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The morning call., 1895-02-09
ARCTIC WEATHER IN THE SOUTH

The cold wave which has swept through
the Northeastern States has been severely
felt in the South. Ice is seen all along the
Florida coast. The mercury has fallen to
near zero at Atlanta, Ga, and peas, beans,
and even cabbage, have been frost-killed at
Mobile, Ala. In Arkansas the thermome-
ter records temperature of two or three
below zero, and bears, panthers and wolves
have been driven out of the woods by the
cold and are infesting the settlements.
This reads like ancient history. In the
old days in New England, an unusually
cold winter was generally marked by the
appearance of wildcats and lynxes; the
bears were alternating, and slept soundly
in their hollow logs. In Europe, through
out the middle ages, towns were often in
tested by bears and wolves during cold
snaps III winter. Travellers were warned
not to go out of doors at night, for fear of
the hungry animals, and children were
carefully gathered under the roof when the
day declined Old histories of Paris tell US
that on the occasion of this or that severe
winter, scores of people were eaten by the
The morning call., 1895-02-09
A FOOLISH BILL.

In addition to the arguments against the
general principle of pensionlng school
teachers there are some which apply to
certain Objectionable features in the bill
now being urged upon the Legislature. In
this bill it is proposed to make the Super
intendent of Schools, the County Treasurer
and the chairman of the Board of Super
visors of each county board of trustees
for the teachers annuity fund.- and to raise
that fund partly by the several amounts of
money forfeited by the schoolteachers or
withheld from their salaries for any reason,
partly by deduction of l per cent from
the salary of each teacher, and partly by
paying into the fund per cent of the rev.
enues derived from the licenses of saloon
keepers, billiard halls, junkstores, dealers
in secondhand goods, and one-fourth of
all sums collected for licensing dogs
These features of the bill reduce it to alb
surdity. If the teachers wish to devote a
portion of their earnings to the formation
of an annuity fund they should incorporate
and elect officers of their own, like any
other fraternal organization. If the State
is to give them pension it should give
them something better than per cent of
and one-fourth of the tax on dogs.
The profession of the schoolteacher is in
itself one of the noblest that engages the
energies of men and women and in its i'm
portance to the State and to society is sec
ond to no other. In California the full
dignity of the profession is worthily up
held by those who engage in it. Our
teachers stand high in the esteem of all
whose esteem is worth having. In their
services to the public and in their private
lives they are alike honorable and honored.
They are men and women of more than
ordinary ability and stamina. They are
well able to take care of themselves. They
deserve every dollar of their salaries and
the people are never niggard when it
comes to a question of maintaining or ex-
tending the school system. The people,
however, will not approve of the proposed
bill. Even if the absurdities of the junk
shop and the dog tax were removed from
it they would still oppose it. The whole
principle is un-American and should have
no place in the American school system.
The morning call., 1895-02-09
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Coxey, the commonwealth, is regarded by his
friends as the most plausible and popular poll
tician in the Peoples party. Intellectually and
physically he resembles Jerry Simpson, and he
has employed sensationalism with the same
calculation. He has an army of lieutenantS
teaching his bond scheme, and the Chicago
Times thinks his nomination for President is
not impossible.
Henri Rochefort's life of exile in London has
not been without its compensations. Having
an income of 100000 year to spend, he has
been able to maintain a handsome home in
Regents Park and to indulge in works of art
and fine horses He is very hoSpitable and
very generous.
Miss Crabtree otherwise Lotta), the ever effer-
vescent and perennial, is passing the winter in
Cleopatras land and is much benefited by her
prolonged rest. She is said not to have any
definite idea when she will return to the stage.
Tom Reed says that one of the greatest trials
incidental to his being made into Presden-
tial candidate is a mail of such proportions
that he could spend all his time in reading it.
Judge Geiger of Phillips County, Kans., re-
Gently had the painful duty of sentencing his
own son to eighteen months in the penitentiary
for burglary.
The morning call., 1895-02-09
MIDNIGHT RAIDERS.

