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FREE BOOKS FOR JOURNALISTS

A Washington dispatch states that the
Treasury Department has decided that Ger.
tain books may be imported free of duty
by journalists, for their business, the jus.
tification OF the exemption being that these
books are in fact tools of trade" We
nave long commended that some such eSem.
tion should apply not merely in the case
OF journalists, but to books required by
scientific and professional men of all kinds.
We have shown that the effect OF the ex.
isting tariff upon books OF certain classes
can only be to place heavy impost upon
cience and education, and that inasmuch
as ninety per cent. Of these books are never
reproduced by American publishers, the
pTetense of protection to home industry is
utterly inapplicable to the situation. We
do not yet know what class of books The
Treasury proposes to exempt from duty in
the interest of journalism, but VIC do know
that in the case OF journalism, more than
IN any other profession, it must be difficult
or even impossible TO draw line, and to
say what are or are not tools of trade. y
We hope the Department intends TO be as
liberal as possible in its construction, for
foreign books have heretofore been so dear,
particularly in regard to the most necessary
of them, that even the proverbially enor-
nous enoluments Of Journalism have barely
suifced to cover the cost of importation.
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THE NAvAJoEs.

The Navajo indians appear to be in
very disturbed state, consequent upon the
withdrawal OF an agent whom they liked
and trusted, and the substitution of an
agent who has sigualized his advent by
the introduction of various irritating ex-
periments. The new agent is mission.
airy, or something of the kind, and it is
said by the Nayajoes that he wants them
to abandon the use of tobacco, and to go
to church. He appears from these indica-
tions to be peculiar kind OF Indian
Agent. The use of tobacco can no more
be eradicated in the Indians than the
color of their skins can be changed, and
as for attendance at church, it is veiy GER
tain that even if they went it would in
dictate no change in their nature. A man
who thinks it practicable to make innova-
tions of this kind must evidently under
stand nothing of the character OF the
people he has to deal with. He may be a
very good and well.meaning person, but
he is clearly not lifted tor the care OF In
dams. The Navaoes of course do not
comprehend the newfangled ideas he is
preaching, and they resent what appears
to them to be a sinister purpose.
They will not believe that anyone
would try to deprive them of tobacco
unless he was their enemy, and as they are
impulsive and vigorous in their actions, it
would seem the part of prudence for the
new Agent TO retire before they lose their
temper altogether, since if he should stay
too long he might not be able to get away
at all. It is plain that the Navajoes are
prepared to be perfectly submissive and
peaceable if they can have Captain Bennett
for their Agent again, but that they will
not allow the new Agent to carry on his
absurd experiments upon them. 1t will
therefore no doubt save troubleif the Gov.
eminent will for once take warning by the
plain symptoms of the case, and refrain
from those red-tsps delays which have
been responsible in the past for so many
Indian massacres and Indian wars
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BILLY T5E KID.

So Billy the Kid has met the fate OF
his class, and died with his boots Oh. >
after the frontier fashion. He was hunted
down by Sheriff and shot at last in q
dark room, before he could use his weap.
ons. As he was dead shot this strategy
was necessary to his taking off, but there
seems to be only one opinion about the
event, and that is that it is matter for
congratulation. This ruffisn (whose crimes
and adventures, il soberly narrated, would
horrify instead OF diverting the callow
youth who gloat over Beadle's Dime Novel
heroes) had for years been the terror Of the
border. He was brutal, ferocicus wretch,
without one virtue save bravery, bat his
deadly skill with the pistol had carried
him safe through a hundred mortal feuds
and had secured for him the terrified as
sistance and semi-allegisnce OF numbers of
Mexicans, cattle.deslers and frontier set.
tiers. He was one of the principal leaders
of the 81 cowboys" but he was so ready to
sacrifice even his comrades if they crossed
him. that no doubt those who affected to
admire him most are heartily glad of his
death. Such characters are The products
OF the peculiar frontier conditions acting
upou previously desperate and criminal
minds, and there appears to be no way of
dealing with them effectually but that
which Sheriff Garra.y took with "Blly'
the Kid"
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OREGON.
Items from Portland.

