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is THIS THE WHITE FLAG?
Watterson Has Not Surrendered to
the Silver Cause.

Ours is OF the foremost nations Of
Christendom. We cannot afford de-
based money of any sort. We cannot
afford TO degrade the coinage and rel
egate ourselves to the financial com-
pany or Mexico. We cannot AFFORD to
issue irredeemable paper and drop into
fiscal companionship with Italy. The
South learned during the days of Con-
federacy exactly what cheap money and
penalty of it means.
The fusion effected at Chicago in
1896 was certainly a promising fusion.
Mr.. Bryan was certainly an ideal can
didate for that fusion. Neither the
fusion movement nor it's candidate Will
ever be so strong again. Even their
triumph in an election would not nee
essarily imply free silver. and fat mon
ey, because, every American being q
born financier, the likelihood is that
success at the polls would be followed
by such babel in Congress as to de-
stroy the party brought into power al
the end of popular revolution.-LouE-
vile Courier Journal.
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Notice Of theHearing Of the Report Of the Viewers.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION
of Mrs j. NJ. French ct ais. for new
county road in Road District No. 5, Sac
ramento County, California, and to all
non-consenting land owners to said pc
tition.
Notice is hereby given, that the report
this matter, having been filed IN open
session of the Board of Supervisors of
Sacramento County, California, on the
It'll day of January, 1898, and the hearing
of the said report having. been fixed by
said board for MONDAY, February Z,
1898. at o'clock p. m, at the office of
said board in the Hall of Records of said
county on / street, between Sixth and
Seventh streets, of Sacramento City. CAL
ifornia. And you are hereby notified then
and there to appear and show cause, il
any you have, why said report should not
be adopted and approved, and said pro-
posed road finally opened in accordance
herewith. Said new road is described as
follows to wit: Commencing at the
southwest corner of the southeast quar-
ter of section 10, running south through
the center of section Is through the land
of CLAIMS and Mrs. Nicolaus, thence
west through the land of CLAIMS and Mrs.
Nicolaus, then through the land OF
CLAIMS and Mrs. French, then through
the land of CLAIMS and j. X Houston,
then through the land of CLAIMS to the
Lower Stockton Road, the same to be
fifty feet wide.
BY order of said Board of Supervisors.
Attest: VIM. 3. HAMILTON,
(SeaD i11-10t Clerk Of said Baord.
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the system is flying along the track of dis.
ease at such frightful pace that no ordinary
methods will prevent disaster. There are
plenty of medicines which act merely "a
brakes to slow up" the disease and put
off disaster for little while; but that isn't
enough. What is needed is medicine that
will instantly reverse the entire wasting,
degenerating process.
When people are losing flesh and strength
and vitality, with the life oozing out of them
day after day they need DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, which acts directly upon
the vital forces, completely transforms the
entire nutritive organism and totally re-
verses the wasting, facilitating process
which is at the root of all diseases.
1t enables the digestive and blood-rnaking
organs to supply the circulation with an
abundance of pure, healthy, red blood. II
stops the wasting of tissue, builds up solid
muscular flesh and healthy nerve-force.
Miss Mary whitman of East Dickinson
Franklin Co.. ". V, writes For nearly ten
months I have had bad cough, and instead Of
getting better, it grew worse, until was advised
by friend to try DR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery hesitated at first, for it seemed to
me nothing would give relief only death My
parents were anxious about me. and / was said
to have consumption. 7 tried your medicines
and before had taken many doses there was
great change When the second bottle was empty
had no coaef and was great deal stronger"
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A COMING EVENT.

San Francisco has IN preparation for
the oath inst. a celebration In honor
Of the serni-centennial anniversary Of
the discovery OF gold on the head
waters of the American River, not far
from Sacramento.
In promoting that celebration there
has been manifest in the metropolis a
gratifying public spirit, and unity OF
purpose and action on the part Of the
people Of San Francisco that is full Of
promise. II the metropolis will in 9TH
or matters be as broad and unselfish
IL Will be cause for congratulation
among the people Of California
The celebration promises to be a very
successful and patriotic one; a demon
stration that IN display alone will be
well worth the while Of all who can
possibly be present to go to that city
for the purpose.
At the same time there Is TO open
in that city a mining fair and product
exhibit that will probably surpass any
thing Of the kind attempted in that city
since the Midwinter Fair. This ex-
position will remain open for con-
siderable time, and ought to, as IL
doubtless Will, serve the State well IN
making its mineral and other resources
known
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A Polite Answer. Etc.