In the controversy now going on over
the attempt of street railway company to
lay a track upon Church street and erect
wires on California street, an opportunity
is afforded our officials to establish prece-
dent that will put an end to this grave and
growing evil. The opportunity lies in the
fact that the attempt to lay the track was
begun in the silence of the night and was
continued for time forcibly against the
protests of the city authorities.
The question of the right to lay the line
does not affect this issue at all. The point
is that the midnight raiding of streets for
the purpose of taking possession of them
and the contemptuous disregard of law
full authority is a menace to both liberty
and law 1t has been done too often, and
it is never done without exciting among
the people desire to meet force with force
and to tear up the tracks by the action
of mob. The people cannot be blamed
for becoming exasperated by such evil
dences of corporate insolence and domina-
ton in an American community; and yet
The morning call., 1895-02-09
PENSIONING TEACHERS.

Among the ill-advised measures urged
upon the present Legislature is one en-
bodied in Senate bill 407, entitled "An act
to create and administer a schoolteachers'
annuity and retirement fund in the several
counties and cities and counties of the
State.' The act creates pension of $45 a
month for retired teachers after twenty
years of service, or $50 after twenty-five
years of service, and provides revenue for
sustaining it.
The supporters of the bill have for an
argument that the system of pensioning
retired schoolteachers has been practiced
in several European countries with good
results, and that it would be equally bene-
fetal here. 1t is further urged that the
profession of schoolteacher, by its exact
ing requirements, prevents the teacher
from engaging in money-making enter
prises, and therefore, after years of service,
they find themselves, in old age, unpro-
vided for and dependent.
Neither of these arguments is valid In
the first place, the European system OF
dealing with schoolteachers is radically
different from ours. By that system the
salaries paid to teachers are confessedly in
adequate to the service rendered, and the
Government atones for this by providing
pension in old age. By the American
system the teacher is paid what the SER
vices are worth at the time they are rem
dered, and upon the individual teacher is
thrown the burden of saving, by fore
thought and economy, sufficient portion
of that salary to provide for the future. In
this way the teacher is compelled to share
the responsibility of other citizens and by
his own efforts save himself from depend
ency. No one would like to see the salar-
les of California schoolteachers reduced to
the European level, and there can be no
reason therefore for introducing the Eu-
ropean system of pensions.
The argument that our schoolteachers
have no opportunity to make lucra-
tive investments and thereby save
up enough for old age has no founda-
ton in fact. The modern world abounds
with institutions that provide a means
by which small savings can be profit
ably invested. We have savings banks,
building and loan associations, CO.
operative investment societies of various
kinds under careful supervision, and in adj
dition to them, in every city and every
county a thousand opportunities are con-
tinually offering themselves for invest
ments in land on easy terms and for small
annual payments.
The salaries paid to teachers, though not
fully equal to the great Importance OF
their services, are sufficient to enable
every teacher to save something each
month for investment that will yield
a good rate of interest. and by the end Of
twenty years the prudent teacher will have
a competence and an independence far
| better than any pension system could give.
The morning call., 1895-02-09
THE RIOT ACT.

