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stock Of information he would try to worry
along the best way he could without call
ing on Pepper, Clunie or anybody else.
Ciunle left with disgust pictured on his
lace, but the changes he suggested were
not made, and he did not return again
during the day to continue the discussion.
The registration yesterday was the light
est day of the three since the work was
begun.
Probably the Oldest man who will be
registered in this city. if not in this State,
is GODDARD Ezekiel Dodge DimOnd of 3215
Sacramento street, who took the required
oath yesterday. When he gave his age as
IS years the clerk nearly fell off his chair,
as the old gentleman did not look to be
over 65 years old. But his statement was
not shaken on cr0ss-examinatioD, as he
stated that he was born ct Plymouth Rock.
Mass, May l, 1886. and related many Incl
dents of early DAYS of which the present
generation knows only By hearsay. He
said he used TO be a railroad builder and
built the first line from Worcester to Bos-
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Billy Jordan. the Official Timekeeper.
two minutes. when the Italians made

two minutes. when the Italians made
squirt and tugged frantcally. The strain
did not move a muscle in the anadians.
who presently lay down upon the cleats
aud began to pull the swarthy soutberners
cleat By cleat until the eighth round was
reached Here the tug became exciting,
as Italy pulled back again just enough to
awaken interest, until Canada concluded
to end the contest, which was done by
splendid effort, giving Canada the victory
after five minutes.
and Germany and though of brief dura-
ton it proved to be the most exciting of
all. Both teams entered into it with a
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not thinking that AL would have gone so far as
that" declared The father hurriedly, but his
anxious manner showed that even that horri-
bic dread had suggested itself.
Detective Anthony, who had the case for two
weeks, succeeded in finding no child Detect
I've c. j. Cody, who knew AL McNee well, now
has charge OF It,. Two days ago he was mystic.
riously rung up by some one refusing to give
any name and told the boy was in Sacramento
No evidence of him can be found there how
ever. Al, the accompanying picture of whom
was taken some years ago, is described az stout
and heavy built. looking more than his years
He has brown hair. deep-set brown eyes, a fulI.
open counteDance, very fair complexion and
good white teeth. The TWO upper front ones be-
ing especially long.
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SHE'S SORRY NOW.
Miss Flora ChishOlm's
Maid Punished.
Judge Wallace Fines Her 500 for
Publishing Notice That Caused
Her Mistress Pain.

Tribulatlon was written on the tear-stained
face OF Jane E. Ellis when she stood up In
Judge Wallace's court yesterday TO be SEN
fenced for malicious libel. She clutched nerv-
0usly at her faded garments that had not been
improved in appearance or texture by her con-
fnement in the City Prison, and looked i'm
plortngly at the stern old jurst on the bench.
"You did a wicked, shameful thing, Jane.'
his Honor remarked in the tone generally used
by al austere parent In TeprOving an erring
child when you had that advertisement pub
lisbed in the paper"
YES sir; L did indeed" Jane confessed.
you caused an estmable young lady great
pain and annoyance"
Eyes, sir; did, SIR"
"The sentence of the court is that you be
fined 500. Will you promise never to do such
thing agar? '
"Pll never do it again as long as live" Jane
answered, and was led away.
Jane Ellis ohense was probably the first OF
It's kind that has ever been punished in this
city. She was employed as domestic by a
well-known family in san Rafael OF which Miss
Flora Chisholm is member. Jane was an I'M
profitable servant, whose besetlIng sin was
TALKING Dack." On certain occasion she
stirred up the wrath Of Miss Chisholm and was
ordered to find employment elsewhere. James
heart rebelled at what she considered piece of
tyranny and she determined 10 be reVenged up
on her oppressor.
While the spirit of anger was hot within her
Jane met an evil counselor in the person of
another domestic, who told her how to "get
even" with Miss Chisholm. This friend wrote
an advertisement to the effect that a young
heresS was anxious TO meet wealthy gentle
man with view TO matrimonv, and signed
Miss Ch1sholm'S name aud gave her address as
the advertiser. Jane had this notice published
in a daily paper, and it is said sixty-four
wealthy gentlemen" called at Miss Chisholm
house the next day ready to assume the duties
and privileges OF husband. Her modification
was extreme, and her friends at once took steps
10 find the author Of The vIllainous hoax The
result was the arrest Of Jane Ellis who con-
fessed her guilt and was convicted of malicious
libel,
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THE FLORISTS.
Professor Wickson Talks About the
RosebuSh.

