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Removal.

H. Mueller, dealer in wall paper,
glass, artists and painters supplies, has
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Knights of Pythlas Endown-

ment Rank offers the best and safes, in
suIance. FoI further particulars, asl an!
member of the order, or, ] b. Johnson al
he IepT office
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81 Canes, all styles, silver and gold, first
quality heads, snake wood, Malacca, and
Ebony sticks. Finest assortment in
stock Bell Bros. Commerce street. IT
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A verv Large,percentage.

OF the American:people are troubled with .
most annoying troublesome and disagreeaole
complaint called "Catarrh." It is not neces-
sary to be SO troubled. 1t is den onstrated
beyond question that Carke's Extract OF
Flax Papillion) Cstarrh Cure Immediately re-
loves and permanently cures Catarrh. A
thorough and fair trial will convince you.
Use Clark's Flax Soap Tor the Skin. Ca
tarrh Cure 81. Soap 10 cents, at kalteyer q
Son drug store. ~ IA
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THE CHIMNEY DEMONS.

Out of the top OF chimney tall
/ saw a parcel of demons crawl;
Some in gray and some In white,
And others in robes as black rs night.
They danced together; they waltzed anu
whirled
with streamers out on the air unfurled
And the windy bugles began 10 blow
And sent them scurrying TO ana lro.
In pauzy garments they oil were drest;
And one, with o lengthy plume on his crest
Was the leader Of all, without q doubt,
And marshaled his forces round about.
With graceful gestures, like those at court,
They bowed and curtesied. and then they
fought,
Fought like furies; for none would yield,
And not remnant was left on the field.
The chimney demons their part performed
From morning till night, unless 1t stormed;
And loved to watch them and note the shape
That each one took as It made escape
Out Of the shaft, and to see them rise
And melt away In the distant skies;
And when they were angry they rose tnt
higher.
For then they were fed with fresher fire.
Comic or tragic they seemed to me.
In whatever the mood chanced to be;
And fancy led me from day to day
To watch these giants and midgets play
And even now that I'm older grown,
often sit BY the window alone
And amuse myself rs the demons crawl
Out of the top Of the chimney tall
Josephine Pollard in N. Y. Independent.
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his shadower would be frigh tened out
of the hunt by its boldness and go back
with the trumped-up story that the
clew he had come on was false one
"a trick played before with success.
This time the game did not work.
The detective was the man l had seen
that morning at the tavern going by
the name of Mark Russell. His sandy
hair and beard were false and part of a
disguise.
A few seconds after the shot was
fired into the Abbott cabin and came
within an ace of killing me, another
sounded at little distance off, 1t was
from one of the eastern detectives
weapons, and it disabled Fitzgerald as
the scoundrel was making off after his
attempt on my life. So, inadvertently,
Fitzgerald brought about his own cap
ture through his peculiar mistake
Luckily the villains bullet had whis
tied over the head of my brave little
rescuer without harming golden hair
She was soon revived from her faint
and then she had to own up to sof
impeachment insisted on making.
And now / close the longest and
think last-for some time-note in my
diary, for shall not do any more lazy
prospecting in the hills around here
and used to write in it to fill in some
of the time when off on those jaunts.
CLARENCE C. CONVERSE.
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oREAslNG THE oRowLER.
A Trick by which Its Operators Got GOOD
Measure for Awhile.

