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The necessity of the use at all times of
disinfectants for the preservation of health
and life i'll preventing the inception and
spread Of such infectious diseases as the
human flesh is usually heir to is generally
acknowledged by intelligent readers. With
the prediction that the dreaded cholera
will visit this country this season, that ne
cessity becomes alarmingly apparent. 1t is
therefore a duty, as we'll as a kindness, to
the public, to point out the best disinfect-
ant to use, which, fortunately, is also the
cheapest, and that is sulphate ofiron, com
monty known as copperas. Speaking of
the necessity of theuse of disinfectants, the
following extracts from a circular issued
by the National and Local Boards of Health
are authoritative:
In the Sick Room-All discharges should
either be received in vessels containing
copperas solution, or, when this is impract-
icable, should be Immediately covered with
copperas solution. All vessels used about
the patient should be cleaned with the
same solution.
Premises-Cellars,y yards, stables. cutters,
privies, cesspools, water closets, drains,
sewers etc, should be frequently and lib
orally treated with copperas solution. The
copperas solution is easily prepared by
hanging q basket containing about sixty
pounds of copperas in barrel of water.
A good rule for preparing the copperas
solution in smaller quantities is to dissolve
five pounds of copperas in a common pail
full of water. The free use of copperas is
advised by Health Officer Hunt, and that
it is advised by health officers of the coun-
try generally and the advice largely fol-
lowed, is attested by the fact that the de-
msld for copperas has been SO great of late
as 10 cause a rise in price within few days
of $40 per ton, with probability of the ad-
vance continuing. Even under this in
crease in cost it retails at the low figure of
ten cents a pound in small quantities, and
still less in larger quantities.
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CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION.

VERY few of them pay therefore. start more.
That seems to be the prevailing argument
california Christian Advocate. on Starting
Religious Papers
IT is singular, but fact nevertheless, that al
most any community viii wink at conduct on
the part of band Of students which would be
unanimously condemned and promptly pun
ished if INDUCED in by the employees OF shoe
factory or a machine shop Manchester Union.
THE Englishmen on board the Wyoming on
her latest trip must be more sensitive than most
of their countrymen. They objected to a Fourth
of July celebration in the cabin, and especially
TO the reading of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, on the ground that it would be dis
courteous to them. But the Declaration was
read all the same Evidently the directors are
not believers in the theory now popular in Eng
land, that the independence OF the colonies was
q good thing for both eountries.-fNew York
Tribune
MIDSUMMER enc8mpments, with their pro-
gramme Of halfwork aud halfpay, are rapidly
becoming exceedingly popular with the volun-
teer militia organizations of this country. and
viii become more so rs the States, approaching
the value ofthe summer training for the militia.
afford more facilities for its enjoyment-lSt
Louis Globe-D Democrat.
THE really dangerous aspect of these recent
labor troubles appears in the abjcct weakness of
those whose business il is to preserve public or.
der and to prevent or punish violations of law.
They are encouraging a spirit which may do Sc
rious mischief one of these days.-TNew York
Times
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THE HEALTH REPORT.

