An Old. Sweetheart or Mine.
is cue cons t evening o'er an album all
asotte,
AEd muses on Use facts of the friends that ho
- I turn the leases of Fancy, till In shadowy
digT - -
1 2nd ti,e nsi".uy features ct an old tweet
fc art of mine,
1 ao lamplight teems to glimmer yrtth a flick'
erof feu rprise.
As I turn tt tow, to rest mo of the dazzle In my
And lij'ht my pipe In silence, save a sigh that
ffni8 to yoke
It fat wnh my tobacco, and to vanish with
the smoke.
a fmjrrant retrospection, for the loving
thotiKhts that, start
Into beings are hke perfume from the blos
som of the heart;
Ant? to dream the old dreams oyer In luxury
divine
v nen my truant fancies wander wltn that old
sweetheart of mine.
Though I hear, beneath my study, like a flut
tering of wings.
The voices of my children and the mother as
eiieptners,
I feel no twinge of conscience to deny me any
theme
When care has cast her anchor In the harbor
of a dream.
In fact to speak in earnest, I believe it adds a
charm
To spice the good a trifle with a little dust of
harm
For I find an extra flavor in Memory's mellow
wine
That makes mp drink the deeper to that old
sweetheart of mine.
A face of llly-beanty, with a form of airy
. grace.
Floats out of my tobacco as the genii from
the vase;
And I thrill beneath the glance of a pair of
azure eyes
As glowing as the summer and as tender a
the skies.
I can see the pink sun-bonnet and the little
checkered dress
She wore when first I kissed her, and she an
swered the caress
With the written declamation that; "as surely
as the trine
Grew round the stump." she loved me that
old sweetheart cr mine!
And again T feel the pressure of her slender
little hand,
As we used to talk together of the future we
had planned.
When 1 should be a poet and with nothing
else to do
But write the tender verses that she set the
music to;
When we should live together in a cosy little
cot;
Hid in a nest of roses, with a fairy garden
spot.
Where the vines were ever fruited, and the
weather ever floe.
And the birds were ever singing for that old
sweetheart of mine!
And I should be her lover forever and a dav.
And she my faithful sweetheart till the
golden hair was gray;
And we should be so happy that when either's
lips were dumb
They would not smile In Heaven till the
other's kiss had come.
But ah! my dream is broken by a step upon
the stair.
And the door is softly opened, and my wife ia
standing there!
Yet with eagerness and rapture all my visions
I resign
To greet the living presence of that old sweet
heart of mine I
James Whltcomb Riley.
IN THE QUICKSANDS.
The story properly begins at mid
night on the San Luis Obispo coast.
California, twenty years ago, when the
September moonlight shone down np
on'Stoner's cattle ranch, near the Pa
cific ocean, in the rugged Snnta Lucia
mountains.
Stoner had been a Texas ranger, and
could hold his own extremely well in
that rough frontier community. Ho
had carried off a pretty Spanish wife
from the Chihuahua region years be
fore, had bronght her to the rocky
California coast, and had purchased
a settler's claim and an old adobe
house built by a Spanish hidalgo half
a century ago.
Here he fanned, raised cattle on the
unused government lands, and kept a
sort of rude hotel, for several mount
ain trails joined at that point the broad
i ? i . .
seat, twenty miles south, to the uortti
ern settlements in the pineries. He
had five daughters, too the youngest,
Theresa, known as Tessa, a girl of 17.
That added to the attraction and al
most every wight the dark-eyed, half
Spanish girls sang and danced, and old
Stoner managed to hear all the news
that was aQoat, and somehow most of
the loose coin of the region ultimately
found its way into his pockets. He
was a deep one, that same Ephraina
Stoner, quiet, sly and patient, secret
in his methods and deadly in his blow.
Stoner's wife and his four eldest
daughters were uneducated and in
complete subjection to his will. Bat
Tessa had more brains and energy
than all the others put together, and
quite as much beauty, and so the old
Texan ranger took a certain pride ia
her, and had even allowed her to at
tend a district school for two years.
This midnight when, as I have said,
the story begins, a person of a prying
disposition might have discovered sev
eral interesting performances in prog
ress around the Stoner abode. On the
norti? side of the house Tessa was lean
ing from her window "conversing in
low tones with a blonde, fair-haired
and sturdy young man on horseback.
"Tom, you do not know my father.
He is not the careless, warm-hearted
man yon may suppose. I mnstadmire
bis a'bility, but that is all. I warn
yoa, Tom, there never wa3 a more
dangerous man. He may be where he
hears every word you say, though if he
is he will not speak to yoa or me
a bo at it. Bat if he knew yoa cared
for me he would be your enemy. He
has other plans for me. He wants me
to marry for money.'''
Tom Warren had once been the
school teacher in the mountain dis
trict, miles away, where Tessa had
been one of his pupils. Thrown upon
his own resources from his childhcod,
he had developed a strong, earnest
character, and was already so popular
in the county that he had just been
elected sheriff, although the youngest
man on the ticket.
While Tessa and her lover were
talking a scene of afar different nature
Was being enacted on the south side of
the old adobe, which overlooked a deep
ravine and a camp of five or six men
in a field below, lor several years
these men had spent their summers
there, ostensibly hunting, fishing and
exploring the country with their dogs
and guns. Every one knew them, and
most persons liked theuo. Tessa did
not. .
Stoner, though it was midnight sat
in the moonlight on an old rawhide
chair, outside the door, smoking his
pipe and meditating a tough, sinewy,
erizzled night-owl of a man.
"That infernal knuckle-head at the
camp ought to have reported before
now." he thought to himself as he
smoked.
A man came out of the brush and
spoke deferentiallj':
"Capt'n, good evenin1,
You're late."
Dick was shot."
"Well?" ,
"Just as the driver throwed off the
box. Shot by a passenger in the neck
and shoulder "
He mustn't stay here to get us into
trouble. Take a boat and carry him
to the point, and leave him in the
cave there."
"Yes, capt'n."
"How much aboard?"
"About $2,000 for the Josephine
miners."
"Send it over the cliff before morn
ing and I'll divide it up soon. But
you be extra careful; that new sheriff
lis a smart one."
"AH right, capt'n," and the man
went back to the camp.
A moment later, just as Stoner was
"-going into the house, there was a low
thud of a horse's hoofs, and Tom War
ren, the yonng she nil, rode flown tne
traM. arouod the corner of the old
adobe boildTng, into the. country v
that lay to the west. Ha had at last
yielded to Tessa's entreaties to "Go,
go. this minute. Tom!""
