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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
California Theater.

Thomas Keene's second week at the Cal
ifornia Theater will open tomorrow night
with Merchant of Venice" in which he
will be supported by Miss Timbermann as
Portia, Miss Belgrade as Nerissa, and by
the same company that has been seen at
the California during the past week. Mr..
Keene's view of the play differs from most
of the actors of the past, who have made
Shylock an exceedingly tragic and some
what caricatured picture of a grasping
money-Iender. With Mr.. Keene he is an
object of sympathy and not of execration.
Like his Louis XI and Richelieu, it is a
consistent character study.
On Tuesday night Mr.. Keene will play
Richard Ill" which will be repeated also
ON Saturday night. "Richelieu" will be
the bill for Wednesday, Hamlet" for
Thursday, "Othello" for Friday, "Mer-
chant of Venice" for Saturday afternoon
and Louis KIP for the farewell perform
ance on Sunday night.
"The Bicycle Girl" farcical absurdity,
headed by jolly Nellie McHenry, comes to
the California Monday week. The skit is
by Louis Harrison, and shows the new
woman and the coming man on the bicy-
Gle fad. 1t abounds with music, dances
and repartee.
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Young Ladies, Orchestra.

The first benefit concert of the Saturday
Morning Orchestra will be given to-mor-
row evening in Metropolitan Temple. The
musicale will be brilliant society event
and large audienc ce is assured.
The orchestra will be directed by Alfred
RoAcovieri. The gentlemen of the Phil
harmonic Society will give their assistance,
and Miss Caroline II. Little and S. Homer
Henley will be the vocalists. The pro-
gramme is as follows:
Overture, "Semiramide" (Rossinil; (d) Span
ish dance, ~ bolero lMoszkowskD; song (aJ
SHOULD He UpbraId?" (Bishop), (b) Kennst du
das Land?" from "Mignon" (Thomas); (c) 'La
Folletta" Salvatore MarchesD, Miss Caroline
II. Little; paraphTase. melody in F rubin.
iTe2 19nasla 81 annhapser Magner); o.
Graceful Dance tSir Arthur Sullivan); song
"Bedouin Love Song tChadwick), s. Homer
Henley; spring serenade, "Aubade Print taniere'
Uacombe) ballet music from MALTA, (Delibes);
collocation from "Ernani" (Verdi).
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wicked spirits, that the remaks OF west
ern minister recently made from his pulpit
are of unusual interest. This tribute TO
the stage was delivered in the town OF Deca-
ture, H., and the clergyman was the heV'
E. G. Hobbs, the secretary OF the lillnols
Conference and pastor of Grace Methodlst
Church al that place.
AT recent Sunday sermon the Rev. Mr..
Hobbs took "Sousas Band" well-known
to San Franciscans, and soon to be here
again, as the text of his discourse, and
among other things said:
"There is something radically wrong with
the man who does nOtcare for music. w no
is there said Carlyle, that, in logical words,
can express the effect music has upon US
Music is q universal language which all COM
prehend All music belongs to God and should
be used for his glory. The devil has seized
some of the best of it and is using IL ior MS
own purpose, but il does not belong 10 him.
"Have you heard Sousa's band? l heard 1t,
or him, or them, or however you have mind
TO designate the combination. am not sure
but l would best say him. The maestro sald
not word, blew not a note, yet seemed the
soul of it all. With his little stick he seemed
to play on all the pipes and horns and drums.
The music, soft as velvet, sweet as honey
sparkling as the morning dew, seemed to drip
in showers and dash in torrents from his fin
gers. The elfs OF sweet sound would hurry out
and laugh at his beck, run away and hide
in silence at his bidding. With that magic
little wand he seemed with touch to break
the air into a mass OF glittering diamonds and
fling them al the feet OF any VINO would take
them. He made us all rich with the shining
treasures
81 thought learned some lessons from the
band. We would all best su bmit to leadership,
or, if you please, to dictatorship, some times.
The splendid music never would have been
possible if each individual player had not sub
mitted his judgment and tastes TO the leader,
so far as the work in hand was concerned.
Suppose we should all submit as implicitly to
Christ in our religious work. How discords
would be hushed! How the warning OF factions
would ceasel How God would take the single
isolated notes and braid them into the
triuInphal march of a church whose faith
should grasp the conquest of the world, and
whose skill would soon accOmpliSh il"
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Columbia Theater.

