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a MOTHER bale of that extra heavy UN.
"A BLEACHED COTTON to run st sc.
Best value ever offered st price. Just re.
ceived at
40 SLAYMAKERS.
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Er. Cady'S Condition Powders, are
Just wha- horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vyrmifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 20
cents Per package.
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MEDICINAL.

The valor dis
PLAYED by the
soldier, who
leads his men
mo the midst
o.. the carnage
o.ag1cat battle,
IS recognized as
heroic, an d
aruses aduira-
;.on. The un-
necessary reck-
1.sS,rsS of the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-05-03

The farmer, the mechanic and the bicycle
rider are liable to unexpected cuts and
bruises DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve is the
best thing to keep on hand 1t heals quickly
and is we'll known cure for piles. Charles
G. Lennon
The record-union., 1898-02-06
vide homes for 100000 families, and
would do much to relieve the present
congested condition of the large cities.

vide homes for $500, 600 families, and
would do much to relieve the present
congested condition of the large cities.
REPUBLICANS ARRAIGNED.
Cofusa Sun: 1t is true that the Re-
publican party enacted the law in 1879
providing for the resumption of specie
payment and that since that time ev-
cry dollar has been as good as gold,
but bordS bought with greenbacks at
30 cents in gold became Immediately
worth dollar in gold, and the debt
of the nation became at once doubled.
The bond holders also found themselves
the possessors of untold wealth they
had not earned-that they had not even
got by legitimate speculation. Now
there should have been resumption
of specie payment whenever the coun-
try was prepared for it, but was it
right to double the debt? Was it not
the duty of those in power to see to 1t
that the interests of the country We're
projected? Here was where the Repub-
lican party was criminally TO blame.
IS IT SERFDOM2
San Jose Herald: According to the
agreement signed by the colonists at
soledad under the auspices of the Sal
walton Army, the colonists will be realty
in a state of practical serfdom. No
doubt the intentions embodied in the
conditions of the agreement are good.
for The Salvation Army has always
proved its faith by it's works But it
is much TO be feared that colony
formed under such conditions will no,
.
In the United States the law of The
land affecting the relations between
man and man in matters of business,
and governing the general conduct and
obedience of members of society, is
assumed to be adequate for its purpose
and not to be superseded by any pri-
waite agreements Yet by the terms OF
the agreement signed by the Soledad
coonists, they virtually abdicate not
only their legal rights but their man
hood to a considerable extent.
ORANGE SHIPMENTS.
San Diego Union: The season of or
ange shipments is now nearly at its
hight. The output from Southern Cali
fornia to date. according to the River
side Press, (" aggregates $500 carloads.
VI i,oUo more THAN Hdu DetIl
shipped up to the middle of January in
either of the two previous seasons.
Prices thus far, except for few ship
ments, have generally been below what
is desired. Still, taking into account the
mischief caused by large consignments
OF green fruit during the early weeks of
the season, and the subsequent scare
due to exaggerated reports of damage
through frost, the returns are probably
as good as were to be expected under
the circumstances. There are from
5000 to 1900 carloads of oranges yet to
go forward. The fruit is now well-ma
tured, and in every way sound and
toothsome. There would seem no reason
why the remainder of the season should
not be prosperous enough to make the
entire crop average up a handsome
profit, in spite of the earlier drawbacks.
The record-union., 1898-02-06
SACRAMENTO MARKET.
Close Of Very Quiet Week in Lo.
cal Produce Circles.

