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Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

President Garfield and Education Hiram College Memorial" by B. A. Hinsdale, Presi- dent of Hiram College, is perhaps the most interesting of all the books that have been or will be written about President Garfield. As the preface says, the propriety of such me- morial will be admitted on all hands. It was in Hiram that he fitted for college, and that he made his reputation as 8 teacher and school administrator. Hiram was his home for twenty-six years Much of that time, probably one-half of it, he spent in other places and duties-in college, the army and Congress; but Hiram was the place to which he looked for residence and rest This me- morial has Mrs. Garfield's most cordial ap- proval Published by James R. Osgood $ Co.,, Boston, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Two of the most beautiful holiday books are the illustrated quarto volumes of British ballads from the house of Cassell, Petter, Gal pin & Co. The compiler, MT. Barnett Smith, has drawn from many sources, uniting with the rich and stirring strains of the early times the gentler rhythm and music of the modern ballad. Glover, Drayton and Aubrey de We're are placed side by side with Campbell, Southey, Cowper and Thackeray- ballads falling into place alphabetically, by title, not chronologically, or by subject. Each ballad is preceded by brief sketch of the author, and a hint at the occasion or historical set ting of the poem itself. The abundant and spirited illustrations are contributed by great number of British artists. The bind ing is elegant and the printing is good and on good paper For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''Brushwood," one of T. Buchanan Reads poems, is published in exceedingly pretty style by J. B. Lippincott Co.,, Philadel- phia. The illustrations are from designs by Frederick Deilman, and they are charming. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 One of the most attractive gift-books is made out of Tennyson's "Song of the Brook" illustrated by A. F. Bellows, J. D. Woodward, Miss L. B. Humphrey and F. B. Schell The printing and paper are all that could be desired, and the binding is a work of art. Published by Estes & Lauriat, Bos- ton, and for sale in this city by H. H. Peck.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21

