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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

living creatures, and appear to be actua' y
moving rapidly across the land at TINS.
at other times flying through the air and
again lunging through the sea at a terrific
rate of speed, dashing the spray high in
the air while huge breakers roll over
them and On toward the mountains, against
which they appear to be dashing, twenty
miles away. Monstrous serpents, appa-
rently several hundred feet long, some
times with riders on their backs, men on
horseback twenty feet high, animals and
birds of all kinds of horrible shapes, seem
to be securing past, racing and chasing
each other until they are lost in the dark
ness of the flying mists.
One scarcely knows which to wonder at
the most, or think which is the strangest.
the phenomena of the mirages with these
horrible images, or the remains of these
gigantic animals.
The natives occupying the territory ad-
.lacent to Mount st. Elias have their
headquarters 1t Yakutat bay. The natu-
raj products of this section are OF such a
quality and quantity as to make the heart
of the average Indian glad, and the ap-
pearance of the natives show that they pro
vide well for themselves, and there does
not appear to be the same beggarly souaior
that generally characterizes the Indian
among these people. They are generally
well fed and clothed, and, although not
lazy and idle, they live a remarkable easy
and comfortable life Fish and game of
most all kinds are to be had for the tax
ing, and only a few weeks labor is neces-
sary, as general thing, to provide for the
remainder of the year. Although there
are no deer to be found in that country.
there are mountain goats and sheep in
| abundance, and which are of greater serv-
| ice to them than the deer, as their thick.
| oily coats Of wool provide them with
warm, comfortable clothing, superior to
that of the deerskin, and their flesh is
equally as good, while their horns are use
iul for making spoons and other needed ar
ticles. Bear, wolf, martin, fox, ermine
sea otter, seal, etc, are abundant, while
halIbut, cod, salmon, etc, indispensable
articles of diet with them, literally swarm
in the waters Of the bays and streams.
Their berry crop never fails. Salmon
berries, huckleberries, cranberries and
Strawberries grow in profuslon. Thou
sands of acres of low land along the gla-
| ciers, in front of them and on each side oi
them, extending sometimes entirely to the
coast, are thickly covered with large and
luscious Strawberries. These immense
strawberry beds are as wonderful as the
glaciers themselves Right up under tie
glare Of The huge rivers of ice and snow
the delicious fruit grows uncultivated
sweet and ripe, of excellent flavor, and SC
thick that for miles one could not travel
over the ground without crushing them
under the feet.-Juaeau (.4taska) Mining
Record.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20
sroth-Infested Carpets.

lfcarpets are badly infested, says a Scotch
contemporary, they should be taken up
and beaten and swept thoroughly. Before
relaying, scrub the floor with hot water. get
ting plenty of it in the seams and creviees.
Give the floor time to dry, and then, with
feather or small brush, smear kerosene
under the baseboards and in the cracks.
Place all around the edges strip of tarred
paper, or heavy paper soaked in melted
ttallow, either of which will prevent the
insects from getting underneath the
edges, where the destruction generally
begins. If their rayages are just beginning,
and the carpet does not otherwise need
taking up, put a wet cloth over the spots
infested, and press heavily with very hot
iron. The steam thus driven through the
carpet will destroy all eggs and larvse.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

