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A SHARP REPLY.

Congressman Ranney of Massachusetts
was appealed to by George William Cur
It's, President of the Civil Service Reform
League, upon the extension of the system
of appointments by competitive examina-
tions. Mr.. Ranney replied promptly, and
in tone that should have struck home to
Mr.. Curtis and have caused him to suffer
some mental self-reproach in view of the
fact that he was pronounced mugwump
and believes still in correcting Republican
ills by giving aid and comfort to the Dem
ocracy.
Mr.. Ranney in substance says that he
is warmly in favor of all efforts to purify
the civil service, and to lift it out of the
mire of political contention. He would
apply its principles, indeed not only to ap-
pointments to the civil service, but to
elections so far as is possible. Bot he
sarcastically and incisively adds that civil
service reform should cease giving aid and
comfort to the Democratic party, "whose
power is maintained by trampling on the
popular will as expressed at the ballot
box" And he might have added, which
party also is the secret enemy of the re-
form and only awaits a favorable oppor-
tunity to blot it out. Indeed, in the
Forty-ninth Congress no leaders intro
duced bills, the express purpose of
which was to nullify the law on which
the reform now rests.
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side of those treating theological and edu
cational disputations, that may not be so
presented as to popularize them. And
there are plenty of men, too, within every
considerable community, having certain
special knowledge, capable of engaging
successfully in this means of popular edu-
cation. The field for winter evening en-
tertainments should not be surrendered to
the theater, the minstrel hall, the
dance, or the card party, or even
to the mere society social. There is room
enough for all of these without utterly
crowding out of the arena the popular
lecture, the intellectual entertainment, or
the refining and cultivating agencies ad-
dressed to mental digestion. But these
are being crowded out. The displacement
began nearly ten years ago in California,
and has been steadily going on, until now
it is with the greatest difficulty that the
very classes for whom these courses would
prove most beneficial can be drawn to
them. The scholarly and cultured will
not come out" except the speaker is an
extraordinary man in the world of learn
ing. As compared to the ordinary lecturer
the home library is successful rival.
Hence it is that for the proper conduct of
lecture education, there must be injected
into it something of amusement, toned by
entertainment.
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Nomenclature of Iron and Steel.

Pig iron is meltel direct from the ore in
furnace, and contains from ) to per
cent of carbon When melted it is called
''cast iron" or metal
Spiegel iron is precisely the same, bnt it
contains in addition from ) to Is per cent.
of manganese.
Bar iron, often called wrought iron, is
pig iron which has been smelted and de-
pr1yed of nearly all its carbon, either in a
pudding furnace, or by the WALTON, Lam
cashire or other analogous process; the
spongy mass or ball of iron is usually ham
mered or rolled into bar
Puddled steel is precisely the same as
:. bar iron" except that the process of pud-
ding is stopped when rather more than
hall OF the carbon has been removed from
the pig iron. There is, consequently, no
hard and fast line between bar iron and
puddled steel, the one intergrading into the
other by imperceptible degrees. Although
there an infinite number of intermediate
stages between the softest bar iron and the
hardest puddled steel, and although it is
impossible to state the exact percentage of
carbon which marks the dividing line be-
tween the one and the other it is usual to
call puddled bars which cannot be har-
dened in water bar iron, and all those
which can puddle, steel. This dividing
line falls somewhere near a mixture con-
tanning one-half per cent. of carbon.
Blister steel is bar iron which has been
converted into steel in a converting fur
mace, and varies in the amount of carbon
which it contains from one-half to one and
one-half per cent.
Bar steel is blister steel which has been
tilted or rolled down to the size required.
Cast steel is steel that has been melted in
a pot and poured into mold" thus
becoming an ''ingot.' which is afterward
hammered or rolled to the size required.
1t may be of various "tempers,' varying
in percentage of carbon which they contain
from three-quarters or less to one and one
half or more,
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THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION.

