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but the truth is that the tariff legisla-
ton that has fostered factories has at
the same time built up home markets
for the farmer and furnished employ
ment to the laborer, and been OF even
benefit to all classes.
MINERS FOR GOOD ROADS.
Marysville Appeal: The Appeal"
has frequently urged upon the people
OF the mountains where mineral depos-
its are known to exist, the necessity of
good roads if they would have such
properties developed. The inaccessible
character of some of the best PROPOSE
tions in California have prevented the
placing of the needed money for their
development. This sounds strange to
some of the old fellows who have been
contented with their surroundings for
forty year." and labor under the de-
fusion that everyone else should be of
the same mind 1t will no doubt shock
some of the men we have in mind to
learn that the Miners Association has
spoken for good roads.
LEGISLATIVE ATTACHE COST.
Santa Rosa Express: These figures
are enough to convince even the most
enthusiastic plunderer of the peoples
money that there should be a change in
legislative methods in this State. The
coming Legislature has a chance to
make a record for decency by cutting
down needless expense. 1t remains TO
be seen whether it will be any more re-
spectacle in this regard than it's prede-
cesSor.
THE CABINET SELECTION.
Stockton Record: There is not a citi-
zen of California who is acquainted
with the character and record of Hon.
Horace Davis that can urge valid OBJ
lection against his appointment to a
Cabinet position. In point of ability
he is the peer of the best men of this
coast. He is college bred, business
trained, has strength financially, in
tellectually and orally. To Californians
he may seem conservative. yet his ca
reer is the best proof of his progressive
ness. Horace Davis would be an honor
to the State, to the Administration, and
to the country in any Cabinet position
RECRUITING FOR CUBA.
San Diego Union: If 1t is a fact, as
constantly reported in the dispatches,
that recruiting for the Cuban army is
actually in progress in many cities Of
this country, it Is high time that the
authorities at Washington took hand
As regards the aid which the islanders
may receive from filibustering expedl-
tons, the Government can excuse it
self from responsibility On a variety Of
grounds. But if it permits the open and
notorious enlistment of men for the
avowed purpose of going to Cuba TO
fight, there is more likelihood of seri-
Gus trouble with Spain on this score
than on account of Senatorial speeches,
filibustering raids or any other incl
dents that have tended to strain the re-
lations hetWeen the Two countries.
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Correct.

The teacher was making her scholars
finish each of her sentences to show
that they understood her.
THE idol had eyes" she said, "but
it couldn't
See" cried the children.
TT had ears but 1t couldn't"
Hear" was the answer.
TT had lips. but 1T Couldn't"
Speak" once more repeated the
class.
TT had a nose, but it couldn't
Wipe It." shouted the children
London Mail.
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DR.. Duffey Is a native of Dublin. In
the Irish Capital he was educated and
it was in that city that he acquired
his medical knowledge. In 1864, when
he was p years Of age, he was given
his degree Of bachelor of medicine by
the University of Dublin. For seven
years he was an assistant surgeon in
the English army, then he returned
to his native land to practice his pro-
fession. He was very successful and
was given many important posts in
quick succession. His writings are
highly valued. The new position he
holds is one Of the highest places to
which a British physician can aspire.
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SOArETTMES vcS

SOA1ETTMES vc&
have a dizzy feeling.
your brain whirkA
you hold yourself up to
the nearest pillar or
post. 1t may also hap
pen that YOU nave
gases in the stomach,
your heart viii flutes.
and beat rapidly. 4
sinking feeling comSs
upon you. your. hands
and feet are too hot or
too cold. Your back
aches. there Is a sense
of weakness across the
spine. You may have
felt many or all of
these symptoms and
sensations. You viii
ask yourself, What am
I TO do? The answer
Is, Use the wonder-
working remedio treat
ment.
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DR.. GEORGE F. DUFFEY.
President of the Irish Royal College of
PHYSICIANS

DR.. George Frederick Duffey, the new
President Of the Irish Royal College
Of Physicians, is widely known as a
leading member Of the old and famous
school Of Irish physicians. This school
has given the science of medicine some
of its best and foremost interpreters.
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American best Christmas coffee. Try
it. Makes you feel so good. Great
American Importing Tea Company, GIT
] street, Sacramento.
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The Big Four.