which is not the case With wooden wharves
The facing of the sea-wall with granite
instead of loose rock as at present done,
would, | think, be step in the right
direction, if the State is not prepared TO
build the piers. We are now enjoying an
increased tide of immigration throughout
the State, from which consideration
Coupled with natural increase of the
numbers already here), l would not be
surprised if our population doubled during
the next ten years; and as Californian
and a San Franciscan, am interested in
seeing these improvements carried along
our city front, for | consider that they
would be alike conducive to the speedy
and commercial advancement of the city
itself.
could enter into more detail concerning
this last proposition, which | consider i'm
portant, bat have already made this let
ter longer than l intended, and will there
fore leave for our future consideration
whatever else there may be to say upon
the subject.
am glad that the State has sHch prac-
tical thinkers as yourself on the Board of
Pathological Management, and trust that
your good self and associates may find
some means of solving the problem of
prison labor which wall prove alike bene-
hcial to the State and eleyating to the
morals of the prisoners themselves.
In closing this communication, which l
hope will be of interest even if all the
views expressed be not original, desire to
summarize the suggestions made in the
foregoing. They are:
| First-Necessity that criminals be pun
sshed, and desirability of reducing to the
minimum attendant expenses which it de-
1 wolves upon the State to defray.
Second-How such reduction can be ac-
complished, viz: Rendering all prisons
self-supportine through constant employ
ment Of malefactorS, which work would
| also be of prospective benefit to the pris-
oners themselves.
Third-It being desirable that prison
labor do not compete with free labor or
conflict with its interests, the malefactors
should be employed on work of a public
or quasi-public nature such as: The build
ing of irrigating canals. Manufacturing
supplies for consumption of State institrl-
tions, and for equivalent donation" pur-
poses. Necessity in such cases that suit
able manufactures be erected. Reasons
why Folsom should be chosen as scene Of
such operations rather than San Quentin
Ii neither OF the above avenues of en-
ployment be desirable, the quarrying and
dressing of granite for; (a)-Erection OF
series of manufactures to be leased to the
public, or, (b)-Building of piers in San
Francisco seawall- Yours very truly,
| n II
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20
COURTING IN AUSTRALIA,
The Energetic Process by Which I. Bush
man Secures a Wife.


"Our blacks" said Mrs. J. R. Reid, "are
different in type from the African. Their
hair stands up, wiry and bushy, like that
of the Circassian woman in your dime
museums. In the bush they wear no
clothes, but when they come to town the
authorities compel them to be clad. The
women objected most strenuously to cloth
ing. If you give woman gown she will
seldom put but one arm in a sleeve, letting
the garment hang from her shoulders and
displaying one side of her bosom. The
blacks find an abundance of food, and there
is thus no incentive for them to accept
civilization and learn to work. The
country swarms with kangaroos, walvar-
bies ian animal similar to the kangaroo.
rabbits and birds. Then the blacks make
a large part of their diet of snakes and
worms. Worms they eat raw Just as they
dig them from the earth They eat snakes
of all kinds.
The blacks are not prolific, couple
seldom having three children. The wo-
men, of course, are brutally abused by the
malas and kept in the most degraded state
of servitude. When a black wants a wife
he falls upon some young woman, chokes
i'SA 80 oiiS Ne'AihOS W OAtJ IullS WIN
her into the bush. There he must stav
with her for three or four months. He
cannot return to his own tribe until the
expiration of this period. When he does
take her back, if she utters no complaint of
hunger against him-that is if she does not
show that he has utterly failed to supply
her with sufficient worms, kangaroo meat
and snakes-he can keep her. But for a
year he must stay out of the way of her
tribe, for if they catch him they will kill
him and take the young woman back. The
sign OF the married state adopted by the
woman is the pulling out of one front
tooth. When the male becomes a bene
dict he indicates the joyful fact by cutting
off the little finger of his right hand at
the first joint They live in low.
skin-covered huts, and think are in every
respect beneath the North American In
dian in intelligence" Chicago Herald.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20
a w,man,. wav.

A little over six weeks ago Mrs Fowler, of 32T
Ellis street. San Francisco, stopped IN at lead
ing city druggists 10 ask what effect joys
Vegetable Sarsa parilla, would have in cases OF
dyspepsia and sick headache. She was assured
thai 1t would relieve both. She was. however.
so lncredulous that finally the druggist gave her
a bottle, not TO be paid for unless it effected q
cure A pro5ositlSn 80 startlingly practical has
seldom ifever before, been made. The following
Iusf received is the convincing conclusion, and
tells Its own story
San FRANCISCO February 8. S.
DEAR SIR: | write to admit that no.with-
standlng my misgivipss, joys Vegetable Sar-
sapari'ia did all that yon promised. had tried
SO many prescriptions to no purpose, that had
come TO believe nothing would relieve my
dyspepsia and sick headaches, but | have not
bad return OF either since commenced taking
II. I bel eve am rer,nanertiS cured. but will
continue 10 take it regularly for q while yet.
You will have my permission to make this pub
lie for remedy that will cure dyspepsia and
prevent sick headaches should be generally
known. Respectfully,
hAJ, III. Kz0As
s27 Ellis street.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20
8ENKEAL NOTICES.
Asufe Curs .ur piles.


