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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
OPPOSED 10 THE TREATY.
SENATOR PERKINS GIVES HIS
VIEWS ON THE QUESTION.
Hawaii Has No Value as COaling Sta
tion-EngIish Vessels Would Con-
troll the Coast Trade.

NEW YORK. June ia dispatch
| to the World from Washington says:
Senator Perkins, Republican, of Cal
| ifornia, is strongly disposed to join his
Democratic colleague, Senator White,
in opposition to the proposed annexa-
ton of Hawaii.
Il am familiar with the islands,
said he, land 1 am very doubtful as to
! the wisdom of this policy. There is one
point of some moment" continued Mr..
Perkins, that | have not yet seen
touched upon Within the last year or
two there have been a large number of
merchant vessels built on the Clyde for
the Hawaiian trade. They fly the Ha-
waiian flag, but are English vessels.
Under the proposed treaty those ships
would naturally become entitled to
American registry, for they would come
in with the islands.
There is nothing in the treaty to
prevent them from coming in, nor to
prevent the Englishmen from building
more vessels in anticipation of annexa-
ton and claiming American registry
for all of them. In that case they
would probably soon take away all of
our coastwise trade and render idle for
some years our American shipyards.
There is another and perhaps more
important question involved. The an
nexation of Hawaii would, it seems to
me, utterly ruin the beet-sugar indus
try that is now beginning to assume
considerable proportions in California
and other parts of the West. With COO
lie labor the Hawaiians can produce
sugar and refine it for cents a pound
Beet sugar costs anywhere from 312 to
cents a pound to produce, and we
could not compete. Then, too, the
planters of Hawaii have trust just
as tyrannical and importunate as the
sugar trust, and it would not be long
before the two joined forces and had
the whole country at their mercy.
Il shall not set up my personal views
against those of the majority of the
people, but l am far from being an
enthusiastic annexationist The idea
that we need Hawaii as a cOaling sta
ton is foolish, because ships going
from San Francisco to Japan or China
would have to go 500 miles out of their
way to touch at Hawaii.
TT would be more convenient to es-
tabish a coaling station at one of the
Aleutian Islands, which already belong
to us, and are within about seventy
five miles of the path of ocean travel.
Il do not appreciate either the ar
gument that we need Hawaii because
of it's strategic value. The islands are
1000 miles from San Francisco. Eng
land has at Esquimalt a fortress which
she is every day rendering more and
more impregnable, and which is much
nearer to San Francisco. / would be
much more favorably disposed toward
a proposition to- purchase British CO.
lumbia. 1t would be much more valu-
able to us than Hawaii"
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places in superior numbers, to see the
only young man is dancing attendance
on a married woman old enuogh to be
his mother, but these lately blossomed
buds quite fail to take the fact into
consideration that these callow youths
fail entirely to appreciate wo-
men of their own age; it's only after
one or two summers in the wake of
some wise matron that knocks off the
edge of the youths bashfuness and
makes him fitting prey for the younger
women.
In the meantime what becomes of the
husband of the f1irty woman? He is
usually a good-natured, hard working
seort of chap, very much in love with
his wife and very much engrossed in
business; he is man who doesn't care
to be bothered with domestic details,
and so allows his wife to do just about
as she pleases and asks no questions.
These are very good sort of husbands
for some women to possess, but they
have been the ruination of others. Too
much liberty of action too often turns
the head of many a young married
woman. Petty domestic tyranny will
raise spirit of rebellion in even an
earthly angel and though men may
forget the fact, at one time or another,
in the days of his courtship every man
called his wife an angel, and meant it,
too, but a judicious amount of interest
about the affairs of his home will never
be amiss and may be the cause of keep
ing many young wife from indiscre-
lions.
1T has often seemed strange to me
that SO few men accompany their fam
lilies on their summer outings. The man
of business needs this rest just as much
and probably more than do the hun
dreds of women who yearly swarm
such places. A few days change from
Saturday night to Monday morning
isn't going to be enough to build UP
shattered nerves and overworked brains.
It has often been said, especially by
foreigners visiting our country, that our
women are selfish. The American Wo-
man is so accustomed to having hon.
age paid her by the opposite sex that
she gradually grows to expect it and
accepts it only as her due, which to the
foreign mind looks not unlike a contir-
nation of the mpeachment.
BESELENA.
Sacramento, June 16, 1897
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Indiana's Strong rIan.

