April 4, 1904 (4 pages)

Piano For Sale. bea bargais. ‘Enquire at'the Tramsomrr. °} dl-tf Wanted. rene peer pear terete tae mei Sake. = ‘ All the [lachinery at Gold Tunnel Mine 2 new 1000 10-stamp mil! complete. 1 96-horse power motor, Stanley type Fioduotion motor. , Bedaasicogs ; gs is the _ most poonetioy Her of eat htie en inlet, soot: serpent, and t: all human becom rth dioeade hen i gee al tie de Cer: Bl ness. The deep eating abscesses “the whole system is and this serpent disease tighten: antidote for the awful vires ay 8. Yevada County P. pang ST --AUDEFORIUM, Sriday: Evening, ir a wean fans from Sen Francisco). crn; ‘an enjoyable affair, Ferns Siren wid trans Gentleman $1; ladies 60 cents. s * pews out the life, ides its fangs Seager rin nthe Sroiney and f on the body, them and brows fall out: but and suffering that-co i s the bones and mor. 0od Poison is seén in all its ata and sickening ulcers and tumors show isoned, and utiless relief The only sepdatl green ss. rahe 8 the ite BY THE Treen Committee eoses Grass Valle y April. stb, ‘1904. is the aim to make this Ball the grandest eveb givén in Nevada ; Prizes of value and usefulness—more cft em than meréted—will be offered for maskers Costumes will be § The best music to be obtained will be § In dotte pothieg will be left undone to make the party & No objectionable ‘characters will be admitted; ¥ #0 go and take your wife and family. ES ttation to and from Nevada City— ickets'on sale every where. Special cars will ran after the'party. Wowa The onl Missourl Rive and Obteago. ‘ Overiand Limited. Vestibuled, Cars, Standard end lage than three days to Eastern Vestibuled. Free Recliuing ORair Oars. _~ Atlantic Express. Vestibuled. Standard and Toaries . Sleepers. R.R. RITGwm, G. A. P. C. or S. P. COMPANY’S AGENT. On uble Track Railwray Between the THREE TRAINS DAILY ‘Via the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago & Northwestern Rys The most Luxarious .Train in the’ World. Electric lighted throughout. Buffet. smoking care with barber and batb, Booklovers Library, Dining Compartment Sleeping Oars and Observation Oars, hicago without change. ~ “Express. Through Standard and Tourist Sleeping: Oars to Ohicago. Dining cars. PERSONALLY: CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS. Wednesdays, Thuredays and Fridays. The best of everything, ” 617 Market St. (Palace fetal) Sana Francisco. and Illinois Leaves San Francisco at 10:00 a: m. Leaves San Francisco at 6:00 p. m. Leaves San Francisco at 9:00 a. m § Northwestern Ry. mt new concentrators, shafting, belt-. oo. “t ‘lotion hoist, 1500 feet, new, 7-8 rinoh cabl ; 1 laxl4 Togereoll compressor and re> eeivers. » -@ drills; complete with steel, eto, >> 16-inch discharge steam pump. 850 feet 12-inch flanger column, 400 feet 8-inch casing. ore fron cars, 60-horse power boiler. 1 85-horse power engine. All belting, e All pee iy be offered cheap for the next two weeks. Inquire of WwW. B. Gillingham, . NATIONAL HOTEL, _ Or I. C. LINDLEY. eo oxerghods. sha dimes at.the ‘ork Hotel. We aim to treat nicely and feed you well, and to ake yee as comfortable h at a 4 ‘Teible, so that you may feel at ‘. here. : Our roome are light end airy ij 004 the beds soft and comfortable. § #-Oall around and see, éw’ York Hotel JOHN G. RICHARDS, Prop. Franed Pictures of All Kinds. HE LARGEST and most complete assortmeént ever displayed in the county at most reasonable prices MOORE Gress Valley pease ar 4 Oyster Cocktails, ‘Phe best of Beer , Olgare, tc Onion ne SEED CO * 411, 413, 415 Sauspine Street . SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Largest Assortment of Seeds = the Coast. fas Clover, Kentacky Blue stralien Rye Grass, Beet, Flower Seeds, Orns‘Roses, Fruit’*Trees and Small Fruits, Send for 1904 Annual Catalogue beautifally illactrated, free by mail sae Blacksmith Business i For Sale. The Pleza Blacksmith Shop, doings fine business. Shop stocked with firatclass tools. A eplendid egporionty for the right anes For ‘particulars 3 apply to ‘A. A. ATTKISSON, Plaza Blacksmith Shop, Nevada City _. Cool and Sharp is the Beer drawn by ue. We —. a hele sv amelty of keeping only serve other Plain and Fancy Mixeé Drinks We would be pleased to gee you at any time. . =EE EAGLE SALOON “3 Dower & Hooper,’ Proprietors title and was filled with a longing to ls ‘ yelled and hooted as J nks out for his exer-t . The “shabby blanket flapped + around the gatint legs, and the bald Ro{man nose Was