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CHILE AND PERU.

The Chileans have at last entered upon
the final campaign of their war with Peru,
which has for its object the capture and
presumable destruction of Lima. The
attempts of the Peruvians to resist the
landing of the enemy were futile, and he
is now advancing slowly toward the cap
ital, burning, ravaging and numbering as
he goes, in the characteristic fashion of
South American warfare. As neither the
United States nor any other Government
sees fit to intervene in this atrocious bust
ness, on the ground that some feeble diplo-
matte circumstances were not cordially
received, the world will no doubt be
treated to a highly sensational spectacle.
It is evident that the Peruvians, though
brave and desperate, are almost at their last
gasp They appear to have neither men, nor
money, normunitions of war. Notwithstand-
ing their extremity, however, they continue
to fight valiantly, and one result of this will
will probably be the evaporation of the
Chileans to the point of massacre when
Lima falls. A more causeless or a bloodier
war than this has seldom been fought. It
has already ruined Peru, and as Chile
cannot hope for any indemnity it viii
probably go far towards running her. We
sincerely hope it may, for she has dis
played vindictiveness and brutality
throughout which mark her people as saw
ages. When both the combatants have
exhausted themselves. and there is no
more blood to let out. perhaps our Govern
ment may think it worth while to renew its
timid attempts at peace-making. At pres
ent, however, nothing is to be looked for
but slaughter and devastation, and no
doubt there will be enough of that even
before Lima is reached.
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Let us reflect upon the implications of
this Mormon immigration and this polyg-
amous proselytism. In the first place we
have community which is not American
nor republican nor homogeneous. Instead,
it is Mormon, it is under ecclesiasti-
cal government, it is polygamous. In
fact, it would be impossible to conceive of
anything more at variance with American
theories of government, religion, and social
organiza ton, than this community of Nor
mons. It is kept up and fed continually
by accessions from thepeasantry of Europe.
These immigrants bring to the church a
great stock of industry. robust health, vast
credulity and ignorance. and comfortable
habit of servility. They buttress the church
round about. They pay the tithes with
cheerful alacrity. They accept polygamy
as divine revelation. They proceed
stolidly and per5istently. caring nothing at
all about the laws or institutions OF the
United States, and rendering no obedience
to any ordinances whatever hot promnl-
gated or Endorsed by their spiritual officers.
1t will be seen that such a community as
this is largely foreign in its ways and modes
of thought The point of contact is not
political, but religious institutions. The
Mormon missionaries have forestalled the
American politicians, and secured
the confidence and the following
of these simple people. Henceforth
they are in the power of the Church. As
TO the leaders of that Church, it matters
little whether they are sincere or merely
polite. The presumption is certainly
against their sincerity, for reasons which
we have already stated Whatever their
motives, however, it is clear that with such
plastic instrument in their hands they are
sure to employ it to the utmost for their
own advantage. And so long as they are
free to scour Europe for its ignorance and
credulity, so long will they be able to i'm
port fresh colonies every year, and to carry
the influence of their peculiar system
further from their headquarters, despite
the protests and the threats of the United
States Government. Wehave seen that of
late the Mormons have even ventured to
send missionaries into the Western States
of the Union, and that the people of some
parts OF Ohio have been perplexed and an
gered by movement which at once vexed
them by its mingled audacity and folly,
and alarmed them by the hold it seemed to
take upon certain class of minds. We
must not rely too much upon the protec-
tive force of public Intelligence in case
this kind. Public intenrs ence is,.ometimes
very uncertain, as instance its eccentric
demonstrations qpropos OF Grangerism. and
soft money, and the silver craze, and
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MR. N1MMo,s FIGURES.

