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word. I've got tired of it, however, and now its got to stop r
 My dear sir, the Colonel Taylor men, tloaed in"
 Pull yer gun r interrupted the col onei, as he pnlled bis.
 But. SIT, l beg to inform you that--''
 s'Glt down on your knees r
 The editor sid off his chair, his face as pale as death, and his hair on end
 s'Now eat that r
 The colonel took from his pocket lump of clay and tossed it ou the floor, and he stood there with leveled pistol until the last crumb of it was devoured. Then he put up his weapon and turned to go, say lng:
 "Next tine you open on me I'll come in | with whole bag full of it, and may con- clude to drive the last of it in with bull let Go fur the rest of 'em all you want to, but when you strike the name of Col onel Taylor, handle it with care P And inside of a week the affair leaked out. and so many men came up to lick the editor, and So many did lick him, that he jumped the plant one night and WAS never heard of again.-NeaO York Sun.
 Swift's Wild Cherry Cough Balsam can be
The Press., 1890-02-20

N E night the pumps b r o k e down five min utes before 12 o'cloc k. Our watch W as at work on them. T h @ carpenter was c ale d as
 ,,cl n-l o f%a~
The Press., 1890-02-20

The Engineer of the Wakefield, Mass, rat tan Works, c. N. Young, says In all cases of biliousness accompanied with those terri ble sick headaches, have found no other medicine that seems to take hold and do the good that your Sulphur Bitters does. It is the best family medicine made.
The Press., 1890-02-20

Perhaps you laugh at the en- thusiasm with which we call attention to these magnificent silks. See them and laugh tAen if you dare.
 This is chance of a life time to buy high-cost goods at the price of common.
 No samples can be sent. .p
 FORBES & WALLACE.
The Press., 1890-02-20

There are men, only one or two of English tongue, that can make statistics eloquent. He has not yet appeared who can make these silks eloquent in types. We spare you-and ourselves.
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fnrbfs R a1eaHare's
Springfield, February 19, 1890.

: Distinguished Sale of Lyons Art Novelties.
 Fancy Brocade Satins rang ing in cost from $3.75 to $o per yard at one uniform price ST .oS per yard.
 The designs are luxuriant and chaste and have color so charming that the eye never wearies with it. An adver- tiser's pen can no more convey a clear notion of them, their colors, figures and combina- tions, than a guide book can convey the thoughts of the Sis tine Madonna.
The Press., 1890-02-20

Swift's Wild Cherry Cough Balsam can be
 found at any drug store. It vii cure your
 cough, cold or sore throat. Try it. In Hart ford, where it is we'll known, more of it is used than of all other remedies.
The Press., 1890-02-20

Tn are bold Ar ibesque designs on a conbina ion of black, gerauium and rich ripe currant color ditto on cream and silverine gray ground. There self-cOored designs soft moss tintings and cream spray effects all over delicatey tinted grounds of old rose, boreals, hearts of lettuce and exquisite willow greens There Luxor gray striped effects on rich Armure weaves; ditto with magnificent white brocadings on mignonette.
 Even the newest of the rich plant shades-Auber- zine and Scabieuse-with all over sumptuous cream brocadngs among them.
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Tnnching FarewelI.

