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THE END.
SEQUEL to "Neetlham's Failure"

The story OF ''Neelham's Failure we.
folndcl -, iii, death OF Mr.. john Sad!i'r.
Til, n, Y * sun recently published tic
:olinw.i, - ting sequel to that suicide:
One m,r,t,is.. twanty-ntna years ago, LIZ
BID. OF NJ, I.Jtm S.sI,rr II ce!sbrat..
Il ish flnanr.-r ana SPECTATOR, was found ~
ing stark and 60 near JACK Straw's Castle,
on tho Hampstead heath, and near it tho
it'll" vial containing prussic acid, with
winch. in the depths of his despair. he hal
ril himself ct life. All inquest was held,
AMI the medical witness Gu the cccs sio,,
Was DR.. Edward Stunton About te,
days ago again another body was foan /,
stark AMI cold, on nearly the sam, apat.
ana che finger st!ll gripp,l Il small; bottl
which had co.tai,.l p.lsi, aci.. 1t was
taken upaud eco, nizal ss Tat If the same
Dr.. Edward Staunton. whom the wear
passage of twenry-nins years had bro1sh
10 the same end.
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In his younger days, though tie colonr!
l.; by no means an Old man. he was q,1l,e y
.:.y and festive youth. He occasionally
,,uipeved with checks-bucked the Tiger
,ie story is: One. night he stood before a
tank broke, watching the cards as they
i, ere pulled out of 1;le box. silently max
ng imaginary bets as broken men gen
y.,ll: do. He followed the deal through
without losing IL bet He couldn't help
sninking had he been playing he might
nave won o. fortune, Then. again, ne
might have gone broke. Suddenly he
VAS seized with an ii resistible desire IT,
make play. The desire was so strong
and uncomfortable that the colonel did
what might have caused him trouble.
He was eXcusable. however, for Il
mania for gambling is considered al en-
c,,se for almost anything. In his pocket
he had II large mint lozenge, which was
the exact size. shape and color of a red
check. He placed it on Il card. On the
next turn he won. The dealer paid him q
red check, unconscious OF the imposition
He continued to win and win and win. un.
til finally he walked out of the house with
sl,l00, and all from Il !ozenge. Talk abou,
tail oaks from little acorns.--Cincinnati
Enquirers Street Talk
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Gossip About the Teie phone.
New York Sun |

The colossal financial success of the Bill
Telephone company has male it compare
lively easy for any one who talk telephone
to get tho ears Of capitalists while the
number Of men who have BEN devnting
their lives to the building of other aui
better telephones than Belrs is great. In
veators, professional anl ANA eur are
swarming over telephones. like miners in
newly discovered gold country. The patent
Office in Washington is tn, depository aud
in most cases the sepulchre. of a Thousand
and one applications, specifications. models.
devices, all having for thsir object the
transmission OF the voice through cleo.
trically charged wires. There are even
projects for ths Transmission of sound
through the water at sea from ship
to ship and there are plans for
house, field. army aud almost countless
other telephones, soms even dodging ths
stumbling block that has SO long protected
the Bell patents, to wit, Judge Lowelrs de-
cision that the discovery Of thu power Of AL
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The Problem of Cheap Light.

The problem of cheap light will be solved
only when somebody discovers an easy
way of getting electricity out of coal Tina,
idea is entertained not only by myself but
by hundreds better acquainted with coal
and with electricity than I am Thsatherc
is electricity in coal nobody denies, but the
question is, what quantity of electricity
does it contain. and how can it be easily
and cheaply extracted for purposes OF
illumination. Somebody will discover a
process by and by.-Leo Erich.
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NEEpHAM'S FAILURE
Dv JOSEPH HAITON.
Author Of "Thc Queer, Of Rohcmia," "7hs
T.ree Hcc,uitS," Eic.