Katie Putnam will appear at the Colum-
bia Theater tomorrow night in "The Old
Lime Kiln" which was written for her by
T. c. Dazey and is said to be play well
adapted to her especial style of work
In its general lines "The Old Lime Kiln
resembles in Old Kentucky" and it is
said to permit of the same wide range OF
comedy and pathos that characterized
Katie Putnams work in ''The Old CurIos-
ity Shop" where the widely divergent
characters of the Marchioness and Little
Nell gave full play to her versatility. In
the present day comedy and pathos GO
side by side.
The selection of the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park as the locale of a portion of
the story gives opportunity for unique eff
fects and color designs. Yellowstone Falls
and the geysers, Old Faithful, are two sub
jects that have been scenically treated.
The story of the play springs from the
str ruggles of good man, accused unjustly
of a heinous crime, to re-establish his in
nocence in the sight of the world.
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mand from that which you have given to
shield the officers of rich corporations,
Truth speaks stronger than fiction, ana com
mont is unnecessary. We have some hope That
YOU will redeem your names from the odlum
which the facts cast around you
We urgently request your early action upon
our petition for municipal water and light
works. .o+t,,1l-,
JOHN NJ. REYNOLDS,
j. E. SCOTT,
II. A. CLIFFORD,
J. A. ANTHONY,
Committee on Public Ownership for the Union
for Practical Progress.
The union will bring the matter before
other organizations that are working
toward the public good unless the Super
yisors take some action at an early date
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Groyer,s AIcazar.

"Faust" will be presented at Grover
Alcazar this week. Percy Hunting will
appear as Mephistopheles, part with
which he has long been identified, and
Miss Nina Gleason will play Marguerite.
On the oath inst. the Carleton Opera
Company will begin season at the Alca-
Ear.
Benedicts Lily of Killarney" Sir Julius
Benedict will be remembered as the con-
ductor of the famous Jenny Lind concerts
in America. He was afterward knighted
by Queen Victoria, more particularly as a
reward meritorious for the beautiful music
of this opera. He was the first musician
who enjoyed the distinction of knight
hood.
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Bald win Theater.

The last week of the Tavary Company
begins tomorrow night, when THE
Huguenots" will be presented. This will
be followed on Tuesday night by the first
presentation of "Lohengrin' during the
present stay of the company. "Mignon"
is to be heard at the Wednesday matinee
and the bill for the evening of that day is
Lucia" and "Cavalleria Rusticana. :"
Faust" will be heard for the last time
on Thursday night and "Tannhauser"
on Friday. Thea Dorre in her impersona-
ton OF Carmen will be seen and heard
at the last Saturday matinee, which the
management has decided to give at popu-
lar prices, as well as the Wednesday matt
nee Of this week. The company will bid
adieu on Saturday night with production
of "Trovatore" and II Pagliacci."
The attraction to follow the Tavary
Grand Opera Company at the Baldwin
Theater is Frederick Warde. His players
include in their ranks Charles d. Herman,
Charles Sutton, Beverly W. Turner, H. D.
Byers, Henry G. Barton, Ernest G. Warde,
Grant Forman, John c. Hickey, ]. Ian
ders Stevens, George Fullerton, Fanny
Gillette, Lucia Moore, Craig Garrick and
Isabella Waldron. Mr.. Warde will pre-
sent during his engagement king Lear
"Virginius," Julius Caesar, The
Mountebank " The Lions Mouth" and
other playS.
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The last matinee of the Tavary Grand
Opera Company will he given on Saturday
next, and at SOC, 75c and 81. The bill an
nounced for that day is Carmen"
Robert Mantell is one of the early book
ings at the California Theater, and so is
Peter F. Daley, in 1.-The Night Clerk"
Stuart Robson has captured New York
with his, new play, MRS. Pondeberry' IS
Past"
Miss Virginia Harmed, who retired from
the cast of "Trilby" several. months ago,
has become an heiress through thedeath
OF an aunt, who left her $4,000. Miss
Harmed has gone to Cum berland, Nd,
where the estate is being settled
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At the Orpheum. .

Most of the star feature of the .Orpheum
programme last week will be retained on
the bill for the coming week. They are the
remarkable head balanc ing act of the
Painter Brothers, who astonished the spec
tators by their seemingly reckless, yet
skillfully executed. feats of head equili-
brism; the sketch act of the Garrisons
the songs and monologues of Carroll
Johnson, the comedy work and banjo solos
OF Billy Carter and Stanton's rooster
act.
For the week entered upon the Wiltons
will be an important new feature. They
are acrobatic comedy bar artists and are
considered almost the greatest i'll their
line. One of the two was in San Francisco
about fourteen years ago, when the team
was known as Wilton and Morris.
Rachel Walker Will give her farewell
performance at to-day's matinee, as she is
billed to open at the Orpheum, Los Angeles,
tomorrow night
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the opera demand some pomp and pagean-
try in the scene where. Ramedes returns
home victorious, and the least critical are
tempted to wonder how an Egyptian
general ever conquered Nubia with
a couple, of dozen men dressed as
a historical review of military cos
tunes from the times of the Greeks to the
period OF medieval knighthood. The only
thing that prevented the triumph scene in
aida" from resem bling the march of all
nations in the Excelsior" ballet was the
absence of Tommy Atkins from the pro-
cession.
Even the tinselly old "Huguenots" de-
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/. Grand Opera-Honse.

