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A Story of Two Dogs.

A stuffed dog in a glass Casa com.
mon, ordinary street cur-adorns the
private apartments Of the PROPRIETOR O,
one OF Philadelphia largest hotels
mere is a rather curious story q
nected with the defunct animal.
the hotel man tells about as
one day the dog came nosing abe
lobby, and, although elected
times, always returned, evident
search of the kitchen. Finally. in
to get rid of the cur it was given a
piece or raw meat. Instead of
IL there the canine took the off
IN its mouth and went out into ii
street. Out of sheer curiosity theyhot
man followed the animal and saw il
take the beef to another dog, which was
crouching behind a step. The latte,
stood up on receiving the meat. and as
1t did so held one foot off the ground
1t was discovered that the second dos
was lame.
While the crippled dog was eating the
other stood guard to see that there was
no interference. So 1T came to pass
that the proprietor of the hotel tool
both dogs into the hotel and christene6
them Damon and Pythias. Damon is
the one in the case, and Pythias still
rlns about although cd age is creep.
ing on apace.-Philadelphia Record.
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of suitable tackle. The inventor of this
novel flying machine for war Is Lieu
tenant Won Siegsfeld, of the German
army. He has constructed. on an exact
ly similar model. several sizes of small
balloons for sending up electric lights
for signal purposes. These signal bal
looms can be used in gale of wind
and they are said to be especially
adapted for fleet signaling at sea.
In practical balloon work in war
! time the commanding General orders
an ascension for the purpose of discov-
ering the position and probable inten-
tions of the enemy. The gas wagons
form in line at intervals of about
eight feet, with the balloon wagon a
short distance behind. The men are
divided into three platoons The first
platoon adjusts the hose, attends to the
filling, and afterward handles the bal
loon; the second mans the reel and the
third is thrown oat as skirmishers 10
prevent small parties of the enemy
from stealing Up near the balloon and
firing on it. The bicycle men report for
special orders. Fourteen minutes after
the command Full is given the bal
TAKING OBSERVATIONS.
AS it rises it I'm "'inds the cable from
the drum. When the balloon has reeled
off 600 yards of caLle the outgo is
stopped by a brake. and the observer
begins his observations First he uses
| the telephone. He says: 1T is clear
above; l can see distinctly" Then
perhaps he adds: Il see an infantry
skirmish line extending from such a
point to such a point think this Skin
mlsh line is thrown out by en- infantry
dlNlSlon, and that the remainder of the
infantry is concealed in wood Behind
the wood L see the artillery and bag
gage train. From the formation of the
artillery and baggage il is evident that
the enemy does not intend to retreat
he will either hol1 his position or ad
vance. AT present he is not in motion. ~
This report is taken down in writing
and transmitted to the commanding
ofhcer The same report is then com
mtnicated by the telegraph, and, last
ly, written in the basket and sent down
the cable in tin can. accom- panied by
rough map showing the enemy's DO
sltion. The balloon can be used as a
means OF reconnaissance throughout a
battle.
The ordinary balloon is acted upon
by the wind IN such a manner as to
render accurate observation impossible.
Furthermore, it bCbs about so that the
observer is apt to become extremely
SICK, and therefore incapacitated. Be
tween such an erratic gas-bag and the
scientific kite balloon. steady under all
conditions there can be no comparison
with respect to military availability
Lieutenant Won Slegsfeld, who is recog-
hiZeo as the great authority on balloon
ing IN Germany, says that kites will
never be practical for war purposes.
Ihey can be made big enough to carry
observers, but they are too unstable
Washington Post
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ness and disease. By this means only
can a woman remain fresh looking and
attractive.
Women may erase from their faces the
lines of suffering by using DR.. Pierce's Fa-
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have testified in writing to its marvellous
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1t cures all weakness and disease. 1t allays
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erhood. II does away with the discornfortA
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health and makes its advent easy and al
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II am going to write aud tell you the benefits
have received from taking your medicines y
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this being my hrst baby"
knowledge is power" In a thorough
knowledge of the human body lies the
power that will at last stamp out weakness
of the body and mediocrity of mentality.
DR.. Pierce has taken a long look into the
future through his Common Sense Medi-
cal Adviser" 1t is full of lust such knowl-
edge as will do the family The most good.
This book of over 1000 pages and finely IL
lustrated has had an unprecedented sale.
About 700, 600 copies have been sold at 81. so
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Electricity AstOnished Him