''The next night we arrival at Tor onto.
There YVES no such name as Joseph Norbury
s,u the hotel looks. The police had not
dis covered INN. No baggage had beea
found with his name or initials upon it.
.''He felt secure until he gos to Boston,
said the detectives; then guess something
in the newspapers scared him; bripg nus ths
!atest English papers.
"A wafer brought Il bundle Of papers. We
read the sensational article alluded to by
the coroner at the inquest, aud ths' CORE.
s:,on.lence Of MI. Green and others.
"'He male up his mind at first to be
Joseph Ncrbury for a long time, but changed
it at Boston; he would have kept ii up at all
and got right away anyhow, but the papers
have scared him-not that any body elsa
evidently has doubts except the dear little
clever woman, your wife, but we'll get
Aim'
ION inquiry at the Quesn's hotel It was
found that six passengers had arrived on
tile previous day, and that one gentleman $
luggage was decidedly English.
SHOW me the baggage room
we went into the baggage room.
Look round said the detective; it is
hardly likely that he will have changed
Ills trunks at present; he can have no
reason to think that he is followed; he is
only yet in the first stages OF his prepare.
tons to etfac, himself as Joseph Norbury.'
"'Ycs. l said in n whisper, that is one
OF my friends portman teaus-I know it by
the brass bindings; if am right, you will
find j. n Under the label that has been
pasted there by the handle
II felt chill run through me as the do
tective rubbed at the label and called for
u alter and u sponge.
YES; there were the initials
'''Nhat is the number OF the gentlemanl
"'Twcnty-iive' said the attendant.
Ills b. I'M!
"No.
&C; " nla his key.
at va iGun! that he hal taken his koy
hut ms room was ope ,el with a mastar Key.
''sThat is my friends dispatch box
said, lccogni, ing tho property at once.
sit was locked. The officer forcel Il
Joe's letters, pocketbook Hates letters
paper knife, writing pad, portrait. /
seemed to .ne that jos must be h>rc.
could not reaiz, when looking at thas
familiar things the possibility OF the GRIN,
they now represented.
I'VE lett the room; locAal the door. Tn
detective pcsicl himself III the room oppn
site. ] loiter,d in the hall My wife re
NAMED in her room. The hotel clerk Was t
loo. straight at ne when Is cam, i'll. Pre-.
emily gentleman, Joss height and bui,d
came in. The erik looked 81. HE. llooke
at the stranger. He wore sp.rCacles, an
had long gray hair. FOLLOWED him. /!
went into No. Is. l went into the rool
opposite.
''It is wig. then said the detectiv;
you bet the English papers hay, scare
him. Come-follow me-
''The detective took a revolver from Ii
pocket, knocked at the door, quieslv col
fronted his man, and, presenting the Il
volver at his head, said: John Neeihan
put up your hands,
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walters" said IL prominent restanf"h.ei M
y LITTLE chat on the caterers slde OF me
question. II wouldn't have a negro walter
in the house. They are unrellanie. ahc !
have n weakness for 'under-checKihs
their friends. A little tip once III a Vile !
toa colored waiter will make him son"
with the tipper and he shows his ''2cc5ioh
by Knocking off 10 o. Is cents on cheek.
White walters may do this. but not rs
rule. Occasionally some customer SUI :sests
Understanding. and advises the waiter 10
pocket the difference. Only recently
young man came and told lis OF s'1ch
suggestion from u well-known customer
The class of young men we hire are bright
and smart, and most Of them leave Tie
business for something better. Frequently
people who have professions, but wac
have been unfortunate or not able 70 .st's Il
tootlo!d, adopt this business temporarily.
Most OF them are continually looking "'it
for something better, and most OF thea
lind it.
"iiirls:" The gentleman smiled rs he
continued: "No, I don't hire girls. I!4>y
are unreliable, and are kickers. 1t a li"!l
reproves them, they go OF and cry ana
want to quit They will .lirt with >oH,e
customers and neglect others. IAey SET
stuck ON some regular patron. ami pretty
soon they lean against his shoulder When
taking his order They are al. right for
country hotels, but are out Of place IN a.
restaurant like this
The Germans make about til" best
walters of any. They are not apt t" get
hurried in taking large numhcrot orders
II. once. They are humber. also. and the
public like that. A Trenchlnan is good
where he can take his time or finishes up
one order before he commences n second,
us he is cxcitable ana more Liable to get
i;.ttled than his German brother. \ good
waiter gets ~ or 80 per week and his board
I Negroes will work for 81, ana girls fuJ
I even less. We start n new main in by let.
ting him fill water-pitchers and help
around the dining-rVom. He keeps !lS
eyes open, and when he thinks he has
! picked up the points he is permitted t.
| take an order or two from people who dI
not look us il they were ovcr-fa,tilious. l.
lie has amy aptitude he readily clutches on,
although there are u hundred lI:t!. Things
TO be remembered which the patrons OF
lilA house would never notice until they
were omitted. There is aproper and recog
n:s:etl way OF doing everything
! Tipping? Yes, there is IL sond sleia OF
it. AS long us we are sure the men do moi
under-check the tippers we have no objec
ton. Some make 81 OF $50 Il week extra
but they are not many. We consider tip
ping as Il reward for specially good service
and as such can have no particular objec
ton to it as long as customers who do no
tip are not neglected.
NO, you see no old men here. Tn. fac
is they do not get around fast enough. !
waiter working on II floor like this sse,
crippled in few years. His feet give o;
like IN old car horse. and he il, conpel.:>
10 go to something else or take less pa; I;
IN inferior restaurant. Inter Ocean.
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A Coloretl Temperament" rke' ,,