Smoking cigarette the other night
In the North i heard a story which
SO far as l know is new. A proud old
lady swept Indignantly UP to the door
Of a railway carriage at York Station.
A schoolboy was leaning half way out
of the compartment, reflectively making
a cigarette. and, after the fashion of
the English schoolboy, not caring for
anybody. rs this smoking compart-
ment?" asked the dame with scathing
voice mo, madame" replied the boy.
politely raising his cap. IF you want a
smoking compartment you will find
one little lower down,"-Figaro.
The record-union., 1898-01-15

When news of the recent fire IN Lon
don was received the American press
generally laughed at the London fire de-
partment. The idea Of a confiagration
raging in the very heart of old Lon
don. and the fire department not re-
spending for twenty minutes, was an
surdly ridiculous. Moreover, the Amer
leans. who are chagrined If their de-
partnents are not in their fire boots at
the third tap of the alarm bell, had
cause for laughter when the news was
that after the discovery Of the fire py q
vvatebnan. he had to call a Bobby, VINO
IN turn had to go a considerable distance
~ alarm the fire brigade. This poking
of fun was resented by our cousins
across water. Some Of them grew
wrathy and the chief of the London
fire brigade, backed by the press, came
ant in a fiery denial of incapacity on
The record-union., 1898-01-15

After all, there is no starvation in
Dawson, nor is there going to be. The
War Department has received definite
information on the subject, and it is
improbable, We assume, that a relief
eminent has been put to a great cost
already in the premises. due to the
lurid stories of sensational newspapers,
the product of their mendacity and
of a few adventures whose fears got
the better of them.
The record-union., 1898-01-15

A boy had been up for an examina-
ton in Scripture, had failed utterly.
and the relations between him and the
examiner had become somewhat
strained. The latter asked him if
there We're any text in the whole Bible
he could quote. He pondered, and
then repeated And Judas went out
and hanged himself /"
rs there any other verse you know in
the Bible?" the examiner asked.
Yes. Go thou and do likewise"
There was a solemn pause, ard the
proceedings terrninated.-Figaro.
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A Great Advautape.

The horse has another point Of SUI
periority over the wheel
What is it?'
When horse is getting ready to
shy at anything you can tell it by his
ears."-Chicago Record.
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Not to be Resisted.

Il have had some photographs talk
en-, Mr.. Hankinson,' said little Kittie to
the young man whom she was tempo
rarily entertaining in the parlor. Would
you like to peruse them ?"-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The record-union., 1898-01-15
Weather Forecast.

Northern Calfornia-Fair Saturday, ex-
cept in extreme northern portion, where
showers are likely to occur; continued cold
weather; southwesterly winds.
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the part of the department, while the
Lord Mayor himself went into print to
praise the. efficiency OF London's force
and the adequacy of the city's equip
ment for the suppression of fires. Now
that these doughty people have had time
to cool off, official investigation tells US
the truth, namely, that the fire brigade
is i'll equipped with engines and the
water supply is insufficient. If all the
truth were told, it would be added that
the London firemen are back numbers
compared with the American. They are
not. indeed, one half as efficient, and in
rapidity of action and daring, are not
to be compared with New York firemen.
This we have from half dozen or more
reliable witnesses who have frequently
seen the London brigade in action. One
simple line in the report of the invesu-
cation made of the recent London con
iagration proves the ancient character
ommendation that an engine be always
kept at the Central City Fire Station
with steam constantly up" In all we'll
regulated American Fire Departments
there is at every fire house an apparatus
that keeps steam so well up that the en-
CINE rolls out with the water in her
boiler hot, so that her steam will be up
before she can reach her station.
A Senator of Illinois with exceeding
small brain locker has tackled upon a
revenue bill before the Legislature OF
that State clause exempting the prop
erty of women from taxation. And in
the name of the Prophet, why? Does
the legislator think to placate the Wo-
man suffragists by such a device? If
the strong minded women are one half
what they claim to be, they Will be in
| suited, not complimented, by such sop
thrown to them. Moreover, by what
men pay the entire cost of governmental
protection of all property? Has he any
constitutional warrant for such an alb
surd attempt? If so, Illinois is the very
| best of States-to move out of. If there
| is any strength whatever in the doctrine
of the woman suffragists, it resides in
the claim for political equality on hu-
man grounds. They do not claim recog-
milton as a matter of sentiment, nor out
Of sympathy or pity. Their cause would
be confessed defeated if they occupied
any other than the ground of justice,
as they estimate it. Exemption of their
property from taxation, therefore, would
in no wise affect the logic of their rea-
soring, yet we are told that the Illinois
Senator pushes his bill on the claim that
| it will placate the woman suffragistS.
| We do not believe it, not for one mo-
ment. The woman suffrage workers may
be i'll advised, but they are not fools.
They know perfectly we'll that it is tax
rate making, tax collecting and tax pay
ing, which lie at the basis of their claim
for recognition in political life. To
leave them untaxed will in no wise quiet
their clamor for admission TO the priv
| ilege of fixing the rate of tax and for
participat ton in the work of selecting
those who lay on the taxes-nor should
it do so.
The record-union., 1898-01-15

