September 13, 1899 (4 pages)

ELIE SE SLOT = SOI “ > THE otha blished every a Semaye and eT iotthare Gy BROWN & CALKINS. . L. 8. CALEINS. K.P. BROWN. WEDNESDAY .. SEPT. oe } 13, 1899 ; -—-—4 t IT SEEMED. LIKE MAGIC. How the High Cinss Expert Picked Out the Old Masters. “Speaking of old pictures,” said a New Orleans dealer, “it is very interesting to see a really high class Euro . pean expert making an examination. . The extent and diversity of the information of such men are something as. tonishing. Some years ago I spent a couple of days with a gentleman who is recognized as one oa foremost . eonnoisseurs of Paris: e visited several country places which contained pictures said to be of great value, and in all he inspected upward of two doz _ en canvases. “In every instance he settled the questions of date, period and painter : beyond all reasonable doubt. The warp : and woof of the canvas, the wood composing the backing, the nature of the borings made by worms, the workmanship of the tacks, the character of the pigment and certain minute peculjarities in the mounting were all like . so many pages of print to him. He, They Break Out Simultaneously in Diftimely discovery occurred in justify the Board of Trustees ‘small sum spent thus may ‘save’ many thousand dollars’ TWO SUSPICIOUS FIRES. ferent Parts of Town. At a quarter of twelve ‘o'clock last night=two. incipient blazes that would have proven disastrous but for their different parts of the city, and it is generally believed they were of incendiary origin. It may be that some vicious or crazy person set them both, aud disappointed with the failure of the first’ trial will shortly repeat the experiment. The suspicion of this is certainly well enough founded to in employing a number of extra nightwatchmen for awhile to come. “A comparatively worth of property from deMinor Kotés and 4 Comments of Local other consignment of lemons. tf Whiskey sold only by W. 3. Britland. er, successor to N. GO. Undertaking Co. 25 cents a jar, at Wolf’s Cash Grocery Oommercial street. tf don’t bother with ordinary hair pins— 68c at the Racket Store. tf water-white comb honey has just been received by Gaylord & Son, tf yard, at Snell & Fieming’s, corner Broad and Pine streets. bad his arm broken this week by being thrown from a mule he was riding. in this township, bas declaredhis intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. ant and popular dancing parties Saturday night at Union hall, Indian Fiat, and everybody is invited. . BRIEF "ABATION Interest. = For Life Insurance see T. B. Gray. The A. O. U. W. lodge meets tonight. Gaylord & Son have just received an1. W. Harper’s famous Kentucky. G. A. Gray, undertaker and embalmAnchovies and Sardellens, in glass, at Get a Fin de Seicle hair comb, and A fresh consignment of extra quality Scotch Linoleum, 80 and 86 cents @ 818-tf A young man named Joe Langman Emilio Galli, a native of Italy living There will be another of those pleasThe track of the Truckee and Tahoe The Sunset Company Completes Its Company is constructing from this city to Quincy, the county seat of Piamas, is completed to Camptonville, This morning an instrument was installed there and at an early bour the first message was received at the cenand distinct, showiug the wires to be in was intimately acquainted with the . struction. railroad is now laid five miles from Tahoe City and the line is expected to BKLLO, CAMPTONVILLE Line to That Town. The telephone line that the Sunset tral office here. The words cam 6 clear perfect working order. lt is expected that within about ten days connection will be made. with the Mountain House in Sierra county. From the Mountain Honse a portion of the crew will be detailed to set the poles and stretch the wire for the branch line to Forest City, four miles from the Mountain House, while at the same time the main line will be pusifed ahead toward Downieville without a moment’s loss of time. In the meantime work is being rushed from the upper end, 80 that the entire main line from this city to Quincy, with the branches. to Dobbins Ranch (already completed), Forest City and Remo will be in operation before winter sets in. ‘Phe Company is using the best of poles and wire and doing the workin a most substantial manner. The line is rouch better calculated to stand the winter storms thun the makeshift and ricketty lines that the Western Union style of bundreds of different artists, . the models they used, the colors they . most affected, their tricks of composition and their peculiar methods of ex. pressing the effects of light and shade. “To an outsider it seemed like magic. ‘A copy,’ he would say, for instance, after a swift glance at a painting. ‘It was made by So-and-so, a pupil, who had very much the style of his master. The date is about’ (here he would name it with infallible accuracy). ‘and if you clean that left hand corner 1 dare say you will find the signature in vermilion.’ In several cases he was fully borne out by documents in possession of the owner, and in all he was . sustained by circumstantial evidence. He told me very modestly that he had devoted 40 years to the close study of his profession and was just beginning to apprehend dimly how little he knew.” — New Orleaus Times-Demoerat. ONE BRAVE MAN. And the Reason He Stood Firm While 4 Under Fire. A battalion of volunteer infantry was drilling in a field when a regiment . of regular cavalry rode. by. The. colonel of the cavalry halted his men to watch the volunteers, and, getting into conversation with the colonel of the latter, he criticised their drill unfavorably, especially their want of steadiness. The volunteer colonel was a fierce fellow, and he cried hotly, ‘ _ regulars.” “I do not think so,” retorted the cavalryman, “and if you'll draw your men fn order to receive cavalry I’ll prove ' it.” The challenge was accepted, and the . eavalrymen charged down upon the . citizen soldiers, who awaited them in , the usual way. Now, regular cavalry . ean charge to within a few feet or even inches of infantry at full gallop and then at the word of command pul) } up short. The volunteers, however, lost their nerve when they saw the . huge horses thundering down upon . them and showing no sign of stopping ! when a few yards off. They flied, al) ; but one man, who remained on his knee, with bayonet leveled. His colonel, enraged at the others’ flight, approached . the hero and, tap ping him on the back, cried: “You are . the only brave m You scorned to run.” “Yes, sir,” gasped the hero. my fut stuck in a hole, have waited.”