PORTLAND, July GOTHAM unsuccessful
attempt was made last evening by half.
breed, whose name is unknown, to kidnap
the little son of Charles Perrault, of this city.
The child was rescued, but the would-be kid.
napper escaped.
On the 18Th instant, Hubbard harrison and
J. B. p. Petite. of st. Paul, Marion county,
had difficulty, during which the former
drew revolver and fired three shots, none OF
which took effect. harrison is in custody on
charge of assault with intent to murder.
Mrs. H. Bolt, of Apologize, jackson
county, was on the 18th attacked ferociously
by large eagle. Nothing daunted, she
picked up club and hit the bird q blow on
the head, stunning it. and following up her
advantage, soon dispatched it. The eagle
measured over seven feet between the tips OF
the wings.
A very heavy frost is reported at Lost
river, Lake county. which almost totally
annihilated vegetation in that section One
farmer alone had over 200 acres of rye de-
stroyed. In the vicinity of Linkville the
damage done was slight, and the grain seems
to be doing well.
Weather cloudy and very sulsry.
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PASSENGER LISTS.

OMAHA, July 20sh.-Left here to-day, to
arrive IN Sacramento July 2lth: Mrs. II,
II. Wilcox, Topeka; Abe Newburger, New
York; Edwin Laysy. wife and child, Phila-
dslphia; j. ii. Sellers and family, San
francisco; Mrs. Robert Husband and child,
Philadslphia L. F. Dunn, Humboldtcounty,
New; Mrs III. Morrison, Pasadena. Cal. !;
Mrs NJ. IL. Banning, Miss Mary Banning,
Lucy Banning Wilmington, Cal; l.. j. w.
Wall, st. Louis; Mrs.. j. L.. Burrows and
daughter, Rsysnswood. H.; General D.
Reuics. wife snd daughter, Pawnee county,
Neb.; L. E. Smith and wife, Boston.
Thirty eight through eI.igrants left on
last nights emigrant train, TO arrive in Sac
ramento July 9th.
CABLIN, July 2oth.-Passed here to-day, to
arrive In Sacramento tomorrow Lieutenant
a. Miles, U. S. A.: Mrs. A. T. Hans, Miss
Eifie Hans, San Francisco Mrs. Mary A.
Herman, Michigan Miss II. Cheveres, Mrs.
4. Little, Miss f. j. Little, San Francisco !;
+ ;. Ward, Washington, d. O.; L. Clifford,
New fo1k; Charles Devsns, Miss Devans,
j. Kaddln. Boston, Mass; Sir John Garden,
Ireland; IL. Greerbaum, San francisco; +.
A. Lyman, New York; Mrs. a. II. Ball,
San Francisco Mrs. L. F. Jones, Mariposa,
Cal; Mrs. J. b. Scarborough, New York !;
Miss l.. Goodrich, Michigan: J. i. Siam
brough, New York Mrs. Blsckman. San
Jose; w. j. Shelton and wife, Wells, New;
J. II. Hedges, Helena, Montana Mrs. Sui
Ivan, i. j. Comnin, Boston, Mass; S. J.
Bowser, San Francisco D. Robson, wife
and two children, Miss White, Canada: 80
Immigrant passengers. including so males, 10
arrive IN Sacramento July 22d.
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alaska.
Adyices from Ska.