adventure within the last year or two. Sent out by the London Nesos as it's correspond ent in Afghanistan, he was captured by Tur- comans and taken as prisoner to Merv. Having genial temperament, and great ca- pacity for adapting himself to the people and circumstances about him. he soon made friends of his captors and received their con- fdence. Soon after arriving at Merv, which is not a city, but collection of half mil lion people inhabiting fertile district in the midst of the desert, he was released and was allowed to address the council of chiefs. He talked so well for two hours that they elect cd him 8 chief, and some time after made him one of the triumvirate which governs Merv. A special fortified residence was as- signed to him within walled enclosure sev- enty yards square. A salute of twenty -one guns was fired, a crimson silk flag was hoist ed, and proclamation made that the power of life and death was in his hands. Truth is stranger than fiction, even in these prosaic days.
 Practical jokes are sometimes very funny affairs. The other day, as the French bark Felix was approaching the port of Marseilles under easy sail, 8 negro belonging to the crew suddenly climbed upon the bulwarks and plunged into the sea. Although the ves- sel was promptly hove to and boat put out in search of the unfortunate man, who was known to be 8 powerful swimmer, all the efforts made to rescue him proved fruitless. Inquiry among the crew respecting the mo- tives of his suicide resulted in the following painful revelation: He had shipped at Mo- zambique as an able seaman, and his ship mates, learning that he had never before made voyage to France, agreed to persuade him that human flesh of the negro variety is so highly relished by wealthy Frenchmen of the present day that he could not fail, upon arriving at Marseilles, to be roasted and eaten. Their plot proved only too success ful. The conviction that he was destined to figure as comestible at some Marseilles res taurant preyed upon his mind to such an ex- tent that he at last resolved to die by his own act rather than encounter the fate await. ing him in port. This determination he made known to the authors of the hoax, but they nevertheless kept up their jest until the Felix sighted Marseilles when the wretched negro, believing himself irrevocably doomed to suffer death within a few hours drowned himself. His tormentors are in prison, and likely to pay dearly for their joke.
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 Much has been said of late concerning the advantages of ''ocean lane routes" for the great steamships that ply between this coun- try and Europe, and the proposal that all steamships should be compelled by law to follow a certain fixed route when coming from England to this country and to return by another fixed route has recently been ad- vocated by a well known steamship com mander. So much has been said in favor of such routes, while little or nothing has been said against them, that the general opinion, so far as there is any opinion on the subject, is for them. But writer in the New York Times now comes forward and points out some objections to compelling all steamships to follow the same routes. He admits that it is a wise measure for the steamships of any particular line to have their particular . "ocean James," and to keep within them in ordinary circumstances. In fact, this is now done by all the leading lines of steamships sailing between New York and England. But he declares that to attempt to compel all steamships going eastward to follow one s'lane'' and all coming westward to follow another would be not only impracticable, but to the last degree undesirable.
 Among the reasons given in support of this declaration is the fact that steamers which make speed their first object will nat urally take the shortest route between New York and Liverpool ''This route passes over the northerly part of the Banks of New foundland, and is dangerous both on account of ice and fog, to say nothing of Cape Race and of the Virgin Rocks. Steamers which are not trying to make a reputation as the fastest ships ahoat will naturally take a longer and more southerly route, thus avoid ing ice and lessening the chances of long continued fogs. The scheme of compul- sorry lane routes would either compel the fast steamers to take southerly route, and thus lengthen their voyages, would compel the slower ships to run the risks of the northern passage. This would be unfair both to ship-owners and to the public" It is also argued that the proposed scheme would not prevent collisions, but it would really increase them. Hardly any two steamers have the same rate of speed, and to compel steamer capable of making twenty miles an hour to follow the route taken by a steamer with 8 maximum speed of eight miles an hour would be to run the risk that the latter would be run into by the former. In dense fog collisions would be morally certain to occur. The fast steamers would overtake and run into the slow steamers, and no steamer could slow her engines without the risk of being run into by the one close behind her." The danger of collision with sailing vessels would also not be 1essened
 These and other objections to compulsory lane routes show that while, like many other things, they are all right in theory, in prac- tice they might not work very well. Prob ably it is the safest way to leave the choice of routes to those who run the steamships. They have certainly done well enough during the last month of terrible storms
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21

The news of the safety of the steamer Jeannette will send thrill of joy through the civilized world. All will be glad to learn that there has been no occasion for the anxiety which has been suffered on her ac. count, and many will again conclude that such trip as that of the Jeannette is not the most useful thing in the world.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21
Price Four Cents.

brothers. They are matched almost to a hair, were raised by the same man, and have always been driven together. Their heads and necks are particularly fine, and though very stylish and showy, they are prompt, firm, and resolute, yet very kind and gentle. They can be driven on an easy rein, without check or martingale They were the Presi dents personal selection, as was also the car- rage, and reflect no little credit upon his judgment as horseman. The entire turn out" is model of quiet magnifcence and good taste
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21

The opponents of compulsory vaccination in England are thoroughly in earnest. More than quarter of million tracts and other publications have been issued and circulated by the London characterization society dur ing the past twelve months.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21

A big land trade was lately made between Colonel Eugene c. Gordon, president of the Georgia Pacific railroad, and some English men. Colonel Gordon bought about month ago 800, ,ooo acres of Mississippi land, known as overfowed lands, for eight cents an acre, and has just sold them to an English compa- ny for fourteen cents an acre, which gives him profit of about $50, 1000. The English company intends to reclaim the lands at once and colonize or cultivate them.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21

The Chicago Inter- Ocea'a thinks that as the city of Newark, New Jersey, has lost $1o,- GOO, ,OoO within the last eight years by dishon- est bankers ''the people ought to know enough by this time to lay up treasures in heaven"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21
AMMONIA
!" ROYAL" BAKING POWDER.

