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The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11

ny lHlIu tlttS luc dulDuuL becomes 4
serious one. In case of sickness the pupil
is excused, but if there be any suspicion
of shamming a doctor is sent. If the
suspicion is found to be we'll founded the
parent is required to pay the cost of the
doctors visit.
Not long ago a Frenchman died and
a clause in his will set forth his desire to
be conveyed to his last resting place in
motor car arranged Il" Il hearsc. Near
Marseilles there has just taken place
Il christening of a new order. The chris
tcning party consisted of nine persons,
and they were conveyed to church by a
will he source of satisfaction to the
parents of the child-it WAS boy-to say
that he began very early to patronize the
new Ice motion, which ia described as ''le
sport la mode"
There has been no religious census in
France since 1872. All religions ere
equal before the law, and the Roman
Catholics, Protestants and Hebrews have
allowances from the public treasury in
Roman Catholics, 41,126,923 francs;
Protestants. 1,495.1OO francs; Hebrews,
2O6,53O francs. According to the latest
census of Russia. the, religious division
III 1892 was as follows: Orthodox Greek
Catholics, 73,0OO.OOO; United Church and
Armenians. $4,000: Roman Catholics, s.
100000: Protestants. 2,05O.O0O; He
brews. 3,C00,OOO: Mohammedans, 1000
OCO: Pagans, 10000.
"A peculiar state of affairs exists in the
Indian territory. Reports from the Kio-
wa and Comanche reservations, of which
William Walker is agent. are that many
Of the Indians are dying Of disease caused
by being stopped from eating ,nescal
beans. For some years the Indians sur
reptitiously have been eating these beans.
and tho agent was never able to learn how
they managed to get drunk. 1t seems tha I
the bean, -:hich was smuggled to these
Indians from Mexico, had the effect Of in
toxicating them. It also prevented con-
sumption. as medical experts who have
just returned from there bringing this
story testify. As soon as the Indians are
stopped from eating the beans they take
sick and die. .zs.ss
The record-union., 1898-12-29

''The Inventors Wife" Tillie Stafford !;
song, "The Little Sparrows, first and
second grade children; dialogue, THE
Lock OUT; song, When Christmas
Bells Are Ringing" Alta Spencer and
Pearl White; recitation, "A Secret With
Santa Claus" Celia Shaw; dialogue,
"A Temperance Lesson; recitation.
Little Bennie," F'reda Boething; reci-
tation, What Are Little Girls Good
For?' Karoline Boething, Gertrude
Schmittgen, Bell Grant; song, "a Boy
Is a Boy" class Of boys; recitation,
Christmas With My Old Mother
Otto Spencer: song, 1--WE Will Stand by
the Old Flag" Clara Johnson; dialogue.
"A Wise Conclusion" Alma Kipp and
Walter Johnson; cantata, "The Re
ward of Virtue," seven girls; recita-
tion, When Freda Comes Irving Boe-
thing; song, After the War Is Over,
Edith McMullen; recitation, Mr..
Brown Gets His Hair Cut" Alec Nc
Donald; song and drill, THE Mistletoe
and Holly" fourteen girls; dialogue,
THE Matrimonial Advertisement" !;
song and garden Scene. Mary, Mary,
Quite Contrary; song, You May
Think Don't Know Who Is Coming
Tonight six little girls; tableaux and
song, THE Night Before Christmas, -
by the school
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A JUST TRIBUTE.

The Stockton Independent" pays a
high and just tribute to Judge Day
Less than q year ago he was a modest
attorney in small city in interior
Ohio. Since then he has served with
distinguished ability and great sa-
gacity as Secretary of State of one of
the greatest Powers on earth He
carefully and firmly held the reins of
his important office during a sudden
and trying war and up to it's brilliant
close in victory. He was then at once
sent abroad as chief of the Peace Com
mission to confront the shrewd and
practised diplomats of the old world,
which he has done with notable sue
cess. He now returns to his native land
with treaty in his hand that receives
the approval of the American people,
and wins for him and his colleagues
distinguished honor. In a few days he
retires again to private life, unruffIed
and not made vain or ambitious by the
honors which were thrust upon him and
which ne so worthily bore His is a
splendid example of the magnificent re-
serve force this nation has in its citizen
corps
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COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS.

