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amounts due them are as follows:
A Discouraged Tar.

Harry Munger, who disappeared mys-
teriously last Friday night week, was
originally a sailor In the employ of the
Government on board the United States
sloop-Of-war Adams. When he was dis
charged in San Francisco two or three
weeks ago lie received III back pay $780,
Instead of putting this money to a good
use Munger cast his lot with a gang of
gamblers in San Francisco and within
three hours he left the gambling-table
without sou in his pocket.
The sailor applied for work and found
it with Josiah III. Swain, a San Francisco
lIyeryman. He did odd chores about Mr.,
SWANS residence, at the corner of Seven
teenth street and Eighth avenue. in this
city. After two weeks of such employ
ment Munger disappeared one night and
left the following note on the table in his
room:
DOwnhearted and without money or friends,
/ will try aud quit this life am living in. AS /
sit here IN this cold and lonely room, thinking
of the past, present and future of what fool
was, over IN San francisco 10 let those gaming
sharks beat me out OF all | had. which IT, took
me three wears TO earn. and Them three hours
10 get. VIII give w the hopes or ever doing
anything more. SO down 10 the wharf Will 20
his very night and jump IN 10 join my other
Two brothers.
| have written home giving my mother my
laSt thoughts. | do hone il viii not break her
neari. love my place very wen, but it does
not keep out That feeling OF sorrow and de-
SpondeUcy which has kept creeping over me
so / viii say gOod-by 10 all who ever knew me
IN this little world of ours, and hope they Will
IO0n forget
HARRY Z. MUNGER OF Chelsea, Mass
Whether the sailor succeeded in doing
iway with himself or not isnot positively
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AN AWFUL SHOCK.
1t Was Given to Society Dude-It
Knocked Him Out.

Truth
Strawber-Do you suppose Cara Penrose
cares anything for me?
Singerly-Well, she said some pretty nice
things about YOU last night when was there.
Strawber-Did she? What were they?
Singerly (seriOusly)-For one thing she said
you were fine dancer. ltwas such a comfort
she said TO find man who really danced well.
Strawber-Pm sure Pm glad she likes my
dancing. I've spent enough time at 1t.
Singerly-Then she said your manners were
perfect. II was pleasure to go anywhere
with you, she said, because she felt so per-
fectly secure with you, and sure of you.
Strawber delight. d)-Gracious / had 10
Idea she thought so much OF me as that. Did
she say anything else?
Singerly-Oh, yes. She spoke about your
conversation. In the light society talk of the
you are so full OF tact, and your clothes were
extreme. On. she gave you great send of,
old man.
Strawber beside hlmselD-I should say she
did. must cultivate that girl. Beautiful, rich,
accomplished. What more could man want
III wife? fhaye always (complacently) fan
eied her, but now / think the feeling is even
deeper than that.
Slngerly (warningly)-Don'tI etit get too deep,
old man. 1 didn't tell you all.
Strawber-Didn't you? What more was
there?
SingerIy-She wound up by saving that In
Iac. you were just the sort of a fellow, that no
girl would ever think OF marrying.
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THE AGE OF STEEL.
Its Beginning by Sir Henry Besse-
MERLE Made the World Rich.


The man who inausuTated the reign of steel
by so vastly Increasing its uses, and invented
method which makes the product even lower
in cost than the kind of metal it was destined
so largely 10 replace ranks among the worlds
greatest inventors. though. like other remark
able creative minds lie did not reach his goal
unaided by the skill ana genius OF laborers,
The pneumatic process Of making steel, by
which Sir Henry Bessemer added more to the
wealth Of The world Than any man OF his gener-
alton. furnishes curious example OF what
Tyndsll says HarpeT's Monthly called the sci.
ontlfic use III the Imagination. BessemeT, like
Siemrns anu Thomas, who share with him the
honors OF mooern iron metalurgy, was not
practical worker In The metals, bur. unlike
them, he was absolutely ignorant of aughJ be-
You'd superficial chemical knowledge.
When lie grasped the conception of burning
out the impurities OF pig metal by the OxtdZing
power Of air, and TINS reducing the excessively
carburiZed material To the maileabe state he
knew nothing of tile traditions aud science of
the problem lie was daring enough TO attack.
Had lie been adept il is more than probable
that he would have been SO imprisoned by the
past as never TO have reached so daringly into
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MARRIED..

