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ers Company sold at auction to-day one car o
California fruit at the following prices: Pears
81 S5@2 90; peaches, 75@95c; halfcrates
grapes, S5c
MrNNEAPoLIs, Aug. 2S.-The Earl Fruit
Company sold California fruit at auction to-
day al the following prices: Bartlett pears,
garian prunes, 7599Oc; Malaga grapes, half
crates, 65@95c.
AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2S.-The Earl Fruit
Company sold California fruit at auction to-
day at the following prices: Bartlett pears,
81 40@l 90; Buerre Hardy pears, 81 500
40; grapes, half-crates 4oc@S1 65.
AT BOSTON.
BosrON, Aug. 2S.--The Earl Fruit Company
auctioned California fruit to-day as follows
Gros prunes, 81 1901 20; silver prunes, SO@
soc; Italian prunes, 80990c; Bradshaw
plums, 55c@Sl; Golden Drop plums, zoe;
Early Crawford peaches, 6Oc@S1 26; Late
Crawford peaches, 6O@9Oc; orange Cling
peaches, 9OcGS1 10.
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\ Residence Robbed.

While the family of William Ingram,
residing at 724 y street, were absent
from home on Saturday evening, two
men entered the house and stole a gold
watch and other articles
The watch was atterward recovered
where it had been pawned.
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Eastern Grain Markets.

NEW YORK, August 27th.
WREAT-August 654c, September GS$4c,
October 71l4c, November 734c, Decenb r
1876. May s25sc.
WOOL-12916c for fall, s@I2c for fall
bury, 10000 for spring, 11@l3c for spring
bury.
CHICAGO August 2Sth.
WHEAT-August 62c, September 6214c, De
cenber 6S]1c.
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House- -IYarmIun To-Nigbt

The new engine-house on Nineteenth
street, between L and NJ, viii be dedi-
Gated this evening by "house- warm
ing 1t will be conducted by the ladies
of the neighborhood.
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Equal Pnktttp 3gpnner.

covered with good quality of gravel for
roadway purposes. Traffic on the leveP
IS desirable, and pavement OF this char
acter VIII prevent the surface wearing
away, and at the same time assist the
compacting process from traffic thereon,
Y street is eighty feet wide, and i'll or
der to construct levee twenty feet wide
on top, with side slopes of three to one
and two TO one, respectively, it will neces-
state the acquiring by the city OF certain
strips OF land in places where the ground
IS unusually low. \ great majority Of the
fences along street, which at present
stand from ten to twenty feet on the
streetway, will have to be removed and
reset on the proper line.
FORMER PLANS.
In my report submitted 10 your hon
orable board in July, 1892, recommended
that the G-street leVee be raised three
ieet at Front street and brought upon a
uniform grade to the top OF the river
levee, and THAT the levee between Front
and Ninth streets be raised to an eleva-
ton Of twenty-five feet above datum.
Subsequently,, on September 3. 1892, in
my report on the general condition Of the
leVeeS, | again al vised that the same plan
be carried into effect.
WHY ABANDONED.
Owing to the lateness of the season and
the further fact that the levee bonds had
not yet been voted on. only a portion Of
the work, as then outlined, was contracted
for. In the event Of the bonds not being
carried, then the work was 10 be paid for
out OF the leyee fund. In order not to
create an Indebtedness, the work on tine
street levee was cut down from the
plan proposed to the modified plan, and
under which it was subsequently, con
tracted for and constructed by Messrs.
RoZa and Silva, and us shown on the ac-
f.ftt rnrn,Y Yaxrir, Il. \
were carried it was then too late in the
season TO contract further work.
SHOULD BE DONE NOW.
l would, therefore. respectfully recon-
mend that the original plan be carried
into effect, and the levee constructed TO
the elevations as shown on the accom-
panying profile; the junction of the y
street and river leVees be widened and
strengthened, and subsequently. after the
earth has been sufficiently settled, the
riprapDing be placed as hereinbefore
noted.
l am Of the opinion that valuable time
may be saved by contracting this work
in two or three sections and the riprap-
ping at some future time separately.
ESTIMATED COST.
The approximate estimate of work
herein outlined is as follows:
River to Ninth street. 3,4O7
cubic yards gravel ut 81 So. S5,l1O so
River to Ninth street, 2l,O39
cubic yards earth at 3uc.... 6.3Il 20
Riprapping ut river levee and
street $500 90
800 cubic yards of gravel at
81 5O...-..-........ 1850 90
Eleventh to Thirty-tirst street
41,513 cubic yards OF earth at
2o756 so
Rlght OF way ....-....-.-........ 1900 90
0crap1hg ana replacing gravel. 1000 90
t $38,528 70
These estimates are based on cross
SECTIONS tnlien 400 fant ana ri and may ho
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These estimates are based on cross
sections taken 400 feet apart, and may be
materially modified after the levee has
been carefully cross seetioned every
fifty feet apart, as would be necessary If
constructed. Respectfully submitted,
J. c. BOYD, City Engineer.
Sacramento, August IS, 1893.
TO BE DONE AT ONCE.
Trustee Conklin favored the immediate
adoption of that part OF the report relat-
ing to the work to be done from the river
to Ninth street, and that the rest be taken
under consideration.
1t was so ordered, and specifications
therefor were directed to be advertised.
bids for the work to be opened next
Monday at 10 A. NJ, and the work to be
commenced within five days.
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DOR SALE-TEN SHARES STOCK OF
+ "The Garten Gold Cure Institute Com
pany." Inquire OF DIR. CHAS. s HART, at
the Institute, 526 Ninth street, corner r.
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EOR SALE CHEAP-A GOOD HORSE.
L suitable for driving or riding. Apply 1912
o street.
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591 ertittu 3.tnttcea q