At meeting Of the state Floral Society held
Yesterday afternoon IL was decided to refer the
matter of awarding premiums for the coming
fall snow to the general committee on arrange
ments.
Professor Wickson OF the State University
delivered few remarks on the matter OF sum-
mer pruning. He dwelt principally upon the
rose nnsh. which, he held, should be pruned
and cleared during the month of August In
order TO produce a stronger fall bloom.
He said that the plant was just then In sort
of dormant condition which seemed TO invite
pruning more than at any other period OF the
year. After YOU have completed the trimming
the ground should be thoroughly soaked.
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THE DEADLY ELEVATOR.T
Another Victim of Pulling the
Wrong String.

Another fatal elevator accident occurred
yesterday afternoon. this time at Beamish's
store on Market street.
j. Harper, clerk In the necktie department
undertook to assist in the work of handling
some freight at the elevator in the sidewalk.
The boxes were lowered into The basement and
Harper had shut down the iron doors. and it is
supposed in attempting TO drop the elevator he
pulled the wrong rope and IL ran swiftly up and
crushed and smOthered him against The doors.
Half an hour after he was missed, and some
fellow. clerks began to look about for him.
Coming TO the elevator in the basement. they
noticed that instead OF being down on the floor.
as It should have been, 1t was up against the
doors. They lowered IL, and the dead body OF
Harper was discovered lying upon ii. His neck
lay over an Iron rod raised some inches above
the floor of the elevator. and this had strangled
or smOthered him.
The body was removed to the Morgue and
DR.. O'Connen performed an autopsy and dis.
covered this to be the cause Of death.
Harper was 81 years old. He had three
brothers, who live in this city. His mother
lives In Ireland.
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Too Innocent.

Thomas Barnes, deckhand of the CITY of
Picking, met Customs Inspector Holmes on
East street yesterday and Immediately be-
gan to look like such an abnormally innocent
man that Holmes felt IL TO be his duty to arrest
him. Two tins Of opium were found very
which no stamps had been purchased from the
Government. Mr.. Barnes was Caught exactly
tile same way about years ago by the same
man. He was sent 10 jail.
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Lightweight Contest for
Supremacy.
SCOTLAND HAS RETIRED.
Three Americans Suspected Of
Crookedness.
THEY PROCLAIMED 1T A LIE.
England Wins by Default and Amer
lea, Canada and Germany by
Good Tugging.

About 1000 spectators watched the inter-
national tug-of-war contest at Central
Park last night. The sport was not quite
so interesting as on previous nights. Scot
land refusing to pull and three men of the
American team being charged with selling
the team. A great evenings sport is ex-
pected to. night
At the start it was announced that the
Scotch team had refused to pull the
English team and the referee had given
the pull to the English team. All bets
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MRS. COWIE'S WEALTH.
Valuable Corner Lots and Spring
Valley Stock.

The appraisers Of the estate Of Mrs. Emma
L. Cowie filed their report yesterday. Deceased
was the lady whose name was forged to bogus
deed some years ago. Tie result was the sui
eide OF one of the guilty persons while under
arrest in the Office OF the Chief of Police. She
was then Miss Emma L. Dick and most OF the
property appraised was bequeathed TO her by
ner relative, S. w. Dick.
The estate, from which the revenues will go
to the mother of the deceased, consists OF 10
shares of Spring Valley water stock. valued at
$1,000; 1877 shares of Fireman's Fund Insur-
ance stock, valued at $29.29o; cash, amount
ing to S453S %; land in Contra Costa County.
worth $1,000; southeast corner of Ellis and
Franklin Streets 12Ox137:6, with a fine resi-
dence, valued at $40, 800. and southeast corner
of Valencia and Twenty third streets, valued at
BIZ 200
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LOST HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. Maud Johns Sues Her Father
in.Law for Damages.

