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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09
THE OTHER SIDE.

A soldier belonging to the First Ten
nessee Regiment, in camp at San
Francisco, has written letter to the
Cali which exposes the character Of
the complaints which have filled the
newspapers Of late. 1t needs no COM
ment. He says:
In the Call Of the It'll I see an
article addressed to Hugh Craig, Pres
ident Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
and signed, The Enlisted Men of the
First Tennessee Regiment thereby i'm
plying that said article voiced the
sentiment of the entire regiment Of
over 200 men. Now, l am an enlisted
man and I have talked with a great
many enlisted men, and have never yet
met one who knew anything about such
a letter having been written, nor have
I seen one who is not indignant over
such an article being accredited to the
regiment Every enlisted man in our
regiment enlisted to serve for two
years or until the war Is over The
war is not over, neither have We served
two years, and until we have fulfilled
our agreement with the Government
we have neither the inclination nor the
d
an enlisted man, I know as much
about the sentiment Of this regiment
as the man who signs himself The En-
listed Men Of the First Tennessee; and
/ know that a majority Of this regi-
ment is willing to fulfill it's obligations
TO the Government. AS for the men
not getting enough to eat. I will say
7 weigh 1S5 pounds, and eat accord
ingly, and I have never yet failed to
get enough to eat, and I win venture
TO assert that 70 per cent Of the men
in this regiment weigh more to-day
than the day they enlisted.
at know Of one man in this regiment
who is a chronic kicker. I have known
him and his people for years, and ]
know that he never in all his life had
as much to eat as he has had since he
iotned the army. This class of men
always kick. A majority OF us are
men and soldiers, and not afraid to
serve our country in time of peace or
time Of war"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09
SAN JUAN's FoRTIFICATIoNs.
MORO Castle Dates From the limo
Of Ponce de Leon.

In the Century there is richly
illustrated article on The Island Of
Porto Rico" written by Frederick a.
Ober. Writing of the Notifications OF
San Juan, Mr.. ODER says:
MORO Castle dates from Ponce de
Icons time, but the MORO as it stands
to-day was completed in 1854. The faro
stands here, with a first-class light, and
within the Morro's walls are the build
ings of small military town-quarters
for troops. chapel, bakehouse and
guardroom, with dungeons down by the
sea and underneath. This is the cita-
del, the initial point of the line Of cir
cumvallation, composed of connected
bastions, castles and fortalezas, run
ming from west to east, to the Castle
San Cristobal, thence north to the
ocean.
The oldest portion Of the line Is at
the southwest angle, and is called the
"FortaleZa," the platform of which sup
ports the Captain Generals palace, and
was built in 1910 The sea wall to the
north is pierced by the gateway Of San
Juan, which affords entrance to the
glacis of San Felipe del MORO, between
the palace and the semi bastion of San
Augustine. Turning southwardly from
the FortaleZa, we note the bastion Of
La Palma, and the semi bastion of San
Justo, In the curtain between which
two is the arched entrance from the
Marina, or outside ward, to the intra-
mural city, and known as the Puerta de
Espana- Beyond it. to the east, are
the bastions Of San Pedro and Santiago.
the latter in the eastern wall, the mid
die part of which is pierced by the
landWard gate called the Puerta de
Santiago, protected by revelin of the
same name. The fortress San Cristo-
bal, though sometimes called a castle,
is in reality an amplification of the for
tications facing east, or landward, and
extends from the bay on the south
northward to the ocean.
These Notifications in their present
shape were projected in 1880, and vir-
tually finished between 1886 and 1641;
but San Cristobal and the outworks
were not completed until the compare
lively modern date Of I'LL. The east
ern advanced works consist Of two lines
OF batteries, protected by a deep moat
OF the small fort at San Antonio at the
bridge of that name; and at the ex-
IRENE eastern end of the islet a still
smaller fort, San Geronimo, which de-
tends the bridge Of Boqueron.
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GENEROUS TREATMENT.

