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RUINED HIS CHANCE.
Explanation Spoiled an Intended
Compliment.

Some people dread above all else tC
be called insincere. They would not
have any one for worlds think them
capable of bestowing compliment
which did not embody their real con
victions. Undue solicitude on this
point frequently makes them uneasy
sometimes even gets them into actua
trouble, trouble which weeks and ever
years viii hardly heal.
There is young woman on the
South Side who at an early age devel-
oped marked aptitude for art. She
had taken several terms at the ART
Institute. and had become really very
proficient, when she met q Young man
who exerted a great influence upon her
by his hearty, honest, conscientious
expressions of approval. She saw NJ
once that he was sincere. and that
she would have no fear of double deal
ing from him. This was a great relief
to her. She had fancied for some time
that her relatives and friends had no.
been strict enough in their criticisms:
that they had at times praised where
1t was really almost undeserved. There
fore she was glad to know one whom
she could trust. She adjured him never
to smother his real sentiments. He
promised not TO do So The fact is. he
thought great deal of her, and her
slightest wish appeared to him as an
lnViolable command. 1t made him even
painfully careful to be exactly accurate
III all he said concerning her work.
And this is just where the trouble
came IN. For the truth is. Just like all
other girls, she didn't mean exactly
as much as she said. He might have
known this. His lack of penetration.
however, has at last led TO a GOODNESS
which threatens to part them forever.
1t happened in the following wise:
She had just finished painting a large
marine view. 1t had madly furious
waves in it that dashed up and all
around and seemed to fill the canvas
with spray. It was late in the after
noon, and just as she was about 10
put it away he happened to call. OF
course, she brought him in to see the
picture. 1t was standing on a table
near the wall. He laid his hat on the
table and viewed it with admiration.
He praised it heartily. Suddenly he
reached over
Il must take my silk hat away.' he
said, ''or it will get wet
oh, now you are fiattering me-" she
said, gushingly. And then he made the
unfortunate reply:
No, indeed" he said, with a painful
ly earnest expression, 'the paint
doesn't seem to be quite dry."-Chicago
Times Herald.
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the boldness Of truth have SO grown in
number and have such prominent OBJ
jects as targets of assault, that of late
days to escape them is not possible for
any man in public life. Only recently
we found floating through the reputable
press, press claiming to be dignifed
and Just, a statement charging that a
certain public man had corrupted vot-
ers and expended a half million of mon
ey in that way, when the fact is that
the man is not worth a quarter of
million, and in his community enjoys
the reputation earned only by the con-
sclentious, upright and straightforward.
But these instances are SO common
that it is scarcely necessary to call at
entlOn to them
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ual thought crystallizes into action: in
public opinion encouragement to law
iessness .crystallizes into sedition and
murder. The blowing up of the tres
lie by Worden and his associates was
ne logical outcome of the encourage
aent to lawlessness which all this su
pineness of governmental authority and
The open and avowed sympathy of pub
lie journals created.
Worden was simply the ignorant.
brutal, drunken tool of the time and its
revolutionary spirit. His diabolical act
was the capitalization of the lawless
career entered upon by the American
Railway Union and the more indefen-
sible lawlessness of it's encourag cement
IN popular sentiment. Society arose
en- masse to say that the forcible detea~
ton of trains, the killing of locomotives.
the social disorder, the reasonable Sc
dition of the time were both right and
eXpedient Worden and his accom-
plices interpreted all these things on
their own plane of ignorance and vio-
lence. The law was silent It's chief
executive was in hiding. The pulpit
mented the strife, and Worden. taking
all these things as the unmistakable
Indications of the commentator of law
lessness, acted in accordance with his
NH 4oIl
gences above his own Kissed him on to
deeds of violence as the owner CT a
fierce dog might direct the ferocity Of
his brute to attack the passer-by.
Who were Worden's associates in
crime? He offered time and time ag ain
to the attorney for the prosecution to
turn States witness and give the names
cf all who had been associated with
him. Not one Of them have been con-
victed; and yet he had associates.
The same public opinion which en-
couraged Worden in his murderous
purpose now demands his execution.
The same administrators Of law, whose
silence constituted an announcement
to the defiance Of all law now rise in
the impotent and contemplate smula-
tion of majesty demanding Wordea' S
life, as measure of justice and legal
vengeance, and this pitiful, lame and
impotent conclusion" is the only after
math of the great railroad strike
If a lawless mob had turned a mad
dened bull into the streets of the city
which in its blind and ignorant rage
had gored a number of citizens, would
1t satisfy the majesty of the law or vim
dicate the requirements of good citizen
ship to kill the bull?
The execution of Worden will be a
cowardly act. 1t is at best a poor,
| hypocritical pretense of asserting The
majesty of law and order This same
law gave silent encouragement to Wor-
denis lawlessness, and the same popu-
lar disregard for order fired the law
less brutality of his nature into deeds
of atrocity. In very shame, the ad-
nfnistrators of law should coutent
themselves by the incarceration Of this
man Worden for life. Chris Evans,
who committed many murders in de-
| fense of robbery found this mercy at
the hands Of the administrators of Jaw
in California. Worden's guilt, however
atrocious, is a thousand times more ex-
cusable than the murderous acts of The
bandit Of the San Joaquin
The record-union., 1897-11-10

