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tiful day. cried Ruth Benning.
"Perfect," added Salome Endicott.
at use! to be like this in England
said little Peace Morley, wistfully.
"Why so silent, Dorothy" asked
Salome, addressing the,fourth girl, who
had not yet spoken.
Dorothy Penrhyn looked up quickly.
She was cnarmingly pretty, with black,
glossy hair and large, dark, mischieyous
eyes.
"Let us keep May day, she exclaimed
with sudden energy.
"How can we?!" asked Salome. "You
know we left all that behind when we
came here
"But we didn't cofpe here of our own
free will," returned Dorothy. "What
harm can there be in a dance around a
maypole? Why is everyone so afraid
of a little enjoyment?"
"Of course you are jesting," said
Ruth, Selling on the idea. $50, to o II
tinue the joke, I will ask, when and
where is this celebration to occur?"
"In the training field at sunrise to-
morrow" Dorothy answered, prompt
~. "Indced, Ruth, l am not testing.
Ruth and Salome smiled. Peace
looked troubled.
"You can invite your sister to join us,
Peace Dorothy went on quickly, "and
you others must ask your friends. /
am really in earnest. But you mustn't
tell anyone except the girls. Bring just
as many as you can. We shall have at
least one thoroughly good time"
Dorothy's enthusiasm was conta-
gious. Her companions caught it in
spite of themselves. When they parted
ut Ruth's gate they all, even Peace, had
promised Dorothy to be ready at the
appointed time for the forbidden pleas
ure.
The dawning of the following day
found the girls and their friends assem-
bled upon the training field just out
side the primitive Boston settlement.
They brought long linen strips for rib
hons, and the slender trunk of a dead
sapling served as maypole.
1t was sc early that no n vas stir
ring. The newly risen sun smiled I'M
needed upon this bit of stolen revelry:
upon the dresses brushing dew from
the grass in the graceful dance; upon
Dorothy Penrhyn, merriest of the group,
with her laughter, her sparkling eyes,
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Joshua "the Son of None

But to hear Deacon Joiner tell it, he
was powerful sorry for Joshua because
that great captain was 1.-The son of
none"
But, Deacon" put in one of the
preachers, Joshua was the son of Nun
N--U-N-Nun. Joshua was one OF
the chosen, but he come into this world
in the right and proper way"
Il understand all that, brethren"
the deacon come back. II have read a
few stanzas in the Bible myself. Of
course he was the son of %none-that is
to say, the son of nobody, and he
had neither father nor mother, or
any other kinnery so far as we know
The brethren knowed Deacon Join
er and consequentially they had to give
up the argyfication and quit. And all
the preachers in the rourd created
world-from Adam down to the pres
ent period of .ime-couldn't make the
deacon believe anything else but that
Esan sold out his birth rights for n
mess of potatoes, and Joshua was the
son of lone.
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NeiEhbOrly Comments.

sisyphus vas busiIy engaged in roll
ing the stone up to the top of the hill
and letting it slide back again.
It's pretty monotonous, isn't it?"
remarked II of his acquaintance.
Yes. But l could get used to it. ]
could get along very we'll if it wasn't
for people who come along and make
remarks. l guess about 700 people a
month tell Inc to never mind; life al
ways has it's ups and DOWNS And not
less than 20 a day ask me if | don't
know that a rolling stone gathers no
moss.'--Washington Star.
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Queer EpitaDhs.

Here aretwocurious epitaphs worthy
of note for their quaintness. One is OH
a tombstone in Ulster, and runs:
ITO the memory of Thomas Kelly.
who was accidentally shot by his
brother as a mark of respect"
The other epitaph is to be found at
Culmore, near Londonderry:
Here lies the remains of Thomas
Nichols, who died in Philadelphia.
March, 1888. Had he lived he would have
been buried here"
But perhaps neither of these epitaphs
carries off the palm from the old one
which, | fear, is already too we'll known
to come with any
Here lies Dobson. here lies he:
Halleiujah. Hallclujee."
-GentIewomau
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English In u

