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BACHELORS AND MARRIAGE.

The alarming decline of the birth rate
in France has much to do with re-
cent novel movement there, we are
advised. A very numerously signed pc
tition has been presented to the French
Chamber of Deputies asking for leg
islation laying a special tax upon
bachelors. David A. Wells recalls that
the French revolutionary convention of
1899 and some of the old republics es
tablished such a tax. 1t is represent
ed in the present petition that in
Paris alone there are half a million of
bachelors, while the married men num-
Der but $4,000.
One reason advanced for the pro-
posed tax is that it will tend to in
crease the declining population of
France. and secondly will help make up
the deficiency in the national budget,
which is increasing steadily 1t has
been proposed in some of the States of
this country, to place a discriminating
poll tax on bachelors. We cannot
think that such a tax would have any
substantial influence in inducing men
TO marry except it is made so heavy as
TO be a grievous burden, to be free from
which would be positive financial re-
lief But any such tax as that would
probably cause reaction of public
sentiment against it, because of its
radically Sa,~iY1 1iraa ti,1cr Io
In Switzerland certain deductions are
made from taxes levied where the par
ty taxed shows that he is married and
has a family, while the full tax applies
to bachelors and the childless. This
is less harsh. since it takes the form
of bounty upon the establishment of
the home life, so desirable for the sta
bility of a State. In this country
direct tax upon bachelors would not
stand the constitutional test Tt would
require constitutional reformation in
most of the States. before it could be
laid on. Moreover it is not to be
shown that the necessity for any such
stimulants to matrimony are here nee
essary.
But in France there is patent need
for something TO be done TO check the
growing waste of population. Child
bearing is, if we are to believe the stat
istics, becoming not only unpopular
but questionable in that nation If
it prevails for two generations more,
France will dangerously decline as a
power in Europe, and her social system
will suffer decadence from which re-
covery will be doubtful, for it means
the elimination of home life and with
out that a State cannot exist.
Marriage is TO be stimulated among
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the cheroot. They are living on the
margin of existence.
And yet they are never sulky, never
cast down; never desponding. They
are. as always, very cheerful very in
dependent, very long-suffering. Crime
among them is almost unknown. In
the large camp of 1000 people, which |
know best, there has not been a quarrel
or fight since the camp commenced.
They are wonderful nation. In the
villages the private charity is great. 1t
must be remembered that in small
communities half the village are usual
ly kin to each other. A man will marry
girl of his own village, who brings
him a further circle of relations in ad-
dition to his own. And relationship
is a sacred tie to the Bermese-far
closer than we have any idea of among
ourselves. Any man who is slightly
better off than others has always
large circle of relations to whom his
charity can flow without going afield
for it. So it is that although the
amount of private charity that is given
is great-compared to the means of the
people, enormouS-yet there is no show
for 1t. There are no subscription lists,
no collection boxes, no public distribu-
tion of aims. If a man of means can
in these hard times manage to keep his
relations from ruin and starvation,
that is as much as he can do.
And on the better off among the COM
munity, those who have managed even
in the hard year to reap enough or
earn enough to have a superfiuity, the
monks and the monasteries are depen-
dent. In every small village there will
be monastery, however poor, and one
monk at least. In large villages there
are manly. Besides minstering to the
| religious needs of the people, these
monks are the schoolmasters. Every
monastery is a school where all the
little boys are taught gratuitOuSly.
And these monasteries have no endow
ments. The monks and novices are
all of them dependent on the daily
char1ty of the villagers. SO far only
| IN one or two cases of villages reduced
to the veriest destitution have I heard
OF monk having been obliged to go
elsewhere because the people could not
support him. Even in these cases it
has been but superfiuous monk, not
the principal one of the monastery. AS
| long as there is a man left in the vii
lage with means beyond his daily
wants, the monks will be fed and the
schools kept up. Even upon the fam
| inc camps little food will be spared
to give the monks as they come round
in their morning procession
| Charity, unostentatious, heartfelt
| charity, is one of the greatest of vir-
tues in Buddhism-is one of the many
| beautiful sides of the Burmese char
| acter.
L have never heard of any one dying
| of starvation in Burmah. Even in the
famine no such report has ever been
sent in-no such report will ever be
sent in think, as long as there is any
one who has a meal to spare. Even
! in the famine of 1S56-57, when there
was no Government relief, I believe
| very few people died actually of fam
| ine.-BlackWoods Magazine
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THE FAMINE IN BURMAH.
How Women and Children Suffer
Charity of the Burmese.

