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NOT A SQUARE DEAL
Rne Then He Didn't Have to Do 1t Cn-
less lie Wanted 10.

Rue Then He Didn't Have to Do 1t Cn-
less lie Wanted 10.
sI am about to put gas into my house,"
said the citizen. "Is it necessary to get
~ es. sir" replied the City Hall official.
at will cost you $40.
Zen dollars! What's that for?"
"rhe streets paved. isn't it"
"Yes"
well, the $40 is for tearing up the
pavement"
"But the men that are working for the
gas company do all the tearing up.''
Certainly. The $40 is to guarantee that
they'll replace the pavement i'll as good
shape as it WAS before"
"Why don't you hold the gas company
for that?"
The work is done for you. You are the
party responsible"
.'Does the city ever inspect pavement
after il has been torn up and laid down
again?"
mot that | have ever heard Of"
"Do you know that | had to pay for
the laying OF that pavement in the first
placer"
II presume you had"
"And that have TO make stiff de-
posit with the gas company before it will
begin this work OF putting in tie gas?"
Very likely"
Then l have to pay the city for per-
nit for The gas company TO tear up my
own pavement. l can't hold the gas COM
pany RESPONSE Die Tor the way in which it
is done; the city gives me no protection,
anu Pun bied III advance by the city and
the gas company both for the privilege of
becoming contributor 10 the Golfers of
the gas company. That's the regular
thing, Is IL"
THAT'S about right"
''Do you call it square deal?"
My Iiiend. you don't have to put gas
in your house if you don't want to-
Would you mind stepping to one side?
YOU'RE III the way OF ttlat man that wants
TO get u ,erElit 10 move a nouse."-Chi-
cago tribune.
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OFFICIAL.
Proposals State Prison Supplies.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL. BE RE-
- ceiyed at the Office of the Clerk at State
Prison, San Quentin, until O a. NJ. Saturday
Sth day OF June. l S95, and at the office of the
Clerk at State Prison. Folsom, until A. NJ
Saturday. 9Th day of June, 1895, at which
times and places they will be opened In pres
ence of bidders for furnishing and delivering
supplies for said prison, consisting OF SUBJ
sistenCe stores, forage, fuel, clothing, medi-
cines, lime cement and other staple supplies
from July l, 1895, TO June 80, 1896, fnclu-
sfve, on conditions as per printed schedules,
which Will be furnished upon application at
either OF the above Offices.
No bid will be considered unless made upon
said schedules, nor unless accompanied bv
the certified check therein required nor from
any other parties than bona tde dealers in
the classes of articles to be furnished
Each bidder must accompany his bid with
certified check upon some well-known and
esponsible banking house for at least l 0 per
cent of the amount, payable 10 Edgar j. De
Pue. President oil said board. OF his bid, con-
Gitioned that the bidder viii enter into
tract upon notice OF acceptance as required
by law.
Bids for either prison must be marked sep
arately All payments made on contracts
will he paid in cash or Controllers warrants.
Bidders viii carefully follow the conditions
of the schedules. The board reserves the
right to reject any all bids the public
interest may require and to order any guam
tity over or under amount specified.
EDGAR j. DE PUE, President.
T. " ELLIS, Clerk. lny23-14t
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Japanese Pottery.

From the standpoint of the fine arts II
matters very little whether an object is
ancient or modern. foreign or domestic,
SO long as it is tine; but it is popularity
of the Japanese lover of line arts to col
lect foreign and antique things.
This is shown by the relative values
placed by our collectors on different
kinds OF pottery or porcelain. First comes
pottery made in Corea itself; secondly.
very ancient Japanese pottery; thirdly.
Chinese porcelains, especially of single
colors. In fact, where pottery or porce-
lain is concerned, the Japanese collectors
care very little for high finish or elaborate
ornamentation; rough, sketchy. but at
the same time picturesque design is far
more pleasing to them than the graceful
form and rich decoration which Ameri-
cans and Europeans usually admire.
The real reason, however, why the
Japanese attach such fanciful value to
old vessels is due to the "tea CEREMONY
for which antique and unique vessels are
held in high esteem. Thus, in the time
of Taiko Hideyoshi, when the ..tea core
monyn was in the hight of the fashion. we
hear of single bowl of Corean ware be-
ing sold for some thousands of dollars. or
a tea-jar bag. made from the sash tobi)
worn by noted poetess for some hun
dreds.-Lippincotts
The record-union., 1895-05-24
common Errors In speech.