stretched to its far} thest as Bareshanks sniffed at the wet morning. Out in the east a rim of sickly yellow barred the sky. Jim scrambled up, and they went slowly out on the ‘track to ‘the aecompaniment of “Hayrack!” “Ki-yi! Get on. to de ‘moonshine tru his ribs!” “Three legged skate!” and a chorus of groans. Jim’s thin little arms went around the ‘bony neck, while a tear trickled-a white line down the grime on his cheek. The keen wind cut through the lad’s jacket, and the little hands that ‘gripped ‘the bridle were blue with cold. sticky. As Jim turned ‘into the field, where later the ‘little red’ fag would markt the course front one ngly ditch to another, ‘Bateshanks laid down to bis work. Thé slippery’ turf slid away from under his great hoofs in a green glimmer as they rose from hurdle to hurdle. Over and over the course went Bareshanks and:Jim, while ‘at ‘the stables, in the doorway of Mayer Bros.’ quarters, a man stood peering through field glasses at thé brown blur that swept around the field. Jim slipped to the ground, the sweat pouring from horse and boy alike. Joe, -his sulky face hid under the peak of his cap, gave him a sly glance as he blanketed the horse and led him in. side. Jim turned with a question in j his eyes to the man who stood pulling his gray mustache and looking away into space. Jim twitched his sleeve. and .he looked down into the small, pinched face, its very eagerness rendering it thinner and more pathetic, and answered the unspoken query. “Yes; he’ll do. In for a penny, in for a pound; but if he fails Pil see that you get back to the old farm, all right.” “And him”’— Jim pointed to where — bony nose showed through the open The.man laighed shortly. “A bullet through his ugly head.” The boy shrank back and slipped through the door. Unperceived, he curled down in the straw almost at the feet of Bareshanks, who munched contentedly at his provender. Other eyes had watched that morning gallop. Joe, the groom, had finished the rubbing’ down when, with an eye on the silent figure outside the door, he snatched from its nail the bridle that . Bareshanks must wear in the coming race, drew a bottle of colorless liquid from his pocket and poured a few drops over the bit. Bright eyes watched from the shadow of the feed box, and when Joe, his work done, disappeared Jim jerked the bridle down and smelled it. There was not the slightest seent. He hung the bridle back again and resumed his place between the horse’s legs, a look of owlish gravity on the queer, puckered, old young face. The hours wore on. Over on the track, where a drizzling rain fell steadfly, men went up and down in mackin toshes. Women in short skirts gathered in knots upon the grand stand, their eyes fever bright with excitement. The crowd grew steadily. Out there, where the little red flags, like points of flame, marked the zigzag of the hurdles, the old wagon drawn by the gray work horse stood loaded with the net, and a scurry of boys blew hither and thither in the wake of the different owners. There had been wild work when Joe essayed to lead Bareshanks out. An old rope halter hung where the bfidle shoul have been. Joe turned ashy. Jim stuck like a bur to Bareshanks and trailed at his heels in his patched and stained jacket, a mere apology for owner’s colors. Netther horse, owner nor jockey was a favorite on the Downs. True to the primeval instinct, the rout was hostile to the shabby entourage. Nevertheless there was no ‘open affront. Landon evidently possessed some kind of a pull with Mayer Bros.;' hence his odcupancy of one of their stalls and the grudging attendance of Joe. Jim was ready to mount Bareshanks when the bell tapped, but as he passed the grand stand, still clinging to the old rope halter, the crowd yelled and rose as a man. Off with the saddle and the weighing done, they were mounted again and filed before the grand stand, Bare -shanks’ ugly head reared above his fellows. Then as they would have passed into the field a voice from the judges’ stand halted them: “What's the matter with that boy on No. 5? That’s no bridle. Where'd he get that halter?” All eyes turned on Jim, who wheeled Bareshanks and rode to the front of the judges’ stand, while up in the front row a man shook his fist at him and cursed savagely. The small figure straightened in the saddle and, with an appealing glance at the wall of faces, pulled a bridle, bit and all, from the breast of his jacket. An intense silence fell as the childish treble rang out: “Boss, here’s the bridle right ear ge but I’d ride him with nothin’ a rope halter to Jericho before I'd let it go in his mouth. You can’t smel! nothin’, en you can’t see nothin’. But I was settin’ down in the corner en adayin’ nothin’ when that black devil and age the line of grinning Underneath the track was alrendy . . aloud as they swept the turn. * BST. IN 1860 BY N. P. BROWN & CO. VLADIVOSTOK, . Viadivostok is the terminas of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and conseqaently a point of the atmost strategic importance to the Russians. The hills seen in the rear constitate the town’s best defenses. 