October 12, 1899 (4 pages)

ne way 10 cure deat v by . Constitutional ren 1e8s fa: . ants and nd Pants, e lined, for ‘awets, all each. ose, 4% to > land. air. ‘pink, blue, [.25. eady to put 600606000006 060 c; 7§¢ and , ase, 50¢ 1.75, $2.00, and $1.25. ets in CaliCO. see corner iy © © © is the way you all feel like doing t Christmas time u don’t have your ILORING, EANING and PAIRING by 5, $2.00 UP. 2 ils and having all the be sure, but they ar> re Dealer, J cheeadeel m Furniture “being fitted up. QOOOGOGQHOHOOOOHOOOOOSO) Guild, : day of week ,aiter. next. oing up. “ One day about ten yearn ago Barney . ' last night om pa City,” ia W. J. Schmidt, the sewer cuntractor, has returned from Berkeley. ae: Mrs. .I, J. Rolfe eft ‘on the. early. morning train tor Sin Francisco.Ernest Towle revarned ‘last evening from Summit Valley. ou the line of the Central Pacific Raittoad: ‘Mrs. A, Niveus Sr, who’ has bien ili} for sonie days, is now. improving and thought to be out of dunger. ; Wm. Diley of North San Juan left last night for -Batte to attend the faHeral of bis brother Thomas, . . WSs bee-and Mra: J: Lee of Buffalo, N.-Y., arrived here this morning and will go to Downieville tomorrow. Niles Soarly Jr. aud Robért Yates re“turned to San Francisco. today, their . Visit being cut short by the storm. : Miss Jessie Nivens came homé last ‘king, proposed’ to Cecil Rhodes that they put all “the diamonds es Kim-. berly ina pail, — ““Good enough!’ said ‘the dontinent grabber, ‘Pour them in. a: Ake to see how they look! ““Barnato placed a save beiokut on . . one of the sorting tables in the main J office, and into that dumped all the tough diamonds that had been mined ‘daring the year 1889. . They filled x to the brim. “Now? he said, rn. buy. that’ bucket} rot diamonds from you, Rhodes, just as they are, unsorted.’ " “The two quickly agreed upon a a price, and then and there was laid the foundation of the famous diamond syndicate which is now attracting the day why the price ot diamonds € “Tis this way,” said the pioneer jeweler, i rica asa peddier. of chéap jewelry. and} 4 ended it (by suicide) as the. diamond . : “Scientific. Temperance”. F Tuesday — “Educational Value ot Geography Study” Prof. 2 aera ys ‘Prof. ‘Milter, “Home Reading” by Mrs. Grades” by Mrs. Plece. . *7 Wednesday —“Educational Value of listory” by Prof. “Miller, “Use of . Latin” by Geo. B. Finnegan, “History” and “Reading” by Mrs. Place, “The Far. Eastern Question” by Prof. Miller, the U: CG. Thursday — “English” : and “Nature. evening from Los: Angeles, on--account . *tteuton of the gem wearing public, for. Study” ‘by Mre. Piace, “Reading” and of the serious ijiness of her mother, “Captain Carl Seely returned today to . San Francisco accompanied by his sister, Mrs.M. Hogan of North San J aan. Miss Russell and: W: M. Wilson came down from Maybert on today’s siage, and. Miss Rasseil left: -on’ the noon train for Sacramento.” — Thomus Evans, who used to Sheek in Norch Sia Juana for 4. Hi Babring, but is now residing at San ‘Francisgo, went below on this nooi’s train after a visit to his old home on the Ridge. J. L. Bunce of Hartford ,Oonnecticut,, superintendent of agencies of the Connecticut Mutual Lite Insurance Company of which fT. B. Gray of this city is. manager for Nevada, Sierra’ and Plumas maeAnes, arrived here this morning. ‘4 ©. I. Van Voast arrived here this morning to succeed Frank. L. Taylor _ @8 manager of ‘the Great American . Tea Store, Mr, Taylor. goes*toSan Francisco, having ‘been .promoted by the Company to take charge ‘of a large new store on Grant Avenue that is now . And Stilt i it Storms. More rain felt at this city last night and today, while in the upper country Considerable snow fell. ‘It’ is a cold storm. The rainfall here for the ‘night and to 9 a.m, was 82 of an inch to which shouldbe added a tenth of an inch forthe preceding 24 bours. At noon the snow was eight inches. deep on the Washington ridge, and all the **mountains above here are white. If the storm continues ‘long enough to put a winter head on, Deer, Creek, the trenching for the sewer system in thé creek above Broad street willbe seriously igterfered with, Drove nis. . Wife Out. Residents of Mill street complained to the authorities this morning that a man living in their part‘of the city got oma tear last evening and drove his j , wife out of the house, making all sarts of warlike threats agaiust her, It is “ebarged that this is not the first time ihe has created‘such a disturbane and ‘that on some occasions he has ‘even gone so far as to flourish a pistal and terrorize the woman and neighborhood. The neighbors say they hare enough. of his misbehavior and his arrest for last night’s dearonstration is likely to follow. A Church Entertainment. . The young ladies of St Margaret assisted. by those of Triniiy Guild, are rapidly completing the arrangements for the series of entertairiments they. propose to give at Armory hali on Wednesday and TharsA. chicken