The verb to get is one of our much mis-
used words: itmeans to acquire, win, OBJ
tain; and, primarily, it signifies the put
ting forth of effort to attain something.
Consequently il is not only superhuous,
but incorrect. to speak of a man as get
ting drowned" or getting SICK" and
you may, unfortunately, have cold."
but it Is impossible that you "isave got a
cold" AT this moment no exceptions
occur to the writer to the rule that got
should never be used in connection with
have, which alone sufficiently expresses
possession. Say Il have the picture" :"
not II have got the picture" 1.-The dog
has broken leg," not .'tle dog has got u
broken leg." The irregular verbs lay
and lis are frequently confounded. Lay
is an active or transitive verb, and lie is
passive or intransilive. We lay things
down or have laid them down; but we
and things lie at rest You lie down,
have lain down, will lie down, or are
lying; she lay down yesterday and is
going to lie down this afternoon. A fre-
quent error is to confound the past lenses
OF these verbs. One should say MARY
laid the book on the table and then lay
down herself" but the book lies on the
table.-Demorest Magazine.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

P. c. Cohn came down from Folsom
yesterday.
Ernest Weyand of Colusa is at the
Golden Eagle.
~E. Swinford Of Colusa is stopping at the
Capital ii otel.
Andrew G. Myers of Fort Jones was in
the city yesterday.
By the late train last night Governor
Budd returned from San Francisco.
Mrs. p. +. Laugenour of Dunnigan.
Yolo County, is guest at the Capital
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. e. Rice and Mrs. W.
y. Green of Scranton, Pa, are at the
Golden Eagle.
DR.. q. q. Tyrrell, who has been dan
gerously i'll for the past three weeks, is
now convalescing.
Mrs. j. Eager returns to San Francisco
to-day after spending the past month
with relatives in this city.
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PROPOSALS FOR STREET SWEEPING.

nIDS FOR SWEEPING THE FOLLOW
) ing named streets VIII be received by tho
Board of Trustees until MONDAY, May 27.
1895, at O'Clock Z. NJ:
Second street from alley between and
streets to X street, street from Second street
TO east line of Eleventh street, X street from
west line of Second street to east line OF Tenth
street and Tenth street from north line OF +.
street to south line of n street.
The sweeping is to be done by hand or ma
chinery and commence June 1, 1895, and
continue for one year.
Each proposal must be sealed and accom-
panied by a certified check. payable to the
City Clerk for 10 per cent. of the amount of
the bid. The board reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals.
my22-td o. s. FLINT. City Clerk.
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SIPAGE WATER.
It Is Becoming u Nuisance Over on

It Is Becoming u Nuisance Over on +
Street.
There was special meeting of the City
the complaint about the bad condition of
L street, between Eighth and Ninth,
which is so low that it contains sipage
water which becomes stagnant.
communication was read from a
number of the residents in that locality
calling attention to the unsanitary condi-
ton Of the street. They say the foul
order which arises from the Objectionable
thoroughfare is a menace to their health,
and they want the board to take some ac-
ton toward abating the nuisance.
Corporation Counsel Robert L. Devlin
was present to advise the board how to
proceed in the matter He said it was
doubtful as to now far the board could go
in the matter. Property owners, he said.
have their rights, and if the street should
be filled up, or, for example, If q mans
lot is filled up and he refuses to pay for
it, 1t amounts to contiscation of bis
property. Mr.. Devlin suggested that the
best thing to be done in the matter would
be to have the street filled, so that IL there
should arise any contention over the ac-
ton of the board it could be tested in the
courts. Low lots, he said, can be filled
by order of the Board of Trustees, re-
gardless of the sanitary condition OF such
lots.
DR.. Huntington said it seems to him
that it is necessary to use microscope to
discover the power of the Board Of
Health in such matters.
Mr.. Devlin said the expense incurred
by the Board of Health in enforcing its
orders legally determined upon must be
borne by the city.
On motion or DR.. Waggoner, the Secre-
tary was instructed to notify the Trus-
tees OF the bad condition of + street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth. and to request
that body TO have the street filled aud
raised so as to prevent stagnant water
from collecting upon it.
Corporation Counsel Devlin said if the
Board of Health would adopt rules and
regulations for the proper observance OF
the sanitary laws, in his opinion the
Board of Trustees would adopt ordi-
nances declaring violations of the rules
and regulations misdemeanor and pro-
viding penalties therefor.
The board then adjourned.
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salnries of sovereIgns.