4 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
- CaledoEian Association will bed A :.
ngI9 ngI9 IN basement OF Pioneer HallEl f%G4
inst, at 5 o'clock. A large attend SAS1H
ance requested.
1t+ LB&NC] DAVID REID Chief
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mu1ttPn.

- ITUATION WANTED nv Y0Tr%-1I
~ man. IS handy about place: can mIII
una una care Tor horses. Address T. A., this OF
-
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EOR SALE-TWO SETS OF WORK
l. harness and saddle; also, wagon. In
quire 2O22 II street.
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For $dlp.

EOR SALE-THIRTT SHARES OF STOCK
L OF Germania Building and Loan Associa-
ton. Inquire at Toney's Saloon, No. 422 X
street
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CROSSNAN'S SPECIFIC MIXTURE.

WITH THIS REMEDY PERSONS CAN
w cure themselves without the least ex-
posure, change OF diet or change in applica-
ton to business. The medicine contains moth
Ing that is Of the least injury to the conslitu-
tion. Ask your druggist for it. Price, 81 q
bottle. TUT
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DRUSH PROTFCTs IT.

The brush and willows now growing
on the levee should be preserved as far as
IS possible. so as the better to secure the
levee from wave washings. The gravel
now topping the levee should be plowed
up and temporarily removed, and after
the Ievee has been raised toi the desired
hight. should be restored to the levee for
roadway purposes, and at such places as
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InHt-Innun.
90 Get OF Rent.


L'OR RENT-NICE SUNNY ROOM FOR
L one or two gentlemen. Inquire at 1O16
Tenth street; reference. au26-lOt*
DOR kENT-CHICKERING UPRIGHT
l. piano. Address p. 0. Box 22I, CITY,
au25-1W*
V1o LET-A DESIRABLE HOUSE, REAR
l. 1919 Is; four rooms; newly papered and
painted basement. Apply 719 L.
mo LET-THE FINE STORE, 3Ox5O FEET
l. southwest corner of Eighth and l. streets:
. rooms above store; all newly painted; will
give lease for two or three years; good Ioca-
tion. Apply TO CROSS, lois Fourth street,
between J and K.
VYO LET-HOUSE OF -FOUR ROOMS. AP-
Il ply at GOLDEN RULE MARKET, Tenth
and streets.
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TOR SALE-LOT 4Ox8O, NEXT CORNER
j. Eighth and o streets, or will sell whole
place. Inquire 1426 Eighth st. au26-Sos3-l-j
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ME 4 OFFER TO GENERAL AGENTS
w and canvassers exclusive Territory frae
newspaper advertising, chance to deliver
goods before paying for them, immense profits
Gun4 Sn4 ~ permanent business. Address CON-
'SOLIDATED, Lynn, Mass. TITS
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StALOON FOR SALE, DOING GOOD BUSI.
= ness Apply 12O X street. au23-Iw*
The sun., 1893-11-23
(To Be Coptinued.)
ORIGIN OF THE WALTZ.
The Popular Dance Shocked Our
Great-Grandfuthers

