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State Of California. County of Sacramento
SIS. I, S. PRENTISS SMITH Cashier of the
above-named bank, do soIcmnly swear that
the above statement is true TO the best of my
knowledge ana belief.
$. PRENTISS SMITH, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn o before me this 2Ist
day Of March, 1893.
rsr,rl JAMES e. MILLS.
Notary Public.
u. 0. MILLS,
CHAS. r. DILL1IAN. Directors.
PRANK MILLER,
mr24-2td<w
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exquisite bit of satire of: "Ye'n ne'er
rightly ken Scotchmon till We ken him
for mon that keeps the Saw bath-an'
all else he can lay his twa hands oopon."
EUGAR L. WAkEMAN.
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She VIII DO the Resr.

He-Do you believe that love can exist
without jealousy?
She-Not in any affair in which 1 take
nart.-Iife.
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Her Great Charm.

'AIiss Landrich is not pretty. is she?"
"Not exactly pretty, you know, but
she has pleasing personality. IN ew
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d EPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
II National Bank of D. O. Mills 4 Co.. at
Sacramento. in the State of California, at the
close of business, March 6, 1898.
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ing principles to which they are respect
lively atrached, but by finding some COM
mon principles on which they are agreed.
Those common principles appear TO us to
be such as the following: 1t is the func-
ton OF the State TO afford education to its
children. This American Protestanis
have always asserted; this American
Catholics also assert. 1t is not the busi
dess of the State to conduct public
worship, or TO furnish theological,
doctrinal or catechetical instruction.
Ihls American PrOtestants have always
asserted; this American Catholics also
assert. Any school, to be adequate and
valuable, must educate the whole nature
the conscience, the reverence, the allec-
tons, as well as the reason and the ohser-
vatlon. In other words, the school must
be moral institution, under moral intlu-
ences, conducted in moral atmosphere.
This Roman Catholics have always as
serted; and this an increasing number
OF American ProtestantS are beginning
to perceive. The attempt to divide edu-
cation so as to exclude all moral and
spiritual influence from the schoolrOOm
IS impossible of execution. The problem,
then, is how so to conduct public school
system by the State that it shall promote
the culture of the moral nature, and yet
shall not be theological, doctrinal or cat
echetical. This is the problem which
American Protestants and American
Catholics-that is. all Americans who
believe in American institutions-have to
solve"
Speaking of the authority of the Papal
/ delegate, Mgr. Satoli. the New York
CaurcjtDld11 (P. E. says: at is very often
forgotten how very widely indeed the
Roman Church has departed from priini-
tive usage, even in so fundamental part
OF ecclesiastical discipline as the episco-
pacy. 1t is scarcely too much to say that
/ there is not to-day single Bishop in the
roman Church, in the primitive and his
torIc sense OF the term; not one such
Bishop as st. Cyprian or st. Augustine.
There is nothing whatever in the Roman
Church to-day corresponding to the BiSh-
ops of the Ignatlan Epistles. The test of
orthodoxy and center OF union was to be
found originally in the agreement of
bishops as witnesses from all sides OF
what they had received from their pre-
deceSsors, and the value of their unani-
nous testimony consisted i'll the fact that
they came from all lands and were the
tranSmltterS of universal tradition. By
mutual conference they were protected
from corrupting developments which, in
any one locality, might have gone on un-
suspected to fatal apostacy. The Church
of Rome to-day has for herself not only
rendered impossible, but deliberately re-
pudiated, this necessary safeguard; and a
1ortiori that more powerful safeguard
which is to be found in history and litera-
tnre. With the theoretical protection of
a purely hypothetical infallibility demon
Strably impossible and disproved by his
tory, the Church OF Rome has committed
herself to the most dangerous of all con-
ditions, viz, to exclude all literature,
history, discussion, conference, and to
commit her present dogma and her fu-
ture development to a single Individual" !"