The steamer for Liverpool was about
leaving the New York dock. The friends
of the passengers were bidding last fare
well. A brisk, elderly gentleman, evil
IDENTIFY a merchant, hastily embraced a
lady on deck and hurriedly left the ship.
In the crowd on the wharf was working
man, who was leaning against post look
ing at the steamer.
''Do you see that lady in black on deck ?"
asked the merchant of the party of the
second part.
Eyes. see her"
"All right; that's my wife, and she ex-
poets me to stay here twenty minutes and
shake my handkerchief until the steamer
is out of sight"
'Does she?p
Eyes. This the busy season, and I've
no time to waste. My wife is littleshort-
sighted, so she will be none the wiser if you
wave the handkerchief. I'll pay you a
quarter"
"But suppose she gets a spy-glass?"
"In that case you bury your face in the
handkerchief and appear to weep. You
might shake convulsiyely and perhaps
shed tear or so. A quarter is a great
deal of money these hard times"
''Pll have to have an extra dime"
"All right; but / think you ought to
kiss your hand few times for the extra
dime" Then the merchant looked at his
watch and disappeared.-Teras Sytings.
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SALE OF BONDS.
Central Irrigation District, Co.
Iusa County, California.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
IN Board of Directors of CENTRAL IRRIGA-
TON DISTRICT, that said Board will, at its
Office in the town of Maxwell, in the county Of
Colusa, State of California, on the
Fourth Day of March, in the year 1890,
at o'clock P. NJ Of said day, sell to the highest
responsible bidder for cash in gold cein of the
United States, four hundred and fifty bonds of
the said District, to the amount of two hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars being part
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars: that
sealed proposals for the purchase of said bonds
VIII be received by said Board till the day and
hour aforesaid, at which time said Board will
open the proposals, and award the purchase of
said bonds to the highest responsible bidder, but
said Board reserves the right to reject all bids
and will in no event sell any of said bonds for
less than ninety per cent. of the face value
thereof; said bonds are dated the first day of
July. in the year 1855, and bear interest at the
rate of six per cent. per annum, payable semi
annually any interest aecruing between said
date and the date of the sale and delivery Of
said bonds, shall be credited before delivery on
the first maturing coupons attached to said
bonds. Said bonds will be delivered to the sue
cessful bidder and the money received therefor
at the District Treasurer's Office in the town of
Maxwell. or at the Colusa County Bank. in the
town Of Colusa, in the county and State aiore-
said, and each proposal must be accompanied
by certified check in favor of r. De Lappe,
Secretary OF the Board OF Directors of CEN rRAL
IRRIGATION DISTRICT, for an amount at least
as great as five per cent of the amount total 70
be paid for the bonds bid for.
Above Bonds Approved by Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has decided that GEN.
TRIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT was validity
organized, ana that its bonds were properly
issued, and are in the form required by law. See
Central Irrigation District VS. T. De Lsppes rs
Cal, S51. r. DE LAPPE,
Secretary O. said Board.
Maxwell, Cal, January %. 1890. jag tmr9S5u
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The discriminating Foreman.

Village Parson entering country edit.
or's office -"You promised to publish that
sermon that l sent you on Monday, but ]
do not find it in the latest issue Of your
paper
Editor-"I sent it up. 1t surely went
in. What was the name Of it ?"
Parson-" Feed My Lambs"
Editor latter searching through the
neutrality-suspicious. it is. You
see we've got new foreman, and he put it
under the head of Agricultural Notes as
Hints on the Care of Sheep.'-ITsles.
Delnncrnf.
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WHEN ADAM WAS A BOY.

The women didn't wear high hats
When Adam was boy.
Nor babies weren's allowed in flats
When Adam was boy.
The cable very seldom broke,
Dudes didn't cigarettes then smoke,
The papers didn't print joke
When Adam was boy.
There were no patent cure-all ads
When Adam was boy.
The youngsters didn't sass" their dads
When Adam was boy.
The mothers-in-law were kind and good,
And loved their sons as now they should
They built the fires and sawed the wood
When Adam was boy.
But things nave slipped cog or two
Since Adam was boy.
Life wasn't such chronic "blue"
When Adam was boy.
And in the past, when we were tried,
We've often thought and wildly cried,
Why didn't Adam suicide
When yet he was boy?
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consump,iou Of Champagne.

In ten years ending December 81, 1885,
$3.50, 81 cases were imported. About one
quarter was G. H. Mumm & Co.'S Extra
Dry, or over 1000 cases more than of any
other brand.
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OLD people suffer much from disorders
of the urinary organs. ard SSe always graf
fled at the wonderful effects Of DR.. J. II.
McLsan's Liver and Kidney Balm in ban
ishing their troubles; 81 per bottle.
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The indications are very strong that the
importers of the country are going &c
make strong fight on the Mckinley Gus
toms Administration bill now in the SEN
ate Committee on Finance.
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Eureka, Cal, January s, 1890.

