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explanation,

The arrow flies with the wind The top figures
al station indicate maximum temperature for the
days; those underneath it, If any, the amount Of
rainfall, of melted snow in inches and hundredths
during the past twelve hours. Isobars, solid
lines, connect points OF equal air pressure; iso-
therms, or dotted lines, equal tempersture. The
word high" means high barometric pressure and
Is usually accompanied by fair weather; slow"
refers TO low pressure and is usually preceded and
accompanied by cloudy weather and rains. Lows
usually first appear on the Washington coast.
When the pressure is high in the interior and low
along the coast, and the isobars extend north and
south along the coast, rain is probable; but when
the 'low is incIosed with isobars of marked curva
ture rain south of Oregon is improbable. With
"hlgh' in the vicinity of Idaho, and the pressure
falling to the California coast, warmer weather may
be expected in summer and colder weather in win
ter. The reverse of these conditions will produce
te
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BUTTER. CHEESE AND EGGS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. seem to be pretty well es-
tablished for the time being.
CREAMERY-Fancy, ls@lsc; seconds, 17@l71ac
DAIRy-Fancy, 1s@161ac p n; good to choice,
15@l51ac; lower grades, 14c
EAsTERN-NOminal.
CHEESE-Weak, though there Is no particu-
lar stock. Fancy mid new, 11@1l1ac p h:
common TO good, 9(@l0c q h: Cream Cheddar, 129
l21ac: Young America, 11@l2c; Western, 1269
121ac; Eastern, 13d14c.
EGGS-ReceIpts are very heavy and the ten
dency continues downward. Store EGGS 1O0
101ac: ranch Eggs, 1O@llc q dozen, and l2c for
strictly choice.
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

BAGS-Calcutta Grain Bags, June-July delivery,
"a 20; San Quentin. 81 90: Wool Bags 24626c.
COAL-Wellington is quotable at SO p ton: New
Wellington. SIS: Southfield Wellington, 81 so q
ton: Seattle, $5@5 90; Bryant, $5 SO: Coos Bay,
g so; Wallsend, S6 So Scotch. 81 so: Brymbo,
W 90; Cumberland. $l3 SO in bulk and Sis in SKIS; j;
thracite Egg, -; Camel, So; Rock Springs,
Castle Gate and Pleasant Valley, 81 go: Coke
$lO 5O in bulk and S12 50 p ton in sacks
SUGAR-The Western Sugar refinery Company
quotes, terms net cash: Cube, Crushed, Powdered
ana Fine Crushed, all &c: Dry Granulateo, 53sc;
Confectioners' A. 514c: Magnolia a, 434c; Extra
z, 1850: Golden C, Az half-barres, Ac more
than barrels, and boxes 1sc more.
q gal.
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FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFS.

FLOUR-Net cash prices are as follows: Family
extras So 90@4 p bbl; Bakers extras, $3 SO@
80: superfine, So 7b92 S5 . bbl.
CORNMEAI., ETC. - Feed Corn, $20@20 80;
Cracked Corn, S2l g ton.
MILLsTUFFS-Prires in 10fb sacks are as fol-
lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham Flour,
2s4c; Rye Flour, 314c; Rice Flour, 71ac; Corn
meal 234@3c; extra cream do, 312c; Oatmeal,
3s4c Oat Groats, 41ac; Hominy, 4G41ac: Buck
wheat Flour, 4c; Cracked Wheat, 31ac; Farina,
Pearl Barley, 41ac; Split Peas, 4s4c; Green do,
514c - n
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BEANS AND SEEDS.

BEANS-Colored firm. Not much doing in
White descriptions. Bayos, 81 l0@1 20: Small
Whites, 81 25@l 40; Pea 81 4O@l SO q ctl; Large
Whites, 81 1O@l 10; Pink. 90c@S1 20 Reds.
ST. 65@11 90; Blackeye, nominaI Red Kidney,
nominal; Limas 50 25@2 55: Buffers 81 40@1 so.
SEEDS-Brown Mustard, 81 95@2 05; Trieste.
s2G2 20 p ctl; yellow Mustard, 81 4O@l go: Flax,
81 7O(d1 rs: Canary, 314(631ac q h; Alfalfa, 80
&c p 10: Rape. l34@2c p ID; Hemp, 4c p 10.
DRIED PEAS-Sl 25@l 40 y ctl for Niles and
81 25l6l 45 for Green.
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PROVISIONS.

