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AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
Senate Constitutional Amendment No.


senate Constitutional Amendment No.
Ia.
A resolution proposing to.the people of the
State OF California an amendment to
section three of article eleven of the
Constitution of the State of California,
relating to the formation of new coun-
ties.
Section 3. The Legislature, by general
and uniform laws, may provide for The
formation of new counties; prOUided,
hOUeUeT, that no new counties shall be
established which shall reduce any
county TO population of less than eight
thousand; nor shall a new county be
formed containing a less population than
i've thousand; nor shall any line thereof
pass within five miles of the county seat
of any county proposed to be divided.
Every county which shall be enlarged or
created from territory taken from any
other county or counties, shall be liable
for just proportion of the existing debts
and Liabilities of the county or counties
from which such territory shall be taken.
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 4.
resolution proposing an amendment to
tne constitution OF the State OF Cali
fornia, by adding new section to ar
ticle thirteen OF the said Constitution,
to be numbered section twelve and
three fourths Q22), relating to revenue
and taxation.
Section 123. Fruit and nut-bearing trees
under the age OF four years from the time
of planting III orchard form, and grape
vines under the age of three years from
the time OF planting in vineyard form,
shall be exempt from taxation, and moth
ing in this article shall be construed as
subjecting such trees and grapevines to
taxation.
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AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.

Senate constitutional Amendment No.
16.
A resolution to propose to the people of
the State of California an amendment to
article thirteen of the Constitution,
section one, in relation to revenue and
taxation.
Section /. All property in the State,
not exempt under the laws OF the United
States, shall be taxed in proportion to its
value, TO be ascertained as provided by
law The word property" as used in
this article and section, is hereby declared
TO include moneys. credits, bonds, stocks,
dues, franchises, and all other matters
and things, real, personal and mixed,
capable OF private ownership; proplded,
that property used for free public libra
fles aud Tree museums. growing crops,
property used exclusively for public
schools, and such as may belong TO the
United States, this State, or to any county
or municipal corporation within this
State, shall be exempt from taxation,
The Legislature may provide, except in
case OF credits secured by mortgage or
trust deed, for deduction from credits
OF debts due TO bona fide residents of this
State.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPAN
PACIFIC sYsTEM.l
AUGUST I, 1894

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AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.

senate Constitutional Amendment
No. z.
A resolution to propose to the people of
the State of California an amendment
to the Constitution of the State amend
ing section nine of article thirteen
thereof, relative 10 the election of a
State Board of Equalization
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OFFICIAL.

trust, contract or other obligation by
which debt is secured. money, or sol-
vent credits, above its face value. The
State Board of Equalization elected in
eighteen hundred and ninety-four shall
continue in Office until their successors,
as herein provided for shall be elected
and shall qualify,
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AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. s.
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Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
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vised to blind the birds while prepar-
ing them for training by drawing a
silk thread through their lower eye
lids. Of course, the falcon does not
take to this sort of thing patiently.
On the contrary, the birds make it
their business to get even with their
tormentors, and to this end employ
their mighty beaks and claws as
best they know how, 80 that it tre-
quently becomes necessary to clip The
latter. To break them from biting
pieces of hard wood, stone, and por-
celain or glass are held out to birds
when in fury.
After the bird has thus been trained
to degree it must become used to
riding on mans gloved hand, gloved
not for the falcons sake but for that
of the falconer. There it learns to
mind the trainers voice and to ride
on horseback without exhibiting q
wild passion to claw at the animal
The falcons uniform is as follows
1t wears o cap Of soft leather covering
the entire head, inclusive of the eyes,
and leaving but the beak free. Two
feather bands encircle both legs and
are kept together by o large brass
ring. The cap is removed when the
falconer throws the bird to the winds
ready for business. In doing so he
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Threatened by q River.

