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BOXES AND WOOD.

MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS
of Fruit Boxes and Crates. Box Wood for
Co. |. a. RORIE, Manager. 100 Second
street. Tel SO.
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CATHOLIC GOODS.

CRUCTFIXES, STATUES, HOLY water
fonts, prayer books, Bibles, rosary beads,
etc, etc. also candies, tobacco and ci-
BOLD S, 1122 ] street.
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GROCER.

FLOUR, FEED, GRAIN AND Adj
kinds Of groceries and provisions; solo
agent for Fallon Creamery Butter and
Cheese THOMAS LYNN, Fourteenth
and O
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COLLECTORS.

KRIGBAUM & co, COLLECTORS
Office open until p. IN. Capital telephone
$40. 1907 Fourth St. Sacramento. Cal.
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PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

A Wise Child-"Dickie, what do
sou want for your birthday present."
"Oh, papa, get me savings bank that
mamma can't get nickels out OF with
q hairpin.- -Chicago Record
Ardent Lover-"If you could see
my heart. Belinda, you would know how
fondly-" Up-to-date Girl Up. oducing
camera)-sI intend to see it, Hiram.
Sit still, please. Chicago Tribune.
Above the Normal.-Mrs. Boston
as my daughters cold better, doctor?
How did you find her temperature"
Doctor (absently)-"Just above the
freezing point."-Detroit Free Press.
Dear father. we are all well and
happy. The baby has grown ever so
much and has great deal more sense
than he used to have. Hoping the same
of you, 1 remain your daughter, Molly"
--Tit-Bits.
-"Ah! that's a great strain!" ex-
claimed the tenor, who was exercising
his voice in his bedroom. "A great
strain it is" replied his roommate,
ION those who have to listen to it,
Pittsburgh acknowledgement.
Probably Not. = Susy = Say,
suntie. dear, you're an old maid, aren't
your" Aunt Emma (hesitatingly)-
Certainly, Susy; but 1t is moi nice OF
YOU to ask such question Susy-
"Now. don't be vexed, auntie; / know
it isn't your fault. "-Herriedener Laub'
frosch.
81 see." remarked Mrs. Hashcroft
at the breakfast table, that the coffee
crop of Honduras has been seriously
reduced by two unusually dry seasons
"That's odd" replied the Star Boarder;
81 never noticed scarcity of water IL
the coffee" Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
in Advance of the Times.-"Sir,
began the high-browed man with TIL
rolled manuscript, "in me you beholt
man who is in advance OF the age.
Eyes" said the editor. "You are stu
ated somewhere along about next sum
mer, l presume" Next summer!
"Yes. l notice that you left the doc
indianapolis Journal.
DISQUALIFICATION said Mis-
Blykins, what is that in your overcoa
pocket?" 'It's tin horn, Maria.
'.And what have you in your hand?
"a red lantern. have police whist
in my vest pocket and red flag insid
my vest. I'm going to see if | can &c
C. gripman to stop the cable car for me.
Washington Star.
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FILINGS AT FREE SILVER.

The year 1896 promises to be an
era of great discoveries, and even the
silver men may be able to perceive that
the American people have had enough
of their sham ratio.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Silver senator's have reached &
consensus regarding the overwhelming
vote against them in the house. They
pronounce it of no consequence. and
lust an incidental alteration OF mis-
guided legislation. The fact that the
verdict is as fresh from the people az
any vote in congress can be cuts nc
figure with the senate.-St. Louis Globe
Democrats.
"A majority of the representatives
from five southern states are now
against free silver, whereas in 1892 the
silverites controlled the delegations
from every one of the 13 southern
states. In 1892 they had clear ma
jority in 25 state delegations; now they
have majority in only II. though
Utah has come in to help. They havt
lost in the house nine states which
voted with them in 1902. Atlanta ga
| Iaurpel,
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LOUISIANA
IN SCHOOL.