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''In regard to the authorship of the
Fourth Gospel says the Christian Leude1;
(Univ.l of Boston, The only material
thing is the fact. To make it a party
question, to defend any position in re
gard to it as stump speaker champions
his platform and candidate on the eve of
an election, is not simply preposterous-
1t is ridiculous. No serious issue is in
volved. We haye seen our most conserv-
atives of conservatives concede the COM
posite nature of the Pentateuch and the
post mosaic origin of at least parts of it,
and no calamity follow. Whether John
wrote the entire Fourth Gospel, whether
he wrote part of it, additions being made
at later date, whether the whole of it is
made uD of traditions mixed with synop-
TIC iacts-we are here supposing cases
Is not at all material so far as any practi-
cal outcome is concerned. We want the
truth, Whatever this may prove to be-
and nothing but the truth. We honor
the honest scholarship that is engaged
upon the problem, and we await the last
and decisive word i'll exactly the same
temper with which we take the last reve-
lations from the Chaldaic tablets"
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mot one in Thousand of those who
take the Bible as the man of their daily
counsel either know or care about the
theories Of inspiration over which schoI-
astics debate, and when there is an oppor-
tunity for it, abuse each other" observes
the Chicago Interior (Pres.). christians
now recognize the Bible, in the same way
and by the same evidences as the West
minister Assembly recognized it, as the
Word of God-and that Is sufficient. All
such plain and devout readers perceive
that 1t was given at sundry times and in
diverse manners, because so the Scrip
lures say of themselves, and the fact is on
the face of them. David says, Psalm
lXXviii., that the divine truth was handed
down from father to son orally, and what
was thus carried down from generation
to generation by the voice OF parental
love was the Word Of God. Some of it
was revealed in visions, some of it by an
audible voice, some OF it by the provi-
dences of history. The heart and center
of the Old Testament was engraved on
tables of stone by God himself on Sinai.
That part of it was not. left to human
hands. But these schoastics have man
aged to embroil the church over their
theories. We wish every man of them
were serving the Master on our foreign
fields or in our home-mission churches.
Satan finds some mischief still for idle
hands to do.'"
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On the school question the New York
Christian Union says: IF Roman Catho-
lies and Protestants are to cooperate in
education, they must do SO, not by yield
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In RELIGIONS REALHI.
Expressions From the Various Re-
ligiOus Newspapers
The Religious Thought of the Day as
Expressed in the Sectarian Press
Some Matters of Interest to Both
Ministers and Laymen.

During the discussions of church uni
ty, objections to the Prayer Book have
found no place." says the LiUi1g Church
(P. E.) of Chicago; son the contrary
some of its warmest eulogiums have
come from our brethren of other names.
If the Apostolic Succession did not stand
IN the way, and perhaps some other mat
ters Of principle, it does not appear that
the devotional system ofthe church would
present any appreciable obstacle. 1t has
been matter.o of surprise. in view of this
which we take to be certainly true of
those denominations with which any APP
proach to unity is possible, that III cer-
tain directions the attempt should be
made, as a lure to supposed congrega-
tions, to sacrifice the Prayer Book. If
such congregations are willing to accept
episcopal supervision, it is urged that
they ought to be admitted with permis-
sion to continue the use of any kind of
service to which they have been accus-
toned, or which they may prefer. 1t
was attempted, as everybody knows, at
the late General Convention to include
IN the very constitution itself a provis-
ION OF this kind. 1t was hinted in some
circles that remarkable results would
soon appear if this could be effected. The
same idea IS brought forward from time
To time III certain church papers. What
churchmen in general would like to
know, and what we think they will in
slst upon knowing before they assent to
such provisions, is the nature of the con-
gregations or societies which are supposed
tc be ready, OH these terms, to attach
themselves to us. What are they? Has
this agitation anything to do with COM
pany OF so-called liberal ministers, who
are said to be ready to join the Episcopal
Church if they may bring their liberal
ism with them? The air is full of fine
sounding talk of breadth and 'compre-
hensiveness,' with infinite contempt for
the narrowness OF men who will not
break with the traditions of the church
and launch forth into unknown seas.
But we are satisfied that the stanch con-
serVatism of the late convention is the
truest index of the spirit of the church.
and that she will bear the reproach Of
narrowness rather than assent to de-
structive measures for the sake of tic-
titious unity"
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Ofthe "Plea for Peace and Work, the
HerdLG and PreSbyteT tPres,) OF Cincin-
natl remarks: I'VE wish to emphasize
the fact that the church was at peace and
busted, about its regular work until dis
turbed by these revolutionary move
ments. 1t was interested in the trial be-
fore the New York Presbytery, but that
being ended, was ready to wait patiently
for the Assembly. At once, however.