CURED MEATS-Quet and unchanged. Bacon
Is quotable at 61ac . n for heavy, 71sc . 10
for light medium. s1ac p ID for light, 1O1sc for
extra light and l21ac for sugnr-cured; Eastern
sugarcured Hams, 111a@l2c; California HI Hams ms
1O12@1lc; Mess Beef, SO p bbl extra mess DC,
SIS so; family do. SO; extra prime Pork. SO q bbl ;
extra clear, s1s q Dbl: mess, s14 o bbl; Smoked
Beef. 10@1O1ac p h. -
b for compound and SC for pure; pals, S1ac; Cali
fornia tierces. &c fo- compound and SEC for pure
COTToLENE-714c in tierces and &c q ID IN lo-
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HAY AND FEEDSTUFFS.

BRAN-s12@12 so . ton.
MIDDLINGS-$16@l7 p ton for lower grades
and SIT 50@1S 80 2 ton for the best.
FEE Barley, $16@17 p ton;
Oilcake Meal at the MILL $2l q ton: lobbing,
$21 so: Cottonseed Oilcake, $2l.
HAY-Receipts are larger again. Wheat, $S69
II 90: Oat, $S@9 p ton; Wheat and Oat, $S@1I:
Barley, $7@9; Alfalfa. $7@9: Glover. $69o 80;
Compressed. S7@l0 so; Stock, $6@7 q ton.
STRA W-35GbOc = bale.
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POULTRY AND GAME.

POULTRY-Turkeys are lower and dull. Hens
are easier, but no lower. Ducks continue firm,
being very scarce.
Live Turkeys, l21z@14c for Gobblers and l21s
al l4c for Hens; Dressed Turkeys, 10@16c; Geese, y
pair, 81 5O@1 rs; Ducks, $7(9S q doz for old and
81 50@s 30 for young; Hens $4@6 p doz; Roosters
young, SO 5O@7; do old, So 5O@4; Fryers. $50
SO; Broilers, SIS 50@6 for large and $4@15 for
small; Pigeons SO 75@3 y dozen for young and
$2@2 25 for Old
GAME-Hare. 76c@$1; Rabbits. 81 2591 so for
Cottontails and 81 q dozen for small
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SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET.

Wholesale rates for dressed stock from saugh.
terers are follows
BEEF-First quality, 51ac; second quality,
F12@5c; third do 312@D4c p ID.
NEAL-Large, 5a6c: small, 697c p ID.
MUTTON-Wethers, 6@612c; Ewes, b12@Bc
= 10.
Handspring Lamb, 1Oc; yearlings, &c q ID.
PORk-Live Hogs, 414c for large and 41A@
4ssc for small; dressed do, 5@614c b.
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EXCHANGE AND BULLION.
EXPORTS OF PRODUCE.

Exports Of Produce from this port in February
were s2,772, 700, against $l,S7s,OOO in February,
1895. For the first two months of 1895 they were
So 7Os,OOO against $3,64l 900 for the same time
in 1895 OF this years exports Great Britain took
81 4U2, ,OOO Australia 81 07a,3OO, China $417 500.
Japan S632 100, Central America 1927 ,2U0 the
Hawaiian Islands $4469 300 and New York $780,
600.
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B BUILDERS Contracts.

Margaret Clark with 2. Demartinis, to erect q
two-story frame building on the w line of Ninth
avenue, $50 n of Point Lobos: $3.50.
Catherena Mehrtens with James McConahey, TO
erect twostory building on l. line of Second
avenue, 275 S of Clement; $2440.
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PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY

CLEANERS WILL SAIL FROM R.l.
- Broadway wharf. san Francisco Ez.4sH
follows:
For Mary Island, Lorng. Wrangel Juneau. XII
lisnoo ana Sitks (Alaska), al N, March TO- 50.
April IL 29.
For Victoria and Vancouver (B. C.). Port Town
send Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, nacortes and New
Whatcom (Bellingham Bay, Wash.), A. n.
March 5. 10. Is, 20. 25, 30, and every fifth
day thereafter, connecting at Vancouver with
the c. Z. r. r., at Tacoma with y. 2. K. r.,
at Seattle with c. n. Ry. at Port Townsend with
Alaska steamers
For Eureka. Arcata and Fields Landing (Hum-
boldt Bay SIR. Pomona p NJ, March 2, o. ~,
ii. Is. % %, 30 and every fourth day thereafter.
For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cayucos,
Port Hartford (San Luis Obispo), Gaviota, Santa
Barbara Ventura. Hueneme. san Pedro. East san
Pedro Los Angeles) ana Newport, at A. NJ. March
4, =. Il. l6, 20, -, 20, and every fourth day
thereafter.
For San Diego, stopping onI- at Port Hariori
(San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port Los
Angeles, Redondo (Los Angeles) and New IL
A. NJ, March 2, g. 10. IA, 1S, %, 20. 80, aud
every fourth day thereafter.
For Ensenada, san Jose del Cabo. Mazatlan. La
Paz, Altata and Guaynas (Mexco), str. William
ette Valley. 10 a. NJ. 25th of each month.
Ticket office, Palace Hotel, New Montgomery
street
GOODALI. PERKINS q CO., GEM Agents
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DECIDUoUs AND CITRUS FRUITS.

APPLES-S1@l % y box for good to choice, SO
@S5c for common to fair, and 81 50@2 for fancy.
~ f.r fRoaaS-ames d are ID reaucea % supply
75c@$1 rs q box for Seedlings: 81 5O@2 rs
p box for Navels and So 1892 80 for Malta Bloods:
frozen stock goes down to nothing; Lemons, $l0
so for common and $2@2 so for good 10 choice:
Mexican Lines, 5000 5O California Lines, 75c
p box: Bananas, 81 25@2 So p bunch Pineapples,
$2@5 q dozen.
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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

Reported damage to Prune crop.
Silver unchanged.
Wheat very dull.
Other cereals as before.
Larger receipts OF Hay.
Feedstuffs unchanged.
Colored Beans firm.
Good Potatoes and Onions firm.
No further decline in Butter.
Cheese and Eggs weak.
Turkeys lower. Ducks higher
Oranges better cleaned up.
LINES in reduced supply.
Provisions quiet.
Asparagus lower.
Increased exports from this port.
Wool very dull.
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. NEW YORK STOCKS.
Bonds, Exchange, Money and Railroad
Shares.

Money on call has been easy at 3G31ay; last
loan at 32 and closing offered at 81. Prime mer-
camille paper, 5@5 12%. Bar silver, $3.50. Mexican
dollars o5@557sc. sterling exchange is easier.
with actual business IN BANKERS bills at 81 S6s4
for GU days and 81 S7s4 for demand. Posted rates.
"a s71sG4 SS1a Commercial bills. S4 S6d4 S614-
Goyernment bonds steady; State bonds quiet; raI-
ROAD bonds firm. Silver at the board was dull.
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ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.

CLEANERS LEAVE AspINwALL AE4h
- fortnightly for the West indies ana ss1s.ee
fsoutbam1ton calling en- route at CerpourSh
France, and Plymouth TO land passengers. with ,,.
Through bills of lading, in connection WIN .ns
pscjf;c Mall s. s Co. issued for freight ana treas
ure to direct ports In England and Germany.
Through tickets from San Francisco 10 1
elaaa. So1 30. For further particulars apply 70
PARROTT 4 CO., Agents.
800 California st
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exactly at noon today. e.. at noon Of the lZVen
meridian or exactly at T. M Greenwich time.
A. f. FECHrELER,
Lieutenant u. S. N. in charge.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.
WHEAT IN LIvERPooL.

WHEAT IN LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, ENG, March l2.-The spot market
is dull at IS 7d@bs Sd. Cargoes steadIer at 28s Sd
arrived.
FUTURES.
The Produce Exchange cable gives the following
Liverpool quotations for No. 2 Red Winter: March,
5s 5s4d; April. IS 53zd; May. 5s I'd; June, 5s
534d; July, bs 53zd.
SECURITIES.
LONDON, ENG, March 12.-Consols. 1O9 1b-16;
silver, 81 7-16d; French Rentes, 1927 771Ac.
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bright and S@9c q n for lower grades; water
white extracted 560biac p ID; light amber ex-
tracted, 414@4slc: dark amber, DC: dark, 2@3c
BEESWAX-l4G27c 2, h.
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NoTE-In the ABOVE exposition Of the tides the
early morning tides given in the left hand
column, and the successive tides Of the day in the
order OF occurrence As to time The second time
column gives the second tide OF the day, the third
time column the third tide, and the last or right
hand column gives the last tide Of the day, except
when there are but three tides, sometimes
occurs The heights given are additions to the
soundings on the United States Coast Survey
charts. except when a minus sign (-) precedes the
height, and then the number given Is subtractive
nom the depth given by ihe charta
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OF, INTERIOR PRODUCE.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
NEW wEsTERN HOTEI.

