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of pioneers outfit in 1S49. The box is
small enough to be turned into waffle.
In it are a small roll of tape, cake of
soap, small white buttons, one threaded
needle and two copper cents. Almost
iostling against it is slate bowl used by
the padres 20 hold holy water.
There are busts and pictures galore.
Ons large picture shows odd features of
the journey over the istnmus. There are
many portraits of well-known pioneers
and views of San Francisco and Sacra-
mento at different times; cases of glitter
ing ores, some samples having more or
less interesting histories. Odds and ends
from the South Seas have space to cling
to, bows and arrows, etc.
Old men haunt the rooms, gray haired
and with other marks of old age visibly
creeping on. They enter through the
office on the first floor, passing other gray
haired men who occupy official positions.
Than they pass along through wide hall,
which is decorated in part with mural
tablet of marble. upon which have been
sculptured the names of all the presidents
of the Society of California Pioneers down
to the present time. They climb slowly
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script. This was the proclamation by
which the United States took possession
of California, and Mr.. Toier attests that it
was written by his hand, at the order of
Commodore Sloat, whose aid he was.
Pianos, like everything else connected
with the early period of California his
tory, seemed to have been built with a
strong constitution. Almost under the
shadow of James Lick's hatbox, which
rests on the top of the Sloat flagstaff Sec
ton before mentioned, is the first piano
that ever came to California. Strange as
it may appear, as a fact, this first piano is
an upright. Steve Massett had it at some
of his entertainments. Along came the
big fire OF 1850. The piano could only be
saved by throwing it to the ground from
a second-story window. Down it went
with a bang, jingling and tinkling out
protest from every note included within
the compass fits eight octaves.
When the piano struck the ground one
of its legs was broken off. 1t ought to
have been a generally broken up music
maker according TO all reasonable ex-
pectation. When it was examined the
discovery was made that, with the excep-
tion of one broken leg, it was all right
The cost of replacing the broken leg with
a new one was $50. After that it resumed
its task of furnishing accompaniments for
the early Californans as they sang 1t
had ups and downs. Open the case to-
day and run your fingers over its time
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ried through several battles in the Civil
War at the head of the First California or
Thirty-second Regiment of New York
Volunteers. Two colonels were killed in
battle in command of this regiment while
yet the battle-fag was In use, these being
Colonel Matheson and Colonel Lemon.
The last colonel of the regiment,
Francis E. Pinte, gave it to
the Pioneers. 1t tioated at NJ anassas,
West Point, Va, Crumpton Gap. An
tietam, Fredericksburg and Salem Height,
Va. The wear of actual service is evident
upon it's tattered folds.
The San Francisco Vigilance Committee
is represented in various parts of the mu-
scum by enduring memorials. The largest
single object that belonged TO that world
famous committee now in the Pioneer
building is the bell, which stands on g
pedestal just beyond the case that shelters
the California Regiment battle-f flag. Mon
uE1ental Fire Company No. owned the
bell. and it was the first one ever erected
in San Francisco. The Vigilance Com
mittee used it in 1856, and to the ears of
offenders it played weird tunes. The
"all-seeing eye" and the seal and police
In another case is very small, old-fash-
ioned clock, not more than the span of a
hand in diameter. This licked out the
minutes at meetings which were full of
tate to certain individuals. Taken to-
gether the bell and the clock are surely
grim reminders of an exciting period and
exciting occurrences.
There is one corner of the museum-a
small jog formed by the junction of a
wire barricade-which would provoke the
enthusiasm of any student of history
Here are gathered piece of the keelson
of the Natalie, the vessel upon which
Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba i;
upon this wooden relic are pieces of the
machinery which went to make up SUIT
ter's mill; above these hangs one of the
saws from that mill.
Crossed in glass case in this same COR
ner are two torches which were presented
by friends in Philadelphia to Pennsyl-
yania Fire Company No. IL Of San Fran
cisco in 1854. Somewhat gorgeous with
silver trimmings the handles proudly
claim TO have been fabricated from the
tree under which William Penn wrote his
memorable treaty with the Indians,
(which was never sworn to and never
broken.n Between the torches and Sut-
ter's ong-disused saw and machinery is
the ouarterboard of the Loo Choo, one oil
the vessels which brought to California a
mart of Stevenson's regiment. g. B.
Mellus. who has charge of the Pioneer
Museum, once worked on the Loo Choo in
Boston as sailmaker.
Mixed in with the historical treasures of
California are other objects, but the
greater part of all is purely Californian.
Two stone chairs of the Incas are there.
Then in a case are two miniature brass
cannons, made from gun which was on
boa of Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar.
General Grants coat. the one which he
wore at the capture OF Vicksburg. is in
evidence. This came from the Dent
family. There would have been many
small cannon balls for the public to have
looked at but, incredible as it may seem,
the public has stolen them. Bulky IRON
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stained ivory keys. and every note will
respond in tune. 1t has about as good
tone as it ever could have possessed. The
sound is practically the same that was
heard half century ago when California
was new.
On the west wall, where it should be, is
the original Bear flag. There are three
bear flags of different dates on the walls.
The original bear is an odd-looking beast.
There is no doubt of the authenticity of
the relic-the original flag. II. L. Ford
will go down TO history as the man who
suggested placing picture of the bear on
the flag. Mrs. John Sears provided the
muslin of which the flag was made. Will
liam Todd agreed to paint it and placed on
star" of the Texas Republic flag. Todd
was equal to painting the star, but when
he came to the bear he produced picto-
rial beast of subdued mien which can be
considered bear only by Doetcal license.
He would never have been suspected OF
being bear without license. There are
two other bear flags of different periods.
One of these has bear standing on its
hind legs. These three flags are spread out
in frames on the side walls. Not far away
from them is flag carried by Walker into
Nicaragua. Over the last named is the
picture OF DR.. Tucker, who gave it to the
Pioneers.
AT least one more flag of historical in
terest is in the collection. This was car
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EASURE HOUSE OF CALIFORNIA; PIONEERS
E,r of
Events, Which in the