Tn a famine such as this it is always
the women who suffer first-WldoWs
with large families and divorced Wo-
men, and all the crew of superf1uous
femininity which exists even mere IN
Burmah A strong man can always
keep himself going. 1t is the women
and the children who come to gflef
And yet no one can say that the men
are unkind. Consider how woman
with three or four small children JOIN
ing a gang on the work handlcaps that
gang. She draws herself 2Ad. day.
and for the three children, say, 12d-a
total Of 23ld She and the children
cannot live on that and the rest of the
gang must contribute to their support.
And they must also do extra work be-
cause of it. She cannot do her full
task. There are the little ones to be
looked after The baby must be
sucked. the eye of the mother must be
occasionally on the other two lest they
fall into a cutting and get killed. She
is herself weak and cannot work hard
She is a burden to the gang that allows
her to enter their numbers. And yet
| there is never any trouble about IL.
There are many such women on the
work; they are never outcasts from any
gang. The burden of their assistance
is borne freely and generously by ALL
And indeed the generosity of these peo-
| pie out of their poverty is something TO
marvel at.
| We came one day upon an old woman
sitting by one of the huts. The people
were all at work, and she was alone,
a pathetic sight, stretching her thin
chilled hands to the morning sun. And
we asked her who she was, and
whether she had been entered in the
lists for relief The old creature shook
her head She had been here three
| days, she told us in her quavering
tones. She had no children, no rela-
tives, no one, all were dead long ago.
She received no pay from the Govern
ment, not she. But people were kind
They gave her a little food here and
there out of their pots. She had
enough to live on and all was well.
| 1t is a lesson in courage, in charity,
in nobility of soul, that comes to ones
heart, to watch these people. We know
what straits they are in. Their crops
gone, broken up, starvation kept off
from day to day by hard labor alone.
They are deprived of even their little
luxury of a smoke. All Burmans smoke
| their great white cheroots, which are
so very cheap and so very harmless. 1t
is the only stimulant they have, for
they neither drink nor do they take
opium. Men smoke, and women; boys
smoke, and girls, and babies.
And in all these big camps, after they
come back from work, and the evening
meal is eaten, and the people are sit
ting round chatting, singing and laugh
ing, you will never see the gleam of
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ORIGINAL TRAFFIC.

In the beginning, sayeth Holy Writ,
Dominion oer the earth and all thereon
Was given by God to man; the great sun
lit
The commonwealth, in brightness shone
In genial general rays for all mankind;
1t, like the world was common, title
clear;
Other than this no charter may he find
Who searches tones or archives's parch-
mentS Sere-
Subscribed by selfish man are base and
insincere.
Old Abraham was first-if Genesis
May be believed-who fix'd the precedent
For human greed, for from his day TO this
Each frail succeeding resident
OF this old world, calling himself a man,
Bowed low to avarice and indorsd the
rule,
By which Old Abe took to himself Canaan,
While nephew Lot rode off upon his
mule,
Eastward to Jordan's plains, sans words,
or war, or guile.
Ay; Lot took for himself his herds and
clan,
The plain of Jordan, a fair garden then
While Abraham clung fondly to Canaan
And dWelt him there with kith and kin
They knew in that old time twas wise to
part
When pastures were o'erstock'd and
Inclined to fight for fodder, so the start
Was made and none to soon, for when
Began to fly it was mere folly to demur
The Bible is explicit in some places,
As in the case of Abe and Lot. 1t
states
Quite clearly that there were no native
races
In either land the figs and dates
Whereof were subject to appropriation
By any one who had the disposition
And means to fence a ranch or start
nation;
For things in those days were in quick
transition
From nothing into something-chaos to
condition.
So. after Abe came Isaac and his boys.
- The latter in their time had learn'd to
IN trade,
And father Ike, above (perhaps) enjoys
Reminding Esau of the swap he made.
1t was dicker which, it seems, made way
For many transfers from that age to
;. this,
Till blessings, birthrights and base human
Are common commerce; or, at least
wis
In our day cause no comment and are not
amiSs.
And Joseph's brethren made trifiing deal
Which we may yet regard as something
Shrewd,
But nevermore unique, for many seal
Has since been set to deeds more rude
And sinful measur'd by both size and
scope.
To sell one brother was trifing thing,
While he was tethered with longer rope
Than many chattels sold by many
King
Or other potentate, since Joe was in the
ring CHARLES l.. PAIGE.
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An Intelligent Listener.