|.
] Jones, Sacramento
X McCollie, Colfax
j Threfer, Cal
Miss Byrn, Cal
L Y Goodman, Japan
BALDWI
] H Roberts, Sacto
q NJ Smith, \ Y
j A Chase, San lose
> Hauser, Salinas
] h Pitts, st Louis
S II Fielding & W, n Y
j p Seymour. Chicago
NJ Lawrence, Arcadia
w NJ ketchum, Chicago
] A Keys, Suisun
NJ Z STEIN, Stockton
q + Bonner, n Y
+ V Jones, Chicago
LICK
III n Baggs, Stockton
X + Allen. Oakland
w A Sch warzkopf. n Y
L & Sanford d W. ) Clara
q Heuter, Alma
G. A Boehine. stockton
Z $ Bailey, Napa
l. NJ X aiser, = Il Obispo
i Alexander, sacto
NJ Bates, Nevada City
b A Washb bourne d w,Or
Mrs l. Poulton, Cal
ID Green. Columbus, .
G + Evans, Seattle
w X Coburn, Sacto
Mrs S w Boice, .Lathrop
X b Purvis, Modesto
ID b Hunt, Redding
RUSS
w s Stone & W, Yreka
L W Broback, Ukiah
w Williams x W. Pleastr
G Smith, Watsonville
j McMenamen, New Zea
Mrs Stone, Sacto
A II Fredson, Tres Pinos
S Gayer. Monument
ID Wilson, n ) w
+ Rail, Texas
+ b Granger&w, Alvrado
b Witt, New Zealand
j NJ Van Nest, Chicago
w Cory, San Jose
+ S Wilcox, Oakland
w Curtis d W, n Y
A Baden, Redwood
II + Spencer, San Jose
X o Rockwell, Irvingtor
Capt Coffin, New Bedford
Capt Devoll, n Bedford
{ ID Durham, San Jose
IL II Elter, Princeton
GRAND
Miss NV Pierce, Auburr
w & Hall, Sacto
X Heating. Cal
+ b Jones, Angels Camp
l. II Johnson, n Y
II w Hall, Los Angeles
Mason Hamlin. Lodi
L h Jackson, Boston
Geo l. Payne, San Jose
X s Hoge, Bakersfield
Miss Ida Oldham. Sanger
Otto Gownsky, Stockton
FEAdams&w, San Lucas
Z II Peters & w, Carson
+ + Harlow. Stockton
Mrs ii Beckwith, Micn
MrsA Dickey.fm d Moins
Z + Severance, Alameda
Mrs j Il Gore, Victoria
J II Hodge. Cal
Chas Franeee, Salinas
J A Hurlburt, Los Ang
w A Hayne Jr, S Brbars
Z S Gilligau, n Y
M + Dun, Menlo Park
DIR L Flint, San Juan
r. 9 Barrett. Colusa
J Il Murphy, Stockton
III w Burkhart, Sacto
j j Smith, stockton
Miss Mccall, Oakland
PALACE
F B Lippman, n Y
G A Kornberg, Butte
j b Grace, New York
] w Prosser, Davenport
w G. Hall, Sacramento
+ n Meyers, Los Angeles
S + Martin, Oakland
+ w Swanton, Santa Cruz
j II Shaw, Conn
Mrs X S Beebe, Stanford
Mr. & Mrs l. Schloss, Pa
S Long, Philadelphia
V T Perseus, Chicago
Mrs Mcneil, Santa Cruz
A Mcpherson, Portland
q Pardo, New York
HI F Dayton, Quincy
& Il Christie, Chicago
q Coblens, n Y
l. r Wing, Chicago
Y Murton, Japan
Mrs Seipp, Chicago
Miss Seipp, Chicago
c Bull d W, Chicago
G w Yen IL w, Mans City
Miss Thornton. Mo
g Wellcomb d ", Mass
X Wylfe u W, Baltimore
9 X McGaw, Baltimore
Mrs McGaw, Baltimore
Misses McGaw, BaItimor,
Jas Collins, st Louis
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THE CALL CALENDAR.

