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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24
An Odd Signal Man.

The baboon is a well known charac-
ter in the Cape Colony, but more par
ticularly in the neighborhood of Port
Elizabeth. The history attaching to
him is a curious and probably unique
one. The signal man, his owner, was,
through no fault of his own, run over
by a passing train, and had to have
both legs a%mputated, which would nat
urally incapacitate him from work, but
the idea struck him to secure a baboon
and train him to do his work. This he
has successfully accomplished, and for
many years the one in question has
regularly looked after the levers and
done the hard work of his afflicted
master. The animal Is possessed of ex-
traordinary intelligence and has never
made a mistake.
OF course the human servant works
the telegraphs, and the baboon the
levers according to instruction; and
taking into consideration the fact that
at the station In question, Uitenhage
Junction, and about twenty miles from
Port Elizabeth, there is a large volume
of traffic, the sagacity of the creature
Is really wonderful. At first passengers
raised a strong protest against the IN
ployment of the animal, on the score of
risk Of accident, but the baboon has
never yet failed during his many years
Of work, and on more than one occa-
sion has acted in a manner that is sim
ply astounding to those who never had
personal experience Of the intelligence
of these brutes. One of his most note
worthy performances was the correct
switching of an unannounced special
train on its correct line in the absence
of the signal man. The latter lives
about a mile up the line, and the ba-
boon pushes him out and home morn
ing and night, and is the sole compan-
ion of his legless master. illustrated
Sporting and Dramatic News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24
Always Kept I'm the House.

The story of a singular woman, who
has just died in Hungary, is told by The
Pail Mall Gazette. The fraulein was
the daughter Of well to do parents.
Thirty years ago she was a pretty girl
and was about to be married. Her
lover, one day, ito test her obedience
and love-" desired her on a certain feast
day not TO go intothe streets. She
promised she would not, but did not
keep her promise and went into the
town. The next day her lover came to
see her and straightway released her
from her engagement, saying that a
lady who could not make so small a
sacrifice was not suitable to be his wife.
Miss Linn, by way Of ''castigation and
exercise devout," t~hereupon made a
vow that w again during her life
time would she leave her house-and
she kept her word.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24
Where Files Cali the Guests.

''The queercst hotel In the world Is
In Guatemala city, Central America"
said an English tourist. while there
l stopped a day at the biggest hostelry,
and met with more surprises than l
have previously encountered in my trip
around the world. The house is built
only one story high on account of the
earthquakes. 1t is constructed in the
form of "A hollow square, and the inte-
rior court is made beautiful with trees
and flowers. The exterior presents the
appearance of a prison. After pound
ing a high knocker on the outer door
you are ushered intoa scene of verdant
beauty. The hotel vas formerly the
private residence of one of the richest
families Of Central America, but the
owner was banished by President Bar
rios for an alleged conspiracy against
the government.
"Around the interior were balconies
overlooking a garden filled with or
ange and peach trees, palms and beau
tiful flowers. The fare was good, and
we had u choice of pancakes with
honey, fish, poultry, fruits and coffee
and chocolate, You can't eat there II
you are in a hurry though. Only N
thing is served at time, and you can't
get a cup of coffee till everything else
has been served. The hotel furnishes
candles, but matches r extra. Then
there is a system Of calling the guests
which entities the hotel to the name of
the queerest M on earth. You are
called by flies. The flies down there
are nearly as large as al English spar
row and they sting like a hornet,
though the bite is net poisonous. They
never kill them, but brush them away.
The halls of the hotel are filled with
these pests in the morning.
Over each door Is a transom. Now
II you leave a call for Z o'clock your
transom is opened and the flies go in.
Do they wake you! | should say SO.
The sensation is like that of being sand.
bagged. In five minutes from the time
your transom is opened you are down
stairs looking for the proprietor. 1t
doesn't do any good to kick, though,
for that system has been the custom
for yeaH."-Chicago Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24