Sacramento. Feb 5th.
This has been a very quiet week
throughout in local produce circles. Prices
have shown but little change.
Following are the retail prices Tor the
various articles mentioned:
FLOUR--Family Extras, 81 So per 100
lbs; 81 20 Tor % TBS
FRUIT-Oranges, Navels, 35Gsoc: Seed
lings, 2e430c: Mandarins, 15c; Lines.
lee; Lemons, loQ2oc; Cocoanuts, Zoe each;
lbs for 25c; Apples, &c per ID, 7ocQ$1 % per
box
Almonds, 121ac: New Brazils. 121zc; Pc.
cans, Ice: Filberts, loo; Chestnuts 15c Der
10. Pine Nuts, Csc.
DAIRY PRODJCE-Butter- 9oe
Petaluma, SOC per roll; Creamery soc per
roll Cheese--California, 15c per 10; Young
America 17c Eastern Creamery 15GI20c:
Genuine Swiss, 40c; American Cheese, zoe;
Neufchatel 10c.
VEGETABLES Tomatoes. Sc ner ID:
6eery PeEF eesa oar Na l9S Per
tatoes. 2kc per h. Turnips. Beets, Pars-
nips. Carrots, Lettuce, Radshes, Leek
and Green Onions. PIG per dozen bunch
per ID; Sprouts, &c: Chicory, for sc; Wa
tercress, 2 for SC: Roman, for &C: Peas.
ATS-Beef-Prime Rib Roast, l2153
i5c; Loin Steak. 121zQ15c; Rump Steak.
10c; Chuck Roast. Toe: Rump, Sc; Brisket
Sc: Chuck STEAK, IUc- Neai-L0ln and Rib
Chops, 15c; Roast Veal, 12c Mutton-Leg
11@l2lac; Loin and Rib Chops. Pie; Nut
ton stew, Sc; Shoulder Chops. Sc Pork
s@12c per 10; Corned Beef. SQ121sc; Sau-
sage, l212c; Vienna Sausage, Ioc; Bacon,
SQGls]2c; Ham, 1214ql31zc.
POULTRY-Hens. Coo each; Spring. SOC
each: Broilers, 25Gi40c each: Tame Geese.
81 so EACH Tame Ducks. 75c each; Tur,
keys, 15c for live and lie for dressed per
ID.
GAME-Quail. 25c per pair. Ducks
Canyasbacks, 81 per pair; Mallard, 75as5c;
Sprig, soc; Teal, CSC; Small Ducks. sc:
Geese, 75c per pair: Brants, 40c; Squirrels,
Soc per pair; Cottontails, 35c per pair.
Hare, 40c per pair.
EGGS-California. Csc per dozen; East
ern, 20c per dozen.
HAY AND GRAIN-Oat Hay, SoG90c
per cwt: Alfalfa Hay, G5@70c: Whole Bar
ley, 81 so; Ground Barley, 81 80: Feed Oats,
81 35@1 So; Middlings, 81 20; Bran, 81 10:
Straw. soc; Corn, large, 81 80; Small. 81 IS
per ctl: Cracked Corn, 81 40; Red Russian
Oats, 81 So
COAL OII-Pear1 Cases, 15Iac: Star.
1512c; Eocene. 171ac; Extra Star, 191sc,
Elaine, 2012c; Water White (bulk1. 101bc.
The record-union., 1898-02-06
HE BORN HoWLER.


Tulare Register: The great rank and
file of popoeracy are as good people as
other people only they are mistaken,
but the born bowler and the ill-got-
Ten garbage garbler is human excreS-
cence. a wart a carDuncle. syphilitic
bubo. a f1stula, a sloughing mass of
unheaithfulness which the body polite
would fam be rid Of. but cannot be-
cause the poison is in the blood of man
kind. and has been since Adam set a
bad example for DIR. c. o. Brown.
ROSES AND ICICLES.
Pasadena News: Great and glorious
climate is this. Yesterday morning
there was to be seen amid the orange
trees laden with golden fruit large
rose bush in bloom on Walnut street.
this city. The hose threw spray over
the oranges. lemons and roses and in
the early morning the water froze into
The record-union., 1898-02-06


