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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

Professor Koch has made an additional
and great discovery concerning the origin
of cholera After numberless failures he
has finally succeeded in transferring the
comma-bacillus to animals and producing
cholera in them. Up to the present time it
appeared an established fact that an imals
showed absolute immunity against cholera,
and the experiments which had been made
by Koch in Egypt and India on mice,
rabbits, chickens, monkeys, etc, to demon
strate by incubation the dangerous char
acter of the bacillus had utterly failed.
The final and browning proof Of koch's
theory was, therefore, lacking. All the
other proofs were, however, so convincing
that the Cholera Conference held at the
Office of the Imperial Board of Health,
under the Presidency of Virchow, the
comma-bacillus was universally recognized
as the cause OF cholera. Nevertheless the
view was combated from various sides. 1t
now happened, four weeks after Koch's
return from Marseilles, that news was re-
ceived of the successful innoculation of
the comma-bacillus on animals by two
physicians of the Hospital Semaphore,
Nicati and Rictsch, who had learned from
Koch the mode of discovering the microbe.
This news was received with some doubt,
coming from France, where so many erro-
neous communications on the subject of
cholera had originated, the more so as
some important data were lacking. They
are however, now confirmed by experiments
successful in Koch's own hands. He
inocuated this week from sterile-cultures
rabbits with living bacilli; the animals
sickened and died with the symptoms of
cholera, and at the autopsy the comma
bacilli were found in the intestines This
is an indubitable proof that these bacilli
are the only cause of cholera, and Koch's
success is secured in every direction. 1t
may we'll be imagined that this discovery is
producing vivid satisfaction among profess
sional men.-[Cor. Medical News, Phila-
delphia.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22
Alcoholic Trance.

Under this title DIR. 7. d. Crothers de-
scribes, in the December Popular Science
Monthly" peculiar form of unconscious
ness following immoderate use of alcohol.
As to the nature of the disorder, he says
1.-THE late DR.. Beard believed this state to
lie one of general lowered brain function,
in which the cerebral activity is concen-
trated in some limited region of the brain,
and is largely suspended in the rest. He
also urged that the plane of consciousness
was below the point of remembering
hence these cases were conscious at the
time, but the memory failed to record the
impression. In confirmation of this, the
late DIR. Forbes Winslow recorded a case
of somnambulist who, while walking
about, set his night-dress on fire, and with
excellent Judgment and GOODNESS threw
himself on the bed and extinguished the
flames, then resumed his walk, and awoke
next morning with no memory of it, and
was greatly alarmed at the charred APP
pearance of his dress Whatever the
pathology may be, it is clear that this is
a state of insensibility, and for the time
being form of dementia and insanity,
about which there can be no question.
Careful study of these cases for many
years has indicated the startling fact
that they are very common in inc
briefly; also that in every case where
alcohol is used TO excess there
are histories of loss of memory and con-
sciousness of acts committed while using
spirits. These conditions are almost in
finite in variety and complexity, and are
considered mere freaks of memory by many
persons. Probably in a majority of cases
in the early stages these blanks of con-
sciousness and memory are partial, and APP
pear in the delirium or stupor which fol-
lows excess of spirits, or in mental states
approaching it, and clear up after recov-
cry, or remain like cloud for weeks, then
from some little circumstances break away
and every act is recalled. In other cases
only dim, vague impression remains OF
what has transpired in the past, which
may or may not Lecome clear with time
or the blank may lie total for the time
being and then break away. In MANY of
these cases there IS apparent realization Of
all his acts and words, in others a self-evi-
dent Inconsistencies of them. This is
only the beginning Of another and more
pronounced stage, in which the blank of
memory and consciousness is total, and
during this period the acts and appearance
of the person differ but little from those of
usual health"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

"WHoEvER," says the Bulletin, Zen
courages disunion in the Republican party
at this time ought to be branded as the en-
envy of the industrial interests of the
State. Consp;racies, bargains. cabals, for
the purpose of putting up one man and
putting down another, ought not to be toll
eratedfor moment. The strength of the
Republican party consists in union. The
solid victory is lodged there. Whoever,
disguised as Republican, undertakes to
turn that victory into defeat, ought to be
thrust aside as so much worthless stubble."
The pertinency of these comments is appa
rent. A deliberate and vicious scheme has
been set on foot to revive demoralizinp
issues: to thrust the Stockton Convention
corpse into place at the wedding feast of
the Republican party; to reawaken old
prejudices and inhame old passions. II is
an attempt to array the people against the
transportation agencies of the State, and
break up the cordial understanding that
gives promise of permanency between pro-
ducer and carrier. 1t is an ATTEMPT to
drag the extra session folly into a Leg;sla-
ture which the people have purged of
demagogues and canting hypocrites The
scheme is hollow and dishonest. Behind
it are the hate and personal reyenses of
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

