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The record-union., 1898-07-31
THOUGHTS FOR BRAIN WORKERS

DR.. Biggs, Surgeon in Chief of the
graph in the last number Of Modern
Medical Science" that brain work is
more complicated than muscular IF
IT is possible to obtain for the brain
true rest in labor. then it will be pos
sible to work uninterruptedly without
fear Of exhaustion" But that is impos-
sible, for in labor complete rest is not
to be found But, and here is a hint
for all workers, especially head work
ers, there is work which is more Ia
borious than it should be, and also
change of work which gives rest by re-
lieving parts previously in action"
This all men know, and it did rot
need DR. Biggs to tell them the truth.
But il was needed that he, and it is
needed that all of his profession should
constantly push the knowledge before
men, since they are prone to retire It
in their intelligence and refuse to give
heed to its warnings. Every man should
have an avocation distinct from and in
strong contrast with his vocation. 1t
matters not, we think, what it is, so
much as to have 1t. Our observation
has taught us that the avocation should
be productive, not merely trivial, not
something without fruits, since no Ia
Dor and play that results in nothing,
not even qualification of a taste is
profitable TO the mental or physical.
DR.. Biggs. without indulging in such
reflection. however, comes close 10 cur
understanding when he says that the
brain works with most ease In the
manner in which ii has been accustom-
ed TO work. This is in accordance with
the law of habitual action, and il is
proved by the difficulty of getting the
middle aged and the old to engage in
new work; it accounts for many fall
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RED CROSS.
The State Association to Meet on
the 11th Of August.

A meeting Of the directors of the Red
Cross was held last evening at 1900 NJ
street.
Reports of special relief committees
were submitted. and after auditing a
few bills the following communication
was read
California Red Cross State Associa-
ton, San Francisco Cal, July %, 1898
Red Cross Society of Sacramento: A
meeting of California Red Cross, State
Association, will be held at Golden
Gate Hall. No. 625 Sutter street, San
Francisco, Thursday, August 11th, at
s o'clock p. m.
1t is earnestly requested that each
auxiliary society send at least one del
egate to be present at the meeting.
Judge Joseph Sheldon, delegate from
the American National Red Cross, will
be present, and will address the meet
ing, and it is desired to present a full
report of all work done by auxiliary
societies since the organization, up to
August 1st
1t is Judge Sheldon's request that
each society make out triplicate finan-
cial report. one of which shall be sent
to Charles Schieren, Treasurer Ameri-
can National Red Cross care Shoe and
Leather Bank, New York City; one to
the State Association, and the third to
be retained by the Treasurer of your
society. VIII you kindly comply with
Judge Sheldon's request? Make re-
port to August 1st and send the report
TO the State association as soon after
August 1St as possible, SO that a full
report may be made at the public meet
ing.
We shall be pleased to have as many
of the members of your society attend
the meeting as possible
The following is an extract from
letter from Judge Sheldon:
California Red Cross, State Associ-
alton, is recognized as an auxiliary to
the American National Red Cross"
Very sincerely yours,
MRS. l.. l.. DUNBAR, Secretary.
Mrs. T. w. Sheehan and Miss Emily
Thompson We're appointed delegates to
attend the meeting of State Associa-
ton.
1t is hoped by the local board that
other members of the Red Cross Soci-
ETY. who may be in San Francisco will
also attend
The Secretary was instructed to pre-
pare a report to be read at that meeting.
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ures by elderly men who have retired
and after experiencing the agony OF
nothing to do" have re-engaged. in
activities of business along new lines
and found that they made failures,
whereas, along their old lines, they were
successful with ease.
DR.. Biggs says that, theoretically, at
least, we should say practically, 1t is
better to have stated hours for labor,
for rest and for recreation. But N the
regular alienation of work and rest
individual differences are very great
Some minds are systematic from blrtn,
in others system is impossible, in others
it is acquired. Whether the pecullarl-
ties of the brain are inherent or ac-
quired. they are to be consulted. 1t is
injustice, therefore, to attempt to warp
an unsystematic mind to the rigid sys-
tenn of another The best thing to do
is to encourage that mind to labor with
least friction, and thus gradually Gre
ate in it love for order and method.
But we must always remember that the
brain works most easily in accordance
with its pecularities as manifest in the
individual One man, says DR.. Biggs,
studies most fruitfully at night, another
by day; one writes more easily IN the
morning, another in the late afternoon,
when the days business has been ad-
justed in his mind. Now the former is
given as a rule to asserting that the
true hours for brain work are those OF
the night time; just as positively the
second will insist that the brain Is
freshest and best for work in the carly
morning, while the latter will eloquent
ly proceed to prove by his experience
that the early evening is the httest y
all times for intellectual labor. On that
subject DR.. Biggs says:
The truth is that there is no inherent
indisputable superiority for brain Ia
Dor of one time of the tWenty-1our
hours over another. English laws are
all made during the night watches. al
though the day is seemingly the nat
ural period of labor.
Systematic arrangement of time, reg
ularity of work is exceedingly import
ant to many, but not to all minds. The
fact is most brain workers are laws
unto themselves in this respect, and in
dividual characteristics dominate in
their method of working, as well as
in the character of their work. But
whatever the method, brain rest is to
be had largely by variety in work. Not
wholly is this true, of course
For all there should be some period
Of absolute cessation in waking hours,
and in each year an absolute and radi-
cal change for a period that the intel
lectual part may be bettered and re
freshed, and given new vigor by the
process of taking hold again. But dur
ing mental labor, what all people want
to do is to introduce variety if they
would not wear out prematurely. When
the Indian tires of walking he runs.
The change of pace rests his muscles,
and the same law applies to the brain.
Just as in the horse a change of pace
refreshes and steadies, so with the
brain worker; he should change the
pace. Indeed a daily change is not
only possible, but the more beneficial.
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Weather Reports.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 1O3 and 81 de-
grees, with gentle to fresh southerly
winds and clear or hazy weather pre-
vailing
The barometrical readings at . a. m.
and p. m. yesterday were 29.79 inches
and 29.72 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 90 and 56
degrees, and one year ago to-day 100
and 50 degrees.
The average temperature was 81 de-
grees and the normal 73 degrees. show
ing yesterday to have Zen degrees
warmer than usual for the Both day Of
JULY
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A HALF HOLIDAY.

