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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16
A COIored Mans Account OF Liberia.

On Friday last, Elijah Gordon, col
ored, reached Hawkinsville, after an
absence of about ten years in Liberia.
He says that the emigrants on reaching
Liberia take the fever, and many OF
them die. Nearly all of them would re-
turn Immediately if they had the money.
He describes the climate as very warm
no difference between summer and
winter. Coffee and ginger are the only
money crops. The people live on fruits
and casadas," a kind of root some
thing like sweet potato. These crops
are never gathered, but taken from the
ground as they are wanted for food
Plows are not used in the cultivation OF
the land. He says a cotton seed planted
when they arrived ten years ago mades
large stalk, which grew like tree, ana
was still growing and bearing cotton
when he left. The people have no
stock. The natives subsist in nude
state, living upon the natural produces
of the land, and are separated by tribes
which hate each other, and are contlnu'
ally at war. He does not think tne
country is improving any, as the man
efforts of the immigrants, after they
have seen the country, are devoted 10
plans or means by which to obtain mon
ey to return to the United States
HdWkinStille (Ga.) Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16
A Wonderful Lake.

The Bodie (Cal.) Free Press pub
fishes the following description of Mono
Lake, a remarkable body of water:
Notwithstanding the steady influx of five
large fresh-water creeks and innumera-
BILE small streams, its bitter but pellucid
waters continue to give a sedimentary
analysis of 45 parts soda, 40 parts salt
and Is parts borax and lime; that the
lake is 20x19 miles in diameter and
more than 200 feet deep in places; that
it contains two large and several small
tufa islands, the first in magnitude hay
ing an area 1920 acres and the second
1900 acres; that upon the second island
is the crater of a volcano that was in ac-
tive eruption as late as 1858; that upon
the larger island and out 100 feet from
it, in 70 feet depth of water, are boiling
springs of asphalt, and that no living
thing exists in the waters of the lake
except the Piute shrimp, pink-eyed
worm which attains a length of about
three-fourths of an inch. The valley
commonly called desert surrounding
the lake is about 30x50 miles in dame
ter, and has at some not remote period
of the past been wholly submerged by
mineral waters similar to those which
now occupy the deeper portion of the
basin, as the water-mark along the
western wall is nearly 1000 feet above
the present surface of the lake.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16
A Fearful Half-hOur.

In the early days of the Cincinnati
Southern, before it had attained its
present system, and Immediately after
the road had been opened for traffic to
Somerset, occurred an event the recol-
lection of which even to this day serves
to bring out goose-fesh on those who
were cognizant of the impending disas-
ter.
Within a few days after passenger
travel began, the officers of the Southern
sent invitations for trip over the road
to all of Cincinnati's wealthiest men
and heaviest taxpayers, and on the
morning of the excursion dozens of car
riages left the Burnet House, the place
of meeting, and conveyed them across
the river to Ludlow, where the especial, :"
headed by No. 1, the crack engine, with
Mat Coombs at the lever, was in waiting.
Miles N. Beatty, now Superintendent of
the Southern Division, was conductor.
When all the excursionists were on
board, the engineer and the conductor
went into Dispatcher Cooledge's
office, where they read and signed the
following order and placed copies in their
pockets: I ...
"Meet and pass No. 9, north-bound
passenger train, at Williamstown."
To Williamstown,f for delivery to north
bound passenger train on arrival, was
sent the following order: a.
g, Conductor Meet and pass
south-bound special at Williamstown. ="
So that the situation stood thus-eith-
er train reaching the place indicated
first was to go on the siding and
wait there until the one COM
ing from the opposite direction had ar
rived and gone ahead on the clear track.
Of the wealthy passenger-load some
were seated chatting, others were stand
ing on the platform, and still others on
the summer-car, when, glancing up and
down his train, the conductor, finding
everything in good order and readiness,
waved his hand to the watching engi-
neer, and the special pulled out, slowly
at first, but as it moved on the speed in
creased until it went out of sight around
the curve a-flying, and q little later a
rumbling sound told of its crossing
the trestle, and that it was we'll and
fairly started on its way south. 1t was
understood that extra fast time was to
be made, and to offer no obstacle the
track had been cleared of everything
save the passenger train referred to.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16
The Plague.


