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large, with the result that these were
chosen: A. B. Lemmon, Santa Rosa
Republican; A. J. Mum, San Jacinto
Registers Benjamin Brooks, San
Luis Obispo Tribune; Frank H.
Owens, Winters Express; George A.
Weeks, Alameda "Encinal" These,
with the four officers, make up the COM
mittee, namely: President, S. NJ. Has
kell Pomona Progress; Vice Presi-
dent, G. M. Francis, Napa Register /;
Secretary, w. c. Brown, San Rafael
Journal Treasurer, Duncan McPher-
son, Santa Cruz Sentinel To this
committee is committed the carrying
out Of the purpose of the league, name
ly. the securing. of fair recognition.
Mr.. Owens addressed the league in
behalf Of members, speaking good
word for the Republican editors who
are candidates for positions. Mr.. Weeks
said nothing of the kind could be done
by the league 1t is no part of its pur-
pose. Several members echoed his re-
mark, and Owens said he did not intend
it as a league matter. He knew the
league had no such purpose.
|, Mr.. Reed spoke at length OF the
| spending of campaign money foI
pamphlet literature. He believed II
would be far more efficiently expended
by printing the same matter in the
press. The Republican editors work
| day in and day out to educate young
men coming on in their communities tc
adopt the Republican faith. Instead OF
expending campaign money in fire
works and banners, expend it in souno
good citizen and good Republican edu-
cation through the local press. The
| Populist party had its growth by
means of establishing and maintaining
political papers. His remarks, which
were extended, We're warmly applaud
| ed, and several members expressed
| their accord with them. The league
| then adjourned.
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AT the recent Bankers Convention
Mr.. Hepburn called attention to a fact
and it is a fact, even though it is
announced by a banker and in a bank
ers' convention-that while the rate of
interest has declined, the rate of wages
has not fallen in recent years. On the
contrary, measured by their purchas-
ing power, they have, on the whole. ad-
vanced. Thus the earning power of
money and property has been steadily
growing less while the purchasing pow
er Of labor has been steadily increas-
ing. That there are many cases of
Individual hardship where the wage has
declined is true, but taken as a whole
the fact is as stated. AS the New
York Post puts it, in reviewing Mr..
Hepburn's statement:
After people come to regard 4 per
cent, instead of 6, as the normal rate,
social habits will conform to the new
conditions. The general result is i'm
mensely advantageous to the communi-
ty as a whole. One family in fifty, per
haps finds that its scale Of living must
be reduced. Some luxuries must be
given up, some members must help
support themselves. But in forty-nine
other families the standard of living
is raised. Some luxuries may now be
INDUCED in, some members may relax
their labors. This is natural redis-
tribution Of wealth, which is hindered
not helped, by the violent measures Of
Socialists
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It is simply impossible for the op-
position to the Republican party, be
II Democratic, Populistic, Silver craze,
or what not. to refute this fact. name
ly: Under a Republican Admin:stra-
ton the exports of the country during
the fiscal year closing June 30th were
twice as large as the imports for the
! first time in the history of the nation,
and that the exports exceeded by $780,
100000 those of 1897, which year had
broken all previous records. The bal
ance Of trade Is in our favor S615, ,259, :
024, or more than twice larger than
ever before in the history Of the Re-
public, In no other year has it ever
exceeded S265,00o.000. From 1871 to
1876 there were but sixteen occasions
when our exports exceeded our i'm
ports. No sort of political shuf11ing in
platforms will gainsay these facts.
There they stand, cold, immovable,
chiseled truth, and irrefutable.
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A. DEMAGoGUE CoRNERED.

Senator Morgan declares that the
Commissioner bin settles the railroad
question relative TO payment to the
Government of the sums due to it from
the Central Pacific and Western Pacific
Railroad Companies. He says the mat
ter was never in such good shape be-
fore, and that "all necessity for fur
ther legislation has passed" on thai
subject.
Congressman Barham, an unques-
toned foe Of the old funding bill, says
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Triple Crime in France.

