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Evening journal., 1895-12-24
The FASHION DEPARTMEN1
A HOME MAGAZINE.

GoDEye is magazine OF this country. and
Of to-day. 10 is family magazine. with a
larger scope than ~ had ~ the Lady's Book !"
III Is monthly feast OF wholesome. interest
ing reading, ht for every member OF the
household.
The record-union., 1895-09-14

DAIRY PRODUCE-Butter-V Valley, p roll,
soc; Dairy, 35c; Fancy Petaluma, soc; Fancy
Creamery, 6oc; California Cheese, ! &c; Young
America 121ac; Eastern Creamery, 20c; Linz
burger, zoe, genuine Swiss, 35c, American.
25c; Martins Cream, 15c; Neufchatel, loo
each.
P0ULTRY-Turkeys- Hens and Cob
blers; DC p d; dressed, 16c. Chickens-Hens
60c each. Sc so p dozen; Roosters $50 each;
80 80 p dozen; Broilers 50c each, So p doz.;
Tame Ducks, zoe eaeh 81 so p dozen; Geese,
So 90 q pair.
EGGS California, SOC p dozen; Eastern,
25c.
VEGETABLES-Onion &c p b; Bunch
Vegetables, 1870; Garlic, sc y 10; Artichokes,
60c p dozen; Caulitlower, 10c EACH
Potatoes, local, 5o@60c; Green Peas,
sc p 10; Alameda Peas, ? rs for 15ci
Cucumbers, &c p dozen; String Beans, Sc p ID;
Summer Squash, &C. Wax Beans, &c; Shell
Beans, &c q 10; Lettuce, B Tor &c; Bay Lettuce,
8 for 10c; Corn, 25c p dozen; Egg Plant,
SC p 10; Yellow Squash, &c q 10; Okra,
b; Sweet Potatoes, ] &c q 10.
MEATS-Beet-Prim Rib Roast, 121aQ1 oc
Loin Steak, l215g15c; Rump Steak, 10c;
Chuck Roast 1Oc: Rump, SC; Brisket, SC;
Chuck Steak, 1oc. Veal-Loin and Rib Chops,
16c; Roast Veal, 12c. Mutton-Leg, 11@
121ac; Loin and Rib Chops, 121ac; Mutton
Stew, SC; Shoulder Chops, Sc. Pork--Roast
and Chops, 15c; Corned Pork ! &c; Sausage,
1910; Vienna Sausage, 15c; Bacon, 14@1 &c;
Ham, 10000.
HAY AND GRAIN-Oat Hay, soc a cwt;
first cutting, soc; third cutting, 55c. Whole
Barley, 7oc; Ground Barley, SOC; Feed Oats.
81 1901 3d. Mlddlings, 75c; Bran, 65c;
Straw, 65c.
The record-union., 1895-09-14
Californfa Fruit saIes.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13.-The Earl Fruit
Company sold California fruit at open auction
to-day. realizing the following prices: Grapes
Tokay, 81 35; Malaga, 81 3O@1 35; Black
Prince, 200; Black Hamburg, S5c Prune l-
German, 81 40.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-The Earl Fruit Com
pany sold California fruit at open auction
to-day West Shore Dock, realizing prices
as follows: Grapes-Tokay, single crates
81 so; double crates, So 4592 90; Muscat
General Grant, Csc. Pears-Bartlett, half.
boxes, 81 10.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-The Earl Fruit Com
pany sold California fruit at open auction to-
day, realizing the following prices: Grapes
Tokay. 75c@S1 20; Muscat 95c@Si %;
Malaga, ooc9S1. Ounce, 81 90.
Boston. Sept 13.- The Porter Brothers
fams fNmRan Japa6 1Sa Gaaz 81 z5S st. bason snGon
81 10; Ickworth, 62c. Prunes-Gros, 81 SO;
German, 70c9S1 10; Fellenberg S5c.
Peaches-Cling, S1@1 375a; Saiway, 75c@
81 3714; McDevitt, 81 20; Georges Late. 81;
Smocks, o71ac@S1. Grapes-Halfcrate To-
62c . >'' ''' oO'' lam u 81
CHICAGO, Sept 13.-The Porter Brothers
Company sold to-day at open auction: Grapes
-Tokay, So 1903 45; halfcrates Tokay, 65c
@1 10: half-crates Muscat, 75c@S1. Peaches
-Salway, 65@Soc; Picquett's Late, GOO &C;
Geueral Grant, zoe
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-The Porter Brothers
Company sold to-day at open auction West
Shore dockl as follows: Pears-Bartlett, So 20
o. so; De Anjou, 81 20. Plums-Japau
81 so. Prunes-Fellenberg, 81 80; G-os
81 o. Grapes-Halfcrates Tokay, 81 O5@
1 65; haif-crates Morocco, SO %; haifcrates
assorted, 90c@S2 %; half-crates Muscat, SOC
@S1 40; others, S5c@SI 05. Peaches-Cling
70c@S1 %; Georges Late, 7OQ9Oc; Salway.
66@S0c; Picquett's Late, 65g75c.
The record-union., 1895-09-14
VEsPERs.
behind me,