B-r-r-r-r-rup. The trolley car started
off with a jerk and the stranger from
Cohoes sat down with snap. He got
up in hurry, felt of himself anxiously.
felt OF the seat curiously, peered under
the seat inquisitively and looked UP
the hole where the stovepipe used to be,
vacantly.
Well, I swan" he said.
WHAT'S Wrong?" asked the con-
ductor, with sympathy
Wall, Id like to know haow in COM
mon sense you heat that ere carp" he
said
Tricity." said the conductor.
Tricity, Ell? Wall, l swan. Great
thing that 'tricity, hain't it? Fust it
shoves you, then it lights you, and
naow it cooks you! Anythin' else in
the 'tricity line, young man?'-New
York Journal.
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HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS.
He Recalled the Innocent Sports Once
INDUCED In.
'"rhe innocent days of my childhood

The innocent days of my childhood
are far, far away"
Alone in his cell at midnight. the SOL
itary man thought of the pleasant past
rather than the dark and forbdding flu
ture, says the New York journal" He
thought of the little school which he
did not attend, of the playmates of his
youth, of the girls he had adored Then
his mind went on until it reached the
years when he began his career of
crime.
He had committed almost every crime
in the decalogue except suicide and
now he was tempted to try that. Lack
Of a pleasant and suitable means alone
prevented.
when 1 was child" he unused, Il
cared little for the innocent pleasures
which l had. I had rather play hockey
than ball; stealing apples delighted me
more than marbles; poker and seven
up drew my attention rather than leap
frog and skipping the rope"
He shuddered.
Skipping the rope" he muttered
again.
The idea seemed to hold his atten-
ton. On the morrow he was to drop
through a scaffold to pay the penalty
for series Of atrocious murders
murders which had not needed a press
agent to secure notoriety for the per-
petrator. And now this case hardened
man-hardened not only by cases in
Police Courts, but in those in the Su-
preme Courts Of various States as we'll
was thinking about the games of his
childhood
'Hully gee,' he said, "but I'd give a
barrel of dough if could only skip de
rope wunst more to- morrow, fer in
stance"
The record-union., 1897-03-13

Did the women who had a measure
before the Assembly they were anx-
ious to have adopted. as they say in
he interest Of all womankind, reflect.
or know that when they threatened
.tssemblymen with political annihila-
ton if they dared oppose. or refused to
support the measure. they were vio-
lating law Of the State committing
grave crime; offending against a
statute that is such in the interests of
honesty, freedom and clean politics? If
the example of these women who APP
preached Assemblymen with threats is
a sample Of what they would do if in
The record-union., 1897-03-13

In a recent monograph Professor
David Starr Jordan of California asks
if ito believe" is more than Ito know" +?
1t would seem to be scarcely necessary
to devote an essay to answering such a
question. Does it not give its own an
Wer? Is not the response inevitable
and patent No? Belief must be tested
always by knowledge within the realms
Of possibility to know Beyond that,
faith may plume its pinions indepen-
dent of proof. But, as DR.. Jordan well
says, knowledge is the result always of
human experience, and the latter must
always bound the former. Science, how
ever, tests experience. resolves its con-
illusions and determines what Is the
truth. But. if, as he puts it, science is
only the gathered wisdom Of the race. it
cannot in all things reach the ultimate
of human desire in search for the truth,
and hence the constant demand for
broader and more exact knowledge"
Beyond the limitations of human expe-
rience. therefore, knowledge, or what
We may call knowledge, must be the
result OF reason. and on that we may
base faith.
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"Decency and Reliability"
From the Oroville Mercury

(F'rOm the Oroville Mercury)
1t would be an injustice to the Rec
ord-Union" and to all Northern Cali
notice Of it's forty seventh year, which it
has just entered The conservativeness,
Broad, high and liberal mindedness of
its editorials, it's complete legislative and
news reports, and above all it's decency
and reliability, commend it to continued
popular approval and support.
The record-union., 1897-03-13