ANGOULEAIE France). Aug. 23-
This morning near the ground where
grand maneuvers have been in progress
captain or artillery murdered his
paramour and his orderly, and then
oleW out his own brains. The triple
crime grew out of a quarrel.
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An English war correspondent who
was witness to the naval battle off
Santiago, resulting in the destruction
of Cervera's squadron, says that If the
Americans had been placed on the
Spanish vessels before the action be-
gan and the Spaniards had been given
full control of the American ships, the
Americans would still have been vic
torious. That's right. 1t Is the man
behind the gun who decides the battle.
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The "Oregonian" asks: 'If the Phil
ippines should be resumed by Spain
what would she do with them?" What
would she do with them? Why, just
as she did before the war, only worse.
Having now no navy, being swamped
in debt, smarting under defeat, she
would make the Filipinos think there
is a hell on earth if there is none here
after. Incompetent when proud and
unconquered, she would deal with the
Philippines IN her hour Of distress as
the beast of prey deals with it's vic
tim. And if this should come to pass
we would be responsible for it. If
Spanish tyranny is again exercised
over the Filipinos the crime will be
chargeable to our consent.
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If we keep Mainland it looks that
way-there will be one more city that
will have a useless appendage-a wall.
The old city is walled, massively so,
but under modern military science such
walls are quite useless. and that old
wall will go along with the lottery,
which is a characteristic feature Of
Manila under Spanish rule.
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TRIBE Tragedy in iowa.

CHARLTON Qa,), Aug. 23-William
M. Newell, a merchant of Russell, shot
ana Killed himself, his wife and daugh-
ter, IO years old, last night. Financial
trouble was the cause.
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the Commissioner measure settles the
matter. and that mo further legislation
is necessary" But Mr. Mcguire is be-
fore the people distinctly as a rampant
nti-funding candidate, and has en-
tered upon his campaign with that
voted for the measure that the two
leading anti-funding advocates declare
settles the whole business. That is to
say, he could have killed the measure
by saying Il object" and he knew it,
Yet he sat silent and permitted the bill
to pass. He thus voted for 1t as eff
fectively as if he han answered AYE. "
Yet, in the face of these facts the
Democratic campaign managers are do
ing their utmost to project the funding
bill question into the campaign, when,
in fact, there is no funding bill, and
none is proposed, the Commissioner bill
and the system of payments under it
having supplanted everything else re-
lating to the matter
This came, be it noted, from the most
pronounced opponents of funding. The
attempt to deceive the people upon the
subject is destined to early and igno-
minious failure Mr.. Mcguire has
abandoned Congress, where, if there is
any railroad legislation to be had
against funding, he ought to have re-
mained to have promoted it, if he is
consistent as an anti-funding cham
pion.
His position is demagogic. His aban-
donment of his seat proves that he
knows there is no more straw to be
threshed over in Congress upon this
subject With the supposed cunning
Of the demagogue, he transfers his ap-
position to the Gubernatorial campaign
in California, in the hope that the peo-
pie may be deceived by his pretense,
and this, we'll knowing that as Gov
ernor, if he should be elected, he would
have no voice whatever in any further
railroad legislation if such is necessary
in Congress, a necessity which his dis
tinguished political colleague, Senator
Morgan, the leader in anti-railroad leg
islation, declares has ceased to exist.
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The United States now has on hand a
bit the worse for wear, and all that, but
the genuine articles; regular old-time
relics
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Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Partly cloudy
Wednesday with fog on the coast We'd
nesday morning; cooler in the interior;
brisk west wind.
The record-union., 1898-08-24

Ihe largest piano house in Northern
California, carrying the most complete
ana extensive stock, is the Wiley B. AL
len Co., 40 K. Jobbers and retailers. .
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McMorry sells groceries, Agent for
coronado water and Stockton sarsa-
parilla and iron. 531 M street.
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lNSy oIduu tuC 1 COT VI sAhAOs
Many years have elapsed since the Eng
lish and German Expert Specialists
opened their institution for the cure Of
Chronic and other Diseases and Deformi-
ties. In curing thousands of afflicted men,
women and children in all walks of life
they have builded a monument of great
ness that will be as lasting as time.
Their permanent home Is 731 Market
street, San Francisco.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-02
spain's Popular Beverage.