Spain will be marvelously fortunate
If she promptly concludes a treaty Of
peace on the lines Of the protocol of
August 18th. The United States Gov
eminent has been more than generous
with the fallen foe. No mention has
been made Of indemnity, and Spain is
only compelled to give up that which
she could not hold much longer in any
event.
At the close of the Franco-Prussian
Lorraine-which We're part and parcel
of her home domain rather than
troublesome distant colonies - was
compelled to pay Germany 100000
600 BY the terms Of the treaty of peace
between Japan and China the latter
was required to pay an indemnity of
$175 100000, and it is only within the
past month that the last installment
was paid and the japanese troops with
drawn from We'll ai-Wei. At the endof
the short campaign in the war between
Turkey and Greece, the latter poverty
stricken country was compelled to pay
S16,000,000
These things considered, it would
seem to be the part Of wisdom for
Spain to promptly accept the generous
terms offered by this country, and not
attempt to delay matters by demanding
pay for Government property in Cuba
and Porto Rico or payment Of any part
of the Cuban debt If the Peace Com
missioners fail to agree and the war
so cheaply again.
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four-footed. warrior. In teaching the
dogs to carry dispatches the handlers
assistant takes the canine soldier to
distance from the camp, places a dunn
my dispatch in the pouch worn on the
animals neck and tells him to go and
seek his master. The creature is de-
lighted, hunts out the handler, and as
soon as the latter is found the. most
important part of the lesson is learned.
The Europeans say that the dogs are
very fond of this part of the work Civ
en- them. They appear TO realize the
Importance of their position, much in
the fashion of the dog who is so elated
and pleased when his master allows him
to carry home the evening paper or a
cane. During a fight the dog Of war
is trained to carry ammunition to the
men on the outskirts. The handler
takes his place near the ammunition
wagon, and as soon as he finds that
cartridges are needed in a certain part
of the field he loads the dog and starts
the animal off toward the sharpshoot-
erS. The dog has been trained for just
this kind of work, and seldom fails to
deliver the goods Then he comes back
and is sent off with another load. The
cartridges are loaded on his back, 100
on either side, and make comfortable
burden 1t has been found out, how
ever that if dog is wounded during
his work he never can be induced to
pay another visit to the neighborhood
in which he was shot. Also, woe unto
any soldier who tries to take the am
munition from the dog unless the man
belongs to the particular corps to which
the animal is attached. Sometimes
even dogs will allow only the men OF
their own company to get the cart
ridges, so faithful are they to the
training they have been given.
After the battle the dog does duty In
searching for the wounded. He finds
the helpless soldier, barks as long and
as loud as he can, and then, if he fails
to attract attention, the animal seizes
probably the mans CAP
and hurries to the nearest hospltal
tent. The training for this duty Is
done with men who go some distance
from camp, pretend to be wounded, ana
drop in bitches. The dog is sent out,
finds the man and is encouraged to bark
loudly. The handlers pay no heed to
this and then the soldier in the ditch
gives the doe his cap, tells the creature
to take it home, and awaits results
Very few lessons are required to bring
the dogs to a keen point of apprecl-
alton, and it is said that they appear
to understand the situation and realize
what is required of them. When go
ing out in search of wounded men the
dogs carry TASKS of brandy strapped
to their harness, much after the fash
ion of the ST. Demands Of the Alps
Times Herald
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09
A GENERAL STAFF.

General George NJ. Wheeler OF the
1-orns of Engineers, u. S. A, has a
very readable paper in the "Cosmopol-
stan" which is strong plea ior Ueh-
eraI staff" such as forms an integral
mart of every superior army in Europe.
1J,s claim is that there Is a lack OF
-o,idaritv in our army system. and that
r-a,t of preparation we discovered
on the outbreak of the war with SPAIN
,,roupht the nation to realization that
something was wrong In our SYSTEM
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09
To the new party [Single Taxi,
fonrdad imam fhese ur.i ucin1es

To the new party [Single Taxi,
founded upon these principles,
which I conceive to be the very
soul and essence OF true Democra-
cy, all Of the time which I can
henceforth give to the political
services Of my county will be de-
voted. shall, therefore, in the
next political campaign, do all in
my power to secure the election of
Henry George, or some other land
reformer, to the Presidency Of the
United States, unless the Demo-
cratic party shall, in the mean
time, become democratic by adopt
ing the principles which we have
espoused.-James G. Mcguire.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09
BRUTAL LANGUAGE.