The attraction for this week at the Grand
is John A. Stevens clever Southern story
''Wife for Wife," which has not been seen
in San Francisco for long time. 1t af-
fords an excellent illustration of life in the
South before the war. All the typical
characters, from the fire. eating dnelist to
the cunning mulatto, are there. The story
is full of movement and has plenty of COM
edy to offset the serious interest.
The production will be the occasion of
the first appearance of the new leading
lady of the company, Miss Essie Tittel,
also the temperance in the male leading
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Tole of the popular actor, Darrell Vinton.
Inc new stage manager. Louis Imh aus, is
TO direct the presentation.
Tivoli Opera-House.


The last performances OF 1.-The Gentle
Savage will be given at the Tivoli Opera
house tnis week.
Weber's, romantic German opera, der
Frelschutz," will be the attraction for the
week following. This is work whose mu-
SIC never clogs Many of the operas of its
age have grown old and hackneyed, but
the ''Freischutz" remains delight to mu-
SIC lovers. It's libretto tells weird story
OF peasant life, which is too we'll known to
need repetition.
Ida Valerga will reappear in the role of
Agatha and the role of Annie will be taken
6y Miss Kate March,, who will make her
nrst temperance on the scene OF her
former success. The role of Max, the
young hunter, has been intrusted to Mar
TIN Pache, who has sung the part most
successfully throughout Germany and
Austria; John J. Rafael will essay the
nasso cantante role of Caspar for the first
time, and the remaining roles will be
played by w. H. West, MARCEL Perron,
george Illidge and c. NanOleOni.
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served better treatment. With good bal
let and handsome mise en- scene, there
is still something i'm posing about Meyer
beers snowy work, but bereft of its gorge
BUSINESS the "Huguenots' is like a banquet
hall when the flowers have faded and the
lights grown dim.
Elenora Duse, the Italian actress. opens
her engagement in New York tomorrow.
This is Duse's second visit to America, and
there seems every prospect that the Pacific
Coast will again be passed over in her tour.
This invidious distinction has not proved
soothing to the Italian residents, who are
naturally anxious to renew acquaintance
with their compatriot since she has
blossomed out into universal fame.
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FOR THE GOLD FIELDS,
Trip to the Mines at Cooks Inlet to
Take Place Early in
April.

Considerable interest is being mantle sted
in the newly discovered gold fields at
Cooks Inlet, Alaska, and number of
mining men have betaken themselves
thither in search of the yellow metal,
which is said to abound in those parts. 1t
is even said that every stream in the re-
gion bears gold, while quartz mines near
by have the name of being exceedingly
rich.
Charles D. Ladd is one of many who
predict great future for the newly opened
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play at the Macdonough Theater, Oak
Sousa's s Band.

Sousa will have three soloists with him
at the Auditorium in this City. They are
Miss Myrtle French soprano; Miss Carrie
Duke, vlolinist, and Arthur Pryor, the
young trombone soloist who created so
much interest here during the Midwinter
Fair by his playing.
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Dramatic Brevities.

Nellie McHenry has new farce en-
titled "Hattie Hurry Nd" which she in
tends to present as we'll as .'The Bicycle
Girl" during her stay at the California.
Those who have read the new play say it
is splendid work and full Of good points.
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JULES AND ELLA GARRISON AT THE oRpHEUM.

mines. He has organized a trip to the
gold ilelds, the party to leave on or about
the 9Th of April in the barkentine Marion.
The fare will be only $50 from this City to
the mouth of Resurrection Creek, at q dis
lance OF less than five miles from the first
claim, Many applications have been made
for tickets.
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Rocky. Valencia Street.

Residents of the Mission district complain
bitterly because the MarketStreet Railway
company managers do not pay more attention
to the paving of Valencia street between the
rails. Under the law the company is required
to keep the street between the rails in proper
repair. but for several months Valencia street
has been neglected, and in several places the
condition is dangerous to vehicles. A petition
has been sent to the Supervisors asking for re-
lief.
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PadareWslIi RecitaIS.

