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THE SUNDAY LAW.

The Barbars' Association or Union of
San Francisco is reported in the press
of that city as bemoaning the defeat of
the BARRIERS Sunday law at the hands
of the Supreme Court and as rejecting
upon the court somewhat. Said one of the
officials of the association, in effect: The
Supreme Court seems to have lost sight
of the fact that all the BARRIERS petitioned
for the law, therefore there is nothing
in the courts suggestion that it pre-
vents the barber who wishes to do so
from working. Heavens! and this in
the blaze Of the intelligence of the clos
ing days Of the nineteenth century. Are
our laws and our institutions no better
anchored in the consciences of men
and BARRIERS than that? Do any Of the
latter think for a moment that they
could be free or breathe the air Of lib
erty, or enjoy the privileges Of Ameri
can citizens If the courts were to hold
laws clearly forbidden by the Constitu-
ton to be of virtue and effect, because
all affected by them consented to their
illegality? The barber Sunday closing
law was special legislation, specially
prohibited by the organic law of the
State, and the Supreme Court could not
help itself If it had SO desired. It was
compelled by the plain English Of the
law and the Constitution to declare it
obnoxious to that instrument Aside
from all that it was bad law anyhow
If we are to have a Sunday law at all
it must be sweeping and comprehen-
sive one, and treat all alike. But we
will never have general Sunday clos
ing law in California, at least not for
these very many years, and until there
is very radical change in public senti-
ment on that subject
The record-union., 1896-04-21
A HERO NOW.
Murderer Raten Makes No Secret of
His Crimes,