At the instance of an earnest man
who believes in decency of behavior
and language, the Municipal Assembly
Of New York City, of which he is Pres
ident, has unanimously passed an or
dinance prohibiting the use in public
places, streets, parks and cars Of vul-
gar and profane language Which oc-
casions the New York Tribune" to
but a plain. decent proposition to pre-
vent nuisance to ears decent and worn
by self-respecting people
A man has no more right to make
the air vibrant with vocal filth than
odorous with foul-smelling, material
filth upon the streets, in the cars and
parks and public places. The Tribune"
is assuredly right. Women and chill
dren have a right to be protected
against the assaults of foul language
upon the public highway just as much
as they have a right to be protected
from poisonous vapors in the air ere
ated by negligence or malice. Not only
these, but there is multitude Of other
people who protest against the use of
filthy language upon the public street
as an offense from which they have a
right to be protected
There is just as much propriety in re-
straining the brutality of speech in the
hearing Of others than the offender, as
in restraining men from indecent ex-
posture on the highway, or from fight
ing in public, or from making them
selves public nuisances by being
drunken. The New York ordinance
ought to be the law in every COM
munity in the land. And, indeed, it is,
If only the officers Of the peace had
the courage to enforce it. For the
common law, in the absence of stat
utory provision, makes the use of dirty
language on the highway a crime. The
habit of such use is growing, shame
fully growing, in this country. But
as the Tribune" remarks. at
is one of the rarest things
in the world to hear so much
as a remonstrance addressed to those
who, whatever their virtues may be,
are accustomed to invade the rights of
others with the grossest selections from
a blasphemous and lewd vocabulary"
The massacre of British blue jackets
and soldiers by Mussulmans in Gambia
Isle Of Crete, is what might have been
expected from the. manner in which
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09

A dispatch from Iloilo says that
General Rios, the Spanish commander
there, has given orders that Amer
access to Spanish Philippine ports"
Now, really, that is very kind of Gem
eral Rios. It seems, though, that Ad-
miral Dewey did not wait for his per
mission
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09
IT'S Status.

Little Elmer-Papa, what is klepto-
mania?
PROFESSOR Broadhead-The most lu-
crative form of insanity, my son.
Puck.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09

II you want a first class summer
medicine, take Hoods Sarsaparilla~ It
is good for the stomach, cooling to the
blood, strengthening to the nerves,
helpful to the whole body.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09

The pinto press is wild over the al
logged suffering Of our soldiers in the
various camps. Why don't they sug-
rest the remedy-the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at 10 to /?
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Blissfu1 Ignorance.

Miss Blackleigh Cooking at her pho
tograph)-I should like to know what
people say about my picture.
Miss Daisey-No, dear, I don't think
you would.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09
WHY? All, Why?

You are always hearing people say
they could not help hearing certain
things. Why didn't they gh?-Atch-
ison Globe. a..
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09

The largest piano house in Northern
California, carrying the most complete
and extensive stock, is the Wiley B. AL
len Co., 415 K. Jobbers and retailers.%
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TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug
gists refund he money If 1t fails to cure Csc The
genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09

Save money by buying your tea and
coffee of J. McMorry. 631 NJ.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09

Coronado water, Stockton sarsapa-
rilla and iron, champagne cider, ginger
ale. orange cider. J. McMorry. agent.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09

Try McMorry's 45c tea. 531 M.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09

The massacre of British blue jackets
and soldiers by Mussulmans in Gambia,
Isle Of Crete, is what might have been
expected from the manner in which
"the concerted Powers settled the
Cretan question at the close Of the war
between Greece and Turkey.
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CHEESEMAN'S SPECIFIC MIXTURE.

WITH THIS REMEDY PERSONS CAN
cure themselves without the least ex-
posture, change Of diet or change In appli.
nothing that is Of the least injury to the
constitution. Ask your druggist for it.s
Price, 81 q bottle. TUE
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-09

Weather Forecast.
Northern California-Fair Friday; brisk
west wind.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-03-11
A Perfect Mayonnaise.