l leave the city behind me,
Shaking its dust from my feet;
Leaving its thunder and roar of trade,
l haste 10 the covert sweet,
Where from dusk OF the eIm-boughs arching
AS in long cathedrals dim,
Through the hush OF the lingering twilight
The thrushes sing d hymn.
In the town were hurry and hustle,
And squaior and sin were there,
And the trail of the worship of mammon,
And the wearisome burden of care.
In the fields are silence and perfume,
And one might kneel and pray
In the calm and cloistered forest
At the tender fall of the day.
The birds go flying homeward
To the nest in the tree-tOps dim,
And the vesDers die into stiffness:
The thrush has finished his hymn.
Oh! beautiful lanes. / love you
AS you skirt the babbIing brooks,
AS you seek to the foot of the mountain
AS you find the hidden hooks,
Where the terms in great green masses
The edge OF the swamp-land rim,
Where l linger till stars awake above,
And the thrushes sing their hymn.
-Harper's Bazar.
The record-union., 1895-09-14
Number and Gender,

The Boston Budget says that man and
woman were standing together on street
corner, waiting for car. She was mer-
lean and he was English. She delighted
in proclaiming the glories of the New
World, but he only elevated his nose al
any innovation on English custom, and
made frequent use of the Irritating phrase,
"In the old country"
While they were waiting pair of BIZ
cyclers, man and woman, went past,
The woman was dressed decidedly "up
to date:'
"Aw!" the Englishman remarked.
"K nick erbockers!"
The girl looked up in surprise.
"Do you mean the woman In bloom
ers?' she asked.
"Yes, but in the old country, ye know,
we call them knickerb bockers."
Miss America hardly knew how how to
meet his supercilious manner. She felt
that it would be rude to change the con-
versation too abruptly, so she simply
said:
by the way. do you call "a pair oi
knick erbock ers' singular or plural ?"
The Englishman glanced after the re-
treating bicyclers.
Plural" he said. ''as applied to men;
but in the case of women-singular."
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VEAL PIE ALL AROUND.
An Americans Tribute to the Memor5
of Dickens.

There is a pie-shop in London that
Charles Dickens used to stand before
when as child he drudged in a blacking
factory. Every Gay, on his way TO and
from work, he paused to Geyour vlands
with his eyes, and sometimes, as he said,
he pressed his tongue to the window
panes, as if by SO doing he got little bit
of taste OF the good things that lay so
near, yet were SO far bepond his reach.
An American who admires Dickens
hunted up this pie-shop when he was in
London in order TO crafty sentiment and
curiosity. 1t proved to be mere box OF
q place, in a poor quarter of the city; but
the original business was still conducted
there. AS the traveller pesred into the
shadowy interior, voice piped at his
elbow:
'Please, sir, will you buy me a veal
pie?"
The owner of the voice was a small,
disheveled person, with whom veal pie
or any other kind would have agreed
right well. The American replied:
How many boys do you suppose that
shop would hold?"
II dunno. About fifteen or sixteen, I
should think"
"Well, you go and get fifteen more
boys and bring them back here.'
The boy studied the mans face for q
moment, as If to make sure ne was in tn g
enjoyment of his senses, then hurried
himself into side street with yell
Hardly minute elapsed before he re-
turned, the head of a procession of sixteen
gamins, assorted as to size and clothing,
unanimous in appetite and hope. This
ragged battalion assembled close behind
the benefactor, and followed him precipi-
lately into the shop, when he announced
that he was going to give them all the pie
they wanted.
For a quarter Of an hour the astonished
baker served "weal an 'am" pies, hand
over hand. to the sixteen astonished
youths of London, while the American
sat aud watched the scene with hardly
less astonishment. Few words were
spoken. and the onslaught was as fierce
and persistent while it lasted as the
charge at Tel.el-Kebir. The exhaustion
of supplies brought the banquet to an
end, and the traveller paid the score,
thinking it little to pay in view of the fun
he had had, while the boys tum bled into
the street, cheering, and went to spread
the news of the miracle through the lanes
of London.-Philadelph Times.
The record-union., 1895-09-14
Fair Boxing Is Not a Brutal Sport.