crown, 24G21sc per 10: s-crown. ss4G4c. T.
crown, 4lsQ5c: London Layers. 81 l0Ml 10
per box; Seedless Sultanas, ol2c; Dried
Grapes. 2S4Q5c.
-Creamery-Fancy &c per ID:
special brands. higher: seconds. 25efs6c.
.Dairy-Fancy. 2ic; other grades, 22G1z3c
per 10.
CHEESE-We quote: New, lie; old, 90
lec; California Cream Cheddar 10G1lc;
Young America, IlG12c. Eastern 121l3c
EGGS-Ranch. 23d24c per dozen: Store,
2lQ22c per dozen; Eastern. 19c per dozen.
POULTRY-I.ive Turkeys, 1eWI1e per
10; Dressed Turkeys, l2ia61l5c per 10: Roos-
tiers, So 25u3 80 for old and Si6I5 for young .
Broilers. SSMi for small and 81 seas for
large Fryers. $54l5 so. Hens. sal: Ducks
50 5o1t4 so: Geese. 81 25a1 30 per pair. Pig
cons, 81 per dozen for old and 81 5od1 20
for young.
GAME Mallard, s3G3 so; Teal, sl@1 %:
Sprig, 81 Seal 70: Widgeon, slGa1 %. Small
Ducks, I5cQfS1: Quail. S1G1 %; Brant. s10
l so Gray Geese, s.; White Geese,
Hare, 75c: Rabbits, Sal IS.
The record-union., 1898-02-06
SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco. Feb. ST.

San Francisco. Feb. 5th.
Morning. Session-Alta, 1Sd17c; Belcher,
Point, 23c; G & c, &c: Mexican, 23c; Opllir,
55c: Potosi, &c; Savage, lac; Nevada,
81 %: Yellow Jacket. sic.
Closing Quotations-Alta. lie: Alta, SC;
Andes, 12c; Belcher, 32e: & B, 44c; Bull
ion, &c: Caledonia, &c., Challenge zoe;
Chollar &c; Confidence, 75c c Y, 900:
c Imperial &c; C n Y. Sc; Point, &c
Julia, ic; Justice, Ssc; Kentuck, &c; Mex,
lean, PC; Occidental, 81 So; Ophir, sac :;
Oversnan, &c; Potosi. 24c; Savage, 13c;
Scorpion, &c: s Nevada, 81 05; Silver Hill,
&c: Union, 43c; Utah, 12c; Yellow Jacket
Zoe Standard 81 50
The record-union., 1898-02-06
Closing Grain Quotations,

New York. Feb 5th.
wHEAT-February. 81 o2Ac; March,
81 OF; May, 9fSsc; July. SS7sc
Chicago Feb. 5th.
WHEAT-February Csc May, 95c: July,
sac: September TIE; December 77isc.
San Francisco. Feb. 5th.
WHEAT-December, 81 52s.c; May.
81 $685.
RARLEY-May. 9fc.
CoRN-I.arge yellow, 81 e5Gl1 07Ia.
BRAN-S20 50l2l 80 per ton.
The record-union., 1898-02-06

Shasta Courier: A friend of ours, who
has lived this county for forty years.
and is of an investigating and observ
ing mind, aives il as his concentrated
opinion that there is enough gold, sill
Yer and copper ore in sight or in pro-
cess of development within a radius
OF fifteen miles Of Shasta TO keep a
dozen roasting and smelling plants like
those at Keswick al work for at least
a century
The record-union., 1898-02-06
California Dried Fru;ts.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-California Dried
Fruits steady Evaporated Appies-Com-
mon. 51i74c; prime wire tray St2c; wood
dried prime, size: choice, S3ie: fancy, ga
st4c Primes, 3asc. Apricots-Roval, 51aG3
nc; Moorpark, sale. Peaches-Unpeeled,
T0l0c; peeled. l2620c.
The record-union., 1898-02-06

Individual Sugar and
Cream Sets, floral de-
sign, nice grade of
china. Special Price.
25c Set.
The silver lance., 1898-02-18

