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We found the island inhabited BY two
foreigners of the lighthouse staff. 800 Chi.
nese and Loco goats. The island is mass
of rock, in three ridges convereing near
the center Of the island aud there is only
! a thin LAYER of earth over the rocks, sufli-
cient to grow crop of grass for the goats.
Here and there on the slopes of the hills
there are small patches of cultivation. The
permanent residents of the island, the 800
Chinese and 1000 goats, perhaps manage
to exc cut a subsistence from the fruits of
the earth; but the island is chiefly noted
for the jelly-iish trade carried on in the
spring, and during that season thousands
of Chinese come from Ningpo and also from
adjacent islands and take up their tempo
rary abode on the North Saddle. This ex-
plains how there are 50 many houses in
ruins all over the island. \ North Saddle
house is not of much account anyhow; a
few square rods Of mating thrown over the
frame roof will put the house into good or
der again. There are no walls to this tenn
porary abode; only a sloping frame and
nothing more. The houses are perched in
clefts Of the rocks, and there is not much
room for the children to run about. 4
large number of sampans We're living up
turned, high and dry on the top of the
rocks forty or fifty feet above the sea.
They belong to fishermen, and are left
there till required next year in the jelly
fish season. The principal resident of the
North Saddle is native who was for many
years "boy" in pilot boats and tug boats.
He can speak pidgin English, and is looked
up to by the people on the island as Il man
of great experience, having often been to
see that wonderful place, Shanghai He
has gone into the jelly-fish trade. lie was
sick and unable to come on board. The
natives who did come on board stared as if
they had never seen foreigner before
When was up at the lighthouse on Fri
day afternoon, there was Chinaman en-
ployed scraping paint off the stones of the
house of the tower. He was singing to
himself as happy as king. He had actu-
ally given up a situation in Shanghai and
succeeded in getting into the light service
at the North Saddle because he was in love
with young girl, native of the island.
The marriage was expected to come off
shortly. The dowry Of the bride was re-
ported to be So, to set them up in the
jelly-fish trade | was told so by the
Captain, and it must be true Cor Celes-
tial Empire.
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A Woman Shoots Herself Through the
Heart.
Death of an Honored Pioneer.

ASTORIA February 1st.-Conrad Boiling
an honored Oregon pioneer, died to-day
frem paralysis, in his SD year. He leave,
a widow and six children, of whom Mrs
Captain George Flavel is the oldest.
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IN SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO
| County. State of California. In matter of
Estate of WALTER CANNON. The petition of
VIM, Johnston for distribution of the above
named estate is hereby set for hearing for FEB
RUARI 9, 1885, aud notice is ordered TO be given
by the Clerk of this Court by posting thereof in
the manner prescribed b. law; and the said pc
tJiou being also for the partition of said estate
by Commissioners TO be appointed by this Court,
il is therefore ordered that said petition for par
tition be heard also on said 9TH day of FEBRU-
AIRY, and that notice thereof be given by pub
fishing Il copy of this order daily in the DAILY
SACRAMENTO RECoED-UNIoN.
January 81. 1SSN
W c. VAN FLEET. Judge Superior Court
FREEMAN. JOHNSON * BATES. Attorneys for Pc
titiOupr tel-tf
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REOPENING OF THE
TURNER GYMNASIUM !

rJIHE ABOVE-NAMED GYMNASIUM WILL
1 be opened MONDAY. February ,, 1885, with
PROFESSOR LOUIS GERICHTEN as Instructor.
Prot. Gerichtcn is a Teacher of twenty years eN-
perience, and is recognized as one of the best on
the coast. Glasses will be formed rs follows:
Mondays and Thursdays for boys, from to II
years of age), commencing at ?. NJ: Tuesdays
and Fridays (boys, from II 10 - years of age),
commencing ut 4 p. NJ; Mondays and Thursdays
(boys, 10 to Is years of agc), from $50 to p NJ;
Tuesdays and Fridays ltor members, from to
10 2. NJ; Wednesday afternoons, commencing ut
4 p NJ, and Saturday mornings. commencing ut
10 \. NJ, a class for girls viii be formed.
can he procured from J. LANG X street. betf~i
Ninth and Tenth Opposite Turner hul). jail -2t
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The Pit Joseph was Lowered Into.

