anaheim-gazette 1898-10-27

A FEW WORDS TO LABOR. If Workingmen Will Vote for Their Own Interests They Will Wrong No One. The Republican party set the slave free that American labor might be set free from competition with involuntary servitude. From the day of its birth the chief concern of the Republican party has been the well-being of American labor, and a party so concerned cannot justly be called the party of trusts and monopolies. There is not on the statute books of the nation a law that is friendly to labor that was not enacted by a Republican congress, or signed by a Republican president. The Republican party stands for protection to American laborers as well as for protection for the products of their labor and, therefore, against America being made the dumping ground for the surplus labor of the world. The Republican party demands that free labor shall not be compelled to compete with the products of convict labor, whether produced in California or elsewhere. The single tax is an issue. Maguire said two years ago that it would be, a constitutional amendment was put through the assembly providing for it, and the Democratic platform declares for it by local option. Look out for it. The single tax means unsettling property rights, agitation and experiment which means paralysis to industry and starvation for labor. Beware of it. Mr. Gage and the Republican party stand for a fair day's wages for a fair day's work, paid in as good money as the banker receives for his interest. The single tax would confiscate half the capital in California at a single blow, and fear of confiscation would frighten away the other half. Where then would the California laborer find capital out of which to pay his wages? The Republican party wages war for labor without waging war to destroy capital out of which laborers' wages must be paid: The fusion party works the working-man. The Republican party works for the working-man—that is the difference. The Maguire party seeks, in the pretended interest of labor, to discourage Mr. Henry T. Gage is a protectionist and believes that the American market should belong to the American producer. James G. Maguire is a free trader and has declared that the time is at hand when every Democrat must be a free trader, and every free trader a Democrat. In running over the congressional record of Maguire one is struck with the fact that it is considerably composed of leaves of absence, and leaves to print, the leaves of absence to enable him to gad about making single tax speeches, and the leaves to print to enable him to make Uncle Sam foot the bills for distributing single tax speeches broadcast. Mr. Charles F. Curry. Mr. Charles F. Curry, the Republican nominee for secretary of state, was born in Illinois in 1858, and received a good, high school education in Wisconsin. The family came to San Francisco in 1873 and, with the exception of two years spent in the state of Washington, Mr. Curry has resided in San Francisco since that date. Mr. Curry's advent into public life was his election as assemblyman in 1887, and he was chairman of the Republican delegation in the assembly from San Francisco. Afterward he was superintendent of one of the postoffice stations in San Francisco, discharging his duties with such striking executive abitity that, in 1894, he was nominated by the Republicans for the office of county clerk of the city and county of San Francisco, and was elected, although in that year many of the offices in the municipality fell to the Democrats. It is true, as the Democratic papers allege, that the Republican platform pledged the nominee to keep the expenses of the office within $6000 per month, but it is not true that Mr. Curry accepted the pledge. On the contrary he specifically stated that the office could not be conducted efficiently within that sum, but promised to run the office as cheaply as possible. This he has done. Ten years or more ago when the city clerk's office for the city and county of San Francisco was conducted for approximately $6000 per month, San Francisco had a population of 286,000, whereas when Mr. Curry took office the population was 328,000, and has SINGLE TAX AND THE FAIR Plain Figures and Plain Brush False Theories Await Mr. Maguire in his speech at a politan hall in San Francisco opening of the campaign attempt show that the single tax system applied to California, would reduce taxes of the farmers from 50 to 40 percent of the whole. The astute man with figures would doubtless per like service for each class of tax in the state, and yet prove with siveness that the total revenue state, under the single tax system be vastly augmented. Figures cease lying if liars would cease ing. THE FACTS IN THE CASE The total assessed value of allerty in California for 1897 was $814,895, of which about three was land, and city and town Therefore, under the single tenm, that three-fifths would bear the entire burden of taxation assessed upon the