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ONLY A CROOKED CENT. When the Young Woman Thought It Was Gold, She Got Nervons. The car had just rounded : "dead man's curve" at Fourteenth ~. street, when ■a j daintily clad young woman swished ■ something | out of her hand .which as It struck the street was fol lowed.by a sharp metallic sound. •'; r ..;'\Vhat was that you threw away, my iloar?'^ asked her companion, another iriri about the same age. "J!6ney," laconically responded the thrower. * '• VMouey!" continued her companion In a bonified tone of voice. "Why, It lounded like gold." •.ji . , j ! '"■ . ."My gracious!" shrieked the thrower. "Havej I. thrown away one of ithofie coldpieces?"' ' ' • By this time several of the passen- Wf? had arisen from their seats and w'«m-«> looking In an indignant' way. at t.b" couductor for not stopping the car. He,, however, was one . of ■ those", high collared, stoical ..young men who boss things on the Broadway cars, and the excitoraent created by, ( the money thrower did not cause him to turn a balr. All tbil time the car was bowl •n<r as'merrlJv along as Broadway cars ever do bowl, nnd It was getting far £h»r,an<l farther away from the;mon ty; One or two of the passengers were rboi't to jump off the car, but! then they, thought better, or it and turned tbo'- <rarp nnsiously on the young wo msn*': who" ! was' hunting frantically through her purse. Just as It seemed f bp strain would be too much for the •excited passengers to bear longer the fair thrower looked up smilingly at her companion and mugraureel sweetly: '•'••It's nil right my dear. It, wasn't a eoidpiw after all." • ~' -.%■ \ ":jf! '.What, was It. then?" asked the sec ond young woman ■ " ; I "Only i a crooked penny,'* replied the thmweiv "i always throw away crook ed peniiiou-for luck." s Thpp both girls "softly giggled, Whllfl tb" other, passengers, looking both' fool ish and disgustod. resumed their seats. — New. 'York Tribune. ,, . . * • Origin of "Under tbe Rose." In-Greek mythology the rose was the symbol of silence, as it was said that Cupid, the son of Venus, gave the god of silence a golden rose as a bribe to con real the amours of the goddess of love. 1 1 was,< therefore, sculptured •on i the ■filings of banqueting halls and placed: is a sign above the doors of question able resorts. | Guests at feasts-, were 'crowned with. roses to intimate jthat :heir conversations while in their cups were not to be repeated elsewhere^ i.The ■ phrase obtained currency; In Greece after Pausanias, the admiral of the Greek fleet plotted with ' Xerxes to betray the cause of the Greeks by 'sur rendering ' the ships, the negotiations being conducted in a small banqueting hall/ the' roof of which was, as usual, covered . with , sculptured roses. ' The plot, however, was discovered and or- Jers given for the arrest of the traitor. Pausanias endeavored to make bis 'ref uge iin a temple which possessed • the right of asylum. Unwilling to violate the sanctity of tbe place by forcibly removing him and still more unwilling lo allow. him to escape,' his follow citi zens walled up every .entrance and, by one account left him. to die of star vation; by another, killed him by j un roofing the - building and -throwing 3own the tiles on bis bead. : . { ' ■■' A Lazy Beggar. I 'once had a conversation, said an Isle of Man bank manager, speaking of Hall Came, with two old friends of mine, a farmer and his buxom wife, who live within a few yards of Greeba sastle. 'the great Manx author's resi .deuce. :. Hall Caine, bad just taken up tils abode in his new house, and I start ed t the conversation by saying to [the ivorthy farmer and wife: ! "So you have the great Hall : Came near you now?" -, Farmer and Wife— Aye. man. "{ ; Farmer's Wife— And what trenienjus style they are keeping! It's amazing. Farmer— And what's he doing for a living. Mri —^? ' ; ., Bank Manager (greatly astonished)— : What, don't you know he Is a popular • author?" -;. : .... ■ -.. ii >■- \ i Farmer— And what's that? . ■, Bank Manager— Why, he writes suc cessful books. Farmer (with a fine . show of con tempt)— The lazy beggar! •»•; I.- need .hardly say,- concluded my jorrespondent, . that I collapsed. ■ ■ • • . 