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, 1884-11-22

fCor. Locomotive Engineers Journall
Leaving Salida we have TO ua two large
mogul engines to take US over Marshall pass,
a gra lie twenty-six miles long and 2l7 feet to
the mile. winding around twsntysix degree
curves. On one side you look down 1900
feet, whils by look NJ up on the other side OF
che train you can SEQ rocks hanging over you
more than a miie high. ona Of the grandest
sight that a man ever saw worth the
time and expense OF any man. Forty-four
miles Is counted a days work on this divis-
lon for enginsers. sud their monthly earnings
amount 70 from sl0l TO eZ25, aud the risks
they run and ability that are required IL
worth all tho money th3y get
II Is here that our old fr.snd @Curieys
Whitney had his runaway. Curisy was
coming down this grade when his brakes got
out OF order and his train got the start Of
him. Ho was running as second section. aud
seeing no hopes OF avoiding a collision by
dash ng into the train ahead. he and his ars
man after doing all they could to check the
spsed OF their train jumpsi of and lst it %.
Ahead of them on the hrt section was ono OF
those ever wids-awake, careful men VIII al
ways look to both ends Of his train, and he
was looking back WHOM CurlsY an his
fireman jumped OIL. Realizing bis danger al
once he easel up on his brakes and got the
speed of the runaway train he then caught
them and held both trains until be brought
thon to a full stop without a broken draw
bar even In either train. For this gallant
conduct and presence OF mind be was called
before President Palmer. his horoism com
plimented. his good Judgment comlnen led
and presented with 5000 IA cUh, giytn a
six months leave OF absonco, and hin trans
portntion to Europe paid. together with all
personal EXPENSE. The hero'a name IS JakS
Meyer.
, 1884-11-22
oaANT's ooINo 70 wesr POINT
n We're Accident That Put Hiia
into tho Regular Army.
fCrnHutis Iett>rI

lCrouuts Letter
N was a mers accident that put me int
the army aid Grant to bis old cou1rade.
Il hadn't much fight In me and didn't wnui
TO 20 to war. thought OF being a farmer,
and 1 thought OF going TO soa; but Of oil Tx
possible features l dreamed Of when q boy,
being a sIiior was notons of them. l Am not
SURE | had over heard OF West Point when
my father told mo T. get rnady 30 50 90 foi
my preliminary examination This Is the
way 1t was. Oar next nnishbors boy got n
chanes from our congressman to 60 10 West
Point Ha went. aud failed 70 pass tho exnm.
ination-for physical reasons. 1 believe. Re
did not come home after that, and the family
did not aiiude to his failure, but his mother,
who fen very sors about II, cams and told
my mother, confdentlnlly, what was troub
ling her. Mother told father, and father
wrote straight to our Congressman and got
ths chance for mo. Oh. yes, 1 know that
those who remember my boyhood. tel about
my firing a pistol without dinching, when
was 9 years old. and crying for more Of IL,
but / don't think such tendencies uerp strong.
never thought Of being a soldier. Going To
West Point was Just tho accident ! have old
you"
allow came you to pass the exAminationF
asked my Informant
Almost any boy can do that" answered
the general Il was II years old, and all
that was required was soms knowledes OF
reading, writing spelling and arithmetic 10
decimal fraction, II l was superstitious !
should think there was some fatality In my
going 10 West Point, for when the war was
over l figured mp, and Us near as l could find
out tho little country village OF Georgetown,
Ohio, from which l went--n place Of 300
~people-sent y tho war one full general, tny-
ssl0, three major generals, two Brigade,
g~cnenai.. thnes colonies, three or four
Inc officers nnd QUE private sol
dleri Thu private dessrtet. J think /
had no very easy time Of It az West Point
In a elias. Of more than a hundred ] was Le-
hind them all In almost everything Insver
succs oded IN getting near either the had or
70 1t OF the class. ] was within three Of the
foot In languAgeA 7 believe, and within Eve
Of the head In mathematics was at tho
head ia horsemanShip, but that didn'to count
! graduated as No 81, and vas glad 70
got It."
@But only thirty-cigat out OF the hundred
odd gradasted." said his visitor, rather
harder LUCK tsan our clas1 had
Not a few. said the general. "who had 70
leave school beoauss of n failure 10 keep up
with the class nave since taken commanding
pos ,tions In lie, and would probably have
su ,cssdsd In tho army II they had only got
INTO #
, 1884-11-22

