May 27, 1896 (4 pages)

wh: ched. t inventive ad tee for vol-. : abe. ae totes, eta: ORKMEN., ; SKIAL,(' O/STOOLS ication. _ fan Co. 4 af ity, Prop’s. ; Kee, A CHOICR IB, Bacea baal ens i wart oak pou, the fol the foloy of March, « ite the ahve, as tolreet, San Frap> tice. sbeectare of the passed on the of pale. for the ostponed until e, 1896, eot the Com reet, Ban: Fran. PICHO. ripecvotery. amento, CaliforBy bs ALEX. ‘ol Alex. Dur! tag: ett Ninniay ns all whem it ribed lands are nd District and otests filed with eral lon-r of Létter earing to deters, whether minon personal -‘i at 19.0% ara e the . f said lands, ly person inter48 ros. a Receiver. “i ‘PROFESSIONAL ‘CARDS! Courts. © kas 36TH YEAR—NO. 11009 THE DAILY "TRA NSCHIPT. " Published phe hbo eveni: pt i » Sanays and Holidays & by webs de Bea cent MN. P. BROWN, L, 8. CALKINS. One Year in advance. . x Months cia 5% ‘Bntered at the Postoffice at Nevada City a ute a vada se SOCIETY DIRECTORY. Mistletoe snag 0s No. 47,1. 0. 5 0. FR ys rs Meets at + Odd Fellows Hall Every 2d — 4th peren hg each month at & ‘WILLIS GREEN, C.P. ttydraulic Parior, No, 56, N. &, G. W. Meets at Pythian Castle Every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. . WM, T. MONK, data BD. J. MORGAN, R.S, Nevada Commandery, No, 6, K. T. Meete at Masonic Hall First and third Thursday of each month, at 8 oe ‘FRED SEARLS, ssi Sah geese erctincenth naman sineine I 5. ROLFE, R. Nevada City Council, No 30, Y. M. i. Meets at scat Fon at ; Every alternate Friday evening sotmananoling with first Friday evening of year. J.M. FOLEY, P , JCARL SCHEMER, IR, 8." eae Milo Lodge, No,'48, Ki of P. . Meets at Pythian Castle ‘Every Friday evening at 8 o'clock. 2 nd Edie yah boda CC 9B. 8, RECTOR, K. of R. and Laure Parlor, No. 6, N. D. G. W. _ Meets at Pythian Castle Second and fourth Thursdays of each month, MRS, L, M, SUKEFORTH, Pres. MRS. BELLE DOUGLAS ES eee — EB. B. POWER, Attorney and Counselor at Law and Stenographer. ¥FFICE—WITH: FRED SEA NEVADA « BOGS: AS: CHURCH-GOE RS. They, ‘Were Regular, ilar Attendants in Old 9" @elonial Days ‘The principal ‘disturbers of ‘worship in ‘the ‘colonial meeting-house . were dogs, says, William. Root Bliss, in ae ‘. House.” “They s seem to have been regular attendants at the Sunday ser vices, and of necessity were placed under dis. cipline. At New London (1662) one of the duties of the sexton was “to order youth in the meeting-house and. beat out dogs.” : At-Char lestown’ (1600) a man was “hired at four pounds a year” was to write to some rich bachelor mer: “tO. ring the: bell to meeings and to keep out dogs in meeting time.” At Dedham (1674) a man was paid eight shillings a year “for keeping dogs out’ in meeting time and shutting the door.” Andover did not object to dogs,’ but. made them pay for the privilege of coming to meeting: The law of this town: (1672). said: “Whatsoever dogs shall bein the meeting-house on the Sabbath day the owner thereof shall pay sixpence for every time.” The dog law of Redding (1662) was peculiar, It runs thus; “Every dog that comes to the meeting, either of Lord’s day. or lecture day, except it be their dogs that) pays for a dogw hipper,: the owner of those dogs shall . pay sixpence for every time they come to the meeting that doth not: pay the dog-Whipper.” Twenty-six 1 men wrote their names, or made their marks, in the Redding . records, agreeing to pay the dogwhipper” fo .whip other.people’s dogs out of meeting. while their. dogs. remained and were recognized as members’of. the congregation in regular POG AND Cow. j A ‘Remsrkanie Ingtance of Affection, Metween Auimale. A remarkable instance of affection . . between a dog and a cow is related by 4 . by a well-known suburbanite, His: little black Seotch terrier became infatu. ated with a small Jersey cow in his neighborhood, and every morning. he . would run off, to the pasture where his bovine sweetheart was kept. He would slip out the side way and walk along with the cow, He. ‘often. missed) hi« breakfast and eften did not, taste « mouthful all day,i When she niunched grass by the roadside, he patientiy sat on his haunches until she moved along. Sometimes he was confined at home to break up the habit, but as soon as he. was