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COMMISSIONERS sale.

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF FORE
closure made and entered in the Superior
Court of the county of Sacramento, State
of California, on the DIST day of January,
A D. 1896 and an order of sale issued
out of said court, and directed to the
Commissioner on the 18th day of Decems
Der, A. D., 1896, in an action therein pend
ing wherein JAMES BITHELL is plain
tiff and ANN NEELY. an incompetent
person. c. c. ROSS, guardian of ANN
NEELY, an incompetent person, and
THOMAS r. NEELY, are defendants.
Charles G. Hou was appointed Commits.
sioner, and commanded and directed to-
sell the real estate described in the said
decree, situated lying and being in the
city Of Sacramento, county of Sacramento
State of California, and known and deSig-
mated as being the west one-half OF LOO
No six in the block between L and M,
and Eighth and Ninth streets. as designa-
ted on the official map Of sacramento
City, in the county and State aforesaid. to-
gether with all and singular the tenements
and herditaments and appurtenances
tanning.
Notice is hereby given that on WE'D.
NESDAY, the 9th day of January, 1884,
at 10 o'clock a. m, in front or the Courts
house door, in the city of sacramento, in
said county of Sacramento. state of Cali
fornia, I will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the above de.
scribed real estate, or so much thereof as
NAV be necessary to satisfy said decree.
Dated December II. A. D., 1895
CHARLES c. HOLL. Commissioner.
Holl & Dunn, Attorneys lot Commits
Sioner. u44-4tM
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Grants Greatest Record for Cigars

Hancock came to headquarters about
) p. m (after the battle of the Wilder
ness) and had a conference with the
general-in- chief and General Meade. He
had had a very busy day on his front,
and while he was CHEEKY, and showed
that there was still plenty of fight left
in him, he manifested signs of fatigue
after his exhausting labors General
Grant, in Offering him cigar found
that only one was left in his pocket.
Deducting the number he had given
away from the supply he had started
out with in the morning showed that
he had smoked that day about twenty,
all very strong and of formidable size.
But 1t must be remembered that it was
particularly long day. He never
afterward equaled that record In the use
of tobacco.-Campaign with Grant,
by General Horace Porter, in the Cen
tury.
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home woven cloth of most serviceabla
quality, and the same fashion is IN gen.
eral use The skirt is straight and full,
and the waist is perfectly plain, hooked
at the neck without collar and at tho
waist without a belt. The open spaca
across the breast is filed in with a
highly polished linen front. and around
the neck is worn an elaborate tie OF
some pretty shade Of silk, fringed at
the ends. An Icelandic woman's make
up is never complete without an apron,
which is worn ON all occasions, and
makes an excellent finish to the home
like costume. The cloth of which the.
aprons are made is woven the requisite
width and sometimes highly colored.
Beside this style of dress they have
a costume for festive occasions, which
Is often handed down from mother to
daughter. The waist is low in the necH
and the sleeves wide and flowing. Tha
entire dress is often made In one piece,
and belted in at the waist with sil@
Yer girdle. Silver ornaments are much
worn-belts, bracelets, watch chains
and necklaces; these make a pretty fin
ish to an otherwise plain costume. On
the head is placed a white cap in the
shape of an inverted cornucopia about
ten inches high; over this is worn a
thin, white veil, edged with narrow
border. The young women usually reA
leve the plain look of the skirt by en-
broidering a vine of oak leaves and
acorns around the bottom, for they ex-
eel in needlework. The two great ad-
vantages of the costume are first thu
comfort, and next the unchanging
style. This dress is also the wedding
garment of the Icelandfc young
woman"
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A RANGE.FINDER.
By 1t Naval Gunners Tell How Far Off
the Enemy is.