Impassive as Stoner was, he felt a
little startled by the sight.
"Where in the devil did you coma
fromsheriff? Anything up ia this
part of the country?"
Oh, no; not a particle. I've been
visiting my old school in the mount
ains, and took the trail home down
Cayucos." This was plausible enough,
for there was a blind trail that entered
the canyon just east of the angle of
the house. Stoner felt a little re
lieved. ,
"Won't ye put up and stay with us
all night?"
"No, Mr. Stoner; I must go down
to Kestral to see my friends there. It's
only an hour's ride."
"That settles it," thought Stoner.
"Plenty of stout fellows to use as
sheriffs deputies there. He has prob
ably stumbled on traces and is going:
for help." He sat and amoketv, and
slipped his hand back under his coat.
"Easy to shoot the fellow," he said to
himself.
Well, good-by. Stoner." said War
ren, suddenly; "I suppose the beach
road is as good as ever?"
"Perfectly safe; only when you cross
Toro creek keep on the sand-6ar. It's
as hard as iron. I crossed there to
day." "Thank you. Adios."
Simple, smiling speech, those words
ot Stoner's. and j et they were Intended
to send Warren to his death more
surely and safely than by bullet of pis
tol or pellet of secret poison.
Stoner took an estra swig of brandy
and went to his '.rest- Warren rode
down the rugged hill to the bottom of
the ravine, then turned seaward, and
at last the wide gulch opened broadly
to the shore of the Pacific.
The cliffs were from fifty to 300 feet
high and full of wave-worn cave.
Warren drew rein on the beach and
for fully ten minutes watched the
ocean sway and rise. His thoughts
throbbed with dreams, of Tessa. He
would take her away from her narrow
and hurtful surroundings. He would
lift her into happier and better sur
roundings. He would force Stoner's
consent, marry her, and make her
happy.
He rode rapidly south, and in half
an hour the mouth of the Toro ap
peared in the mist of sand-dunes,
breakers rolling in and the steady
river rolling out. Here was the long
sand-bar. ten feet wide, and stretching
across hardly an inch higher than the
water surface.
Warren was beginning to have soma
suspicions of Stoner, but not such as
to lead him to doubt the simple direc
tions he had received. The sand-bar
looked safe, but withiu a few days the
sea, as Stoner knew, had swept it
mightily, torn out the long compacted
bar, and placed instead a quivering
mass of quicksand, so treacherous that
not even a light-footed rabbit could
cross without being swallowed up and
dragged bodily dawn. Warren role
swiftly forward; he had crossed saud
bars hundreds of times. Some horses
would have been wiser, but the animal
he rode had been bred in the valley.
The approach to the bar was hard
for a few rods, and he galloped on.
Suddenly, in one heart-breaking,
breathless descent, uoiseles-i, but uu-
otterably dreadful. Tom Warren's
horse went down, down, and the soft,
slimy sand came up to his mane. He
shrieked out that ghastly cry of appeal
and agony that a. desperate, dying
horse will sometimes utter.
Tom knew the peril. He had thrown
his feet from the stirrups and drawn
them np at the first downward throb,
bnt the sand began to grab him also.
He threw hiwself flat on his breast and
tore himself loose from the poor ani
mal, over whose back the mingled
sand and water was running, as it
rolled from side to side in ineffectual
struggles to escape.
Tom spread himself out over as
much surface as possible, but slowly,
resistlessly the mighty force drew him
downward. The hard beach was only
ten feet distant, but practically the
chasm was impassable. He felt his
horse sink out of sight; the sand grip
ped his own knees and arms, his thighs
and shoulders. Two inches more and
the end by suffocation was inevitable.
Up to this time he had not shouted;
only his horse's wild death scream had
told of the tragedy. What was the
use? Who would be passing along
that lonely road? Then he thought of
Tessa and of life. He raised his voice
in a clear, strong shout for help, again
and again rep'eated.
Far off along the deep ravine came a
cry in response and a horse's hurrying
feet, and hope awoke in his heart. The
margin of life was five minutes now
not longer. Faster, faster, O fearless
rider!
"Tom, where are you?"
"Here, Tessa; don't come too near."
But the mountain girl knew the
danger. Creeping down-stairs for a
drink of water she had heard her
father's words to Warren, had thrown
a shawl about her shoulders and run to
the pasture. Then she caught her pet
horse, sprang upon his unsaddled back,
seized a riata as she passed the stable,
and galloped at the utmost speed down
the ravine, hoping against hope, for
many minutes bad necessarily elapsed
6ince Warren started.
She sprang to the ground and tossed
the rawhide rope to the one arm he
held above the sand. She folded her
shawl and put it over her horse's
shoulders, and tied, the riata round
like a collar. Then she led him slow
ly away from the quicksands, and
Warren thought his arm would break;
but slowly, reluctantly, painfully, the
sand gave" up its prey."
"Your father told me to take this
road, Tessa," aid the young sheriff.
"Yes, I know that, and I heard one
of the men tell him to-day that the bar
was swept out.
There was a long silence between
them.
"Tessa, go with me to San Luis,"
said Warren, "and let us get married."
And Tessa went.
Old Stoner heard the news a few
days later. Within an hour he had
"retired from business. " ne camp
was broken up, the hunters disap
peared, mvsterious lisrhts flashed at in
tervals all night from the points of the
cliff, and the next day old Stoner him
self disappeared, leaving his family
the ranch and the live stock. It was
said that he made the best of his wav
to Mexico and finally to South Amer
ica. The world is large, as vet, and
men who have money can ramble over
a good deal of it without finding a past
they wish to escape from. But Tessa
lives in her San Luis Obispo cottage.
with orange trees over it and Lia Mar
que roses on the porch, and she thinks
herself the happiest woman in Call
fornia. Charles Howard Shinn, in BeU
ford's Magazine.
The Yoang Woman Waits.
Like the farmer's daughter who
counted the chickens before they were
hatched, the thoughts of waiter maid'
ens do not always rest upon the viands
which they serve. At a restaurant
much frequented by the German ele
ment one of the absent-minded fair
sex approached a handsome j outh who
had seated himself at the table and,
balancing a trayful of dishes, in
quired: "Are you married?" instead
of the usual query, "Have you or
dered?" "Nein," replied the young
man, with a roar of laughter. The
reminder so startled the girl that she
dropped the china, shivering it into
fragments. Philadelphia luauirer.
BUSSING LINKS.
