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out more or less trouble. This change
has been brought about largely by the

out more or less trouble. This change
has been brought about largely by the
adoption of the Australian ballot sys-
tenn and other safeguards thrown about
poliing-places, and the elimination OF
the ticket distributor and ward and pre-
cinct heller
the saloon, which, while it does not al
together prevent election day drunken
ness, does greatly reduce it, especially
among the eXcitable and turbulent ele-
ment of the community.
The writer remembers distinctly when
IN some States there was no such thing
as secret ballot. The voter not only
voted an open ticket but each name
voted for was called orally SO that the
crowd that surrounded the polling-place
could hear it.
At the same time it was the custom to
have whisky free as water at frequent
intervals along the streets, set out in
wooden buckets with a tin cup conve-
nient for all comers, old and young.
THE COUNTRY'S DEBT TO DEMO
GRATIS.
Portland Oregonian: 1t is impossible
to overestimate the debt of the country
| 10 those bold, enlightened and patriotic
Democrats who refused to follow the
perverted party organization in the
paths of financial dishonesty and social
| dlSorganization Of economic and po-
lItical revolution. They have come to
| its rescue in a more vital crisis, they
have saved it from a deadlier peril than
VI nd
united all patriots in the stirring days
| of 1861.
The Democrats have done the work.
Overwhelming as the majority for Nc
kinney is, the men whose votes elected
| Cleveland four years ago could have
turned the scale. 1t could not have been
done without them. For every Popu-
list drawn to support of the Chicago
platform, for every feeble or dishonest
republican lured into the ways of re-
pudiation and anarchy by the hope of
| SWindling creditors or of escaping the
restraints of law, for every Democrat
who has deserted the honorable tradi-
| tons of his party to chase after the
! spolls of official patronage, for each
mischieVous miscreant and recreant, a
| |CiioNiSihtiouo oIiu loyal DSlnOcTdI mas
| left the soiled colors of his party to fight
| under the alien standard which repre-
sents to him as truly as to its bearers
the high, pure and lasting principles of
public faith and economic integrity, of
subJection to law and respect for pub
lie order, which are the inheritance and
the charge of good citizens of all parties
| alike.
SILVER NOT OvERTHROWN.
Stockton Mail: Don't you believe for
a moment that the battle for silver is
| over or that a circulation bottomed on
| banks will be a permanent policy of
| this nation. The cause of the people
has received a setback, but it will go
marching on. Have no fear of that
The incoming Administration will not
! lind its path strewn with roses. There
VIII be as many thorns as blossoms
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PARROTS GO TO SCHOOL.
They Begin With kindergarten r1eth.
Ods and Graduate as Seniors.

One of the most peculiar professions
Of this very professional age is that
which has for its end and aim the ed
ucation of parrots, says "Pearson's
Weekly"
The parrots academy is conducted on
systematic lines, and resembles in
many of it's educational features an or
dinary educational establishment. In
one room corresponding to Standard
/. of the regular business) are congre-
gated the birds to be taught, screeching
and shrieking in the bliss of ignorance.
Soon as they have become accustomed
&c their surroundings and little Of the
natural wildness that characterizes
them has worn off, a monitor, in the
shape of parrot that has mastered
the art of monosyllabic utterance, is
introduced, and under it's tuition the
class begins to show progress by voic-
ing such simple words as "Yesm and
MOI
Standard II. marks step in the up
ward grade. Bi-syllables are here in
troduced, and double-worded sentences
Of an easy nature repeated. The third
standard comprises tri-syllabic words
and sentences of a more advanced
kind
Thus far the work is of a routine
character, the teachers being the birds
themselves. But with Standard ". the
real work of education begins, and the
bird monitor gives place to the ped
agogue proper. The blackboard, too
now comes in. With piece OF chalk
the dominic makes the letter "a on
the board, pronounces it aloud, and the
birds repeat it, and-in turn-the whole
alphabet after him. BY the time Stand
ard V. is reached a parrot Of ordinary
intelligence can read and spell such
words as "cat" and do with reason
able facility.
Standards V. and VI continue the
process by gradual advances, simple
sums in arithmetic being added to the
curriculum, and the method of tell
ng' the time taught.
The seventh and last standard is de-
voted entirely to music, vocal and in
strumental. Not that parrots are
taught to play the piano. That stage
Of development has not yet been at
tanned, but the more proficient Of then
ere instructed in the art of singing 6
Song to the pedagogue's accompani-
nient on that instrument. When this
point has been reached the bird gets
his certificate.
There are only two or three Of these
academies in the kingdom, and the fee:
being high and the business brisk, th'
| owners of them are doing well. /
costs five guineas to secure a good ed
| liCatfop for "A parrof exclusive of ey
tIas in the shape of food and one OF
two other things, and 1t takes severa
months, in the case of the most for
ward and intelligent pupils, to pass il
all the necessary subjects.
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Everybody Was Pleased.

