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The Monticellonian., 1895-02-22
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Glistening in the rays of the monday sun are beautiful exceedingly, but if one of them were thrust down your back how you would shudder This is precisely what you do when the premonitory chill of fever and ague comes on. Thenis the time to take Hos letters Stomach Bitters, "l1nocker out" of every form of malaria; also of dyspepsia, kidney trouble.
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-22

MUFF chains are much in evidence They are of good size, and are of gold in several shades. The really fasbion able one goes once around the neck be- fore passing through the mpif
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COUNT CAsTELLANE, the Frenehman who is engaged to Miss Anna Gould, is handsome young fellow and is not poor, strange to say. He has money enough to satisfy any French girl
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NATURAL yiolets depending in water fall bouquets from their sable muffs were the finishing costume touches of the SIX bridesmaids at recent we'd
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MoTHER-"That notepaper Is certainly very quaint, but are you sure it is fashion almost impossible to write on it."-N. Y. Weekly.
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No NATTER how good the deacon Is, he will always look wise and pleased If anybody suggests that he was pretty lively young Journal
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-22

A DosE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for Coughs
 Plke's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-22

TIE man who is always impugning the motives of others simply advertises what he would do if he had their opportunities,
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of. the blood to properly nourish the nerves and tissues. Feed the nerves upon pure blood,= and they will be steady and strong. Read this:
 1t is with pleas ure that I recom- mend Hoods Sar- saparilla as an ex- cellent nerve tonic and blood purifier. 1 have taken if
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A WASHINGTON youth who had been told that certain young lady's father had plen- ty of dough proposed to her before he dis covered that the old man was a baker, PhiladeIDhia Record
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FREE 1!
To Christian Endeavorers-focket Guid and Map Of Boston, the ConyentIo

To Christian Endeavorers-Tocket Guide and Map Of Boston, the Convention City.
 The Passenger Department of the Big Four Route have issued very convenient and attractive Pocket Guide to the City of Boston which will be sent free of charge to all mem bers of the Young Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor who will send three two-cent stamps to cover mailing charges to the undersigned. This Pocket Guide should be in the hands of every member of the Society who contemplates attending the 14th Annual Convention, as it shows the To- cation of all Depots, Hotels, Churches, h. stitutions, Places of Amusement, Promi- nent Buildings, Street Car Lines, Etc, Etc. Write soon as the edition is limited
 E. 0. MCCORMICK, Passenger Traffic Manager, Big Four Route,
 Cincinnati, O.
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A TENDER attachment is often followed by train of disaster.
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-22
Tired, Weak, Nervous
Hoods Sarsaparilla Restores Strength and Bodily Vigor.

The cause of that tired, weak, ner- vous condition, in which so many people find themselves. is the failure
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-22

PERFECTION is made up of trifles, but 1t Is no trifling matter to attain perfection.
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-22

Gain. ...........,. ................ &l03 7l9 Oe The thew year, with this firm commenced Dec. l4, 1894.
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THE ONWARD rIARCH

of Consumption is stopped short by Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery. If you haven't waite d b yond d reas on, there's complete re- covery and cure.
 Although by many believed to be incur able, there is the evidence of hundreds of living witnesses to the fact that, in all its earlier stages, con sumption is a curable disease. Not every case, but q large be,- eentage of ea5eS, and we believe, fully 9S --Aas ..... T
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DO YOU think the pictures will be life likep "Yes, indeed. She was in perfect rage with the artist. n-Inter Ocean.
The Monticellonian., 1895-02-22

THE sales of the Hamilton Brown Shoe Co.,, of St. Louis Mo, show the following gratifying gain over the same period one year ago:
 From Dec. 1s 1894, to Feb. 1, 1895 .. sess 307 24 From Dec. l6 iS9s to Feb. I, 1894. .... b645Ss IS
The morning call., 1895-02-04

NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE.