whole, or an amount of 40 per cent., in order to allow property of the value of $438 (including the railroads) to est taxation. This much ought clear. The value of the agriculture assessed for taxation was $3300 and of city and town lots, $3244 almost equal, but with the great upon land, Mr. Maguire ment to the contrary notwithstanding. But there are hundreds of thousands worth of city and town that have absolutely no rent Every town has five times as many occupied as occupied town lo which taxes are now paid, they pay no single tax whatever, burden would be transferred cultural lands, practically all do have some rental value, rented year by year, or used owner in preference to re-others. A BASTARD SINGLE TAX But all this figurine, and the Maguire, is not at all to the soul of the single tax they out which it has only a body to hold and not a soul to be damned ALL THE RENTAL VALUE of the latter be taken by the state in order lish equality of opportunity among people. In the language the capital in California at a single blow, and fear of confiscation would frighten away the other half. Where then would the California laborer find capital out of which pay his wages? The Repu lican party wages war for labor without waging war to destroy capital out of which laborers' wages must be paid: The fusion party works the working-man. The Republican party works for the working-man—that is the difference. The Maguire party seeks, in the pretended interest of labor, to discourage or destroy capital without which labor can be neither employed nor paid. The income tax is favored by workingmen, but Maguire moved, January, 31, 1894, to strike out of the Wilson bill the income tax provision, and substitute provisions for the single tax. Every vote cast in congress against the alien contract labor law was cast by Democrats. Every vote in congress cast against abolishing the contract convict law, as applied to United States prisoners, was cast by Democrats. The purebearing power of a day's wages in 1865, paid in greenbacks, was only 66 per cent of the purchasing power of a day's labor paid in good money in 1860. Maguire voted for another greenback inflation instead of the popuar loan to the people. The Non-partisan labor commission, established for the elevation and protection of American labor, was enacted by a Republican congress, and signed by President McKinley. The railroad arbitration bill designed to protect railroad men, and effect a speedy and just settlement of their differences with railroad companies by arbitration, was passed by a Republican congress. The present Republican congress made the 8-hour law applicable to subcontractors as well as contractors doing government work. Mr. Gage and the Republican party believe that the owners of fine buildings, horses, carriages, furniture, jewelry, and other forms of personal property should pay taxes on what they have got. Maguire and the fusion party believe that they should pay no taxes at all, unless they own land. Mr. Gage and the Republican party believe that the railroads should pay taxes on all their properties. Mr. Maguire and the fusion party believe that they should pay taxes on nothing except the single streaks of land upon which lie their double streaks of rust. "What has the Republican party really done or labor? In 1860, under free trade, the average annual wages of workers in manufacturing industries was $289. In 1891, after 30 years of Republican protection, it was $485. Your question is answered." Thos. J. Kirk. The Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction is a man for whom no apologies are ever made. His life is as open as an open book, and there are no dark corners in it to be concealed. He was born in Missouri 46 years ago, but is essentially a Californian of the newer spirit and thoroughly abreast of the times. He received a normal school education and training and, since 1870, has been more or less closely connected with educational work. He came to California in 1873, and engaged in teaching in Colusa county, but soon went to San Francisco office for the city and county of San Francisco was conducted for approximately. $6000 per month, San Francisco had a population of 266,000, whereas when Mr. Curry took office the population was 328,000, and has since increased. At the time above mentioned there were 5,975 cases filed in court during the year, whereas during Mr. Curry's incumbency of the office he number of cases filed annually has been from 8490 to nearly 9000. Mr. Curry is the first clerk San Francisco has had that has made the office of county clerk self sustaining, and he has turned into the county treasury $247,000 in excess of what it has cost to run his office during his term. At a time when it used to cost $6000 per month to run the office of county clerk of San Francisco county, it cost about $13,000 to run the auditor's office. It now costs more than $30,000 annually. Then it cost upward of $80,000 