A Coloretl Tempcranco.""rA'' .>,,p;
Alexander &. Drake. i colol.! ~ ~, his ten
of Louisville. is very sllcccs,la .a nope q
perance work among the c olo,t" he bind
Kentucky. The pledge by when re ar o. ~
his converts for three months y DO -
life is very effective. 1t reads; whisky mi
cerely hope, ii drink beer .oorr, %h,r id
-, without being eo ~" remapds'
that had luck may he mine tine make rake W.
of my life, SO help me eio.,
once n laye,--Chicago 'jo"rna..
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which he handed to ME, and the next mo-
,nent he had passed his hands over all the
wretched creatures pockets.
"'That's all right; don't want you to hurt
yourself; guess we've surprised you. Now,
sir, take off your wig so that your friend
may recognize YOU.
1.-The officer did not wait for his instruc-
tions to be carried out-he removed the
wig: and then. oh, my dear Wood, it was
my turn to stagger: the man before me was
a cruel likeness OF our d.ar Jo, II II, had
not attempted to disguise hinself, il We
had mot in the ordinary course OF events,
can imagina myself oeing deceived.
as it Joseph Norbury:' tho detective
asked
".lt is strangely lik, and unlike h'n.' l
sad.
'As SPOKE thu wretch seemed TO pul
himse { together, at Wi. Il he detective
moved towards HIM.
''Don's be afraii, si', Ii, :ai l.; ain your
prisoner and will no. aitinpi TO run
away.
''yhc voice OF our .lsar f,lcw-t',e voice,
and as | have hearl it i'll sor,o"iul Mo-
menJ,.
II am john NoelEam. all am scrrJ
YOU did no shoot M. LIZ ula INA se tue
IL
confession OF nv s,,u., til, last confession
Of m;serably guilty. w.etca--
"'Weli, i guess unat will keep TO- the
present. said the >egActivs. Come with
me-
''Give me leav, moment, il, said,
rising; Sit is the last favor al, and th, in
formation cum rive YOU MI; save you
trCubl. AMI furthc: oorrow
The voice. the III i,ne-, new that b. was
aim, almo;t tic .oos OF our dear jog!
MAJ | ask who TIL, gentleman lsf
II am Richard Ncodvilie l said.
He shuddered
II would ike, before go to prison, to
place into your han |, this locSet, he said.
suddenly thrus,ing his hand int, ii, braa It
rocket, anddoing SO VITA an air OF authority
us the detective was abou; to iEt,rpose.
But it was no. n lCc.s i. He ;.ai tricke;]
lis captor The next moment nc had rus latl
to the other end CT til9 room, and bclori
ths officer could se.z. him he had gulpec
down a carefully ..alcu. ated dose of pru,s;t
rcil.
I'VE took his dy ing deposition, AMI they
buried him with the ,gnolniny ti.a5 belong
to the old English lcv TAG papers inclosej
will give you the "details. an! also sen;
you two Canadian Journals that Zeal witt
the matter in exteA,o
Kate hears up noo!y, with woihanly for
titude, and look tn YOU, dear friesrl, tt
help me 10 givs her the consolation, such u
it Is, OF the removal OF our d ar relove,
dead to the silent ccmpani onship OF t.
woman he loved and mour1l.d. My dca
Kate has been Watching me with tearlu
eye, while Iav, been writing .hi, terribl
record. now and then eating up to lay h.,
cana uron my head, ana to say. Poor Dic.l
what trouble have been to You as if s:l
blamed herself Tor being wiser than any {,
Us. ). it were not tor keeping myself up t
help her bear her woe / leel as ii ccu
fling myself upon the floor and cry hike
cid.
God bless you, my dear Wood, AMI oe
'ievc. me to be, your devoted friend,
ORCHARD WOoDv1LLE."
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The discovery Of hitherto unknown
lake in the Persian desert was announced
at late meeting of the VIENNA GeoQraph-
ical society. 1t is twenty-five miles lono,
and from Mohammedan evidence appears
to have dried up after u previous exist-
ence. and to have again filled up ct 4 auite
recent date Boston Budget.
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Value Of Iron Orc In v1r.,,,