Kokomo has a man who for physical
prowess is a modern Samson, perform
ing feats of strength that Sandow will
not venture to duplicate. This strong
man is W. H. Bennett, elected City
Marshal on the anti-saloon issue. Mr.
Bennett is % years of age During
the war he was a member of the Twen-
ty-first Indiana Artillery, serving until
the close of the conflict. 1t was in
his boyhood days, when his father ran
a sawmill in Cass County, Ind, that his
fame began. Naturally of powerful
physique, the violent exercise of roll
ing logs in the millyard developed a
marvellous degree of strength At Is
years of age it was his proud boast
that he could lift any log that could
be hauled to the mill with two horses,
and plenty of men are still living in
the neighborhood who will testify to
the truthfulness of the claim.
During the war his prodigious
strength came into good play. On one
occasion he lifted a ten-pounder Par
rCltt gun with two men aStride it. This
was done on a wager of So, all the
money he coud raise to bet. In later
years, While operating a sawmill of his
own, he would, unaided, remove defect
i've boilers and replace them with new
ones He lifted one end of a 6,0OO-
pound boiler that six men had vainly
tried to move. Oak and ironwood hand
spikes too heavy for ordinary men to
handle broke in his hands. He has
frequently lifted one end of box cars
by backing under them and raising his
body. Heavily loaded wagons stalled
in the mire have been raised by him
in the same way. In a similar manner
he has lifted an 1,S00- pound horse
off its feet. Another favorite feat is to
take large man by the ankles and lift
him until his head touches the ceiling.
Ordinary sized men he holds out at
arms length, one with each arm.
One of his latest performances was
a short time ago when he and five COM
panions We're returning from this city
on hand-car. They started out just
ahead of a passenger train and kept
out of the way for ten miles. On cross
ing bridge near Galveston, Bennett
saw in the darkness the form of a man
just ahead of them. uick as flash,
with the other five men using their
utmost strength impelling the car for
ward, Bennett braced himself and stop
ped the wheels in time to save the life
of the man, who proved to be a widely
known Dunkard preacher The sudden
stop of the hand-car tore all the cogs
OFT Of the wheels. bent the axles and
demtr Wished the car generally. Bennett
then drew the wreck off the bridge out
of the way of the passenger train. which
was by that time only a few feet dis
Correspondence st. Louis Globe
Democrat. XXX
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20

The Iranian Dualism and Fire Wor-
shop-(XXID" c. H. A. Bjerregaard;
"Phagavad Gita"-Songs of the Mas
,er-I) Charles Johnston, NJ r. A. s.;
"Esoteric Puritanism. Henrietta Chris
tian Wright; Leaves from a Metaphy-
sician's Dairy CA summer idyD, Helen
Marshall North; 'Occultism" Poem),
lanes F. Morton, Jr.; The World of
Thought" with editorial comment.
"Harpers Bazaar of June 10Th con-
tains one of the series of articles on
travel abroad which Colonel Thomas
Wentworth Higginson is now writing
from England. These articles are
among the most interesting and de-
iightful contributions being made at
the present time to the periodical press,
Tor Colonel Higginson reveals in them
the keen observation, the charm of
style, and the genuinely youthful spon-
taneity which have given him SO high
place in American literature.
1.-THE Culver" for July (Cassell Pub
! fishing Co., London and New York;, is
at hand thus early fully and handsome
iy illustrated and overlooking with
Sunday and general reading matter,
sermons, lessons, stories, poetry, his
tory, biography, romance etc. 1t is
one of the very first among family
magazines
"Macmillan's Magazine for June
macmillan & Co., London and New
York;, has these papers: THE House
Dy the Howff," by w. L. Watson, chap
tiers WI; Nelson and His Biogra
piers" by David Hannay; Americans
1T Play" Jack and JILL" ION the
Abuse of Dialect" "A Chapter of Ac-
cidents,' by Mrs. Fraser; chapters VI.
VIII; Landscape in Poetry" by Pro-
fessor Tyrrell
"Harper's Round Table" of June 10Th
contains the opening chapters of a new
serial story THE Rock of the Lion, -
by Molly Elliot Seawell dealing with
the famous siege of Gibraltar; an arti-
Gle on mountain climbing, entitled
"Popocatepetl," by Garrett P. Serviss;
The Striped Marsh Affair."" story by
Sophie Sweet; Athletics in the Eng
llsh Public Schools" by John Corbin;
story of ''An American Girl Who Wore
the British Crown" by Ella Rodman
Church, and an installment of 1.-The
Painted Desert by Kirk Munroe
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
WILL WONDERS
NEVER CEASE !?
I'm Important Discovery
of Vast Interest
to Men.
The Terrors of Nervous De-
bility Now Said to Be
Durable.
Interesting Statement of Sufferer
Who Has Tested the Remedy
Treatment.
(From San Francisco tall.)