do not find in practice to produce any good effect in raising the bread, and should not therefore, consider it's presence as desirable. If, then, we accept Dr. Loves standard of commercial value, these two powders are both worth 50 cents, with the additional advantage of purity, or freedom from ammonia, on the part of |" Hecker's Perfect Baking Powder"
 We feel called upon, in justice to ourselve- and the public to give the above facts, as the article denominated Kitchen Economy" was published apparently as disinterested infor- nation, intended for the public good, where as in fact it was an advertisement of the Roy al Baking Powder Company
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

drain of gold from this country in a year or two. How it is going to come about does not yet appear, but stranger things have hap pened.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21

What is the difference between charity and tailor The first covers a multitude of sins; the second a multitude of sinners.- Boston Transcript.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21
HECKER'S Perfect Baking Powder

Bi-carbonate of Soda, or, in other words, Es a Pure Cream Tartar
 Baking Powder, rec from alum. terra alba, or any other in- furious substances. I find the 's Royar' Ba- king Powder to consist of Cream Tartar and Bi-carbonate of Soda, with the addition of sesqui-carbonate of ammonia. As regards the carbonic acid gas, which believe to be the only efficient constituent in the use of these powders, I find it to be developed in practically identical amounts in each. The ammoniacal gas (better known to the public as it is found in hartshorn or in smelling salts) obtained by the intr oduction of sesqui carbonate of
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Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21

The citizens of Whitepot, part of the town of Newtown, in Queens county, New York, are agitated in 8 novel way. Land in Whitepot seems to be in great demand for cemetery purposes, and the sale of land for such purposes is opposed by many citizens because it lessens the amount of taxable property in the town. Besides 8 tract of land recently sold for the Jewish cemetery, two small parcels have been sold to other parties, and the Lutheran cemetery has largely increased it's acreage. In Calvary cemetery alone there are from thirty to forty burials day, without the slightest benefit to the town. The roads leading from the cem- eteries are free. It is now proposed to make them toll roads by legislative enactment, in order that the town may derive some benefit from the cemeteries, the travel over the roads being largely funerals from New York and Brooklyn. It is said that so much of the land of the town is enclosed for cemete- ry purposes that it makes the tax rates on other land very high.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21

Mir. O'Donnovan, of whom the Home Rulers are talking as a candidate for Parlia- ment, has had remarkable experience ot
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Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-21

It is reported that an improvement in keeping with the times has been made in chicken matching machines. An inventor having observed that machine matched chick ems suffer from lonesomeness, and do not eat so well as those which hear & mothers con- stant voice. has constructed a telephonic sys- tenn, by which the motherless chicks in the various cages in which they are placed after matching can hear the clucking of central hen. Thus one maternal fowl can contribute to the innate love of society in the breasts of an almost unlimited number of chickens.
 Senator Hoars bill for the education of Indian children is in line with the recom- mendations of Secretary Kirkwood and the President, and with the best sentiment of the country on the Indian question. The bill provides that every Indian child dwelling west of the Mississippi, excepting those be- longing to the civilized tribes in the Indian Territory, shall be placed at school, and that the Interior department may expend what ever sum Is necessary for their education, not exceeding $500 for each child. This would cost something, but as it costs about mil lion dollars to kill an Indian, there is not much to be said against the plan on the score of expense.
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So1arnaI an6 Gourier.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY HARRTNGTAN R GO

No. 400 State Street, Courier Building
 JOHN 3. cARRINaToN. HOWARD T. oARaneToN. JoHNB. oARRrNaroN, JR.
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OCEAN LANE ROUTES.

Wednesday Morning, Dec. a1, 1ss1.;
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-31
THE EASTERN.

The steamer Great Eastern is to be sold,
if purchaser for her can be found. She
mas proved total failure and though the
extension of commerce has been enormous
since she was built, the need for SO large a
vessel has not yet been felt. The latest
suggestion with regard to her is that she
should be taken to some summer resort,
moored close to the shore, and be utilized
as great floating hotel. An objection to
this is that unless her moorings were ex-
tremely strong she might be swept away
from them some stormy night, and carry
all her guests cut to sea. Whether any
.use can be made of her, however, is evil
IDENTIFY questionable. Her great draught
makes her useless as a commercial carrier,
for there is only one port in the United
Kingdom into which she can enter, and
that Is Milford Haven. 1t has been found
impossible to get cargoes for her, and she
Is too big to be used as a passenger vessel.
She might perhaps be employed as a troop
ship in some pressing emergency, though
the Government would naturally hesitate
to run the risk of quitting all its eggs
in one basket by embarking ten thou
sand troops upon single vessel. In short
the Great Eastern is an illustration of an
entire failure to calculate the coming
wants of the generation, and very costly
failure she has been to all who have had
anything to do with her.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-31
CROPS IN ENGLAND.