Miss Chella Connor, the 10-year-old
daughter OF A. B. Connor of Milton,
Del, recently walked seventeen miles
in her sleep. She woke up to find her.
self on the railroad track near Ches-
void. She took the next train for home
and found the whole community scat
tered far and wide searching for her
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THE RETURNED TRAVELLER.
And What He Learned on His Ex
tended Europeau Trim.

We didn't miss anything at ALL,
said the man with side whiskers and
broad band around his silk hat. Not
a thing. Our party had the money,
and we had the time, and we said that
so long as it had taken some of US a
good many years to get to Europe we
were going to take our time about COM
ing away. I tell you, gentlemen, for
one solid year I haven't done a thing
but improve my mind 1 wouldn't have
missed seeing ST. Paul's for anything.
Just think of it! There's a cathedral
500 feet long and 365 feet high. 1t was
a long trip to take, but it isn't every
man who can say he has seen cathe-
dral 500 feet long and 365 feet high, and
it was worth it,"
You went to the continent, of
course?"
'tOh. yes. And we saw lot of in
teresting things. / am going through
the guide books and learn all about a
number of them by heart. All, gentle
men, tell you it is an impressive
thing to stand under the shadow of
cathedral 500 feet long and 36o feet
high
You spent some time in Paris, of
course?"
Yes. We did the whole town. Never
missed thing. Saw all the curiosi-
ties. But there We're no cathedrals
500"
Did you see the Latin quarter" his
friend interrupted.
The tourist hesitated
No he answered, reluctantly. I
left all that sort of thing to young
friend of mine, who was making a col
lection To tell you the honest truth
never did take much interest in OLD
coins, anyhow. .'-Washington Star.
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The Stockton Mail" has said that
President Mckinley personally .qnter-
fered" in the New York campaign, and
that the return of Tammany to power is
the result OF such disgraceful inter-
ference" Such charges as these have
been plentiful in the last year or two
We recall many such Indeed, ii would
seem to have become quite the habit
with sensational journals to convert
their suspicious into allegations OF fact
and thus blacken public men. and others
less prominent without support of
truth. BY no means CHASING our
Stockton contemporary with the sensa-
tlonal order, nevertheless it convicts
Itself of lending its columns to libel Of
the President. For it cannot produce
a scintiila of evidence that President
Mckinley by any act or expression in
the late New York campaign personally
interfered in any manner derogatory TO
the character OF the man. or dishonor-
able TO the high office he fills Dill
gent reading Of leading New York pa
pers during the campaign failed to dis
close to our intelligence any reference
whatever to the alleged fact referred to
by the Mail" 1t was born of the
mean mendacity of some dishonest
soul, TO whom falsehood is as a sweet
morsel. These silly yarns uttered with
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The Santa Monica Signal says,


The Sacramento 'Record= Union" is
WORKING earnestly in a popular cause by
circulating petitions to Congress ask
ing fer the construction Of a free wag-
| on road into that grandest of all ma
lures handiWork (the Yosemite by the
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Yes, it would indeed be a happy day,
| and it will be a happy day, for that
But it needs persistence, dogged per-
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by the 18th inst, that they may be
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Congress. In the meantime let all Cal
ifornians who have not yet signed the
petition do so. Between this day and
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ought to be added to the petitions.
The town of Fremont, in Nebraska,
alone OF all the towns in the West
shows up with a decline of bank clear
ances. This moves some heartless pa
pers to say that Fremont did this out
Of respect for Mr.. Bryan's feelings.
Rather let it be said that it is the nee
essary exception to prove the rule.
| Marshal BlancO has a difficult task
! before him. He is commanded not only
| to pacify Cuba, but he is also expected
| to make friends of the adherents OF
! General Weyler.
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Mr.. Lepine, ex-Prefect of Police in
Paris. who has been appointed Govern
or-General of AIzeria. has always been
the terror of French anarchists. and as
Louise Michel is about to make lee
ture tour OF the very province TO which
he has been assigned the outcome is
awaited with interest.
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Kentucky's KIondike.

