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The Number SeYen in the


The Number Seven in the Bible.
On the seventh day God ended his
work.
On the seventh month NOah's ark
touched the ground.
In seven days dove was sent.
Abraham pleaded seven times for Sod
ON.
Jacob mourned seven days for Joseph.
Jacob served seven years for Rachel
And yet another seven years more.
Jacob was pursued a seven days jour-
ney by Laban. 9Tr -
\ plenty of seven years and a famine of
seven years were foretold in Phai aoh's
dream by seven fat and seven lean beasts.
and seven ears of full and seven ears of
blasted corn.
On the seventh day of the seventh month
the children of Israel tasted seven days
and remained seven days in their tent
Every seven days the land rested.
Every seventh year the law was read to
the people.
In the destruction of Jericho seven per-
sons bore seven trumpets seven days. On
the seventh day they surrounded the
walls seven times, and at the end of the
seventh round the walls fell
solomon was seven years building the
Temple and tasted seven days at its dedi-
cation.
In the tabernacle were seven lamps.
The golden candlestick had seven
branches
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HAD A CLEAR CASE.
She Had Paid the Money and Held a
Receipt.

There was something decidedly bellig-
erent in her appearance as she approached
the money-Order window, Just before
closing time the other day, says the Chi
cago Times, and sharply said:
'Do you remember me?"
''No, madam, can't say that do" re-
piled the clerk.
.'You don't eh?" continued the visitor.
''Well, I'm not at all surprised at that.
didn't suppose that you would admit that
you had ever seen me before. But 1 re-
member you, just the same, and perhaps
that will do just as well. There is no
mistake about it. / know you; you are
the fellow Pm after; I'd know you any
where"
"Idon't understand you, madam, / as
sure you. What can | do for you?''
"Do! Do! Why's pay me back my
money! l don't want to make any un-
necessary trouble for you, but / don't
propose to be robbed in this way, that S
pray, calm yourself. madam. Now,
then, what is it? Something about
"Have you the brazen impudence to
stand there and tell me that you didn't
get it?"
"Perhaps-I don't know. 1 receive a
great deal of money here sometimes.
What are you talking about?'
- on know very We'll WnaG am talk
ing about. I'll admit that the amount isn't
very large, but it is plenty large enough
and I'm going to have it, too. It's the
principle / care for more than the money
itself.''
That's right. How much was it?''
Don't try that dodge, young man. You
know the amount well enough. paid it
to you myself. But you never sent it
you just pocketed it. 1t is of no use to
deny it. | can prove it, and | want that
money back or there will be trouble"
Aha! / see, You paid me some
money. When was it and how much
was it ?''
" came here week before Christmas
and paid you $40 to be sent to my sister
in Rockford. / handed the money to you
right here, and you know it."
"Well?"
"Well! She hasn't received the money
Your never sent ii. You tried TO keep it.
But / was smart enough to keep the
receipt you gave me, and I've got it yet /;
so | don't propose to be swindled, and
don't You forget it,
HIN! Yes. You must have been
very thoughtful. So l really gave you a
receipt, did /? must have forgotten it,
Just look at the date Of that receipt, will
you, please? ?"
From the mysterious depths of her
pocket the woman tished up crinkled
and folded paper, which proved to be Il
money order, payable at the Rockford
office. The purchaser had mistaken it
for receipt for the money which she had
paid the clerk.-ErpreSs-G Gazette.
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HIS PROFITABLE SCHEME.
He Improved His Property by Renting
1t to an Alderman.