up easy flights of stairs, seeing the por-
traits of famous Californians on every
side
When they have reached the third floor
they have no further to climb Many OF
them walk with canes. Mr.. Pinkham, the
m arshal, does not. Neither does Captain
Swasey, who IS as erect and seemingly as
alert as when he first saw San Fran
cisco, fifty-one years ago. Around them
are more M ute records of daring and hero
ism, of wild adv enture, than any other
single society on earth can justly claim
for their own-as appertaining directly to
themselves-in which they were the actors.
Midway of the museum is small gilt
tering particle. Never taken from the
soil, it nevertheless is the counterfeit pre-
sentiment of that which caused thousands
of men to sail ar ound Cape Horn, to jour-
ney over deserts and mountains, to cross
the isthmus and to delve through days
filled with toll and glory in the auriferous
soil of California. A small. plush-coyered
box, with tiny clasp, is beneath the
sparkling trife. 1t is locked up securely
in a showcase. Not of great intrinsic
value, 1t Is still of great value in the eyes
of pioneers, for it is fac-simile of the
first nugget connected with the name of
Marshall, the discoverer of Cali fornia
gold. DAVID H. WALKER.
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mongery was fitted away as easily as a
key of an iron box. Baskets or hand
satchels may have been used. No pocket
short of one lined with leather and
stitched with stout cord could carry away
even small cannon ball. So several per-
sons, tourists or others, have taken part
in lootlng pile OF cannon balls.
The Vigilance Committee badge of 1856
is present only in one specimen. This is
on white ribbon and bears only the fol-
lowing:
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A daguerrotype of Kit Carson, the
famous frontiersman, is near neighbor to
James Lick 8 stone teapot ana the dies
from which money in California were
stamped in the early days. The chain
with which Jasper O'Farrell surveyed San
Francisco in 1874 rests quietly in show
case corner. Most characteristic of all,
perhaps, is a box containing the remains
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To Irrieate the Desert.