Mr.. Nimmo's figures in regard to the ex-
port trade of the United States are very
encouraging, and they show that the rapid
increase of our production of breadstutfs
and live stock is awakening profound alarm
not only in England but throughout the
eat-producing countries of Europe in
which inferior agricultural implements are
employed, and where the farming is gen.
orally more slovenly and old-fashioned.
When he begins to review the ship-build-
ing interest, however, the statistics no
longer yield the same ground for satisfac-
ton. La fact he admits that this interest
in the United States is practically dead.
He says "The building of ships and
''barks employed in our foreign commerce
"fell from an annual average of 233 dur
''ing the ten years from 1851 to 1850 to an
annual average of So drring the ten
"years from 1871 to 1880, and there
".were only % ships and barks built
{. during the year ended June 30, 1880. "
The commerce of the world is now
carried in iron steamships principally, and
it is evident that with the extension of the
means of land transportation the use OF
wooden sailing vessels must be still fur
Their abandoned. In short time the occu-
patton of the fleet which now sails round
Cape Horn to carry the wheat crops Of
California, will be gone. The completion
of the Southern Pacific and its connections
will neceasitate the employment of swift
iron steamers of great tonnage capacity.
Mr.. Roach has asserted that we can build
such vessels as cheaply as they can be
constructed on the Clyde, but we take
leave to doubt this statement, inasmuch as
if it were true the vessels would be built
here and not there Congress has done its
best to destroy our mercantile marine, but
the day of sailing ships has gone by, or is
rapidly going, and hereafter steamers will
do the work of the world. 1t will
not help our ship-building interest to
adopt Mr.. Roach's proposal for large sub
sides, however. What is needed is free
trade in ships and ship-building material,
and the former would be preferable in the
existing situation, since it is plain that
capital has already been nearly all driven
out OF American ship-building. As re-
CARDS Mr.. Nimmo's remarks upon the
practicability of shutting out foreign COM
petition in nearly all other industries than
ship building, it is in order to point out
that to secure such state of exclusive
trade the people of the United States
must consent to pay two or three prices
for every article so protected, and that
when the whole operation is seen it will
not be doubtful that the game has failed
to pay for the candle.
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ONE OF ENa1AsD's HARD PROBLEMS.

a lecture delivered recently by Hon. W,
w. Hunter, the author of Rural Ben
"gal, " :" Orissa, ETC., and Director of Sta
tistics for the Government of India, con-
veys very gloomy view of India, and all
the more so since the speaker is thoroughly
informed as to all the circumstances of the
case. Mr.. Hunter declares that notwith-
standing, or perhaps because of, the ameli-
orations which British government has in
troduced to Indian life. the sufferings and
difficulties of the Indian population are in
creasing so rapidly as to battle remedial
measures. Population, no longer regu-
lated by wars, the ravages of Wild beasts,
the caprice of native rulers, and far less
frequently interfered with by famine, has
increased at such a rate that the people
are literally crowding one another off the
face of the earth. There are rural dis
tricts in Bengal where the population is
/, $50 to the square mile. In France it is
only $50 to the square mile. In all British
India it is 243 to the square mile. And the
Indian population depend entirely upon
the land, which is becoming exhausted
The demand upon every acre of
it is so incessant aud peremptory that no
opportunity for rest and recuperation is
possible. The destruction of the forests
has compelled the people, as in China, to
use manure for fuel, and therefore there
is nothing with which to enrich and refresh
the soil. The population is essentially
rural. not more than one-twentieth being
supported by the cities. The situation is
one which thus far seems to be beyond re-
let. No law reform, no social reform, will
prevent the rapid growth of the popula'
ton aud the steady deterioration of the
land. These two factors appear to be
forcing the whole country forward to q
catastrophe Of the most appallV kind,
nor. unless the British Government car
devise some means of deporting half the
population, does there seem any hope Of
averting the danger which impends ovel
the country. No wonder that some dis
heartened Englishmen are beginning te
desire the abandonment of India alto
gether.
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THE REASONS