The San Francisco post" is out in
advocacy of the half holiday move
ment for Saturday afternoons. 1t ad-
vances strong reasons for it. They are
much the same as the Record Union"
presented two years ago and even be-
fore that. This journal has long fav-
ored and urged movement to secure
half holiday ON Saturday for a large
body of the people, believing it to be in
the direction Of moral reform and ply
steal betterment for many people, and
that the output of labor would not
under that system be materially less,
because workers would be the better
prepared for labor on Monday and
would do more in five and a half days
with a half holiday than in six without
the week day resting period.
These views were combatted when the
Record Union" advanced them by
certain business men on the ground
that the wage earners would take harm
by the enlarged opportunity to spend
their earnings. That it would work in
tolerable hardship upon a large portion
of the community which must make
Saturday market and supply day. That
business interests could not, with the
narrow margin of profits competition
now allows stand this further shave.
That the full day, Sunday one in
seven, is sufficient rest and that man
kind for ages has so demonstrated the
fact to be.
These and other reasons were ad-
vanced. But the fact remains that in
several countries the half holiday is
established and there has come no
harm to business; that just as much
work is accomplished, and just as many
portion Of the community now sus-
pends business for half of Saturday. is
a confession to that extent, that 1t is
desirable and benefcent. Why, then,
vocations as it may be possible to en-
brace? We agree with the Post"
when it says:
The Saturday half holiday is an es-
tablished institution in many countries.
In the Australian colonies it has be-
come a feature of the Government, and
to dispense with it would almost pro-
duce a revolution. In many parts Of
Europe business and labor Of nearly all
kinds are suspended at the stroke Of
II on Saturday, and labor en-
joys a needed rest from toll until Mon
day morning. Not a few of the en-
ployers, in the East have been forced to
the belief that a Saturday half holiday
is positive good to them, as well as to
the workmen. In California, where the
climate does not stand in the way al
any season of the year of out-of-door
enjoyments, the Saturday half holiday
would be a distinct benefit to employees
and employers alike.
The record-union., 1898-07-31
STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES OF
PORTO RICO.

