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The Delta independent., 1899-05-05

farmers products leave him no profits.
for the American farmer between the
crest of the Allcghenies and the crest Of
the Rockies is peculiar animal. When
he is starving at home and mortgage
is pressing upon him he is a good silver
man. just as soon as he gets d fair
price for one crop, then he takes high
moral grounds and thinks it would be a
cheat to force 80 cent dollars" ulon
this country.
And still to anyone who understands
the questions. the need OF the restoration
OF silver is just As great as ever. 1t is
necessary to advance the value OF the
Z rms OF the United States, to advance
the value OF property everywhere SO that
property will be worth as much as
much as money, and men owning prop
erty can, il necessary, convert that
property into money at fair cash prices.
Looking beyond the immediate present.
the trade OF the future which the Uni
ted States must depend upon. the trade
of Spar ish America. and OF the Orient,
the advantages which would follow were
our country To restore silver and put
itself in financial accord with these
countries. is SO apparent that We do nrt
how any man can fail TO see the full
significance OF the fact. But in the
money centers OF this country the men
W 10 own that money do not care to see
PROF erty advance; they do not care TO
see wages advance. They want the
nee ssaries Of life kept just as low as
possible. Their view is only that OF tie
money changer and they have the whip
hand. We know not. OF course. what
the next twelve months will bring abont
but il the campaign was on TO day and
the election was to come in November,
i there is anything in the signs OF the
nes at all. Mr.. Bryan would lcss full
million OF the votes that he pole in
1896.
The Delta independent., 1899-05-05
SonOS Of the Day.

This Office is in receipt Of some OF the
sweetest songs We have heard in a long
time. They are easy to sing and play
aui have those catchy airs which COM
pei the hearers to whistle same. and
We know all our readers would approe-
ciate them. Among the number We
find the great waltz song; while the
Leaves Game Drifting Down" which
is being featured by the renowned
singer. May Irwin. in her play, which 10
having such great run in New York
this year--Kate Kip Buyer and it 10
as she saws, AS sweet song as We have
ever heard
The Letter Edged in Black is =
great pathetic song. telling the touching
story OF a mothers death. which recon
cilei father and son. To hear il sung
cannot help bringing tears TO the ey's
OF the listeners.
MY Father was a Sailor on the
Maine" is a touching stony OF child's
love for her father who was blown up
with the Maine and she asks the soldiers
Dust departing Tor the oattletirlil to be
sure and "tire" the cannon once for her
I'm Just an Old Vagabond" tells the
Q 1ry Of an outcas'. who sinks as low
as it is possible for a human being too.
but still the remembrance oi Il mothers
love clings To hiu.
.-On the Oh siissourri Shore" avak-
ems the thoughts & home, as rem.m-
bered in cniidhooj's days, and the
end,arug love Il that motler. Uio
watched over the welfare ot her chilirel
as ouly mothers love Can.
I'm Come Back When q e UawthoFn
Blooms Again" prrtraysthe trus.fulless
ns a ucmans love in the faithiulness OF
her hearts choice.
The published price Il above so 81
is so cents per. 70 our readers. whel
ac,n,nplni-l with thi- no ice. the MAJ
s,s Cay Taking M.caine Co. NJ A.
Delaware ST Kansas Ctty " :. will IN al
a fulIy Etho-rapIei ,sr1y vt the slec
mu<i. ~ r..cripf ~ - cen rrr : n
The Delta independent., 1899-05-05
Rise Of tn. Am,r can Navy.