dinner is to be served at. noon each day, the evenings will be given. over to musical and literary: exercises, and on Thursday afternoon the children ‘will have a fete. lnnumerable bargains in fancy work, etc , will be offered. * fee French Comfort. ! In the best: hotel ip Paris one gets luxury, comfort and even splendor, but never one’s cards or notes, according to Harper’s Bazar. There is ‘a fatal guif for these. -One is a number, not an in@viduality, The ‘table ts, how‘-ever, very luxurious, It is a clean and \well ordered caravansary. “As for the comfort of warmth in. winter; they do ‘not Know tke weaning of the word. We are jusily acttised of exaggerating . the heat of our rooms:in America; the urnace ‘is denounted; but after freezte to death in Paris, one of the coldest of cities, very’ far north, one re«turns willingly to the heated rooms of erica. -We exaggerate the excellence 2 the French bed: There is no steh thing in France as that comfortable, broad, low, thing which we calla French ‘bed.’ A high, bard, pein shall: is: the, apology for it. . We jxhigperiite our ‘Bintorts' by having gas in our sleeping roo 1s and hot and cold water in our stati washbowls and bathrooms. ‘Che: mever exaggerate comfort in Fra.ice. You have as: many candles as you will pay for, and no bath, unless you order ft, when men laboriously bring you a tub filled “qvith het or ‘cold’ water, ‘and take it away after you Lave bathed. We exaggerate very ‘much the sup~ poséd good living In Franee. To go to, a hotel in Paris to live we must expect out of the season very little:good food, "very Atzle that is sustaining. and nourIt is “all sauce.” There are no joints :of mutton,;n0 good. Ameri‘ort ‘to the sick, who never get when -Barnato packed up the stones and sent. them to London and Amster: dam it required:the experts there three ‘months to accomplish the sorting, and in that period diamonds became so scarce on the market that they began to bring fancy prices. Mr. Rhodes, who can awaken: to such an opportunity without being roughly joulted, saw it ‘was a good thing, and since then: his syndicate has been buying up the Kimberley diamond crop in Advance, doting out the stones as it sees: fit. . til Jane, 1900, and if the demand for these sparkling baubles continues to localities to supply the demand of the ers ineMaiden Lane say that the market higher than it was a year ago, with indications that the high-water mark has not been reached. Every few weeks : the syndicate makes a 10 per cent, advance,and the buyers mast pay it or leave their contracts unfilled, which is a costly proeeeding. “Meanwhile the De Beers Consolidated is going right along paying 40 per cent dividend, and the financial statement for the year ending June 30, 1898, shows just what profit is being made from humanits’s love of display, among the. stockholders in the De'. Beers Consolidated for the year 1898, and these fortunate persons will be enriched in a still greater proportion when the accounts for 1899 are cast. “Diamonds are the result of certain definite geological processes. They ara the product of enormous heat and. stupendous pressure, both brought to bear upon carbon at the same time and rystalizing it. The geographical formations in which this curious process has gone on are known as chimneys, They are really comparatively small. vents through which enormous quantities of matter have been expelled quickly by means of some volcanic “There was nearly $8,000,000 to divide. : “Grammar” by Prof. Heaton, : Friday—“Literatare” by Prof. ‘Hes. ton, “On Monday « evéning the téachera will be tendered a reception at: Fraternal Hall and other evening entertainments: will be arranged for later. -The, music .for the institute. will be under Miss Ida Withelm’s direction. _ “The officers and committees will be as follows: President, W. J. Bicsras Vice Presidents, F. M. Rutherford, E. H. Barker, “The product is now arranged for unJ.G. O'Neill and M. W. Smith; Secretary—Miss Maud Murchie. Introduction—Miss ‘Frances Doom, ‘Inérease no one can say what diamonds . Miss Mary 'V. McNichols, ‘Mise’ Maria will be worth @ year from now. Not. Allen, Miss Maggie Gillespie, Miss Jes-. enough diamonds are: produced in. sie Organ, Miss Tillie Stevens and Miss Brazil, Australia and other. scattered . Mabel Plammer. Resolutions—J.S. Hennessy, G. W. city of Philadelphia alone. The jewelSeeats Richard . Davies, W.,. 8. Lavy, iss Lizzie M. Richards and Miss value of stones is already 40 per cent,. Frankie Power. ancient Pasbion Jargon, ‘The language of the fashion plate and the women’s paper is sufficiently appalling to the mere man even in these days of emancipated and, we may presume, more grammatical womanhood,:' but, according to an extract from a fashion journal of 1787, the jargon of over a century ago was even more astounding. This is how the pa‘ per described the dress of a certain Mile. D—— at ‘the opera: ‘She appeared. in a of “stifled “sighs,” ortamented with “superfiuous candor ate and trimmed with . dise complaints”. Her hair ins a: e in: “sustained sentiments,” with a héaddress of “sustained econquest,” ornamented with several ‘‘flyaways’ and “downcast eye”, ribbons, and her collar was “beggar:on horseback” color. conveyed some meaning to the fashlonable Woman of the days. when French society danced on the edge of the: voleano of 1789, but’ to ‘their descendants of a. hundred years later they have absolutely no meaning.