1 Time km a Sculptor. A' portrait traced by nature on a Wo man's tombstone, says The Scots Pic torial, has recently been discovered in Jedburgh graveyard, near the famous abbey.' The stone was erected in 1798 by a worthy bailie of Jethart v to the memory of bis wife,* Alison Rcnwick. The slow finger of time has worn away most of the facing on; the. front of the stone, and part of It Is overgrown with moss,' which has outlined tbe features. Local opinion favors the view that the face is a likeness of the good old lady who .Bleeps- beneath, ■ a theory ; which has at least the merit of being difficult of disproof, since no one living can pos sibly have seen her. . , Carrying Ont tbe Rale. "Some editor who has been giving advice to people on bow to live to be old says that one of the main rules to follow Is to go away from the table at each meal feeling as if you could eat more." ;..•;.;:■ • . . - "Well. say. if that's right, every fel low at. our boarding bouse ought to live to be a hundred!"— Cleveland PlaiD Dealer. ■" Too Lively. : Mr. Corntossel— l can't understand these here theater troopers. • i iMr. Meddergrass— What is the mat ter? - ^ . . Mr. Corntossel— Why, they advertised this here drummer of "Th" Black Vow of Vengeance" as bavin plenty of. life In it, an blame If they didn't kill 16 people In th' first act.— Baltimore Amer ican. ' >'. -: Socratea Tripped. **No one." gravely announced Socra tes/-"can'arrest tin- flight of time." j . 1 "NoV'-queryingly Int a l>y ' slander '"1 ■ thought anybody . could : stop a minute." And even the disciples , of the great philosopher -were forced tc Finile behind their togas.— Philadelphia . necord . > . tl c exception of Norway, there Is no country in Europe whose area Is bo taken up by forests as Germany, :more than a quarter of Its surface be , Ing devoted to them. Cbfnetie RMdlea. ._ Whnt 1r Ihe fire that has no smoke end thf 1 water that.lias no fish? , . "'A jrlowworra's fire has no smoke, and well Water has no fish. ■" Mention 1 the name 0/ an object wjth i tiro moutlis which travels by night and -tot by 'lay.-: '• - ; .". •\ ' " •-.•'■:"* ; ' ' -i A lantern.— Chicago- News.- •--.*•.•..■. 111 ,'!ll*-d» 9n4;Slcppinar." ■ >\p J\ j; A, Cermnijj elector j has!b^en Investi gating the;qliestf6n'of-beds,.and the re sult of his labors has been lately given to the world In the pages of a German journal. In the first place, to convince mankind of the Importance ofJhis sub ject, the doctor reminds all mankind that we spend from one-fourth to one third of our lives In bed, after which he proceeds to advise the world on the healthiest kind of couch and the most sensible manner of reposing thereon. A' hard bed appears to be' the best, and it is laid down that children from the earliest years should be trained to sleep.on these hard beds.. :iSoft beds are too( warm and do not admit suffi cient air. ■'■ Even Tn the case of the hard bed the sleeper .'is warned to see that his covering, whether woolen or cotton, Is not so heavy that the body Id kept overwarm and fresh air is excluded. This "ventilation, according'to our au thority, is all Important But I what will middle aged people say when the man of science bids'them . dispense with their pillows? Pillows, he de clares, are evils, and it Is. right that we should sleep with limbs uncramped on a perfectly; horizontal plane. Knowing the weakness of human flesh, however, the doctor declares that if pillows are retained they should be neither too soft nor too thick. .. ■■ • ■ .•• ■•.•'. A. point on which most people will agree with this authority is the neces sity for constant (the doctor asks for daily) airing and sunning of .the bed ding. Much ill health may be attribut ed to carelessness In this matter.—Lon don Globe. ' A Story of Whistler. The Boston Transcript saj's: "A di verting anecdote is told of the boyhood of Mr.'Whistler, the greatest' modern impressionist He was apprenticed,to dome engineers who were etching elab orate maps-on copper.- :One day his employer asked him If he also could etch maps on copper. 