Ignorance is the cause of all mis-
cry" So said a sage philosopher many
centuries ago. And even in this en-
lightened age the theory still holds good
and is exemplified daily in a thousand
ways.
Practically all diseases result from a
violation of the natural laws of health
There would be less disease We're these
laws more generally understood and
obeyed, but the fact remains that pri-
marily it is ignorance that makes the
mischief
Yet in natures laboratory there is a
remedy for every ailment were it only
known and properly applied.
The medical profession has made
many important discoveries within the
last decade-notably the X ray and Dr.
Koch's cure for consumption-.but it re-
manned for the doctors of the Hudson
Medical Institute of this city to evolve
an effective treatment for nervous de-
bility and all the distressing diseases
incident thereto.
Their name is legion, and range all
the way from the first decline in nerve
strength to the desperate condition
which causes utter despair
But, thanks to the new discovery, de-
spair can be thing of the past The
remedio- treatment of the Hudson doc
tors, which has been aptly named Hud-
yam, seems to have changed all that. at
least as regards this class of diseases.
It's fame has spread rapidly, and the
Institute is now treating sufferers in all
parts of the United States. There is no
fat q ic y11a 20
the writer was given access to the cor
respondence and had the privilege of
seeing several thousand testimonials,
about whose genuineness there cannot
be the shadow of a doubt Here is one
that is characteristic:
st. Louis Mo-, March IA. 1897.
Hudson Medical NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Accept my heartfelt thanks. am improv-
ing wonderfully. Feel like a new man
am not bothered with that dull headache
and low spirits. | am much stronger
don't feel as stupid and confused and cow
ardly. This is saying a good deal. for you
know when first wrote you was on the
verge of committing suicide, for had tried
so many doctors with no results and life
seemed not worth living: but now that you
are doing so much good for me everything
seems changed.
Now, you may use this letter as you see
fit. and if there is any unfortunate who
does not believe that you can cure him ask
him 10 write TO me and i will tell him what
you have done for me. Yours truly.
F. r. CORNISH.
The Hudson Medical Institute,
through its discovery. has evidently in
augurated new era in the field of med
icine as regards remedies for men. 1t
shows that this is a progressive age,
and that what was only a possibility a
dozen years ago is now an actually, all
Of which prompts the question, VIII
wonders never cease
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
Some Other Morning.

eve have had a dispute" said the
clearinghouse proprietor, as Strapely
took his seat at the breakfast table.
Indeed" said Strapely, corralling
the butter.
Yes; I said You were six weeks be-
bind in your board, and Mrs. Bean says
you're ahead. Will you settle it?
Not this morning" replied Strapely.
-Yonkers Statesman
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
THIS MAN EATS IN LATIN.
A Western Lawyer Who "Ratt!ed"
Planters Hotel Waiter.