—Sgn Francisco Argonaut, ” : Red Tape In Russia. Bvery time a Russian minister leaves jotaaccal Work” by Prof. EB. oh aye I. Miller of:the Chico Normal School, . Wo Maude M. Peaslee, “Histoty in the. “Reading” by Prof, T. L. Heaton of} eut ina. ect . 3 No doybt all these marvelous terms various building contracts 9, . for himself and others, He and George ‘M. Hugbes pat ine bid together for the construction of the courthouse, bat g,{their figure was too high and dnother man got the contract and lost . money on the job, althoagh the suo. cessful bidder hired him as foreman of construction,In 1864 Mr. Sheraan threw up his six dollar a day job and enlisting under Captain Kendall in Company I went to the war. . Kendsll had been a membre of the old Nevada Light Gaard, but he proved ati utter failure ae captain of the volanteer ‘or. ganization, Mr, Sherman is enjoying himself ‘. greatly ‘huating up the “boys” he used to know: here. Among them were George E. Turner, David Thom, I. J Rolfe, H’O. Mills, Nat: Brown, A. R. Lord, the Dunn brothers, Nat. Bailey, George Jacobse, Amos Laird and a whole lot more. Some of those be ‘hoped to find still on deck are still. here, but many have moved nel and . More are in their cable A Case of Lead . Polsoniog. A letter received today from San Francisco says that James B. Gtay, the printer and City Tressurer who is un-. der treatment at the German Hospital, isa victim of lead poisoning, and at: best it will a long time before he recovers, Indian’ Springs. Ranch Sold, Henry Strauckman, late of Texas, has bought the John Mitchell ranch ag . cgay tra baht saa to decia od . the result of a seventy foot fall uel N working on: some timbers that distance above a concrete floor when he lost his . ‘"* hold and went planging. downward. ‘Two of bis fellow workmen stood on ‘the floor, and they saved “bidi from a fearfal fate by reaching out and catching bim just before he struck the con. : crete. He weighs 175 pounds, and al. . Seot though he landed rathet heavily and was terribly shaken, the interposition of the two mex ‘beneath broke his fall so that he did iat eustain any serious . injuries, Dr. Tickeli's N ra New Quarters, Dr A. H, Tickell has leased the building on Pine street above ‘Com. afte mercial now occupied by the Nevada. A County Electric Power Company, and will take possession of the property on the first of next month. He will fit up an elegant suite of offices.there. —_—_————— a Glassware. Great Lerr Over Sais Prices Away Down. Yow'll Say So, When You See Prices, (reat American Importing Tea Co, STORES EVERYWHERE. _ roo Stores. and 28th, Like Nectar r to My Lips.” Commercial Street, Nevada City. News Sere GRAPES . “Are Now Due. siete ies seat ae areas 7 out, so get in orders éarly. a ine taxes on Be operty will mn WM. H. ANDREWS rane Wie Bk E Po N TEE Broad Street Fruit Market. EAB, 8 Ry EMBER * Tokays, Muscats, Black Morocco, Mis: sion, and, in fact, every variety that is _ grown. Remember that figs arenearly PRIO RRETO FiF TEEN : ee Marysville Business College = + Sr ea Doni nsrotal haaren 6m. pene end . Shorthand aud Ty pewriting course. yer ext Pp m., and. Six months. 50 tlons ald cape thereto Fg per cent will . Combination course—including T ALL TAXES MAY BE PArp at. Shorthand, Commercial and AM THE vLeSt aN INSTALLMEN Ty pewriting School year9 mos..20 T, te N PROVIDED, IS DUK (AND . Teachers’ course, 3 month: i Review, English branches, 3 mos. Review, English branehes, 38 mos Full term began. : September 4th, 1899; Send for Catalogue and first lessons in Shorthand, free. D.’ BREHAUT; Principal, Marysville, Cal. For the pouyentenca of the Taxpay me 4 nhiteah the following places at the times oa for pag! purpose of collecting NORTH ‘BLOOMFIELD, "siblebae! Hotel. October 20, NORTH SAN JUAN, October 21st. TRUCKEE, Moody's Office, October 28d. y GRASS VALLEY, at City Hall, Holbrooke NEW IDEAS FOR WOMAN'S WEAR Biock, Main An ideal monthly magazine of Fashion, Millinery : street; Catcher Seb, Mtb, with Suggestions and Home Topics,’ fully illustrated. Helpful Hints for Dressmaking each month, SubJ J i JACKSON, : pore 80 cents per year. Send 5 cents forsample THE NEW IDEA PUBLISHING Co., 636 Broapwar New Yors Tax Coll N Nevada City den gy levada County. era“: amgs. ON THE UP GRADE Diamonds are going up in price, but I am still selling them eat the same low figures I did before the raise. Come and see the beautiful display, set and unset On your Sewer Work if you want to have a first-class job and