Some days ago we commented upon
the Importance of Porto Rico to the
United States, pointing out several rea-
sons why we should possess the island.
Professor Ober, who was the Commls.
sioner to Porto Rico for the Columbian
F,xposition. has contributed a paper on
the subject to an Eastern magazine, in
which he dwells upon the strategic
value of the island, and in which he
says:
Until it was discovered that Porto
Rico possessed great value as "strat-
egic center Of naval operations, the
fair isle slumbered undisturbed, merely
a link, and no important one, In the
emerald chain that separates the At
lantic and the Caribbean. Suddenly
naval folk became aware of its import
ance; they saw that while 1T borders
on the Caribbean Sea, yet it breasts
the rough Atlantic waters; that 1t IS
equidistant or about thousand miles
from Key West and Colon; from New
York fifteen hundred miles, which is
half the distance from Cadiz; thirteen
hundred from Newport News, which IS
half the distance to the Canaries. 1t
lies, in fact, at the very point that we
should have selected for coaling sta
ton, had we unrestricted choice of 10
cation. All the arguments that have
been advanced for the acquisition OF the
island of st. Thomas, sixty miles dis
tant and for which at one time we
were almost ready to pay SIOOo,OO
apply with tenfold force to Porto Rico,
with its six good harbors to the one OF
ST. Thomas, and it's commercial as well
as strategical potentialities.
Porto Rico, he points out more IN
detail than did the Record Union"
though along the same lines, does not
present the obstacles to occupation that
are so formidable in the case Of Cuba.
1t is of superior climate. Its lands are
higher. 1t lies farther east and its
cation. 1t is devoid Of the swamps and
forests and deep mountainous recesses
which make Cuba ideal for the revo-
lutionist In brief, Porto Rico by Its
natural features lends itself with ease
to whatever system happens to be in
power.
In a word, there are no points OF van
tage whence a rebel against authority
may emerge to annoy his enemy, no re-
treats that are not also accessible to the
Spanish soldier. This is the simple rea-
son why uprisings have never made
head in Porto Rico, why they never
will Many time the banner has been
raised with .Patria. Justicia. Libertad!
Viva Puerto Rico libre!" inscribed
thereon, but only to be trailed in the
dust at the point of Spanish bayonets.
and those who bore it sent some to
Africa, some to be shot
The record-union., 1898-07-31
BRIEF NOTES.

In the City Justices Court yesterday
Edward Brady, Henry Sendt and Dan
iel Reid pleaded guilty to violating the
ordinance requiring high sideboards to
be placed on wagons used for hauling
crushed rock, earth, etc., along the
streets. As they had, since their ar
rest, complied with the provisions Of
the ordinance, judgment was suspended.
Z. Hawes was yesterday arrested on a
warrant charging him with violating
the sidewalk ordinance. He gave bonds
for his appearance in court tomorrow.
The arrest was made by Officer Bailey
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The high value of the capture Of
Nipe, on the north coast or Cuba
which was so gallantly accomplished
by three of our lesser warships, is il
Illustrated by fine map in the Literary
Digest" which shows a good lire Of
railway from the bay of Nipe direct
to Santiago, thus crossing the southern
peninsula of Cuba from shore to shore
We have not full control of the line as
yet, as some of it runs through un-
surrendered parts of the enemy's coun-
try, but it Will not be long before
Yankee engineers in army uniforms
will be making time over that road.
The record-union., 1898-07-31
WHIST CLUB.
Winners at the Games During the
Past Week.

