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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

THE record of train accidents in June includes 40 collisions, 55 derailments and four other accidents, a total of 09 accidents, in which 35 persons were killed and s3 injured. All accidents which caused no deaths or injuries to persons are omitted.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

EXTENDED investigations of much im- portance to the commercial interests of the United States, having in view the determination of the possibility of growing flax in this country success. fully for fiber, have been decided on by the agricultural department.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

THE whole number of citizens in the United States liable to military duty is given at 9,94s, 900, and it was said that it would not be difficult to recruit from this force an army of a million or two of men if an emergency should arise to demand their services.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

THE United States Nicaragua canal commission, just returned from jour. ney along the route, estimates the cost of the enterprise at S11O, ,OO0,O0 The engineers estimate was S64, 900, 900 in 1888 and 800, OOO, ,OCO in 1891.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08
Poisoned by Buttermiik.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Aug. 5.-Seven mem. bers of the families of William and James Brooks, 25 miles northwest of of here. were poisoned by drinking buttermilk that had stood in tin cans All are dangerously sick, but physi- clans have been working hard with them and think they may recover.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

HEAVYWEIGHT persons who have taken human life are lying in jail in St. Louis-six women and twenty-two men. Their crimes range from murder in the first degree to manslaughter. Some of them have'been convicted and others are still fighting in the courts.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

THE New York Financier devotes an entire column of its issue to Missouri's new banking law, which it fully in- dorses. It says that good bank is not afraid of public inspection and that a careless one needs it.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

WHITE fish of marketable size are rapidly disappearing from Lake Erie and Ontario. It has been the custom to market the small fish caught in the nets even if they were no larger than smelts, and the result is a ruined in In
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

THE governors of twenty states have signified their intention of attending the Chickamagua park dedication in September. The governors of Kansas and Missouri are among the number.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08
Ex-Gov. Itoies Says No.

DEs MONIES, Ia., Aug. 5.-Ex-Gov. Horace Boies in a letter positively de- clines to accept the nomination for governor should he be nominated for that office by the democratic conven- ton to be held at Marshalltown next week.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

CHICAGo's directory shows that it has more people than New York city and her school enrolment shows 25,0OO more children at school than in the eastern city.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

OFFICIALS of the Pullman and Wagner companies say that the business of their sleeping and parlor cars for June and July was the largest in the history of the corporations
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08
Lumber Mills Burned.

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. Aug. 5.-Tht Kentucky Lumber Co.'S mills burned yesterday. The origin of the fire Ii. unknown The mill was not running
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

THE square or main part of Gen. Grants tomb at New York has been finished and the memorial will stand complete in another year.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE number of bicycles reported stolen in the United States last year numbered 10000.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

Beecham'S pills are for bilious ness, bilious headache, dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid liver, dizziness, sick headache, bad taste in the mouth, coated tongue, loss of appetite, sallow skin, etc., when caused by constipation; and con- stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them.
 Go by the book. Pills roc and 25c a box. Book FREE at your druggists or write B. F. Allen Co.,, 365 Canal Street, New York.
 Annual sales more than eooO,oOO boxes.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08
WHEAT, 4s BUSHELS, RYE eo

WHEAT, 48 BUSHELS; RYE. eo n,
 Those are good yields, but a ,o. farmers have had them this year. yo' ot can have them in 1896 by sou; ou Saizers Red Cross of the North Wintas Wheat, Monster Rye and Grsssoa Sow nowl John A. Salzer Seed cs La Crosse, Wis, send catalogue aUS, samples of above free, if you, send tb;a notice to them. r,s1 HE who would pry behind the.scenes oe, sees ounterfeit.-Dryden. 0is.
 Halls Catarrh Curs Is taken internally. Price 75c.
 IoUIT the country unwillingry becauso - must part from myself.-Joubert. Il
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

Halls Catarrh Curs Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-08

IoUTr the country unwillingly becauso must part from myself.-Joubert.
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ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
George Maxwell of san jose Wanted
10 DIG. Eut Maa PreNen ted.

