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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-25
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PRINCE OF WALES IN AMERICA
His rlemorable Visit to the United
States Many Years Ago.

Stephen Ffske, in recalling When the
Prince of Wales Was in America" :"
writes in the Ladies Home Journal"
that on September II, 1860. he entered
the United States for the first time. rid
ing to the American side for a farewell
view at Niagara. Then, after the usual
ceremonies at Hamilton, the Prince
crossed to Detroit. on September Goth,
and became the guest of the people of
this republic. The Duke of Newcastle
had insisted that the Prince, as Baron
Renfrew. should be received by the peo-
pie, not officially by the Government,
and this arrangement was carried out
during his tour. 1t seemed as If all the
people, headed by the Governor of Mich
igen. had rushed to welcome him at De-
troit The crowds were so dense that
the royal party could not get to their ho-
tel through the main streets. Theirs
was q similar crowd at Chicago, which
was reached two days later. St. Louis.
where the Prince had splendid recep-
tfon on the Fair Grounds and opened
the Western Academy OF Arts, and Gin
cinnau, where another tremendous
crowd awaited him. and he danced all
night at another ball, made the Prince
Z heIu u SGl 10 Tie COAAlk awe ASALCb VI
Washington, where he was introduced
by Lord Lyons to President Buchanan
and Miss Harriet Lane, and was ele-
gantly. but privately, entertained al the
! White House. Subsequently he Wis
tied Richmond, Philadelphia New
York, Boston and some other Eastern
cities, in nearly all of which he was
sumptuously entertained, and was the
guest Of honor at receptions, balls. dim
ners, etc. On October Goth the Prince
re-embarked from Portland, Maine, for
England. Owing to a severe storm his
ship, Hero, had been driven out of heF
course, was several days overdue, and
her officers and crew were reduced e
Scant salt fare. England was greatly
alarmed Tor the safety OF the young
Prince, and rejoiced when the Hero
| finally Landed him safe on his native
shore
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Luck Has Never Helped Any Person.

In replying to the query. Does not
luck sometimes play a goodly part In
a mans success?" Edward w Box, In
the Ladies Home Journal" writes:
Never. Henry Ward Beecher an
swered this question once for all when
he said: No man prospers In this world
by luck, unless 1t be the luck OF getting
up early, working hard and maintain
ing honor and integrity What so
otter seems, to many young men, on
the surface, as being luck in a mans
career Is nothing more than hard work
done at some special time. The idea
that luck Is factor In a mans sue
cess has ruined thousands; 1t has never
helped a single person. fortunate
chance comes to a young man some
times just at the right moment. And
that some people call luck. But that
chance was given him because he had
at some time demonstrated the fact that
he was the right man for the chance.
That is the only luck there is. Work
hard, demonstrate your ability, and
show to others that if an opportunity
comes within your grasp you are able
to use It"
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He Was AlreadV Out.

While we were waiting on the veran-
da after breakfast the landlord came
out to see if everything was all right,
and the man with the double chin,
who had been growing around for the
last half hour, opened on him with:
Say, now, why don't you have some
one to look to your beds? 1 hardly
slept an hour last night for the bugs"
yes, 1 must have those bugs at
tended to-" replied the landlord, in a
good-natured way.
And you need new furniture"
Yes, 1 know
And your help around the house
ought to get to bed before midnight"
That's what I've been tellin EN-, but
| they hang out about IT."
Say, old man." continued the kicker,
after getting his breath, did you ever
hear of fly screens?"
Yes"
Then you'd better get some for your
doors and windows. I never saw so
many flies In dining-room."
us that so? Well, l must get some
screens"
AT o'clock this morning a dog was
barking, mule braying and two dark
| les singing under my window"
Yes, 1 heard 'em myself 1 must see
that such noises are stopped. That's
about all, isn't it?"
"All but one question. Why don't
you sell out here and run a sawmill in
stead?"
| My dear man." answered the land
| lerd, 1T gives me pleasure to inform
| you that l made the exchange yester-
| day and take possession of the saw
mill this afternoon, Now, then, if there
/ is nothing else, there comes the bus,
and you'll get safely down to the de-
1 DOti"
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Even supposing that the present Leg
islature is saving some $3.50 day on its
expense account, as was claimed On the
floor of the House. as compared with the
outgo of the last session, that IN itself
proves nothing, for 1t is treatment of
the matter relatively. 1t should be a
comparison not between the present and
the last Legislature, but comparison
between the present session expenses
per day, and what Is really necessary to
eXpend.
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cles to ride to town over the mac
BUREAUS.


