The record-union., 1897-07-09

his parents to avoid giving pain to 9TH
er children or TO animals. Cruelty IN
any form will be made hateful to him
Unfortunately, there is a very large
percentage Of children who for one rea-
son or another receive little or no train
ing of any sort at home. Such instruc-
tion in good morals as these boys and
girls receive must be- obtained in the
public schools and in the Sunday
schools But neglected children as
rule do not attend the latter, and it IS
useless to deny that many of them are
growing up like young savages, except
for such good influences as are thrown
over them in the secular schools. 1t IS
certainly not to the credit of any COM
munity that the rising generation, or
at least a very considerable part OF IT,
must depend on the schools for training
that should be given at home. Still
it is useless to conceal the fact that
this unfortunate state Of affairs pre-
walls in many cities of California, San
Diego among the number.
POPULIST OR DEMOCRAT?
San Jose Mercury: Some weeks ago
the Populists of San Francisco held
meeting at which it was determined to
send delegates to the Tom Watson
middle of -the-road convention, and at
which the fusionists We're berated as
traitors to the Populist party. About
the same time committees were named
by the several Democratic and Popu-
list County Committees to arrange for
the reception of Mr.. Bryan in the coun-
in ho CnPak and II
was noticeable that the proportion of
Democrats to Populists on those COM
mittees was about ten Democrats to
one Populist.
Possibly these were fusion commit
tees. Judging by the large numbers
of nominees demanded by the Demo-
Gratis and the extreme paucity of nom
inees reluctantly granted the Populists
during the late Presidential and State
campaign, the committees represented
both parties upon fusion basis. But
the fact remains that the Populists are
not satisfied. Fusion with the silver
Democrats, or with any other party,
was all right so long as there was
prospect of riding into power. But the
prospect failed to pan out. The Popu-
list party made the sacrifice of sur
rendering its independence and
smOthering it's identity, because of the
rainbow promises offered by Mr.. Bryan
and at the end of the campaign it
found itself not in possession of the
crock of gold, but floundering in the
mud.
The Populists of California, there
fore, have lost faith in Mr. Bryan.
They would like to know where he
stands. They are no longer attracted
by his dazzling generalities or by the
pyrotechnic display of his eloquence.
What they distinctly and definitely
want to know is whether he is a Popu-
list or a Democrat. So far since his
arrival in California, he has not seen
fit to answer that question. And yet
upon that answer depends the future
hold he will have upon the Populist
party of California.
OF CURRENCY.
Co1usa Sun: If a wheat growing
farmer contract a debt of a thousand
dollars when wheat is g. dollar a bushel
he would naturally expect to have to
produce one thousand bushels of
wheat, plus the amount of agreed in
terest, to satisfy that debt If wheat
should decline in price to seventy-five
cents it is quite evident that he must
pay more in wheat, or if increased in
price to a dollar and a quarter he
would pay less wheat. Now if the in
genuity of man could only arrange
currency by which the farmer would
know to-day just how many bushels
of wheat he would have to produce to
extinguish next year the debt he is
Of av-
change will have been reached, and
dollars would all be honest dollars"
The farmer to-day who gets a dollar
and fifteen cents per Genital for his
wheat and does not have to pay money
he contracted to pay when wheat was
a dollar and fifty cents per GENITAL, is
getting a much better price for it than
he did when it was the better price in
money, for everything else is relatively
much lower; that is a Genital Of wheat
will buy more to-day than it did when
it was a dollar and a half-yes, more
than when it was one seventy-five.
Now the ideal honest dollar" would
regulate this exactly, and the producer
of wheat would know in advance just
how much an average crop would pur-
chase of all the necessities and luXurfes
of life! Can we ever reach such a dol
lar? Were people really better off
when they had no money, and agreed
to pay wheat, potatoes, etc, etc. Was
it a better era when the blacksmith
agreed to shoe the farmers horse six
months from date for a bushel of po-
tatoes to satisfy his present wants?
That was honest exchange If not
honest dollars"
PRECIPITATING COPPER.
Reno Gazette: 1t is a well-estab-
lished fact that copper held in a solu
tion of water can be easily obtained by
using iron as a precipitant but as the
precipitation of copper in solution with
iron is comparatively slow and in many
instances quite costly, more active
and less expensive precipitant was in
demand But Thomas Wren, late of
Eureka, but now of Reno, seems to
have solved this problem beyond
doubt. Mr. Wren has made the ques-
ton a study, and. after numerous ex-
periments with different substances,
has discovered that copper in solution
in water can be readily thrown down
with alkai Alkali will precipitate
the copper at once While iron requires
from twenty-four hours to several
months, depending upon the amount of
iron used.
CAME TO SEE ABOUT IT.
Santa Ana Blade: The press and
people of Los Angeles were very anx-
ious that the San Francisco papers
should stop publishing scandal while
the visiting Christian Endeavorers are
in the State. Believing that a per-