'Oh, yes., j I can etch,' promptly answered young Whis tler. "As a matter of fact he had' never used an etching: needle in his life. However, they gave j him the copper, and he set to work, making a very fine and beautiful map.' But "found the edges of the plate, which when bitten In with acid are always stopped out. he etched some characteristic little, sketch es of the different members of the firm,'lncluding a very humorous one of the chief himself. ' "' ' "Shortly after he'happened to go away for a week or two for his holi day. Meantime the plate j had • been bitten" in and printed with all of the dreadful little caricatures that he had forgotten to stop out appearing in star tling prominence, the sketch of; the chief being especially remarkable be cause of Its great resemblance' to that gentleman, who was so enraged at the Indignity of the thing that immediately an Whistler's return .he dismissed him.". . , , ,: . ,;,;• • The Gold Brick Swindle. "The gold brick swindle." said a business man quoted;in the New. Or leans Times-Democrat, "Is one, of the most plausible propositions ever, ad vanced and has .landed some of the cleverest business men" In' the country. A number of years ago It. used to be a common thing for banks In the west to buy gold bricks—l moan real' ones and frequently there were the! best of. reasons for keeping, the i transaction quiet •. •.. .....;.,-.." "It often happened that the owner of some ' partly developed mine would make an unexpected strike aud wish *to buy the adjacent, property. Natu-' rally he would want' to hold back'the news of his discovery until he secured the land and If he had any bullion.to dispose of would make the sale as quietly as possible. Tbe, banks j be came accustomed to deals of.that kind and were consequently pretty easy prey for the gold brick swindler who turned up with a precisely similar sto ry. . • "I don't believe 1 exaggerate when I say that fully one-third of all the bank ing bouses in the western mineral belt were at some time victimized by this game." ". , A DoKflKlit In Church. The Westminster Budget says that it was once usual for highland shepherds to take their dogs to church and leave Hii'iir outside the pews. ! ' Two 'shep herds at enmity sat ou opposite sides sf the aislo one Sunday. ■' Soon after the sermon began the dogs, one a collie mid the other, not. seeun-d to enter into their masters' Quarrel . One tender of Hie Hock and then the other egged on Ills animal, and each faithful dog obey- Dd his master. Thc>' people at last cran-. Nl their necks over tho pews/ and when the dogs actually fought not a few of the congregation were standing up. \ ■•" Tbe minister's patience was ultimate ly exhausted, and so he called to his "hearers" and ' said, "Ah, .wee!, ray tfritiieiin. I see ye are more interested In the dogfight than In my sermon, and !j I'll close the buiko— and'' l'll bet half i. crown on the collie!" •;••-. A Little Mistake In Medals. The chief officer of a Yorkshire yeo manry regiment while congratulating one of the troops on its appearance made a stirring allusion to the medals worn by some army veterans - in the ranks! One of the men, a native of Wharfedale. afterward went home in a very thoughtful frame of mind, and next morning he came on parade with several medals on his breast. Said the officer, "1 didn't know you had been in the regulars." , "No: I ain't." said the man. "Well, how about the medals, then, my good fellow? They can't be yours." The man promptly answered: "Can't they? Aye, but they be. My old coo won 'em all at Otley show."— Upper Wharf edale. Not Available. When at 3 o'clock one morning Mrs. Newman was convinced that she heard » burglar in the parlor, she cautiously I wakened her husband. "Very well," said Mr. Newman, with 11 drowsy patience boni of frequent ■ Iniliur alarms. "I'll get my revolver from the drawer and go down 'and In vestigate." : "But, William," said his wife, with a sudden gasping remembrance, "your pistol Isn't here, dear. I— l tied it up with ribbons for an ornament under your father's sword today!"— Youth's Companion. Mean* to tbe End. Goldrox— So you want to marry my .laughter. What means have you to that end? Mr.- Foreben-Hunt— Oh, we'd be mar tied In the usual way— by means of a minister. That's easy enough.—Phila delphia Press. . ' The mineral resources of western Si beria are vast ' Between Tomsk, and Kooznesk lie fiO.OOO square kilometers (23.1C7 square' miles) of coal lands have-never been touched.' ■ . ::,~"^'i.y^ > : .-. -. ' ."'.■ ./ THEPA]\IABOR t^EBaER;, JACKSON /.OALIFOBKIA. ITEIID AY v DECEMBER. 