Il see by the American papers," re-
marked the king of the Cannibal Islands
&c the newly arrived missionary, that
there is now a decided objection on the
part of your church authorities to send
ing out as missionaries young men who
use tobacco in any FORM
That is true" replied the missionary.
II use neither liquors nor tobacco, and
the idea is spreading. as you say. that
missionaries should abstain from both.
1T is a very good idea, indeed add
cd the King. Il regard the movement
T7ith considerable satisfaction 1t
pleaseS ME greatly"
i suppose. then, you think with us
that for a missionary to drink and
smoke detracts from his infuence?'
Il suppose it does, but I was not
thinking of that particularly. | was al
'uding to the fact that a person whose
system is saturated with nicotine is
utterly spoiled for roasting. The very
hest you can do with him Is to use him
for smoked meat"
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All Out for Sport.

A man who was making a tour of the
West on horseback rode up to a cabin
one afternoon, seeking refreshment for
himself and horse. A boy of about Ii
came out of the cabin in response to the
travellers call.
"Hello!'' he said.
"Your father at home?" asked the
stranger.
Nav; he's went over. to SagetoWn to
a slugging match
rs your mother at homer"
Nav; she went down to Paw-Paw
Town to pigeon shootin' match"
well, is there any one here who could
get me up dinner?"
Nav; 1 dunno as thar is Sister Lib
has jes' went to the baseball game down
to the crossroads and Sister LOUSY has
went off with her beau to the boss race
over at Peevy Mills. Brother Jim's
went to a rooster fight over at HI
Simpsons an Dams gone to a dawg
fight. If grandma am was here she'd
jerk a chicken an fry it fer you"
Where is your grandmother
Her and gran'dad's went to a shoot
in match"
well, you're rather a smart-looking
boy; couldn't you get me up something?
I'm most starved
Sorry, mister, but Ireally amt time.
| I'm jest off to a mewl race an I've got
10 cents on Bill Jimson's old white mewl
an I want to be thar to see i'm win Got
to go right off. ood-by!''-Detroit
Free Press.
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MEDICAL BATTERIES, BOTH SOLD
and repaired. at Electro Works, S2i X st.
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ers began to send wool to the mill to be
carded into rolls and generation after
generation have kept up the practice.
Formerly many bags of grain accom-
panied the wool, and grist and wooden
mills were kept running day and night,
while the fishermen and farmers en-
joyed themselves in the quiet Connecti-
cut village until the work was done
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DIR. SIMMONS, SR.-HOURS, TO 10
a. M, to $3.50 .. IN. and to p. m.
DIR. SIMMONS, JR.-Hours, IL to II
a. m, to and 7:30 p. m. Telephone
house, 12S; office, 67.
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HOW HBOUT IT7

OAK HALL, ON THE RIVERSIDE
road, is now fiourishing, so says CARL
MUNGER, the genial proprietor He also
says, Come and be convinced" A good
on hand. Dinners to order. The finest
in the land.
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TO LET OR RENT.

FINE FARM To RENT-PLACFR FOOT
nils; saluorious; picturesque; improved 100
acres; lo IN ohNes; selected fruits and
vines; stone wine cellars; comnodious ont .
buildings: plentiful water; farm machinery,
etc; and tine dwelling: terms good To party
uheerstanding worklng such = place. Ad-
dress G. j., Record Union" Office. n7-st
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DIR. B. F. PENDERY-OFFICE AM
residence, 702 K st. Sunset Tel, Red, g.
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There are no sheep in Japan, and
wool is not used as clothing. silk and
cotton being the staples. There are
nc pigs-pork is an unknown article of
diet, and lard is not used in cooking.
Neither are there any goats, nor
mules, nor donkeys.
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WANTED - TO BORROW $4,000 ON
good city property. p o. box 4OS
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DIR. CARTWRIGHT, OFFICE AND RES
idence, 9l3 K street, between Ninth and
Tenth. Office hours: to IL a. M, 2 to 4
and to p. m.
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FRESH CLANS AND OYSTERS EVERY
day at Suey Sang 924 Third street. These
are the best
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MEETING NOTICES

MEMBERS OF COURT CAPITOL OF
California, No. 6, F. of A., are invited
to attend dance at their hall MONDAY
EVENING, November 9th. Visiting
brethren cordially invited.
nS-2t THE COMMITTEE.
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BOARD AND LODGING.