—Spare Moments. Big Animals of Long Ago. Most of the gigantic animals of geological eras belonged to species which have completely vanished, and of those which have living representatives it is . difficult to say whether they have un. dergone a true change of size or whether the modern examples are merely survivals of smaller contemporary varieties. The larger animals have a tendency to disappear first in a partial failure of food supply. Gigantic . resembling those were formerly . The remains of huge sloths are found in CuSharks attain. ing a length of more thai 100 feet are found in comparatively recent fossil Another fish which represents a larger prehistoric species is the American bony pike, which {s one of survivals of the enormous The tiny nautilus of the present day had kindred 10 or 12 feet long in early armadillos closely of the present day abundant tn South America. ba and North America. deposits. of the few ganoids of the secondary strata. times. Another smal] shellfish, th pteropod,, whose delicately to hav is found in fossil remaius reached the respectable length of couple of feet. “We want aclergyman who can see a joke.” “I can see a joke all right but ‘number of thugs and loafers ‘My . men are as steady as any regiment of . man in the regiment. . “] had . or I shouldn’t . complex structure is packed in an inch of shell, The city is infested with a that we would be better off without. It would give the greatest of Satisfaction if the officers would drive them out or put them in jail. Property owners would then breathe freer. ‘At 11:45 last evening as Grove Deal ‘and bis mother and sister were going to their home on Piety Hill the gentleman discovered a fire in a shed annex to J. H. Rogers’ wood turning establishment at the south end of euspen‘gion bridge. He got a pail of water . from a bouse near by and quenched the flames. The fire was under an old ' dynamo, and had evidently been inten. tionally started, The footprints of somebody wearing rabber overshoes were found near the scene. Had the ‘ fire obtained a few minutes more start _the result would have been most disastrous. The mill is a large wooden , structure and contains much inflammable material such as dry lumber, shavings, Oils, paints, etc. As Mr. Deal found the fire st the ; mill, Superior Judge Nilon was passing ' ap Coyote st reet at the gasworks when he discovered that the large wooden ' door at the rear of J.J. Jackson’s storei house between Hibernia Hall and Ne. vada Hose Company’s building was lafire. This door bas been used by bill. posters for years and was covered with i many layers of paper. The paper had . been ignited and the flames were rapi idly eating their way through the door. . This blaze was put out with a band ; chemical extinguisher from the fire house. The Fire Department was called out . by the double alarm occasioned by i these discoveries and the members re. sponded with their usual prompthess. ——— Not So Very Old After All. little. village churchyard—at . Bickenhill, in Warwickshire, is a . tombstone upon which fs inscribed the . age of a dear old maiden lady who de / parted this life in the year 1701. Her . age, as testified by the engraver’s art, . was 708. Born before the Conquest . and dying under Queen Anne. Again . at Chave Priory, Worcestershire, the . age of a “rude forefather” is similarly . Inseribed as 209. Not to harrow thereader, we may say that these portentous . . . . . . } {> Je a figures are strictly the product of the engraver’s art. The monumental mason of those days, was notbing if not ignorant, and his idea of writing 78 or 30 was to write 70 or 30 tirst and 8 or 9 afterward, meaning 70 plus 8 or 30 plus 9, ete., as the case might he. Quaint Dr. Colles. Dr. Colles, an eminent surgeon of Dublin, who died in 1843, was remark, able for his plain dealing witb bhimself. In his fee book he bad many such candid entries as the following: “For giving ineffectual advice for deafness, 1 guinea.” “For attempting to draw out the stump of a tooth, 1 guinea.” “For telling bim that he was no e€ more il} than I was, 1 guinea.” “For nothing that I know of, except that he probably thought he did not @ pay me enough last time, 1 guinea.” Japanese Dentists. The Japanese dentists perform all their operations in tooth drawing with the thumb and the forefinger of one -. Olympic Lodge. be completed to Truckee next month. The South Yuba Water Company have begun work on their new reservoir south of Banner Mountain, which is to supply water forthe Union Hill and Brunswick mines. The election of officars of Mountain Oompany, U.R K. of P., called for tomorrow evening, has been postponed as a number of the Knights contemplate going to Grass Valley to witness the conferring of the third degree by The carrent issue of the War Cry, the official organ of the Salvation Army, is a special Admission Day number. The cover is a work of art. Much of the reading matter of the paper is devoted to the California boys retarned from Manila. The return by the M. B. Conference of Rev. J. W. Phelps to the pastorate at this city will give general. satisfaction. Mr. Phelps is a man of ability and eloquence, and he is extremely popular not only with his congregation, but among our citizens outside the Shires. . The Berlin authorities have strictly forbidden collections among school dren.for _missionary.and other purposes, on the ground that they prove a burden to the parents and creute illfeeling among the parents, Such a rule bas prevailed for several years in the schools of Nevada City. A tree fell on a Chinese at Towle Bros." sawmill on Deer Creek and Ina, abd some other men wére Conveying the remains by rail to Datch Flat, when Johnston fell between a flat-car and the engine. The wheels of the latter cut off three toes from one foot and the other foot was badly crushed. Shortly before dark last evening a team that Frank Germaine left standing on upper Pine street ran away. Jobn O'Neill stopped them at York street. Just before five o’clock a horse belonging to Mr. Schmidt, the sewer contractor, started to ran from in front of George E. Turner’s store, but Ed. Schmidt caught it at Commercial street. No damage was done ineither case. To indicate the number of miles traveled by each passenger on a railroadtrain, a new register is connected by a system of gears with the car axle, with a hand on the dial, which is put_in motion by the action of the person sitting down, showing the conductor where the passénger started from. “Don’t leave tbe table,” said the landlady, as her new boarder rose from his scanty breakfast. “I must madam; it’s hardwood, and my teethare not what they used to be.” 7+ eee Telegraph Company has in this part of the State. jacent. Griggs—I’m glad that I don’t killed him. James Johnston, the fore-. ~ . eeatnaiiaie Senator .Elkias’ Great Scheme. 