7I ri9no. ORIGIN OF THE TERM "MOB" I'sed In Its Ffrnt Mcnnlnn In Time ol As indicating tbe popular*, prcvor bially fickle ni*<l easy to be moved (mo bile, from Latin niobUHs). the exjireß sion "the mobile people" is as old as the' time of Cbaucei-. but In Its later souse, that or the disorderly crowd, and In-Its contract if 1. form, "mob." it is not older than the postrestoration pe riod. In Roger North's Examen. 1740, reference Is made to the Green Ribbon •club. MiSO-2. and the writer adds: . 1 "1; may note . that • the rabble Hrst ohauged their title mid were called the mob In the iisHcmliiloK of this club first mobile vulgus. then contracted in one syllable." it was'used hesitating ly at first by Dryden ("Don Soliastlan." 1600). Durfy (•'('oiui'Kiinveiiltb of Wo men." iav,Si and Sbildwell t"S<|ii!iv of Alsatia." IHS.Si.uirl Uiciiiiiilson points out that Dryden ' uses ' l)otb "mobile" and "mob" lv tbe sense of rabble, the former in tbe stage dlrectiunß as the common word, tbe,latter as if It bad , not long boon iMtrwi'iicd , In 1711 T'e "s':W-t:itor. instances "mob" as an <XiW>->> irl tire' Dop.ilMr tendi ncr ti> •••'rtn'! 1 r-.Tiy of mil- words In fan I Sin r wrhtiigs .-••i<l convorKaticn. The verb "tiiTinoti.' derived of course as above, does i>i;t."occur until Hie pe riod of 'HiiriU'i 'V> M:;;ii'e. n-ain yciirs later, and-r^hm i^pi-itiVs- ospivKsion. ,"tbe mnlilnl <iuce'!' ■.<:'.Jlamlet"). refers not. to the "iiKiir'. iijKibile). .hut to the headdress In disorder.-Boston Tran script. - - ' -r ¦¦' - • Wnv.d r«:ne Anybody. The Rev "I'iKiii'i- Staiiutou of the well known 't'ui»i« li'of. si Albnn. Holborn. is a bu'iuonsi in in.s wtVy anil often tells with inimitable orfccl ;i droll story In the co'iiih-c .01 .iK.N-s-.'i-iimii which sends thrqu;;b Ibe.iy-i ■r>'^"tiou ageuile rip ple of mei!iuieni. t)u Sunday be'sat irlzed tlif'iiMibitiou 'of certain people rouse womls of ■viiich they did not know -the '•meaning. Many of' them \«-ere fond of sticking tbe letters "D. V." in all sorts of places instead of using the plain, homely English phrase "<Jod willin.e." He'knew one gentle man, rather shaky in Uls Latin, who In ji 'letter to n »'rifiid wrote "I will be T-Mtli yon 'D v ' on Monday, but any way on Tues:l.i.v." -l>oudou TeloKiaph. Why She Wan'ltluht. H.ivdn li.-kI h ptK-ullar nay of Oeter tulninx tbe tiiup iv which a pl«-oe of music slionU' .be mitiK. . On one occa sion h female singer in high esteen 1 at <H>'irt Ijmil been appointed to sins one i)f Hi\V(ln'« compositions At 'the re !i".irsnl she nnd the conductor diEfered as to the time of the music. The- mat t'T «-jiß to he settled by referring it to Ha.vln bliMßeir. When, called on to ilecidc. tse asUfil the conductor. lf the tinker was Imndsomt*. -Very;" '.whs the' reply, "and a spe cial fiivorlte'with tbe prince." •Then she Is right." replied Haydn. An Abrupt Proposal, Th<> reported fashion cf the famous Dr. Abernothy's courtship and mar rlstge Is very characteristic. It is told l^nt while attending a lady for several weeks ;he j observed these admirable .jollifications In nor daughter which he 1 ;■;:!}■ esteemed to render the married : law happy. Accordingly on a Satur t .'...7 taking leave of his patient, he ad •:.;• tiriii her to the following purport: . .-Voy are now so well that I need not '•, y you after Monday best, when I f',:ail come and pay you a farewell vis it. ".But 'in the meantime I 'wish you LiiJ your daughter to seriously consld •;• "the proposal lam about to make. It i.j abrupt and unceremonious, 1 1 am iv. are, but the excessive occupatloirof ;;iy time by my professional duties af fords me no leisure to accomplish what I desire, by the more ordinary course of •Ucntion aud solicitation. My annual i'(-<!pts amount to £ — '-, and I can set '!»••£ — - on my wife. My character is known to the public so that roii may readily ascertain what it is. I have seen in. your daughter a tender tnd affectionate child, an assiduous iud careful nurse and a gentle and .".