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The record-union., 1897-06-07
Curious Nesting Places.

''In the year 1883 a pair of great tits
built in a wooden letter box which stood
in the road in the village of Rowfant,
Sussex, into which letters, etc, We're
posted, and which was cleared daily.
Unfortunately one of the birds was
killed by boy, and the nest was not
finished In 1889 a pair completed it
and laid seven eggs, and were sitting.
but one day an unusual number of post
cards were dropped in, nearly filling the
box, and causing the birds to desert it,
when the nest and eggs We're removed.
In 1890 pair built new nest the hen
laid seven eggs, and succeeded in rear
ing five young, although the letters
continued to be posted daily, and when
taken out were often found lying on the
back of the sitting bird, who never left
the nest. The birds went in and out
by the slit for the letters"
Connected with the robin there is a
sacred tradition accounting for the
color of the birds breast, to which
need not further allude, except to haz-
ard the guess that the little songster is
piously disposed, so that on several oc-
casions he, or she rather, has built in
a church, and once affixed nest to the
Bible as it lay on the reading desk. 1t
is gratifying to learn that the Vicar
would not allow her to be disturbed,
and provided himself with another copy
of the sacred volume from which to
read the lessons.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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Resources of Journalism.

1--WE got to have something to fill out
this column with" said the foreman of
the Spiketown Blizzard" poking his
head into the editorial sanctum. That S
all there is about it. I've run in all the
dead ads and all the catch-lines and
slugged everything out till there isn't
even a piece of wood reglet left in the
office, and I'm short yet half dozen
lines or more"
Whereupon Editor Clugston sat down
and wrote as follows: Owing to the
crowded state of our columns this
week, we are compelled to omit several
interesting communications now stand
ing in type Friends will please bear
with US. Advertisers must be accom-
modated Until the pressure on our
columns has eased up correspondents
will please write briefly and confine
themselves to simple statements of
fact "-ChicagO Tribune.
The record-union., 1897-06-07
Retouching Paper Prints.

Paper prints made from weak mega
tives in which there is a lack of contrast
between the lights and shadows may be
retouched so as to be greatly improved
in appearance The color used must be
the exact tone of the photograph. Brown
madden and Indian ink, or lamp black,
may be mixed in different proportions to
match the tone of most photographs. 1t
requires some knowledge of drawing to
enable one to touch up the lights and
shadows so that the picture does not
look spotted: but by observing where
bit of shading will b:ng out the con-
trast, one can soon learn to work up a
fiat print into a good picture.
In working use a fine camel's-hair
brush, and take only little of the color
on the brush at a time. The brush
must be rather dry, and the tint or tone
applied in thin even washes. For the
white spots on prints a touch OF the
color applied with the point of the brush
is all that is necessary.
Instead of mixing the Indian ink and
brown madden, a set of spotting-out or
retouching colors may be bought ready
prepared, with full directions for use. A
to black, costs from 80 cents to SO, ac-
cording to the size of the packages.
For retouching platinum or bromide
prints use a soft drawing pencil sharp
ened to a very fine point. To touch out
the white spots which sometimes ap-
pear in platinum or bromide prints re-
quires a very fine pointed pencil and
delicate touch, or the pencil mark is apt
to make a black ring exactly the size OF
the white sept, caused by the pencil
marks tapping over on to the color OF
the print In deepening the shadows
use a stump or blender, and rub the pen
ciled portions lightly so that the pencil
ing will blend with the color of the pho
tograph.
In using white to touch up the high
lights it should be mixed with a very
little color, as if used pure it is of so
cold a tone compared with the photo
graph that it does not harmonic with
the color, and the result is harsh con-
trast. If little Indian ink or lamp
black is mixed with it this softens the
cold tone, but it should always be used
paringly.-Harper's Round Table.
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Why He Was Silent.

Jules was the very acceptable cour-
Ter of a small party of Americans trav-
cling in Europe last summer. He was
an accomplished linguist, and, as one
of the party said, in the line of profan-
ity, when needed, he was a perfect Ma
poleon.
If / could swear in one language as
COMPREHENSIVE as he does in all. /
should consider myself a past grand
master of cussing," he said
On the way over the st. Gothard
Pass, after leaving Airolo, for some
distance the train moved along opposite
a tremendously high precipice, over
which a tiny stream flowed, almost los
ing itself in mist before reaching its
course below. Jules informed the party
as to its peculiarities, and retired. La
ter on a traveller told the Americans a
story about a certain fish in that
stream, to the effect that when they
came to the edge Of the precipice they
The record-union., 1897-06-07