3 During the presidential campaign of 1892 Senator Quay and Senator Elkins, who were maiaging the Republican interests, and ex-Senator Brice ‘and Henry Watterson, who were in charge of the Democratic headquarters, used to live at the same hotel and frequently dined together. One evening, as they were sitting at the same table. Mr. Brice looked over to Senator Quay and asked: “How are you folks off for money?’ “We are very hard up,” replied the Republican chairman. “How are you getting alo?’ “Well,” said Brice, “whenever we want money I go down into my own pocket for it. I have not been able to get much anywhere else.” “You are lucky to have a pocket to go into,” said Senator Quay. “If I had money of my own, I would not grumble.” “But,” said Brice, “I have to borrow 1 Sef “Gentlemen,”.said-Senator Elkins, we. four go down town tomorrow and ‘borrow $1,000,000 upon our joint indorsement and divide it between the two parties and then let whichever one wins pay the notes?’—Chicago Record. Briggs—It makes me aneasy to owe feel that way. Briggs—Why? —Id have the St. Vitus dance. Griggs “Is that new comer a naturatizged Enlishman?” inquired the Earl. “No,” answered.the Duke. “He’s merely an unnaturalized American.” nS} For Good Coffee __ Big Presents Try (Freat American Tmporting Tea Go's Big Value Stores. Commercial street, t perso: fice ed this and close by counties. 900 a year and expenses. eed no more, no less salary. “Tl have a suggestion-tomake. Suppose + -eee--sNevada City Main street,.... Grass Valley W4N8IED-SEVERAL BRIGHT AND HONms to represent us as MaraSalary Straight, bovaPosition perGRASS VALLEY NEWS Over The Telephone. W. BR. Garlyon’s twelve year old daughter has diphtheria. W. BR. Murrey has sued Joseph Kneefor wages. Cisco will be here Sunday on a visit to. his parents, Hon. John F. Kidder says the announcement that he will build a theater is premature, George Fletcher, his daughter Agnes and Miss Maude Hoyt go to Sacramento tomorrow. Thos. Blake of San Francisco will open a drag store on the 30th instant in the new Bree building. Ex-District Attorney Riley, formerly Captain of Company Ij N. G. C., hes! been commissioned Oaptain in the volunteer army. : District Attorney Power came down today to try Dennis Donovan and Thos. Bracelin for battery on Tom McOormick alias Anderson: They applied through their attorney, John R. Tyrrell, for a change of venue, and the case will probably go to Nevada City. Mabel—Say, ma, you know them Italian folks on the corner that bave a little baby! Well, their baby ain't Italian after all. Mrs. Wilkins—It isn’? How can you tell? Mabel— Why, I heard it cry today,and it cried just like our English baby. : “Do you intend to take any interest in the campaign?” “Iaterest;,” echoed Senator Sorghum; “I mean to do better than that. I expected to draw a dividend.” “Why do you want your vacation extended?” “Well, it took me two weeks to get used to loafing, and now I want two weeke more 10 get used to working again.” It may not be polite to count the ehange when a friend obliges you by changing a bill, but it is just as well to do it if you want your cash to balance. Headache Is often a warning that the liver is torpid or inactive. More serious troubles may follow. For & prompt, efiicient—cure--ofHeadache and all liver troubles, take Hood’s. Pills While they rouse.the liver, restore full, regniar action of the bowels, they do not gripe or pain, do not frritate or inflame the.internal organs, but have a positive tonic effect. 25e. at all druggists or by mail of . 1. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. “Like Nectar to My Lips.” Is the Ice As xpressed vacate Cream °° By a Lady Of Our Soda. Patron. Foley's Commeroeial! Street, Nevada City. _ CHANGE OF FIRM. AVING PHRCHASED THE INTEREST of J. H. Polkinghorn tn theFruit and Vegetable Market, On Broad street, I will continue to conduct a bond the same first-class manner. as hereto“Creditors of the old firm are requested to settle their accounts at their earliest convenience, ’ A complete line of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Etc., On hand at moderate prices, Extra Fine Peaches This week for Canning. _ WM. H. ANDREWS. THOS. S. FORD, sown, It is mainly office wor home, ‘erence. Enel stam envel P. » Dept. Bg Our references, nny bank in any conducted at ih DOMINION ‘CO! COM' Attorney and Counselor at Law, FFICE—LO) ULLD. COR. “ mercial vei ~ Se Lear { Stranger—Have you lived long in this section? Native—No, sab. I am a} gentleman, sab! And it is impossible . for gentlemen to live long in this sec. tion, sab. . Many a Lover fas turned with disgust from an other. wise lovable girl with an offensive . breath. Karl’s Clover Root Tea puri-: fies the breath by its action on the! bowels, etc., as nothing else will. Sold for years on absolute guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts, For sale by H. Dick 9rman, the draggist. tf ees sented. the dozen in SILVER WARE. IT’S ALL RIGHT The Jewelry you buy from me is ; exactly as repreIt is new in style there is no deception as to quality, and the prices ¢ are low. Both plated and solid, from the best manufacturers. Ilike to show goods and take pleasure in selling them on their merits. C. J. BRAND, ' band. ‘The skill necessary to do this is acquired only after long practice, ' but when once it is obtained the opera: . tor is able to extract half a dozen teeth . in about 30 seconds without once reI don’t want any humorous arrangements about my salary.” easter recast What Is Shiloh ? A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds and Consumption; used through the, mouth. world for half a century, has cured in. ase mnnsartantces numerable cases of incipient consumpae Disturbance. tior and relieved many in advanced) Mrs. (Gofrequent — Your husband stages. If you are not satisfied with’ “oes out a good deal, doesn’t he? the results we will refund pod gry! money. Ms. Seldom Home—Yes, but we alPrice 25 cts., 50 cts. sale by H. Dickerman, the druggist. tf; xisle. and {t never disturbs anybody.