| Show EDITORIAL NOTES the liberal ex officials of too ele county intend to fight for the places the people do not want them to fill well they are I 1 making a bigger rod for their own backs as they will find out in the sequel a i the sacramento sac Bac record union had news on the dinst of or the arrest of tom laytoh Law tori the accod of troy dye six miles east of gait galt deputy sheriff stevenson had bad gone to bring him in to sacramento peru ia 11 still anxious for coolie labor cannot the Cail california frnia fruia chin chinese e se be induced to migrate to the mountains of peru where silver and copper exist in abunda abundance rice perti peru wants them california does not and the former place offers by far the greater material inducements dr E de do Pres ress sense nse late member of the french assembly at versailles will give the french view of the political social and ecclesiastical situation in europe and the verdict of the congress at berlin in the september october number of the international jre Jie review view aside from his per personal soral qualification as a writer and student of political history the view from this standpoint has not before been presented and possesses great general interest the N Y sun baye saye the gross earnings of the central pacific railroad for the present year will be it is estimated in the neighborhood of of which about will be net profit the kros gros kro gro s earnings have been as high as with a net profit of about 52 per cent the tho chicago and North northwestern Rall nail railway way which Is a well paying road does not get a profit of 21 out of the gross receipts amounting to ana still the central pacific bam bag just jusa increased its freant ates rates the physical superiority of the ancients over the tha men ot modern times at one time conceded but lately disputed frequently and vehemently h e M y is clearly established in the case of the greeks xenophone military statistics show that the complete accoutrements of the soldier roady ready for active service weighed ordinarily seventy five pounds and when tile the tools with which he was furnis furnished hed bed and his would reach about a hundred pound pounds this load was frequently carried twelve hours per diem at a speed of four miles per hour in order to pass the military examina tion lion a recruit had to jump his own hight bight vertically and three times hla hia is own length horizontally and I 1 in full armor two thirds of those distance distances also to pitch a weight equal to one oneo third of his own a distance of twenty yards besides performing other feats that no ordinary modern soldier could attempt with any hope of success what greek ot the nineteenth century is equal to such tasks A wealthy and wellborn well born lady in london recently made the eyes of or a police magistrate fairly bulge in ilis head a short time since the lady appeared as a witness in a case of larceny in which two men were accused of stealing Dg some sik silk she refused to take the customary oath and also to answer questions as to her belief in a supreme being it transpired that she was a skeptic but believed it ta to bean be an individual and social wrong to fell tell a lie when asked if she believed in a future state she replied that bho eho knew nothing about the future finally the magistrate was compelled to receive her declaration declarations which is allowed in such cases by law the lady was unfortunate in having no religious faith but bhe ehe was probably at least as honest as the magistrate notwithstanding and andee he was clearly outside of his duty in questioning her upon her belief or dis disbelief bellef faith is a matter with which courts have nothing to do and witnesses am are not required by law or any other obligation to answer when such questions are propounded |
