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CHINA AND RUSSIA.

Mr.. Boulger, who is one of the best au.
thorities upon the subject, writes in the
Nineteenth Century his opinion that war
between China and Russia is inevitable,
however it may be postponed for the pres
ent. He thinks that China has made up
her mind not to sit down quietly under
the humiliations which Russia has put
upon her, and that she is only hiding her
time to throw off the yoke and revenge
herself. And Mr.. Boulger holds that
when China does get ready for war she
will be found in much more forward cor
dition than Europeans generally imagine
possible. China has for some years been
engaged in supplying herself with all
manner of offensive and defensive ma
chinery. She has already erected arsenals
and dock-yards and small-arms factories,
and Mr.. Boulger predicts that in ten years
her facilities in these directions will be as
great as those of England. Her soldiers
are not yet drilled and disciplined after the
European fashion, but theyare composed of
very good fighting material, and the armyis
being rapidly supplied with the Berdan rife,
and with Armstrong guns for the artillery.
China can put enormous masses of men
into the field, and though Russia may at
first secure some successes on her coast,
through its superior naval force, Mr.
Boulger thinks that the staying
power rests with the Monaghan empire
in long war. The Chinese style of
making war is slow, persistent and ruth
less. The Chinese General advances very
leisurely, bat he builds and plants crops as
he advances, and go he carries his base
Of supplies forward with him, and
can hold all the country he occupies. A
struggle of this kind in Central Asia
would tax the resources of Russia to the
utmost, but not necessarily those of her
adversary, since Russian reinforcements
would have to be conveyed very long dis
tances, whereas the Chinese would be fight
ing all the time with inexhaustible supplies
close at hand.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-03
THE MOST REMARKABLE BANK ON
RECORD.

The Boston Deposit Company, which
undertook to pay its depositors eight per
cent. per month, and which very naturally
failed as soon as public attention was called
to the nature of its undertakings, was GER
tainly the most amazing banking institu.
ton on record 1t was conducted by two
women, neither of whom knew anything
about business or finance. The bookkeeper
was another woman, who had never learned
to keep books, and who kept the accounts
of the Deposit Company for So week
wages, with room and board. Her testi-
mony in the Court is marvellous. She says
she knew nothing as to what became of the
money deposited. Every evening she turned
it over to Mrs. Howe, the head of the
bank, and never saw it again. There was
no safe in the house. Mrs. Howe herself
says that she was backed by twelve men,
whose names she does not know, and that
one of these men came every night in
hack for the money, and carried it away.
Mrs. Howe, however, is not entirely relia-
able. The book. keeper said that every
morning Mrs. Howe gave her "about ten
thousand dollars to meet calls with. She
never counted it, nor did Mrs. Howe. She
used to pay this out until it was all gone,
and then Mrs. Howe would give her some
more. II at the end of the day there was
any left she handed it back. together with
the deposits of the day, but without count
ing it. She said 81 never kept an account
of any money received or paid out" She
further stated that no computation of the
total amount on deposit had ever been
made. Yet this concern was in existence
for several years, and latterly had been
doing very large business. On one occa-
sion it paid out 100000 in day, and its
customary receipts were from $1,000 to
$4,000 a day. 1t never had any real
standing, and was in fact no better than an
open sink.hole for the depositors. But
since it failed there have actually been
found people to attempt to justify ard de-
fend it, and foremost among these is Gail
Hamilton. Truly public education needs
to be improved.
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than the means, for what has been sought
was the cajoling of the people under
false pretenses, and the bringing
them thus to accept line of politics
which they never would indorse with their
eyes open. The methods and the final
object have therefore been of piece, and
it will have to be realized that no nation
however vigorous can afford to tamper with
its morals and conscience by countenancing
such political practices. OF course it must
be expected that if ever one party succeeds
by such methods they viii become general,
and then the progress to thoroughly
Mexican politics must become question
of short time only. The way to deal
with these immoral tendencies is to rebuke
them at the moment, and it is as necessary
for the maintenance of healthy govern
mental institutions to do this as it is to
make proper selections for the highest
offices in the State.
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THE Power LooM.-The power loom
was the invention of farmer boy who had
never seen or heard of such thing. He
whitfield one out with his jack knife, and
after he had got it all done, he, with great
enthusiasm, showed it to his father, who at
once kicked it all to pieces, saying he
would have no boy about him that would
spend his time on such foolish things. The
boy gathered up the pieces and laid them
away. Soon after this his father bound
him out as an apprentice to blacksmith,
about twelve miles from home. The boy
was delighted at the idea of learning a
trade, and he soon found that his new
master was kind and took lively interest
In him. He had made loom of what was
left OF the one his father had broken up,
which he showed to his master The
blacksmith saw he had no common boy as
an apprentice, and that the invention was
very valuable one. He Immediately had
loom constructed under the supervision
of the boy: it worked to their perfect sat-
isfaction, and the blacksmith furnished the
means to manufacture the looms, the boy
to receive one-half the profits. In about a
year the blacksmith wrote to the boys
father that he should be at his house at a
gwen time, and should bring with him a
wealthy gentleman. who was the inventor
of the celebrated power loom. You may
be able to judge of the astenishment at the
old home when his son was presented to
him as the inventor, who told him that his
loom was the same as the model that he
had kicked to pieces but year before
Western Trade.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-03
THE TARIFF QUESTION.