Following are the winning scores at
the Whist Club during the past week:
Saturday, July 23d, drive whist-Mrs.
r. o. Cravens and z. B. Taylor, 63I
per cent.
Monday, July 25th, compass whist
North and south. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett,
plus 21a; east and west, Mrs. James
Seadler and Mrs. c. t. Mouser. 11a
plus.
Wednesday, July 9th, Hotaling du-
plicate-J. G. Berger and G. T. German,
plus S1a.
Friday afternoon, compass, ladies
only-Tie north and south, Mrs. H. c.
Bell and Mrs. c. T. Mouser, and Mrs j
H. McKune and Mrs j. Steffens, 3 plus;
east and west, Miss Ann Schaw and
Miss Nellie Schaw, plus.
The Northey prizes in this contest
fell to Mrs j. w. Lindner Mrs. Frank
Miller, Miss Nellie Schaw and Mrs III
E. Wright.
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Senior Ros of Santiago, by grace OF
our permission holding over as civil
Governor, has had tilt with General
Shafter, in which the former found the
value Of short, sharp, meaning words
in an American mouth. Ros wanted
to run things his own way, and Shaf-
ter was bound to do the same. The re-
suit was much like that when an ir-
resistible force meets a body incapable
Of resistance The error was in per-
mitting this man Ros to remain in
power for even civil purposes. We
confess to just this much Of dissent
from the opinion of General Shafter,
that when the Spanish military power
was broken down there should have
gone with it the Spanish civil officers
appointed by the Crown and sent out
from Spain, who have been sustaining
as best they could the military arm
as witness its inhuman imprisonment OF
political suspects, even women and
small children, with whom the jails of
Santiago were found crowded. people
who had never been given a trial.
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Whatever we may say of the re-
vepgefulness of the cry, Remember
longer denying that with our blue
jackets, marines and naval fighting
men generally it has been an inspira-
tion and a motive. Human nature is
what it is, not what we might wish it
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riIed Amended Answer.

E. H. Mckee. F. A. Shepperd. B. VIII
son. J. NJ Connor, H. A. Root, VIM.
Mclaughlin, VIM. Frieseike, Philip
Douglas, s. III. Davis, Mary III. Lowry,
A. Nelson. Henry Burnham and Thorn
as Dunn have, by Attorneys Hinkson &
Elliott, filed amended answers in the
suits brought by Receiver O'Neil of the
Union Building and Loan Company
against them for the recovery of mon
eys paid by the association on the
sixth series Of its stock.
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Thanks to you, all the same, En-
peror William, but, along with Spain,
we are in a fair way to settle this little
trouble without your aid. Send for
Diedrichs to come home and try it on
some other fellow.
The record-union., 1898-07-31

When peace negotiations open hui
inanity will demand that the uifortun-
ate political prisoners Spain has sent
from Cuba to her penal colonies, shall
not be overlooked, but that they shall
lie restored to their liberties and their
forfeited property in Cuba.
The record-union., 1898-07-31
ECZEMA WORST KIND
Face and Neck One inflammation.
Not Able to See. Unable to
Sleep for Weeks from
Severe Pain.
Friends Did Not Recognize Me
Face So Swollen and Hideous.
Three Doctors Could
Not Relieve.
CURED IN 2 WEEKS BY CUTICURA

I have suffered with case Of Eczema of
the worst kind, my face and neck down to my
shoulders were one Inflammation, was not
able to see out of my eyes for quite while,
and was unable to sleep for weeks, on account
of the severe pain, which nearly drove me in
sane. My face and neck were swollen and
made me look hideous. hardly recognized
myself in a mirror, and my friends would
not have known me, only on account of my
clothes and carrying myself.
Three doctors, of good practice, at different
times were attending me, and not one of
them could relieve me of my pain, swelling,
and blotches. gave all up. A friend advised
me to try CUTICURA REMEDIES. 1 did, and
there was Immediately great change, my
shoulders and neck turning to their natural
color used three bottles of CUTIcURA RE
SOLVENT, four boxes CUTICURA (ointment),
three cakes of CUTIcURA SOAP, and my friends
and one of the doctors are surprised, and asked
"Who cured you?" and tell them quickly
"CUTICURA REMEDIES" j. kAFKA,
March 4, 1897. SO Schole ST., Brooklyn, n. Y.
The record-union., 1898-07-31

There is one crop Spain has culti-
waited and reaped larger haryests of
than any country on the face of the
globe-insurgents. She is prolific Of
the breed
The record-union., 1898-07-31

This war has given the world many
important lessons, says the Washington
Post" True; and Dewey, Shafter,
Schley, Miles and Sampson have been
the schoolmasters.
The record-union., 1898-07-31

these will see permanent safety and
peace for their land beneath the shell
tering wing of the American Republic,
and there only.
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River Still Falling.