Simon Raten, the Siberian triple muir
derer, declares that he is not insane,
although the jury before whom he was
examined last week rendered q ver-
dict to the effect that he is.
Yesterday he repeated in jail what
he told there before his trial was be-
gun-that he did kill the two japanese
near Arno on the Sd of March. He said
he told his lawyers this, and that he
wanted to go on the witness stand and
unbosom himself to the jury, but they
would not let him do so, and told him he
was crazy.
He talked about money that he says
was taken from him after he killed
James Lansing some thirteen years
ago, and said he would quit killing peo-
pie If that was restored to him.
Raten does not attempt to justify his
robbery Of the Japanese whom he shot
down, and evidently regards himself as
quite hero. Recent events have ap-
parently strengthened his belief that
he is above all laws.
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are of a character to make the average
pessimist and calamity howler turn
pale. They form the basis of thoughtful
comment by the New York papers.
He has taken the period covered by
the fifty years preceding 1890 and COM
pared the statistical facts regarding
wages and their increase. He shows
that the wage increase has been steady
and large Thus, in 1850, the average
was S247 49, In 1860 it had risen to
$2SS "a; to $3O2 OS in 1870; to $346 81
in 1880, to $444 SO in 1890.
Of course there will be a rush on the
part of the pessimists and trouble pro-
moters to deny Mr.. Wright's figures, but
he is fortified by facts too strongly for
any such denial to amount to anything.
He has not stated a conclusion without
giving the data upon which it is based,
with all the authorizes, so that anyone
may go over the ground after him and
convict him of error If they can. But,
as Mr.. Wright has said, the great sig
nificance of this showing appears when
the fluctuating value of money is con-
sidered, for the thing that comes home
most closely to the age-earner is the
problem How much of the necessaries
and comforts of life will the money
value Of my wages buy at given
timer"
Now it is a fact that mechanical ad-
vance, scientific discovery and economic
methods, which have been remarkable
since 1910, enable man to buy more of
the comforts of life with the wage of a
day of labor than could be had with the
proceeds of ten days labor in the seven
teenth century. But to be perfectly
fair, this does not apply to such neces-
saries of life as food, fuel and rent, but
does apply to other necessaries and to
the comforts of life, and these the people
enjoy more generally and freely than at
any other time in the history of the
world
1t is perhaps unnecessary to point out
wherein this statement is borne out by
everyday experience, since the child
knows that the comforts of life are now
more numerous and enjoyed by a
greater number of people than at any
other period. Still it may be we'll to
name such as the electric conveniences
OF the time; the rapid transport Of per-
sons and things; the substitution of
mechanical devices for heavy and light
work so that the output of human
strength Is less necessary than ever be-
fore. So, too, in the preparation and
economizing of many foods not actually
pecessaries, though some are; the use of
printed matter; the introduction of the
newspaper; the establishment of the
free or common schools; the advance in
sanitary science and preventive medi-
cine; the making Of better tools, and a
vastly greater variety of tools; the use of
wood and paper in many forms; the
methods that save waste of muscle; the
systems which substitute brain for
muscle largely; the spread of intelli-
gence, and the better information of the
masses of the peoples of civilization.
So we have it to-day, as the New York
Tribune" expresses concisely the
thought of Mr.. Wright, that the brain
work of one man may and does accom-
plish more to better the earning ca
pacity of vast number and enlarge the
productive capacity of tens of thou
sands and to increase the rewards for
period in the worlds history.
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lungs is likely to transmit that weakness to
his children. But there is no reason In the
world why the weakness should be allowed
to develop. There is no reason why the
lungs should remain weak. Weak lungs
predispose child to consumption. They
is all that is necessary. Once let the germs
of disease gain a foot-hold and they in
crease with deadly rapidity. Pretty soon
the blood is full of them, and so loses its
healthfulness and its strength-givin quail
ties If the weakness is in some other
organ, the disease will show itself in that
organ. The germs will get into the blood,
just the same, and the body will begin to
lose strength. We speak particularly of
consumption because it is most common
because it causes more than one-sixth of
ali deaths in the world.
IF there is a weak and crunbly spot in
the foundation of house, the owner clears
put the decaying material, supp1ants it with
new, strong stuff. That's all there is to do.
That's II that's necessary.
That is exactly the thing to do with the
lungs. Keep them full of rich, red, whole
some blood, and the weakness will disap-
pear Decaying tissues will be thrown off,
and new material will be added until the
lungs are well and perfectly strong again.
This is the thing that DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery does. This is what
makes it cure oS per cent: OF all cases OF
consumption where it is taken according to
directions. 1t searches out disease germs
wherever they may be in the body. 1t ex-
terminates them completely and forces
them out of the system. 1t supplies the
blood with rich, life-giving properties. 1t
makes the appetite good, digestion perfect.
It supplies the needed nutriment to all the
tissues and makes sound, healthy flesh.
There some interesting facts about It told
in one chapter of DR. Pierce's great work, Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser" This book of 1908
pages will be sent free on receipt of twenty-one
}2r} one-cent stamps to cover cost of mailing
only Address Worlds Dispensary Medical as
ISOLATION, No 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Yesterdays dispatches announce that
the Spanish Government is about to
promulgate a new policy for Cuba; that
it is a scheme to introduce reforms
which will practically give Cuba home
rule It will be interesting to glance
at some of these propositions. There IS
to be a council of thirty. fifteen of whom
are to be named by the Crown, and nj
teen chosen by the people. The Gov
ernor- General is to be President of the
council and appoint the Secretaries and
the Vice-Presidents. Ample powers for
administration Of affairs are conferred
upon this council, but without preju-
dice to the supervisory powers of the
Crown. 1t may make up the annual
budget, but it has not the power to vote
it. The Governor-General, represent
ing the National Government, is to have
absolute control Of the army and navy,
and be President of the Board of Min
listers OF the colony, and all authorities
Of the island are to be subordinate to
him. And this is what the Spaniards
call granting home rule. Unless the
Cubans are downright fools and incom-
petents they will spurn such pretense Of
reform. Indeed, we are strongly in
clined to think that the Spanish Gov
ernment makes the offers quoted above
as a practical joke; that they are put
forward to aggravate and irritate, and
they will have just that effect.
The record-union., 1896-04-21
q. A. r. Encampment.

Mrs. Mary Gilmore Dunn left yes
terday as delegate to the convention
with the Relief Corps and Grand Army
delegates, to meet at Santa Cruz to-
day.
The G. A. r. encampment meets at
Santa Cruz on Wednesday, and many
of our local Grand Army men and mem
bers of the Women's Relief Corps will
go down tO-day
The record-union., 1896-04-21
Harmens was the Identical mo
money

Harmens was the Identical money
stolen from the express company.
To prove the affirmative of this prop
osition Wells, Fargo & Co. will place on
the stand the clerks who made up the
packages in San Francisco and en-
deavor to trace these into the possess
sion of the defendant.
1t will probably take several days to
try the case, as Harmens' counsel, f.
S. Sprague, will contest nearly every
foot of ground traversed by the wit
nesses for the prosecution. Assistant
District Attorney Jones is conducting
the case for the people, and Charles Il
Jones appears as special counsel for
Wells, Fargo & Co.
The record-union., 1896-04-21
THE BEST HALF CENTURY.

Carroll D. Wright, ex-Labor Commits
sioner, and considered to be one of the
most conservative and conscientious
statisticians of the century, has been
lecturing in New York before some
thoughtful organizations on the show
ins of q half century. andhis statements
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Special Agencies.

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altogether commendabe, but when such
rivalry is prostituted to plane of per-
sonal abuse, the limit of good manners
and good sense is overstepped and
American pride and patriotism out
ragged.
The record-union., 1896-04-21
Too Accommodating.