For declaring the WEEKLY UNION the best ianniiy
paper are obvious II is the only weekly paper
which is issued in two parts and carries to its read
ers the news of the day twice each week. By this
means the news is to the great mass OF readers in
the country nearly as fresh as if CLEANED from a
daily paper. 1t is the only sixteen-page weekly
journal in the State it is coHplete news, com
mercial, literary and critical paper; its columns
have special departments carefully edited fol the
farmer, mechanic, merchant, the housewife. the
young people, the lovers of curious puzzles, educa
tors, artisans, bankers brokers, readers of fiction
and poetry and the general reader of the political
scientific and business news of the day. In
December there began in the WEEKLY UNION
the first chapters OF the new serial, The
Ventures and Adventures OF Charlie Could" 1t is
deeply interesting story of the stock market and
stock gambling era of California 1t is written by
Edward F. Cahii of Los Angeles, and is the first Of
the RECORD UNIONS $500 prize stories, for which
there was such active competition. The WEEKLY
USioN is mailed for one year, PREPAID, to any ad.
dress in the United States for 81 so.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-18
AN OLD FRIEND.

The dispatches yesterday mentioned a
very old friend Of the reading public, the
McGarrahan claim. 1t seems that it is
out of the question to kill that everlast-
ing suit. Time was that when the brains
were out the man was dead, and that
when all the Courts had condemned suit,
it was abandoned. But the supporters Of
the McGarrahan claim know no such word
as fail, and they appear to think it their
mission in life to solicit fresh knock down
from every Congress, until the crack of
doom. We presume the McGarrahans have
not got any more evidence, but no doubt
they will worry Congress until it has even
more formally kicked them out of doors.
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S. B. Cooley.


TRANSFORMING SOUND INTo LIGHT
NJ. Treve has described to the French
Academy of Sciences an experiment with
an apparatus which he calls a singing con-
denser, by which he believes he Effects the
transformation of sound into ligh. When
a current of electricity is brought to bear
upon his condenser a sound is produced,
which he attributes to the vibrations Of
the air in the condenser, produced by the
shock of the electric current. Reversing
this experiment. he placed the condenser
in Geissler tube, and brought the two
poles of the electric current to bear upon
the condenser through the electrodes Of
the table. The tube was then connected
with an r.pump. The condenser sounded
as usual when the current was directed to
it under the ordinary atmospheric pressure !;
but when the air was Withdrawn the sound
became more and more feeble, until, as a
vacuum was produced, it ceased entirely,
and clear bright light appeared, spark
ling ike pearls, from the leaves OF the con-
denser, quite unlike the ordinary pale,
vague light Of the GeissIer tubes.-ICali.
fornian for December
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-18
FOOD ADULrsRAr1oN.

The rapid spread of oleomargarine, which
imitation of butter has been of late ac-
curing such sale as to threaten the genu-
inc butter with Punishment from the mar
ket, suggests the wisdom and indeed the
necessity of enacting laws for the protec-
ton of the public against food adultera-
tions. This eleomargarine, which is made
of all kinds of animal fats, and the pro.
cesses of which make it possible to employ
the flthiest material, is now manufactured
to resemble real butter SO closely, that it
is difficult even for experts to detect the
difference. This at least is what several
reporters have alleged, but we confess that
we do not believe the statement. All the
oleomargarine we have seen could be dis
tinguished from real butter by anyone who
knows good butter. Reporters who derive
their experience from boarding-hou
tables perhaps may not have been able to
discriminate between the real and the false.
It is said that olemargarine when made
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-18

New Use FOR SAW DUST. The Lumber
nan says We have been shown model
OF a car-wheel consisting Of an iron rim of
seven inches outward diameter by enc. half
inch thick, fitted with we'll proportional
hub, the space between the hub and rim
filled with pine saw-dust, pressed in so sol.
idly that we are ready to believe the asser-
ton that resting the iron rim upon bear
ings, a pressure equal to % tons applied to
the hub failed to develop any signs Of weak
ness. We hesitate in these days of prog
ress to assert that anything Is impossible,
and we begin to think that even saw-dust
possesses elements of value hitherto unsus-
pected, and that the day may come when
the filed grounds adjacent to all saw-mills
may be seen to have great value in the
mechanical development and utilization OF
the now useless debris placed upon them
to get it out of the way. Saw-dust car
wheels, saw. dust brick, saw-dust fence
posts, railroad ties, and even saw-dust
window and door frames, w&inscoating and
holdings, begin to appear among the pos
sibilities of the immediate future
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-18