MARCH, 1896.
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Per RIval-Erlanger Galinger: Chas Bach
Per Gipsy-Standard Oil Co: Norton Teller IL Co:
Cal Bottling Co: Brigham. Hoppe & Co; California
WINE Association; l. Sresovich Il Co; H Dutard:
Jackson: Thomas Loughran: Dairymen's Union;
Hammond q Brod; Uiiis Bros: Herman Joost; +
H Sheldon; Goldberg, Bowen & Co; Arctic Oil
Works; g Ruhl & Co: Geo H Tay q Co: Taylor
& Spotswood: II Cowell & Co: ] Kessing.
Per Alameda d Spreckes & Bros Co; g Her
mann; Norton Tanning Co; Parke Lacy d Co;
The Willamette Paper & Pulp Co: Balfour, Guth-
rie q co; Redington & Co; Ward. King & Co; L
Austin; s Hooper; Merten, Mau & Co; En-.
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CRIPPLE CREEK AFFAIRS.

The whole truth with regard to the Grip
pie Creek mining boom is now coming to
light, and it will be found very instructive
when compared with the gold-mining in
dustry of California. A very important
circumstance has been recently developed
the newcomers at Cripple Creek are dying
of pneumonia at the average rate of one
day. This might have been expected in
place having an elevation above the sea
equal to that of Bodie.
Geological considerations are equally
important. All the mines from which ore
is being taken are as yet shallow, the deep
est being only 900 feet. Experience has
shown thus far that the deeper the work
ing the poorer the ore. The opposite con-
dition prevails in California. Within the
last few years numerous mines in the
mother lode which had been abandoned
as worked out have been reopened and the
shafts sunk deeper, with the result that far
richer ores than were ever taken from
them before are encountered. Many of
the Cripple Creek mines which yielded
rich ore on the surface and were floated at
fabulous prices are rapidly retrograding
with deeper sinking. The trouble seems
to be, not that the gold area is small, for
in fact it is about eleven miles long and
six wide, but that there is a remarkable
diffusion of the metal. Even the plutonic
rocks, mostly granite, carry gold running
from trace to So a ton; but of course
this cannot be shipped out and profita bly,
worked. in California, on the other hand,
one of the ordinary expectations of the
miner is to encounter at any moment an
excessively rich body of ore.
Most of the work in Cripple Creek is be-
ing done by "rustlers" whose busi-
ness is to boom mines and float the stock
That this is so may be inferred from these
facts: The actual output in 1895 was only
So, $50, 600, and the expectation for the cur
rent year is merely double that amount.
The production per capita in the district is
less than $500 a year. About $50 claims
are shipping ore of content less than $25,
and 100 less than $15-"shipping at
loss," it is declared by the New York
Tribune Sin order to bear the reputation
of being producers" The average depth
of shipping mines is less than 250 feet.
About twelve mines are paying 30 per cent
profit and four are paying 400 per cent. 1t
is carefully estimated that even rated as
CANDLES" considering location, patented
area, management, capitalization and
present location, probably one-third of all
mines are not worth the prices being paid.
The whole situation in California is en-
tirely different. The boomer and manipu-
lator are unknown. There is no excite
ment whatever and hundreds Of mines can
be bought for fraction of their value
from owners who have not the capital to
develop them. Better than all that, we
have but recently learned that the gold
store is practically inexhaustible, by rea-
son of the fact that the deeper the work
ings are pushed the richer the ore.
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PERSON AL.

Mayor H. NJ. Baggs of Stockton is at the Lick.
Louis d. Williams of Montana is at the Russ.
Frank J. Wilson, an attorney of Nevada City,
is in town.
James Shields of Montana is among recent
arrivals here.
DR.. P. ]. Conran of Volcano, Amador County,
is at the Cosmopolitan.
DR.. q. T. Magll of Healdsburg is in the City ;
accompanied by Mrs. Magil.
Charles Atwood and family of Yuma are
registered at the Cos mopolitan.
Hon. John Emery. railroad man of Par
sons, Kans., is at the Cosmopolitan.
D. C. Lane of Pomona, who has been mining
for some time in Death Valley, is in the City.
Miss Mollie Barre and Miss Nellie Douglas, of
Pacific Grove, who are en- route East, are guests
at the Cosmopolitan.
]. C. Tupner, general superintendent of the
logging camps of the Sierra Lumber Company,
Red Bluff, is in town.
Alexander Dey of England was among the
arrivals on the steamer Colon from Panama
yesterday, and is at the Occidental
E. C. Smith. the banker of Pacific Grove, ar
rived here yesterday, accompanied by Miss
Smith, whom he was seeing off on a visit to the
East.
Controller e. C. Colgan of Sacramento is at
the Lick. He has just come from Paso Robles,
where his family has been residing for some
months past.
Colonel C. +. Crocker will take the Baron
and Baroness Won Hengelmuller and party
of friends in Il special train to Del Monte to-
day. They will leave Fourth and Townsend
streets at 10 O'Clock. They will remain till the
last of the week
Wager Bradford, accompanied by his bride,
left San Francisco for Pretoria, South Africa,
Saturday night, where he will develop some
rich claims which he has purchased. He
poets to be absent about five years. The newly
married couple went from here 10 New Or
Jeans, and thence will proceed on their jour
ney via New York and Liverpool to Cape Town.
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TYPICAL PROSPERITY.