It seems that Professor Eliot Norton
who has been such an out-and-out op-
ponent of the expansion policy, is pre-
pared to bow to what he believes TO be
the inevitable. He told a class of un-
dergraduates the other day, that while
he did not recede from the anti-expan-
sion position he assumed at the outset,
he was now convinced that the nation
would adopt the policy. He added as
salve for what he deems unwisdom,
that after making number of mis-
takes and undergoing some bitter ex-
periences, he believed we would sue
ceed reasonably well as Colonial
Power.
Professor Norton, however, seems not
to have discovered that it has not been
proposed that We become a Colonial
Power. There is a very broad dis
tinction between holding possessions
and colonizing them. We do not un-
derstand the Administration to be even
pointing towards the colonization
scheme. Even Great Britain has ceased
activity along one such line, having
taken one Of its fairest possessions,
Dominica, out Of the category of colo
nies, such as Professor Norton refers
to. 1t is now a crown possession, and
nothing more, and will hereafter be
governed as such.
In fact it would not be an evil if
Congress, after the ratification of the
treaty of peace, should fail for some
time to legislate for the government of
our new possessions, since military
government of them for term Of years
would be the very best thing for the
people of these possessions. It's sue
cess in Porto Rico may be duplicated
in the Philippines, and, for the matter
Of that, in Hawaii, though it is not
necessary in the latter instance, where
a broad home rule principle will be the
policy, as already reported by the Ha-
waiian commission.
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JUsTIFIABLE RETICENCE.

Many Of the anti-eXpansion press of
the East are constant in expressing
their surprise that the President should
have been so 'reticent' in his message
concerning the future status of the
possessions coming to US under the
Paris treaty.
But the President was not reticent.
He was especially outspoken. He said
in so many words that whereas it is
the duty of Congress to provide for
the future of the islands, he awaited
expression on the part of that body,
and in the meantime should continue
military rule over the new possessions.
That, we take it, is exceedingly ex-
plicIt. It gives Congress to understand
that in the opinion of the President
there is no need for haste in the mat
ter, and that the legislative arm of the
Government can take plenty Of time for
elaboration.
Equally clear it is that the President
is satisfied that the military arm of the
Government can take care of the isl
ands in the meanwhile for their own
benefit and with honor and credit to
the whole country. For the President
adds to his statement that under the
military form there viii be guaranteed
to the new peoples security in life and
property and the encouragement of a
just and bene1cent rule" Could any
thing be more explicit than that? Is
The record-union., 1898-12-29
MORE COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Entertainments at Union House
and Brighton Junction.

