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Sharp County record., 1880-01-29
Odds and Ends.

Dairy Fair-The milkmald'
A green Christmas makes lean
plumber.
-"How nicely this corn pops, " said a
Young man who was sitting with his
sweetheart before the fire. " Yes, she
responded, demurely, "it's got over be-
ing green"
AT 10, a child; at 20, wild;'
At 80, strong, il ever,
At 40, wise; at 30, rich;
At go, good, or never.
-. irst boy: "Where you bin, Billy"
Second boy: "Bin fishing First
bov: "Ketch any thingP" with an ex.
preston on his face. Far-seeing second
boy: "No, but | expect ter when git
to the house."
Elder sister (to little one who ap-
peared to take great interest In Mr..
Skibbons): "Come, little pet, it is
time your eyes were shut in sleep" Lit
tie Pet: 81 think not. Mother told me
to keep my eyes open when you and Mr.,
SkibbOns were together"
"A Michigan newspaper says 1t is
permitted by etiquette in that State for
a bride to be married without gloves, it
being supposed to be typical of the man
ner in which she will handle her hus-
band when she gets better acquainted
with him, and proceeds to regulate her
household.
-Scene-Gold Hill public school.
Object lessons in the primary class.
Subject. Grammar. Teacher-FOrm a
sentence with the word "deaf" in it.
First Pupil-A deaf man can not hear
Teacher Correct. Next, form SEN
tence with the word y" blind y in it.
Second Pupil-Pull down the blind.
Sensation in school.
"A Senator was showing the sights
of Washington to constituent, and in
PRODUCING him to distinguished men.
Among others he took him to see the
General of the Army. The constituent
shook hands with Gen. Sherman and
remarked, in an innocent way: " You
were in the late War, were you not? ,"
An old darky who peddles CLAIMS
about Newark was heard to remark,
last week, that a horse for which he had
paid IS cents had dropped dead in the
Shafts on the day after the purchase,
and he wound up by saying: "I's
done now, and buys no more cheap
hosses. is gwine to have good hoss
next time, if I have to pay $4 for him."
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29

Col. VALENTINE BAKER, who was
imprisoned in England for an ugly as
sault on a lady in a railroad carriage, is
the Baker Pasha who distinguished HIM
self in the Russo-Turkish war. he Is
now the central figure in the Anglo"
Asiatic question.
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29

the twenty and odd millions that it has
inherited and spent.
Sharp County record., 1880-01-29

fe st any longq
Fet-I will.
|nagy to gather aroo' IS
ing E;t to inviteSS,
81. iS,.ou and 5S
E,ilkins /, the ~
I'd Id, man paasi 9I
gain, n but it 'p, Tp,sI
|o,tG Tor Some
eded &c ed. the not,}
y cried, and \,
Pred, and wiS.;A
ould o. notlaT.%% ~
.fr a soon ; thlererl
Line .pi9e turkey ~
,oiled, the ! Ipos..,S
aten amidst fa
exchange Of y
'rtygl llaughter. Se
softly to s5.,aa
fled the ba5i:ss ~ z
Pasantly vit5tc
actually unt b
was heard 1l
uring the darlt y
to hold tEg th
$ soon able ABB
ute safety or5ls
shua Bullion, n'
n afterwardblg
e kindest rTt..
ny an unfortr 81
him for hi,
'gnizing the n.
new life, fer.Bo
twins. ,ht
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04
TIE LAW OF MUTUAL HELP.