No man ever lived more plainly or
worked harder than Southey, yet he
never had a years income in advance,
We are told, till in 1885, when he was
81 years old, Sir Robert Peel settled a
pension of $500 on him and offered
him a baronetcy, which he had the
good sense to decline. Eight and
twenty year, earlier, in 1907, a pension
of f160 a year had been conferred on
him through the good offices of his
stanch friend Wynn, who had hitherto
allowed him n similar sum annually.
When he was A the unexpected pay
ment of a bad debt enabled him to buy
$500 in the 3 per cents. II have f100
already there" he wrote with a mourn.
full touch of irony, ''and shall then be
worth fl2 per annum."
Three years later the f100 had grown
to f625, the gatherings of half the
most studious and blameless lifetime of
which the annals of our literature hold
record. And this man was poet lau-
reate of England mot quite n of her
best, perhaps and had enriched our
literature with some of its finest prose.
He had a wife and family, and for the
greater part Of his life he had to pro-
vide for them out of his brain the roof
that sheltered them, the food they eat
and the clothes they wore. Had sick
ness stopped the daily task they must
have starved, or been saved from starv.
ing only by charity. -Macmillan's Mag
azine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24
bargain Counter symbols.

"Here is one that may suit you, miss"
remarked the obliging saleswoman, pro-
ducing a vase in which the shopper de-
tected and pointed out a flaw.
THAT oh, lots of people buy an
as is when they can get il cheap. That
little chip probably never would be
noticed, and II it were it might have
been made by a servant. Your friends
never would know the difference, miss"
The defective bit of pottery was
marked both las is" and ''P. NJ" in
addition to the selling price and the
information that il had been marked
down froms7. A reporter who noticed
the cabalistic symbols inquired what
they meant.
"As is 7" replied the clerk, as she ad-
justed the wig of a French doll and
turned her back IN a middle aged wo-
man from the rural districts. That
means as it is You take your own
risk when you buy an article marked
as is. and such goods are not ex-
changed. Generally as is means that
the goods are to be gotten rid of, even
at a sacrifice. No, the mark does not
always indicate a defect like the chip
In that vase Sometimes remnants are
sold at short measure just to get rid Of
them. For instance, eight and a half
yards of cloth might be sold as 1t is
for the price of eight yards. So you
see the customer sometimes gets the
benefit.
What does p. M mean! That
goods SO marked are not going fast
enough and that the salesman gets a 6
per cent. commission on the sale"
Then such goods are not very de-
sirablef'
Sometimes you car find bargains in
them. We always have a good many
p. NJ and as is goods after the holi-
day trade. Sometimes the pattern Is
not popular or the goods are going out
Of season and they are marked p. M
to make them sell a little faster."-New
York World.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24
LEGEND OF ADAMS BONES.
A Singular Account Of the Preservation
Of the skull Of the First Man.

A Singular Account Of the Preservation
Of the skull of the First 4
The following tradition Of the d.
vision and final burial place Of the
bones of Adam, our coinmon ancestor,
is from a curious work entitled "A
Mumical Treatise of Tentzelius; A Ma
tural Account of the Tree of Life, and
Of the Tree of knowledge of Good and
Evil" This odd little work was pub
lished by ''Hen: Fletcher at the three
gilt cups in Paul's churchyard, Lon
don, 1857" The legend is as follows:
"Noah was commanded by God to
carry Adams bones and the Tree which
grew on his sepulcher into his Ark, and
preserve the originate of mankinde;
which Noah did with all observance.
And when Noah sent his three SOM
forthe into the three parts of the
worlde, he divided Adams bones
amongst them, giving his legs and feet
to his youngest some, his breast and
his arms to his middle some and his
head and skull to his eldest some, rs
such sacred relickes of the father of
mankinde as deserved to be kept.
Now his first born betook himself into
the parts near Jerusalem, where he
buried Adams skull in a little mount
ain, which was therefore called Mount
Calvary, because Adams calvaria, or
skull, was there inferred; which the
evangelist therefore called Golgotha,
or the place of a skull, in the singular
number. Moreover the Tree of the
transplation of Adam was by remarka-
BILE and admirable Providence pre-
served and made into a cross for
Christ's crucifixion, and erected direct
ly over the place where Adams skull
was buried"
Although the text of the above copy
is somewhat ambiguous, enough may
be CLEANED from it to prove, according
to the legend, that the grave of Adam
was opened by those who were to take
passage on the ark; that the bones and
a tree which originally grew over them
were deposited in the vessel that was
to override the Hood and were thus
saved from obliteration; that the son
of the ark builder who fell heir to
Adams skull was also intrusted to
transplant the tree, which. through a
series OF remarkable coincident hap
penings, was used in after years as a
cross for the ~cruciflxion of the Saviour.
The mystery Of the whole affair is
deepened by the last sentence of the
legend, which says that the cross was
set up directly owe the spot where
Adams skull had been deposited by
the dutiful son of Noah, an assertion
concurring in every particular with the
Scriptural account, which says that the
place of crucifixion was known as ''the
place of a skull"
The author of the work containing
the above legend attributes 1t to San
ancient doctor in the eastern country
and a bishop of the church a little after
Christ. st. Louis Republic,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24
A True Bred Man Of Sussex.

