
been intrusted to his care by Sufus
Screnson, withdrew his former plea of
not guilty in the Police Court yesterday
morning and entered one of guilty.
On representation of Acting City At
The record-union., 1896-12-23

torney Miller Purdin was, after listen
irg to severe lecture by Justice Davis,
let off with the light fine Of $40. 1t
was shown thai heretofore he had
borne an excellent reputation, and that
his parents were respectable people,
who reside in Oregon. 1t appears that
evil associations had been accountable
for the young mans rash action.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Aluminium Goods.

Combs, brushes, mirrors beautifully
ornamented, very appropriate for holi-
day gifts; very reasonable in price
New line Of holiday perfumery and
toilet waters j. A. Green's pharmacy
Seventh and x streets
The record-union., 1896-12-23
AtOrniZers.

We have a very extra fine line of
Atomizers to select from in
Venetian China Bisque, ornament
ed with fancy figures, colored
glass, cut glass, and Bohemian
glass. Prices from 25c to 81 90
each.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
CellulOid Goods.

Sacramento never before saw
such an exquisite line of trans
parent and translucent Celluloid
Novelties. Articles for many diff
ferent uses and purposes at prices
that range from 15c up to 50 so or
So; works OF art, hand-painted.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Extremely Gratif1ed

By the many testimonials he Is receiv-
ing daily, F. de Wolfe Hennah takes
this means of thanking his patrons, as
they are too numerous to thank person
ally. F. de Wolfe Hennah. Optician,
Masonic Temple
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Fine Perfnmeries,

People who want something exquisite
in the perfumery line will find it at Nc
Morry's, Sixth and X.
The record-union., 1896-12-23

For the finest homemade bread and
cakes In the city. go to The Pacific
Grove Bakery. S23 street.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
SEALED PROPOSALS.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
Office of the undersigned until 5 o'clock
D. m. on MONDAY, December %, 1896, for
one 60-horse-power steam engine, stored
at Root, Nelson &, Co., and four old re-
turn tubular boilers stored at City Water
Works, 60 inches in diameter and 16 feet
long. certified check for 10 per cent. OF
amount of bid must accompany each bid.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
d19-1Ot NJ J. DESMOND, City Clerk.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Tree Ornaments.

Never before had we so complete
and elaborate line for tree orna-
mentation, and prices will more
than suit you.
The record-union., 1896-12-23

Christmas tree ornaments at cost, to
| close them out, at Bartons.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Perfume.

We have just placed in stock an
elegant line of Perfumes, put UP in
cut glass bottles of various shapes,
packed in neat boxes for Xmas
giving. Prices up to So from 15c.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Toilet Outfits.

The very latest is of pure alumni
mum, and includes brush, comb and
mirror, making a most excellent
gift.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Photo Albums.

Some with ornamented celluloid
front and plush back; others in all
plush or all celluloid. Prices from
81 to $6.
The record-union., 1896-12-23

Honey cakes and genuine cream
bread at New Model Bakery. 122 J.
The record-union., 1896-12-23

We have it. What? Secondhand
furniture at Sherburn's, 323 K.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Smoking Jackets.

You have the privilege Of choos-
ing from the finest line ever
brought to the coast. There Is
nothing new but we have it. Prices
run from SO 80 to $40. See the
show window.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Writing Cases.

Good Leatherette and Leather
Writing Cases, containing all the
conveniences. Prices. Csc to So so.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Fancy Cases.

We have beautiful line Of Toilet,
Manicure. Collar and Cuff Boxes,
Glove, Handkerchief and Necktie
Cases, Work Boxes, Shaving and
Jewel Cases. Prices in some in
stances start at SOC, from that up
to $50. Newest designs.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Travelling Cases.

Mems and Women's Travelling
Cases, in leather, fitted out COM
plete with many necessary articles.
Prices from 81 80 to So.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Hand Bags.

Novelty Suede Hand Bags, with
patent clasp; So to S..
The record-union., 1896-12-23
SuspenderS.

Mems Fine Embroidered Sus-
penders, put up in neat glass
topped boxes. Price, 81 so a pair.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Record Union Telephone.

Entered at the Postof6ce at Sacramento
% second-class matter.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Gold Pens.

Ladies' and Gents Handsome
Pearl Handle Penholders, with
Gold Pen. According to size, prices
are 81 75 to Sc.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Mumlers.
Mems Nightshirts.