The tariff question was brought up dur
ing the late campaign in such way that
itcouldnot be discussed profitably. tits not
by lacking such issues on to the tail of
party contests that they can be intelligent
ly dealt with. The tariff question is one
of fact and economic science, and it ought
not to be regarded as in any sense par
tisan issue. In the late campaign it can
not be said to have been argued at all.
Most of the Republican journals thought
it necessary to uphold the tariff question,
simply because the Democrats had COM
mitted themselves on the other side. Any
journal, however, which undertakes to
justify the present tariff has job
upon its hands which even the more
intelligent Protectionists decline. A
great deal of nonsense has been
talked about the phrase, "a tariff for
revenue only" which has been interpreted
by the Republican press as meaning abso-
Lutte free trade. As the Democrats had
attached 10 precise meaning to it, and as
they were chiefly anxious to abandon
whatever in their platform appeared I'M
popular, they made no defense, and indeed
were not in a condition to do so. But
Messrs. Daniel S. Wells and J. S.
Moore have prepared a schedule of
tariff for revenue, which shows what can
be done In that way, and which at once
disposes of the fippant talk about abb
solute free trade. We suppose that
no advocate of the principles of free
trade would think of demanding the
summary abolition of the present
tariff. All such persons bear the fact
in mind that when even the worst abuses
have become firmly established, they con-
tribute to the maintenance of great num-
Der of people who could not at moments
notice change their mode of gaining a liv-
ing, and that therefore it is necessary to
proceed with caution and moderation in
introducing even the most salutary change.
The figure that has been cut by the tariff
in the past campaign has however done
harm, if it has not done any good, for it
has clouded the subject with prejudice, and
it has caused many journals so to commit
themselves to false doctrines that they will
find it difficult to retrace their steps. Now
that the political turmoil is over, it
will be necessary to take up the tariff
seriously and dispassionately. 1t must be
remembered that the Protectionists them
selves fully admit the need of tariff re-
vision, and that nothing but the cowardice
of the Democrats in Congress prevented
steps being taken for this purpose at the
last session. There is no room for doubt
that the whole fiscal system requires to
be reorganized, and the only way to get
this accomplished as it should be is to put
aside all partisan considerations and exam
inc the subject from the standpoint of the
national interests If that is done we may
hope for rational solution. If not. the
whole subject will only become more
clouded and obscured by prejudice and
passion, and the public interests will mean
time continue to suffer.
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NEVADA.
Passengers Passing CarIIn.

CARL1N, November 2d-The following
passengers passed Carlin to-day, to arrive in
Sacramento tomorrow n. A Miles, l.. G
Pratt, Boston g. J. Hutchinson, San Fran
cisco; L. II. Abbey, New York; H. n.
Clarke, London w. NJ. Fuller and wife,
Miss Meta Fuller, Mira. Jewett, A. A.
Cohen, San Francisco; Mrs. A. H. Chap
man and two children, Chico; Mrs. A. K.
Ahrens, New York Mrs. r. White, Grass
Valley j. M. Crabbie, Edinburgh, Scotland ;
J. L. McDuffee, Chicago; Mrs. S. J. Shaw,
San Jose; r. b. Reid, England james N.
Johnston, Washington, D. O.; Mrs. NJ. S.
Cakes, Miss A. G. Holbrook, Boston; Mr.
and Mrs. a. d. Moore, four children and
nurse, S. Craig, A. j. Smith, }. 9. Gregg.
B. Joseph, o. H. LaGrange, San Francisco !;
A. S. Gillett, Philadelphia G: L. Appleby,
Washington S. L. Petit. Marietta, o.;
George S. Howell, Grass Valley: Joseph
Adams, Colorado; Miss Shockley, lndianap-
oils; B. Coffin, Reno; Miss Emma Monk,
New York; Mrs. j. NJ. Fordyce and five
children, Cambridge, O.: Mrs. J. A; Serutch-
field. New Chicago Mont; A. ii. Curtis,
A. B. Kicker Maine; 81 emigrant passen-
gers, including AZ males, to arrive in Sacra-
mento November 4th.
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write. 1t is evident that these illiterate
persons must in the nature of things grow
up into facile instruments of demagogism
and bigotry, and that they must become
clogs on the progress of their section.
Where there are schools in the Southern
States, however, 1t by no means follows
that the education given is beneficial.
During the present campaign several South
ern school textbooks have been examined,
with the result of showing that they have
been prepared for the express purpose
of conveying strictly sectional ideas of the
relations between the North and South,
and especially of misrepresenting the causes
and events of the rebellion so persistently
that Southern children brought up under
such teachings could hardly fail to regard
the Northern people as malignant tyrants
and oppressors, to be hated and resisted
forever. Now, the perpetuation of such
educational methods in the schools OF the
South constitutes not only an act Of folly
but menace to the national Government.
1t is in effect the perversion of the educa-
tional machinery to the service of the
"lost cause 1t is teaching the rising
generation to keep alive the baleful fires
of Sectional hate in their hearts, and
prejudicing them beyond the possibility
of cure at an age when impressions are
most powerful. Thus the iliterary and the
education of the South are almost equally
mischievous, and both show the need of a
national supervision of State schools. 1t
is perfectly just position that no State
can be permitted to educate its children
as enemies to the national principle.
That, however, is what the South has
undertaken to do, and the evil is too serious
to be dismissed with this campaign. 1t
is useless to make lawsfor the preservation
of free institutions and for the perpetual.
tion of the republic, if half the States are
allowed to train the rising generation to
regard the Union as an enforced and re-
pugnant league, to view secession as a
birthiight, and to loathe the North as
sordid and brutal oppressor.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-03

y1sEGAR.-A method employed in
France. which converts cider or other
LIQUID into vinegar much more expedi-
tiously than do ordinary practices,
prefaces the process with preparing the
barrels or casks by first scalding with
water and next pouring into them boiling
vinegar, rolling the barrels and allowing
them to stand on their sides two or
three days, until they become thoroughly
saturated with the vinegar. This prep
aration over, the barrels are filled
about one-third full with strong, pure
cider vinegar and two gallons of cider.
Every eighth day thereafter two gallons of
cider are added until the barrel is two
thirds full. In fourteen days after the last
two gallons are added the whole will
have been converted into vinegar, one
half of which is now drawn off and
the process OF filing with cider be.
gun again. In summer the barrels
during the process of conversion are ex-
posed to the rays of the sun, and in cold
weather are stored where a uniform temper
ature of about So can be maintained.
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oBEYING ORDERS.