This dread enemy of the human race
is raging at Nedjaf, in Mesopotamla
That town contains only few THOUSAND
inhabitants, but nearly sixty persons .
day were dying, at last accounts. une
of the advantages of living In thss'
modern times is, that before these ue'
structive pestllences reach civilized COM
munities, sanitary measures are lnaugTl,
ated to check their progress. lao
Turks are fatalists, and do not care !"
oppose the will of Heaven by tlgnIlnS
disease. Hence, if left to them aloG y,
this dreadful pestilence would MAKE ~
way to civilized nations. But, fortunSl1n,
ly, the latter believe in human as wen
as Divine providence, and they loIvV
the Turks to try and stamp out TINS u ilS
ease at its birthplace, and they genera1'g.
succeed. The modern civilized worlus
learning the lesson that God helps taoso
who help themselves, and that the pnyhs Y"
ical ills which effect humanity, can ~
relieved, if not entirely got rid OF, "
wisely directing human efforts. "non
this lesson is thoroughly understood co lut
munities will protect themselves III If
only against plaques, but agaln9Esas ,.s a,
manner of foul-air diseases. ! 1reO,
fourths of the disorders of mankind az, ~
preventable, if the environment OF ea'D
individual is properly looked ai'er'T
DemOTeSt'S M0nthiy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16
Joseph Sabine, the Noted BibIiopOlist.

Joseph Sabine, who has just died at
New York, aged 60, was placed by the
trade as the first book expert in the
country, and as perhaps the best book
auctioneer in the world, and to all Ii
brarians he is known as a great cata-
loguer. Born in Northamp tonshire,
England, his intimate acquaintance
with the rank and file of the vast army
of books with which the world is over
run was due in some measure to the
thorough training given by a long ap-
premiership to an Oxford stationer; but
the love of books for their own sake
seemed born in him and gave his knowl-
edge fullness and accuracy which no
amount OF mere persistence could have
conferred. He married at twenty-three
the daughter of an Oxford architect, but
soon after came to this country, intend
ing to farm it in Texas. Finding his
farm not next door to New York, as he
had thought it, he entered the service
of W. H. Appleton, the bookseller, then
of Philadelphia. In time he established
himself there as book importer, but at
the beginning of the war he opened
store in New York and began the great
est work he undertook, dictionary of
the titles of all books relating to Ameri-
ca. Thirteen volumes of this dictionary
have appeared, the last covering the
letter 0, and more than 100, 900 books
are named. Many stories are told of his
wonderful memory for books, which
might be called Photographic, so exact
was his recollection of the size and APP
pearance of thousands of volumes. He
astonished the New York book connois-
seurs at an auction once by bidding SO
for copy of "Smith's History of New
York." printed in London in 1853,
more than they could think it worth.
But when it was knocked down to him
he explained that it was printed on pa
per little wider than the ordinary edi-
ton, and he sold it for 5000. He could
recognize books even when wrapped up.
"Where are you going with that Ho-
garthp" he once cried to a passing
friend with a parcel under his arm,
though not of unusual size or shape. 1t
is said that he could walk by the shelves
of any large library and tell something
interesting about 10000 out of 100000
books. He bought for many libraries
and collectors and had the reputation
of compiling more catalogues than any
man in the country. At this, as well as
at great book sales, he made a great deal
of money, netting, it is thought, $4,000
out of the three Brinley sales; but of
late years the impracticability which
seems characteristic of bibliophiles has
lessened his prosperity. Though his
vitality has been recently impaired by
Bright's disease, of which he died, he
persisted in going to his store up to the
last for the companionship he found in
his rare volumes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16
Cotton Growing and Manufacturing at
the South.

