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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-30
WHY l. the Sky RIur.

From thu London Academy.
Why IL the sky bluc?" is II question
which has often been asked but never
sat satisfactorily answered. Hrlmhultz offer
ed IN explanation which depended ON
the reflection al solar light 10y the mir
PARTICLES in the atmosphere. These
PARTICLES being very minute would reflect
preferably the shortest waves Of light.
/. e., blue waves, while they would allow
the longer waves, corresponding to red
and green light, to pass through them !;
just rs u log Of wood floating on the sur
face of still water would throw of the
tiny wavelcts caused by falling drop in
its ncighborhood, while the same log in
long ocean swrlls would be tossed to and
fro without noticeably impeding the
progress Of the waves. DIR. t.. l..
Nichols. Philosophical .Nogo-jmc, De
crmber,) has propoundcd another view,
which has much to recommend. Accord
ing to Young and Hclmholtz's theory of
culor-impressiom there are in the eve
three sets of nerNe-tcmini, one set
chiefly influenced by the red, another by
green the third 10y the violet rays The
impression of color is the resultant of
the ntensitirs Of these three effects.
The impressions upon these nerves is not
directly proportional to the intensity Of
the ray, the different ncrvc-tcrmi being
subject to different laws. For very
feeble rays the "violet" nerves ARE very
sensitive, while the green" and cred"
nerves scarcely net ut all. As the light i'll
creases Ill intensity the "rd and
"grccn nerves increase i'll activity.
while the "violct nerves become tired
and daZZled. For rays Of dazzling bril-
liancy the cred" nerves are in their
most sensitive condition. Thus, of the
simple colors, ~ the brightness increases,
red and green change to yellow, blue
becomes white. Daylight Mt ordinary
intcnsitics affects the three sets of nerve
tcrmini equally: the reluctant impression
is Wilderness. Now daylight is simply
the light of the sun weakened by mani
fold ditfusc reflections. The direct rays
of the sun, IN We let them fall upon any
colorless object, appear also II white
light; but on attempting nj noon on Il
clear day to gaze into the suns face the
impression is of binding yellow. 1t is
not TINT the direct rays differ i'll compost
ton from diifuse daylight, but that the
"viOlet nerves cannot transmit the
action of such strong light. The moon,
with enormously less illuminating power
than the sun, seems bright, and is far
brighter than the open sky. In passing
from the intensity of the moons rays to
those reaching liz from a corresponding
bit of the open sky We may, perhaps,
take step ms great rs that between the
brightness of sun and moon. In gen-
eral, white light will appear blucr and
bluer IN its intensity diminishcs, and this
law will apply to the skies; ~ the light
they reflect becomes fainter and fainter
they will increase in bluencss, even
though the light by tn" process of re-
Election suffer no change in composition.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-09
TIE VIRGINIA REPUDIAToRs.

The Virginia Regulators, who wish to
conceal their true character by calling
themselves Readjusters, have declared for
Hancock, as was to have been expected.
The worst feature of this business is the
connection with it of Republicans, who
opposed the action of the Convention, and
declared that the Readjusters could not
stand without their aid. The explanation
of this is that the Virginia Republican Re-
pudiators are mostly ignorant colored voters
who have been seduced by few white DEM
agogues, and are led away into all sorts
of immoral vagaries by their want of com
prehension. The Repudiators, however,
are no credit to any party, and it is much
better that they should ally themselves
with the Democrats than with the Repub-
Icans, if they must join national party.
Indeed there is no reason why such people
should be Republicans at all, for it is clear
that they can possess neither intelligence
nor honesty, and with such deficiencies
they must gravitate naturally and inevita-
bly, toward the organization which regards
Samuel Tilden as great and good man,
which believes in force and fraud as normal
political agencies, and which thinks the
nomination of Union General sufficient
to condone long course of disloyalty and
lawlessness. The Virginia Regulators
have no Republican proclivities, and they
have found their proper location in muster
ing under Hancock.
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SOMEWHAT PREMATURE.