There is certainly one very nice feature
about being potentate. and that is the
income that comes 10 the occupant of a
Lofty place. Beside having all his wants
attended to and a large number of pal
aces always at his disposal. the Emperor
of Russia is said TO receive 5000 day;
tho sultan of Turkey receives SlS.00O a
day: the Emperor OF Austria rejoices in
slO. 900 Il day: Emperor William has to
get along on IS, Co from breakfast to bed
lime: Queen Vic oria has $50, 900 to spend
every week, and the President of the
United States receives q trifle under a
thousand dollars week, but great deal
OF tree advertising goes with the Office
harper's Young People.
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BRIEF NOTES

A carload of fine horses, destined for
the market. were sent East from the
Rancho Del Paso yesterday
j. Ochsner, the well-known cooper,
says 1T was not he nor any of his sons
that were arrested for disturbing Jacob
Gebert's peace on Sunday last.
Professor G.. w. Watson starts for
Bartlett Springs to-day. He will remain
there during the summer season and will
give series of parties for the benefit of
the guests while there.
Justice of the Peace Henry has rend-
cred judg ment in favor OF the pIaintiff in
the suit of Mrs. Roxy Butler against
Stephen j. Butler, Jr., and wife tor the
recovery OF diamond ring valued at
$3.50
The record-union., 1895-05-24
lhe Boys and the Matches.

Last Tneslay evening the barn belong
ing to State Gardener Dunn, in the alley
between L ana NJ, Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets, was set on fire by some
boys playing with matches. Mr.. Dunn's
horse, which was in the barn, was badly
burned about the head, chest and legs.
Engine No. } responded TO still alarm
and extinguished the fire before it had
gained much Roadway.
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Accidennt to a Yong Lady.

Miss Ida Nj. Wolfe, teacher of the Ar
cade School. while on her way to the
schoolhouse last Monday morning, was
thrown from her buggy and severely in-
jured. The horse she was driving be-
came frightened at something on The
roadside and ran away, throwing Miss
Wolfe against the wheel of the vehicle.
She sustained severe bruises about the
face and was otherwise injured.
The buggy was completely dem molished,
but the horse is ready to repeat the per-
fOrmanc0
The record-union., 1895-05-24
CASE OF CHARLES oBERLANDER,
His Claim Brought to the Attention of
the Mexican GOYernment


the Mexican Government.
WAsHINGToN, May 22.-At the in
stance OF Patterson Spriggs, lawyer of
San Diego CAL, Acting Secretary Uhl
has brought to the attention of the Mexi-
can Government the claim for reparation
of Charles Oberlander of San Diego.
Oberlander was Deputy Marshal in
California at the time the Chinese Exelu-
sion Act went into effect, and he was en-
ployed in serving on the Mexican border,
from Mexico into the United States. His
statement is that while engaged in this
duty he was kidnapped on May 90, 1892,
by Mexican officers, forcibly carried out
OF the United States and kept in confine-
ment IN Mexican prison without war
rant OF law. All the MeXicans impli-
Gated are named in Oberander's state
mout.
The record-union., 1895-05-24

I never heard man or woman much
abused that l was not inclined to think
the better of them. and to transfer the
suspicion or dislike to the one who found
pleasure in pointing out the defects OF
another.-Jane Porter.
The record-union., 1895-05-24

Wheat is mentioned in the Scriptures
as well-known grain and under wide
cultivation.
The record-union., 1895-05-24

Hundreds OF patents have been issued
to inventors of water gas.
The record-union., 1895-05-24

Estabnsne0 1ass.
GREGORY BROS. CO.
IOM MERCHANTS AND
" Wholesale Dealers in
PRODUCE AND FRUIT
126 and 12S street, Sacrameuto.
General Agents for the celebrated BOBERTW
KIDNEY AND Liver BITTERS.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
National Bank Of D. 0. Mills & Co.,.
RESOURCES,

A T SACRAMENTO, IN THE STATE OF
n California; the close of business MAY
Z, 1895:
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''Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. ]. F. KNcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
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1.-The free silver men of the Senate APP
pear TO have made up their minds to
knife any bill for the issue ct bonds that
may be passed by the House. This of
course means that the bill cannot pass.
for unquestionably a majority of the
members of the Senate are of the free
silver pursuasion. The opinion of the
country as expressed at the ballot box
last fall was overwhelmingly against
the free coinage of silver, and in favor of
the financial policy that has been pur-
sued by the government ever since the
war, but that counts for nothing with
the free silver members of the Senate,
who have made up their minds to force
the country on to silver basis if pos
sihla
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-26

A North Carolina man who has talked
with the President since his message on
the Venezuelan question, reports him as
sayingi
So much war talk is to be deplored.
Our people are jumping to conclusions.
tigation which 1 approved and which
Congress authorizes But that investi-
CATION must be very thorough, deliberate
and impartial, and if we find that tine
rights of an American republic are not
being invaded by European power we
must drop the matter.
The war talk which Mr.. Cleveland now
deplores was set going by Mr. Cleveland
himself by the unfortunate snapper, 4"
which he appended to his message.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
A WARNING TO CANADA.
Montreal Gazette. !