The Popular Dance Shocked Our
Observation-Disclosures
1t was Lady Jersey who introduced
1t, and when later the Emperor Alex
ander visited London, an army of for
eigners gave a strong impetus to the
movement. It's great popularity gives
rise to many disputes as to whence the
waltz originally came, whether from
the Provencal La SauteWse," or Vol
te," or the German national dance,
the "Laendler." 1t is most universally
ascribed to the last named. The la
endler" was under the ban Of the au-
thOrities as being dangerous to both
health and morals; but in spite of pro-
hibition it made it's way to Vienna
where it was introduced in the opera
"Una Casa Rara," by Vincente Martens
The character Of the dance was, how
ever, greatly changed and modified, the
tempo being much accelerated. From
Vienna 1t quickly passed to France
Dr. Burney saw it performed in Paris
in 1880 and could not help rejecting;
"How uneasy an English mother would
feel to see her daughter so Familiarity
treated, and still more to note the
Obliging manner in which the freedom
is returned by the females"
Had he lived few years longer the
good old doctors sense of decorum
would have received a shock in the wei,
come accorded to the dance by English
Nomen.-All the Year Round.
The sun., 1893-11-23
smnlIness His Fortune.

Most New Workers are familiar with
the figure of a little newsboy who sits
in perambulator at the corner of
Twenty-third street and Broadway. He
is always there in rain or sunny
weather, and rumor says that he has
made quite a little fortune during the
last fifteen years. The other day kind
hearted lady stopped to buy a paper
OF him, and as she did so deposited
in his lap small toy dog. The little
fellow looked it over with an amused
countenance. He showed it to the next
customer, saying:
Now will you look at that? Some
of them give me rattleS," and he
laughed gleefully.
Well" said the customer, don't
you like playthings"
The boy looked at the gentleman,
who was quite young, and asked, DO
you like 'em?"
~" said the young man, with sur
prise.
We'll, I guess I'm older'n you be, I"
said the little fellow. Il was thirty
two last August, an I've voted for
three presidents" And then, as the
young man looked still more aston
ished, the neysboy added: Yer see
We can't always tell how old folks is
by the size of 'em. l shant get no
bigger if l live to be 100. An sup
pose If 1 wuz that old some Of the kind
ladies would go on giving me gim-
cracks like this" And he laughed
again as he turned to attend to another
customer.
The sun., 1893-11-23

think or buying long cloth at Pigeons.
Jones Ii the place for long cloth. And
what an absurd price to pay for dress
for Popsy! Mere waste; for the best
things don't wear any longer than CON-
moner materials for child of that age.
l snail send Popsy frock-something
useful and suitable. You will take care.
Bell, to settle these bills directly Mr..
Lilly sends you the check?"
OF course / shall" answered Bell,
flushing hotly. Paying those bills will
be too pleasant for me to put off the
enjoyment for minute"
"Oh, but you are SO thoughtless, you
see, Bell, and have so little idea of
management that you might be putting
the money to other uses, unless you
were particular to get 1t out of your
hands at once"
Mrs. jack began to think that she
was paying very dearly for her father
i.'-laM's assistance.
And Mr.. Lilly WISHES you to under
stand, Bell, that you must not reckon
upon his doing this kind of thing in
future. He wishes to clear off every
thing, and give you fair start. But
he really cannot be putting his hand
into his pocket for you every now and
then. l hope you understand, BellT"
Il quite understand, Mrs. Lilly. 1t
Is not easy to mistake you meaning"
And now / will take Popsy for n
drive If you like it, 1t will do the child
good. / suppose she will behave her
self properly. Hasn't she better hat
than that one?
rro d.
The sun., 1893-11-23
How Fashionable People Talk.

There are fashions in speech as we'll
as fashions in clothes. Everything in
society just now is either lawfully
ghastly" or lawfully charming, don't
you know" If your new bonnet isn't
awfully ghastly it must be awfully
charming; and if Miss Fourstars' sing
ing at the local concert the other even
ing wasn't awfully charming, then it
must certainly have been aWfully ghast-
ly. Pretty is no longer pretty, but pooty
y, the famous man milliner, has
caught the trick from his duchess Gus
toners. You hear him talk glibly of
p0oty gowns and pooty gals. Gorgeous
or deadly are the correct adjectives to
use when speaking of the weather
Nowadays it is quite customary for
educated people to talk Of the dook
In quite aristocratic circles the final e
is dropped in many words. They talk
Of ridin, shQotin', talkin', singin' /
suppose the next thing we shall hear
will be that they have ceased to as
pirate their his, for the excellent rea-
son that it has become so common for
ordinary folks to do so.
But, after all, these examples of af-
fectatiOn, ridiculous though they sound,
are rot quite so bad as the mincing
style Of affectation fashionable in days
gone by. Mincing is now chiefly con-
fined to old maids or young girls under
twenty. Other folks don't seem to get
time for it. In these days of push
side" seems to go further than mine
ing manners.-Pall Mall Budget.
The sun., 1893-11-23
east, West, Homes Best"