A Trick by Which Its Operators Got Good
Measure for Awhile.
The "growler rushers" of Philadel-
phia by an ingenious scheme have sue
ceeded in outwitting the willy saloon
keepers. The saloon keepers have no
ticed a wonderful and new characteris-
tic concerning the beer they have on
draught- One night stalwart negro,
black as a coal, came into a saloon
with pitcher nearly big enough to
hold keg of beer and called for ''ten
cents wuff."
The barkeeper eyed the pitcher for a
moment, and then proceeded to draw
the beer To his surprise the beer
would not foam in the lively manner
which heretofore had been its principal
characteristic. No amount of shaking
and sloshing around would make the
ambcr-colored beverage assume a
frothy appearance, and before the bar
keeper could realize it the pitcher was
brimming full. The negro remarked in
an off-hand manner:
"Dat beer done looks dead an fiat,
but laik dat kline mahself."
With that the barkeeper handed him
the pitcher, and the grinning darlzy
| walked out of the room. He was met
Just around the corner by half dozen
other dusky citizens, all carrying pitch
ers, and at once divided up
1t was noticed that the beer imme-
diately came to life when it was poured
out of the big pitcher, and the colored
rascals laughed immoderately as the
| creamy foam ran down the sides of the
vessels they were carrying. Directly
after this another customer walked
into the same saloon, and the beer was
found to draw all right
Here was mystery indeed, and il
took two long weeks to solve it. The
saloon keeper in the vicinity always
noticed that the beer would not foam
when put into pitchers carried by GER
ttain colored individuals. AS a result
these same persons got about fifty
cents worth of beer and paid only ter
cents for it.
An investigation was started, as the
saloon keepers knew that some trick
was being played upon them No solu
ton was arrived at, however, until Fri
day, when a colored man under the in
fiuence of liquor told how the scheme
had been worked.
It seemed that the plan consisted il
simply greasing the inside al thu
"growler'' with butter or piece of ia
meat When this is done no amour
of gas or agitation will put the prope
head on beer. The discoverer of i
reaped rich harvest by selling tn
secret of it to other ''growler workers.
and as result, the saloon keeper
have been victimized- - PHILADELPHIA
Record,
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never have q chance to write one with
q sweeter, prettier heroine, and very
much doubt that will, in my life time,
experience an adventure SO peculiar
as that of yesterday.
To the reader-if l ever consent to
having this account perused Il will
say, as a prelude, that Sunset City is
little mining camp consisting OF not
more than twenty cabins and the ever
present tavern. 1t is situated in cool,
picturesque valley. through which a
lively stream flows, along whose east
ern side runs the trail of an overland
stage route. query if it is placed on
any map.
have been here three weeks-two
weeks and three days longer than in
tended to stay.
was lucky enough to meet little
Beth Abbott when on a pleasure tour,
and l deserted the touring party OF
which was then member Her dark
brown eyes cast an irresistible spell
over me at our first meeting.
She lived in little cabin with hel
old father, perhaps half mile east oi
the camp. He mined in deserted shaft
near by.
As an excuse for my stay, told the
tavern keeper, old Monk Hardy, tha
] thought I would prospect about in The
hills near Sunset, and, to keep up thu
role, / have wandered about the HILL
and explored the deep ravines and wilt
country in this neighborhood. BuI
evening Invariably found me at thu
Abbott cabin.
Beth's father and became goot
friends, and he coached me we'll il
mining, and gave me slight insigh
of assaying, in which he was quite wei
posted. But Beth would seldom ALLOW
me to draw her into conversation, ant
nearly always busted herself in tidyinl
mp the cabin or in needle work while
was there.
must acknowledge that l becam
greatly despondent at times.
She was SO devoted to her old fathe
that / began to fear that she coul'
never care for anyone else. She CAV
herself up wholly to making the cabil
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A NEEDED REFORM.

Advanced Ideas of n Victim Of Thieves.
A worn looking man was exclaiming
against what he termed the irrelevance
what he meant.
II mean" said he, that thieves
ought to have more sense of fitness, OF
applicableuess. was moving my Office
to-day and tcamster stole volume Of
Shakespeare. You would naturally ex.
pect teamster to steal in his own line,
to take bride or halter or set of har-
ness or something of the sort, but feel a
Earring sense of incongruitv when he
steals the worlds greatest collection OF
literary work. had something to do
with a worthless jack carpenter, the
other day. and he stole saw, but as II
showed the fellows mind was going
hand in hand with his occupation, said
nothing. l would say nothing II a
blacksmith were to steal bellows, OF
if plumber were to purloin roll c1
lead pipe, but do cry out in just de-
nunciation when q carter, that COULDN'T
read his name even If it were thrown
with a calcium light on the bosom Of
Lake Michigan, steals q rare volume Of
Shakespeare; and shall not permit Il
to drop with simple denunciation. No
sir, shall take more effective steps.
am going to have law passed by the
next legislature-al law that will impose
severe punishment upon irrelevant
theft / am determined that a reform
shall be effected in this direction and
iii ~<,<o for mn man who does mo-
agree with me. r-Arkansaw Traveller
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rs cheerful and inviting for him as pos
sible, and never saw her when she
was not smiling brightly or humming
some happy melody.
One morning-yesterday morning
the really strange part of my romance
began.
had risen and prepared myself for
breakfast.
Old Monk Hardy-I occupied room
In the second story of his tavern-had
called up q third time that breakfast
was ready, and was about to go down
to it, when noticed bit of note paper
lying on the sill of my bedroom door.
Seeing that it had writing upon it
and surmising that it was note thrust
In from the outer hall and intended for
mo. picked it up and carried it to the
window.
Imagine my surprise when l read
these lines. copy from the note
which is now before me:
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Are you hitas she cried, breasaless