PORT TOWNSEND, July 20th.-The steamer
California, owing to having been disabled on
her last trip from Sitka. was unable to come
to this place, and put into Victoria for re.
pairs, sending her mail here this morning.
She brings the following advices: No further
discoveries or developments are reported from
the miDiug regions, with the exception of the
Harris placer claim, which, on good author
ity, is said to be paying S25 per day and up
wards to each man employed on it. The
Ready Bullion placer mine is still paying
handsomely.
A civil war on small scale has ragged for a
short time among the Chilicat Indians, re-
sultiDg in the death of several men, caused,
as is usual in such cases, by bad whisky. Mr..
Hams, a master in the United States navy.
made an expedition into their territory, and
succeeded in pacifying the belligerent parties.
The wife of the chief imblbed too much
whisky, and was found dead few hours at.
forwards.
The missionaries, lIr. Willard and wife,
have started for Chilcat, via Harrisburg, for
the scene of their Christian work.
The United States ship jamestown still
remains in port, her relief not having yet ar
rived.
The weather is cool and pleasant
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THRILLING EXHIBITION OF NERVE BY a
HOUSE PAINTER Bernard Koehler and
Fritz Hisgen, two house painters, began
painting the large house at Belts street
and Central avenue. Three o'clock in the
afternoon found them close up under the
caves of the house and 65 feet from the
ground. They had just finished the sur
face within reach and had started to lower
the scaffold a few feet. When the re.
auired distance had been reached, Hisgen
rope until he (Hisgen) tied his own, when
he would come over and perform like
service for him. Hisgen had jus. CON-
pleted his own knot, when Koehler cried
out: Come over, quick can't hold it.
Hisgen, as quickly as possible, started
across the aerial bridge, but had not gone
two steps when he saw the man let go his
hold and felt the ladder give way beneath
his feet. As he began the fall, in the
energy of desperation he, with both
hands, grasped the almost smooth
top Of the fourth-story window cor
nice and there hung in the air, a
distance of sixty feet from the pavement.
He then gave an exhibition of nerve that
terrified every one who saw it. Placing
the toe of one foot against the window
frame, he gave his body slight pendulum
motion away from the house. A second
push gave him better impetus, and as he
swung on the return toward the window
he released his hold and went crashing
through the glass safely to the floor of the
fourth-story room. from whence he imme-
diately looked out through the aperture he
had made to see what had become of his
companion. Koehler had not been quite
so fortunate. As ne went shooting through
the air he caught the hanging rope with
both hands, and lessened his speed all the
way down at the expense of all the cuticle
of his palms, which was burned off by the
friction. He landed in sitting posture
on the sidewalk, and was taken to the hos
pital with a pair of very sore hips. Cin-
cinnati Commercial.
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THE REVOLUTIONARY CONGRESS.

This is quite a sonorous title, but it ap.
pears to stand for a meeting of as sorry
agitators and demagogues as ever played
the fool in public. These sanguinary per.
sons met at London, which imperturbably
puts up with the vagaries of all the rest.
less conspirators and Tegenerators of the
rest OF the world and after the usual
kind of frothy declaration a resolution was
passed unanimously, to the effect that
9" the time for agitation by means of the
"press and platform had ceased, and the
I" time had come for force" The red.hot
Socialist and petrolsuss, Louise Michel,
of Paris, was present and conspicuous.
The United States was represented by
Cheyenne Lecount," OF nowhere in
particular. There were Russian Nihilists
present, of course. and altogether the
propositions were as blood-curdling as pos
sible. But though it was thus solemnly
resolved that the time had come for force,
it does not appear that anyone undertook
to demonstrate how force was to be APP
piled. There are crises in history when it
is possible for minority of absurd agi-
tators and revolntionists to control and use
the masses. Such a period was the first
French revolution. But in Russia alone
at the present time is there any such con.
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dition of things as would afford a leverage
for this kind of upheaval, and We do not
think the Revolutionary Congress will ex-
pertinent much in that direction Just now.
The projects of these people are of course
vague and misty. The Russian Nihilists
wish to look no further than the destruc-
ton of all existing institutions, but all the
other revolutionists have some COM
munistic or sccialistic plans, which gen.
orally embrace the turning over Of
all property to the State. and the con-
den,ration of mankind to slavery under the
pretense of establishing absolute and exa:t
equality of conditions. Perhaps it is best
that free vent should be given to all these
fantasies. They will do less harm in the
open air than when covered up. Con-
spiracies can never be carried on in public,
and foolish theories have more to dread
from unrestrained discussion than from
the police of any country. The Revolu-
tionary Congress appears to be SORT of
supplement to the International. Perhaps
it is the international under new name.
All it indicates, however. is what every
body knew before. that there is a great
deal of discomfort in the world, and that
very much of it seeks relief through the
most irrational and impractical expert
ments. The Revolutionary Congress has
no doubt eased its mind prodigiously by
passing that truculent resolution about the
time having come for force, and this hav.
ing been done, the delegates can go home
with tranquiilizsd consciences, and resume
their peaceful occupations until they feel
recurrence of the impulse to blow of
their surplus steam.
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WHAT IS NICKEL Z