The completion within few months
OF two great battleships. the kearsarge
and Kentucky, serves to call attent
to the remarkable rate at which the
American navy is growing at the present
time. Except among naval officers. who
watch this progress. rev pcrsous re4fize
that forty eight warships are now under
construction for the United States, in
volving expenditures under existirg
contracts aggregating eBsSS.6Oc Tor
hulls and machinery alone. These YES
sels. when equipped ready for sea. will
have cost over si0.ooo.Ooo. Eight OF
them are first class sea going battleships.
as good as any afnat, without taking
INTO acco int the superiority OF the gun
ners. machinists ard officers 10 man
them. Sixteen are torpedo beat de
Z ruyers. averaging 20 knots speed, for r
are heavy armor defense monitors. one
is sister cruiser TO the New O.lean-.
and eightee1 are L, rr d. boats.
Ore o, the most notable facts alto 1t
this vast construction undertaking is its
d s,ribution. exhibiting the great change
that has taken place in the shipbuilding
industry since. at the organization o
new navy. the first four ships were built
b. a single firm. To day fourteen Am
erican concerns are building ships for
the navy. and OF these twelve are scat
tered along the Atlantic coast from
Maine to Virginia. and two are on the
Pacific. at Portland and San Frauc eco.
The sheathsd cruiser alone is foreign
built She was bought on the stocks
fr m Brazil when the war with Spa
became inevitable. because Brazil would
rot sell one ship which tie United
States desired without disposing Of the
other at the same time. The navy
department needed the Amazon. il for
nothing else than 10 prevent Spain from
getting her The Nictheroy. at a ,alua
iiou Z s55JOoo. was made part Of the
deal. and after tho orgh overhauling
has becGme TIE sa,ul Buffalo.
The sus. n. as l.f,iy CONF leted,
c st al iSa2l5. and VS. immediately put
t. 90 d service as TIE New orlcars.
b il. the orly American warship N { e
wIr provided with sinukeless powder Tor
all her battt rics Her sister ship. tbs
Almiraute Abru. was :hcn only few
r bs at the E!swicls yard. at Newcastle
Oh. Tyne. bat the navy department
chceriully took tie contract OH tie
Brazilisu's hauGs at the rate OF Sl.2'.
GO. and by adding s25o,Coo 10 that
mount will soon tave a tine cruiser in
Albany. recent. isUncI.e'i. - Herald.
D,mocIAt.
The Delta independent., 1899-05-05

approached. In many of the Ion g
tramps aud chases after indians and
being chased be figured, there was
never an Indian pony on the plains that
could overhaul him. either for a short
or long distance.
After his usefulness was over Cody
gave him to friend who kept him as u
pensioner solely for the good he had
done, aud his last years were passed in
peace and plenty. 1t will not be amiss.
however. to tell of one OF the horses
many exploits: After changing hands
the gentleman referred to took the
h orse to Wyandotts. Kan. One day the
owner had him at some racing that .
taking place about four miles from that
city. When the crowd was ready to
rsturn to Wyandotte a purse OF $50
Was made up to be given to the hoIsi
that could first reach the city.
Brigham was acc Irdingly entere
. mid the ieers OF the crowd. they no:
knovirg the Losse's saying qualities.
When all was in readiness the signal to
start was given and they were OF. At
the rear horse; at the end OF the second
he began passing them one by one. and
before the third mile was completed be
led them all, and finished 90 far ahead
that be s as Completely ios3 wvNw~w
the rest OF the starters.-Tield & Farm.
The Delta independent., 1899-05-05
4 famsus Horse.

One Of the greatest mounts Bill Cody
ever had v a. bay horse that lie rh,
encd Brigham. There was nothing
handsome about this animal He VA.
built rather on the hat rack order. and
would not impress one in . way ss being
anything more than the commouest
kind cf a mustanw. and il vas only vheo
HE powers ~ . long distance racer
vere shown that he would imprsss him
self on ones memory. II was On his
back that Cody obtained the name Of
Buffalo Bill. for in one day be killed
sixty four buffalo. feat that no other
man or hosse ever sccouPliahsd OF ever
The Delta independent., 1899-05-05

IL th.s funny old world
vi rare guerdons impearied
To ghtea n.al has natural thirst,
IT, Is many a thought
VIII Eluch r-eompense fraught
For ~ tellys who thinks Of il first
nerp hidden away
ooDrr The earth's natal day.
In ~ nebul0us somewhere immersed,
Jhfre are germs that will bloJm
VIII a bank-account boom
To whoesrr discover them frst.
10 sipc of the dust
Frofn y1ur eranial crust.
Aake yOer thinker with blossoms to burst,
Aad Spu Il mine out u think
1hai viii g"rm you with chnk
II you hss;Ie and dig 1t out iirst
The record-union., 1899-11-16

perfectly content to abide the actual.
fair and full test Of any and all systems
proposed for Sacramento, the Record
Union" is decidedly in favor OF that
water which needs the least treatment
If it can be procured in quality and
quantity within the economic bounds
which must limit our output for 2
water supply.
But it suggests to any one OF sensi-
bility and love for cleanliness that
water treated as that at Kansas City,
Mo-, has to be. as described by Mr.
Grau, is not inviting. Indeed, the very
thought of it tends to make refined
stomach turn upon itself in revolt.
If the east side system fails US, II 1t
turns out that we cannot get proper
and sufficient water from that source,
and are compelled to turn to some
other, in the name of decency let US get
just as far away from the conversion
Of unclean and polluted water into
apparently potable water as is possible.
For our own part, and we think we
echo the thought of ten out of twelve
people, we would gladly pay a double
price for clear, pure water, untreated.
The record-union., 1899-11-16
No Trail Back.