(lylikc member of a family. ' Such a pi'ison must be all that a husband jcuUl covet, aud I offer' my hand aud fortune for her ■ acceptance. On Mod- Jay when I call 1 shall expect your de :iTminatlou. for. I, really have not time Mr the routine of courtship.", : : In this manner the. lady was wooed aiiO'won. and it may be added the iiniou was felicitous In every respect. , V.lir It. I* Called Dutch O«p. When Ben Bullet was endeavoring to' get 'the Union gunboats up the JainoH, he found the water in the bend at Witch Gap too shallow to let them pass, to say nothing of the fact thai the Confederates had erected two 01 three batteries along the bend In ordei to give, him a warm reception. So he .Vv'eut ahead and cut a caual across the neck; and suddenly, instead of being 13 uiilps from i Richmond, he was only Bis. Ever since that time the canal has been used, and the government now ' considers it the channel of the river and keeps it In shape. > The plan tations along the land were thus sud denly drained of their, very lifeblood rud have naturally fallen Into decay. The place is called Dutch Gap be cause at this spot. In early colonial days, a • Dutchman ■ worked , a verj smooth game upon the unsuspecting Indian. The Dutchman wagered the Indian that ho could beat him paddling a canoe around the bend. The Indian took him up on the Instant and gave him a mile the start. They started just above the bend, the Indian a miW behind, and when the Dutchman reach ed the neck he jumped on shore, grab bed his canoe out of the water, ran across to the other side with It, drop ped it into the water again and cnlmlj awaited the arrival of the astonished Indian, who had paddled ,t ran tlcallj around the bend In the endeavor tt catch up with him. What the wagei was Is not recorded, but the Dutchman doubtless^ got possession of 200,000 01 300,000 acres of land as a result of th« trick.— Cor. Chicago Record. ; Preparing For Moral Snaalon. "Don't you believe In moral sua elon?" asked tbe neighbor. The Indignant father : stopped .with the swltcb poised in the air. "Of course I do," he answered. "I tried it once, and I'm going to try It again just as soon, as I lick this boy hard enough so that he'll know enough to.be ruled by It. the next time I try It Yes, sir; moral suasion is a great thing, and I'm going to teach this boy how good It is If I have to wale the life out of him to do It He doesn't appreciate Its advantages yet"—Chica go Post ■■ Dlfßrnlt Color Scheme. •'Tlip. bnl>y. hns his father's nose, jon't yon think?" "Nonsense! Nature, could no more •■■produce that nose than ehe could re produce a Turner sunset" — Detroit Journal. Comlnjr Uorrn With a Parachnta? "Coming down-from the cloudsjln'a' t-ii:iiL-hiite Is like a dream,", said a'clr fus I.alloou artist. . "Ever dream of failing riom a high place? You come Jown.. alight quietly and awake, and you're not hurt Well, that's the para ;hute drop over again, i No; there is no danger. A parachute can be guided iradily on ibe down trip, but you can't it; it a balloon. To guide a parachute Hit of harm's way a practiced j hand W.i tilt It one way or the other, spill I tit 'air and thus work It to where you i.niit to land or ( to avoid water, trees, :-biuineys or church spires, i "Circus ' ascensions are -'generally ionde'lri the evening. When the sun poos down, the' wind goes down.j The balloon then shoots into the air, and :he parachute drops back on the circus *t or npt far away. ■■... "A balloon is made of 4 cent muslin md weighs about 000 pounds. A para- Miute is made of 8 cent muslin, j The :ope that secures the parachute is cut svith a knife.' ' The aeronaut drops fully ! 100 feet before the parachute be gins to fill. •■ It -must -fill, if you're up iitgb enough. Invariably, the fall Is head first. .., When the parachute be gins to fill, the descent is less rapid, md finally when the parachute has JunUy' filled* It bulges out with a pop. rbeiithe aeronaut climbs on to his tra jVzp and guides the pardcliute to a safe .and ing. ;I In seven cases ont of ten you :;a'i ■ land ■ hnck on •■ the ■ lot - v^cre yon rtarted from."'-New'Yorb News. ! ' ■ t" Wanted a Job as Doss. j A . boy of about 14, with j well ,worn rlctbesand a face in which timidity r'nd ' dftorinlnation struggled for the mastery .' entered' the' office of a ship :>;:i£ bonce en Front street one day last ivock. approadu-d the desk of! him ivhosp appearance spoke the control of :he establishment -and. catching his ?ye, said:.. , ,y -, "Do you want a boss, mister?" ; • ".Wliat!"