There are 10,000 colored catholics in
Washington.
There aro about 73,000 persons in
prison in the United Suites.
A California man has started into the
business of raising half-breed buffalo.
Senator Quay's second daughter has
gone to Berlin to complete her educa
tion. A New York surgeon has supplied a
patient with an artilicial larynx and
vocal apparatus.
Ex-Senator Fair has within the last
eighteen months invested $5, 000, 000 in
San Francisco real est-nte.
A $3 gold nugget was picked up from
the gravel with which a street in lone.
Cat. U graded, recently.
After being separated for eighteen
years a farmer iu Washington County,
Pa., has found his son by means of a
wedding notice.
Marion Crawford the novelist, has
command of eleven languages, besides
the ancient Sanscrit, in which he is
fairly well versed.
Willie Schaeffer, a Cincinnati boy,
is 7 years old. id tips the beam at 19(5
pounds. His brother Robert is 14, aud
weighs 230 pounds.
A jury at Carmarthen quarter ses
sions in Wales recently brought in a
verdict of "Not guilty, and strongly
recommended to mercy."
The Frincess Alexandra of Wales is
the Queen's favorite daughter-in-Itw,
and has always been most affectionate
ly regarded by her Majesty.
Mr. Petroff. who had charge of the
census of Alaska, estimates the popu
lation or the territory at Irom So.uoo to
S8,000. Of this number one-seventh
are white.
The song birds brought from Ger
many and turned loose in Oregon last
t ear have prospered, and a large num
ber of insectlverons song birds will be
imported.
William Holden swore before a Cam
den Justice the other day that Howard
Jones threw a cobble stoue which was
broken into three pieces bv striking
him on the head.
Owing to his phvsician's advice.
James Russell Lowell has canceled bis
engagement to deliver six lectures on
the old English dramatists at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Great Britain is generally regarded
as the strongest naval power and
France a close second. Some naval
officers are inclined to reverse the
order, putting France first.
Mine. Barrios, widow of the Central
American Dictator, has a magnificent
collection of diamonds. The greater
part of tne jewels were heirlooms of
the Kingdom of Guatemala.
The Womeu's Christian Temperance
Union of Detroit. Mich., have decided
that the drinking of ginger ale. ginger
beer, home-made wiue, root beer and
raspberry syrup "violates the pledge.''
The Princess Frederick Charles, of
Prussia, widow of the Red Prince and
aunt of the German Emperor, has
clandestinely married her first lord of
the bedchamber. Baron von Sekken-
dorff.
The fact that the Indians do not ap
preciate the blessings of civilization
and probably never will is seen in the
fact that a squaw has committed suicide
because her - Husband was made a
policeman onthe reservation.
The saltest piece of water on earth
is the Lake of Urumia in Persia, situ
ated more than 4.000 feet above the sea
level. It is much saltier than the Dead
Sea, the water being found on analysis
to contain nearly 22 per cent of salt.
The most astonishiug uovelty in
Paris is a calculating machine, inVent
ed by M. Bollee, of Le Mans: By sim
ply turning a wheel it add, multiplies
or divides any number of figures up to
lines of 15, and with amazing rapidity.
A well-known embalmer. Dr. Vick
ersueimer. Cms produced a liquid so
perfect that it can be applied success
fully to game. An embalmed hare,
served after having been shot six
weeks, was recently pronounced to bo
as good as fresh.
There has been placed on exhibition
at the Lib by Prison Museum in
Augusta, Ga.." among the relics of
President Andrew Johnson, the old
book in which he kept all of his ac
counts while in the tailoring business
at Greenville, Tenn.
Thomas Rasley, who acted as the
executioner of Birchall, has ceased t-
be steward of the Sttnnyside Boating
Club, his resisrnation being accepted
by the Directors. His reason for leav
ing is that he had become obnoxious
owing to his acting as executioner.
Princess Bismarck is said to be hap
pier, now that she is enabled to live
quietly in retirement with her hus
band, than she has been since he be
came a Minister of State. She has al
ways disliked the publicity entailed
rpon her by her high social position.
Professor Crull, of Concordia Col
lege. Terre Haute; Ind., is a cousin of
Dr. Koch. He savs that when he was
;t guest at the Koch household the
loctor's brothers had no faith in his
skill, and one ot mem remarked mat
he "would not trust a cat to his care."
The late Justice Miller is said to have
had a taste almost amounting to a
passion for mathematics. He depre
cated the amount of time college
students gave to the study of dead
languages, and held that mathematics
and scientific studies were of chief im
portance. Rubinstein has been upsetting the
usual authorities as to some points in
his lire. TTiey most- agree Tn making
November 30. 1830. the" date of his
birth; he makes it November 16, 1829
He also'dcnies that he was a pupil of
Liszt, from whom he says, he never
got anything but a dinner and some
advice." "
One of-tho three daughters of John
D. Rockefeller, while a student it
Vassar. had a handsome allowance In
the way of money from home. In
stead of spending this on rich gowns
and apartments, she paid for two years
the tuition and expenses of a girl ftom
the country who was not able to pay
them herself.
Speaking ot a High Churcn Episcopal
Theological Seminary in Chicago. Rev.
Dr. W. S. Rainsford. of New York, re
cently said: "It contains two tons
and a half of the Fathers. What do
the Fathers know about Chicago or
New York? What do the students who
spend their time studying the Fathers
know about the present generation?"
Mrs. Plnmb, the wife of Senator
Plumb, of Kansas, has been an invalid
for several years, and during the ab
sence of the Seuator found much com
fort in the company of her son. a
young man of exceptional promise.
The son has lately become afflicted
with nervons disorder which necessi
tated his removal to the East for treat
ment. Senator Hearst's gold mine is the
largest in a group of mines near Dead
wood, S. D.. and is said to be the rich
est mine in the world. Three thousand
miners are employed upon it, aad they
take but from $150,000 to $200,000
every month. What is more, there is
ore enough in sight, according to re
cent estimates, to run the present
stamp mills at the mine for -the next
twenty years. i
Mrs. M. S. Norman, of Decatur,1 HL.
was visiting in TerriHaijjg Ind.JaniJ
while tbertTwas Informed that a letter
was advertised for her at the post office.
Calling at the post office she was told
that the letter had a short time before
been delivered to another lady of the
same name. Curious to sco the other
Mrs. Norman she called on her, and,
to the consternation of both ladies,
they found they had married the same
man. There was an interesting family
reunion when Mr. Kormau came home
which wound up with his arrest on a
charge of bigamy.