DR.. Kirk's German Pile Ointment has cured
Blind, Bleeding aEd Itching Piles when all
other Ontu euts have failed. Il ebsoybs the
tUmorS allays the itching st Cnce, acts as q
Eoultice, gives instant re:i,.. II. Kinks German
Pile uintment is p'tpaIrd only for Piles
ana Itching Of the PIivste Palts, and nothing
csc EfefE box is WGfTau'e1. Sold by drug
g>ts ar stIJ by mail oI IeC.IYi cf price so cents
and u psr box. sod ty ktl.il, ttEAEY IL CO.,
and JCetP-l HAHN y 20. TTs1y
Advice 80 MntheTs.-Gsrs. V9ins;or's
SOOTalSG SYRUP should always be used when
children are cutting teeth. It relieves little
sufferer et once; il produces natural, ouiet sleep
by relieving the child nom pain, and the little
caerub awakes as bright as button" II is
very pleasant to taste. II soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain relieves Wind,
regulates the bowels and is the best-known
remedy for disrrhes, whether arising from
teething or other Causes. twenty-five cents a
bottle. AllFFIy
For frsf-cisss Carriage or Buggy 60
to HARRY BERNARD'S, Sixth and L sts- II
John Eitel, Agssyer and Chemist, corner
Seventeenth andJ streets, Also buys gold. u
fhe osssPiaee In Cafaxna 10 VOC Erssins dasa,
= l. Ioa=ssnn e Co.'S. 10 ST, ssarrsz--1ao. 4ssG
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20
Thar Miss Homes is a nice.lookino q,

THAT Miss Jones is nice-looking girl,
isn't she?''
Yes, and she'd be the belle Of the town
if it wasn't for one thing"
Whats that?"
She has catarrh so bad it is unpleasant
to be near her. She has tried a dozen
things and nothing helps her. l am sorry,
.or like her, but that doesn't make /. any
less disagreeable for one to be around her.
Now, if she had used DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy there would have been nothing of
the kind said, for it will cure catarrh every
time.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

Never have the fairy tales of science
found more brilliant exponent than in
the person of Sir Frederick Bramwell.
whose address to the British Association is
now engaging the attention of the world.
Choosing the prime movers for his text, the
distinguished lecturer proceeded to point
out the tendency of applied science to
transfer all work not requiring the direct
operation of intelligence, from men to
machines. The human being, it would
seem, is too valuable an article to be en-
ployed at mere mechanical toll. The in
PRODUCTION Of prime movers tends more
and more to render it difficult, if not i'm
possible, for human being to obtain living
by unintelligent work, and so to eliminate
all human beings who are incapable OF
other than purely mechanical labor"
The engine, and the engines functions
formed the burden of this most luminous
address, in which is contained prophecy
that for men who do not think o. cannot
control, there will ultimately be no room
on this planet. In particular, the lecturer
referred to the immense displacement of
labor which the marine engine has effected.
To generate the horse power required for
driving Cunarder across the Atlantic,
there would be needed no fewer than 234,-
600 galley-slaves half of which number
would have to be constantly at the sweeps,
while the other shift was resting. So far,
however, from the steamship competing
with labor, it was really friendly to it,
calling forth energies which but for the
invention of steam would never have
found field for their exercise. In con-
clusion, Sir Frederick defended his science
from the imputation of being earthly and
unspiritual, and pointed to the example of
the lighthouse on the lonely rock at sea,
to ship-building, to the spanning of valleys,
and to the piercing of mountains as work
of the civil engineer consistent with
true poetical feeling, and worthy of the
highest order of INTELLECT
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

A distinguished electrician, Mr.. Preece,
asserts of his favorite element that it is a
most unreliable means for terminating ami
NAL existence, and certainly not to be de-
pended on for putting an end to the life of a
fellow creature. According to this author
ity, rabbits have been known to survive a
shock from the most powerful induction
coil ever made, while the insensibility
produced by severe shock is in most
cases a mere semblance of death, the real
ity being dissipated by the patient subse-
quently coming to-" 1t is well known
that electricity cannot generate life, and
now grave doubts are entertained as
to its power to extinguish it. New York
should look into this.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