"Our city is Just now in great dan
ger of losing the Missouri River"
said George Henderson, of Atchison,
Kan, at the St. James. ''And not
only that, but the iron bridge over
the river and the railroads reaching
Atchison from the East are pretty
sure to be cut off, too. For several
years the river has been cutting away
the bank above the railroads on the
Missouri side to such an extent that
two or three thousand acres of land
have been carried away, as well as
good deal of the site of East Atchison.
The Government spent $75, 900 in pro-
tecting the bank, but the work was
improperly done, and last June a
freshet came along and swept all the
improvements out. Since then the
river has resumed its warfare, and
several valuable farms have been
washed away. This year since the
river began to rise the bank has been
caying in at an alarming rate. Origi-
nally the shore line was over mile
from the railroad tracks; now it is less
than hundred yards, and the rail-
road men are ready to tear up the
tracks at the shortest possible notice.
If the river cuts through, as it is
feared it will, it will throw the Mis-
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puts his index finger through the
ring, and throwing up his hand lets
20 suddenly. While the bird is un-
dergoing training a thin wire is fast.
ened to the ring, by which the bird can
be pulled beck in case of need. The
cap of the Russian army hawks is in the
colors of the regiments to which they
belong. The glove of the falconer is
made of the strongest leather, in or
der to protect him against the claw
ing propensities of the bird. It takes
about a month to get the falcons used
to their masters. They take quite
naturally to hunting pigeons; the
difficult part is to teach them to re.
turn with their prey and not tear it
to pieces in midair. A war falcon de-
parting from this rule would be very
poor specimen of reconnoiterer in
deed. It does not do to kill the spy
or message carrier. The principal OBJ
iect is to learn his business and thus
obtain an advantage over him.
If the St. Petersburg authorities
gain this end, and there is no reason
why they should not do 30 if the birds
are properly trained, they undoubted-
ly have great advantage over an
enemy whose secret plans they may
follow up by catching their winged
messengers, and perchance catching
them alive and setting them free
again, after substituting bogus mes
sage for that originally dispatched.
To fully appreciate the value OF the
hawks service one must turn to the
records of the achievements of army
carrier pigeons as set forth by the
story of the sieges of Paris, Strass-
burg and Metz. It is proved that Of
354 pigeons sent out from Paris 100
returned with messages. One single
pigeon carried $500 dispatches of
twenty words each between the COM
mander of Paris and the temporary
government established at Tours. Not
only the French but all the German,
Austrian, Russian and Italian fort
resses are now supplied with a full
corps of carrier pigeons. each having
certain stations whittier they travel
regularly. Berlin is connected with
Cologne and Koenigsberg respectively
By a carrier pigeon service, and 30 is
Paris and London. Occasionally
German war pigeons are sent to Vi
emma and vice versa. Mr.. Gladstone
employed messenger pigeons with
great success on his last electioneer-
ing tour on land and water, and when
the German Emperor travels at sea he
is never without his coop of expert
enced birds. All the navies of the
great powers are plentifully supplied
with carrier pigeons, and just now an
effort is made to furnish ocean
steamers with which to carry news of
disaster or messages of the date of
arrival or departure.
Germany and the other States of
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The Uncertainties of Human Lite.

The death last week of the Rev.
John Adams Paddock, Episcopal
Bishop of the State of Washington,
reminds friend of the family OF this
story:
The Rev. Seth Paddock, of Nor.
wich, Conn. had three sons-Benja'
min H., who was at one time Bishop
of Massachusetts John Adams, Bishop
of Washington, and Lewis s., ply.
sician of large practice and many ad-
mirable qualities. The last Of these,
about a dozen years ago, suffered
from painful and rather mysterious
malady which was finally pronounced
by experts to be appendicitis. His
condition was critical for several days,
and his many friends were prepared to
hear of his death at any moment.
His chief medical adviser, DR.. O. NJ.
Carleton, was one of the most success
full surgeons in Eastern Connecticut,
q man of much impetuosity and de-
termination, and 'never-give-up-the-
ship" sort of fellow. One afternoon,
as he entered the sick mans house, he
was met at the outer door by an at
tendant, who said solemnly:
"Don't go upstairs, doctor; it's no
use.''
"Whatl Is he dead?" Was the re-
sponse.
"No, buthe's going fast, and they've
sent for DR.. Giesy, who has come, and
is now reading the prayers for the
dying"
DR.. Carleton paused long enough to
inquire as to the precision with which
his instructions had been carried out.
Then he few upstairs like fash to
the sick-room, where the service pre-
scribed in the Episcopal ritual for
such emergencies was being conducted
by the sanity rector of Christ Church.
DR.. Paddock was apparently uncon-
scious.
What then occurred the narrator
processes to have learned only by
hearsay, and his memory of the story
current in Norwich at the time, very
naturally, is not 80 fresh as to details
now as then. But it is said that DIR.
Carleton stopped the proceedings
with an energy which showed more
regard for the possibility or resusci-
tating his patient than for the sensi-
bilities of those participating in this
painful scene. However this may be,
and whatever language may have been
addressed to the dying Tor dead
mans gentle pastor, it appears that
the surgeon made hasty examination
of the PROSTATE form before him, and
promptly excluded every one but
necessary attendants from the room.
Brandy and beef tea were then ad-
ministered, and before long there
were evidences of returning animation.
A few weeks later restoration was
complete. New York Tribune.
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Was She Selfish Z