Make mayonnaise dressing after
the Following directions: Put the
yoke In bowl or soup plate, add to
1t half teaspoOnful of dry English
mustard and mix them we'll together
with lockwood fork. Take bottle
OF. olive oil in your left hand and
gradually drop in the oil and with
the fork stir the ingredients con.
stantly. If it gets too thick and
heavy thin 1t little with a few
drops of vinegar. Tarragon vinegar
is the best, then proceed again to
drop the oil and stir it as before, and
again thinit III it gets too thick. Re-
peat this process until the required
amount is made. Then stand the
dish on the ice until time to serve
Never put salt in a mayonnaise. II
spoils Ito d sao6 aa
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SOWING AND REAPING.

by William Henley Brown.l
We sow the wrong, itsprings to life,
We waterit with tears:
1t buds aud blooms; we harvest it
In gloom in after years.
We sow the right, it spring to life,
We water it with tears:
1t buds and blooms; we harvest it
With JOY through endless years.
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To Cure a Cold.

A most excellent remedy for a
cold. which may easily be made at
home, and which has the advantage
of bel ing pleasant as we'll as effective,
is made as follows: Wash two lem
ons, and put them in a quart of boil
ing water. Boil for twenty minutes,
remove, and while hot cut the lem
onslopen and remove the pulp and
juice. Strain througha course sieve
ITO remove the seeds and mix with
hhalf q cupfuF Of granulated sugar
Stand in a. cool place until it has
jellied. Take a teaspoonful every
halfihour. This is On old German
receipt, and is particularly good for
bronchial affections, as well as ordi-
nary colds. .N 1919
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For the Bedroom.


Pillow shams have gone out of
style. OF course, it is only in the
household where the linen supply is
practically limitless and the
laundress most amiable that pillow
cases may be changed every day,
and after once being slept on pill
low case is not fit for daylight pre-
sentation. AS this is the case, the
housekeeper who dresses her beds
most daintily has olster for day
time use only. The slip on this has
deliberately trimmed ends which fall
over at the sides of the bed. After
the pillows are we'll aired in the
morning they are stored away in the
pretty cretonne-covered box that
answers also for the purpose of stor-
ing away the extra blanket that
should be put over the foot of the
bed at night.
The up-to-date bedroom is fitted
up with twin" iron beds. These
are covered in heavy white spreads
that are fringed and hang down to
the floor. The slips of the holsters
are OF heavy linen.
~ AAAOoO OO0AOOlho al y
those that have the effect of being
spotlessly clean. White mating,
with a number of rugs, is used, even
lin winter, fora bedroom floor cover
ing. There are no heavy colored
draperies at the windows to shut out
the sunehine. Every sleeping-room
should be flooded at some time OF
the day with air and sunshine.
The experienced housewife says
that mistake has been made fol
years in having heavy sheets; tn al
lightweight muslin should be
used, and that for summer sheets
cotton cambria is delightful. The
widths are put together with over
stitching by hand, and they weal
excellently. AS for linen sheets
they are only fit for warm weather
and they are not as delightful as The
cambria sheet. For use all yea
round cambria pillow slip cannot b,
improved upon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-03-11


The custom In many homes Of
making Sunday a day Of great mirth
and festivity, should not be con
tinued, but mothers should strive to
make the day an enjoyable one, as
the children will be apt to find it
wearisome. Play Is so natural to
the little ones that no wise mother
will forbid it on the Sabbath, bus
allow the innocent amusement to 20
on unchecked and unreproved.
However, they should be taught
that there is a difference between
the every day and the One day.
One way in which to distinguish the
day is to allow the children to wear
different clothes than those worn
during the week. They may be
made OF cheap material but neat
and fashionable and designated
"Sunday clothes;' ~ aud these Sun
day clothes will give children a
dignifled feeling that they never
have il garments worn during the
week.
There are so many simple, mex
pensive games that can be pur.
chased for Sunday games only; and
as they are used on this day alone
they come forth with zest oil
novelty Whenever the sacred day re-
turns.-EXchange.
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rhs nenrth of Lelsnre.