San Jose Mercury: There will be a
pretty fight before the Legislature be-
tween Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald,
who desires to establish free labor bu-
reaus throughout the State, with him
self at the head, and the various labor
agencies, who are not anxious to be ex-
terminated. The law proposed by Fftz-
gerald gives him altogether too much
power, but the abuses of the agencies
are notorious. and something should be
done to afford greater protection to
men and women who apply for employ
ment.
THE RAILROAD MATTER.
Modesto Herald: The interest may be
bought up by friends of the present
owners, or perhaps by a syndicate OF
Eastern railroad men looking for a line
to the coast. Government ownership
would entail the payment of the $780,
600. 900 or S7O.0O0.000 first mortgage
bonds and is therefore improbable. 1t
is extremely doubtful, in fact, If Gov
ernment ownership and operation would
be sanctioned by Congress under any
circumstances.
THE ROAD SYSTEM
Anaheim Gazette: During the past
eleven years the counties of the State
expended for the construction and re-
pair of roads no less than S17,959,-
III "A. This is exclusive of San Fran
cisco, which expended for streets and
roads during the same time, exclusive
of sewers and sidewalks, S10.914, ,931 10.
Here we have a total OF nearly SIS. .0O0,-
600 expended upon the roads of the
State during this time. and the question
arises, where has this money gone to ?
The amount of money raised for roads
by the counties of the State for the
fiscal year ending June so, 1895, was
81, 7SS, ,231 IA, exclusive of a million
Of dollars raised by San Francisco for
the same purpose during the same time.
Orange County expended SD, $40 upon
it's roads during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1895; S21, ,0S2 the year before,
S21, 79S in 1858, and S22614 in 1892
Orange County has expended a gross
amount OF S139, All OF upon its roads
since it's organization as a county in
1889. Los Angeles County has ex-
pended the enormous amount of $SS4;-
745 upon It's roads during the past ten
years: in the single year p 1891 the
amount being $125. .S92. Riverside has
expended $90,316 upon it's roads dur
ing the three years Of its existence. San
Bernardino has expended $2S1, All dur
| ing the last ten years, and San Diego
1898. .S57 during the same time. The
| query at once suggests itself. what Is
| the cause of this condition of affairs
To this there can be but one answer.
| The work upon our highways has been
carried on without method or system;
the money has been wastefully and in
| judtciously expended. The remedy
must be apparent. Changes in the ex-
| listing laws alone will not suffice.
Such defects as exist in these may be
remedied, but until an economic and
definite system Of highway construc-
| ton throughout the entire State be In
augurated, California can hope for no
| improvement over the present expens-
| i've condition Of her highways.
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A REBUKE THAT Is DESERVED.