AFTER the nomination Of Horace
Greeley for the Presidency in 1872,
Whitelau Reid. Mr.. Albert Of Baltimore,
and a number Of other gentlemen had a
iiuner. One bottle Of wine was left after
al had been satisfied, and it was agreed
10 place on it an inscription to the effect
that il was not to be drank until after the
election OF a Democrats President An
present affixed their signatures to the
agreement and Mr.. Albert has religiously
preserved the bottle ever since, and now
has it in his possession with the signatures
Still legible. As a Democratic President
has been elected. and as no arrangement
WIS made 10 70 who should drink tho
wine. Mr.. Albert will send it to President
elect Cleveland with an explanatory let
Ter.
, 1884-11-22


Hon. James Watson Webb. sfho was for
many years editor OF The New York Catriet
and Enquirsr, was the Last avoxed duelsf
at ths north. His last meeting was at WI.
mingtop, Del, with Tom Marshall OF Ken
tucky. He was not only wounded in the left
kneo, be on bis return TO New York be was
tried and sentenced 20 two years hard labor
in thr p~enitentiary. Governor Seward par
doned him and he -rsnounced duellng; ba
whom he was at Washington. at the timo of
tho assault on Summon, h was challenged
again, az be thus told the story; y
II was at Washington at the time Of
Brooks assault on sumner. Tho Courier
and Enquirer came out d~enouneing Brooks
a. q coward Gen Quitinan, a northern
man and an old and intimate friend. waited
on me and said, General, l am sorry 70 zee
your knew what II meant and handed him
"a chair. 4 ave a message for you he con-
tlnuoi l, and / am ashamed to bear IL, but II
l refused 1 couldn't live In tho south
~.About The Courier Enquirer paragraph
] asked. 'Yesf be said We'll, said i, .jut
keep It In your pocket till tonight That
paragraph was written in the ofice. am
responsible for It, and will Hght for It, but I
prefer 10 fght for what I haye written
myself. l sent a letter two days ago,
published in the paper this morning
a = IA - h0-AA8a& ~ , ARAA Ant8 m
severe as that paragraph; but when that gets
bore you can taks you choice, and We will
fight tomorrow afternoon at ) o'ciockr I
added to Quitman: 4 am now = church
communicate, and hAve changed my views
On dueling. l wouli not now dght a per.
sonal duel-a duel for a personal affront
Moreover. l had no personal quarrel with
Brooks. Ho and ! dined together at Gov
ernor Atkins only three days ago. But
will ight Tor my country and its Institutions
an principles in private ombat the same as
armies do, and ask the blessing OF God upon
the issue. / will fight Brooks tomorrow.
Come to ms in the morning.
NY offensive letter arrived. Next morn
lug Gen Quitman waitnd on me, and said
the South Carolinian, after q two hours
-sssi1n over my letter. had withdrawn The
challenge Lnsver was % ustonished in my
lffo.n
, 1884-11-22

hoquslsure. the dcformed jsator Of Louis
XIV. cortrived to get out Of many a scrape
By hh ready Wit One day no went to the
king TO nsk his pardon for having struck Oh
the helmet q one of bis sentinels, who had
failed 10 give him the military sxlute
Louis, who hn3w bis man. wondered that
Roqueiauo should orevs his pardon for 20
vcnlai m o~fcnse. and said TO him; This Is a
serious matter. Roqusiaure, but l will parIun
you this time" It aftsrrard turned out
that the soldiers head was in the helmet,
and fell with It n the ground.
, 1884-11-22

Tho shipwrecked crew Of tho British
bark Benefactress were adrih in an open
boaL supporting life on some bits Of dry
bread and a few apples This was slim
fare and reduced them to n state Of great
feeblenesz Bot Browns Iron Bitters
brings onfesbled folka up rapidly, even
from such depths as this II enriches the
blood, tones the system and gives beautiful
strength Dir. William Hardee Of Ennis,
Texas. writes that ho had dyspepsia in It's
vont form, hut was restored BY Brown
Iron Bitters.
, 1884-11-22

Fraziers Root Bitters are not a dram
shop beverage, but arc strictly medicinal
in every sense They act strongly upon
the LAYER and Kidneys, keep the bowels
open and regular. make the weak strong,
heal the lungs, build up the nerves, and
cleanse the blood and system from every
impurity. Sold by druggists $i.00.
, 1884-11-22