ssHorchata de chufa, " is the singular
name of the most popular drink in Mad
rid. This is made from a nut called
"chufa, /" yielding a milky liquid when
reduced to pulp. This is diluted with
water, and forms most cooling and re-
freshing drink. However, it is an ac-
quired taste. Very few like it at the
first trial. The horchata may be made
from different kinds of nuts The al
mond is used also.
Strange to relate, the horchata de
chufa is always sold where mating is
kept for sale, SO that when you spy a
roll Of the latter outside the store door,
it is q sufficient indication that in that
particular place you may procure a glass
of the horchata. In spite of inquiries,
I was unable to discover tho origin of
the singular combination of articles on
sale.-Truth.
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A Painters Conscience,

IN the course Of some "reminiscences
Ct Sir Edward Burne- Jones a CORE
spondsnt of The Westminster Gazette
remarks: Those who are not offended"
by the paradoxes of Charles Lamb would
have delighted in Burned Jones' play of
humor and imagination. Let me justify
my reference to Charles Lamb.
once returned to Rurne- Jones some
books which he had lent me 30 years
before, writing to him to the effect that
if it was base to keep borrowed books
so long it was heroic to return them aft
er such long possession as might we'll
breed the sense of ownership. In reply
he said:
The return of those books has sim
ply staggered me. 1t has also panied
me, for it seems to raise the standard
Of morality in these matters and per-
haps to sting the susceptible consciences
Of book borrowers. / have many bor-
rowed books on my shelves. I would
rather the owners should die than that
I should have to think about these
things and return them. l have two
costly volumes that We're lent to me be-
fore that little incident of ours, which,
you may remember, was in Red Lion
square. hope the owner is no more,
for I simply will not give them up.
And you have made me uneasy and
have helped to turn an amiable rascal
into confirmed villain. Your aifec-
tionate NED"
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Slang Puzzled Him.


Fdouard Remenyi, the great violinist,
used to say that some of the hardest
studying he ever did in his life began
after an experience he had in Detroit.
ION my first tour Of this country, ;"
he delighted in telling, II worked un-
ceasingly to acquire knowledge of the
language and got on fairly we'll. But
the slang that found so prevalent baf-
fled me moro than anything else. l
gave performance in Detroit one night
and met with reception that warmed
my heart toward her people. Among
other things this appeared in one of
the papers next morning: Hero an
ugly, little, bowlegged chap, whose
clothes hung loosely about his ungainly
person, waddled to the footlights But,
sakes alive, how he did play the fiddle! ?
CHOW, couldn't make out what
that 'sakes alive meant, so timidly
approached gentlemanly citizen, told
him of my inability to grasp the mean
ing of the slang, and asked him if the
expression was intended to be compli-
mentary.
He kindly read it and replied,
We'll. should smoker.
II was more bewildered than ever,
and from that time on made tho study
of slang one of my chief occupations. -
Detroit Free Press.
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A Foreetfu1 Bishop.

An English bishop, noted for the
shortness Of his memory, was one day
waiting at a station for q train. Being
in good time, his lordship was indulg-
ing in solitary trot up and down the
platform. While thus engaged, he came
III contact with young officer whose
face seemed familiar to him. Meeting
hun again, he said "Good morning. :"
At the next renconter the bishop stop
ped, saying, "How is your father
The gallant soldier replied, "He has
been dead for many years. - The bishop
tried again with the query, GLOW is
your mother" ''Well, " said the Off
Ger, smiling, 81 think she must be all
right, or you would have heard had she
been indisposed
The bishop walked away, but his
curiosity was greatly aroused. Seeing
the station master, he at once asked
him if he could enlighten him as to
who the young officer was with whom
he had been conversing "Oh," replied
the station master, ''why, your lord
ship, that's the Duke of Connaught. -
Household Words.
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Lucky Mr.. Walter!

David Walter, farmer living near
Lititz, was the victim of unique sur
prise the other day. 1t was the thirty
eighth anniversary of his birth, and
Mrs. Walter invited about so friends
and relatives to participate in u celebra-
ton of the event. Shortly before dinner
handsome carriage was presented to
Mr.. Walter. Under his plate at the ta-
BILE was fine gold watch. Leaving the
table, Mr.. Walter was invited to the
yard and herd of ten Holstein cows
was driven up and presented to him.
This was followed by the appearance
Of two young ladies dressed in pink,
who carried Il tray on which We're piled
gold and. silver to the amount of $4,000.
This, too, was presented to the happy
man.
Everything was the gift of Mr.. Wal
ter's wife, who by industry and frugali-
ty in their Is years of married life had
saved the money without the knowledge
OF her husband. Philadelphia Times.
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siberian Prisons.