Jones-What do you think of that
project of the Enterprise Brewing Com
pany2
Robinson-What is it?
Jones-They propose to establish a
branch in the Desert of Sahara and open
beer saloons at each oasis.-Boston
Courier.
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"WATERMAN," "Swan," "Crown" and 'Lead-
err fountain pens, good for Christmas, at San
born g. Wallis.
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FRANK Acknowledgement.

The New York Sun" is Demo
cratic paper, Independent, however.
of control by any Of the machinery of
the party. In a recent issue, with its
usual frankness and fearlessness, it
said:
| The Republicans have nominated Nc
Kinley, with unanimity not expressed
for any successful new candidate, with
the exception of Fremont, the first Re
publican candidate, in 1856, and Grant,
the third, in 1868. They alone were
nominated for first term on the first
ballot 1t Is a shallow view which
supposes that this extraordinary dem
onstration has been a mere matter of
manipulation and forehandedness in
the minutae Of convention politics.
The average paper would deem such
expression to be bad politics. The party
organ concefveS its course to Lo of ne
cessity one OF assault and defense. It
can never find anything to commend or
significant Of success In anything done
for or by those opposed to the organiZa-
ton the trumpet Of which it blows, and
usually for coin.
There is as broad a distinction be-
tween the party organ and an inde-
pendent paper supporting party as there
is between master and servant. The
Sun" opposed Governor Mckinley s
candidacy; it feared and fought his
nomination. but now that he Is nom
mated it refuses to be blind to the fact
that he was demanded by the people,
and that the demand was the most
general of any expressed in our his
! tory In the matter Of Presidential pre-
ferment save In the two cases men,
toned.
However, we hardly think the Ere
mont incident to be properly consid-
cred in comparison. That was the first
effort of the party to promote a choice
to the Presidency that attracted at
tention Of moment. The issues were
not then fully developed that made the
Republican party what it became. '"The
Pathfinder" was a popular man, but
not because of service as a statesman
he was beloved by the people, but there
were not In that beginning hour many
sons of the party to contest honors witt
him, nor were there behind the party
any successes.
In the present year it was very diff.
lferent Mckinley was demanded not
alone by Republicans but by vast mum
bers of sthe people who have mot af-
lhliated heretofore with the party close
ly or at all. Tht demand was the
outgrowth of desire for that for which
Governor Mckinley so prominently
stands, protection to American work
ers, American industries and Ameri.
can productions. Mckinley was fore
most in the minds of the people, not as
a soldier or hewer Of the way OF
civilization in its Western march, as
In the case Of Fremont, but because o1
his position on a great economic ques-
ton, and because in his career as q
statesman he has been in the forefront
of the protection host
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some folks are the easier they slide
through the world When I was in the
city 1 called ON Harry. / always kinder
liked Harry in spite of his shiftlessness
Well, what do you think? Harry's ed
ftor of a paper down there and they do
say he gets pretty good wages, too.
But, for my part, 1 can't see how
folks can pay a man for doin' jest moth
in at all.
Harry has a nice room full O. books
and things, and a big desk with a big
krinkly kiver that shuts up as cute as
you please when he amt using it, and
there he sets all day as grand as lord,
receiving callers.
Folks are all time comm In to tell
him what's goin' on, and they tell him
what side to take on all kind O. ques-
tions, and what ought to go into the pa
per and what oughtn't; and, more than
that, they bring in stuff already writ
ten-enough in one day. sometimes, to
fill his paper for a week
"And they tell him jest how to run his
paper; so you see he don't have to
bother his head a bit about it.
Il never did see such luck. I told
Harry he ought to bless his stars, for
never did see anybody who got q
livin half so easy.
Harry jest smiled and said: Think
so, Mrs Clovertop? Jest in his quiet
way, you know. Think so,' said T;
Well l should think l did
But, do you know, don't b'lieve he
half appreciate his good fortune.
Some folks, you know, never are sa tis-
fed. d."-Boston Transcript
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Entered at the PostofIlce ut Sacramento
