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HENRY CLAY AND his INDIANA WINE,

Writing of wine reminds me that the
i first made in the West was at Vevay, Ind.
where the first settlers-Swiss, if / mistake
not, to remind them of their old home
planted the vine and raised grapes and
pressed them into wine. heirexperiment
was a success, and when this was assured
few bottles of the first vintage was sent
as present to Henry Clay, at that time,
and, indeed, in all time, the peculiar eulo-
gist and friend of the great West. The
gift of this wine to Mr.. Clay gave rise to
humorous incident much talked of at the
time. and which Mr.. Clay, it is said, ac-
knowledged to be founded on fact. The
wine he found to be really excellent. Two
bottles he resolved to take with him to
Washington to show his fellow.members
how great q wine country the Western
States would be in the near future. He
had the bottles carefully put in what he
supposed to be secure place in his cellar.
for transmission to Washington the sue.
ceeding December, when he went to Con.
gress. So careful was Mr.. Clay of the
precious contents that, travelling in his car
riage, he allowed no one to handle the bot
he presented to Mr.. Madison, then Presi.
dent, and they were opened at grand
dinner given to Mr.. Clay and to his native
wine. Explaining the fact that the grapes
were grown and the wine pressed On the
Ohio river, small portion was poured out
for each guest. Most of those tasting it
said it was very good others that it was
exquisite. A Western member, an honest
old farmer, said nothing. Mr.. Clay, who
had not tasted the wine, asked his col.
league what he thought of it. "It may
be very good wine" was the reply, "but
to me it tastes like Kentucky whisky, and
very poor stuff at that" Mr.. Clay seized
glass, and, tasting it, it flashed through
his mind how and why it had been tam
pered with. His sons had discovered its
hiding place in the cellar and had drank
the contents of both bottles and filled
them with whisky. For moment after
the discovery Mr. Clay was speechless, but
by the time the roars of laughter had sub.
sided he was ready for the emergency, and
told how, as he supposed, and by whom
the change from wine to whisky had been
made. And he spoke, too, of the great
care he had taken to prevent the bottles
from being broken during the entire jour-
ney from his home to Washington. This
he did in manner so humorous that not a
man present regretted the loss of the wine,
and no dinner party of that day, or per-
haps since, gave rise to ss much real fun as
that of President Madison to Mr. Clay and
his Vevay (Indiana) wine. The boys at
homo were not punished for the trick per-
petrated, and in after life Mr.. Clay used to
tell of it as one of thu best jokes of the
season, although perpetrated at his ex-
pense.-[Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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SUPREME COURT.
Is BkSR.