— . Obleago ‘Tribune. French Tansy Wate:s. These are the genuine French Tansy wer ieee Sick Headaches, upon ‘securing reare quickly and surely cured by Karl’s lief from and cure of irregular periods Clover Root Tea, the great blood. puriIn red wrappers. . fier and tissue bailder. Money refund less of cause. gned cd if not satisfactory. Price 25 cts of substitutes. LA moving his fingers from the patient's and $1.00. For, ways have seats next to the central UNION:-:HOTEL, Main Street, Neveda City. H. METZENBAUGHER, -Frank Power, Grass Valley N. Davis, Camptonville paige § 6 Cheroke re D erokee Miss M. Lang, < Wm. J. Carter, Grass Valley R. J. Smith, Sacramento —Herbert Cooper, Marsbfield, Or. 3 R. Augove, Grass Valley R. McCook, Bloomfield Geo. Aymer, Sierra Valley A. B. Austin, San Juan Frank Mellan, San Francisco J.R. Timblyn, F. Ginkens, : ~% Sidney Blodgett, « direct from Puris. The curse of overworked womankind . L. Lemon, “ SB in cath Bl : ap, Nort oomfield -. Wm. J. Fisher, Jamestown W. P. Miller, Sacramento Beware ig oe a at ¢ ad areas Meee BS Be a map SPO ro land druggist, For sale by H, Dickerman, acne! x ergot”. Ap TR. ee SARE AN AEN A IE NO oe miommmnipenseade e Dee ee er en peor tt aaeae James Kelly, Bloomfield ‘ J.L. Obariles, Oakland Pioneer Jeweler, o se _New designs by iccad Street. A Day's Record of Our Neighbors as Told ‘Was Sent After Cows Cows and Did Not Come Advertising has been tersely though se a the a ‘A RUNAWAY BOY. Back. what the public is looking for in busiLast Friday afternoon at five o'clock ' pave them interestingly presented . Gene, the thirteen-year-old son of Mr H. A. Fairbanks is incorporating the . ‘and Mrs. Charles Marx who live at the . Keystone mine adjoining the Empire. ‘Ash ranch near Myers: Ravine, left the. game yisterday? Second Office pleco house to round up the cows and bas bone to recover $97 alleged to be due not He is said to’ racket till I've killed off all the family . be stdying with some wood-choppers in _ Architect Linden Bree of San Franithe vicinity of Selby Flat and to represent that his father drove him away \from home. His mother came to town S that nea ‘today. She says he hus a good ome! mbich ar gold boing « noted im f eat: all persons against barboring the young runaway. They are very anxious to have him come back to them. on the Central Pacific and two more . #0 88 agonizing and f; will soon be added. First office Boy—Wuz you at Pre ak Nope. [ve worked the faneral yet returned home. "and I ain’t got any re relasbuns. There are in San Diego county sts remnants of ancient gravel channels ~ and that both her husband and herself have treated him well. In\another. [t makes s difference not only weeks column they publish a notice Warning ox is gored, but whose ox does the goring. Z Young Mothers. Croup is the terror of thousands of young mothers because its outbreak is uently fatal. Shiloh’s Cough and umption Otire © acts like magic in cases of Oroup. has never been known to fail. The There are twenty-eight train crews It requires the effort of your life to worst .cases relieved immediately. forgive the person whom you have! price 25cts., 50 cts.and $1 0U. For sa wronged. by H. Dickerman, the druggist. tf Prop. SPECIAL ATTENTION is called to our fine line of . Te AT TCOHmE o—— } Of American Manufacture. The superior construction of these Watches by improved and automatic machinery enables us to offer a good time piece at 'a very moderate price. DON’T bay Brass Watches at auction sales, or second-hand ones either, when you can get N for abvat the same price. ew and reliable goods at our store @@” Remember, our repair work will bear the closeat eg Telephone West 14. A. & H. W. Hartung aoe oe } Successors to F. 0. 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Morning Meal, and Flaked Rice. : -—Pt-+— . For a Quteh Lunch--atready coohed=-Ory French Red Kidney Beans, 2 cans 25 cts. Kapp & Streets Canned Tomales, 2 cans 258 cts. Heintz’s Baked Beans, Tomato ae FOLDING ING ARMY sama . From the best makers, of the best materials aad having all the latest improvements. They are cheap, to oer ae extra comfortable and durable. KINKEAD, Cash Furniture Dealer, ne own. KINKBAD tle carries in stock « complete assortment of the foes Parlor, Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture ; Iu sets and in single pieces. par gare remembering. Facts mo ness announcements, and it uit ‘to et : WEDNES! KICKING Men Empl Cal Many of Schmidt, 1 structing t that they a They say bh and expec more labo! that he oc large and . cannot ope permitting are ording which they Several :« their jobs threatenin, , Said one man is all Schmidt. for instanc way we bet three days put on an enough wo He Chinamen,’ Quite as Monday we grade and . neer Mille: been wrete! “It was 8 ‘the men. * to rash the ered as $00) The imp Engineer watch the eagle eyés . « job when ii The The Pen since last paying ex could obta day, bat th are 80 we) that. they herds of ox chase of m It ia expec winter the: at least fift is now the business bh tention. . section w dairying a with the r profitable market. A The foll remaining City, Sept Bice, . Orand Cumno Cecil, Hollo Lande