There is a school with teacher STERN
with lessons long and hard TO learn
A school that is found in every cline.
And that keeps in session all the time.
It's omen doors are free to all,
The black and white, the great anu siha"'
And all must go, the bad and good.
For none could shirk 1t II they wouiu'
ARA all must study with weary pain,
Old Old lessons over again.
I,essons of sorrow, of loss and care,
OF hopeless waiting and despair
And forever we cannot choose but look
TIL death shall close lifes lesson-pooh'
And we see at last, with all made plain,
That our weary tasks were not IN VAIN.
Doubtless we give some plying thought,
To those who stand with the STRIFE un
fought.
To those who lift with present pam
Our old, old crosses over again
Who strive as we strove, for gold ana pen
Who learn as we learned, each one FOR MIN
self.
For the school shall be taught In the len
years hence,
BY the same old dame, Experience.
Detroit Free Press.
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went about his business as if nothing
unusual had happened, and as If I'M
mindful of the fact that death for him
was not far distant.
The morning of the day for Folsoms
shooting arrived. A large number OF
men had gathered at the spot to see the
tragedy enacted. 1t was near haw-
thorn thicket in the wilds of the Choc-
taw nation, and fully so horses were
hitched to the bushes around the place
where the shooting was to take place.
The hour set for the execution was
ten o'clock. 1t was near that time, but
Folsom had not yet put in an appear
ance. The man who was to play the
leading part in the tragedy was not
there An incredulous white man, who
did not believe that mans word could
be sufficiently binding to cause him to
come forth voluntarily to be killed, ex-
pressed some doubt as to the con
demned mans coming at all. His re-
marks were overheard by near rela-
tive of young Folsom, who, with eyes
flashing, answered.:
"When Folsom gives his word he
keeps it. You can count on that. Hell.
be here on time"
AS if to prove the truth of the asser-
ton, some one said: HE has come"
just then young Folsom rode up. Dis
mounting, he hitched his horse to n
hawthorn bush, and then, walking up
to the sheriff, announced that he was
ready. lie was permitted to select hh
own executioner, and named his cousin
who was present.
Everything being in readiness, Fol
som took letter from his pocket, tore
off small piece of the envelope, and
then, buttoning mp his coat. pinned this
paper on the outside of his coat i'm
mediately over his heart. This was tn,
target at which his cousin was to fire
With hands clasped behind his back
he stood facing the man he had chose,
to kill him. A sharp report rang GU.
The white paper, with bullet hol
in the center, was stained with blood
and Folsom lay dying. In two minute
life was extinct He was a murderer
but his high sense of honor and Drawer
. almost caused that fact to be forgotten
: His relatives had coffin ready, ant
I the remains OF the young Choctaw wer
r hauled away for burial. The admirin
: spectators mounted their horses an
0 rode away. They had witnessed one @
e the coolest end most businesslik
shooiings that ever occurred anywher'
r whether prompted by the mandates Q
{ law or by the anger of man.r-chicag
Z Record.
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p.mpne.. should Be Avoided.

Dampness in dairy houses should be
studiously avoided. Dampness pro-
duces fungoid growth. not only devel-
oping but increasing organic germs;
and there are, when the conditions are
favorable. countless invisible germs
floating in the air to attack the milk
and spoil it and the butter. Then be-
ware of damp floors. A little lime
scattered around, or placed in box in
the dairy house, will absorb a large
quantity of the moisture. But the first
important step to take is to see to the
drainage; see that it is rs perfect 81
possible. --Fvwers' Review,
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GOLDEN FRUITS.
Tho Bond Sale Severe Blow to Fre'
Silver S0phistry.

The Bond Sale Severe Blow to Free
silver Sophistry.
The overwhelming, astounding, un-
rrecedented, magnificent success OF the
bond sale will accomplish number OF
grand results, of incalculable benefit
to our country.
1t will remove the most potent OF the
sophistries by which plain, honest,
patriotic people have been seduced, in
numerous. instances, to support the
free-silver coinage wiclsedness and fol
ly. That sophistry consists in arguing
that "goldbugs" in this country and
Europe have got a corner on the yellow
metal. The tens of thousands OF bid
ders ready and eager to hand over gold
for bonds have effectua!ly disposed Of
the "goldbug" bogy.
It will smite the free-sifver craze in
another manner, by disproving the as
sertion that there is not gold enough
in existence, or at any rate in this coun
| try, to serve as q standard OF values
The bond bids demonstrate that thcr'
is in this country, in theihands of Amer
| lean citizens who will freely lend it Il
| the government at lessthan the prevail
ing commercial rates OF interest, fiv'
or six times as much gold as is needet
| to maintain the gold standard.
Finally, best of all, beyond all,
will stop the mouths of domestic AM
foreign foes who would have liked t
make 100000 of Americans believ
that the United States could not safel.,
stand up for our country's honor, dig
nifty and well-being when confronte
and affronted by foreign arrogance an
insolence. The offer of $5S,000, 900 i
gold in response to q call sor bids t
take up an issue of 800, ooo. $50 of bond
is an object lesson for those who sa
we are dependent in peace or war o
the will of European money lenders
Boston Advertiser.
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THRIFT AND REPUTATION.
American Prosperity Gives the Lie TO
Cheap Money Arguments.