1t isn't necessary for us to go deep
into electrical science to understand
how a range-hnder does its work. Elec-
trEc1ty itself is a great mystery. and
puzzle in many ways to those who un-
derstand it best. Most of us have not
been able to grasp its simpler puzzles
until we studied them in college, and
even then it would not be Well for us
to boast of what we knew. All we need
to know, however, TO understand the
range-finder is a little problem in geom-
etry. Most of you understand that if
we have a triange, and know the length
of one side and the size of the angles
at the ends of that side we can figure
exactly the ltngth of the other two
sides and the distance of the point
where these two sides meet. Well, that
explains just how the range finder
works The exact distance between
two men looking through telescopes is
known and fixed. Each man looks at
the same point out in the distance on
the enemy's ships That point is
where the two unknown sides of the
triangle come together. There is no
time to figure the distance. A tenth of
a second in these days is too much time
TO be lost. We must use electricity to
do our figuring. This is the way it is
done: The telescopes are turned about
on electric circuits; that is, they are at
tached to a metal circle charged with
electricity. The wires from these circles
run to little dial down in the hold.
The WheatStone bridge or electrical
balance system is used. That means
that the resistance of a current through
Wire through given distance is
measured finally by dial on a marking
instrument
Now it is impossible to turn one or
both of these telescopes on the range
finders without moving the dial on the
marking instrument. Electricity has
progressed so far that to the exact foot
the dial win indicate the distance an
object is away from the base of the line
connecting the range-finding instru-
ments. At any instant that dial will
tell how many yards off the enemy is.
The men at the telescopes know moth
ing Of what the dial is doing. The dial
is down in the central telephone eX-
change of the ship. One man is stationed
there to do nothing else than to watch
what 1t records. He has a little in
strument beside him called a range in
dicator. The dial of the range-finder
says that the enemy is SO many yards
away. He simply presses a button on
the range indicator, which sends a
current to other range indicators in
ten different places on a battlesfMp like
the Kentucky. The needles of these
ten instruments, one at each of the
guns Of the main battery, and at some
of the guns of the secondary battery,
tell the gunner how far off the enemy is.
The indicators have simply transmitted
the newsto thegunnerswhi the range
finders have discovered automatically.
-Harpers Round Table
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who nominated them and pulled the
ropes successfully in their interest.

Some one has suggested, and the prop
osition has had considerable attention
from the press, that in order to employ
convicts and make them contribute the
vent their labor coming into injurious
competition with free labor, the States
should declare a monopoly of certain
lines of handiwork, and in these lines
only should the convicts be employed.
1t is added that while it is not proposed
that There shall be prohibition of any
one engaging in competition with the
output of such convict labor, the State
should declare that it proposes to work
the convicts in certain lines and sell the
products, over and above the amount
used to supply other State institutions
with needed goods in those lines, at a
given advance upon the cost of produc-
ton. This statement of the scheme IS
contradictory If the State should de-
clare a monopoly in itself of the busl-
ness fixed upon, it would fly in the face
of constitutional inhibitions, and the
declaration would fall to the ground.
If it simply declared its intention to
manufacture certain lines Of goods In
State Prisons, it would do no more
than 1T does now so far as it employs
convicts at ALL and no such formal
declaration would be necessary. When
ever In other words, the State employs
it's convicts in productive labor, it gives
notice that it is in competition with the
labor in the same lines outside of prison
walls. The proposition, therefore, is
a senseless one, and there is nothing
novel in it. This is not at all consid-
ering the question Of the right and duty
of the State to work conVicts for a
profit. 1t is matter of course that con-
victs should be required to labor, that
the labor should be productive and
sufficient to support the convict. He
should not be an idler and a burden
upon those who do labor. Every idle
man by State compulsion and on State
maintenance is supported by some
other man who labors voluntarily.
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cisco Grazide, appellant Assault and
battery. Reversed.
The law, in tenderness to human frail-
ties, distinguishes between an act done
deliberately, and an act proceeding from
sudden heat. Where the battery was the
consequence of sudden heat resulting
from provocation first offered by the
plaintiff, and not of a design for his in
jury deliberately formed by defendant,
and the force used was not so dispro-
portionate to the provocation as to repel
the inference that it was induced there
by, exemplary damages for the assault
cannot be awarded.
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(S. F., No. 335-Department Two-Filed
December Is, 1860