The Peace Commissioners from China
met the Commissioners from Japan at
Hiroshima on Friday and the conference
is now in session. 1t is reported that the
British, French and Russian ambassadors
have been instructed to use their influence
for peace; we know that our representa-
tive, Mr.. Dun, will add his efforts to theirs.
There is thus possibility of an early peace
being declared.
China has endured such defeats and
humiliations that she will probably agree
to any terms proposed by Japan short of a
dismemberment of the empire. She will
certainly abandon all claim to tributary
rights over Korea. If the Government at
Toxic should seek to annex Manchuria
or Pechili, China would probably refuse to
consent, and the powers could hardly
avoid sustaining her in the refusal. In
that case the war might go on, though pub
lie opinion would be against Japan. With
the example of the Franco German war as
precedent to guide them, the plenipoten-
tiaries would be likely to approve any de-
The morning call., 1895-02-04
THE NEW CHARTER.

This instrument is practically completed
and open to public criticism, but the pro-
ceedings of the Freeholders have been so
closely watched that their work is already
known. The essential feature of the new
charter is diminution in the number of
elective offices and concentration of exc
cutive power in the hands of the Mayor
the power of appointment, carrying with
it the power OF removal.
For example, according to the instru-
ment as it now stands, the Mayor is to
hereafter appoint the County Clerk, the
Coroner, the Tax Collector, the Recorder,
the City Attorney, the Public Administers
tor, the Justices of the Peace, the Police
Judges, the Commissioners of Public
Works, of the Park, of Election, of Police
and of the Fire Department, the School
and Library Trustees and the members of
the Board of Health; while the people will
continue to elect the Supervisors, the
Mayor, the Auditor, the Assessor, the
Superior Judges, the District Attorney, the
Sheriff and the Superintendent of Public
Schools. The Mayor can suspend elected
officials pending their trial by the Super
visors; they can only be removed by a vote
of nine Supervisors. Appointed officials
can be removed by the Mayor on showing
The morning call., 1895-02-04
NO FIFTY-YEAR MORTGAGE.

The defeat of the Reilly bill by ma
jority far larger than was expected gives
the death blow to schemes for refunding
the subsidy bonds. True, this Congress is
about to expire, and the new Congress is
body of different political faith; but it is
hardly to be expected that the Republi-
cans will go into the contest of 1896 with
the handicap of a suspected utilization
with the subsidized railroad companies.
They will not be so foolish as to supply
their opponents with the campaign artil-
lery which such a suspicion would furnish.
Assuming then that there is no further
show for measure which would extend
the railroad Indebtedness for fifty or
hundred years, the people of this slope
may in the first place congratulate them
selves on their escape from great danger.
The arguments which were so vigorously
urged against the Reilly bill by Mcguire,
Bowers, Boatner and our other friends
would apply to any funding bill. The
least Objectionable of these bills contem-
plates payments by the railroads which
would compel an advance in freight and
passenger rates to point which would be
uncomfortable. 1t would lay mortgage on
the development of California for the dis
charge of a debt which ought to be taken
care of by the whole country. 1t would be
picking out four or five States west of the
Missouri to bear burden which should be
shoulderea by the whole country.
This peril out of the way the duty de-
wolves upon the Pacific States to meet the
next Congress with a well defined and care
fully matured plan for the adjustment of
the question. Members from New Eng
land, the South, the Middle States and the
grain States will be justified in accosting
US next December with the demand that as
we have killed the Reilly funding scheme
we bring forward substitute which shall
be fair to all interests and shall not leave
the controversy at loose ends.
Up to the present time there has been
no agreement among the opponents of the
refunding plan respecting course to be
pursued by Congress. Various schemes
have been proposed for the reorganization
of the companies, with recognition of
the Government debt, on the condition that
its amount be scaled down. Some are in
favor of foreclosure and the operation of
the road by a Government Commissioner.
Others recommend that the Government,
having taken title to the property through
sale under foreclosure, should lease it to
the highest bidder who will agree to OPP
crate it on fair terms. Others again sug-
gest that the Government should sell the
rolling stock and hold the road, bridges,
ETC., as public road free to the use of any
one who pays toll for running trains over
the track. This is good time for the hold
ers of these antagonistic opinions to meet
and devise definite plan upon which they
can all agree. Discussion will determine
which plan is the best to pursue under the
circumstances. Our section of the country
should agree upon that and support it as a
unit.
The morning call., 1895-02-04
INFRINGEMENT AT SACRAMENTO