SMITH-MCLEAN-In this city. May 49, 1894
by the Rev. NJ Nj. Gibson, d D.. jaw T. smith
OF NacavIlle Cal, and Charlotte Mclean OF San
Francisco.
TAYL0R-fURST-In this city, May 10, 1894. by
the Rev. NJ Nj. Gibson, ID D., John Taylor and
Annie FurSt, both of san Francisco.
acknowledgements In this city May 20
1884. by the Rev. Father 0'CohnelI, T.. OFarreIl
and Maggie MorrIssey, both OF San Francisco.
DAI-ROCk-In this city. May 20, 1894 by the
Rev. j. Ii. Schroeder, Herbert Day and Emma
Rock
BOhkE-LAU BERS Erin this city Nav
20. 1894, by the Rev. j. Ii. Schroeder, Theodore
II. Bomke and Annie a. LaubeTsheimer.
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BIRTHS ARRIAGES-DEATHS.

TIirth. marriage and death notices sent by mail
Will not be inserted They must be banded in at
either of the publication Offices and be indor8ed
with the name and residence OF persons authoriz-
ing 10 have the same pubiished.l
BORN.
RouRKE-In this city. May Is, 1894, to the wife
OF T. J. ROurke a son.
JEIDE-In this city. May 49, 1884, to the wife OF
Conrad Jede. son.
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DIED

KEMPE-In Oakland, May l9, 1894, MathfIda
DorotheR Kempe, beloved mother OF Mrs Rianca
GrlesSer and Max and Hans Kempe "A native of
Hanover, Germany, aged 70 years 4 months and
Il days.
RS- Friends and acuuaIntances are respect-
fully Invited 10 attend the funeral THIS DAY
q tuesday,. at O'Clock Z. N. from her late
residence. 5lS Market street. Oakland. Inter
men. Mountain View Cemetery. 3
ANTONY-tn this city, Nav 10. 1894. Joseph An
tony, beloved father of Frank Antony and Mrs
Jacob Ahlbach and stepfAther OF the late Rev
=. j. Kaiser OF st. BOnifscius Church. u native OF
Jimburg an der Lain. ProviDz Hessen-N ASA a.
Germany, aged 81 years months and 10 days
E8- Friends and acQuaintances are respect
iully invited 10 attend the funeral THIS DAY
tIuesday), at Z 30 O'Clock A. NJ. from his la to
residence, 1905 Folsom street. near Eleventh.
aud thence to st. Eonifacius Church. where a
solemn requiem mass Will be ceIebrated for the
repose OF his soul, commeu cing at . O'CLOCK A. M
sharp. lDterment Mount Calvary Csmetery. 80
o'RoURKE-In this city. May 20, Se4. Mary e.
daughter of Patrick and the late Elizabeth
O'Rourke, a native of Boston, Mass. boston
papers please copy.
B8- Friends and scquaintances are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY
(Tuesday), at 30 O'Clock A. NJ. from her late
residence, l2O Austin street, thence to ST Dom
mick Church. where a solemn requiem mass will
be celebrated FOR the repOse of her soul COM
vary Cemetery.
JARDlNE-In this city. May 90 1894. Julia NJ
daughter OF J. Is. Jardtne native of San Fran
cisco, aged Is years l month and Is DAYS
RB- Friends and aoauaintances are respect
fully invited TO attend the funeral THIS DAY
(ruesday), at O'Clock p. NJ. the resi-
dence of Der parents 81 Nee street. Intermenr
Masonic Cemetery.
FOW iER In this city. May 20. 1894, Sophus
Fowler, brother OF Charles Fowler, native of
Denmark, aged SO years months and days
S-Friends and acouaintsnces and members
o! Hesperian Grove No. Is, U. A. o. D.. are
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LATEST sHIPPING INrKLLIGENCE.


Movements of Transatlantic Steamers.
NEW YORk-Arrived May 2l-Stmr Arizona
from Liverpool; Stmr Kaiser Wilhelm II, from
Genoa; stmr State OF y Nebraska, from Glasgow
stmr NOrmandie, from Liverpool; stmr Chester
from Southamnton.
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The celebrated Apples of Sodom,"
which grow on the shores of the Dead Sea,
are species OF fungi similar to our puff
balls"
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He was ulspusteu.