The pupils of Prairie District school.
together with their parents and invited
guests, assembled at the schoolhouse,
near the Union House, on Saturday eY-
ening, the oath, to enjoy literary exer-
cises, Christmas tree and a general
good time. The tree was under the
full control Of Santa Claus in person.
The following program was admirably
rendered, each number eliciting hearty
applause:
Remarks by the teacher, Miss Edna
I. Greenlaw; song, by the school; reci-
tation, Edna Greer; "A Boys Opinion"
Charles Mack, Jr; "Santa's Secret" I"
Winnifred Whitman; Motion Song,
Maud and Mabel Harris, Edna Greer,
Flossie Webb; mo Stockings to Wear" :"
Mark Wightman; dialogue, "Our Holi-
days." Ruby Ross, Katie watson, Ever
ett Kelly and Tom Wightman; "Kriss
Kringle's Surprise" Clarence Harris
Recitation to Kriss,' John Wightman; !;
Little House Maids" Maud and Mabel
Harris; song, "Cedars and Pines, y
school; Might Before Christmas, Z"
Katie Watson; Night After Christ
mas Everett Kelly; ''Kriss Kringle's
Visit" Charles Frye; "A Holiday
Acrostic," primary pupils "a Modern
Santa Claus" Phyllis Grey; Aunt Ia
bitha, Ruby Ross; Motion Song 0it-
tie Mothers), primary pupils; How He
Does It," Tom Wightman; dialogue,
Santa Claus Outwitted"; "In Santa
Claus Land" Cecil Kelly; "Santa's s
Ride" Daphne Harris; song, Happy
New Year." school.
After the program was rendered
Santa Claus distributed all the good
things of the season to both old and
young.
JUNCTION SCHOOL.
At the Junction School, Miss Alice
Whyte teacher, the following program
was rendered on Friday evening:
1.-THE First Gift" school; recitation,
kris Kringle," Clarence Shaw; song,
Christmas Is Coming" six little girls
recitation, Rescue of Santa Claus by
Admiral Dewey" class of boys; song,
Saint Nick" Elsie Spencer; recitation,
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there any evidence of reticence in such
expression?
Truth is, the President very nicely
remained within the bounds of execu-
tive propriety, and very courteously
and discreetIy refrained from attempt
ing to sway or influence Congress in
the matter. Congress declared war. 1t
pushed the President into the conflict
somewhat earlier than he was disposed
to enter it, since he felt that the coun-
try was not fully prepared for it. He
leaves it to Congress, therefore, to say
what forms Of government shall be es-
tablished over the new possessions.
In view Of the gravity of the prob
lem, the great domestic and CONNER
cial interests involved, and the vastness
Of the character of the task, 1t would
have been improper in him to even
suggest what the form of government
should be, and what its relations to
home interests.
The time Will come, however, when
he can properly address Congress upon
that subject; and it is very near at
hand when he will communicate to it
the facts he has ascertained, and ac-
company the recital with advice as to
what should be the policy Of the nation.
But in his general message, and while
the treaty was still suspended in doubt
it would have been an act of impro-
priety for him to have outlined to Con-
gress a system for the government of
the new possessions.
The President well knew that be-
tween the time when the treaty should
be concluded and the time when he
could properly address Congress upon
the subject, he would gain a great deal
Of information upon the subject, which
could be properly transmitted to Con-
gTess, and which would largely clear
the way for wise action. The criticisms,
therefore, of the message of President
Mckinley on the ground Of "reticence, -
and, as some have had the indiscretion
to say, "cowardice," is wholly unwar-
ranted.
The record-union., 1898-12-29
Itching
Scalp HumOrs
Cuticura Works Wonders in
Cleansing the Scalp and Re- 4.
storing the Hair. =

was suffering tortures from a diseased
scalp. was scratching my head from morn
ing till night. Little pimples broke out all
over my head. had no rest. / got cake OF
CUTICURA SOAP anda box of CUTICURA (oint-
ment). Iwashed my head about once week
with hot water and CUTICURA SOAP, and then
applied the CUTICURA (ointment) as dress
ing. / only used one box of ointment and
one cake of soap, to be cured. Now, my head
hasn't pimple on it, and my hair is growing
splendidly. ADA q. HAKhELL,
Feb. 21, 1898. $50 Grand st., Jersey City, N. j.
Twas troubled with dandruff so that it made
nv hair fall out so bad, / got discouraged. I
purchased box of CUTICURA (ointment) anda
cake of CUTICURA SOAP. The former rubbed
well into the scalp twice week, and then
shampooed with warm water and good lather
of CUTICURA SOAP once week. My hair is
growing out thick once more, and free from
terrible dandruff. Miss ADA JAYES,
Feb. 20, '9S 50 Webster Ave, Chelsea, Mass.
had bad scalp humor, and thought 1
would go frantic with itching. lost consid-
erable of my hair (of which had an abun-
dance, and was very proud). tried several
remedies bnt they failed. 1 tried CUTIoURA
SOAP, relief immediate, and itching is com.
pletely gone. Mrs NJ. judah,
Feb. 20, '98. 246 Halliday St., jersey City, NJ.
The record-union., 1898-12-29

Many of our contemporaries are al
ready beginning to borrow trouble
about the Legislature to assemble in
few days. We venture to suggest
that so nervous a state Of mind and
expression is invitation to that which
is feared by those who entertain such
alarms. Let the Legislature have a
fair show It is time enough to brand
men as scoundrels when they have
given cause for such verdicts, or by
their course indicate that. they are
actuated by other motives than the
highest, best good of all the people Of
the State.
The record-union., 1898-12-29

Those who do not believe in the sin
cerity Of their own government, and
who continue to assert precisely as the
Spanish do, that we do not intend to
free Cuba, overlook or purposely ignore
the declaration of the President in his
message, wherein he distinctly says to
Congress: "As soon as we are in pos
session Of Cuba, it will be necessary to
give aid and direction to its people to
form a government for themselves
This should be undertaken at the earli-
est moment consistent with safety and
assured success" There is nothing
doubtful in that. 1t is clear expression
on the part Of the Executive, that at
least so far as his department of the
government is concerned, annexation of
Cuba is not contemplated, and that no
thought is entertained at the White
House Of any divergence from the ex-
press declaration Of Congress, that in
tervention in the war between Cuba
and Spain was for the sole purpose of
restoring tranquility, abolishing noto-
rious abuses, and enabling the people
TO establish a free government
The record-union., 1898-12-29

