Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-18

CABNET.-J. L. Helm, Sacramento
There have been but twelve Secretaries of
the Interior, but there have been twenty
six Secretaries of State and eighteen Secre-
taries of War in the United States.
CoRN-S. W., Susanville: Not at all.
The great corn producing States on and
north of the Ohio show this year decline
of the corn crop of four per cent, while
west of the Mississippi the increase is from
six to nine per cent.
CHIEF JUSTICE. T., MarYsville No,
SIR John Jay was the first Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States,
but resigned after six years Of service. He
was born in l745 and died in 1929. F. a.
Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was the first
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
TRANSPARENT PAPER-Cis, Sacramento
Drawing paper of any thickness may be
be used for tracing, by dampening with
paper again becomes Opaque. The tracing
may be done with India ink or water
colors.
CYcLoPGDIA-C. A. Carothers, Sutter
Creek: The price of the American Cyclic
pedia is, cloth 81 and sheep So per vol
ume, and there are sixteen volumes. You
can order them through any reputable
book house. We would not advise you to
buy any condensed edition, though there
is one for $50 set, consisting of four vol
umes.
NUMIsMATIcs. &C. IL. Hartnell, Wood
ford, Alpine county, asks: " Is there any
premium on silver quarters or half dollars
of 1853, or previous to that date; also on
dollars" Numismatists buy rare coins.
What rate there is on the coins named we
cannot tell, as there is no regular quotation
here The dollar of 1858 we should Judge
as rating high. New York is the chief nu-
mismatic market
THE ARMY.-Ellison, Sacramento The
army of the United States consists of 10
cavalry regiments, 40 officers and 1906
men artillery regiments, 27S officers
and 2, 3S7 men 25 infantry regiments, S5l
officers and 1878 men; engineer corps,
recruiting corps, ordinance corps, scouts,
West Point, etc, sos officers and 1886
men; Total, 2, l27 officers and "a, 262 men.
EARTHQUAKES. j. L. C-s, Placer
vile: Yes; there have been many who have
attempted to point out how the approach of
earthquakes may be foretold, but we have
no knowledge of any plan that has cue
ceeded. The latest note on the subject is
concerning Professor Palmieri's plan. In a
recent lecture he expressed the belief that by
means of seismographic stations, tele-
graphically connected, for registering and
reporting preliminary earth tremblings, it
would be possible to foretell earthquakes
Just as tempest are now foretold, and to
issue warnings to threatened districts
about three days in advance. He did not
expect to live to see such system in
operation, but he hoped and in measure ex-
pected that posterity would be benefited by
It's universal and permanent establish
ment.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.-J. Fl. NJ, Sacra-
mento We believe you are right. 1t has
seemed to US that the intense blush white
Of the electric light was injurious
to the eyesight. We know of many
who complain of its trying effects
This is not true when tinted shades are put
about the light. In this connection we
clip the following from an exchange: A
Russian correspondent of the Paris Temps
speaks as follows as regards this matter !:
Kronstadt was the first city in Russia
where the electric light was introduced
into public and private buildings, and it
has also been the first to discover its incon-
veniences. Diseases OF the eyes having be.
come more frequent, the attention of the
Government and of oculists has been
turned towards the means of preventing
these sad effects. The officer commanding
the Black Sea fleet has reported several
cases of the sudden loss of sight caused by
the dazzling of these lights used on board,
and having an illuminating power of A.
600 candles. DIR. Lubinski, a specialist,
and an authority in these matters, has in
vestigated this question, and finds that the
use Of blue glasses is the best protection
against the Jablochkoff light. Next to this
comes the gray glasses, and then the violet.
Clear yellow tints, and also red, should be
carefully avoided, for instead Of decreasing
the i'll effects of the electric light upon the
eye, these colors render it more injurious.