save money. We sell Pipe at the lowest market prices, if you want todo your own work in. making connections with the new city system. Or we will take contracts to furnish the pipe, put it down and make all conWinter Is Coming On. You may need a new heating or cooking stove,. Our stock is one of the largest in this part of the State. We have the best makes sold anywhere, and the prices are ’ @urprisingly moderate for such stoves. # George E. Pioneer Turner, Hardware Dealer. & convulsion within the earth, Mother} town his colleagues are notified of the Nature in pushing a great quantity of{ journey, besides the council of the empractical.y molten matter containing} Pite, the cabinet of the emperor, the carbon through a@ hole too small for it, empire’s controleur and secretary, the brought about these twonecessary eon-. cred synod, the emperor’s military PINE STREET, —hbeat aud pressure.” the Huy Picaseda Him, “See that man?’ said the clerk of an up town hotel to:me this evening as a handsome, middle aged man strolled ‘through the lobby. “That.is the president of the —— Life Insurance company. He married his stenographer last spring. It was quite a romance, He and.the girl and his office boy were coming down’ io the elevator in the insurance building one afternoon when the stenographer saw a mouse on the boy’s shoulder. She threw-her arms around the president’s neck and screamed to him to protect her, The mouse cowered in a corner ‘until the elevator reached the bottom floor and then escaped, the girl holding the president all the time. Well, he liked the sensation of being hugged by a pretty girl so much that he married her a few weeks afterward.” “And what became of the ofiice boy?’ I asked. “Oh, he has a desk in the office at @ good salary now and is in line to be president in due. time,” answered the clerk carelessly.—New York Cor. Pittaburg Dispatch. 7 de: Nathing In It, “TI see from the papers that a man fell into the docks and was drowned,” said Phildog. “Couldn’t swim, I suppose,” said ‘Wagster. “That goes for nothing,” said Phildog. “Look at me. When I was washea overboard, going to the Isle of Man, I couldn’t swim a stroke, yet I kept myself afloat by keeping my head”’— b “Certainly, your head kept you up,” remarked Wagster. They don’t speak now.—Spare Moments, Jerusalem is now nothing but a shadow of the magnificent city of ancient times. It Is about three miles in circumference and is situated on a ‘rocky mountain. oo “While it cannot’ be denied that all men are Hars,” said the corn fed philosopher, “yet not all liars are men.”— Indianapolis Journal, Dish-Washer Wanted. pec A white dish-washer is wanted at the good pay. New York hotel. : Steady situation and . . ‘ew Yor . y ditions for the production of diamonds. 8¢¢retary, the empress, the governors of Moscow, Varsovie, Kieff, ete., ad infinitum, to all appearance. When he returns, the same minute notification performance is gone through. So each, ministerial. departure from and return’ to St. Petersburg involves:an issue of some 200. notices. Thereare 18 ministers, and taking three journeys as the average for each, we have at the end of the year a grand total of some ‘10,800 official papers.” * —— piles amen oer —— = “Love and a Cough Cannot be Hid,”’ It és this fact that makes the lover and his sweetheart happy, and sends 'the sufferer from a cough to his doctor. But there are hidden ills lurking in impure blood. ‘*The lver is wrong,’” it is thought, ‘tor the hidneys.’” Did it ever occur to you that the trouble. is in. your blood? Purify this river of life with Hood's Sarsaparilla, Then iliness will be banished, and strong, vigorous health will result. Hood's Sarsaparilla ts the best known, best endorsed and most natural of all blood purifiers. ‘Consumption — “After the grip I had a bad cough, dizziness and night sweats. Humor broke out and consump«. . tion was diagnosed. One bottle. Hood's Sarsaparilla helped me and four bottles cured me perfectly."” Mrs. N. D. Kinney, Morris, Conn. The Blood — “A grand blood purifier ts Hood's Sarsaparilla, © This. and Hood's Pills have greatly benefited me.” Mrs. F. G. Smith, Cleburne, Tex. FPF DP PPP FARRER FD PAG CL RASTYE® OPENING OF THE . CAPE SEASON. The Fall and Winter styles for this year surpass all past ¢ seasons’ products in attractiveness. We havea fullline of Eastern importations, fresh from the Hastern manufacturers. There is a grace and style about their cut <¢ that is irresistible, and the texture and patterns of the goods are above the usual standard. y eevvvV VV VV VN SN PVPS Ladies, You Are Invited To call and inspect the assortment while it is complete. j The goods and prices will please you. { SNELL & FLEMING. CORNER BROAD AND PINE STREETS. A A A oS Permit Us to Suggest TO YOU, TO YoU _ AND TO YOU The whedon. of “Seizing Time (Watches). by the Forelock.” Today you can doubtless do better than tomorrow. The unprecedented demand for goods has caused the factories to raise