DoN'T take any chances with stubborn
cold, but get rid of it nationally with the
aid of DR.. Jayne's Expectorant, healing
medicine for the lungs.
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No HARM ever done by the use of Sim
mons Liver Regulator.
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CH 81. TLoHR,
Past, Present and Futur

MRS. 1. G. ANDREWS,
Nl the well. known Fortune
Teller and Astrological Clair
voyant, is located at 1921 ]
street. Numerous people
have benefited by her Won
derful gifts. fe15-tf4pF
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FRUITS, SEED, PRODUCE, ETC.

ORANGE TREES.
I'VE CARRY THE BEST AND LARGEST
wv stock of Orange, Lemon and all kinds of
Fruit Trees on the coast. Now is the time to
plant. Call and see our stock. Everything in
the nursery line. W. r. STRONG CO., Second
st, near railroad passenger depot. jail 2m&Su
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Marked by little white house set against
gigantic heap of red-gray sandstone.
The view from this place was even more
glorious than that of the day before, over
looking wider prospect, being SO much
higher, including a circle of mountain
SUBMITS, whose rosy peaks, one behind
the other, peered out of an ocean of cloud.
Descending thence to Las 1ibayes was the
most difficult task we have yet encountered,
over "A road strewn with loose powders so
steep and slippery that we momentarily
expected to be pitched over the heads of
our mules, down among the precipices. At
the apology for an inn at Las Tibayes we
partook of poorer apology for luncheon,
only redeemed from utter failure by some
ripe, sweet figs, which, in the desperation
born Of hunger, we went out and stole be-
fore the eyes OF the proprietor.
Must De carried to the skies on how-
cry beds of ease ~ remarked poor F., as we
again climbed into our saddles. Certainly
not to-day, at least, for the rest of the way
was rapid down hin, a regular toboggan
slide, 1000 feet long, into the green and
lovely valley of Villeta. To this day l am
not able to decide which IS most to be
dreaded, going up the face of hill, fy-
fashion, in momentary peril of slipping
over the donkey's tail, or going downward,
at an angle of Fifty degrees, with every
muscle braced to prevent sliding over his
ears. Since no beast could possibly go
astray on trail so narrow that we
bumped the wall of rock on one side and
stones loosened by his feet on the brink of
the other, dropped without sound into an
abyss so deep that tall trees growing at the
bottom looked like mere twigs, aban-
doned all responsibility, closed my eyes to
the fearful view. and chung for dear life to
the pommel.
AT vlLLETA,
Where the second night was passed, we
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Where the second night was passed, we
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TO LADIES ONLY.
When making saddle journeys in any of
these mountain regions. it is well 10 be
guided in the matter of dress by the advice
of the natives, who, travelling always in
this fashion, certainly ought to know what
thev are talking about. A lady, ito the
manner born,p never burdens herself with
too much riding skirt, but makes it scant
as possible, and only about four inches
longer than an ordinary walking dress,
and never, by any possibility, does the
direst accident expose an inch of hose or a
glimpse of the under garments which are
uncomfortable TO ears polite, for she dons
a oair of very wide, full trousers, of the
same material as her habit, gathered
Turkish fashion, close around the tops OF
her shoes. However the winds may blow
when horse and rider are in full sail over
breezy nights, breeehes and all pass for rid
ing skirt. and none can tell where one be-
Gins and the other ends, even should a
catastrophe tumble her upside down.
Gathering out Of still sleeping Honda
.hout three o'clock one balmy morning
flor the seasons are reversed down here,
Won know. and midsummer comes in jan
nsrvl. our road wound for some distance
under complete arch Of papaws, mangoes
and fig trees, whose intsrlacing branches
obscured the sky, and render yet darker the
silent hour between night and dawn, that
oruesome hour in which all the forces of
lite and nature are at their lowest ebb, and
in which. 1t is said, souls go out Of the
bodv into the vast unknown more readily
tban al any other time. Not even dog
mas stirring to bark US out Of town, and
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Salmon Caught In Wheels.