A sketch Of the Sussex character
could not pretend to completeness in
the smallest sense il the question of
humor were entirely left out. The
South Saxon is, as might be expected,
heavy in this as in all else. There is
nothing keen or delicate about his per-
ception of the ludicrous, mol is there,
on the other hand, much that is III
natured. Take the following illustra-
ton. IL is a true story, told NE by a
clergyman as having happened in his
own parish no great while since.
Obliged to he absent from the duties
of his church on a certain Sabbath, he
had secured the services of a very wise,
grave and reverend ecclesiastic for that
day. The latter was a man of great
reputation. The only doubt his friend
had was whether the visitor was not
too learned for the country folk that he
would have to preach to. Returning
In the following week. the clergyman
fastened TO his parish clerk to inquire
how the services of the preceding Sun
day had passed off-in particular, how
he had liked the sermon.
'Oh, SIR" said the old clerk in an
ecstasy, lit was the finest sermon that
] ever heard. | wouldn't presume to
say that l understood a single word
of It,"
Pompous old divine! Good old clerk,
listening open mouthed and with won.
dering eyesl Thou, old clerk. art true
bred Sussex.-Temple Bar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24

Jonas-Here, Herr Ehle, I've brought
you the bundle Of shares you had lost
and have acted like an honest man.
Ehle-Accept my best thanks, good
friend.
Jonas-What do ! want with your
thanksl Aren't you going to give me
the legal 10 per cent. as reward to the
finder and 5 per cent. for my honestly
Ehle-What's thata-l5 per cent.
tell you what--you keep the shares and
give me the finders reward.-Kladder.
adatsch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24
zA9wS
H<~S
commissioners

We the undersigned BsnEs and Bankers will pay
oil Prizes drawn in The Louisiana state Lotteries
which may be presented n our counter.
R.M.wALMSLEY, Pres Louisians Nat. Bank
PIERRE LANAUx, Pres, State Nat. Bank
A. BALDWIN. Pres. New Orleans Nst. bank
CARL KOHN. Pres. Union National Bank.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24
Another Photographic Triumph.

An electric spark has been photo
graphed 10y means Of a special camera,
In which the sensitive plate rotated at,
Il is said, a velocity Of 2, 500 revolutions
per minute. Public Opinion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-24
AGENTS WANTED D.

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Ing YOUR residence. with state. County. street and
Number. More rapid return mail delivery will be
assured By. your enclosing an Envelope hearing
your full address.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-16

was accorded the honor of riding this
broncho, which did some tolerably good
bucking, but not of sensational character
Here another horse was led upon the
track to be ridden. He was handsome
! looking bay, and walked meekly behind
, the man who led him. But there wss
wicked gleam in his eye, and the Captain
selected one Of his best riders for the job OF
trying the newcomer out. The horse was
saddled without any trouble. aud the
vaquero with the fringed breeches and
gaudy vest sprsng into the saddle.
"Buck!'' Well, that horse was bucker
from Buckyille direct. He wastedl no
time. but went promptly at his work with
an energy worthy of better cause. He
started in at the northern end of the grand
stand, and bucked all the way down to the
gate. Then he bucked all the way back
| again. the crowd all the time cheering and
yelling with delight. But the rider under
| stood his business, and was in the saddle
| at the finish. 1t was an unusually line
| display of an equine art that is fast disap-
! nearing with the decadence OF the old
| time mustang of the prairies of the far
West.
After this the vaqueros gave an exhibit
ton OF their skill in lassoing and throwing
animals, as practiced at the yearly round
ups on the ranges, when the young AMI
mails are branded.
Then, in response to demand from the
crowd young mare was caught ana sad
died. She was heavy with foal, and the
rough usage she received aroused general
| feeling of sympathy for her. But they
| saddIed her and rode her, and she proved
to be pretty lively performer in the stiff
legged line.
| After q little more lassoing was done. the
yaoueros rode up in front of the judges
stand and were dismissed. But before they
had ridden out of the inclosure it was no.
ticed that the -buckiDg bay horse was
again being saddled, and pretty soon new
| aspirant for equestrian hopors, in the per-
son of Jim Nye an employe at Heilbron'
| cattle yards in this city, leaped into the
saddle.
Now was witnessed display of equine
devilishness that is seldom equaled even
among the widest brouchos OF the plains.
The horse fairly outdid his former effort,
while the man who first rode him evil
IDENTIFY wasn't in it, with Mr.. Nye.
The wickeder the horse jumped the
harder Nye lashed him, and he jumped
sideways, straight up and down and every
other way that his mean nature could de-
wise. He bucked up and down and all
over the track, squealing and snorting with
rage, while Nye sat him like Centaur, and
received the cheers and plaudits OF the
thousands of spectators.
There was more buck in that horse to
the square inch of flesh than in the entire
band of bronchos that looked on in amaze
ment He would buck at the slightest
provocation, and evidently had plenty of
it left in him when Nye became tired
enough to quit.
1t was fitting finale to very interest
ing exhibition.
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THE STATE FAIR.
ROTH THE PARK AND rAvILIoN ARE
WELL PATR0NIzED.
Tho Iiberati Bands Grand Concerts-In-
teresting Exhibition of Horseman-
ship-To-Day's Races.