1t seems that the outcry which was
reused by the signs of extravaganza
which marked the opening of the Legisla-
ture has brought members to their senses;
the Assembly Committee of Ways and
Means has used the pruning-knife so Wig
orously on the Controllers estimates that
they have been cut down round million.
As, however, the general appropriations
still foot up $5,177, 784, besides the school
fund of 81 ,390,01S, the committee cannot
fairly be charged with parsimony.
Among the items which have been cut
down or wiped out altogether are the APP
preparations for the Boards of Horticulture
and Viticulture, for the district fairs and
for the naval battalion. The appropria-
lions for the National Guard are greatly
reduced. That for the support of the in
digent poor is omitted. The allowance for
contingent expenses of the Senate and
Assembly is cut down one-half, and that
for expenses at the Capitol is reduced in
almost equal proportion. An allowance of
$4,000 for contingent expenses of the
Board of Equalization, which was recon-
mended by the Controller, is stricken out.
There is a material reduction in the appro-
priations for the lunatic asylums, for the
Home for Feeble Minded Children and for
the prisoners at San Quentin and Folsom.
The allowance for the Board of Labor
Statistics is cut off, as is also that far aged
indigents. The coyote bounty is not pro-
vided for.
1t must be expected that this attempt to
reduce expenses will encounter fierce OPP
position from the victims of retrenehment.
1t would not be surprising to see a COM
bine among the threatened commissions
and others whose incomes it is proposed to
abolish or reduce, to bring pressure to bear
to defeat the bill reported by the commit
tee. Men will fight hard when their bread
and butter is menaced.
But the opinion among the taxpayers is
universal that the State government costs
far more than it should, and they will not
look approvingly at efforts to defeat re-
trenchment. In a letter lately published
in the New York Herald Mr.. Charles Nord-
hoff, the well-known writer, who is now a
resident of San Diego County, instituted a
comparison between the expenditure of
California and that of New York, which
does not rebound to the credit of our sense
of economy. Indeed, the wastefulness of
our State government has become proven
bal at the East. There is now chance of
economizing. Chairman BRUSHES commit
tee has pointed the way. Legislators who
want to stand well with their constituents
will be careful how they array themselves
in opposition to the spirit of the hour.
The morning call., 1895-02-04

of neglect of duty, misconduct in office or
other offense. Thus the responsibility for
the executive administration is placed
squarely on the shoulders of the Mayor.
The powers of the Supervisors are large.
They may fix and reduce street car fares;
they may allow steam cars to enter the
city; they may sell city property; they
may with the assent OF the voters purchase
water works, gas works, electric power
works, telephone lines and street railroads.
Franchises for street railroads are to be
sold at auction, the purchaser agreeing to
pay two per cent of the gross receipts to
the city.
The one-twelfth act is reaffirmed, taxa
ton is limited to one dollar on the 500 of
assessed valuation, over and above the
State tax, the sum required for interest
and sinking fund on the municipal debt,
10 cents on the 500 for the new City Hall,
5 cents for the construction and repair of
other public buildings, and cents for the
Public Library. The General Fund is abol-
ished, and in lieu thereof each department
shall draw upon a specific fund which shall
receive its share of the receipts from taxa
ton.
Streets, sewers and public buildings are
placed under the control of three commits
sioners of public works appointed by the
Mayor. They shall appoint city engineer
who shall control the opening and improve
ment of streets, and shall before every
election prepare statement OF the value OF
street railroads, water, gas, telephone,
electric and other works, in order to enable
voters to decide whether it would be sound
policy to purchase them. This provision
abolishes the present street department
with its scandals, and seemingly repeats
the Vrooman act.
The allowance for public schools is to be
$32 so for each child who attended school
in the preceding year. The sum appropri-
ated for the Public Library is twice the
present allowance.
The morning call., 1895-02-04
PERSONAL NOTES.