Of Fine Satine, soft as silk, in
white and tan, fancy silk embroid-
cred. Price, 81 80.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Dolls.

Dolls.
A fine assortment Of Dressed
Dolls Of different styles, some with
moving, some with fixed eyes.
Prices from 25c to So.
Undressed Kid-Body Dolls, in
many styles. Prices from 15c each
to 81.
We also have a good line Of Rub
Der Dolls and Stuffed Body Dolls,
with china heads, feet and hands.
Prices from &c to SOC.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Special Agencies

Editorial Rooms Red 131
6usiness Once. Black 131
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Umbrellas.

You may motor your friend
need one to-day, but there's moth
ing makes a finer present. You
Natural wood, Dresden and silver
trimmed handles, at prices from
50 to 50, with fine silk coverings.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
THE WEEKLY UNION

Il the cheapest and most desirable Home.
News and Literary Journal pubhsheo on
the Pacific Coast.
The Weekly Union, per year. .$1 oo
The record-union., 1896-12-23
A Fine Gift

For the wife, mother or sister,
would be a New Cape, Jacket or
Dress Pattern, and in these stocks
we are at the top notch Of COM
pleteness, and at the bottom notch
when you ask the price.
Head Rests.
Head Rests, covered with pretty
tinsel drapery and tassel orna-
mented. Price, 10c each.
Head Rests. with covering of
drapery Satine in nice patterns,
with ruff1e finish. Price, 25c.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Mems NeCkWear.

We have just received an elegant
line of Mems Neckwear; the latest
designs in the market, in Tecks,
Bows, Four-in- Hands and Club
Ties. Prices from 25c to 81.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
Rests.
Linens.

The Linen Department is brist-
ling with great values selected from
the best looms of Austria and Ire
Land. True housewives will reve1
in fine display Of new designs we
are showing.
The record-union., 1896-12-23
HandkerChiefS.

Mems Plain White Silk Hand
kerchiefs, hemstitched; also, a line
with embroidered initial in corner.
Prices, SOC, 75c and 81.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-09
DIR. Talmase as am Explorer.

nearly two years ago Rev. DR.. Talmage,
the celebrated preacher and lecturer.
started on his now famous tour OF the
world, for the purpose, as he declared AT
the time, of studying all the rellglouS pc
liefs of the different races of mankind,
andif he could find a better one than
Christianity, embracing it. His discover
les and adventures are fully as interesting
as those of Stanley or Livingstone, and
equally as valuable, because they relate
Indifferent races of people and other parts
of the world. and throw a wonderful light
nnon the most important subjects that
come within the range OF mans lnVestlga
His route led him first across the eonti-
nent from New York to San FRANCISCO.
thence to Samoa and the Sandwich Isl
ands, the islands of the Pacific, Australia,
mysteries. Egypt and up the Nile to the
borders of ancient Ethiopia, Syria, Pales-
time, over st. Paurs Mediterranean Sea
VOYAGE. Greece, italy, Spain, Europe, the
British Isles, Russia, and across the AT
lantic to the place of starting.
Throughout this tremendous journey
he was accompanied by his secretary and
we'll supplied with the most improved
photographic apparatus, by which means
he was enabled to describe and photograph
the people, scenery, historical places. ano
other subjects of universal interest ut the
time and as no saw them. his new DOCK,
giving an account of his travels. advent,
lures. Investigations and discoveries has
just been published, under the appropriate
title of s"EHEE EARTH Gahk'
DLENb.''
It is illustrated with oyer 400 photo
graphic views, the most curiou!
and wonderful, doubtless, that. apperet
in a book. This book will be circulated
exclusively by means of canvassers, ant
it certainly affords an extraordinary op
p~orSunity to all who desire paying EN-
ployment. See publishers announcement
in another column of this paper.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-09

Women are the real heroes of the
world. Thousands on thousands of them
endure the dragging torture of the ills
peculiar to wonlankind in the silence of
home. They suffer on and on-weeks,
months, years. The story of weakness
and torture is written in the drawn
features, in the sal1ow skin, in the list
less eyes, in the lines of care and worry
On the face.
Unborn modesty seals their lips. They
prefer pain to humiliation. Custom has
made them believe the only hope of
relief lies in the exposure of examine
ton and ss1ocal treatment"
Take ten cases of 'tfema1e weakness"
and in nine of them 'local treatment
Is unnecessary, There is no reason why
modest, sensitive women should SUBJ
NIT to 1t. MECH REFS
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-09

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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-05-09

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