American Prosperity Gives the Lie to
Cheap Money Arguments.
In 1880, after the resumption Of specie
payments and that convincing demon
gtration that the United States believed
in 100 cents as the standard dollar, the
pumber of savings banks depositors
became 2,335.5s2, and the amount OF the
deposits was 1919, 10G,973. In 1890 the
number of depositors had nearly
doubled. In 021 savings banks 4,2Ss,-
so3 persons had laid up $1,524,s44,5O6.
Last year the number of cayiDgs banks
increased to 1917. The number of de-
positors attained total of 4,S75.5l9.
The total of the deposits, representing
the thrift of American labor, it's self-de-
NAL and it's hopes, is 81, $40, 597.o23.
This self-denial represented 100 cents
TO the dollar. The free silver coinage
advocates declare that the United States
by law should instruct the savings
banks to repudiate one-half of this sum
or 5000, 900, 900, which would be the eff
feet of making a 50-cent silver dollar
the substitute of gold standard OF 10t
cents to the dollar.
Yet there are infatuated people who
think that free silver coinage would be
a blessing to the United States and es
pccially to its intelligent, self-denyine
and thrifty industry.
The savings bank story is conclusive
answer.-Chicago Times-Herald.
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Fr.E SILVER FALsE,nops.
Statements which Arc 1t Variance VIII
the Facts.