John w. Turner, respondent; William
r. Hearst, appellant Libel. Reversed.
In a libel action, the damages must be
the direct result of the defendants libel
and not of any mere repetition of it by
others. The compensation for injury to
feelings should be limited to the natural
effect of the libelous publication as it
comes to the knowledge of the plaintiff.
Defendant having proved that he was
not negligent nor careless of the rights
of others in the employment of the re-
porter who wrote the libel, and whose
competency had been proved, and evil
dence of his discharge from employment
subsequent to the libelous publication,
was enormously admitted. 1t was in it's
nature similar to proof of precautions
taken after an accident
A defendant may give evidence Of an
apology or a retraction, in mitigation of
damages. even though such apology or
retraction was not made at the earliest
opportunity after the commencement of
the action.
q. A, No. 13l-Department Two-Filed
December 10, 1850
Bernabe Badostain, respondent Fran
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A Case of Fright.

Did you rise to the occasion, Rossey,
when the burglars got into your
house?"
No, but my hair did."-Detroit Free
| Press
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It's only a question of time" and
a short time, too, as to when your
rheumatam will yield to Hoods Sarsa-
parilla Try this medicine now. IL
has cured others and will cure YOU
The record-union., 1896-12-28

In another column this morning we
reproduce from the Printer Journal
ist" an article entitled Hard Times"
that is at once SO witty, so true and SO
fitting for the present period of
grumble and groWl that we commend
1t for general reading. 1t is an OPP
tinlistic view of things, but it is at
the same time filled with sensible ad
vice, and is brimming with compari
sons of real and fancied hard times,
that ought to be read by every one.
It does no harm to have faith in the
story of the silver lining to the cloud,
nor is it Improbable to reflect that in
fact We live in deeper and richer clover,
under more favoring conditions and
withless of hardship and more of human
comforts than did our forefathers, who
were pinched and confined by narrow
means and adverse conditions, but new
ertheless found life worth living. full
of hope, and rich in reasons for thanks
giving.
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Weather Forecast.

Northern Caiifornia-Rain Monday; high
southeast winds and perhaps dangerous gales
on the northern coast.
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Is. F., No. 341-Department Two-Ffled
December 10 1S96)

December 10, 1860
Ernst Buchel, respondent; Gray Bros.
ct al, appellants. Damages by blasting
near plaintiffs house. Affirmed.
The question of negligence is pecu-
liarly for the jury. Even where the
evidence is not conflicting the verdict
will not be disturbed if different conclu-
sions can reasonably be drawn there
from
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Frog in Your Throat" 4c a box at
the G. c. c.
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If the people are to be divided for the
classes according to their annual in
comes, it will be found that what might
be termed the middle class, those hav-
ing a fair living income and from that
to d surplus, are not only not decreas-
iEg but are increasing, and have been
steadily Mr.. Mallock, speaking for
England, recently showed by undenia-
BILE statistics that this is true in that
country and the same claim is now
made for Germany. The Literary Di-
gest" says that full discussion Of the
subject has been had in the "Jahrbuch
fur Gasetzgebung, Verwaltung und
Volkswitschaft," edited by Professor
SCHNEIDER, the authority being DR.. Will
helm Bohmert, the distinguished statis-
tician and political economist. He finds
everywhere in the empire q marked de-
crease in the number of men with small
incomes whom he subdivides into three
grades. But has the class of small
taxpayers, the formerly least paying,
sunk out Of the taxpaying class, or
have they risen into one Of the higher
classes to make this change obvious?
DR.. Bohmert replies that the latter sup
position is the fact. So that in Ger
many as in England, the poor have not
been growing poorer but richer. And
the same, we apprehend, is true Of this
country. DR.. Bohmert calls attention
that the facts give the lie to the pessi-
mistic predictions of Marx, the literary
father of modern social theories, to the
effect that the middle classes must die
out. He declares that on the contrary
they have steadily increased in number,
wealth and Importance, and that the
modern advances in industries have not
only not harmed the poor man, but
have helped him.
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Entered at the PostofI1ce at Sacramento
- second-claS5 matter.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
SYLLABI.