The skeleton that abdes in the closet of a
wealthy miner will soon be exhibited TO the I'M
feeling multitude in the Superior Court OF this
city and county. and a woman who says that
she has been cruelty wronged by wicked old
man will tell her tale of woe to jury and ask
it to award her S25, 900 damages.
The woman, who is also the plaintiff In the
case, is Mrs. Maud Johns, and the wicked old
man who she says has wronged her is William
Johns Sr., her husbands father
In a complaint filed in the Superior Court
yesterday Mrs. Johns states that she was mar.
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ried to Samuel Johns at Oroville six years ago,
and that ever since the wedding day her father
in-law schemed and plotted to separate her
from her husband. She says that the old man,
who is a wealthy miner of PIumas County. told
scandalous stories about her, and finally in
duced her husband to believe that she was a
woman of loose moral character. The newt
able separation occurred two years age, and
now Mrs. Johns seeks to recover $25, 900 from
the alleged author of her sorrows.
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Danish Care,

But do it consistently. wisely. and not with alco-
holic stimulants, but by the reinforcement of
energy, the renewal of appetite and the ability TO
digest. which Hostetter's Stomach Bitters fore
most among tonics. produces. Malaria, rheuma-
tism. kidney complaints, constipation and nerv-
BUSINESS are conquered by this victor over many
ailments.
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PROPOSALS
For the Improvement of Holly Par

For the Improvement OF Holly Park.
CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF So.
~ pervIsors of the City and County OF San Fran
cisco, August T. 1894.
In accordance with Resolution No. lO,S99
(Third SerieS) of the Board of Supervisors
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received in open
1894. from TO 2 80 O'Clock. for regarding Holly
Park and covering portion thereof with loan to
a depth Of three inches, in accordance with plans
and specifications file in the ONCE of the City
Engineer
The work to be done under the direction and to
the satisfaction OF the Superintendent OF Streets
and Street Committee of the Board of Superyi-
sors and to be completed within sixty days from
date of award of contract
Eight hours TO constitute a days work for per.
sons employed upon the work.
NOTICE-Bidders will estimate and state a
specihc sum for which the entire WORK will be
performed.
The party to whom the contract is awarded will
be required, prior to or at the time OF the execu.
ton of the contract to pay the cost OF advertising
this notice in three daily newspapers
In order to preserve uniformity aud to facili-
tate the award the Board has resolved to receive
no BIDS unless made upon blank forms prepared
by the committee. and = certified check for the
sum OF $500, deposited by the bidder with and
made payable to the Clerk of the Board condi-
toned II the proposal is accepted and the con-
tract awarded, and If the bidder shall fail or
neglect TO execute written agreement and give
the required bond within six DAYS after the sum
shall be paid into the City and County Treasury
by sald CLERK as llouidated damages for failure
ana neglect.
Blanks furnished by the Clerk
The Board reserves the right to reject all bids II
the public good SO require.
au7 st JNO. A. RUSSELL, Clerk.
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Wants to Get Posted Himself

Assistant United States Treasurer Campbell
P. Berry yesterday appointed w. X. Smith
to vacant clerkship in his office. He has
made no other appointments in vacancies Qhis
is one that existed) for some time, and will make
none until the count of che cash has been com.
pleted. Further he desires to get thoroughly
up on the routine duties of the clerks himself
that he may know the qualifications necessary.
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spirit at gave the spectator. enthusiasm.
Slavonia seemed destined to win at first, a
the rope passed toward them tediously
applause then and the Germans were
spurred on by crowds around them. This
had the desired effect on the Teutons, who
tugged hard ard won cleat by cleat in 1
minute and 20 seconds.
Of nnnkocf.
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OFFICE OF REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.
NEW CITY HALL.
PROPOSALS FOR REGISTRATION PLACES.

A j. EVANS, REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.
~. will receive proposals for rooms to De used
for the Registration of Voters in october next.
Parties Wishing to furnish rooms for this purpose
will call or communicate on or before the zutn
day OF August, 1894 aue LOT
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The vy-weigDt teams will meet TO-
night as follows: Sweden VS.. Italy, Scot
land VS.. America, Canada VS.. England,
Denmark VS.. Russia.
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The article about San Francisco in
part 90 of j" Picturesque California;" is
written by Joaquin Miller. 1t 10 Illus
trated by eighteen beautiful pictures.
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The Parish League

The second game OF the Parish League Will
take place tomorrow at The Midwinter Fair
recreation grounds between the st. Dominic
and ST. Charles teams. The game will be
called at p NJ. The makeup is:
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HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
James McGIone Stands a Chance OF
San Quentin.

