The record-union., 1899-06-22
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
ExrnEssIoNs.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

JecCS OF AAV4uS NeWAs
Interest.
Marysville Appeal: We paid quite a
little sum for the Philippines, but new
ertheless out efforts to record the deed
appears to meet with considerable op-
| position. 1t might be remarked. how
ever, before we leave the subject that
our solder boys on the side are filing a
few deeds in every way worthy Of be-
ing recorded.
LOOK OUT FOR THEM.
Contra Costa Gazette: No zine miner
supposed that when the silverites told
him that the gold standard was the
cause of low prices that in June, 1899,
the price of zinc would be 300 per cent.
higher than it was during the Bryan
campaign, and with a gold standard
maintained. Many a miner was guiled
who should keep a. sharp lookout here
after for demagogues.
A NOVEL IDEA.
Alameda Argus: An athletic young
San Franciscan has been engaged to
travel around the world on the Argen-
tina training ship Presidente Sarmiento
to teach athletics to the young officers
The Captain of the vessel saw an Olym-
pic Club exhibition and his admiration
was excited to the extent that he
sought an instructor from their num-
ber. The young man chosen will have
no easy task in teaching Anglo-Saxon
athletics to the South American naval
officers.
Y THE ANONYMOUS ASS.
Portland Oregonian: The American
hog is a tribe whose individual varieties
have been frequently described; the
American ass is another large tribe,
whose individual varieties have not all
been described, and the most detest-
able variety is the anonymous ass, who;
whenever he reads anything in a public
newspaper that does not coincide with
his views, at once scribbles screed of
vituperative insolence and mails it to
the offending journal. For what prac-
teal purpose the anonymous ass SENDS
a stupid letter, charged full of abusive
insolence and ignorance, to every news
paper that runs counter to his real or
fancied interests, for the anonymous
ass never has any ideas, we cannot tell.
The perennial crank, who fills letter
full of the rag-tag and bobtail brains
of populisn, and exultantly mails 1t to
a newspaper is understandable, for he
always signs his full name and post
office address. He is as sincerely proud
of his rant as Guiteau was of having
murdered Garfield; he has the genuine
erank's incurable itch for notoriety.
A BAD RUSH.
Santa Rosa Republican: Only few
days ago d great lot of people rushed
off to Lower California in search Of
gold The place was represented as be-
ing a great bonanza Now these people
are returning poorer in purse and hum
bier in spirit They have lost their
money, spent their time for naught and
are tired of and disgusted with the
whole business It is the same old
story of people trying to get rich very
rapidly and losing everything.
A TROPICAL. -IRF'SS.
Fresno Republicans: The lack Of
conformity between the climate and
customs of California has been
subject of frequent comment.
While our climate is as different as
possible from the rest of the civilized
world, our mode of ,life is as nearly as
possible an exact copy Of that OF the
rest Of the world. We import Zante
currants from Greece to put in our
plum puddings and sell our better
California product elsewhere. we
drink beer, imported or made OF I'M
ported materials, and sell our native
wine to the "Dagoes." We work all
day, as is done in the East and IN
Northern Europe, while in every other
hot country in the world work stops
at noon, and the long midday rest IS
made up later in the cool Of the even
ing We build our houses after East
ern models, with steep roofs to sned
the rain that does not fall, and fur
nish them in heavy upholstery and
carpets to counteract the cold that does
not come.
In the matter of summer dress. es-
pecially for men, we are equally
irrational There are two centers Of
the worlds fashions for men, London
and Calcutta. In the cool season we,
properly enough follow the London
fashions In the hot season we, fool
ishiy enough follow an attenuated YER
sion of the same styles, when we ought
to look to the climatically allied Cal
cutta Or, since we now have trepi-
cal possessions of our own, perhaps 1t
would be more patriotic to follow the
fashions of Manila.
The fashionable dress costume of
Manila gentleman consists of loose
trousers and a short coat of white
sheeting. a pith hat, and cloth shoes
with grass cloth soles. One. buys his
suits by the dozen, and wears one or
two fresh ones a day. according to MS
social engagements. A stout native
woman keeps them clean by CONTRACT
at few cents a week and the wearers
always feels and looks both clean and.
cool.
UNIVERSITY TUITION.
Stockton Independent: The action OF
the Regents yesterday in fixing the sal.
ary Of the President of the University
at $4,000 is to be commended. The
action in taxing the students $50 each
was i'll advised and unjustifiable. Judge
Wallace struck the keynote of the sit
uation in any great State institution
when he declared that financiering for
university was a very different mat
ter from financiering for a private con-
Germ, inasmuch as the private concern
is instituted to make money and uni
versity is instituted to expend money.
A failure to recognize this distinction
is the whole trouble with the university.
No educational institution can become
great by economical habits. As Regent
wallace declared. the wealth of this
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