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ROOFsRs' WORK.

Proposals for the several branches of labor
and materials to be used in the roofers' work in
the erection and entire completion OF the main
administration building and its annex, of the
Preston School of In'ustry
Drawings and specifications for said carpen.
ters' work and roofers' work can be seen daily
from O'Clock A. NJ until o'clock P. NJ, at the
Office of the Architect of said Board, henry
A. SCHULZE, room 81, Flood Building, San
Francisco, Cal.
Blank proposal FORMS and all information in
regard to the manner in which proposals are to
be rendered, to be obtained from the Architect
aforesaid.
Proposals must be accompanied by certified
check upon some well-known and responsible
banking house for at least ten {10) per cent of
the amount bid, payable 10 the order of Robert
T. DevliD, President of the State Board of
Prison Directors. the condition being that if
any party or parties TO whom a contract shall
be awarded shall fail to give bond of two or
more sureties, to the satisfaction of the State
Board of Prison Directors, in amount equal to
fifty SOY per cent of the amount of the Contract
awarded, as required by the said Board for the
faithful performance of the contract, the check
accompanying said proposal shall be forfeited
to the State
No Chinese labor, or materials manufactured
by Chinese labor, to De used in the erection of
said buildings.
Payments viii be made in warrants drawn by
the State Controller upon the State Treasury, as
provided by the Legislature.
The Board of Directors reserves the right to
reject any or ell proposals, if found necessary,
as the public good may require.
dig lot BRA1NARD +. SMITH Secretary.
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e1vERs AND RECIPIENTS.

The season of giving is at hand. The
givers = heaven bless them all who
give wisely, and doubly bless those
who give where greatest need is, are "all
right" But word to recipients. If you
have particle of regard for the givers
the slightest consideration for the gentle
influences of the season, and the spirit OF
humanity and love that the season ushers
in, do not question the gift.
That is to say, however inappropriate,
foolish and out of the way the gift may be
in your opinion, say nothing about it.
Remember that after all it is not SO much
the gift, as the spirit that prompts it
Receive joyiully; smile upon the giyer;
gladden. the heart that is moved to think
of you; cherish the deed regardless of the
character af-the tekes, remember that
ihere is no pain keener, no mental distress
more poignant than that resulting from
anthankfulness
You may not think the gift well chosen,
tr even well bestowed; it may, in your
Judgment, be the result of an act of I'M
wisdom, nevertheless it is too late when
she gift is made to take exceptions, and
any displeasure on your part will simply
ssacud the spirit and make miserable the
Heart. -
Unquestionably there is great deal of
'inwise giving; a-gfeat deal of extrava
tanee i9 -giving; great dea, of misdirec-
ton in giving; some giving that is not
sincere; some that is intended to prompt
return; some that is not so free, generous
ct costly as the giver should make; some
that is even cruel in its scant proportions,
and some that is grudging and merely
fjrmal. But as grumbling heals no wounds
apd mitigates no pain, recipients should,
sive perhaps in rare cases. keep. their OWN
counsel when they are tempted to look
upon the token of the season as ill-be-
slowed, or ill-chosen, or inconsistent with
the ability of the giver. Many holiday
season has been clouded; many heart
pang caused; many friendship broken;
many a good intention made means OF
cruel punishment by the 81 don't like it
expressed even without the hearing of the
giyer.
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A DOCTORS REBUKE.
Immensely More Mischief than is Gen.
orally Suspected.