Steinway. Emerson, Gabler and Lud-
wig pianos for sale at Pommer's Music
Store. No. SIT street
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Another Drop I'm Price

On our sweet, mild, sugar-cured hams.
Eurekas and Columbias Mohr &
Yoerk Packing Co.
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To Cure a Cold in One Da
Cost High, But It's Good.

| Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL 1t
| fails to cure. 25c.
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Then let US not make futile resolves,
regarding the whole category of sims
and weaknesses, against which life is
a constant battle. But if we must re
solve" just TO be like others, then let
it be, ITO be watchful, unrelenting with
ourselves: to crush the lower nature; to
feed the higher; to scatter seeds Of
kindness, unoficially and gently day
III and day out" If we ole rich, or
heirs scramble for the dross we leave
behind; if we die poor, We are only
paupers whom nobody owns; If We di
learned, others VIII arise mightier than
we, but, II either rich. poor or learned,
we die beloved, then are our lives not
III vain, and our memories shall live
at least as long as those who loved us
So, You money makers. as you turn to
your vain ar} dismal task; you poor
folks with another dreary grind Of Ia
Dor before you; you students piling UP
knowledge that viii surely ship from
you, glorify and trausmute it all into
beauty and grandeur by an honest eff
fort 10 live the Golden Rule.
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This remarkable dis
COVely was made by
the Hudsonlan doctors,
whom so many people
know, and who are
highly recommendcd-
These doctors are the
only doctors to whom
you can apply for the
great
The record-union., 1896-12-27

Fancy chairs, clocks. albums, rugs.
pictures, mirrors, sewing machines on
installments. A. j. Pommer, S27 J
street.
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leEeu III every state or the Union. In tniS
county they will be found week by week
in the columns of this paper only, as we
nave made arrangements with the author
Tor their exclusive publications.
In every hamlet of the country this
week there will be shoutings and noise
to welcome the New Year. / cannot
quite understand this almost universal
exultation. 1t is hardly because of what
we have done. for good many OF US
have accomplished nothing more re-
markable than the making of a journey
of 500 days nearer to the end. And
then we howl with joy at the prospect
of 365 more to be spent in an equally
aimless fashion. Perhaps it is the joy,
| exaggerated of the child who rubs off
one puzzling example from the black
board and then starts again. This sup
position brings me to the question of
New Years resolves.
By an absurd misfitness this season
has come to be regarded as the favor
able time for making resolutions
tendency that results. unfortunately, in
keeping the Recorder of Deeds most
takes. To lump all good intentions into
one day of the year, while our careless
ness of good during all the other days
has weakened our moral fiber, is TO in
vite failure, absolute and nauseating.
The time for a good resolution is the
time that any particular temptation is
strongest Then while right in the whirl
of the struggle against wrong-doing, a
sincere deep-felt determination is much
more effective than if we reserve it for
the clearing house day Of the year. For
at this opening of the year, it is not at
all unlikely that many of the tempta-
tions that have assailed us most strenu-
ously in the year gone by will be absent,
and our resolutions, therefore, will be
worse than useless because of their lull-
ing influences upon our moral senses
We are to fight hour by hour and day
by day, and not once year The sailor
cannot temporize with a storm and say:
''Rude Boreas. if you will kindly come
clustering here on the 1st of January, /
shall thun be in harbOr with everything
snug" No. the poor fellow must hustle
up the whistling shrouds, hang on by
the skin Of his teeth while ne clears
away the wreckage above, pull and
haul, strain and struggle, till by su-
pre1ne effort ne makes everything safe.
Learn from himl
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Holiday cakes and extra mince pies
Pacific Grove Bakery, S22 J.
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Christmas turkeys. geese, chickens,
ducks. Capitol Ave. Market, Sth & NJ
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SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS
BY MEMO.
COnXriChfPdl

(These Thoughts" by a layman, are
read in five hundred thousand homes, scat
tered in every State of the Union In this
county they will be found week by week
In the columns of this paper only, as we
have made arrangements with the author
for their exclusive publication.)
The record-union., 1896-12-27