A German antiquary recently re.
ceived a severe shock from which it
took him some time to recover. In
his researches he discovered an old
stoue in a building. 1t was distinctly
marked 1881 in worn out figures.
Imagine the delight of the antiquary
at finding such a valuable relic as
this! He cheerfully paid the price
demanded and mad it sent to his re-
sidence, leaving strictest inJunctions
as to the care with which it was to
be handled when it arrived What
was his disgust to find that they had
sent him the wrong stone, for the
date was not the same. "Oh, that's
all right" replied the former owner.
when grandfather had the stone
set in his barn it was put in upside
down. The real date is 1901, not 1881.
You see, you can set it either way,
but it lit grandfather's barn better
upside down" 1t is said that dis.
gusted as the antiquary was at his
purchase, he paid the former owner
an extra price to keep the matter
quiet,
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NEWSPAPERS in Berlin.

The newspaper business in and
from the capital Of the German EN-
pire is something stupendous, as ap.
pears from the following figures,
which are furnished by the newspa-
per department of the Berlin post
office. Last month there were pub
lished nearly forty political journals,
and the total daily issues of these
passing through the post office
amounted in round numbers to 50O,-
900 copies. There are 720 non-politi-
cal papers published in the city, and
their total postofflce circulation
amounted to more than 100000 a
day. Upward Of 1000 mail bags
and 1SO clerks are employed in the
newspaper traffic alone. The num-
Der Of newspapers and other periodi-
calls that were published in the Ger
man empire at the beginning of the
present year was 10,546 OF these
1850 were printed in the German
language, and the other 2,916 IN some
thirty different languages.
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he g,ye himself upp Or would ne pe ar

he gave himself up? Or would ne pc ar
rested? What would be his possible
punishment? The courts had been very
severe OF late in such cases. Only last
year young lawyer had been sentenced
to fully three years Imprisonment in 8
fortress for killing an officer in a duel,
and he had not yet been pardoned. But
then, as Warrjngham was a foreigner,
ne would, perhaps, not be punished at
all
So the gossips, male and female, chat
tered, when suddenly there was
strange commotion in the house. There
was running of walters and porters, q
shrieking of chambermaids. Many OF
the guests hurried anxiously into the
Office and up the staircase with eager in
quiries as to the cause of al, the uproar.
Was there a fire? and where?
No! A shot had been heard in the
second story, apparently in the room OF
DR.. Warringham.
The proprietor hurried up the stair
way as fast as his poor short legs would
carry the majestic, well-developed abdo'
men. His fat, round face was purple, and
great drops of perspiration stood on his
forehead, which he wiped with red and
blue cotton handkerchief.
That all this must happen in his house!
It would destroy his business! He was
a ruined man!
The proprietor was followed by half q
dozen walters and score of curious
guests. He knocked energetically at
the door, but received no answer. Loud
and repeated calls had no better result
Somebody in the crowd remarked:
"He is deadn
The proprietor WINGED at the word,
and used his bright-hued handkerchief
more literally than before. At last he
ordered the walters to force an entrance.
Three sturdy shoulders pressed against
the door, which easily gave way.
For moment the intruders could not
see anything in the darkened room.
Then they beheld what they had feared:
On the bed lay the outstretched form OF
DR.. Warringham, pallid, motionless, ap-
parently lifeless! BY his side revolver!
Suicide!
But upon closer examination some
curious circumstances were found.
There was no blood on the pillows or
bed-sheets. No wound could be found on
the body, although one Of the chambers
of the pistol was empty.
Very puzzling!
At this moment DR.. Braunfeld enter.
ed the house. He had come to call on
his friend and see if he could be Of any
further service. He was Mortified when
he heard what. had happened. With
three bounds he had gained the stair
way and stood by the bedside.
a very brief examination sufficed to
make make him breathe much easier.
Warringham evidently was not dead,
but only lay in deep, deathlike swoon.
DIR. Braunfeld looked about the room,
and found in teaspoon few traces Of
some liquid. He smelled and tasted it,
and knew at once what he had to deal
with. 1t was very strong and danger
Gus stimulant, not the narcotic for which
Warringham had mistaken it.
The bullet was afterward found to
have entered the bedpost above Ralphs
head.
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UNITED STATES CRUISER COLUMBIA.

fact that the centre engine got
a hot bearing and the ship had
to slow down and the fires became
clogged a great speed would have
been made.
In addition to the steam trial the
Columbia's battery was also tested.
The eight-inch rifle on the maindeck
was fired three times; first with re-
duced charge of powder and twice
with full service charge. When the
big 25O-pound proiectile propelled by
ITO pounds of powder was fred from
the gun the conclusion shook the
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The Predecessors of Fashion Plates.