to run the sheriff's office; now it costs over $100,000 annually. Then it cost less than $300,000 to support the fire department for a year; now it costs more than $500,000. From this it will be seen that the increase in cost of conducting the clerk's office, averaging $106,482 for the four years of Mr. Curry's incumbency, is only commensurate with the increased cost of other departments, and is due to the increased wants of a growing city. So well, in fact, has Mr. Curry conducted the office that the leading attorneys in San Francisco having business in his department have united in giving him a hearty testimonial to the efficiency and courtesy of Mr. Curry himself, and the attaches of his office. As secretary of state, Mr. Curry will carry into office that marked degree of executive ability that has ever characterized his official life, together with added experience derived from four years of service in one of the most important offices in the most important city of California. No financier can estimate guesser can guess how much the entire rental value of allerty in California, exclusivements, would yield to the state cannot be told how heavy that burden would bear. elsewhere the single tax can telligently assessed, and it honestly collected. It is a scheme of impracticable drewould come to naught tha was sought to be put into e A Prophet Come to Jud In discussing the Wilson 17, 1894 page 938 of the record, Mr. Maguire said: "The demand for our we increased by permitting them importation of the other kind that are needed to mix withinican wools. I say let ra placed on the free list at this bill goes into effect in The old-fashioned watchman who prowled about the streets of medieval London, with a lantern in his hand to proclaim his coming, and who announced his passage through the streets by shouting "All's well," was a very inefficient protector when compared with the metropolitan police of New York City, commonly known as the "Finest." The modern policeman does not proclaim his coming to the evil doer by shouting or by carrying a lantern. He does his work more quietly and effectively than the old-fashioned town watchman. It is thus that in all the walks of life and in all occupations, times change and knowledge and efficiency increase. In this respect medical science has kept pace with the advance in other lines. Physicians and chemists have grown rapidly more skillful. There are medicinal preparations nowadays that cure diseases that were a few years ago considered absolutely incurable. The final triumph in this respect is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It was first given to the world thirty years ago, and has stood the test ever since that time. It cures 98 per cent. of all cases of consumption, bronchial, throat and kindred affections. Thousands who were hopeless sufferers, and had been given up by the doctors, have testified to its marvelous merits. It is the great blood-maker and flesh-builder. It makes the appetite hearty, the digestion and assimilation perfect, the liver active, the blood pure and rich with the life-giving elements of the food, and the nerves strong and steady. It acts directly on the lungs and air-passages, driving out all impurities and disease germs. An honest dealer will not try to persuade you to take an inferior substitute for the sake of a few pennies added profit. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. At all medicine stores. The Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction is a man for whom no apologies are ever made. His life is as open as an open book, and there are no dark corners in it to be concealed. He was born in Missouri 46 years ago, but is essentially a Californian of the newer spirit and thoroughly abreast of the times. He received a normal school education and training and, since 1870, has been more or less closely connected with educational work. He came to California in 1873, and engaged in teaching in Colusa county, but soon went to San Jose where he took a special course in the San Jose normal in order to familiarize himself with Californian school methods. He went to Fresno county in 1875, and at once entered into a school work that has been broken only by a brief experience in the mercantile line at Fresno, and four years of residence and work in a manufacturing line in Peoria, Illinois, returning to Fresno in 1888, where he has resided ever since. He was elected county superintendent of Fresno county in 1890, easily overcoming a heavy Democratic majority, and being as easily re-elected in 1894. In 1893 he was elected president of the state teachers' association. He is an excellent organizer, and communicates a genuine enthusiasm for school work to all who come in contact with him. As state superintendent the school work of California will be in excellent hands, and educational interests will go forward and not backword. Personally Mr Kirk is one of the most approachable and kindly of men, and to know him is to become his fast friend. If all the voters in California knew him they would all vote for him, and it is reasonably certain that a large majority will vote for him any way. He is on the right ticket to begin with, and his friends will do the rest. Brown Leghorn Hens for Sale. Six dozen pure-bred Brown Leghorn Hens for sale, $6 per dozen. 