He was a tanned and wrinkled and
griZzled frontiersman who had spent
nearly half a century along the trails
of the frontier, where he had hunted
and mined and trapped and secuted
and prospected and fought Indians. He
had climbed mountains and scaled
peaks and crossed deserts with never a
thought of fear, for he knew that he
could always depend on his sharp eye
and his quick intelligence to tell him
where he was and how he could get
put And then, one day. he decided he
would like to see the ocean, and so he
came out to Los Angeles and took the
trip over to Catalina. When he came
friend he had acquired in Los An
geles asked him how he liked the ocean.
We'll, sir" he replied, II felt a little
bit ticklish, that's what I did When
I stood on that deck and saw the land
hikin' away and the waves rollin' In
there behind us, 1 felt little skeery,
for the first time in my life"
What was the matter? Were you
seasick?"
"Seasick! Nothin'! No, sir; there
warn't no trail back. and it made me
feel little bit skeery."-Los Angeles
Times.
The record-union., 1899-11-16
A WATER REPORT.

In the local columns of the Record
Union" yesterday was a report to the
Citizens Water Committee from Mr.
Grau who has recently visited the set
ting and the filter plants of the two
Kansas cities. In both cases the water
supply source is a dirty river. III one
case settling basins are used, and the
water is passed through several pro-
cesses and treated with chemicals be-
fore it is fit for use.
We invite reading of Mr.. Craus re-
port on that point, with view to hav-
ing the reader ask himself the question
whether the game is worth the candle
when so much work has to be done to
convert filthy or not least unserviceable
water into fluid fit to drink.
Mr.. Grau says that the settling
basins used by Kansas City, Mo-, cover
no less than seven acres of ground, and
the water works are located seven
miles from the city, in order to avoid
the contamination of sewage discharged
into it by packing house concerns
Twice the water has to be treated by
injection into it of sulphide of alumina,
and has to pass through six settling
basins before it is fit to be delivered to
consumers. These settling basins, he
says, have not proved satisfactory, for
after all the treatment described, the
water has again to be filtered by con-
sumers.
The Kansas City, Kansas, supply is
also taken from the Missouri River,
but it is filtered by the Jewell system
the same that was one time offered to
this city. The ten filters employed were
guaranteed to furnish six million gal
Ions per day. But with this system
there is also a settling reservoir after
the water is lifted from the river When
1t has been filtered from this it runs
into cemented reservoir, where it is
for the second time lifted or pumped in
order to effect it's delivery through the
city pipes.
Dui, says MI Grdu, Wnen the river
is very muddy in the season of freshets
the guaranteed supply of clear water
falls down one-half, and this fact the
people did not discover until the plant
had been erected and paid for. The
city is therefore now compelled to put
in an additional plant to get the GUAM
tity of water needed. Alum is used
in this plant in the settling tanks when
the water is very muddy, but not at
other times
1t is greatly to be regretted that Mr..
Grau did not ascertain and report three
important facts. namely, the cost Of the
plants in each case, the cost of current
operation, and the cost of replacement
or refurnishing after the efficiency of
either has been impaired by use
otherwise, the per cent of deterioration
In none of these settling or filtering
schemes proposed for Sacramento. have
we been able to pin any prepayment down
TO even approximate figures of cost,
maintenance and replacement.
While by no means attached to. the
east side we'll system now under inves-
tigatfon to the exclusion of inyestica-
ton OF all others; while in favor Of the
best and most economic system: while
The record-union., 1899-11-16
The ORIGIN ~ nrevfus