There is not anything brutal about it.
It is business with the young fellows,
who sit there, with naked backs and
clean, white, hard flesh and easy mus
cles, who are being rubbed and famed.
and who are having their tongues
scraped with ''strigip" and pressed
with lemons. There is nothing ugly
whatever about them. They come up
to each other smiling. and sometimes
they take each others hands in both
their own TO show they feel no ill-will.
When you have seen it all, and even,
perhaps, one of the contestants a bit
''groggy" at the end. you haven't seen
anything immoral or pad-or brutal. You
have only been seeing part of the life that
is explained by the word Athletic"
You have only been interested in those
things that make for physical superiority
the power of which shall never cease to
be admired.-Duncan Edwards in Sorib-
ner.
The record-union., 1895-09-14
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

l. ing Company-Looation of principal place
of business, sacramento City, Cal.-Notice is
hereby given that at meeting of the Direct
Company, held on August 29, 1895, an assess
menJ OIL ten cents Der share was levied upon the
subscribed capital stock of the corporation,
payable at the ONCE of said com pany. No. GA
Ninth street. Sacramento City, Cal, and to
the Secretary thereof, on or before Saturday,
September 2S, 1895.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on Saturday, September IS,
1895, will be delinquent. and unless payment
Is made before. will he sold on SATURDAY,
October 10, 1895. to pay the delinquent as
sessment, together with costs of advertising
and expenses OF sale.
a. MEISTER, Secretary.
Office: No. 914 Ninth street, between and
J, Sacramento City, Cal. au31-4tS
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SACRAMENTO MARKET.
Trade In Local Circles Somewhat Inn
proved Yesterday.

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 18th.
Trade was somewhat OF an Improvement
to-day over yesterday, due in some respect to
the favorable change in the weather, be-
side, it being the last but one business day OF
the week, when many orders are generally
placed. The markets were amply able to fill
all wants, and prices remained unchanged
Following are the retail prices for the vari-
ous articles mentioned:
FRUIT-Bananas, 25c p dozen, LINES, lOc
dozen; Lemons, 25@40c; Valencia Oranges,
SOC y dozen; Apples, SC: Pears, Sc; Peaches,
&c; Plums, sc; Prunes, &c; Strawberries, 2 lbs
for I5c; Cantaloupes, 5@10c; Watermelons,
6@2oc; Grapes, &c.
The record-union., 1895-09-14

NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF
~ HENRY SPIERLING, deceased. No
tice is hereby given by the Undersigned
BENJAMIN Schwartz, executor of the last will
OF Henry Spierling, deceased to the creditors
OF. and all persons having claims against The
said deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four months after
the first publication of this notice, to the said
executor at his place of business the Califor-
mia State Bank, northwest corner of Fourth
aud streets, Sacramento. the same being the
place for the transaction of the business of
the said estate in the County OF Sacramento
State of California.
BENJAMIN SCHWAR RITZ
Executor of the last will of said deceased.
Dated at Sacramento, CAL, Sept. r. 1896.
D. E. ALEXANDER,
s7-5tS Attorney for Estate.
The record-union., 1895-09-14
Mant Market.

Following are the rates for whole carcasses
from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 5G51&c; second quail
ity. 4@5c third quality, 304c p D.
VEAL-o9612c for large and 7GSc p b for
small.
MUTTON-495c p b.
LAMB-Spring, $1,000 y tb.
PORK-Live Hogs, 323Lc p d for heavy.
35sg $40 for small and 3931% for feeders.
The record-union., 1895-09-14
Eastern Grain Market.