THEY CET THE FISH DRUNK.
And the Friendly Indians Who Intoxicate
Them Follow Salt Soon After.
"Did vou ever attend an Indian
fish-frv? '"said Conductor B. F. Brown,
of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas Rail
way, to a N. Y. Dispatch reporter.
"It is a festival for the purposo of
iromoting friendship between friendly
Indian tribes, mixrd with some inter
esting business features.
"A tribe desiring social intercourse
with another tribe prepares a fish-fry
and extends an invitation to the other
to -come.
"If the invited tribe is Inclined to be
friendly, they come with all of their
squaws, pappooses. dogs and horses,
and spend three or four days on the
bank of some river.
The old warriors devote themselves
to lihing. horse-racing, gambling and
smoking the pipe of peace, while the
young ones woo the pretty maidens,
and have a jolly time playing "high
spy. 'under the juniper tree' and like
games. The dusky dan.sel always pays
the forfeited kiss as coyly as a "Vassar
girl.
"Last fall I was fortunate enough to
get an invitation to attend a fish-fry
given the Seminoles, on the north fork
of the Canadian River in the Indian
Territory, by the Sac and Fox tribe.
We reached the scene of the fry
late in the evening, and found the men
bnsily pounding up a weed which they
called the devil's shoestring, but known
generally as iron weed.
"The squaws rolled the pounded
weed into little pills and dried them by
the lire.
"About daylight next morning the
men threw these nills iuto the upper
part of a deep hole in the rivsr and
as they slowly floated down the fish
snapped them greedilj'.
"Everybody then went to breakfast,
after which the men, each armed with
a strong bow and a quiver full of
arrows, returned to the river and be
gan work.
The little pills had by this time
made the fish druuk and hundreds
were floating on their backs.
"The ftien stationed themselves in
the shallow water below, and as a fish
drifted by shot an arrow through it.
Every mau'S arrow was marked,
and he allowed it to float on down with
the tish to where the squaws captured
and lauded it.
"The first shooting continued nearly
two hours, when the tish got over Mieir
druuk aud disappeared iu the deep
water again.
"The captured fish were identified
by the arrows. Each man secured his
own from the great pile and proceeded
to clean and smoke them in pens mads
for that purpose. The smoked tish
were then packed away for winter use.
"After the fishing was over aud the
fish dressed and placed under smoke
both tribes turned their attention to
sport and spent the remainder of tbo
day in that manner. The next morn
ing the fish were fed another dose of
pills and another lot secured. "
He Remembered Hla Mother.
Three or four of us soldiers on- duty
at Fort Leavenworth in 1867 were out
on the hills one day for a ramble, when
a man came "from the direction of
Topeka on horseback. We- saw him
long enough before he got to us, and
we saw that he was closely pursued by
half a dzen mounted meii. We knew
that meant business, and we formed
across the highway and halted the fugi
tive. His horse no sooner came to a
stop than it dropped dead with exhaus
tion. The rider, too, was about played
out. and he made no resistance as we
collared him. As the pursuers came
np and dismounted, their leader, who
seemed to be familiar with the pro
gramme to be followed, briskly ob
served:
Now. boys. get a rope over the limb
of that tree and run him up."
The fugitive had nothing to srty,
and in about two minutes he had a
noose around his neck and was waiting
to be pulled up. Four men tailed on
to the otner end, and the leader ap
proached the prisoner and said:
"It's usual to give a man a few min
utes in whieh to say his praj-ers."
"It's a sure thing, I suppose."
"Dead sure. You've stolen your last
horse.
"Got to go this time, eh?"
Bet your last dollar!"
"Sav. bovs." said the man. as he
looked around him, with a good bye to
earth in his eye, "come a bit closer. 1
am pretty well blown, and you've
drawn the noose a little too 4ight for
comfort. I can't do no praying it's
too late for that. I've got a poor old
mother over in St. JdeT It isn't her
fault that I've gone wrong. I've got
$100 here of straight money, and I want
you to promise me that some of vou
will send it to her. Her name is Mrs.
John Webber. , Write her a letter aud
sav that l died ot lever, or some sueu
thing, and I was too sick to write.
Will you promise?"
"Aye! we will!" answered every man,
-Cuss you and Kansas and all the
rest of the world, but I can't go back
on my poor old mother! Make it easy.
boys. Make it accident ot sickness,
hut don t tell her just how it was.
She's old and gray and feeble, and it
would break her heart. You've
promised me. and if you go back ou
vour word I'll hauntyou to your graves!
Now I curse you all defy you and
you can pull away as fast as you d n
please!"
They pulled, and he hung clear of the
ground until dead, lhen they lowered
the bodv, secured the money, and as
they rode away the leader looked from
us to the buzzards sailing overhead and
said:
'Leave it alone, boys they'll take
care of it." N. Y. Sun.
A Murine t3 -
lurks heads and cats faces were
nrobablv once carved on tho beam
ends. The purchase by which the an
chor ring is hoisted is the "cat," or the
"cheat" (capon). This word "cat" is
a familiar one on board ship, and fur
ther illustrates the beast nomenclature
therein found. The cat is a broad-
beamed sailboat with no jib, a Nor
wegian vessel, and a well-known in
strument of punishment. The "cat-
harpings" are a part of the top-mast
rigging; the "catholes are apertures
througu which the "stern-fasts" are
led; the "cat-rack" fkatt-spurn) an
other name for the "mast-step;" "cat
lap" is weak tea, a "cat-nap, a short
one, a "cats-paw," a mere ruffle upon
the surface, leaving a "cat-skin," and
is also a kink in a rope. The name
"cat-hole" (trou de chat) is applied by
r rencn sailors to tiie lubbers bole
(boco de lobo, or seal's mouth, say the
Spanish), which is aptly called "sol
diers' passage" (soldateugat) by Ger
man marines. When a ship is "hog
ged' (i. e., bowed or arque) German
sailors say she has a "cat's back" (katz-
enrucicenj. American Magazine.
London has 60,000 families that live
in cellars.
WK NEED
S30,000.00 - to - 840,000.00
Right Away, and must get it from our
IIIJBIE STOCK
How in Btors at 416 and 413 Froat Btreet, En Frsnjira, CaL -
IlIIO GOODS
Arc coming ia every day sod winter fcxlc mux be
occupy two more Boon 30 by lao feet each in a few weeki, and have too much Mock to move and take car' of
wiimc rw altering ana cnanging imvir ese roon-s.