Dr.. King, the eminent medical writer, In
slearned disquisition on our national COM
plant, constipation, says
The great quantity of eathartic pills, etc.,
which are taken by the people OF this coup.
try are productive OF immensely more mis-
chief than is generally suspected. True, the
physic unloads the bowels, but its action
tends to diminish the tone of the intestines;
80 that, instead OF renewing costiveness, 1t
aggravates it, leaving the bowels in more
torpid condition.
joys Vegetable sarsaparilla was designed
to fill just such contingency as the doctors
arraignment anticipates, viz: instead of be-
Ing powerful mineral purgative, it is q
mild vegetable laxative, that, owing to its
solvent and gentle stimulating properties, Is
20 certain relief in constipation that it has
been given away to hundreds, not to be paid
for unless it was of positive benefit. 1t re-
places constipation almost Immediately
with natural easy habit, and is SO mild
that, unlike drastic purgatipes, it can be
taken indefinitely with perfect safety.
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THE San Francisco Chronicle announces
its open hostility to reform ballot sys-
TEN, and that it is in favor of retention of
our present methods. 1t enjoys the dis
tinction of standing alone upon the ques-
ton. 1t enjoys the further solitary posi-
tion Of asserting that the present law is a
specific, in that it efectually prevents the
sale and delivery of votes, except the
elector chooses to keep faith with the
buyer. Every citizen who has given ten
minutes of observation to the process Of
voting under our system knows the state
ment to De untrue. Voters are given bal
lots by the heelers and strikers marshaled
to the polls and compelled to keep the bal
lots in view. They are thus cowed by those
who have the power to punish them, or
are watched too closely to permit of decep-
ton, and thus it is made sure that they keep
their contracts and deliver the goods. Yet
the Chronicle confesses its ignorance of the
facts by denying perhaps this is
error; it knows the truth, but for reasons
sufficient to it, is set in its resolution to
oppose an absolutely secret ballot.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
" Preston school of Industry. room l2l Phe-
Ian Block, San Francisco CAL, December 10,
1890.
BY order of the State Board of Prison Direct
ors. sealed proposals will be received AZ the
Office OF the Secretary of the Preston school OF
Industry up to the hour of O'Clock P. NJ on
MONDAY, the Doth day of DECEMBER, 1890,
for the several branches of labor and materials
to be furnished fer the erection of buildings for
the Preston School of Industry, upon a certain
site of ground situate and beng in lone Pre-
cinct, Township Two, near the town of lone
Amador county, California, as follows, to WIT:
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terests; for quasi-criminal procedure in
the letting of contracts; for rewarding
political servitors at the expense Of the
people; for creating costly Com missions;
for the too frequent employment of law
yers on slight pretenses of necessity; for
the reckless granting of franchises; for
the defiant and shameless waste of public
funds, and the awarding of printing con-
tracts that are frauds upon the people.
But what else can be expected in city
where partisan politics stands before mu-
nicipal interests All these evils and out
RACES, and many more; all this subserviency
to whisky; to politics of the ward and
striker breed; to the power of the boss
and the need of hungry hordes of political
seryitors, are the legitimate results of a
system that regards city government as a
political means. Let US hope that San
Francisco is about to experience change
for the better. The Grand Jury, after all,
kicks dead dog-for new Board will
be installed in a couple of weeks, and,
while it is also political one, it may have
the wisdom to take warning from the
career of its predecessors and avoid some
of the extravagances and quasi-crimes in
which the outgoing Board has INDUCED.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENT.

NOTICE TOCREDITORS OF JOHN
IN X GILllLAND, deceased. Notice is here.
BY given by the undersigned, EDWIN K. ALSIP,
Executor OF the last will and testam emit of the
estate OF JOHN K. GILLILAND, deceased to
the creditors OF, and all persons having claims
necessary affidayits or vouchers, within tour
months after the first publication of this notice,
10 said Executor, at the law offices of Ropt. T.
Deylip, 32S street, Sacramento, California the
same being his place for the transaction OF the
business OF said estate.
Dated, December IS, 1890.
EDWIN Z. ALSIP,
Executor of the last will and testament OF
JOHN z. G1LLILAND, deceased.
RoBT. I. DEyLIs, Attorney for Executor.
d19-5tF
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THE Grand Jury of San Francisco has
filed report that is bitter, scathing and
sweeping arraignmept of the majority of
the Board of Supervisors of that city for
improvidence as guardians of public in
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CARPENTERS WORK.