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the blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla neutral
ICES the acid and completely cures the
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Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
to operate. Cure indigestion, bilious
ness, 25c.
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Down Brakes, and Reversed"
When train is discovered rushing on to

frightful col
lision, it is a
thrilling in.
slant as the
c n g i n e e I
w b i s ( l c s
f" Down
brakes !"
and reverses
is lev er.
Brakes alone
a r c n o I
enough /; the
w h o lie pro-
pelling pow
er of the en-
CINE must be
reversed and
made to work
in the oppo-
site diTec-
ton. That is
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S omet ii m e S
NTH d.seaSa
There are
times when
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The longest stretch Of straight rail-
road line in America is on the Lake
Shore Railway, beginning at a point 8
miles west of Toledo, o., and running
sixty-nin miles without curve.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento
as second-class matter
The record-union., 1898-01-15

That such respectable assembiage
is to be found here is largely due to
the wise forethought of the founder OF
the Mills House in providing for
standard, up to which all would-be
guests must come A sort of board OF
examiners investigates the character,
references, and. as far as possible, the
past history Of each applicant thus ex-
Guiding practically any vicious element.
As the number of applications far ex-
ceeded the accommodations at the out
set. many had to be refused; giving
those who madesthe selections a wide
field to choose from.
There are 1000 bedrooms in the
building, and an entire floor is devoted
to toilet and laundrying purposes.
There are fifty small compartments
each containing a complete shower
bath apparatus, and three or four times
that many stationary washstands; each
one being supplied with a fixed mirror
and other necessary appliances.
stepped into the laundry where the
guests can save something by doing
it themselves"
The mercury was about 20 degrees
on the street; in this spacious apart
ment Che laundry the heat was OPP
pressive-a thermometer hanging upon
pillar indicated 50 degrees. About a
dozen perspirinng individuals in negli-
ge costume We're industriously making
use Of the advantages the fine modern
system of tubs and hot water offered.
All these privileges are extended to
the guests of the hotel without extra
charge, and when it is considered that
one can be guest for 81 ID a week,
everything included; and that the es-
Establishment is self-supporting, it seems
as though d. G.. Mills We're entitled
to be ranked among the foremost phil
anthropSts of the age.
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The best advertising mediums on the
Pacific Coast.
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The record-union., 1898-01-15

We are now in the middle of January,
and it is necessary that the county
and city officials upon whom the duty
is incumbent shall Immediately select
the names from which primary election
officers are to be drawn under the new
primary law. The statutes require
that the drawing shall take place in
January. 1t is suggested that it is
useless to obey the law until the SUI
preme Court decides the Gator test case
That is ridiculous. The officials have
no reason to assume that there is any
doubt whatever about the constitution
a1ity of the law. Until it is declared
unconstitutional they must do duty UNI
der it, and proceed precisely as If it's
integrity had not been questioned.
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UPTOWN RRANCH OFFICES.