That there is electrical impulse which
may be felt and measured that does
not need. any other medium for con-
veyance than the earth and the air
for Nikola Tesla, the Montenegrin dis
coverer, to perfect machine by which
the impulse may be registered or meas
ured, and hence words may be tele-
graphed without the interyention of
the wire. Tesla made announcement
of his belief that this could be done
five years ago, and the Record
Union" at the time commented upon
the claim, with the belief in it. Tesla
now says that he has perfected a de-
vice that easily sends a message
through the earth twenty miles, and
that it is only a question of control
of power to send the message without
wires any distance. We believe this
Will be accomplished, and by Tesla He
is wonderful man. born a genius, de-
signed by nature from the outset for
an electrical prophet. In boyhood he
seemed to understand the science of
electricity intuitively. He has been the
most advanced of all electrical pro-
ponents and DISCOVERIES. and in not a
single material instance has he failed.
We believe in Tesla
The record-union., 1897-06-07
THE LAWS DELAY AND THE
REMEDY.

There is the usual outcry against
the law following every delay of
justice, because the case of Dur
rant has been taken to the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
But has it occurred to the complain
ants that the laws are the products
of legislation enacted by representatives
chosen by the direct vote of the people?
If there is anything wrong in the
delay secured by Durrant by reason
of his appeal it is due only to the law
that the people made. If that law was
not intended to cover such cases as
Durrant's, but to meet the cases of
citizens deprived of liberty wrongfully
in the South shortly after the war,
where State feeling ran high against
residents, or non-natives of the
Southern States, then it is still true
that the fault is that of the people.
For it must be obvious that laws,
once they are enacted, must be in
terpreted by the expression of the acts
the law-maker must be derived from
the words of the law. Were this not
SO; if men could go behind a legislative
Act to ascertain it's purpose, there
would be no safety in legislation, nor
in the citizenship under the laws.
The District Attorney of San Fran
cisco is quoted as saying that if one
charged with murder has money suffi-
present conditions as represented by
the Durrant case take an appeal to
the Supreme Court of the United States
from every order made in succession
tinue his case for a lifetime and defeat
justice.
If District Attorney Barnes said that
he was unhappy in his expression. AS
not be consented to for mere delay
sake, nor would it be possible to take
an appeal upon adverse ruling in every
case of an order made below. MOI
imposition of the sort.
But assuming that the District Attor-
ney is correctly quoted, what is the
answer? Not that there is no rem
to see rascals unwhipt of justice-by
no means. The remedy is certain and
swift, and from it there is no appeal
correction of the law by the law-making
power of the people. Where the law
is in the Constitution, the same course
through a different formula is open to
the people.
One of our exchanges with most dole
full countenance and a dismal whine
declares that nothing remains but
Judge Lynch; that there is no appeal
from his court, and that the civil courts
having proved so complaisant and sc
kindly to criminals the people must
AXE matters in their own hands. An
Ter bemoans the statement that il
low clear that there is no more
ing for murder in California. Both
ase papers, which represent very
ercentage of those who comment
matter, simply misrepresent
lave Grand Jurors nor District
been lax in duty in bringing
to the bar of justice in re-
nor has there been any con-
rcentage of acquittals, nor
zen failure to execute MUIR
ct being that the hangings
for murder have been very
past few years, and MUIR
here, if at all. with far
llty than in some States
easily than a few years
as remarked in the outset,
being the source and spring
have correctives for any
it in their own hands.
atches say that the Porte is
snt upon the cession of Thes-
The record-union., 1897-06-07
Negroes Who Talk Irish.

The Irish language still fingers in the
Bahamas, among the mixed descen-
dants of the Hibernian patriots ban
ished by Cromwell TO the West Indies.
One can occasionally hear, it is said,
black sailors in the London docks, who
cannot speak word of English, talk
ing Irish to the old Irish apple women
whom they meet, and thus making
themselves Ineligible without a knowl-
edge of the Saxon tongue
The record-union., 1897-06-07

curled themselves uD, put their tails in
their mouths, and rolled down like so
many hoops.
Curious Jules never told us that, .
said one, Il think I'll speak to him
about it." And he did. why didn't
you let us know about those fish,
Jules?" he asked. Hadn't you heard
the story?'
Yes, I had" said Jules: "but don't
neffer tell Eat story to re Americans.
ley can tell pooty goot lies deirselfs.'-
Harper'S Drawer
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Snitten.