released, off he would go at a full rur for the pasture, singling ont. his love from the herd of cattle and following close at her heels, He would jump up and kiss ber in: the mouth, lick herfeet, and show signs of greatest joy when he came to her, While the cow on her part did not appear to appreciate his attentions, she did not hook him away. FinalCity. Cal. Will practice in all the Courts. FRANK T. NILON, >) ” ‘ Attorney and Counselor at Law. ly, the family grew tired of keeping a dog that remained away during theday and only came home for his supper and . to spend the night, and gave him to per. sons living some distance in the counOur ie hd mt ROBERTS’; BLOCK, . ryi The cow, who had never seemed prabtiee ‘ini all “the vil ame SEARLS, © Attorney and Counselor at Law. we PRACTICE IN AuLiTaE Courts . State and Federal. J M. ‘WALLING, Attorney : at: Law, Crepe TLLEY BUILDING, COR/BROAD . al and Pine streets, Nevada City. \* W. W. WAGGONER, _ Civil Engineer and Surveyor. dinly'tf ge Bale SURVEYOR AND DEP. Di Surveyor. ‘Office in’! Soran & PaSberte’ Block, Nevade City. JOHN i. CALDWELL, — . Atteraey at Law, Notary. Public and . eis ida Ad HO. ov‘ hNevad city. Bue in ait the . in Proba' Courts of tne will Senuee sarehat iaetion ALFRED D. MASON, ; Attorney at Law and Notary Public. . Os STAT the & Wed be wha ye THOS. S. FORD, Attorney and Counselor at Law, “Omen PULLDING, ial and Pine streets. Atterney and Counselor at Law. FFICE—LONES BU. mercial and Pine WwW. E. F. DEAL, BANS se AND’ 58 niles foro. ‘San Franciseo, P. F. SIMONDS, . Attermey and Counselor at Law, WERE PTE ATE AND sage Re Wa. P,. SAWYER, Physiclan and Surgeon. Geneon OF 5 oe col Vetoe tose ‘ey. gems Bend SP oer i eee eS crate tm isest PINE STS. Lt. nowMAN, SHAW & BOWMAN, ‘ees nO etiogs Hie, aie FINE PLATE WOBK ASPEGIALTY. ON SSPMCRRL SSD: tes) Be ee is nth Dei tata ¥ DONE. "Yok ha a . to notice any of his demonstrations of affection, missed his companionship . when he was gone, Forshe would come . to his former home at evening, put her hi¢ad over the palings and low. She did Onis at ‘intervals for several months. WHEN A TELEGRAM ARRIVES. . “"Useel. Koutine Through Which Women Go on Such Occasions, / “What is it, Mary?” “It's a boy. mum, with a telegraft.” . *A telegram! Oh, ask him if James . ‘is kiMed!” i He says he doesn’t know, mum.” “Ask him what he does know about it. ” “He says all he knows about it is that ! it’s for you, mim.’ “Oh, dear! Oh, dear! What shall ! do? Oh, my poor James! I just knev . something would happen to him before . he went away this morning. Will see) bring him home on a stretcher, Mar a “TI s'pose so, mum. Maybe you'd be wy ‘ter read the telegraft.” “Lf ean't, J can’t! Oh, it serves iy iright for not kissing him three time: ;when he left, And we’ve been married ‘hich a short tine, too.” . * “Why don’t you read the telegraft, ‘mum ?" . “Well, I suppose I must; but, oh. J ‘ean’t tell you how I dread it.” “GOR; COMe. *~Reads-telegram; . “Will bring friend . home to dinner.—James.” “Oh! the heartless wreteh!” Utilizing Popular Airs. The Boston Post tells a story of a Young, man who is forbidden to call on or write to the girl with whom he is deejily in love, and by whem he is loved. pie re to circumvent the vigilaner her yp by whistling, popular , shé a hsweting on the piano. He ‘cal <s by the house, for instance, piping “Aliee,. Where. Art. Thou?” time’ he hears “Home, Sweet Home" . played within.” After a turn around th® bloek he starts on “Oh, Nannie, Wilt Thon: Gang wi’ Me?” Perhaps the -return 1 be “Where Are You Going Bib ar few bars of “Come Into the . Garden, Maud,” convey to her the tip we the’ tyesing of ‘All's Well” on the no tells him teil! a ‘inderStood, ee oe Oe Acting Was Too Real During some private theatricals at the Saxon court ‘retently, Crown Princess. Lteedantok took the part of a maid servant. The extreme realistic way in . hich she portrayed a vulgar young woman moistening and polishing a . Lrg j prot Bee shee ct bt her a reproof from the «k if, who said: “We are pore _ ives, it is ‘true; ‘put even nA Toya princess ought not to pla bd edictly ‘he manners of «mai daa Berlin's Fire B for q fire the aitaees “aie breyiation of ; ene ‘Dita oie was In