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NoTTCg.

TINE ANNUAL MEETING OF TEE STOCK
holders of the Capital Gas Company will be
held at the office of the company, at I and
Front streets, Sacramento City, California, on
MONDAY, January %, 1898. at O'Clock P. NJ
for the purpose of electing Board of Directors
for the ensuing year, and 10 transact such bust
ness that may be presented tor consideration.
d0;.1m n CUMMINGS. Secretary.
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UNDERT4REag.
REEVES g. LONG

UN ID ERTAA e IA IS,
609 j ST., bet. Sixth and Seventh (n0Tth side.
gg7 KEEP on HAND 4 COMPLETE STOCK
every description. Orders from city or country
viii receive prompt attention dsy or night.
EXPLAINING done in the best manner at reas-
enable rates. Al
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mENRY ECEHARDT, eUSshITis,

MANUFACTURES AND DEAL
lts er IN Guns, Riles, HeToivers, sSsaassssf
Ammunition and Sporting Go5ds. 49,
Al the leading ma es Of Guns ald Has =.
Rifles at popular pfiees-Ea-heT, y
Ieteyer, Colts, Smith, lthaez, new Bake- anc
new make Guns. Firxt-elsss Sun ed Rlee
work. Send for price liz g. gEzs. Ec. so 3
street, Sacramento, Cal.
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IF SUCCESS be the true test of merit, it is a
settled fact that Browns Bronchial Troches
have 10 equal for the prompt relief of
coughs colds and throat troubles.
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1T Is a fact" that Hoods Sarsaparilla
does cure scrofula, salt rheum, and ether
diseases or affections arising from impure
state or low condition of the blood, over
comes that tired feeling, creates good
appetite, and gives strength to every part OF
the system. Try it.
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a Good Showing.

REDDING, January 13th.-At a meeting OF
the stockholders of the Bank of Shasta County
to-day, General Charles Cadwalader, G. C. Bu> h,
W. B. Cahone, f. A. Refs and C. W. Belcher
were elected Directors AT Il meeting of the Di-
rectors, General Cadwalader was elected PTesi-
dent c. C. Bush, Vice President; F. Groetfend
Cashier and Secretary The bank is doing a
fine business having declared two dividends
within the last year, and at this meeting has in
creased its capital stock.
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A TToRNEY AND CoUNsELoR-AT-LAw-
"A Office at the rooms of Board of Trade, over
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s, N. E. corner Second and
streets, Sacramento, Cal. Telephone 247
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WESTERN HOTEL.

THE LEADING HOUSE OF sACRA L-ENTO,'
! Cal.-Meals, 20 Cents. WAI LAND, Propri.
eto-. Free Bus to and from hotel. zplf
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8oTRI8 AHD RESTAURANT.
ST. DAVID'S-
715 Howard 81, near Third, So Frau

us Howard ST., near Third, San Francisco.
4 FIRST-CLASS LODGING HOTEL CON-
Il tanning 200 rooms; water and gas in each
room no better beds in the world no guest
allowed to use the linen once used by smother /;
a large reading room hot and cold water baths
per week, from 81 upwards. Open all night.
4. HUGHES, Proprietor.
ss-At Market-street Ferry take Omnibus Line
of street cars for Third and Howard. TTStf
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Cattle Freezing to Death.

Ry-,so. January I5th--The train men on the
vest-bound overland express reported at Reno
~ al 000 head OF cattle had frozen TO death on
a RANGE Near Carlin in Elko county, and that
stock1len say that not q h0of VIII be left on
Eastern Nevada ranges if the COLI wave fingers
much longer. The depth of snow is too gEEAt to
admit o. the cattle browsing on ssgebrush.
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NOW let good digestion wait on appetite,
and Health o2 both, is a favorite toast after
taking Angostura Bitters. DR.. ]. G. b.
Siegegt & Sons, manufacturers.
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HOTEL,

II STREET, BET. THIRD AND FOURTH,
II Sacramento. is conducted on the European
plan, where you can get meals at all hours fOI 10
cents and upwards. Good furnished rooms by
the day, week OF month az reasonable prices.
n7-tf&Su W. A. CASWELd, Proprietor.
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]. MILL e r

Successor to Fritz & MileI),
u II Id II R rE n * E.Rz
OFFICE IN ODD FELLOWS T6MPLE
~ Ninth and K streets. Complete stock o
Undertakers' Goods constantly on hand. City
and country orders promptly attended to, day or
night, at reasonable rates. Telephone SO. 4p
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EASTERN AND FOREIGN MARKETS.

