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ment of the property of the School De- partment
 4. To visit and examine with the as sistance of his deputies all the !schooIs at least twice year and determine their standing and classification. IC recommend rules for the promotion ol pupils from grade to grade. rom school to school, and for the transfer and the graduation of pupils.
 5- To recommend to the Board the courses of studies; the textbooks ano books for supplementary use in the public schools and the purchase Of such apparatus, books, stationery and other in the schools
 6. To report to the Board once a month upon the standing of schools ex- amined by him and his deputies.
 Sec. 6. The Superintendent and his deputies shall constitute the City Board of Examination, and shall have power:
 1. To examine applicants, and to prescribe a standard of proficiency which will entitle the person examined to receive:
 a. A high school certificate. valid for six years, which shall authorize the holder to teach any primary. gram mar, or high school in the City and County.
 b. A City certificate, grammar grade, valid for six years, which shall authorize the holder to teach any primary or grammar school in the City and County.
 0. A City certificate, primary grade, valid for two years, which shall au- thorize the holder to teach any primary school In the City and County. They shall report the result of the examtna- tion to the Board of Education. and the Board shall thereupon issue to the successful candidates the certificates to which they shall be entitled.
 3. To recommend applicants for special certificates valid for & period not to exceed six years. upon such special studies as may be authorized by the Board of Education
 8. For immoral or unprofessional conduct, profanity, intemperance, or evident unf1tness for teaching, to recommend to the Board of Education the revocation of any certificates pre- viously granted by the Board.
 4. To recommend the granting of City certificates and the renewal thereof, in the manner provided for the granting and renewal of County cer- tiflcates by County Boards of Educa- ton in section seventeen hundred and seventy-f1ve of the Political Code.
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shall be public, except that executive sessions may be held whenever deemed proper by the Board. The Board shall meet at least once a week in the rooms of tbe Police Department. or in case of nublic emergency at such place as the Roard may select The Secretary must keep minutes of it's proceedings; and in every case where a power is exer- cised by the Board under this Article the ayes and noes thereon shall be en- tarad therein
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CHAPTER II.
Schools.

SECTION 1. The School Department shall comprise all the public schools of the City and County and shall include primary and grammar schools and may include evening, department, technical, cosmopolitan, high and normal schools.
 Sec. 9 Adults shall be entitled to free instruction in the evening schools; but no child under fourteen years of age shall be admitted to such schools.
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CHAPTER VII.
Public Library and Reading

FubI1c L1Drary HHu heau1ng Rooms.
 SECTION 1. The Public Library and Reading Rooms of the City and County shall be under the management of a Board of twelve Trustees. one of whom shall be the Mayor of the City and Coun- ty, who shall be member of the Board by virtue of his office The Board of Trustees of said Library and Reading Rooms in office at the time this Char
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CHAPTER V.

Subordinate Officers. SECTION L Subordinate officers Of
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sRIDE AND oRooM rAR ApAnr
sddsd By Prory whns sAs AslA.sa.
sspara.ed rhen.