The Stockton Record jumps astride
the Record Union" for advocating the
establishment of State constabulary
force of five men. With a narrowness Of
view and an injustice that surprises US,
from a source generally fair and broad
minded. the Record" alleges that this
journal wishes a State constabulary es-
tablshed that the headquarters may
be located in this city, and thus one
more State institution be placed in Sac
ramento for the city to fatten upon, and
that local self-government may to that
extent be destroyed and official aristoc-
racy set up. Such a charge is shame
less mendacity and excites pity for the
narrow and dyspeptic disposition mani
fest by contemporary usually quite
the contrary.
The simple truth is there Is no
paper in the State that so persist
entity as has this, In and out Of season,
fought locahsm and denounced section
alism. Only on Sunday 1t was the theme
of an editorial in the Record Union" {"
1t makes no difference to Sacramento
whether one of the constables Is located
here or not. Indeed, it is more than
| probable that the headquarters will not
be in this city If the system is ever
adopted, though on the score of econ
orny the Capitol building is the place for
| the office of the chief.
The system is opposed in a snarling
and ungraceful manner by our Stockton
contemporary on the g<aund, for one
| thing, that it Is itended 30 usurp the
| functions of local arresting officers. In
| Heavens name, where have the wits of
the Stockton paper gone wandering? II
certainly has not read single article in
advocacy of the Constabulary system.
| That is patent, since the great, indeed
the chief reason advanced for the sys-
| tenn, has been and is that it will save
local officers heavy expense and much
| fruitless labor, and poor counties heavy
and grievous burdens of taxation due to
| the costs of pursuit, capture and trial
| of great criminals, which are, as a rule
visited upon few and the least able
counties. That is the first great reason
| for the system, and the only other one
is that crime may be repressed and pre-
vented by swift capture and conviction
of criminals. Does the Stockton Rec
ord" propose to say that such celebrity
and surety are undesirable?
It is shamefully horrible that within
this State inside of five years twenty as
sassinations of the most brutal order. a
dozen hold-ups of trains and stages, and
scores of iburglaries and robberies have
taken place, not one of the perpetrators
of which have been captured, simply be-
cause the county lines limit the juris-
/ dfction of local officers. and outside OF
them they cannot expend dollar in
| pursuit, and because the officers of the
several counties cannot and do not CO.
operate in a way to effect captures-not
because they are unwilling, but be.
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know whether, If elected, he will sup
port certain measures Of economy and
reform proposed, formulated in a bill
and debated by the people. Under this
law no man who had not signed his
nomination certificate would dare to So
licit from him expression whether
he would advocate and vote for the
measure. Yet clearly it is the right
of other people to know how the man
stands, and to know it specifically and
directly, and with un1nistakable clear
ness.
But the proposed law may be easily
evaded and if so it will be unwise to
enact it. Groups of citizens, honest as
semblieS as we'll as piece clubs, may de-
clare that they will not vote for can
didate who does not announce that he
is unequivocally in favor Of this or that
measure or bill. That would not be
violation of the law. 1t would not be
solicitation or demand as defined by
Section / because not made upon a
named candidate.
But under Section the candidate is
not prohibited from pledging himself
that section make a pledge known to
win votes, by issuing it to some per-
son who signed his petition for nomi-
nation, and that one in turn acting for
By the second section of the bill a
candidate nominated by a convention
can give a pledge to a convention, but
not to member of it, as in the cases
covered by the first section. Now If
the convention has adjourned, and the
measure or bill proposed has come be-
fore the people thereafter, as is often
the case, the candidate will be unjust
ly hampered. He must hunt up a mem
Der of the convention and arrange with
him to demand and solicit under the
license of Section /, his views upon the
bill or proposition. The result of that
interview he can then make public
L
the purpose of Assembly bill no.
Here, however, it is apparent that the
Independent candidate would have
great advantage. Having been nomi-
mated by no convention, under the
privilege of the second section, he can
address a pledge to those who signed
his petition without any consultation
with them, or any request from them
or any cne of them, pledge himself in
any way he pleases and make the fac:
public without their consent.
We submit that this is an unequal
distribution Of privileges under this bill
and that this fact, along with the other
questions raised concerning it, will, If
it becomes a law, tend to make 1T a
dead letter. 1t would therefore fail OF
it's purpose It seems to us that ii
will be well nigh impossible to fashion
a bill that will accomplish the end in
view and not visit grave hardship
upon honest citizens, or that will not
deprive them Of a right to fully in
terrogate candidates and ascertain just
how they stand upon propositions al
issue before the people, and often in the
form Of specific measures and particu-
| lar bills.
If the author Of the bill can free can
| didates from the blackmau of piece
clubs and the push" he will accom-
plish great good for candidates and for
voters alike, and we wish him success
| in such endeavor; but 1T is not at al
clear that Assembly bill ITO will ac-
conDIiSh that end
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Gladness Comes

yh, :th a better understanding OF the
Wv transient nature of the many phys
ical ills. which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle eefforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms OF
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease. but simply to a constipated condis
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
Iy removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, andlS
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. It's beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes INTERNAL
cleanliness without debilitatlng the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
ali important, in order to get its benes
fetal effects, to note when you puI~
chase, that you have the genuine arti'
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cah'
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment OF good health,
ard the system is regular, laxatlves or
other remedies are then not needed. LIZ
afflicted with any actual disease, one
NAV be commended to the most skillfui
physicians, but if in need of laxatives
one should have the best, and with the
well-inforrned everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
nsed and g yes most general satisfaction
NOTICE TO CREDITORs-ESTA
of CATHERINE NJ. LEIMBACH, dee
ceased. Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator and adrniniss
tratrix Of the estate of Catherine NJ. Leim-
bach, deceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary
affidavits or vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the UNDER
signed, at the law Office of Holl 30
Dunn, No. 920 Fifth street, city of Sacras
nento, California, the place for the trans-
action of the business of said estate.
Dated December 26, 1896.
HERMAN LEIMBACH, Administrator
EDITH LEIMBACH, Administrative
Holl & Dunn, Attorneys for Administra.
tors. d2S-5tM
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PraciOuS Vision.

There Is just as much science re-
auired in fitting glasses as in prescrib-
ing medicine Why not have your eyes
attended to by one who has made a
study of the eye and its defects? F.
de Wolfe Hennah, the optician, has
every facility for the correction Of any
error of refraction to which the eye Is
subject. Masonic Temple. Sixth and K.*
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SPECIAL AGENCIES.