Some controversy has arisen as to
whether clergyman can marry himself or
not. We beg to suggest that the question
Is whether the verdict would be felo de SC
or temporary insanity.-Far.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

To weigh ones words is an expression
that we are all familiar with, but it has
remained for an ingenious Italian to apply
the standard of avoirdupcis to the much
more elusive phenomena OF thought By
means of a delicate self-registering bal
ance, in which the subject of experiment
is placed, this savant has been able to OBJ
serve certain disturbances in the scale
which are inexplicable on any other
hypothesis than that the patient is engaged
in deep thought. As is well known, the
latter causes an alteration in the circua-
ton of the blood, which circulation sinks
or elevates the balance in ratio corre-
spending to the activity of the mind The
practical value of this invention has been
made the butt of many facetious cynics,
but as the opinions OF the. latter are not
presumably weighty, the experimenter is
undeterred by ridicule from further
prosecution of his interesting researches,
and that on much larger scale.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

Electrical experiments practised on the
head of freshly decepitated criminal in
Algeria suggest the unpleasant inference
that consciousness survives in the head for
some minutes after the latter has been
separated from the trunk. Magnetic poles
placed at various positions on the face and
scalp, in this instance, resulted in a va
riety of muscular contractions, while the
eyes, which had hitherto been closed.
opened themselves and gazed on the as
sembled spectators with look very differ
ent from that which Macbeth noted in the
expression of Banquo. OF course, these
phenomena will be regarded by the scien-
titic as reflex, but the less sophisticated
will see in them ample confirmation of the
CHASTITY story told Of Sir Everard Digby.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20
OLD WORLD ECHOES.
SIR F. BRAMWELL ON THE FAIRY
TALES OF SCIENCE.
Jingoism Rebuked-Human Torpe-
does Thought Weishing-A
Champion of Corsets.
Written for the RroorD-uxrox.] J

The more temperate section of the Brit
ish press takes the London Standard to
task for lis iingo editorial on the occasion
of the reception in England of the Presi-
dental message. However, while the
Standard exhibited shocking bad taste in
its reference to ironclads and the Trent
affair, the Pal-1foH GGzeite points out that
the foolish retorts in which seme of the
Congressman INDUCED only show that
there are some men in Washington who
agree with Solomon that sometimes it is
wise to answer a fool according to his
folly"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20
MEMORANDUM IN RELATION TO PIER "a. NORTH


This pier is As feet wide by 2s5 feet long. 1t is
built upon uneven rock lerelei off by concrete
IN bags for a foundation of the sub-piers. The
depth OF water is from 2S to 3S feet at low water
The mean range of the tide is Ass feet Eight
sub-plers were built of concrete blocks weigh
ing from 20 to 30 tons each, made in air and set
upon foundation of concrete in bags The con-
crete blocks extend up to within 2.07 feet above
mean high water. he sub-pieIs are butt of
feet wide where made of concrete. and s feeI
wide where made of granite; upon the top OF
them are iron plates and girdeIs 8 feet deep.
ana upon these girderS concrete arches were
turned or built the top of which forms the sur
faee or deck of the pier at present. 1he dis
tanee between the girders is So feet which is
the span of the concrete arches Built in 1884 5.
Cost sl2S,cO0. Built under the supervision of
General Geo. 3. Mcclellan.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

John EItel, Agsayer and Chemist, corner
seventeenth and streets, Also buys gold. U
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

The spirits are now in possession of the
house in Cheyne Row Chelsea. formerly
occupied by Thomas Carlyle. Mrs. Jack
son, better known as Catherine Fox. the
original prophecies of the Spirituaiistic
faith, rents fiat in it, and for the purposes
of her business finds the Carlyle mansion
equally as resonant" as the old house at
Rochester, \. Y.
4 stay champion has been found in Pro.
fessor Roy, who justifes the use of corsets
in a paper read by him before the
British Association for the advancement
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