He Improved His Property by Renting
1t to an Alderman.
He was leading horse down the road
when man stopped him, says the New
York Tribune.
Hello, Brown" he said, "been buying
another horse, eh?"
YES" looking over his purchase.
"What do you think of him?'
Pretty good-looking horse. Going to
sell your other?''
oh, no; this isn't for me. It's a pres
ent.'
"a present?''
Yes. You see it's this way: When I
bought my house down here the streets
were dark as pitch. Couldn't get the
town to light 'em. Tried every way |
knew how. / said to my friend Smith
one day:
= See here, Smith, you've got electric
lights strung along your street.
Yes said Smith.
And the finest board sidewalk in the
town.
YES said Smith.
lard table?'
Yes
"'Well, how in the world do you do it?'
s'You see' said Smith, 'one of the
councilmen lives just beyond me. Now
do you understands
SOl Il clllllCG 10 Dlly Jne mousse DcIOW
mine. Then [ went around to my coun-
cilman?'
JONES' 1 said, that house you are
living in costs you too much money.
I'll rent yousmy now one for so a month.
It's worth $50 if its worth cent
so Jones rented my house. Inside of
six weeks we had electric lights in our
streets. Do you see that they only go
block past the councilmau'S house?''
Il begin TO see.''
The next spring we got fine new
sidewalk. The authorities began to take
an interest in my part of the town, you
see"
How about the horse, thought"
well, I'm coming to that This is an
awful bad road, isn't it? My friend, the
councilman, doesn't own horse. He's
too mean to buy one. Pm going to him
and say Jones, here's one of the finest
horses / ever bought, but l can't afford
to keep him. Wouldn't you like to take
care OF him for me? Take him and use
him just as il you owned him.
$50 L guess you'll find that we have a
fine road down this way pretty soon.
After that [ shall engage plumber to put
water pipes all through Jones' house.
Then the city will extend its water mains
down my way. After that / guess I'll
have gas fixtures put in his house.
haven't made up my mind what. I'll do
next. Pretty good-looking horse, isn't
Wait till you see Jones spinning along
behind him. l may have TO buy him a
buggy, but Pm sure to get that road"
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Order of the Longest Rivers.

The Amazon, i'll South America, falls
from the Andes through course of 1900
miles; the Mississippi, from the Stony
Mountains, runs 2,690 miles; La Plata,
from the Andes, 2,215 miles; the Hoang-
no, in China, from the Tartarean chain
of mountains, is 3, ,260 miles, the Yangtse-
Kiang runs from the same mountains
and is 4,O60 miles long; the Nile, from
the Jihel Kumri Mountains, courses
2,69O miles; the Euphrates, from Ararat,
is 1920 miles. long; the. Nolga, from the
Valdais. is ?, 100 miles; the Danube from
the Alps, is 1870 miles in length; the
Indus, from the Himalayas, l,770 miles
long; the Ganges runs from the same
source and is $50 miles long; the Orino-
co, from the Andes, 800 miles in length;
the Niger, or Wharra, is 800 miles long;
the Don, the Dneiper and the Senegal are
each over 1000 miles iii length; the Rhine
aud the Gambia are SSS miles in extent.
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aapual asnIsfus 3Dprnner.
Highest of all in Leavenng PoweU Report Aug IL 1885,
H,A!:!!;!! e! Bskij}g Bs,.dsg2
ABSOLUTELY PURE

dCividual, he presisted and finally made
the box. When polished it so outshone
anything previously made that it very
quickly became an object of curiosity,
and the people hocked to see it.
AS consequence the wood became
quite popular, especially after portion
OF the physician's treasures swere en-
ployed in the construction of two bureaus9
one for himself and the other for the
Duchess of Buckingham These speci-
mems OF cabinet work caused the rejected
wood to become prominent factor in the
construction of luxurious pieces of furni-
ture. Thus Wollaston was amply re-
Warded for his perseverance in fashion
ing it into the candle-box, and his name,
together with that of the physician and
his nautical brother, became inseparably
connected with the history of the intro
duction of this wood into civilized lands.
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OBJECTED TO MUSIC.
Declined to Pay for What He Had Not
Ordered.

Declined to Pay for What He Had Not
Ordered.
a quiet, unassuming little man poked
his head through the office window and
said ditfidently:
Il live at 206 Bellevue Place.
Yes, SIR" said the accommodating
clerk, us he stuck his pen behind his ear.
And / don't care anything for music"
4 beg your PARDON" with surprise
i say don't care anything for music.
PTe probably heard all the best whistling
SOlOists, too"
Well, what of it?". The clerk. was a
tri1ie impatient.
Nothing much. OF course you don't
expect man to pay for music he hasn't
ordered?"
Certainly not. But what in the world
Exactly. I've never made any ar
rangements with you for music, have I?'
"Of course not. We don't furnish-''
We'll, | wish you'd stop the pumps"
stop the What in the thunder are
you talking about?"
Pumps and music. You're pumping
air through the pipes so hard that it
whistles when | turn on the gas. Always
does it near the end of the month. Now,
L didn't order that whistle, and | don't
want to pay for it, but it's going through
the meter like a cyclone. You admit
never ordered it,
The clerk ran his hand under the coun-
ter, though undecided whether to pull
hatchet or revolver, but the little man
went serenely on.
"Iou overplayed yourself last night,
too," he said. You put on so much
pressure that the wind blew out the gas.
That's wrong. Be artistic. I'd rather be
killed by rapier than a bludgeon. The
latter is so brutal. I'd rather have an ex-
pert than novice go through my house.
The former will do the job neatly and
without any fuss. hate bungling work.
So l say be artistic. But then you are
rot going to charge me for the whistling.
You'll substract it from the bill, of course
I'll be obliged to you.''
He smiled pleasantly and backed out of
the office. The clerk toyed nervously
with that something under the counter,
but finally dropped it. Then he made
use of some harsh expressions and asked
as a special favor to be allowed to make
out the next bill for 206 Bellevue Place.
1t will be a startler.-C Chicago Tribune.
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THE RED ACCOUNT BOOK.
DRAMATIs PERsoSE:


Young Husband. Mr.. John Carey.
a Young Wi1e.................Mrs. Carey.
Scene 1.-The dining-room Of a modern
flat. Mirrors, china. Much new silver
in evidence on the sideboard. On the ta-
ble, numerous spoons form several diff
terent sets, also very new. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carey are found in consultation-cloSei in
every sense Of the wOrd-Over q small
book bound in red morocco, with various
mystic perpendicular rulings in blue and
red on it's pages.
Mrs. Carey (speaks).-Yes, I'm sure
it's splendid idea, Jack. Then we'll
always know just how much we spend,
and If we want to economic we can tell
just where to do it. | know it made me
awfully extravagant when 1 only just had
to go to papa and ask him for as much as
| wanted; and it's awfully simple I'll just
put down every cent you give me in this
little book, and every cent | spend, and
there We'll have it all. You'll see what a
good little housekeeper I'll make-only
wait
(Here the conversation becoming much
more of sound-Of a subdued sort-than
Of sense, the curtain falls rapidly)
Scene 1.-THE, same, afternoon. A
month is supposed to have passed. Mrs
Carey is discovered in tea-gown and in
cipient tears, with three very premature
little creases across her forehead and the
red account-booll on the table before her.
Mr.. Carey, who has just come in, is in
the next room dressing for dinner.
Mrs. Carey.-Jack, this is awful, I've
spent more money than / ever had.
and there are lots Of bills 10 come in yet,
and yet I've a lot left, and it WON'T come
straight anyhow!
Mr.. Carey?
Mrs. Carey.-Yes, have added it up
both ways Il dozen times, and counted
over everything.
Mr.. Carey?
Mrs. Carey.-No. I have put down
every cent you have given me, and what
do you mean by the debit side?'
Mr.. Carey?
! Mrs. Carey.-Oh, yes, everything is
down, even to the pennies. Here's but
| tons, two cents; ribbon, seven cents and a
/ half; icecream soGa, ten; ear fsre, five;
1 then | spent 50 for something; I never
! could remember whether it was for a
/ present or 10 pay an old bill; but put it
] down, something So then, lunch, tff-
/ teen cents; three cents | gave an old shoe
string woman; pair of red slippers,
! 50 81. They were so cheap L couldn't re-
sist them
Mr.. Carey?
Mrs. Carey.-Yes, / made Mary always
ask prices. and put down everything we
had from the grocer's and the meat man,
and coal and wood; but the bills they
send don't agree with mine at all!
Mr.. Carey (entering and looking over
her shoulder for goodness sake,
is Charitable match-girl, thirteen
cents?"
Mrs. Carey.-Stupid boy! Don't Won
see there's n hyphen between? She was
a little girl that looked so miserable /
gave her all my pennies.
Mr.. Carey.-And you find you have
spent Sl5 more than you ever had, and
still have present balance of seven
thirty-tive1
Jack, let's throw this horrid thing into
the fire, and let the cook keep the books,
and let's go to the theater Tonight
Frederick Hart Wilson az Puck.
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DISCOVERY OF MAHOGANY.
First Mentioned by Walter Raleigh
Who Used Ii In Ina7

The discovery of the beautiful and
costly timber known as mahogany was
purely accidental. The first. mention
made Of it was by Sir Walter Raleigh.
who used it in 1897 at Trinidad for repair
ing his ships, says the Detroit Free Press.
About the beginning of the eighteenth
century small quantity of it was taken
to England by West Indian Captain
named Gibbons, who sent few planks to
his brother, physician residing in Lon
don. This gentleman, at the time of the
receipt of the wood, was having house
built, and placed the planks in the hands
OF the carpenters.
They attempted to cut it, but because of
its hardness very quickly threw it aside
The doctor eNpostulated, but the work
men remained fixed in their determine
ton to have nothing to do with q lumber
which SO successfully resisted their
attempts to saw it. The planks were
then taken to cabinetmaker named
Wollaston, who was directed to make q
candle-box with portion of the wood.
The same objection was advanced by this
workman, but, being persevering in
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RrIng the Children IIere.