Yesterday a youth with more money
than judgment was swindled out of S45
at the depot by a brace of confidence
operators. They did the trick by means
of worthless check, and escaped.
The record-union., 1896-04-21
CHARLES II. MATCHETT.
May be the Nominee for President of
the Labor Party.

One Of the probable nominees for
President is Charles H. Matchett of
Brooklyn, as 1t seems likely he will head
the social-labor party ticket this year.
The record-union., 1896-04-21
NOTE AND COMMENT.

1t is said that there is on foot in San
Francisco a movement to have the
Populists and the Democrats fuse. On
line Of policy could these two work in
the same harness? We can think of but
one namely division of the spoils.
1.-THE conviction and sentence to the
penitentiary of the man Price in San
Francisco for sending obscene litera-
ture through the mail is good move on
the part of the authorities. There are
many more newsdealers in San Fran
cisco who should be looked after by the
Society for the Suppression of Vice"
says the Yreka journal" Certainly the
journal cannot have in mind any of
our sensational metropolitan contem-
poraries?
The Butte County Pendulum" pub
lished simultaneously at Honcut and
Palermo, has just entered upon it's Sec
ond year. It is under the editorship
and control Of a Sacramentan, who was
raised in our midst. He has put into
his paper good deal Of well-directed
energy, and it has told in favor of the
Pendulum" which we are assured is
now on firm basis and gives substan-
tial reasons to its publisher for the be-
lief that it was not born without pur-
pose that it is pretty certain to accom-
plish. We wish the new paper very
many years of the swing Of the pendu-
lum between Honcut and Palermo 1t
is crisp, newsy, clean, and in all ways
deserving the support of the two COM
munities it serves so well.
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A Thousand a Month,

This is the number of bottles of John
A. Sutter Bourbon sold last month. B.
K. Bloch & Co.
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He has been candidate for Mayor of
Brooklyn, for Governor of New York
and for Vice-President of the United
States, on the same ticket. He is 40
years Of age, master carpenter and a
we'll to-do artisan. He terms protec-
ton, free trade, gold and silver, as po-
litical playthings, considering labor the
most important question before the
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Weather Forecast.

Weather Forecast.
Northern California-Fair; fresh t
brisk westerly winds along the coast
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mics that rash and unwholesome COM
petition will enforce will result in q
revolution in this matter of monstrous-
~ large newspapers filled with all man
ner of trash and having but a suspicion
of sense and true wit. The true news
paper Is that of modest dimensions, and
pages enough to satisfy without con-
fusing and disgusting. With the blan-
ket sheet, with as many parts as there
are coverlids to Dutch bed, will go the
flash illustrations, the half-nudity OF
the form in coarse zlnco engraving, and
all the miserable stuff our Santa Cruz
contemporary SO aptly designates as
hopeless rot"
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Antioch Ledger: The Valley Railroad
will now have to put up or shut up.
The money subscribed is exhausted, and
if six million more dollars are not forth
coming somewhere, somehow, the road
will have to remain a jerkwater be-
tween Stockton and Fresno.
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been held that con.
ption is hereditary,
the fact that one per-
son of a family had
died with consump-
ton was considered
a sure sign that
others Of that family
J could not escape it.
This is partly true
and partly untrue.
A man with weak
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DISCREET.

Sd1I btTNdTUIIIO SUN. II american
missionaries must evangeliZe in foreign
lands, and they will. it is needless to
say, they should be impressed with the
propriety of using discrimination in the
exercise of their articulatry powers. The
Rev. Mr.. Diaz, a naturalized American,
who is in Jail at Havana on the charge
OF preaching rebellion instead of the
Scriptures, seems to have received his
just deserts, and his case will excite
small sympathy in this country.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-17
ABOUT McKINLEy.

1t appears that Boss Platts opposition
70 Mckinley Is not SO much that he has
made no remarks and cast no votes H.
MS time that tend to the maintainanca
OF good money but that he has made ali
sorts OF remarks and cast all sorts of
votes. says Mr.. Plat, and that he has
acted in every situation. not from SET
tied principles and convictions. but in
connection with what he consider at the
TING to be popular.
In other words Mr. Plat seems to
think that Major Mckinley has done
only those things which would tend 10
his own POPULARITY for the time being
and that in all matters in which he ha 9
played a part he has given no though,
either TO party or country. Such a man
he believes, Is UNIT and unsafe for the
Presidency OF this great Republic, and
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-17
Old Ago to Cupid.