THE TURCLU, NORTHEAST CORNER
of Eighth and K streets; coolest build
ing; finest rooms in city; newly fur
,nished; porcelain bath tubs; second floor
reserved for Offices; terms very low
janitor and light free. FRANK MEYER.
Manager.
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sPIRITUALIsM.

MRS. l. DARRALL, CLAIRVOYANT
and trance medium 8 to II, to 8. 1411 P.
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A Chinese doctor is employed by the
year to attend a family and keep it's
members in good health. When one
falls ill, the doctors pay is stopped un-
til the patient RECEIVERS.
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GOOD JAPANESE DESIRES SITUA-
dress p. O. Box 1870, H. Noguchi nS-3t"
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To-Day $ Specials.
Ladies Jersey Ribbed Union
Suits, made of heavy Egyptian
Cotton, worth 81 Is suit.
TO-DAY Csc.
SO dozen Ladies Colored Bor-
dered Cambric Handkerchiefs,
worth 1Oc and 124c each.
TO-DAY Sc.
One lot of Ladies Side Combs
former price 25c and Csc a pair.
TO-DAY 10c.
so gross of Silk Tailor Bot
tons, in all desirable eolors, suit
able for tailor suits and trimming
dresses; worth 1Oc dozen.
TO-DAY Sc.
One lot of Rhinestone Bottoms;
worth 3Oc to Soc each.
TO-DAY 124c.
100 pieces Shelf Oilcloth. in a
large variety of patterns; worth
Zoe yard. TO-DAY 44c.
Ladies Four button Derby
Shopping Gloves, in tans, browns
and English reds; all sizes. For
general wear this glove is on
equa1ed. Good value at 81 Is a
pair. TO-DAY 6Sc.
Ladies' Four button English
Red Derby Shopping and Street
Gloves, with large pearl buttons;
all sizes; regular price 81 SO a
pair. TO-DAY o8c.
Is Dozen Ladies Foil Finished
Fast Black Cotton Hose; high
spliced heels; worth zoe a pair.
TO-DAY 123c.
B. WILSON { CO.
Corner Sixth and ] Streets.
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PAY LADIES GOOD WAGES TO
work for me home; light work good pay,
part time. Write, with stamp, MRS. Il.
h. BASSETT, suite 904, Marshall Field
building, Chicago. n1-5tSu
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CARPET CLEANING.

ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE? IF SO,
ring up RIVETT, the carpetman, and
see how little 1t will cost to have your
carpets thoroughly cleaned and properly
relaid. Telephone, 292. Southwest cor.
ner Twelfth and O.
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MUSIC AND ART.

GEO. C. HOLBROOK & A. LOTHIAN
mer, piano tuners and repairers. Work
done by yearly contract II desired. Office
and workrooms 1921 Eighth street.
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from $500 up on gilt-edge city security
EDWIN K. ALSIP & CO., 1915 Fourth
street. n7-4t
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WANTED.

WANTED-TO BUY INTEREST IN
small dairy business. Address 2420 P
street. nS-3ts
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50 PER MoNTH-NICE 5-RooM COT
tage, X, Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth:
barn, chicken-housei lot s0x160. JAMES
L. MILLS, 301 street.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

CLOTHING, BLANKETS, FEATHERS.
Lace Curtains and all wearing apparel
Cleaned and dyed at bottom price. NJ.
DESHAYES, F'ranco-American Dye
Works, zoos Eighth street.
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1915 X STREET-MODERND DESIRABLE
nat OF six rooms and basement Apply
1913 X or T19 l.. No children.
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L0sT-FOUNr.