AT Thomas w. McAuliffe & Co.'S Drug
Store, southeast corner of Tenth and j
streets.
OAK PARK AGENCY-Carter's Black
smith shop, corner Thirty-fourth street
and Sacramento. avenue.
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And. speaking of philanthropy re-
minds me to say that probably no
enterprise ever devised in its name in
this city has received so much, and
such wonderful advertising as has the
operetta Cinderella" And when I say
advertising" / do not include a great
many columns of gratuitous reading
matter that has appeared in the met
ropolitan newspapers.
Not only does she take up consider
able space in every amusement col
umn, but Cinderella confronts us in
every elevated and surface railway car,
conspicuous as the only thing of her
kind among a sombre background Of
beers, pins, tonics and dictionaries.
But this is not all. cinderella" has
other ways of reminding New Workers
of their duty to charity and one charity
in particular. When the man without
a newspaper has left the car after hav-
ing spelled out backwards and in divers
other ways the announcement in gaudy
colors overhead, he steps on to Broad
way or Twenty third or some such
street, and there, Haunting high across
the middle of the street is the Wistful
maiden of the slipper, or, rather, her
proclamation, tossing about in the
wind upon a net campaign banner.
All this causes me, in my ignorance,
to ask whether John d. Crimmins and
the other promoters of the thing would
not benefit charity more by contribut-
ing the advertising expenses Of Gin
derella" rather than the proceeds of
this promising and novel entertain
ment.
1t costs a trifle to advertise thusly
in New York, and l can't see how in
the sname of all that's Tammany so
many thousand dollars worth of people
are to be crowded into the Metropolitan
Opera-house in six evenings.
The record-union., 1898-01-15

Under the old Strong Roosevelt ad-
ministration, the rank and file Of the
Police Department received a thorough
overhauing and renovating which did
the finest" undoubted good as a body.
Many incompetent though old-time
members were weeded out and new
men chosen through the competitive
civil service examination system.
Many of the new men were, strange
as it may seem, from the few thor
oughly rural counties of the State;
young, fresh from the farm and the
district school. All the preparation
needed for the examination was close
and prolonged study of the city map.
Now, one of the essential points of
agricultural education is, as everyone
knows, a certain knowledge of the
horse and his idiosyncracies, and this
learning begotten under conditions for
eign to large cities serves it's possess or
as 4 metropolitan police officer to an
extent that could not have been dreamt
of
There are many thousand horses
helping this great city do it's business,
and it is hardly necessary to state that
mans best friend" is often especially
unfriendly.
Near Bond street, on Broadway, the
other evening / witnessed a little incl
dent which serves to illustrate both of
the above hypothesis. A heavy horse
attached to a loaded express wagon
had evidently decided that it had done
enough work for one day, and refused
to do any more. There was a small
crowd around, including several sym
pathetic truck drivers, who loaned
their assistance and suggestions, but to
no avail. One tried to lead the animal
by the bride, whereupon up went head
and forelegs; the bride was wrenched
free and the man had to use all of his
agility to escape the descending hoofs.
Soon a copper arrived upon the
scene-one of New York's ''rurales. "
He has an air of confidence about him
which the crowd respects. He clasps
the bride with one hand, and after
soothing and petting the animal for
fully five minutes, leads it a few yards
and starts it off alone. His balkiness
went US far as the Broadway cable road
tracks and there comes to an abrupt
halt. The cable cars on both sides
come up and in a few minutes there is
a jam on the line extending for several
blocks. The now thoroughly angered
driver grabs the whip and the horses
forelegs are viciously dashed. Finally,
at one particularly heavy cut, up goes
the horse on his hind legs till he is
literally upright, and then down with
a crash. The whip is discarded. but
not till the nearby gripmen have re-
moved the car headlight to safer
position inside the dashboard.
Again comes the policeman to the
rescue; he grasps firmly the nostrils
of the now thoroughly frightened ami
NAL and again pats him soothingly, de-
spite few Intellectual attempts to
stand endways. For fully ten minutes
this marvel of patience continues hold
ing on in the position just described,
then he tells the driver TO be ready;
he leads; the horse follows, and the
baIky fit is over The gripmen replace
their headlights; the mile OF blocked
cable cars start off, their passengers
are cased of impatience and things re-
sumo their normal condition on this
particular part of Broadway.
TnNTVC
The record-union., 1898-01-15

The late dispatches are to the effect
that our fleet is not needed in Havana
harbor. because of the mobs and rioting
in the city. Without wishing any harm
to any American in Cuba, we canot sup
press the regret that our fleet is not
needed at Havana. The sooner 1t is
placed in the waters Of Havana, the bet
ter. The naval flags Of other nations
float there without a lisp of Spanish OBJ
lection, but old glory must not be I'M
furled from a naval mast in that har-
Dor because forsooth Spain might
glover. We do not understand, we
doubt if any one does, why under such
conditions as prevail in Cuba. where
our citizens are numerous and their ma
terial interests great, no ship of the ma
ton is in any Cuban port to protect
Americans at any moment, and to in
spire respect for them and their rights.
The record-union., 1898-01-15
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