Magee Smith, the Salinas attorney, is in this
city.
H. NJ. La Rue is down from Sacramento for a
few days.
J. B. Meloche of Nevada registered at the
Grand yesterday.
A. C. Hillman, manager of the Davisville
ranch, is in town.
j. H. Grad dock, the Marysville merchant, is
in the city for few days.
c. A. Brockington of the Osborne Hill mine,
Grass Valley, is at the Lick
J. Copeland, the vallecito mining man, ar
rived yesterday at the Lick
W. E. Travis, who operates stage lines and is
a mail agent at Ukiah, is staying at the Palace
Judge w. B. Gilbert of the United States Cir
cult Court, Portland, Or, is guest at the
Occidental
w. " Newlin, prominent fruit exporter OF
Los Angeles, is a guest at the Palace, accom-.
panied by his wife.
Sir Tatton Sykes and party arrived yesterday
at the Palace from the south and will return
to England shortly.
Ex-Congressman James A. Loutitt came to
the city yesterday from Stockton with his wife
and returned last evening.
c. G. Cornejo, who is engaged on an exten.
siVe scale in pearl fishing, near La Paz, Lower
California, visiting his friends here.
Lieutenant w. w. Buchanan of the navy ar.
rived from Washington yesterday, and is stop
ping at the Occidental until ordered to the
OLYMPIA
The morning call., 1895-02-04
THE VALLEY ROAD.

In the enthusiastic language OF citizen
of the San Joaquin Valley, the people OF
that section are bubbling over with JOY at
the prospect of an additional railroad 1t
means increased business to San Fran
cisco, but it is life to them.
The freight schedules of the Southern
Pacific have been two-edged knife to the
people of the valley. They have imposed
such burdens on the valley products that
the net proceeds of grain and fruit grown
in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, MERGED, Fres-
no, Tulare and Kern have heretofore been
divided into two portions-one Tor the
grower and one for the carrier who took
the crop to market-and quite often the
latter was the larger Of the two. Stimuli
taneously the valley farmer has had to
pay two prices for everything he wanted
his tools, his furniture, his clothes, his
groceries, his supplies of all kinds, one
price representing the normal value of the
goods in the great markets of the coun-
try and another price representing the
cost of hauling the goods from the place
of production to Sacramento, Stockton or
Los Angeles and thence to the place of
consumption. These two burdens have
heightened the cost of production through
out the valley, while simultaneously re-
ducing its profit.
A new road, built at cost of $4,000, 900
and run with no purpose of making money
by stock deals or pooling arrangements,
should be able to carry the products of the
valley to this city at a rate far less than the
Southern Pacific has charged. and, on the
other hand, should be able to distribute
through the valley goods imported to San
Francisco by sea at figures which the pres
ent line has never attempted.
The difference between the charges now
paid by the valley grower and those which
he would pay to a new line would, in many
cases, constitute the difference between
profit and loss on his ranch. He who now
clears moderate income would grow rich.
He who now nets loss might net profit.
In agricultural operations the margin be-
tween profit and loss is always narrow; a
small increase of outlay converts an ex-
pected profit into loss, and slight in
crease in the proceeds of a shipment turns
an expected loss into profit.
The effect of such revolution on land
values in the valley can hardly be exagger-
dtcu' 1Hc u1StOIy Va lud6 SeCGIOu VI IIS
State has been a series of violent fuctua-
tons. About thirty years ago wheat land
in San Joaquin and Stanislaus could hardly
be said to have value in money. Ten
years afterward it made its owners million
aires, if they had enough of it. At one
time people who loaned money on Fresno
property charged off the loan to profit
and loss; few years afterward the raisin
industry was born and the loans were paid,
principal and interest. 1t is not easy to-
day to borrow money on improved land III
the valley. Let the new road be built and
the valley towns will be full of lenders
seeking to place their funds.
The morning call., 1895-02-04
THE POWER OF REMOVAL.

In their desire to assure a responsible
head for the city government the Free
holders have gone to the furthest point
it is possible to accept in the appointing
power given to the Mayor, and too far in
the powers given him to remove appoint
i've officers.
It appears that the Mayor is to have not
only the right of appointing such impor-
tant officials as the Commissioners of the
Pc lice Department, Fire Department, Civil
Service, Public Works, School Directors,
and many others, but can of his own mo-
ton remove them at any time "for cause"
AS it does not appear expressly who is to
be the Judge of the cause assigned for the
removal, the inference is that the Mayor
himself is to be the Judge. This gives him
arbitrary control over the chief officers OF
the city. He would be practically munich
pal despot. He could carry through any
scheme he wished by the simple process of
removing almost any official who opposed
him. 1t goes without saying that with
such powers in the hands of the Mayor,
any combination of corrupt men who could
elect one of their tools to that Office, could
with impunity plumber the city beyond all
experience in the past.
1t hardly needs an extended argument
to show the evil likely to result from such
powers vested in a single officer. This
clause of the charter should be revised and
the Mayors power of removal limited. If
it remains in its present form it will en-
danger the adoption of the charter. The
people wish responsible head in control
of the city government, but not an auto
The morning call., 1895-02-04
WILL RETURN THANKS.
Governor Budd and the Mayor
Shake Hands.
interesting kilograms That We're Sent
to the Mayor Immediately
After The Vote.