NEW YORK. January 18th.
WHEAT-S71Sc for cash, S614c for January,
SIC for February, SSc for April, sss4e for May
and SSc for June.
CHICAGO, January 18th.
WHEAT-761 69765sc for January and Sl54c for
May.
OATS 2014c for January, 2o14c for February
and 2015c for March.
CoRN-2S34c for January, 1889 for February
and Sl5zc for May.
PORK-s9 ~ for January and 50 S71a for
May.
LARD-s5 so for January and Sc 05 for May.
SHORT RIBS-S4 65 for January and 81 So to
81 So for May.
LIVERPOOL January 18Th.
WHEAT-Quet California spot lots, rs 115d
to rs I'D; off coast 36s 3dG56s Cd just shipped,
35s 80; nearly due. Sos 3d. eaTgoes off coast,
and on passage, steady; French country markets,
steady; Wheat in Paris, quiet Flour, steady;
weather in England, mild.
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Count Thomas A. Edison says that he
still cares more for business orders than for
foreign decorations.
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Dairy Cali, 1U093Uc each; dry hides, USUAL Sc
leetions, &c. dry kips, do, &C p 70; Calf Skins,
do, &c; Gull Hides Kip and Calf. &c; Pelts,
shearling, 10000 each; do, short, S0t950c each;
do, medium, 65@90c each; do, long wool,
9Oc6s1 % each; Deer Skins, summer, 35G37c; do
good medium, 309321&c q 10; do, thin 20c p To-;
Goat skins, 40c apiece for prime and perfect,
2QC5S0e for medium. 10(920c each for small.
FRESH MEATS Following are rates for
whole carcasses from slaughterers to dealers ::
Beef-First quality. 619a7c; second quality,
&c; third quality, 5a51sc 2 II. yeal-Quot-
h for small Mutton-Q uotable at 7@Sc .
b. Lamb-Quotable at S@9e, Spring, 20c q b.
Pork-Live Hogs, on foot, grain fed, medium
5 "a SIC; heavy. "a 70 sc; light as @ DC;
dresser. Hogs 7G5S1%e +, ID.
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CO.. g, RTsoHR.

practical GUNsMITH, 1924 q q
/ Sixth street, between ] and ~
K. Importer and Dealer in Shot >=zss<
guns, Rifles and Pistols. Ammu- <%SESSN
milton of all kinds constantly on~ ~
hand. Safes and scales repaired, and "'russes
made to Order. f54,--.n4p
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Restaurant and oyster House.

T7IRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RESPECT
Z Ladies Di-iug-Toom separate. Open day
and 1ight. BUCEMANN x CAREAGHEB. Pro-
prietors, 1919 Second street, between and K,
Sacramento. II
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WHY do you endure the agony of dys
pepsia? Simmons Liver Regulator vii
al WAYS cure Won.
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EAGLE HOTEL.
~ II No.. 1r,vorr,t, and I Eaor,-~,aD4o

C. w. NEWBERT, Proprietor,
FORMERLY OF THE BRUCE HOUSE.
II Board and Lodging per week, S. to 81;
Single Meals, p cents: Families accommodated
on Reasonable Terms. Finest Of WINES,
LIQUORS and CIGARS. Street Cars pass the
doors every few minutes. Newly enlyated
throughout. dl0-lm
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AMERIoAN STEAM LAUNpRY.

NlhttoSElH anu Stts5 1aCIAHl0nt0t
WHITE LABOR ONLY, LINEN POLISHED
w III the neatest manner. We guarantee sat
isfaction. All ordinary nending, sewing on
buttons, ETC., free Of charge. Washing called
for and delivered to any part of the city. Once,
ct Sawtelle's bncE store. 705 and 10 street
sp1m Y. II. GREEN. Pronrfator
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w. j. KAVANAUGH,
IT N - K R E r.. *. Izs "a.
No. 513 j ST., bet. Fifth and Sixth.
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Fxe at Martinez.