The curious origin OF the name
"Dreyfus." which is so widely extended
among the Jews of France, Germany
and Switzerland, is interesting just at
this time. It arose in Elsass in the
form OF 'Treyus. Its present form is
due to strange popular misunder-
standing. h In the. year 1865, when the
persecution of the Jews took new
start in nearly all the States of Ger
many, the Elector Palatine, Johann H.,
and his neighbor, the Archbishop Elec-
tor, Johann of Trier. agreed to expel
all the Jews from their dominions The
Jewish fugitives from Trier sought a
new home. for the most part in Elsass.
The Jews of that time, faithful to their
ancient customs. had not adopted the
use of hereditary surnames, which had
been common among their Christian
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two blocks back both north and south
of that street. 1t will mean more quiet
in the south section of the city, and
will result in the building of many new
homes in that region. Low lands will
be filed and building lots be brought
into market now practically useless.
The company, on it's part, under its
contemplated improvements will secure
better yard switching facilities, a
speedier way out of and into the city,
have far less liability of accidents, be-
cause of the thirty-one street cross
ings on the R-street line.
Assuming that the railroad author
tiles will interpose no objection TO the
proposition to remove the enbankment
on r street, that their track may be
brought to the street grade, the city
ment to that end. 1t is, of course, not
in the mind of any one to propose that
the railroad company shall remove the
R-street embankment upon which the
Track HOW lies II IS uiillhciy l1ldl Las
company will go to that expense. But
If the company should do it, it would
take the earth for some other use,
whereas If it gives it up and allows
the city to use it, it will be exceed
ingly valuable for regarding r street
and for filling in and improving all the
intersections along the line Of that
street.
The railroad company can probably
be induced to agree to this latter ar
rangement, and to lower it's tracks to
the level Of the other streets upon the
new grade of R street. For this route
is not to be used to run fast trains upon
when the new line Is ready, or for any
other than occasional hauls from side
cars as are run upon that route will
always be slow and the use will be in
frequent.
1t certainly is very desirable to have
this interior cross levee or embank-
ment removed. AS it Is, it is a great
inconvenience to the people, a positive
detriment to the growth of the south
end; it Is unsightly and suggests a time
Of need which has now passed not to
return. OF course if the arrangement
suggested is effected there will have
to be a gentle incline from the grade
of Front street to the new grade on r
street and this will probably extend as
far east as Fourth street. But beyond
that to the end of the R-street grade
at Thirty first street, the removal Of the
embankment and the proper grading Of
r street will be blessing to the whole
city
1t will add to taxable values and thus
tend to reduce taxation. 1t will great
ly improve health conditions by en-
abling a proper drainage to be effected.
1t will take out of the heart of the city
a dangerous and unsightly embank-
ment and thus stimulate the spirit of
Improvement and town identifying,
which are now becoming so prominent
in our midst. It is, therefore, to be
will take the necessary steps to arrive
at an agreement with the railroad COM
pany by which the improvement sug-
gested may be realized
The record-union., 1899-11-16
THE r STREET IMPROVEMENT.

In our local columns yesterday 1t
was authoritatively stated that it is
the intention of the Southern Pacific
Company to abandon for general pur-
poses the track running out of the city
along Front street to r, and out r to
the city limits on the east, and that
general use will hereafter be over the
line from Brighton Junction along the
northeast borders of the city over the
great levee on that route. 1t is said.
however, that the right of way along
r street will be retained and will be
used to enable trains to reach the fac
tories breweries. potteries, etc., along
that line. and for switching purposes in
part.
This is an, excellent move for the city
and for the railroad company. 1t will
mean enhancement Of real estate values
AL along the line Of r street and for
The record-union., 1899-11-16

neighbors in Germany for more than
two centuries Hence the municipal
and communal authorities throughout
Elsass entered the names of one and
all the Hebrew immigrants as "Trev-
Uranus" 1that is,.the man from Trier,"
the Latin Trevier). The tsT' of the
official scribe was altered in the pop
ular dialect to the hard 3D." and the
official abbreviation Trevus, in the
local registers became '.Dreyfus" Thus
every Jewish exile from Trier had to
accept. nolens vo!ens. the surname OF
Dreyfus. There is no ground whatever
for the various ingenious and tancifui
derivations Of the name from Three
Foot" (Drei Fuss). Tripod. London
News.
The record-union., 1899-11-16
OIL STOCK GAMBLING.