The cotton crop last year reached the
unprecedented figure of 5, 757 1897 bales,
each of which was twenty pounds heav-
Ter than the bales of the greatest ante
war crop. The aggregate yield of this
great staple during the fifteen years fol-
lowing the war was larger by 100000
bales, and more valuable by nearly
100000, 900, than during the fifteen
years preceding the war. The crop of
The present year will be the largest
raised yet, and is expected to amount to
more than 100000 bales. Since 1870
the capacity of the Southern cotton
mills has increased from 1900 to more
than $1,000 looms, and from 100000 to
100000 spindles. Within the same pc
Rod the consumption of cotton has more
than doubled. twas As, 100000 pounds
in 1870, and in 1880 it had increased to
more than 1OO,000,000. The census re-
turns show that during the last decade
the South has made more rapid strides
in cotton factories than either the coun-
try at large or New England, the great
center of the industry in America. The
PROGRESS that it has made, and promises
to make, suggests the very important
INQUIRY whether the South has not at
last set out upon that course which in
time must lead to the achievement of
one of the great possibilities that nature
has put within its reach. That the
American cotton crop should be sent raw
to English mills, and returned manufac-
tured to Cisatlantic markets, is as abnor-
NAL and unnatural as that water should
run up hill.-NeW York Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16

to do the fighting. 1t would have been
10 better to have had small fire in
Ine rear, and let the men go there by
attachments and get warm, and not try
10 warm up the whole army at once.
Al the cadets said that an assault along
the whole line was the one thing which
could have restored Napoleon's adj
vantage at this juncture, and he was ac-
tually rising in his stirrups to order if.
when sutler burst at his side and COW
cred him with dirt and debris. and be-
lore he could recover Wellington opened
a tremendous and devastating fire upon
MIN from monStrous battery of vi
wanderers, and the star of the great
Captains glory set to rise no more. The
cadet wept while he told me these
mournful particulars.
When you leave the battlefield, al
ways leave it in good order. Remove
the wreck and rubbish, and tidy up the
place. However, in case of drawn
battle it is neither party's place to tidy
up anything. You can leave the field
looking as if the City Government OF
New York had bossed the fight. When
you are traversing the enemy's country,
in order to destroy his supplies and Grip
pie his resources, you want to take
along plenty of camp followers. The
more the better. They are a tremend.
ously effective arm of the service, and
they inspire in the foe the liveiest dread.
A West Point professor told me that
the wisdom of this was recognized as
far back as Scripture times. He quoted
the verse. He said it was from the new
revision, and was little different from
the way it reads in the old one. do not
recollect the exact wording of it now,
but l remember that it wound up with
something about such and such devas.
tating agent being as "terrible as an
army with bummers." believe l have
nothing further to add but this. The
West Pointers said private should pre-.
serve q respectful attitude toward his
superiors, and should seldom, or never,
proceed so far as to offer suggestions to
mis- Generalin the field. If the battle is not
being conducted to suit him, it is better
for him to resign. BY the etiquette OF
war it is permitted to none below the
rank of newspaper correspondent to die
tate to the general in the field.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Duke of Buccleuch has kept a
pack of hounds, and hunted them en-
tirely at his own expense, for tifty-four
years.
The simplest of small headstones
marks the grave of William Penn, in
Buokinghamshire, England. The only
inscription it bears is civilian Penn,
171S." 1t is almost hidden in grass and
wild flowers.
The Emperor William and King
John, of Abyssinia, have been eXchang-
ing gifts and affectionate messages
through DIR. Gerhard Rohlfs. The EN-
peror sent the Doctor all the way to
Abyssinia for no other reason than to
carry these evidences of friendship.
The editors of the principal Japan
csc newspapers have been fined for the
publication of a document addressed by
two of the Ministers to the Government
deprecating official trading and too
much paternal interference with trade.
The paper was surreptitiously obtained
by the leading metropolitan sheet, and
almost universally copied by the other
papers.
The Austrian Archduchess Isabella
was driving the other day beneath
steep cliff near the Danube. There is a
quarry in the face of the cliff, and as
the Archduchess's carriage passed under
it, huge block, weighing over two
tons, became detached and fell close be-
side the vehicle from height of over
forty-three yards. The Archduchess
was for time almost paralyzed at
recognizing the terrible danger from
which she had so narrow an escape.
Alexandra of Wales is repre- sented
as looking, at recent State ball, the
f'prettiest and most charming lady in
England" Her dress was of silver-gray
tule, embroidered in Greek pattern
with pearls, and caught here and there
with bouquets of silver daisies. The
Guile train was spangled with silver, the
corsage was studded with pearls and
diamonds, and the tiara that crowned
the Princess's soft brown hair was made
of the same precious stones. One gazes
at the slight, dainty figure and young
face and, with very strong effort of
memory, recalls that this is the mother
of a young man of seventeen, and four
other scions.
Mr.. Healey, the artist, says that
Prince Bismarck talks very rapidly and
with great freedom about men and
things. ''Wc talked much of Motley"
says Mr.. Healey, "of whom, strangely
enough, Bismarck could hardly speak
without tears. He was anxious to see a
portrait of the man for whom he had
had a very tender and prolonged friend
ship, and one morning | brought Mot
3ey's picture to him. He took it in his
hands and was quite overcome by the
sight of it. Bismarck repeatedly said
of Motley that he was one of the most
interesting men he had ever met.
subsequently painted portrait of the
'eminent historian for Prince Bismarck
Bismarck is so intensely individual that
he is very easy to paint. He was some
what nervous, but always willing to
agree to do exactly what the artist re-
quested him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16
Navajo ho, enacted a Low do,irno

