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Serious Runaway Accident.
PASSENGER LISTS,

OMAHA, November 1Ssh.-Left here to-day,
to arrive in Sacramento November 22i !:
DR.. S. d. Coggsweli and wife, San Francisco !;
G. G. O'Connor and wife, Belfast, Ireland !;
Captain S. P. Emmons, Georgetown, NJ. !;
Havsrly's Siberia Troupe, fifteen persons !;
Miss E. Benedict. Miss I. l.. Benedict, New
York w. L. Ballard, Montana; NJ. Hulings,
Forest HulingF, OIL City. Pa; Dr.. f. ID.
Bes5ell, Norwsik. Conn; J. NsUdein, Yoke.
hama; j. H. Tonlinsou, Portland, Or;
Mrs. a. J. Phillips, Carrie Phillips, Boston.
Mass; Mrs. S. Trusx, Wslla Walla; Shep-
ard Lsech, Emma Leech, Rockford, H.:
Chester Hitchcock, OakIaHd; Peter Fi.her,
Miss Luells Fisher, Miss Kate l.. Fisher.
Sayersville, n. J.
OMAHA, November 19!h.-Left here to-day.
to arrive in Sacramento November sd !:
Mrs. George Z. Harrison aud children,
Adrian. Mich; Mrs. KiDgsford and child,
Lem Sloss. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Sloss, Max
Sloss, Joe S!oss, Frank Livingstone, I. J..
Trssk, Grace Trask, Mabel Trask, William
Norris, Mrs. Norris. San Francisco; VIM.
Goldsteip, wife and child, F. Fl. White, Chi
cago; E. T. Reynolds and wife, CHEZ E.
Walters. New York VIM. Kohl, San NJ.
teo; E. B. Fisher, Massachusetts.
NEwHALL, November 19th.-Passad here
to-day, to arrive in San Francisco to morrow
George A. Aldrich and wife, San Francisco :
J. G. Dollmau and wife, Silver City, n. NJ ;
Mrs. NJ. L. Prescott Santa Ana Sister of
Charity, San Francisco; o. n. Wozercraft.
San Bsrnsrdino q. G. Kendall, Mexico ;
Mrs. NJ. L. Woods, San Francisco; Miss L.
L. McFarlsnd, Napa Adolf Bias. Guaymas ;
c. T. Mills. Brooklyn, Cal; Mrs. G.. +. Con.
rad, Chicago; Johu Day. Santa Monica w.
S. Maxwell, Los Angeles; F. C. COIN, San
Berrardiro Mrs. b. j. Richardson, Oak.
land; Mrs. j. Calwell, Edward johnson,
John Fure, San Francisco; L. 3. Rugsles,
Tombstone G. Kussilt, Tustin A. d. Hos :
kius. Santa Rosa; Ben Moore, Los Angeles :;
Thomas G.. Mayer, Denver; Frank Millen,
Tombstone Mrs. H. NJ. Newhall, San Fran.
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WESTERN STORIES oUrDoNs.

Newspapers in the West and South have
of late enjoyed monopoly of remarkable
stories of snakes and other desirable speci.
mems of natural history. That the North
may not be left behind in this respect, let
us consider the morsl teachings which are
presented by the summer boarder and
freshwater clam. Three years ago the
boarder in question, while straying along
the bed of stream that had been left par.
TALLY bare by excessive drought, discov-
cred, lying upon the sand, conchiferous,
bivalvular mollusk-vulg. clam-which
seemed to be in the last gasp from ex.
haustion and thirst. The kind. hearsed
stranger, pitying the sore strait of the un.
happy bivalve, at once took it up and cast
it into deep part of the water, and then
went away, forgetting the incident. A
week ago, however, as he was ENJOYING
his vacation, and was sitting near
the spot where the above described event
took place, he perceived clam laboriously
climbing out of the water and dragging it.
self over the sand. Arrived, with much
exertion, at the feet OF the amazed OBJ
server, the clam opened it's shell aad dis.
closed pearl as large as hazelnut, which
the gentleman did not hesitate to
appropriate. Thereupon the clam,
smiling clear away around to its
back hinge, returned to the water
and disappeared with a gurgle of satisfac.
ton. This affecting incident, besides
showing that even the humblest works OF
creation are capable of noble emotions,
teaches us the fine moral that we should
always be kind to animals, in which re-
spect it is much to be preferred to the
Southern and Western yarns referred to,
which seem devised simply to entertain
the minds of the frivolous, and convey no
edifying lesson at ALL Boston Journal.
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THE USUAL THING.