, braska took issue. He maintained ina
the Indians had a higher and petter
right to the lands than the mere per-
mission to roam over it. hunting ana
fishing and feeding their ponies. lie
held that the Indians had right ta
mine for the mineral supposed to DC
or known to be in the land. or cut the
timber growing thereon, and If the IN
dividual Indians or the Indian tribe
did not desire to mine the land tney
had the right to lease privileges to
such persons as they pleased undei
reasonable restrictions.
Mr.. Allen said he did not desire to
impugn anybody's motives. but he
could readily conceive that those who
resided near the valuable gilsonite
lands, being thoroughly familiar with
the location of the mineral deposits,
might be anxious to open these lands
to location by white people, as such
opening would afford them an I'M
mense advantage over the people from
other parts who were unfamiliar with
the matter. The committee amendment
was agreed to.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the bill it was thrown open to amend
ment, but no action was taken on the
bill.
The silver lance., 1898-02-18

Wheat reached it's highest point in
years last week on the Chicago mar
ket, selling at $1.10 a bushel. There is
a growing belief that this figure will
be surpassed by May wheat. Septem-
ber wheat touched $1.O5. December
reached 31.O9 and January added an
other cent Friday of last week, with
two more days to beat this record.
Everything points to a great scarcity
abroad, and the suspicion is growing
that SO much wheat has been exported
as to leave no surplus at home. Ex-
perts submit the following figures
Wheat crop raised in United States last
year Government estimate, $50, ,O00, 900
bushels; left over from previous crop,
10000, 900 bushels; total available. $780,
O0O, 900 bushels; exported since July 1,
145, 10000 bushels; consumption 10
July 1, 1898 government estimate). 34O,-
100000 bushels: seed, 60.000,000 bush
els; total, 545, ,OO0. 900 bushels; balance
left over, $4,000. 900 bushels. Not less
than 100000 bushels of wheat are
now owned by Joseph Letter, who de-
clares that his wheat is worth not less
than t1.25 bushel.
The silver lance., 1898-02-18

The London Times says: "The ex-
tension of orchard land in Great Brit
ain, which has been in continuous
progress during recent years, has been
further emphasized in 1897, the total
area now amounting to 224.1l acres,
or 1876 acres more than in 1892, when
the aggregate area was 208,950 acres.
The three western counties of Devon,
Somerset and Hereford alone-pre-em-
inently our cider counties-contain 49,
217 acres Of orchards, representing SIS
per cent, or more than one-third Of the
orchard area of Great Britain"
The silver lance., 1898-02-18
DEBS AND BELLAMY UNITE.
They Propose to Launch q Now Party Witt
a Socialistic Platform.

They Propose to Launch Now Party With
Socialistic Platform.
Denver, Feb. 1O.-Edward Bellamy,
author of Looking Backward" and
Eugene V. Debs, late head of the
American Railway Union and leader
of the. Social Democracy, have united
to launch new political party. The
Social Democracy will be taken as the
nucleus of the party. This was de-
cided upon at meeting held last night
in Mr.. Debs' room in the New Mark
ham hotel. Among those present were
Bellamy, Debs, James Hogan. once a
leader in the American Railway Union.
and number of local radicals. 1t was
decided to form central body for the
organization of the new party. s. p
Leep was chosen chairman of a hoard
of five to have control here. T. n
Kleckner is the secretary of this new
board, q. Passover, treasurer, G. n.
Davis and ]. King the other two mem.
bers. Sub-OrganiZa tions will be formal
in every ward in Denver.
In April the organization in oaoh
state Will elect representatives to AZ
tend state convention in NAV and
this convention will choose deiaoato
to the first national convention of nc
Social Democracy in Chicago in 1nns
following. 1"o
Whether the new party wou,d srn
port Bryan in 1900 Debs is not nc p ~.
prepared to say. The Organization nc ye'
poses the amelioration Of social iIis :. ~, N
the lines laid down by Bellamv. Gaorso
ana otnens. II advocates Community
II properly interests-pure socialism IN
It's Droaoes. sense. 1t is believed M
Bellamy Will accord 1t his approval
The silver lance., 1898-02-18