TIE AHa puts it well when in referring
to an anti-monopoly contemporary that ex-
plains the defeat of the Democratic party
in this State by saying that the "honest
people : < sold their votes to the rail-
road company and stabbed their best friends
in the back for the hire of cheap assas-
SIM" it, the 4lta, replies: at is charac-
istic of your professional anti-monopolist
to take depressing views of the morality of
the voting class. We suppose that no one
else would accuse $4,000 California voters
of having sold their suffragcs to the rail-
road company on the 4th of November.
To what contemptibly false and absurd
charges the extra session and Stockton
Convention crowd are reduced to explain
away the effects of their political inca-
pacity and nismanagement
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22
inventions, etc. 1t is thoroughly good
The Credulity of Some People.

We are aware of how credulous MANY
people are, hut the following case reported
from Milwaukee, Wis, would appear as
almost the climax of human credulitv
were it not STEPPED with ignorance and SUI
perstition: "The particulars of a novel
swindle, perpetrated by a sharper. who
played cleverly on the extraordinary ere
dulity of his dupes, has been brought to
light here through an application made to
the authorities for the arrest of the SWIM
dler. George Schmidt, representing him
self as physician, engaged board here
recently, and soon began negotiations with
J. Peter Dell, saloon-keeper, for the al
legged purchase of his establishment
During his conversation with Dell,
Schmidt informed him, in as mysterious
manner as possible, and under iniunctions
OF the strictest secrecy, that he had So, 900
buried in the ground. He also said he
was in league with the evil one,
and would show Dell how he
could easily make fortune. He
then read from a book of incanta-
lions a lot of Black Crook rubbish, and
strangely enough impressed Dell and his
wife. Schmidts scheme was that in or
der to propitiate the devil it would be
necessary to bury $1,000 in a box; it
would gradually sink to the internal re-
gions, and after his satanic majesty had
found it all correct he would attach box
to it containing the $4,000 Dell hest
tated a little, but his wife urged him to
join Schmidt after the latter had agreed
to put $3.50 in the pot The sum of
$3.50 was still required, but another fool
was found who promptly put it up. The
doctor and his victims then repaired at
dead of night to lonely spot in the
woods. The money-S900 in gold and
$400 in bank-notes-was sealed up with
black wax, the seal bearing skull and
cross-bones. The package was then placed
in cigar box, sealed again and after
mumbling some jargon the box was buried
The three men then placed their right
foot on the spot and repeated an oath not
to dig up the treasure until certain day
Schmidt declared that if any individual
member of the trio attempted to dig mp
the box he would drop dead. The men
then separated and the next day Schmidt
called on Dell and accompanied him to
the Soldiers Home. Here a telegram
sent by confederate was handed
Schmidt, informing him that his 'protes-
sional services were required in a neigh
boring town. Excusing himself he took
the first train and failed to return Dell
at last became suspicious, and upon dig
ging up the box found it contained only a
lot of stones The search for Schmidt has
thus far proved fruitless, - Agents Her
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sensational journalism. Only this, and
nothing more.


An effort is being made in this city to
organize an association with view of es-
tablishing a museum of art natural history,
science and mechanic arts. The plan is
set forth in circular letter, and meeting
has been called of friends of such scheme.
1t would appear to be feasible. 1t would
not be matter of speedy development,
but something may be accomplished at
once, and without great cost The natural
curiosities of our mountains, the products
of our soil, our mineral deposits, the re-
suits of inventive genius, the skilled handi-
work of our own people, the studios of
California artists, all may be brought to
contribute to a display, either temporary
or permanent, that will be of value. Such
an association would, of course, need to
occupy large and suitable hall, with ad-
joining rooms, which could be used not
only for collections, but for musical, liter
airy and social purposes. The need for
such a spacious hall in Sacramento is
great and that it can be maintained profit
ably to whoever erects it scarcely admits
of a doubt. That such an association as it
is proposed to form can be made successful
here we believe. Its labors would add at
tractiveness to the city, contribute to the
sum of general knowledge, and add to the
profitable entertainment, not only of visit
ors to the city, but of our youth The
matter merits careful consideration.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