At the Congress of Russian Naturalists
and Physicians, held in January last, Pro.
fessor j. Kessler delivered an address on
the law of mutual help, which he urged
was entitled to place by the side of OAR
wins law of the struggle for existence.
Having given a brief sketch OF the theory
of the struggle for existence, Professor
Kessler remarked that it did not play the
only part in organic development By
the operation of the reproductive instinct,
there was developed in the different an
imal races strong inclination for a closer
association OF the sexes, as well among In
dividuals as in the whole group, under
which the members of a society, of
the whole species or family to which
they belonged, were impelled to as
sist esch other in the struggle for
existence. He had observed numerous
instances in which. after the death of the
parents with the greatest self.denial sacri-
iced themselves for the protection OF their
young. All such examples showed that
the reproductive instinct bound groups of
related animals to each other through the
law which he had enunciated. The prin-
ciple was not limited to sexual association,
but was exhloiteu wherever MUTUAL heip
appeared to be necessary. As an example,
the case was cited Of group of beetles
which would combine their forces with Sc
we're exertion to drag away dead mouse.
Further, ants and bees illustrate the opera
ton of the law in high degree. The
principle is developed with especial promi-
nence in mankind. Only by the most
powerful cooperation could men have sue
ceeded in reaching the degree of civiliza.
ton which the race has attained.
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it ought to dissolve it, though it is never
safe to predict what will be done by those
who evidently have not thus far been guided
SO much by reason as by prejudice. If the
South understood its own interests, it
would dissolve the league. Precisely SO
but then if it had understood its own in.
terests it would not have formed the
league. Having shown its incapacity to
frame rational policies already, it must be
regarded as possible that it will be ham,
pered by the same weakness in the future.
If the South realized its own best good, it
would long since have dissolved part
nership with the Northern Democracy,
with which in truth it can have very little
sympathy. But apparently it has to learn
everything by painful experience therefore
while it must perceive that its solidity has
thus far brought it only failare and disap-
pointment, it is by No means certain that
it will abandon the experiment at once.
One reason for this is that solid South
really does represent the spirit of section
alism which prevails there, and which has
no parallel in any other part of the coun-
try. Various causes, but mainly slavery,
have contributed to make the Southern
people intensely sectional, and this spirit is
one of the greatest hindrances both to their
political and commercial success.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04
A JUST CLAIM.

The New York agent of the California
Associated Press, Mr.. James Simonton,
calls attention in a dispatch to the re-
markable verifcation of the political
forecasts made by him during the past
campaign. This reference is due to most
faithful and efficient agent, and it is in a
manner necessitated by the INSCRIPTIONS
Interpretations of the Democratic
press, which has formulated convenient
fiction, to the effect that the Associated
Press dispatches about politics are
colored. and consequently are not trust
worthy. Now, it is the first necessity
OF such position as Mr.. Simonton occu-
pies to ascertain and transmit the truth.
He is the agent moreover of journals which
are not by any means of one political faith,
and therefore he could not color his state
ments without offending some of his en-
ployers. But his efforts have always been
directed to the ascertainment of the exact
facts, and his political estimates have been
paseu upon tne Iullest ana most authentic
figures to be procured. The result is that
the Associated Press dispatches have kept
the readers of the RECORD UNION, Bulletin
and Call fully informed as to the aspect of
affairs throughout the East and South,
whereas tho Democratic journals which pre-
tended to give full news have stuffed
their columns with the most garbled and
highly-colored statements, and SO have
made the final shock of disappointment all
the greater for those who were simple
enough to contide in their REPRESENTATIONS.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04
TIE NEED OF ELECTORAL REFORM.

Every Presidential election brings into
prominence the clumsy and unsatisfac-
tory nature of the machinery by which we
choose our chief magistrate The obsolete.
ness and unreliabilityo of the electoral college
has been so fully and frequently demon.
strated that it would seem mere useless it
Grafton to recur to the subject did not our
politicians show themselves deaf to the
popular demand for reform in the prem
Uses. The whole matter of casting the pop.
ular vote for President and Vice President
needs to be rearranged, and on such basis
that majorities may tell as they should.
and not, as now, be absolutely wasted.
Here for example comes Iowa, with a
plurality of some $4,000 for Garfield. and
it does him no more good in the end
than majority of 1000 would. Here
then are $4,000 people practically dis
and the same remark of course applies to
every State where the majorities are large.
The truth is that the present system is
irrational, stupid, in direct opposition to the
fundamental principles of republican
government, and, in fact, operates as
though it had been expressly contrived to
interfere with and thwart the free ex.
preston of the peoples will. The only
philosophical scheme for such purpose is
one which gives weight to all the afirma.
tive votes. Such scheme would render
impossible such complication as arose four
wears ago, and would make the election of
President the genuine result of public
opinion.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04