4 poured ‘somethin’ out of a bottle all over it,.en when he’ was gone I just wp en swiped it, en I hain’t let go of it sinc& You can see for yourself.” And with a-sure aim he bunched the bridle and flung it to the judge. At the lad’s first word there had been a commotion down there among the crowd of grooms in the paddock. A lithe, black form darted a¢ross the course and made for the outer gate. . A dozen men seized him at once and then held their breath for the next move in the play. = Old Colonel Cantwell, the judgé, stood up -and waved for silence. “Bring him another bridle. I'll take eare of this one. Now get to the post.” Jim settled in the saddle. Ahead of him the little flags danced in the wind and rain. Garrison’s Black Seraph wheeled into Bareshanks, and‘ at the end of the Hine Moergan’s Timber Wolf-piunged and reared. -Three times:}' the red flag fell, three times they strag-'. ' gled back to the post. Then red down, yellow down and a whir of. black, bay: ‘ sorrel and gray swept away, nose and . ; nose, with the rain adrip on flesh of . . searlet and blaze of gold. “Mudlark!” “Old Skate!” It rang in his ears on the whistle of the wind. The first hurdle—Jim felt the long . ‘ body gather itself, and they were over, leaving the Black Seraph a balker adrift in the field. Timber Wolf led by a head. There were only four now. Jim grinned and lurched a little forward as Bareshanks’ great hoofs gripped the slippery grass. Grant's Derrydown was second, the long stride of English hunters showing its mettle from great-grandsire to son, Maxton's Red Ruin and Long’s Wild Irishman nose and nose with Bareshanks. Up the slope and over the second hurdle, the great shoulders working with a mighty come and go, Bareshanks forged on, while the Wild Irishman dropped in a heap to scramble out with a wrenched fore leg. Jim laughed The third—he had studied it well and knew the rotten bank, where the Timber Wolf landed, struggled a moment and slid down, his fore legs fighting the air. They were close together now, Derrydown first by a shoulder length, Bareshanks next, his ugly, lean head stretched out, with red nostrils wide aflare, and Red Ruin straggling a sorry third. Over—over again. They had made the round once and for the second time had passed the first three hurdles. Bareshanks crept up a few inches on the home stretch, leaving Red Ruin a dozen yards in the rear. The last hurdle lay before them, osage and blackthorn, with an ugly stretch of water beyond. Jim’s tense little hands crept up closer to the bit as he poured God knows what prayers and promises tnto the two ears that lay to the big, ugly head. He felt the great muscles stiffen, the bunching of those awkward looking legs, the surge of the heart beneath the gaunt ribs—up—over—flash— whir—and the sea of faces rose and surged in the billow of sound as the bald Roman nose was thrust under the wire, winner by a neck’s length. From the stand above men came down hand over hand, men poured in from the pit. and the shrill clamor of excited women’s voices shrilled above the’ dull roar of the crowd. Jim slid, from the saddle and went to the block. staggering under its weight, his slender body all a-quiver, then back to sit motionless, enduring, until the moment when Bareshanks, swathed in his shabby blanket, stood the center of the stables’ attention and envy, and he awoke and lived again, his arms around the brown neck, his face buried in the scanty mane. There could be no question of a bullet in the head of the winner of the Montgomery steeple. chase. Changing a Snake Into a Rod, In a volume on the snakes of Egypt Hippolyte Boussac.states that the incident referred to in the Scriptures of changing a snake into a rod is still practiced by the snake charmers. They touch the snake at a certain place in the neck, when