MARITIME. Jauuary 1Sth.-At O'Clock A. q
fire broke out on Main street, in a vacant house
belonging to J. Sturgls Win naId lighting ths
fire was kept from Spreading, The house and
sr,rro,1ndines were occupied by Chinese.
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ATTORNRYS-AT-LAW.
LEONARD s. HINKsON,

LEUIfkAhU a HINh5ON5
A DID. C. HINKSON AND o. P. LEONARD
"A fex-Chief Justice Supreme Court, Nevada),
Attorneys 627 street, Sacramento Cal.
d13-tf
S. C. benson. CHARLES H. oATNAN.
benson 81 OATMAe,
4 TTORNEYS AND COUNsELoRs AT LAW.
"a Office removed to 40 J street, Sacramento
a.
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Chinese Domestic,

san BERNARDINo, January 13th.-James Stew
art, wealthy rancher living three miles from
this city, was robbed few nights ago of 81 800
by a Chinaman who has been in the family for
three years. The thief made good his escape,
pQiup In Los ANGELES
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WANTED.

The best place in California to have your
printing done A. J. Johnston Il Co.'s. 40
straet Sacramento. Cal.
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About two years age, after, sl4ferlng
for nearly two years from rheumatic
govt, being able to walk only with great
discomfort, and having trled various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, 7 saw by an advertise
ment in Chicago paper that q man had
been relieved OF This distressing COM
plant, after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsapariila then decided 70
make trial of this medicine, aud took
it regularly for eight months. 1 am
pleased to say that it effected COM
plete cure. and that / have since had no
return of the disease
Mrs J.. A. Stark, Nashua, y. n,
writes: Zone year ago 1 was taken IL
with rhe6matism, being confined 70 By
house six months. l cane out OF the
sickness very much debilitated, with no
appetite. and my system .aisordered IN
every way. commenced to use Ayers
Sarsaparilla and began TO smprove al
once, gaining in strength and soon re-
covering my usual health. Icannot say
too much in praise of this Wel-known
medicine"
81 have taken q great deal Of medi-
cine, but nothing has done me so
much good as Ayers Sarsaparilla. l
felt its beneficial effects before ] had
quite finished one bottle, and / can
freely testify that it is the best blood
medicine l know of. Il. W. Ward. ST.,
Woodland, Texas.
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An Excellent Showing.

sAzEA MARIA, January 1Sth.-The statistics of
reports from Santa Maria the past siz months
are: Beans, So tons; barley, SIS tons: other
grain, Us tons; hides ard pelts, tons: hogs.
l54 tons: other live stock. % tons; wheEt, ,S4S
tons; oats AZ tons; butter. 70 tons; wool tons:
cattle, So tons; sheep, g. t02s; merchandise, 265
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Is a Positive Cure for
DYSPEPSIA

And all Disorders of the Di-
gestive Organs. Its likewise
a Corroborative or Strength
ening Medicine, and may be
taken with benefit in all cases
of Debility. For Sale by all
Druggists. Price, 81 90 per bot
tie. DR.. Schenck's New Book
on Lungs, Liver and Stomach
mailed free. Address,
DR.. J.H.Schenck & Son, Phila.
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T.HF WEEKLY UNION = THE LEADING
WEEKLY % TIE COAST.
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CALIFORNIA AND COAST.
List Of the PFemidInS Awarded at the
0fOgiIlG Fair.
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS STOLEN.
Damage from the Snow to Houses
liz Nevada Cisy-DeIayed Mails
Fatal Explosion.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE EE0oRD-UHoN.i
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS STOLEN.
MAGNIFY CENT TRIUMPH.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE HE0oRD-VNIoN'l
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"a. nothhanannsr-,

COLE AGENT FOR sTEINwAY agEE
- & SONS, Ernest Gabler & Fro, sSrE Ssfsss5sE
Klanich & Bach. Roenisch and {. II d "a n
D. Pease & Co. III ian o9.e
WILCOX q yFHITE ORGANS. 81 Piano
Tuning and Repairing a Specially. Visitors to
the city are invited to examine our Pianos and
Judge for Themselves. 1921 Ninth street (Odd
Fellows Temple), Sacramento, Cal, s9-lpim
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a MEDICINE Endorsed and used i,v physi
clans and druggists-Simmous Liver Regu-
lafor
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Official Papers stolen.