prices so it behooves all those who wish to purchase WATCHES to do so while the old prices prevail. We have a large assortment to select from, and an honest bargain is our pride. ly. J. JACKSON, « QUARTZ JEWELRY Is as popular and stylish as ever. Iam now making up a new stock from some of the choicest specimens ever seen in the county. C. J. BRAND, Manufacturing Jeweler, » Broad Street aimee Preliminary Announcement MISS NELLIE TETREAU, the popular fashionable milliner, will arrive this week to resume her positionas head trimmer in our store on Main street. Watch for Advertisement of Grand Upening Display Of this season’s stylish novelties in trimmed and untrimmed bats ribbons, flowers, plumes, etc. Wim. HE. Crawford. SOSHSSHSOSSSSSHSSSSS “PROTECT YOUR HOMES ! DISINFECTANTS DEODORIZERS FUMIGATORS PREVENTIVES GERMICIDES ANTISEPTICS BEEHIVE GPOCERY . 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ne way 10 cure deat v by . Constitutional ren 1e8s fa: . ants and nd Pants, e lined, for ‘awets, all each. ose, 4% to > land. air. ‘pink, blue, [.25. eady to put 600606000006 060 c; 7§¢ and , ase, 50¢ 1.75, $2.00, and $1.25. ets in CaliCO. see corner iy © © © is the way you all feel like doing t Christmas time u don’t have your ILORING, EANING and PAIRING by 5, $2.00 UP. 2 ils and having all the be sure, but they ar> re Dealer, J cheeadeel m Furniture “being fitted up. QOOOGOGQHOHOOOOHOOOOOSO) Guild, : day of week ,aiter. next. oing up. “ One day about ten yearn ago Barney . ' last night om pa City,” ia W. J. Schmidt, the sewer cuntractor, has returned from Berkeley. ae: Mrs. .I, J. Rolfe eft ‘on the. early. morning train tor Sin Francisco.Ernest Towle revarned ‘last evening from Summit Valley. ou the line of the Central Pacific Raittoad: ‘Mrs. A, Niveus Sr, who’ has bien ili} for sonie days, is now. improving and thought to be out of dunger. ; Wm. Diley of North San Juan left last night for -Batte to attend the faHeral of bis brother Thomas, . . WSs bee-and Mra: J: Lee of Buffalo, N.-Y., arrived here this morning and will go to Downieville tomorrow. Niles Soarly Jr. aud Robért Yates re“turned to San Francisco. today, their . Visit being cut short by the storm. : Miss Jessie Nivens came homé last ‘king, proposed’ to Cecil Rhodes that they put all “the diamonds es Kim-. berly ina pail, — ““Good enough!’ said ‘the dontinent grabber, ‘Pour them in. a: Ake to see how they look! ““Barnato placed a save beiokut on . . one of the sorting tables in the main J office, and into that dumped all the tough diamonds that had been mined ‘daring the year 1889. . They filled x to the brim. “Now? he said, rn. buy. that’ bucket} rot diamonds from you, Rhodes, just as they are, unsorted.’ " “The two quickly agreed upon a a price, and then and there was laid the foundation of the famous diamond syndicate which is now attracting the day why the price ot diamonds € “Tis this way,” said the pioneer jeweler, i rica asa peddier. of chéap jewelry. and} 4 ended it (by suicide) as the. diamond . : “Scientific. Temperance”. F Tuesday — “Educational Value ot Geography Study” Prof. 2 aera ys ‘Prof. ‘Milter, “Home Reading” by Mrs. Grades” by Mrs. Plece. . *7 Wednesday —“Educational Value of listory” by Prof. “Miller, “Use of . Latin” by Geo. B. Finnegan, “History” and “Reading” by Mrs. Place, “The Far. Eastern Question” by Prof. Miller, the U: CG. Thursday — “English” : and “Nature. evening from Los: Angeles, on--account . *tteuton of the gem wearing public, for. Study” ‘by Mre. Piace, “Reading” and of the serious ijiness of her mother, “Captain Carl Seely returned today to . San Francisco accompanied by his sister, Mrs.M. Hogan of North San J aan. Miss Russell and: W: M. Wilson came down from Maybert on today’s siage, and. Miss Rasseil left: -on’ the noon train for Sacramento.” — Thomus Evans, who used to Sheek in Norch Sia Juana for 4. Hi Babring, but is now residing at San ‘Francisgo, went below on this nooi’s train after a visit to his old home on the Ridge. J. L. Bunce of Hartford ,Oonnecticut,, superintendent of agencies of the Connecticut Mutual Lite Insurance Company of which fT. B. Gray of this city is. manager for Nevada, Sierra’ and Plumas maeAnes, arrived here this morning. ‘4 ©. I. Van Voast arrived here this morning to succeed Frank. L. Taylor _ @8 manager of ‘the Great American . Tea Store, Mr, Taylor. goes*toSan Francisco, having ‘been .promoted by the Company to take charge ‘of a large new store on Grant Avenue that is now . And Stilt i it Storms. More rain felt at this city last night and today, while in the upper country Considerable snow fell. ‘It’ is a cold storm. The rainfall here for the ‘night and to 9 a.m, was 82 of an inch to which shouldbe added a tenth of an inch forthe preceding 24 bours. At noon the snow was eight inches. deep on the Washington ridge, and all the **mountains above here are white. If the storm continues ‘long enough to put a winter head on, Deer, Creek, the trenching for the sewer