We took occasion yesterday to express
what is unquestionably the popular senti-
ment-approval of the proposition to
establish in this city permanent exhibit
ton of the products Of Central and North
ern California. 1t is to be hoped that the
energy displayed by business men in the
initial steps taken to that end will not
suffer any abatement. The centers of pop
ulation are now being determined for all
time in this State. The towns and cities
which now stand still will remain as they
are, if indeed they do not suffer decline
Fixed interests, commercial and social, are
hard to unsettle Where they determine
in the next three or four years,
there they will be altogether likely to
remain. 1t behooves us in this section,
therefore, to be alive to self-interest, and
permit the tide of population and indus
try to crystalline about sections that will
rival Sacramento There is no better way
of inducing settlement in the Sacramento
valley than by display of the products Of
the soil, illustrative of our climatic ad-
vatages, for the inspection of the thou
sands of visitors, the mass of whom are
home-seekers, who will come into the State
within the next few months. 1t is, there
fore, to be hoped that all the people will
give countenance and encouragement to
the new scheme and that captious objec-
lions and narrow-minded economic caution
will not be advanced to dull the spirit that
now anlmates the movers in this admirable
scheme.
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THE DECLINE OF ORATORY.

The St. Louis Globe Democrat is puzzled
to find a satisfactory explanation of the
decadence of the art of oratory, (which
once hourished so splendidly in the United
States" 1t is probably due to the wider
field now filled by the press. The people
are more reading and less hearing peo-
pie. There is therefore less stimulant for
oratory. The encouragement for the public
speaker is lacking, and as a consequence
the exercise of the art of speaking has
fallen into decadence. 1t does not testify
to any lack of native ability, but to the
lessened need for oratory. The public
men, the statesmen, even the clergymen,
reach the largest audiences through the
medium of print. The means of thus adj
dressing the people multiplying, it is natu-
raj that the more confined and laborious
methods should be less employed. We are
not any less nation of speechmakers than
we were fifty years ago-indeed, we have
proportionally more of public addresses
from the rostrum than in the past, but the
daily paper, the magazine and the review
have lessened the need for men to attend
upon public meetings where argument adj
dressed to reason is advanced. That, it
would seem. is the chief cause for the de-
cline of oratory. There is not, we think,
any poverty of oratorical resource, but
there is greater wealth of reading hearers.
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Mud-Throwing at Candidates.

EDS. RECORD UNION Now that the smoke
of battle has cleared away, and men breathe
a purer atmosphere-now that the second
sober thought of politicians of both par
ties have found their level, they must see
and realize that this campaign has never
been equaled on this coast for the amount
of smut and dirt thrown by the press, at
candidates of all parties that have been be-
fore the people. The Daily Examiner has
made itself particularly obnoxious for its
low, dirty BLACKBOARD and Internal lies.
Its infamous attack on X. w. Waterman,
the Republican nominee for Lieutenant
Governor, is unparalleled in the annals of
political warfare.
AT this writing | have no knowledge OF
what the result of the vote is, nor does it
make one particle of difference; Mr.. Wat
erman must either demand retraction of
the infamous charge of murder and rob
berry made against him. or criminally pros-
ecute the BLACKBOARD who wrote it and the
paper which published it,or be branded by
his friends as a coward, leaving thousands
throughout the State to believe that there
must be something in it. No amount of
outside talk or denial will do; such a
charge cannot be obliterated from the pub
lie mind except by a prosecution to the
bitter end.
It is time that such smut-machines y
should be taught that nominees are not all
nurderers, robbers, frauds and thieves. on
either ticket; and that it is a SANDER to
charge them with such false and infamous
crimes. Let Mr.. Waterman show his man
hood by commencing q criminal prosecu-
ton at once, or acknowledge by his silence
that It would be dangerous for him to
move in the matter. r. b. III.
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Railroad Items.