it falls into a cataleptic condition and becomes straight and stiff. It is then restored to its former nditiom by taking its tail between the mer and firmly rolling. Property for Sale. The G. von Schmitburg homestead, near the new steel bridge is offered for sale at a bargain. Enquire at once of BROWN & MORGAN, The Curse of Womankind _ Is sick and nervous headaches. Sherman’s Headache Onre gives instant re lief. One dosecures. Guaranteed perfectly harmless. Immediate relief 25c and 10c a box. It cures neuralgia Every box guaranteed. For sale by H Dickerman, sole agent. — OUGHT TO of the Golden State annotated time table, Island Route. Limited.” Rock Island _ System BOOKS YOU E have issued three publications which every trans-continental traveler should read. One is a 24-page hooklet—*The Way Book and points of interest along the El PasoRock The other “book is called «The Golden State It contains 16 pages and is devoted almost entirely to a description of the train, which is, as everyone who has seen it knows, the handsomest in the country. The third publication is a folder ‘‘Across the Continent in a Tourist Sleeping Car.” map of the various tourist car lines operated by the Rock Island System, as well as time tables and information as to the cars themselves. All three books are mailed free to any one who will take the trouble to ask for them. C. A. RUTHERFORD, District Passenger Agent, 623 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. HAVE. Limited.” It is really an briefly describing the cities Initisa O’OONNOR & SHANNON, Proprietors. But only the best are kept by_us. Sample our goods. Che Leading Brands of Cigars @ 262 @ CHAMPION SALOON THERE’S GOOD AND BAD LIQUORS Drop in and We also keep Broad Street, Nevada City It’s the best Light. LECTIRICITY is the light nowadays. You ought to pat it in your house. {[t’s the safest I'ght known. It’s clean. -It’s certain — press a button and it’s on; press another and its off. No more explosions, no more botber with oil lamps, no more emokey chimneys. It’s cheaper in the long ran, New Gas ight. Is the best for business / houses. It’s far cheaper * than electric lights for peoje who ase it for heen a ew hours a night. leva County Gas & Electric, JOHN WERRY, Manager. @@ Best incandescent lamps 15 cents, Rates Again During the months of March and April the Southern Pacific and: their connections will again plece on sale reduced westbound tickets frem Chicago and points west thereof to California. Help your county by giving at least one Eastern friend or relative this information. We will wire instractions to furnish ticket at any poiot io the United States on deposit of money here. Ww. H. WOOD, Traveling Pass. Agent. T. R. GRAY, Div. Pass. Agent, Sacramento, Cal. Notice to Taxpayer Notice is hereby given that the Second [nstallmentof Taxes Will Become Delinquent Monday, April 25th at 6 o’clock P. M. Five per cent. will be added to all Taxes remaining unpaid after the above named time. H. J. WRIGHT, Treasurer and Tax Collector Notceto Voters BD 146 . REGISTRATION Orrice oF THE County OLERK oF NEvaDA County, CALIFORNIA, OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the laws of the State of Califoroia provide for a new and complete Registration of the voters of Nevada County im accordance with tha. provisions of Section 1094, of the Political Code of the State of Oaliforola that said Registration Began January Ist, 1904, and will continue to and include Wednesday, September 28th, after which it will cease, Transfers from one. precinct to ane other within the county will close Thursday, October 13th, 1904, Attention is called to the provisions of Section 1048, which provides that only those “who shall bave been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county in which they claim their vote Ninety days, and in the election precinct Thirty days” are entitled to registration, Further notice is hereby given that sfidavits of registration or transferg must be sworn to before the County Clerk or his Deputies. All persons, foreign born, intending to become a citizen, should be nataralized prior to and inclading August oth, 1904, as those naturalized after that date cannot legally vote at the general elece tion held on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, 1904. The office of the County Clerk (in the Court House at Nevada City) will be open for registration from9a.m to 5 p. m. of each day. F. L. ARBOGAST, County Olerk. OTTS ASSAY OFFICE, Established in 1853. 444444 I buy Gold Dust and Gold and Silver Bars. . Nevada City, Cal. SOCIAL DANCE By Company C, N. G. C. at Armory Hall. Saturday Evening Masic by Wild’s Orchestra Admission—Gents, 50 cts; Ladies Free. Hiss Veda: B. Gourley Stenographer ‘li Legal Work and Oorrespondence promptly attended to. Office in Nevada Oounty Real Estate Fxchange, opposite Hotel Antlers, -NEVADA CITY, OAL,