- exclaimed • the ; proprietor, surprised out of. his self control. . ; : "1 want to know If you want a boss, 51r." , "I don't understand you. What do rou mean ?" "Well, sir. -I've been looking for something to do for three weeks now, md" nobody wants a boy, so today I thought I'd see If somebody didn't (vant a boss. .I'd like to be a boss." " "Well, well! That's not bad. , Are fou' willing to work up to the job? It :00k me 25 years to get it" " 'Deed I am, sir, if you'll give me :he chance." : r ' : Today an earnest boy In jumper' and jveralls Is struggling with bundles and packing cases In the shipping room of :he concern. He intends to be boss of the establishment j before his 'side ivhlskers, which have not yet sprout id, are as gray as those of the present ncumbent. •:« . ■ ■ ■■•<; And the chances, with his energy' and (Till. . are In his favor.— New York Times. ■ . . :, : %■.:'■. • Foot Good Smokes Cheap. • "Gimme three nickel cigars," said :he man with the red necktie at the •esinurant counter. ;:He was quickly supplied.. . .... . ... "Now gimme a good Havana or Key lVc«t cigar, about a 15 center." lie carefully lighted the Havana cl rnr and tucked the nickel cigars In his ljj|)' r vest pocket. '"• '•Yon Niuoke a Havana yourself and seep tbe nickel cigars for your friends, I K.nj>pofe?Vj said . the . dealer, with a ilckl.v fiijile. "No." said the man with the red Kcutie: "Tve got a hotter scheme than :l:nt I always sjuoke als cent Ha ra'nn or Key West cigar after dinner. i".n>;i 1 suioke the nickel cigars after .Viird. The nickel cigars taste exactly I.c the Ihivana oi;car. and thus I get ib-. 1 beiictt of four choice cigars that lrdin.-siiiy would cost mo (50 cents for !0 cents?. "■ '■ '. "• . •;•* ' "Try It yourself." said tbe man with be red necktie as be walked out—Chi •tiKo Tribune! The Roßnca' Rcfnsro. There Is one corner of Central Amer ica that Is at present a perfect paradise for ■ ui.?n who ■' have ['committed any crime. It Is a place whore the outcasts of the worlil's society rule the land of their adoption and where the officials of the govehi:neut. protect all thieves tlmt come to tlie'm and mate it danger ous for any detective to molest 'them. This Is the republic of Honduras, one of the least 'advanced of the states of Smith or Central America. Honduras Indeed is"a curious mixture of jungle and gigantic forest, of .cocoa . and of rubber trees, of bugs, vampires, snakes and crocodiles— of nil manner of things that creep and crawl and sting and bite: a region where life in the daytime' Is a mocUery and nt night one feels as though sleeping in red pepper. . .■■_ Here, In every 'harulet and city, are to be found men from different lands, mostly outlaws from their own coun try. Chicago, Boston, New York and Philadelphia all furnish their quota. Eugland, France, Italy and even far away Russia have their share. They make no attempt at concealment, bear the names they were born to bear and go along about their business as if thfr laws of their own country had not de clared them outcasts.— London Ex press. noarmeed. To stop bleeding at the nose, cut fiomp hlottlng paper about " an Inch Bqi'are. roll It about the size of a lead pencil and put It up the nostril that Is bleedlnjf. The hollow In it will allow tlie sufferer to breathe. The blood will fill the space between the . tube and the nose and will very soon coagulate and cease to flow. . ; A Contractor. Knieker— You say your son Is a con tractor. What Is his special line? t «» Bocker-Debts. . • . A. man who Inadvertently steps npon a banana peel has doubts about the sustaining power of ' the fruit — St. Louis Star. English archers In battle used the longbow, French ' archers the cross bow. The longbow was certainly the better. . . . •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••A .' ! E. GINOCCHIO & BROTHER f: : 9■, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in • • General :iftef chandise" • « » >■ » • Water Street, Foot of Broadway, Jackson • ' • • "W E TAKE PLEASURE IN INFORMING OUR PA- S , m TV trons and the publio generally tbat'wehave on hand a Z ' ' ' . '• ■ i Z ver j choice selected stock of DRY GOODS of all kinds, GRO- Z 2 CERIES AND PROVISIONS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND ! m SHOES. We particularly direct the attention of the publio Z -U to the fact that we keep on hand the largest assortment of Z m IRON AND STEEL to be found in Amador county. Also a• Z - f ■•■■ • ■'■"' J suporior assortment of all kinds of. HARDWARE, such as . Z " . ' - r Z Carriage Bolts. Screws, Nuts, Nails, and, in fact, everything 2 pita the market demands, we are sole agents for the celebrated :Z 'V :.