George Maxwell of san jose Wanted
TO Die, But Was Prevented.
George Maxwell, young man about
% years of age and a recent arrival from
San Jose, attempted to commit suicide at
the State House Hotel last night by the
morphine route.
Between 10 aud IL o'clock groans were
heard coming from the room occupied
by Max xwell. The bellboy knocked on
the door but no answer came. With the
assistance of the night clerk he clam bored
through the transom into MaXwelPs s
room. He had considerable difficulty
in rousing the would-be suicide. and
when he did so Maxwell was bundled off
to the Receiving Hospital. where he was
attended by Assistant City Physician
Ogden.
Max well would not say definitely why
he attempted to take his life, other than
that he considered himself OF no further
use 10 himself or anybody else on this
earthly sphere, and for that reason did
emily he remarked that his girl had gone
back" on him.
Among his effects were found S66 % in
cash, three bottles of morphine, two
TASKS of whisky and few trinkets. He
said be swallowed forty grains of the
drug. He told the hotel clerk that he
was sorry he was discovered, and his
only desire was to lie allowed to die.
No doubt he would have succeeded had
not he been discovered by the bell boy.
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mo hut thnv do II hetter-

hours, but they do it better.
The japanese manufacturer and con-
tractor usually prefer hand labor 10
machine work-first, because it is bet
ter finished. and second, because it gives
employment TO more people. j find this
to be true in the Government shops
with rich men who are putting up larS-
buildings, and with large employers
generally There is no prejudice against
machinery, and I do not think there
would be any difficulty OF introducing
American machinery Of every kind into
Japan if our manufacturers viii go at it
III an intelligent manner.
The japanese are very skillful in
handling machinery when they once
learn how. They learn best by imita-
ton. 1t is difficult to make them under
stand how to use a machine by eXpla-
ration, but if they can sit by and see
some one else do it they Will learn very
rapidly. And in copying machinery
they reproduce the original with G~"at
eXactness and fidelity, even to any
hlemishes or ornaments that may ap-
pear. have seen some remarkable *
amples of their imitation. Usually the
finish is a little rougher than the origi-
nal, but the working parts are identi-
cal and they get the finish all right
after little experience.-Chicago
Tribune
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MRS. PARNELL.
Lying in a New York Hospital Mem
tai and Physical Wreck.

LYING. in a New York Hospital Mem
tai and Physical Wreck.
NEW YORK, Dec. "A morning pa
per says: Mrs. Della Stewart ParneH is
now lying in Trinity Hospital, oO VAR
lex street, mental and physical wreck.
She thinks she is on her way TO Ireland
to see her famous children for the last
time, and to return to her native land,
where she may depart in peace.
The most casual observer looking at
Mrs. Parnell, now an octogenarian,
might we'll doubt if she is capable of
crossing the Atlantic at this, or, indeed,
at any season of the year. Her days
seem to be numbered, and the proba-
bilitieS are that she will never more see
the land for which she and her sons and
daughters have made such SacrihceS.
II is possible, such is the vitality of
which she is possessed, that were it not
for the coWardly assault upon her in
Bordentown last spring, Mrs. Parnell
would live many years, but judging
from present appearances, it would be
a mistake for her to leave her present
asylum, even where she physically ca
pable
A month or so ago Mrs. Parnell left
Ironsides, where she had lived so long,
and. coming TO this city, resided tenn
porarily with her friend, Mrs. William
Knowd. She was even then quite feeble.
Her intention was to sail for Ireland on
December 1st, and visiting AVondale,
the home of the Parnells, prevail upon
her married daughter, Mrs. Dickinson,
to accompany her to Nice, from the eli
mate of which she hoped good results.
This plan was frustrated by her failing
health, and in order that she should
have all the proper care for her condi-
ton, she was invited by her cousin, Sis
ter Eleanor, Superior of Trinity Epis-
copal Hospital, to take a room in that
institution
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STEEL RAILS.

An Important shipment to be Made
From Liverpool to This Coast.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-An important
shipment of steel rails is to be made
soon from Liverpool to the Pacific
Coast. Cammell & Co of Sheffield will
be the exporters The amount is 10000
tons, costing about S300,000. The sale
was effected through Griswold & Gillett
of No 66 Broadway. agents of CammeD
&, Co They decline TO give Cne name
of the purchaser.
The transaction is extremely signifi-
cant. being the first large importation
OF steel rails in some time. Steel rails
here are quoted at something less than
the price in England, plus the duty, so
that protection is given by the cost OF
carriage But with regard to Califor-
MIA. the case is different. Eastern
manufacturers would have to ship
their goods at considerable cost, while
rates from Liverpool to San Francisco
are little more than nominal. Most Of
the traffic between these ports is east,
bound, consisting of fruits, wheat, etc.
II would be profitable, rather than go
back in ballast, to accept a shipment
of steel rails at a low rate. Conse-
quently the English manufacturers
were able to underbid their American
rivals
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CONVENTION TALK.
Quay and PIatt Working Hard for
Pittsburg.