Be not among those who rejoice in
finding out evil-doing and weakness in
others. There are some who seemingly
take more pleasure in discovering a
" orm at the heart of a noble tree than
in standing off to admire its symmetry.
To such, a lion is not a noble beast but
merely the supporter of some disgusting
parasites. To such, a clump of woods
is not thing of beauty, but merely a
harbor for wood ticks. To such, great
and good characters are inconceivable.
Each one hath it's WOod-ticlI, it's para
site, its worm, and they rejoice thereat.
To you tender hearted maidens too kind
to hurt an animal; to you braWny boys
too manly to smite a fellow from be-
hind; TO you mothers and fathers, the
tutors and guides of boys and girls,
shut down relentlessly on gossip" in
the year to come. A shrug of the shoul-
ders, a questioning tone, or an unjust
surmise, may serve TO blast d reputa-
ton that has been built by years of
goodness. Almost my closing Thought
this week is on the horror of injustice.
the depth of meanness shown in idle
talk by those whose hearts are tender
and noble in every other resp
The record-union., 1896-12-27

You can set Hud-
van only from the doc
tors OF the Hudson
Medical Institute.
Hudyan cures VariCO-
Cele, Hyjrccele and
those Gelieate organic
troubles. Eudyan Is a
sure and positive cure
II is administered by
reliable pr~cJitiouers-
II is q harmless but
s solvent reuedIo treat
lent. If you want 20
know aDou- the cures
The record-union., 1896-12-27

There is for most of us poor mortaIs
large degree Of isolation in life Our
inner experiences we cannot voice to
those around US; our battles with
wrong within are beyond human ken;
even outward sorrows call for scarcely
more than passing thought of SYM
pathy on the part of the great rushing
world, whose time permits it to enter
into our feelings about as fully as the
scientist enters into the anxieties and
fears of the insects that squirn under
his microscope. What fools we mortals
be, who add to our isolation In the
crowded ways of life by sticking out
the porcupine quills of repulsion. To
have friends to do for us, we must show
willingness to do and suffer for them.
My New Years wish to you Is that
the best wishes of all those who love
you best may be fully realized.
The record-union., 1896-12-27

1t appears that the recent announce
ment that some new marches of Beetho-
ven's had been found rests on error.
They were simply arrangements of
known marches made by the composer,
who made several different arrange
ments Of these for different band
pieces, sometimes with slight altera-
tions Of the scores.
The record-union., 1896-12-27

New York Times: The recently profit
able trade of turing novels into plays
has received a sad blow. 1t Is preca-
rious business, at it's best, in which,
for long periods. the operator, or what
ever ne may be technically called, can
exc out only the ba-est living, and
sometimes not even that. But ii has
known cycles o. great prosperity. When
The record-union., 1896-12-27
THE CHRISTMAS HYMNS OF OLD

Sing ne the Christmas hymns of old
The carols children sung;
The sweetest stories ever told
Or lisped by infant tongue.
/ seem, tonight, once more to see
Our mother-Iong since dead
The baby, sleeping on her knee,
AS tenderly she said:
The record-union., 1896-12-27

Mrs. Kendall has been protesting
strongly, not to say angrily, against
the term Of "Matron of the Drama"
which some newspaper writer applied
to her. In her Dramatic Opinions
she professed to be very proud of this
title, calling it a crown of honor"
That was some time ago, however, and
she now regards it in a different light
The record-union., 1896-12-27

Headquarters for City Real Estate.
The record-union., 1896-12-27

1t is pleasant to record the fact that
Edward Grieg, Norways delightful
composer, the most original of living
harmonists, is Vienna's idol at present.
His concerts there last year were so
successful that he returned this autumn
to give three more concerts of his own
works. The result was that several days
before the first concert the papers con-
tanned the significant notice, "All seats
sold. Box-office not open in the even
ing"
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HOW TO LOSE

Oroyille Register: It viii now be in
order to abuse Horace Davis, whose
name has been mentioned as a suitable
candidate for Secretary Of the Interior
from this State. The California dele
cation in Washington fndorse him, so
now is the chance for US TO lose an ap-
pointment by the usual deridlng and
belittling of our Californian.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-24
I'D kATb ANIMALS.
! ever Horses, Cattle, Sheep and
Swine Than a Year Ago.