In the course of my rambles ! have
three or four times come upon curious
square erections, which | have not observed
mentioned in any work upon Palestine.
The largest of these was fourteen feet high
by twelve square, and formed of slabs of
stone averaging three feet by two, by one
in thickness, laid upon each other without
cement, but evidently hewn so that the
construction should be symmetrical |
thought at first there might be a chamber
inside, but on examining one Of the smaller
ones | found it to be perfectly solid. From
the weather-beaten appearance of the
stones, they seem to have been in position
from great antiquity; but whether they
were affairs or monuments over tOmbs, or
served some more practical purpose, leave
for those skilled in such matters to decide.
The huge millstones are numerous, and are
to be found, sometimes, far removed from
any ruin, in the most remote valleys. The
lower one usually measures from eight to
ten feet in diameter, with raised rim
round the circumference, eight or ten
inches high, and square hole in the CEN
ter; they are about two feet six inches
thick, but they are often hewn out of the
living rock, as well as the basin for the re-
ceptacle of the oil below them. Then there
are rock-cut reservoirs; the largest l have
seen was about 100 feet by 40, and ID in
depth, but it was half filled with vegeta-
ton, and was originally much deeper. And
there are trap-like and deceptive cisterns,
the mouths of which are about the size OF
the coal-hole in the pavement of London
street but when there is bush instead OF
a lid over it false step may land you in a
circular pit perhaps twenty feet deep, of a
demijohn shape, and with smooth sides,
from which escape would be hopeless. 1t
was into such pit probably that Joseph
was let down by his brothers These els
terms are very numerous at some of the
ruins, and prove how dependent the popu-
lation were upon rain water Lewis Oil
plant, in Blackwood's Magazine.
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The eminent botanist, De Candolle, gave
the age of an elm at $50 years. The ages
of some palms have been set down at from
600 to 700 years that of an olive tree at
700 years, of plane tree 720, of a cedar at
500 years, of an oak at l,500, Of yew at
$3.50, of taxodium at 1900, and of a
haobah tree at 5000.
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The people of Kentucky did not desire
| to secede, and they showed it every time
| they had Il chance 10 express an opinion.
| They showed it at the election in the
summer Of 1860, and at the Presidential
election in 1860, at the Congressional cleo
ton in May, 1861, by a majority of over
$4,000; they showed it at the legislative
election in August, 1861, when the Union
men were pat in an overwhelming major
| ity in the Legislature they showed it
| decisively by furnishing nearly $4,000
soldiers III support of the Union cause, and
| they showed it-iinally and to the disgust
of the Confederate Generals and authori-
| ties-when they declined to rally to the
Confederate standard when Johnston came
| to Bowling Green and Buckner to Green
river; and again when Bragg brought his
forces within sight of Louisville and Gin
! cinnati Senator Blackburn has made the
claim that Kentucky furnished 1900
| soldiers to the Confederate cause, and Mr..
Shaler, in his recent history, puts the num-
| Der at 100000 We believe that neither of
| them can give authority to support his
estimate. Twenty-Five thousand, to our
mind, is liberal figure at which to put
| the number of Confederate soldiers fur
nished by Kentucky, although up to Sep
| tember 1861, the facilities for cnlisting in
the Confederate service in Kentucky were
as great as for enlisting in the Union serv-
ice, although good part of the State was
| in the possession of the Confederates from
September, 1861, up to February, 1862, and
although in the summer and fall of 1862
| they had every facility for securing Ken
lucky recruits Louisville Commercial.
THE FASTEST RAILROAD TDIE-W. B.
lie Van read paper before the Franklin
Institute, in Philadelphia, week before
last on modern railway facilities, in which
| he said that in this country the fastest
short distance run is made on the Balti-
more and Washington. The distance is 40
miles, and is made in As minutes, the
speed averaging 80 $40 miles per hour.
This is equal to the best short run abroad.
On the Bound Brook route, the q miles
between Trenton Junction and Bound
Brook, n j., is made in 81 minutes, or at
the rate of 80 miles per hour The Penn
| sylvania Railroad runs train between
Germantown Junction and jersey City at
the rate of 49, 40 miles per hour, though
having not less that 90 curves in that dis
lance. But in long distance runs the Penn
sylvania stands first in the world The
Chicago limited travels 912 miles in 26I
hours, including sc minutes in stops, an
average of IS 2-l0 miles per hour.
4 New Orleans minister recently mar
ried a colored couple, and at the conclu-
sion unnecessarily remarked: Con such
occasions as this it is customary to kiss the
| bride, but in this case we will omit it,
The indignant bridegroom very pertinent
| ly replied: ''On such occasions as dis, it
am de custom to glib de minister $40, but
on dis case we will omit it."
i IF THE blood circulation is unobstructed
there is no chance for Brights disease, and
ST. Jacobs Oil will increase the circulation.
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DYnaInite Discussion.