good. Hew a spines ngiten “The. cleverest mageti mcr modern times was-perhape Miss Evelyn ‘Leal, a really distinguished-looking Enging the last years, while she has. been affianced as many times more doring the same period, aud in every case has succeeded in obtaining handsome presents of jewelry, whieh she -has im: fetch. Her system, says Lippincott’s, chant. in. the provinees, offering to in‘troduce him to the widow of an English nobleman with a view to matrimony. . Strange as it may seem, many'of the provincial merchants took the bait, went, to. Paris, were, introduced to the “widow of the English nobleman,” al. lowed to escort her to the theater, make lier: presents of flowers the first day, gloves the second, while on the third, if the ardent would-be husband had notsuggested it, she would quietly choose a . wedding ring, with a handsome keeper, ; accompanied by a diamond necklace, . . brooch, and earrings, all these to.con. stitute her wedding present. Then she . would disappear with her jewels, . change her-clothes and name, and star . the same game with another victim th following day. She would sometimes . have! twa proposals of marriage on hand at the same time; she always calculated upon the frailty of human nature and . the great dislike the vietims would have . to being publically exposed to ridicule . for haying so simply: beep taken in with . ’ . the promises of the fair Englishwoman, . Now she is being boarded and clothed at . the expense of the French state, which, . upon: the recommendation of the aus. tere magistrate, has engaged to take en. tire charge of her for the next 18 . months, 2) de a ee . THE STENOGRAPHER’S DESK. . Some of the. Maay Things Mept.by Moc j There. Should the X rays be thrown upon mediately sold for what shey“would as lishwoman. She has-been married and . f given in ma ere sone 20 times dur+} ey The people of that eft: are guaranteed acttafuctiot in nattiralness and finish of the work, If. they are not satisfied with the pictures when couclesed their money-will be refunded, Old and, new subscribers: by the score are taking: ee of it-at Nevada City, and some ‘of our » Camvassers will: begin: work x AT GRASS VALLEY THIS WEEK. [0 YEARS AN the desk of the average pretty stenog. “apher it would reveal.acondition v! . things quite in keeping with the small . boy's pocket, only for variety an . uniqueness know, that the desk would . far outrival the poeket,.says the New . ; York World. i . I didn’t have X raye, but I got a.' glimpse, nevertheless, inside of one of . these desks the other day. The owner . is young and fair and daintily formed, . with big, saucy, blue-gray eyes thai . look coquettishly over the rim of a pai:. . of extremely becoming eyeglasses. You . may see her tripping demurely -alonz . any day during lunch hour in the neighborhood. of Cedar street and Broadyey, “This is What'T saw: A jackknitfe, a gake of Voled-ooeeis soap, a bag of kisses (candy ones), a box of camphor pills, a box of (face)! powder, a safety revolver (unloaded), . «a package of love letters, a bottle of pickles, a pair of goloshes, a little poreelain teapot, a package of tea, a box . of “pepsin tableta, a bottle of olives, a, jar of jam, a box of charcoal tablets, . a copy of “Carmen,” with a newspaper criticism of a well-known actrese’ kiss as a bookmarkey, a Freneh grammar, . a dictionary, a hair-erimper, an old . shoe, @ jar of cold cream, @ box of! . seented writing paper, @ pair-of skates, . a pair of stockings, an opera bonnet, a bottle of tonic, and » hundred other ; . things, Boy's. READY WIT. . faves Him from Feeling the Ferale of . the Master. Two instances of ready wit are ered. . ited to the editor of the British series . of public mén of to-day. When & boy . at Uppingham. he was detected at a . Greek Testament lesson with a Bible . on his knee, from ‘which, of course, he . “was eribbing. His class master stalked . . up to him, “What have you there, my. ". book, sir, of which no one need be’ ; ashamed,” He, too, is credited with the: . famous reply to the dean ef Trinity col. lege, Oxford. He was being hauled ap . by the dean for some andecious breaeh . of college rules and made a perfectly . glib and satisfactory excuse. ‘No, . sir,” said