The New York Democrats are said to be
qua-reling over the skin of the bear before
the animal has been killed. In other
words, they are disputing over the spoils
of a victory which remains to be won.
Tammany refuses to go into the fight until
it is guaranteed the share of the plumber
which it thinks itself entitled to, and the
antiTammany faction ressts the de-
mands of Mr.. Kelly. No doubt this
difficulty will be arranged in good time.
1t is true that Tamnauy has more than
once quarreled with its party, but that was
before there had been so long a period of
short commons. At present all hands are
uncommonly hungry, and therefore the
probability OF a reconciliation is very
great. As the spoils over which the New
York Democrats are already lighting are SC
far ahead, however, and as there is no Ger.
tainty that the division of them will fall
to Democratic hands, it seems somewha.
premature to go to war upon such mat.
ter. OF course the Republicans will no.
complain if tse controversy is not settled
at all
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-09
other powers for her release, she will
prohablv l,p dismemhered The de-

other powers for her release, she will
probably be dismembered The de-
mands made upon her by Chile are
outrageous and impossible. She is called
upon to pay two hundred million
dollars, and to surrender the rich
District of Taracapa as collateral security
for the payment. As the proposed indem-
nifty is altogether and hopelessly beyond
the power of Peru to pay, being seven
times greater than her present annual
revenues, the terms offered by Chile really
amount to proposal for the dismember-
ment of the Peruvian Republic. The
United States have perfectly good ground
for interference in the preposterous char
acter of these terms, and it is not probable
that, if the right kind of representations
are made to Chile, those terms will be in
sisted upon. As the European powers
are now strongly disposed to intervene in
the name of a common humanity, irrespec-
tive of any action on the part of our Gov
eminent, it is no longer in the power of
tie latter to take the initiative in the
matter. At least, however, we may assist
in bringing to close war which never
which could have been prevented had the
| Washington Government not been so APP
| athe4ic
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THE cH1LE-peKuvIAN WAR.

1t is stated that our Government has at
last made feeble motion towards offering
its services as mutual friend in the war
between Chile and Peru. A year ago,
when some of the European powers pro-
posed intervention in that quarrel for the
purpose of restoring peace, the United
States refused to participate in the pro-
ceedings, and so the suggestion came to
nothing. During that year the war has
ragged with the most calamitous results.
Peru has been reduced almost to ruin.
Chile has strained all her resources. Thou
sands of innocent persons have been
slaughtered. Property to the value of
hundreds of millions of dollars has been
destroyed. And all for quarrel which
ought to have been, and could have been,
reconciled without bloodshed, had this
country exercised its proper prerogatiye
and recognized the obligations its power
and prestige imposes upon it. At length
the condition of Peru has become so des-
perate that unless something is done by
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KU KLUX


Some papers appear surprised at the re-
port that the Ku Klux is being revived
and reorganized at the South. 1t would
have been much more surprising had this
not happened. The Democrats rely alto
gether upon solid South,in this campaign,
and the only way to secure a solid South is
by supervising the colored vote violently.
1t is not to be supposed that the negroes
will refrain from voting upon being po-
litely requested to do so. They must he
shot and hanged and whipped before they
will abstain from the polls, and to this end
the revival of the Ku Klux is absolutely
indispensable, But it is the duty Of the
Republican party to make campaign in
the South, and thus to bring into the
strongest light the Southern political
methods The Democrats may have all
their arrangements made for carrying the
South by force and fraud, but they must
not be permitted to employ their accus-
toned methods without protest and ex-
pocura
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THE TANNER CASE.

The man Tanner, who is starving him.
self, or pretending to do so, at New York,
has now passed ten days ostensibly with
out food. As it is alleged that the exam
ination has been anything but close, it is
obvious that no certainty can exist on this
point 1t is possible for a man to live ten
days without food, but it is very improba-
bic that he should show so few symptoms
of starvation at the end OF that time, and
since Tanner does not show the usual
symptoms the presumption is against the
genuineness of his starving. There is no
record OF a man physically and mentally
sane enduring total abstinence from food
so long period without becoming emaci-
ated and exhibiting all tie indications of
exhaustion which attend that condition.
II Tanner does not show the signs Of star
walton it is fair to assume that he is not
starved, in the absence OF any guarantee
for his abstinence. 1t is to be regretted
that the doctors did not set watch upon
him from the beginning, il only to prevent
the success of a possible imposture.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-09
SALE OF TIMBER LANDS.