James McGlone had hearing before Judge
Campbell in Police Court l yesterday on a
charge Of robbery. He WAS held In default of
SIC, 900 bail to the Superior Court. Last Mon
day at noon McGlOne sandbagged and robbed
Thomas Butler, a tailor, in the crowded street
at Sacramento and Kearny streets. He sue
ceeded In getting two diamond studs, gold
watch and some money, and WAS making run
for II when he was arrested. Several eyewit-
nesSes stated that 1t was one of the b0ldeSt
crimes which they had ever seen or heard OF.
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NOT OVERWORKED

The Registrar Has Clerks
Enough.
AN INCREASE NOT NEEDED.
High Salary Paid to a Man on
the Door.
HIGHER ONE FOR A MINUTE CLERK
An Easy Time for the Men Engaged
in the Work of Registering
Voters.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-16
Sy m Datny,

None of u, q e sufficiently sympa.
thet.c in u innermost natures. We
exhaust II stock upon visible suffer
ing, and have little left for deeper and
sadder evils. We need to rolIize that
" ore we cannot sympathi Q our r CHIT
to criticise is questionable. No one is
more to be piti,d than the wrong doer,
and no one mGre truly needs the hand
OF sympathy extended to him. If W.
cannot do this, il we cannon feel with.
In ourselves that ever We might have
done as badly, or even worse, under
like ,ircum tances, We are in no Iosi-
tion to do him GO d..
How oftel do we hear, whom another
errs, There is no excu Q for him. II:
knew rer.ectly we'll what should have
boon doe, but he fai ed to do it,
showing that there is still held the ex
pectation that performance will fol 0
knowledge, evon though it has thou
sand OF times been proved a fallacy
We must deal with people as they are,
not as we would like to find them.
There a few who do their duty at
once upon rerceiving it. no matter
how disagreeable it may be, but most
of tenporize If possible, or pcrhaJ 6
absolutely sbirk many a thing which
we know should he done at once.
Therefore, though our line of faith.
iessness to duty may not be his, let us
keep a warm spot in our sympathies
fer the wrong-COer Some day we NAV
need his fOrbea ance IL some other d.
fection.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-16
A Wonderful Bridge or Agate.

During q trip through Arizona q
short time ago" remarked a traveller
recently, Il came icross a most remark.
able natu al | ridge spanning a chasn
about fifty feet wide. The bridge /
formed by an immense tree OF agatized
wooo. The .ree had fallen many years
lefure n become imtclde in the
silt of some great inland sea or water
overflow. The silt became in time
sandstone and the wool gradually pass
ed through the various stages O.. min
era ization until ii is now agate. Fully
fifty feet OF the tree rest on one side OF
the ray ne and can be traced, but how
far the other end is buried in the
sandstone cannot be ascertained with.
out blasting away the rCck. The trunk
varies in size from three to four. feet in
diameter. Whe e tho bark has been
torn away all the characte istic colors
OF agate are plainly seen, and un Ter q
micro. cope tho brilliancy of the color.
ings is clearly brought oat in all its
beauty"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-16
y DAKOTA o
ne wars. Dry weather hes RipsnsA
Wheat napaAly.

The Warn. Dry Wsathsr hes RlpeneA
wheat Rspsaly.
The following summary Of crop con-
ditions IL from reports from fifty coun.
ties received by s. w. Glenn, Of the
United States Weather Bureau at
Huron:
The weather has been cooler than
last week, but there has been no rain
OF consequences reported except over
limited areas In q few localities In the
southeast portion Of the state, and late
crop prospects have not frightened.
The wheat, oats and barley harvest is
completed over the eastern portion Of
where it is in progress and will proba-
bly, be completed this week. The very
warm, dry weather ripened wheat very
rapidly, and some shrinkage OF the
grain is reported, but generally the
berry Is Of good quality.
Except in the northern Black Hills
country, and in scattered localities
elsewhere, drought and high tempera-
;ture injury to corn, fax, millet and
grass is about irreparable. There are
limited localities, however, where a
fair crop is expected IL plentiful rains
fall soon, and frost does not occur too
early. Many farmers are cutting
their corn for fodder.
Haying is being pushed everywhere
but generally grass is light and scarce
and Of only fair quality. Potatoes are
suffering for rain, generally, and it
appears must receive it soon to make
a fair crop.
1t appears from Information re-
ceived that the failure OF the ears to
"set" on corn, that otherwise looked
fairly thrifty, was due to the hot
weather stimulating the tassell SO
that it matured and blew away before
,the silk was sufficiently advanced to
receive the pollen.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-16
Good Lemonade.

