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A B0MBsHELL.

That was certainly bombshell that Cen
eral Patrick hurled into the Congressional
investigation, now pending at Dayton, o.,
concerning the administration of the Sol
diers Home. General Patrick is Governor
of the Home, with its beautiful park a
mile square. When soldier inmates, picked
up at random, had sworn that there was no
ground for complaint against the admins
tration, General Patrick produced letters
which had passed between General Rose
Grams and General Franklin In these
Rosecrans gave away the business. He
intimated that General Patrick must be re-
moved for political reasons, and that Mr..
Murray had told him that to keep Patrick
in his place would cost the Democracy
from 500 TO 1900 votes in his district
Franklin replied to General Rosecrans that
larity, and that he could not entertain the
idea of advocating his dismissal General
Patrick supplemented the reading by say
ing g l know that Murray is pledged to
get me out. l know that he is unscrupul-
| Gus in his efforts to obtain that result.
| The dispatches say that the reading of the
| letters caused CONSERVATION, and fairly
| paralyzcd Rosecrans, Murray and Slo-
cum. It was pleaded that the letters
were confidential. Nevertheless" replied
General Patrick, they treat of public mat
ters." In this reply the General touches
the quick. If public men write letters on
public affairs, by which dark political
schemes are to he promoted, the veil Of
privacy should not protect them. Rose
Grams only reply to the assault Of Patrick
was that the letters were private. This will
! not do. The country has a right
to know whether Congressman Rose
Grams is using his influence to for
ward political schemes. 1t is in evil
dence now that he has done so; that he
wrote TO General Franklin urging Patrick
removal for political reasons, and that Pat
rick's retention might, because of Muir
rays opposition, defeat General Franklin
| for the position of President of the Board
of Managers of the Home. This latter ex-
preston smaCks Of an attempt to Coercc OF
COW Franklin. Evidently he was not Of
| the timber Rosecrans supposed, since he
has given publicity to the correspondence
If Patrick is now removed the reason
Why will be clearly understood, If Rose
Grams and Murray were only Republicans
how the Democraticp press would howl about
corruption and political persecution, to be
sure.
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OBJECTION is made to draining Chine
Slough, that the exposure of wet land viii
be more rapid than the work of covering i
with sand, and that the exhalations of the
s0ured soil will tend to create sickness
The reply to this would seem to he that, as
the drainage is to be accomplished by {
comparatively small pipe undue exposure
of wet soil can at any moment be pre-
vented by closing the escape gate. If lot
OWNERS neglect to cover the exposed soil
the city has the power to do it in the gen,
eral interests Of the public, and probably
can recover the cost from the l0t-owners
But even if that cannot be done, the city
can better afford to do the work of covering
than not to abate the nuisance. 1t will bC
a hundred-fold cheaper than to attempt tc
fill the slough But we believe lot-OwnerS
and profit by it. Then, again, if the slough
is supplied by springs that keep it up to a
hight seven feet above the river the drain
pipe will not lower the body of the water
Dul tnG process VIII renew tHe water, dlO
thus wash out and purify the slough. II
the drain exceeds the influx of water from
the supposed spring, the former can be
lessencd by the egrcss gate, if exposure q
Hand is undesirable, to equal the inflow
In any light, therefore, the work now
begun is a good one, and should be prose
cuted. To connect the slough with tbs
river cannot do harm, if it is properly
managed, and it is we'll to have the pipC
laid at any rate, to aid in publication o
the lake at high water, If drainage be fount
dangerous. Those who object to draining
the slough for fear Of exposing wet lands
forget that the pumping process below TIT
| city will have the same effect and expos
like soil, that should also be covered, ant
for which work arrangements will have t.
be made. The city is on the right tract
now toward sanitary reform, and SHOULD
not turn backward.
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Go to Fred Lindner's, 500 X st.-Head-
quarters of First Artillery Band for TANS1LL's
PUNCH, Americas Fin est SC. Cigar. je19-tf
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PAINTS AND OILS.

I'll. CHADDERDON, IMPORTER AND DEAL
d. er in Paints, Oils, varnishes, Window Glass,
MIA MIX p. rs,n! ssc A NS a st. sacramento
iyl7-1pH
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Go to Golden Eagle Oyster s. Chop House,
Open day and night. ADAMDAMM, Prop. m14-lm
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MARTIN KESTLER.