NEW YORK, Sept. 18th.
WHEAT-Septembe 62sEc; October, 625zc
December, 6412c; May, 6o14c
CHICAGO, Sept. 18th.
WHEAT-September, 575sc; December,
591zc May, 63JSc.
The record-union., 1895-09-14

If you suffer from loossness of the
bowels, DR.. Siegerts Angostura Bitters
will surely cure you.
The record-union., 1895-09-14

MIR. THOMAS O'BRIEN. ONE OF THE
lNi successful merchants ana business men
of Freeport CAL, has this to say: | was born
and reared in California, and am not only q
native son by nature, but one by profession.
For the last five years l have lived in Sacra-
mento County, and up to about one year ago
l enjoyed good health. At that time l con-
tracted a very severe cold, with malarial
fever. This ended in a bad case of catarrh
and bronchitis My catarrh caused constant
headache and violent cough and pain in my
chest, with dryness of the nose and throat,
and at times dropping into my throat of
offensive mucous.
] suffered great deal with indigestion and
had pain and bloatlng of my stomach after
eating even the lightest food.
AT times had severe spells of neuralgia
ana rheumatism, which caused me to have
severe pains in my head, back and limbs. l
WAS very nervous and could not sleep. [ had
no appetite and lost flesh until 1 got into q
very weak condition. l took great many
kinds of medicines, and did every thing
could to get better. l went TO the springs
and staid there for several months. but 1t all
seemed to do me no good. | then went to
Sacramento TO consult a doctor about my
condition, as / became alarmed for fear [
never would gel well. Some OF the merchants
whom | asked told me there were q great
many people being cured at the Neagle Med
ical Institute. l took their advice and went
TO these doctors and put myself under their
treatment. soon began to improve and have
continued, and now after three months treat
ment, have been entirely cured and am a
well man again, and take great pleasure in
giving this statement to Dr.. Neagle to pub
lish in the newspapers that others who are
afflicted may go 10 the Neagle Medical Insti-
tute and be cured. THOMAS O'BRIEN.
The record-union., 1895-09-14

Preserving the health by too strict a
regimen is a wearisome malady. Roche
foucauld.
The record-union., 1895-09-14
ERIE MEDICAL CO.. Buffalo. NY.
~ THE sUPERIOR COURT on THE

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
| State of California, in and for the County
OF Sacramento. In the matter of the estate of
q. NJ. DIXON, an insolVent debtor.
w. w. Bassett. the assignee of the estate of
G. NJ. Dixon, an insolvent debtor, having
filed herein his petition praying for an order
authorizing him to sell at private sale certain
property therein described belonging to the
said estate it is hereby ordered that FRIDAY
the goth day Of September, 1895, at the hour
of 1880 o'clock p. NJ. OF said day and the
Courtroom OF Department No. One of the
above entitled court be and the same are
hereby fixed as the time and place of the
hearing of said petition.
1t is further ordered that at least ten days
notice of the time and place of the hearing
of said petition be given by the Clerk of this
court by publication of this order in the
RECORD UNION, a newspaper of general cir
culation published in the said County of Sac
ramento, and hereby designated as the news
paper in which this order shall be published
and by mailing, all as required by law.
A. G. HINkSON.
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated this 9TH day of September, 1895.
WHITE, HUGHES q SEYMOUR, Attorneys for
Assignee s9-td
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THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMpANy'S LAND DEPARTMENT

can supply. any seeker of investment,
or any home seeker, with any variety
of land desired, at lower prices and
on more favorable terms than can be
had of any other landed proprietor in
California.
The list of land for sale in this De.
partment embraces bodies of from
ten to thirty thousand acres, or as
small subdivisions a may be desired
in the form of five, ten, twenty or forty
acre tracts of irrigated land.
The record-union., 1895-09-14

NEAGLE MEDICAL INSTITUTE of PLY.
SICIANS and SURGEONS, located perma-
nently at 72413 X street, Sacramento.
The record-union., 1895-09-14

For new and modern methods Of Treatment
scientific and elegant equipments, THIS IN
STITUTE HAS 40 SUPERIOR.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN gifen special
attention.
Consultation either at the Institute or by
mail FREE
The record-union., 1895-09-14
RAILROAD TIMK TABLE.
! TRAINS RUN DAILY
ARRIVE
(Frou)