MEANWHILE, November Sd.-ln Trinity county,
Weaverville, Douglass City, lewiston Junction City
and Trinity Center give knight 80 majority; Nc
murray (Dem for Assemblyman, IS majority. The
county gives 80 Democratic majority.
SrERRAyILLE, November Sd.-sierra county re-
turns thus far give Republican majority Of $40,
and it will probably reach over $50
SAN BERNARDISo, November 3d.-With four out
side precincts to hear FROM the result in this coun.
ty is Pacheco $50, Leach eo5, Shelter 700, Godsel
6T The four precincts to hear from are not likely
to come in for several days.
Los ANGELES, November 3d.-Sepulveda and Bal
Iona precincts give Pscheco As majority.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE Sierra county,, November 3d.
Knight 20, Berry 2. Wood (Rep.) for Assembly 1e,
Goodman OBJ.
SAN ANDREAs, November 3d.-Calayeras has seven
precincts to hear from The county will give 20 to
% Democratic majority. ReadIck (Rep.) for Assem-
bly, is elected by $50. Pages majority, 40. Pre-
cincts behind will not change result.
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THE SOLID SOUTH.


What has the solid South accomplished,
for itself or for its Northern allies? All
that it has done is to confirm the prevail
ing belief that hostility to the North is a
chronic Southern idiosyncracy. 1t has
done more to establish this impression
than al the statements and arguments of
the Republican press tog -sbsr could pro.
duce. And whyi Because in this solid
South movement the sober, intelligent North
recognized a tendency which gave the lie
to all the professions of amity which South
ern leaders had previously made. In fact
this movement put the South in the wrong
1t had complained that Federal interference
kept it from falling into its old place in the
Union. Well, Federal interference was re.
moved, and what happened them DID the
South exhibit any more docility and friend
ship than before, Nothing of the kind.
What it did do was to seize the opportunity
OF its freedom to cement sectional alliance
not only against the North, but against re-
publican institutions. These Southern peo-
pie said, eve will overcome the North by
" forcibly counting every Southern State
(" for Hancock" That was the OBJ
ject of their solemn league and COW
enant, and it was not concealed.
Was it TO be wondered at that
the North should take alarm at this
doubly menacing combination, and should
resolve to meet and defeat it by counter
league It was, in fact, inevitable that
this should happen, but the South took
the advice of the Northern Democracy,
and risked everything and SO lost every
thing. What effect upon the solid South
this Acknowledgment willhave remains
to be seen. Speaking merely nationally
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04
THE LIST OF THE eREENBAckERs

1t is probable that We have seen the last
of the Greenbackers. The vote given
General Weaver shows conclusively that
his oandidature was nowhere regarded as
serious, and that his principles attracted
no support. The sterling common sense
of the American masses has asserted itself.
1t could not be cajoled into following a
party which was foolish enough to advocate
the substitution of fat money, worth
twenty, forty, or sixty per cent. less than
par, for the currency, good as gold, now in
circulation. No fimsy sophistries, no
lons.wipded and roundabout Arguments
could obscure this fact. The American
people were not prepared to initiate the
folly of the dog in the fable, who saw his
reflection in the water and dropped SUBJ
stance to catch shadow. Mr.. Weaver and
his angular.headed followers have preached
their nonsensical theories in vain. Re.
sumption is fact against which fat
money necessarily falls to the ground.
1uSEc - uO answer 10 H. Inc OTeen-
hackers in truth were demanding, like the
Democrats, a change for the worse, and
naturally enough the country could not be
brought to adopt it. 1t is to be hoped
that the absurdities of Greenbackism will
be dropped henceforth by those who have
sought to make capital out of them, since
it is no longer possible to regard them as
practicable material The Weaverites
have simply been walked over, and the
vote given them is rather an expression Of
good-humored contempt than anything
else. They are entitled to be remembered
as the peculiar people who imagined it
possible to obtain currency better than
the best, and who chose the literally worst
as specially adapted to their purpose
All their notions were equally lop.sided
and fantastic, indeed, aud it is some salts
faction to know that the breed is small
and rapidly diminishing. because any proof
OF their increase would tend to confirm
the theory that as civilization advances
the liability towards insanity becomes
greater.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04
TIE MoREY LETTER ONCE MORE