1t is a pleasing weakness of human
nature to assume that every good thing
belongs in Il peculiar way to ones own
country or to ones own special part
Of it. A Frenchman who had been
spending a considerable time in Ger
many exclaimed, Immediately after
crossing the frontier back into his own
country:
There are birds singing in the trees.
We are in France again.
This story is matched by true one
ST g New England woman who spent
two years IN Illinois, and returning to
her beloved home, wrote as follows to
a friend in the East:
''It is so nice to be back in the East,
and hear the locusts, katydids and
brown thFushes once more"
All these creatures had made the sum-
mer air musical In the part of the
country which she had been visiting,
but during her banishment she had new
er heard them.
The sun., 1893-11-23
An Effective Cure.

A preachers righteous soul was sad
ly yexed by the talking and giggling of
some Of the junior members of his con-
gregation. Breaking off in the middle
of his discourse, he looked straight at
his tormentors and said:
"Some years ago there happened to
sit right in front Of the pulpit young
man who was perpetually talking and
laughing and making silly faces. !
stopped short and took him severely to
task. At the close of the service a
gentleman stepped up to me and said:
"'Sir, you made a great mistake;
that young man is an idiot
"Since that time have not ventuped
to reprimand any persons who behave
themselves indecorously in church lest
1 should repeat the same mistake and
intiict censure upon an idiot"
There was exemplary silence during
the rest of the service.-Ueber Land
und Nicer.
The sun., 1893-11-23
He Could Do II,


An exchange prints a story, probably
fictitious, Of an epistolary encounter
between Charles Sumner and an impu-
dent schoolboy.
The boy saw Mr.. Summers frank on
a public document, and being on auto
graph collector, sat down straightway
and wrote to him thus:
'By the aid Of Webster's Unabridged
and the Greek and Latin Lexicons, and
with the assistance Of my high school
teacher, I have made this out to be your
name. If that Is SO, and you can do Il
again, please do 1t for me-"
The senator seemed to have been
amused by the saucy letter, for he re.
piled as follows:
~ am glad to learn that you have
so many helps to education. It is my
name. can do it again, and here II
is. Yours very truly,
Charles Sumner"
The sun., 1893-11-23
THEOLOGY AND LOGIC.
The Small BOY BOthers His Dig
Brother in n Terrible Manner.

The Small BOY BOthers His Mig
Brother i'm a Terrible Manner.
One OF Avondale's we'll known young
men took his small brother out for
drive with him in his new dog cart the
other Afternoon and soon began to be-
lieve he had an elephant on his hands,
for that small boy is of an inquiring
turn of mind and can ask more unan-
swerable questions in given space of
time than any youngster on the heights,
says the Cincinnati Commercial Gaz-
cite.
Say, Charlie" he suddenly began,
lis God everywhere"
Rather startled by the sudden query,
Charlie stammered: "W-why, yes,
guess so-why, of course yes, God is
everywhere"
rs he in this dog-cart?"
why n-n-y-e-S-er-that is, suppose
-yes-why certainly-yes. He's in the
Clog-cart," faltered Charlie, dOubtfully,
as he turned to bow profoundly to two
young ladies Of his set
well, then, say, Charlie, where is he
under the seat?" persisted the young
seeker for the truth.
But the young ladies were just then
smiling their prettiest and Charles
mind was elsewhere-and he absent
mindedly replied hurriedly:
oh, yes, suppose So"
Fairly bursting with Indignation, the
youngster jammed his pudgy fists into
his preoccupied older brothers ribs and
cried, in q voice that could be heard
half block against the wind:
why, you impolite old thing! Aint
you ashamed of yourself-you settin'
there all over the best cushions and
keepin' God down under the seat! Fie
for shame! Move right over, so God
can have room to sit down.
Charlie nearly fell out of the dog
cart.
The sun., 1893-11-23
Ought to Know.

An English gentleman who believed
that his name was honorably known in
connection with his learned History of
the Mongols" once had reason to re-
fleet upon the uncertainty of fame An
exchange tells the story:
Sir Henry Howorth sat at dinner next
to lady whose mind seemed full of the
diseases and distresses Of her pet dog,
and who bombarded Sir Henry with
questions as to what should be done
for the animal.
Not being satisfied with his replies,
she finally expressed her great disap-
pointment at his ignorance, and re-
marked:
'Well, Sir Henry, must say did
think you would have told me how to
manage my little dog, particularly as
it is cross-bred-you who wrote that
delightful History of the Mongrelsv"
The sun., 1893-11-23
A CHINESE cRUIKsHANK.
Ills Fascinating Cartoons Attacking
the Opium TraHic.