The only way to bring about retrench-
ment is to retrench. The only way to Sc
cure economy in State expenditures is for
the Legislature to be economical. The
Republican majority must pay attention
to these truths and begin to practice them.
The people are tired of broken promises
and of pledges that are never fulfilled.
They demand economy and retrenchmept
in legislative action as well as in campaign
oratory. They elected q large majority OF
Republicans to the Legislature on that
platform; and they are not in mood to
be fooled with on the subject.
The Legislature must at once put its
house in order. Both the Senate and AS
sembly must be swept clean of useless at
taches. Secretaries, clerks, doorkeepers,
watchmen and supernumeraries of all kinds
who have no work to do, must go. 1t is
not worth while to daily with the lobby
rule must be enforced: work or walk.
Officials with no work to do must be made
to quit.
1t is not worth while to mince words
over the matter. The demand for economy
means business this time. If the Repub-
lican majority does not enter at once
actively upon the task of thorough re-
trenehment an opportunity will be given
to Governor Budd to send to the Legs
lature message on the subject that will
rouse inc whole Republican party in the
State to a white heat of indignation against
the representatives who have betrayed it.
No Republican need expect the party or
the press of the party ito sustain the ex
travagance that now prevails at Sacra-
mento. No such support will be given, but,
on the contrary, the most indignant voices
of denunciation will be uttered by the very
men who trusted the pledges of those who
are now legislators and helped to elect
them.
We have no animosity against any of
the attaches. We would be glad to see
them all earning good living by working
for it. We are opposed to them only when
they are loafing around the Capitol at the
expense of Woodworking taxpayers. If
there is nothing else for them to do let
them go home and canvass for THE CALL.
In that way they can earn their money
honestly, benefit their neighbors and be a
useful force in the community instead of
parasites and papsuckers.
We sound this warning in all sincerity in
the interests of the Republican legislators
themselves. Our motive is to avoid the
necessity of a more radical treatment of
the evil by bringing about an immediate
remedy. We do not wish to be forced to
specify the particular instances of extrava-
CANT legislators, and to publish the names
of the useless attaches. That would be
giving to men personal notoriety, which
we will spare them if we can. But re-
trenchment we must have. That is the
ultimatum
The morning call., 1895-02-09
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

Watts--so you don't believe that the good
die young?
Potts-That used to worry me a good deal
when was boy, but l know better now
American Review New York;.
"Did your uncle remember you in making his
will?"
Charlotte must have, for there is no men
ton of my name in it.-Chieago Inter Ocean.
Jess-Wonder how they ever came to call the
place Sioux City?
Bess-Probably because so many go there to
Sioux for d divoree.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
st. Peter Ito appicant)- was your posi-
ton in life?
Applicant (despondently)--I was capitalist
and president of the Monopoly Trust.
st. Peter (encoaragingly)-Well, well, my
poor man, cheer up! 1t won't be SO hard for
you down there, after ALL There are no news
papers there.-Puck
Millionaire-Honesty, my son, is always the
best policy.
His son-Well, maybe it is, father, but still
you've done pretty well-Tid-Bits.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

the very corporations that are SO bold in
their violations of law would be the first
to call upon the police of the city or the
military power of the State to shoot down
the people in the name of the law.
In this country the law must be enforced
on the rich as well as the poor. Corpora
tons that have franchises must use their
privileges under them in a decent and law
abiding manner. If they have right to
lay railway track along street they
should go about it in the daytime with
proper regard for municipal ordinances
and authority. This fashion of midnight
work, stealing streets, hooking at law,
defying authority and despising the
people, must be stopped. The city author
tiles have good opportunity now to teach
lesson to the raiders and we trust that
they will do it,
The morning call., 1895-02-09
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart, one of the most ia
nous blood-horse breeders in England, who
has spent the last few days at the Palace Hotel
leaves for Sydney to-day on the Alameda, accom-
panied by A. Downing and r. B. Cholmondeley,
where they go to enjoy new scenes and Incl
dentally look out for good horses.
Gail we come here for was to see dear old Or
monde" said Sir Tatton last night as he
strolled toward the diningroom, "and he looks
as though money nor love couldn't buy him.
Yes dear old Ormonde." The Baronet smiled
and said, "Hes a beautiful animal"
Mr.. Sykes takes great deal of pleasure in tFav-
cling, "meray to take a-trot off to some foreign
country and get back to Yorkshire when the
grass is green," as he puts it. His estate is
magnificent, and all he does is look after it and
see that the flowers and trees have proper at
tention, while his brother, Sir Christopher
The morning call., 1895-02-09
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

If this Government must issue bonds or in
terest-bearing securities, how would it do to
make it a peoples loan by issuing 500 notes
in sums of $40 and the multiple thereof
through the postoffices of the country? These
would be taken eagerly by the people, who
would pay for them in coin or currency. A
rate OF 1865 would enable the holder to know
just how much interest had accumulated on
his note, which interest should be payable
semi-annually at any Sub-Treasury. His note
for 800 at the end of q year would be worth
$1o3 IS. At the end of ten days its value
The morning call., 1895-02-09
Lithographfc Craftsmen.