It may seem strange, says the Truckee
Republican, but it is a fact, nevertheless,
that there are children in Truckee from
six TO eight years old who do not remem-
ber ever having seen Chinaman. 1t is
over five years since the Celestials left
that town
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women. Women

Uncommon Affections of women are sick.hesd.
aches' indigestion and nervous troubles They
arise largely from stomach disorders. AS JOYS
vegetable sarsaparilla is the only bowel regu.
iaung preparation, you can see why it is more
effective than any other ssrsaparilla in those
troubles. 1t is daily relieving hundreds. The
action is mild, direct and effective. We have
scores OF letters from grateful women.
We refer to a few:
Nervous debility, Mrs. g. Barron, 142 7th St., s. F.
Nervous debility, Mrs. Fred. 10y, s27 Ellis St., F.
General debility, Mrs. Belden, $40 Mason St, s. F.,
Nervous debility, Mrs. J. Lamphere, 7S5 Turk St.,
ST.
Nervous debility, Miss R. Rosenblum. 2s2 18th
St., S. F.
Stomach troubles, Mrs. R. L. Wheaton, 704 Post
ST., S. +.
Sick headaches, Mrs. NJ. B. Price, 1s Prospect
Place, s. F.
Sick headaches, Mrs. NJ. Fowler, COT Ellis ST., ST.
Indigestion, Mrs. C. d, Stuart, 122l Mission St.,
Constipation, Mrs. C. Melvin, I2s Kearny ST., ST.
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To do our duty and make the best of
life should be the aim of all of us. Self
ishness is probably at the bottom of most
of the ills of life.
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The Leading PapeISOf California.

They are the pioneer journals,
which, from early years in the
history Of the coast, have main
tanned the FRONT RANK OF
JOURNALISM, having every
news facility with the San
Francisco leading dailies, and
sustaining the fullest public
confidence.
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Bettrrnl 51ntfrra.

IJOT TEA AND COFFEE WILL BE
IL served at the rooms of the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association, 1o11 Ninth
street. every day from 1880 A. NJ. to 1870 p.
NJ, beginning next Monday. my2-3t
MONEY TO LOAN In LARGE OR
INI small amounts on real estate security
FELCH Il COOLEY, 1013 Fourth ST. ap29-5t*
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The First Horse Car.

It was in 1881 that l devised the first
street car, or omnibus, as it was then
called. writes Mr.. John Stephenson in
The LADIES' Home journal. This car
was composed of an extension to coach
body, with seats lengthwise instead of
crosswise. On the outside of the vehicle
was printed Omnibus" in large letters.
People would stand and look at this
word, and wonder what it meant. "Who
is Mr.. Omnibus?' many of them would
inquire. l had a shop of my own at
this time, and there L built the first
horse-car. 1t was run for the first time
in 1892, from Prince street in the Bowery,
to Fourteenth street. This car had three
compartments of ten seats each, entrance
being had from the sides. On the top
there were also three rows of seats, facing
back and 'front.' seating thirty persons.
THAT tired feeling. which is so depress-
ing and often so unaccountable in the
spring is entirely overcome by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the great spring medicine,
which gives strength and vigor.
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--THEA-
WEEKLY UNION
CTwelve Pages).
--THE--

Containing all the news Of the
Record : Union and Sunday
Union, has the largest circuIa-
ton Of any paper on the Pacific
Slope, it's readers being found
in every town and hamlet,
with a constantly increasing
list in the Eastern States and
Europe. Special attention paid
to the publication Of truthful
statements Of the resources Of
California and the entire coast,
best methods Of agriculture,
fruit and vine growing.
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AsrnpnHuIH.
PROPOSALS
Purchase of Bonds
East Riverside Irrigation District

@ EALED PROPOSALS FOR TIE PUR-
y chase of the bonds of East Riverside Irri-
CATION District, to the amount of one hundred
and fifty thousand (Sl50,OOO) will he re-
ceiyed by the Board of Directors of said dis
tricG, at their office in East Riverside San
Bernardino County, State OF California, till l
o'clock p. NJ. of the 22D DAY OF APRIL,
1891 at which time and place said board will
open the proposals and award the purchase to
the highest responsible bidder.
said bonds are portion of q series of bonds
amounting in the aggregate to two hundred
and fifty thousand ($2 so, ,00O), issued by au-
thority of and pursuant TO the provisions of
an Act of the Legislature of the State of Cali
fornia, entitled AN Act to provide tor the
organization and government OF irrigation
districts, and 10 provide for the acquisitiono OF
water and other property, and for the distri.
button of water thereby for irrigation pur-
poses" approved March = 1887, and also By
authority of and in accordance with the vote
OF the qualified electors OF said irrigation dis
1890.
Said bonds bear interest from the Ist day of
January, 1891, at the rate of six (6) per cent.
per annum, payable on the lSt day of ,Tauu-
airy and July in each year.
1ne principal or each OF said bonds Is pay
able as follows, to Wit: At the expiration of
eleven years, five per cent. thereof; at the cX-
piration oftwelve years, six per cent; at the
expiration of thirteen years. seven per cent;
at the expiration OF fourteen years, eight per
cent; at the expiration OF fifteen years, nine
per cent; at the expiration of sixteen years,
ten per cent; at the expiration of seventeen
years, eleven per cent; at the expiration 0f
eighteen years, thirteen per cent; at the ex-
piration Of nineteen years, fifteen per cent; mt
the expiration of twenty years, sixteen per
cent Coupons for the several payments OF
principal and interest are attached to each
bond.
None of said bonds will be sold tor less than
ninety 800 per cent. of the face value thereof
Said board reserves the right 10 reject any
or all bids.
All bids should be addressed to East River
side Irrigation District, san Bernardino
County, California, and marked Proposals
for Purchase of Bonds
By order of the Board of Directors of Fast
Riverside Irrigation District
East Riverside San Bernardino County,
California, March II, 1891
HENRY W. ROBINSON, President.
j. a. VAN ARSDALE, Secretary
The time of receiving and opening the above
proposals IS POSIPONED until the 22D DAY
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InHt-Innun.

T OST-A LADIES' STEEL-BEAD DED
l. purse, on L street, between Seventh and
Eighteenth streets. The finder will be re-
warded on leaving the same at 1926 Seventh
street. my2-3tt
NIFTY DOLLARS REWARD WILL BE
L paid to the party who found, on or about
April Is, 1891, in the vicinity of the Post
Office, a brown envelope containing sum of
paper money. The reward can be obtained by
delivering the package at the Office of the
Chief of Police. ap2S-tf
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The time of receiving and opening the above
proposals is POSTPONED until the Son nay
OF MAY. 1891.
BY order of the Board of Directors of the
East RlXerslde irrigation District.
California, April 90 1891
HENRY w. ROBINSON, President
j. A. VAN ARSDAL Secretary ap17-20t
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gnr Snle.

nor SALE - FIRST CROP ALFALFA
II hay at CUTTER BROS Brighton ranch;
first quality, So per ton on the field; special
rates on large orders. Address CUTTER
BROS, Sacramento. ap30-7t*
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EARM FOR SALE - TWELVE MILES
/, from Sacramento; 160 acres, of which I4O
acres are in summer-fallowed wheat; good
buildings; price, with crops, S. 500; would
take city property as part pay. Apply TO
STROREI- BIZ j. an:i-htk
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-04-17
The Immigrant Question.

Under the new immigration law which
went into operation April l, score or
more of the diseased pauper or criminal
classes have been rejected, to be return
ed by the steamship lines which brought
them. The new restrictions were impos-
ed none too soon, as the influx of emf
grants during the year promises to exceed
100000, surprising all precedent. OAR
ing the three months just ended 1879
Italians were landed at the Barge Office
in this city. With the exception of the
immigrants from the Austrian Empire,
who numbered 1869, this is the largest
number Of immigrants OF any nationality
ever landed in the same time. The total
immigration WAS S2,2l9. Of these ii 1856
came as cabin and 1888 as stcerage pas
sengers. Germans and Alsatians num-
bered II ,672; Russians, Poles and Fins,
ii, 664; English, Irish, Scotch and Welsh,
1872; Swedes, Norwegians and Danes,
6,67O; other nationalities made up the ball
ance. The English, Irish, German and
French immigrants were ell of the better
class and an improvement over those who
have come here in past years.
II is believed that the law is made
quate. 1t is not sufficiently stringent in
itself, and besides it may be avoided by
bringing in the immigrants through Can
ada. The next Congress should take
more decided action and the press of the
country should commence in time to
arctsse the public sentiment to the point
of imperatively demanding action. The
tide seems steadily on the increase. Half
million in one year, Immigrants With
capital to invest who vii! acquire per-