system in thé creek above Broad street willbe seriously igterfered with, Drove nis. . Wife Out. Residents of Mill street complained to the authorities this morning that a man living in their part‘of the city got oma tear last evening and drove his j , wife out of the house, making all sarts of warlike threats agaiust her, It is “ebarged that this is not the first time ihe has created‘such a disturbane and ‘that on some occasions he has ‘even gone so far as to flourish a pistal and terrorize the woman and neighborhood. The neighbors say they hare enough. of his misbehavior and his arrest for last night’s dearonstration is likely to follow. A Church Entertainment. . The young ladies of St Margaret assisted. by those of Triniiy Guild, are rapidly completing the arrangements for the series of entertairiments they. propose to give at Armory hali on Wednesday and TharsA. chicken dinner is to be served at. noon each day, the evenings will be given. over to musical and literary: exercises, and on Thursday afternoon the children ‘will have a fete. lnnumerable bargains in fancy work, etc , will be offered. * fee French Comfort. ! In the best: hotel ip Paris one gets luxury, comfort and even splendor, but never one’s cards or notes, according to Harper’s Bazar. There is ‘a fatal guif for these. -One is a number, not an in@viduality, The ‘table ts, how‘-ever, very luxurious, It is a clean and \well ordered caravansary. “As for the comfort of warmth in. winter; they do ‘not Know tke weaning of the word. We are jusily acttised of exaggerating . the heat of our rooms:in America; the urnace ‘is denounted; but after freezte to death in Paris, one of the coldest of cities, very’ far north, one re«turns willingly to the heated rooms of erica. -We exaggerate the excellence 2 the French bed: There is no steh thing in France as that comfortable, broad, low, thing which we calla French ‘bed.’ A high, bard, pein shall: is: the, apology for it. . We jxhigperiite our ‘Bintorts' by having gas in our sleeping roo 1s and hot and cold water in our stati washbowls and bathrooms.. ‘Che: mever exaggerate comfort in Fra.ice. You have as: many candles as you will pay for, and no bath, unless you order ft, when men laboriously bring you a tub filled “qvith het or ‘cold’ water, ‘and take it away after you Lave bathed. We exaggerate very ‘much the sup~ poséd good living In Franee. To go to, a hotel in Paris to live we must expect out of the season very little:good food, "very Atzle that is sustaining. and nourIt is “all sauce.” There are no joints :of mutton,;n0 good. Ameri‘ort ‘to the sick, who never get when -Barnato packed up the stones and sent. them to London and Amster: dam it required:the experts there three ‘months to accomplish the sorting, and in that period diamonds became so scarce on the market that they began to bring fancy prices. Mr. Rhodes, who can awaken: to such an opportunity without being roughly joulted, saw it ‘was a good thing, and since then: his syndicate has been buying up the Kimberley diamond crop in Advance, doting out the stones as it sees: fit. . til Jane, 1900, and if the demand for these sparkling baubles continues to localities to supply the demand of the ers ineMaiden Lane say that the market higher than it was a year ago, with indications that the high-water mark has not been reached. Every few weeks : the syndicate makes a 10 per cent, advance,and the buyers mast pay it or leave their contracts unfilled, which is a costly proeeeding. “Meanwhile the De Beers Consolidated is going right along paying 40 per cent dividend, and the financial statement for the year ending June 30, 1898, shows just what profit is being made from humanits’s love of display, among the. stockholders in the De'. Beers Consolidated for the year 1898, and these fortunate persons will be enriched in a still greater proportion when the accounts for 1899 are cast. “Diamonds are the result of certain definite geological processes. They ara the product of enormous heat and. stupendous pressure, both brought to bear upon carbon at the same time and rystalizing it. The geographical formations in which this curious process has gone on are known as chimneys, They are really comparatively small. vents through which enormous quantities of matter have been expelled quickly by means of some volcanic “There was nearly $8,000,000 to divide. : “Grammar” by Prof. Heaton, : Friday—“Literatare” by Prof. ‘Hes. ton, “On Monday « evéning the téachera will be tendered a reception at: Fraternal Hall and other evening entertainments: will be arranged for later. -The, music .for the institute. will be under Miss Ida Withelm’s direction. _ “The officers and committees will be as follows: President, W. J. Bicsras Vice Presidents, F. M. Rutherford, E. H. Barker, “The product is now arranged for unJ.G. O'Neill and M. W. Smith; Secretary—Miss Maud Murchie. Introduction—Miss ‘Frances Doom, ‘Inérease no one can say what diamonds . Miss Mary 'V. McNichols, ‘Mise’ Maria will be worth @ year from now. Not. Allen, Miss Maggie Gillespie, Miss Jes-. enough diamonds are: produced in. sie Organ, Miss Tillie Stevens and Miss Brazil, Australia and other. scattered . Mabel Plammer. Resolutions—J.S. Hennessy, G. W. city of Philadelphia alone. The jewelSeeats Richard . Davies, W.,. 