The water in the river is steadily
falling, and yesterday registered seven
feet five inches at the official gauge.
The big river steamers are having a
great deal Of difficulty in getting over
the bars down the river.
The record-union., 1898-07-31
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Fair Sunday, ex-
cept foggy along the coast at night; brisk
to high west wind on the coast.
The record-union., 1898-07-31

The largest piano house in Northern
California, carrying the most complete
and extensive stock, is the Wiley B. AL
len Co., 413 X. Jobbers and retailers ?
The record-union., 1898-07-31
CHESS NEWS.
Tournament of the Capital City
Chess Club at Last Finished.

The final games in the late chess
tournament were played last Tuesday
evening at the rooms of the Capital
City Chess Club, Presley B. Johnson
winning first prize, Colonel Robert L.
Peeler second, and Egbert A. Brown
third. Below is given the result of an
other one of the Vienna tournament
prize games:
Queens Gambit Declined)
IllQnE
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McMorry sells groceries. Agent for
Coronado water and Stockton sarsa-
parilla and iron. 531 NJ street.
The record-union., 1898-07-31

There was one woman saved-only
went down. That is not strange. When
that terrible Bazaar fire in Paris oc-
Cured the women were beaten back
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Mills College and Seminary.

GRANTS DIPLOMAS AND CONFERS
degrees. Seminary course accredited to
University Rare opportunities offered in
music. One hours ride from San Fran
cisco. Write for catalogue to MRS. c. L.
flee, Alameda County, Cal. Thirty-second
year. Fall term opens August 8, 1898.
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Prime Minister Sagasta has made
himself the laughing-stock of school
boys by his ridiculous claim that from
the moment Spain conceived and ad-
vanced the idea of negotiating for
peace America should have ordered her
soldiers to cease fighting. If his idea
is a correct one how about the Spanish
soldiery? Were orders sent to them
to rest on their arms? Suppose his
doctrine to apply all around, then
whenever one side wishes to gain time
advantage, or work shrewd strategic
trick, all it will have to do will be
to propose to negotiate peace, and
thereafter withdraw it and avail of
the gain The thing is absurd, unknown
to international law or the codes of
warfare There can be no cessation of
hostilities until the second party has
received the proposition of the propo-
nept and concurred in it. Then, and
not until then, are arrangements for an
armistice in order.
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into the flames by the canes of poll
ished French gentlemen" What
should we expect of forecastle hands?
Did any one ever hear of an American
crew taking to the boats and leaving
the women and children to perish?
The record-union., 1898-07-31
CuTICURA WORKS WONDERS

CurrcURA REMEDIES have effected the most wonderful
cures of torturing, dsfgurnR, humilatng skim scalp
and blood humors, with loss of hair ever recorded They
afford instant relief permit rest and Sleep and point TO
speedy and economical when the best
physicians, hospitals, and all else fail.
SPEEDY CURE TREATMENT FOR ToRTrRrFe, DIsrro-
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gentle anontngs with CUTIcuRA [ointnent purest OF
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Try McMorry's Blend Coffee. 35c.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento
as Second-class matter.
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THE WEEKLY UNION.

These publications are sent either oy
Mail or Express to agents or single sub
scribers with charges prepaid. All POST
masters are agents.
The best advertising mediums on lh7
Pacific Coast.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-22

The High school eleven will meet a
team picked from the o. L. ID, Chest
nut street and G. F. a. teams, at Hill
ton Park, Thursday November cath
promptly at O'Clock. The High school
eleven is making quite a fine record
for itself this season and will strive to-
keep ii up. The picked tears are compos
ed of the best class players in the city.
Some OF the players that vii partici-
pate in the game Of that date will be,
for High school, Foster, Wigs (cap-
tain,) SmallbOnes, Cause, Langston.
Laughlin. Ewing, Armstrong. Ford.
Hall and for the opponents such az
Jewett fcaptain) Adkins, Greene.
Potts, Mcclure, Ahrens, Huhn, Jordan.
Dock, King, etc. The admission viii
be 10 cents. Ladies free. There viii
be policemen on hand TO preserve or
der so be On hand and encourage tho
boys.