THERE Is 40 AFFINITY between cheap and
useless beef. wine and iron tonics and the
Liebie Company Coca Beef Tonic, q real
renovant of strength and restorative OF
health. at is the best tonic there is kv,
cry physician to whom 1 haze recommended
it has found it So" says Professor ii. u,
Drake, NJ. D., Detroit, Mica. Beware Of
cheap, worthless limitations under our and
similar names. Ask for Coca Beef Tonic.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-18

HAMMERS GLYoRBoLE OF Tar has been
before the public for the past six years, and
its constantly increasing demand Is the best
testimonial of its success.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-18

Rgeu1ATg THE LIVER with Hammers Cascara
sasTada Bitters. and health Is the result.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-18

aAnsrn's cAscAsA sAarAOA Bls1zzs tor habitua
constellation.
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s,iritualism. The truth is that the masses

,iritualism. The truth is that the masses
of men have not yet been raised so far
above barbarism as to be secure against re-
lapse. What we call civilization is after
all represented by the apex of the pyra-
mid only, aud the broad base still rests in
the obscurity of ignorance and superstition.
The CLIMBER on the mountain emerges
from the fogs, and fancies that because the
sun shines on him, all the world is il.
lumined but over the broad valleys the
heavy vapors fold and swim, and under
meath them the majority of mankind grope
their darkling way as heretofore.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-09-04
Spring or Fall.

We have two OF three inquiries now
before us, as to whether Spring OF FAN
is the best time to set out trees. We
can't tell how often we have treated on
this subject, but it is natural that the
question should continue to be asked, a.
young men grow up, marry, and either
go to farming or in other ways possess
land and desire information as to what
fruit trees to plant and when to plant
them. In very few words we would
say that there is not much choice i'll the
seasons. If the soil is naturally moist,
Spring is probably to be preferred for
setting out; if dry, Fall. If the trees
are large, early Fall should be chosen,
and as soon as the trees are done grow
ing and the leaves begin to drop. In
both cases the trees should be 5aken out
of the ground carefully and with rs many
of the small roots as possible, before the
roots become dry. To prevent this be-
coming SO, they should be we'll covered,
kept out of the sun in transporting, and
"heeled in" or buried, and literally wat
cred soon as they arrive until ready for
planting. The planting cannot be done
too carefully. The hole should be large
enough to receive all the roots carefully
spread out, and the ground put about
them should be fine and rich. If the
roots are too big they should be some
what pruned, and the branches OF the
tree also. Sometimes the branches, where
the roots are few and have been injured
in taking up, should be severely short
ened to save the life of the tree.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-09-04

but the heroes who defended it. | think
these young men will do that. [Of course
they will y
Gentlemen, We are closing this men,
orable campaign. We have got our enc
mics OH the run everywhere. And all you
need to do in this noble old city, this
capitol of the Western Reserve, is to fol
low them up and finish it by showing the
Rebellion under once more. We stand
on an Isthmus. This year and next is
the narrow isthmus between us and per-
petual victory. If you can win now, and
win in 1880, then the very stars in their
course will fight for us. The census Will
do the work and will give us thirty more
freemen of the North in our Congress
that will make up for the rebellion of the
South We are posted here as the Greeks
were posted at Thermopylae, TO meet his
one great barbarian, Nerkes, OF the
isthmus. Stand in your places, men OF
Ohio? Fight this battle, win this victory,
and then one more puts you in safety
foreyerw
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-09-04
Remedy for Drunkenness.