II was disturbed. Articles denouncing
the Assembly as high court of inius-
tlce,' and our law as modelled alter that
of the Barbary States were sent to the
whole church, and from that day, until
now, by articles, sermons, lectures, re-
ceptloDs, ETC., the agitation has been kept
up. ii the little circle of men who sent
out this plea for peace had simply kent
still, the church would have had peace.
The plea itself is a weapon of war. and
the church will so regard it. The way
of peace for the Presbyterian Church to-
day is the way laid down in our Stand
ards. An appeal from a judicial decision
has been taken to the Assembly. "If the
appeal is in order let the Assembly hear
1t, and let il be finally decided according
to the law and evidence. Then let all the
people say Amen and if any cannot say
Amen let them be silent. And if any
| one cannot be silent, but is forced by his
| conscience to differ from the highest
court OF the church on any Fundamental
point, let him consider the world that il
/ is wide, and that he is not under bonds
10 stay IN the Presbyterian inclosure.
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May 1t not prove to be in the end a for
tunate circumstance that this name Uni
tarianl has been fixed upon us?'' asks the
Ca'TSttdH hegister Unit of Boston. If
at present 1t savors too much of old an
tagonisms, it is not because the antagop-
lsins themselves are as yet too much alive
TO permit them to be cloaked or forgot
ten, whatever names are employed? 1t is
not possible that, as these die away, we
shall find that we could not ask for a bet
ter designation of that peaceful move
ment which must cultivate the ground
LETT scared and torn by former strifes?
At all events, something OF all this that
the Unitarian name might stand for, is
beginning to stir strongly in the hearts of
men. Many are coming to see what a
great work remains to be done along
broader lines than dogmatic Christianity
has hitherto occupied. 1t cannot GER
talnly be said that the forces to do this
work have anywhere appeared, organized
and equipped for the task. That is for
the future tc show. But the great thing.
being in the field, is to begin to try to
shape, in some fashion at least, the foun-
datlons of the church that is to be. Moth
ing could well be more foolish at the
present time than to leave the work, and
fall dlsputing as to what name the sue
cessful workers shall ultimately bear.n
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Especial Correspondence of the RECORD
UNION. Copyright, 1881


LONDON, March 13, 1893.
If foreign travel has its sad ana pathetic
coloring, it is still often enlivened with
many diverting situations, amusing incl
dents and genuinely humorous aspects.
But few days of this genial sunshine
fall upon the face of Cuba To the mind
and heart of the traveller it remains a sort
OF terrazo doloroso in perspective. Save
for its matchless tropical beauty and the
languorous beauty of its women, it re-
mains plaintively in the memory-alto-
gether somber in tone and color. This
observation will hold true of travel in all
countries whose folk are of the swarthy
Latin lineage. From many visits to the
beautiful island l can recall no more than
three situations where the foreign specta-
tor might be beguiled into mirthful emo
tlons, and these possessed the quality of
righteousness rather than humor.
One of these l witnessed repeatedly late
at night. 1t is the outgrowth of surveil
lance OF parents over daughters. 1t is
the solitary midnight serenade. Time
after time, on returning to my hotel from
divers wanderings at night in the Cuban
Capital, have passed these love-stricken
youths stationed opposite the homes of
their lnamoratas in all manner of ago
nlzed attitudes, strummlng dew-mu1fied
notes upon ancient guitars, and lifting
their voices in passionate, though doleful
petitions, TO the night, the moon, the
stars, and al the saints, to aid them in
reaching the ears ana hearts of their ado
IS.das. The tayorite, indeed almost the
universal, ballad sung by these love-lorn
Cuban youths Is LA Luna" of which l
recall one stanZa:
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The work will be easier next week" she said:
"Ihe extra baking is done and the bread
is the most shall do in that line; Master Ned
Has brand-new suit; no patches he'll need,
shall get quite rest-I need one, indeed!
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Mis- penas y mis- fatigas,
va no sc puedOn contaS,
Sc alcanZan unaS u otraS
Como ius Clas del mar.