LOST-LIGHT FAWN-COLORED GREY
hound. Return to Dr. Tyrrell, 1925 P
street, and receive reward
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The Leading Paper Of the In
terror Of California

The pioneer Journal,
which, from early
years in the history of
the coast, has main
tanned THE FRONT
RANK OF JOURNAL.
ISM, having every
news facility with the.
San Francisco leading
dailies, and sustaining E
che fullest public conf.
dence.
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DIR. GEORGE NEwSOM, Dental Parlors,
removed to Fourth and *, over Ham
mer'S Drug Store.
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l222 STREET-NICELY FURNISHED
room for light Housekeeping; no children.
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FOR RENT AT s. y MONTH, a NICE
room overlooking Capitol grounds, 13I6Ia
Tenth street
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THE SIXTH-STREET EMPLOYMENT
Office. All kinds of help at short notice.
921 Sixth street, BARBARA BRUDER.
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PLAZA EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, Ninth
and I-Situations procured and all kinds
of help furnished. w. A. WALL, Prop
Cap. Tel. 800, Sunset, black, 564.
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NOVELS AND BOOKS BOUGHT. SOLD,
exchanged at reduced prices. 725 X st.
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TWO LARGE FRONT ROOMS. LIGHT
housekeeping: no children. 719 L.
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FOB SALE.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR A
double carriage, four fine American
horses; serve single or double. Inquire
JOSEPH GUTH, corner Twenty-seventh
and 4 streets. n1-1w$
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HOUSE OF EIGHT ROOMS; ALSO UP
per hat. Call at 722 Eighth street
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FOR SALE-AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A
man with little money; an old estab-
lished furnishing goods store doing
good business at present time. Apply at
this office.
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VIENNA CAFE-OYSTER AND LUNCH
Parlors. 707 st. VIM. Boedefeld, Prop.
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

DIR. MARY M. CRONEMILLER, RE-
moved to 62S1a and res. I'LL +. Hours o
to 10 a. m; l to and to 1880 .. m.
Tel, Residence, 406: Office, 473.
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j. DONLEY, THE UP-TO-DATE Plumber.
mas resumed business at 10l2 Tenth
street, opposite his old shop.
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WANTED-FOUR ACTIVE MEN. AP-
ply at 1901 ], 5 p. m.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Peoples Savings
Bank of Sacramento will be held at the
office OF the bank at half-past O'Clock
tuesday evening, December l. 1856.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-23

HAVANA, Sept 20, via Key West,
Fila, Sept. Observation-Disclosures
stories of barbarous acts by the SPAN
ism troops continue TO reach here.
Recently tine Havana papers pub
lisG1ed an account of an alleged battle
near Cglucho De Arce, in which, after
am hours fighting, the Spaniards drove
the rebels off, killing nineteen and TAX
ing many prisoners. The papers sug-
gesGed THAI the government should re-
ward Colonel Aguilera, the Spanish
commander, for his bravery.
The facts in regard 10 the battle
are as follows:
On September II, ten rebels went to
attack Aguilera's band that had started
from Vegas to the field. When the re-
bells, in ambush,
WE'RE READY TO ATTACK,
they noticed a strong body of soldiers
coming toward them. Hidden in high
grass, the rebels let the soldiers come
closer, and then fired volley, killing
TWO officers and woundLng three sod
oilers. The troops fired back a, volley in
the grass, hitting nobody, as the enemy
could not be seen. Lieutenant Colonel
Aguilela, who commanded the troops,
and came from his headquarters,
Neuva. PaZ, went, after this action, to-
wards a. colony named Pablo Diaz.
There he found a family, composed of
twenty-five personsl-nnen, women and
children; he asked if they had seen any
rebels in the neighborhood. On receiv-
ing a negative reply, he ordered a gem
eral slaughter of everybody, including
the children, who were from l to 10
years of age.
A young MAN begged to be killed in
stead of his mother, who was in the
eighth month OF pregnancy, but he was
killed with machete and bayonet in
the presence of the mother.
The lattle children were first pierced
with the end of a bayonet and then
finished With the nachete. Of the
twenty-five human beings present in
THAT colony, nineteen were butchered
and six made their escape, hiding them
selves in the cane, where they re-
manned until late at night, when they
could come out safely. Besides truth
full witnesses the men of Aguilera
boosted of what they had committed
when they went back to Vegas, about
two miles from the colony. On the 18th
of September, three days after the
slaughter, a traveller passed by the
spot of the murder and was mortified
at tine number of carbon crows
DEvoURING THE BODIES.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-23
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
SALT LAKE DELEGATES ARRANGE
FOR THE TRIP TO PROVO.
Leave at S:15 Tomorrow Morning
Over the Union Pacific-Commit-
tees Appointed and Preliminary
Arrangements Made.