Il learned n new thing" said q lady
recently, while visiting a friend who
is living in the country. We had a
small dance m eve ling OF my stay,
and my hostess servod tho most deli
cious lemonade 10 err to ted. spoke
of it Eext day ard she told me it was
made with freshly b lied water, the
secret she dec AIRED, Of good lemonade.
she went on to say that she ha, a reg
ular rue. whether making q quart on
a glassful, and is always success fui in
the result. For q gu TT she uses the
juice Of three lemons and the rind OF
one. She is careful to peel the lind
very thin and taking nothing but the
bare outside yellow. This she cuts into
pieces and puts with the juice and two
ounces of powdered sugar, into q jug
OF Jar with a cover. When tho water
!, just boiling, she 2ours it yer the
lemon and sugar. covers it up at once
and allows 1t to gr.w cold. Try her
way once and you will lever want to
drink that made by any other proc
eSs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-16
"A Luxury.

One evening about 6o'clock, In Mis-
souri,, when the festive train rObber
wa, not so rare there as he is now, q
dust-covered t~raye'or rode up to a cab
in on the bank of a small stream and
acccs ed the IN IN of tho place, who was
out in front chopping firewood TO get
supper with. -.
Can / get something to eat here?"
asked the traveller.
You can't git much, stranger, but
you can git what the rest Nv us gifts"
was the hospitable reply.
Cant | get it quick?"
"Soon's the old woman cooks 1t; she's
at it now. and she sent me out here fer
more stove wood"
I'm very much obliged to you," said
the traveller: "but befo Q coming in, |
want to tell you that 7 am a fugitive,
and there Is a reward OF a thousand
dol ars on my h lad"
The prosl ective host took q. look at
the visitors head.
Its more I'd give" he said, quietly.
The traveller laughed.
1t migh,n't be il you knew who I
was, he sad.
"One of them train gents, | reckon"
repl ed the nan at the woodpile, az So
renely as IL he entertained such angels
as a business.
you've guessed it,"
81 wuzn't CUES in stranger; l know
cd. But git down and Gene in and
take a wash: III take care Nv yer hos ;.
Don't say nuthin' to the old woman,
though, bout who y'air, fer eff she
knowed | was indulgin in this sort NV
a tholsand-dollar lugshnry, thar's no
tellin what nd happen: she's 20 al
mighty perticklcr bout some things"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-16
NO ORANGE GROVES FOR HIM.
They Are the Chilliest and Most Cherries
of Places.

They Arc the Chilliest and Most Choerlesa
Of Places.
A current paragraph tells of the
pineapple and citron groves on Robert
Louis Stevenson's estate in Samoa, and
the implication Is that they are para
aisiacal spots. We are reserving all
opinions as to groves until we have
seen the groves, says Eugene Field.
We have had q bitter. never-to- be. for
gotten experience in that direction.
Before We had over seen an orange
gr.ve we fancied that it m ut be the
most beautiful, tho most delightful,
the most restful spot in all the world.
We pictured the joys of lying upon the
velvety swards in the shade of this
grove, listening to the solemn music
Of the wind in the restless foliage and
catching kaleldo. copic glimpses of the
distant tmpyrean. This was all pleas
mt enough In the warmth OF a we'll
heated Chicago home. But the awak-
sning fro n the poetic dream was rude
20 the degree OF brutality.
What, in 70 It, Is an orange grove
but the lonesome It, dampest, chilliest,
most cherries OF all existing imagin.
able things? The ~hiecousness of its
moldv glJom i,cnhanced by the mathe-
nat:cally severe regularity in which
The trees are ranged, and such trees,
Wretched little creatures they are.
c%eminding one. with their dist,e sing
burden OF fruit, Of nu, sery-bred, pre-
,ccious children. They look so prema.
lure, 50 stuntsd, so unlike cur notion
Of what a tree should be - who can
nelp plying them
And how about the ~velvety sward?
There's not an inch OF it except in the
mird OF the dreamer. Sward, indeed!
plowed grou.d is what it is actually,
tor the orange tree must have plenty
Of moisture, and SO the soil must le
kept turned and broken. If you would
lain stroll in an on ange grove you must
yea rubber boots and hump your
shoulder. for the plowed ground is
wet ard tho trees are dwarfs. Cne
stroll will suit ce; you viii then return
to your hotel, cal Il doctor. and nurse
the int ue IL fer ton days.