The queen speaks English to Prince
Henry of Battenberg, and even to the
grand duke of Hese and the duchess
of Coburg-Gotha, apd the prince of
Wales writes a~lmosfAlways in English
to his mother and II his other relatives
living in Englan1 German is only
spoken in conversation with German
and Austrian ambassadors, and during
an audience to German or Austrian sub
jects. With all other diplomatists
French is always spoken. But in in
tercourse with the Danish royal family.
German is nearly always the language
spoken.-Chicago Chronicle.
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took time. Everybody must have
their ups and downs, and overs
and unders, and troubles and temp
tations and trials and triumphs
in this vain and f1eetin world below.
But you have took notice, I reckon,
that somewhere down the line time
most IN generally always plays for
even and brings everything to a dead
'eynl
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VIII " oN viva
Maynard man,
born of wom-
an, time is a
great thing.
In my day and
generation I
have seen the
bottom raj
work up to the
top, and ! have
seen the under
dog whip the
fight, But it
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u,cH PRICE FOR POTATOES.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, pay high prices for new
things. They recently paid $500 for a
yellow rind watermelon, $1,000 for 80
bu. new oats. $500 for 100 lbs. OF pota-
toes, etc, ETC.! Well, prices for pota-
toes will be high next fall. Plant
q plenty Mr.. Wideawake! You'll make
money. Salzer's Earliest are fit to a
in IS days after planting. His Cham
pion of the World is .he greatest yield
er on earth and we challenge you to
produce it's equal.
IF YOU WILL SEND VI 10c. in stamps
to the John a.. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will get, free, ten
packages grains and grasses, including
Teosintc, spurry, Giant Incarnate Clo-
yer, ETC., and our mammoth catalogue.
Catalogue alone sc. for mailing. tK.)
SSoBBERLY-"What do you think | found
last year when 1 was at Long Branch:'
Knicierbocker-"I've NO idea. Was it q
pocketbook2, Snobberly-''No, I found
that everything was very dear.
SiftingS.
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everything around to a dead level. The
bottom rail works out on top. Tho
under dog whips the fight. And all is
we'll for them that wait. So it was
written down.
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A MERRY LITTLE PURITAN.

long Puritan
service en- Il e d,
four girls some
what en- advance
Of the congrega-
ton S trolle d
h o m e w a + d
through the bril-
liant May sun
shine. ... 81.
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He Had q Relative,

she-Are you a good judge of d.
Almonds?
He (absently)-No. but I have an
uncle who is.-N. 7. World.
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Had Been Where They Raise II.

That brings to mind the time when
Deacon Joiner and Andy Lucas got into
q furious disputation in regards to the
Scriptures.
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A syndicate at Allentown, P

A syndicate at Allentown, Pa. has
raised a large sum of money for the
purchase of 1000 North Dakota quail,
which will be brought to Allentown in
a few weeks and liberated in the hunt.
ing grounds in Lehigh county. Full
grown birds will be procured.
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SQUIRE RUFUS D
Quaint and Homely Stories from
Down on Rocky Creek.
Time Brings Everything to a Dead Level
All Sorts of q Fool Esau Got His
Dues-JOshua, "the Son
of None"
[CoPYRIGH7, 1861

Most everything waits for me Elk
ceptin time and the railroad cars. Bat
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The 100000 people of Detroit &C.
cupy 20 square miles Of territory.
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The value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium consists III
its circulation.
When you can secure the com.
bined circulation of two papers
for the price OF one, it is money
saved!
"TThe st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated ON the I'd OF
March, 1894, with The Opelou-
Sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to ~ a year:
THE COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par
ish OF st. Landry is therefore tho
cheapest.
~Y L
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a uniform rate per cubic foot regardless
Of the size of the package, and should
not be less than 20 cents, and when in
bulk (Which are always high grade and
large oranges) should bear not less than
81 30 per 1000.
IMPORTER VS.. HOME PRODUCERS.
In conclusion we invite attention to
the fact that there is no objection, gen
eral or otherwise, and never has been,
to any adequate protection duties on
competing foreign fruits, except it may
have been or may be by the importers,
and surely no legislation should be
framed to help the importer to the in
jury Of the home producer.
From the beginning we have had this
class of dealers to contend against
They decried and belittled our raisins
and our prunes and our oranges, and
reluctantly are now admitting that we
can produce a commercial lemon Our
wines have had and are still having
hard struggle against this same class
But the consumer has demanded the
home product, both because of it's su-
periority and it's cheapness and he still
wants it. The orchards of California
are proving to the country what her
good vines were in the fifties, with the
advantage that they have come to stay
! and are practically unlimited in possi-
bilities.
Nature has decreed California to be
the orchard Of America if not of the
globe. Here are grown the fruits of
every zone. The whole country has the
same interest in our success, or should
| have that it has in the success and
| prosperity of other specially favored
regions of our marvellous country-as
| in the South in her cotton and rice and
tobacco, the great West in her corn and
wheat the Middle States in their iron
and COAL the East in her manufacture
That we can produce in California
every fruit known to the Mediterranean
Basin and the harder fruits of all other
| climes should arouse the pride of all
Americans and challenge their friendly
| aid.
The more nearly the United States
are enabled to produce all articles of
human consumption the more nearly
we shall approach the ideal country for
human habitation. We desire to fur
nish to the people of the United States
| fruits in abundance and at reasonab BILE
Piieco' ouCI lIultS especially as cannot
be elsewhere grown in the United
States. We ask only such legislation
as will enable us to do this
MEMORIAL ADOPTED.
The following resolution was adopted
| by the conventions:
Resolved, By the Fruit Growers
Convention assembled at Sacramento.
Cal, December >, 1896, that the fore
going report be and it is hereby
adopted as expressive of the views of
this convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the same be printed,
together with this resolution, duly at
tested, and copy forwarded to each
Senator and Representative in Con-
gress now serving and to each Senator
and Representative of the Congress to
assemble after the 4th of March, 1897"
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Adopted by the Fruit-Cr0verS'
Convention.
1t Must Have Protection Against Foreign
Products.
A Strong Appeal TO Congress to Save Tbs
Great Industry From Being
Ruined.