WH ARE MODERN MERCHANTS tni do not belong to the old Kyle claw that run. one season'!
givv into the next hopiiig to make the world oay lor their mUtakc; our pafrooa are all INTELLIGENT
autfkKS, and know the adva.iitag of taking np with the oflera we are bow making to wvc 15 to 7;
per cent, on all purchsM nude at this lime of year. W have a general Mock of EVERYTHING A
I'AMILV NEEDS. We publish a full lia every month correcting puce to date. Send your add rest for
nam-le tepv free, or send s cents (in Uam() to pay pottage for cne year and we will send i-, and abow you
HOW IU I,IE on the best the land afford and at nmll cc-t. We hjve received 5000 letters from
customers commendine our rood, our Drices. otir method of dntnff h.t i. u h K ,A r - - 1 1 .
to all present or absent ; w e rarely if ever lose a cunomcr w ho commences to trade with us, or a dollar br
bat d -uts as our sales are for cash. Money it sent with order, if any over we return it; if goods are not as
represented we are responsible and will make food all just claims fur errors or accidents mTjere we arc the
iuuc party.
SUGAR, FLOUR, PROVISIONS, PRODUCE, GRAIN change with every day', market and
re cluing with tt, as a rule other goods are mostly uniform in price through the month.
WE QUOTE TO-DAY
In 100 lb lots.
100 lbs Fine While Sugar f 5 90
too " Yellow Sugar 4 75
100 " J'an white or pink 3 00
100 " llest Costa Rica Coffee, green. S3 00
too Very Choice Rice 5 40
too " Finest Kastern Ham 12 OO
too Heavy Sugar Cured Bacon, best 8 75
too Licht Sunar Cured Bacon.... II 25
109 SOAPS.
Do not pay to to 3$ cents a cake for what
we sell at three. The leading soap on the
Coast is Toorman's a ill take out more dirt
ind leave the clorhas and hands in better
order than any soap made. It is full weight
try a small box.
roorman's Soap, 20 bar bog, ft 40
too
6 50
O'.her Laundry Soaps, per 40 cents up
oorwoman i Soup, lull weight 4 (a
Fine Toilet Soaps, too cakes 3 OO
Hood ' a o
We carry all the leading soaps Queen
Lily, Irony, Purit;, Trios' Cool Water,
1 aliclle, King, Le V.oi, Magic, Grangers',
I5atlit s, Koyal, Siddalls, Gold height,
White and Yellow P.orax, over one hundred
kinds in all. Also Sapolio, Scouring Soaps
and scouring bricks.
WASH POWDERS.
Climax Lends, per 100 packs.. . ... ...$3 50
Less ouantity as wanted, per dot...... 50
We Want Your Trade for
Provisions, Cocoa Shell,
F uh. Cakes and Cracker.
Grain, Candy.
Feed. Cigar and Tobacco.
Groceries Cutlery,
Snices, Clock,
Tea. rv Goods,
LolUe, Blankets,
Hvjney. Comforts,
Overalls,
I'cat at oe, V nderware, Spt
Dry Fruit, Boots or Shoes, Brooms,
Canned Goods, Gloves, Ba&krts,
A wle Grease, Stockings, Crockery,
Garden Seeds, Notion., Glassware,
Grats Seeds, Oil Cloth, Tinware,
Bean Rubber Goods, Granite ware,
R.ick heat Floor, Tenrs, Fruit Jars,
HrdSeed, all Paper. Hrdaarc,
Butter Color, Woodecwarc, Lamps,
Cement and Lime, White Lead, Sails,
We make a business of Filling, Packing and Forwarding out of towa Orders
Purchasing Agents and Direct payers. Are careful
wit a zatr aeaimg.
We Control the
Climax Washing Powder,
Poor Mao's Sup,
ooid Height Soap,
J oh a Hah:ax Sairts,
Rock Candy Drips,
Picnic Lemon Sugar,
Picnic Flav. Extracts,
Parlor Oil,
atsy Tea
Dr. Roger's Heart Tonic,
Gold Weight Spices,
Gold Wl. Cream Tartar,
AH of which are justly celebrated. There are some imitations offered, especially of oar ROCK CANDY
DRIPS. But those who hav? used both cannot be deceived. See that our name is on every package yoa
bay of this 6ne article. It is without doubt the best syrup ctTcred.
3 PER CENT. ( We submit to you for consideration if it is not worth your white to lend your patrol
age to a hocwe that will give yon the advantages to be derived from liberal capital, years of experience,
the Continent, where BARGAINS IN EVERY LINE are offering to thoe ready with money to take them,
and trade to handle them. We offer yott these advantages and more, all for a dear profit of s or 3 per cent,
over expenses of doing business.
PER CENT, net profit cm oar immense sales would yield more than we ask. Our propositions are
fair if not liberal, and you cannot visit the city, or send to, any market ia the world and do better than we
are glad to co for you.
CAN YOU TRUST US? That you must learn by experience, or observation, or inquiry. We are
too movle&t to say what w think on this subject, but you can nsk a few dollars and try h, or ask those who
have done so.
THIS OFFER IS OPEN to Merchants everywhere, to Dealers of al! classes, to Aociations, Chari
table liiititutions. State Institutions, Grangers, Farmers, Alliances. Mechanics, Mills, Mines, famines and
all tlases of buyers far and near, if we charge a fraction more for small items cr single articles than we Co
far civrs. tons or car loads, it is because U costs more to do business or handle small lots; everything is
equatied: and we work for the customer who wants to expend a single dollar on the same basis of pre fit
as we do for the largest merchant. W want your trade large or small, not once, but to-day, to-morrvw
juid forever. Our bid for it is an open bid. If others can and will do better favor them.
WEARING APPAREL
Roys' 2 pi suits to 10 years ..... .ft 3$ up
Boys' 2 pi suits to 13 years 1 50 up
Hoys 3 pi suits, long pants...... 3 50 up
Men s Suits, ail grades.. 4 50 up
Men's Pants, for every day 75 up
Men's Pants, for Sunday I 25 up
Men's Overalls, all grades. 50 up
Men's Overalls, extra size and qual 75 up
Boys Overalls 40 up
Duck wool lined clothing in all grades.
Men's Every-day Shirts.
35 "P
Boys tvery-day blurts
Toys' S-unday Shirts ,
Men's Sunday Shirts, cotton.....
Men's Sunday Shirts, wool.......
Men's Cardigan Jackets
Men's Undershirts, for winter., ..