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Elastic Starch will be given away with each package of purchased of your grocer. It is the best laundry starch on the market, and is sold for 10 cents a package. Ask your grocer for this starch and get a beautiful picture. ALL GROCERS KEEP ELASTIO STARCH. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE Southern Pacific company, a fact which is held to disqualify any Republican aspirant for a judicial or other office, but is not to be considered when a Democrat has aspirations of a similar nature. The fact that Stephen M. White was for many years attorney for the Southern Pacific company was regarded as a mere testimony to his ability as a lawyer, whereas a similar testimony in the years of long ago to the legal attainments of Mr. Justice McFarland is held as a disqualification and a brand of ownership. But the people of California are not to be influenced by considerations so contemptible. Jacob Hart Neff. Few names of public men are more familiar to the people of this state than that of the sterling old pioneer and miner of Placer county, Jacob Hart Neff. For nearly half a century he has been a Californian of Californians, loyal to his interests and enthusiastically laborious for its welfare. A miner from the rocker to the larger mineseries, he has nevertheless been in hearty sympathy with agriculture and all the varied industries of the state. Without being an office seeker he has A BASTARD SINGLE TAX. But all this figuring, and that of Mr. Maguire, is not at all to the purpose. The soul of the single tax theory (with but which it has only a body to be burned and not a soul to be damned) is that ALL THE RENTAL VALUE of the land shall be taken by the state in order to establish equality of opportunity among the people. In the language of Mr. Maguire, in an article published over his own signature in the San Francisco "Star," April 7, 1896: "Believing that the taking of ALL GROUND RENT for public purposes would place all citizens upon a level, I am in favor of an amendment to the constitution of California providing for raising all revenue for public purposes by a single tax on land." Again, in a speech delivered before the Assembly at Dover, Delaware, March 26, 1897, Mr. Maguire said: "The tax is to be levied upon land values, not upon land. Land that is just worth working, but not worth any ground rent, would not be taxed under the single tax system, but only land having a rental value." which rental value, as he explains at length, would all be taken. In other words, the man having good land that will bear a rent, by suffering the confiscation of that rent to the state, is put upon an equality with the man on poor land that has no rental value at all. This is Simon-pure single tax doctrine as taught by Henry George, and when not on the stump canvassing for governor, as taught by James G. Maguire. Any pretense that the intent is merely to put all the present tax on land, and not take ALL THE RENTAL VALUE OF LAND as a tax, is bastard single tax doctrine—a doctrine of a demagogue who dares not face the real issue—a doctrine with the soul gone out, and which Henry George would spurn with contempt. NO TELLING HOW MUCH No financier can estimate and no guesser can guess how much revenue the entire rental value of all real property in California, exclusive of improvements, would yield to the state, and it cannot be told how heavy or where that burden would bear. As stated elsewhere the single tax cannot be intelligently assessed, and it cannot be honestly collected. It is a chimerical scheme of impracticable dreamers that would come to naught the minute it was sought to be put into execution. A Prophet Come to Judgment. In discussing the Wilson bill, Jan. 17, 1894, page 938 of the congressional record, Mr. Maguire said: "The demand for our wool will be increased by permitting the immediate importation of the other kinds of wool that are needed to mix with the American wools. I say let raw wool be placed on the free list at the moment this bill goes into effect in any of its Some Vote, Others Pay. A favorite pastime of the demagogue is to advocate the voting of taxes for other people to pay, an idea which the single tax embodies to perfection. While the well-being of society, as for instance the maintenance of free schools, public order and sanitation requires that this be done to some extent, good conscience and sound policy commands that the power be exercised with caution, and under safeguards of constitutional limitations. The single tax amendment proposed at