The Grecian Government has sent
Message of thanks to Uncle Sam for
expressions of sympathy passed by the
United States Senate If public SEN
timent and thought in the American
Republic could, under the laws of ma
tons and with propriety, take on ma
terial form and action, there would be
good deal more for Greece to thank
the United States for than sympathy.
The record-union., 1897-03-13

Louis Meyer, for nine years prOpri-
etor Of the Healdsburg Tribune has
sold it to F. W. Cooke. Mr.. Meyer
founded the paper, and has made it
a good clean, wholesome, newsy local
journal. We trust Mr. Cooke viii con-
tinue it upon the same high level
The record-union., 1897-03-13

Well, if President McKinley's eX-
pected attitude upon the Cuban ques-
ton has so frightened Spain that she
is willing to hang out the white flag
in Cuba, the individual Bill Mckinley
has done as much for the Queen of the
Antilles, as the most ardent and rad
zeal protectionist claims will result
from the Mckinley bill.
The record-union., 1897-03-13
Buildozing the Doctor.

Nodd-I guess that doctor of mine
viii give US something to stop the
baby's crying now.
Todd-Why?
Nodd-im going to move next door
to him.-Tt Bits.
The record-union., 1897-03-13

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blood diseases. No other medicine has
such record of cures as Hoods Sar-
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Hoods Pills are easy to take. easy to
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Weather FOreca st,

Northern California-Fair Saturday; con-
tinued cold weather; killing froSts Satur-
day, and possibly Sunday morning; north
erly winds
Hight of river 20 feet inches.
The record-union., 1897-03-13

Professor Herring, in Appleton's Sci
entific Monthly" makes a valuable con-
tribution regarding the much debated
* Ray" which of late the people have
with much justice come to regard as
dangerous thing with which to expert
to the flesh and the bodily health have
been reported due to exposure to the
ray. 1t is essential to right understand
ing Of the ray and to what uses it may
be adapted to ascertain just what it is.
On that point Professor Hering's mono
graph is disappointing, but frank. He
arrives at the conclusion that as yet
we are in ignorance concerning the true
nature OF the ray. All he can tell us is
that four theories of it have been sug-
gested, namely, the rays are: l. Ether
waves like ordinary light, but Of ex-
ceedingly brief period therefore ultra
ultraviolet; or 2. They are streams of
material particles; or 3. They are vor-
tees of the inter molecular ether, forced
AhOiii tAe CdlHoue witch the gas pressure
is sufficiently low. Rectilinear propo-
cation, absence of reflection, etc, fol-
low from the properties of worthless. Or
4. They are variations of stress In the
dielectric surrounding Of the vacuum
tubes. Not one of these claims have
risen, says the scientist, above theory;
they are each entitled to the Scotch
verdict, Not proven" But he admits
that the preponderance of opinion is on
the side of the first We are to con-
clude, therefore, that as yet we are
in absolute darkness concerning the
genesis, the constitution and the prop
critics Of this mysterious ray, which,
after all, may not be a ray
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men reason for standing aloof from
such propositions?
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Entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento
as second-class matter
The record-union., 1897-03-13

The Tulare Register" complains bit
terly and justly that the acts and filth
Of the sensational, the lurid and the
gutter press of the State Injuries reput-
able journalism, and that the decent
papers suffer along with the unclean
Well, that is very true, but it is an
irexorable law of society. There is in
it the old, old story of dog Tray again.
But in this case the dog Trays are in
the majority and fail to assert them
selves. We are reminded right here
by conscience that after all. the nom
sensational press is much to blame.
How would it do for instance for the
self-respecting papers to stop utterly
and completely advertising the tarry
sheets, ignore them SO thoroughly that
the people would be deeply impressed
by the fact? The truth is that the
lurid press gets more free advertising
cut Of the decent press than it could
possibly pay for if 1t were measured
by the square in the advertising COL
umns. Then, too, that thought leads
On to another. How would it do for
all people who deplore and curse the
fake press and gutter style of journal
ism, to refuse to take and buy it? We
should not be surprised to find such
resolute action working distinct reform
V here reform is most needed.
The record-union., 1897-03-13

vile and so announces itself. Whoever
takes it up does SO with full knowledge
Of its character
The record-union., 1897-03-13