Piano For Sale. bea bargais. ‘Enquire at'the Tramsomrr. °} dl-tf Wanted. rene peer pear terete tae mei Sake. = ‘ All the [lachinery at Gold Tunnel Mine 2 new 1000 10-stamp mil! complete. 1 96-horse power motor, Stanley type Fioduotion motor. , Bedaasicogs ; gs is the _ most poonetioy Her of eat htie en inlet, soot: serpent, and t: all human becom rth dioeade hen i gee al tie de Cer: Bl ness. The deep eating abscesses “the whole system is and this serpent disease tighten: antidote for the awful vires ay 8. Yevada County P. pang ST --AUDEFORIUM, Sriday: Evening, ir a wean fans from Sen Francisco). crn; ‘an enjoyable affair, Ferns Siren wid trans Gentleman $1; ladies 60 cents. s * pews out the life, ides its fangs Seager rin nthe Sroiney and f on the body, them and brows fall out: but and suffering that-co i s the bones and mor. 0od Poison is seén in all its ata and sickening ulcers and tumors show isoned, and utiless relief The only sepdatl green ss. rahe 8 the ite BY THE Treen Committee eoses Grass Valle y April. stb, ‘1904. is the aim to make this Ball the grandest eveb givén in Nevada ; Prizes of value and usefulness—more cft em than meréted—will be offered for maskers Costumes will be § The best music to be obtained will be § In dotte pothieg will be left undone to make the party & No objectionable ‘characters will be admitted; ¥ #0 go and take your wife and family. ES ttation to and from Nevada City— ickets'on sale every where. Special cars will ran after the'party. Wowa The onl Missourl Rive and Obteago. ‘ Overiand Limited. Vestibuled, Cars, Standard end lage than three days to Eastern Vestibuled. Free Recliuing ORair Oars. _~ Atlantic Express. Vestibuled. Standard and Toaries . Sleepers. R.R. RITGwm, G. A. P. C. or S. P. COMPANY’S AGENT. On uble Track Railwray Between the THREE TRAINS DAILY ‘Via the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago & Northwestern Rys The most Luxarious .Train in the’ World. Electric lighted throughout. Buffet. smoking care with barber and batb, Booklovers Library, Dining Compartment Sleeping Oars and Observation Oars, hicago without change. ~ “Express. Through Standard and Tourist Sleeping: Oars to Ohicago. Dining cars. PERSONALLY: CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS. Wednesdays, Thuredays and Fridays. The best of everything, ” 617 Market St. (Palace fetal) Sana Francisco. and Illinois Leaves San Francisco at 10:00 a: m. Leaves San Francisco at 6:00 p. m. Leaves San Francisco at 9:00 a. m § Northwestern Ry. mt new concentrators, shafting, belt-. oo. “t ‘lotion hoist, 1500 feet, new, 7-8 rinoh cabl ; 1 laxl4 Togereoll compressor and re> eeivers. » -@ drills; complete with steel, eto, >> 16-inch discharge steam pump. 850 feet 12-inch flanger column, 400 feet 8-inch casing. ore fron cars, 60-horse power boiler. 1 85-horse power engine. All belting, e All pee iy be offered cheap for the next two weeks. Inquire of WwW. B. Gillingham, . NATIONAL HOTEL, _ Or I. C. LINDLEY. eo oxerghods. sha dimes at.the ‘ork Hotel. We aim to treat nicely and feed you well, and to ake yee as comfortable h at a 4 ‘Teible, so that you may feel at ‘. here. : Our roome are light end airy ij 004 the beds soft and comfortable. § #-Oall around and see, éw’ York Hotel JOHN G. RICHARDS, Prop. Franed Pictures of All Kinds. HE LARGEST and most complete assortmeént ever displayed in the county at most reasonable prices MOORE Gress Valley pease ar 4 Oyster Cocktails, ‘Phe best of Beer , Olgare, tc Onion ne SEED CO * 411, 413, 415 Sauspine Street . SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Largest Assortment of Seeds = the Coast. fas Clover, Kentacky Blue stralien Rye Grass, Beet, Flower Seeds, Orns‘Roses, Fruit’*Trees and Small Fruits, Send for 1904 Annual Catalogue beautifally illactrated, free by mail sae Blacksmith Business i For Sale.. The Pleza Blacksmith Shop, doings fine business. Shop stocked with firatclass tools. A eplendid egporionty for the right anes For ‘particulars 3 apply to ‘A. A. ATTKISSON, Plaza Blacksmith Shop, Nevada City _. Cool and Sharp is the Beer drawn by ue. We —. a hele sv amelty of keeping only serve other Plain and Fancy Mixeé Drinks We would be pleased to gee you at any time. . =EE EAGLE SALOON “3 Dower & Hooper,’ Proprietors title and was filled with a longing to ls ‘ yelled and hooted as J nks out for his exer-t . The “shabby blanket flapped + around the gatint legs, and the bald Ro{man nose Was stretched to its far} thest as Bareshanks sniffed at the wet morning. Out in the east a rim of sickly yellow barred the sky. Jim scrambled up, and they went slowly out on the ‘track to ‘the aecompaniment of “Hayrack!” “Ki-yi! Get on. to de ‘moonshine tru his ribs!” “Three legged skate!” and a chorus of groans. Jim’s thin little arms went around the ‘bony neck, while a tear trickled-a white line down the grime on his cheek. The keen wind cut through the lad’s jacket, and the little hands that ‘gripped ‘the bridle were blue with cold. sticky. As Jim turned ‘into the field, where later the ‘little red’ fag would markt the course front one ngly ditch to another, ‘Bateshanks laid down to bis work. Thé slippery’ turf slid away from under his great hoofs in a green glimmer as they rose from hurdle to hurdle. Over and over the course went Bareshanks and:Jim, while ‘at ‘the stables, in the doorway of Mayer Bros.’ quarters, a man stood peering through field glasses at thé brown blur that swept around the field. Jim slipped to the ground, the sweat pouring from horse and boy alike. Joe, -his sulky face hid under the peak of his cap, gave him a sly glance as he blanketed the horse and led him in. side. Jim turned with a question in j his eyes to the man who stood pulling his gray mustache and looking away into space. Jim twitched his sleeve. and .he looked down into the small, pinched face, its very eagerness rendering it thinner and more pathetic, and answered the unspoken query. “Yes; he’ll do. In for a penny, in for a pound; but if he fails Pil see that you get back to the old farm, all right.” “And him”’— Jim pointed to where — bony nose showed through the open The.man laighed shortly. “A bullet through his ugly head.” The boy shrank back and slipped through the door. Unperceived, he curled down in the straw almost at the feet of Bareshanks, who munched contentedly at his provender. Other eyes had watched that morning gallop. Joe, the groom, had finished the rubbing’ down when, with an eye on the silent figure outside the door, he snatched from its nail the bridle that . Bareshanks must wear in the coming race, drew a bottle of colorless liquid from his pocket and poured a few drops over the bit. Bright eyes watched from the shadow of the feed box, and when Joe, his work done, disappeared Jim jerked the bridle down and smelled it. There was not the slightest seent. He hung the bridle back again and resumed his place between the horse’s legs, a look of owlish gravity on the queer, puckered, old young face. The hours wore on. Over on the track, where a drizzling rain fell steadfly, men went up and down in mackin toshes. Women in short skirts gathered in knots upon the grand stand, their eyes fever bright with excitement. The crowd grew steadily. Out there, where the little red flags, like points of flame, marked the zigzag of the hurdles, the old wagon drawn by the gray work horse stood loaded with the net, and a scurry of boys blew hither and thither in the wake of the different owners. There had been wild work when Joe essayed to lead Bareshanks out. An old rope halter hung where the bfidle shoul have been. Joe turned ashy. Jim stuck like a bur to Bareshanks and trailed at his heels in his patched and stained jacket, a mere apology for owner’s colors. Netther horse, owner nor jockey was a favorite on the Downs. True to the primeval instinct, the rout was hostile to the shabby entourage. Nevertheless there was no ‘open affront. Landon evidently possessed some kind of a pull with Mayer Bros.;' hence his odcupancy of one of their stalls and the grudging attendance of Joe. Jim was ready to mount Bareshanks when the bell tapped, but as he passed the grand stand, still clinging to the old rope halter, the crowd yelled and rose as a man. Off with the saddle and the weighing done, they were mounted again and filed before the grand stand, Bare -shanks’ ugly head reared above his fellows. Then as they would have passed into the field a voice from the judges’ stand halted them: “What's the matter with that boy on No. 5? That’s no bridle. Where'd he get that halter?” All eyes turned on Jim, who wheeled Bareshanks and rode to the front of the judges’ stand, while up in the front row a man shook his fist at him and cursed savagely. The small figure straightened in the saddle and, with an appealing glance at the wall of faces, pulled a bridle, bit and all, from the breast of his jacket. An intense silence fell as the childish treble rang out: “Boss, here’s the bridle right ear ge but I’d ride him with nothin’ a rope halter to Jericho before I'd