Since the convenient Scent coin which,
in common talk, is called ga nickel" has
come into general circulation, the question
above is asked either mentally or orally
hundreds of times every day, and but few
get an intelligent answer. In China and
India, white copper, called pack tong,
has long been known, and has been extern.
sively used both there and in Europe for
counterfeiting silver coin. About the year
100 a peculiar ore was discovered in the
copper mines of Saxony, which had the
appearance Of being very rich, but in
smelling it yielded no copper, and the
miners called it kupfer- nickel, or false
copper. In 1854, Constadt announced the
discovery of a new metal IN kupfer nickel,
to which he gave the name of nickel. 1t
was in combination with arsenic, from
which he could relieve it only in parts.
The alloy of nickel and arsenic which he
obtained was white, brittle and very hard,
and had melting point nearly as high as
cast iron. It was not until 1928 that pure
nickel was obtained by analysis of German
silver, which had for number of years
been produced at Suhl, in Saxony. Its
composition was ascertained to be copper
10 parts, zinc 5 and nickel 4. If more
nickel be used the alloy is as white as sill
yer and susceptible of a very high polish,
but becomes too brittle and hard to be
hammered or rolled, and can be worked
only by casting. Pure nickel is a white
metal which furnishes readily in the air.
Unlike silver, it is not acted on by the
vapor Of sulphur, and even the strong min
eral acids attract it but slightly. Nickel
has the hardness of iron, and, like it, has
strong magnetic properties, but cannot be
welded and is soldered with difficulty.
Pure nickel has heretofore been used chiefly
for plating, for which purpose its hardness
and power to resist atmospheric influences
admirably adapt it. Within the last year
the French have succeeded in rolling the
metal into plates, from which spoons and
other table furniture may be pressed.
Nickel bronze, which consists of equal
parts of copper and nickel, with little
tin, may be cast into very delicate forms.
and is susceptible of high polish. Mines
of nickel are worked at Chatham, Conn,
and Lancaster, Pa, and it is said to be
found at Mine La Motto, Mo-. and at sew
ersi points in Colorado and New Mexico,
where but little attention is paid to it. 1t
is extensively mined in Saxony and in
Sweden, but the late discovery of a new
ore 10 silicate of nickel) in New Caledonia
viii probably suspend the use of the arsen-
ical ores, and yet bring nickel into oonmon
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A fatal accident occurred about quar-
ter to o'clock Sunday afternoon, July
10th, at the upper vineyard of William Ii.
Jordan, near st. Helena. Barney Grogan,
with his family, had his residence on the
place. Sunday afternoon Mr.. G. and his
two little sons were watching with shot
gun for rabbits. 1t appears that he had
laid tbs gun down cooked and left it for a
while, and on returning in some manner
discharged it as he picked it up, both bar.
rels gong of and sending their charges
through his right thigh, completely shat
tering it. He fell, and his little SONS gave
the alarm, when assistance was mad as soon
as possible and medical aid summoned, but
to no purpose, for the unfortunate man
died about o'clock. Deceased was ma
tive of ireland, 80 years old, and leaves,
besides a wife, FIVE children, the eldest Of
whom is about years of age.
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The sIurder TRIAL al shasta,

SHASTA, July 20sh.-The defense placed
defendant Wes.lake on the stand to-day who,
testified that deceased told him he would lick
him aud beat him to death. and that he told
deceased not 10 move an inch toward him
or he would hurt him, and that when he shot
he was in fear that deceased would carry his
threats into execution. The defense thea
rested. The prosecution are now putting in
their rebuttiag testimony.
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use. Switzerland, in the year 1852, mao
co1r OF German silver which is identical
IN composition with our nickel coin. The
United States made nickel cents in 1856.
and eight years later coined the five cent
pieces. Belgium adopted nickel coinage in
1900 and Germany in 1878. England has
iateiy coined pennies for Jamaica, but az
home she and France adhere to the clumsy
copper small change.
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NEVADA.
aiincr FafalIYIniured.