Our danghtera are all home maids.
The man who asaists IN keeping up matters
about the house, Is a hume aid mar
Wearing apparel Is ssw made.
tn girl who owns a sewing machine Il sew
maid.
TIL national debt l. owe made
A oypsy "a q nouade man
a bachelor Il a no maid man
, 1884-11-22
Mutual roierarion,


lOcdnlt EO.Ll
-My dear said . vito 10 her husband, Il
know that / am ~dresdfully cross with you at
unos, that am not patient as I should 10,
aud think the same can be said Of you"
@Yes, certainly he frRnklyAeknowledged.
Il I'm almost A. bad rs you are"
What's thatl'
I'll say hat ! am lust as much TO blame
as you arr
Il think, " went on the lady, that we ought
70 cultivate a mutual liberation OF each
other's faults and shs bent ovur him fondly
aud kissed him.
~You are not looking well tonight, my
dear h6 said. Eroking Der hair.
mo" aho replied. my feet pain me dread-
fuliy.n
That's because you wear Shoes two nres
TOO small for you
Then tho trouble began once moro.
, 1884-11-22

Meet at Odd Fego~u' Hall at $50 p.
m, irst and third Wednesdays and
soooul and fourth Sundays Mt 2 p. N.
II. T. GooDwIs. NJ. W.
JosEPH GRANGER. Y S.
, 1884-11-22

Eew Orisans Times-DemocFakl
Georgia Is very puzzled what TO do with It's
boy oouvictA Il has no les than ISL boys
between II and II year, Of ase In its psst
teutiary, and u rightly concludes that this
Institution Is no plaes for than
, 1884-11-22

A sure cure for little grubs In the skin,
roughness frem the hands and face and
make you beautiful. Price 500. Sent
by mail Gray & Pearse, Sole Agents
, 1884-11-22

O c. Bhnyne. {ha we'd known Wholozal9 Pa
Manufacturer. 100 frinos street. <er fozx.
est ceeh Wholesale. prices this season. This
viii AFFORD . kplrndid opportunity 10 rurchhee
strictly reliable fnrz dirr3 from Qsnp etuer,
, 1884-11-22

DIAN WILLIAM: I just take up my pen
70 say that Mr.. Stephens, OF Georgia, q lit
lie, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with
voice like Logan'a, has just concluded the
very best speech Of an hours length l ever
hsani. Ny old, withered, dry eye, are full
Of tears yet. II he writes It ont anything
IKE be delivered II our psopls shall see a
good many copies Of H. Yours truly,
To W. n HERNDoR. A LINCOLN.
There was always . bond Of sympathy be-
tween Lincoln and Stephens, In spite Of wide
divergence Of opinions and habits, before
and after the war. We do not know 70 what
speech Of Mr.. Stephens the strange and fate
ful mar who wrote the above letter referred
to, but some OF our older readers may iden-
tify IL Thc Logan to whom Mr.. Stephens
was compared voeaily was a Judge Logan, Of
Illinois, = pioneer Of that state aud a local
ca1ehrftv
, 1884-11-22
LET Us SMILE.
PHYLLIS made = pretty cake
To please her papa's palate.
Her parent put Il on = stake
And uaed Il for a mallot.

Her parent put Il on = stake
And used Il for a maliot.
Philadelphia NeEs.
Il is q fact not generally known that
dark-skinned races blush white. -Bosfon
Journal
The Brooklyn Sunday School boy has
changed the words Of his fayorite hymn,
j want TO be an angel INTO Il want TO
be 8 mugwump. ~ Brooklyn Eagle
A Walnut Hn girl il mad with a down
own drug clerk because when she asked
him for something 70 hang her hair with
be told her they didn't keep c~urry-Combs
Cincinnati Manehant 7rardo.
The New ioEk iAilors arc busy making
pink coats for young mon who hunt A
panther. when il sees O pink coat in the
distance, sinks away with bis tad between
his lego journal
, 1884-11-22

Our friend, @ +. 0unthsr, Of Chicago.
whoss collection Of vsiukbis manuscripts We
have already referred TO, sends Us q copy Of
the following letter FROM Abraham Lincoln,
tho original OF which is now In his posses
ZION.
, 1884-11-22