]. A. Williamson, Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Washington, D. c.,
has, under date of May lst, issued this cir
cular to district land officers in California,
Oregon, Nevada and Washington Terri
tory
The Act of Congress approved June 3,
1878, provides for the sale, at the rate of
81 80 per acre, of timber lands unfit for
cultivation IN your districts.
The third section of said Act requires
that the Register shall post in his office a
notice of the claimants application for a
period of sixty days; that he shall furnish
to the applicant a copy of the same for
publication in newspaper published
nearest the land for like period of time (;
ami that, after the expiration of sixty
days, the claimant shall furnish to the
Register satisfactory proof of compliance
with the requirements of said Act. There
upon the applicant may make the neces-
sary payments and enter the land, as set
forth in our circular of August IL, 1878.
1t has come to the knowledge of this Of
fee that many persons have taken the pre-
liminary steps above indicated, up to the
DOlut lldhluS DlOOi duNi pay HiSHb, pub
have failed in the last essential particular
In effect they withdraw the land from
market on your records by making the
application, sworn statement and publica-
ton, and then denude the land of its tim
Der. The tract becomes valueless, and en-
try is not made.
1t is clear that proof and payment
should be made within a reasonable time
after the expiration of sixty days from
date of first publication of the notice Of
application.
You are therefore instructed to notify
each claimant under said Act that he is re-
quired to make the necessary proof and
payment within ninety days from date of
his original application. Should the claim
ant fail to meet this requirement within
the period named you will write the word
cancelled on his application, giving date
thereof, and noting the same on your
records. Thereupon you will hold the
land covered by such application as vacant
public land, subject, without further
notice, to disposition as if the first appli-
cation had not been made.
Each cancellation under these instruc-
tons should be reported to this office, and
such report should give date of application
and date of cancellation.
You will also inform all claimants under
said Act of June g. 1878, that if they at
tempt to remove timber from the land en-
braced in their applications prior to max
ing payment and entry, they will be sub
ject to prosecution as timber trespassers on
the public lands, as provided in Section 4
of said Act. J. A. WILLIAMSON,
Commits ,loner
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SHERlFF'S SALE.

gy NDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF
I sale issued out of the Superior Court of the
State of California, held in and for the county OF
Sacramento on the Sth day of July, 1885, upon a
Judgment recovered in the District Court of the
Sixth Judicial District OF said State and county,
the Both day of December 1879, in favor of Marti-
nette Bugbey and against B. N Bugbey, for the sum
of 5000 co. with legal interest thereon from the 9th
day OF February 1872 and 1900 dollars,
ing costs, besides costs to accrue, by which was
commanded to sell the following described real es-
tate, situate lying and being in the town of Folsom,
county and State aforesaid, to wit Lots 5, g. Z, s,
8, 10, II, II, IL, Ia, Is and 10 in Block No. 3d.
Notice is hereby given that. in obedience to such
command, will, on MONDAY, the I'd day of AU-
GUST $780, in front of the Courthouse door, in the
city Of Sacramento, at the hour of II o'clock A.
sell at public auction the highest and best bidder
for cash. the foregoing described real estate to sat
isfy said debt and costs.
A. HEILBRoN, Sheriff.
CREED HAMMOND, Plaintiffs Attorney.
tool -4rx-E
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THE OREGON INDIANS.