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places: L. P. Fishers, room q, Mer-
chants Exchange, California street, and
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San Francisco
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A question which might engage the
attention Of the Assembly is: Why
should the House require two watch
men and three porters for the gallery
when the Senate has neither specifically
listed for its gallery; and what Is the
matter with the gallery, that it should
require two watchmen, or any watch
men at all?
The record-union., 1897-01-18

The boast of the two houses of the
Legislature has been thus far that their
expenditure for attaches Is about %
per cent. less than similar expense at
the last session. The figures In yester-
days Record Union show that the
aggregate expenses of the two houses is
really S154 in excess Of the expense ac-
count of the last session per day for at
taches and employees. Somebody has
spelled "retrenchment" wrong.
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She Knew.

Voice at the Telephone-Major will
you please bring your family and take
supper with us next Sunday?
Servant Girl (replieS back through
telephone)-Master and mistress are not
in at present, but they can't come to
supper, as it's my Sunday out.-Boston
Globe.
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The Brute.

Mrs. Newlywed (cheerfully)-Do you
remember, Tom, how before we were
married you used to tell me L was
worth my weight in gold?
Mr.. Newlywed (abstractedly)-Yes;
and do you remember how terribly
skinny you used to be then?-Judge.
The record-union., 1897-01-18

And it is to be regretted that the press
of the State are so willing to follow the
Governor in striking down local gov
ernment and substituting an official ar
istocracy. The Sacramento papers one
might expect to favor such a plan, for
everything that has its headquarters at
the State Capital is grist to their mill
Stockton Record.
The foregoing is presented as the
most bald example of mendacity of
recent record The Sacramento press
is nothing if not the friend and advocate
of local self-government and economy
Of government, and alwayshave been the
persistent foes of sectionalism and To-
calism-both the bane of California
1t has always viewed the grabbing dis
position of many sections as a reproach
to State Government, and has never
hesitated an instant in denouncing the
scattering of State money for the pur-
pose solely of aiding and abetting local
tiles to fatten at State expense. State
institutions needful for good govern
ment should be by the State literally
and well maintained, no matter where
located. Location cuts no figure what
ever in honest administration IN this
| regard. Sacramento has never asked
for a dollar from the State in her behalf.
She has given the State money and
property and never had a dollar from
1t. She does not fatten upon the State,
nor should any locality do so.
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cause the law prevents such systematic

cause the law prevents such systematic
cooperation.
The Record Union respects honest
criticism and admires a vigorous oppo-
nent of its views so long as he merits
respect by abiding with the truth. But
where there is fiat miSStatement OF our
views, as well as inlpugnanent of our
motive. we cannot repress the rebuke
that should be administered such as in
this case is deserved by a journal that
has always had respectful treatment
and is never misrepresented by this
paper.
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Unless.

Ethel-That MIR. Treadway is so un-
certain. You never know where ne
stands.
Enma-No, unless he happens TO be
on your feet.-Yonkers Statesman
The record-union., 1897-01-18
Elastic Definition.

Teacher-Anything is called trans
parent that can be seen through What
scholar can give an example?
Bobby-De hole in de fence round de
baseball park.-Norristown Herald.
The record-union., 1897-01-18

a bill has been introduced in Congress
for the purchase of Cuba That is a
mistake. The United States does not
want Cuba at any price. 1t could not
be worked into our political system with
any considerable success, and If we
owned it it would not be possible to pos
sess it save as a dependency or in terri
torial form. But we do not want Cuba.
1t is better far that 1T should become
and remain an independency. Such a
condition for 1t would far more tend to
develop competency for self-govern-
ment among its people and encourage
self helpfulness among them. Even If
Spain would consent to part with her
claim to Cuba for 5000, 900, 900, the
cost would be infinitely greater, for we
would have to take the island with all
its debts and liabilities and all equita-
BILE claims against it for damages in
fMcted upon the persons and property of
neutrals on the island during the pres
emit struggle between the insurgents and
Spain
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Executors Sale of Property of
Marco Mama Estate.

ON SATURDAY. JANUARY 1e, 1897. AT
IL O'Clock a. m, in front of the promise
the undersigned will offer for sale at pub.
lie auction the following real property OF
said estate. in the city of Sacramento. to
wit:
The north s3h feet OF the east quarter,
the south 161a feet of the east quarter OF
the north 100 2-S feet' @ snd the south 20 2cS
feet of the north 100 2-3 feet Of lot 4, in the
block bounded by ] and K and Second and
Third streets of said city.
Terms and conditions OF said sale and
abstract of title to said property at of
foe of McKune & George. 40t street.
THOS. RUDECH,
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Executor Marco Mama estate.
The above date Of sale being a legal hOli-
day, said sale Is postponed until Saturday,
January %. 1897. at II o'clock a. m, at
the Same plaoA 1a1T-1
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