The monthly circular of the State Board
OF Health for June, for cities and towns,
contains tabulated mortality statement
This IS made up from reports furnished to
the Secretary, who gives the name of his
authority in each case. There are in the
table some figures that We consider grave
errors. Thus the aggregate deaths in Sac
ramento for June give the figure so. The
rate of mortality for each LOCO is arrived
at OF course upon the basis of total popu-
lation This is given as $4,000 1t is .
fair figure, since we had, by the census re-
port in 1850, y ,420, and it is notorious
that the local marshals took the census in
differently. Twenty-Five thousand is
fair figure, we say. but the true figure IS
probably higher, a. IS deriyable from our
school census and orr voting strength
However, at $4,000, the rate of mortality
for June was 10 for each 900 of people,
Or, death in every 1891 of population.
But here is Los Angeles given popula-
ton OF $4,000, and death total of 81 or
but two more than in Sacramento, while
the claim Is made for 10000 more OF popu-
alton. This is simply absurd. 1t gives
but death in 1897 for Los Angeles or
but S2-35 for each 1000 In 1880 the
census report gave Los Angeles II, 1873 Of
population. She has not trebled in less
than FIVE years, though she has largely in
creased her population. We do not believe
she has doubled in number Of people But
if there is allowed her even an equal
population with Sacramento city, she
has then higher mortality rate
The same report gives Folsom
1900 population. This is absurd, also
In 1880 the whole of Granite township
had but l,4S5. Probably the prisoners
in the branch prison near Folsom were in
Guided in the estimate, that undesirable
population having much augmented
Grass Valley is given 5000 of population
an oyer-estimatt-with one death for
each thousand Chico is given 10000 Of
population, with five deaths. Cnquestion-
ably this is an excessive estimate of popu-
lation. Five years ago Chico had hut
$500. She has not increased 600 in five
years, as everyone knows. Nevada City is
given 5,4oO of population, which is prob
ably an oyer-estimate, also, since she has
not gained materially over the figure of
1880, when the total was 1922. Santa
Rosa is given an increase Of nearly 1000
in five years, which, if true, makes her
death rate to each 900 very low-three
for $500. Nor do we think that the esti-
mate of $500 for Vallejo Is proper; or
5000 for Monterey, unless the tourist class
is included for June. Trinity" is placed
at 5000, by which we are left to conjecture
whether Trinity county, Weaverville or
Trinity Center, or Trinity township is
meant. Probably Trinity county is what
the compiler intended to report, since in
1880 the whole county had but 4,99S pop
ulation. If so, it is the only county in
Guided in the report, and should be SO
stated The Secretary Of the State Board
is not chargabIe with these inaccuracies,
but the local reporting physicians AS
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THEY DO NOT KNOW IT.

A full quarter Of year has swept by,
and been lost in the unrecoverable past, in
which period gambling has been wholly,
completely suppressed in Sacramento; as
it will be, we believe, for all the future. 1t
is to-day the only city in the State where
no games are permitted to "run7 Yet
the historical fact is recalled that in
past age of months so long ago as sixteen
changes of the moon indicate upon the
calendar of time, there were those in this
community who insisted that the law
against gaming could never be enforced
Yet in less than one month from the date
Of that declaration every game had been
swept from the city. These good people
insisted that the only possible way to deal
with gambling, and prevent the corruption
of the police force by gaming bankers, was
to license the prohibited vocation and thus
regulate it. Well, it has been regulated,
and that, too, by the exercise of only or
binary vigor and diligence on the part of
the officials Regulated without an arrest
or trial. Conquered without blow
or the corruption of any of the laws forces.
In this connection it is to be noted that
the broad, liberal-minded, generous, honest,
iustice-doing and fair-dealing press of Cali
fornia, which has never neglected an OPP
pertunity to fay the back of the Capital
city for tolerating gaming; this clear
sighted honorable and equitable press,
which found language too weak and
anathema too feeble in which TO clothe
thunderbolts of virtuous indignation to be
hurled against this devoted city; this
press has been silent as the grave regard
ing the accomplishment of that which it
has pretended to so deyoutly desire. Can
it be that our contemporaries do not know
it? Can it be that they are obliYious to
the fact that the target of their criticism
has accomplished great reform by sheer
force of the law, and without a particle of
philanthropic aid or self-sacrfficing mission
airy effort? Can it be that their lack of
knowledge of the facts alone accounts for
the absence of that public acknowledgment
which their sense of justice, if awake,
would prompt them to make? Or is it
true, as some would have US believe, that
the press is ever ready to record errors, to
parade evils and uncover social sores, but
unready and unwilling to make equally as
fall record of good deeds, social advance
ment and moral reforms?
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EMPLOYING TRAMPs.