Proposals for the several branches of labor
and materials to be used in the carpenters
work in the erection of the main administra-
ton building and its annex, of the Preston
School of Industry
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If you have made up your mind to buy
Hoods Sarsaparills do not be induced 10
take any other Hoods -SsFsaeesilla is a
peculiar medicine, possessing, by virtue oil
its peculiar combination, propertien and
preparation, curative power superior to
any other article Of the kind.
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PLows started in many sections just
after the storm of two weeks ago, but the
present STORYTELLING and generous rain
assures the general turning of burrows and
gives high hopes of good agricultural
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NOTE AND coMMEST

Messrs. Maxwell and Lee have purchased
the Woodland Democrat and Wick B. Par
sons retires. The politics of the paper will
be Democratic, as in the past.
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Liverpool, England, has $50 miles of the
best paved streets in the world, and il
costs less than $4,000 a year to keep
them in perfect repair.
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400 u STREET, BETWEEN FOURTH AND
fkC Fifth, Sacramento. Monuments, Tomb
and Grave Stones, Mantels, Encaustic Thing Etc.
Direct importer of Scotch and Eastern Granite
Monuments. CALL AND EXAMINE dls.tf
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HANSON g. DOBNER

yEl ILL OPEN THE YoLO MARKET IN
w Washington, SATURDAY, December Doth,
where they VIII have all kinds of Choice Meats
OF the season. Call and give us trial. dl9-Sts
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Teachers Examination.
NEW PROCESS CORN MEAL.

NEUBOURG d Lagos, STAR MILLS AND
Manufacturers of malt and all kinds of meal
Also, dealers in hops, corks, produce, grain,
feed and brewer' supplies Special attention
IL called to our new process corn meal and
OF Hurope 1.e
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ADvEs1sEalsr OF AALE .avs. : CO.
OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
Holiday
Slippers.

Don't make them when you can buy
them as cheap as we're selling them.
A pair Of Slippers is as useful a
present as one can make, and always
gives delight.
In the shoe window of the Shoe
Department we have spread out enough
SLIPPERS to give you notion of what
we have back.
Best makes, best styles, proper shapes.
Alligator Plush and Velvet, finished in
two or three colors each, many with
Silk and Chenille Embroidery. They
show up we'll Easy picking for him
out of such a stock.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GARD OF THANKS

THE RELATIVES OF THE LATE A. GRAF
l. miller desire in this manner to return their
heartfelt thanks to their many friends, Ind to
lations AID sympathy during our rsceht be-
s5avement.
1t THE RELATIVES OLA. GRAFNIL}ER.
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Send for Catalogue.
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ADJUSTMENTS, ETC.

LIT is 81 PU CK -
Just broken all records az the California
Theater, San Francisco carrying off the BAN
taken at-that theater.
ADMISSI0N-5O cents and 81; no extra
charge FOR reserved seats. Seats now on sale
for both nights di7-4t
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Pioneer Marble and Grants Works,

"a. AITKEN,
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Bella l.. Perkins Estate

CTATE OF VERMONT, District Of Bradford, IS
- In Probate court held at Thetford in and for
said district on the I5th day Of Dec, A D. 1890
LYMAN Slater, Administrator Of the estate Of Bella L.
Perkins late Of Saord said district deceased makes
application to said for license to sell all Of the
real estate Of said deceased situated in Vermont.
except homestead and dover, representing that
the sale thereof is necessary for the purpose
Of paying debts and settling estate Whereupon is
dered by said court that said application be referred to
on the id day Of jan, A. D., 1891, for hearing and
decision thereon md il is further ordered that all per-
sons interested be notified hereof by publication Of
tice Of said application and order thereon three weeks
successfully in the United Opinion, newspaper pub
lshed Bradford and which crculaes in the neighbour
hood Of those interested before said time Of hearing.
that they may appear said time and place, and il
they see cause object thereto.
By the court-Attest,
S. M. GLEASON, Judge.
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Maranda M Georges Estate.