Pittsburg.
NEW YORK, Dec IA morning pa
per says: If Matthew Stanley Quay
and Thomas Collier Platt have any
thing to say about it, the Republican
National Committee at it's meeting in
Washington next week Will vote to send
the Presidential convention to Pitts
burg
Quay has been laboring with all his
might for several months to have the
next Republican President nominated
at the birthplace of the party and with
in a few days the New York leader is
reported to have been won over also.
Unless the NeWYork man changes his
mind William A Sutherland, the Ma
tional Committeeman from this State,
will support Pittsburg, and number
of votes from the New England States
Will follow suit.
Chairman Manley of the National
Executive Committee, General James 5.
Clarkson, National Committeeman, and
National Committeeman Sam Fessen-
den of Connecticut are still working
hard to send the convention to san
Francisco, and claim that twenty of the
fifty-one votes in the committee are alb
solutely pledged to the Golden Gate
city.
Chicago appears to be doing little or
nothing toward capturing the conven-
ton. and with the Republican leaders
from this State against locating it in
this city the chances for bringing the
convention to New York appear very
dubious Still, the New Workers are GO
ing to Washington to make fight,
and they may get q complimentary
vote, at least.
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EATING MEAT RAW.
y Curious Habit said to be on the In
crease in London.

crease in London.
The well-known favor with which
Englishmen regard under-done beef
brings to notice a curious habit which is
said to be on the increase in London
that of eating meat raw, or nearly SO
The habit started from belief that 1t
was conducive 90 health.
Of late years there has been q great
run on the gravy or juice expressed from
raw beef by the latter being squeezed
into pulp; but, quite apart from this.
many regular customers buy the finest
cuts with a special view to eating the
latter raw. each customer having an
earnest belief that he benefits in health
from the practice. In most cases it is
ual taste. There are two remarkable
points about raw meat-eating, one of
them being that a great many butchers
themselves constantly cut prime bits Oft
and chew them.
The other point is that a great many
people, who do not at home eat in raw
state the meat that they buy, judge the
quality when buying by chewing a bit
OF raw meat, just as they might taste of
butter or cheese. a celebrated London
barrister eats quantities OF the best
steak finely minced with salad and in
great many other cases the meat is cut
into very slim shredS and made into
sandwiches, with seasoning added.
Restaurant keepers say that the chief
call is for meat very much under done,
but there are great numbers of faddy
people who eat meat absolutely raw
Exchange
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Seasons in South America.

A Philadelphian recently returned from
an extended tour of South America tells
an interesting story Of the queer climatic
conditions prevailing in certain parts OF
the lower half Of this continent. "Of
course, it is pretty well known. says he,
that while the people north of the equa-
tor are suffering the rigors OF winter those
people living south of that imaginary line
are in the midst OF summer, and vice
versa. This rule, however, so far as South
America is concerned, applies only to the
coast, for in the mountains OF the in
terror peculiar condition of affairs eX-
lists. Up in the Andes the natives are in
the midst Of winter when midsummer pre-
walls on the coast and when winter reaches
the coast it is summer in the mountains.
O. course, neither the coast nor mount
ain winter is very severe, but the distiuc-
ton between the two seasons is decidedly
marked. 1t is a very remarkable climatic
condition. .'-Philadelphia Record.
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How PONTOONS ARE BUILT.
Work of the Engineer Corps Of the
Army at Willets Point.
Lessons Taught by the Civil War
school of the Pontoon-Flotilla
DriIl-Three Different Kinds OF
Temporary Bridge CONSTRUCTION
Taught.