MANCHESTER, February -O'Leary,
the Fenian, lectured to 1900 persons This
evening. He condemned the recent dyna-
mite outrages, and said they were likely to
complete the enslavement of Ireland. He
characterized the dynamite agitators of
America as ignorant and INSCRIPTIONS
fanatics. O'Leary was frequently inter
rupted by the audience. An lrishman of
Liverpool, ramed Connolly, said no honest
Irish patriot should denouace any weapon
Irishmen used against England. This
statement evoked great applause. Other
speakers followed, who strongly advocated
the use of dynamite against England
Cheers were given for O'Donovan Rosa.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-02

WHAT Is WiT?-At one of Sheridan's
dinner parties the conversation turned
upon the difficulty of satisfactorily dein-
ing "wit." Forgetting that he was ex-
pected to hear, see, but say nothing, Mas
ter Tom informed the company: wit is
that which sparkles and cuts" "Very
good Tom," said his father. "Then as
you have sparkled you can cutp' and poor
Tom had to leave his dinner unfinished.
Probably worse fate awaited the Brook
Ign boy who, called upon to explain the
meaning of "Quaker," wrote: A Quaker
is one of a sect who never quarrel, never
get into fight, never claw each other and
never jaw back. Pas Quaker, but ma
isn't" The youngsters sometimes hit
upon very quaint definitions, such as
Ice, water that stayed out in the cold and
went to sleep; dust, mud with the juice
squeezed out; fan, thing to brush the
warm off with sob, when fellow wants
to cry and it bursts out of itself: wakeful-
ness, eyes all the time coming unbuttoned ;
chaos, great pile of nothing and no place
to put it in Chambers Journal.
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LONDON, February 1St.-Ihe following
dispatch has been received from General
Wolseley:
KoRTI, February LIST.
General Earle has advanced his troops
within seven miles of Brit, but will be I'M
able to concentrate them in readiness 10 at
tack that place until the Sd, owing to the
difficulty Of navigating the river. The en-
envy holds strong position at Brit. \ de
serter from the rebel ranks says the COM
mander at Brit received a letter from the
Emir of Berber stating that the British had
captured AIetemneh, and had sent steamer
| to khartoum with troops and stores for the
garrison there. The Emir strongly advised
the commander at Brit not TO oppose
Earle's advance as the British are sending
troops across the desert from korokosko to
Abu Hamed to suppress the rebels. The
deserter recently left Berber, where he says
there are twenty-six survivors Of the mas
sacre of Colonel Stewards party, wrecked
in the Nile in one of Gordon's steamers.
The survivors (Syrians and Creeks, he
says, are not imprisoned, but are not al
lowed TO leave Berber.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-02