In Ambrose Bierce's letter TO the Sun
day E1majaef on the trend ei Iaodern war
fare, that sesQuipedalian LA. versatile
writer omitted 10 make any reis-eu,e to
the invention Of human tgrpedoes. which
promises To cut Il very large figure IN the
next European campaign. ~ this means
will be restored to modern warfare that
element of personal heroism which undue
preponderance of mechanical contrivances
has hitherto denied the opportunity for
distinguishing itself The human torpedo
is to be equipped with a patent inflated
floating dress, in which "he will be able
to make his way noiselessly and unseen
under the keels of the ironclads," to which
he will affix an internal machine, and then
retire to safe distance to watch its effects
Against this invention all those safeguards
| commonly relied on to keep off white
heads " will be fHtile, and "with corpse
OF expert swimmers, properly equipped,
the authorities at any port can render a
blockade absolutely impossible"
The net wages of Cradley- Heath chain
maker in England. working at his trade
from Monday morning till Saturday night,
and producing in that interim about 672
pounds of balf-inch chains, average ninety
cents. The man who drives the "FIying
Scotchman," with its load of aristocratic
humanity, from London to Doncaster, gets
but weekly wage of S11 25 for filling a
position which has taken him something
like twenty years to qualify for If these
are the sort of compensations which free
trade communities pay to intelligence.
then assuredly American mechanics are
better off under the old regime of pro-
lection.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

At first sight it seems irreverent to as
soelate the holy city with boom, and so
we suppose that prosperity is the molten
sive term which we must give to the re-
vived trade in exports of which Jerusalem
is the seat. The latter is said to drive a
big trade in the expectation OF coarse
soaps and objects of devotion made out of
mother of pearl and olive wood, besides
which, real estate has increased six fold
in value during the past few years. All
this is very satisfactory to learn and makes
US attach some credence to the many re-
ports which have been circulated concern
ing revival of prosperity in this most
ancient and historic city.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

For a firsi-cisss Carriage or Buggy 60
to HARRY BERNARD'S, Sixth and sts, II
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20

fne osssPtlee IN Caraznia nave VOC r,Tins aa,
= /. Ioa=ssn e. Co.'S. -loJ ST. s.ar1sszy--ao sssG
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-20
MEMORANDUM IN RELATION TO PIER NO. /. NORTH

This pier is so feet wide by 452 feet long out
side the river wall. The bottom was uneven
rock, varying from % to so feet below mean low
water Ihe mean rise and fall of the tide is
4-o5-lvo feet; top OF pier feet above mean high
water. The deck OF the pier rests Cpon S semi
circular arches which arches rest upon IS sub
piers and the river wall. The span of these
arches Is II feet. The sub piers in main So feet
wide by % feet long, the length being the Wiith
Oh the pier. Inc rock was first leveled off by
mass concrete placed under water upon this
blocks OF concrete, eighing from 10 to 20 tons
were placed and built up to about feet belov
mean low water. Centers for the arches rested
on the top OF these subpiers built of concrete
blocss, and the arches built of concrete over The
centers the top OF the arches forming the deok
OF surface OF the pier. All around the outside
above mean low water the concrete is fseeS
with 81 feet of cut granite. The deck is finally
coyeree with about inches of asphalt PAVING
The thlnnest part of the arch is at its sofit *
iScnes. ne total cost s5e0.090. Built f.oln
1871 TO issS.
You Will notice that Pier No. l. built
under the Tweed regime, cost S50o 600
while Pier" 4, ," built under the superyi
sion of General Mcclellan, cost Sl2s. 600.
This difference is due partly to the mode
of construction. But think the expenses
Of other work during the Tweed regime
would psssibly account for 4 very large
portion of it. While | have no detailed
knowledge of the expense attached to such
work, ana inclined TO the opinion that by
the use of prison labor in the quarrying
and cutting of the stone, we could con
struct pier here, similar to Pier " in
New York, for about SlG0, ,000-if not less.
Nothing can be done without beginning,
and | would advocate the erection of at
least one or more of such piers in San
francisco in the near future. Xix per cent.
upon the above estimate (Which. of course,
upon detailed plans being made. might
prove inadequae), would represent an
annual interest of only $4,000, and ] haye
no doubt that the investment would net J
more than that amount to the State, as
there would be no repairs, ETC., necessary, |