If it were not for the pontOon and tresIle
bridge system Of the army the progress
of our troops, while on the march IN time
of war, when they should encounter
rivers, creeks or rsvines, would be to-
tally obstructed. The methods used In
constructing these bridges are interest,"
ing, as they are the result of years OF eA-
perimenting and careful study by Ootn
our army officers and those OF the armies
of foreign nations, aud have much OF
historic nature connected with theh.
This, and in fact all the work in furnish
ing plans, ways and means Tor the army
is the particular duty of the battalion VI
Engineers stationed at this post.
The engineer soldiers here are now,
and have been for over a month, engaged
in their regular pontoon- bridge drill. 1t
comprises the construction, for practice,
of pontoon, spar and trestle bridges, rope
ferries, etc. When the drill for the sea-
son is first begun, what is known as tne
''school of the poutonier'' is Opened. Inc
object of the school is the individual IN
etruction OF recruits in the use OF the
oars, paddles and boat-hooks. III Is su-
perVised by the commissioned omcerS Oh
the company, who pass IN sk1Hs from
pOntOOn TO DontOOn, ana see LHAt eNSIS
part OF The drill is properly Saught py
the Instructor. who is usually a non-com-
lnissioned officer. The men are then
taught and drilled to obey the different
commands in unison, ana when they are
proficient in this tfOIilla drill Is taken up.
f1otilla generally consists OF one pom
toon division of eight boats. IL is com
manded by commissioned otncer, usu-
ally Captain. LleuJenants IN the pom
toons act as file cLosers to promptly
rectify errors and to prevent confusion.
In this drill the men are taught TO form
aud row the pontoons as they would
march in single file or column. IN
maneuvering the fionlla three formations
are recogniZed-in line, In echelon ana IN
column. The evolptiOns OF the notllIa
are similar to those OF a body OF soldiers
on the march. They embrace halt, dress,
advance, retreat, to oblIque, to Wheel, to
extend intervals, to close intervals, to
form column 10 front, 70 form column 10
rear, to form column 30 eAher side, etc
This drill Is given so that the pontoons
may be more easily manipulated III the
preliminary formation for the construc-
lion OF the various kinds OF bridges
which is afterWard taken up.
The passage of rivers by troops IN time
of war or other emergency, al points
where no permanent badges exist. IS
usually effected by these military bridges
or by forming the boats lnrO RATS. held IN
position by ropes. There aye times, how
ever, when the enemy by occupying with
q thin line of skirnishers the opposite
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MUSIN TONIGHT.

a Brilliant Concert Promised for the
Sacramento Lecturo Association.
Tonight Ovid Musin and his support
ing artists appear for the Lecture Asso-
citation at the Congregational Church.
Nothing can be said of Musn that is not
already known to Sacramentans Of
Mrs Musin. the soprano. the st. Louis
Republic says: Mrs. Musin is still the
leading soprano OF America. Her voice
is wonderful in range ana clarity. and.
she enunciates as clearly as a speaker
and executes as delicately as bird"
OF the pianist, the New Orleans Times
Democrat has this to say: "Eduard
Schari. pianist of extraordinary accom-
plishment, played with perfect technique
and in beautiful style. Ills classic touch
and artistic expression took the audience
by storm. He was twice recalled"
Season tickets arc to be had at the usual
places and at the door.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

DR.. NJ. Gardner is up from San Fran
cisco.
George II. Mendell, Jr., of San Fran
cisco is staying at the Golden Eagle.
+. c. Allis came up from the Bay last
night and is stopping at the Golden Eagle.
Frank Miller, IA well-known citizen of
Placeryille, has been visiting relatives
here.
Adjutant- General Barrett and Colonel
Peeler have gone to san Francisco to
attend meeting OF the Governors staff.
Mrs. l.. Il. Nichols has returned from
a six weeks trip 10 Arizona, visiting her
aunt and looking after her interests near
Bisbee.
Erastus Green. ex-Trustee and ex-
superintendent of Streets, who has been
very i'll for months and whose lie was
despaired OF at one time, is now at the
Russ House in san Francisco. His
health is almost entirely restored.
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BRIEF NOTES

The execution of Chin Hane, sentenced
to death from this county for the murder
of Fong Lee, will take place at Folsom
Prison on Friday, December 18th
Charles Drew pleaded guilty yesterday
morning in the Police Court to a charge
OF stealing a satchel and o bundle of
oranges from a car on train No. 2 Satur
day and was sent to the County Jail for
foir IflontbS
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Will Be ASSISTANT.