The Oregon Indians are already complain
ing that the Government has broken faith
with them. They were, under the treaty
recently ratified, to be guarded against the
invasion of their lands by white men.
They now say that several large bands of
stock have been driven into their choicest
grass country, and that thus their re-
sources are being destroyed. The dispatch
says 1t is unfortunate that the Govern
"ment is the first party guilty of viola
sc ton of the treaty. and we gather from
this that there is no doubt of the justice
of the Indian complaint. 1t is unfortu-
nate that the Government should be the
first to violate the treaty, but this has
been the rule, not the exception, in the
treatment of Indians since the foundation
of the Republic. The cririnality of the
Government really consists in making
treaties with the Indians which it well
knows its inability to maintain. The
truth is that the Government does not
possess the power to prevent the violation
of these treaties. 1t has at its disposal an
insignificant force, wholly inadequate to
perform the police duty of the frontier,
and it cannot guard the extended
boundaries of the different Indian
reservations As moreover it has, on at
least one memorable occasion, permitted
its own agents to set the example of tramp
ling upon Indian treaties, it cannot with
much grace insist rigidly upon their OBJ
servance by the people generally. AS a
matter of fact the security of Indian rescr-
vations against invasion is almost always a
matter of chance, aud if the Indians are
docile and peaceable they are much more
liable to be wronged than if they are fierce
and warlike. The Oregon Indians have
shown themselves tractable when fairly
treated, and therefore they have been i'm
posed upon. They will learn presently
that they are expected to keep all the con-
ditions of the treaty, but that no such
obligation is recognized by the United
States. They may complain, but it will
not do them any good. If presently they
should become disguised, and so upon the
warpath, they will be hunted by the
troops, but no matter how they behave
they will not get their rights, nor will the
Government keep its promises to them.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-09

THOUSANDS BENEFITED.-Is clipped from
the Gazette, Yonkers, N. Y, the following :
:. Thousands Of human beings that have for
years heen sufferers from diseases of kidneys
and liver, are now being made well and
happy by the use of Warmers Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure. 1t is the only medicine in
existence that will effectually cure Bright's
Disease While Warmers Safe Diabetes Cure
is the only sure remedy for diabetes.'-H. G.
Kirk & CO., agents, Sacramento.
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''No. sir, sale sc, 81 don't feel any
sympathy for those fellows who have lost
in stocks. They are merely gambling. y
Ny sentiments exactly" replied his
friend. And then they parted, and one
went and bought real estate, because he
thought it would go up, and the other went
and invested in hams for similar reasons.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS,

AIOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE UNDER
IN signed, Administrator of the estate Of JOSEPH
COX. deceased, to the creditors Of, and oil persons
having claims against said deceased. to present
their claims with the necessary affdavits and
vouchers, within four months after the first pub
Ii alton OF this notice, to the undersigned, at the
office of Clinton L. White northwest of Sew
enth and J streets, Sacramento city, California.
FRANCIS COX,
Administrator OF the estate of Joseph Cox deceased
July 9. 1850.
CLINTON L. WITH, ATTORNEY for Administrator.
iyQ1aw1uE
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Because strawberries are small it does
not follow that there are more OF them to
the quart, for the quart is frequently made
smaller to match the strawberries 0.
Picayune.
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MARRIED,

Sacramento, July s--By Rev. Edward E. Dodge,
| A. Ii. Dodge, NJ D.. Of Napa, to Annie NJ. Frank.
lin, Of Philadelphia.
Berry,ssa Valley, June 3o-By Rev G. II. Crelton,
! Frank G. Huskey to Adells GUsling
Nevada City, July 6-Israef v. Hosken to Miss
| Colcott.
Grass Valley, July e-yivian Stevens to Elizabeth
Ann Richards
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-09