Lying in wait for the ducky UNI
pegoogi maiden, whose charms had
captivated his manly heart, the savage
child of nature swatted her one with a
slab of rock and bore her off across his
shoulder.
Opening her eyes at last to the stu
alton, her fond heart yielded. ''Mwp-
tkyi," she twittered you are simply
stunning. New York Press.
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to give over insistence in this regard?
Whoever expected Germany to be 9TH
er than the plastic friend of Russia
in the matter, out Of jealousy of
France, for one thing? Whoever has
for a moment believed that Russia will
consent to any extension of the power
and bounds of Turkey? The Russian
bear prefers a small mouthful when
h
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SACRAMENTO DAILY RECoRDUNroN. MONDAY. JUNE = 1897.

been simply impossible. Modern gen.
ius, however, has rendered the per-
Torrance of seeming miracle not only
possible, but comparatively easy.-New
York Her3Id
The record-union., 1897-06-07
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Fair Monday ex-
cept foggy along the coast Monday morn
ing; cooler in the interior; fresh to brisk
winds on the coast
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WILLIAMS STAGE LINE
Allen and Bartlett Springs.

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A Contradiction in Terms,

Johnny-What is civilized warfare,
papa?
Papa-Well, Johnny, a great many
people think there isn't any such thing.
New York Tribune
The record-union., 1897-06-07
A sentimentaIist.

Mrs. Bay-What is your favorite fic-
ton?
Mrs. Ray-My husbands letters when
/ am away for the summer.
The record-union., 1897-06-07
Origin of the Bicycle.

The origin of the bicycle is now
traced back to the year 1871 in France.
when the Sieur Maillard presented to
the academy two rolling chairs pro-
PEELED by pedals.
The record-union., 1897-06-07
No PerceptibIe Reason.

He-You say that she's rich?
She-Yes.
He-And that he also is rich?
She-Yes.
He-Well, why in the world do they
want to marry then?-New York Jour-
nal
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latches say that the Porte is
snt upon the cession of Thes-
rkey, and that it depends up
and Germany if that is per-
Whoever expected the Turk
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saThose horseless carriages" said Flo,
oh. won't they be real grand?
Tt always bothers Clarence so
To drive with lust one hand. "
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Tesla is reported to have discovered
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need for source and fount of truth.
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Weyler says that he is willing to re-
tire from Cuba, now that the Spanish
Liberals are in power. For once Wey-
Ter and all humane mankind are in ac-
cord.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
THIS BUSY WORLD.

William M. Jackman of Kansas City, who is 80 years of age, is cut ting new teeth.
 The oldest and biggest oak tree in France is at l'Ardeche. It measures over 100 feet in circumference at it's base; nine feet above the ground, about forty feet in diameter. Is height is about thirty-six feet.
 A Deering, Me, man, Thomas Bro phy, lost a diamond out of a ring re- gently and was worrying about the loss, whe7, one night, he dreamed he saw the jewel in the folds of rug in his house. The next morning he went to the rug, and, sure enough, there was the diamond.
 If you wish to get an idea of the long time that has elapsed since the queen visited Ireland, you cannot get a better notion of it than by looking at the eak which the qu,en planted at Muckross demesne, Killarney. Her majesty and her court can almost be acoomm odated beneath its branches today.
 A large hall, named after Paul Re were, has been dedicated in Boston by the Charitable Mechanics association. Revere was the founder and first pres 1dert of the association, and the prin- cipal address of the dedicatory exer- cises was delivered by Frederick w. Lincoln, great grandson of the patriot and ex-mayor of Boston
 The memorandum that Bishop Wal sham How of London left to be opened after his death discloses the fact that. he always dedicated one-.enth of his income annually to God in charity" !" that after he became a bishop he gave away 91,000 a year, as we'll as the large sums he received from h's books, and that he resolved that his children should never profit by his episcopal income It should be added that he had private fortune.
 A North Gray, Me, dog appears as the champion and rescuer of his he- red1tary enemy, the cat. Pussy had been gone two nights from her home at MT. Scott Dougherty's, when the family dog suddenly left his master as the gentleman was returning to camp from North Raymond, on-y to return in a few minutes bringing the Cat uninjured. but held fast in a steel trap, with chain dragging. As there is no one trapping nearer the dog must have brought the cat fully one- half mile.
 A Piscataquis county, Me, blind boy has dog which acts as pilot for him. The boy may frequently be seen going to the store or elsewhere on erran6s. He has rei1s attached to the collar of the dog, which leads him safely to his destination and back home again. When meeting a team the dog turns and stops, thus giving notice to his charge that there are 'breakers" ahead. After the team passes the pair moves on. And yet, says the correspondent who sends this inter est1ng item, the court says that the dog is not a domestic animal
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
THE INDIA CAMPAIGN.