In Canada, Mr.. Laurier and the Liber
ais are advocating exactly tho same pol,
icy that the Democrats advocated in the
United States They have no more
ground for expecting that adopting it
weuld bring prosperity to the Dominion,
than the Democrats had for thinking
that the same course would make the
United states better off. Accepting the
Cleveland idea in 1899 brought aggravat-
ed commercial evils to our neighbors.
As surely as like causes follow like eff
fects accepting the Cartwright idea in
1926 will bring aggravated troub les to
this country. The financial system of the
country cannot be radically altered with
out thoroughly dlsarranging commercial
affairs, and the disarrangement of COM
merce means Inconvenience and loss to
all dependent upon it, and especially to
the people who work for wages. The ex-
perience of the United States is lesson
TO the voters of Canada today, and espeo-
tally to the voters of Montreal, on whose
verdict more, perhaps, depends political
", than on any other place in Canada.
ETTRnDEAN AGED hNDTuENaCNrm
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Questions Answered,
To the Editor of the Press:

December "a, 1895
is it asking too much of your paper
that you should explain the so-called
Monroe doctrine sufficiently that we
younger people and ignorant ones should
have an intelligent idea of it; also I
should like to know something more of
the Red Cross.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-26

Mr.. Osborne Of Massachusetts, who has
been accused of bribing thesRepublioan
committee of Louisiana in Mckinley
interest, says he didn't do any such thing.
The way he secured the committee, he
says, was to state Mr.. Mckinley's posit-
ion on the sugar duty. According to his
own confession he got them by appealing
10 their oupidity.
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'IHE1 PRESS.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2e.

The decision of the ways and means
committee not to give hearings on the
tariff bill is undoubtedly justified. Ordi-
narily people interested should have an
opportunity to state their views, but an
emergency has now arisen which de-
compatible with hearings.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-26
(Springfield Republican. }

We cannot view European aggrandize-
ment in this quarter of the earth with
complacenoy. It's military spirit is mis-
chieyous. Its fortresses and ornaments
on the north and on the islands to the
east and south are menace to the peace
of this part of the world They are re-
sponsible for much of that jingoism
sion will provoke among our people a
feeling in behalf of policy of counter
aggression and colonization which it
will be hard to resist. If it shall appear
on due examination that Great Britain
has been unwarrantably extending it's
sovereignty in South America by reason
of superior strength. it will be for the
welfare OF this country to make united
and determined protest.
.
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Castoria.

sCastoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their Children
DR.. G. G. Osaoop,
Lowell Mass
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NOT PARTIAL.
(SpringfleId Union. }

Speaker Reed should not be charged
with Partially to his own state, in giving
committee chairmanships to Congressman
Dingley, Boutelle and Milliken. They
have all been long in the service as mem
hers of the ommittees, of which they are
now chairmen, and their experience is of
great value in legislation,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27
Durfant.. TRIAL.

SAN Francisco, Oct. 2-General
Dickinson this morning announced
he had nc further witnesses to call
in defense OF the prisoner, Durrant.
Tho calling OF witnesses in rebuttal
was therefore began by the prosecu.
tion. Tho first step was to refute the
statement OF Durrant that the trus-
tees OF the church asked him to re.
pair the gas fixtures at the church
last April.
p. D.. Cole, G. G.. Noble, X. L. Davis,
Andrew S%paulding and A. ID. Vogel,
trustees OF the church, when called
to the stand testified that they did
not nsk Durrant to make repairs.
@. w. Dodge, n medical student.
testified that on the Afternoon OF
April 18th, he saw Durrant at the
ferry and the prisoner told him that
he was there waiting for members of
the Signal Corps, whom he expected
from Oakland.
G. a. Dukes, who accompanied
Dodge, corroborated the testimony.
The testimony is important from the
fact that Durrant said when on the
stand that he was at the ferry for the
purpose OF searching for Blanche La.
mont, who mysteriously disappeared.
Some n had told him she would
cross the hay that afternoon.
A.. A. Hobo, an old schoolmate OF
Durrant's testified that on the same
afternoon he saw the prisoner at the
ferry in company with a young woman
who answered the description OF Min
mic Williams who came over from her
home in Alameda that night, and
next day her body was found in
Emanuel Church. The theory of the
prosecution is that instead OF being
Mt the ferry to follow up the clue of
Blanche Lamont, Durrant was there
for the purpose of meeting Miss vii.
liams and Turing her to her death.
E.A Chaser, n student Mt the med.
ical college, testified that on April
10th Durrant asked him to read aloud
his notes OF DR.. Cheney's lecture.
Chaser said he read his notes to Dur.
rant who devoted three. quarters of an
hour to writing in his own note book.
The defense tried to show it was the
custom for students to compare notes
but Glaser said Durrant read nothing
that purported TO be his own notes.
District Attorney Barnes said to-
day noon that the testimony in rebut.
tai would be finished by tomorrow
night. Argument of the case will
therefore begin the Inst OF the week.
The court took a recess until two
o'clock.