IT never did do an underhand thing
in my life before" said well-known
matron yesterday. "But, you see, at
the Japanese store they are selling out
number of rare articles of bric-a.
brac, and among the lot I had set my
affection on blue china teapot. For
several weeks I passed back and for
ward and neglected to purchase the
article. Finally, as I had occasion to
enter the store, I saw two ladies ad-
miring the teapot. I listened and
heard one of them say: well, well
try to get it cheaper if we can,' and
had it set aside while they went with
the clerk to the back of the store.
Just at this juncture I determined to
get the teapot at any price, and ]
called another clerk and said: what
do you ask for that teapot?' She told
me and said: Wrap it up So of
I walked with my prize. I do not
know how the other ladies felt when
they came back, but after I got home
my conscience stung me 80 that I felt
bad every time I looked at the teapot,
which, reason with myself as I may, I
cannot think was gotten altogether
honestly. But bargain counter and
its attractions will tempt any person,
much more q woman. "-Louisville
Courier-J Journal.
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Kansas Volt BOunties.

Owing to the losses every year OF so
many sheer, pigs, calves and fowls
from depredstions by wolves, coyotes,
wildcats and foxes, the Kansas I'm
proved Stock Breeders at their annual
meeting in January, appointed COM
mittee to work for such legislation as
would authorize higher bounty, at
least for wolf scalps-the amended law
of 1889 authorizing county commits
sioners to pay not to exceed s. for
each scalp. To aid the committee, at
least to the extent of knowing definite
iy what has been done under the new
law, Secretary Coburn, of the State
Board of Agriculture, has interviewed
each one of the county clerks IN the
State as to the amount expended by
his county in each of the four years
mentioned toward the determination
of the predatory prowlers.
From the los counties ninety-six
reports were received; nine counties
failed or declined to report. Seventy
three paid and twenty-three did not
pay bounties. In 1890 fifty-two coun-
ties paid 81, 80; in 1891 ffty-eight
counties paid s15,233; in 1892, fifty
seven counties paid S14, ,931, and in
1893, sixty-fve counties paid $17, 5s4.
The total amount paid in the four
years by seventy-three counties Is
$50, ,66S.
The foregoing figures include the
bounties paid on few fox, wildcat
and rabbit scalps, but in the main rep
resent wolves or coyotes. In the vari-
ous counties the amounts per scalp
have been fifty cents for cubs and from
one to three dollars for grown wolves.
Secretary Coburn says that the asses
sors last year reported $4,000 dogs
in the State, and he thinks if these
were what they ought to be and used
tn the best advantage there would be
less need to pay bounties and fewer
varmints on which to pay them
Farm, Field and Fireside..
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How Chinese Do Things.

The men wear skirts and the women
trousers.
! The men wear their hair long and
the women wear it short.
/ The men carry on dressmaking and
the women carry burdens.
! The Chinese begin dinner with des-
sert and end with soup and fish.
| The Chinese compass points to the
south instead of the north.
/ The Chinese launch their vessels
sideways and mount their horses from
the off side.
Books are read backward, and what
we call footnotes are inserted at the
top Of the page.
The Chinese surname comes first
instead of last.
= The Chinese shake their own hands
instead Of the hands of those they
would greet.
!! The written language Of China is
not written and the written language
is not spoken.
The Chinese dress in white at funer-
ais and in mourning at weddings, while
old women always serve as brldemaids.
New York Advertiser.
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NOVEL WARFARE.
HAWKING AS A MEANS FOR DIS
ABLING CARRIER PIGEONS:
The Birds Are Trained in Belgium
Companies Of Reconnoiterers on
Snowshoes - English Bicycle
Corps at Shooting Practice.

