davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03
CENSUS COMPLAINTS.

As usual after census chorus of COM
plants and accusations rises all over the
country. There is scarcely city of any
importance whose newspapers are not
ready to declare that the enumeration has
been badly done. Everywhere there is
heard complaint of the insufficient count
ing. Local vanity and brag have been
quite generally hurt, in fact, and these
ridiculous expressions of dissatisfaction
are the consequence. We call them ridlc-
ulous for good reasons. The people who
make them are putting forward random
assertions about population, etc., with the
utmost dogmatism. They undertake to
assert that the enumerators, who have
proceeded methodically and on a carefully
devised plan, must have Numbered, be-
cause the results do not accord with their
own ignorant guesses. That is the real
state of the case. The newspapers that
are finding fault with the census know
nothing about the facts, and the enumer-
ators know great deal. Which is the
more likely to be right? If farmer who
was altogether ignorant of surveying should
undertake to dispute the accuracy of a
Government survey on the strength of his
crude notions of distances and localities,
he would very properly be laughed at. It
is equally absurd for journals which have
no trustworthy data to go upon, to find
fault with and question the conclusions of
the enumerators, who have taken the only
possible means of arriving at the truth.
We have no doubt that a great many cities
in the United States have oyer-discounted
their increase during the past ten years.
San Francisco appears to be one of them.
She has been claiming population Of &c.,
900, and it is now stated that she has less
than 240,000 Such revelations are per-
haps disagreeable to those who are stupid
enough to believe that there is anything
specially ereditable in mere extent OF popu-
lation, and who thus confound bigness with
greatness, but the census enumerators are
the only trustworthy authorities in such
matters, and their statistics viii have to be
accepted, and will be received at once by
all sensible people.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03
LIBRARY STATISTICS.

The annual report OF the Sacramento
Free Library, which we published yester-
day, indicates a very gratifying state of
affairs in that Institution. 1t is evident
that the public fully appreciate its advan-
tages, and that it has already done much
to stimulate taste for reading in the COM
munity. We observe that the Librarian
attributes the large percentage OF fiction
called for, to the want of more solid liter
ature on the shelves but though we have
no doubt that the efficiency OF the library
in its higher departments may easily be
increased, we do not think that the per-
centage of Acknowledgements much
above the average A somewhat careful
examination OF library reports in all parts
OF this country and Europe has satisfied us
that the demand for fiction everywhere
attains percentage of seventy to eighty
Of the whole demand. This is the case in
such centers OF intellectual culture as
Boston, and it is one of the curious facts
about reading that the appetite for novels
remains so constant. Generally speaking
twenty per cent. is quite as much as can
be expected for all other kinds of litera-
ture. The reasons no doubt are, that more
people have some acquaintance with novels
than with books of more solid kind, and
that more people go to public Libraries in
search Of recreation than for instruction.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03
BRApLAUag,s TRIUMPH.

The foolish infringement into which the
blind hostility of the English Tory men,
: bers OF the House of Commons led them in
the Bradlaugh case, has at last been cleared
up in the only possible way, by their igno-
minious retreat from an untenable position.
They set out with the determination to
unseat Bradlaugh on the ground that his
religious opinions did not suit them, hop
ing by their opposition to embarrass the
Government. They won what they
thought a victory in the beginning, but it
proved disastrous Que. They had drawn
upon themselves popular resentment
which became more menaoing every day,
for in their infatuation they had under.
taken to expel a lawfully elected member
of the House, for refusing to submit to
terms they had no right to impose upon
him. And so at last they have been
obliged to retrace their steps, and to eat
the leek presented by Gladstone in the
shape of resolution that any member
should be allowed to make an affirmation
instead of taking the customary oath.
Yesterday Bradlaugh affirmed, and took
his seat, and thus this most unnecessary
and dangerous piece of folly has been tided
over. Bradlaugh has gained his point
Gladstone has had his way. And the
Tories, who went in to steal victory from
the Ministry, retire with their tails be-
tween their legs, in q very discounted
fashion.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03
TIE RETURN OF KEARNEY. :