The craftsmen in the photographic bust
ness In San Francisco held meeting at
their headquarters Tuesday evening and
adopted strong resolutions calling atten-
ton to the fact that the local trade can
turn out as good work as Eastern firms,
and yet the latter are patronized by bust
ness men. The resolutions called on mer-
chants and others to patronize the local
craftsmen in future.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

savage beasts within the sound of the bells
of Notre Dame. The wolves were worse
than the bears, as they are to this day in
Russia; but both were so formidable that
cities offered rewards for a pair of VOLTS
ears or bears ears, and hunters made
living by chasing them.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

would be 500 10--that is, each dollar Wouiu
draxv interest OF Ito of cent per day.-0liroy
Gazette.
THE CALI. is making bitter war against the
Grand Jnrv system. The evils and useiessness
OF the secret inquisition are wei SHOWN W ny
vigorous pen of its editor. We can Dut "oiiuol
what place this obsolete tribunal mas III o'ii
system of judiciary. There is no funcuon .uaS
it aims to perform that cannot better NC uone
in other ways and so far as It's praeucai use -
concerned it does not amount to anything
Calaverss Prospect.
1t is readily apparent to any one VINO mas
travelled over our county roads OF late tii'ls
large sums of money win have to DE eXpenoeo
this spring to place them in good shape. For
the last thirty or forty years there has been TOO
much Temporary" work on our highways at
an annual cost of many thousands OF oollars.
What is there to show for time, laoor anu
money nded?-Napa Register.
A bill has been introduced in the Connecti-
cut Legislature providing that married women
whose husbands are able to support them snail
not be permitted to work in shops. This meas
ure is class legislation and would probably be
invalid if adopted-Los Angeles Times.
The county government bill is a mystery to
| most people because it is amended SO often
Before anybody can find out what one Legisla-
ture has done the next begins to undo it,
Woodland Democrat.
With only twenty men of an alien birth In
Congress it looks as if the country is not yet
given over to immigrants as much as US
alarmists seem to think-Phenix Gazette.
Big thin gs can be done if we unite each to do
his nttle.-Woodland Mail.
Bonds mean bondage.-Ventura Peoples
Advocate.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

F. H Lang, Salinas capitalist, arrived at the
Lick yesterday.
The Rev. William Grutza of Milwaukee, Wis,
is at the Baldwin.
Dr. J. Clark of Gilroy was guest at the
Grand last night
H. c. Smith, mining man of Fresno, is regis
tered at the Palace.
Clinton Quincy, Government surveyor in
Alaska, is at the Grand.
Professor E. E. Barnard of the Lick Observa-
tory, was at the Lick last night.
w. E. Bains of Coos Bay, who has gained
some celebrity as a raft-builder, is guest at
the Lick.
w. w. stensland and W. J. McCollum, two
hotel proprietors from Visalia, are registered at
the Lick.
Mayor W. R. Clark and Chief of Police Sam
uel Henery of Stockton are registered at the
Baldwin.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

There is evidently an intention on the
part of European powers TO prevent Japan
from annexing any part of China, and
compel her to be content with money in
demnity. This will mean, of course, that
debt, and possibly gold debt. There is a
big bonanza in scheme of that kind for
somebody, and if it is carried out the
effects are likely to be felt in every money
center in the world.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

RHEUMATISM cannot be cured with liniment o.
local applications. The of the pains is in the
blood Purify your blood and cure rheumatism by
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

THE GENUINE {" BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRocHEs'
are sold only in boxes. They wonderfully
effective for Coughs, Hoarseness or Irritation Of
the Throat caused by cold.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Whatever may be the merits of the con-
troversy over the construction of a railway
on Church street, all who violate the orders
of properly authorized officials should be
punished Law should be enforced equally
on rich and poor, and a millionaire no
more than tramp should be permitted to
resist policeman in the execution of his
DUTY
The morning call., 1895-02-09