Wanted an Editor who "writes.v
lchronicio "UndsrtonaAr1
A few days ago q young lady was intro
duced 70 a gentleman at a party.
They tell mo you are a Newspaper man.
Il He waa going 10 say he had the
honor, hut be thought it an inopportune oc-
casion for Just pride
And you are ono Of the oditorsI1
Il an am the telegraph editor
DO you writer
4Oh, no"
WIN you some day INTRODUCES me TO an
editor who writeal l know several nsuspapar
editors, but none OF them wTfte I wonder
VIII does the writing"
, 1884-11-22

a. The Star Restaurant opsn all
, 1884-11-22

Every smoker should Try Little
.rotar y
, 1884-11-22

An Exquisite Suggestion In Elhfcs.
ITexss Half-Moonl
IL Il not etiquette for an undertaken to ak
How do you DOR or inquire how tall you
, 1884-11-22

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-18
THE SUPREME COURT AND THa BOND
CoUPoEs,

Another review of the decision Of the
Supreme Court in the Sacramento bond
coupon case discloses the fact that the
Court did not give the case the deibera,
tion it demanded. 1t orders the Treasurer
of the city to pay the coupons, because it
is his duty to do so irrespective of the or
der of the Trustees :" but it does not explain,
as we think it in good conscience should,
why this is the Tressurer's duty, when the
Act of 1868 specifically declares that the
Auditor shall have veto of all demands
allowed ;" that ersyy demand upon the
Treasury except certain named ones, must
be acted upon By the Board of Trustees,
" and be by them allowed or rejected in
whole or in part" Now the sinking and
interest fund is fund of the Treasury of
the city a coupon presented is demand
it may be fraudulent, forgery, have been
stolen from the city, as some were, may
be barred by the statute of limitations,
etc, yet, according to the Supreme Court,
the City Treasurer, an officer the people
who foot the bills do not even elect. True,
the Act of 1858 creating the corporation
known as the city and county of Sacra-
mento provides that &" it shall be tae duty
OF the Treasurer to pay the interest on the
bonds when the same falls due" etc.; but
does that mean on mere presentation, even
if it be true that the provision is now in
force? Does that destroy the right of the
Trustees and Auditor to pass upon the va
ldity of the demand as is provided they
shall do under a later Act which
took the place of the Act of 1858
The Supreme Court holds in the affirma.
tive, but we are not thereby convinced
that it is either good law or good logic. It
certainly amounts 70 this that the Treas
urer chosen by the Trustees rises superior
10 them and is forced to species of usurp.
alton Of their prerogatives.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-18

CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT WATER The
extent to which water mingles with bodies
apparently solid is wonderful. The gilt
tering opal, which beauty wears as an or
nament, is only flint and water. In every
plaster OF Paris statue which an italian
carries through our streets for sale there is
one pound of water to every four pounds
of chalk. The air we breathe contains
five grains of water to each cubic foot of
its bulk. The potatoes and turnips which
are boiled for our dinner have, in their raw
state, the one IS per cent. the other 90 per
cent. of water. a man is, chemically
speaking, forty.five pounds of carbon and
nitrogen diffused through five and half
pailfuls of water. A sunhower evsporAtes
one and quarter pints of water day, and
a cabbage about the same quantity. A
wheat plant exhales in one hundred and
seventy.two days about one hundred thou.
sand grains of water. An acre of growing
wheat, on this calculation, draws and
passes out about ten tons of water per day.
The sap of plants is the medium through
which this mass of fluid is conveyed. 1t
forms delicate pump, by which the wa.
terry particles run with the rspi3ity of
swift stream. By the action of the sap
various properties may be communicated
to the growing plant. Timber in France
is, for instance, dyed by various colors be-
ing mixed with water and poured over the
root of the tree. Dshlias are also colored
By a similar process. Exchange,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-18
Alb LIS IT,