The railroad workers are gradually push
ing the work along from Strawberry val
lev, where the track will be completed to
the new town of Sisson to-day or to-mor
row. If three weeks more of good weather
prevails, the track will be completed to
Butteville, and by New Years it will be
finished to the vicinity of Yreka, as work
can be carried on rapidly after reaching
Butteville. The road will run across the
Edison ranch, and may yet come through
Yreka, if our citizens will make an effort to
secure the main line. The locating survey
has not yet been settled upon in this local
ity. and when it is made our citizens should
interview Chief Engineer Hood. who. we
are informed, entertains the opinion that it
would not be very difficult to run through
here. but could tell better on making new
surveys.
Our farmers, stock-raisers and producers
generally in this county will no doubt be
Able to sell large amount of grain, hay,
and all kinds of home products 10 the rail-
road this winter and next summer. while
the railroad work progresses. A great
quantity of produce has already been
hauled to railroad camps during the past
summer, and even during last winter, but
from now on to completion at the Oregon
BOUNDARY, there is no reason why all the
farm supplies cannot be furnished by Sis
kivou county Y-reEa Journal. NaFesaba 3D..
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when owing to marriage the line rises. The
more gradual female decline is from IA to 30.
1t IS certain that there is great ignorance
among youths of the laws of life and
health, and greater neglect than ignor-
auce. So, too, it must be confessed that
there is growing disrespect for the female
sex; and the alarming growth of the dis
position to look upon woman with lust,
and the consideration of her only in a
physical sense. The sentiment cannot be
TOO industriously cultivated that presents
to youth woman as his equal, his better
in refinement and gentleness and as one
whom he should respect and honor to the
verge of alteration. Filial duty declines
precisely as the son loses respect for
woman. The man cannot love sister and
mother as he should, except he honors
their sex.
We have by no means exhausted the
statement of the aims of the White Gross
Association. But enough has been given,
in our opinion, TO incline every parent in
the State to favor such an effort and SINH
lar association of men. The considerations
that present themselves in support of such
a movement are many and forcible, but
cannot now be enlarged upon. We would
be the last to favor any organization to
supplant home influence or duty, but in
view Of the fact that such work as that
of the White Cross cannot relieve any
parent Of the duty of properly training
sons and daughters, but must be an aid to
fathers and mothers, the scheme of the
new humanizing and refining Order comes
to us with great force, and commends itself
with exceeding strength. The mistake in
it, if any, is the relation given by some
branches of its work to churches and re-
ligious creed. That must antagonize, or at
least repel, many who otherwise would be
vastly benefited by it. Not to say that this
relation is wrong for all in the Order pro-
Tossing Christianity, but we do insist that
the work of eulturing youth in purity of
life can also be carried on independently of
relation to any religious creed, and that all
such work the more contributes to religion
by being wholly Invested of sectarian char
actpr
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-06