SYLLABI
(S. F., No. 450-Department One-Filed
December 49, 1860
Warren, respondent; Charnbos ct al
appellants. Street assessment Re-
versed.
Owners of lands which are to be as
sessed for the expense of street i'm
provement must be informed in refer
erlce thereto before amy order for the
Improvement can be made, and that
they may themselves do the work that
may be ordered.
A contract which gives to the Su-
perintendent of Streets the power to
increase or diminish the cost of an i'm
provement, after the contract has been
entered into, by requiring greater or
less amount of material for its compile
tion, as he shall determine, renders the
assessment invalid. The same result
must follow a change by the Board of
Supervisors of the amount of work to
be done under the contract, and must
render an assessment therefor invalid
(Sac., No. 1bi-Departnent One-Filed
December 49, 1860
Archibald Skym, William Bowen and
William Jones, respondents; Weske
Consolidated Company ct al, defend
ants; William Muir, appellant. Me-
chanics' lien. Reversed as to two
plaintiffs, with leave to amend COM
plant; modified as to the third.
The dates attached to the signatures
of two Of the plaintiffs to the contract,
whether the true dates at which their
signatures were written or not, are, in
the absence of satisfactory evidence to
the contrary, conclusive evidence that
the labor performed after that date was
done under its terms and conditions.
Where the complaint names a sum
as a reasonable fee for AN attorney in
foreclosure suit, no more than the
sum named therein can be allowed by
the court.
Is. F., No. 4O2-Department Two-Filed
December Is, 1860
Henry Lange, respondent; Frederick
Schoettler, appellant. Damages for
death of plaintiff's son. Reversed
In an action for damages for a
death only such damages can be recov-
cred as the statute authorizes, and in
the absence of an express provision au
thorizing a different rule, the only
damage allowed is the probable value
of the life to those in whose behalf the
action is brought. This cannot include
any grievance personal to the deceased
nor any damage allowed in the interest
of the people as punishment. The rela-
tives or the representative in their be-
half can recover the value Of that which
they have lost through the wrongful act
of the defendant, and nothing more.
The deprivation Of the comfort, society
and protection of a son or husband is
within this rule, as part of the pecuni-
ary value of the life. In no case can
exemplary damages be allowed.
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scribers with charges prepaid. All fost-
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The best advertising mediums on the
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Z. A, No. 131-Department Two-Filed
December 10, 1850
Bernabe Badostain, respondent Fran
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-24
CONSISTENCY.

The Danville Register appeals to
virginia manhood" for Il fair election.
ana yet, as the Lynchburg News re-
marks. the faction with which il con
sorts has .nsulted Virginia by hiring
Pinkerton detectives to come in this
state TO spy upon the sworn officers of
election. Think of it, Nirginans: did
YOU ever think ii would come TO this?
The bare suggestion OF the presence
oi these hired Hessians is an insult to
every voter in Virginia, and should NOT
ne forgotten. Verify the old mother"
mas fallen upon evil times and her
enemies are pursuing her with a ven
Sence. but 1t won't work. If these fel.
lows come among us for the purnose
alleged they should be arrested. MS our
contemporary suggests, upon the charge
of interference
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-24
SEE HERE DEMOCRATS

General Palmer, the decoy candidate
ior President, is quoted as declaring ,ba,
ne would break the Solid South in This
campaign
Now If General Palmer is the Demo
cra' ne preicnds to be. why does he de.
sire to break the Solid South? Does ba
not know that the fact that the soutb
has stood solidly in the Democratic col.
uinh mas been our only bulwark of safe
~ since he days Of reconstruction?
If he is the friend of the Sou,b his
supporters claim. why does he wish 70
see our greatest weapon of defense taken
from us? Senator Morgan had occasion
TO refer to Palmer's position a few dave
ago. and he very properly asked:
WHAT part of the solid South
Wouio they destroy. If ii is not thn
taG!ai blood, that makes the south
Hoiid? Where will Palmer begin
anu Where VIII he end, in his Wort; nr
destruction of The South's solidjtv"
common sense and universal nvr.-
fience teach us that the wedge Ia,
VIII drive the South asund.r win D..
driven by the hand Of fana.icism
10 he bosom of the White f3nily
1t is there that the Souh T.. EoIId 3mI
nowhere else.
Palmer may have soma false
conception Of the use that Lodge
and Mckinley are making Of him Io
rend the heart of the Solid south
but our people who aid them can
neither plead ignorance nor good
intentions when they lend them.
selves to this crusade. They know
better and the people know better"
RMS Is the proper View to ;akc of III,
matter. The men in the South who ar,
aiding Palmer now know his designs
and those who remain under his ban
ner do so with full knowledge of hi.
intentions, and there is no excuse 70,
them.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-24
PERSONALS.