SATURDAY, May 10, 1883
Court met at 10 A. NJ Present-Mckee, Acting
Chief Justice, presiding; HcKnstry, j.; Thornton,
j.; Myrick, j.; Ross j.; Williams, Deputy Clerk
Kewen, Baf
Tx parte Marks, on habeas corpus-General Nc
Comb and E. Marks were introduced and examined
in behalf Of the petitioner, and W. A. Anderson
and S. Cohen for respondent. Cause argued by Holl
for petitioner, and Hart for respondent, and re-
spondent allowed ten days to f!e briei, and petit
toner ten days to reply, cause to be submitted
thereon.
Ex parte Kaye, on habeas corpus-Argued by Holl
for petitioner and Carey for respondent Respondent
granted time to amend return, by fling copy of
complaint and certified copy OF minutes and docket,
cause TO be submitted thereupon.
7894-Gardner Omnibus Railroad Company
Petition for rehearing denied. The Court.
S6z0-Estate Of Suez Magee, deceased-The decree
is reversed, and the Cause remanded, with instEuc
tons 70 render decree in accordance with this
opinion. Myrick, ]. We concur Mckee. j.;
Thornton, j.; Sharpstoip, j.; Ross, ].
Estate OF Scarboro-Ordered thst the appellant
herein be granted ten days further time from date
in which TO prepare, serve and file transcript. Nc
Kee, j.; Thornton J.; Myriek, j.; Ross. J.
Adjourned until Tuesday, az 10 Z.
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nyslc OF oaR HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Music is better test of the moral cult
ure of an age than its painting or its sculpt-
ure, or even its architecture. Music, by
its nature, is ubiquitous, as much almost as
poetry itself, IN one sense more so, for its
vernacular tongue is common to mankind.
Music in its nature is social it can enter
every home, it is not the privilege of the
rich and thus it belongs to the social and
domestic life Of people, IS painting and
sculpture, the arts CT the few, never have
done or can do. It touches the heart and
character as the arts of form have never
sought to do, az least in the modern world.
When we test the civilization of an age by
its art we should look to it's music next to
its poetry, and sometimes even more than
to its poetry. Critics who talk about the
debasement of the age when church ward.
ems built those mongrel temples must as
suredly be deaf. Those church wardens
and the rest of the congregation wept as
they listened to Handel and Mozart. One
wearies of hearing how grand and precious
a time is ours, now that we can draw
cornhower right. Music is the art of the
eighteenth century, the art wherein It
stands supreme in the ages perfect, COM
plete and self-created. The whole gamut
of music Except the plain song, part song,
dance and mass) is the creation of the
eighteenth century opera, sonata, con.
certo, symphony, oratorio; and the full
chorus, march and fugue, all belong to that
great songs, of the majesty OF those full
choirs, of the inexhaustible melody of
their operas, and all that Bach, Handel,
Gl--oI- and ri
of Beethoven gave us, it is strange to hear
that that age was dead to art. Neither
the age which gave US the Madonnas and
Reims and Westminster Abbey, nor even
the age which gave US the Parthenon, did
more for humanity than the age to which
we owe the oratorios and the operas, the
sonatas, symphonies and masses of the
great age of music. Not merely was mu-
sic of the highest order produced, not
merely did that age create almost all the
great orders of music, bnt the generation
gave itself to music with G passion such as
marked all ages wherein art reaches its
zenith. When Handel and Buononcini,
Gluck and Piccinni, Farinelli and Caffa-
relli divided the town, it was not with the
languid psrtisanship which amuses our
leisure, but with the passions of the Red
and Green factions in the circus of Byzan-
tium. England, it is true, had few must
clans of its own, but Handel is for practi-
cal purposes an English musician, and the
great Italian singers and the great German
masters were never more truly at home
than when surrounded by English admit
rera. Our people bore their fair share in
this new birth Of art, especially if our ma
tional anthem was really the product of
this age. And not our people only, but
the men of culture, Of rank, of power and
the Court itself. And the story that the
King caused the whole house to rise when
the hallelujah chorus was heard Is happy
symbol of the enthusiasm of the time.
Frederick Hansen, in the Nineteenth
Century.
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TEE oEAne, oH1apApzEg AND GORILLA