The crops in England have suffered Sc.
verely from heavy and protracted rains,
and the outlook for the harvest there grows
worse every week. 1t is already evident
that a very much larger importation of
grain than usual will be required, in fact,
and the only doubtful point seems to be as
to the character of the Russian harvest In
France the crops will be about an average.
As to Russia there have been conflicting re-
ports, it having been asserted that the
wheat harvest would be almost loss, and
also that it would be far beyond the aver
age. The condition of the corn crop in the
Western States is such that there will
probably be much smaller surplus OF
wheat for export in them than usual, it
being well understood that the failure of
corn always reacts upon the wheat crop,
by increasing the demand for home con-
sumption. Whatever the situation in
Russia therefore it mast be regarded as
certain that there will be good and a
rising market for California wheat this
year, AID that it is perfectly safe to hold it.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-31
THIS MORNINGS NEWS,

In New York Government bonds are quoted at
il6 for As of 1907 13 Tor S. Of 1891 ia for 4.s
sterling, 81 s29@4 s44 silver bars, l124.
Silver in London, 6l5 ; consOls, 999d; 8 per
cent. United States bonds, 1oil; IS, 49,; +ls,
ll6I.
In San Francisco heH dollars are quoted at !
discount to par Mexican dollars, s93g9Oe.
At Liverpool wheat is quoted at lis ID glls I'D FOR
good to choice California.
The mining share market in san Francisco yester-
day opened weak and irregular. The desire to sell
was stronger than the desire to buy and values gave
way The best rates yesterday showed a decline Of
cents to 70 cents as compared with the best rates
Monday for most Comsaock descriptions.
An explosion at New Haven yesterday badly in
iured nine men.
Railroad men saw the body OF a man footing in
the Truckee river Monday night.
Details of the tragedy at Truckee last Sunday are
given this morning.
According to the latest advices from Hawaii, re-
ceiyed by way of Victoria, the volcano the island
of Hilo continues its work OF destruction.
Further particulars of the great storm on the
south Atlantic coast are at hand.
The mountain called the Haystack,' in the
White Mountain range, has been rechristened, ard
is hereafter to be known as Mount Garfield
o'Donoyan Rosa warns people in regard to taking
passage upon vessels carrying the En- ,lsh flag.
Full details OF the naval disaster at Newport r.
J., are given upon the first page this morning.
The will of the late Congressman whitehouse, of
New York, disposes OF about 100000 worth Of
property in 100 words.
Nisaa, Tulare county, has been quarantned
against Hanfofd, on account of smallpox
The reported indian massacre at Eureka Spring,
N. NJ, proves to have been canard.
Louis Dieckmann killed himself with pistol on
Sunday evening at Livermore.
1t is rumored that the Central Pacific Railroad
Company have purchased the Eureka and Palisade
road in Nevada
W. Il. shueY, County Collector of Contra Costa
county, died yesterday at Lakeport
G. B. Lingeren was found drowned at Portland,
Or, on Monday.
Joseph C. Green, resident of Oregon since 1s47,
died in Clackamas county yesterday, aged Sc years
Shocks of earthquake occurred at Santa Barbara
and San Buenaventura last evening.
Movements are on foot at Benson and Contention,
a. T., against bunko sharps and cowboys
The steamer City OF Richmond was wrecked in a
Jog yesterday on the coast of Maine.
French Count has been arrested at Vienna for
stealing a carriage and horses
The dispatches indicate this morning that if the
President shows no marked improvement he is at
least no worse, and that feeling of encouragement
at the rational capital still prevails
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-31
ALL AROUND THE COST.