y POWERFUL effort Is being made to
cripple the school-book amendment by
turning the whole matter of printing over
to private publishers. Mr. Kline has ap-
pearcd before the Senate Committee in
this interest He is the same party who
sent an impudent letter to the State Board
of Education. His solicitude is very evil
IDENTIFY in the interest Of the book ring
However hotly he may deny it, this infer
ence may be justly drawn from his acts
The plan he proposes is to have the Legis
lature set aside but $4,000 for the plant
for the new school books. To do this vii
be to prevent the printing of the books a
the State Printing Office There is dea
Of pother over the word "may" in the
amendment We believe it is mandatory
and was so intended-that the Constitu
ton itself 50 defines it. But the doub
should he given in favor of its mandatory
character, if any sincere doubt exists. i
is the safe action to take. To hold it to BE-
directory merely, lays the whole system
open TO the liability of being crippled by
a probable construction by the Suprem,
Court that it is mandatory, and that tn,
Board cannot be given the power to have
the work done by contract. If it is helc
nor to be mandatory, no possible lega
complications can arise. The en-
tire effort to have the books sent
out for printing is open to the
broad suspicion that it is intended to worI,
injury to the scheme of the amendment
There is no excuse for befogging the ques
ton with these subtle distinctions between
may" and shall Let the Legislature
act as the people intended it should, and
fit out the State Printing Office in such a
manner that the State Board of Education
viii not be involved in any outside con
tracts to do that the Superintendent Of
State Printing can do just as cheaply as
|
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LoyDoN, February 2d-A. M.-Birti is a
village on the river Nile. inclosed by horse
oe-shaped rugged hills, and the only
paths leading to it are narrow passes. Ma
lives say there are 1890 rebels there
armed with rifles. Spies report 5000
rebels at Hasheen and Tamaneh seven
miles west of Suakim. 1t is believed the
rebels lost heavily by Smelling in the recent
| reconnaissance.
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MILITARY CHANGES.

CAIRO. February 1st-General Butler,
General Wolseley's chief of staff. has been
temporarily appointed to succeed General
Stewart as commander of the expedition to
Khartoum. via Metemneh. General Sir
EVELYN Wood succeeds Butler as chief of
staff. General Grenfell succeeds Wood as
commander in chief of the Egyptian army.
General Clery succeeds Grentell III COM
mand of the Nile transports.
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CHICAGO, February 1st.-A sensational
divorce suit has been commenced here
The complainant is Leopold ~ Won West,
and the defendant is Madame Mathilde
Cottrelly-all of the McCaull Casino Com
pany-and Colonel McCaull is made CO.
respondent. Won West charges undue
familiarity between his wife and McCaull.
Some years ago Cottrelly was connected ex-
clusively with the German stage, where her
role Of Lazy Macbeth al once placed her in
the foremost rank OF tragediennes. In San
Francisco she was induced 70 take a the
alter Of her own, but she could not make it
pay. She has been married three times
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THE San Francisco Alta says: "The
Sacramento REcoBD-UNIoN, noting that a
new Board of Supervisors has gone into
office in San Francisco. hopes that ii will
withdraw the surly refusal of the munich
pality under the late administration to per-
nit the Cremation Society to dispose of Its
dead by the most scientific, orderly and
reasonable manner The request of the
Cremation Society wa, refused because the
statutes make burial the only permissible
disposition of the dead Sacramento is the
only town that assumes to override State
laws with municipal enactments' That is
very true. Sacramento does precisely that
thing. But if the light the Alta sheds on
the subject of burial is correctly thrown, it
simpliies the whole question Let the
Legislature quickly amend the law and per-
nit crematories to be erected, since science
demonstrates their superiority over the
grave But how Is il il the State law COM
pels burial Of the dead, that the Chinese
are permitted to exhume their dead, strip
off any remaining flesh of the corpses and
export the bones?
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KoRTG, February lst.-The last boat con-
tanning reinforcements and stores has ar
rived here, and the force continued on lis
way to Metemneh. The Hassampet tribe
have made overturcs of friendship. This
is important, as it will secure for the Brit
ish forces supply of cattle and perhaps
camels. Three hundred of the Mudir OF
Dongolas troops, advancing under Colonel
Colville on the right bank of the Nile, have
arrived opposite Brit. The rebels crossed
the river, and Dongolas troops retired in
land four miles. 1t is stated that the rebels
are well prepared for fight, and are disap-
General Earle's column have passed the
Bahak cataract, intending to attack Bahak
while the boats were struggling in the
rapids
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"Hellon Temporarily Suspended.