1t is once more in order to inquire what
effect the Morey- letter forgery had upon
the Presidential election. 1t is important
to ascertain this as far as possible, because
If it should appear that the forgery had an
appreciable result, it might be adopted as
regular arm of the service in politics. So
far as we can perceive, the letter produced
no effect. We did not believe that it
would, for the obvious reason that the only
persons who were at once stupid and pref
udiced enough to believe in it were sure to
be Democrats, and therefore certain any
how to vote against General Garfield. Re.
publicans are too intelligent to accept such
a story without inquiry, and no man could
inquire into the evidence without being sat.
isiied that the letter was a forgery. The
Democrats, therefore, have no comfort to
draw from the preparation of the fraud.
1t disguised all decent men, and 1t was be-
lieved by none but the least intelligent,
who, of course, were safe enough for Han
cock in any event. The result of the ex-
pertinent is consequently not such as to
encourage any more essays in the same di-
rection, and it is well for politics that this
should be the case.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04
ODDS AND ENDS.

Queen Victoria is 81.
Vigorous efforts at tobacco culture are
being made in Italy.
In one county in Florida the number of
colored people who can read and write is
in excess of the number of whites who are
equally educated.
The peach orchard of John II. Parnell
in Troup county, Georgia, is said to be the
largest in the world. 1t covers two hun
dred and fifty acres of lard.
Kansas school teacher "Where does
your grain go to?' "Into the hopper"
"What hopper?" Grasshoppor," tri-
umphantly shouted scholar.
Sign over the gateway of French pro-
vincial cemetery "By order of the Mu.
nicipal Council only the dead who live in
this commune are to be buried here"
NJ Lombard has gone to Abyssinia on a
mission from the French Government, to
study the topography of the country, as
well as its civil and military organization.
"What are your politics 2" the chaplain
of the Iowa Penitentiary asked an inteli-
gent looking convict. Il have not come
out for nybody yet, replied the convict,
gazing placidly through the bars.
The acme of laziness has been reached
by the man who always kept one eye
closed because he could see well enough
with the other, and besides it was too
much trouble to keep them both open.-
[Hackensack Republican.
After spending two years in South
Africa, Lieutenant Zen, a Swedish travel
er, has lately returned to Europe, bringing
with him valuable collections which he has
formed in Damara-land, in the departments
of natural history and etnnography.
Ten thousand English miners are annu-
ally injured by accidents, and $50 of these
die In Prussia the mortality is much
higher, life being sacrificed fo- every
20, 45l tons of coal raised, while in England
the proportion is only one in every S9,4
Chemistry recitation Professor-'Wh
is water?" Student" Water is an article
used by some as drink" Professor, in
terrupting-"Ca you name any of its
properties?" Student" Well, it occa-
sionally rots boots" Exeunt omnes-[ Yale
Record.
a young German tourist named Schnell,
from Augsburg, lost his life August l4th
by falling down preclplce ON the Harden,
between Thun and Interlaken. Shortly
before he made the slip he was warned by
a passer.by of his perlious position, but
took no heed. The Harden is one of the
most dangerous and deceptive of the lesser
mountains of the Overland, and fatal ac-
cident happens on it almost every season.
.sLook here, Matilda, said Galveston
lady to the celored cook, "you sleep right
close to the chicken house, and you must
have heard those thieves stealing the chick
ems" Yes, ma'am, heerd de chickens
boiler, and heerd de voices OBJ de men. .
Why didn't you go out, then?" ease,
ma am bursting into tearsl, case, ma'am.
/ knowed my ole ladder was out dar, and
/ wouldn't hab him know Use los conf
dence in him foah all de chickens in de
world"
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50, lib s4,11s 1,4s4
THE VOTE ON ooNGREssMEN.


In the First Congressional District the official
vote gives Rosecrans (Dem.), 2o,eo6; Davis (Rep.),
1890.
In the Second District Page (Rep) has an ascer-
tanned majority Of S,57l, to be increased by more
complete returns.
In the Third the indications point to the election
Of Berry. The RECORD USIos's tables show total
vote reported OF q 1o7, OF which Berry has 10 594
Knight, 10,513 The votes remaining to be re-:
ported will increase Berrss majority.
In the Fourth District We have official report oi
1856. Leach, 6,31o; Pacheco, 6,22l Godfrey
1,o2i. The vote to come will probably give the dis
trict to Pasheco by considerable majority.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04
THREE ORIGINAL STORIES.