Annual Convention of the Fruit
Growers of California held at Sacra-
mento December 1st to 4th, 1896.
Your committee to whom was COM
mited the subject of tariff Legislation as
affecting the fruit industry OF TINS
State report as follows:
The fruits, including nuts, grown In
California the subject of this report,
and with which foreign grown fruits
come in competition are shown IN the
accompanying tables. These tables are
arranged to show the duty under the
Act of 1888; the duty proposed by the
so-called Mills bill that passed the
House of Representatives in 1898; the
duty imposed by the Mckinley Act OF
1890. and the duty under the wilson
German Act of 1884.
Your committee also submit herewith
q table showing the quantity of foreign
fruits coming into competition with
California fruits, imported for a series
of years.
We also submit as bearing upon the
subject, a table showing the extent OF
fruit tree planting in California OF va
rieties as to which we have foreign
competition.
Acreage of Fruit Trees and Raisin Grape
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DIED.


HADWICK-In this city, December ID.
Mary, wife of the late William Hadwick,
native of Canada, aged G3 years
Funeral notice hereafter
LEIMBACH--At Pioneer Ranch, upper
Stockton road, November Both. Cathar-
inc NJ. wife of Herman Leimbach
daughter of Mrs. Thorn Coles, mother
of Mrs. S. c. Tryon, Mrs. B. Marshall
Mrs. Will Smith, Albert E., Edith Mabel
Justus and John Leimbach), native of
London, aged 81 years, Z months and 10
days. (San Francisco papers please
copy.)
Friends and acquaintances are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral To-
day at 10 a. m, from her late residence.
Interment City Cemetery.
RYAN-ln this city, December I'd. Theresa.
infant daughter of John j. and Annie
Ryan. native of Sacramento, Cali
fornia, aged year, / month and 10 days
Friends and acquaintance are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral to-
day tThursday), at p. m, from resi-
denee of parents, alley, Fourth and Fifth,
O and p streets.
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Good Watches for
Price of TOy Watches.

Think of watch that will keep,
satisfactory time for csc! 1t is al
fact.
Nickel or gilt cases, we'll made
and well finished, and above all
good timekeepers.
For boys, bicyclists, hunters
and men engaged in heavy work
these watches are just the'thing.
Even if lost or broken the loss can
only amount to csc.
There is more that can be said
in favor of these watches, but we
prefer to say too little rather than
too much about our goods In the
newspapers. Then no one is ever
disappointed.
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6513lsI sIdl!|5I} i I!lal SSl0
SThe Luxury of
>GOOd Clothes.