8. Lavy, iss Lizzie M. Richards and Miss value of stones is already 40 per cent,. Frankie Power. ancient Pasbion Jargon, ‘The language of the fashion plate and the women’s paper is sufficiently appalling to the mere man even in these days of emancipated and, we may presume, more grammatical womanhood,:' but, according to an extract from a fashion journal of 1787, the jargon of over a century ago was even more astounding. This is how the pa‘ per described the dress of a certain Mile. D—— at ‘the opera: ‘She appeared. in a of “stifled “sighs,” ortamented with “superfiuous candor ate and trimmed with . dise complaints”. Her hair ins a: e in: “sustained sentiments,” with a héaddress of “sustained econquest,” ornamented with several ‘‘flyaways’ and “downcast eye”, ribbons, and her collar was “beggar:on horseback” color. conveyed some meaning to the fashlonable Woman of the days. when French society danced on the edge of the: voleano of 1789, but’ to ‘their descendants of a. hundred years later they have absolutely no meaning.—Sgn Francisco Argonaut, ” : Red Tape In Russia. Bvery time a Russian minister leaves jotaaccal Work” by Prof. EB. oh aye I. Miller of:the Chico Normal School, . Wo Maude M. Peaslee, “Histoty in the. “Reading” by Prof, T. L. Heaton of} eut ina. ect . 3 No doybt all these marvelous terms various building contracts 9, . for himself and others, He and George ‘M. Hugbes pat ine bid together for

the construction of the courthouse, bat g,{their figure was too high and dnother man got the contract and lost . money on the job, althoagh the suo. cessful bidder hired him as foreman of construction,In 1864 Mr. Sheraan threw up his six dollar a day job and enlisting under Captain Kendall in Company I went to the war. . Kendsll had been a membre of the old Nevada Light Gaard, but he proved ati utter failure ae captain of the volanteer ‘or. ganization, Mr, Sherman is enjoying himself ‘. greatly ‘huating up the “boys” he used to know: here. Among them were George E. Turner, David Thom, I. J Rolfe, H’O. Mills, Nat: Brown, A. R. Lord, the Dunn brothers, Nat. Bailey, George Jacobse, Amos Laird and a whole lot more. Some of those be ‘hoped to find still on deck are still. here, but many have moved nel and . More are in their cable A Case of Lead . Polsoniog. A letter received today from San Francisco says that James B. Gtay, the printer and City Tressurer who is un-. der treatment at the German Hospital, isa victim of lead poisoning, and at: best it will a long time before he recovers, Indian’ Springs. Ranch Sold, Henry Strauckman, late of Texas, has bought the John Mitchell ranch ag . cgay tra baht saa to decia od . the result of a seventy foot fall uel N working on: some timbers that distance above a concrete floor when he lost his . ‘"* hold and went planging. downward. ‘Two of bis fellow workmen stood on ‘the floor, and they saved “bidi from a fearfal fate by reaching out and catching bim just before he struck the con. : crete. He weighs 175 pounds, and al. . Seot though he landed rathet heavily and was terribly shaken, the interposition of the two mex ‘beneath broke his fall so that he did iat eustain any serious . injuries, Dr. Tickeli's N ra New Quarters, Dr A. H, Tickell has leased the building on Pine street above ‘Com. afte mercial now occupied by the Nevada. A County Electric Power Company, and will take possession of the property on the first of next month. He will fit up an elegant suite of offices.there. —_—_————— a Glassware. Great Lerr Over Sais Prices Away Down. Yow'll Say So, When You See Prices, (reat American Importing Tea Co, STORES EVERYWHERE. _ roo Stores. and 28th, Like Nectar r to My Lips.” Commercial Street, Nevada City. News Sere GRAPES . “Are Now Due. siete ies seat ae areas 7 out, so get in orders éarly. a ine taxes on Be operty will mn WM. H. ANDREWS rane Wie Bk E Po N TEE Broad Street Fruit Market. EAB, 8 Ry EMBER * Tokays, Muscats, Black Morocco, Mis: sion, and, in fact, every variety that is _ grown. Remember that figs arenearly PRIO RRETO FiF TEEN : ee Marysville Business College = + Sr ea Doni nsrotal haaren 6m. pene end . Shorthand aud Ty pewriting course. yer ext Pp m., and. Six months.. 50 tlons ald cape thereto Fg per cent will . Combination course—including T ALL TAXES MAY BE PArp at. Shorthand, Commercial and AM THE vLeSt aN INSTALLMEN Ty pewriting School year9 mos...20 T, te N PROVIDED, IS DUK (AND . Teachers’ course, 3 month: i Review, English branches, 3 mos. Review, English branehes, 38 mos Full term began. : September 4th, 1899; Send for Catalogue and first lessons in Shorthand, free. D.’ BREHAUT; Principal, Marysville, Cal. For the pouyentenca of the Taxpay me 4 nhiteah the following places at the times oa for pag! purpose of collecting NORTH ‘BLOOMFIELD, "siblebae! Hotel. October 20, NORTH SAN JUAN, October 21st. TRUCKEE, Moody's Office, October 28d. y GRASS VALLEY, at City Hall, Holbrooke NEW IDEAS FOR WOMAN'S WEAR Biock, Main An ideal monthly magazine of Fashion, Millinery : street; Catcher Seb, Mtb, with Suggestions and Home Topics,’ fully illustrated. Helpful Hints for Dressmaking each month, SubJ J i JACKSON, : pore 80 cents per year. Send 5 cents forsample THE NEW IDEA PUBLISHING Co., 636 Broapwar New Yors Tax Coll N Nevada City den gy levada County. era“: amgs. ON THE UP GRADE Diamonds are going up in price, but I am still selling them eat the same low figures I did before the raise. Come and see the beautiful display, set and unset On your Sewer Work if you want to have a first-class job and save money. We sell Pipe at the lowest market prices, if you want todo your own work in. making connections with the new city system. Or we will take contracts to furnish the pipe, put it down and make all conWinter Is Coming On. You may need a new heating or cooking stove,. Our stock is one of the largest in this part of the State. We have the best makes sold anywhere, and the prices are ’ @urprisingly moderate for such stoves. # George E. Pioneer Turner, Hardware Dealer. & convulsion within the earth, Mother} town his colleagues are notified of the Nature in pushing a great quantity of{ journey, besides the council of the empractical.y molten matter containing} Pite, the cabinet of the emperor, the carbon through a@ hole too small for it, empire’s controleur and secretary, the brought about these twonecessary eon-. cred synod, the emperor’s military PINE STREET, —hbeat aud pressure.” the Huy Picaseda Him, “See that man?’ said the clerk of an up town hotel to:me this evening as a handsome, middle aged man strolled ‘through the lobby. “That.is the president of the —— Life Insurance company. He married his stenographer last spring. It was quite a romance, He and.the girl and his office boy were coming down’ io the elevator in the insurance building one afternoon when the stenographer saw a mouse on the boy’s shoulder. She threw-her arms around the president’s neck and screamed to him to protect her, The mouse cowered in a corner ‘until the elevator reached the bottom floor and then escaped, the girl holding the president all the time. Well, he liked the sensation of being hugged by a pretty girl so much that he married her a few weeks afterward.” “And what became of the ofiice boy?’ I asked. “Oh, he has a desk in the office at @ good salary now and is in line to be president in due. time,” answered the clerk carelessly.—New York Cor. Pittaburg Dispatch. 7 de: Nathing In It, “TI see from the papers that a man fell into the docks and was drowned,” said Phildog. “Couldn’t swim, I suppose,” said ‘Wagster. “That goes for nothing,” said Phildog. “Look at me. When I was washea overboard, going to the Isle of Man, I couldn’t swim a stroke, yet I kept myself afloat by keeping my head”’— b “Certainly, your head kept you up,” remarked Wagster. They don’t speak now.—Spare Moments, Jerusalem is now nothing but a shadow of the magnificent city of ancient times. It Is about three miles in circumference and is situated on a ‘rocky mountain. oo “While it cannot’ be denied that all men are Hars,” said the corn fed philosopher, “yet not all liars are men.”— Indianapolis Journal, Dish-Washer Wanted. pec A white dish-washer is wanted at the good pay. New York hotel. : Steady situation and . . ‘ew Yor . y ditions for the production of diamonds. 8¢¢retary, the empress, the governors of Moscow, Varsovie, Kieff, ete., ad infinitum, to all appearance. When he returns, the same minute notification performance is gone through. So each, ministerial. departure from and return’ to St. Petersburg involves:an issue of some 200. notices. 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The unprecedented demand for goods has caused the factories to raise prices so it behooves all those who wish to purchase WATCHES to do so while the old prices prevail. We have a large assortment to select from, and an honest bargain is our pride. ly. J. JACKSON, « QUARTZ JEWELRY Is as popular and stylish as ever. Iam now making up a new stock from some of the choicest specimens ever seen in the county. C. J. BRAND, Manufacturing Jeweler, » Broad Street aimee Preliminary Announcement MISS NELLIE TETREAU, the popular fashionable milliner, will arrive this week to resume her positionas head trimmer in our store on Main street. Watch for Advertisement of Grand Upening Display Of this season’s stylish novelties in trimmed and untrimmed bats ribbons, flowers, plumes, etc. Wim. HE. Crawford. SOSHSSHSOSSSSSHSSSSS “PROTECT YOUR HOMES ! DISINFECTANTS DEODORIZERS FUMIGATORS PREVENTIVES GERMICIDES ANTISEPTICS BEEHIVE GPOCERY .. 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