A Western lawyer went into the
Planters Cafe a few days ago. He had
not always lived in the far West, and
in his college days in the East was we'll
enough acquainted with the French
bills of fare of swell New York restau-
rants But out in his new home he had
forgotten about soup au pot gras, and
pomme de terre la duchesse. The
fact that he could not read some of the
delicacies on the menu exasperated
him. and he proceeded to have fun
with the waiter.
Nothing here that I'd care for said
he to the claw-h hammered attendant.
I'VE can serve you anything for din
ner, sir said the waiter. confident that
he could please his customer before he
got through with him.
Have you sine qua non?"
The waiter stared.
"No-o-o, sir" he answered.
What about bon mots? Have you
any?"
No, sir,''
Then let me have some nice ignis-
fatuus That's good at this time of
the year"
I'VE havn't got iti''
Bring me some tempus fugit then."
That's out. too, sir"
You must have e pluribus unum."
This time the waiter looked bright.
I've heard them speak about it in the
kitchen, I'll go and sect
He came back empty-handed and de-
jected. I'VE haven't got it," he STAN
mered.
Strange, that I can't get any of
these seasonable things. Try once
more, and find out if they have pro
bono publico.'
I'll call Mr.. Weaver" said the wait
er, almost crazy by this time. per
haps he can tell what you want"
The guest from the West caught him
by the coat tails.
"All right" said he: land in the
meantime bring me some roast beef and
fried potatoes
I'VE have it, yelled the waiter in his
delight at hearing of something that
was obtainable, and he flew off to the
kitchen and came back with the beef
and the potatoes and Landlord Weaver
in the wake
The attorney and the hotel man had
good laugh at the expense of the I'M
fortunate waiter, who confided to the
chef in the kitchen that he had struck
man who must have been eating at
Delmonico's all his life-St. Louis Re-
public.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20

The future is not dark with fore
bodings. 1t is illuminated with ra-
tional hope. The revival of industry is
near. and with the establishment of a
revenue law sufficient to bring into the
treasury an amount adequate to meet
the reasonable needs of our Govern
ment,s and with the Establishment of
our nnances on sound enduring ba-
SIS, nothing now foreseen can delay the
recovery of past losses and the inaug-
uration of a new forward movement
along the lines of material advance
ment and social progress, which we
may humbly trust is in the benevolent
mind of God to bestow upon the Amer
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
HON. WILLIAM M. EVARTS.
The Ex-United States Senator is
Seriously iii.

Hon. William M. Evarts, distin-
guished at the bar and in the arena of
national politics, is seriously ill, and it
is feared he will not recover. Mr.. Ev
arts was born in Boston, Mass, in
1918, graduated at Yale in 1887, and
was admitted to the bar in New York
in 1871. He followed his profession for
more than fifty years, and in that time
left an indelible impression upon it by
his great legal learning and his high
standing as a practitioner
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
A rliStake Corrected.

Grandma" said Murray Hill young
lady, CLARA Van Spuyten says that you
and grandpapa kept a corner grocery
store when you were young"
She is mistaken" said grandmam-
ma.
Il knew she was, the mean spiteful
thing. The ideal"
Eyes. she is mistaken" went on the
old lady. retrospectively; eve kept
grocery store. but it wasn't on a
er''-'ranmanN Times
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
Nothing Personal.

Mrs. Chatterton laying down morn
ing paper, horrified)- John Henry!s L
see here that a young lady in New York
was persaded to allow her healthy
middle finger to be removed for re-
Enumeration the other day,
Chatterton (wearily)-Her finger! I
could see some sense in it if they paid
her to let them cut off her tongue!-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
A Natural Advantage.

Look here" said the pugilist's friend.
that old enemy of yours says he can
whip you with one hand"
He says that, does he? Well, you tell
him I outclass him from the start. I
can whip him with both hands. I'm
ambidextrous and can write two letters
at nce"-Washington Star.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20

He was pressing, but she hesitated.
She had had some experience and was
inclined to be cautious.
You will be minei" he exclaimed.
Say you will consent to make me the
happiest of mortalsi"
She thought it sounded a good deal
as if it had been memorized from a love
story, but she let that pass.
Can we afford to marry" she asked.
He looked startled
I'm sure l don't know" he answered
How is your father fixed ?"-Chicago
Post.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
Quite Personal.

Cooling = Has Mr.. Standoff much
personal property?
Dimling-Yes, he has more than most
people.
Codling-Indeed?
Dimling-To my knowledge he has a
cork leg and arm, and a set of false
teeth.-Philadelph Press.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
Well Weighted Down.

Mr. Citiboy-I don't see how it is the
cyclone didn't carry away that shaky
little house of yours.
Farmer Kanshaw-Couldn't lift the
mortgage.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20

Mr. Evarts was Attorney General
during the Johnson Administration and
Hayes, securing many benefits to the
nation from foreign countries. He was
elected to the United States Senate in
1885. Mr. Evarts has lived a retired
life for a number of years. His bright
mind is greatly dimmed by age
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20

miles Greater New York will have al
area of $50 square miles.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20

None need be deceived in "a.
buying cut glass. The name~<Ib6eZ
"Libbey" is cut on all their
goods.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
Real Question at Issue.

lean people From Secretary Cages
Cincinnati speech, May 18th.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-06-03
n WONDERFUL SHRUB.
"foWs on the Banks of the Ganges AM
Cures Many Bodily Ills.

