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UDLISHED evant wemnung, expurt syrpars, i
N, P. Brown. L. 8, Caverns. .
«gb year, steidtly iar ndvmbce, ....6 00
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quare
f h addition:
trots taper ea Totes
Etitered at the the ‘Postoffice ab Nevada Cty
a second-clasmatter. ~~
BARGAINS IN INDIA. ~
ae Jump in Their Prices. _
Indian ‘travel is ‘fall of stikprise,
pleasant and otherwise. A gentleman,
wishing to purchase some of the beautiful Cashtaere shawls which are made
. not far from Delhi; went to one of the
largest establishments in the city. The
merchant showed him a book in which
was writtenrecommendations of his
goods. by Gen. Grant and his son, as
well as by many. others. '
att de nc Sven gary: arg tee
them cheap; but do not offer him @
third of what he asks” 0)
Lak meee eman selected two very
veautifa shaw y : the price.
The merchant, Toit ittle consultation with his clerks said:“[ have’ not sold & shawl fo your
party. I sell you very, ve cheap.
You ‘may have these beautiful shawls
for fourteen hundred rupées.”
“Absurd! Let us go!” said the gen.
: tleman; having in mind the German’s
advice, and he started for the door,
“Don’t go, said the merchant;
“make me an offer.”
oS will. aaa aa .
aw sfor both a see
‘Zo his astonishment the merchant
‘Take them; will send them to your
photel.”
At daipwr the same traveler lodged
-gn.a thotel .conducted. by a native, but
«owned ‘by the rajah. He found ‘the,
following amusing notices posted in
-4{If--visitors are not satisfied with the
tood.or .cooking they,can. deduct from
the bill.what they consider fair.”
Pec are requested not to strike
“Guests wishing ice are-requested to
give a day’s notice and name how much
they require.”
. WHERE DIALECT RUNS WILD
gpecimen of the Argot In Use Among Aus* 4¢ the specimen of Australian dialect
which Gilbert Parker gives in the Idler },
ia a fair sample of what we may expect
when dialect writers begin to work up
that country, we have not yet seen
‘the worst. Here is a little story which
reads like a missing word puzzle . :
wor a cipher telegram: ‘Pell “ye “ow it}
was. 1 toddles off to the shed, pulls
. down me tongs, ‘auls sn a betagg 8 j
pillion,. and was goin’ down tne
Pappa’ side, both blades ’eavily load‘ed, wen the boss drops and shot me
-dead. I takes 8 ‘op skip an’ 8 jum)
jump
cback to the ’ut, put two folds in the old
-shirallee, slings the ’og %4de on the tall
<erocodile, goes up the river like a frog,
wits down along sleepy Jim’s muster*
and strips a-hundred and forty by four
o'clock next.” And. here is the interpretation which My. Parker is kind
enough to
“This is how it happened: I walked
wike down the right-hand sid
oe eet, ithe fa AY makker ob
‘and discharged me. I went back to the
hut, folded up my blanket, put the saddle on, my horse, galloped up. the river,
stopped at Sleepy, Jim’s sheep pen and }j.
shore & hundred and forty by four
o'clock next day-”
* Phe quern is among the oldest), and
most primitive of mechanisms forthe
grinding of grain. There is 8. fixed
stone and above it & rotating one.
There is a hole in the middle of the
upper, or movable stone, inté which the
grain is dropped. A stick fixed into
the upper stone permits of it being
moved around. A wooden spindle runs }.
Vy Gave Decided to Sell +hrough both stones. It isa
chine, -but useless to-day. fevertheJess, the quern, with but very little veriations, precisely as it was used in pre.
historie times, is made and sold and}
grinds its grain to-dey in the Orkney
tent,
day
few
ora Hebridian islands. What @ pe
" flour-making mill of the present
would cost we do not know, but a fe
agile
years ago'a good quern ‘be:
in Shetland for about one dollar.
See idan,” &o Woes
FOP saggling with the Dollar.
. "The republic of Honduras has adopted the gold dollar of the United States
as its standard coin. For the purpose
\of, effectii the change to the new
re: old currency et
by giving fifty cents for one dollar;
When governments go into the cheap.
x
doliar’s ese Me for half s Ghar: and
whon they go into the ‘business after
+ two doltion
Sig ete en EL
+ * lawalized robbery:
the Honduren
jars for one.
etization
2D D, MASON,
i ee al Traci
eeeeseoese 1 50: jing
Per WOOK, ...eeeseeeease> Vicsecneretenss 15 cents :
If not paid inledvalie, Cocents pérmonthi. “pity to see her
’ siding #1, per. *™ ounded,
fired another volley,
licking their wounds, _
ne pride is narrated
Samuel Baker. The elephant
‘which usually
lof a rajah being
trappings were.