Duriag the coming gear, asd commencing De
,,nber 1st, tie WEEKLY UNION wN publish three
Prize Stories Of California. The first, the pub
Ecation Of Which ieH IN the first sreek
of December, lcN be entitled, 'The Ventures
and Adventures of Charlie Gould" This is an
intensely interesting story Of the Stock Gambling
peri0d Of California, aud ieas pritten By Edlcard
p. CaItU, of Los Angeles. The price Of the WEEKLY
UsIoS aciH be 81 80 per annum.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Brighton vine Growers Association

Location Of principal place of business, Brighton
Sacramento county, Cal. Location of works ard dis
tillery, Brighton, sacramento county, California
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting OF the D-
rectors held November l. 1880, an assessment, No G.
OF FIVE DOLL RS per share was levied upon the
capital stock OF the corporation, payable immedi
atey, in United States gold coin, at the Office OF
the Secretary OF the Company at Brighton, SaGra-
mento county, California. Any stock upon which
this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 4th
day of December, 1850, will be delinquent and ad-
vertised for sale at public auction, unless pay
ment is made on or before the FOURTH DAY OF
DECEMBER, 1880, to pay the delinquent assess
ment, together with costs of advertising and ex-
penses of sale. BY order of the Board OF Directors
&c. PERKINS, Secretary.
office-Brighton, Sacramento county, California
1ay 1,yTh
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DR.. UseAR's LIQUOR AETIDorE, carefully prepared
OF the best Quill Bark by NJ. S. Hammer, druggist,
Sacramento. Uhe celebrated cure for drunkenness
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-04
THE POPULAR JUDGMENT.

Aqain ii has been intinated to the Dem
ocratic party that its politics are not ac-
ceptable to the country, and that it is not
regarded as deserving of confidence. When
we consider what its methods were, and
reflect upon the cumulative folly and RASH
ness of its positions, we can only wonder
that there should ever have been any doubt
as to the outcome. For the Democrats had
SO arranged their plans that, in order to
indorse them, the people must have sur
rendered all pretensions to common sense,
and therefore the contest was a one.sided
one from the beginning To any other
party than the Democrats we should be
disposed to believe that this defeat would
bring wisdom and purer methods, out when
we recall the past twenty years, we feel
that we should not be justified in inferring
the probability of any such change. The
Democracy has been defeated primarily
because it deserved to be defeated, and de-
served nothing else. 1t is not necessary
to beat about for reconcile reasons. The
case is plain and clear. The Democratic
party made a thoroughly dishonest fight,
on false principles, and with corrupt
and foul methods, and it has been
punished as every party which SO degrades
itself ought to be punished. For the
Northern Democracy there is no sympathy
at all demanded. The Southern Democ-
racy, which in many respects is superior to
its ally, will very probably realize the
futility of any further reliance upon the
solid South plan. That plan has had the
precise affect predicted for it. 1t has
made solid North. Nothing else was to
have been anticipated, and yet the Demo-
Gratis thought that their Southern practices
,rauld pass unnoticed, and that altar
stealing l3S electoral votes at the South
they could contest on equal terms for the
AZ Northern votes which were still neces-
sary to them. 1t is hard to say whether
the impudence or the faulty of this idea
predominated. The result is a fresh
proof of the actual inability of Democratic
politicians of the present time to form an
intelligent estimate of the tendency of pub
lie opinion. Whether it is because these
persons associate only with men of their
own politics we do not know, but though
the national election returns of the last
twenty years are pregnant with informa-
ton and instruction for them, they appear
never to realize that the devices they have
already failed with so frequently are obso-
lete and exploded. In this instance they
seemed to think that they were striking
out new line in trusting everything to
abuse of the Republican candidate. One
of their own brightest men, Alexander
Stephens, of Georgia, told them plainly
that if they adopted that method they
would elect Garfield, but they would not
listen to any such warnings, and as they
proceeded threw off even common decency.
How fatal their blunder was they now
have leisure to realize, and how grave a
mistake they made in committing the
charge of the campaign TO a man like
Barnum. All his ideas were venal and
base, and his supposed brilliant inven-
tons were precisely those which did his
party the most harm.
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RECAPITULATION.

The REcoRD.USIoS yesterday presented recapit
uation OF the vote in 342 precincts in California
This morning it adds to the total then found the
following additional showings