VIRGINIA, July 2Oth.-At l o'clock this
morning Isaac Frock. miner at the Combi-
nation shsft, had his right arm caught in the
machinery of the hydraulic pump. and SO
crushed as to render amputation necessary.
Frock died in about three hours from the
shock and loss Of blood. He was at one
time foreman OF the New York mine, and
leaves a wife and five children at Gold Hill.
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Found Dead-ueaYY Rains,

Tucson, July 10Th. = Carl Ferdinand
Rittephofer was found dead this morning on
the railroad track, one mile east Of this place.
His body was horribly mangled. Two trains
probably passed over his body. Deceased
was baker from Newark, N. j.
There are heavy rains prevailing through
out southern Arizona. AS consequence, a
number of washouts are reported. All trains,
east and west, are twelve hours behind time.
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sEcoND EDIrIoH.

A second edition Of the RECORD UNION is Issued
each day at , P N. bringing the Eastern ard coast
news up to thai hour. BY this arrangement tie
RECORD JNIeN will present the latest news obtain
able at all points east and north Of Sacramento.
The regular morning edition Of the RECORD USIoN
Is carried by morning trains, and is ahead OF all
competitors as far north as Chico, on the California
and Oregon Railroad; west to Benicia and south to
stocbton, and east to Colfax, Folsom and Placer
vile and all intermediate places.
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PACIFIC COAST.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD.
UNION
DELAYED TraIn-s wife ssa.er.

Los ANGELES, July 20sh.-The train from
the East via the southern route, due here at
4:50 this evening, is not expected until 8
o'clock tomorrow morning The detention
is caused by trouble en- the A., Z. and s. T.
road. No particulars. The San Francisco
express viii await It's arrival.
Amado Armente. discharged from the
chain-gaug to-day, went home Intoxicated
this evening, and in quarrel with his wife
struck her on thu head with a hatchet, in
ticting wound that may prove fatal. lie
wss arrested.
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Miner Burned to Death.

Boprg, July 20sh.-John Harkins was
burned to death about 6 o'clock this morning,
while asleep in his cabin, back of the Stand
ard mill. He was miner, employed in the
Standard mine, and had but recently come
off the shift. How the cabin caught FIRE
has not been explained, but it is thought to
hava been an accident
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That s;tnIng Case at Eureka,

EUREKA, July 2Oth.-In the Richmond
Albion case to-day, Wines, for the Albion,
occupied the whole day in his argument on
the law and facts. It is believed that the
arguments pro and con will not be concluded
before Saturday. The same general interest
is manifested in the proceedings.
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ARIZONA.
Heavy Raiu.stor,n.

TOMBSTONE, July 20th.-A most unprece.
denied rain.s.orm is now progressing. 1t has
rained more or less since Sunday 6 P. NJ. 1t
has rained steadily. and without thunder and
lightning, nearly all day, and now. 5 P. NJ it
looks as il would rain all night. Stage travel
is delayed from the soft roads. Ore hauling will
have to stop if the rain continues till morn.
iuO
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BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The new NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

VICTORIA, July 20sh.-Hon. q. 4. Corn
wall, the new Observation-Disclosures, was
sworn in at the Supreme Courtroom this
morning, in the presence of a large number OF
persons, including officers of the British army
and navy, civilians and ladies' The term OF
Office is for FIVE years.
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stnse stopped and Robbed.

SAN LUIS 0BIspo. July 20th.-The stage
bound north was storpsd six miles from this
place yesterday morning by highwaymen.
and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s box robbed of its
contents. There is no clew to the parties yet.