LEAN II TRAINS KUN DAILY. .lARRIVE
(For) (From)
HOO P Ashland and Portland 6:2o A
Gas A.CaIstOga and Napa..n.... $40
800 CaliSt0ga and Napa ........ 1920 y
1925 \ Deming, EI PaSo ana East Gas 4
500 PiColfaX....... .................. 1905 A.
7:1o Knights La'd'g & Oroville 7:45 A
1923 AiLos Angeles. $50
500 Z Los Angeles. 9i45 a
11:40 A Atlantic Express for Og-
den and East ...,,. GAO
1000 2 European Mail for Ogden
and East......... $50 A
800 Z Orovile via RoSev lie J'nct 1915 A
4:35 A Red Bluff via knightsI
La'd'g and Marysville GAO
s6:46 Aired Bluff via Woodland 1850
305 P Red Bluff via Marysvillel lO:15 a
1880 AiRedding via Willows 800
700 San Fran co via Bencial lI:20 A
6:10 A San Franco via Benica $40
6:45 AISan Franco via Benlciaj 1885
500 Pi%an Franco via Benicia $40
$1,000 A San Franco via steamer $500 A
1923 A San Fran. via Livermore 800 p
1925 A San Jose.................... $50
lO:2o a Santa BarDarS................. 300
6:40 a santa KoSa-,.......... ............l $40
500 PISanta aRosa.......................l1 1920 n
1925 AiStockton and Galt.......... $50
$50 PiStockton and Galt-.......... 9:45 4
11:4o AIIruckee and Reno.......... GAO
1000 PiTruckee and Reno.......... $50 4
6:46 Al $40 i
500 PiVallejo.. 11:20 \
$500 AlFosom and Pacerville... S2:40
*4:1o PlFolson and Placervllle.. j*11:05 A
SUNDAY excepted. gMonday excepted.
A-For morning. E-For afternoon.
RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Trafdc Manager.
7. h. GOODMAN, Gen. Passenger Agent
The record-union., 1895-09-14

poARD AND ROOM, 81 20 TO So PER
ID day. Meals, 25 cents
The record-union., 1895-09-14
TIE CRoCKER-HUFFMAN LAND s.
WATER COMpANY'S

irrigated lands at Merced, in the very
heart of the State, under splendid
climatic conditions, with the free
use Of water as an appurtenant to
the land, for sale for interest only,
for five or seven years, at the choice
of the purchaser, eventual settle
meut on the land and cultivation,
dating one year from date of pur-
chase, being made incumbent upon
the purchasers
The record-union., 1895-09-14

IUDSON EXCURSION HAsr Tor 81 P9lp5s Tea@ts
Sacramento weekly. Upholstered ears. Man
ayers through to Chicago and Boston. Lowest
rate. Call on e. j. ELLIS, Agent S. Z. Co.,
Sacramento, or address JUDSON q CO., -
Montgomery street. San Francisco.
The record-union., 1895-09-14
THE CAPAY VALLEY LAND COM

3 are located in the rich, fertile valley
q In the western portion of Yolo Coun-
ty, California. They are sPlenola
4 fruit lands, in one Of the earliest To-
"a calities of the State, and range in
price from S25 an acre upward, and on
b terms of interest only, for i've years;
that is to say, for five years the pur-
" chaser pays interest only, at the end
OF which time the purchase price be-
comes due. The objectof these terms
= is to give the purchaser an .oppor-
81 tunity TO pay the purchase price out
81 of the proceeds Of the land. Cultiva-
ton is required Of all purchasers.
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SUNDAY excepted. sMonday excepted.
A-For morning. I>-For afternoon.
RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Traffic Manager.
T. II. GOODMAN, Gen. Passenger Agent.
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SUGAR PINE FoREsTED LANDS IN
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

in large or small quantities, will be
sold for interest only, for five years,
the purchaser agreeing to protect
the lands from ldepredations. The
foreSted lands of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company and the Oregon
& California Railroad Company en-
brace the best and most accessible
timber land 10 be found on the Pacific
Coast. They offer special induce
ments for speculative inyes tment.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-31
Eow to Cleanse Print Goods.