The Salt Lake county delegates to the
Democratic state convention at Provo to-
morrow met in caucus at Unity hall last
evening and made arrangements for
transportation, appointed committees and
transacted necessary preliminary busi-
ness. Mr.. Spencer of the Union Pacific
Railway company was present and ar
ranged on behalf of his company to run a
special train to Provo for the convenience
of the delegates, charging single fare for
the round trip which from this city will
he $3.50. This official train will leave Lo-
gan at a. M, Ogden at 7:15 a. m. and
Salt Lake at S:15 a. M, and will leave
Provo on the return trip when the con-
vention is over.
The caucus elected w. H. Dale as chair
man of this delegation, Miss Phoebe Eel
cher secretary, Mrs. Margaret f. Game
treasurer; member of the committee on
credentials. Samuel e. Allen; member OF
the committee on credentials, Hon. J. L.
Rawlins. with Mrs. La Barthe as assist
ant: member of the committee on per-
manent organization, r. P. Morris; COM
mittee on badges and decorations, Mrs
Matte Hughes Cannon. Mrs. Margaret e.
Game. Mrs. La Barrhe; committee on
music, Messrs. Walt, Petit and T. c.
Lewis; committee on transportation, J. H
Moyle, W. H. Dale and S. A kenner.
Delegate Kenner suggested that the
caucus come to some understanding in
regard to the proposed fusion with the
Populists, but nothing was done in the
matter. and the caucus adjourned.
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if he does not like the laws the people
make for their protection. we viii tell
him to go to some other country where
the laws suit him. The time has come
when the people should refuse to be
held up and sandbagged by a few mem
who assume money. is more precious
than commodities. We have usury
laws saying a man cannot collect more
than a certain rate of interest. In
these transactions men do not always
stand upon an equal footing and,
therefore, the government steps I'M 70
protect the weaker from having his
rights trespassed upon. If it is right
to say a. man shall! be permitted to
collect more than a certain rate OF i'm
terest, 1T right for the government to
say, when it has declared a certain
kind Of money is legal tender, That no
man shall write a contract saying that
that law is. lie
They talk about gold as if iE was
divine. 1t is, in the sense that it is
their god. 1t is not divine; it is matter.
Instead of being a. real god and
thing to be worshipped we are told
that when the children of Israel made
it into a calf and began to worship 1T,
it displeased God and ne ground it into
powder"
Mr.. Bryan did not speak at the over
flow meeting in 'front.' of the Academy
OF Music as was expected, but went
direct to Broad and Wharton streets,
where $4,000 people were congregafed.
Mr.. Bryan acknowledged the greet
ilgS of the asSemblage and stated that
he was too hparse to address them
and requested that they read his
Academy of Music speech. He then
retired and was driven TO has hotel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-23

On September Is Colonel AgUilera
started with his troops and the gueril-
las from Nueva. Paz toward the sugar
estate, Cuerve. Near a place called
Cuzco he saw a house, went 20 1T and
found only three children IN it He
asked where the parents were. They
answered they had gone after some
fuel to prepare their breakfast and
would soon return The colonel order
ed the three children, 10 TO IA years of
age, to be locked UP i'm the house and
after this was done, he ordered the
suea'illds to set fire TO the house. The
Suerillas, mortified, disobeyeS1 at first,
but under the threats OF Aguilera. they
acted and the house was burned down
with tine children in it.
On their return TO Nueva Paz, the
guerfllns told the people what had BEEN
done. This information is from a
Spanish source.
After that house was burned Aguilera
went on and met on. his way a man
20 years of age carrying vegetables,
who was accompanied by two negroes
He was asked where ne was going.
He answered he was taking the vege-
tables home to Nueva Paz. The colonel
ordered him to be killed with the
machete, and the negroes also. The
body Of the old man was thrown into
we'll nearby, where he was found two
days afterward, traced by his hat that
was found near the we'll. The bodies
of the two negroes were chopped to
pieces and thrown into a cave, where
they were found All this was related
igD a sergeant and some of the soldiers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-23
The Japanese
are bright people, quick to see
an opportunity.

We Americans drink lot
of tea, mostly poor-colored
and poisoned and adulterated.
The Japanese see that we
can't afford to keep on drink
ing such tea, and they spent
hundreds of thousand-dollars
at the Worlds Fair showing
US that it pays to buy good
tea.
They did show us; it does
pay; it is cheaper; it is better;
it is everything good.
Colored tea is poisonous; it
is everything bad.
SeAslIimg's Best money
back tea) at your grocer's is
the best of Japan tea.
Also pure and money-backed: .SchiS
Ing Best coffee, baking powder, soda,
spices, and flavoring extracts.
Il Sehilltng G Company San Francisco