Paderewski's last three recitals at the
California Theater are to take place to-
morrow, Wednesday and Friday. That
the great pianist will appear before
crowded houses on all three occasions goes
without saying.
On Saturday evening Paderewski will
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the object of scathing
criticism. Still rarer
is the occasion when it
happens that such is
used as a text by a
teacher of holy precept.
The clergy are so ac-
customed to calling the
stage and its environs
o task and making the
xell-worn comparisons
between the theater and
+ba abiding plaCe of
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THE Tavary Company's taste i

T HE Tavary Company's taste in
novelties" this year seems to
have run to works that were writ
II ten for big opera-houses and de-
mand costly productions. 1t Is
painful to dwell upon the way in which
these operas have been put on the stage
Guileless rustics on omen night stands may
be willing to split their best gloves APP
plauding mise en- scene which admits
OF a Nubian slave wearing golden locks, a
diamond tiara and a Louis XIV gown
of silver tinsel; but people whose memo
ries of aida" are sacred to good opera
houses want none of these things On the
other hand people who know anything of
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BALDWIN Chanpe of Ri,1.

By request "Tannhauser'' will be given at
the Baldwin Theater next Friday evening in.
stead OF the Bohemian GIRL" and onSatur-
day night there will be double bill, "Trova.
tore'' and "I Pagliacci"
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Rosewald Memorial.

On account of the Paderewski farewell
matinee on the 21st inst, the Rosewald
memorial entertainment will be postponed
till March g.
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the supremacy of her genius. The fn-de-
steele naturalness of her playing would be
revelation to San Francisco playgoers.
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PREACHED ABOUT soUsA's BAND.

Minister Hobbs Drew Some Religious
Arguments From Musical Text.
1t is seldom, if ever, that an amusement
enterprise figures in a sermon, except as
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The Union for Practical Progress
Asks Some Pointed
Questions.
FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
The Reform Organization Wants the
Beard to Place Itself on
Record.

In language which cannot be misunder-
stood the Union for Practical Progress has
requested the Board of Supervisors to ex-
plain why no attention has been paid to
it's petition for special election to decide
whether or not San Francisco shall own its
own water and light works.
The communication was sent to the
board some time ago, and the union has
been waiting patiently for an answer. but
in vain. The committee In charge of the
matter says:
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BECAUSE

His reputation has been established by effect
ing CURES OF CHRONIC DISEASES in MEN
and WOMEN where other physicians of ac-
knowledged ability had failed.
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DOCTOR SWEANY.
WHY

Is DR.. Sweany acknowledged as SAN FRAN
CIsCO'S LEADING and MOST SUCCESSFUL
SPECIALIST?
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FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS.

diseases of the Head, Throat, Lungs, Heart,
Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, disorders of the
Bladder, Rupture and Piles. ALL PRIVATE
DISEASES are permanently cured so that
there will be no relapse in the future.
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THE LADIES'
First Day of the Riding and Driving
Connection

There are few persons who do not ad-
| mire beautiful woman. They are not
averse to going out of their way to see
her, but when she is enshrined upon a
handsome horse they all turn out
So it transpired yesterday, at Agri-
cultural Park, that a stream of visitors
set III at an early hour, and at 10 a. M,
the time set for the ladies' tournament.
the grand stand was well filled and a.
large number Of vehicles secured ad-
vantageous positions in the paddock
The ladies vindicated their claim to
promptness by coming up on time. but
they We're not called before the Judges
until half an hour later However. the
spectators rested easy under the delay
and contented themselves by watching
the ladies disporting themselves on
their prancing steeds.
The equestriennes in Glass /. were
Miss Lizzie e. Ward of Oakland. Miss
Genevieve Henry, Miss Bessie Quarles
and Miss Augustine Du Milieu, all of
Sacramento.
There were two riders In Glass H.
Miss Bessie Gardner and Miss Grace
Farnsworth both of Sacramento.
Miss May Heath of Oak Grove had the
field to herself, with her handsome four
IL hand turnout under CLASS III.
For the most slSillful handling of q
double team (Class IV.) Miss Augustine
Du Milieu and Miss May Heathymade a
sharp competition.
Glass v. (single driving) was repre-
sented by Mrs. e. t. Crone, Mrs. Mary
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AT THE PARK YESTERDAY.
Excellent Races Witnessed by a Large
Crowd Of People.
Close Finishes in Nearly Every
One of the Events-Ladies'
Tournaments.