SCIENCE AND LovE.-British sages have
been considering the science of falling in
love. AT the recent British Association
meeting. Sir George Campbell suggested
that vast race improvement would be
brought about by pairing individuals ac-
cording to physiological fitness instead of
yielding to foolish ideas about love. This
has led Grant Allen to show that the in
stinct Of love is usually excited by comp
plimentary natures and the biologically
excellent traits of youth. beauty, health
and strength. This condition is most fav-
orable to improvement, and justifies the
old theme of the novelist and the poet
1t is marriage on some other basis-for
money, rank or other practical reasons
that results in deterioration. Yet the
word is urged for science that it may so
influence public sentiment that even more
fitting selections will be made under the
unconscious direction OF its teachings
that, in fact, it may educate love.
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ing in trades until the men are proved to be
steady, efficient workers or managers.
5. The administration of the prisons so as to
exclude all banefHl influence Of political par
ties, religious sectarianism and of labor par
tisanship when based upon the self-interest of
class in opposition to the more general public
welfare.
g. The true prison system will care for dis
charged prisoners differently and better than is
now done, praiseworthy are the activities
and spirit of various existing societies intended
for this purpose. The matter should not be left
TO voluntary beneYolence. 10 individuals and
organizations having only persuasive powers,
with no legal authority to strengthen them. 1t
is neither right nor expedient utterly to relax
the legal control until test is had determining
the prisoners fitness for free life. Such contin-
ued guardianship is not an unwarrautable in
fringement of personal liberty, Tor the prisoner
forfeited his right to liberty by his crime. Nor
is ii impossible, nor, indeed, very difficult to
maintain such supervision: a single general
agent, aided by the local police and benevolent
| individuals, with systematic correspondence,
| covers the whole case and the work may be so
managed that the State shall derive one of two
| benefits in every instance: either the prisoner
| will be held to honest work and decent be-
hayor, or he will flee the State; and if even sew
eral contiguous States shall harmonic their
| laws and criminal administration upon such a
| basis, then positively repressing force may be
| brought to bear upon the criminal classes
| throughout the country.
The youthtulness of criminals, their illiteracy,
their poverty. and almost necessarily evil asso-
Citations, their homelessness their moral insen-
| sibility and wickedness all appeal for pity and
| assistance from the government of the State,
which is in some sense responsible for their
| condition. Better public schools with more
of manual training, would save many the laws
that foster monopolies force the laborer TO pen
| my and drive his children into crime the
| tolerance of vice and well-known haunts of evil
| offers inducements to outlawry tenement
! houses in great cities ought to be regulated !;
libraries, art repositories, free lectures the
churches, might be made more accessible and
ing the responsibility of society for cultivating
the criminal diathesis. the dictates of humanity
should move the State to make amends
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THE ELECTION.

The probabilities are that the Demo-
Gratis have elected their candidate for
Governor, that the Republicans will domi-
nate one House of the Legislature and the
Democrats the other. On joint ballot it
would appear the Democracy will have a
working majority. But as returns are
incomplete this may be augmented OF re-
duced. We have at this time no extended
comments to make, though the result Of the
election presents some anomalies, and dis
closes some curious phenomena in politics,
while there is in Democratic gains along
nearly the whole line of counties, as COM
pared with the vote of 1884, some curl
Gus developments. We regret the Demo-
cratic victory. We do not believe it is
conservative of the best interests Of the
State. II the Democratic majority is such
as is now indicated, it gives to that party
a Senator of the United States from Cali
fornia Should the choice fall upon Geo.
Hearst, we shall regard it then, as we did
the threat of his election, as State mis-
fortune.
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SAN FRANCISCO AND VICINITY.