posed than ever to have its quiet broken
by political revolution. The only virtue
in the longer session then, so far as trade
is concerned, is in the lessened frequency
of caTnpaigns-the substitution of a single
momentuotis shock to trade for two or
three less perilous shocks.
The four-year term was not agreed upon
hastily, and thus far we have not seen adj
vanced any reason that outweighs the wis
dom of the fathers who fixed it at four
years When the nation first set about to
discuss the matter, on the formation of the
Republic, the people were divided in opin-
ion, and proceeded to debate the question
with great warmth One class held out
for life term, desiring thereby to make
the President independent of party, and to
secure the competency that results from
experience But as this was practically
setting up quasi monarchical system, the
proposition was driven out of the popular
court of the new republic.
1t was next proposed that the President
should hold office for a period co-equal
with the life of Congress, that Congress
and the President might be in harmony.
1t was urged that it was dangerous to pub
lie interests to erect a system in which the
legislative branch of the Government
should be of one political complexion and
the executive arm of differing political
faith. But in this day we have come to
look upon such situation as among the
best assurances of discreet legislation on
the one side, and wise use of Government
patronage on the other. There was force
also in the argument that a President
could not define and carry out policy in
brief term, and thus the country would
be constantly unsettled as to its internal
and foreign relations.
But in the outset, as now, goodly por-
ton of the people held to the demand
for Il term of dozen years or so, and for
pretty much the same reasons. The four
year term was therefore agreed to as a
happy mean-a compromise period which
involved least of objection and most of
good. As yet there has not been advanced
any sound reason for departure from it.
The addition Of one or two years would
not be notably beneficial, and might be
danperOus eyDerinent
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

THE BRAINS MINOR GATEwAYs.-How
much of the pleasure of living comes from
the exercise of the Gttle-considered sense
of taste or that of smell it is hard to esti-
mate. Harriet Martineau, the English
authorcss, seems to have been one of the
few persons having no sense of taste, as a
recent writer asserts that she was entirely
destitute of it. She reported that the
faculty came to her once, when the delicious
ness of a leg of mutton aroused an eager
anticipation of the enjoyment of her next
dinner; but nothing came of it, for her
tasting power was Withdrawn as suddenly
as it had been given. The sense of smell
was also denied her, as it was Wadsworth.
In his case the lacking sense also appeared
on single occasion, when he "smelled a
bean-field and thought it heaven
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

OUR neighbor across the street has been
driven to the wall. 1t has been familiar
to the RECoRD-UNIoN for all the years
it has existed that the mass of
business comes into the Office of the Sec
rotary of State through the channel of
correspondence. We were fully aware Of
that fact when we alleged that whoever
does business with the office will be put to
no greater expense or trouble to order
through another officer. What, for in
stance will be the difference to "B" in
Boston whether the law directs him to
write for a certified copy" to the Con-
troller instead of the Secretary of State
Our confused contemporary now sees this
clearly, and cornered at every turn, seeks
to evade the issue by treating the matter
loosely, and assuming-an old trick with
it-that the RECoRD-UNloN has said or
done that which it has not said or done.
Our contemporary does not renew the bell
punch proposition. The absurdity of that
amusing idea, even our neighbor now sees.
Its proposition, however, to have the entry
on the fee books made at the Capitol in the
presence of the person receiving the SER
vice, proves conclusively that it did not
know that the most of the business at the
Capitol into which the fee system enters
comes through correspondence. Now
mark how plain a question shall nail our
neighbor to the cross: If you knew the
fact to be as stated-that the mass of the
fee service is ordered by nativity, oh,
why, ingenious evadcr of the truth, did
you suggest that a sufficient remedy for,
and preventive of, fee stealing would be to
have the State officials "punch in the pres
cnce of the paSsengaire ~
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

REFERRING to an Indifferent troupe OF
theatrical performers, San Francisco
paper says: 1.-The company supporting
W is better suited to country appre-
citation than to city delectation." All
Indeed Observation tcstifes to the fact
that San Francisco sends out with its APP
proval and the echo of its plaudits theatri-
cal troupes, which the country rejects and
refuses to patronize The truth is this tip
fitting of the metropolitan nose is pre-
rogative of the San Francisco journalist,
and no one in the country is disposed to
interfere with the pleasure it gives him,
But when it comes to arraying the country
beside metropolitan appreciation, we are
willing to take the testimony of the theatri-
cal people themselves, and if they do not
say that the country is more exacting, dis
eliminating and truthfuly critical, We will
concede forevernore ali our Bay oontem-
porary may assert.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