Luna, bella protectora,
No me nlegueS to iulgar;
Noy en- UOsca de un tosoro-
Noy en- Dusca de mi amor!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31

their plans accordingly we would YER,
soon see decided improvement In busll
ness. Money is abundant and IL vait,ny
TO now into the channels OF trade nc,,,
enterprises would DO started. gamt.er1
would Geese gamtIIng and and some otbsl
more profitable occupation. and under IN
fostering care OF sound Dernocra,tl
policy and the leadership OF = brainy
president. we would be surrounded ~,
marked indications OF prosperity"
John SHELTON Williams.
III any doubt has ever existed a. - - !.
strength, stability, and good nanaye No.,
or our Richmond banking lnstltufio,,
this doubt may well be dlspeHed nv ~,
records which our banks have presented
TO the world as their history for the Yea,
Just closed. Not only have az OF thop,
passed safely through the worst ar..
cial CONFUSION experienced IN a hun6r,a
years without a slng.e failure. but tbe,,
have earned ard are paying their reg..
lar dividends. ranging from 10 a
per cent per annum. besides adding
as rule, to their already handsop,s
surplus funds. OF course they have .n
had some losses 10 meet. perhaps tvics
as many as they had m the previous
year, but the general result OF the year.s
operations, all things considered. is sd.
isfactory
AS "A fnai cial center, Richmond "a,
steadily growing in prominence ana ,r.
pOrtance, and during the panic. our pf.r.
mond banks not on y supplied the na.l,
Of Richmond merchants and Rlcbmo,I
manufacturers. but extended a lci,i,'
hand TO many Of the smaller banks H.
Virginia and the Carollhas ana til.i
them safely through the breakers ut..
he
other northern cities mad been appasI.i
TO in vain. Some idea Of the strtm vblb
our banks have so successfully vttb-
stood. can be gathered when 70 BE- kro,,
that the shriukage In the deposits OF ,t,
Richmond banks from the highest t1 tt,
lowest III 1895. Is put az more fbs,
S.500O0O Depostes are again on tha fr.
crease, although the recovery has r,,
been very rapid and there "a rot bs
same plethora OF loanable funds hsrs
which now exists I'm New York whom,
money is going begging at 2 per cent"
What - III Outlook
LAS 20 the outlook FOR our banks IN l0i
81 is the same as for the general business
OF the country They are not like doctlrt
and undertakers. who grow rich in pesu.
lence. To my eyes the future is ur.
usually full OF hope and encouragemout.
The trials and losses passed through wifi
be OF service 20 us I'm the future The
creative power OF our people is greater
than ever before. The resources of the
country itself are continually unfolding
before MS.
"Our Government. unlike the lettering
monarchies of Europe, who have 90 im.
pose tremendous burdens OF taxation upon
the people TO keep a going. has Joss debt
than any other country of the same com.
parative Importance on earth. and our
people themselves. especially the farmers
throughout the South, are less burdenei
with debt than for years past.
The passage OF the tariff hin. which,
while unsettled. Is retardng 10 some exc
tent our advance will. i'm my estimation.
mark the beginning OF new era 1T the
greatest and most firmly established pros.
perity our country has yet known"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31
qHE err WArEK WORKs.
They Are in Good Condition, But Need
some Improvements.

Tho water works of the city Of Rich
mond are in good condition. The banks
Of the canal at several points need some
repairz. which will not be costly. The
pumping machinery has been kept III
good condition. New valves nave peeh
put in air the pumus at the New Pu"p
House. Briefly the pumping machinery
as whole is in first class order. The
consumption Of water is still very great
and I'm times OF very cold weather the
daily consumption or waste Is doubled,
as was demonstrated last winter when we
had nearly six weeks OF freezing weather
The main pumping machinery is run by
watcr-power. and it's efficiency IN time OF
ice. is greatly reduced. This was clearly
shown last winter when oUr city was
brought close 10 a water famine. At ooe
time there was not over fifteen hours
supply of water in the Reservoir During
the cold spell the waste was enormous
This continued for days, until the reser-
voirs were nearly emptied, and Richmond
was on the verge OF a water famine, and
stood i'm danger from fire destruction
The pumping capacity should AT least be
three times as great as the daily con-
sumption, in order that preparation may
be made for all emergencies.