the dean, "that won't do this . time. You told me the exact opposite . last, term.” “J know J did,” said the . culprit, ‘but that was a lie.” A Smal) Land Grant. . What beyond doubt is the smallest body of land ever gratited by the United States as a homestegd is in Dade, the extreme southeastern county of the state of Florida. It consists of a. small island in the north end of Lake Worth, and it is less than one-fourth of an acre in extent. “Yet the claim for it was entered in the land office at Gainesville, and the owner paid five dollars for the ‘fee and 37 cents for the land. He makes about $80 a month from his investment. as the island is right in the path of green and loggerhead t turtles coming into the lake from the océan to feed, andthere he catches them. : ae One of perhaps many little conside ways in which the forests of the cour. try are being eaten up is in supplyine timber for railway timber work. 'Ther: are 2,000 miles of trestle structure ii the United States, according to an esti. mate by the Forestry Division: Th” trestle work has to be replaced entire}, every nine. years, on an’ average, anit every year timber amounting to 200, 000,000 feet, board measure, is used for ‘this purpose,’ Nearly all the timber ie cut. from the largest and finest trees. The annual expenditure on this work is estimated at about $7,000,000, t boy?” The boy, seeing no escape was . . possible, brazened it out with: ‘Ajj Where the Timber Gees. S a LIFE-SIZE PORTRAITS ~ Made expressly for the subscribers of f i pets oe hago scenes 5 ++ She Daily. Granseript The Publishers of THE TRANSCRIPT having. made artangements with the Smith Picture Company of Sam: Francisco, are ow in @ position to offer to their’ pu Life-Size inal . sum of Daguereotpye you have; of the head. — additional —— 9S CENTS . 95 CENTS These Pictures are. made from no,. any Photograph, Tin-Typé or ahd are finished by the world-fa. mous Electric Brush, showing lights and shades” to perfection, Eg a Fins a $10: Portrait -on-the: Market: . tibers‘ ONLY, a handsome rayon Portrait’ for the nom. Stoves ister) é i completest I ever EST. IN 1860 BY No wwhat Telepnone No. 30. NEVADA CITY ~—-BUT-— ‘UE WITH THIS “AGE OF PROGRESS, ‘Sanitary $ a specialty of it; Lemy the best no ind eos beat mater! Priees ¢ wert. ‘ ‘Mornin -Pat. no ight Sunbeam Box Patterns ) And others ‘Heating Stoves jes . } . I } Richmond . Cooking . Grand Pacific Garland _ Stoves Westwood And others My stock of Hardware. Fancy snd Staple, is this . ty As for ji Tinware ‘There is & nocking ot that kind Why give your photograph to traveling canvassers'und agents. ' Crockery } . Lean please you in . . Lamps: hat. you. cannot “on dale'when you be it pa store. Plain and decorated In profusion to Hcg all PR pupees. am sure ment. . Hyou want ber that.I mak = gees p Bhan From the chen borate will be found here. “Alkinds of est to the most e! ' Wire Feneing it! looks well, is everi} Hove plain and faney,. la@eting and is cheap. The best of i ‘Paints, Oils ee Gthot material for use, t . fondly witked Paint vol “Fine stock of AND CUTLERY, t. Firearms tsi the a latest Be yay 00 . . GEO. E. TURNER & to @ Pine Street, NEVADA CITY. i NEW te Hog auislaid or wait for FIVERY and FEED STABLE. have no unnecessary. delay.— You will fie deen Crayon}. as. well as r HO Sol He iph WITHIN. SW AFTER WE RECEIVE is rt during The eats is rhea 6to 7% inches from the point of the . cocssion sepulcher” chin to the top 4 ae ti) Pp pictures and —— Minas. will be wiade fora e + i ENTY DAYS) Conner oF ScHOooL aNp Marn Sravers, . , NORTH SAN JUAN, © caL. E, NORTHUP, Prop. er for every . RUSHES a you pan our Pine at. Wintow. We give you ier ask Ar DICKERMAN & CO., . Nevada County’s: Leading Drauggist and: Stationer. Money ” if : Creases—q—— That is the way yow find a paper dollar when you take it out of your pocket. But the best way to find , . (The Dollar of Your Dis is to advertise your busIness in a live newspaper that: isyread by the most people in the territory it covers. Such’’a paper is “PEM eles ‘Daily Transcript By Brown & Calkins. 2 Cash Works Wonders. Harness ak sale CHEAPER THAN EVER. JAMES CAIRNS, Broad st. National: Hotel, has canbend the following Prices for Cash Only:

wh: ched. t inventive ad tee for vol-. : abe. ae totes, eta: ORKMEN., ; SKIAL,(' O/STOOLS ication. _ fan Co. 4 af ity, Prop’s. ; Kee, A CHOICR IB, Bacea baal ens i wart oak pou, the fol the foloy of March, « ite the ahve, as tolreet, San Frap> tice. sbeectare of the passed on the of pale. for the ostponed until e, 1896, eot the Com reet, Ban: Fran. PICHO. ripecvotery. amento, CaliforBy bs ALEX. ‘ol Alex. Dur! tag: ett Ninniay ns all whem it ribed lands are nd District and otests filed with eral lon-r of Létter earing to deters, whether minon personal -‘i at 19.0% ara e the . f said lands, ly person inter48 ros. a Receiver. “i ‘PROFESSIONAL ‘CARDS! Courts. © kas 36TH YEAR—NO. 11009 THE DAILY "TRA NSCHIPT. " Published phe hbo eveni: pt i » Sanays and Holidays & by webs de Bea cent MN. P. BROWN, L, 8. CALKINS. One Year in advance. . x Months cia 5% ‘Bntered at the Postoffice at Nevada City a ute a vada se SOCIETY DIRECTORY. Mistletoe snag 0s No. 47,1. 0. 5 0. FR ys rs Meets at + Odd Fellows Hall Every 2d — 4th peren hg each month at & ‘WILLIS GREEN, C.P. ttydraulic Parior, No, 56, N. &, G. W. Meets at Pythian Castle Every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. . WM, T. MONK, data BD. J. MORGAN, R.S, Nevada Commandery, No, 6, K. T. Meete at Masonic Hall First and third Thursday of each month, at 8 oe ‘FRED SEARLS, ssi Sah geese erctincenth naman sineine I 5. ROLFE, R. Nevada City Council, No 30, Y. M. i. Meets at scat Fon at ; Every alternate Friday evening sotmananoling with first Friday evening of year. J.M. FOLEY, P , JCARL SCHEMER, IR, 8." eae Milo Lodge, No,'48, Ki of P. . Meets at Pythian Castle ‘Every Friday evening at 8 o'clock. 2 nd Edie yah boda CC 9B. 8, RECTOR, K. of R. and Laure Parlor, No. 6, N. D. G. W. _ Meets at Pythian Castle Second and fourth Thursdays of each month, MRS, L, M, SUKEFORTH, Pres. MRS. BELLE DOUGLAS ES eee — EB. B. POWER, Attorney and Counselor at Law and Stenographer. ¥FFICE—WITH: FRED SEA NEVADA « BOGS: AS: CHURCH-GOE RS. They, ‘Were Regular, ilar Attendants in Old 9" @elonial Days ‘The principal ‘disturbers of ‘worship in ‘the ‘colonial meeting-house . were dogs, says, William. Root Bliss, in ae ‘. House.” “They s seem to have been regular attendants at the Sunday ser vices, and of necessity were placed under dis. cipline. At New London (1662) one of the duties of the sexton was “to order youth in the meeting-house and. beat out dogs.” : At-Char lestown’ (1600) a man was “hired at four pounds a year” was to write to some rich bachelor mer: “tO. ring the: bell to meeings and to keep out dogs in meeting time.” At Dedham (1674) a man was paid eight shillings a year “for keeping dogs out’ in meeting time and shutting the door.” Andover did not object to dogs,’ but. made them pay for the privilege of coming to meeting: The law of this town: (1672). said: “Whatsoever dogs shall bein the meeting-house on the Sabbath day the owner thereof shall pay sixpence for every time.” The dog law of Redding (1662) was peculiar, It runs thus; “Every dog that comes to the meeting, either of Lord’s day. or lecture day, except it be their dogs that) pays for a dogw hipper,: the owner of those dogs shall . pay sixpence for every time they come to the meeting that doth not: pay the dog-Whipper.” Twenty-six 1 men wrote their names, or made their marks, in the Redding . records, agreeing to pay the dogwhipper” fo .whip other.people’s dogs out of meeting. while their. dogs. remained and were recognized as members’of. the congregation in regular POG AND Cow. j A ‘Remsrkanie Ingtance of Affection, Metween Auimale. A remarkable instance of affection . . between a dog and a cow is related by 4 . by a well-known suburbanite, His: little black Seotch terrier became infatu. ated with a small Jersey cow in his neighborhood, and every morning. he . would run off, to the pasture where his bovine sweetheart was kept. He would slip out the side way and walk along with the cow, He. ‘often. missed) hi« breakfast and eften did not, taste « mouthful all day,i When she niunched grass by the roadside, he patientiy sat on his haunches until she moved along. Sometimes he was confined at home to break up the habit, but as soon as he. was released, off