the last session of the legislature, and which will be reintroduced at the coming session if Maguire is elected, removes all such limitations and leaves all property interests at the mercy of legislature, supervisors, trustees, or city councils. With Us Then And Now. In a recent address delivered at Trenton, New Jersey, Attorney General Griggs spoke of the fact that the conservative elements in the Democracy, who voted for the Republican candidates two years ago, are abundantly satisfied with having done so, declaring that they will be with us again this year for precisely the same reasons that they were with us then or, rather, because of a continuation of the same reasons. Among other good things, General Griggs spoke as follows: And in this latest time of storm and stress, in the midst of great perplexity and under the weight of enormous responsibilities, it is a pleasant thing to bear witness that our president has retained the confidence and support of those who aided us in 1896. And more than that, he has had the assistance of the advice and counsel of many of the responsible leaders of the Democracy, north and south, loyally and sincerely rendered, without thought of partisan political differences. He has had behind him the support of the American people with greater degree of unanimity than any president since Washington. What can political opposition rest upon in this campaign? There is nothing but academic discussion left for Democratic platforms. They have Jacob Hart Neff. Pew names of public men are more familiar to the people of this state than that of the sterling old pioneer and miner of Placer county, Jacob Hart Neff. For nearly half a century he has been a Californian of Californians, loyal to his interests and enthusiastically laborious for its welfare. A miner from the rocker to the larger agineries, he has nevertheless been in hearty sympathy with agriculture and all the varied industries of the state. Without being an office seeker he has been a number of times the recipient of offices of honor and influence. Sheriff of Placer county back in 1867, state senator in 1871, afterwards railroad commissioner, prison director, and is now one of the trustees of the state library. In whatever capacity he has been tried, Jacob H. Neff has always been honest, faithful to duty, capable of good work, and of independent mind. No man other than himself has ever controlled his action. He is a slave to his own conscience, otherwise a free man. Financially he is well-to-do, yet not rich, purse proud, or out of touch with those who labor, as he has labored for more than half a century. Demagogues who strive to array masses against classes will have as sorry time trying to make people believe that Jake Neff is an aristocrat as that Henry T. Gage is, or Ed. P. Colgan, or any other man on the Republican ticket. People are getting to see that a man does not have to be a flat failure in order to preserve his sympathy for those who toil, as the Maguirites would vainly have voters believe. As presiding officer of the state senate, Mr. Neff will step into a position he is abundantly qualified to fill, having served four years in that body, and been a presiding officer of a hundred assemblages and conventions. It will be a fortunate aspirant on any ticket that will find after his name as many little red crosses as voters will have placed on their ticket after the name of Jacob H. Neff. YOUR KIDNEYS filter the Uric Acid and poisons out of the system through the urine if they are acting right. 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In discussing the Wilson bill, Jan. 17, 1894, page 938 of the congressional record, Mr. Maguire said: "The demand for our wool will be increased by permitting the immediate importation of the other kinds of wool that are needed to mix with the American wools. I say let raw wool be placed on the free list at the moment this bill goes into effect in any of its parts." Well, how was it wool growers, did putting wool on the free list increase the demands for American wools, and so increase the price, or did foreign wools supplant American wools and make your sheep scarcely worth shearing? The thousands of wool growers of California whom the Wilson bill ruined can make answer. And if Mr. Maguire was so poor a prophet in this particular, what guaranty have the people that he will prove better in other particulars? Justice McFarland. Mr. Justice T. S. McFarland has spent almost an average lifetime on the bench. His judicial career commenced in 1861, when he was elected district judge of Nevada county. Again a few years later he was elected judge in Sacramento county, serving four years, and he has now been twelve years upon the supreme bench in this state. During all these years of judicial service to the people he has been of unquestioned uprightness of character, and undoubted ability as a jurist. The opposition party has not seen fit to attack Justice