Arthur Prentice Assigned to the Rail-
road hospital.
In addition to Mrs. Botsford, mem
toned yesterday as lhe surviving child
OF The late y. d. Goodell. he left two
grand children-Arthur and Floy Prem
tice OF San Francisco.
Arthur has just graduated in medicine
there and bas been assigned by DIR. Gard
Southern Pacific Company. to act at the
railroad Hospital here as assistant 10
Or. Huntington. He viii commence the
duties OF his new position on F'riuaY.
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merits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
IS safe and certain remedy, permanently
correcting all abnormal conditions, so that
these trying ordeals are passed with ease
and comfort UlceTatiOns and dlsplace-
1nents OF the uterus ar cured by the Fa-
vorite Prescription, p" and the cure IS last
ing.
ton. or Dyspepsia often depend upon II
regularities OF function and displacements
of the wonanly organs. The " Favorite
Prescription " cures by regulating and cor
recting these functions and organic
changes.
For all irregularities, suppressions and
distractions, DR.. Pierce's Favor1te Pre-.
scriDtion IS a sbecffc, and has a record Of
oz,ej- a quarter Of a century Of cures.
The record-union., 1895-12-03
WEATHER NOTES.

\ Dense Fog and Slightly Falling Ba-
rometer Last Night
The Weather Bareau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yostsr-
dav to have been 30 degrees aud II de-
crees. wi;h very light oasterly winds and
cloudy weather prevailing. There was u
,ieuse fog during the eariy morning, last
inc uutil 3 o'clock before lifting entirely.
IAe oarometricai readings st } a. M.
ana ) .. IN. were G032 anu 50.5S inchss,
respectively.
Iao highest and lowest temperatures
ono year aso yesterday wero 30 degrees
AID 30 dogreos, and one year ago to-day,
81 degrees u degrees.
River, feet = inches.
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WANTS $4,000.

Peter McGraw'S Suit Against the
Friend dG Terry Company.
Judge Johnson's court is engaged in
the trial of the suit of Peter McGraw
against the Eriend & Terry Lumber
Company for $40 900 damages.
While the company was filling g side
walk at Twelfth and j streets McGraw
received a fall and injured his shoulder.
He claims the defendants negligence
caused the accident.
The record-union., 1895-12-03

An extraordinarily large number Of
dwarfs live in the district of Riwas, il,
the Eastern Pyrenees. Tradition has it
that they are the descendants of a race
which inhabited those mountain regions
in prehistoric times
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and held them until the bridge was COM

pleted.
In 1868 the pontoon trains accom- panied
the army in all its marches backward ana
forward through Virginia, frequently
bridging the Potomac. Rapidan and isap-
pahannock. In the last-named stream,
the bridges remained in position all win
ter, and. Notwithstanding the frequent
floods and the quantity OF ice formed,
but few interruptions occurred on these
thorough hiares. = WiIlets Point corre-
spondent of the New \ ork Times.
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MIS-. NJ ALNIlsA " lis
Co., ". Ia, writes
" For twelve long
wears I suffered great
" with extreme nerv-
business. stomach and
uterine disease. l had
doctored with four
physicians with little
or no good, and one
Of them was as good a
physician as could be
had here; he gave
me up to die. None
Of my friends thought
7 could get well. We
had tired almost
everything. and at
last / thought 1 would
try DR.. Pierce's Fa-
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omen Who Suffer

pain each month
can 6nd relief and
euan cipation from
their troubles.
Congestion and in
fammation of the
internal organs are
generally induced
by exposure to
wet or cold, excite
ment Of the emo
tions, or q morbid
condition of the
blood. For the
radical cure of
these deTange-
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Sweden can boast of a steamboat on
wheels This unique vehicle makes reg
ular trips overland from one lake to an
other near by. To leave one lake it ap-
proaches the shore with a full head of
steam on, rushes over the rails of the
connecting road to the top of the emf
nence midway, shoots down to the other
lake and then it's screw propellers mer-
rily churn the waters again.
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a lection of Curious shows.

one of the Queenof Italys pet hob
hies is collecting curious footgear. Her
majesty has a unique assortment Of
3hoes of every description to which she
is perpetually adding. The historical
department contains some unique
treasures. 1t is strange to reflect that
a pair Of clumsy shoes once belonged
to Joan of Arc, and no one could look at
another pair worn by Mary, Queen Of
Scots, on her way to the scaffold with
out recalling with a thrill of pity the
wcarer's unhappy fate. Near by are
two dainty shoes once owned by the
equally unfortunate Marie Antoinette.