he would go at a full rur for the pasture, singling ont. his love from the herd of cattle and following close at her heels, He would jump up and kiss ber in: the mouth, lick herfeet, and show signs of greatest joy when he came to her, While the cow on her part did not appear to appreciate his attentions, she did not hook him away. FinalCity. Cal. Will practice in all the Courts. FRANK T. NILON, >) ” ‘ Attorney and Counselor at Law. ly, the family grew tired of keeping a dog that remained away during theday and only came home for his supper and . to spend the night, and gave him to per. sons living some distance in the counOur ie hd mt ROBERTS’; BLOCK, . ryi The cow, who had never seemed prabtiee ‘ini all “the vil ame SEARLS, © Attorney and Counselor at Law. we PRACTICE IN AuLiTaE Courts . State and Federal. J M. ‘WALLING, Attorney : at: Law, Crepe TLLEY BUILDING, COR/BROAD . al and Pine streets, Nevada City. \* W. W. WAGGONER, _ Civil Engineer and Surveyor. dinly'tf ge Bale SURVEYOR AND DEP. Di Surveyor. ‘Office in’! Soran & PaSberte’ Block, Nevade City. JOHN i. CALDWELL, — . Atteraey at Law, Notary. Public and . eis ida Ad HO. ov‘ hNevad city. Bue in ait the . in Proba' Courts of tne will Senuee sarehat iaetion ALFRED D. MASON, ; Attorney at Law and Notary Public. . Os STAT the & Wed be wha ye THOS. S. FORD, Attorney and Counselor at Law, “Omen PULLDING, ial and Pine streets. Atterney and Counselor at Law. FFICE—LONES BU. mercial and Pine WwW. E. F. DEAL, BANS se AND’ 58 niles foro. ‘San Franciseo, P. F. SIMONDS, . Attermey and Counselor at Law, WERE PTE ATE AND sage Re Wa. P,. SAWYER, Physiclan and Surgeon. Geneon OF 5 oe col Vetoe tose ‘ey. gems Bend SP oer i eee eS crate tm isest PINE STS. Lt. nowMAN, SHAW & BOWMAN, ‘ees nO etiogs Hie, aie FINE PLATE WOBK ASPEGIALTY. ON SSPMCRRL SSD: tes) Be ee is nth Dei tata ¥ DONE. "Yok ha a . to notice any of his demonstrations of affection, missed his companionship . when he was gone, Forshe would come . to his former home at evening, put her hi¢ad over the palings and low. She did Onis at ‘intervals for several months. WHEN A TELEGRAM ARRIVES. . “"Useel. Koutine Through Which Women Go on Such Occasions, / “What is it, Mary?” “It's a boy. mum, with a telegraft.” . *A telegram! Oh, ask him if James . ‘is kiMed!” i He says he doesn’t know, mum.” “Ask him what he does know about it. ” “He says all he knows about it is that ! it’s for you, mim.’ “Oh, dear! Oh, dear! What shall ! do? Oh, my poor James! I just knev . something would happen to him before . he went away this morning. Will see) bring him home on a stretcher, Mar a “TI s'pose so, mum. Maybe you'd be wy ‘ter read the telegraft.” “Lf ean't, J can’t! Oh, it serves iy iright for not kissing him three time: ;when he left, And we’ve been married ‘hich a short tine, too.” . * “Why don’t you read the telegraft, ‘mum ?" . “Well, I suppose I must; but, oh. J ‘ean’t tell you how I dread it.” “GOR; COMe. *~Reads-telegram; . “Will bring friend . home to dinner.—James.” “Oh! the heartless wreteh!” Utilizing Popular Airs. The Boston Post tells a story of a Young, man who is forbidden to call on or write to the girl with whom he is deejily in love, and by whem he is loved. pie re to circumvent the vigilaner her yp by whistling, popular , shé a hsweting on the piano. He ‘cal <s by the house, for instance, piping “Aliee,. Where. Art. Thou?” time’ he hears “Home, Sweet Home" . played within.” After a turn around th® bloek he starts on “Oh, Nannie, Wilt Thon: Gang wi’ Me?” Perhaps the -return 1 be “Where Are You Going Bib ar few bars of “Come Into the . Garden, Maud,” convey to her the tip we the’ tyesing of ‘All's Well” on the no tells him teil! a ‘inderStood, ee oe Oe Acting Was Too Real During some private theatricals at the Saxon court ‘retently, Crown Princess. Lteedantok took the part of a maid servant. The extreme realistic way in . hich she portrayed a vulgar young woman moistening and polishing a . Lrg j prot Bee shee ct bt her a reproof from the «k if, who said: “We are pore _ ives, it is ‘true; ‘put even nA Toya princess ought not to pla bd edictly ‘he manners of «mai daa Berlin's Fire B