Kearney's return to San Francisco has
been signalized by demonstration of the
chaotic condition of his party. In address,
ing the latter at the Sandlots he was con-
stantly interrupted by alternate cheering
for Hancock and Garfield, and his an
nouncement of his own preference for
Weaver ELECTED no enthusiasm. He must
heve realized by this time that his followers
have no Greenback predictions, but that
they are strongly disposed to separate into
their constituent elements, and become Re-
publicans and Democrats again. And it
must be admitted that the political pro-
grannme brought back by the redoubtable
Denis is not very alluring. There is no
belief anywhere in California that the
Greenbacker campaign viii amount to
anything. It is regarded as one of
those silly side-shows which only at
tract iuveterate comeouters," and
chronic followers after eccentricities
in politics. Kenrney viii have a
nara paLIie ID 4iShb IL iie eApeCtS W
swing the w. P. c. vote for Weaver, and
he will find himself deserted by many who
have hitherto supported him. Kalloch has
already declared himself for Hancock, and
it is scarcely a secret that he intends to
carry as many Workingmen as possible
into the Democratic camp. What his re-
ward is to be the State nominations to be
made hereafter viii probably indicate, but
in any case Denis will find him formid-
able antagonist, and it will require all the
healing influences OF Bartlett's Springs to
prepare him for the contest. The posi-
bility OF victory for the Greenback faction
Of the w. P. c. indeed appears so remote
at present as to be scarcely worth speaking
Of. Nevertheless Kearney viii doubtless
stick to his programme, and viii produce
some effect in breaking up his party, which
it must be said appears to have very little
cohesion even now.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03

pieces of friezes, or volutes, or cornices,
or something the removal of which pro
duces the most scandalous and hopeless
DETACHMENT. The manner in which the
tourist IDIOT male and female, has be-
daubed and bescrawled the San Carlos
Church with its legionary but Insignificant
name, is simply disgusting, As every such
inscription is an unanswerable demon
stration that the scribe was a fool.
the number of these unconscious con-
LESSONS of imhecility becomes oppressive
and even discouaging. 1t would almost
seem as though all the people who had
visited the place were imbeciles, or that
Vandalism was the normal tendency OF
tourists everywhere. 1t is shame that
this cid building possessing so many and
interesting associations, should be de-
lvered over to the brutalities of
perambulatiug hoodlums, and If the
Church has not energy and self.respeet
enough to take care of the edifice, it might
at least permit the State to assume the
charge. We would not have the old
church restored, for that would spoil it !;
BUTT should be protected from the weather
by being inclosed in rough lumber casing,
leaving plenty of room to walk all round
every part of it.
EaB SEQUENCE or MoNTEREy's LONG DREAM.
And so Monterey's long dream is broken
at last, and henceforth she will be as much
alive as it is either proper or desirable
that she should be- Her destiny is not
that of a trading center. She will not
produce millionaires. No stock exchanges
will establish themselves in her peaceful
antedlluvian streets. 1t is her lot to be the
fashionable and favorite watering place of
California the resort OF invalids from less
genial chimes q winter as well as
summer haunt for people in delicate health;
in fact Sanitarium of the prosperous kind
that has received the imprimatur of
Fashion. The Hotel Del Monte has settled
this question, for it has revealed tor the
first time all the possibilities of the place.
1t has lifted it out of the rut in
which it had lain so long and so
contentedly, and has, in conjunction with
the railroad, brought it within easy reach
ofevery body. It's pleasant climate, its In
tercsting associations, its natural beauties,
its fine bathing, will all combine to render
it more popular from year to year, and we
may be sure that in little while its claims
will be recognized by that STEADY extern
sion of country house building in the neigh
borhood which always attends such re-
vivals Monterey has thus reached her
renaissance after all, and we have no ap-
prehensions that the era of prosperity now
beginning for her will suffer any checks
hereafter, save those to which llhuman
enterprises and efforts are exposed.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03
DR.. TANNERS EXPERIMENT.

Dr. Tanner has for several years been
yearning for an opportunity to display his
proficiency in enduring starvation. Hith-
erto his opportunities have failed, mainly
because the scientists to whom he applied
declined to be parties to the death of a
fellow creature, supposing his abstinence
genuine, OF to be accessories to an impos-
ture, supposing it to be fraudulent. At
last, however, he has secured a committee,
and has entered upon the experiment OF
abstaining from food for forty days. The
first three days have not affected his
health, according to the reports, but if
he persists, and really does not take any
nourishment, the reasonable expectation
is that he win die by the fifteenth day.
There are few cases on record in which
life has been sustained for longer periods,
but the circumstances were all excep-
tional, and there is at present no ground
for supposing that this particular lunatic
will hold out longer than the average Pc
Rod Even if he does, it will not prove
anything.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03
NEWS OF TIE moENINe.