MANUFACTURER OF BUGGIES; FARM
lHl Express, Freight, Header and Quart
Wagons. Repairing, ETC., done at short notice
1910 to 10l4 Ninth st., bet and K. Sacramento
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Lundborg's Perfume, Edna.
LANDLORDS Perfume, Marechal Mel Rose.
LANDLORDS Perfume, Alpine Violet.
Lundborg's Perfume, Lily of the Valley.
mrS-ly
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Hotfilter, the Goldsmith. pays the high
est price for gold dust old gold and silver, Sixth
street. between and X. jyl4f
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Dentistry.-J.v. Horner, Dentist, No. 515
Tenth street, bet. E and F, Sacramento. je27-1m
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Insure Life and Limb, by Getting Com
nonsense Step Ladder, at Eleventh and K. au2-1m
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CAUTION.

DON'T BE MlSLED By APPROXIMATIONS
ID of full iron frames III Upright Pianos as
being equal to the MATHUSHEK, for upon ex-
animation it will be found that the @ATHU-
SHEK Upright Piano is tie only Piano that has
a cup of wood bushirg forced into solid iron,
into which the tuning pins are set, which no
other Piano has Take a tOothpick or penknife
blade, and you can insert it all around the tun-
ing pin in al other Pianos down to the wooden
plank, which will prove the above assertion
Then uGte the NATIiUSHEK, and don't be de-
ceived. Agency, 525 street.
iyl6-0pIm
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DIR. La Mars Seminal Pills cure all cases of
Seminal Weakness, Nervous Debility, Loss of
Mental and Physical Vigor, Impotency, Invol-
untary Emissions and all disorders caused by
Over-indulgence, Indiscretion and Abuse. DR..
La Mars Pills are no mere Temporary Stimuli
liant, but q completely Restorative Tonic. They
build up the whole system, strengthen and re
store the sexual organs and give a new lease of
life-with power to enjoy ito all who expe-
rience the blessed benefits of their potent power
Price 81 so per bottle. Sent by mail on receipt of
price or by Express, C. O. d. Address all or
ders. A. McBOYLE & CO., Druggists, San Fran
cisco, p. O. Box 1852. jy31-3m
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Orchard Is Himself Again. am en-
ployed by Mr.. w. II. Golden at my old trade OF
cleaning and laying carpets. p. A. BYRNE.
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STATE FAIR RACES,
SEPTEMBER Goth.

TIXTRA PURSE OF 5000 FOR YEARLINu
IA Trotters, one mile DASH Entries to close
AUGUST 18th, with EDWIN r. SMITH, Secre-
tary. AuS-2Dtd
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SAN FRANCISCO, 1884.
HAY WANTEDI

lids WILL BE RECEIVED By THE STATE
Is Agricultural Society for DAT AND ALFALFA
HAY delivered at the Park during tho Fair, in
such quantity and at such times as needed:
Give price per ton for best quality. Bids opened
MONDAY, Aug. 18th, at o clock P. M, at Office.
aul2-2ptd EDWIN +. SMITH, Secretary.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

Have your Carpets cleaned at Golden's,
1908 o St, bet. Thirteenth and Fourteenth. auS-tf
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EVENING SESSION.

At 80 P, N. Mr.. Delmas proceeded to reply to
the argument made by Mr.. Raymond. He said
his argument of Tuesday had not been shaken.
The railroads must be assessed at their actual
the action of the local Assessor. 1t is conceded
here that in some cases Assessors have substan-
TALLY complied with their duty. The best of tax
laws can but approximate to the desirable end,
equal taxation. Under your oaths of office it is
your duty now to assess railroad property at its
actual value. and if local Assessors
have not done their duty you must
discussed the value of the mortgage of the
road its costs, income and bonds at length,
going over the entire ground and reading the
same authorities that he did on Tuesday. He
took the reports of the road from 1879. and read
their official statement of affairs year by year to
the present time. After making many lengthy
mathematical calculations: he told the Board
road was 1 worth 81, ss4, 500 % and should
be assessed for the full amount. He
said the amount returned by the company
represents only one-tenth of the value OF the
money they have paid. The Central Pacihc
Company hold a lease on the Southern Pacific,
dated January l. 1880. Leases for five years
their road south of Goshen, together with Its
rolling stock, telegraph lines etc. pay for. each
month $3.50 per mile or 81, 900 per mile. the Cen
trail Pacific to keep the road in good condition
at their own expense uhereiofe, the Sou m,s os
the Central Pacific must repair. The lease Is
signed by Charles Crocker, for the Southern Pa
cific, and Leland Stanford for the Central Pa
cifc.
Mr.. Raymond said he had but n few words to
add. Mr. Delmas had signally failed to estab-
lish single point. He said he was in favor OF
an income tax being levied each year on rail
roads BY the State Controller, and let the same
be divided properly between the State and
counties This would take the railroads out OF
politics, something they very much desired: He
said that there has not been q session of the
Legislature in the State for the last ten years
the extra session not excepted-but what has
combined to plumber the interpretations. He
answered most completely every argument
made by Mr. Delmas.
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THESE ROADS WEE Bt1rr iron cRrpIr