AUBURN, January 1Sth.-Charles Walsh, who
murdered one Simin at Rocklln last November,
was convicted of murder in the first degree
with life Imprisonment. GA Saturday last
This morning, when the case of Henry Will
Hanson, charged with stage robbery, was called
for trial, it was discovered that the informal on
aud whole file of papers in the case had been
stolen from the Clerks office. Williamson was
discharged, and Constable Fieks' 81 800 reward
vanished into thin mir
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ACME HOUSE,

orr AND 961 MARKET STREET, NEAR
10 Sixth street, San Francisco. Nicely fur
nished Single or Double Rooms, by the day
week or month. Open day and night
nI6-SmTuIhS ALEX HILDEBH8ND
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NOTICE..

vaE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
! holders of the Germania Building and Loan
Association of the City of Sacramento VIII be
held at 101l Fourth street. Sacramento, Callfor-
mia, MONDAY, January Is, 1880. at $50 o'clock
p NJ at which time three Directors viii be
elected, and such o. her business transacted as
may come before the meeting.
L. NEUB0URG, President.
Y Gor-rIIE Eecretarv OBJ LIT
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On T.sai for Attemuted Murder.

Fresno January lsth.-Tke trial of Percy
Douglass for shooting brakeman Arson in May
last nesr MADEIRA began in the Superior Court
today. Douglass, 1t is alleged, was stealing q
ride on a blind" baggage ear. Arson at
tempted to eject him, when DoEglass fired. The
hal taking effect IN Anson's neck. ADsoH
cane near dying. but Is now able TO appear
against his assailant. The defense VIII be that
the assault was instinable
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HAUB'S RESTAURANT,
6I2 j STREET.
THE SADDLE ROCK

FANCY BAKERY AND BANQUET AND
{ Dining PaTloFs. Ssz- Wedding Cases and
Dinners a Speciality. d2-lm
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A LWAYS ON HAND A LARGE AsSORT-
n ment of Metallic and Wooden Caskets.
Burial Cases, Collins, and shrouds furnished.
Coffin orders will receive prompt attention on
short notice and at the lowest rates. Office
nnnn Day and night I'm
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Sacramento Packing and Drying Co.,

DACKERs OF THE FOLLOWING BRANDS
/ of California Canned Fruits:
GOLD DUST BRAND" extra 3-pound cans,
choicest selected fruits.
GOLD FORT BRAND" standard 21%-pound
cans, selected fruits. Full weight brand, extra
heavy goods ana quality of fruit equal TO most
standards. We use only the best granulated
sugar. We also put up a line of SAUCES, under
our trademark "Old Fort" such as "Old Fort
Table Sauce, Catsup. Chow Chow Salad Dress
ing, S4uerkraut, Pickles, Mustards, etc. AL
equal to any other brands Ask your grocer for
our goods. Ia LOOK FOR OUR BRANDS.
Sacramento Packing and Drying Co Apt
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]. FRANK CLARK,
COUNTY CORONER & UEDERTAKER,
Nc. 1017 Fourth ST.. bet.J and <.

z LwAYs ON HAND THE MOST COMPLETE
~. stock of UNDERTAKING GOODS on the
coast. Country orders day or night, will re-
ceve prompt attention. Telephone No. 1874.
IN GEO. h. CLARK, Funeral Director.
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Los ANGELES, January Jssll.-The residence of
Dr.. E. r. Griswoid was burned this morning BY
a lamp explosion. The loss Is $500; insurance
81 30.
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PURELY VEGETABLE,
STRICTLY RELIABLE,
ANpABSOLUTELY SAFE

Book For Sale by all Druggists. Price 25 cts.
mach per box; boxes for G5 cts; or sent by
mail, postage free, on receipt of price.
hila. DR.. ]. II. Schenck & Son. Philadelphia, Pa.
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Fresh cuntirina-
ton of this state
uant comes TO
hand daily. Even
such deep-seated
and stubborn com
plants as Rheu-
lnatism, Rheuma-
tic Gout, and the
like. are thorough
~ era6icated by
TIE use efthis Won
dezful slterative.
Mrs. Z. Irving
Dodge, 80 West
I25th street, New
York, ceFtIies
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A TToRNEY AND CoUNsELoR-AT LAW,
n Southwest corner Seventh and streets;
Notary Public. Sacramento, Cal. s1O-h-
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INDIGNANT PORTUGUESE.
They Protest Against Submitting to Eng
lands Demands.