If Santa Clara Valley and the San Joa-
quin join hands they can raise 81 100000 as
easily as they can raise a cheer.
The morning call., 1895-02-09
Mayor sutro

VIII speak on "Defeat of Funding Bill" Mass
meeting; concert. Sutro baths, Sunday, P. M
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Subscriptions to the 100000 fund have
risen high enough to push the top off.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

If Mayor Sutro wishes to give the public
a convincing sign of his opposition to the
octopus, he should sign the subscription list
for the valley road.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Now that the right citizens have come to
the front, San Francisco presents a better
showing of civic enterprise than any other
city in the Union.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Currency reform goes over, and Grover
will grind out some more bonds.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Mexico and Guatemala could set good
example to other Spanish-American states
by following our example of submitting
international questions to arbitration.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Over 80 per cent of the business of the
United States is done by checks.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

The people of California are not prepared
to treat school teachers on the European
plan, and will give them neither Euro
pean salary nor European pension.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

LADIES are greatly benefited by the use Of DR..
Siegert's Angostura Bitters, the renowned South
American tonic.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Men who wish to initiate Parkhurst
should go home and write book.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

From the way that things are tangled up
in Congress, there is every reason to be-
ieve that even the Democrats themselves
will be glad to get out of it.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Now that San Francisco is with the
country, and the country is with the city,
both of them are exactly in the right place
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Cleveland is so impotent in office that if
it were not for his frequent messages the
people would regard him as a mummy.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

If California ever undertakes to provide
pension for teachers, she will do it by
something better than a dog tax.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

The whole State has begun to move.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Even a self-respecting circus doesn't at
tract crowds by giving coupons to a side
show.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Make it four millions? Why, certainly.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Do YOUR feet trouble you? Consult the best
Chropodist, BERNARD 81 Powell street; elevator.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

The attempt to prevent an expert ex-
animation OF the foundation for the ferry
depot is suicidal policy, and, as Webster
remarked: Suicide is confession"
The morning call., 1895-02-09

The teachers of California as class are
brainy enough to take care of themselves
without asking for support by tax on
junkshops.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Spreckels has a winning way about him.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

What is the use of talking about people
focking to the cities in California. when
even the bears and panthers are taking to
the towns for a living in Arkansas.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

1t is a characteristic of big enterprise:
that the more people that get into them
the more comfortable they are
The morning call., 1895-02-09

The journal that gives away fake gift
gives itself away.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Everything is going one way, and that is
our way.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

With the near approach of Republican
Congress and with abundant evidences OF
reviving trade, the only blur upon the
future is the figure of Grover Cleveland in
the White House.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Practically speaking, the sc, 600, 900 needed
for the competing road is all that is re-
quired to raise the mortgage which the
Southern Pacific OF Kentucky has on the
State
The morning call., 1895-02-09

The construction of the Nicaragua canal
and the annexation of Hawaii are neces-
sary to one another and both are necessary
to US.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Dole was wise in going rapidly heretofore
and he will be just as wise now if he goes
slowly.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

CUR-IT-UP heals wounds. burns and sores as
if by magic. Itcures chilblains and poison oak
in one application. 1t relieves all pain.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Japan expected a pickup of the Chinese
feet, but now she will have to raise it from
the bottom of the sea.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

II Mexico and Guatemala are unwilling
to submit to arbitration by an outsider,
they might at least leave the question of
sovereignty to the people of the disputed
strip, and let them vote on it.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

A congratulation meeting is in order.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Shall we call it the gilt-edged road2
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Where the coupon begins journalism
The morning call., 1895-02-09

The advocates of the inquisition bill
ought to be punished for footing foghorn
when there is no fog.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Every message from Cleveland is an in
dictment of the Democratic party and they
all stick
The morning call., 1895-02-09

Any newspaper with fakes in it, has flies
on il
The morning call., 1895-02-09

It looks like Greater California"
The morning call., 1895-02-09

A newspaper that isn't worth the sub
scription price by the news it gives, is GER
tainly worth less.
The morning call., 1895-02-09

There are very few places in the East
where the climate doesn't do its blowing at
this season.