Value of Iron Ore In virginia.
1t Is claimed that every ton of iron ore in
Virginia can he converted into sunerior
bessemcr steel by the Reese basic process.
At present it can not be utilized owing tn
the cost Of the acid process.
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f.olored Folks In AS""s ..x,

A notable feature "f kansasT he vsitf
the large number OF neeIu s in the s'a'l
might imagine that he wa N the lsr
This is especially the ease ss,,s ~ colored popa
Iation is due TO the heavy y. s saain"
a few years since from '''e
Journal.
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A religious paper speaks of q certain
heterotiok clergyman as having zone 10.
bosganirg in theology.
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One soft. dreamy August day there was "a
fresh smell of newly-turnsl turf in the i;.tl.
caurchyard Of Wyedac, and they laii tle
body of Joseph Norbury by tins side OF ais
dead love The dews o.; heaven fell there,
aud the seasons cam, and went ami the
,o~as grew red and white by the loumn
upon which the two names were insc,ibe !.
limo was very gentle Wit, everybody ana
everything at Wyedale, an1 is to this day.
lne gray hair, of kato AMI Dick arc but
the first frosts Of bale an hearty winter.
tempered with the sunny laugh Oh youth
and hope, for a cla,tar Ct boy, and yic:s
gather rouni about them AID call them
father anh motha.. lhe simple JOS OF
their children send tneir own thought.
back to the srringtiln, of life before the
,hadow of death had withered any of its
uuls and blossoms. All the country side
knows of the tragedy in tocr histor,.
During several years they only gave token
Of their knowledge by the fresh flower:
raev laid upon the grave at the foot ot the
.h,tc pillar; but now the old people speak
TO hate and Dick OF the dear fellow they
lost SO sadly, and a sort OF pious mystery
and awe i'll the general mind Ut the coun-
t:'y-folk attaches to the gentle cllaract o.
irs. Joseph Norbnry, who saw visions tina:
were true III the days that arc past au \
gore.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-16
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