Herbert Spencer, the philosopher. had
terrible struggle 10 gain the ear of the
public ON three occasions he was about
relinquishing all his plans. when he was
led To perseNerc by legacy, which in
each case came just as he was on the
point of despair.
1t Is said that Nine. lola is ANYTHING
but an adm!rer of her husbands literary
style. and that she makes ii boast that
she never reads his novels. Mr. Zola.
with admirable philosophy, rctorts that
he did not marry his wife for her intel
Icct but for her heart.
Mrs Alexander, wife of the Bishop OF
Derry, wrote one hymn which is widely
known and admired. There Is a Green
Hill Far Away" and it is said that the
popularity of this hymn. having the
effect of bringing her husband into no
tce, obtained for him his elevation 10
an Irish deanery lie was made Bishop
in 1851
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-24

OUR MERCHANT aARINE.

The New York Mail and Express in
forms the public that the Republican
platform protests against the "mortify-
ing prostration and almost total collapse
of American shipping. and declares for
Il policy that will restore our merchant
marine" This is good, but why did
not the Republican party pursue 4 poll
cy. when 1t had the opportunity. Of pro-
noting ana advancing the interest of the
merohar: marine instead Of. cr.ppling
il?
While 1t Is true that some little effort
was made to this end during Mr. II lrri-
sons Administration. ii is also true that
in prior Republican adm!nis IA lions no
thing was done To prevent the great
shipping interest of the country from
going 10 decay.
The dcplorablc condition of the mer-
chant marine Of the United States to-
day is more attributable to Republican
legislation than to amy other cause That
ram he named. The Republicans know
that il is purely the result of their
and having seen it's
runou& effects, they make haste 10
declare in their platform for its
rest oration. Having ruined the ser
vic" and brought il 10 the level il oc-
cupieS to-day, the Republican, could
hardly do less than - make an cffor. To
restore It provided they sllrrrei It"
phNcr.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-24

SUITS DISPLAYED IN THE FIFTEEN
io9i.LAR line SCORES OF THE
BEST DRESSED MEN THAT WALK
LIE STREETS OF NORFOLK,
IL HsltTO NEVER KNOWN TO
w FAR ANYTHING ELSE THAN HIGH
tRiCED TAILOR MADE CLOTHES
a. aRE CSEING TIL F.SE EXTRA FINE
SSIIIS WITH EXTREME SATISFAC-
", Mi I'll, PRIDE FOR THE ABILITY TO
~ -, sSTI'rCrE THEIR COSTLY TAILOR
~ NJ ~ LIS WITH GARMENTS THAT
i.oCN, Ffr ,AND WEAR EVERY BIT
~: A. WELL FOR LESS IMAM HALF
I ItiE SSs'ST, ALTERAyIGNS. WHEN
Class SKILLED TAII.oRS. FRi2l: or
ENTSA CHARGE AND POSITl VF.I.Y
NJ - 1T LEAVES THE PREMISES IN.
CtEATE..
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-24

sIHGi,HTLY, STAPLE. GOOD FITTING
AND GOOD WEARING OUTFIT Ar a
MODERATE COST. CANNOT Ar,iSoR6
70 INVEST ONE SINGLE PENNY IN
NEARING APPAREL UNTIL. AN IN
NESTlGNTlON is MADE OF PlJR-
CHASING POWER or y TEN SPOT Ar
THIS STORE THIS SEASON
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-24

Mr.. Mckinley errs in saying that
'pr"te cI.on never closed mill ora fac
Tory. There has never been year
under 81 high tariff when scores and
often hundreds of mills and factories
We're no; smut down