There is great gold mining excite
ment in the vicinity Of Elizabethtown.
Ky. There really is gold in the region,
and if all those who are rushing to the
spot do not get some of it. at least they
will escape freezing to death.
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An Indigrity.

What's the Colonel so tearing mad
about, dcctor?"
i gave him some medicine to be
taken three times day in half a glass
of water. Detroit Free Press
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SWeetly Chnrifahla

what is unconventional, Uncle Jim?"
Unconventional? Well, it is being
too good natured to get vexed with peo-
pie who haven't any manners. DE
troit Free Press.
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THE NATION.

Stockton Independent: In the last
Presidential campaign the utter fail
ura of the glittering eloquence, as ex-
enplified by w. J. Bryan, demonstrat-
ed that the people did more of their
own thinking and We're less dazzled by
pretty phrases than they We're when
they fiocked to the support of almost
unknown Polk under the cry of free
trade and no monopoly" Even profess
sors of history make grave mistakes in
their speciality. Only recently John
Clark Ridpath, the author of an al
legged history of the United States, said
the working people were always we'll
employed and we'll contented before the
civil war, an error so deeply fragrant
that even men not pretending to be
deeply read knew he was wrong from
their sad experiences in 1854 and 1853
not to speak of earlier panics and hard
times recorded in history, when it was
difficult for poor people to earn food
1t is well for learned professors to
caution the people against tendencies
TO feudalism or aristocracy, but even
the most learned are apt to be car
ried away by their zeal in the cause
and to picture mere possibilities as
present existences. The American peo-
pie may be in danger of drifting to feu-
dalism but the danger is no greater
now than it ever was if it indeed is so
great. It is we'll. however. to be alive
to possibilities and to guard against
them becoming realities, but conjuring
UP political goblns will only frighten
the weak.
The record-union., 1897-11-10
Weather Forecast.

Northern California: Fair Wednesday,
with fog in the morning along the coast;
northerly winds inland; fresh westerly
winds on the coast.
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Sutton-in-Ashfield, in Nottingham
has given birth to more famous crick-
eters than any other town in England
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RECoRD-UNION TELEPHONE.
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IL of every 1000 of the Canadian pop
ulation We're born in the United states.
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THE BELVIDERE HOTEL,
1923 sixth street.
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT; NO
Chinese employed or patronized. We So
licit your patronage First-class table.
Low rates
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THE SADDLE ROCK
RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE.

FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect Ladies dining-room separate.
Open day ana night. BUCkMAN & CAR
RAGHER, Proprietors. No. 1919 Second
street, between j and X, Sacramento.
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TURCLU HOTEL,

500 N SIrteI.
CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN
plan strictly first class: hot and cold
baths free to grestS; electric cars pass
the door. FRANK MEYER, Prop.
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Accommodations first-class Free bus
to and from hotel W. j. ELDER, Mgr.
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MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT PAT
RONAGE.

Hon William L. Strong, Mayor Of
New York, has given to the public
very thoughtful essay on municipal
government which he correctly de-
nominates the most difficult of all gov
ernmental problems He is a believer
in the principle of party government
but holds very properly that there is
such a thing as carrying it too far
is found for particular appointive po-
sition his appointment should not be
made dependent upon his party devo-
ton.
That is very well. But suppose that
two men are found equally competent
and efficient, and one is of the political
faith of the chief of department 10
which he has been chosen by the vote
OF the people, and that the other is op-
posed to the political policy the people
have preferred is it not iustifiable.
nay Is it not the duty of the chief to
ill the place by the appointment of the
first?
OF course, as Mayor Strong well says,
city is entitled to full value for every
dollar it expends the same as an indi-
viduaL There is no gainsaying that
Municipal spoil should not be made the
aim and end Of municipal control
When it is there is certain to be mis-
government and waste. But it must be
first shown that the party the people
have made dominant in municipal gov
ernment is incapable of filing the sub
ordinate positions with men of efficien-
cy, competency and all other necessary
qualifications before the party chosen
official is justified in stepping outside
of his party membership in choosing
his heutenants for whose performance
he is to be held responsible.
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NTAISON FAIJRE.