‘had, up-to that
isubordinate place.
ted with its finery,
little squesks a
it attracted general atanother state
a, the previled the state procession . :
‘gick, the magnificent
placed on one which
#tme, occupied only a
The animal, deshowed its glee
steamer. Suddenly the skipper’s eyé
fell upon, a, lusty, young pig, who was
being transported in a temporary penIne. trice that porker was out, & powerful sailor gripped his tail with a.pair pleasure that
of pincers and gave a twist with the:
tention. NotJoug after;
was formed, an
f the gold clothes being re, took his accustomed
ngs, when the now dewhat s squeal Pent the atmosphere.
“Keep it. up! Keep it up!” baer the
ous wearer of 1
i ‘. stored to healt
shawls of this man and think I. got} place and trappi
graded elephant, imag’
. that he was being deft
motion, was, with .
strained from attae
at. difficulty, re-.
leader
‘the forward deck. The captain
DISAPPEARANCE OF A COIN:
ot wood serving as a support
tral square having been cut out beforehand and mounted up6n an axis, piv. ing
y issure Of the little fin+ acting beneath the piece and causes
in to drop into a cavity with
ood is provided at the side
square. At the left
re the piece of
larger scale
iece removed in order to
anism. This little obiliful amateur can
mself, permits of
ssful illusion in
The specimen
“pature expresses itself in odd and varyots undér;the
which the w
of; the movable
‘hand side of the figu’
+ wood/is represented on &
and ‘with a pil
show the mech
ject, which any sk
manufacture. for hi
producing a very suece
the way of juggling.
that we saw operating with success
measured 4x4 inches and was a quarter
ofan inch in thickness,—La Nature.
SCHMIDT BROS.,9
Pine Street, Nevada City
Leading Cigar Dealers.
Gen.ral Arthur,
Humboldt imp’td,
*Bstrelia,
Boh >mian. Club,
‘Ueading Lady /
in the City.
CASH!
Harness and Saddlery.
CASH .ONLY
~
Close buyers will do well to
getmy, prices before placing
theif orders for
s
4
Attorney at Law and Notary Public.
Office-~ T.tley Buildings: Nevada City.
¢
born of despair. Heavens!
{ leaned
over the rail ead shouted: “You blank
dashed son of a dash blanked lubber,
what in dash blank, blank to dash and
return are you tryi to do? I’m
blanked if I didn’t think I was going
ashore right into the middle of a dashed
pig yard,” peer ae 5 cite
ale
More Elegant. :
At the flower market in Washington
are many interesting occurrences which
have nothing to do with buying flowers, for there, as at any place where all
sorts of people gather together, human
ways. A lady from the north; says
the Youth’s Companion, who was in
the habit of frequenting the market to
gee what new floral treasures would
appear from day to day, one morning
spied a flower she had never before
seen. ‘What is that?” she asked of
the old colored woman who had brought
it in. “That, miss?” was the. rs
<
“phat’s Dutchman’s breeches.” Now
the lady had heard the name before.
and was quite aware at there
was nothing funny in it. Never-. ’
theless, there was something about
the present moment that amu
her, and she laughed. Just then.
agentleman came up and the same
flower attracted his attention. ‘‘What’s
that?” he: asked of the woman. She
dently there had been something
wrong about the name before, and now
she was asked to say it again. ‘‘It's—
it’s’—she stammered, ‘it’s Dutchman’s
penta.” cnn: tee
Pure Drugs.
‘to us.may be
DICKERIMAN & CO.
Telephione No. 30.(Suecessors to CARR BROS.),
Nevada County’s Leading Druggists and Stationers,
Cor. Pine and Commercial sts., Nevada City.
Before Using Cupidene.
Lost MANHOOD
HEADAOHE,
DESPONDENCY
‘SEXUAL apparatus is
The reason why suffere
r cent, are troubled with
remedy to cure
A written guarantee to
rs are ‘0 cured by ph:
PROSTATITIS, for
the complaint without an
hesitated and looked distressed. Evila refund the money
Qne Dollar a box,
Send for Circul: ats and T
Address all mail orders
six boxes for $5.