In New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at 1851 Tor IS Of 1857; 1893 for IS of 1881
Io05 for as; sterling, 81 S5@4 s7l; silver bars,
ll42; silver coin, discount buying, par selling.
Silver in London yesterday, b2ld; consOls,
os 1916; per cent Ussited States bends 1Oe9; As,
HOG; AIS, 1928.
In San Francisco hall dollars are quoted at par
Mexican dollars, 90 b,ls'ing, 934 selling
At Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at 9s
9da9s sd for good to choice California
There was fair business in mining stocks at the
Board in San Francisco yesterday morning, but
prices were generally lower, though the decline was
only from SC to e71cas against THURSDAY There will
be no more Board sales of stock until next Wednes
day morning.
The body of H r. Hubbard, former Controller OF
the Currency, who lost his life in the Seawanahaka
disaster, was found yesterday.
General Grant was heartily welcomed yesterday at
Kansas City, No.
Duncan A. Bsthune and John Abbot, two miners
were accidentally killed on the Comstock yester
day.
Tie body of Henry Fowler, drowned near Port
land, Or, has been recovered.
The State Fair of Oregon is in full blast at Sa
lem.
The Virginia and Truelee Railroad Company re
fuse to accede to the demands of the strikers,
There will be general suspension of business il
Eastern cities from to day until Tuesday.
Lewis Schmidt was murdered yesterday at Amity
vile, L. l., and his body thrown into well.
In the English House of Commons yesterday
Bradlaugh made affirmation, signed the roll ant
took his seat.
The Conference at Berlin closed its labors yester
day.
Mary o'Connor killed her thrse children in Jersey
City Thursday night.
The strike of Gotten operators at Mossley, Eng.
continues.
Heavy showers of rain gre delaying harvest opera
tions in the Northwest.
The census returns Of Ohio Indiana, Michigan
Illinois and Wisconsin, show decrease in popula
ton as compared with the census OF 1870.
Thepeople Of Mexico, as well as the Government
are becoming much interested in railroad matters
The Greeaback candidate for President is out Will
long letter defining the position OF himself aut
party.
The National Republican Committee completed
its organization at New York yesterday.
The Santa Cruz races opened yesterday, with q
large attendance.
The population Of Marysyille is now said to be
4,Sl0.
The japanese war-ship has left Victoria for sar
Francisco.
Thursday, being Dominion Day, was observed as
general holiday British in Columbia.
The President has returned to Washington from
Connecticut
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03
THs WEEKLY UEIoN.

The WEEKLY UNION (second part % Issued this
morning. There is no paper or the coast which
addresses itself so strongly to ehe interests OF the
reader. Is is, for instance, the only weekly pub
lished in two parts in order that it may reach its
subscribers twice week snstead of once Thus its
readers get news oftenec and fresher than through
any other weekly PAPER. 1t consists OF sixteen
pages each week, ana is thus the largest paper. 1t
presents all the latest and best European Eastern
and home telegrarhis news. 1t is edited with care
and special reference to the advancement Of the
people and the development of the resources of the
State. 1t presents the market reports Ct San Fran
cisco and Sacramento stock sales, local religious
sporting, art, mechanical and political news OF the
day, and the choicest original and selected mscel-
lany In short, it is tie paper of al others for the
general reader, the household, the shop, the farm
and the office Its subscriptioa+st has increased
with rnequaled rapidity, and is constant and reia-
BILE tits mailed for one year. postage paid, 20 any
address in the United States for e..
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03