1t is being said. as usual, that the pros.
pect of Democratic Congress is frighten.
ing that peculiarly weak-minded ard timid
class known as the capitalists, and they
are, as usual, vaguely represented as anxi.
GUS to realize on their investments, or to
hold their hands on contemplated enter.
prises, until they know what the wicked
Democrats will do. This kind of news
paper talk, however, is becoming both
tiresome and silly. For it perversely
ignores the very obvious fact that the
Democratic successes indicate popular fears
of Republican Congress. Aud whoever
will take the trouble to review the past ten
years or so will discover that the country
really has had abundant cause for such
alarm and apprehension. Now it may very
easily be that the Democrats are as bad as
the Republicans. We believe them to be
equally affected by dry rot, in fact. But
they have not been in power, and their op.
ponents hare. And the late elections were
Judgments upon the party in power. The
only logical conclusion to be drawn from
these elections is that the majority, in the
States which have gone Democratic, be.
lieved themselves to be in less danger from
the Democrats than from the Republicans.
Such conclusion may be erroneous, but
at all events it is the popular decision for
the time being. And if the Democrats do
no more mischief than may consist in a
careful and thorough revision of the tariff,
We are inclined to think that there will
not be much reaction between the pres-
ent time and the next Presidential election.
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THE MaGdRRIC STORM.

Though the recent magnetic storm does
not appear to have been felt on this coast,
it covered very large area of the earth's
surface, having been experienced in Eu-
rope, and throughout the Eastern United
States, and as far west as Omaha. The extent
and force of this storm indicate causatiye
agency of abnormal power and intensity,
but until scientific men have acquired
clearer knowledge as to the genesis and ma.
ture of electricity and magnetism it will be
useless to speculate as to the significance of
the phenomena. The reference of these
magnetic storms to those mysterious per-
turbations Of the solar envelope known as
sun.spots, does not seem to bring us cny
nearer enlightenment. For though it is
possible to establish occasional coincidence
between magnetic storms and sun. spots.
the latter also occur at seasons when no
magnetic storms respond to them, while on
the other hand there are magnetic storms
when 10 new solar perturbations are visi
bic. The California scientist, with charac.
teristic cheerfulness and localization of i'm.
agination, hastens to suggest that magnetic
storms are precursors of earthquakes. 1t
happens, however, that in this instance
earthquakes have preceded the magnetic
storm, for within the past month smart
shocks have been recorded at many places
in this State. The frankest, if not the
most satisfactory way to treat these mag
netic phenomena, is to acknowledge can.
didly that we know nothing about their
origin. And that is the only perfectly &C.
curate answer that the most distinguished
man of science can give to questions on
this head.
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TIE HOLIDAY NUMBER.

In accordance with its annual custom, the RECORD
UNION holiday number viii appear on the list day OF
January, 1855. 1t viii be sheet of unusual size
1t will contliE number Of articles prepared e.
pecaly for it by writer's Of the highest ability and
of broad reputation scholars and advanced
thinkers These will be on topics Of profoundest n-
terest to the people. It will contain statistics oil
the wealth and production of the State, the inan-
cial CONDITION OF the commonwealth, the record Of
births, deaths and marriages for 1882, local sta
tistics tbecurrent news, choice miscellany market
reports and special articles of the highest import
ance and value to the reader. Au the usual feat
ures of the regular edition will be retained The
holiday REcokD-USIos will be found to possess
especial value paper to be sent abroad, repre-
sentative of this city and the State, and will form
the very best medium for business announcements,
it will have uppreeedentedly large circulation
Special arrangements being made to give that
issue the widest distribution given any similar
publication More detailed announcements as to
the specific character and great value OF the paper
will be made hereafter, and in time to enable orders
for extra copies TO be filed.
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EDUCATION In TIE ARMY.