Long before ladies' newspaperswere
started and fashion plates in.their mod
ern form were thought of, ladies de-
rived their knowledge of the fashions
from dolls dressed in model costumes,
which were sent from one country to
another, most especially from Paris,
which then as now was the leading
center of the mode. This custom OF
exchanging fashion dolls commenced
early in the fifteenth century, and pre-
vailed for more than 100 years, when
woodcuts and engravings were substi-
tuted, until towards the end of the
eighteenth century colored fashion
plates and illustrated almsnacs made
their appearance. Great ladies used
to send these dolls to their friends at
a distance, and, as the costumes were
made by professional "cutters," ex-
actly to the right shape and in the
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these bugs or sucking insects, and if
it feeds at all during its mature stage
it does so by suction, by means OF its
sharp proboscis, seen in its portrait.
There are several varieties Of this
insect. One is an annual, appearing
every year in the summer, mostly IN
June. Another appears in the autumn
and lays its eggs on the goldenrod:
Another comes in the dog days, and
is thus named the dog-day harvest hy,
or cicada. In all, there are twenty
two varieties known to entomologlsts,
of which three are periodical, one ap-
pearing every seventh year, and
another every thirteenth, and this
which is here described is the seven
teen-year variety. ty.-New York Times.
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Sky-Scraping Buildings.

"sky-scraping" Office buildings,
which are now being erected in New
York City, the American Architect pre-
diets, will have their tops shaken be-
fore long by some of the earthquake
shocks which visit New York every
twenty years OF so. If the tops OF
these buildings are not shaken down,
the American Architect predicts that
the nerves of the tenants will receive
a shock which will make these build
ings unpopular. As it is, it asserts
that few of these fifteen and eighteen
story buildings pay, which is not i'm
probable. A big building multiplies
expenses faster than tenants, and 1t
would surprise the public to learn
how narrow margin is left after the
repairs and grooming of one of these
towering structures are paid.
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the gun crew is working them
These defects are trivial and easily
remedied.
The members of the Inspection
Board were highly pleased with the
Columbia, and say that she had
borne out the promise of being q
maritime wonder which she gave on her
former trial trip. The Columbia is
the most completely equipped ship
which has ever left navy ysrd, and
could take the seas to-day against an
enemy if necessary. New York Tri-
bune.
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in the woods which was perfectly
white and of the size of an elephant.
Many thought it was ghost, and q
party of fifteen was made up to cap
ture it. After two days hunting the
white deer was killed. MIR. Bredt
heard OF it from friend who saw the
deer an hour after it had been killed.
lie made an offer for it which was ac-
cepted, and it was mounted in Wash
burn, Wis. There is no doubt OF the
eenuineness of its color.-Chicago
Tribune.
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White Deer Killed in Wisconsin.

John M. Bredt, Columbus Memorial
Building, has genuine white deer,
which he has secured to 60 with his
collection of animals, birds and but
terAies. The deer was killed near
Gable, Wis, after it had badly fright
ened two young men. The deer Is
without single mark upon its body.
Its eyes we're pink like those OF an al.
bino, and in the mounting the color OF
the eyes was reproduced. 1t is three
feet five inches in height, and four
feet six inches to the tip of its horns.
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ship, but the gun recoiled easily ints
the air cushion and worked perfectly.
The two six-inch rifles and the eight
four-inch rifles were also fred three
times each. These guns also worked
we'll. Some slight defects were de-
veloped in the six-pounders which
make up the cruisers secondary bat
terry. It was found that the portfolios
of the sponsors were q little too
small and that the bulkhead back
of the guns had been built too
close to the breech to allow the
guns to be swung freely when
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O. -
D@D1

strong forefect, we'll adapted for this
purpose. AS soon as they reach a
root they follow it, feeding on it as
they go, and changing from root to
root as they find it necessary Tor fresh
supplies. Doubtless the damaged
roots die, and are replaced by new
cnes, without much injury to the
trees. Thus they live and await the
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full mental struggles, with many not
tears and fervent prayers, came to a
resolution that would give the crowning
emphasis to the sincerity of her peni-
tence.
If Ralph recovered, and there was at
least well-grounded confidence, would
not she be the only obstacle to the happy
union of him with Hattie? That obsta-
Gle should be removed.
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l7-YEAR LOCUSTS.
CURIOUS HABITS OF THESE
NOISY LITTLE INSECTS.
The Impression That They Are De-
structive to Vegetation Is
Wrong How They
Make O Noise.
CURIOUS fly, belonging to
the family of the Cicadariae
and the sub-order of Hem