Welded By Prory whns tAs Asl..ss.
Separated Them.
Coming 70 this country as fsst A
ocean steamer can bring her Is the
young wife OF Carl J. Gryn. who a
engaged In business as broker and In
soranee agent at Is Bridge street. Pat
erson, N. J. The pair were welded
: ieW days ago while the groom was
IN Patterson and the bride In Amster-
aam. Gryn's father Is a well-to-do
Droker In Amsterdam. The latter de-
sired that his son should follow In his
business, but the young man refused,
declaring that he. intended to travel.
Rather and SON quarreled, with the re-
suit that the latter left home. He was
tnen only Is years old. After two
years OF rough life Gryn obtained q
position with the Netherlands en-
oassy In London and while t4ere was
discovered by Meindert Van Huystel. n
merchant Of Amsterdam, who told his
rafher OF his whereabouts. He became
reconciied with his father and returned
70 MS home In Amsterdam, only to fall
deeply In love with Van Huystel's
daughter. HIS attachment was recip-
ocated, but the parents would not con-
sent TO an immediate marriage, as Miss
Van Huystel was scarcely IL years old.
Gryn again became enraged and left
nome, coming to this country and
embarking In business with Eugene
murray In Paterson. He received q
letter from Miss Van Huystel four
weeks ago, saying she had gained the
consent of both HIS and her parents
Tor their marriage and asked him to
name the day. Gryn had sworn when
he left home that he would never set
foot there again and he determined to
live up to his resolve. Miss Van Huy-
stel, however, wrote that her parents
were too aged to cross the ocean and
had declared that the marriage must
occur at home, and he was in a diem
ma until a lawyer friend suggested
marriage by proxy. Gryn empowered
William H ]. Ten Henzel of Amster-
dam. as his proxy. The official seal OF
the consulate in New York city was
afaxed by William n. B. Grovenhorst.
vice consul. and the document was
forwarded to Amsterdam. Gryn re-
ceived cablegram saying that Miss
Van Huystel had appeared with Ten
HenEel before Burgomaster Meinerz
and had been married. The bride add
ed that she intended taking a steamer
that day for this country. Gryn says
that when his bride arrives the re-
ligious wedding ceremony viii be per-
formed in the Dutch Reformed church
Of New York city.
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J. W. Mallet, professor Of chemistry
IN the University of Virginia, In COM
munication TO the current number OF
the Scientific American, says with ref
erence to cigarettes Of American man
ufacture:
Ignorance Of easily ascertainable
scientific facts is, however. common
enough, as is often illustrated by the
brown, oily material formed In the
smoking Of tobacco being pointed out
as nicotine, though In reality this Is
merely the tar produced BY the action
Of heat on the woody hber Of the leaf.
Nicotine when pure Is q eolorless
fluid Of somewhat oily consistence ana
strong. peculiar. penetrating odor, but
II darkens on exposure 20 air and light,
becoming first yellow and then brown.
so that II looks, In this darkened con-
dition, something like the tarry matter
which soils a smokers fingers or
handkerchief through which tobacco
smoke Is exhaled, or Is often noticed
as deposited In the stem OF a pipe.
This larry deposit has nothing Is
sential In common with nicotine, ana
contains but traces of this alkaloid,
when any at all.
"a part, but only a small part (aoout
one-seventh In the experiments OF
Melsens), OF the real nicotine OF to-
bacco is volatilized without decompo-
sition; the remainder Is burned and
destroyed in the process OF smoking.
The simple facts are, that such cigar
cites as have examined, representing
a large part OF those in general use
throughout the United States, are
made from pure, light-yellow tobacco
of the high grade produced on certain
special soils. prominently in certain OF
the southern counties Of Virginia and
the adjacent portion of North Carolina,
with wrappers Of the best quality Of
harmless vegetable fiber paper. and are
entirely free from the adulterants
which It has been asserted are present.
with no evidence in favor Of such as
sertion, and in absolute contradiction
OF the scientific evidence actually avail
able.
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WRITES WITH BOTH HANDS.
Wonderful Feat of Penmanship Pen
formed by an Australian.

Wonderful Feat of Penmanship Per
formed by an Australian
Wrapper writing Is, 1t would seem, Q
popular way OF earning a livelihood
with the inmates of Rowton house, .
6-penny> hotel. Here is an amusing
story Of the perfection to which It may
be brought by practice and q strong
viii:
There Is tradition lingering among
the elder brethren Of the wrapper writ
ing profession to the effect that, once
upon q time, when the work was bet
ter paid than now, q young man from
Australia turned up and ventured as
n last resource into their sphere of Ia
Dor. He spent his all and found him
self stranded until funds should arrive
from the antipodes. So, on the sug-
gestion of an acquaintance, he applied
for q Job At the world famed firm Of
Schmidt & Co. On being duly installed
and supplied with 500 envelopes and
some pages from a directory he looked
around and asked for a pen.
"But you have one already said
the young man In authority.
Il want two said the Australian,
and an interested and obliging fellow
scribe supplied the need. The scene
which thereupon ensued battles descrip-
ton, for the colonial. separating the
pile Of envelopes into two equal lots.
began copying the addresses by writ
ing simultaneously with both hands
So runs the legend, at least, and, fur
thermore, II is ayerred that his rapid
ty was such as to put the 'sloggers' to
shame. Fifty pens dropped from the
nerTeless grasp of those who but Q
minute before had been writing against
time and as IL for dear life. A hun
dred eyes were fixed In astonishment
on the unknown one. Presently the
young overseer who superintended the
labors Of many old enough to be his
grandfather rose and timidly said he
would consult the governor The lat
ter arrived, and, the situation being
en- ysained, the Australian was turned
into q loose box all by himself and fed
with another thousand or 30 Of enFel-
opes. At this rate he earned enough
In two or three weeks to enable him
to last out comfortably until the re-
mfttances arrived; then he went home
ana schmidt's knew him no more. We
asked the old gentleman who told Us
this yarn to fin his pipe and have an
other CUP Of tea, for we thought he
deserved both."--Iondon Telegraph
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CURRENT TOPICS.

