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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Daily Transcript

March 27, 1896 (4 pages)

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ieee C8. eo * Rw FT So we AO UDLISHED evant wemnung, expurt syrpars, i N, P. Brown. L. 8, Caverns. . «gb year, steidtly iar ndvmbce, ....6 00 + 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 Ts SPECIALTY 18 GENERAL LOCAL News, and thasacirculationthatreath-, ~~ * es the reading people in every part of this county. It alao has numérous patrons in Hite Placer, Yube and Sietra counties, aswell as in Sacramente, San Francisco and MOYO TOS opts 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. NEPOINT MORE; IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO ADVERTISE SOMETHING Try the Transcrietr. You will find it pays every time, The smartest, most successful business men set you the example daily, and what's more they stick to it—the proof of the puding being the demind for it, as it v: READ . The Daily Transcriot Groid Mining, ' Morticultural, Agricultural, Stock’ Raising : Lurmbering And other resources of ., NH ADA. COUNTS Besides being fully informed at all times on Tue Loca News HaprENniNnGs AND Court SLEEPLESSNESS pDEBILITY, PROCEEDINGS. 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, ‘ = + ~ 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 : ug) eee Hcely Farnished . Siem Oty ; 3 , AT THE . Milwaukee Brewery Saloon, a Table of Distance from Nevada City and Fare. ‘ TH EB MILES. FARE, e pha,..+--+++ 1Gh cece osee neces sere ae » : Birchville...s000VDE: cians cp etddececeees C ‘ Bowman’s Dam..35 ». +++: ae ene es V2. Camptonville....23 Stage..--$3 50 Cherokee...-123 rd AES 2 25 1 25 na etl 2 251. —IS THE— Dutch Flat. ....0« 17 Stage.... 2 50 Downieville. . ...44 Gi cad ae 7 50 Kdwards Bridge.. 72 Ln PIRI 1 00 ee Forest City..» +39 Hi ieee . 7 00 . Gwe a i < 5 3: A= 2) iq") RM ee Lake City..-+++ 10) see ° Little York..-A) ¢) Toameiiadury ars . N. San Juan..-++ 3 g ae ceweeweeeee weeeee mi ERD Go BODO Com PD gssssssssset ey