"Are you hit?" she cried, breathless
ly.
sNo."1 exclaimed.
ga man--in the window-ired-"
She fell in my arms and did not fin-
ish the sentence.
But what she had done to save my
life showed me that she cared for me,
and my heart beat fast with gladness
How near I had come to never know'
ing of her caring for me, / thought On
the next day by that time would have
been far from Sunset City; and what d
strange woong ours wasl
To clear np the mystery of that note
l had received that morning; 1t was
not sent as a joke, as had supposed.
A noted criminal by the name of Cooke
Fitsgerald had sent it and In deadly
earnest
| A friend of his east had learned that
q detective was to be sent west after
him and, knowing the detective, had
mailed Fitsgerald description of the
officer.
appeared at Sunset about the time
the detective was expected there, and
tallying quite well with the description
had been taken for the man, my pre-
tended role of prospector Strengthening
the supposition that was detective
Fitsgerald had sent the note hoping
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Moralizing Over . Boom Town.

L. w. Hoch, the mayor of Adrian.
Mich, who is . single taxer of national
reputation, has been interviewed by q
local paper on the boom at the village
of Muskegon Heights After speaking
Of the village ~ . great big hustling
youngster. that has come to life to stay,
and describing the construction Of
buildings, the establishment OF factor
les, the laying of cedar block pave.
ments and the selling of lots at high
prices where but . little while ago
there were nothing but sand hills,
Mayor Hoch says:
$50 far as the history Of Muskegon
Heights form. q pleasing chapter, and
gives one . glimpse Of the paradise mu-
inequalities might be If the value
which community gives to lend
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would only be appropriated by 'nS
community for public uses. ot,'pp
~ it, speculativc aspect, this Muskegon
bcom would result in building up ono
~ the crondest and richest cities IN INC
ttnion. whose every want could DC sa
;stied and NO one feel the burden
the values created by population wn'o:-
this company now begins to apProP.
stc to its own use, could he applied 70
still further improving the v,nase:
there could be erected the most eiegans
public buildings, every street cou.'
i,e uaved with finest material the VII
lace could own its water works, eiec
tric light plant, street railways oui'o
svstem oil sewerage that would extend
TO every nook and corner OF the corPo:
alton. maintain magnihcent Puo.io
marks, libraries, schools, etc, comforts
couveniences and luxuries too numer-
ou. Tn mention. But that would bring
the millennium, and destroy sPecuia.
ton in land, and the good people OF
Muskegon are hardly prepared TO re.
ceive such a shock at once. And SO IL
follows that all the enormous pronts Oh
this great boom will from this time ON
Hnd their way into the pockets OF the
half dozen men who started it on us
way. The second grand sale OF lots Is
now going on, and they are selling AZ
sl65. Lots on a number OF streets are
sold with restriction clauses to the ef-
feet that no residence shall be erectcd
thereon at a less cost than VI, 5Oo'
s., 900 or Ss,000 as the case may BE-
| thus insuring vastly increased values 20
adjoining unsold lots, and preventing
promiscuous assortment OF residences
| In locality which it is desired to make
aristocratic."
Besides having first mortgage on
every dollar of the value which grow
| ing population will give to the land en-
braced in the corporation OF Muskegon
Heights, the members of the Improve
ment Co. have gathered in few fran
ch:scs which may some day provide
little pin money For instance, Mr.
How ell has been granted by the village
council the exclusive privilege OF fur
nishinR the citizens with water for
term Of fifty years. Another gentle
man has the contract for furnishing
light for the same brief period, and still
another has full swing at street rail-
ways.
| In a few years there win be city, a
half dozen men will own it, and thou
sands of people will pay tribute for the
scanty privilege of eking out meager
existence within its limits. Some may
wonder why it is, and may deplore the
situation. But it is so the world over,
and why look for better things at Mus
kegon Heights?
How does the boom affect the city OF
Muskegon?
1t is not intensely popular there. The
city has been advertised SO extensively
that it is overrun with men seeking en-
ployment. Although a great deal OF
building is going on in the burnt dis
trict and at the Heights, many carpen-
terA masons and painters are idle, and
wages are at the minimum. But these
matters soon adjust themselves and are
not lasting. Business is quiet and
down town one hears very little OF the
boom. Those who are lin it" are en-.
thusiastic and active, and seem to feel
delight in recounting the advantages ol
Muskegon Heiga:s over any place or
Gods green footstooL
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H AVE takSn
this odd story
from P r a n k
Kings s I o n s
diary:
SUNSET CITY,
Col, June Is,
1890.
l will write
the events OF
yesterday as q
story l shall
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The uoequ.l Di.tribution Of Wealth

