The record-union., 1897-05-31
Voice OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression OF
Journals
OF the State and the Coast on SUBJ
iects of Living and News
Interest.

fight are being exhibited and the Jaw
contest between the two sluggers re-
newed The maker of the pictures evl-
dently didn't know what ne was SUR
ring up, or else he must be deaf.
IT DON'T WORK.
Oakland Tribune: The silver orators
who insisted during the last campaign
that the prices of farm products and
silver rose and fell simultaneously, are
finding difficulty in maintaining their
nasition on this subject Corn has in
creased fifty per cent. in selling price
since that time and wheat has doubled
in price. yet silver continues to go
down until now it has reached the low
est point in its history.
SUNDAY SPORTS.
San Jose Herald: The fact that the
California Wheelmen have seeded from
the national organization on this ques-
ton of Sunday racing shows the
strength of California sentiment in Ia
vor of such racing, as much as lhe
frmness of the l.. A. w. in resisting
the California contention shows East
ern sentiment. And this Eastern senu-
ment is also the sentiment OF the people
of San Jose who want a stricter sunday
observance Therefore we come pack
again to the question of a compromise,
not only in religious but also on busl-
ness grounds. Do the business people
of San Jose want a better Sunday
enough to start a Saturday nal1-holi-
day movement in the way OF a compro-
mise? DO they believe that to make a
holiday of Sunday will repel people
coming here from the East who would
make desirable additions to our pop
uIation? If so will they apply the rem
edy as business men as well as church
members? We believe the remedy Is ID
their hands.
SINGULAR.
Los Angeles Times: Weyler declares
that the recognition of Cuban belhger-
ency by the United States would be the
best thing that could happen, for Spalh'
and that it would greatly assist Inc
Madrid Government in crushing the
insurrection. If this be true. II IS
little singular that the Spanish states
men and newspapers are making SO
much fuss about the Morgan reSolu-
ton.
PROVES NOTHING.
PlacerviIle Nugget: When accusa-
tions are made against a man, accom-
panied with a showing of evidence
it is a very poor argument TO SIMPLY
brand the accusation as lies. Saying
a statement is a lie, proves nothing
against the statement
BETTER HAVE EN-.
Fresno Republican: If this country
Law as defenseless as Senator Mason
slpposes: if it did not have a ship; II
every gun were melted and every bay
onet were buried, it is the chatter OF
fools to say that no nation in the Worlo
would dare to strike our colorS or IN
wade our soil With ships and bay
onets at our command, our flag mas
been fired upon two or three times
within the last year or two, and up
TO this time those who dill the hrlnS
have not been injured nC- are they
likely to be. With all OF our defenses
removed does anybody think that we
would be less subject TO affront!
THEOSOPHY AND SUCH THINGS.
Ell Dorado Republican: Mrs. Annie
Besant has been lecturing in California
on ..Theosophy," by which is meant the
latest patented method of explaining
exactly how human beings come into
the world as thinkers and exactly what
becomes of them after they disappear.
1t is kind of mental Kaleidoscope, but
Won peep into the middle instead of one
end to get a view of its wonders and
see the infinite number of transforma-
tions. no two alike and with apparent
ly no termination to their pOssibili-
ties. When a fellow looks into kali
eiioscope he doesn't really see what he
thinks he sees, and this may be true
also of theosophy. This possibility
would not discourage the theosOphist
particle. however, for the doctrine of
not seeing what you think you see is a
part of his property. The worst thing
about the theosophists is that they
claim nearly every idea that can be
started up anywhere as part of their
system. "Theosophy includes all
that they complacently assert, and
there is literally no hope of suggesting
anything in the shape of metaphysical
machinery without infringing on their
patents They are intellectual monop
olists.
Some of the newspapers have been
making fun of Mrs. Besant, but that
isn't fair This paper is not theoso-
phical, for the theosophists know en-
tirely too many things to suit our
views. Life would be a dreary waste
to us If we could be as certain of
everything as they seem to be. There
would be nothing left for us TO investi
gate But, Notwithstanding this am
plitude of information concerning the
past and the future which destroys all
the pleasures of curiosity, there is no
good reason for casting ridicue upon
the theosophists and their belief They
are quite as likely to be right as any of
the rest of US. Compared with the
standard of infinite wisdom as the
estimate of this universe all human
measurements of how, whence and
whittier are exactly Of one length.
LARGE SALES.
Alameda Encinal: No development
in the business world has attracted
more attention than the recent an
nouncement by a leading commercial
agency that the sales of goods in April
We're within a small fraction of the
amount in the most prosperous business
year which the country has seen for
long time. That there is a genuine re-
yival in business activity is apparent.
not alone from this announcement but
from the statements of the press. ire
spective OF party, in every section of
the country
A BUDGET OF REFLECTIONS.
Colusa Sun: What has become of the
old-fashioned woman who tied a towel
over her head and spent day or two
at the first of the summer picking geese?
--Tulare Register
She is still in existence. but her weak
raSS for feathers now finds EXPRESSION in