The Professor Of Mechanics at an
English college records that he once
gave a lecture upon the locomotive,
and was particularly struck by the alb
sorption of one Juvenile listener He
spoke to this student after the lecture,
and asked him, We'll, 1 suppose you
understand all about the locomotive
now?"
Yes" was the reply, "all but one
thing
And what is that?" said the profess
sor kindly.
L can't make out what makes the
locomotive move without horses. Tit
Bits
The record-union., 1897-06-13

Professor Ridpath in the Arena" ar
CUES at length to show that there Is
nothing repugnant in the doctrine OIL
evolution. because of the lowly origin
Of the race it teaches. Why should
it be necessary to argue such a self
evident proposition? Evolution means
greater complexity, and its advance
higher civilization. What difference
then what our spring and beginning,
so long as we know that We have been
given ourselves as we are. To look
back with anything akin to disgust
upon that out of which the races of
men have grown, is not merely senti-
mental nervousness, it is absolute sill
Illness. Professor Ridpath. rather hui
morously concludes a section of his es-
saw with these sentences:
All that supersensitive folk Who af-
feet a sentimental horror at the loWly
origin which the True Evolution as
signs to the human family should pause
to remember that Plato was once hard
ly discriminate from an infant croco-
die; that julius Caesar once had less
intelligence than a puppy; that Napo-
leon in his babyhood went on all fours
like a dog; and that Lincoln for the
first year of his life knew less than any
calf. Remembering this and accepting
it, such frightened folk will shudder no
longer at the apparition of any scien-
tific truth respecting the ethnic origin
of mankind.
The record-union., 1897-06-13
In the Matter of the Election of
Trustees of Reclamation District
No h51

THE PETITION FOR THE FORMA-
tion Of said district having heretofore
been approved by this board and the land
owners of said district having heretofore
adopted and recorded their bylaws.
Now, therefore on application of Il. ID.
Greene, a land owner in said district,
1t is ordered. that an election be held
for the purpose of electing three trustees
for said district, on the 18th day OF July;
1897, commencing at 10 o'clock a m, and
closing at 4 O'Clock p. m, of said day;
that notice thereof be published in the
Sacramento Daily Record-Union, q
newspaper of general circulation in said
county, for one month, and that the Coun-
ty Clerk sign said notice.
And it is further ordered that said
Sacramento, State of California, in the
building known as "Houston's Hail." and
that j. r. Olsen be and he is hereby ap-
pointed Inspector. and Dwight Hollister
and John Crofton be and they are hereby
appointed judges of said election.
Dated June 8, 1897.
Attest: WM. II. HAMILTON,
TSeal1 County Clerk of the County of
SACRAMENTO and ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of the County of
Sacramento.
The record-union., 1897-06-13

Ives was, born in Plainwell, Mich,
twenty nine years ago. Before he was
10 years old he could discount any man
in his county and beat him at billiards.
He has, however, figured prominently
in the billiard world for only about six
years. He has defeated Slosson, Rob
erts, Schaefer and all the greatest bill
liardists of the day. He is known as
the Young Napoleon of Billiards" Be
fore he took to the game professionally
he had been a fairly good jockey, handy
at pitching and behind the bat, cham
pion roller skater and a speedy bicy-
cliSt
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all civilized peoples because it means
the home, which is another sheet an
chor for the State, a warrant of peace
stability and industry, in the larger
percentage of cases. The childless
marriage however, denotes a partial
failure of the natural scheme of So
ciety. Where this is the result of pur-
pose and design, it may we'll engage the
office Of craftsmanship to correct so
serious reproach. not to say crime.
The decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States against the power
OF the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to prescribe railway rates had the
effect of quickening and stiffening rail-
way stock prices. The decision, re-
marks the Albany Journal indicates
that the courts have not wholly de-
parted from the doctrine that even cor
porate bodies have some rights guar
2nteed under the law that created them
That paper thinks that the drift has
been against corporations right or
wrong, and this because of popular
clamor, kindled and egged on in largest
part by dema gogues and fost cred by
falsehood and misstatement The
Journal says:
This may appear to be wild and eX-
travagant statement, but it certainly
illustrates recent tendencies of the
time. 1t became so marked that timid
and vacillating newspapers, and those
that are ready to subordinate every
thing to what promises to bring per-
sonal gain, fell into line and helped to
swell the chorus to intimidate capital.
Men in public life. impressionable, inn
pulsive or demagogic, prepared meas
ures designed to help along this move
ment. It seemed as though capital
shortly would be on the run.
1t was a great day for the fomenters
of discomfort and all who have been
when the United States Supreme Court
decided the trans Missouri case. The
freak newspapers of New York were
thrown into transports of joy. They
declared that the United States supreme
Court was the backbone and the main
stay of the nation. For some reason o.
other that has never been made pla1r
to a clear headed public, they regard
ed the decision as supporting the crazy
Populistic doctrine they had beer
preaching.
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Naval officers object to Lieutenant"
Peary being thus designated. They say
that he is attached to the navy in only
clerk in a branch of the service, does
not carry a Lieutenant's commission,
and is entitled to be spoken of only as
Mr." Peary We are glad of that.
He is going off on another tomfool Arc
tic expedition, and it is gratifying to
know that an officer of the navy is not
mixed with it,
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FRANK C. IVES.
The Champion Billiardist of the
World.