-
the Opium TrnfIic.
The Society for the Suppression of the
Opium Trade has republish ID, In fac
simile, a most curious set of Chinese
cartoons ON the national vice, Which has
an almost exact parallel in the famous
Cruikshank series, known as ''The Bot
tle," says the London News. The
native Cruikshank begins with~a pict-
ure of happy home, at any rate Of u
happy summer house. The native de-
bauchee is taking his first Whit. He
reclines on couch of ebony, inIaid with
marble, and all his surroundings are
elegant and luxurious.
This Is No. of the series. No. 2
represents parental exposula tions-the
youth on his knees before his father
and promising never to do it again;
No. 3, relapse, and No. 4, the wife
painting scrolls for livelihood in the
miserable home. In No. the smoker
Is at it again, while the wife and chill
dren, with q reckless indifference to
perspective which is in itself suggestive
of despair, weep by the side Of the
bes0tted fathers couch. and the old
mother does the work of a domestic
drudge.
In No. G the wife loses her temper
and dashes the smoking gear TO the
ground, while the infuriate debauchee
tries to beat her with a bamboo. In
No. he is again sucking at the recoy-
cred pipe, while compassionate friends
vainly offer him the food for which he
has lost all appetite. In No. s wife
and child regard him with horror, but
he does not seem to mind. In No. 8
lie has been sold up and his lodging
IS on the cold ground. In No. 10 the
logs are after him as he crawls through
The villages. No. IL is the same as No.
10, "Only more So" In No. II we see
him, or rather the wretched skeleton
of him, crawling into a hole in the
rocks, In wintry landscape, to die
still hugging the pipe that has brought
him to ruin.
The sun., 1893-11-23
Persistent Childhood,

A little girl made a great clamor
one night, after she had gone to bed,
insisting that certain doll, named Eliz-
abeth, should be brought up stairs to
her. Her mother finally called up to
her, after having commanded her two
or three times to keep still:
IF 1 come up, Mary, l shall GER
tainly whip your
"A-all right, mamma" said the lit
tie girl, choking back Il sob, land when
you come up, p-p-lease bring Elizabeth!"
Another child, boy, behaved so badly
that his father said to him;
MY boy, | shall certainly have to
buy a whip to punish you with"
And after you've whipped me-" said
the boy, his face lighting up, may
take the whip to play horse with
The sun., 1893-11-23
Hoods Pills Cure all Liver Ills. Csc
BLUE GRASS GIRLS.


When They Are on Horseback
Every kentucIkian Is Proud of
Them.
1 was in Frankfort the other day
and saw sight that was enough to
cure any ordinary case of sore eyes
and to make the blood of a Kentuckian
dance through his veins like champagne
and his eyes sparkle like the moon
stone" 1t takes a combination to pro-
duce this effect on a "native-born,"
and the blending in this case was most
harmonious-a hssome young miss, as
graceful as sapling maple, mounted
on a blooded bay thoroughbred, with
limbs as keen and swift as the black
tall Of the boundless prairies of the
West. She came down one Of the
shavy avenues Of e1ms and water ma
pies that are called streets at Ken
tucks capital at clipping pace, and,
halting suddenly before an Old-time
mansion, dismOunted and rang laughing
IN, leaving her horse mOdeStly to wait
Tor his little mistress to return. l
watched the pink face golden hair and
handsome riding habit until they disap-
peared within the wide open door, and
then turned my attention to the horse.
His bride was as delicate as a silken
cord and on his back was a fat, Eng
lishman's saddle with one small STIR
rup. AS l stood looking the young girl
came bounding out the gate and mount
ed, evidently pleased at the harmless
admiration of stranger.
How do you manage to stick on that
saddle?' l asked.
"Oh, it's the easiest thing in the
WORLD" she said. Father is uneasy
sometimes, but I always like a mans
saddle bcst," and, bounding lightly to
the horses back, in another moment
she was out of sight
That's one of the Kentucky girls
we like to read about" thought I, and
as l turned away I had feeling akin
to sorrow when remembered how the
graceful, healthful habit Of horsebacks
riding was falling into disuse among
the Kentucky girls of the present day.
Louisville Courier-J ournal.