" Ticket, sir?'' The traveller looked
YEARLY up from his paper and said, 81
haven't any ticket q Money, then p
said the conductor. ST haven't any
money" "Then you must get off at the
next station. 81 WILL" was the SUBJ
missive response, and the conductor passed
along. The train stopped at the next sta
ton, started again, and was bowling along
at twenty miles an hour, when the con-
ductor again came through and saw the
traveller on the same seat as before.
told you to get cut of this car" he said
somewhat sternly. " You did," ''Why
didn't you do it p 81 did," "And then
YOU got in again % 81 did" Nov
look here, my friend, don't want any
more of this nonsense. Get out of the car
at the next station and stay out. You
hear me" Again the train stopped and
again it started, and again, but in an
other car, the conductor found the
self-same traveller, as calm as June
morning ''You here again 2" he asked.
Eyes" "Ddn't tell you to get off this
train and stay OFF," mo" "Idid." "No ;
you told me to get out of that car and stay
out, and did" CHOW, my friend, said
the conductor, listen to me, and you do
just what tell you. AT the next station
get off this train and stay off. Dojust as I
tell you or you will get into trouble. -
Agreed" said the traveller, and the con.
ductor passed on. Again the train stopped
and started, and again the traveller turned
up on the train. The conductor was just
reaching for the bell,rope to stop the train
and eject him summarilY, when the traveller
stayed his hand. 81 obeyed orders, he
said g You told me to do just as yeu
ordered. got out and stayed out until
you said, All aboard Then l got aboard,
for didn't want to get into trouble, you
know. Detroit Free Press.
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CALIFORNIA.
Unproyoked shooting.

ORov1LLE, November 2d.-Last night, just
as the excursion train was ready to return to
Marysville, difficulty occurred in the Capt.
tai Saloon between two of the Marysville ex-
cursionists, which resulted in the shooting
and probably fatal wounding of-James Perry
by J. Hewett They were both drinking and
Hewitt claimed to have lost s45, and refused
to 60 till he found it. Perry was endeavor-
ing to get him to go, when he drew his re-
volver and shot him in the abdomen. Perry
is lying at the Union Hotel, and Hewitt IS in
jail The shooting seemed to be entirely IN
nrovol,a cd
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Mortality Report,

For the week ending October so, 1880, made by
w C. FARSswoRTH, Superintendent of the City
Cemetery. Office, No. 604 street:
October 20-Patsey Washington, 40 years, 8 months
and 20 days Virginia.
Oct ober 21-Alice st. Clair, 90 years New York.
October 23-Delia E. Malone, month and days;
California. Cyrus Taylor, Ga years; Massachu-
sets.
October "a Lena May Andes son, year, months
and days Nebraska. Infant Of Charles Hogan
and Ella Gist days; California Hong Throng,
Is years; China.
October 20 -George Antoine Anderson, year and IL
months; California. David o. Wallace, l year,
months and Is days; California. Edward
DeVere, months; California
October 2S-Elsabe LuZia Kuehnel, n years. 1month
and days; Husum, Scbleswig .Hostein.
October 29-Laura c. Wing, 10 years, months and
IA days California. Eittie Fetherston, years
aud days; California. Benjamin Todd 81 years;
Massachusetts,.
Besides the above there were brought here for in
ternent the following
October 25-Mary A B. Cook, 65 years. 8 months
and days Indiana
October 26 Arthur G. Keicheval, years, months
and % days; California.
October 27-James Gaffnoy 80 years; Ireland.
October 2S-Francois B.anc, go years France.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-03
DIED

Sacramento, November david D., son of the late
ID. V. Mason, native Of California, 81 years,
months and y days.
Friends and acqualntances respectfully invited
to attend the funeral, which will take place from
his late residence, NJ street, between Ninth and
Tenth, this morning at u o'elock.l
Sacramento November 2-MTs Jennie, wife of P. J.
Delano land sister of the late Mrs. c. +. Ken). q
years. (Adrian, Michigan, papers please copy)
Funeral notice hereafterl
Amador County Hospital, September 29-Louis
Lind, native of Sweden 81 years.
Grafton, Yolo county, October So-Lorse johnson, a
native of Sweden, 60 years
Town Talk, near Grass Valley. October 29-Frances
Simmons, II years and 20 Gays.
Iowa HILL October 24-Samuel Emerson Parker, so
years. month and days.
Downiev.lle. October 24-James Franey IS years
and month.
Alameda, October 24-Eddie Traube, years.
Yuba City, Oct BEL 29-Besse l.. Wilson, months
and % days
Marysville, October 29-Charles Joseph Berg,
months and day.
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RORN.