The annual report of Chaplain Mullins,
in charge Of education in the army, shows
that there is very little education in the
army, not more than !, 800 men out of
%. 0G0 attending any school, even when
any schools are available. Whether if
more attention were paid to the education
Of the men tie standard of character in
the army would be raised, is perhaps
doubtful, because in the United States it
must for long time be almost impossible
to attract any of the better elements with
the military service. In country where al
most anyone can obtain comfortable live.
ihood If he is not afraid of work, and
where the love of independence is a ma.
tional characteristic, it must be very diff.
cult to keep the character standard of the
army high. Nevertheless, it has to be ad.
mitted that very little has hitherto been
done to make army life attractive to bet
ter class. For instance, in recent ex-
animation of the causes of desertion, which
is an evil very prevalent in the army, it
was suggested that the practice Of stopping
the recruits pay until he had cleared off
the account for his clothes and equipments,
tended to make the men disconnected. We
should think it might do so. Certainly
when men find that they must go
several months without q cent of pay,
at the very outset of their mill.
tary life, they must be born to the
philosophers gown if they are not dis
contented. Add to this the brutalizing
dullness of army life at frontier posts dur
ing the greater part of the time, and it
will be understood that the attractions to
that life are not great. In Europe the
governments make great exertions to
render the life of the soldier as pleasant as
possible. They provide instruction for
him in many branches Of knowledge
They enable the private to earn promo
ton by educating himself, if he has the
application and ambition. But we act as
though We were half ashamed and half
afraid of our army. We know that it is
necessary, but we try to make it as little
useful as possible, by cutting down its
numbers, and though we provide ample
instruction for officers, we leave the rank
and file without any, or next to none. We
are therefore glad to ses that many officers
have joined Chaplain Mullins in recon.
mendipg that education should be com.
pulsory in certain elements of the army,
and that Congress should authorize the
employment of one hundred and fifty
teachers, with the rank and pay of COM
missary sergeants. This at least would be
a good beginning.
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EGYPTIAN WITNESSES,

1t is now stated that the assertions Of
Suleiman Daoud as to Arabs completely
in the burning of Alexandria and the at.
tempt to murder the Khedive, sre not
credible, the gentleman who makes the
charges being most accomplished liar.
But it is added that Arab himself has
precisely the same distinguished reputation
for msndacity, and that therefore his de.
mails OF Suleiman's stories are equally un-
trustworthy. Unjust be remembered that
Oriental races do not regard lying as i'm.
moral, but they have genuine respect for
first class fabricator. OF course this lit
tie popularity makes it rather difficult to
get at the actual facts in a trial like this of
Arab, and the more so since there is good
reason to believe tia. the Egyptian Gov.
ernment does no. desire to go deeply into
the past.
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TIE NOZZLE COCK.