There will be new Thanksgiving day
for California. The date for this new holt
day has not been fully decided upon, but
it will be made known from the Executive
office in few days. 1t is to be for the
purpose of returning thanks for the defeat
of the Reilly funding bill.
Governor Budd and Mayor Sutro had
conference at Sutro Heights yesterday
afternoon. Both gentlemen were jubilant.
Mr.. Sutro, who had just left comfort
able perch on high chair that swings with
the breeze and the tide, was in most agree
able frame of mind. OF course, the SUBJ
ject uppermost in the Mayors brain was
the defunct Reilly funding bill. Speaking
of this, he said:
81 have received number of kilograms
on the subject. All of them are congratu-
latory. Some of them suggest gen.
eral State day for Thanksgiving.
Governor Budd has Just left here and he
thinks as | do about it-that the people of
San Francisco ought to take recognition OF
this day. Just think of it. The greatest
villainy of modern times has been de-
feated by popular vote. There is no doubt
about the death of the funding bill. Here
is telegram from Congressman Mcguire:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. /, 1895.
non. Auotph Sutr0 Mayor OF san francisco:
The action of the House of Representatives
in recommitting the Reilly bill without in
structions is equivalent to defeat 1t will not
be revived, because there will be no one to re-
Vive it.
Among the mass of kilograms that Mr..
Sutro had to show as bearing on the case
was one from Mr.. Carleton, the CALL cor
respondent. These were his words:
1t is dead as a macekrel. Yourcirculars were
very effective and carried the day.
w. G. Evans, Ex-Governor of Colorado,
was another enthusiast who telegraphed
Mayor Sutro. Mr.. Evans said:
I congratulate you ON your success in oppos-
ing the Reilly funding bill.
''This is the end of the Reilly funding
bill, said Governor Budd. at will doubt
less bob up again in desultory way, but
it will never have another fighting chance"
This settles it, said Mr.. Sutro. "The
bill will come up again as matter of -ou-
tine business, but its strength has gone.
All the influence that could be brought to
bear was presented when the measure was
brought up yesterday. Of course the
avowed friends of it will not abandon the
idea. They will try to rally once more, but
it will amount to nothing. Reilly, the
author of the bill, is now serving his last
term. He was defeated in the last election,
and it is safe to presume that his prestige
as Congressman will die with his term.
1t is allotted only to few to become sue
cessful lobbyists after the term of office ex-
pires. John Boyd has been tolerated in his
nefarious work simply because number of
congressman were afraid of him."
The morning call., 1895-02-04
WILL BUILD A STONE CHURCH
Father McGinty's Design for a Hand


Il "ohOA NuoVihty DeS1gn 1Or u danu.
some Edifice.
Rev. Father McGinty intends building a
handsome stone church on Eddy street,
between Scott and Devisadero, for the par
ish of Holy Gross.
The proposed church will be erected on
large lot adjoining the present wooden
church of Holy Cross. AS the site has a
great depth, there will be ample room for
church OF proportions large enough to
accommodate parish requirements for
many years to come, and at the same time
the facade can be placed some distance
from the sidewalk. The existing structure
with its pretty garden in front will not be
disturbed, as the intention is to utilize it
Tor Sunday-school and meeting hall.
No plans have as yet been considered for
the stone church edifce, though the design
IN view has an imposing and ornamental
front OF cut stone, and at least the side
next to the hall of similar material. al
though not SO finely finished.
Father McGinty has organized a build
ing association in the parish for the pur-
pose OF carrying his favorite project into
speedy execution. He has received such
encouragement up to the present that, he
says, the prospects for a sacred edifice to cost
ABOUT $oO, oQ0 are quite favorable. In the few
years OF his passionate in Holy Cross he has
quilt s handsome residence for the clergy
and paid $1,000 for land and cleared off a
mortgage on this property last year.