-;•. ; r( " .....'.■; . 2 HDRCULES POWDER, of which which we shall constantly Z " «j keep on hand a large supply. " " •' • ' • fl«tt«t««t«t«««t»tfltt««««tt«O««t«w«*«« .■ AjBLEEF>Y GUEBTJ LZJii'i,''. 'VI — ninniiM Why the Lady of the Honae Was In •liKiiant Ovvi- ■:;> tondnct. ' - j There is a well kuuwn legal light of Chicago who is in deep disgrace with otii the shiulow of an excuse" for him s>.ll ty bolster up bis sinking spirits. Ho wont out to ; liyde lark Uk> other v. Slit to cine informally with some truuds, and his hostess, who had been tuunied but a short time, put herself ni'jtO"o.HU'rtaUi him?'} The dinner. was fM-'ellont and the judge did fulljus l.<e 10 it. .They had coilee in the libra ry, mid the biggest, incst tiadded leath rr.cliair.nus put. ut. the guest's dispos ..'}}--' \\ltli_ Ja sigb he .sank into its cav • :iiousi depths' iruu pVepared for a luxu rious eveningwitb a goo<l clgai ahead of buffi Brilliantly his hostess rambled on. She told stories that were witty, anil sbo gently deferred to his views, but pfeseutiy he left her to do all the tauving. In the midst of a striking ac count of- a 'theater- party, she stopped [wttb 11 jerk. There was no : response and a dead silence punctuated only by a gentle aud regular breathing/ The judge was fast asleep In bis big 'chair. There was no doubt of it Nothing could conceal the fact With one j In dignant and ' comprehensive glance at her 1 plainly ; delighted' husband she arose and majestically swept up stairs. And she did not go down again, j ' : It j was 'some "time ' later vwhen • her husband apologetically came up' after her. He had not expected her wrath to last. "Did— did you think you were badly treated?" he asked. "How long did he sleep J" asked the stilHnsulted wife. ,;<; ■■'-:■ ■■ \ '. . ( Again the ' grin overspread her hus-' band's face, but he spoke In a sad tone, as befitted tbe. occasion. .' "Nearly : an hour," he breathed. , "I wouldn't mud," D!>cifioally.' "r^'p Then -. it , was . the . worm j turned. "Mind!"... she .stormed. ' "Of /course ,1 wouldn't i only you have grounds now for, the rest of your life' for saying I talk so much it puts people. ito sleep!" Aiid Rhe wept— Chicago News. ' '• ' Vultures and Rattlesnakes. When the International •■' boundary commission resurveyed : the lines be tween the United States and Mexico, there I were naturalists in the party. Dr. Mearns,-who, with bis assistants, collected many specimens 'of birds and mammals, tells of a fight In. the ah* be tween a California' vulture and a rat tlesnake which he saw whlie'explorlnjj the- Cocopah mountains of Lower, Cal ifornia. • v'.'i ■ .•"•: iV.-'i >•■' It was In the early morning. The big Ji'.nl had seized the snake. behind the head and was struggling upward with its writhing, j deadly I burden, i•' The Minke's captor appeared awarp that Its 1 let! in was dangerous. -.'".The j burden tvns heavy, as the reptile was nearly^ live feet long. .<■ ' • ■'.' 'j The grip of the bird on the snake's tody was not of the best ■'■- The shake M-t'iued ti> be squirming from its j cap tor's talons, at; least sulllciciitly to'en-' ablo it to strike. .Its trlnugu!nr. head was scon to recoil and dart at. the fuass if foatlicrs. ; I . It did this once or twice, anil then, with a shrlo'K/ the vulture dropped Its prey. Tho bird was probably Wlolfeet >r so above the observers. Tbe aston ished nii'ii well' Iboii treated tn a spec tacle seldom soon. Few birds hilt a vulture could accomplish. such n Teat The Instant the snake escaped from tbe bird's clutches It dropped earth ward like a xbot. and. Slke a sbot,' the bird ■ dropped after it. . catching it in midair with a grip that caused death. At any rate, the snake ceased to.Wrig- Slo, and the vulture soared away Ito a mountain peak to devour its hard earn ed meal.— Youth's Companion. j The difference between a fort and a fortress lies In the fact that the former is designed to contain solely the garri son and their munitions, while the lat ter is often a city containing a large number of noDcombatants. ... 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