rs second-class matter.
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Conrad Young. artistic photos, 421 ]. 3
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STATE, OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
Sacramento. IS. In the Superior Court, in
and for said county.
The People of the State of California to
JOHN LEECH greeting.
You are hereby notified that an action
was commenced in the Superior Court of
the county of Sacramento, state aforesaid,
by filing n complaint IN the Clerks office
of said court, CT the 9th day of June, 1886
in which action ELLA 3. LEECH is plain
tiff and you are defendant; that the gem
eral nature of the action, as appears from
said compiaint, is as follows TO obtain
n decree divorcing plaintiff from the de-
PENDANT upon the grounds of wiliful neg
Iact to provide for plaintiff and their said
child the common necessaTieS of life, and
for the custody of their child, Josephine,
all of which IS fully set forth in the COM
plaint on file herein, reference to which is
hereby made, and you are hereby directed
to appear and answer said complaint with
in ten days from the service of this writ
exclusive OF tho day OF service, if served
on YOU in said county OF sacramento, and
within thirty days, exclusive of the day
o. service, il served elsewhere: and you
are further notified that unless you SO
alpear and answer within the time above
specified. the plaintiff VIII apply Tor the
relief prayed for.
In witness whereof /, " iiiiam B. HamiI-
ton Clerk of the court aforesaid. do here
unto set my hand and 1iiix The seal cf
said court, tliis 9TH day OF June. A. D.,
1896.
tSeal) W. T. HAMILTON, Clerk
l,y f. 8. Wachhorst, Deputy Clerk.
Holl & Dunn. Attorneys Tor .l2.3tIT
l~S-1t4s4
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spondence on the subject with distin-
guished medical men, and has per-
formed the task of investigating either
personally, or through other physicians,
every case Of hydrophobia reported In
the newspapers of the United States for
the past sixteen years, yet he finds hyd-
rophobia is so rare that he inclines to
the view that there is no such specific
malady, and that he has after sixteen
years labor been unable to find SIN
gle case on record that can be conclu-
sively proved to have resulted from the
bite Of dog, or any other cause.
The letter is unsigned, but it Is in
dorsed by DR.. Parvin, President OF the
National Academy of Medicine, and Dr.
Thomas G. Morton, surgeon of the
Pennsylvania Hospital. The first in
forty-four years practice has not been
able to find case of hydrophobia, and
the other in thirty years practice had
seen but two cases, and in one or these
ARCHAEOLOGICAL examination denied the
certificate of death. DR.. G. K. Mills OF
the University of Pennsylvania has
seen many cases, but not one that was
not to be accounted for from other
causes than the introduction Of spe-
cific mobid virus; a clear case of hyd-
rophobia he had never found. DR.. j.
w. Hearn of jefferson Medical College
indorses the open letter. In twenty
years practice in Philadelphia hospitals
he had never seen a true case Of hydro
phobia, either in man or dog, and he
knows of no physician who has. Dr.
Soils Cohen, Professor in the Phila-
delphia Polytechnic and Lecturer in JEFF
ferson College, indorses the letter. and
DR.. Thomas J. Mays of the Rush Hos
pital member of the American Medical
Association and Professor in the Poly
clinic, concurs and states his belief en-
practically that in twenty five years OF
his practice no true case of hydrophobra
has appeared, but he has known many
people to be frightened into hysterical
conditions in which they involuntarily
reproduced all the supposed symptoms
Of hydrophobia.
Assuming the truth Of the statements
In these printed letters attached to the
pamphlet referred to, the duty of the
press is to inform itself of the accuracy
of the charges, and if found correct, as
we doubt not they are, hereafter re-
frain from publishing any accounts of
hydrophobia In dogs or men, until ply
sicians of undoubted skill have pro-
nounced the disease developed. We are
strongly inclined to believe that the in
stant rush to the conclusion that one
bitten by an angry dog is in danger
Of hydrophobia, does lead the victims
into state of mind that, as the days
Of grace expire, actually produces in
them a state of hysteria that culmi-
mates in their death. This being so, the
duty of the press is very plain, and no
conscientious newspaper man can mis-
AXE If
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Harry's Newspaper Sinecure.