According to the seventeenth annual
report of the United States geological
survey the area in which gilsonite is
found covers a considerable territory
in the Uncompaghre Indian reserva-
ton and extends fifteen miles over the
state lines into Colorado. There are
seven distinct veins, which vary from
one to eight feet in thickness, and it is
estimated that their total contents will
amount to 23,744, ,52S tons. The same
report quotes the price of this material
in Chicago at $40 to $50 per ton, gross
value, which would make the estimat-
ed contents of the seven veins worth
over $1,000, 100000.
The silver lance., 1898-02-18
TALKED ABOUT GILSONITE.
Senators Do Not Agree on Proposition to
Open the Indian Reservation.

Senators Do Not Agree on Proposition to
Open the Indian Reservation.
Washington, Feb. 11.-General Will
lam Booth of London, founder of the
Salvation Army, acted as chaplain at
the opening of the Senate to-day.
Mr.. Frye (Naine) reported favorably
from the committee on commerce a
bill to amend the laws relating to nav.
igation; the proposed bill relates only
to Alaskan waters, he said, and de-
manded prompt action.
The bill passed without division.
The Indian appropriation bill was
then taken up.
Considerable discussion arose over
an amendment proposed by the com
mittee providing that hereafter no In
dian or tribe of Indians shall lease fol
mining purposes lands that are not
patented to said Indians"
Mr.. Rawlins supported the amend
ment and referred to efforts that are
constantly being made by private in
dividuals and corporations to secure
Indian lands, particularly mineral
lands, by lease from the Indians, with
the approval of the secretary Of the
interior.
He said that when he came here in
1893 an application was pending before
the secretary of the interior for ap-
proval of a lease of 3S6.O0O acres of
land in the Uncompahgre reservation,
containing valuable dispositions of gill
sonite. The lease had been obtained by
an Individual through the connivances
of the Indian agents and attorneys of
this corporation, who, Mr.. Rawlins
said, had come to Washington repre-
senting that they controlled senators
and Representatives and had great in
fluence in high political circles, were
trying to force the approval of their
lease. Ultimately, he said, a lease Gov
ering about 500 acres was approved.
Now, he declared, those same per
SONS were endeavoring to defeat the
committee amendment to prevent the.
Indians from leasing their lands. H.
believed in opening the mineral land.
by the government, the leasing Of then
to individuals or companies and tht
application of the proc eds for the ben
eft Of the Indians.
With this argument, Mr.. Allen of Ne
The silver lance., 1898-02-18
CAPTAIN RAYS REPORT.
He Has . Hard Job to Save Men From
Starving on the Yukon.

Washington, Feb. 12.-The War De.
partment to-day made public advices
received from Captain r. III. Ray OF
the Eighth infantry, who was sent to
Alaska to report on conditions in the
mining country.
The reports embrace a period run
ming from October 3rd to November
Bird, and are dated from Circle City
and Fort Yukon. They show very
serious state of affairs, that trouble Is
threatened at various places and that
there is serious danger at some
points for lack of food, owing, in a
large measure, to the failure of the
transportation companies to get suffi-
cient supplies.
Captain Ray thinks the chief danger
lies in the absence of property consti-
tuted courts and officials. He says:
"Great injury will result to the CON-
mercial interests along this great high
way if some radical steps are not TAX
en- to protect all persons from such in
reference with their legitimate bust
ness At the same time there should
be some power to force common car
riers to transport goods for any person
offering. AT the present neither of
the transportation companies will
transport a pound of freight for other
IIdueIS Ut pIlNdtc PstltlcS, lOlCluS dll
people coming into the territory to be
wholly dependant upon their stores for
their supplies, at their prices.
'The appeal continues to come to me,
to know, if ever, the government is
going to send in officials to enforce the
law. Miners complain that they can
not perfect any title to their mines,
owing to the absence of any land office.
"The departments are sending out
commissions to commissioners, receiv
ers and registers who cannot qualify
for obvious reasons. The principal one
is that there is not an official qualified
to administer an oath within a thou
sand miles of this place. A commits
siOner is powerless, as he has no pow
er to enforce his decisions.
II am surprised that matters are not
worse. We are facing fact, not a
theory, as believe 1t is the first time
in the history Of our government that it
has been called upon to govern an out
lying province where the issues are vi
tai and important. both national and
financial. For, If the transportation
cannot be given protection
along this river they will be driven
from the field and a route opened
through British North America to sup
ply our own people in our own coun-
Ery.
From what 1 hnve learned from
nine owners and prok'pectors,I Il am fully
'atisfaed the greater part OF the gold
The silver lance., 1898-02-18