ELIE SE SLOT = SOI “ > THE otha blished every a Semaye and eT iotthare Gy BROWN & CALKINS. . L. 8. CALEINS. K.P. BROWN. WEDNESDAY ... SEPT. oe } 13, 1899 ; -—-—4 t IT SEEMED. LIKE MAGIC. How the High Cinss Expert Picked Out the Old Masters. “Speaking of old pictures,” said a New Orleans dealer, “it is very interesting to see a really high class Euro . pean expert making an examination. . The extent and diversity of the information of such men are something as. tonishing. Some years ago I spent a couple of days with a gentleman who is recognized as one oa foremost . eonnoisseurs of Paris: e visited several country places which contained pictures said to be of great value, and in all he inspected upward of two doz _ en canvases. “In every instance he settled the questions of date, period and painter : beyond all reasonable doubt. The warp : and woof of the canvas, the wood composing the backing, the nature of the borings made by worms, the workmanship of the tacks, the character of the pigment and certain minute peculjarities in the mounting were all like . so many pages of print to him. He, They Break Out Simultaneously in Diftimely discovery occurred in justify the Board of Trustees ‘small sum spent thus may ‘save’ many thousand dollars’ TWO SUSPICIOUS FIRES. ferent Parts of Town. At a quarter of twelve ‘o'clock last night=two. incipient blazes that would have proven disastrous but for their different parts of the city, and it is generally believed they were of incendiary origin. It may be that some vicious or crazy person set them both, aud disappointed with the failure of the first’ trial will shortly repeat the experiment. The suspicion of this is certainly well enough founded to in employing a number of extra nightwatchmen for awhile to come. “A comparatively worth of property from deMinor Kotés and 4 Comments of Local other consignment of lemons. tf Whiskey sold only by W. 3. Britland. er, successor to N. GO. Undertaking Co. 25 cents a jar, at Wolf’s Cash Grocery Oommercial street. tf don’t bother with ordinary hair pins— 68c at the Racket Store. tf water-white comb honey has just been received by Gaylord & Son, tf yard, at Snell & Fieming’s, corner Broad and Pine streets. bad his arm broken this week by being thrown from a mule he was riding. in this township, bas declaredhis intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. ant and popular dancing parties Saturday night at Union hall, Indian Fiat, and everybody is invited. . BRIEF "ABATION Interest. = For Life Insurance see T. B. Gray. The A. O. U. W. lodge meets tonight. Gaylord & Son have just received an1. W. Harper’s famous Kentucky. G. A. Gray, undertaker and embalmAnchovies and Sardellens, in glass, at Get a Fin de Seicle hair comb, and A fresh consignment of extra quality Scotch Linoleum, 80 and 86 cents @ 818-tf A young man named Joe Langman Emilio Galli, a native of Italy living There will be another of those pleasThe track of the Truckee and Tahoe The Sunset Company Completes Its Company is constructing from this city to Quincy, the county seat of Piamas, is completed to Camptonville, This morning an instrument was installed there and at an early bour the first message was received at the cenand distinct, showiug the wires to be in was intimately acquainted with the . struction. railroad is now laid five miles from Tahoe City and the line is expected to BKLLO, CAMPTONVILLE Line to That Town. The telephone line that the Sunset tral office here. The words cam 6 clear perfect working order. lt is expected that within about ten days connection will be made. with the Mountain House in Sierra county. From the Mountain Honse a portion of the crew will be detailed to set the poles and stretch the wire for the branch line to Forest City, four miles from the Mountain House, while at the same time the main line will be pusifed ahead toward Downieville without a moment’s loss of time. In the meantime work is being rushed from the upper end, 80 that the entire main line from this city to Quincy, with the branches. to Dobbins Ranch (already completed), Forest City and Remo will be in operation before winter sets in. ‘Phe Company is using the best of poles and wire and doing the workin a most substantial manner. The line is rouch better calculated to stand the winter storms thun the makeshift and ricketty lines that the Western Union style of bundreds of different artists, . the models they used, the colors they . most affected, their tricks of composition and their peculiar methods of ex. pressing the effects of light and shade. “To an outsider it seemed like magic. ‘A copy,’ he would say, for instance, after a swift glance at a painting. ‘It was made by So-and-so, a pupil, who had very much the style of his master. The date is about’ (here he would name it with infallible accuracy). ‘and if you clean that left hand corner 1 dare say you will find the signature in vermilion.’ In several cases he was fully borne out by documents in possession of the owner, and in all he was . sustained by circumstantial evidence. He told me very modestly that he had devoted 40 years to the close study of his profession and was just beginning to apprehend dimly how little he knew.” — New Orleaus Times-Demoerat. ONE BRAVE MAN. And the Reason He Stood Firm While 4 Under Fire. A battalion of volunteer infantry was drilling in a field when a regiment . of regular cavalry rode. by.. The. colonel of the cavalry halted his men to watch the volunteers, and, getting into conversation with the colonel of the latter, he criticised their drill unfavorably, especially their want of steadiness. The volunteer colonel was a fierce fellow, and he cried hotly, ‘ _ regulars.” “I do not think so,” retorted the cavalryman, “and if you'll draw your men fn order to receive cavalry I’ll prove ' it.” The challenge was accepted, and the . eavalrymen charged down upon the . citizen soldiers, who awaited them in , the usual way. Now, regular cavalry . ean charge to within a few feet or even inches of infantry at full gallop and then at the word of command pul) } up short. The volunteers, however, lost their nerve when they saw the . huge horses thundering down upon . them and showing no sign of stopping ! when a few yards off. They flied, al) ; but one man, who remained on his knee, with bayonet leveled. His colonel, enraged at the others’ flight, approached . the hero and, tap ping him on the back, cried: “You are . the only brave m You scorned to run.” “Yes, sir,” gasped the hero. my fut stuck in a hole, have waited.”