A novel mode of taking salmon is by
means of wheels. The wheels thus used
are very similar in appearance and con-
struction to those of stern wheel river
steamers, and they are the cheapest and
most effective methods yet devisad for
catching their 6nny prey
The wheel consists of nine arms at
tached to an iron shaft, and these arms
are strongly netted in groups of threes
at their outmost ends. The shaft is sur
rounded by q cone of wood, whose face
or widest part is on the port side. The
narrow part of the cone, or its apex, is
] at the end of wooden trough. The
wheel is pivoted on gallows frame, and
can be raised or lowered out of and into
the water at will by means of block and
tackle.
The papdlewheel method of fishing can
only be employed in the rapids of the
river. When in use the wheel is sub
merged about one-third of its diameter,
and is slowly revolved by the action of
the water. The salmon encounters the
wheels in swimming up stream, and are
by them lifted out of the water, thrown
against these cones and thence slide into
the troughs, down which they glide into
the receptacles prepared for them. In
the height of a good season a we'll
located wheel will frequently catch from
six to fifteen tons of salmon in twenty
four hours.-AaI and Erpreas.
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A Shower Of Honey.

Two days ago fire gentlemen of this
place drove away in o carriage, taking
with them guns and cooking utensils.
Bringing up about noon near spring
in dry canyon they kindled a fire for
preparing lunch. As soon as frying-pa
and coffee-pot began doing duty over the
burning fagots, honey, as good and pure
as bees hereabout make-in Jumps from
the size of drops to gobs larger than
human fsts-rained or fell into frying
pan or cofec-pot, sweeteuiug cooking
game and boiling coffee water. The
Startled nimrods found that as the fire
was reduced the honey shower also di-
minished and ceased entirely with its
subsidence. Not having vessels for saw
ing the honey, the "favored fve' dis
coverers of this remarkable phenomenon
decided to revisit the place a few days
hence for conveying away in proper YES
sells the falling mama, of which they ex-
pect to secure quite lot. The wit.
nesses of the shower are reliable, and, if
it demanded, will each make affidavit to
the above-stated facts. Their names,
furnished this Office, are withheld by re-
ouest.-San Be,mardino (Cal.) Courier.
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Miles Of Human Hair.

The hair crop annually required to
feed the hungry nav of fashion is al
most entirely collected in France, Bel
gium and Germany. English and Ameri-
can women rarely ever sell their hair.
Black hair comes from Brittany and the
south of France, as we'll as from Spain
and Italy, while light hair is the product
of Germany and the northern States of
Europe. The fairest-haired inhabitants
of the earth are generally to be found
north of the forty eighth parallel of lati-
tude, and the darkest south of the forty
fifth, while the belt between the two is a
kind of neutral ground, populated by a
brown-haired race. An eminent Ger
man has undergone the enormous labor
of counting the number of hairs in heads
of four different colors. In blonde one,
he found 140, 400; in brown, 109, 44O;
in black, 202, 1862; and in red one,
sS,74O. What the red and black heads
wanted in number of hairs was made up,
however, in the greater bulk of the hairs
individually. 1t is to the fneness and
multiplicity of hairs that blonde trcsses
owe the rich and silk-like character of
their aow.
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Transference Of Vital Power.