The Record Union" has twice raised
the voice Of warning against the oil
stock speculation craze now rampant
in this State. No one wishes to put any
obstacle in the way Of oil development
in California. Genuine wells and their
legitimate working are to be commend
ed. But gaming in oil company stocks
has no true relation to genuine indus
try in oil development and working.
The disposition to gamble in oil stocks
has so grown that already an "Oil Ex-
change" has been established in San
Francisco, and daily paper reporting
the transactions" in the pit of that
exchange is published. Oil broker shops
are thicker in San Francisco to-day
than any other stock concerns. Com
panies have been formed by the hum
dred throughout the State, two-thirds
of which exist but upon paper and are
purely speculative with glowing prom
ises to locate and develop wells. Oh
claiming to have properties upon which
profitable wells may be driven.
A weekly paper has been started in
the interest of oil industries, and the
daily press overflow with advertise
ments blooming with captions promis
ing fortunes IN OIL" In short, every
thing is being done that cunning and
ingenuity can devise to work UP and
keep alive an excitement that means
the robbing of the many for the enrich
ment of the few.
The legitimate oil industries need no
artificial devices to- capitalize them or
develop their wealth Whoever has
good oil land or genuine oil wells has
no difficulty whatever in securing all
the capital necessary to be invested
and correspondent with their real COM
mercial value and promise. The motto
of the discreet should be, beware Of
oil stock gambling. But they should do
some good in the world also b. warning
their friends and neighbors The guilt
BILE should be protected against them
selves by the warnings of their friends,
not so much, because stock gambling
will ruin them, but because the effects
of such gaming extend beyond them
and are pernicious for the whole COM
munity.
The record-union., 1899-11-16

The story comes by wire that Rus
STA may improve the opportunity OF
the engagement of Great Britain in
Africa to make that long-contemplated
advance; upon Herat, and thus insure her
a safe route to the Indian Ocean. There
is some reason to believe this to be
true. for Russia has been, some time
massing troops in that section. and has
long contemplated just the plan indi-
Gated. But if she makes this move she
will incur the enmity Of England, which
will but wait an opportunity to retail
ate. Russia's ruler is really a man OF
peace. He not only does not want war.
but abhors it. He has been known to
say frequently that he would rather
suffer long and severely than invoke
war as a means to an end. But the
Gar, absolute as he is, is not all pow
erful. Russian politicians, mainly in the
aristocratic classes, are forces he can
not ignore. The policy of Russia,
notably her foreign policy. is deter
mined by them as much as by the EN-
peror himself. The Car desires peace
above all things, but his Cabinet de-
sires to gain advantages abroad above
all things, and thus far they have pre-
vailed. They have long had designs
upon the Afgho-Indian frontier, and the
Gar has not been able if indeed he
has tried, to weaken the purpose OF
his Government in that direction. 1t
is positively known that the frequent
friction between Afghan, Persian and
Anglo-Indian authorities. has been
promoted, If not created, by the secret
agents of Russia in those countries.
That Russian journals holly deny this
cuts no figure, for the press of Russia
Is under the thumb of the censor. We
are much dncIined to believe the report
that Russia is preparing to strike
Herat, and if she does she will meet
with but feeble resistance. She will
accomplish her purpose SO far as that
point of assault is concerned. Whether
she will be able to make further adj
vance before Great Britain can inter-
pose is another question.
The record-union., 1899-11-16
Weather Forecast.

For Northern California: Cloudy Thurs
day, with showers In the forenoon; fresh
southerly winds.
For Sacramento and Vicinity: Cloudy
Thursday, with occasional showers; fresh
southwest winds; river may reach 10 feet.
The record-union., 1899-11-16

7OMEN assailed every by troubles peculiar
w to their sex. Every mysterious ache pain is
symptom. These distressing sensations will keep
coming unless properly treated.
The history of neglect written in the faces and
The record-union., 1899-11-16

Kettledrums are copper or brass bas-
ms with a skin or head that can be
tuned to- true musical note.
The record-union., 1899-11-16

To Cure . Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II it fails
to cure. e. w. Groves signature Is on
each box. 25c. MTuWTh
The record-union., 1899-11-16

wasted figures Of nine
tenths of our women,
every one of whom may
receive the invaluable ad-
vice of Mrs. Pinkham,
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn. Mass.
Miss LULA EVANS. of
The record-union., 1899-11-16

No one ever heard Of appendicitis re
sulting from a. diet of sour grapes.