Upon the faith which mankind have in their
projectors. Their ponds were foated, not be-
cause it was believed the roads were worth or
would sell in the markets of the world, because
no man ever believed that. There are to-day
perhaps. any number of capitalists in the world
that would give for any leading railroad in the
United States, in a settled or unsettled country
what its bonded debt calls for. And yet cap
italists take these bonds and they scatter them
throughout the world Many of them have
defaulted, some perhaps may in great crisis
default yet, but these debts will be maintained
for all time to come, and the future prosperity
of the country may in the en- wipe them out
and destroy them. When the southern Pacific
Railroad Company issued its bonds and
they give them S. cents on dollar for them,
with contract that the brokers should handle
all of those bonds except some two or three hun
bred thousand dollars. They had confidence In
the ability of this company, and most OF them
knew that when they took those bonds and
gave them their credit in the Europeon mar
kets. that in no way. perhaps in this century
would that railroad sell for the value of the
face value OF those bonds. Why. all Of us who
are living have seen the bonds of this Govern
ment sold for 10 cents. We have seen the bonds
bearing $40 per cent. interest harped upon
the street for that price, and yet to-day those
same bonds would be worth 81 So because ofthe
faith in the perpetuity of this nation and that
for NIL time 10 come il will be able TO pay its
debts. But. gentlemen, bond given may have
n value independent ofmortgagc which secures
it. Under the laws of the State of California.
the stockholders in these roads are personally
and individually liable for every dollar of the
bonds that are issued. Ny note in the money
markets of San Francisco for thousand dollars
might be secured by mortgage upon tract of
land worth 500, might not command 81 600, but
with Governor Stoneman's or my learned
friend Endorsement; it might be worth par.
Now. the mortgage of the Southern Pacific
Railroad. and that Is part of the story that has
not been told to you, Is not on the Southern Pa
ciGc Railroad alone; and if every bar of steel
laid upou that road were to be removed and
every tic taken from its place, the tunnels
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EDUCATIONAL.

Rs- RENT AND OTHER COLLECTIONS NADE
al2-1ptf
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-10

Harrisburg Express, which leaves Lancaster
at 7t0 y. IN, has direct connections without
change OF cars) TO Columbia and York.
Fast Line, west, on sunday, whcu Tagged
VIII stop at Downingtown, Coatesville, rarkos
burg, Mount Joy, EliEabethtown and Middle
town.
Day Express, Fast Line, News Express, mail
Train, No. l, Western Express and Pacinc Ex
press run daily.
The time here given IL Eastern time, or that
OF the 18th meridian, whice Is ] min ute and
seconds faster than that heretofore used.
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" OF -, 90 and 100 at
HA@raAs's YELL NV FRONT CIGAR
STOAk.
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MsDICAL.
DRowNs IRos sIrTERs.
Shall We Let the Child Die ?

aud entd icy g.pins
akrngwho ndeo ohancet
beeubr
rnnnsa
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We Challenge tho WnrIa.

wien we cay we believe, we have evidence
70 prove That shlohs consumption Cure is
uveinealy the best Lung Medicine made, In as
rnna1 rueh as ~ VIII cure common or Chronic
ma, Bronehitis whooping Cough, Croup' ana
SHOW more cases OF Consumption cured than
al others. ~ Will cure where they iail, Al ia
PIaasant 70 lake, harmless 10 the younpest
chuu anu we guarantee what we say Price.
l0c., eoe ana n.oo. II your Lungs are sore,
Cnest or BACK lame, use shiloh's Porous plas'
ter. Sold by III. y. Cochran, druggist NO. Hs1
and 1888 North Qneen street. fe61-eoa
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am All Broke Uni"