lands Demands.
LISBON, January 1Sth.-It is now reported that
Pimental will form Ministry aud Hintzaribelno
will take the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. Comes
personally expressed to Glynn Petre his regret
at the insults offered to him. The Government
officials assured the Minister that the escutch-
con should be replaced and all damage re-
paired, and all persons connected III the outrage
punished.
The is a movement for the formation of an in :
ternational boycott against English com
merce.
The ferment in the streets continues and the
students n the street aud il the neighborhood
of Cortes are shouting viva Portugal !" viva
Pinto n At meeting OF the students It was
proposed 70 wire congratulations to serpa Pinto.
4 nrblic meeting has been called - protest
80 sdfnst Inc srifs.ssaszi0n 20 Englands demands.
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IN FOREIGN LANDS.
The Republican Sentiment Of Portugal
Thoroughly aroused.
A CRISIS IN LISBON IMMINENT,
London Editors on Trial for Libel
More Particulars Regarding
the West End Scandal.
ENGLAND's SHAME.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE REooRD-unoS.l
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A F act

XETORTH knowing is that blood dis
w eases which all other remedies fail
10 cure, Weld to Ayers SarsapariIla.
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Fruits Prematurely Plucked.

cat present the trouble is to get
things to eat" said a prominent caterer
of years gone by. "Fruits and vegeta-
bles, especially the earlier varieties, are
brought from a great distance, and in
order to carry we'll are picked green.
Ripened artiticially off the trees, vines
and plants, they not only lack favor, but
are positively unwholesome. Take the
first tomatoes, for instance. You look
IN vain for a ripe one, and the taste is
frightfully unnatural and unsatisfactory.
1t is the same with peaches, pears, april
cots, plums and smaller fruit So far as
meat is concerned, beeves are driven for
miles and miles, and when killed many
Of them are bruised, thin and diseased.
When they are brought in cattle cars
they are crowded together so closely that
they cannot move without trampling on
each other, and suffer terribly from lack
of water and food. Sheep and swine are
in the same category. Under such con-
ditions it is no wonder that much objec-
tionable meat is offered for sale. In the
past, fruits aud vegetables came from
near at hand and were gathered almost
ripe, while the beef, mutton, veal and
pork were from this State and New Jer-
scy and were Of excellent quality, to
say nothing of being in prime condition
and altogether wholesome. Things have
changed in the line of marketing, but
the change has not been for the BETTER
PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL

A deposit Of beautiful agate and car
nelian has been found on Cedros Island,
Lower California.
Scientific farming in Italy is to be un-
dertaken this year by company with q
capital Of $40, 900, 900.
Coffee Is boiled by electricity in Der.
I'm cafe. glass jars being used and plat.
mum wires passing through them being
heated by the current.
Women are longer lived than men; .
woman of twenty may expect forty-two
years more of life, a man of the same age
only thirty-nine years.
An electrician says that Just what takes
place in the human organism to produce
death from an electric current seems to
be an unsolved problem.
The result of recent experiments with
the Photograph demonstrate the adapta-
bility and value of that instrument for
signaling to great distances.
The whitish, vapory belt popularity
known as the "milky way" IS a mass of
many millions of stars, the mingled light
Of which makes bright belt.
The water barometer in St. Jacques
Tower, Paris, has glass tube over forty
one feet long, and about three quarters
of an inch in diameter-the largest yet
made.
The board of naval experts found the
eophone very accurate instrument for
locating the direction from which sound
comes, its value being of greatest i'm
portance in thick foggy weather.
The experiment of producing rainfall
by explosions of dynamite, has been pro-
posed. An item has been included in
the Agricultural Appropriation bill, set
ting aside $4,000 for that purpose.
DR.. Charles W. Dullas, "a prominent ply
stefan of Philadelphia, in recent paper
on the subject of consumption, points out
that while in England half century ago
there were 50, 900 deaths annually among
5000, 900 people, there are at pres
emit in a population of 100000 but
$4,000 deaths due to phthisis.
1t has been discovered that current
Of electricity passed through impure
water, restores it to purity by destroying
any living germs with which it may be
impregnated. Animalcule which escape
the eye, and which almost elude the
microscope, can not escape the all search
ing power Of the electric flash.
A New York man has invented new
mode of rapid transit for street railways.
1t is an application of the archimedean
screw principle to the cable system. In
stead of wire rope in the conduit be.
meath the track, is q wrought iron tube
with stout worm, and in place of the
grip is shoe pushed forward by the
worm and raised or lowered by rod.
There are some philosophers who
maintain that longevity is becoming
more general than it was, even forty
years ago There is no doubt, but that
during the first few centuries of the
Christian era, the average duration OF
life in the most favored classes was thirty
years, while in the present century, tho
avarage age of the same classes is fifty
years.