The rapid progress which Grass Valley
has been making lately is fairly indicative
of the condition prevailing in all the
quartz-mining sections of California, and
it represents the good results issuing from
renewed activity in the mining industry.
This has been brought about partly by the
discovery that the value of the old mines
had never been fully appreciated and
partly by the introduction of electricity as
a motive power. Naturally satisfactory
results in working the old mines has led to
developing new properties, and so whole
some stimulation is proceeding all along
the line.
Grass Valley has an ideal situation. As
its name indicates it is valley covered
with grass, and this in turn mea ms abund-
ant water and excellent fruit lands. Its
population of 5000 souls would fail to
furnish material for stories of tie Bret
Harte order, as prosperity. wealth and re-
finement characterize the people. The
source of all this comfort is the gold of the
mines, and as that is but in the beginning
of its development the future of the valley
is exceedingly bright.
1t is proper to call atten ton to these
refining accompaniments of great in
dustry for the reason that they indicate
condition of affairs that does not apper-
tain to gold-mining districts in other parts
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AN INTERESTING RUMOR.

1t will be some time vet before the news
of Nansen's alleged discovery of the north
pole can be confirmed, and meanwhile we
are treated to an interesting speculation
on the probabilities of the discovery hav-
ing been made not by Nansen, but by John
NJ. Verhoeff, an American lad born at
Louisville of Dutch parents and for lon,
time a resident Of San Francisco. Ver-
hoeff had mania for Arctic exploration,
and by reason of his liberal financial as
sistance to the Peary expedition of 1891 he
was made a member OF the Pearv party
and given the position of mineralogist.
So much for the preliminaries. Now
comes the story proper:
Verhoeff had good scientific education,
an iron constitution and an Unsuitable
thirst for Arctic knowledge. On the Peary
expedition he Systematically Injured him.
self to the hardships of the far northern
climate, hobnobbed on all possible occa-
sions with the Esquimaux. learned to eat
their repulsive food and exhibited yelled
disinclination to return with Peary. In
August, 1892, a week before Peary was to
start on the return trip, Verhoeff asked
and was granted permission to make a
further study of the geology of region in
the vicinity. Singularly enough he took
an unnecessary quantity of clothing and
food and all his instruments, and when he
failed to return on time a search party was
hastily organized to find him. They fol-
lowed trail which they took to be his,
and it led them up a glazier to enormous
crevices. Thinking that he had fallen
into one and lost his life they returned
and the report was sent out that the
young man was dead.
His relatives, after a study of the evil
the young man had deserted, deliberately
leaving presumptive evidence of his death,
and that he had struck out on his own ac-
count, assisted by the natives, to discover
the pole. They assume that he has sue
ceeded and is working his way back, and
that the news of the discovery comes from
him and not from Nansen The case GER
tainly is full of interest and presents no
element of the incredible. 1t is even pos
sible that Verhoeff may have fallen in
with Nansen either before or after the dis
covery of the pole, that he or Nansen sepa-
rately or together made the discovery, and
that they are returning together. Time
will solve all these questions.
AS Verhoeff was an educated man and a
member of party of polar discovery it is
rational to assume that he had sufficient
knowledge to determine the pole if he
should find it. The news with regard to
the instruments which he is said to have
taken is too vague to be instructive, but as
the needful instruments in such miner
illogical work as he likely did might have
been very few, and as he might have done
without any at all for that purpose, he
may be assumed to have taken astronom-
ical instruments instead. The whole sub
ject is of great interest by reason of the
credit attaching to the discovery, if it has
been made