Loves dead leaves rustic in the winter wind.
Unchecked the breezes through its branches
blow.
No tendor green q new spring there will find,
Boy, bend on me no more your golden bow.
Let the young lover vital deem his flamo
And pale and glow contented In my stead,
Finding more precious far than gain or fame
That eyes he blue and hair white filleted.
To him let come the vagrant tender pain
or watching love grow in n maiden heurt
neither praise nor envy him his gain.
Boy, shesthe your arrow, sheathe your gilded
dart.
For now have SO shaken hands with life
That to its lures lift but level eyes
No more for me loves tears and hapless strife.
Its restless fears md blisses OF surprise.
Aye, sheathe your shaft. boy. No more will
lie
Wide eyed at sleeps shut gate because Low.
guiles.
Nor tread the pleasing maze where pulse beats
high
But heartbreak trembles in the train OF
smiles
For now the calm sweet quietude of age
Tho warmth of MINDLESS sunlight and the
glow
OF peaceful dusks-comes MS Just heritage.
Boy, bend oh me no more your golden bow.
New York Tribune.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-17
DEDICATION OF THE wINCrrEsTE,,
MONUMENT.

The dedication Of the Louisiana nonu.
ment at Winchester. Va. on July 4th
promises to be an interesting occasion
me Grafton will be delivered by General
Francis II. Nicolls. who was a dintin.
Suished Confederate, and who has twice
been Governor of Louisiana. and is now
the Chief Justice OF the Supreme Cour,
OF that State. Governor Nicolls' daugh.
ter has been selected sponsor for thu
Confederate reunion at Richmond. A,
the dedication al Winchester a poem nv
Mrs. Mary ASHLEY Townsend will he
read by Colonel VIM, Laughlin. and
the ceremonies generally will be of an
interesting and animpresslve characte.
ana worthy Of the heroic dead, in whose
memory the shaft IS 10 be erected.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-17
THE SUMS FIFTY.NINTH prRTu
DAY.

The Baltimore Sun is ffty-nine wars
OF age to-day, and during all this time
1t has been welcome visitor 10 thous-
ands of readers, who look for its coming
as regular as "Old Sol" makes It's an
pearance. The Sun, from its first issue
has maintained high standard and few
Journals in the country have exercised
more influence in its territory than
mas this excellent. Paper. 1t Is
conservative and reliable and is q
credit to its management, as well as the
people whom 1t has served for SC
many years. May it live to see an hun.
dred years and not stop at that.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-17

III 1t is any comfort for him to know II
he is informed that he Is not alone In
that opinion.
But General Alger, one of the Ohio
mans distinguished campaign mansav-
ers. offers Il boost for his chief, ana
says: ''rhe tariff is an issue also. IN.
do not think that Major Mckinley
means any ripping up OF the tariff CUES
ton. do not believe that he is a radich,
protectionist." Then, as the Phtladel.
phia Ledger remarks. in the name of all
that Is inconsistent, inconseqent and
indecisive, what is he? He is in favor
of the gold Standard he Is in favor of
the silver standard: he Is u radical pro-
tectionist; he is not radical protec-
Zionist. If he is not the latter, he is
nothing as a Republican Presidential
candidate, as his candidacy Ia based
upon nothing bu: that, and, II that
foundation is cut from under his feet
by one of his most trusted. representa-
tive political agents, what Is there left
for him to stand upon? He stands
upon nothing. He sits-on the fence
with one foot dangling in bewilderng
uncertainty upon the free silver and
conservative tariff side, and the other
similarly dangling upon the sound
money, radica1 protection side. A timld
straddler even upon the only issue, Pro
lection, which could in any manner ex-
cuse his Presidential aspirations. He
himself has declared that he has moth.
Ing TO say" on the financial question
and one of his chief representatives says
that he "ls not a radical protectionist.'
Facing both ways upon every vital issue
of the campaign in which he proposes
to seek the support of the country, he
is an unheroic and undignifed u figure
as political jugglery has recently exhlb
tied.
The best answer to all of this is, tina
he Is all things to all men and sincere
in nothing except in devotion to Nc.
Ninley's interest.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-17

Three persons haze been arrested re-
Gently for ringing Mr. Vanderbilt's door
bell, and the Wilmington On. CO. Star
thinks that 1t might seem from this
that People in New York who do not
ride in carriages have to get a permit
TO ring Mr.. Vanderbilts door bell.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-17
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-17
Birth of Music.

When and where was Music born2
When the strong gods one great morn
Made for man heart of fire,
Love. with infinite desire.
Ages long Love wandered dumb,
Dreaming of the things to come.
Till the strong gods, quit of wrong,
Crowned her loneliness with song.
Burton ". Lockhart.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-17
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