D Civilization and soap, mental de-
(velopment and good apparel
! walk hand in hand. One of the
eluxuries of life is the pleasant con-
Ssciousness of being clean and well
dressed.
: There has never been time
Swhen good clothes cost SO little as
>now. First class suits for men at
)SIo, $I2 so. SIS and $40, with
<some very fair ones from So so
edown to 81 IS. And first class
$ fit irrespective of price.
: The luxury OF good clothes IS
; practically within the reach OF
9every man.
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Santa Claus
HiInSeHIS
Coming Friday.

we have no sooner moved all
the toys to the new building across
the bridge, where there is plenty of,
room and splendid light, than,
word comes from Santa Claus him.,
self that he will arrive Friday
morning at $50 o'clock.
This will be good news indeed
to the little folks, and all who wish
to see the feet reindeers and to
shake hands with the genial old
gentlemen are invited to be on
hand Friday.
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Trusses! Braces! Silk Stockings. The
purchase of the Joseph Hahn & Co.'s
stock enables us to offer our patrons by
far the largest line to be found in this
city, comprising over 1000 sizes in 100
styles. important also is the fact that
we can sell them at wholesale prices An
experienced truss filter will superintend
their sale. No fit no pay G. C. C. Cut
Rate Drug Department, Granger Build
ing, corner Tenth and K streets
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Total .... SS,.5D9 6S,o52 lop,oti o-,---
This table is taken from the report of
the State Board of Horticulture for
1892, including paintings of that year
A compilation taken from the County
Assessors reports for 1879 shows that
we have added since 1892 to our fruit
tree paintings 1894 .332, making to-
tai of 29.65S. .432 trees.
RELIEF EXPECTED.
Your committee believe that the re-
cent Presidential election resulted IN a
pronounced expression Of the wish or
this people TO return to protective leg
fslation While the vanquished persisted
in proclaiming the single issue OF free
silver the victorS were equally Vocltef-
ous in declaring that the paramount
issue was protection to American in
dustries We therefore assume that IN
any future tariff legislation the object
Of Congress viii be not alone to OBJ
tain the requisite revenues, but 70
afford full and ample protection TO
our products.
AS this report is written with view,
If adopted, to form a memorial TO Con-
gress upon the subjects of which 1t
treats. We briefly as possible present
the argument as to the various fruits
referred to.
We believe that wherever it is practi-
cable the duty should be specific and
not upon the ad valorem principle by
which undervaluations and frauds are
directly made To aid our competitors.
And even where cheap and inferior mer-
chandise is honestly valued the result
is to encourage the unloading of inferior
heA hrYo.lriran market and
thus displacing better classes of mer-
chandise produced at home. An ex-
animation Of the fruit schedules Will
show but few varieties are taxed on the
ad valorem principle. so that there is
but little change needed in this respect.
The Act of 1890 gave a schedule Of
rates which with some changes would
lie satisfactory TO the fruit growers Of
California
THE OLIVE INDUSTRY.
Olives green or prepared should be
rlaced upon the dutiable list. The Act
Of 1890 admitted them free. The Act of
1894 placed them on the dutiable list
with 20 per cent. ad valorem duty. This
should be made specific, and should be
at least 20 cents per gallon We see no
reason why a specific duty cannot be
laid on olives in this form as well as in
the form Of oil.
Olive oil for salad was given a specific
duty of 81 cents per gallon both by the
Act of 1890 and the Act of 1884. The
consumer gets this oil in bottles. about
five of which make a gallon, and sell at
- cents to 81 per bottle. The invoice
price at which ii is valued for duty is
about 81 0S per gallon, or duty Of &C
per bottle We think this duty is too
small for protection and too small for
revenue If olive oil is still to be regarded
as a luxury.
Olive oil has not yet reached the table
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} Mems listers and
I Storm OVerCOatS.

{ Double-breasted Heavy Wool
: Cheviot listers for men. Made
; with large collars, well lined and in
! medium dark colors that will not
. soil easily. Price, 81 50.
Z Our best quality Black Chin
Z chilla Ulster Coat. First class for
travelling or for driving. Large
$ storm collar and muhf pockets.
) Heavy, warm and durable. Price,
eS15.
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The Rig EOur

Ste1nway, Emerson, Gabler and Lud
Wig pianos for sale at POmmer's Music
Store, No. ST street.
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For the finest homemade bread and
cakes in the city, go to The Pacific
Grove Bakery, S23 street.
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Removal! RemovaI,

). q. Genshlea's cigar store has been
removed to 62S ] street, two doors
above old stand.
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MARRIED..