BETTER TIMEs.-The Democrat. New Or
leans, La, says: Suffering among such as
have been troubled with diseases Of kidneys
and liver. has been perceptibly better since
the introduction among US of Warmers safe
Kidney and Liver Cure.'-H. G. Kirk & Co.,
agents, Sacramento.
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In the matter Of the petition Of F. Brown, q Kan
adv and others. for the formation OF Reclamation
District
The petition Of E. Brown and others for the forma-
t;on OF Reclamation District was presented to the
BOARD by Sol Eunyon, one Of the petitioners. After
reading, the petition was ordered file, and the
following order en- cred and adop cd f. Brown, Y.
Kanady, S. Runyon, C. v. ramedge and J. r. Olson
having presented TO the ard Of supervisors of Sac
ramento county, at regular meeting of aid Board,
their petition. sworn t. by one of said petitioners,
praying for the formation OF district for the re-
clanaiion Of the body OF swamp and oyerfowed
land described in said petition. and that day be
fixed for the hearing of the same il Is therefore
dered that the said petition be fled by the Clerk OF
this Board and that the same he published for four
weeks next prec. ding the hearing thereof, in the
SACRAMENTO DAILY REcoRD-u MON. q newspaper
published in Sacramento county, where the land
proposed to be reclaimed is situated, and that the
said petition be heard at gul1r meeting OF this
Board to be held on the 9th day o. AUGUST, 1880.
at 20 o'clock A. N Ordertd further, that copy of
this order be published with said petition, ana the
affidavit of publication he fled with he Clerk 81 this
Board at before the hearing 81 the said Petition
showing the publication there t. required by this
order. j. W. WILSON,
President of Board of Supervisors of Sacramento
County.
July 7, 1880.
Filed : July Z, 1880 THoS H. BERKEY,
Clerk of Beard Of Supervisors.
jye-lawswF
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, D..
COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO. o.
Solomon Runyon, one of the above-named peti-
TONERS, being duly sworn. OATH says that he mas
heard the foregoing petition read, AMI knows its
contents that the same is true of HE own knowi-
edge, except matters therein stated on inormation
and belief and as to such aant says that ne neeves
it To he tr,,e SOL. RUNYON.
bscri6ed and sworn to before me on this 9th
day of July, 1880.
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FINE CHANCE FOR BUSINESS

TgSHE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FoR.s~
q sale the entire Fursture and Under &a2sszzaz2
taking business OF her late husband, II. CATER
man. deceased. at pacerville, California consisting
of Furniture, Collins, Stock full set Tools including
a fine Hearse on very reasonable terms The house
has old established trade, andis splendid chance
to secure paying business in the fiouristing town
of Placerille. For particulars please write to
MARY A. GATTERMAN, Placervile, Cal
ivo-olwImFrut
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BORN.
of David c. Berg, a
DIE q.

DIED.
Florin, July s-Nelie X. p, daughter OF John p
and Catherine Brown, years. Chicago papers
please copy.)
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Notice to Water Takers /!

EyRE WATER WILL BE SHUT OFF FROM s
4 until II o'clock, THIS (Frida,) MORNING,
from that portion of the city south Of street and
east OF Sixteenth street.
jy9lt }. W. WATT, City Taper.
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WONDERFUL ESCAPE. Professor Glenn.
ent, ex-Superintendent of Public Schools
at Oakland, whose adventure with buck
was mentioned in the RECORD UNIONS
coast dispatches recently. has arrived at
his home, and is fast recovering from his
injuries. In answer to the oft propounded
inquiry, How did you manage to fall
eighty feet and live ?" the Professor replies
as follows 1.-The few minutes was fall
ing seemed an age. / had review of my
entire life. The buck was above and
against me il the descent A flash of rea-
son suggested transposition of positions,
and seized an antler of the animal and
gave jerk like pull as best 1 could. This
seemed to lessen the speed of my descent
and hasten that of the buck, which was
then against and under my head, which
had then changed places with my feet,
which were uppermost. felt the thud of
the climax, and knew the rock-bottom OF
the gulch was reached and that / was alive.
When 1 opened my eyes few moments
after, found had fallen on my head and
shoulders on the deer. which was stark
dead under me. With my dislocated
shoulder blade, managed to crawl up the
cliff in a roundabout way, to where had
left my horse, and rode to Skaters ranch,
near by, in Halls valley, fourteen miles
from San Jose. v
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lot'h Ooo lS-iSV aeAs1
Sacramento City, July 6, 1880.
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YEN0 THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF 81.
il peryisors Of the c unity of Sacramento and State