We give the Peruvian bark remedy
which is said to kill the disease and the
inclination to drink at one and the same
time. If any of our readers try it or
know of it being tried will they please
report results Take one pound of best,
fresh, quill red Peruvian bark, powder
it, and soak it in one pint of diluted
alcohol. Afterward strain and evaporatc
it down to half pint. Dose-a teas
poonful every three hours the first and
second day; the tongue to be moisened
occasionally between the doses. If the
patient has headache in consequence Of
taking the medicine, reduce the dose.
The third day take teaspoonful every
three hours. Afterwards reduce the dose
to fifteen drops, then to ten, then to
five. To make a cure, it takes from five
to fifteen days, and in extreme cases
thirty days. Seven days are about an
average in which q cure can be effected.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-09-04
How Rice is Cooked in Japan.

A recent traveller in Japan gives the
following about cooking rice:
"They do know how to cook rice here,
though, and for the benefit of grocers
and consumers in the United States |
Investigated the matter. Only enough
cold water is poured on to prevent the
rice from burning to the pot. which has
!, close fitting cover, and is set on a mod
crate fire. The rice is steamed, rather
than boiled, until it is nearly done; then
the cover of the pot is taken off, the sur
plus steam and moisture are allowed to
escape, and the rice turns ont q mass of
snoW-Whi,e kerheis, each separate from
the other, and is much superior to the
soggy mass We usually get in the United
States as fine mealy potato is to the
water-soaked article. l have seen some
thing approaching this in our SeUthern
States, but | do not thmk even there
they do il aS sklllfuNy as it is done here,
ana in the Northern States but very few
persons understand how to cook race pro-
perly. am sure that, if cooked rs it is
here, the consumption of this wholesome
and delicious cereal would largely i'll
crease in America,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-09-04
WHIPS: WISE HND WIFEY.

-Domestics belong to the hire class of
society.
s-Ships are frequently on speaking
terms and they lie to.
The happy man is he who thinks he
has the best wife in the world.
Sliding down stair railing is going
out of fashion in iirst-class society.
If man is "only little lower than
the angels" the angels should reform.
The world has much to be thankful
for. Locomotives can't whistle tunes
yet.
How can man be at the head Of his
calling when he is following an occupa-
ton?
1t is well that some men are natural
ly conceited. They would die of self
disgust were they otherwise.
Kerosene oil should not be poured
into a red hot stove. This fact does not
seem to be generally known.
When lady goes along the street IN
a new dress all other women may not be
able to follow suit, but their eyes do.
One never realizes how much useless
waste there is in this country until he
sees two pretty girls kissing each other.
A baby in the house is well-sprinS
of pleasure so long as it is quiet. The
rest of the time it is a tornado OF hor-
rors.
1.-THE man who is without enemies
is unworthy of friends y and the man
who is without friends is unworth OF
enemies.
1t is not pleasant to be called nation
of tobacco chewers, yet what would the
goddess of liberty do without any navy
to-back'er.
When New York gentleman asks a
Young lady to accompany him on steam
boat excursion she now replies: NO, l
thank you; can't swim"
The number of lunatics at large Is
increasing so rapidly that unless some
thing is done they will soon be putting
the sane people in the asylums.
The standard of culture is still very
low. 1t is not the newsboy with a first
class paper but the organ grinder with
the monkey that rakes in the pennies.
-Demosthenes, we are told, had
habit of putting pebbles in his mouth to
strengthen his voice. Our modern ora
tors not unfrequently eat dirt, possibly
for the same reason.
A Minnesota doctor charged a woman
$75 for curing an ingrowinS toe-nali.
She refused payment and stood suit,
but when the jury saw her foot they al
lowed the doctor $50 for the job.
The spelling reformers have decided
that ocean should be spelled "oshun,
but sea sickness will make a man wish
he was dead just the same as If the old
fashioned orthography was kept up.
-"No, William" she mournfully ut
tered still allowing him to retain her
hand. "No William, can't marry you.
| don't believe you can provide wife
with butter upon your present salary,
and can't eat Oleomargarine.
"A New York city church last fall in
vested $50, 900 in the railroad stock known
as "St. Paul preferred, and made a
profit of 100000. 1t is proposed to build
new church with it, and it has been
suggested to call it "St. Paul preferred"
That's the st. Paul that is generally
preferred nowadays,