Frank c. Ives, the champion billiard
ist of the world, is suffering from con-
sumption, and physicians who are at
tending him claim that he has but
few weeks to live.
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Strange. But True.

DR.. Craig & Co., cure catarrh, rheu-
mati1m, kidney troubles and diseases
of the nervous system without the use
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NOTICE OF STREET WORK.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Board of Trustees of the city of
Sacramento on the 7th day of June. 1897.
adopted Resolution No. 800 of its inten-
ton to order the following street work to
be done, viz:
That the alley between l. and M streets,
in said city, from the east line of Fiji
teenth street to the east line of Sixteenth
street, be improved by constructing there
in vitrified ironstone pipe sewer eight
tS) inches in diameter, with six Co inch
~ branches, and one ID brick manhole.
For futher particulars reference is
hereby made to said resolution on file in
the office of the City Clerk.
Sacramento, June II, 1897
e. ]. CROLY
Je12-6t superintendent of Streets.
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Good Weight.

We give good weight whether you
buy 10 cents, 80 cents or 81 worth
Stable & Elworthy, butchers, 312 K. y
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Buy the Gem blue flame and white
flame oil cook stove. Miller Bros, 1116
T.
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masters are agents.
The best advertising mediums on the
Pacific Coast.
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Dr. Tyrrell has removed to the Breu-
ner Building, rooms II, Is and 10.
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Rambler Bicycles Will stand the Test.

Rambler Bicycles VIII Stand the Test.
Three years of rental use should be a
sufficient test on a wheel; the Ram
bier has stood this test and afterward
sold for $50 and $35. If you are 60
ing to buy high grade wheel you can
save $50 in buying '97 Rambler.
Frank M. Jones, 125 K street.
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E. A. Bridgford, lawyer, Stoll build
ing, Sacramento. Telephone red, 723.
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as second-class matter.
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Save money by buying your tea and
coffee of ]. McMorry, 531 M
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WILLIAMS STAGE LINE
Allen and Bartlett Springs.
EVERY MAN IS ODD"
but we can fit him.

THE SHORTEST AND BEST ROUTE!
Buy your tickets to Williams. Stages
connect daily with trains and arrive at
the Springs ahead of all other stages.
FARE 81. Carriages furnished on short
notice at reasonable rates. Address
RATHBUN q ABEL
Williams. California
The record-union., 1897-06-13

The Humboldt Standard indorses
the Record Unions" way out of the
Clark road law tumble, and quotes this
Journals advice on that subject with
full concurrence, namely that the Su-
pervisors should refuse to fill the al
legged vacancies in the new district
Road Boards If any one is aggrieved
let him take legal steps to compel the
action Of the Supervisors, and thus we
will have speedy judicial determination
of the matter. If no one is aggrieved.
if no one applies for mandatory writ
to compel the Supervisors to act, then
it will be certain that the people are
not pining for the Clark road law sys-
tenn
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Fancy trimmed mems muslin under
shirts, summer weight. Toe and 81.
Haub opposite postoffice.
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of the poetic tradition of its history,
and not because of the need for it.
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Quick-meal Gasoune and Blue Flame
OIL Stoves. S. J. jackson, 423 st.
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Weather Forecast

Northern California-Generally fair Sun
day; fresh northerly winds.
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For a century we have been bringing
sulphur to this country from SSicily;
Now it is said there is found sulphur
enough in the United States to supply
all our needs, with broad margin to
spare In Louisiana, New Mexico,
Utah Michigan, Wyoming. Nevada and
California sulphur is now found, and
the indications are that there are mines
as rich with the mineral as any in the
far-famed Sicily Under the Mckinley
law refined sulphur was subject to a
tariff rate of SS. Under the Wilson bill
this was reduced to 81 ton. 1t is now
proposed to raise the rate to the old
figure, SS. We imported last year from
Sicily 146, 116 tons of crude sulphur,
which comes in free, but as matter
of fact the sharp Sicilian producers re-
ally sent in under that guise refined
sulphur from 75 to 9S fine. Now the
The record-union., 1897-06-13

Ex-Prison Commissioner Blair writes
in the North American Review on
prison labor, and takes occasion to say
that labor never reformed a convict.
That it does, we. do not understand any
to contend, What penologists do stand
for is this proposition, that without
employment, without some physical or
engaging labor, the mental attitude of
the convict cannot easily, if at all, be
changed so that reformation will be
possible While it is true that labor
will not reform the convict, he is not
likely to be reformed in idleness. We
rather like Mr.. Blair's Endorsement of
law that provides Imprisonment for
the third-t -termer until pardoned. He
declares that such a law will do more
to reform convicts than all the dis
ciplinary rules Of Wardens or boards.