The Rev. DR.. Lansdell publicly stated,
nftsr thorough visit to Siberia, that
should he ever have to change from
clerical to convict life, he would choose
Siberia and not Millbank or any other
English prison, as the scene of labor.
I have no hesitancy to say that person
ally prefer prison life in Siberia to
Sing Sing, and to set the stamp of my
approval upon the prison, following the
kindly invitations of the chief of police,
I was about to transfer my baggage
from the hotel of the rich Chinaman to
the Jail. However, though the prison
tempted me by it's superior comfort,
better food and bathtubs, 1 had to give
up the project Interesting things were
to be seen in the town and upon the
great river every minute Of the day, SO
I remained with Tai Phoon-Tai. only
visiting the prison for my tub every
day. AS upon my first visit was al
ways allowed to walk about the place
and visit all the prisoners, and I saw
nothing to change my opinion of the
cleanliness and the humane condition
under which they lived. -Stephen Bon
sal in Harper's Magazine.
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The Wrong Leg.

There is an enterprising Liverpool
tailor who has never been known to ac-
knowledge that he didn t have any thing
possible customer might ask for.
One day customer entered the shop
and asked if he had any trousers made
especially for one legged men.
Certainly, replied the merchant.
"What kind do you want?"
Dress trousers, said the man. "The
best you've got"
Hurrying into the rear of the store,
the enterprising merchant snatched up
pair of trousers and shipped off the
right leg with pair of scissors. Hastily
turning under the edges, he presented
them to the customer.
SThat's the kind want. What's the
price?'
zone guinea. -
"Well, give me pair with the left
leg off"
A month later the merchant was pro.
nounced convalescent and OH the high
road to recoverv.-Pearson' Weekly.
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A marvelous Time N1easurer.

AS illustrating the triumphs of mod
ern science in the construction of in
struments Of precision The Scientific
American instances chronograph for
recording infnitesimal intervals of
time, such as millionth of second or
less, which is stated to have been used
to record geographically the compress
sion by blow Of cylindrical piece of
copper. In one case 80 pound weight
fell Is inches and produced perma-
nent compression of .165S inch in a
copper cylinder, the time consumed in
producing this compression being
.0030317 of q second The machine
produces by means of photography a
curve showing the precise progress Of
this compression. The chronograph
which reaches such remarkable results
consists Of a rotating cylinder, with a
surface velocity of 100 feet second, on
which is photographed a pencil of light,
which is passed through a hole in the
end of rapidly vibrating tuning fork.
The delicacy of this instrument is far
greater than that of the ordinary tuning
fork chronograph recording on a sur
face blackened by smoke.
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A Brave Briton.

When the attack was made on Sidon,
during the war with Syria, it became
necessary for the British troops to adj
vance across long, unprotected bridge,
in the face of a battery of six guns,
which completely commanded the APP
proach. The men were unwilling to ex-
pose themselves to certain death, when
Arthur Cumming, carefully dressed in
full uniform, stepped forward to the
middle of the bridge. 1t was immedi-
ately swept by the fire of the battery.
When the smoke had rolled away, there
stood Cumming intact, carefully brush
ing the dust from his boots, after which
he stood erect, fixed a single glass in
his eye and looked back at the men.
This was too much, and they captured
that bridge and battery with whoop.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-02
Hotel Clocks Always Truthful.

"When am travelling, never put
the slightest confidence in household
clock, writes Robert j. Burdette of
"Tongueless Liars" in The Ladies'
Home Journal ga hotel clock can
depend upon. There are too many
watches in q hotel-good watches,
watches whose absolute correctness
means money to the commercial men
who regulate the travelling life Of this
country. A lying clock would be spot
ted in a quarter of second, and the
unhappy clerk scourged with pitiless
sarcasms therefor. In the course of my
wanderings up and down this part of
the globe missed few trains and lee
ture engagements by depending upon
clocks in the homes of my friends
Having thus paid for my lesson, SIS, :
600 or $4,000, 1 think, by my own
computation of the value Of my lectures
(set ahead little bit, you know, it may
be a'triie fast. ] haven't time to look
up the exact figures, withdrew all my
trust from mantel clocks, especially the
highly ornamented marble and gilt va
riety With silver bells or cathedral
chimes"
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Nicely Caught.