"It beats ALL" exclaimed Mrs. Clover
top, who had just returned from a visit
to the city; sit beats all how some
folks git along in this world. There's
Harry Stavers, for instance. You know
Harry? When he was to home here
he never was no good at real work.
He'd go dawdlin' about all day long,
starin' into a book, and when he WASH t
readin' he'd be scribblin' stuff for the
papers and magazines. 1 never saw the
like of him, and / always said he'd
never amount to nOthin'.
But, law, it does seem as though
the lazier and the good-for- nothinger
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NOTE AND COMMENT.

The Breeder and Sportsman" of San
Francisco has begun a new volume. The
paper is now owned by Laying q
Moore. and they are making it better
than ever. The Breeder is almost in
dIspensable to breeders of livestock,
race -goers and followers of outdoor
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DON'T hide.

If you're making "moonshine" whisky,
Why. keep your secret still;
But II you're in trade, for the cash to b
made,
Proclaim yourself in an ad. displayed.
Like beacon set ca q hill.
Il AW. Bulletin.
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AriStOcratiC.

Don't you think De Garmo has a
very aristocratic hand?'
Il thought so last night when he held
four kings and queen. Detroit Free
Press.
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The morning times., 1896-12-31
JAMAICA FRUIT IN Ion DON.
Experimental Cargo Was Sold in
Presence Of Big Crowd.

Experimental Cargo Was Sold in
Presence OF Big Crowd.
London, Dec. 30.-Garcia. Jacobs K Co.
conducted the sale at the Coyent Garden
Market today Of an experimental cargo OF
Jamaica fruit, which arrivedbythe steamer
Port Victor.
The sale attracted crowds of buyers, both
OF London and from the country Tie
offerings included > 900 boxes of oran nges,
OF which one-third was unsuitable, but the
remainder was OF excellent quality and
averaged from 6s TO los. per hundred
About half Of tie bananas were in bad
condition and realized only from 3s. TO
SIS Il bunch, whereas they ought to have
fetched from los TO 20s. per bunch, had
they been in good order
The steamer Eiderslie also brought a
cargo from Jamaica, but the fruit was
condemned as being unfit for use through
defective cooling on board the ship.
The general opinion as the result Of the
Sale il that there il no doubt as to the
sBccess OF the venture of bringing Jamaica
fruit for sale in the London market, when
a. arrives IN sound condition. About 300
boxes or the Eiicrlie's oranges were found
10 be in sound condition and were sold
at from as sd. TO 17s Sd. per box River
side, California, oranges sold at from / SIS
@ 22S per box, and were adiudged as ex-
ceilcnt i'm condition and quality.
The morning times., 1896-12-31

there is no sympathy whatever bet ween US
regard Senator Gallinger as man OF very
hlgn character. OF great perseverance and
indomitable energy and extraordinary abiI-
ity. Aside from his being a rOck-ribbed Re
publican, know OF no man in public life
| would trust quicker than him"
Representative Grosvenor: My estimate
of him is that he is one of the most indus
trious and able workers of all the members
Of Congress clear headed and wise, Bile to
work and willing to work"
Senator Wilson: "ShouldSenatOrG GalIinger
fail of reelection / should consider it
personal loss to me and to the State Of
Washington, while tine Senate would lose
one of its ablest members"
Senator TiIlman. He has been quite at
tentive to his duties, being in his seat
about as often as any other Senator. He
has created an impression on my mind .
being as capable as the average Of his
fellowmen. Ny impression of him las
been rather favorable than otherwise. Like
all New Englanders and, indeed. all good
Eastern men, he is a strong believer IN
the Puritanical doctrine, The world was
created for the saints and We are the
SAINTS
Senator Mills: HE is man Of tireIess
labor, spotleSS integrity, aTniable in dispo
sition and unwaverrng i'll his fidelity to
his party
Senator Peffer, LAS man, ne is clean.
industrious and kind As a statesman he
has broad views: he is patriotic. rca soma ole,
respectful, a hard Continuous worker,
and ever and always faithful to New Hamp-
shire. The only thing / do not approve
about him is his politics.