"foWs On the Banks OF the Ganges an"
Cures Many Bodily Ills.
One of the latest botanical discov-
cries of interest to seekers for health
is called Alkavis, from the Kava-kaVa
shrub of India. 1t is being imported by
the Church Kidney Cure company of
New York, and is a certain cure for
several bodily disorders. The Kava-
kava shrub, or, as botanists call 1t,
Piper Methysticum," grows on the
banks of the Ganges river, and probab-
ly was used for centuries by the natives
before its extraordinary properties be-
came known TO civilization through
Christian missionaries. In this re-
spect it resembles the discovery of qui-
nine from the peruvian bark, made
known by the Indians TO the early
missionaries in South America, and by
them brought to civilized man. 1t is a
wonderful discovery, with a record of
1,2OO hospital cures in thirty days. 1t
acts directly upon the blood and kid
neys, and is a true specific, just as qui-
nine is in malaria. We have the strong
NS NSHN'AiiOAs VI lAud lll3AioNNAS 80
the gospel, we'll known doctors and
business men cured by Alkavis. So-far
the Church company, No. 422 Fourth
avenue, New York, are the only i'm
porters of this new remedy, and they
are so anxious to prove its value that
for the sake of introduction they will
send a free treatment of AlkaVis pre-
paid by mail to every reader of this
paper who is a sufferer from any form
OF kidney or bladder disorder, Bright's
disease, rheumatism, dropsy, gravel.
pain in back. female complaints or 9th
er Affections due TO improper action Of
the kidneys or urinary organs. We ad-
wise all sufferers to send their names
and address to the company, and re-
ceive the Alkavis free. 1t is sent. &c
you entirely free, to prove its wonder,
full curative powers.
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illC hto iNAASANN
that he was going to escape. But al
ways the velvet paws, with the long,
sharp claws springing out of them. had
caught him just in time. So at last he
lay still, painting, not knowing which
way to turn.
He stood with his back against the
iron fence in front of Trinity church.
There was just light enough in the
western sky to give the pile of stone a
shadow which fell upon hurrying thou
sands who did not notice it.
Herrick's hands were in his pockets.
He crumpled a cracking piece OF paper
which meant that he could live several
days longer if he cared to do so. AS to
a more extended future, he could not
picture it. All the lines of his life
seemed to end in a knot, which could
by nc means be united, but must
merely be dropped. He remembered
that there were miracles, but he could
not think of one to wish for.
From 8 o'clock till 4 the crowd in
that part of Broadway is rich and pros
porous; from 4 till 5 it boasts OF
wealthy connections and takes a
strong interest in life; after S it loses
caste rapidly, and by 6 it is a lot o.
weary people going home to supper
Herrick felt the d~egeneracy of thr
throng without really seeing it. If {
whole street full of people could ge'
shabby in an hour, was it any wonder
that he had done it in five years?
He crossed Broadway and walked
down Wall street, slowly and witt
hesitation, for he had no errand. A
voice cried, Cab, sir!" almost in his
ear. He turned and looked up at the
man on the box.
us il possible" he said to himself
that I still look like a gentleman"
He felt toward the cabman as toward
one who had given him a helping hand
Why not pay the debt? To do so would
cost him only a day of his life. He hat
a five dollar bill in his pocket.
YES" he said; "take me up to thu
Fifth avenue hotel"
1t was the first place that had com,
into his mind. He got into the cab ant
u lue uOOT. lie CuSllOueu Std
and the comfortable support for hi
head were very refreshing. A fame.
came to him that he would dine decent
ly and then go to a theater. The eX
travagance would be trifling, for it wa
really Of small Importance whether h
starved to death on Sunday or the fol
lowing Wednesday. He was in a moo
to make a jest Of it all.
A strong glare from an electric ligh
struck down into the carriage. an,
made visible to him a package in brow,
paper that looked as if it might be
sandwich. The object protruded from
under the seat. He thought it must b
the cabman's supper which had beel
hidden in some small locker and ha'