A few evenings ago gentleman step
ped from a train at one of the London
stations, when young lady skipped up
to him, threw her arms rapturously
about his neck and kissed him many
times, saying:
"Oh, papa. I'm SO glad you have
come!''
The old gentleman threw both arms
around her and held her firmly to his
breast.
Soon she looked up into his face, and
horror stood in her eye.
ooh, my, you're not my papa!" she
said, trying to free herself from his en-
BRACE
Eyes am, insisted the old gentle
man, holding her tightly. lyon are
my long lost daughter, and I am going
to keep you in my arms till get a po-
liceman -
When the officer came, he found the
old gentleman's diamond pin in the
girl hand. -Pearson' Weekly
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water 1t Last.

In McClure's Magazine there is an
interesting account Of DIR. Sven Hedin,
young Swedish traveller, who has been
doing some remarkable work in Asia, in
an attempt to cross the hitherto unex.
plored Takla- Makan desert. His party
entered the desert April 10, 1895. Tho
water gave out, the camels died, anG
one by one all the servants succumbed.
went on alone" says DR.. Hedin.
1.-The forest was very dense and the
night black. 1 had eaten almost moth.
ing for ten days; 1 had drunk nothing
for five. 1 crossed the forest crawling
on all tours, tottering from tree to tree.
! carried the haft of the spade as a
crutch. At last / came to an open space.
The forest ended like devastated plain.
This was river bed. 1t was quite dry.
There was'not drop of water.
k"I went on. meant to live. would
lind water. was very weak, but l
crawled on all tours and at last cross
ed the river bed. 1t was three kilome.
ters wide. Then, as reached the right
bank of the river, heart the sound Of
a duck lifting and the noise Of splash
ing water. I crawled in that direction
and found large pool of clear, fresh
water.
II thanked God first, and then I felt
my pulse wanted to see the effect
that drinking would have on it, 1t was
at IS.
"Then I drank. I drank fearfully. I
drank and drank and drank. 1t was a
lovely feeling. felt my blood liquefy-
ing 1t began to run in my veins; my
pores opened. My pulse went up at once
to 53. felt quite fresh and living"
Undaunted by his first terrible ex-
perience, DR.. Hedin crossed the desert
again from south to north, and was re-
warded by the discovery of q Every old
town. -
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Papa's First.

"Talk about bright babies!" exclaim-
ed the proud father. Talk about chill
lren who are going to be big men some
day!"
'But isn't it rather early to prophe-
sy? He can't talk yet. ;"
Cant talll just listen to him! OF
course he doesn't say anything, but
that's the beauty of it. He'sa natural
born filibuster!'' Washington Star.
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WHY siesbee Turned scutt1.r.

On another occasion Captain sigsbee
deliberately sank his ship to save her
from still worse fate. He was in COM
mand of the coast survey steamer Blake
and was anchored in a West Indian
port when a hurricane came up, and
in the heavy sea the ships anchors be-
gan to drag. She was drifting to utter
and inevitable destruction Oh reef.
Where she lay there was soft, sandy
bottom. The captain ordered her scut-
tied, and down she went. Later she was
pumped out and raised-an expensive
operation, but far less costly than build
ing new ship.-Munsey's Magazine.
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His Compliment.

A few weeks back wedding break
fast was given by a substantial farmer
blessed with five daughters, the eldest
of whom was the bride. A neighbor, a
young farmer, who was honored with
an invitation, thinking no doubt that
he ought to say something compliment
tary upon the event, addressed the
bridegroom thus:
well, you have got the pick of tho
batch"
The faces of the four unmarried ones
were study.-London Fun.
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rhe sapper ana the sentrv.

While stationed at Gibraltar over
heard, says a regiment" story teller,
the following colloquy between an in
fantryman doing sentry go and "a sapper
out with his sweetheart:
Sentry (who sees sapper coming)-
Halt Who goes there?
sapper trying to look big)-Engi-
neer and his lady.
Sentry-Advance, sapper and servant
girl. ALPS well. London Globe.