The orang is perhaps one of the most
celebrated of apes The average hight is
about A feet. The arms are relatively
long, but the legs are by no means dispro.
portionately developed. The thumb and
great toe are shortened, and the foot can
not be placed fiat on the ground. The
orang is Q vegetable feeder, and appears to
be of quiet and peaceful disposition, al
though when driven to bay, as in incidents
related by A. I. Wallace, this ape may
prove itself to be a most formidable oppo-
nent The chimpsnzee and gorilla are in
cluded in one genus (1roglodytesl, and in
habit the same region, namely, the inter
tropical parts of Western Africa. The 60
rilla (Troglodytes gorilla is by far the
largest of the man-like apes, the average
hight being about five feet, or even more.
The erect posture is readily assumed by the
gorilla, the foot being broad, and capable
of supporting the weight Of the body.
The aspect OF the gorilla is both terrifying
and repulsive. The great shaggy head, the
overarching eyebrows and their ridges, the
full glsring eyes, the prominent and widely
separated nostrils, and the implied muscu'
larity of jaws and body justly serve to
rendsr this great ape formidable antago.
mist to his higher neighbor, man himself.
The two living specimens of the gorilla
which have had the opportunity of in
specting were both young forms. One of
these was the famous Pongo, which was
exhibited in London some years ago. The
other specimen was still younger gorilla,
whose acquaintance made in Liverpool in
1881 Bothspecimens were tame. Pongo be-
ing particularly playful aud demonstrative.
But even in the Young condition there was
no mistaking the air of latent ferocity
which these apes possessed, and the I'M
certain tempers of each specimen bore tes-
timony to the strongly and purely animal
nature which few additional years wonld
doubtless have developed in all its typical
strength. The cbimpanzee (Troglodytes
n,ger) attsina an average hight of a feet,
and is usually larger than the orang. In
many respects, and especially in its mental
aspect, this ape is the most man-like of the
anthropoid species. The erect posture is
readily assumed either in standing or in
walking, and the habitual attitude of these
apes, namely. that of resting on the
knuckles, is perhaps most typically seen in
the chin panzse The thumb and great toe
exhibit full development.-[ Gentle
mans Magazine
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THE DRINKERS MUST Go.-The Presi-
dent of one of the roads running into In.
dianapolis is quoted as saying that the time
was rapidly approaching when no man
would be employed in railroad service on
first. class road who drank whisky or gam
bled. He for year past had made it a
rule to discharge any man in their service
who he heard had been on spree, as it is
termed, and he now proposed to draw the
lines tighter even in this respect. He
added that he noticed some of the West
ern papers were questioning the rights
of employers to interfere with the private
affairs of those who serve them. As far
as these private habits affect the business
interests of the employer, he would GER
tainly seem to have that right. No rail.
road corporation would feel safe to trust
important matters to men who drink and
gamble. Such men are not competent to
attend to their own affairs, and cannot ex-
pect the confidence of employers or of the
general public. L Railway Passenger Agent.
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rHz DUNN CASE.

The killing of Elliott. the bruiser, by
Dunn, the bruissr, in Chicago, some
months ago, was brutal and indefensible
murder, of peculiar atrocity. Elliott was
the enemy of Dunn. Both were
roughs, without whom society would
be better eff. Elliott was in
saloon dining. He was near.sighted
man. and as such at disadvantage. Dunn
entered the room and fred at him, did al
the shooting that was done, and killed his
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-21

Mr.. GLADSTONE has surprised the country by re-
fusing to consider the defeat Of the affirmation bill
a rebuke sufficient to justify his yielding up his
portfolio The matter is becoming tiresome. All
has been said that car be said on either side, and
there is nothing to be added to the argument ad-
duced. It is now question of English stubborn
ness. Mr. Gladstone, in the estimation of tolerant
people, occupies the correct position On Saturday
printed extracts from his speech on the bill on
its nal call in the Commons, and the selections will
enable the reader to easily define the broad and
tolerant position the Premier occupies and in tax
ing which history viii justify him
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NIGHTS DISPATCHES

Ann Eliza Young Married Again-snow
In the West-MIlwaukee's Female Law
yer-The Northwest Cyclone-shoOtiBg
ARRAY in Chicago Number One" In
New York-Disastrous Flood In Dakota
English Capitalists Investing In Amer.
lean Land-Items OF Foreign News-Etc.
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THE Petslums Argus declares in favor of high
license, saying: ''whatever may be the private
opinion of men the abstract proposition of liquor
drinking, no one will deny the proposition that high
license is better for the morals of every community
than low license; that high license will put more
money into county and town treasures than low
license"
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CLOSING OF SCHOOLS.

ATA SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY
"A Board of Education, held Saturday evening,
Ungraded School No. was granted vacation for
to-day, but which will resume its sessions tomor-
row All the other schools are granted vacation
for to morrow (Tuesday) on account OF the Annual
Picnic Of the Imp'd o. r. NJ By order OF the Board
m2I.2t LIB. C. It'll j R LAME. Sunerintendent.
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no FLOWERS. j"
the land.