—Spare Moments. Big Animals of Long Ago. Most of the gigantic animals of geological eras belonged to species which have completely vanished, and of those which have living representatives it is . difficult to say whether they have un. dergone a true change of size or whether the modern examples are merely survivals of smaller contemporary varieties. The larger animals have a tendency to disappear first in a partial failure of food supply. Gigantic . resembling those were formerly . The remains of huge sloths are found in CuSharks attain. ing a length of more thai 100 feet are found in comparatively recent fossil Another fish which represents a larger prehistoric species is the American bony pike, which {s one of survivals of the enormous The tiny nautilus of the present day had kindred 10 or 12 feet long in early armadillos closely of the present day abundant tn South America. ba and North America. deposits. of the few ganoids of the secondary strata. times. Another smal] shellfish, th pteropod,, whose delicately to hav is found in fossil remaius reached the respectable length of couple of feet. “We want aclergyman who can see a joke.” “I can see a joke all right but ‘number of thugs and loafers ‘My . men are as steady as any regiment of . man in the regiment. . “] had . or I shouldn’t . complex structure is packed in an inch of shell, The city is infested with a that we would be better off without. It would give the greatest of Satisfaction if the officers would drive them out or put them in jail. Property owners would then breathe freer. ‘At 11:45 last evening as Grove Deal ‘and bis mother and sister were going to their home on Piety Hill the gentleman discovered a fire in a shed annex to J. H. Rogers’ wood turning establishment at the south end of euspen‘gion bridge. He got a pail of water . from a bouse near by and quenched the flames. The fire was under an old ' dynamo, and had evidently been inten. tionally started, The footprints of somebody wearing rabber overshoes were found near the scene. Had the ‘ fire obtained a few minutes more start _the result would have been most disastrous. The mill is a large wooden , structure and contains much inflammable material such as dry lumber, shavings, Oils, paints, etc. As Mr. Deal found the fire st the ; mill, Superior Judge Nilon was passing ' ap Coyote st reet at the gasworks when he discovered that the large wooden ' door at the rear of J.J. Jackson’s storei house between Hibernia Hall and Ne. vada Hose Company’s building was lafire. This door bas been used by bill. posters for years and was covered with i many layers of paper. The paper had . been ignited and the flames were rapi idly eating their way through the door. . This blaze was put out with a band ; chemical extinguisher from the fire house. The Fire Department was called out . by the double alarm occasioned by i these discoveries and the members re. sponded with their usual prompthess. ——— Not So Very Old After All. little. village churchyard—at . Bickenhill, in Warwickshire, is a . tombstone upon which fs inscribed the . age of a dear old maiden lady who de / parted this life in the year 1701. Her . age, as testified by the engraver’s art, . was 708. Born before the Conquest . and dying under Queen Anne. Again . at Chave Priory, Worcestershire, the . age of a “rude forefather” is similarly . Inseribed as 209. Not to harrow thereader, we may say that these portentous . . . . . . } {> Je a figures are strictly the product of the engraver’s art. The monumental mason of those days, was notbing if not ignorant, and his idea of writing 78 or 30 was to write 70 or 30 tirst and 8 or 9 afterward, meaning 70 plus 8 or 30 plus 9, ete., as the case might he. Quaint Dr. Colles. Dr. Colles, an eminent surgeon of Dublin, who died in 1843, was remark, able for his plain dealing witb bhimself. In his fee book he bad many such candid entries as the following: “For giving ineffectual advice for deafness, 1 guinea.” “For attempting to draw out the stump of a tooth, 1 guinea.” “For telling bim that he was no e€ more il} than I was, 1 guinea.” “For nothing that I know of, except that he probably thought he did not @ pay me enough last time, 1 guinea.” Japanese Dentists. The Japanese dentists perform all their operations in tooth drawing with the thumb and the forefinger of one -. Olympic Lodge. be completed to Truckee next month. The South Yuba Water Company have begun work on their new reservoir south of Banner Mountain, which is to supply water forthe Union Hill and Brunswick mines. The election of officars of Mountain Oompany, U.R K. of P., called for tomorrow evening, has been postponed as a number of the Knights contemplate going to Grass Valley to witness the conferring of the third degree by The carrent issue of the War Cry, the official organ of the Salvation Army, is a special Admission Day number. The cover is a work of art. Much of the reading matter of the paper is devoted to the California boys retarned from Manila. The return by the M. B. Conference of Rev. J. W. Phelps to the pastorate at this city will give general. satisfaction. Mr. Phelps is a man of ability and eloquence, and he is extremely popular not only with his congregation, but among our citizens outside the Shires. . The Berlin authorities have strictly forbidden collections among school dren.for _missionary.and other purposes, on the ground that they prove a burden to the parents and creute illfeeling among the parents, Such a rule bas prevailed for several years in the schools of Nevada City. A tree fell on a Chinese at Towle Bros." sawmill on Deer Creek and Ina, abd some other men wére Conveying the remains by rail to Datch Flat, when Johnston fell between a flat-car and the engine. The wheels of the latter cut off three toes from one foot and the other foot was badly crushed. Shortly before dark last evening a team that Frank Germaine left standing on upper Pine street ran away. Jobn O'Neill stopped them at York street. Just before five o’clock a horse belonging to Mr. Schmidt, the sewer contractor, started to ran from in front of George E. Turner’s store, but Ed. Schmidt caught it at Commercial street. No damage was done ineither case. To indicate the number of miles traveled by each passenger on a railroadtrain, a new register is connected by a system of gears with the car axle, with a hand on the dial, which is put_in motion by the action of the person sitting down, showing the conductor where the passénger started from. “Don’t leave tbe table,” said the landlady, as her new boarder rose from his scanty breakfast. “I must madam; it’s hardwood, and my teethare not what they used to be.” 7+ eee Telegraph Company has in this part of the State. jacent. Griggs—I’m glad that I don’t killed him. James Johnston, the fore-. ~ . eeatnaiiaie Senator .Elkias’ Great Scheme. 