THOMPSON-RILEY- this city, Decem-
Der I'd, at the Western Hotel, by Rev A
c. Herrick, William j. Thompson to Ida
Mae Riley, both of Nord. Butte County,
California. Chico papers please copy.)
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Rich fruit cake or an old-fashioned
mince pie at New Model Bakery, 722 j. -
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Buy your heating stoves and ranges
from Miller Bros, 1116 j street
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At A. Ross & CO. S pooIrooms, Wash
lngton, Yolo. County, horses, jockeys
and weights Of the San Francisco races
are posted daily. A minute description
OF each race as it occurs is given at FOG
K street, Sacramento
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Frank Wickwire has removed his har-
ness shop to lila Second ST., K and L.
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To Cure a Cold In One Day

TAKE Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. 25c
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Photograph Albums.

Photographs unframed or ex-s
posed to the air soon become
soiled. The best way to keep
them is in attractive albums.
We have plenty of such as low
as soc and ST, and from those
prices up to S. and S6 so. They
have plush and celluloid covers ind
the new bisque effect, and all ofS
them are of the latest design.
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For Large Men.

8 Gray Hair-line Cashmere Suits
$ for extra large men. Will give
1good service and not soil easily.
. Price, SIS.
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Friday, $50,
SPECIALS:
Children's Jackets,
WOmen'S Jackets,
Plush and Seal Capes.

LOT I've find ourselves
with an unusually large stock of
Children's New Fall Jackets for
ages q to 16 years. Stylish fabrics
and in every way desirable, except
that the quality makes them higher
in price than some people care to
pay. Therefore, in order to force
them out, we have cut the prices
for Fridays sale. Remember that
they are the best styles and best
goods,
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WOmen's GRAY
Hosiery.

Dark-gray Wool Hosiery, for,
warmth rather than looks. Cotton
heels and toes to insure wear, and
ribbed tops. Price, 25c.
The same closer knit and made
of a little better yarn. Price,
three pairs for 81.
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White Satin Covers, elegantly
painted for sofa pillows. Price,
81 IS and 81.
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dustry and that has brought the orange
within the reach Of the masses. But this
protection cannot be withdrawn with
out bringing ruin to the growers.
The competition with our lemons is
very close and very unfair because an
inferior lemon is put upon the market at
low prices and seriously affects the price
of good lemons.
Mexico is preparing to enter into
strong competition for our orange trade.
and will this season send in over 500
carloads
We have made no reference in this re-
port to the labor cost entering into the
production of our fruits as compared
with like cost to our competitors. This
element no longer needs elaboration:
everyone understands the facts.
Our present orange and lemon duty
is not as protective as il should be, and
is not as high as ii should be to yield
revenue.
The rate under the Acts of 1883 and
1890 was 13 cents per cubic foot on box
of III cubic feet, and 25 cents per box
of 2Ia feet. and 80 cents on box of )
feet, and 20 per cent. ad valorem on
each additional cubic foot
Oranges run from 12S to 2GO to a box
Of 1#t cubic Poet The average number
is about 100 to a box. on which the Nc
kinley bill placed a duty of about II
cents per loo, and the Wilson bill S
cents per 100.
We claim that this duty is so made
uuate as offering protection that our
country is flooded with grossly inferior
fruit. and the business of producing
good oranges discouraged. The same
may be said of the duty of 81 80 laid
on the 1000 oranges in bulk. 1t is not
protective, nor is it sufficient for reve-
pue.
We see no reason for these several
classification The duty should be laid at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-11

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9o.-An-
other woman of the Town was stran-
eied early this morning under circum-
stances almost identical with two other
murders that have taken place recent
" in the same locality. Early this
morning a woman named Bertha Par
adis OF u st. Mary's street, was found
dead in bed by her lover. When found
she was half resting on the bed, her
feet resting on the floor. She had been
strangfed, a handkerchief having been
thrust down her throat.
The room was in perfect order The
girl lay fully dressed on her bed. There
were no marks of violence on the neck.
She had apparently been seized and a
napkin as well as a handkerchief had
been crowded down her throat.
The money on her person was not
touched, nor had there been any ap-
parent effort TO go through the bu-
reau drawers or other places where
money might be kept. The police be-
lieve they have gained slight c1ew
to the criminal ]. P. Myler, who Is
waiter in the saloon on the corner,
was summoned about , o'clock TO take
drinks to Bertha Paradis' room When
he delivered the drinks he found two
men in the Wc-nan's room. About
twenty minutes later one of the men
came into the saloon. He was a blonde
OF medium height and Myler is sure
that he is employed on a gasoline
launch on the water front.