McFarland on the ground of fitness for re-election to the axalted position he has held so long. They have not questioned his ability, his honesty, or his industry, but, as with others on the Republican ticket, they have made faces at him and alleged that he at some time in the years of long ago filed a brief as attorney for the bear witness that our president has retained the confidence and support of those who aided us in 1896. And more than that, he has had the assistance of the advice and counsel of many of the responsible leaders of the Democracy, north and south, loyally and sincerely rendered, without thought of partisan political differences. He has had behind him the support of the American people with greater degree of unanimity than any president since Washington. What can political opposition rest upon in this campaign? There is nothing but academic discussion left for Democratic platforms. They have nothing newer or better than the Chicago platform, from which tens of thousands of New Jersey Democrats revolted. If that was a dangerous and alarming diversion of Democratic doctrine then, it is now only ridiculous. It has upon it the double condemnation of popular defeat and present inconsistency with every great occurrence in history since 1896. He Wanted No Settlement of the Claims. It has been charged that Mr. Maguire did not really want the debts of the Pacific roads paid at all, but that when he came to the sticking point he did not quite dare to work against their payment in full. In corroboration of this charge the following declaration was made in congress by Mr. Maguire, Aug. 29, 1894, page 10,446 of the congressional record, and which is conclusive as to his position: "I am here representing the interests of the people of the Pacific coast as well as my own views in the matter. I do not confine my objections to funding this debt to any one of the causes stated, but I freely state that I regard the acquirements of the rights and roadbeds of the Pacific railroads by the government as of infinitely more importance than the collection of all the money due from those railroads to this government." Wanted to Buy. A big strong horse, must be under 5 years of age and gentle. R. Fossek jy14-tf. 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Very low rates both first and second-class to Chicago and all points East. 06tf PRESIDENT'S SPEECH Eloquent Words of McKinley at the Chicago Peace Jubilee. President McKinley at the banquet given at the Chicago Peace Jubilee last week uttered the following inspiring words: "It affords me gratification to meet the people of the city of Chicago, and to participate with them in this patriotic celebration. Upon the suspension of hostilities in a foreign war, the first in our history for over a half century, we have met in a spirit of peace, profoundly grateful for the glorious advancement already made, and earnestly wishing in the final termination to realize an equally glorious fulfillment. "With no feeling of exultation, but with profound thankfulness, we contemplate the events of the past five months. They have been too serious to admit of boasting or vain glorification. They have been so full of responsibilities, immediate and prospective, as to admonish the soberest judgment and counsel the most conservative action. This is not the time to fire the imagination, but rather to discover in calm the way to truth and justice, and when discovered to follow it with fidelity and courage, without fear, hesitation or weakness. "The war has put upon the nation grave responsibilities; their extent was not anticipated, and could not have been well foreseen. We cannot escape the obligations of victory. We cannot avoid the serious questions which have been brought home to us by the achievements of our arms on land and sea. We are bound in conscience to keep and perform the covenants which the war has sacredly sealed with mankind. Accepting war for humanity's sake, we must accept all obligations which the war, in duty and honor, imposed on us. The splendid victories we have achieved would be our eternal shame, and not our everlasting glory, if they led to the weakening of our original lofty purposes, or to the desertion of the immortal principles on which the national government was founded, and in accordance with its ennobling spirit it has ever since been faithfully administered. "The war with Spain was undertaken not that the United States should increase its territory, but that oppression at our very doors should be stopped. This noble sentiment must continue to animate us, and we must give to the world the full demonstration of the sincerity of our purpose. "Duty determines destiny. Destiny which results from duty performed may bring anxiety and perils, but never failure and dishonor. Pursuing duty may not always lead to smooth paths. Another course may look easier and more attractive, but pursuing duty for duty's sake is always sure, safe and