New YORK, February lst.-All the tele-
phone wires on Staten Island were cut last
night A few days ago the salaries Of the
employees of the company were reduced and
the Superintendent and other employees re-
signed Some old linemen are adjusting
the wires to-day. The cutting was done i'll
several places, and the ends of the wires
iinkel by cards.
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ALBANY, February Ex-senator German,
of Maryland called on President-elect
Cleveland to-day, and gave detailed &C
count of the arrangements made for the
ceremonies of Inauguration at Washington
March 18th. President Cleyeland was in
formed fully of the part the Committee of
Arrangements intended he should perform
from his arrival i'll Washington, March ID.
to his departure from the Arlington Hotel
for the Capitol, March 4th, the reading OF
his inaugural from the cast front of the
Capitol and the subsequent procession to
the White House. Senator German left for
AnIt. Y lrl- in tLn
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GALVESTON. February 1st-William Gar
lick, late Cashier Of the suspended Island
Savings Bank. died this afternoon from
paralysis. Last November Garlick returned
from a years sojourn in the North, with
his health greatly improved. About the
lst Of December, from the books of the
bank, he discovered that it had been
wrecked during his absence. Confiding
these matters to friends at the time, Car
| lick said his health was so restored that he
could have lived for years But this dis
covcry," said he, Will kill me. | will be
dead in two months" The Cashiers
prophesy was fulfilled to the very day. No
shallow of blame for the banks failure is
attached 20 Garlick's management or
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IF THE blood circulation is unobstructed
there is no chance for Bright's disease, and
ST. Jacobs Oil will increase the circulation.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-02

SUAKGN, February 1st.-The British to-
day made a reconnaissance in force to Camp
kasheen. The rebels, who hold strong
position. were very courageous, advancing
with loud yells, but seemed 10th to leave
their own ground. The British subse-
quently returned to Suakim with no
casualties.
REBELS DISAPPOINTED N NOT GETTING \
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tyfGf tets OI CItNCIHIlU an
Hendricks,

WASHINGTON, February 1st.-For the in,
auguration President-elect Cleveland has
secured rooms at the Arlington, where
Colonel Lamont will live until Congress,
adjourns. Hendricks will stop at vii
Iardis
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FOREIGN.


LONDON, February 1st.-The following
dispatch has been received from General
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,ster Run Over and Killed.

SAN Francisco, February 1st-R Null
parigo, a teamster, was run over and killed
by an engine on the Preside extension of
the Union-street cable road at $50 tonight
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The Newspaper Strike I'M Vienna.

VIENNA, February 1st.-The journalist
strike against the Reichsrath continues
The sessions OF the last two days have been
absolutely ignored, aud no reader of to-
days papers in this city would know from
them that such body as the Reichsrath ex-
listed. Letters of complaint from indignant
members are only printed when accom-
panied by cash. at advertising rates.
Necessity for the Anti-Socialist Laws.
BERLIN. February 1st-Von Boeittecher,
Minister of the Interior, declared to-day
that the necessity for continuing the opera
ton of the laws against the Socialists is
amply shown by the tone of the Socialist
press which had lauded the assassination
of DR.. Rumpp, the Frankfort Chief of
Police. and held up his murderer as hero,
Turkey Protests.
LONDON, February 1st.--The Turkish
Government has sent circular to the Eure-
pean Powers, protesting against the occu-
patton of ports on the Red Sea without her
consent.
France, England and the Egyptian Cues
ton.
PARIS, February 2d--A. Me Temps
this morning says: England has accepted
the French counter proposals relative to the
financial management of Egypt with few
amendments, which France and the other
power have adopted. and an Egyptian
treaty will shortly be arranged. France has
secured her required interests, England adj
hitting the principle of international in