Sacramento, October 3l--wife Of Frank WEIGH, 4
Sacramento October s1-wife of L. p Anderson, u
son.
Grass Valley, October 3o-Wife OF Edward NILS,
daughter.
Alameda, october 23-wife OF L. W. Holt, son.
Grass Valley, october 2s-wife of B. Penberthy,
son.
Grass Valley, October 29-wife of George Perkins,
eon.
Auburn, October 27-wife of Mats sundholm,
daughter.
San Luis obspo October 2l-wife of L. Pegot,
son.
San Luis obispo, October 22-wfe Of c. L. st.
Clair, son.
Big Meadows october-Wife of A. G. Utley. son.
Naoa, october 26-Wife of j. II. Boke, daughter.
Colusa, october 25-Wife Of NJ. U. Thompson,
SON.
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MoJAvE, November %. The following
southern overland passengers passed Mojave
to-day, to arrive in San Francisco tomorrow !:
j. Jones, Alaska; Miss Belle McLeary, San
Francisco; 7. L. Maybury. San Gabriel; r.
Grey, Los Angeles w. E. Stronach, Ari-
Seldner, San Francisco; W. Ketrege, New
Mexico; Michael Harvey, J. Fredenham,
J. +. Quinn, H. G. Neythardt, San Fran
CISCO
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7HE DAILY RECORD-U UNION.
THREE ORIGINAL STORIES.

During the coming year. asd commencing De
.,1ber Ist. The WEEKLY UNION tgiH publish three
Prlzs Stories Of California. The first, the pub
keGtioz Of Which ,rH commence in the first neck
al December. ,siH be entitled ''The Ventures
and Adventures Of Charlie Gould" This is an
sntenssiy Interesting story Of he Stock Gambling
period II California, aud lcas icritten By Edtoard
y CaliH, Of Los Assgeles. The price Of the WEEKLY
ESloS loiR be Sc 50 per an1tum.
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How TO Use OIL-sToNEs. Instead of
oil, which thickens and makes the stones
dirty, mixture of glycerine and alcohol
is used by many. The proportions of the
mixture vary according to the instrument
operated upon. An article with large
surface, razor, for instance, sharpens best
with limpid liquid, as three parts OF gly-
cerine to one part of alcohol. For a craving
tool, the cutting surface of which is very
small, as is also the pressure exercised on
the stone IN sharpening, it is necessary to
employ glycerine almost pure, with but two
or three drops of alcohol.
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westward.bound Passengers.

OMAHA, November I'd. = The following
through passengers were on today's train,
leaving at 12:15 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacra-
mento November 9th Mrs. f. HamlTn and
child. Suffer county, Cal Mrs. A. Meister
and child, Sacramento; Mrs. j. NJ. Quiggle
and child, Joliet, IL; F. Braverman, j.
Birmingham, NJ. Well, A. McF. Davis and
wife, Rev. Dr. Plat, San Francisco; Chas.
Il. Craven, Oakland; II. Selligman, Ari-
IONA; Miss l.. Cowan, Miss L. Henning,
Louisville, KY; I'll. E. Gable, Woodland,
Cal
Fifty,four through emigrants left on
November 9th.
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OREGON.
Residence Burned.

PORTLAND. November 2d-The residence
of Thomas III. Mann, at the corner of Twelfth
and Main streets, was totally destroyed by
fire this morning. The building was occu-
pied by Rev. NJ. May, the Jewish Rabbi, at
the time. The contents were entirely con-
sumed. Loss, $1,000; insurance, $4,000.
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A man who was possessed of pair of
twins of whom he was very fond was al
ways praising them and reciting their good
qualities. At last he gave them an over
dose of an opium tincture which killed
them. His friends said that he only car
ried out his practice of laudanum to the
sky.