3 During the presidential campaign of 1892 Senator Quay and Senator Elkins, who were maiaging the Republican interests, and ex-Senator Brice ‘and Henry Watterson, who were in charge of the Democratic headquarters, used to live at the same hotel and frequently dined together. One evening, as they were sitting at the same table. Mr. Brice looked over to Senator Quay and asked: “How are you folks off for money?’ “We are very hard up,” replied the Republican chairman. “How are you getting alo?’ “Well,” said Brice, “whenever we want money I go down into my own pocket for it. I have not been able to get much anywhere else.” “You are lucky to have a pocket to go into,” said Senator Quay. “If I had money of my own, I would not grumble.” “But,” said Brice, “I have to borrow 1 Sef “Gentlemen,”..said-Senator Elkins, we. four go down town tomorrow and ‘borrow $1,000,000 upon our joint indorsement and divide it between the

two parties and then let whichever one wins pay the notes?’—Chicago Record. Briggs—It makes me aneasy to owe feel that way. Briggs—Why? —Id have the St. Vitus dance. Griggs “Is that new comer a naturatizged Enlishman?” inquired the Earl. “No,” answered.the Duke. “He’s merely an unnaturalized American.” nS} For Good Coffee __ Big Presents Try (Freat American Tmporting Tea Go's Big Value Stores. Commercial street, t perso: fice ed this and close by counties. 900 a year and expenses. eed no more, no less salary. “Tl have a suggestion-tomake. Suppose + -eee--sNevada City Main street,....... Grass Valley W4N8IED-SEVERAL BRIGHT AND HONms to represent us as MaraSalary Straight, bovaPosition perGRASS VALLEY NEWS Over The Telephone. W. BR. Garlyon’s twelve year old daughter has diphtheria. W. BR. Murrey has sued Joseph Kneefor wages. Cisco will be here Sunday on a visit to. his parents, Hon. John F. Kidder says the announcement that he will build a theater is premature, George Fletcher, his daughter Agnes and Miss Maude Hoyt go to Sacramento tomorrow. Thos. Blake of San Francisco will open a drag store on the 30th instant in the new Bree building. Ex-District Attorney Riley, formerly Captain of Company Ij N. G. C., hes! been commissioned Oaptain in the volunteer army. : District Attorney Power came down today to try Dennis Donovan and Thos. Bracelin for battery on Tom McOormick alias Anderson: They applied through their attorney, John R. Tyrrell, for a change of venue, and the case will probably go to Nevada City. Mabel—Say, ma, you know them Italian folks on the corner that bave a little baby! Well, their baby ain't Italian after all. Mrs. Wilkins—It isn’? How can you tell? Mabel— Why, I heard it cry today,and it cried just like our English baby. : “Do you intend to take any interest in the campaign?” “Iaterest;,” echoed Senator Sorghum; “I mean to do better than that. I expected to draw a dividend.” “Why do you want your vacation extended?” “Well, it took me two weeks to get used to loafing, and now I want two weeke more 10 get used to working again.” It may not be polite to count the ehange when a friend obliges you by changing a bill, but it is just as well to do it if you want your cash to balance. Headache Is often a warning that the liver is torpid or inactive. More serious troubles may follow. For & prompt, efiicient—cure--ofHeadache and all liver troubles, take Hood’s. Pills While they rouse.the liver, restore full, regniar action of the bowels, they do not gripe or pain, do not frritate or inflame the.internal organs, but have a positive tonic effect. 25e. at all druggists or by mail of . 1. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. “Like Nectar to My Lips.” Is the Ice As xpressed vacate Cream °° By a Lady Of Our Soda. Patron. Foley's Commeroeial! Street, Nevada City. _ CHANGE OF FIRM. AVING PHRCHASED THE INTEREST of J. H. Polkinghorn tn theFruit and Vegetable Market, On Broad street, I will continue to conduct a bond the same first-class manner. as hereto“Creditors of the old firm are requested to settle their accounts at their earliest convenience, ’ A complete line of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Etc., On hand at moderate prices, Extra Fine Peaches This week for Canning. _ WM. H. ANDREWS. THOS. S. FORD, sown, It is mainly office wor home, ‘erence. Enel stam envel P. » Dept. Bg Our references, nny bank in any conducted at ih DOMINION ‘CO! COM' Attorney and Counselor at Law, FFICE—LO) ULLD. COR. “ mercial vei ~ Se Lear { Stranger—Have you lived long in this section? Native—No, sab. I am a} gentleman, sab! And it is impossible . for gentlemen to live long in this sec. tion, sab. . Many a Lover fas turned with disgust from an other. wise lovable girl with an offensive . breath. Karl’s Clover Root Tea puri-: fies the breath by its action on the! bowels, etc., as nothing else will. Sold for years on absolute guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts, For sale by H. Dick 9rman, the draggist. tf ees sented. the dozen in SILVER WARE. IT’S ALL RIGHT The Jewelry you buy from me is ; exactly as repreIt is new in style there is no deception as to quality, and the prices ¢ are low. Both plated and solid, from the best manufacturers. Ilike to show goods and take pleasure in selling them on their merits. C. J. BRAND, ' band. ‘The skill necessary to do this is acquired only after long practice, ' but when once it is obtained the opera: . tor is able to extract half a dozen teeth . in about 30 seconds without once reI don’t want any humorous arrangements about my salary.” easter recast What Is Shiloh ? A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds and Consumption; used through the, mouth. world for half a century, has cured in. ase mnnsartantces numerable cases of incipient consumpae Disturbance. tior and relieved many in advanced) Mrs. (Gofrequent — Your husband stages. If you are not satisfied with’ “oes out a good deal, doesn’t he? the results we will refund pod gry! money. Ms. Seldom Home—Yes, but we alPrice 25 cts., 50 cts. sale by H. Dickerman, the druggist. tf; xisle. and {t never disturbs anybody.