Statements which Arc 1t Variance Will
the Facts.
The resolutions adopted by the free
silver conference at Washington, AZ .
platform on which to nominate and vote
for candidates at the next presidential
election, constitute a wordy mass OF
misstatement of the financial situation.
They contain one admission which
probably crcpt in through an over
sight. It is that "the American debtor
pays his Just obligations in an honest
Standard So he does, and ttat is the
standard according 10 which ais obli-
cations were incurred. Practically al
the now current Indebtedness was In.
CURED since the resumption OF gold
payments II years ago. and much the
greater part since the bullion value OF
the silver in the silver dollar fell to less
than so cents. So it is no more than
honest to pay them in dollars each OF
which is worth 100 cents in gold.
But about all the other statements
made in the resolutions are at vari-
ance with the facts. 1t is entirely UNI
true that the paramount issue in the
| United States at the present time is be-
tween the gold standard and the BIZ
metallic standard. The real issue is
between the only practical bimeta.-
lism possible, with silver coins held up
| to parity with monometallism in which
| gold would have no part II the circula
ton. 1t is not true that "the demoneti-
cation of silver in 1879 has cut down
prices nearly so per cent, destroyed
the profits of legitimate industry, in.
iured the producer for the benefit Ct
the non-producer, increased the burden
of the debtor, paralyzed the productive
energies of the American people, or
filled the land with tramps and pau
pers."
| On the contrary, the only fall in
prices which occurred In the 20 years
next following 1873 was due to inven.
tions of labor-saving machinery. to int
provements in the processes OF produc
ton and transportation as measured
!; in units of human labor. 1t is notori
Gus fact that it takes more gold to pay
| a DAYS labor now than it did in1s73 Of
at any time previous to 1873. Meas
ured by the real standard OF values
, which is human labor, gold has lost IL
) purchasing power ever since the Cali
. fornia and Australian gold mines wer
: discovered.
. 1t does not "stand confessed" as a!
' legged, "that the gold standard can onl.
I be upheld by so depicting our pape
: currency as TO force the prices OF on
products below the Asiatic level" TIL
o president has recommended the retire
: ment of the greenbacks, but part OF IT,
v game plan is to encourage the issue
e larger amount of currency than wha
!, would be so retired, the hanks to b
r allowed to issue circulating notes to tn
!. full face value of the bonds issued 10
n retiring grecnbacks. and also for a
e additional ten per cent. on the bond
n now deposited to secure national ban
4 note circulation. The silver monomet,
e lists know this. They are perfectly we
= aware that no influential person hi
X proposed to "deplete our paper GU
II rency," as stated by them.-Chicae
"a, Tribune
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lected by the sheriff was an aged In
dian who mad acted in that capacity
for 40 years and had grown gray in his
CORY work. When he stepped out in
front of the man 10 be shot and drew
his pistol the heartbroken wife wept as
few Indians ever weep. kneeling be-
side her condemned husband, she was
soon clasped in his arms for the last
time in life. The two little children.
without realizing the awful situation,
sobbed and cried most bitterly because
their rother was weeping. and the hus-
band and father, whose impending fate
had not moved him. and who, Indian.
like, had shown no emotion, was forced
to give way to his feelings. No longer
able 10 control himself, his tears min
sled with those of his loved ones. Ii
the few spectators of that scene the
situation was one never to be forgotten
The sheriff was finally forced to teal
the weeping wife from the arms OF he
husband: then. with one last. lingering
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was along the muddy roads through
Poteau bottom, through dense forests
of pecan, walnut and oak. At Scully-
Vile we were joined by the lndiar
sheriff. who is ex-olficio lord high eX-
ecutioner."
1t was about ten o'clock in the morr.'
ing of our second day out when we
visited the Indian courthouse ana Jail,
a rude log structure built on the style
OF most Of the storehouses and better
class of Indian Territory dwellings.
Levi James. the unfortunate man whose
death we were soon to witness, was
seated on bench in the building, with
his weeping wife and two little children
by his side He was full-blooded
Choctaw, about % years of age, with a
fair education. He belonged to one of
the best families of the tribe. He had
killed another Indian while drunk, and
without cause or provocation. His VIC
tim belonged to an influential Choctaw
family, who had prosecuted the case
against James very zealously. Efforts
were made for a communication of SEN
tence, but without success. Family il
fluence might have secured executive
ciemency, but under Indian. laws nc
pardoning power is vested in the CHIEF
or governor of tribe, the courts alone
having the power to impose penalty
or grant pardon.
After sentence of death had beer
passed upon him, the Indian convict
was released upon his own recognizancs
until few days before the time sc,
for his death, when he was placed il
Jail to prepare himself to meet the Grea
Spirit. He had made no effort during
his liberty to flee the country or go OF
the scout" as lodging the officers of thu
law is called in the Indian Territory.
An Indian missionary prayed awhile
in the Jail with the condemned man
and then went his way. James, win
was cripple, was assisted into the opel
woods behind the jail, a blanket wa
spread upon the ground, and he took hi
seat upon it. His wife stood near, he
baby IN her arms, and four-year-ol'
boy by her side. The executioner sc
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EQUINE PATHFINDER.