Yesterday witnessed an excellent at
+andonce OF the Park and Pavilion, and
tbe Directors faces wore their old-time ex-
nressions of satisfaction. There is no dis
on;sing the fact that the first week OF the
fair was more or less of disappointment
to the Directors, in point OF attendance,
owing to the fact that great crowds of peo-
ple had gone from the interior to San Fran
cisco to witness the Admission Day fes-
tivities
But the second week of the State Fair
opens most auspiciously, and the prob
ability is that the receipts will compare
fayorably with those of any corresponding
period in the past. The Directors were
very fortunate in securing the famous
Liberati Band, which will give grand
concert every evening during the week.
Last evening il was decided to have one
matinee by The band in the Pavilion. IT
will be on Wednesday tomorrow, be-
tween and o'clock, and will be for the
special benefit of ladies and others who
cannot attend at night
The Liberati Band gave its first concert
last night. and it was grand treat to the
vast multitude that thronged the Pavilion.
The visitors showed their appreciation
thereof by frequent and hearty applause;
Since his arrival, Signor Liberati has de-
cided TO make material changes IN the
programmes for each night during the
week from those published yesterday.
MUSIC FOR THIS EVENING.
The programme for this evening has
been changed by the addition OF several
numbers. and providing for two intermis-
sions. Il will be as follows:
/. March -tODgreSS..,.
q Overture-RienZ agnei
g. Waltz-La Metra
A. Selection Popular airs.............. ....hecKer
IIntefmission.
5, March-2d
g. "reminiscences of GOunod.
z Duet for flute and horn
Signor Gueressi and Herr C. Pieper.
g. Grand Fantasie-Albon-......
lIntermssion.
9. March
10. Overture William Rosslni
IL, Cornet -...olgnor LlpeI atI
T. eipeei
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To-DAY,s RACING EVENTS.

Trotting and Pacing Contests on the Pro-
gramme for This Afternoon.
The events at the Park this afternoon
will be both trotting and pacing, and prom
Use to be of the most exciting character
The first will be for purse of 5000, for all
three-y year-old trotters eligible to the 2:40
class. The starters will be Lynette, Frank
B Lottery Ticket and Millie Wilkes This
will be great betting race, no doubt, as
many pools were sold last evening. Lyn-
ette was the favorite at $50, to $2S for Lot
terry Ticket, 50 for Frank B. and S. for
Millie Wilkes The Palo Alto colt Lang
ton will not start.
The second race will be for purse of
$500, for four-year-olds eligible to the go
class and the starters are Palo Alto Stock
FARMS Laureola and Thomas Smith 5
George Washington. The latter sold for
$50 last evening, against $26 for the for
mer
The third race will be a special purse of
$500 for PAGERS eligible to the 230 class.
The horses announced last night as starters
are Belle Button, Ned Winslow, Sunrise,
Hummer and Tom Ryder.
In the pools Winslow brought SO, Hum
mer $54, Ryder $685. Sunrise s24 and Belle
Button $22
The fourth will be for purse of 81 900
for the three-minute trotting class, and the
starters will be: Holly's Charles Derby,
Reavis' Vic H., Gifford's Bob Mason, San
Mateo Stock Farms Una Wilkes and Pete
Brandon's Free Coinage.
Vic H. is the favorite at $500 against $46
for the field
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-16