The cock is an important bird. He is
historical. A cock assured Themistocles
of his victory over Xerxes. Aristophanes
tells US that he reigned supreme over Per.
STA before the time of Darius and Megaba-
gus. Numa Pompilius was inspired by a
cock, and Romulus was influenced by the
same bird IN his decisions as to the site of
Rome. He was sacred to Mars, Apollo,
Mercury and 4E.culapius. Mohammed
found cock in the first heaven, SO huge a
bird that his crest touched the second
heaven. The Moslem doctors say that
Allah lends willing ear to him who reads
the Koran, to him who prays for pardon,
and to the cock, whose chant is divine
melody. When this cock ceases to crow the
day of judgment will be at hand. The
cock on church spires is to remind men not
to deny their lord as Peter did. Peter lie
Neve says that the cock was the warlike
ensign OF the Goths, as it is to the present
day OF the Malays, and that, therefore, it
was put up in Gothic churches for orna.
ment. The Growing of the cock has always
exercised an indefinable influence on man
kind /; it covered the shutting Peter with
shame it has furnished innumerable poets
with stocks of phrases it has ever become
a means for the expression of Parliamentary
opinion. In some places, it is true, the
cock is regarded with not altogether unma-
levolent sentiments. An African tribe
complains bitterly that it was all through
the cock that they remained black and diff.
ferent from the rest of mankind. The
great creating Spirit, it is said,
set himself during the daytime
to model the human race. By
shutdown he had fashioned about fifty diff.
ferent figures out Of clay, but they were all
more or less brown, and some of them were
quite black. He set them up in row and
inspected them before it got quite dark,
and then it appeared that they would look
better if they were white. So he mixed a
great pot of whitewash, and set about
daubing them by the light of the moon.
But it was troublesome work, and he did
not get on very fast. At last, when he
had still score or more to whiten, day
dawned and the cock crew, and he came to
the conclusion that the rest must remain as
they were. And so it has come to pass
that some of the races Of mankind are red
and brown, while the poor negro has re-
manned quite black-and all through
troublesome cock, who would crow when
he was not wanted. Il The Saturday Re-
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SUMMONS.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAC
- ramento.-In the Superior Court in and
for said county: The People OF the State of Cali
fornia to JAMES HALPiN, MARY OBRIEN, SAC
RAMENT0 LUMBER COMPANY and Lee
LAND HOWE, greeting: You are hereby no.
titled that an action was commenced in
the Superior Court OF the county Of Sacramento
State aforesaid, by the fling OF a complaint in
the Clerks office, OF said Court, the 9th day Of
SEPTEMBER, 1852, in which action ELIZABETH
REf is Plaintiff, and YOU are defendants
That the general nature of the action, as appears
from said complaint, is fellows To recover
Judgment against defendant JAMES HALPIN for
Sj46 so in gold con and interest the sum of $500
at 1871 per cent per annum from September 81, 1882
and to obtain decree that said judgment il a lien
Epon certain real estate hereinafter described and
further decree that the defendants MARY O'BRIEN.
SACRAMENTO LUMBER COMPANY and LILA = ID
HOWE have liens on SAID premises subordinate to
plaintiff Also, TO obtain decree Of this Court for
the foreclosure Of ceretin mortgage eXecu ed by
the said JAMES II NLPIS on the I7lh DAY OF Dr.
GENDER, 1881, to secure the payment of promis-
sorry note for 5000 with interest payable Qua trly
Isl per cent. per annum. And the premises con.
veyei by said mortgage, to wit The north one
fourth of lot number four in the block bounded BY
and Q and Fifth and Sixth street, IN the city of
Sacramento, in said county ard State, be soJ, and
the proceeds applied u the OF the expenses
OF SALE the costs Of this action and the amount
found due. and in case such pr ceeds sutfi-
Gent to pay the same, that judgment be docEeted
against JAMES HALPIN for the balance remaining
due; and Also that the said GeiendaEt AID all per
sons claiming by, through under them may be
barred and erec,osed OF ell right title, claim lien
equity of redemption, and interess in and to said
mortgaged premises, aud for other and further
reliet. And You hereby directed to appear
and answer said complaint within ten DAYS from
the service of this writ. exclusive of the day of
service, if served On you in said county of Sacra
mento; and within thirty days exclusive of the day
of service, If served elsewhere aud you are further
notified that unless you appear and answer within
the time above specified, the plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in said comp amt
In testimony whereof, l, Thomas II. Berkey, Clerk
of the Court aforesaid, do hrreunto set my hand
and affix the seal Of said Court this 9th day OF
SEPTEMBER, A. d. 1882.
[sEAL.l THOS. II. BERKEY, Clerk
By CHAs. NJ. CoGLAN, Deputy Clerk
FREEMAN & BATES, Att'ys for Plaintiff.
n2O-IaHl0HM
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The MOUSE AND THE Iona lion
who had lived for several years in a certain
neighborhood and gained general respect
for the manner in which he had conducted
himself, was suddenly made the object OF
ISLANDERS and abuse. When he came to
trace these stories back he found that thew
had been started by mouse.
"Why have you slandered 2" de.
manded the lion.
because the people will only accept me
as a mouse" was the reply.
I" Bot am to blame for that ?"
Perhaps not; but why shoald you be a
lion, able to strike down the OK, while l
am but puny mouse able only to friehten
women and children? What grieves me is
the fact that nature made mistake"
Every well, said the king of beasts /;
"you go forth and roar and kill, and will
become mouse"
The mouse stalked into the forest and
began to growl and roar, but his efforts
were received with laughter. After he had
tried it again and again, the owl dropped
down beside him and observed:
"Instead of making me afraid, you
only disturb my slumbers and annoy my
friends. Come inside, out of the malaria. !"
Moral.-The mouse who nibbles at
crumbs is doing all that is expected of him.
Secondly-He who looks for the mis-.
takes of others shows the world his envi
GUS feelings. Detroit Free Press.
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CHRISTMAS STORY.

Ia the Christmas number of the RECORD UNION
will apper Christmas story, written for this jour
nal by one of the most talented and popular of Eu.
ropean noyelists. 1t will be complete in that num-
Der, and will probably occupy between fourteen and
fifteen columns. 1t will be found to be deeply in
terestiug romance, strong in character sketches,
powerful in its descriptive phases and to have plct
most natural and OF thrilling interest. 1t will
IN all respects be the leading and most attractive
Christmas story published in any news journal of
ha
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Resignation OF a Pastor" Statues On
the Warpath.