X CURIOUS fly, belonging to
~ the family of the Cicadariae
NJ and the sub-order of Hem
iptera, or half-winged or
gauze-winged insect, is now making
the residents Of large territory mis-
erable by it's monotonous screeching.
Fortunately, it goes to sleep at night,
OF the plague would be as unbearable
as that of the ancient Egyptians. This
insect is commonly known as the
seventeen-year locust, for the reason,
possibly, that there is common Gus
tom of calling things by names that
do not belong to them. For this is
not locust, which is member of
quite different family, known as Or
thoptera, and is 30 closely related to
the common grasshopper as to be
taken for it by all but scientific people.
Every summer the song Of the har-
vest fly is heard sung to his mate, who,
unlike other females, has no voice OF
her own, and is content. to live quiet
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Cruiser Columbia a Maritime WondeR

The triple screw cruiser Columbia
returned to her anchorage off League
Island Navy Yard from her deep-sea
trial trip with her claim to be called
"Queen of the Sea" fairly established.
For forty-eight hours the Columbia
was subjected to severe test Of her
engines and boilers, and although no
effort was made to drive the boat, she
developed, under natural draught and
with the three engines and eight
boilers working, eighteen and one
half knots an hour. But for the
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The other week the British Ad-
miZalty sold out five warships which
had been condemned as unfit for ser
vice. Four werc wooden vessels and
the other On iron troopship.
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Al elephant is fifty to sixty years in
attaining maturity and will live acen'
tury and half.
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The highest of the Green Noun tains
in Vermont is Mount Mansfield 1880
feet.
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It's age was three years. Two young
men were hunting near Cable four
months ago and they returned greatly
excited and reported seeing an animal
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1894-10-26
where Astronomy Hai,..

To the layman it may be q matter Of In
terest to know that even the great glass Of
the Lick telescope, with It's 86-inch diameter
and vast disk, brings into view no discern
ible surface on any celestial object outside
Of our solar system; II only marvslously In
creases the brilliancy Of those twinkling
points that lie beyond the abyss which the
eye must traverse In passing from our solar
system to the distant worlds of space.
Polaris, Capella, Alcyone, glow from their
remote depths only with an intenser bright
ness. They have never been drawn out OF
their almost infinite remoteness so as TO
disclose to human eyes any appreciable sur.
face. When viii their awful secrets be
made known and the long silence Of ages
be brokeni
II has been supposed that the large tele
scopes now In existence have nearly at
tanned the maximum of the size within the
possible reach of human skill. Here at
least on the frontiers of the created uni
verse we must halt and wait until another
day may break and the ehadows Of the pres
ent may flee away. Exchange.
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The separate Sexes In Flower..

1t has been recently noted, especially In
the dahlia and the chrysanthemum, what
incidentally German author, Hildebrand,
has some years ago adverted to, that certain
forms of flowers follow the sexual differ
ences In most composite, for instance,
the ray forets Of the tubular character are
hermaphrodite-have stamens and pistils
in the same flower This Is notably the
case in the dahlia and chrysanthemum. The
ray florets are strap shaped and are female
only. But under the hand Of the florist
double dahlias and double chrysanthemums
are given to us, the doubling being In these
cases nothing more than changing the tubu-
lar aoret into strap shaped one.
But the purely pistillate condition fol.
lows the regulate corolla, and q purely
double dahlia has the whole flower consist
of pistils only, the stamens having wholly
disappeared with the tubular forets. Just
why these coincidents should exist has not
yet been explained by vegetable biologists
More attention Is now being given to these
subjects than formerly, as 1t is believed
their study will throw much light on the
laws which regulate the production of the
separate sexes in flowers. York Inde-
pendent