In six months time Alameda county has
committed to her Jail 400 tramps There
is neither profit nor necessity for consider
ing, at this time, the cause of such hous-
ing III one county of a single class of the
non-employed. We assume that a good
portion of them would not work, were
work at good wages rendered. We assume,
also, that large number of them were
really unfortunate, willing to labor, but
unable to find that to do which they could
do. But the 400 tramps were housed and
fed in Jail, and required to do no work
whatever. The idle disposition was thus
fostered Workingmen OF 1epute object
strenuously to any kind Of involuntary
labor being placed in competition with
them. 1t certainly would appear to be a
hardship to tax the poor free man to sup
port the tramp, and then work the tramp
in yocations that would otherwise be filed
by free workingmen needing employment.
But, as a San Francisco contemporary sug-
gests, it does not follow that the tramp
must be kept in idIeness. in every county
there is a class Of county work to be done
for which the Supervisors have no money
to pay-a kind of work that will not be
done unless by just such labor as that of
the tramps. For instance, the daily re-
pairing of graded roads, the cleaning of
public grounds, the sweeping of highways,
the filling in of low places for which no
appropriations have been, or are likely to
be made, are all tasks in which the jailed
tramp may be employed without bringing
him into competition with free labor If
ii is nothing but picking up stones and
the casting of them down again, it is better
for the tramp, and better for society, than
enforced idleness.
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THE Dixon Tribune, defending the Member
from Mexico, declared that he has been ira
duced and ibeled. Whereupon the Oakland
T'ees, just as Democratic as the Tribune replies
in vigorous language, and choice, too
chosen expressly:
We don't know what the Tribune means
when it speaks of efforts to traduce and libel Mr..
Henley. lie filed with the President n lie about
the editor of this paper. Mr.. Irish We charac-
terized it lie, proved it a lie. and then de
nounced. and now denOunce, Mr. Henley as Il
liar Docs the Tribune pretend to deny
that Mr. Henley applied for and received Mexi-
can naturalization papers, and that he lied
when he denied it, Come, now, let us have a
clear understanding Ofwhat il meant by a libel
of this man, who, when put upon his honor,
flied q lie with the President
Really, now this quarrel among the straight
out old hickory Democrats calls for the quoting
ofall sorts ofold proverbs about the evil effects
of the use OF bed language
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GIGANTIC CRYsTALs.-America has long
been celebrated among mineralogists as the
home of enormous crystals; and the pro-
digious specimens of apatite, beryl and
other minerals have been the subject of
wonderment. But for size, the crystals of
spodumene exposed in the excavations
upon the Eta tin-mine, in Pennington
county, Dakota, carry off the palm. Pro-
fessor Blake, reporting on the subject, is
authority for the statement that one of
these crystals is thirty-six feet in length in
a straight line, and from one to three feet
in thickness. The cleavage is smooth and
straight but the lateral and terminal planes
are obscure. Crystals from five to twenty
feet long are numerous. and recline in all
directions.-[Popular Science News.
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THE announcement that President Cleveland
proposes to adhere strictly hereafter TO the civil
service principles as laid down in his letter to
Geo. YIN. Curtis VIII disgust the spoils Demo
racy, delight the friends OF the reform. and be
OF positive benefit to the Democratic party. Par
tisan Republicans could have wished that the
President had adhered to the policy the last two
months have indicated to be his that is 20 say,
s. General Logan puts it, to scratch good Re
publican and find an offensive partisan in every
case. IfPresident Cleveland would do the Re
publican party good turn, let him abandon the
good resolve he is reported to have made and
return to the arms of the spoils wing of the
Democracy
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Stunning that what we have pointed out
are errors, they give rise to the suspicion
that some localities attempt to make favor
able impressions by an apparent showing
of low rate of mortality. At the very
best, they shake faith in these official re-
ports in which the people desire to place
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sIEKoHANDIsE REPORT.