Men's Underdrawers, for winter..
Childs' Grey Wool Vests
Childs' White Merino Vests
I-adies' Jersey Vests, no sleeves...
Ladies' Vests, with long sleeves..
Ladies' Meri'o Vests or l'ants, white
Ladies' Scarlet rants or Vests...
Men's Scarlet Shirts or Drawers..
Men's Thin Undershirts, summer..
Men's White Muslin Shirts
1 tidies' Muslin Drawers or Chemise
30 up
35 "P
40 up
OO up
OO up
35 up
35 "P
10 up
iS up
10 up
25 up
40 up
85 up
8s up
15 up
50-up
25 up
Men's Hats for general wear 45 up
lS.iys' Hats or Caps
25 up
Men's Working Gloves
Men's Mits, different kinds
40 up
25 up
All the above articles kept in stock from
the medium or cheaper grades to the better
qualities in general use.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Farmer Boots, for every day $2 50 up
Men s Calf Hoots, for bunday. .S3 50 to 5 OO
Hoys' Boots, size 8 up $1 00 to 3 00
Men's Every-day Shoes, 6 to I 25 up
Men's Low Shoes, all sizes.... Jl OO, $1 25
Men's Leather Slippers, 6 to ti 65 cts
Men's Carpet Slippers 50 cts
Men's Plush and Embroidered Slippers
65 cts, 8 cts, I 2S
Ladies' House Slippers. ...50c, 65c, 75c, I OO
Ladies' Slippers, kid or leather.. .50 Cts up
ChiUU' and Misses' Slippers 40 cts up
Misses'Clothand Kid Shoes, II to 13.. 50 cts
Infants' Shoes, all styles 20 cts up
Childs' Shoes, all weights 50 cts up
Bovs' and Girls' Shoes 85 cts up
Ladies' Kid Boots, 2 to 7 $1 50 up
Ladies' Goat Boots, 2j to 7 $1 50 up
Our ladies' $1 50 boots are the best value
bv odds, we ever offered in a ladies shoe, at
small price. We carry a full line of over
200 kinds of shoes and boots, embracing the
most desirable kinds and best makes in use,
You can surely be suited in style, size and
price.
COODS BY MAIL
We make a great specialty cf filling mail
orders for all goods that can De sent profit
ably in this way. Ask for full instructions
if not posted in this plan of buying. Postage
16 cents per pound, one cent per ounce.
MENTION THIS PAPER when yoa order, quota th, pric, named here or that yon wish to pay, writ
r full name plainly, give correct P. O. address shipping point, and tell ns how you wish goods sen
vour
or ward.
11 you prcicr id w, ,uu un ociorc oraenng, writ, lor sample copy irre.
SMITHS
4x6 and 4x8 Front Street.
cleared out at onem ta ml mnm hM .hi. .k.ll
Gold Dust,, per 100 packs ....$3 10
Gold Dust, in 3 ib. boxes, doz. ....... 85
Gold Dust, full weight, 100 7 00
We also hare other soap powders, includ
ing German, in 25 and 50 lb. bags.
Blueing we offer 6 or 8 kinds, Scents up.
Starch, we have the celebrated Electric at
$1.00 per dozen. All other leading grades at
wholesale pi ices, from 50 cents box up.
DRIED FRUIT.
In this we lead all competition as we get
consignments continually that must be moved
quickly, and always at wholesale prices.
jj lus, rinc iry sjrajTes ...........;3 "5
100 -- second yuanty Kaistns...... 3 75
loo ' Good " 4 75
100 " Finest I jrge Raisins.. ...... 675
too " Prune, 3 grades. ..7.00, 8.00, 9.00
100 riuins, pits in 5 00
ICO ' Plums, pitted 13 50
100 English Currants 6 75
loo California Iilack Figs 3 50
Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines, Cherries,
Citron, Lemon and Orange Peel, Black
berries, Raspberries, Apples, Tears, all at
wholesale prices in quantities to suit.
DO NOT BE ANNOYED
With collectors running after you for
money after goods you bought have .tcn
eaten up or worn out- Yoa wiit seldom
have it, and will find it unpleasant business
all round. Tay cash for everything and be
your own Lord and Master "Owe no man
anything " an I your life wi!l flow as a ri-.-er.
any of the following .Articles.
Wire i'o.ds
Sheetii.g,
Fitter Cloth,
Kgg Food,
Stationery.
Bocks,
A mm unit ion,
Ropes and CcrJ.
Powder and She.
Plated Ware.
Purux.
Riaeirig,
Rhiestona,
Beeswax,
Bee Smokers,
Buhach,
Bone meal.
Carpet Warp,
Copperas,
Chile Bark,
Medicine,
iMigs
Salt,
Syrups,
Pic L i-,
Su!fhar,
iberp Tobacco,
Paints.
Toy s
Clocking.
for Commission Homes
to seiect only toe best goods
at lowest price consistan1
following Brands.
Gold Weight Sola, Yellow Rose Tea,
Oold Wt. Baking Powder, Mothers Delight Tea,
Far West Bak' Powder, Mothers Pride Tea,
Rocky Mountain CorTee,
F ather's I Might Coffee,
Red Rose Tea,
DRY COODS.
We make a great leader of piece poods.
especially in Domestic Staples in every-da
use in iamiues sneeunes, snirtines. Prints
(Calicos), Ginghams, Satttens, Lawns, Cash
iinere, Alpaca, goods for lining, trimming
and house furnishing. Our goods are th
best, our styles are intended to please, ai
our prices are the lowest.
Sheeting, all widths 7 cts u.
Shirting, all styles .8 cts u
Bleached Goods, all values 7 cts 111.
Brown Shirtings, unbleached 7 cts up
Light weight goods.house lining,etc.3 cts up
Trints for all purposes ..5 cts up
Dress Fabrics, name your price. ...6 cts up
Summer Dress Fabrics, from 4 cts up
Boys' ear Pants Goods ...... 12 cts up
Men's Wear Pants Goods is cts up
Flannels, all colors to order ...... 20 cts up
Canton Flannel, white or brown.. 8 cts up
Cambric and Linings 5 cts up
Cretowne, figured Sets up
Colored Cheese Cloth, for quilts.. .6 cts np
some splendid values in men and boys
Sunday or every-day wear. Calculated to
give great satisfaction to those who try them.
bam pies ol these cools will be sent you if
you state about what goods you are likely
to require.