The Grand Jury of San Francisco report.
ed on Friday last and among other things
said Of the Industrial School :. "This
department, in point of discipline, if
such a thing as discipline exists, is
no credit to a reformatory school,
The great fault seems to be in the time.
honored custom which permits the Super
visors to appoint and control the Superin.
teudent, as well as the subordinate officers.
The uperintendent, no matter how well
qualified, IS absolutely powerless before
such political obstruction, for he dare not
appoint or discharge he can only recon-
mend or suspend and If he susp nds it
will only last till the subordinate can be
reappointed by the appointive power This
institution is an eyesore to the taxpayer,
and should be abolished or put in such
condition as will make it a reformatory
school for the inmates, who are nearly all
young offenders" Precisely this view we
took Of the matter last spring The school
is fraud, because it accomplishes not one
of the purposes for which it was originated.
1t is political machine, aud a school for
the developing of young criminals into
adopts in crime. The miserable failure
should be abolished, and the State of Cali
fornia shonld take upon itself the estab-
lishment of juvenile reformatory system,
similar to that which is proving so success.
full in Massachusetts,, and the methods of
which we some time ago explained at
length. The Reformatory there is not
prison; all classes are not grouped there
is no one great building no long retention
behind walls; no uniforming with the re-
gala Of shame. On the contrary, the plan
is to find homes for waits and unruly
youth to separate them to locate them
far apart to disassociate them from the re-
formatory reception department, and to
make them self-respecting, independent
and self.supporting. Upon some such
system the Boys and Girls Aid Society is
conducted in San Francisco but OF course
its work is that of private benevolence,
limited in its scope, crippled by made.
quacy Of means, and less effective because it
has not the sanction of law to enforce its
DEGREES.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-18

and there will be no revolt against
the party. Let the voters of the
party be Coz sit d freely and OPEN
ly as to whom they wish for nom-
inees let there be neither restraint nor
" handling" in primaries, conventions or
committees, and we will vouch for the
choosing of Republican ticket that will
be elected by an overwhelming majority,
and men will bs chosen who will do their
duty without the favor of bosses or the
fear of ring masters. But if the committee
of the party mistakes its duty as servant,
and seeks to control the file of the party
and dictate TO them if it happens, as has
happened, that candidates are forced
to walk up to the Captains office and
settle before their nomination will be
permitted by manipulAtors, the probability
of defeat will be imminent. The Repub-
licans of Sacramento can win triumph
this spring; they are anxious to do so.
Republicans have a large majority here,
and will make it manifest as of yore-but
they demand the right to do their own
choosing and their own voting, and there
is no honest man in the city who will make
bold to say thai this is an unreasonable de.
mand. In the face of the fact that there is
large majority of Republican voters in this
city, if there is not put up ticket that
will from top to bottom come out of the
ballot box elected, a triumph without
solitary exception, the cause will be found
lcitdin and not without the party. There
Is no escape from the cold logic of these
statements. Let US have a better ticket
than the Democracy, let US have candi-
dates whom the people believe capable by
education and experience to deal with the
intricscies of our financial situation let US
have candidates who are neither favorable
to the claims of bondholders, nor yet go
hide. bound that they are incapable of dis
tinguishing between business economy
and stupid stubbornness. Let US have
candidates whose standing will be bond
for their integrity and devotion to the
interests Of this city, and who, in the dis
charge of duty, Will know no boss, draw
no line between rich or poor, strong or
weak, and there can be organized no other
ticket that will defeat it. Precisely such
a ticket can be put up. The Republican
party in Sacramento is rich in capable men,
men commanding the respect of voters,
men of backbone and independence of
character. There is, therefore, no excuse
for a solitary weak man being put on the
ticket. If any such are projected into the
contest it will be because soma sinister in
fuence commands it.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-18
TIE mUMcIPAL BLgCl ION.

Fears have been expressed on the part of
some stlict party men that a Citizens
ticket viii be put up at the coming NUM-
cipal election. We have heard of no move.
ment in that direction. We have been and
still are strong advocate of that reform
which demands the enforcement of POLITICS
from municipal government, both for the
good of party politics AID of city manage
ment of local affairs Bnt we have not ex.
pscted this to be accomplished speedily.
1t is one of those progressive matters that
natures slowly, but as surely as the day
succeeds the night it Will come about.
But it does not involve the deterioration of
party influence on the contrary, it will
actually augment party power Nor does
it demand the complete withdrawal Of
party from municipal campaigns on the
COZ trary, it Gives party men the opportu-
nifty to prove that their party esteems good
government superior to party triumph. So,
then, when the party subordinates the re
wards, the spoils, the distribution of the
offices, and the pleasure ana blaokmail Of
&" the boys to the good of the city, it
will have widely separated politics and
municipal government. Now, we believe
that tae Republican party in this city
can and shoull succeed in the next city
election. There is no reason why it should
not. All that is needed IS to nominate
men whom the people believe esteem their
duty to the town in which they live supe.
rior to the dictates of party bosses. There is
no need for citizens tickets, and they never
are brought forward except en- the misman'
agement of party, for they are always iR
the nature of revolts. Let the Republican
PARTY give no cause for citizens ticket