Nevada has enacted law designed
to prevent opium smoking, which makes
the possession of opium or of an opium
pipe misdemeanor, punishable by fine
and imprisonment. The statute is very
obnoxious to the Chinese Six Compa-
MES of San Francisco, and interferes
with their profits, and they have retain
ed three leading lawyers, two of Cali
fornia and one of Nevada, to test the
law, and, if necessary, to carry the
question to the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04
CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The City Board of Education met per-
suant to adjournment Saturday evening.
Present. Messrs. Mesick, Stalker, Lord,
Hammer Butler, Tracy and Superintendent
Landes.
Application for the position of Census
Marshal was made by P. l.. Hickman, and
application was filed by Miss Lizzie Me-
Gam for position as a teacher.
Further consideration of the new rules and
regulations being the particular business for
which the meeting was had, Mr.. Stalker
previously read by Mr.. Mesick.
Mr.. Lord moved to amend to re-read and
adopt or reject seriatim. Carried.
The title page and rules one to six, inclu-
sive, were read and adopted.
The Board came to a dead lock, however,
on rule seven, which provides for Commit
tee on Examination and Promotion of Pupils,
to consist of the President (who shall be
Chairmanl, the Superintendent, and the
Chairman of the Committee on Course of
Study. Mr.. Butler moved to amend the rule
SO that the Committee on Examination will
consist of the entire Committee on Course of
Study, together with the President as Chair
man. Lost. Ayes-Messrs. Lord, Hammer
and Butler. Noes-Messrs. Mesick, Stalker
and Tracy.
A motion to adopt the rule was then lost.
Ayes-Messrs. Mesick, Stalker and Tracy.
Noes-Messrs. Lord, Hammer and Butler.
After considerable discussion, during
which those voting against the adoption of
the rule made no expression of their reasons
for so doing, Mr.. Mesick moved to postpone
further consideration of the rules and regu-
lations until there should be full meeting of
the Board. Carried. The Building and Re-
pairs Committee was instructed to view the
different locations offered for sale for school
lots and report The Furniture Committee
was instructed to have the school pianos
tuned and repaired.
L. A. Epson addressed the Board concern
ing the introduction of elementary instruc-
ton in the mechanic arts" in the schools, aud
presented each member with copy of a
magazine containing an article on the subject.
The Board then adjourned to meet next Fri.
day evening to again take up the rules and
regulations.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04
GENERAL NOTICES.
Nearly HaIf. Cen1nrx

1t IS now over forty years since BRISToLS
sARsAPARILLA and FILLS were first introduced
to the public, and now, after tina. long period of
trial, they universally admitted to be the hes. q
all remedies for impure blood and humors scrotula
old sores and confirmed rheumatism ap4.lt
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

Thomas Grace, while blasting logs for fire
wood on Thursday last, about mile from
Folsom, was severely burned upon the face,
neck and hands, from an accidental explosion
| Of q can of powder,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF BUSINESS,

II HAVE THIS DAY disposed OF MY COM.
4 mission and Fruit Business to S GERS0N Il
CO., and take pleasure to recommend my successors
to my friends and former customers. Thanking you
for past favors, respectfully solicit continuance
of your patronage for the new firm. Respectfully,
K. LEVY.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04
CITY AUDITORS REPORT.