Calicoes, ginghams and chambrayz
cannot be properly washed with the
white clothes. To set the colors soak the
dress few minutes If there is much
pink, purple. lavender OF green in the
goods, strong, cold alum water is the
best. For reds, yellows, browns and
the like use about one ounce of sugar
ef lead TO a gallon Of water. For black
and white combinations dissolve two
hanqfuls Of salt in tub of cold water.
Than weRh hastily through warm bran
water, fihse twice. blue If the colors re.
snire bluing, wiring, statoh on the wrong
flde With Senli made sruoo.''l = IL
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-31
'Fhc OrlNin OF "LinCcr."
young lady.

A correspondent sends the following
derivation of the term "Gngcr:" Early
in the fortics there moved from Yer
mont to one of tho then hourishing cot
ton manufacturing villages eff Now
Hampshire man with large fumily
OF children, to keep one of the corpora
ton boarding houses He was tall,
lnnk dyspeptic. There was but ono shoe
store in the village; in the rear of tho
store was room for making and re-
pairing shoes. Here WAS Frcnch,nan,
and lover of mischief One day tho
tavern keeper entered tho shop and said /:
Hello! Are you a shoemaker?' Yes. ;
was the answer, and lingcr at it. Tho
Frcnchman caught oG and in day or
two there was hung outside the build
ing, with other store goods, probably
the most uncouth, bunglingly made pair
OF shoes ever seen on the continent.
labeled Fingers. There they hung un-
til every man, woman and child in the
village had locked them over. From
that day the members of the dyspoptic' S
family were known as fingers. And
the word WAS applied to everything as "A
suporlative. to Il fine yoke of oxen OF a
big fish. boston Jorunal
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-31
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Novel Advertising.

The Cleveland street railway compa
MICS have gone into the advertising bust
ness Ia @ novel way, They hnvo had
built several billboard cars, constructed
with tho purpose Of showing the great
est amount of poster space in the most
obtrusivo way, and these are kept run
ming over the various routes through the
city streets. The citizens don t like the
cars, both on aesthetic grounds and be.
cause they would prefer to have the
companies put ON more cars for carrying
passengers instead of crowdiug the
streets with the trolley billboards.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-31
ADVENTURE WITH A MUMMY.
the Arch@oIosist Lost His Treasure, but
Escaped With His Life.

A French arch@ologist travelling
among the Andes i'll search Of l;nowl-
edge and specimens had great desire
to explore some caves in the sides Of tho
preoipices. They were doubtless ancient
tombs and would probably yield him u
treasure. Hc selected a favorable spot,
therefore, rugged sort Of chair or seat
between two leather cords and engaged
two Indians to let him down from tho
brow of tho precipico a descent of
800 feet made in this way, ho tells us.
lis extraordinarily long ~
However, hc reached the cave in safe
ty, and on forcing passage into 1T WAS
rewarded by finding two skulls and Il
mummy, thoroughly dry he says,
land pretty solid" He passed string
through the eyeholes Of the skulls and
attached them to his belt Then he took
the mummy i'll his arms and signalod to
the Indians to draw him up. With his
heels he defended himself against the
juttins rocks, and in n fow minutes WAS
almost on AN oven with tho top. Tho
Indians knew nothing about his load
Just then tho yellow skull of one Of
their ancestors appeared before their
eyes, and the idiots gave Il start Of sur
prise. The Frenchman Thought they
must have let go the cord.
"It was the affair of second, " he
writes. What passes i'll the brain of u
man at such an instant is understandable.
did not drop yard, bat L experienced
all tho horror Of a man in rapidly fall
ing through space. My hands let go the
mummy, and while, covered with
cold sweat, was helped over the edge
of tho cliif by the Indians, the mummy
bounded from rock to rock and landed
i'll bits ut the bottom Of the chasm.''
He overwhelmed the Indians with in
vectivo, but 10 no purpose. Such dead
men, they assured him, if disturbed in
their sepulcher, had the habit of kissing
the Indians, who porighed infallibly un-
der their deadly breath. One Of the two
declared that his own father had died
in that way.
The other assured the Frcnchmau that
at the momont when the head Of the
mummy showed above the edge Of the
rocks 1t opened it's mouth II it had not
luckily fallen into tho abyss, it would
have cursed them forever --pittsburg
Dispatch.