Resignation OF a Pastor" Statues" ON
tae Warpa;h.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 19.h.-Rey. Dr.
). Z. Sprecher, pastor of the First Preshv.
terrain Church of Oakland, formally rendered
his resignation this morning from his pulpit.
explaining at the same time that he wonld
accept the call of Calvary Presbyterian
church of this city.
Tonight Captain F. I. Henry, of the bark
Cassandra Adams, and Captain w. II. Pierce
OF the Hagers.own, were walking down Bush
street, after having visited the minstrels,
when Captain Pierce was assaulted and
Knocked down bya gang of "theater statues y
and Captain Henry was struck over the head
with cane, and sustained a severe scaln
wound.
Young Man Hurt-A Fine
SAN Francisco, November 19sh.-l'his
morning young man named VIM. Buckley
while attempting to leave a moving train Ia
Oakland, was thrown violently to the eround
striking on his head and sustaining concns'
sion Of the brain. He remained unconscious
some hours, but was slowly recovering at last
accounts.
The British ship Garfield which arrived in
this port yesterday morning from Newcastle.
n. 5. W., with large cargo of coal. is, with
one exception, the largest steel sail vessel
ahoat. She was launched ct Belfast, Ireland
last January, and has registered tonnage of
2.2O9. She is said to be one Of the finest sail
ing vessels ever built.
Chinese Charitable Compact.
SAN Francisco, November 19th.-The six
big Chinese companies of this city have con.
solidated, or rather entered into general CO.
operation compact for charitable purposes
The object of the compact ia to take care Of
such OF their destitute cougtrynen who NAV
be sick or disabled, or who should meet with
any accident which would deprive them of
the ability to labor and provide for them
selves.
The Steamer Eewbern.
SAN Francisco. November 195h.-The
steamship Newbern, which went eff the north
ways sometime ago snd took plunge in the
mud, will soon be fioated off, and will 90 into
the dry-dock at Hunters Point for repairs.
A Woman and Her Two Sons Arrested for
in-wrecking.
Los ANGELES, November 195b.-R. A.
Ling, a special detective from this city, and
Len. Harris, detective of the Southern Pa
ciic Railroad, srrestel yesterday At San Cor
gonio Pass woman named Lucy Tutaine
and her two sons, eyed 16 and IL for attempt
ing to wreck the passenger train on Monday
night last. The capture was a very clever
piece OF detective work. The parties are
supposed to be the same who have been the
perpetrators Of the several wreckings which
have occurred at this point during the past
three years. The woman Tutaine was the
terror of her neighbcrhood. and her arrest is
greeted with much delight by her neighbors.
Serious Runaway Accident.
YREKA, November 19sh. = A teamsser
named Lewis F.hl driving four-horse team
with load of barley from here to Etna, in
Scott valley. had both legs broken and one
horse killed By the team running off and up
setting the wagon near the front of the grace
on the Scott valley side of the divide. The
accident occurred about 3 o'clock this after
noon.
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APPARENT SIZE OF MAGNIFIED OBJECTS.
Professor w. II. Brewer reported to the
American Association concerning some ex.
periments he had made upon the estima-
ton by different persons of the sizs of i'm
ages of objects seen through the micro
scope. More than 100 persons, of all ages,
classes and occupations, gave very many
different estimates. A common louise was
used as the test-object, and the msgnitied
image was projected at ten inches. By far
the larger number of persons underesti-
mated the size value theoretically given
the image by scientific microscopists, which
was about &c inches. Two estimates
were Of only an inch several were of more
than . foot. One student hkened the figure
to cockroach, another to a lobster. Me-
ohanics and artisans generally overesti-
mate. A drsughtsman, who was accus.
toned to measure and draw all his work,
after careful examination, said the image
was at least five feet long A professor Of
physics said he could make the image look
of any size he wished.
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l. j. Rose, wellknown grape grower of South
ern California reports to the State vticultura As
sociation that his observation convincss him that
Caifornians are gong into the winegraps business
too largely that the product of wine grapes is GER
tain to exceed the demand and that the result must
BE- disastrous. There can be no doubt of the COR
rectness of Mr.. Roses statement; this doubling the
vineyards each year is unwise
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honest and sincere, but that he is really
unable to RECOGNIZES those broad generalities
upon which the convictions of the masses
of men rest, and which, for them, suffice
to determine as between the right and
wrong Of everything.