A not uncommon cause of loss of vital
power is the young sleeping with the
aged. The fact, however explained,
has been long remarked, but it has been
most unaccountably overlooked in med
ical practice. A noted physician says:
II have, on several occasions, met
with the counterpart of the following
case; I was, few years since, consulted
about pale, sickly and thin boy, of
about five or six years of age. He ap-
peared to have no specific ailment, but
there was a slow and marked decline of
flesh and strength and of the energy of
all the functions-what his mother very
aptly termed a gradual blight. After
inquiring into the history of the case, it
came out that he had been a robust and
plethoric child up to his third year, when
his grandmother, a very aged person,
took him to sleep with her; tina. he soon
afterward lost his good looks, and he had
continued to decline ever since, notwith-
standing medical treatment. 1 directed
him to sleep apart from his aged grand
mother, and prescribed tonics, changes
of aiEa etc., etc. The recovery was
rapid"
It is not with children only that de-
bility is induced by this mode of ab-.
stracting vital power. The facts are
often we'll known to the aged themselves,
who consider the practice favorable to
their longevity, and therefore often illus
trate the sel6shness which, in some per-
sons, increase their years. Those in good
health should never sleep with sickly
persons.-NeW York Ledger.
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part, especially the eyes and the throat,
being protected. The contest takes gen.
orally fifteen minutes of. actual fighting
if wound is not sooner inflicted which
calls for the immediate attendance of the
surgeon. The latter is always present
with his professional utensils ready for
use. As no pauses are counted the time
the contestants stand opposite each other
often exceeds an hour.
As an educator this duel affords test
of courage. In it the contestant shows
his mettlc and comes out of it with
strengthened self-rcliance, which often
in later life distinguishes him favorably
from those who have never gone through
such an experience. The pride that
some of these young men take in the scars
which deface their countenance hardly
deserves the snear they so often get. It
rather shows their chivalrous mind. They
are prouder of those marks of manly
character than of effeminate beauty. 1t is
fact that towards, afraid of the scorn
of their felloH.students, overcome their
fear of pain and after fighting two or
three of these duels wonderfully improve
in their character and may be placed af-
terward in the same rank with their most
courageous comrades. For it takes q
great amount of self-control for man,
especially when he Is bleeding with pain
full wounds, to stand unainchlngly for
over an hour before his antagonist. "Un-
Ainchingly" is used here in its strictest
sense, for the slightest sound of pain or
movement of the hand or even of the
head under a heavy blow will bring dis
grace, both on him who bears himself so
unmanly and on his friends, for whose
colors he fights and who surround him
with anxious and tender looks. Besides
testing courage, these contests foster
self-control, presence of mind, self-re-
lance and feeling of solidarity and so
serve as useful discipline for later life.
Duels of either kind never gain The
character of an exhibition. It is hard
for an outsider to gain permission to wit
ness them. Students who boast of their
victories in duels are not the most re-
spected and no one who is not considered
a gentleman is allowed to take active
part in them.
1t may seem strange that these duels
and many other things that students do
are more or less conniyed at by the au-
thorities. But VIC should not forget that
in Germany the young man, until he goes
to the university, that is, until he is eigh-
teen or nineteen years of age, IS consid.
cred a mere school boy, without any free
dom at all; after the university life is
over the dignity of his Office or profession
leaves him far less freedom Of movement
than men of any other calling. There
fore, the few acadcmical years are the
only ones given him in which he may en-
Joy life to his hearts conteut.-L,mest
Richard, in Washington Star.
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SUBSTITUTE FOR LIQUOR,

A stimulaut of some sort should always,
have place in the family medicine chest OBJ
serves family physician. Many people are
prejudiced against all alcoholic stimulants;
therefore, some substitute must be found.
The automatic spirit Of ammonia Is equally
as good in any case as either Of these and is
far better In some cases, for 1t Is much
quicker In its action. It is also very often
eficacious In headache, and in cases Of diff-
cult breathing there is no better stimulant.
Ladies are the most frequent victims Of
"fainting spells,n y and to not few OF them
alcohol Is exceedingly unpleasant.
The aromatic spirit Of ammonia Is an ad-
mirable substitute and really should take
precedence in the treatment OF such attach1.
The dose Is one-hal a teaspoonful, well
diluted. It Is always good plan to put one
teaspoonful Of the ammonia into a wineglass-
full Of water, and administer half the qual-
tity in one dose. II in fifteen or twenty
minutes further stimulation is needed, what
remains in the cup may be given.-NeU
Fork TELEGRAM.
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CHAPTER XXXyIu.

As Raymond Bristol sank to the floor
after that terrible interview with jean
nette, faithful old Tom came up the
stairs and saw his master sitting there,
while strange, wild expression rested
On the thin, sad face. Tom knew that
something was wrong and quickly put
Ray on his bed and sent for the doctor |;
the groom met him him c'n his way to
the mansion, and he hastened on as
fast as possible.
"Ah! Mr.. Tom, I thought as much;
I knew that it would come, and now
you must take the very best care in
the world OF your master or you will
lose him forever. He has been under
a severe mental restraint for some time
past, and to-day has had some new ex-
element and has a severe attack OF
brain fever. All! but he is sick man,
Thomas, and I will send in tonight
the best nurse I can find in the city.
You stay by him now, and will go to
Miss Nathan's room and see how she
is"
he did see how she was; the mo-
ment he saw her eyes he knew that
medicine would do no good.