The following freight passed Ogden
July 18th:
For Sacramento-Hall, Luhrs & Co.. 80
cases lard, 1 bag coffee Baker q Hamil-
ton, 100 dozen shovels and spades; Lind
ley IL Co, l case cigars Burns, Hancock
q Co, rs barrels glassware, case hard
ware; A, A. Van VOORHEES, &; Co, case
hardware; Lindley IL Co., 10 cases canned
meats, Wheelen & Perkins, l box house
hold goods; G. l.. Simmons, case personal
effects.
For Walker 4, Trcfery, , bar
rels and / cases confectionery; Grand Cen
tral Hotel, / case paper.
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To MAKE SHINING BLACK INK.-The best
shining black ink, used for mourning
paper, and the manufacture of which has
up to the present time been kept secret
by the makers may be prepared, according
to the Pdpier Zeitung, of lampblack, borax
and shellac The ink is made as follows :
In one liter of hot water sixty grammes of
borax are dissolved, and to this solution
three times the quantity of shellac is
added. After this mixture has been prop
erly dissolved, the necessary quantity of
lampblack is added. the whole being con-
stantly stirred. Should the luster not be
satisfactory more shellac is added
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-16

rived here to-day, had three deaths from
Chagres fever during the voyage-William
Scott, John Docle and Georgia Grovunia
steerage passengers. Andrew Dresser and
John Mokin, also steerage passengers, were
suffering from the disease.
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s,N FRANCISCO AGENCY.

/. P. FISHER is Sole Agent for this paper in
an Francisco and vicinity. He is authorize
to receive advertisements and subscriptions, and
collect for the same. Rooms 81 and D, Mer-
chants Exchange.
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REAL EsTATE TRANSFERS.

Filed July H. 1885
June 26, 1SS5-Daniel Fitzpatrick to Mrs Jane
NJ. Maina-Lot ., l. and NJ, Twenty-irst and
Twenty-second streets.
July 10, 1SS5-Peter Morlath to Joseph digger
Ten acres on the FreepOrt road; s. 700.
July 10, lSS5-Solomon Runyon. n. Anderson
and A. Nelson to The California Transportation
Company-Wharf and franchise ut Walnut
Grove
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did you pass the hat" the pastor Of a
Texas congregation asked his deacon after
the morning service. Yes, did" said
the deacon. and then looking into the
vacant interior of hat that wanted moth
ing but lining, he added, gloomily, land so
did everybody else
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A Couch, cold, or sore throat should not
be neglected. Browns Bronchial Troches
are simple remedy, and give immediate
relief. Sold only in boxes.
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The REcoED-UNIoN is the only paper on
The coast. outside Of San Francisco, that r.
eeiyss The 5,tR Aso'esatod Press dispatches
RON al parts Of t.: rid. Outside Of San
FRANCISCO 1t jcss no competition, an point Of
a,msbers, in It's home and general circulation
throughout he coast.
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The Striking Ironworkers-Fight with the
Police.

CLEVELAND, July 15th.-Seven hundred
Polish and Bohemian strikers attacked the
plate mill in Newburg tonight, which was
in operation. Fifty policemen met them,
and fight ensued. Two policemen were
hit with stones, and about thirty-fve strik-
ers were badly dubbed. Five Of the ring
leaders were arrested. One of them is
perhaps fatally injured. The wives of the
strikers carried the wounded off the field
l.,
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MOUNT McGREGoR On. ", July 18TH
General Grant slept about eight hours be-
tween 9 o'clock last night and the same
hour this morning He awoke only to
take food at intervals. Otherwise. there
was no cause to arouse the physician during
the night. His conditions this morning
are little, if any, changed from those of
Yesterday
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Another Husband Shoots His Wife and
Himself.

New YORK, July 15th.-Augustus Erwin,
dry goods salesman, shot his wife to-day,
in East Tenth street, and put bullet into
his own abdomen. He was dying tonight
in the hospital, while his wife is believed
to be in fair way of recovery. Erwin is a
Hebrew, twice the age Of his wife, who is
a Roman Catholic, and married him with
out her fathers knowledge. The marriage
was the direct outcome OF the Victoria
Morosini elopement The girl, whose
father, Patrick Othayne, is wealthy
laundryman, was a classmate of Victoria,
and the sensation caused by Vic's esca-
pade apparently suggested a similar
exploit TO her romantic mind. Her own
marriage occurred Immediately after, and
was unexpected by everybody. The
brides father has supported them since,
Erwin spending what money he made on
horse races. Lately Othayne has made
persistent effort to wean his daughter away
from her husband, and all but succeeded
last week in carrying her off to Europe
but the husband upset his plans in the
eleventh hour, by trick, and the steamer
sailed without his wife, but with her father
on board. Immediately after Mrs. Erwin
lett him and went to visit with her step
mother. She called at the hotel to-day, at
his request, for an interview, and it was
then that he tried to kill her and himself
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-16
PART THIRD.
An Evening with Uncle Rasper.
GENERAL NOTICES.