TT is only few weeks ago that q
Russian newspaper man discov-
cred that Roumania was quietly
building a navy for use in the
Black Sea; in fact, that she has been
engaged in that nefarious practice
since 1887. An italian army officer
now furnishes the dread news that sit
is all up" with carrier pigeons for war
purposes, inasmuch as Muscovite hawks
would catch and kill them with Light
ming rapidity.
This is piece of intelligence such
as an army leader frequently finds in
his daily mail. No sooner has some
body invented an armor guaranteed to
withstand the action of the greatest
gun in existence than somebody else
comes along with projectile capable
of smashing into smithereens that
identical armor.
Will the other powers answer the
Russian threat by likewise establish
ing hawk brigades, or will they dis
solve their carrier pigeon corps?
The carrier pigeon is still the war
bird par excellence, and is likely to
remain so unless the perpetual mobile
will ever be invented, and with that
mechanical birds that submit to the
orders of nature and of man alike.
Strange to say the people most ad-
vanced in, and most devoted to, the
ART of making war-the Germans
have so far not succeeded in outstrip-
ping the rivals by the superior train
ing of army pigeons. The pigeon corps
of France, Austria, England and Italy
are all equally far from being perfect.
Belgium, on the other hand, claims to
possess the best carrier-pigeon service
in Europe, while Russia has of late
established system for capturing and
disabling the enemy's feathered mes
sengers by reviving the ancient 1nstl-
tuition of having.
There is, obviously, no connection
between the achievements of these two
countries in the pigeon and anti-pigeon
lines. The Belgians, the most unwar-
like of nations, employ the carrier
pigeon for sportive purposes only;
still they have in the so-styled falconry
school at Falkenswerth, Flanders, the
only institute in the world where fall
cons and hawks are trained for the
chase in approved Norman style.
It is not admitted by the authorities
of either nation that the Russian war
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ENGLISH BICYCLE AMMUNITION WAGON.

the Triple Alliance, as we'll as those of
the dual alliance, have regular war
carrier pigeon stations under military
governors. The amateur pigeon So
cieties are likewise organized under q
central head, who is responsible to the
Minister of War. Germany, Austria
and France each possesses in the
neighborhood of 100000 trained
pigeons. Italy boasts of 60, 900. The
number of pigeons in Russia is not
definitely known.
Up to now the only recognized
enemies of messenger pigeons in war
we're: The foolhardy business of
ballooning, obnoxious weather, storm,
rain, snow, frost, hunger ard thirst,
the bullets of friends and enemies.
and occasional birds of prey. Now
that the Russian Government pro-
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when still in the nest or in their first
wear of existence. The female bird
usually succeeds in breeding three
young ones, two females and one male.
The females are in special demand, as
they are stronger, more active, and
more courageous than the other sex.
The first thing to do is to place the
young birds in dark coops and keep
them there until they have grown
sufficiently to undergo training. A
ons-year-old bird could be at once I'D
mitted to school if it were not for its
inherent wildness and ferocity. To
make the falcon at all tractable it must
undergo hunger cure in dark re-
cess, where it is not permitted to
sleep or rest moment. One of the
greatest falconers of all ages, the Ger
man Emperor Frederick II, even ad-
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poses to let loose regular army OF
hawks of war the security and the
life of the carrier pigeons becomes
very precarious indeed. The smoke
less powder likewise adds terrors to
the poor birds existence. Yet the
military experts continue to extend
and improve their war carrier-pigeon
service, though it is admitted that the
birds capacity for work cannot be
enhanced by any means. But then
they also persist in building new
armored ships, topheavy and liable to
be blown up by a simple little tor
pedo, a thing much less pretentious
than trained hawk.
Snowshoes were first employed by
Russia in the scandinavian wars. In
Siberia and in Finland they are in
common use. After trying all systems
and finally discarding the Christiania
shoe, so much in vogue with sports
men of all nations, the st. Petersburg
authorities settled upon q pattern
peculiar to Russia. It is broader and
heavier than the Norwegian variety
and permits the wesrier to lay aside
the pilot or balancing cane while
making ready to shoot or engaging IN
battle. Furthermore, it is so con-
structed as to carry a man in full
field equipment over deep snowdrifts,
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HNamby Pamby."

The term "namby pamby," which
has come to be applied to person of
vacillating character, as well as to
weak literary productions, was orig.
mated by the poet Pope. He applied
it to some puerile verses that had been
written by an obscure poet-one Am
brose Phillips-addressed to the chill
dren of peer. The first half of the
term is meant as a baby way of pro-
nouncing Andy, pet nickname for
Ambrose, and the second half is sim
ply a jingling word to fit it.-Detroit
Free Press.
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Highest all Leavenng Powe-Laest U. S. Govt Report
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AR@NEHJTEvY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

souri, River fully mile from the east
bank of it's present bed, leave the big
iron bridge spanning q lake and cut of
all rail communication with the East.
Then, also, every house of every sort,
including a valuable pork packing
plant in East Atchison, will be swept
away. Should the worst happen, $l,-
100000 would not cover the loss.
Only Providence can prevent the river
cutting through, as the river is too
high now to admit of work being
done, even if there was plenty Of
money at hand to do it. The rail-
roads I spoke OF as being in danger
are the Kansas City, st. Joe &
Council Bluffs, the Missouri Pacific,
the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe, the
Hannibal & st. Joe and the Rock ISL
and. Each will lose mile of track at
least, besides yards and sidings. -.
Washington Star. .......
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