Cal, :
or galé in Nevada City by DICKBRMAN & CO.
The Best in the Market.
Try It--It Will Suit You.
J. J. JACKSON,
Our Prescription Department may be said
to be thoroughly up to date.
We handle only thoes Chemicals and
Drage thiat are of the highest standard of
Parity and Excellence.
fully and skillfully compounded.—
‘We take all the precaution necessary to oy
prevent mistakes, while our prices are-reas© /
ing Prescripas
-MEAWHOOD RESTORED :
CU: P:LD:E:N: 6
After Using Cupidene
This Vegetable Vitalizer cures all
~ Wervousness oF Diseases of the Generative Organs
—SUCH AS—
PAINS IN THE BACE,
TIRED FEELING,
SEMINAL WEAKNESS,
AND CONSTIPATION.
CURES WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS.
octor has disobvered the active principle on
ye:
eee eee a
Ir you want to Get the CountyiNews
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rote parts of the Btate, To LAND and 19 TOE
MLNING Investors throughout the: whole biter
country it is invaluable, as it giver & faithful and complete record of the progress being made In the development of the county’s varied. and extensive resources.
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Try the Transcrietr. You will find it pays every time, The
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SLEEPLESSNESS
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IMPOTENOY,;
INO BETTER
eee Advertising Medium
ysicians and medicines is because over 90
which CUPIDENE is the only known
if a permanent care is not eftected by the use
estimonials.
to DAVOL MEDICINE CO., P. O. Box 2076, San Francisco,
Nevada City
Daily Transcript
Leading Newspaper
IN NEVADA COUNTY.
Thaw. the Daily Transcript.
a aaa
An Analysis .
The sworn certificate of a San Francisco chemist
gives the following resuit of an analysis of several
brands of tea purchased in the open markets
No. 1. (Black.) Colored with plumbago and indigo.
No.2. (Black,) Colored with indigo, plumbage and
um.
Ro. $. (Green.) Colored with Prussian blue atid
yellow ochre,
No. 4. (Green.) Excessive coloring, consisting of
indigo and aluminous earth. ® f
No. 5. (Unoolored? alleged.) Colored with plum
bago and clay.
Does not this sondition call loudly for « brand of
Pure Japan Tea
-‘Beech’s Tea is the pure nnadulterated undyed 6useured Japan Tea. There is no headache in it, &
child can drink it. Draws a canary colot of delightful fragrance and twice the strength of common tea,
You use only half ay much per cup. Sixty conte pt
pound, Never scld in bulk. Sold only im sealed,
peckages bearing this trade-merk, ‘
=
+
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Sole Agent for Nevada City.
Vegetables, Fruit, Ete.
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. .
meeting, will be
county, California, on
ler
March. By order of.
Groner FietTcHeEr, Secretary.
NEVADA COUNTY NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD COMPANY—The ennual meeting of
T 5 ee: the Stockholders of the Nevada County Narrow
. Team Harness and Saddles Hailroad Company, for the ect cluive
at Rook Bottom Prices!
Single and Double Driving
HHarness in all styles.
Strap Work.
sev
monthe, oy a Broperty 20 of iw other
busi:
ropérly come before
e'd at the office of the ComW LA
pay ge the Railroad Depot, Grass Walley, NeE. A. AL CE
Wednesday, the Ist Day of April,
EASURE IN INFORMING THE
18
Nevada City that he has meade ar. ;
te to have orders left at ‘
AtSe.™. Polls will be opened at 8:45 P.M.
will be closed on the 20th day
NOHN F. KIDDER, President. Miss Annie Cehn’s Store,
NOTICE TO CREDITURS.
Broad, Opp. Nation Hotel, . e Sees Sat
JOHN WEEKS,
ON MAIN STREET,
Por Vegetables, Fresh Fruits in season,
4 : ATE OF GEORGE W. WEE
Spring Stock. . Hy Notice w nerghy son by the undersigned
Weeks, A I of the of
All orders left at the above place
: of the estate of George W.,
Nara City, Cal, Besa, or arn, A. D., 1996. m7-end efter Feb. 6.
\yOULD YOU
RELISH A RELISH 9),
oun
Pecor’s Oyster Cocktails) tee ci
ARE THE THING.
Charley Compounds
Wil Drinks Properly. . N°%Sicomaelds< 48st SSS
Private Lunch Rooms
:
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; 3
, AT THE
. Milwaukee Brewery Saloon,
a
Table of Distance from Nevada City
and Fare.
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