for q fire the aitaees “aie breyiation of ; ene ‘Dita oie was In good. Hew a spines ngiten “The. cleverest mageti mcr modern times was-perhape Miss Evelyn ‘Leal, a really distinguished-looking Enging the last years, while she has. been affianced as many times more doring the same period, aud in every case has succeeded in obtaining handsome presents of jewelry, whieh she -has im: fetch. Her system, says Lippincott’s, chant. in. the provinees, offering to in‘troduce him to the widow of an English nobleman with a view to matrimony. . Strange as it may seem, many'of the provincial merchants took the bait, went, to. Paris, were, introduced to the “widow of the English nobleman,” al. lowed to escort her to the theater, make lier: presents of flowers the first day, gloves the second, while on the third, if the ardent would-be husband had notsuggested it, she would quietly choose a . wedding ring, with a handsome keeper, ; accompanied by a diamond necklace, . . brooch, and earrings, all these to.con. stitute her wedding present. Then she . would disappear with her jewels, . change her-clothes and name, and star . the same game with another victim th following day. She would sometimes . have! twa proposals of marriage on hand at the same time; she always calculated upon the frailty of human nature and . the great dislike the vietims would have . to being publically exposed to ridicule . for haying so simply: beep taken in with . ’ . the promises of the fair Englishwoman, . Now she is being boarded and clothed at . the expense of the French state, which, . upon: the recommendation of the aus. tere magistrate, has engaged to take en. tire charge of her for the next 18 . months, 2) de a ee . THE STENOGRAPHER’S DESK. . Some of the. Maay Things Mept.by Moc j There. Should the X rays be thrown upon mediately sold for what shey“would as lishwoman. She has-been married and . f given in ma ere sone 20 times dur+} ey The people of that eft: are guaranteed acttafuctiot in nattiralness and finish of the work, If. they are not satisfied with the pictures when couclesed their money-will be refunded, Old and, new subscribers: by the score are taking: ee of it-at Nevada City, and some ‘of our » Camvassers will: begin: work x AT GRASS VALLEY THIS WEEK. [0 YEARS AN the desk of the average pretty stenog. “apher it would reveal.acondition v! . things quite in keeping with the small . boy's pocket, only for variety an . uniqueness know, that the desk would . far outrival the poeket,.says the New . ; York World. i . I didn’t have X raye, but I got a.' glimpse, nevertheless, inside of one of . these desks the other day. The owner . is young and fair and daintily formed, . with big, saucy, blue-gray eyes thai . look coquettishly over the rim of a pai:. . of extremely becoming eyeglasses. You . may see her tripping demurely -alonz . any day during lunch hour in the neighborhood. of Cedar street and Broadyey, “This is What'T saw: A jackknitfe, a gake of Voled-ooeeis soap, a bag of kisses (candy ones), a box of camphor pills, a box of (face)! powder, a safety revolver (unloaded), . «a package of love letters, a bottle of pickles, a pair of goloshes, a little poreelain teapot, a package of tea, a box . of “pepsin tableta, a bottle of olives, a, jar of jam, a box of charcoal tablets, . a copy of “Carmen,” with a newspaper criticism of a well-known actrese’ kiss as a bookmarkey, a Freneh grammar, . a dictionary, a hair-erimper, an old . shoe, @ jar of cold cream, @ box of! . seented writing paper, @ pair-of skates, . a pair of stockings, an opera bonnet, a bottle of tonic, and » hundred other ; . things, Boy's. READY WIT. . faves Him from Feeling the Ferale of . the Master. Two instances of ready wit are ered. . ited to the editor of the British series . of public mén of to-day. When & boy . at Uppingham. he was detected at a . Greek Testament lesson with a Bible . on his knee, from ‘which, of course, he . “was eribbing. His class master stalked . . up to him, “What have you there, my. ". book, sir, of which no one need be’ ; ashamed,” He, too, is credited with the: . famous reply to the dean ef Trinity col. lege, Oxford. He was being hauled ap . by the dean for some andecious breaeh . of college rules and made a perfectly . glib and satisfactory excuse. ‘No, . sir,” said