A card of invitation received day or
two ago TO attend the graduating exercises
of class in young ladies' collegiate insti.
tute bore in the corner the words, "No
flowers" They were suggestive of a re-
form that should long since have been made
effective. The practice has been to make
graduating class exercises too much of a
show The intellectual has been lost in dis
play ;the young woman who wore the richest
robes and received the largest number
of rare floral tributes, outshone her
poorer classmates, whose poverty and
friendliness became all the more apparent
by contrast, and whose intellectual abili-
ties, if ever so superior, failed to command
for her attentions and plaudits such as
were bestowed upon her more favored
companions. "No flowers should become
the rule for all school commandments. Let
the children OF rich and poor come forward
for the certificates they have won, undis-
tinguished by outward forms of approval
and affection. They should, for once,
stand upon level of the breadth of which
worth should be the only measure. Most
school social influences should be boxed
up aud put away against the day when the
pupil is freed from the tutors authority.
There should be no social leading, no social
ranking in the school, and every matter
and thing tending to distinguish scholars by
reason of exterior social relations should be
rigidly excluded. We like the idea of the
faculty of that New York college which
requires the young ladies Of the school to
appear on Commencement day in dresses
precisely alike, and such as the faculty
prescribe, and Of very inexpensive char
acter. One of the chief causes that make
collegiate or academic course so much
more expensive to parents for daughters
than for sons is the tyranny of
dress. There would seem to be no reason
why economical toilets should not rule in
girls schools why sach pupils should not
De uniformed as well as boys. II the mat
ter of over. dressing in term time and show
and parade on Commencement day can be
eliminated, the thoughts of girls will be
given more seriously to study-at least
their attention will be less drawn from the
true purposes for which they are in the
school. Because a young womaf is in
school, it must not be expected that she
will be any less moved by desire to out
shine her comrades, and just as much time
and thought as is permitted for such rivalry
is stolen from her studies. The rule adopted
in many Catholic schools for girls in this
country, in many public schools for young
women in England, and very many girls
schools in France-that which requires
pupils to be uniformed, and prohibits any
distinctive marks to indicate riches or
povertv. is the proper rule.
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THK San Francisco Bulletin believes that if we
were rid of the Chinese, smallpox would disappear
from amongst US. We are not informed of the
basis of this belief Since we had smallpox and
since it was more deadly years ago than now, the
Bulletin, il it has information the subject Of its
decline with the emigration of Chinese, should give
it. The matter is certainly an interesting one.
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re DAILY RECORD UNION


All communications for publication, and all
etters upon business with this Office, should be
addressed RECORD UNION, WEEKLY UNION, or The
Sacramento Publishing Company.
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coRoEERs' vEsDIcfs.

Because of the disclosure in San Fran
cisco that brokerage business has been
carried on in packing Coroners juries and
insuring their verdicts, disposition has
been made manifest to renew the warfare
against the Coroners' jury system. The
system has very often been attacked, but
has for ages withstood all assaults. There
must be some method of ascertaining the
causes of death, where physicians GER
tificate is not procurable, or where the cir
cumstances OF the death are such as to de-
mand inquiry into the question to de-
termine whether blame is to be placed
upon any person. The result of the Coro-
ner's inquest can have no influence upon
the regular course of justice. An inquest
Is held TO perpetuate facts as much as to
disclose them. It is a summary proceed.
ing without the restrictions that surround
usual legal methods. Those who would
have the system abolished must present
something better in its stead, for the in
quiry into the cause of death can never be
abandoned. If for jury inquiry they
would substitute inquiry by designated
officers, the question of venality would
not be removed, and the officials named
would, after all, constitute jury. The
jury system lie, we believe, the better sys-
TEN and less liable TO abuse and corrup-
ton than if the inquiry into the cause of
death is submitted to one or more regular
officials, 1t is not sound reason for as
saulting q system, that bad men in few
cases have abused and prostituted it.
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RELIABLE reports from Consul-General Merritt
disclose that the distress in ireland, while consider
able, has not been 50 great as represented. The
news Is gratifying to the friends of humanity.
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For the delicate and complicated Difficult.
ties peculiar TO women, Lydia &. Pinkhsn's
Vegetable Compounds the sovereign remedy.
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MOTHER SWANS WoRNlSYRUP, for feysrish.
ness, restlessness, worms, constipation. Tasts-
less, 25c.
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SATURDAY, Nay 70, 1883.
sslO-McPherson vs.. Weston ct ai.-Ordered that
respondent herein have 20 aa3 including Thursday,
May q, 1883 " which to ssfye and file his supple
mental brief. The Court.
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Germania Building and Loan
ASSOCIATION.