The experience of many other cities
using water meters, and our own teaches
that the general introduction of the
water meter would greatly correct the
serious evil Of useless waste and save the
city for some time expensive additions TO
her pumps and mains. But there seems
no prospect for their general use. and If
meters are not applied at an early date, II
is absolutely necessary that there should
be an increased number OF pumps, and
also to lay larger mains for water supply,
as a number of the citizens are subjected
10 great Inconvenience and annoyance for
want Of pressure on their premises. THUS
far there have been $50 meters in use,
and they are giving perfect satisfaction
10 he water takers, and are a saving to
the city Of the quantity of water con-
sumed. The time has come when some
thing should be done. No additions have
been made 10 the pumps since 1882, and the
number of taps. or supplies has been
doubled since September 1873. The present
Indebtedness Of the city for water works
construction IS very small. it will not
exceed 10000 and the department gives a
good revenue, and these necessary Inn
provcments should be made without stint.
The revenue for this year will be $4,000
and this does not include the cost value
OF the water used by the city and given
to charitable institutions. which would
be worth at least $500 The amount APP
propriated 10 the department was y56,Sl. .
which was exIeLeded I'm maintenance.
pipe extensions, house supplies. fire
MIGRANTS etc.
Eleven thousand FIVE hundred and twenty
nine lineal feet Of water mains were laid
during the year, and 7l9 taps made. All
the nozzies OF the ire hydrants in the
city were increased I'm size so as 10 AFFORD
q larger quantity Of water for fire pur-
poses. This involved the changing OF 5l6
hydrants. The department as a whole
is Ia first rate condition.
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THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
1t Makes an Admirable Showing During
the Last Year.

The Fire Department Is, by legislative
enactment under direction and control OF
the Board of Fire Commissioners. COM
posed of the followig members, viz:
John II. Frischkorn, president. Jeffer-
son Ward; G.. Watt. Taylor Cvice-pres-
dent) Marshall Ward, Joseph l.. Levy,
Monroe Ward; Charles f. Taylor. Mad
isoh Ward; Frank =. Burke. Clay Ward;
James r. Sheppard. Jackson Ward.
These gentlemen make a study Of the
requirements Of the department and its
present efficiency speaks well for their
administration.
The officers are w. G. Fuller. chief
engineer; Geo. Q. Shaw, first assistant
chief engineer +. r. Snead second as
sistaut engineer; G. i. paynter, secre-
tary.
While 10 new buildings have been
erected during the year all Of the old
ones have been thoroughly repaired and
overhauled.
One new chemical fire engine has just
been ordered. and will be located in the
central portion Of the city. The need
of this piece of apparatus has long been
felt and it is confidently believed that
It will soon ray for itself in saving OF
damage usually done by water in small
fires.
\ new hose-wagon has recently been
delivered to the Laurel-street company
and one viii be soon be built for the
Main-street company. which will retire
the last reel in the DEPARTMENT.
Three thousand feet Of good hose have
been added and minor improvements
made all along the line. There have been
TO fatalities among the force and the
only death in the years record was that
of Lieutenant Gibbs, Of No. engine COM
pany.
The fire lCrs Is known TO be compare
lively small for the year. although the
exact figures cannot be given just now.
Most of the loss occurred in a few
large fires.
Through the aid OF the department
quite number of persons have been
taken from burning buildings during the
year.
Among the most notable fires We're
those AT Allen & Ginter's January nth.
and ;he thermometer being below zero;
Wallerstein a. Company. April LIST. Left
witch Eros. July. 18th. s II. HAYES
& Company. November 18Th. and Chas.
F. Taylor q Company. J. A Kratz.
Fruit and Candy Company, and others.
November 2Oth.
The Board Of Fire Commissioners have
changed the outlets Of the fire-plugs from
the Old size rs inches 10 IL inches.
This will enable the engines TO do much
more efficient service.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-31

upofi seven hills. overlooking ioea. se ta,
49, eo,,r,rv in ali directions makes her
the queen Of southern cities. ,..,o,,,-
ue, future Is destined 10 be even origh'-
~ han her past. The outside world mas
been by no means slow TO recognize her
sterling worth and her numberiess ao-
vautages. she stands as a peer ainons
the cities OF this country. Her past mas
been graphically pictured by many an ar
fists pen: her present speaks Tor ltse,l,
her future as the beautiful capltoi OF the
mother OF states Is sure 10 SHINE ior,n as
a bright spot in the annals OF sou'hei"
history.