let it go in his mouth. You can’t smel! nothin’, en you can’t see nothin’. But I was settin’ down in the corner en adayin’ nothin’ when that black devil and age the line of grinning Underneath the track was alrendy . . aloud as they swept the turn. * BST. IN 1860 BY N. P. BROWN & CO. VLADIVOSTOK, . Viadivostok is the terminas of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and conseqaently a point of the atmost strategic importance to the Russians. The hills seen in the rear constitate the town’s best defenses. 4 poured ‘somethin’ out of a bottle all over it,.en when he’ was gone I just wp en swiped it, en I hain’t let go of it sinc& You can see for yourself.” And with a-sure aim he bunched the bridle and flung it to the judge. At the lad’s first word there had been a commotion down there among the crowd of grooms in the paddock. A lithe, black form darted a¢ross the course and made for the outer gate. . A dozen men seized him at once and then held their breath for the next move in the play. = Old Colonel Cantwell, the judgé, stood up -and waved for silence. “Bring him another bridle. I'll take eare of this one. Now get to the post.” Jim settled in the saddle. Ahead of him the little flags danced in the wind and rain. Garrison’s Black Seraph wheeled into Bareshanks, and‘ at the end of the Hine Moergan’s Timber Wolf-piunged and reared. -Three times:}' the red flag fell, three times they strag-'. ' gled back to the post. Then red down, yellow down and a whir of. black, bay: ‘ sorrel and gray swept away, nose and . ; nose, with the rain adrip on flesh of . . searlet and blaze of gold. “Mudlark!” “Old Skate!” It rang in his ears on the whistle of the wind. The first hurdle—Jim felt the long . ‘ body gather itself, and they were over, leaving the Black Seraph a balker adrift in the field. Timber Wolf led by a head. There were only four now. Jim grinned and lurched a little forward as Bareshanks’ great hoofs gripped the slippery grass. Grant's Derrydown was second, the long stride of English hunters showing its mettle from great-grandsire to son, Maxton's Red Ruin and Long’s Wild Irishman nose and nose with Bareshanks. Up the slope and over the second hurdle, the great shoulders working with a mighty come and go, Bareshanks forged on, while the Wild Irishman dropped in a heap to scramble out with a wrenched fore leg. Jim laughed The third—he had studied it well and knew the rotten bank, where the Timber Wolf landed, struggled a moment and slid down, his fore legs fighting the air. They were close together now, Derrydown first by a shoulder length, Bareshanks next, his ugly, lean head stretched out, with red nostrils wide aflare, and Red Ruin straggling a sorry third. Over—over again. They had made the round once and for the second time had passed the first three hurdles. Bareshanks crept up a few inches on the home stretch, leaving Red Ruin a dozen yards in the rear. The last hurdle lay before them, osage and blackthorn, with an ugly stretch of water beyond. Jim’s tense little hands crept up closer to the bit as he poured God knows what prayers and promises tnto the two ears that lay to the big, ugly head. He felt the great muscles stiffen, the bunching of those awkward looking legs, the surge of the heart beneath the gaunt ribs—up—over—flash— whir—and the sea of faces rose and surged in the billow of sound as the bald Roman nose was thrust under the wire, winner by a neck’s length. From the stand above men came down hand over hand, men poured in from the pit. and the shrill clamor of excited women’s voices shrilled above the’ dull roar of the crowd. Jim slid, from the saddle and went to the block. staggering under its weight, his slender body all a-quiver, then back to sit motionless, enduring, until the moment when Bareshanks, swathed in his shabby blanket, stood the center of the stables’ attention and envy, and he awoke and lived again, his arms around the brown neck, his face buried in the scanty mane. There could be no question of a bullet in the head of the winner of the Montgomery steeple. chase. Changing a Snake Into a Rod, In a volume on the snakes of Egypt Hippolyte Boussac.states that the incident referred to in the Scriptures of changing a snake into a rod is still practiced by the snake charmers. They touch the snake at a certain place in the neck, when it falls into a cataleptic condition and becomes straight and stiff. It is then restored to its former nditiom by taking its tail between the mer and firmly rolling. Property for Sale. 