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THE WEEKLY UNION.
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A wo,rar's lookinp-rlass

A woman's looking-g glass
,es not lie to her. If she
oks carefully and owns
C truth to herself, she
will acknowledge that
it shows to hers as it
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. take proper care of
\ her womanly self.
. She should see that
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The capable editorial writer of 'Har-
per's Weekly" who enjoys the distinc-
ton of being an exceptionally well-in-
formed and forcible writer on foreign
politics, arrives at the conclusion that
is gradually forcing itself upon the
public mind that Russia is really back
of the invasion of Crete by Greece. The
whole thing depends, in the opinion of
the Weekly" upon the wave of the Rus
sian hand, and that is to depend wholly
upon Russian interest. The Bear will
take Constantinople when he is ready,
and, indeed whatever else he wants.
Germany, it is held, is not averse to the
Russian scheme, while exceedingly anx-
ious that the peace of Europe shall not
be broken-more anxious, indeed, than
any other nation of the continent AT
the same time it is the opinion of, this
critic whom we quote that England is
settling down to the conviction that the
Car is inevitable. But it is admitted
that 1t is puzzle no one can solve how
this is to be done and war involving
all Europe be avoided. From all which
it must be concluded that the Powers
care very little about Crete. The Greek
invasion is to them a mere incident
which they are magnifying for purely
selfish purposes; therefore. whatever is
done, as the Weekly puts it, for the
Christians in Crete or Armenia, or any
where else, will be the result of an
awakened public conscience, and not
due to sympathy by the Powers, which,
in money and in politics, are as cruel
and as merciless as is the Turk himself
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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-31
Senator White on Hawaiian Annex
alton.

Senator Stephen M. White has
contributed to the August number
Of the Forum the soundest, ablest,
and best argument that has yet ap-
peared against the Annexation OF
the Hawaiian Islands to the United
States. In the many Eastern re-
views OF it that have come to our
attention, the principal objection to
it is that it is rather more passion
ate than the occasion calls for. No
greater compliment could be paid
to the quickened conscience and
sense of right, that have impelled
our Senior Senator to speak out as
he has. With no personal interest
for or against the proposed annex
alton, and with an insistent clique
Of his constituents sel6shly trying
to whip him into support of the an
nexation treaty, he exhibits heroic
manhood in expressing thoughts
that breathe, iu words that burn, in
opposition TO scheme in behalf Of
which not one good word can be
said, and which, il consummated,
will violate treaties, rob a docile
race of their Government and coun-
try, and add page of history to
these United States that we shall all
one day like to see blotted out. No
honest man can fall to display feel
ing when he comes to consider how
the docility, kindness, and ready
acceptance Of Christianity by the
Hawaiian race have been met by the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-31
INTERCEPTED TELEGRAMs.

MIssRs FRYE AND HoAR TO L. NJ.
HAToH-You may issue registers to
China and Barracuda and we will
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for the opportunity.
FRYE, OF MAINE To SEwALL. ALSO OF
MAINE-Lst up your opposition to
registers for China and Barracuda.
| will square it with the Bath people.
THURsToN TO DoLE-The China
racket was "grand stand play" 1t
is said here that Cooper aud Sewall
were the battery. Never mind who
gets the credit. 1t was a dandy
play. The Japanese scare is like a
busted boom, Do not work it any
longer. Try something else, The
annexation contingent in the Senate
need lots of help
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-31

in the short span Of 70 years have
succeeded in educating the Hawai-
ian people to entitle them to govern
themselves, administer law and JUS
tice and be the equals of their white
brethren, The missionaries and
their descendants stultify them
selves and to chose the form of gov
ernmeut under which they prefer to
live. And surely, where the ques-
tion OF the very existence of their
country and their nationality is at
stake the Hswaiians in fairness and
justice ought to be heard. And in
their demand for a hearing they will
have the support Of every true Am
erican to whom the voice OF the
People is the voice OF God.
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