Many of us nowadays feel that we
have right to the poor charwo,
mans epitaph-
"Don't weep for me now, don't weep for
me never,
I'm going to do nothing for ever and
everw
Are we fashionables or frUmps,
hard workers or butterfly gadders,
we mostly at this end of tbs nine
teenth century have to do without
spare time. We keep hoping for it,
but cannot attain IL and it never
seems 20 be ours The half-hour's
trifiing with picture book we had
promised ourselves after lunch is
ruthlessly snatched by early callers !;
the other half we were going to loaf
through before dinner in our garden
or our armchair falls prey to un-
expected HOUSEHOLD cares. The day
we were going to devote to leisure
ly tidying up OF our sanctum is
claimed, piece meal, by unforeseen
worries; the week we meant to idle
away with some quiet people in the
country has to be sacrificed to a
restless friend in town; the month
we hoped to dawdle through at the
seashore is converted into a tread
mill by toilers from the very deep
out of which we have come.
Leisure is not idleness, nor is it
Oblivion, Time wasted and time
passed In sleep is not leisure time.
But that is surely leisure in which
we do anything without hurry, OF
enjoy anything at our ease. Now,
as to the reasons why leisure is
yearly becoming scarcer. All the
links which bind humanity together
-telegraphs, telephones, railways
bicycles, and a daily increasing
iterature-curtail our leisure, mas
much as they involve more labor
bring more people together, and cir.
culate them in every direction. Go
ing TO Jerico to-day does not NEAR
escaping from business worries, ol
from relations aud friends. We cal
a place with one daily post "primi
tiven and place without station
announcement" We petition th'
State for telegraph offices, and grow
If we find our summer resorts empty
and are reduced to aboriginal
society. When we are left face t,
face with Nature we are frozen III
and abash"d, having nothing il
common with her. Her ways ar,
strange to US, her deliberatenes
bores us, and her self contained dis
regard of our affairs repels US. w
are not often left alone with her,
is true. We usually see her tame,
and trained, or as scenic back
ground to our amusements ant
emotions. We like to think she |
there, so long as she does not dis
port herself in earthquakes ant
tempests.-Exchange.
50
Lace aud Tueks.
Insertlngs of lace have Away
been more or less popular, and s
have tucks, but never to the sam
extent as now. Wooden and silk
and even velOurs and terry velvet
are all tucked on occasion, and tn
thinner goods almost always. tn
narrow tucks sewed to the line Q
lace makes n delicate trimming tina
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-03-11

pretty little square teeth, very
white and even. Henry Ward
Beecher says, "A good laugh is
worth hundred groans in any
market" and am sure a pretty one
is worth a thousand.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
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lisa wise plan for woman to
allow herself generous change of
dainty, inexpensive cotton dressing
sacks, little affairs whose only
beauty Is their freshness. Much
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The Art of Laughter.


DO you know the art of laughter?
A little education In the art would
not make it artificial, and one would
surely enjoy 1t all the more If he
could realize that he might indulge
in mirth without making himself
look so very ugly, as is occasionally
the case. 1t runs in families some
times to distort the face with laugh
ter. know family who laugh a
great deal. Their eyes always shut
up when they do SO, and 1t is the
funniest thing when one dimes with
them and something amusing is
said, to look around the table and
see exactly the same distortion on
every face. There is not an eye left
in the family. Three sisters whom
1 know show quite half an inch oil
pale pink gum when they laugh
In their presence, like Wendell
Holmes, one never dares to be as
funny rs one can for fear OF seeing
this appalling triple vision of gums.
A little training in childhood would
make their laughter pleasant
thing to look at, for they all have
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Lace and Tucks.

Insertlngs of lace have always
been more or less popular, and so
have tucks, but never to the same
extent as now. Wooden and silk,
and even velOurs and terry velvet,
are all tucked on occasion, and the
thinner goods almost always. Toe
narrow tucks sewed to the line OF
lace makes a delicate trimming that
cannot be surpassed. Tucks are APP
piled to some OF the most unpromis-
ing materials, and always with good
effect.