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The third publication is a folder ‘‘Across the Continent in a Tourist Sleeping Car.” map of the various tourist car lines operated by the Rock Island System, as well as time tables and information as to the cars themselves. All three books are mailed free to any one who will take the trouble to ask for them. C. A. RUTHERFORD, District Passenger Agent, 623 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. HAVE. Limited.” It is really an briefly describing the cities Initisa O’OONNOR & SHANNON, Proprietors. But only the best are kept by_us. Sample our goods. Che Leading Brands of Cigars @ 262 @ CHAMPION SALOON THERE’S GOOD AND BAD LIQUORS Drop in and We also keep Broad Street, Nevada City It’s the best Light.. LECTIRICITY is the light nowadays.. You ought to pat it in your house. {[t’s the safest I'ght known. It’s clean. -It’s certain — press a button and it’s on; press another and its off. No more explosions, no more botber with oil lamps, no more emokey chimneys. It’s cheaper in the long ran, New Gas ight. Is the best for business / houses. It’s far cheaper * than electric lights for peoje who ase it for heen a ew hours a night. leva County Gas & Electric, JOHN WERRY, Manager. @@ Best incandescent lamps 15 cents, Rates Again During the months of March and April the Southern Pacific and: their connections will again plece on sale reduced westbound tickets frem Chicago and points west thereof to California. Help your county by giving at least one Eastern friend or relative this information. We will wire instractions to furnish ticket at any poiot io the United States on deposit of money here. Ww. H. WOOD, Traveling Pass. Agent. T. R. GRAY, Div. Pass. Agent, Sacramento, Cal. Notice to Taxpayer Notice is hereby given that the Second [nstallmentof Taxes Will Become Delinquent Monday, April 25th at 6 o’clock P. M. Five per cent. will be added to all Taxes remaining unpaid after the above named time. H. J. WRIGHT, Treasurer and Tax Collector Notceto Voters BD 146 . REGISTRATION Orrice oF THE County OLERK oF NEvaDA County, CALIFORNIA, OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the laws of the State of Califoroia provide for a new and complete Registration of the voters of Nevada County im accordance with tha. provisions of Section 1094, of the Political Code of the State of Oaliforola that said Registration Began January Ist, 1904, and will continue to and include Wednesday, September 28th, after which it will cease, Transfers from one. precinct to ane other within the county will close Thursday, October 13th, 1904, Attention is called to the provisions of Section 1048, which provides that only those “who shall bave been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county in which they claim their vote Ninety days, and in the election precinct Thirty days” are entitled to registration, Further notice is hereby given that sfidavits of registration or transferg must be sworn to before the County Clerk or his Deputies. All persons, foreign born, intending to become a citizen, should be nataralized prior to and inclading August oth, 1904, as those naturalized after that date cannot legally vote at the general elece tion held on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, 1904. The office of the County Clerk (in the Court House at Nevada City) will be open for registration from9a.m to 5 p. m. of each day. F. L. ARBOGAST, County Olerk. OTTS ASSAY OFFICE, Established in 1853. 444444 I buy Gold Dust and Gold and Silver Bars. . Nevada City, Cal. SOCIAL DANCE By Company C, N. G. C. at Armory Hall. Saturday Evening Masic by Wild’s Orchestra Admission—Gents, 50 cts; Ladies Free. Hiss Veda: B. Gourley Stenographer ‘li Legal Work and Oorrespondence promptly attended to. Office in Nevada Oounty Real Estate Fxchange, opposite Hotel Antlers, -NEVADA CITY, OAL,