RESTAURANT DE FRANCE, 427 K
street formerly near Golden Eagle Ho-
TED. Family Orders, Banquets and We'd
ding Parties a speciality.
l. EAERE. Proprietor.
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NEW OITIA M NffEN
415 h STREET, is THE ONLY FIRST
class restaurant in Sacramento that does
not employ Chinese help; open day and
night. 4. L. WEST, Proprietor.
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CHANGED HANDS.

NFi "A NIED II NDS.
MR. WM. EBERLEIN HAS PUR-
chased the Vienna Cafe and oyster House.
a 101 street, and will conduct 1t in an
up-to-date manner Meals at all hours
Fresh Eastern Oysters a Speciality.
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL,
Corner Tenth and K Sts., Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM, 81 25 TO 81 PER
day Meals p1c
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MuSSISSIPPI KITCHEN.

up. oysters in all styles. open day and
night Private rooms for ladies. j. NJ
GATTMANN. Prop. Cap. Tel. 2S1.
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: OVER THE FIELD.


Los Angeles Herald: The expected
came to pass Judge Van Wyck will
he the first Mayor of Greater New
York. Tammany and the Democratic
party are again in power. The people
have placed them there by plurality
so large that the efforts of the other
candidates in the light of the result
may appear to have been superfluous
and useless.
The outcome is a tribute to the cour-
age and training of the Tammany or
ganization, and it testifies to the solid
ity of the Democratic party in the bor-
oughs that go to make up the new
great city. The death of Henry George,
eliminating his personality from the
campaign. removed the last doubt as
to whether Van Wyck would be elected
There are a great many people in New
York and elsewhere in the country who
are not happy over the prospect that
Richard Croker will dominate munich
pal politics in the city during the next
four years. but even these seem to have
preferred Croker to Platt.
The election was a forlorn hope for
Platt 1t was to make or mar his for
lullSS DIS al pOIilaCS&i IlC SIic>S
to ALLEVIATE the reformers of his party
and called upon all his resources to
help him in the struggle. He had aid
and comfort from the national adminis-
tration. which cracked the party lash
over the heads of the recaleitrant Re-
publicans. He imported speakers from
abroad TO impaIt the praises Of his man
Tracy. One Of them, Senator Thurston.
declared that il a Democratic Mayor
was elected there would be no more
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FOR SHAME.

Marysville Appeal: 1t is intimated
that Sir Edwin Arnold married a Jap
anese woman in order that he might
have some one to listen to his japanese
poems. Sir Edwin is not the first man
to marry an audience in order to set a
hearing.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-08-03
The Profit in Poultry.

The farmer who despises the hens is
making a big mistake, no matter if he
is a big grain farmer or big stockman,
writes D. A. N. in Colman's Rural
World Appearances are deceitful, and
the last few years, yes, for many years,
the breeder of fowls has made indefi-
nitely more money for the amount OF
money. care and thought he has put
into his business than some of his
more pretentious brethren I do not
see that the prices of fresh eggs and
market poultry have fallen much for
the average of the year, notwithstand
ing the low price of corn and oats.
Western farmers had better convert
more of this grain into poultry prod
ucts. Manufacture the raw grain into
the finished poultry commodities. Man.
ufactured articles naturally bring
larger prices than the cruder products.
The great point in producing poultry
products for critical city markets is to
raise the best. A poor article always
disappoints both buyer and seller.
Away with dunghill fowls. Breed the
variety of poultry that best fits the
purpose you have in view. Plymouth
Rocks and Wyandottes are superb
breeds to cultivate for market poultry.
Leghorns are fine layers, but of small
value for cooking in pot. The Amer
lean Wyandotte Of a healthy strain
doubtless comes as near good layer
and fine market bird as any single
breed. If a man is to make special
~ of giving the market fresh eggs,
Iet him be sure the eggs are fresh, and
that they reach the market fresh. If
bo sells dressed fowls, let him be sure
tbav are fat, plump and well dressed.
In this way trade will grow on ones
hands.