There are no orphan asylums Ia
Australia. Every child who Is not
supported by parents becomes a wayd
of the government, and is paid q pen
sion and placed in a private family,
where board and clothes are provided.
A Tennessee bank official says that
nearly all the German farmers In the
mountains have deposits In his instl-
tuition ranging from a small amount
to several thousand dollars. On an
average OF once In two years each de-
positor draws his money out, and re-
turns with 1t within a week or ten
days. The object OK this peculiar
transaction Is that the farmer may
take his money home and show II to
his family as an evidence that be
has II.
An anonymous telegram recently
sent to Count de Waldeck, who re-
sides In Hungary, notified him that he
might expect a visit from two burg
lars, who would call upon him under
pretense Of being insurance agents.
The callers arrived and were arrested;
but 1t turned out that they were the
bona fide agents Of a New York COM
pany, and that the telegram had been
sent by a rival company in Vienna.
Legal proceedings have been insti-
tuted against the latter.
The collection Of war relics In the
Virginia, Is to be augmented on Mon
day next by the presentation to that
institution Of one Of the three swords
procured by Commodore Maury In
England as samples for the Confed-
crate government. The weapon Is
now In the possession Of Colonel Nor
gan, Of New York, who wore IL dur
ing the war. Colonel Morgan, Il will
be remembered, was detailed with
Burton Harrison, the private secretary
Of Jefferson Davis, to escort Mrs. Da-
Wis to place Of safety upon the evac-
uation OF Richmond.
Medical circles In Berlin nre much
agitated over statement made by
prominent physician Of that city to
the effect that the nurses In the pri-
waite hospitals are In league with the
undertakers, who distribute among
them circulars offering as much as $25
by way Of gratuity for good Job. 1t
is said that this combination has been
in force for half century, and that
IL exists In many Of the large towns
OF Germany.
A Jerseyman who has an eye to busI-
ness has written to one Of the New
York papers to ask whether II Is true
that horses are to be furnished the
marines" he adds, II have a num-
Der OF good mounts should like to dis
pose to the government at half their
cost price" The verses about Gap
tain Jinks Of the Horse Marine" are
evidently still accepted In good faith
IN some parts Of New Jersey.
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A hsx containing wheat saturated
with stryehnine was recently placed
In the hands Of scientist for exam
nation because Of the curious tact
that q number Of insects had been
found there, All Of which were busily
eneaxsd in devouring the poisoned
graiu. So remarkable did this appear
that studies have been made Of the
tastes and poison-resisting Qualities
~ sorne of these small creatures II u
ancertatned that the weevn win grow
ana flourish on grain mingled with
etrychui1e. This Is destructive TO al
most an insects. but the veevii seems
70 prefer 1t to other food. Samples o.
fhs same poisoned grain were given
pests. and In every instance they 0ed
almost Immediately. In this same hns
q research 4 may be said that almost
every poison plant has IT. parasite
nnd nom Il some form Of H. dsriS9
~ szksistsnca
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Arithmetic and Medicine.

r, 1t Is an honest quackery that con.
fesSes its own. blunders, stiIl ignorant
that they are nothing worse.
A whaling skipper, In the old days
carried a medicine chest and a table OF
directions. One Of the rules ran: For
sore throat with fever, give a table
spoonful Of number fifteen"
well, it so happened" explained the
captain, @that fifteen was all used up
S. / gave the man a desertspoonfu
Of number fiYe,' and another of mum
Der ten and I don't think the chap
that drew up the table could have been
good at figures. Or else, what's just as
likely, the medicines were all shams
Either way, it was hard ON poor Bill
He died in half an hour, with dread.
full pain In his inside."-Youth's Com
panion.
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THE ARMY'S DELAYS.
ARs GOOD aEAsoNs ZOE =
An Imnenss Amoans Of Eealpnsat Of An
Kinds Had % Be hI2nufaetassd B.fsr.
IEsa Could Fight wen.