r,he demand for fiction represents very
real need of the average nind, however,
and the only wise policy for the directors
OF publ libraries to follow regarding it is
to see that the fiction supplied is of the
best quality, and to exclude mere trash as
much as possible. As a rule people only
read trash because they are not acquainted
with more artistic work, and trash-rea1ers
can be easily converted to purer taste by
furnishing them with better novels, since
the best novels are always the most inter
esting. OF course a small library like ours
must be content witha gradual growth. 1t
cannot hope to keep pace with the presses
which are constantly pouring new books on
the market, nor is it desirable that
it should do SO. Where the means are
limited, however, it is the more necessary
that every purchase should be made with
sound Judgment, and though the public
requires so per cent. of fiction to 20 per
cent of solid matter, it does not follow
that books should be bought in exactly
these proportions. 1t should rather be
made an object to fill up the shelves with
standard works which are not new, but
have stood the test of few years. Atleast
nine tenths of all new books are soon laid
aside and forgotten, but judicious COM
mittee may go on for years spending a
few hundred dollars at time upon stand
ard books, without coming to the end OF
its desiderata, or burdening its shelves
with useless volumes. On the whole ths
Sacramento Library appears to be doing
very well, and its report fully vindicate:
the wisdom of the arrangements through
which it was secured to the public.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From San Francisco exchanges Of July 2d.l
The steamer City of Picking viii be due
from HOngkong next Tuesday.
For the first six months of 1880, the col
lections of duties at this port aggregate
s., S34. S97 81.
The last steamer from Oregon brought
$40. 900 in treasure, showing balance OF
trade in our favor.
The statement of the Pacific Bank for
July lst shows over 81, 500, 900 to the
credit OF individual depositors and nearly
81, 600, 900 of cash.
At Directors meeting of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company held in this city
on the lst instant, semi-annual dividend
of 3 per cent. was declared, payable Au-
gust 18th.
The managers of the Southern Pacific
Railroad have sent down all their spare
sleeping-ears to the Hotel Del Monte, SO
as to accommodate those who have been
unable to secare rooms at the hotel.
Intelligence has been received that the
German bark Vesta, bound from New.
castle, England, to San Francisco, was
totally wrecked on the coast of Patagonia
June Sd. No particulars of the disaster
have been received.
Before many months the people of San
Francisco will be greeted with the an
nouncement that another transcontineutal
line of railroad is open to travel Last
evening the Southern Pacific Railroad was
completed to point six miles east of Ben
son, Arizona, and l,03l miles southeast of
San Francisco. A. N. Towne, General Su-
perintendent of the Central Pacific, hears
that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad is pushing forward down the Rio
Grande valley. The gap between the two
roads is about 800 miles, The connecting
point will be somewhere in New Mexico
west of the Rio Grande.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03

AN ABRIDGED COLLECTION OF ENGLISH
POETRY There is probably no class of
literary work which has called out such
vigorous protests from antiquarians and
literary men with deep reverence for the
great authors as abridgements and yet it
would be hard for any one to get away
from the fact that In this busy modern
world real necessity exists for something
of this kind. Life is too short for the av-
erage man to do all that it now requires OF
him, and then find time in addition to read
such a novel as "Clarissa or Grand
ison," to know the old dramatists as he
knows Shakespeare, and to peruse all the
pages of oar English poets in complete edi-
tions. Long ago it was seen how neces-
sary it is to have an abridged collection of
English poetry, and many hands have at
tempted to make one, some with very in
different success, others ON plan that did
not cover the whole field, still others with.
out intention of covering the field of Eng
iish literature historically. Indeed, there
is practically no collection which does this
latter; but readers will be glad to learn
that there is bright promise of one from
the hands of Professor I. II. Ward, Mat
thew Arnold, Thomas Arnold, Dean
Church, w. Mimic, E. W. Gosse and many
other men Of eminence in England.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-03

The unanimity with which most of even
the conservative statesmen of France have
supported the clerical laws, should have
had its significance for outside observers.
No doubt there is among the ultra Radi-
Gals pronounced hostility to Romanism
generally. No doubt there are many who
would be willing to go much further, and
who would not hesitate to disestablish the
Church altogether. And if this could be
safely done it would be for the best inter
ests of France, and sooner or later it Will
have to be done. But the controlling
minds in the Government fully recognize
the present inexpediency of doing more
than has been resolved upon. They are
willing to support and maintain the Con-
cordat, and to leave the churches a gov
ernmental charge. But they clearly
perceive the necessity of reforming and
recognizing the educational situation
and they are convinced that it
is no longer safe to intrust this vital func-
ton to the agents of the Vatican. The
struggle of the clericals viii be desperate,
for they fully comprehend that they are
being driven from their last entrenchment
They were willing to condone the growing
indifference and even infdelity of the
adult male population; to see the churches
empty three-fourths of the year; to en-
dure the scofiings of sullen and unsym-
pathetic peasantry if only they could
keep their hold upon the schools, and so
secure the enormous advantage of molding
the opinions of the rising generation. Once
forced from this vantage ground, and pro-
hibited from teaching, the prospects of the
Church in France must become hope
less. For though Rome makes no con-
cessions, and though she still looks
forward TO the restoration of her ancient
supremacy, civilization is carrying man
kind further and further away from her
influence, and is rendering her most for
midabIe weapons more obsolete and i'm
potent every year. 1t is not probable that
the present hostile attitude of the church
will postpone the evil day, either. The
sense of the French nation has been de-
clared against ecclesiastical instruction in
the schools, and it will have to go. The
Jesuits may find shelter in Spain, where,
however, the people are already too be-
sotted to require any further dragging, and
France viii proceed with renewed vig9
when she has shaken off the throttling
grasp of this Old Man of the Sea.