TgyHE MONTHLY INsTALLMENTs AND IN
I terest will be due and payable TO-DAY
(NIonday), May 81, 1888. The Secretary will
be ready to receive the same at the Office, No. 1905
Fourth street, from 10 A N. to 3 P. NJ, ard in the
evening from to o. G. WEISEL, President.
II. }. GOETHE, Secretary. m21-ltr
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fT Feather, ribbons, velyets csn all te
coio-sd to match that new nat by nsing the
Diamond Dyes. 10 cents for ary coeer.
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Conscious of its failure to awaken enthusiasm on
purely political grounds, the San Francisco Exan-
iaer has taken to working the anti.railroad lead
again.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-21

a rich strike in the Mount Hops mine at
Grizzly Flat was made recently.
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SULLIVAN, Of '' Pinaiore fame, has been knighted
who shall say that kings and princes are migrate
fuI?
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The Apaehes-GeneFas GreoEs
CHIHUAHUA Mex J, May 19th.-Sixty In.
diaus coming from the United States passed
near Carmen on tie 19sh, At MsEne's pas !
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NEW YoBK. May 10Th Your correspond
ent has eean Patrick joseph Perry lyman il
New York within the last forty -eight hours.
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The Star Route Case.
WASHINGTON, May 10th.-Ingersoll ex-
poets to occupy two or three days of the
present week before concluding. He said to
an Associated Press reporter tonight that his
argument would be the last made by the de-
Tense. Merrick would follow for the prose.
cution. and would speak four or five days,
after which the Judges charge to the jury,
to be followed, perhaps, by IA argument OF
the law as laid down in the charges. He
thought the case would be given to the jury
during the first week of Juns.
ElIIetrs Friends Indignant.
NEW YORK, May 20th.-The acquittal of
Jere Duap, on trial foK numbering Elliott,
has aroused the utmost indignation among
the friends of Elliott in this city, and many
Of them predict that it would be unheslthy
s. for Dunn to come to New York" They
say Dunn has got rid of four men now, and
he won't wind up until he has laid his dozen
low. When he killed Logan in Houston
street in 1869 he shot him down while walk
ing along the sidewalk. Logan had no
chance. Dunn followed the same plan with
Elliott.
The Idiots Still "Kicking."
NEw York, May 20th.-The delegates of
the Central Labor Union today decided to
issue proclamation asking that sll working.
of opening the East river bridge, because the
Trustees refused to change the day to some
other date than the Queens birthday.
Destructive Forest Fire.
MONTPELIER (Vt.), May 20th.-The most
disastrous forest FIRE that ever occurred in
Vermont started yesterday in the vicinity of
Groton. An immense tract wss burned over
and q large amount of property destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $50, COO.
ThermometricaI.
New YORK, May 20th.-Highsst tempera-
ture, to-day. 7S' lowest, 53'. Colder rainy
weather is promised.
CHICAGO, May 2Osh.--Highest temperature
to-day, 61'; Lowest. S9'.