The delay In getting on the troops To
Manila Il caused By the inability to Sc
cure supplies and equipments. The
contractors who are able 70 furnish
these things are working day and night
and are doing nobly. The quality as
well as the quantity OF the goods they
are turning out Is considered extraor-
binary, but peculiar character Of
equipment Is needed for climate like
Manila, and the President win not LEI
the troops go until they are fully pro-
vided with everything that may be
necessary for their health and safety.
The volunteers from the western states
are not as well OF for uniforms, arms
and ammunition. 1t is believed, how
ever, that the first expedition VIII be
able to get on within the next day or
two. Others win follow as fast as the
volunteers can be mustered In and
equipped.
The criticisms Of the delay In the
movement OF troops toward Cuba is
due to an ignorance OF the poverty OF
our army. 1t would be the worst sort
Of folly TO invade Cuba until the troops
were supplied with the absolute neces-
stiles Of the campaign. While that is
being done as rapidly as possible, nei-
Their the commissary nor the quarter
masters departments has been able to
furnish these articles as rapidly as
they have been needed. In few
weeks we have made preparations
which would have required months In
any other country, and now tralnloads
Of supplies are daily entering Tampa
and other ports where the army Is as
sembled. The military supplies I'm
this country were based on the de-
mands Of an army OF $1,000 men; with
In the last month the regular army has
been increased TO $4,000, and $4,000
volunteers have had to be equipped In
addition, making a total Of rs, 600 for
which articles have had to be manu-
featured since March z, when the ap-
preparation Of 5000, 900 was made.
The navy department is very wei
equipped; 1t had a little start The
war department is improving, and in q
few days there will be a sufficient
supply Of necessaries at the several
rendezvous to justify q forward
movement
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THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided IN Early Womanhood.

What suffering frequently results
from q mothers Ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughterl
Tradition says woman must suffer,
and young women are so taught
There Is little truth and q great deal
of exaggeration In this. If q young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examine
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinlhamis address Is
Lynn, Mass.
The following letterfrom Miss MAIZE
r. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa, shows what
neglect viii do, and tells how Mrs
Pinkham helped her:
"My health became 50 poor that /
had to leave school Twas tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. ] was also troubled
with irregularity of menses. was
very weak, and lost 20 much flesh that
my friends became alarmed Ny
mother, who Is firm believer IN your
remedies from experiences, thoughtper
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
Won for advice. followed the advice
YOU gave, and used Lydia E Pinlhams
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, and am now as well as I
ever WAS have gained flesh and have
good color. 1 am completely cured Of
irregularity-'
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Pink Pills for Pale People, sndI decided to
try them.
medicines but tried the pills, and after
taking dozen doses, she begento improve.
Il was about the first OF April when she
began, and by the middle OF May, after
taxing about eight boxes. she was entirely
cured-1
''While III, she lost twenty eight pounds,
but now weighs more than ever before.
Her nerves are strong and she - IN per
feet health. We are al confident that Dr..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cured
her, and cheerfuly recommend them IN
ell similar cases. SMRs. E. A. RYBoLT.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me, tnls
third day Of September, 1897.
CLKB BAKER, EotGrg FaDtie.
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
VIII cure al diseases arising from poor
and vatery condition of the blood, val
build up q run down system and are q spe-
cihc for paralysis. locomotor atax1a ana
other diseases long regarded Is tncuraple
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One Of the great troubles that rail-
road companies have had To contend
with In the past with both the old
style and the new NJ. G. B. eouplers
was the falling OF Drawbacks on the
tracks. resulting many times In disas-
trous wrecks. A year or two ago the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad adopted
q device to prevent Just such occur
rences, and has since attached II to all
its passenger equipment The device
Is quite simple, consisting merely OF
right-angled steel hook. which II
placed Immediately beneath the coup
Ter on the draw-head, with horizontal
arm projecting slightly at an angle to
the direction Of the track. When the
draw-head falls the safety hooks not
only assist in jamming the Drawbacks
together but absolutely prevent their
swaying from side to side, and thus
becoming disengaged. The steel hook
is placed in such q position that II
cannot be damned or broken on In the
coupling OF cars.
In actual practice this device has
proved exceedingly satisfactory and
has not failed in a single instance.
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Oar American PolioT.