The American party proposes to take part
in the municipal election in March next,
and will hold meeting in Oakland to Or
ganiZe.
The new steel steamer General Mellow
ell made a trial trip on the bay to-day. II
accepted, she will take the place of the
General Mcpherson.
The residence of w. Scott, at S21 Market
street, was broken into about midnight on
Wednesday night, and the burglars escaped
with about $50 in money and some small
articles.
Senator Fair and A. E. Davis were in
Oakland yesterday, and they said there was
no truth in the reported sale of the South
Pacific Coast Railroad to the Southern Pa
cific Company.
Mrs. Dora Smith, who was injured by a
fall at 81 Sherwood place. died at the Re-
ceiving hospital Yesterday. The body was
taken to the Moreue. The injuries were to
the spine, producing paralysis OF the lower
limbs. Deceased leaves several children.
Joseph P. Phelan, attorney-at-law, whose
wife died suddenly few days ago in Oak
land, is lying i'll at the residence of friends
in this city. The statement that he he'd
disappeared mysteriously, and that his
friends were alarmed for his safety, is found
to be mistake.
A meeting of the freight agents of the
transcontinental lines was held yesterday
in the office of the Atlantic and Pacific 1t
was agreed to guarantee the present rates
up to the night of the 18th instant, with the
exception of the hop rate, which was adj
vanced to 81 50 to New York, regardless of
valuation of shipments.
The State Mining Bureau has received
from Charles G. Yale collection of speci-
mems of peculiar and interesting ores from
Australia and New Zealand. including sill
yer ores rich in bromide and chloride of
silver, in a gangue of ksolin (clay), in
which condition silver is very rarely found.
The kaolin has the further popularity of
containing number Of small garnets.
Stephen Burns died at the City and
County Hospital Thursday from the effects
of injuries received ON Tuesday night by
being knocked down by dummy of the
Market-street line, at the crossing of Four
teenth street. 1t is claimed that Burns was
intoxicated at the time, and that he stag
gered in front of the dummy. Burns was
a native of Ireland, So years of age, and
was employed by A. Buchanan, a con-
tractor. Con Creegan, the gripman, was
arrested on charge of manslaughter and
afterward released on his own recognize
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ATTEMPT TO STEAL ELECTION RETURNS
John Degnan, one of the officers of cleo
ton OF the Sixth Precinct, Thirty ninth
District. at 1131 Howard street, reported at
police headquarters that he had been
robbed shortly before-about 3 o'clock-of
the record of the total returns of his pre-
cinct. He said that Immediately after the
count was completed he took the sealed
envelope and started in his buggy to drive
to the Registrars office, new City Hall.
Near the junction of Eighth street with
Market he was stopped by man in a
buggy who demanded his official docu-
ments. Degnan refused to deliver them,
and fight ensued, which resulted disas-
trously for Degnan. The envelope was
torn open and the official blank was stolen.
That was the story he told Detective
Rogers. Coffey and H. Ii. Handley were set
at work at once upon the case, and this
afternoon arrested young man on sus-
picion. His name is withheld until more
evidence against him is secured. The stolen
document has not been found, but the
figures which it contained may easily be
duplicated. The Registrar has been noti-
fed of the adventure Bulletin, November
XII
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SENATOR sTANFORD's VIEWS.
Concerning the Extension of Pacific
Coast Railroad Lines.
Isl Z. Rnlletin. Noyember 5th.

IS F. Bulletin November 5th.
1.-THE growth of California" said Senator
Stanford this afternoon, has been rapid
during the past few years, but think that
it will grow yet more rapidly, and that the
next few years will see the northern part OF
the State develop very fast. Our road hay
ing been completed through to New Or
leans, we are paying attention to the build
ing of lateral lines. Our purpose is to
shorten the distance over which fruit in
tended for shipment to the East shall be
carried by wagon to rail. With the best
handling fruit is likely TO be injured by
wagon transportation, and while this may
not appear at the shipping point, any in
Jury will develop by the time the shipment
reaches the East, and the price is conse-
quently lowered. When we built eastward
we thought to control the trade west OF the
Rocky Mountains for California, but the
completion of other roads prevented that.
Whoever controls the carrying trade gener-
ally controls commerce. Now we are build
ing north and south trunk line which
will connect British Columbia, New Or
leans and the City of Mexico, and every
line from the East must touch our north
and south line somewhere. The completion
of the Oregon line is of the greatest I'M
portance to California at large and to San
L rdiCiSCO, anu pdi liSuiaiiy ~ sAS AAOA 'A~' a.
part of the State.
Oregon has now population of about
800 900. and Washington Territory has
about 100000 Northern California is as
good fruit country as southern Califor-
MIA, and in some respects better. With the
completion of our northern line, the fruit
of northern California will supply both
Oregon and Washington Territory, and will
also find market along the lines of both
the Canadian and Northern Pacific roads.
The trade of the newly opened country in
northern California San Francisco will be
able to control, and the benefit will be con-
siderable. The rapid growth of the north
ern part of the State is sure. All the Sac
ramento valley is capable of irrigation.
There is less inducement to cut up land in
small holdings north of Sacramento than
in other sections. The annual rainfall sup
plies sufficient water to make one crop al
most sure without irrigation every season,
and therefore the country is favorable to
large grain fields aud cattle ranges. Yes,
the rapid growth of California is certain"