About two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
gout, being able to walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, l saw by an ADVERTISE
ment in a Chicago paper that man had
been relieved of this distressing COM
plant. after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsaparilla. / then decided to
make a trial of this medicine, and took
it regularly for eight months. 1 am
pleased to say that it effected a COM
plete cure, and that have since had no
return of the disease
Mrs. l.. A. Stark, Nashua, n. H.,
writes: Zone year ago was taken i'll
with rheumatism, being confined TO my
house six months. / came out of the
sickness very much debilitated, with no
appetite, and my system disordered in
every way. 1 commenced to use Ayers
Sarsaparilla and began to improve at
once, gaining in strength and soon re-
covering my usual health. cannot say
too much in praise of this well-known
medicine"
81 have taken a great deal of medi-
cine, but nothing has done me so
much good as Ayers Sarsaparilla. I
felt its beneficial effects before l had
quite finished one bottle, and 1 can
freely testify that it is the best blood
medicine L know of."-L. w. Ward Sr.,
Woodland, Texas.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-16

Fresh confrma-
tion Of this state
ment com es to
hand daily. Even
such deep seated
and stubborn COM
plants as Rheu-
matism, Rheuma-
tic Gout, and the
like, are thorough
ly eradicated by
the use of this won-
derful Alternative.
Mrs. r. Irving
Dodge, ITO West
125th street, New
York, certifes -
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-16

Wesley George names b. g. Applause, by Three
Cheers dam Alica N, l0s.....-.........-..:.....
Elmwood Stable names ch m Nerya, by BOD :,
Wooding, dam Lizzie Marshall, 99............:..
Matt. Storm names ch. g. Kildare, by kyrle :,
DAILY, dam Mistake, l0S.........................S 3
Time. 1:56h
THE UNFINISHED TRoT.
The horses were then called up for the
unfinished 2:30 trot of Saturday. The
horses were Lee, Frank NJ, Silas Skinner
and Balkan. Silas Skinner had two heats
to his credit and Frank NJ. the same.
Skinner sold as the favorite yesterday at
S25 against $1S for the field.
After five attempts the horses were sent
off, Skinner and Frank NJ. at once taking
the lead. Skinner did some bobbiDg on
the turn and fell little behind Frank, but
picked up and led by length at the quar-
ter. He widened the gap going up the
stretch, but at the half Frank was only a
length behind him. Around the turn he
got on even terms, but coming down the
homestretch Skinner lost his feet and
Frank M. came in winner by length in
2:23, amid great excitement. Men threw
their hats in the air and yelled with de-
light.
SAME DAY.-Trotting purse of 81 900 for the 2:3O
class, unfinished from Saturday, September
18th.
I. L. Keating names ch. G. Frank NJ.
by Priam. dam by General Dana. l l !
De Turk Il McGraw names blk. s.
Silas Skinner, by Alcona Jr., dam
Fontana---..-..... ....................-.... 3
G. W. Theurerkauf's ch. g. Lee, by
General Lee, dam by Geo. W.
Patchen ....................,........... 3 A
San Miguel Stock FARMS br. h.
Balkan, by Mambrino Wilkes,
oam Fanny Fern......... ............... 2 8
Time. 22O-219-22l-226-2:23
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-16
A Fact
to- cure, Yield {.

MoRTH knowing is that blood dis.
w eases which all other remedies fail
to cure, yield to Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-16
Steam Flowing Contest.

At 10 o'clock this morning the first of the
steam blowing contests will take place at
Coyle's ranch, two miles below the city on
the Lower Stockton road. Vehicles will
be at the Pavilion at O'Clock to take out
all who desire to witness the contest
A traction-engine, or steam road-wagon.
will also leave the terminus of the Central
Street car line at Oak Park, with passen-
ger wagon attached, for the Coyle ranch.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-16
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papers and Magazines from the Atlantic States
and Europe. Subscriptions received for all the
Eastern and California Papers and Magazines
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Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-16
BALLOON ASCENSION

Immediately after the stock parade Pro
fessor Awerkamp will ascend in his nam
moth balloon to a great hight and leap Il
the ground by means of parachute
thrilling and daring feat.