The main source of the difficulties
that menace us is the growing inequal-
ity in the distribution of wealth. To
this all modern inventions seem to con-
tribute, and the movement is hastened
by political corruption, and by special
monopolies established by abuse of leg
islative power. But the primary cause
lies evidently in fundamental So
cial adjustments-int the relations which
we have established between labor and
the natural material and means of>1a-
bor-between man and the planet
which is his dwelling place, workshop
and storehouse. As the earth must be
the foundation of every material struct-
ure, SO institutions which regulate the
use of land constitute the foundation Of
every social organization, and must af.
feet the whole character and develop
ment of that organization. In society
where the equality of natural rights is
recognized, it is manifest that there can
be no great disparity of fortunes None
except the physically incapacitated will
be dependent on others; none will be
forced to sell their labor to others
There will be differences in wealth, for
there are differences among men as to
energy, skill. prudence, foresight and
industry; but three can be no very rich
class, and no very poor class; and. as
each generation becomes possessed of
equal natural opportunities, whatever
differences in fortune grow up in one
generation will not tend to perpetuate
themselves In such a community.
whatever may be its form the political
organization must be essentially demo-
cratic.
Is treated rs the property of but por-
tion of the people, some of these peo-
pie from the very day of their birth
must be At q disadvantage, and some
will have an enormous advantage.
Those who have no rights in the land
will be forced to sell their labor to thu
landholders for what they can get; and,
in fact can not live without the land
lords permission. Such a community
must inevitably develop q class of mas
ters and class of serfs--a class pos
sessing great wealth, and class hav-
ing nothing; and its political organiza-
tion, NO matter what its form, must be-
come virtual ldespotism. Social Prob.
lens
| As sign Of the times and Of the
progress of our ideas, the following is
interesting 1t was adopted few days
ago by the central council of the
Knights Of Labor Of Chicago:
| Whereas, It appeass that there viii
be deficiency in the city funds avail
able for street cleaning and putting the
city in good sanitary condition for the
Worlds fair;
u Resolved. That the aldermen of thu
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ried ceremony was the fact that Mrs. Ladd,
not having time to select wedding dress
for her second marriage, hastily douned her
first one over again, and was married in
that Mrs. Ladd, or as size is now to be
called, Mrs. Mitchell. was prominent
member OF the Women's Exchange of this
city, in which her clear head, her unvarying
courtesy, her affability and invariable relia-
bility greatly endeared her to all with
whom she came in contact She had a SEN
sltive, refined face, crowned with wealth
of auburn hair. To her friends in this city
her sudden marriage comes with somewhat
the force of a surprising shock, and the
greatest interest is betrayed 10 learn the full
particulars. The wedding was celebrated
at St. Johns Church. The bride
came into an almost empty church,
escorted by the old-time Californian,
Charles Warren Stoddard. Her only other
attendants were her friend Miss Vail of
Boston and her French maid, with the foot
man in livery. Rev. DIR. Douglass escorted
the groom, who, by the way, is the cousin
of Vice-Presdent Morton, and at one time
was announcedto marry Miss Alger. daugh-
ter of General Alger of Michigan. After the
ceremony the bridal couple went to New
York, whence they will soon sail for Eu-
rope on tour of indefinite extension.
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B0WD0IN COLLEGE,
An Association of the California .,um,