— . Obleago ‘Tribune. French Tansy Wate:s. These are the genuine French Tansy wer ieee Sick Headaches, upon ‘securing reare quickly and surely cured by Karl’s lief from and cure of irregular periods Clover Root Tea, the great blood. puriIn red wrappers. . fier and tissue bailder. Money refund less of cause. gned cd if not satisfactory. Price 25 cts of substitutes. LA moving his fingers from the patient's and $1.00. For, ways have seats next to the central UNION:-:HOTEL, Main Street, Neveda City. H. METZENBAUGHER, -Frank Power, Grass Valley N. Davis, Camptonville paige § 6 Cheroke re D erokee Miss M. Lang, < Wm. J. Carter, Grass Valley R. J. Smith, Sacramento —Herbert Cooper, Marsbfield, Or. 3 R. Augove, Grass Valley R. McCook, Bloomfield Geo. Aymer, Sierra Valley A. B. Austin, San Juan Frank Mellan, San Francisco J.R. Timblyn, F. Ginkens, : ~% Sidney Blodgett, « direct from Puris. The curse of overworked womankind . L. Lemon, “ SB in cath Bl : ap, Nort oomfield -. Wm. J. Fisher, Jamestown W. P. Miller, Sacramento Beware ig oe a at ¢ ad areas Meee BS Be a map SPO ro land druggist, For sale by H, Dickerman, acne! x ergot”. Ap TR. ee SARE AN AEN A IE NO oe miommmnipenseade e Dee ee er en peor tt aaeae James Kelly, Bloomfield ‘ J.L. Obariles, Oakland Pioneer Jeweler, o se _New designs by iccad Street. A Day's Record of Our Neighbors as Told ‘Was Sent After Cows Cows and Did Not Come Advertising has been tersely though se a the a ‘A RUNAWAY BOY. Back. what the public is looking for in busiLast Friday afternoon at five o'clock ' pave them interestingly presented . Gene, the thirteen-year-old son of Mr H. A. Fairbanks is incorporating the . ‘and Mrs. Charles Marx who live at the . Keystone mine adjoining the Empire. ‘Ash ranch near Myers: Ravine, left the. game yisterday? Second Office pleco house to round up the cows and bas bone to recover $97 alleged to be due not He is said to’ racket till I've killed off all the family . be stdying with some wood-choppers in _ Architect Linden Bree of San Franithe vicinity of Selby Flat and to represent that his father drove him away \from home. His mother came to town S that nea ‘today. She says he hus a good ome! mbich ar gold boing « noted im f eat: all persons against barboring the young runaway. They are very anxious to have him come back to them. on the Central Pacific and two more . #0 88 agonizing and f; will soon be added. First office Boy—Wuz you at Pre ak Nope. [ve worked the faneral yet returned home.. "and I ain’t got any re relasbuns. There are in San Diego county sts remnants of ancient gravel channels ~ and that both her husband and herself have treated him well. In\another. [t makes s difference not only weeks column they publish a notice Warning ox is gored, but whose ox does the goring. Z Young Mothers. Croup is the terror of thousands of young mothers because its outbreak is uently fatal. Shiloh’s Cough and umption Otire © acts like magic in cases of Oroup. has never been known to fail. The There are twenty-eight train crews It requires the effort of your life to worst .cases relieved immediately. forgive the person whom you have! price 25cts., 50 cts.and $1 0U. For sa wronged. by H. Dickerman, the druggist. tf Prop. SPECIAL ATTENTION is called to our fine line of . Te AT TCOHmE o—— } Of American Manufacture. The superior construction of these Watches by improved and automatic machinery enables us to offer a good time piece at 'a very moderate price. DON’T bay Brass Watches at auction sales, or second-hand ones either, when you can get N for abvat the same price. ew and reliable goods at our store @@” Remember, our repair work will bear the closeat eg Telephone West 14. A. & H. W. Hartung aoe oe } Successors to F. 0. Lactje, € cet nae eet ae ‘ a Q All the Very Latest in CREPONS. ORDINARY. WIRE C O T S 3 tm xc IGEN TSEON PEEK (TN TSRON eh Sea Son8 ery Gi Wit Sept Sees! Sarat Set SO Se SG NG Ne 4 DISPLAYED AT oC MAHER & CO/S. Ladies, come and take a look at the grandest display of. BLACK SUITS.. You ever saw in Nevada. We say it truthtully. They are the most beautiful ; lot of Black Suits that we ever imported. Each one is a gem and we want you all” Do not Do not say, “It is to see them while in our window. say, “It is too-early.” Now is the time while the selection is good. No Two Suits Alike. Just take a walk down and see them. Do too warm.” San Francisco cannot produce better. “not miss this display. pe Respectfully, > eee MAHER & CO. A Fine Line -Or-— se! Breakfast Goods. a eae oe : Ml Fresh from the Mills. ——>}~G—s f j H-0-Oat. Meal, and Self-Rising Buckwheat. Twin Bros. Mush, Our Mother’s Mush. ; Wheatine, Phoenix Flakes. Germea, Rolled Oats, Oat Meal in balk. =. Aunt Jemima’s Pan Oake Meal. Morning Meal, and Flaked Rice. : -—Pt-+— . For a Quteh Lunch--atready coohed=-Ory French Red Kidney Beans, 2 cans 25 cts. Kapp & Streets Canned Tomales, 2 cans 258 cts. Heintz’s Baked Beans, Tomato ae FOLDING ING ARMY sama . From the best makers, of the best materials aad having all the latest improvements. They are cheap, to oer ae extra comfortable and durable. KINKEAD, Cash Furniture Dealer, ne own. KINKBAD tle carries in stock « complete assortment of the foes Parlor, Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture ; Iu sets and in single pieces. par gare remembering. Facts mo ness announcements, and it uit ‘to et : WEDNES! KICKING Men Empl Cal Many of Schmidt, 1 structing t that they a They say bh and expec more labo! that he oc large and . cannot ope permitting are ording which they Several :« their jobs threatenin, , Said one man is all Schmidt.. for instanc way we bet three days put on an enough wo He Chinamen,’ Quite as Monday we grade and . neer Mille: been wrete! “It was 8 ‘the men. * to rash the ered as $00) The imp Engineer watch the eagle eyés . « job when ii The The Pen since last paying ex could obta day, bat th are 80 we) that. they herds of ox chase of m It ia expec winter the: at least fift is now the business bh tention. . section w dairying a with the r profitable market. A The foll remaining City, Sept Bice, . Orand Cumno Cecil, Hollo Lande