The policy Of this country regarding
foreign complications seems likely to
remain conservative. The Monroe doc
trine viii be sustained. but patience
and prudence In official quarters win
restrain public opinion The wiscst
and most prudent course for the rheu-
matte and the malarious Is to use Hos
letters Stomach Bitters.
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A SCHOOL GIRLS BATTLE.
E-cr, The Mail Milford IND

Miss Emma Rybolt, q progressing school
Eirl Of Milford, Ind, Is Of more than usual
Intelligence, and is ambitious to rise In the
uterary world.
EsIn the fan Of 1896" said Mrs. Rybolt,
EMMA was taken Ill She WIS . close
STUDENT and her work began TO tell on her.
She grew weak, pale and nervous, and com
planned of pains in her back, chest and
limbs. A few weeks passed and she grew
worse. The doctor said she was victim Of
nervous prostration, and should have been
taken from school weeks earlier. She
gradually grew worse, her nerves were SO
tense that the least noise irTitated her, and
she had fever and q continual twitching
In her muscles. The symptoms were much
Liz ST. Wins, dance
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walpols ADD the War Bslla

"Ah. they are ringing bells to-dayr'
said Walpole. the famous English
statesman. when war had been de-
clared between England and Spain
They win soon be wringing their
hands" War means now what Il
meant when walpole spoke-a wiring
ing OF hands for those who viii not re-
turn
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Beauty Il Blood Deep

Clean blood means o clean skin Ne
beauty withoutit- Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic cleans your blood and keeps Il clean, oy
stirring up the lazy liver and driving AL I'M
purities from the body. Begin to-day 70
Danish pimples, 6oils, blotchss, biackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion BY taxing
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents: All drug
Rists. satisfaction guaranteed. 1oc. Soc. 10
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Colorado has the right kind Of young
men for the United States Army. The
at the Columbia hotel IN Denver. and
offer an opportunity to all able-bodied
men to Join at an increase OF pay and fhs
privilege OF being discharged az the end
OF the war.
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aosT rohse.o svIt ~ s.,t, y,v,In, ~,

TO quit tobacco easily and forever. Be mas-
netic, full Of life. nerve ana vigor. take No-T,-
BAG. the wonder-worker, that makes weak N. N
strong Andruggtsts. SOC. or o. Cure guarln-
teed Booklet and sample frea Address
sierIing Remedy Co. Chicago or New YORK
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-'ToE-GUM CURES coRNS
Or money back. &c at all druggists.

Dorothy and don't speak" whats
the trouble?" 'T was blue one night and
told her I hadn't done any good In the
world" what reply did she maker
'.She said: That's true"
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81 feel sorry for the weather man."
'WhyT "He can't get anybody to
listen to his representations about the
war"
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Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, &c.

Hobbs has a theory about the war;
what Is it?" He says II was intended
to make the bicycle go to the rear and
push the old-fashioned 70 Ir-legged horse
once more to the front"
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"Fiorinda, IL we should elope. would
your father pursue us?' mo, think he
would move, so We couldn't ind him
when we got ready to come back"
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Captain Alfred T. Mahan has written q
paper for the June number of the Cen
fury on the causes Of the failure Of the
Spanish Armada 1t accompanies an IL
Illustrated article giving a story OF the ia
nous catastrophe. based on manuscript
records and on the narratives Of survivors
and other Spanish documents.
This number Of the Century will contain
several other articles OF equal timeliness-
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"Now. Benny. do you know what papa
Is whipping you for?' Yes; you're
bigger am"
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True friendship Is so uninteresting."
what do you mean?' ''Madge Is so fond
Of me that she never tells me the hateful
things the other girls say about me"
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We will forfeit $1,000 IL any Of our pub
lished testimonials are proven 70 be not gen
uine. The Piso Co.. Warren. Pa
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There Is only one thing on earth tina.
can make me economize" what &
thaty' Not having any money 10
spend"
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you know i told Moseby last summer
that expected to do Europe this Year,
''Yes?' Hes just sent me a guidebook
to Spain"