Morrison will try and get his tariff bill
up next Saturday.
Robert Earsman, lately from Canada, has
been found dead in Los Angeles.
The California delegation continues to
urge the passage of the sweet wine bill.
1t is reported that Baldwin's Santa Anita
ranch is to be sold to French syndicate.
Chief Engineer Moore and a fireman
were badly injured at fire in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Kate Cannon retracted her testi-
mony in the suit against her husband at
Salt Lake City.
The station agent at Belen, n. NJ, was
robbed on the 18th by party of men, who
stole about 500.
ances for river and harbor improvements
on the Pacific coast.
The sugar men of Louisiana will make a
strong fight against the proposal to place
sugar on the free list.
Hancock Johnston, son of General AL
bert Sidney Johnston, has been arrested at
San Diego for assault to kill.
Senator Williams has presented protest
of the San Fran cisco Chamber of Com
merce against the neglect of the Govern
ment to fortiiy the port of San Francisco.
Alden Goldsmith, the well-known horse
man, lies at the point of death from ma
laria at Washingtonville, n. Y, and word
has been sent to his son John, in California.
Work on the California and Oregon will
probably be continued through the winter,
if the rains do not seriously interfere. A
number of box cars have been fitted ND as
lodging houses for the workmen and have
been sent up to Butteville.
General Miles has protested against Sec
rotary Endicott's statement thaG he dis
obeyed orders in the Apache campaign.
and has asked the President to have the
record against him corrected. He says
that he obeyed his orders literally, as the
Department records will show.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-16
ANOTHER LESSON.

In all this matter of advancing the in
terests of Central and northern California
let US not permit our enthusiasm or zeal to
run away with our judgment. There
should be in all our presentation of the
claims of the region, broad and fully sup
ported as they are, something of the dig
nifty and gravity of craftsmanship rather
than the heat of the advocate. There is,
in short, just such thing as overriding in
all this matter. The word boom is itself
unfortunate, and i'll applied in any case of
progress that relates to permanency. 1t
rather conveys an idea of craze, nervous
ness and ebulition, that must subside.
Central and northern California we
all want fully and rapidly developed,
but let us in our anxiety not forget that
the people of the East are keen observers.
They know that like motives, as a rule,
actuate the people of our common coun-
try, whether Californians or residents of
the Atlantic slope. Advocacy that passes
the limit of earnestness is very apt to ex-
cite suspicion of the motive behind it.
Let us work with all the energy and vigor
and earnestness we can command, but with
such dignity as shall give character to our
sincerity. There is no limit to.what we
can well do; the work at hand is almost
Unreasonable, and the promised rewards
rich and ready. But this well-doing must
not take on even the faintest shading of the
tactics of the mere advocate Our cause
rises superior to any methods that in the
slightest degree might incline people to
look upon it with any suspicion.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-16
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