Remarkable Instinct of Some Quadrupeds
as to the Way Home.
Horses and mules are known by all
who have much experience with them
as famous pathfinders.
A good story of this power in the
horse tribe is told of a mule by John L.
Campbell, of Rockland, Ind. In the
early days of prospecting in Oregon
marty was in the field, and had covered
q very circuitous course, which they de-
pended on a civil engineer to enable
them to retract, should they see any
objects worthy of a revisit. Having de-
cided to return to the home camp by the
must direct route, the engineer, after
calculating ATTITUDES and departures,
pointed out what he believed to be the
correct direction along which they must
proceed to reach the desired point
when night overlook them they found
that they were not at the home camp
as they expected to be, though the eli
gineer assured them that they were not
far away from the desired point, al
though he was quite unable to say IN
which direction it was best to turn.
At this stage of their wanderings the
driver of the team turned one OF the
mules loose, and at once, much to the
discontinue of the engineer and the
amusement of the rest of the party, IL
set off in direction that brought then.
| to the home camp. Now, this mule
| had never before been allowed to waI,-
der in this locality, for fear that IA
would stray and become lost, nor had
it ever before been over the route By
which they had reached the pointwherc
the engineer was at fault. twas after
dark; there was no one at the camp ia
make any noise that its sharp ear'
might detect, and the way was entirely
| unknown to it. How had it ut once
taken the route that would lead te
camp?
A case allied to this happened to me-
in the Blue mountains of Jamaica
where pony that had never before
been in the parish, where / was los
in a tropical storm, took me back to thu
point from which we had started in tL'
morning, and that by much nearer
route, entirely new TO both OF us. While
was aware by the growth of the tree
that we were headed in the right gen
eral direction, it WAS at any time i'm
possible for me to see more than 10
yards ahead. At the time that lef
the main trail and got on what after
ward proved TO be a much shorter cut
it was impossible for me to see any
thing in the binding fury of the cloud
burst. How the pony found its wa,
with SO much satisfaction to itself
it never for an instant appeared to fa'
ter on its course-I was unable to de
, termine. 1t was more than once NJ
!, experience after that, when we ha
any difference of opinion as to the ran
flied ways in those Jamaica hills, tina
the pony's judgment was the best TO de
pend upon, to find the place where
! last had it's fodder. although it was d
,, times annoying when that place wa
: not where / wanted to go.-Populu
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look, she clasped her baby closer to her
bosom, took her little boy by the hand,
and hurried away through the WOODS
to be out of hearing of the fatal shot
The sheriff unbuttoned the coat and
vest of the condemned man, barring his
left breast: then, feeling for the beat
ing heart, he pressed his finger for an
instan. on the spot to give the execu'
tioner a mark at which to shoot. This
done, be held one of James hands while
deputy sheriff held the other. The
old exccutioner sat on stump 20 feet
away. and as soon as the officers
stretched out James arms he raised his
six-shootcr with both hands and in
stantly fired.
His aim was true. The bullet struck
the exact spot indicated by the finger
mark. There was quick jerk, both
hands were torn loose from the grip or
the officers, and stream of blood
spurted from a CHASTITY wound. A few
spasmodic quivers and twitchirgs OF
the muscles and Levi James was dead.
The bullet had passed entirely through
his body, and blood triclSled from
| wound in his back where the bullet had
passed out The old executioner blew
the smoke out of his pistol barrel; then
placing the weapon in its scabbard
walked off as, unconcernedly as if he
had shot tree.
A messenger was dispatched to in
form the waiting wife that all was over
She came back with her children ant
threw herself upon the PROSTATE body
of her husband. weeping most p!aintive
ly. Then, with an affectionate farewell
kiss to the dead, she departed from
the scene, her clothing soiled with TIL
blood of the man she had so faithful.
loved. The dead mans relatives sool
came to claim the body, and took
away for burial.
The old executioner was afterwar'
seen sitting upon rock smoking hi
pine. seemingly indifferent as othe SUI,
roundings.
"Do you always shoot them throug
the hearth 1 asked him.
mo" he said, in -ery good Englisl
''If you shoot man through the hear
he may life four, five or ten minutes
but shoot through the big blood vesss
: above the heart. and cut it in two, the
he will die in a minute"
Another Choctaw execution possesse
of some very interesting features o.
CURED a short time prior tn the on
5 mentioned. Folsom, / think. was tt
name of the victim. He died like
y hero, but there were no such scenes 9
attended the shooting of James. -
Folsom was youth of about 2
! handsome, stalwart and brave. He hs
been released upon parole Immediate
!, after being sentenced to death. He ga'
his word that he would DC on hand
r the time set for his execution, the
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Il Sore

two inches across formed and in walking to
favor it spraincd my ankle. The sore be-
came worse;I could not put my boot on
and / thought should have to give up at
every step. could not get any relief and
had to stop work. / read of cure OF
similar case by Hoods Sarsaparilla and
concluded to try it. Before l had taken all
of two bottles the sore had healed and the
swelling had gone down. My
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TWO INDIAN EXECUTIONS.
Both of the Men Kept Their Word
to Come and Die.

IVERAL years ago
] attended an exc
cution in theChoc
taw Nation 80
miles from Fort
Smith, Ark. A de-
scription Will give
an idea of how the
work is ordinarily
done. 1t was a
cold, dreary De-
cember day when
we left for For'
Smith. Our way
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ScrofuIa

Infests the blood of humanity. 1t
appears in varied forms, but is forced
to yield to Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
purifies and vitalizes the blood and
cures all such diseases. Read this:
"In September, 1894, I made misstep and
injured my ankle. Very soon afterwards