E. H. Mckee, City Auditor, makes the
following report for the week ending Satur-
day, April 2, 1881:
Balance on hand last report. .........S $50, 703 81
Receipts for the week ............. 1880 So
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

The highest barometer during the past
month was 3O.414 and the lowest % 676.
There were frosts upon the 10th, 18th, 10Th
and 18th. Average hourly velocity and pre-
vailing wind for the month at 4:O2 A. M,
SIS miles, from the southeast; average hourly
velocity and prevailing wind for month at
1902 P. NJ, ~ miles, from the north aver
age hourly velocity and prevailing wind for
month at 500 p. NJ, g. miles, from the south
west. JAMES A. BARwICK,
Observer Sergeant, Signal Corps, U. S. a.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04
WEATHER REPORT FOR MARCH.

Following are the observations for March,
1881, together with comparative report for
the month of March from 1873 to 1881, in
elusive:
BAROMETER AND TEMPERATURE.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

Drink Halls Pepsin Wine Bftfers and
De happy and content. Cures dyspepsia or indiges-
tion. Absolutely pure. mr25u
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Rur the "I,oss.Cor,ee pat-I,nales

For oysters Cooked 20 Perfection, I'm
every style, or Genuine Porter House Steak go
to SHEARS Oyster Parlors (Clunie Block) Eighth
and X streets. All Liquors warranted pure mrlo I'm
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

Arnoid's Saddle Rock Oyster and Coffee
/ House, Second street. between j aud K Newly re-
built and retitted throughout mrS0-im
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

Go 10 the Lafayeis, 81. bet. Third and
Fourth, FOR fine Wins, Liquors and Cigars. TIE
Rest Billiard Take in town j. o. HECTOR. a173plm
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Fer Fine Cakes. Ice Cream. etc. go 30
HENRY FISHER, No. sos street, between Fifth
and sixth. fe23-lm
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

For The Rest and Cheapest Meals In
the city, 90 TO HENRY FISHER. fe23-lm
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

For the Choicest, Freshest. Homemade
Confectionery all kinds, IT lower prices than any
other house-wholesale or retail-cau at HENRY
FISHERS. fe25-lm
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

buy TIC " Isoss' tohee Pot.-tt makes The
best aud ciearest Coffee in two minutes. Manufac-
tured and Tor sale at the Cheap Tnware and Jobbing
Shop, 4l4 X St. bet. Fourth and Fifth Sacramento.
mrIl-Im
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

Referriag 10 the above notice, we
respectfully soil 1T continuance of the patronage
rangenents for Fruits, Vegetables, ETC., for the
coming season have been effeGted with the largest
growers in the State which viii enable US to supply
You with all you may need, at the shortest notice,
and st lowest market rates. Orders intrGsted to
us wiH receive our carsial and prompt attention
az. Spit Very respectfully, S. GfRS0N co.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

REDUCED Prices in ladies' and children's
he siery, at l.. Bien's, Eighth and J.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

LADIES, 90 and see how cheap dress-good
are sold at the Red House.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04
Ap7EaTIsEMENT MENTION.

Metropolitan Theater-Soldene Opera
Wilhelmj Concert Congregational Church.
A. o. U. w, Union Lodge-Funeral notice.
Attention Exempts-Meeting this evening.
Policy holders-From Insurance Commissioner.
Wanted Smart, active youth
First Ecclesiastical society-This evening
Funeral Eotice-Uuion Lodge, F. and A. NJ.
Business Advertisements
W. P. Coleman-Resl estate and insurance.
Bristors sarsapsrilla and Pills
Huntington, Hopkins & -sheep-shears.
John Eitel-Assayer and chemist.
Golden Eagle Hotel-Changed hands.
Red Houss-special notice to the ladies'
No Chsnge-Wilcox, Powers Co.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04

REMNANTS of cashmere, satins and silks
very cheap-at l.. Bien's. Eighth and j.
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New CAnBRIcs at L. Bien's.
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NEW PARAsoLs at L. Bien's