ever Horses, Cattle, Sheep and
Swine Than Year Ago.
4 The returns to the department of
agriculture for january show the to-
tai number of horses to be Is, 124, 057;
mules, 2,278, GAG; mich cows, Is, 1877
586; oxen and other cattle, 81, 085,.
400; sheep, 3s,29s,783, and swine,
AZ, 942,759.
The average farm prices per head
are estimated, for horses at s33. OF;
mules, s45, 20; mich cows, 500. SO;
oxen and other cattle, 1885; sheep,
$170; swine, $435. The aggregate
values are: For horses, $500, 49,
1876; mules, SOB, 2O4, 457; mich COWS,
1868, 955, 345; oxen and other cattle,
5000, 928, 416; sheep, $65, 1877, 1876;
swine, 1856, 520,745; grand total,
81, 727, 926, O84.
In number, horses have decreased
4.8 per cent; mules, 2.3 per cent;
mich COWS, % per cent. oxen and
other cattle, Sc per cent. sheep, "a
per cent; swine, 40 per cent, since
January, 1895. The cotton states
and a few of the Rocky mountain
states show an increase in horses and
mules; otherwise the decrease is gen.
eral.
Mich cows are more numerous in
the northwestern or city-supply
states, also in Minnesota, the Da-
kotas, and westward; fewer else
where. The decrease in other cattle
and sheep is generally distributed,
except in the mountain region.
Swine have increased generally
throughout the east, south and west,
with a falling off in the great central
states.
In reported prices per head, horses,
mules and swine are lower than in
January, 1895, while mich cows,
other cattle and sheep are higher.
In aggregate value horses have de-
creased 1873 per cent; mules, 10 per
cent. sheep, 2.3 per cent, and swine
Is per cent, during 1895, while
mich COWS have increased GA per
cent, and other cattle ga per cent.
The grand total of all live stock
has fallen off s91, 500, 222, or SO per
cent, from January, 1895. The per-
centage of decline since January,
1894, is 20.4 per cent; since January,
1893, BOA per cent.
The estimated wool product of
1896, sheared, butchered and pulled,
is 309, 748, 600 pounds.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-24
WY LATIN IS USED.

Good Reasons for q Doctors Writing q
Prescription In Dead Language.
"Why doesn't the doctor write his
prescription in English instead OF
Latin?" asked a man OF drpgyist
whose reply the New York Herald pub,
fishes:
In the first place, Latin is more ex.
act and concise language than English
and being dead language. does no:
change. as all living languages do.
Then. again. since very large part
of all drugs in use are botanical. they
have in the pharmacopGia the same
names that they have in botany-the
scientific names. Two-thirds of such
drugs haven't any English names, and
SO couldn't be written in English.
But suppose doctors did write pre-
scription in English for an uneducated
patient The patient reads it, thinks
he remembers it, and SO tries to get il
filled from memory the second time
Suppose, for instance, it called for
iodide of potassium, and he got it con-
fused with cyanide of potassium. He
could safely take ten grains of the first,
but one grain of the second would kill
him.
That's an extreme case, but it will
serve for an illustration. Don't you see
how the Latin is protection and u
safeguard to the patient? Prescrip-
tions in Latin he can't read, and con-
sequently does not try to remember.
Now for a final reason. Latin is a
language that is used by scientific men
the world over, and no other language
is. You can get a Latin prescription
filed in any country on the face of the
earth where there is drug store.
We had prescription here the other
day which we had put up originally.
and which had since been stamped by
druggists in London, Paris, Berlin, Con-
stantinople, Cairo and Calcutta. What
good would an English prescription be
in st. Petersburg?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-24
PRACTICAL.
Value of a Good Ear for Music Apart
from Music.