This ~ the usual exclamation OF one afliut-
cd with rheumatism, or lameness. Rheumatic
pathy and commiseration. Speedy relief Ia
offered them In DR.. Thomas Eciectrfo on,
IL 10 the sworn enemy OF ali aches and pains
For sale by ii. ID. Cochran. druggist, 1877 ana
l8S North Queen street.
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Hanover Accommodation west, connecting
at Lancaster with Niagara Express at g46
win run through To Hanover daily, except
sunday.
Frederick Accommodation, west counoC tiny
At Lancaster with Fast Line, west, at l!8S, WiG
run through to Frederick.
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Pull for the hhara

Let us all pull out OF this sea OF sickness and
uss spopaehcy, ana get onto rock foundation
or good, strong health. Burdock BLOOD Bittsrs
are the Thing 10 pull for. They arc one OF the
most renowned hea't tn restoratives ever man.
utactuIed. For sale by Il, Is. Cochran, Drug
glst. l37 and l88 North Queen street.
aGDiamond Dyes will color anything any
10 economize, loo, ut all druggists, Wells
Richardson Co., Burlington, VI. Sample
card, 81 colors, and book of directions for
2-cent stamp.
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rnavsLxns, cum
sUAsTER Ann miLLEHsyiiip II.

fyOLUMBiA y POKT DEPOSIT RA,L
~ ROAD TIME TABLE.
Trains now run regularly on tho Colunbin
q Port Deposit Railroad on the following
time;
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The best etiquette Tor man is not TO boast
OF his virtues. IL Is also exceedingly inclc-
CANT 10 annoy society with his coughs and
colds, when he can hnd relief In "A bottle OF
DIR. Bulls Cough syrup.
In small Pos, Scarlet Fever ana Diphtheria
Dar0ys Prophylactc Fluid will stop the
apread OF the Infection.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-09-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP,

The leader of the Chinese army in
Tonquin, Too Tsung Tang, is seventy
eight years old.
Not less than forty-four deaths
from starvation occurred in the city of
London in 1888.
IAN @ronautic detachment Of en-
gineers hasbeen formed in Berlin, which
is hard at work learning the art and
pra- tice of military ballooning.
In Morocco, when thiefis caught
in the most trivial offense, they politely
request him to hold up both hands.
Then they ask him what hand he
would prefer to have in his possession,
and when he has made his choice they
cut of the other. When a tn eft has
thus lost both hands. and also his feet,
he loses his head and quits stea ing.
The brewery of Bass, VINO recently
died in his eighty-tifth year, covers two
hundred acres of ground, and 800
people are employed in it. He was the
grand ON Of the founder of the brewery,
and was local benefactor, having built
churches. cons ructed baths ami en-
dowed free library. The Bases have
always been Liberals, while the other
brewers, the Allsops, have been Tories.
Sir Jos ph FayreE who has been
investigating snake pc soning, says hat
TO him one Of the greatest mysteries Is
that poisonous snake can not poison
one Of its species, scarcely its own con-
geners, and only slightly any venomous
snake; but it kills innocent snakes
quickly. A vigorous cobra can kill
several dogs, or from dozen to twenty
fowls befo. e its bite becomes impotent,
and tlen the immun ty Is of brief du-
ration. for the virus IS rapidly re Sc
GREETED.
Ten years ago a penniless man,
with peculiarly shaped head, made a
bargain with a London professor OF
anatomy by which the latter was 10
have the head on payment of the mans
funeral expenses. Meanwhile the man
became wealthy, and when he died the
other day his friends tried to avoid full
filing thu contra t. But the professor
insisted, and the matter is to be br ught
before the law courts. Pending the de-
G sion, the defunct gentleman has heen
buried with his head on his shoulders.
The late Louis Hymans, the great
Belgian iourna ist, was an odd-looking
little man with weak eyes, unkempthair,
a chronic air of astonishment on his
face, a curious twang in his voice, and
manner that was always droll, even
when he wished to appear serious.
Whenever he ATTENDED any public gath
er,ng he was obliged to make a speech,
and every one began to laugh befo e he
spoke his first word. His yle of polit-
ical argument in his editorials was
usually the reductio ad absurdum.
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Dc Quincy in Money Matters.