CTATE OF VT, Bradford District, S.,
- At probate held at Thetford within and for
said district on the a3d day Of Dec. A. D., 1899:
George late Of Faree in said district deceased makes
application to said court for license to sell all the
real estate Of said deceased situated in Vermont,
repre-. entng that the sale thereof is necessary
for the purpose Of payirg debts and settling the
estate Wherrupon it is ordered by said court that
said application be referred to session thereof to be
hsS sy f said sssas s
decision thereon and it is further ordered that all
persons interested Be notified hereof by publication
Of notice Of said application and order thereon three
weeks successfully in the United Opinion newspaper
published at Bradford and which circulates in the
neighborhood of those interested before said time Of
hearing that they may appear at said time and place,
and IL they see cause object thereto.
By the Court-Attest,
S. M GLEASON Judge.
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Old Times Recalled by = Prairie Schooner.
There was an interesting sight on
Broadway last week, and it brought
back to many the thoughts of days
long, long ago. 1t was nothing less
than 'prairie schooner, +" with canvas
top and sides, barrel of water between
the wheels with bucket dangling be-
meath the feed box, and all the other
necessaries for journey across the
plains. The picture was complete in
every detail. for the cumbersome wagon
was drawn by three horses, with rope
harness. and a little colt trotted de
murely behind. On the seat was
brawny looking man in tiannels and
overalls, with his wife attired in cotton
dress and big straw hat on one side,
and freckle faced boy on the other.
The journey had evidently been long
one, for all were travel stained, and
were watched an6 commented ON by
all they met. Thy went slowly up
Broadway and San Pablo avenue
toward the foothills. Oakland Tri0-
une.
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TAXES

The taxpayers Of the town of Corinth
are hereby notified that have in my hands
for collection the Town, School. County and
taxpayers are hereby notified to pay their
respective taxes as above to the undersigned
treasurer of the town Of COrinth within
ninety days from the date hereof lsaid time
expires Dec. 81, 1890) as per Act No. 20, A.
D. 1880, also Act No. s, 1885, Laws OF the
State Of Vermont. sA@
Dated at Corinth, this I'd day of Oct.
A. D.. 1890.
as &C. COOKE. Town Treasurer.
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Benjamin Cheney's Estate.

OTATE OF VT, Bradford district IS.
- m Probate Court held Thetford in said district
on the nth day Of Dec, A d 1890
Hon. Chester Dickey Administrator Of the estate Of
Benz Cheney late Of Topsham in said district deceased
and allowance, and makes application for decree Of dis
bution and partition Of the estate Of said deceased
Whereupon it is ordered by said that said account
and said application be referred session thereof to
be held at Bradford in said district the I3h day Of
Jan, A. D, 1891, for hearing and decision thereon;
And il is further ordered that notice hereof be given to
all persons interested by publication Of the same three
weeks successfully in the United Opinion newspaper
published at Bradford previous to said time appointed
Tor hearing that they may appear at said time and place
and show If any they may have why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made.
By the court, attest,
S. m. GLEASON, Judge.
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TAXES.

The taxpayers Of School District No 4,
of Bradford are hereby notified that have
in my hands for collection School Tax for
1890, and all taxpayers are hereby notified
to pay their respective taxes as above to the
undersigned, Treasurer of School District
No. 4, within ninety. days from the date
per Act No. 80, A. d., 1880, Laws of the
State of Vermont.
Dated at Bradford, this 18th day of Oct,
81 w. T. NoRcRoss, Treas.
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al Christian phiianthropists of all ages

