Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-12
chsutaunna Assembly.

| EDS REcoRD-USIos In addition to oul
| programme OF Tuesday, there was a sole
sung by Mrs. Higgins in her usual charm
ing manner; also very interesting pa
per by DR.. G. L. Anderson, of Santa Cruz,
whose subject, +" A Drop of Water" he was
able to magnify to q remarkable extent.
He told as that pure water is the rarest
thing in the world, and the various con-
tents of drop of cid ocean water are won
derful. Ores, salts and alkalies without
number are held in solution The coral
builders obtain their supplies from the
water, and molluSks and madrepores secrete
its salts, thus preventing too great a proper
ton of the saline quality, while evapora-
ton provides against its being filled
TO oyerhowing by the numerous
rivers which hasten to the sea,
thus aiding to preserve its equilibrium.
Protean III shape, benignantin office, water
has made the earth a fit habitation for man.
If we separate the integral portions of a
drop OF water, and bring them together
again, it will show a wonderful energy.
The force value of water is such that eight
pounds OF oxygen and one pound of HYDRO
gen sets free in form of heat, forty-seyen
and one-half millions of pounds weight.
BY experiment VIM. Crooks of England,
has reduced water TO another state beside
me gaseous, as III steam; vaporous, as i'll
Monterey fog, and solid, that of radiant
matter, III which the atoms are too far apart
to come in contract The Doctor does not
quite agree with Solomon when he declares
there Is nothing new under the sun, but
insists that there is always change, and was
III his day, only his superficial observation
failed to discover it, Light, heat and pres
sure are prime causes of change in plants
and animals, as well as in things IMAM
innate
In the afternoon DR.. Anderson gave US
an insight into maryels Of marine botany,
and has plates and mounted specimens of
great beauty with which to illustrate the
subject In the evening, after the inyoca-
ton by Rev. Z. L. Nash, Mrs. Blake-Alyer-
son gave an exquisite rendering of THE
Last Chord by request, and being enc0red
sang Robin Adair' to perfection. Then
came quartet by Mcssrs. Crandan and
Hyde and Mrs. Higgins and Mrs. Blake
Alverson.
We were afterwaTd treated 10 charming
description OF the volcanic regions of the
Sandwich Islands, Among the Volcanoes. {"
b. Rev J. X Mclean, Of Oakland.
Wednesday morning was devoted to our
usual fine music on violin by Professor
Manning, piano by Miss Carpenter and
solo by Mr.. C-sndali, Tender and True"
After this Joel Bean, of San Jose. read an
essay, The Council of Nice II was a
line effort, showing deep historical re-
search, and was well worthy much larger
audience than Pacific Grove can afford. A
fine contrast was enjoyed in the gaily-Sung
quartet All Among the Barley" by Mrs.
Higgins, Mrs. Blake-Alyerson and Messrs.
Crandall and Young. f. b. Perkins, of
the Free Library, San Francisco, delivered
an address, entitled e" Historical Methods"
Would that time and space admitted an ex-
tended report of this most practical
lecture. knowledge. he said, is divided
into two parts, historical and scientific.
The right rule Of life should be applied as
well to writing history as 9 business as per-
forming history in everyday life It takes
one-third of a century to change the views
of a community, so reformers must take
and SOW the seeds of the desired
reform in youthful minds, remembering
that it takes time for the great oak to take
the place of the tiny acorn. Mr.. Perkins
cites the following historical parallels as
proofs of this general rule: The German
war lasted thirty years. The French wars
10 the disappearance of Bourbonism nearly
thirty years. Abolition views in our own
country were promulgated from 1885 to
1865 and in 1867 the Reconstruction Act be-
came necessary. Without it the South would
have lapsed into slavery 1t has been about
thirty years since California was settled. |
Men only began our civilization, and now
families, schools and churches fill the land. |
The signs of the future are hopeful The
are laid, and it remains for US
but TO add the superstTucture and polish
it. Historical research must go back
ward. We must begin where We knotg and |
trace back where we don't know
Among the most reliable of ancient ira |
dition we noticed the Zond-Avesta, and of
modern historians we gave the preference
TO the German professor, Mommisen.
H. s &.
Pacific Grove July 10, 1884.