NOTIONS.
uress uuuon5, irom .25 cts gross up
Shirt Buttons, ftom 5 cts gross up
Pants Buttons, from 10 cts gross up
Assorted Buttons, all styles, 50 doz ... .fi 00
Needles, sewing, all sizes, doz. papers. .35 cts
Needles, darners, doz. papers. ....... .25 cts
Needles, sewing machines, per doz .... 25 cts
Pins, common grades, per doz. papers. 25 cts
t ins, best quality, per doz. papers.... 50 cts
Spool Cottons, per doz. . , 20 cts up
rsoys suspenders 5 cts up
Men s auspenders, extra length 25 cts
Ladies' Collars, linen, late sty le .... 5 cts up
Gents' Collars, late style 10 cts up
Combs, fine or coarse .-5 cts up
LomDj, rouna tne nead. . ... ...... 5 ctji up
Handkerchiefs, for children, doz.. 20 cts up
Handkerchiefs, for ladies, doz.... 35 cts up
Handkerchiefs, for men, doz 50 cts up
A whole newspaper would be too small to
say all we have to tell about Dry Goods and
Notions. Ask for list and look it over.
WOOL YARNS.
We are closing some lots of good quality
as low as 70 cents a pound, and splendid
quality for family use, in all colors, at $ I .OO.
Saxony as low as 85 cents for good, in a few
colors, worth attention of buyers. Our list
of yarn is now complete in Saxony, German
Knitting, Spanish, Germantown, Zephyr
and all other grades. Please give us a trial
and compare price and quality.
25 FOR SI.OO. '
We offer 25 useful articles for the kitchen
for $1.00, or any 25 articles from the 5-cent
list for an even dollar. Did you ever see oui
5-cent list, 25-cent list, $1 .00 list or 10-cenl
list ? Send for the book containing it.
Address
San Francisco. Cal
5 oVtVli."'
INSIRUfficnTS
itstory Building 19 fEK , T gi. gu Franclm
TWO STRANCERS
IN A DUEL.
A Sleeting on
tli. Field of Honor Its tba
Uaya Before the War.
"I ba.e seen one duel la my life," be
said. I do not believe in daeliug. of
course, but since that duel I hare not
had the horror of it whieh I felt before.
It did not seem like murder; it did not
seem even brutal to me.
"I was iu New Orleans and was sit
ting late one night in the hotel corridor
interested in a discussion ably con
ducted by both sides. It was on that
subject which then bung upon every
man's lips. Both men were handsome,
miildlc-asred, and rctined-looking. The
conversation became more and more
heated until one of the men said stern
ly: "You have insulted my State and
me, sir.
"I hare spoken what I believe to be
the truth,' su'ul the other man calmly,
ami I cannot change my sentiment.'
Then you offer to give me satisfac
tion?' said the other.
In what way, sirr
4 "As gentlemen gire satisfaction.'
1 do uot tight duels, said the othf.T
paling slightly.
"Not when you have insulted a
man?'
-No.'
"Yon are not a coward,' answered
the other. 'That is plain to see. I ask
yon as a gentleman to give me satisfac
tion.' "The man from the North looked at
him steadily.
"I cannot kill a man,' he said.
'The other gave him a look which
was almost one of appeal.
"If yon do not give me satisfaction.
he said, "or retract, and I see you will
not do that, I shall feel like a hound.'
"Very well,' answered the other,
simply, 'when shall it be?'
"As soon as possible.' '
"The Southerner excused himself to
find a second. The Northern man.
turned to me.
"1 am a stranger here,' be said.
Will you act as my second?'
"I don't believe in duels, I answer
ed, feeling ashamed to refuse him.
"No more do 1.' he replied coldly.
"I hesitated and consented. The
four of us were driven below the city.
I shall not forget the place where the
duel was fought. We turned into a
plantation at a point of the road where
stood a majestic pecan tree which
seemed to bow gravely as the wind
rustled softly through its branches and
the trailing moss swayed gently. Dawn
was breaking and over the Mississippi
hun a low mist. The distance was
paced off by the second of my new
friend's adversary, for I was absolutely
useless.
"For some reason ray principal took
off his coat and waistcoat, and the
other man did the same thing. They
both seemed at their ease. In the
grayness of the morning the white of
their shirt was beautifully clear and
pleasing. They took their positions
quietly. No one had spoken a word
since we had entered the field. My
friend raised his hand and looked care
lessly at his revolver.
'Gentleman,' he said, calmly. I
have never shot at a man in my life.
This is not of my doing.'
"I looked at the Southern duelist.
Flis face whitened at this, but he was
cool and graceful in his bearing.
"I forgot my principles. There was
nothing brutal, uncivilized, or cruel
about this. It was beautiful. The
calmness of the scene was exquisite.
Both men faced each other as if they
were paying compliments. There was
a grace . about their posture which
charmed me. At that moment it
seemed to me that to kill a man in so
delicate a way was the refinement of
courtesy.
Gentlemen, are you ready? Onef
Two white-sleeved arms was all that I
saw. I did not hear the rest, not even
the shots. I saw the arms go up slow
ly, straighten out sharply, something
like released springs, and the Southern
man was in the damp grass, a bright
stair on his white shirt. Mr friend was
leaning over him. peering anxiously
into the wounded man's face. When
ran up the one who was shot was very
white.
Ilenry. he said to his second, take
BTery eare for this gentleman's safety,
and he fainted.
"Perhaps this was one of the most
remarkable duels ever fought. I, an
unwilling second, did uot know the
name of the principal whom 1 assisted.
I did not even know the cause of the
duel. Each principal was ignorant of
the name of the other. The only two
men who knew each other were the
Southern man and his second. But I.
who believed dueling to be murder,
found it, when forced to play a part in
a duel, a fascinating pieture.the like of
which I have Dever before 6r since
seen." JV. Y. lYibune. "
How a Trout Gets His Color.
The color of a trout's back depends
on the color of the bottom of the river,
but the trout which grow rapidly dif
fer greatly in spots and color from
those which grow slowly and thrive
badly, ami a middle-aged trout differs
in color from an aged trout Speak
ing generally, the young, healthy fast
growing fish will "have silvery sides,
white belly and plenty of welMefiDed
spots. The poorly fed tish will have
few or no spots, a drab belly and
muddy-yellow sides. The old trout
will be much the same in appearance,
only more so, and will be particularly
lank and large-headed. This accounts
for those trout which have access to
salt witter being brighter and more
beautiful than those which do not. The
variety and abundance of their food,
make them so. American Angler
Against Game Preaerrea, .
