The record-union., 1897-09-05

man who has the blessing of life Sc
cure in a climate like ours is foolish to
go into the chilling storms in the dead
of winter
MIXING METAPHORS.
Alameda Argus: The slogan of the
Democratic party next year is to be.
Down With Wealth." It's spokes-
man will of course assume that all
who have to do with corporations ana
all who are not virtuously poor are
wicked Republicans. Then will follow
savage denunciation of the cormorants
of corporations, and the octopli OF
capital Some worthy and eager pa
triots are already in the field and show
a tendency to mix up the octopus and
cormorant. 1t is but just to say at the
outset that these are not one and the
same The cormorant of natural his
tory sails the deep blue sky, while the
octopus finds his element in the deep
gren sea. They are not birds of a
feather Notwithstanding their tenden-
cy 10 flock together in Populistic mind.
We tr1st the eloquent orators whose
duty it will be to point out the calam-
ity that fell upon this country in the
high price paid for wheat and in the
adoption of the Dingley tariff bill will
make a nice distinction in the en-
plOyment of the two bogies. Care
should be taken not to inform the
farmer and poor man" that he is in
the grasp of an octopus if in reality
he is being done up by a cormorant.
WHY NOT EVERYWHERE?
Berkeley Herald: AS to roads gener-
ally, why can we not have them good
everywhere? If a road is to be built.
is it not always best to make it in such
a way as to give the easiest grades and
to offer a comparatively smooth sur
face? Many of the country highways
show very little regard for convenience
or safety, running up sharp inclines,
then on a long level, and even de-
Scending again in order to pass obsta-
cles that a little clear judgment or in
vestigation would determine some con-
venient way to avoid. Then, on the
score # safety, examples are common
of narrow places where it is positively
dangerous to pass two vehicles, often
impossible, while, as to surface, little
attention seems TO be given to pre-
serving that.
In this age of the wheel and the null
titudes of riders it is only a question of
a short time when all these objection
able features must be removed. Those
who so into the country districts will
insist upon comfort at least, danger
will probably be faced a little longer,
but time and cleanliness must be pre-
served at all hazards.
WEDDING THEM OUT.
Stockton Independent: A recent or
l.
dents at Stanford University gives the
Committee on Student Affairs power
to sunmarily dismiss from that insti
tuition any student who does not make
the best use of his opportunities. The
university is overcrowded, and, instead
of having to resort to difficult exam
nations for admission, the faculty will
weed out the idle, the trifling and those
of low moral tone. President Jordan
also directs that the committee inquire
into cases of excessive self-denial OF
students, and seek to remedy them.
He says an education gained at the
expense of a shattered nervous system
is worthless, and wants to discourage
the attendance of those students who
try to go through the university by
half starving themselves If they can
not be provided with employment. The
reason for this part of the order is that
many students go to Stanford without
having enough money to carry them
through a term, hoping to find employ
ment enough to support them. The
number has been so great that not half
were successful and one Of them last
year wandered away, demented by pri-
walton and would have starved to death
in the hills had other students not
searched him out and brought him
back.
The f! Dorado saloon and family re-
sort. S2G J street and zoos Ninth street,
strictly first-class in all respects.