The question Of Impeachment of Gov
ernor Tanner is bound to come before
the Legislature of Illinois to assemble
next week. It cannot well be avoided.
The Governor has already been indicted
for violation of his oath and subversion
of the laws of the State. He ought to be
brought to trial like any other offender.
If he has a valid defense the place for
him to make it is in court, and before
jury Of his country. Likewise if he
is the offender he is charged with being
it is the province and the duty of the
Legislature to take notice of it and try
him at the bar of the Senate. If there
is any excuse for his offense that body
alone can order its entry Of record.
The record-union., 1898-12-29
TRUSTEES SALE.

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
NORyAL HARRISON of the county of
WILLIAM BECKMAN and J. L. HUN
county of Sacramento, State aforesaid as
corded on January II, 1894. in the office
Of the County Recorder of the county of
Butte, State of California, in book ''SS''
OF deeds, at page '341'' and on applica-
ton of the holder and owner Of the
promissory note secured to be paid by
said deed of trust, and because default
has been made in the payment Of the in
debtedness secured to be paid by said
deed of trust, the undersigned trustees
will sell, at public auction, to the high
est and best bidder for cash in United
States gold coin, at the front of the
courthouse of the county of Sacramento
In the city of Sacramento, State of Cali
fornia on FRIDAY, the 9Th day Of Janu-
airy. 1S99 between the hours of l D. m.
and o. m. (said sale commencing at the
said hour of l p. m. of said day., the fol-
lowing described real estate with the inn
provements thereon, situated in the coun-
ty of Butte State of California, to wit:
All of section one, the east half of the
east half of section twelve, and the east
half of the east half of section thirteen
all in township eighteen north range one
east, Mount Diablo base and meridian.
WILLIAM BECKMAN
]. L. HUNTOON,
Trustees.
Sacramento, December 13, 1898.
d13 to jan6
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VOTING MACHINE COMBINATION

A San Francisco contemporary has
more than a page of an expose of what
st charges is a combination to corner
all rights concerning a certain voting
machine, then to secure the adoption
of that machine by the Legislature and
thus hold the monopoly of the adopted
device and cinch the counties Of the
State for whatever amount greed might
name
Concerning the truth or falsity Of the
charge Of the Chronicle" we know no
more than it has set forth in support
OF its charge that there has been a
combine. a particular machine fixed
npon-alleged to be worthless-and that
political manipulation is to bring about
4he adoption of such machine.
But this we do know, that automatic
devices for recording votes have been
employed with success; that it is pos
eible to secure one or more of such ma
chimes without the intervention Of any
combine, and finally that there is no
reason in the world why the counties
Of the State should be squeezed in the
transaction. The way to attain the end
desired is exceedingly simple.
Before the Legislature adopts any
machine, or even agrees to the test Of
any machine, or in any way commits
itself to machine voting, let it require
all competitors to name the price at
which they value their right to manu-
facture the machine for use within this
State, require competitors each to bind
himself to sell to the State the right to
makes and use for the stated price, or
suchS1ess sum as may be agreed upon,
In case of adoption of his machine.
Thu the price for the State right will
be zone of the elements of competition,
ONE that could be defeated only by a
combination of all the inventors or
their promoting companies. Whatever
machine is selected, the right of the
State to its use at a stated figure should
be condition precedent. Even if the
inventors should all combine, the State
can still hold them off and at it's mercy
by legislative declaration that it will
not pay above stated price for the
right Of use, and that whatever ma
chine is adopted the State shall, so far
as California is concerned, absolutely
control and own the right to make and
use within California.
OF course if there is legislative job
berry in contemplation, with any fair
prospect Of it's success, that is matter
that can only be defeated by the
strength in combination of honest men
TO beat it. But such combination is i'm
probable. No legislative chicane would
be at all likely of success in a matter
concerning which there has been so
much publicity and since the success
full trial and use of automatic voting de-
vices in other States.
The record-union., 1898-12-29
THE SADDLE ROCK
RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE

FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect. Ladies' dining-room separate.
Open day and night. BUCKMAN e CAR
RAGHER, Proprietors. No 1919 Second
street. between and K. Sacramento.
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lUXURIANT LUSTROUS HAIR

with clean, wholesome scalp, free from irritat-
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skin cures. They clear the scalp and hair Of
crusts, scales, and dandruff, destroy microscopic
insects which feed on the hair, soOthe irritated,
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The record-union., 1898-12-29
Weather. Renorts.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 90 and 40 de-
grees, with gentle to fresh and brisk
southerly and northerly winds and
partly cloudy weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at a. m.
and 3 p. m. yesterday were 30.14 and
90.11 inches, respectively
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were "a and 33
degrees, and one year ago to-day "a
and 81 degrees.
The average temperature was so and
the normal 46, showing yesterday to
have been 4 degrees warmer than usual
for the 2Sth day of December.
River s feet 4 inches and steady.
The record-union., 1898-12-29
TURCLU HOTEL,

CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN
plan; strictly first-class; hot and cold
baths free to guests; electric cars pass
the door. FRANK MEYER, Prop.
The record-union., 1898-12-29

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
fake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug.
gists refund the money II it fails TO cure 25c The
genuine has L. B. O. on each tablet.
Try McMorry's Blend coffee, 35c.
The record-union., 1898-12-29
A DOUBLE PEACE.


Fresno Republican,: President Nc
Kinley's speech at the opening of
the Atlanta peace jubilee marks
an epoch in our history, and
makes the celebration memorable as
cementing the final peace of two wars,
the civil war as we'll as the Spanish.
If the war from which we have just
emerged had done no other good, it
would be worth its cost for this alone
Sectional prejudice there will always
be, but sectional bitterness there need
be no more. The East and the West
do not understand each other, and
neither do the North and the South.
but they need not hate each other.
In fact, the North and the South
have long ceased to hate each other,
but each has, to a greater or less ex-
tent, attributed some reminiscent hate
to the other. But when a Northern
President, who fought for the Union,
standing by an American General, who
once fought against the Union, pro-
poses to a Southern audience that both
sides shall join in caring for the
graves of the soldiers of both sides
alike, and is received with cheers and
tears, it means not only that the pas
sion of war is forgotten, but that each
side has learned that the other has for
gotten it.
1t is not the issues of the civil war
whose end this jubilee marks. They
were ended and accepted long ago. But
the bitterness Of war far outlasts its
issues, and only some new convulsion
or the death of a whole generation can
end 1t utterly. The fraternal words of
President Mckinley mark the final
healing Of the wounds Of one war by
the balm of another
1t is not for those who fought in a
bitter civil war to write the final YER
dict of history on it. When they
make peace over the graves of their
dead and unite in rendering equal
honor to equal bravery, they need not
be held to concede each others pre-
dictions as to what the final verdict
will be. They can leave that verdict
to those who must make it, and find
their common ground in a common rev.
erence for bravery and sincerity.
General Grant said: Let us have
peace" 1t has been reserved for Pres
ident to Mckinley to announce: Eve
| now have peace"
MIR. BRYAN AGAIN.
San Diego Union: Colonel Bryan has
| made good his promise to issue a
statement to the public concerning his
| resignation from the army. The Ne
braskan declares that a treaty Of peace
having been concluded, he can be more
useful to his country as civilian than
as a soldier: all of which may be true.
Still, if Mr.. Bryan is to break out again
and If his usefulness to his country is
to be Of an eruptive nature, there are
many people who will wish that the
Government had harshly refused to re-
lease him from the military duty that
he undertook to perform when he en-
tered the army The country has grown
very weary of Mr. Bryan, a fact that
he will thoroughly realize later on.
The record-union., 1898-12-29
THE METROPOLITAN,

AN ELEGANT MODERN RooMING
kouse, centrally located. Rooms in suites
apd single at popular prices. TraveIers
solicited. MRS. Z. J. G. KETCHUM.
The record-union., 1898-12-29
MASON FAURF.

RESTAURANT DE FRANCE AND
oyster house, 427 K street formerly near
Golden Eagle HoteD. Meals a la carte
at all hours. Family Orders, Banouets
and Wedding Parties.
L. FAURE. Pronrfetor.
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