honorable." The war with Spain was undertaken not that the United States should increase its territory, but that oppression at our very doors should be stopped. This noble sentiment must continue to animate us, and we must give to the world the full demonstration of the sincerity of our purpose. "Duty determines destiny. Destiny which results from duty performed may bring anxiety and perils, but never failure and dishonor. Pursuing duty may not always lead to smooth paths. Another course may look easier and more attractive, but pursuing duty for duty's sake is always sure, safe and honorable. "It is not within the power of man to foretell the future and to solve unerringly its mighty problems. Almighty God has his plans and methods for human progress, and not infrequently they are shrouded for the time being in impenetrable mystery. Looking backward, we can see how the hand of destiny built for us and assigned us tasks whose full meaning was not apprehended, even by the wisest statesmen of their times. Our colonial ancestors did not enter upon their war originally for independence. Abraham Lincoln did not start out to free the slaves, but to save the Union. The war with Spain was not of our seeking, and some of its consequences may not be to our liking. Our vision is often defective; short-sightedness is a common malady, but the closer we get to things or they get to us, the clearer our view and the less obscure our duty. Patriotism must be faithful as well as fervent; statesmanship must be wise as well as fearless—not the statesmanship which will command the applause of the hour, but the judgment of posterity. "The progress of the nation can alone prevent degeneration. There must be new life and purpose or there will be weakness and decay. There must be broadening of thought as well as a broadening of trade. Territorial expansion is not alone and always necessary to national advancement. There must be a constant movement to a higher and nobler civilization, a civilization that shall make its conquests without resort to war and achieve its greatest victories pursuing the arts of peace. In our present generation duty, and duty alone, should prescribe the boundary of our responsibilities and the scope of our undertakings. "The final determination of our purpose awaits the action of the eminent men who are charged by the executive with the making of the treaty of peace and that of the senate of the United States, which, by our constitution, must ratify and confirm it. We all hope and pray that the confirmation of peace will be just and as humane as the conduct and consummation of the war. When work of the treaty makers is done the work of the law makers will begin. The one will settle the extent of our responsibilities; the other must provide the legislation to meet them. 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No $100 Reward. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST for a generous 10 CENT TRIAL SIZE. ELY'S CREAM BALM COLD IN HEAD CATARRH ROSS - COLD HAY-FEVER DEAFNESS TRADE MARK 50 CENTS. HEADACHE ELY BROS. NEW YORK ELY'S CREAM BALM contains no cocaine, mercury nor any other injurious drug. It opens and cleanses the Nasal Passages. Allays Pain and Induktionation. Idea and Protects the Membrane. Best-rest the Senses of Taste and Smell. Is quickly absorbed. Relief at once. 50 ets at Druggist or by in ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street, New York A. FREISE, ...KEeps THE FINEST OF... Wines, Liquors And Cigars. LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT. Koll Block, Los Angeles Street. F. BACKS, UNDERTAKER And Dealer in FURNITURE. Wall Paper, Cornices, Window Shades, Picture Frames, Upholstery Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Sewing Machine Supplies, Etc. Cor, Los Angeles & Chartres St. ALL Woolens, Blankets, Laces and Fancy Articles Washed With "OUR OWN MAKE" WOOL SOAP. Entirely by Hand! A SPECIALTY OF WASHING AND PRESSING MEN'S SUITS. Entire Satisfaction Guaranteed.... Wagon calls for and delivers free to any par of town on Mondays and Fridays. Santa Ana Steam Laundry, McCullom's Bicycle Agency, Agent, Anahaim. Wines, Liquors & Cigars Keeps always on hand a complete stock of the Finest Wines and Liquors. By the Keg, Oallon or Bottle. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Goods delivered free of charge. OPPOSITE S. P. DEPOT. D. Lieb’s Saloon. Dominick Lieb, Proprietor. BEST BRANDS OF ALL KINDS OF Wines, Liquors & Cigars! KEPT ON HAND. BEER ON TAP! Kroeger’s Block, - Anahiem. GRAY BROTHERS & WARD Cement Contractors Shillinger Patent. Contracts for RESERVOIRS, IRRIGATION DITCHES, Collar and Stable Floors, Sidewalks Etc. OFFICES—No. 125 N. Broadway, Los Angeles Cal. Telephone—236. No. 316 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. F. CRIST Merchant Tailor LATEST STOCK OF Spring and Summer SUITS, $18 UP. PANTS, $5 UP. Goods of latest Styles. Call and see my stock. Center St. Near Operahouse