The Sportlnan's Club of Gilroy now num-
bers twenty-four members.
Santa Rosa expects the Government to
locate the Soldiers Home at that place.
A Hook and Ladder Company is being
organized by the young men of Auburn.
The Alturas Jockey Club will give four
days racing, commencing September 2Sth.
San Mateo can boast of only one lawyer,
and he only resides there in the night
time.
a new lodge of A. 0. U. W, has been
organized at Nelson by +. F. Carnduff, D.
D. G. NJ w.
1t is reported that the Spanish fever has
been killing the horses on Lost river, some
thirty head dying from one band.
j. L. Morgan, of Cherokee, came near
killing himself recently by having pistol
that he was handling go off accidentally.
A match game of base ball has been
gotten up at Alturas, Modoc county, be-
tween the married and single men of that
place.
The District Fair of Plumas, Lassen,
Sierra and Modoc counties will be held at
Greenville, Plumas county, commencing
October oath.
The smallpox has entirely disappeared
at lone, and that town has assumed its live
business appearance once more, and times
are lively there just now.
The annual conference OF the Church OF
the United Brethren will commence at
Lodi on the 18th of September and be con-
Quoted by Bishop n. Castle.
The mail route between Princeton and
Colusa has been discontinued. The Colusa
mail for Princeton must go to Williams,
thence on the cars to its destination via
Norman.
Engineer Craig, who was hurt by the
recent accident on the Narrow Gauge Rail-
road, appeared on the streets of Nevada
City again On Friday, for the first time
since then.
Grand preparations are being made to
celebrate the independence of Mexico and
Chile, respectively, on the 10th and 10Th
(the 18th coming on Sunday of Septem-
Der, at Chile Hill, between Ophir and Lin
coin.
All the business houses in Fort Jones
were closed last Sunday, except the saloons
and those which the laws OF this State
grant the privilege of keeping open doors
on the Sabbath for the purpose of trans
acting business.
Saturday last Antoine Smith, an employee
at the Empire mine, Plymouth, slipped
and fell distance of 400 feet down the
shaft, causing instant death. His body
was mangled mass when taken out. De-
ceased was young man highly esteemed
in the community.
A report comes from French Corral to
the effect that Jerry Lynch and his son had
some difficulty in Dahlberg's saloon, at
French Corral, last Sunday, and during the
alteration the son drew a pistol and fired
five shots at his father, neither one of
which took effect except in the clothing Of
the old gentleman. The cause of the diff
Guilty is said to have grown out OF bad
treatment by the old gentleman to his wife
when the boy was away from home.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-31
GEORGIA GID ZINES

1t is probable that experienced miners
will await fuller reports before getting up a
rush to the Georgia gold mines. The gold
fields OF Georgia have been talked about
for good many years, and adventurous
prospectors have also experimental upon
them. The general conclusion has been
shat though there was more or less gold
there, it was usually less, and that conse-
quently it would not pay for working.
Gold mines in the mud are no doubt
alluring prospects to the uninitiated, but
in these days mining is too well under
stood for sensational stories to be sufficient
bats. The public will be content to wait
until that dredge has been set to work, and
even then it viii scrutinize the reports with
care
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-31
THE PRgsrpgNT

The President appears to be holding his
own, but the indications OF an advance
towards recovery are as yet not apparent.
Yesterday another pus cavity in his neck
was opened, and a free discharge of matter
followed. This kind of thing may be re.
garded by the doctors as encouraging, but
to US it seems anything but favorable
symptom that the patients body should
be so full of pus. The food he takes in
deed appears to turn into this useless and
disagreeable stuff, instead Of into flesh.
He was yesterday no stronger, and all that
could be said was that he had not lost any
ground. He is evidently long way from
being out of danger, Colonel Rockwell and
other non.ofiicial enthusiasts to the con.
trary Notwithstanding.