News from India, now leaking cut, shows that the war with the tribes men there has been disastrous fo. he British. and that the proportion of office ITS killed in one campaign is thir- dy-two as against thirty-four. Than the unstinted praise given the Cor don Highlanders has aroused the jeal- ousy of the other troops ard there is no end of growls and objections. The losses to the tribesmen are said to have been less than the losses to the British, while the boasted deStruc- ton of villages has only been the razing of summer huts that can be rebuilt in a day or two.
 The campaign in India, when the full truth comes out, will be found to have been very costly, both as to men and money. Just what has been gained or prevented is not made clear. The hunting of poor miserable saw ages is doubtful glory for even the British soldiers Even though every native village should be destroyed, and every tribe routed with tremen- dous loss of life, there would not be much glory in it.
 Hunting African savages is not cal culated to inspire a nation with the prowess and patriotism of its soldiers. Great Britain's latest Indian epsode is a good thing to be forgotten. The
 4 the results achieved.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
HOW TO TAKE HIS OWN MEDI-
 CINE.

It appears that the late grand jury of Maricopa county did Tot pan out as intended if all the facts published ars correct. It is stated that one Dr. H
 A. Hughes attempted to play scmel of his old time pranks with the jury in this instance in endeavoring to secure an indictment against MT Haa- dolph, editor of The Republican, foc an alleged libel, on account of a handsome cartoon which appeared in The Republican of July 18th which the doctor (with his usual vanity) per suaded himself was intended to represent the ex-superintendent of the insane asylum. He failed, how ever, to establish the identity, but from his over jealous desire to injure the good name of Editor Randol ph the doctors connection with the Democrat was investigated and some ot the malignant and malicious fab rications of that sheet we-e e traced to his pen, and 10. and behold! the doc tor was discovered to be doing the very thing he was charging against another, and so plaiA. palpable and direct was the proof his perfidy in crimirally libeling citizens, tha
 the grand jury of his si'sass siss%sn' vas fo1 s'52 saiaa. sa 's.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
PRETTY THINGS TO WEAR.

The Waldorf plaid is a silk fabric showing two and half inch squares in daring colors and combinations, beige and blue, brown and shaded red, and pink and green. It is expensive, and is declared to be especially styl- ish
 Ruchings are in favor again and are to be seen in the greatest variety A smart, dressy looking vest was made recently of ruohing, showing frame work of velvet tabs, the lat ter decorated with large metal but tons and silver cord. Wide ruches of gaufre silk are made into rOsettes, slightly concealed by tulle lace ruff1es of butter color placed in between them.
 Plush spot and velvet spot effects are being produced for early spring wear in both worsted and cotton dress goods. The spots are several inches apart and the fabric is made on the weft-pile principle
 Among the new shades are six tones of gendarme blue from the desp. dull colors to a pale, pearly gobelin tint. Some lovely forget-me-no shades are seen in the pale blues, and three ex quisite turquoise tints are strongly imbued with clear green tone. Rose pink and old rose colors are seen, and there are a dozen beautiful shades of soft, pure gray.
 Jalouse is the name of a fashionable shade of yellow, that is also called Orient and Regent in Paris and Der lin. There is scarcely a half-shads's difference in the three An especially deep orange is called Klondyke, though no gold was ever so red. A new medium violet is called aconit.
 The popularity for taffeta silk is unabated. In plain colors and black it is the decided favorite Plaid taf- fetas are used 10 a certain extsnt, but the changesble colors are in espec ial demand.
 Some of the most exquisite blouses and shirt waists for next season. will be made of white batiste, trimmed with coloGed embroidery Blouses of null will be finished with fine tucks or Swiss embroidery. Delicate ribbons at throat and belt will be worn with thin waists.
 Some of the cotton materials for spring and summer gowns are espec- tally lovely. One fabric shows ai col ored check ground, upon which is thrown a black checked pattern. the threads of which appear to be stitched upon the ground work. Fancy, soft zephyr goods will be largely employ ed for making shirt waists. A com blnation of cotton and furnished metal threads forms a handsome early spring fabric.
 The sufferer from bronchitis, with the cough so annoying, should get rid of it by applying to Dr. Swetnam.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
The recent grand iury of Marie pa

The recent grand jury of Marie pa county indicted both Dr. Hughes of the Arizona Democrat and c. c. Ran dolph of the Arizona Republican, for criminal libel. The editor of The Re publican is out in a savage a t ci1 on the grand jury. This seems to be case of "hoss and hoss" up to date, with future probabilities in favor lf The Republican man, as the McCOrd gang, of which he is head toc.er, is in the saddle
 Perhaps the Courier, which brides itself on it's fairness, will correct the above statement when it learns thlat the grand jury failed to re.u.n an ;n- dictment against the editor of Th5 Republican.