all Christian phiianthr0plsts of all ages
are going to como and look at It.
What shall tho inscription he? "There
shall not any man he able to stand be-
fore thee ell tho days Of thy life."
But 1t Is time for Joshua to go home.
He Is 10 years old Washington went
down the Potomac, and at Mount Yer
non closed his days, Wellington died
peacefully ut Apsley House. Now,
where shall Joshua resti Why, no is
to have his greatest battle now. After
40 years he has to meet a king, who
he's more subjects than all the present
population OF the earth, his throne
pyramid Of skulls, his parterre the
grave yards and the cemeteries of the
world, his chariot the worlds hearsc-
the king of terrors. But II this is JOSH
ua's greatest battle 1t Is going to be
Joshua's greatest victory. He gathers
his friends around him and gives his
valedictory, and it is full of reminis
cence.
Young men tell whit they are going
to do; old men tell what they have
done. And as you have heard II grand
father or great-grandfathcr, seated by
the evening fire, tell Of Monmouth or
Yorktown, and then lift the crutch or
staff, as though it were lnusket, to
fight, and show how the old battles
were won. SO Joshua gathers his friends
around his dying couch, and he tells
them the story of what he has been
through, and rs he lies there, his white
locks showing down on his wrinkled
forehead, wonder If God has kept
his promise all the way through. As
he lies there he tells the story one, two
or three times-you have heard old
people tell a story two or three times
overland he answers, II go the way
of all the earth, and not one word of
the promise has failed, not one word
thereof has failed; all has come to
pass, not one word thereof has failed"
And then he turns to his family, as
dying parent will, and says: Choose
now whom you will serve, the God of
Israel or the God of the Amorites
As for me and my house. we will serve
the Lord"
A dying parent cannot be reckless or
thoughtless in regard to his children.
Consent to part with them forever at
the door of the tomb we cannot. By
the cradle in which their infancy was
rocked, by the bosom on which they
first lay, by the blood of the covenant,
by the God of Joshua, it shall not be.
We will not part, we cannot part. Je-
hovah Jireh, we take thee at thy
promise. II will be God to thee and
thy seed after thee.
JosHUA's DAYS NUMBERED.
Dead, the old chieftain must be laid
out. Handle him very gently; that
sacred body is over a hundred and ten
years of age. Lay him out, stretch out
those feet that walked dry shod the
parted Jordan. Close those lips which
helped blow the blast at which the
walls of .Iericho fell. Fold the arm I
chat lifted thespear toward the doomed
city OF All. Fold it right over the heart
that exalted when the five kings fell.
But where shall we get the FURNISHED
granite Tor the headstone and the foot
stonee Ibethink myself now. l imag-
me that for the head it shall be the sun
that stood still upon Gideon, and for
The foot the moon that stood still in
,he valley of Ajalon.
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We've heard of a woman
who said she'd walk five miles
to get a bottle Of DR.. Piercc's
Favorite Prescription if she
couldn't get it without. That
woman had tried it. And it's
a medicine which makes itself
felt in toning up the System
and correcting Irregularities as
soon as its use is begun.
Go to your drug store, pay
a dollar, get a bottle and try
try a second, a third if
necessary. Before the third
ones been taken you'll know
that there's a remedy to help
you. Then you'll keep on
and a cure II come.
But if. you shouldn't feel the
help, should be disappointed
in the results you'll find a
guarantee printed on the bot
tle-wrapper thatll get your
money back for you.
How many women are there
who'd rather have the money
than health ? And Favor.tc
Prescription produces health.
Wonder is that there's a
woman willing to suffer when
there's a guaranteed remedy
in the nearest drug store.
DR., Pierce's Pellets regulate
the Stomach, Liver and Bow
els. Mild and effective. l3sea
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The Naming Of the Months.

In looking up the peculiar names
given each of the twelve months of the
year it becomes necessary for us to go
back to the old Romans who have i'm
posed upon us a set of names equally
as absurd as those which the Norsemen,
the Scandinavians and Saxons applied
to the week. January is named from
Janus, the god of doors and gates, be-
cause the month opens the year; some
say that he is q two faced god, and
could look back on the last year and
forward to the coming. February is
from februo, to purify March was
originally the first month, and was
named for Mars, the god of war. April
is from aperire, to open, because the
buds open in that month.
May is from Main, goddess; Junt
is from Juno the patron of marriage,
and is, therefore, the favorite month
for weddings. July was named for
Julius Cesar and August for Augustus
Caesar. Originally August had but
thirty days, and February twenty nine
in the common year and thirty in leap
years. Augustus was jealous that
julius month should have more days
than his own; therefore, he took one
from Februaryan added it to August
September October November, De-
cember are SO called because they were
originally the seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth months of the year. The
names are inappropriate and rank mis-
nomers as now applied. Exchange.