EAsTERN.-Wall street experienced a
stock panic yesterday-....There is talk of 4
strike on the New York surface railroads
......A report on the condition of the build
ipes in Charleston has been made .....0ld
Cslifornians in New York are arranging
for their annual celebration of the gold
discovery.....George d. Hart, working
mems candidate, has been elected Mayor of
LYNN, Mass...,-There was rather exciting
tilt in the House yesterday between Ran
dali and Symes of Colorado. Preston H.
Leslie has been nominated for Governor OF
Moatana.....J. Z. Resented has been ar
rested at Denver for forgery and ernbezzle-
MENU. The racer Blue Wing was sold
Yesterday at Lexington, KY. tor 81 600.
FoREIeN.-There is another great rush
in Mexico for tickets to the Patti opera......
Pig iron is on the rise in Europe IN. Nj.
Droz, Radical, has been elected President
of Switzerland 49, The people of Mace
State, Great Bulgaria with Prince
Alexander as King...... Merlatti completed
his ffty-day fast in Paris yesterday, and
was IN good condition African
coast. from Kilpini to Lamor, has been
ceded to Germany.
PACIFIC CoAsT.-Twenty carloads of East
err excursionists entered the State by the
southern route yesterday . Y Yesterday
morning fiendish attempt was made to
burn the Ludwig family at Cottonwood,
Shasta county, after robbing the house,.
A man named Olivas was dangerously shot
near Santa Paula, but will give no particu-
lars.....C. o. Buckley is on trial at MERGED
for arson Petaluma has new bank.
Miss E. McGarvey was bitten by dog at
Napa......The Coroner's jury in San Fran
cisco has charged Superintendent McCord,
of the Suffer Street Railway, with the muir
der of Heins......It is reported that coils
ion of freight trains occurred yesterday on
the Union Pacific Railroad, and that four
men were ed.....John II. Snyder was
convicted in San Francisco yesterday OF
rape..... Another rate war is immin ent
among the transcontinental lines.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-16
High-Priced Orances.

EDS. RECORD UNION: In your issue of
December 11th we notice quotation from
the Los Angeles Express in regard to the
raising of oranges in Central and northern
California, and we agree with the Oroyille
Mercury that the statement cf the ErpyeSs
is far from the truth. The Grass Valley
ISdlRgS says that it is not much use in try
ing to catch up with the Los Angeles liars.
So we promise you that we will not at
tempt It, but will state few facts and DEFY
any OF Los Angeles to produce the like :
On Tuesday, November 80. lSS6. in Rock-
lin. there were sold from Dana Perkins
garden two oranges which brought over so
apiece. The gentleman making the mr.
chase picked the fruit from the tree with
his own hand, and is willing 20 state that
they were not tied on, and although We
do not wish to make known the gentla-
mans name, We hold ourselves ready To
refer any person in Los Angeles to him at
any time they may wish us to substantiate
our statement. So let southern California
beat this If they can. Sold at Rockliu. two
oranges, for SIS. and Placer county was
presented with $40 of the money thus re.
ceived. We have plenty more of the same
kind of oranges, and although having
brought such good price, we have not
even sent any of them TO the Citrus Fair
now being held at Sacramento, being more
than satisfied that Central and northern
California viii present oranges that south
ern California Will not attempt to equal
So let the Express man digest this il he
can, or forever after hold his peace.
EYR-WITSEss TO THE SALE.
Rocklin, December 10, 1856.
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Dogs and Birds.

The fourth meeting of the Pacific Coast
Field Trial Club, which was organized in
this city about four years ago. commenced
at Hanford Monday afternoon. There were
present. anon others, H C. Brown, H. c..
Chapman. General George B. Cosby and
Judge c. n. Post, of Sacramento; J. G. EG-
wards, George E. Whitney, E. a Magill,
Oakland; H. Creswell Foster, ]. P. Martin,
San Francisco; j. Martin Barney, W. II.
Harris, Dutch Flat Fred. A. Taft, Truckee;
G.. l. Allender, Saucelito; Hon. d. NJ.
Pyle, of San. Jose, and Franklin Satter
thwaite, of the New York Herald. The
ground-Kings River Rancho-was excel
lent and the birds numerous, but the scent
was bad for lack of moisture in the EARTH
Messrs. Taft, Pyle and Satterthwaite were
chosen to act as judges.
The dogs drawn for the contest were the
California Kennels Janet against Schrei-
ber's Mountain Boy, ] B. Martins Dashing
Money against VIM. Schreibers Lassie, j.
NJ. Barney's Tom Finch against J. G. Ed
wards Royal Duke, and the California
Kennels Sweetheart, bye. The first con-
test was on Monday afternoon. between
Janet and Mountain Boy, of which Janet
was the winner. On Tueday Tom Finch beat
Duke, and Lassie beat Mountain Boy Las
sic and Sweetheart began, but did not finish.