An Association of the California Alumni
Organized in the City.
Two weeks ago several graduates of Bow
dom College, Maine, met to take measures
for the organization of the alumni of
that institution residing in this State. and il
being ascertained that number would be
interested in the movement, another meeting
was held yesterday and a constitution
adopted and officers elected. There We're
present ex-Judge c. NJ. Blake, S. ID. Water
man, q. NJ. Hall, ii. r. Given, F. Il.
Hobson, S. z. Mead and N Z. Boyd.
A constitution similar to that of the
Washington Alumni was adopted, providing
that once year all graduates or ex-members
of BowdOin College residing in California
shall meet at a banquet, the place to be de-
cided upon by the Secretary. Arrangements
will be made for such a reunion on March
25th and as there are at least twenty-fiye
Bowu0inlans in and near Sun Francisco. all
Of whom have signified their desire 10 he
considered members, most enjoyable time
is anticipated.
The organization, which will be called the
California Association of Bowduin Alumni
has elected the following officers: Presi.
dent ex-Judge Nj. c. Blake; Vice-Presdent.
S. ID. Waterman; Secretary, c. NJ. Walker:
Executive Committee-F. L. Whitney. f.
w. Hall and III. W. Philbrook. The next
meeting will be held around the festaI board.
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The schooner Lena Sweasey. one of the
best known on the Coast has been char
tered by resident of Pasadena to 60 in bal
last from here to Tahiti in the Southern
Pacific and bring from there cargo of seed
ling orange trees for planting in San Diego
County. This is the first venture of the
kind. The lower hold of the vessel will be
filled with the trees and the vessel will carry
down lumber sufficient To build house on
her deck, i'll which a large number of the
trees will be slowed. The orange-growers
of the lower part of the State have hereto
fore received all the rotten oranges that ar
rived here on the sailing packets from Ia
hiti, and from them have derived their seed
for new trees. The new experiment will be
watched with much interest.
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THE STOCK MARKET.

Stocks were dull yesterday. The San Francisco
Board was not in session, and trading was not
active In the Pacific Board
Local securities were dull and not particularly
changed
me Champion Mining Company OF Grass Valley
mas declared dividend of l0c per share or SlO,-
OO0
The Blue Lakes Water Company has levied an as
sessment of SO, delinquent March 9th, sale day
March Gath.
The Sierra Nevada assessment falls delinquent in
board and the Oak Con. assessment In ONCE to-mor-
row.
The lowest and highest prices of the leading
stocks last week were follows: Belcher, 81 650
l 80; Best Belcher, 50 5o93 20; Bullion. 80 o5@
SO; Challenge, 81 409l 70; Cholfar. 50 1902 30;
Con. Cal q Va. IS 1904 So; Crown Point. 81 TOO
80; Gould Curry, 81 40@2 So; Hale & Norcross.
81 409 SO; Mexican 81 4O92 10; ophir, So 20g
SO; overman, 81 s0@2 So; Potosi, 81 55953s
Savage, 81 05@2 25; Sierra Nevada, 81 1902 10 F,
Union, 81 s5@2 20; Yellow JACKET, 81 l5@2 80.
Variations in local securities during the week
were as follows: Spring Valley Water $92@92s4 !;
s. +. Gas. $58 25@59; Electric Light, $Io6@I7;
Hawaiian Commercial, $l4 50@l5 25.
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No Likelihood of Prosecution

Charles Ackley, who keeps livery stable
at Eleventh and Market streets, was arrested
yesterday on charge of grand larceny. pre-
ferred by.J. P. Barley, and growing out of
horse transaction. On Thursday night Ack-
ley sold for 800 horse. which Barley had
left in the stable, and the animal was ship
ped to Sacramento. When Barley heard
that the sale had been made he secured a
warrant for Ackley's arrest, and since then
the men have settled their differences. and
the probabilities are that Ackley will not
be prosecuted.