THE story was given publicity by the
telegraph that the National Republican
Committee is in debt $4,000, and has not
a cent with which to pay it. On the heels
OF the dispatch-the next day-comes an
other, from an official of the committee,
declaring that every dollar of the indebt-
edness was discharged before the campaign
closed, and that the committee owes no
man anything. Couldn't the telegraphic
reporters manage to find out before send
ing sensational dispatches what foundation
there is for them?
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22

means better and more stable society, per-
manency of industries and the growth of
manufactures. These remarks are not
merely speculative They have the basis
of reason, and are supported by apparent
strong testimonies. But whatever the fu-
ture of this county, it remains the duty of
the people now in it, and expecting to lay
their bones in its soil, and leave homes to
their children and heirs, to develop the
highest possibilities of the region. 1t must
be borne in mind that from this time for
| ward will be the era of settlements pc
Rod in which interests will become perma-
nent; in which the channels of industry
will become fixed and Interchangeable; an
era in which the centers of population and
industry will be established upon immova-
BILE foundations 1t is to be an era in
which the importance of towns for all the
future will be determined 1t behooves us
to see to it that none of the possibilities of
Sacramento are allowed to slip. Let us be
up and doing this month, this week,
this day. Let those who have not
yet given their names and the small fee
asked to the local immigration association
do it now, and not wait to be called
upon. We are urgent because we know
that the tide of new immigration has
already set in; because we know that it is
sweeping by us; because we know that
there is room here for more people, and
that the sooner we bring pressure to bear
that will result in the subdivision of our
large land holdings, and the establishing
in their place of hundreds of small cult
vators, the easier will be the task and the
greater the reward.
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Islands in San Joaquin River

All of Winters Island NEARLY 700 acres,
with good House, Barns. etc; will sell for
$1,000, or lease for 500 per year
All of Vests Island, surrounded by will
lows and blackberry bushes (about 200 acres);
will sell for s., 500; 80 acres already rented:
would lease balance for 500 per year. :.
Part of New York Island, with House,
etc. 600 acres); will sell for 5000, OF lease
for 500 per year. Titles State patents without
cloud.
The areas of these islands are constantly in
creasing, and the law gives the owner the ac-
cretions Sherman ;sIand-whose wonderful
products, until the cultivators foolishly burned
the soil astonished everyone-is separated from
these islands only by the San joaquin river.
These are the highest and driest of the so-called
tule islands. The live stock on Winters Island
were safely kept through the great flood of
1862. At low tide during the great freshets
these lands stand about four feet above the sur
rounding waters. These islands, Winters Island
especially, are covered with luXuriant growth
OF nutritious grasses among them species of
red-top clover, affording excellent pasturage for
hundreds of head of stock. The band of cattle
lately sold from Winters Island were all in
prime beef condition having raised calves and
kept in such condition on merely the wild
grasses of the island. Osier willow sells at a very
high figure, and there is no known locality bet
ter adapted TO its culture. Good local markets,
schools and churches.
For maps and further particulars apply TO
A. LEONARD g. SON.,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents. 1912
Fourth street, Sacramento. mrl7-3plm
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IT is said that Senator Pendleton cannot
expect and win not have the slightest
chance for place In Cleveland's Cabinet,
because, and only because, Pendleton is
the originator of the civil service re-
form laws. This is significant and points
the way to the death of that reform and
indicates who the executioner is to be.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22
SALE OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY BONES.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SEALED
~ bids will be received by the Treasurer of
Sacramento county at his office in the city of
Sacramento, until u O'Clock noon of the
TWENTY-FOURTH day of NOVEMBER, 1854,
for the purchase of One Hundred and Twenty
SIX Bonds of Sacramento county, for Il he sum of
One Thousand Dollars each, redeemable on or
before January first, 1895, and bearing interest
at the rate of four and one-half per cent. per
annum, payable semiannually.
No bid for less than the par value of said bonds
will be accepted, and the right is reserved to
reject any and all bids
By order of the Board of Supervisors of Sac
ramento county. |. NJ. SMITH,
President of the Board of Supervisors.
nf3w A. S. GREENLAW, County Treasurer.
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