Value of q Good Ear for Music Apart
from Music.
1t is probable that good ear for
music has some value apart from music,
but it is not great. In the management
of rapidly moving machinery mu-
steal ear, which quickly detects varia-
ton of pitch, and, therefore, of speed
for the pitch of the sound depends on
the speeds of considerable use. A
farmer with a good ear can detect at
once If the neutrality-suspicious. is i'm
properly ''fed," for it's speed increases
and the sound it emits is of higher
pitch when an insufficient amount of
corn is supplied, and in the same way
the electrician can tell if an electric
motor is running at it's due speed. With
a musical ear the physician more read
lily interprets the sounds ELECTED by
percussing the chest, and the potter
more easily separates the sound from
the unsound. 1t is a moot point
whether the musical are naturally the
better readers and speakers, but there
is no doubt that they improve more
quickly when taught elocution, for
they can appreciate the pitch of their
own voices and so correct their errors.
A good ear includes an acute appre-
citation of time or rhythm, and this is
Of use to, for example, the stroke OF
boat or a drill-sergeant.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-24
CHANCE FOR THE BOYS.
Many of Them Gan Have Employ
m emit on the Ocean Steamships.

Many OF Them Can Have Employ
ment on the Ocean Steamships.
In every large city there is per-
picking problem to be solved by
workers among the waits and chill
dren of the poor In the question:
what shall be done with the boys
as they grow up to manhood" says
the Washington Star. Trade con-
ditions are often such that they can
not be apprenticed, or there may be
no special aptitude in the lads war
ranting their being put to some
mechanical pursuit. Too few of them
are capable Of mental development
required in professional lines, and
the field available for the majority of
them to occupy is small, indeed.
There is feature Of the administra-
ton of German line Of steamers
that offers partial solution of the
problem. This company recruits a
great part Of its service from the
German public schools, taking the
boys at the age of about Ia years,
when the majority of them, as is the
case in many cities, are compelled by
family circumstances to leave the
educational institutions to help in
getting a living. They enter the
steamers service as apprentices, so
to speak, and they develop into the
ships officers.
American passengers on these
steamers testify that the staff Of
ficers, who are in most cases gradu-
ates from the apprentice classes SO
formed, compare most favorably with
those of other lines, and the men all
show an unusual degree of intelH-
gence. The boys are trained in every
branch of seamanship, and are thus
given technical knowledge better
than many trades and containing
great and ever growing possibilities
for advancement and expansion. The
business OF carrying passengers,
mails and freight across the ocean is
greatly on the increase, and the i'm
provements constantly being applied
to the merchant marine tend to
widen the profitable possibilities OF
that calling. There is no American
line OF steamers now employing such
commendable methods, but it is
highly desirable that there should be
some definite movement to that end.
There are thousands of boys in this
country who might most advanta-
geously be placed in such lines of work,
end their employment thus would
take great burden of responsibility
from the city, the church, the soci-
ETY., the individual charity worker,
and in many cases the parent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-24
Cook Rides q Bike.

A lady living in the upper part of New
York wanted cook who would go
homo at night, and put an advertise
ment in the paper setting forth her
needs. Among the applicants was a
negro woman of huge proportions. The
lady looked at the negress and thought
of her little kitchen. She did not want
to state the real reason, for fear Of CIV
ing offense, so she said: I'm afraid
that you would not get here in time
in the morning, you live SO far down
town." Don't you fear about that,
honey" said the negress; cit won't take
me no time to come up on my bike"
The lady regrets now that she did not
ask this wheelwoman whether she wore
bloomers or knickerbockers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-24
A DEEP SILENCE FELL.
The Figures Seemed to Warrant Thea
ter-Goer's Demand.

The Figures Seemed to Warrant Thea
ter-Goers Demand.
IT beg your pardon" said the man
with the slightly bald head, who sat
in a parquet seat near one OF the boxes
in a downtown theater the other even
ing. II beg your pardon" he repeated,
''but would you mind looking at the
figures on this check and telling me
what they areP I'm a little near
sighted"
The youngest member OF the noisy
box party, an amiable-looking youth
with highlynplastered hair, suspended
his CONVERSATION, says the Chicago Trib-
une, with the interesting blonde in the
green dress q moment, leaned over the
front of the box, and, in answer to the
questioner, who had risen to his feet
and was smilingly holding out for his
inspection the check end of ticket,
he said:
Certainly, sir. The figures are
$3.50" ....
WELL" rejoined the questioner,
"thats exactly what I paid to hear this
play tonight, and I'm going to get
the worth of my money or I'll lift my
voice right now and raise fuss and
make scene! You'll oblige me by tell
ing the rest of them" g..
lie was not disturbed again during
the evening.