The astounding incompetence of De
Quincy in money matters was remark
able. In that department of practice
the abstract political economist, so pro-
found a Ricardo, was helpless as an in
FAINT. He gave money right and left
when he had it, and was then the
prince of almoners for sorners and beg
gars, but he was constantly running
around himself. The reports of him in
this respect agreed pretty uniformly in
the idea that his difficulties did not nee
essarily arise from want of money, but
only, or often, from want of particu-
lar sum required at particular mo-
ment and inability in all ordinary pro-
cesses FOR converting the potential into
the actual. One night, very late,
MIR. Burton tells us, De Quincy,
arriving at q friends door, and having
obtained admission with difficulty, ex-
planned, with all the skill and pathos
of his beautiful rhetoric, that it was alb
solutely essential he should be provided
at once with Is. Cd. On perceiving
surprise on his friends face he pro.
teeded to explain that he had docu-
ment in his possession the transference
of which to his friends care woald
probably obyiate his hesitation, and then,
after rummagiug in his pockets and
fetching miscellany of small articles
out of them, he produced at last a
crumpled piece of paper, which he ten
dered as security. 1t was ESQ note,
and his friends impression was that, if
he had kept the note in exchange foe
the IS. 3D., he would have heard no
more of the transaction, and indeed
that, before coming to his door, lie
Quincy had been trying to negotiate
the exchange at a series of shops and
had failed only through extreme skepti.
cism on the part of tie shopkeepers---
Eeesy oar Saturday,
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The story or a Watch.

One day | was passing through the
Green Park. Let me recall that event
full day. have been working hard all
day to catch up lost time; am now
walking slowly through the park, when
a sight meets my eye which makes me
forget fatigue and change my stroll in !
to d sharp walk A crowd. Tam soon
IN it. What is ths matterp Indeed!
Then must stop. One does not see a
Sultan every day. This Is something
like. An Oriental potentate, n all his
magniiicence, is about to enter the pal
ace OF the great Queen upon whose do
mlnions the sun never sets. Harkl
Music! Here they como! Hurrahl A
rush, a squeeze, man pushes rudely
against me; glance round at him; he
is working his way gu ckly through the
erowd--very quickly. A suspicion
flashes upon me. One touch of my
hand to my side makes it certainty,
My watch Ii gonel plunge fierceIy
after that man. think OF nv
wife's tears, of, my own vexation; /
think, with o tender regret, of winding
mp time; feel like father rs / think
bf. the times have corrected NV treas
urc by the church. / picture Blogg's
pretended sympathy and secret Qlee. /
imagine him Haunting his gold Geneva
In my face, and myself without NV
good old forty-guinoa English lever 70
pht him down with: and all because az
that black-whiskefed Naaabond now
making his escape. These Thoughts
the thoughts Of u moment--giSe me
the strength and energy of / on. I
dash and push and squeeze through the
peoplewho give me no aid, but curse me
vplubly as stamp on their toes and
dig my elbows into their ribs. Imak
,aclatch at him. Missed, by a hands
breadth. Oh. If that man between us
hal been thinl Another attempt; /
touch his coat. Ons more Il have himl
Oh. the ecstasy of that moment.
mingled with the fear Of his having
passed the watch to q confederatel Be.
fore | can gasp out word he turns
half round, slips it into my hand, and
as l place it in my pocket he makes
off once more, this time unpursued
Tor have regained my treasure and
ana satisfied. | do not venture to take
1t out OF my pocket, but walk home at
once, keeping my hand on my watch
all the way. No one shall come near
me till reach home feel very hot.
but at the same time a hero. Have
not had an adventure, aud have not
come through it triumphantlyp No
tears now from my wife, no sneers now
from Blogg. How | shall enjoy wind
ing up my watch tonight Its value is
it has storyi wish / could
go home on horseback or by steam.
am bursting to tell my wife all about
it. AT last am at home. l am sit
ting down. / begin my tale. tell Of
the crowd, of the thief, of my loss. NV
wife tries to interrupt me; I won't all
low it. describe the deed, the chase.
the capture, the restitution! pause for
my wife's words Of admiration and con-
graduation, which am sure will now
follow She says quietly: my dear,
you know you left in great hurry tins
morning. If you look on the mantel-
piece you will see your watch, which
You left at home She was right. /
have now two watches!-Londoa So |
'lete.