Zeta Straw Works.-Hats bIeached and
pressed. 1928 Eighth street, between and X.
ie23-lm
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ODORLESS EXCAVATOR.

HESSPOOLS AND VAULTS CLEANED
" cheap ard free from all offensive odors.
Orders left at Carpenters Wood and Coal Yard,
i26 K street; or at Pacific Market, 725 J street,
will be promptly attended to.
iyl6-4pSn ]. II CAMPBELL Il co.
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MANTEL@.

T HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM THE EAST
/ ern Factories large shipment of elegant
Slate and Iron Mantels, together with Tile
Hearths, Marble Monuments and Tablets,
Scotch and Eastern Granite Monuments, which
l am prepared to sell at reduced prices.
iyi6-iplm A. AlTKEN, Gil * street.
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Skull Crushed with a Baseball Bat.

PrrrsBURG, July 15th.-During quarrel
between the Bulger and Wilbert families,
of the notorious locality of skunk
Hollow" in this city, this afternoon,
William Wilbert made an assault upon the
Bulgers with a baseball bat, and after
crushing the skull of Edward Bulger and
beating the latter's wife into insensibility,
disappeared.
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New York Stock Market.

New YORK, July l5th.-Stocks opened
irregular, but generally slower Although
New Jersey Central and Erie were / and
Louisville and Nashville higher, imme-
diately after the opening the market be-
came very active and strong, with general
the advance amounting to TO !, the latter
in Lake Shore, although New York Cen
trail rose H. This lasted until about 1870.
when, accompanied by less activity, gen
eral decline set in, during which nearly all
the early advances were lost in most cases.
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Frichtful Accident Mt "Tbe Falls ~

NIAGARA FALLS July 15th.-Itis reported
this evening that Mrs. Jones, of Buffalo,
with party of ladies at Bath Island, fell
into the stream and was carried over the
American falls
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SHERBURN & SMITH, AUCTIONEERS,

No. 1913 K street, Sacramento.
JONES & MARTIN, Attorneys for Exeeutrix
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WASHINGTON, July l5th.-The period of
twenty days, during which the British Co
lumbar authorities agreed to hold Hibbs,
the defaulting Postmaster of Lewiston,
Idaho, expired to-day. but telegram has
been received from Victoria promising to
keep him under arrest until the United
States postoflice Inspector, bearing an ex-
Tradition warrant. should arrive there
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ADJUSTMENTS.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.
JULY 18TH AND 18TH.
THE NASHVILLE STUDENTS

Friday and Saturday and Matinee
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NEw York, July 15th,-A Tj,ijuic's Nor
ristown, Pa. special says: The exact
counterpart of Barnum's dog-faced man
10 10" is confined in Jail here. His name
is John Herkness, and he was arrested on
the charge of brutal assault He is a burly
fellow, and has been leading an outdoor
life on the hills for several years. He has
| Il receding forehead and face and his body,
when brought into Jail, was covered with a
heavy growth of hair, and when the hair
was cut from his person it filled half
bushel measure. On some parts of his
breast and back the hair was from five to
seven inches in length He is unable to
talk and responds with short and beastial
grunt.
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WASHINGTON, July 15th.-Examinations
for the departmental service viii be held at
Helena, Mont, September 10th Portland,
Or, September 10th; Seattle, Washington
Territory, September 22d, and San Fran
cisco, October 1st At the same time ex-
aminations Will be held for persons wish
ing to be examined in special subjects, such
as law special pension examiners, stenog-
raphy, French, German, Spanish and
Italian. Those who intend applying should
at once request official blanks from the
Civil Service Commission in Washington.