The clergyman who returned check
from Tammany hall for the poor Of his
church wrote an explanatory note in
which he referred to Tammany in the
most insulting words at his command.
Perhaps he was right, but the poor
who were thus robbed of fifty dollars
may not think so; and If all the money
we're to be returned because OF the
filthy avenues through which all
money goes all of us might starve to
death. And, after all, is courtesy q
lost art?
The silver lance., 1898-02-18
Sovereign to Found a Party,

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. Ill. R.
Sovereign, ex-general master workman
of the Knights of Labor, to-day an
nounced that he had almost completed
arrangements for a secret pOlitico-la-
Dor organization to be an adjunct Of
the free silver cause. The organiza-
tion, which is to prevent the coercion
and intimidation of the working man
at elections, Is to have ramifications in
every state In the Union. The name of
the organization will be announced
within a few days, he says. and head
quarters will be established in Kansas
City. St Louis or Omaha.
The silver lance., 1898-02-18

Alexander Porter Morse, writing in
the Albany Law Journal, says regard
ing the submarine cables traversing
the Atlantic between 60 and 40 degrees
north latitude: Eleven connect the
Canadian provinces and the United
States with the territory of Great
Britain; two Zone American, the other
Anglo-American) connect France. OF
these seven are largely owned operated
or controlled by American capital,
while all the others are under English
control and management. There is
but one direct submarine cable connect
ing the territory of the United States
with the continent of Europe, and that
Ii the cable owned and operated by the
Compagnie Francois Gables Tele-
graphiques, whose termini are Brest
France, and Cape Cod, on the coast OF
Massachusetts,. All these cables be-
tween go and 40 degrees north latitude
which unite the United States with
Europe, except the French cable, are
under American or English contro,,
and have their termini in the territory
Of Great Britain or the United States
Across the South Atlantic there are
three cables, one American and two
English, whose termini are Pernam-
buco, Brazil, and st. Louis, Africa, and
near Lisbon, Portugal, with connecting
English lines to England, one directly
traversing the high seas between Lis
bon and English territory and one
touching at Vigo, Spain, at which point
a German cable company has recently
made . connection. The principal and
most important submarine cables ira
versing or connecting the great oceans
are owned and operated by private cor
porations or companies. They are in
number 80, and their length in nauti-
cal miles is 1875 The length OF
cables owned or operated by state gov
ernments is, in nautical miles. 1882"
It is only logical that the tramp who |
starts out simply to enjoy idleness
should gradually and almost insensibiy |
into THEFT and thence to |
burglary. The dividing line between
begging . living and stealing living,
and also between petty theft and petty
burglary that always endangers &he
somfort Of families and at times their
Aves u 70 narrow that the transition
lrom the tramp to the burglar'.is hard
y perceptible to himself, and the only
way to halt the professional tramp Is
o punish 10 the utmost the crimes his
aIling logically leads hdm to commtt.
The silver lance., 1898-02-18
COLORADO

Prince Henry is the power behind
the throne infinitely smaller except as
to speech making than the throne it
self.
The silver lance., 1898-02-18

The greatest men are not always in
the most exalted offices. 1t is often
with men as with building stones; the
greater they are, the harder it Is to
elevate them to high positions.
The silver lance., 1898-02-18

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