the dean, "that won't do this . time. You told me the exact opposite . last, term.” “J know J did,” said the . culprit, ‘but that was a lie.” A Smal) Land Grant. . What beyond doubt is the smallest body of land ever gratited by the United States as a homestegd is in Dade, the extreme southeastern county of the state of Florida. It consists of a. small island in the north end of Lake Worth, and it is less than one-fourth of an acre in extent. “Yet the claim for it was entered in the land office at Gainesville, and the owner paid five dollars for the ‘fee and 37 cents for the land. He makes about $80 a month from his investment. as the island is right in the path of green and loggerhead t turtles coming into the lake from the océan to feed, andthere he catches them. : ae One of perhaps many little conside ways in which the forests of the cour. try are being eaten up is in supplyine timber for railway timber work. 'Ther: are 2,000 miles of trestle structure ii the United States, according to an esti. mate by the Forestry Division: Th” trestle work has to be replaced entire}, every nine. years, on an’ average, anit every year timber amounting to 200, 000,000 feet, board measure, is used for ‘this purpose,’ Nearly all the timber ie cut. from the largest and finest trees. The annual expenditure on this work is estimated at about $7,000,000, t boy?” The boy, seeing no escape was . . possible, brazened it out with: ‘Ajj Where the Timber Gees. S a LIFE-SIZE PORTRAITS ~ Made expressly for the subscribers of f i pets oe hago scenes 5 ++ She Daily. Granseript The Publishers of THE TRANSCRIPT having. made artangements with the Smith Picture Company of Sam: Francisco, are ow in @ position to offer to their’ pu Life-Size inal . sum of Daguereotpye you have; of the head. — additional —— 9S CENTS . 95 CENTS These Pictures are. made from no,. any Photograph, Tin-Typé or ahd are finished by the world-fa. mous Electric Brush, showing lights and shades” to perfection, Eg a Fins a $10: Portrait -on-the: Market: . tibers‘ ONLY, a handsome rayon Portrait’ for the nom. Stoves ister) é i completest I ever EST. IN 1860 BY No wwhat Telepnone No. 30. NEVADA CITY ~—-BUT-— ‘UE WITH THIS “AGE OF PROGRESS, ‘Sanitary $ a specialty of it; Lemy the best no ind eos beat mater! Priees ¢ wert. ‘ ‘Mornin -Pat. no ight Sunbeam Box Patterns ) And others ‘Heating Stoves jes . } . I } Richmond . Cooking . Grand Pacific Garland _ Stoves Westwood And others My stock of Hardware. Fancy snd Staple, is this . ty As for ji Tinware ‘There is & nocking ot that kind Why give your photograph to traveling canvassers'und agents. ' Crockery } . Lean please you in . . Lamps: hat. you. cannot “on dale'when you be it pa store. Plain and decorated In profusion to Hcg all PR pupees. am sure ment. . Hyou want ber that.I mak = gees p Bhan From the chen borate will be found here. “Alkinds of est to the most e! ' Wire Feneing it! looks well, is everi} Hove plain and faney,. la@eting and is cheap. The best of i ‘Paints, Oils ee Gthot material for use, t . fondly witked Paint vol “Fine stock of AND CUTLERY, t. Firearms tsi the a latest Be yay 00 . . GEO. E. TURNER & to @ Pine Street, NEVADA CITY. i NEW te Hog auislaid or wait for FIVERY and FEED STABLE.. have no unnecessary. delay.— You will fie deen Crayon}. as. well as r HO Sol He iph WITHIN. SW AFTER WE RECEIVE is rt during The eats is rhea 6to 7% inches from the point of the . cocssion sepulcher” chin to the top 4 ae ti) Pp pictures and —— Minas. will be wiade fora e + i ENTY DAYS) Conner oF ScHOooL aNp Marn Sravers, . , NORTH SAN JUAN, © caL. E, NORTHUP, Prop. er for every . RUSHES a you pan our Pine at. Wintow. We give you ier ask Ar DICKERMAN & CO., . Nevada County’s: Leading Drauggist and: Stationer. Money ” if : Creases—q—— That is the way yow find a paper dollar when you take it out of your pocket. But the best way to find , . (The Dollar of Your Dis is to advertise your busIness in a live newspaper that: isyread by the most people in the territory it covers. Such’’a paper is “PEM eles ‘Daily Transcript By Brown & Calkins. 2 Cash Works Wonders. Harness ak sale CHEAPER THAN EVER. JAMES CAIRNS, Broad st. National: Hotel, has canbend the following Prices for Cash Only: