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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01
ON HIGH SCHOOL TAXES.
The acknowledgements Opin-
ions Relative to Their
Legality.
Duties of Boards of Trustees as tc
Furnishing Estimates of Tax
LevieS.

Attorney General Fitzgerald has rem
dered series of interesting opinions that
will be OF interest to all Boards of Super
vlsors and School Trustees in the State.
They are in response to questions pro-
pounded by Theo. A. Bell, District
Attorney of Napa County. Mr.. Fitzgerald
in his letter to Mr.. Bell says:
In reply to the questions submitted by Won
to me as 10: a. Whether OF not il is the i'm
peratiye duty of the board of trustees of a
union or city high school district TO furnish
the flrst year TO the authorities. whose DUTY II
is TO levy taxes, an estimate of the cost of pro-
curing suitable lot, of plans and speciiica-
tons and OF erecting suitable building. 70,
AS to whether or not If the trustees fail 10
furnish such estimate, but in lieu thereof
furnish an estimate for the cost o. maintaining
the school Tor the first year, has the Board az
Supervisors power to levy q tax to cover an
estimate of the latter character? f3) AS TO
whether or not, If the estimate for the erection
OF the building, etc., be not made the first Yea r
a tax can be levied in any succeeding year TO
erect such building, etc. a. AS to whether or
not the trustees OF such high school district
can rent building in which to conduct a
school,. 10 AS to whether or not fictitious
estimate of one dollar for procuring lot and
erecting building can be made by the board
OF trustees (6) As TO whe Their or not an es-
innate furnished by the board of trustees to
the Board OF Supervisors for procuring lot
erecting building, etc., can be ignored by the
Board of Supervisors.
First-I am of the opinion that the furnish
ing by the board of high school trustees to the
authorities whose duties 1t is to levy taxes on
or before the first day of September in the first
year after the proposition TO maintain and es-
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tablish high school district has been carried,
is an imperative preliminary step for the COM
plete organization OF the high school district,
and 1t is therefore the duty of the high school
board to furnish such estimate. Second-I am
further of the opinion that the first estimate
provided fol- in subdivision ID OF section 1870
is an entirety; that no one OF the items
mentioned in that estimate can be seq
regated from the others, and that, there
fore, an estimate of the cost OF main
tanning the school for the first year,
unless coupled with the further estimates pre-
scribed in that subdivision, would be contrary
to law. Third-The estimate for procuring a
lot, purchasing building, etc., is, in my opin-
ion, as have stated, preliminary step, and a
step which must be taken in its proper Sc
quence. Therefore, it should be taken as the
law prescribes, on or before the LIST day OF Sep
TENDER, in the year in which the high school is
organized, and not subsequent. Fourth-There
is no provision in the law relating to city and
unionhigh schoolswhich permits the highschoo!
board to rent building in which to conduct
such school. The law evidently contemplates
that high school building for the accommo-
dation of such school shall be provided as q
first step in organizing such school, and that
such school must occupy its own building. NV
opinion in this behalf is strengthened by the
fact that while the law conferS no authority
upon boards of trustees Of city or union high
school districts to rent rooms or buildings, Il
specifically confers that power upon the high
school board of country high schools. Fifth
The estimate for procuring q lot, erecting
building, ETC., must be a bona fide one and no
fictitious estimate would be q compliance with
the law or could be acted upon by the author
lty whose duty it is to levy the tax. Sixth
The Board of Supervisors cannot ignore the
procure lot, erect building, etc., as it is
made its duty by subdivision Is of section
1870 to levy tax to cover such estimate. II,
however, the board should fail to do its duty
shall be the duty of the County Auditor to
make such levy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01
LADIES,

If you are suffering from any OF the distress
ing ailments peculiar to your sex, such as
persistent headaches, painful menstruation,
leucorrhea or whites, intolerable itching, dis
placement OF the womb, etc., you should not
give up in despair because you have met with
repeated disappointments in seeking relief.
DOCTOR SWEANY has cured hundreds of
cases after other eminent physicians have
pronounced them hopeless. If such diseases
were indeed incurable life would not be worth
its possession to large number Of American
women.
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GENERAL REMARKS.

OFFICE HOURS: till II A. NJ and till
and z till 8 P. NJ. Sundays, 10 till IL only.
NO INJURIOUS DRUGS are admins
tered by DOCTOR ,swEANY in any case. His
patients receive medicine only of the purest
vegetable kind.
TESTIMONIALS by the hundred furnished
privately at the office, but no name or case ex-
posed or made public. Strictest secrecy pre-.
served in all professional dealings.
INCURABLE CASES are not undertaken
by DOCTOR SWEANY. Many cases that have
resisted the treatment of other eminent doc
tors yield to his, but If he finds that you are
beyond medical aid and cannot be restored to
health, power and vigor he will caudidly tell
you so and warn you against spending money
for useless treatment.
HOME TREATMENT.-Write your trou-
bles if living away from the city and unable to
cali. Thousands crred at home and in all
parts of the country by correspondence and by
medicines sent secure from observation. Book
entitled 'GUIDE TO HEALTH sent free to
those describing their troubles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01
BLOOD and SKIN DISEASE

VI every description, embracing cancers,
tumors, scrofula, syphilitic taints, humors and
all other impurities of the blood, causing erup-
lions and blemishes on the face and body thor
oughly eradicated, leaving the system in q
pure, strong and healthful state.
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MIDDLE-AGED and OLD men.

Many of you are afflicted with weak. aching
backs and kidneys, frequent. painful urination
ana sediment in urine. impotence or weakness
OF sexual organs and other unmistakable signs
OF nervous debility and premature decay.
Many die of this difficulty, ignorant OF the
cause, which is. the second stage of seminal
weakness. In justice to DOCTOR SWEANy it
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01
STOMACH,

Liver, Lung, Chest, Throat, Bladder, Heart
and Kidney Diseases, Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
Asthma, Catarrh and all other diseases of the
respiratory organs cured in the shortest pos.
sible time; also consumption when the de-
struction of the tissue is not too great, by com
bining his own with the latest approved anti
septic methods.
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RUPTURE.

This most distressing and dangerous ailment
common to both sexes, is cured by DOCTOR
SWEANY without trusses or salves in from two
to eight weeks. He has new, safe, successful
and painless treatment, which is known to no
other physician in the West, and which causes
the rupture to heal as a broken bone unites
also Piles. Fistula, varicocele, Hydrocele and
similar troubles promptly cured without pain
or detention from business
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737 Market Street, San Francisco,
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carr hb hh y is nc successful
practice desires thank aone in the
o r he dery o r him owndn the future
thorough Eteara pei d n the prchoo of Nervous
rewu and nag
him he iI o saw umuchme and phh
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Wrecked Manhood and WomanhoodTe Worst Cases Completely
Restored to Health and Happiness

can be truthfully said that in all such cases of
middle-aged men, as well as of young men. his
success has been almost invariable. The most
obstinate cases solicited, treated and cured.
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NERVOUS DEBILITY

OF every kind, name and nature treated far in
advance of any institution in the country.
This distinguished doctors success in cases OF
this character has been really phenomenal.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
curTLe BONE AND sePIA.
Where They Come From and What They
Are Used For.

Where They Come From and What They
Are Used For.
Cuttle bone was once made use of as q
medicine but 1t Is now used by goldsmiths
as polish and by bird fanoiers as food
for Gagged birds.
This outtie bone, SO called, is no bone at
all, but a very wonderful structure con-
sisting almost entirely OF pure chalk and
having been at one time loosely embedded
in the substance Of some departed cuttle-
fish. 1t is an oval bone, white and hard
on the outside, but soft and friable within,
and Is inclosed by membranous sac
within tho body of the cutie.
When the outtle Is living, this structure
runs through the entire length of the ab-
domen and occupies about one-third of its
breadth. In weight cutie bone Is extreme
ly light, and II It be cut noross and exam
ined through lens the cause Of the light
ness will at once be apparent. 1t is not
solid, but is formed of succession of ex-
ceedingly thin floors of chalk, each con-
nected with each by hundreds of the small
est imaginable chalky pillars.
Many persons attribute scpia, or Chi
nese ink, to the cuttlehsh. They arc, how
ever, in error, for sepia Is manufacture
of SCOT and fine gums The error may be
due to the fact that the cuttletlsh has an
internal sac under the throat, near tho
liver, that contains worry dark natural
Ink. When pursued by enemies the cutie
elects this inky substance and thereby
forms cloud of darkened water all about
IL and hides In this water until out OF dan
ger.-Philadelphia Times
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
Al,entoyyp Fireman. IIero.

Thirty.two uniformed members OF the
Columbia Fire Company. No. 4, of Allen
town, Pa, arrived In this city last night
They we've heated by the Allentown Band
and both escort and iiremen were met by
a committee OF Weccacoe iremen who
escorted them to the City Hall where
Mayor Jefferis welcomed the men. 1t was
the first time he hnd been called upon to
perform that duty and he did 1t well.
Arthur q. Dewalt, prominent criminal
lawyer of Allentown, responded In q brle.
speech. The hand then played and after.
ward all took supper at the Clayton
House.
spread was also served at the engine
house and number Of speeches were
made. Those who talked were: Mayor
JelIeris. John Mealey. Michael A. Kelley.
Councilman rruncls MeNulty, II. i. Con.
way and A. q. Dewalt. The Allentown
boys are on their way to Reading, but are
making a short tour before going there.
This morning they were taken around
the city by trolley by the Invitation OF the
Wilmington City Railway Company. At
o'clock they left for Philadelphia and
tIom there will 90 to Norristown.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
The Best Parrot Yarn Yet.

A man whose niece had coaxed him to
buy her a parrot succeeded in getting
bird that was warranted q good talker. He
brought 1t home, and after putting 1t in
cage stood before 1t and said, "Say uncle,
Pollyp The bird did not respond, and
after repeating the sentence dozen times
or more with no better success the uncle
put his hand into the cage, and grabbing
the bird by the neck shook him until his
head wabbled around, all the time yelling
to him, Say uncle, goll darn you, say
unolel" The bird looked limp and lifeless,
and disgusted with his purchase the old
fellow took the parrot out into the yard
where he had o coop Of 80 chickens.
Thrusting the hnlf dead bird in with the
chickens, he exclaimed: "There, by gosh /
You'll say uncle before you get outl"
Next morning the uncle went out to see
how the parrot was getting on. Looking
into the coop, he counted 90 dead chickens,
and in the center of the coop stood the par
rot on one foot, holding the thirtieth
chicken by the neck and shaking it till its
head wabbled and screaming, Say uncle,
goll darn you, say uncle''-New Bedford
Standard
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
A BIT OF STRING.
Vain Quest of Man who starcs ut She
Shoes Young Women Wear.

Vain Quest Of q Man who starcs ut She
Shoes Young Women Wear.
"Will you not let me ito that for youf"
Itwns the way he said 1.-THE quiet tone
of his voice, the polite manner Of lifting
his hat, the honest look In his eyes. She
could not decline the favor. Indeed he did
not give her time to do so, but with that
ehivalry that is combination of boltlness
and gentlenoss he leaned down to tie her
shoestring.
She had paused on busy street and set
her foot up on tho stone block in front of
store door. There was vexed express
sion on her pretty face, but when this gal
liant anticipated her action she laughed
right merrily. The shoestring had not
only become untiod, but was lost. Diving
into one of his trousers pockets, he pro-
duced a bit Of white string, with which he
deftly laced her low cut tan, remarking,
"There, guess that will do until you got
home''
mo I shall wear it IL you will allow
me. You arc altogether too good to be
forgotten Immediately" she said coquet-
ttshly, and before he could recover from
the 1attery, before he could fix her in his
mind so he would know her again, she
was gone, become indistinguishable In a
group that separated and dissolved at the
street corner.
And, maidens fair, If you should meet
tho hero of this story and he should stare,
as he certainly would, first at your feet,
then at your faces, with look grown old
in longing, do not feel offended. He is u
harmless lunatic, and the simple burden
OF his madness, the melancholy burden of
his murmuring as he pursues his fruitless
quest is, "; bit of string" and nothing
more.-Cincinnati Tribune.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02

wRuNEsBAs. 0oToBEis e. " sD5.
high water To-day.
nrnxinr Pa,xar..

.. Edward Aadicks seems to bo deter.
mined to stay In our stata. notwithstand-
Ing the expressed determination of cer-
tain parties to make his residence In 1t so
uncomfortable that he would be glad to
get out Of 1t. Whether his trip to Dover
In his four-in-hand will do him good or
harm the future alone can determine. 1t
ts certain at all events that he 10 attract.
Ing q good deal OF attention from both
Republicans andDemocrats, and having q
good time generally. His gas schemes
all seem to flourish and he continues to
be able to live without regard to anathmas q
from pretended friends or open foes.
While some blacken hts name. others re.
gard him with favor and hold that ut all
tImee he lie very good man to have as q
friend or neighbor. AT any rate be cuts
quite Wide swath and seems destined to
aake his influence felt In many circles.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
Presidential AspIrants.

Newspaper correspondents are busily
Engaged In 'torturing every incident whlet.
transpires In regard to any aspIrant for
office into something OF Importance. Gen.
sraI Harrison will doubtless accept the
nomination OF the Republican party Tor
President. should 1t be rendered to him,
notwithstanding the reports that he has
aetermined not to be candidate. Mr.
Mckinley and MIR. Reed also occupy o
similar position. Neither of them may be
. candidate should 1t appear that the
great mass of the people prefer some one
sise. They are receptive candidates.
but neither Of them wishes to fight for the
nomination. They will all doubtless re-
main in the field until the convention
meets. and when 1t appears thu some one
s'se is likely 10 be preferred they will
drop out OF the canvass and bo content
to give the successful man cordial sup
port For ourselves we are ready to sup-
port the nominee, as we go FOR measures
aud not men,
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
Telling a Story.

1t is much easier for some to tell story
well than for others, but the art of story
telling is not difficult to acquire, II you
really wanb to learn 1t. Tho most effect
I've perhaps is the dialect story. There Is
nothing of which listeners are so intolerant
as m attempt at dialect by one who docs
not understand 1t. An English paper calls
attention to mistake frequently made by
those who would initiate Irlsh great IA
yorite with story tellers, for, to perpetrate
an Irish bull, some of the best jokes in the
English language are In Irish. 1.-THE no.
tion prevails, " says this authority, "both
In England and Scotland that the Irish
pronounce the diphthong co broadly. In
songs and stories of English manufacture
they are made to say '.swate" for sweet, -
''strate" for 'street, "chaze'' for
"cheese," " "indade' for "indeed,' etc.
This is altogether wrong. 1t is the tliph-
thong ca which is SO pronounced. Thus
"speak" is "speak," "neatn is "nate, I"
which pronunciation Irishmen maintain
to be correct.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02

The citizen who could 80 far forget his
manhood as to 20 out OF the way to
make the remark to one of Durranrs
Jurors that If lie did not convict Durrant
no (the juror would be hanged, is not a
good cltlzsn. 1he juror Informed Judge
Murphy that one Henry j. McCoy. secre.
tary of the Young Mems Chrstian Associ.
alton, had mads such a remark. This
Christian McCoy) will be brought before
ihs court and given II piece OF advice that
may keep linn out Of pris9n II lie heeds
it. 1ampering with jurors Is ono thing
that the courts do not allow. although.
sad 20 say. tits often done yerdlcts In
murder and other casos nave been decided
Tor monetary consideration. Even
a juror has some rights that the public
Is bound to respect.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
Local Durs,

Amos Sharpless and wife who have been
visiting friends in Illinois. have returned
TO their homo In Kennett Square. Pa.
Mrs. Lewis Thompson Ia spending a
week with her son. L. E Thompson. at
Newark, Delaware.
Mss Bartholomew. Of Philadelphia, is
Visiting Miss Emily Ferree. Yorklyn.
The net proiits OF the Catholic picnic
and festival at LaEdenbsr2. was Si26 .o5.
The live dollar gold piece was drawn by
hr. Eaffetty. the lucky number being
922.
c. w. Wilson. of Rising Sun. Nd. has
been awarded tile contract for building
the new building for tho AyoDdals Nation.
al Bunk. II will cost $4,000 when com.
pieted and Will be built oil Avondale linn
stone. q
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
Rapnhlicnu tonxentlnn.

II TO probable the next Republican Ma
tional Convention Will bs held at Pitts.
burg. Pa, as over $4,000 have alread y
been subscribed in that city to meet the
necessary expenses. 1t has been long
time since convention to select candi.
datss has been held IN Pennsylvania. AN d
as the Pittsburgers claim they have q
suitable hall and other accommodations
We should be pleased to see the State thus
honored next May. June. July or August.
As may bs determined upon. II does not
matter whether the nomination shall be
made early or late In the season. whether
the cam paign shall be q long or short one,
We belisye 1t must result in Republican
sriumpb. as the people will certainly not
Eapeat the blunder Of voting themselves
olt OF work as they did In 1892. Such q
bitter lesson should lie enough for q life
time.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
The d;o,erun,ett PRINTING ifIice.

II the Government printing Office Is in
q dangerous condition tho Secretary of
lhe Interior or tho COMMITTEES on public
buildings shout. take the responsibility OF
repairing aud strcng thening it. Contrac.
tors can certainly be found to do the
work. and watt until Congress Fhall make
lilo necessary appropriations to pay th o
sums agreed upon. There are ., 100 pco.
pie employed iii the building and II is the
hsighth of stupidity not to make the re-
pairs necessary to secure safety. The
fall of the old Ford's theatre furnishes a
lesson that should never DO forgotten.
Cupidity and lneanness are no excuse for
disaater, and should loss OF life follow
those who refuse to provide against 1t
should be held to answer for it Dsfose
iudlc ial tribunal.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
AN ORTHODOX MOB At OXFORD. !
a Curious Episode In the Career Of Edo
ward Eyeretk

a curious Episode In the Career OK Eos
ward Everett.
The center and fortress of this vast sys-
TEN and of the reaction against the phi
losophy Of the eighteenth century was. the
University Of Oxford. Orthodoxy was It's
vaunt, and o special exponent Of les spirit
and object Of Its admiration was Its MEM
ber of parliament, William Ewart Glad
stone, who, having begun his political ca
reer by a labored plea for the union of
church and state, ended 1t by giving that
union what Is likely to be o deathblow.
The mob at the Circus Of Constantinople
In the days Of the byzantine emperors was
not more wildly orthodox than the mob Of
students at this foremost seat OF learning
Of the Anglo Saxon race during the mid
die decades OF the nineteenth century. A
curious proof Of this had been displayed
just before the end OF that period. Tho
minister Of the United States ut the court
of st. James was then Edward Everett.
Ho was undoubtedly the most accomplished
scholar and one Of the foremost statesmen
that America had produced. His eloquence
In early life had made him perhaps tho
most admired Of American preachers; his
classical learning had at q later period
made him professor of Greek at Harvard;
he had successfully edited the leading
place In American literature; he had been
ten years member Of congress; he had
been again and again elected governor of
Massachusetts,, and in all these posts he
had amply shown those qualities which
afterward made him president of Harvard
secretary Of state Of the United States and
United States seiiator. His character
and attainments were of the highest, and
as he was then occupying the foremost
place in the diplomatic service of his ooun-
try he was invited TO receive an appropriate
honorary degrce at Oxford.
But on his presentation for it in the
Sheldonian theater there came revelation
to the people he represented, and indeed to
all ohristendom. A riot having been care
fully prepared beforehand by sundry zeal
OTIS, he was most grossly and ingeniously
insuited by the mob Of undergraduates and
bachelors Of arts In tho galleries and mas
ters Of arts on the floor, and the reason for
this was that, though by no means radical
in his religious opinions, he was thought
to have been In his early life and to be
possibly at that time below what was then
the Oxford fashion in belief or rather feel
ing, regarding the mystery Of the Trinity.
Andrew ID. White in Popular Science
Monthly
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-02
"A narber.a Apnrsnticsshin.

A barber has boon describing his method
Of teaching his apprentices. After lather-
ing, he says, 1.-THE great lesson Is to learn
how to handle the razor with flrmness and
llghtness, and once that is known it's half
the battle won. first practice my lad on
glass soda water bottle. He has to lather
1t thickly, and with the razor only get oil
the soap of and make 1t quito glossy
again. That gives him practice in round
ing u surface safely. When he can do that,
! make him lather and shave broom
handle clean, without showing any cuts
in the wood. The next few lessons are de-
voted to shaving hairy surface, such as
clipped rabbit skin, or even hairy yege-
table leaf. This wants a deal OF care.
Then he tries his hand on men-Phila.
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