It appears certain that Mr. Foote,
who killed McKenzie, the Tule Bell
club's gamekeeper, on the Tule Bell
slough, will be acquitted by any jury
in Solano county, and the supreme
court decision in the case of the mur
derer of Editor Smith in San Mateo
county makes it equally certain that
he cannot be tried elsewhere unless
he consents, which he is not likely to
do. The slough, it ia claimed, is nav
igable water, and if so any man who
chooses may hunt or fish there. The
Tule Bell club has bought 250 acres of
marsh land there and leased 000 acres
more, and war has been declared De-
ween the residents w ho hunt to feed
their families and the men sent up by
the club to prevent poaching. Hunters
continue to seek game on the grounds
and the club's representatives occa
sionally fire at two-legged game. It
is claimed tnat ioote nrea in sen-
defense, McKenzie having started
towards him with a pistol when he
went ashore to pick up some geese he
had shot from his boat.
Charles Newcom, a Sutter county
rencher living near Marysville, was
swindled ont of $1500 by the time-worn
trick of getting him to put it in a tin
box and then changing boxes without
h knowledge.
! Ts scale iujnrin yonr frees and
I lug jour fruit; "
li th mildew threatening your g rapes and
vinet;
Is the rarb-leaf making ycrnr trees weak
leafless!;"
ire your Pears and Apples wormy and Lid-
erons to tdgb.t; ,
Are the blossoms dropping and trees loain
hpir fmitf
a nen dm lor site fieatraetion rji prevention
that wauth which cavil be a eflecti.eiy
applied In .iiiuiner ma ta winter.
THE I. X. L. COMPOUND.
lst,AUiuuilia ST., . UUU.lt (, I
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B00KOEPI5G, SnORTlUXD.TLLEGRAPH
ENGLISH BKA.VCH.ES, .
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LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, - S75
Ko Vacations. Day and Evening Sessions.
LADIES ADMITTED INTO ILL DEPAETMEHTS...
For farther pamcalrrs addnws
T. A. BOBT5SOX M. AaJfresddent. I
sflE"ji'-'
M. iOnniM ask cet
Educational Museum of -
TLmwjorw& to tbctr new Boiir -iL.ttjfT
brKxrr, bet. tib &4 Tth
Ol$eU may be Men. eilerl4 is
ot sjatV-o-t. This -h onlj M
feted xi retirs. Go acd b tmus
woorfinilj job made, acd how
tttefcaes mad dJaeaae. Etztrtua tVr ijf
aiwi rent tMB. a etL tt,'af Otf
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If yoa .aspect Kidney Troab'e, don't
-- ' . - a . ji; ji 1 1 1 . . . n uw 'i not bu .
San Franclaco, tor analysis of kidney eecretit
i
FAT'S WATEBPBOOP
MA "NTT J. A . POniJTTf. .
Sidlng, CetUns, Shearing, c
fsed extensively on Houses, FaetortesWswr;
h oases, etc Absolutely watei-ppoot Send Jc
tor Illustrated Catalogue and Samples.
J. F TOIAN,
General Agent for Padfls Coast, .
5toA Tm ATI IT VP QT" at a sor voaworvn
BLAKE, MOriTET & TOWNE,
IMPORTERS A.KD CEAL.EKS Df
BOOK, NEWS, WRtTtNa AND WRAPPING
:p j?k :p :e :r s
Card Stock, Straw and Binders' :
Patent Machine-made Bags.
611 to SIS Sacramento St. SAW FXAjraaoo.
Poison in a Pipe.
Few smokers fully realize the dan
ger of smoking new or improperly
cured obacco. Trie medical staff of
the German army discovered this wag
a fruitful source of throat disease.
The subsistence department of the
U. S. Army haye adopted Seal ol
North Carolina Plug Cut as the Sfamfe-
ard Smoking Tobacco for the army
Beware of Imitations. The genuine
"Seal of North Carolina" costs you no
more than poisonous imitations.
PACIFIC STATED ;
TypefoundrY
Aad Printers' Warehouse,
409-11 Washington St-, Opposite Pat Office,
The favorite Printers Snrjotv House of thf
Pacific Coast. Prompt Square and Pro
srressire. Stock complete, representing the
latest and best of the Eastern Market. Tvpe
and Rule all on th? Point System. No orisch
lete strles. .
PACIFIC COAST AGBXTS S-!
Conner's V. S. Type Foundry, eur York.
Itamhart' s G. W. Type Foundry, Chicago
Benton, Waldo & Co'i jaell'-Spacrng Type,
Babcock CyHndefa,
Colt's Armory laip'd UniveraaJ, "
Chandler and Price Gordon rmici
Feerlcsa Presmea and Cnttera,
Economic Paper Cntters, "
Simons' Cases and Fnrnit Jre.
GoWing's Presses and Tools,
t - . Sedgwick Paper Joggers,
Keystone Quoins,
Page's Wood Type.
Inks and Rollers. ' -
Tablet CoTfiposttton.
Ete,
rOBUSHCB. OF
NEWSPAPERS OM THE HOME
PL AM.
Complete Outfit and the Smaller-Orders
meet with the same carefal -end prompt
attention. Specimen books raaUedoa appli
cation. Address all orders to
HAWKS &
OS Washington St,
SHATTUCi
Sao Ft"uv?j
TREE WASH.
Powdered 93 l-100;0anstk! Soda.
Pare CssasHe Soda. CommereialPotash, ete
SHEEP WASH.
CalTerfa Carbolic. Tot sale by T. W. Jack
son Oo., Sole agents, 104 Market St San Fran
clsoo.
MONEY!
Can be made easy by
raising Chickens. Oar
large 83-page Illus
trated Catalogue tell
au about Incuoatortv
xtrooaers wnftt so feed
chickens, in tact all
au the secretaof the
chloken business. It
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dozen bens yon need
this book. It gives
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books sold at 3S cents
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ceipt or i cents to pay
postage.
PETALPMA
IKFBATOR CO.,
Petal am a, C . '
R. HALL'S
Pulmonary Balsam.
A Superior Remedy for All.
Tui-oat and Lung Troubles,
Asthma, Coughs, Colds,
Croup, Whooping Cough,
Influenza, Bronchitis,
Loss of Yoke. Hoarseness
And Iminient Consumption,
' Keadily -yield to its Healing Pcnrer.
f RICE 50 CESTS.
J. RlsTES ti. CO., PropVs.
il7 tdssome Street, Sam Francasee.
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