Not one person Of the many thousands
who attended the races yesterday-un-
less it were some who did not guess the
winners-had any cause to complain Of
the afternoons sport. 1t was certainly
Of high order, and every event was a
''hoss race" in the full sense of the
word. While three out of five favorites
won, the finishes were all close and ex-
citing.
The Elmwood Stable did not have
things it's own way, and Mr.. Boots had
70 be content with second money on In
stigatOr and third, in another race, on
Catherine the Great
Howard S. pulled down the first mon
ey in the two-year-old handicap, five
and one-half furlongs, and Grady, at
3 to /, won the mile handicap for three
year-olds and upward.
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NEW TODAY.
NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
sealed bids, together with plans, specih-
cations strain sheets and working details.
for the construction of a steel or combina-
ton span bridge across the Costumes
River on the lower Stockton road. near
McConnells Station,nott TO exceed two hun
dred and twenty-five feet in length, with
roadway of twenty feet in width, will be
received and opened by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Sacramento County at their
office in Sacramento City, on 1 street, be
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, on MON
DAY. September 2S, 1896, at o'clock p. m.
Each bid must be accompanied by GER
titled check in the sum of twenty-five hun
dred dollars, made payable to the Chair
man of the Board of Supervisors as a
guarantee of good faith. Bidders are re-
ferred to the report Of ]. G. Boyd, the
County Surveyor. The Board reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
By order of said Board.
(Seal.) Attest:
VIM B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
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Same day-Running, for two-year-olds
and upward, one and one-sixteenth miles
NJ. Morris CHI f. Sunrise H., by Salvador
Alice, 96 .......................
p. Archibald's b. h. Articus, by Argyle
Gienlock, 10z ...................
Eloodmore Stables br. &. Two Cheers, by
Three Cheers-Lady Emma, 107~ ~
Ciaudius, Jack Richelieu, Rebellion
Longlady, Mirambo. Malo Diablo. Broad
Billow and Tuxedo also ran
Time .4q3t
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OAK HALL

PARTIES DRIVING DOWN THE
Riverside Road should visit Oak Hall, the
famous road resort now managed by Carl
Munger, whose reputation as a caterer is
unexcelled- His chicken dinners, cold
lunches and fine wines, liquors and cigars
can be served at once or at short notice.
CARL MUNGER,
Oak Hall Lower End of Riverside Drive
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NOTICE TO HUNTERS.

NO SHOOTING OR HUNTING WILL
be allowed on the Rancho Del Paso. Any
violation Of this order will lead to arrest
JOHN MACKhY. SUPERINTENDENT
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AUCTIONS.
AUCTION SALE.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1896. AT
10 a. m. at salesroo.n, VIZ II street, we will
rTwo Pianos Walnut and Oak Sideboards
Wool and Hair Mattresses, complete
BARRIERS Outfit. Stoves and Ranges. Pic
tnres Paintings Horses, Wagons and
Harness. BELL 4 CO., Auctioneers.
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Time-1:15h.

Same day-Running, Sunny Slope Stake
for two-year-old fillies, five furlongs.
G. Roses ch. f. Tea Rose, by imp. Mid
lothianRed Rose, 105 ................
Pueblo Stables ch. f. Dura, by Racine
imp. Berna, 110 Observation-Disclosures.
Elmwood FARMS b. (. Catherine the
Great, by imp. Brutus- Bonnie Jean, 95..
Grandesia and February also ran
Time-l .O2
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KENT BROS, Io17 Third street, for car
riages. buggies, rigs of all kinds at short
notice. TelephoneS-New, 215; Old, 511.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Vehicles-Baker & Hamilton-Hardware.
Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Balm
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
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IF YOU WISH any OF the following
delicacies, you can lind them in the finest
qualities at the Sacramento Market 30S-
lO-12 K street: Salami Sausage, Choice
Mackerel, Smoked Halibut, Smoked Sal
mon, Goldfish, Swiss, Limburger. Brick
Cream, RoQuefort Adam, German Hand,
& Co.
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HODSON. s13 K street. is the baby pho
tographer.
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Same day-Running, the Misses Stake
handicap for three-year-old fillies, sil
furlongs.
G. Roses b. t. Torsina, by Torso-Bertie
w, III
A. B. Spreckels' b. f. Lucille, by S. Sa-
vior-Sardonyx, 90 ..............
M. j. Kelly's ch. f. Mic Nae, by Take No
tice-Picnic, 81 Observation-Disclosures.
Clara Johnson, Cheripe, Coda and Myrtl
HI. also ran.
Il
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CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)
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IF AFFLICTED with Sore Eyes use
DR. ISAAC THOMPSON'S EYE WATER.
Sold at % cents.