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AUCTIONS.

AUCTION SALE-BY ORDER OF JOS.
Dresher Esq, will sell THURSDAY, at 10
o'clock at 1011 Fourteenth street, between
and K, all the we'll kept Furniture in sad
house. consisting of the following: Bed
Lounge, Chiffonier, Ice Chest, Solld
Oak Bedroom Set, Spring and Hair Top
Mattresses, Crockery and Glassware
Range and Fixtures, Carpets and all other
articles in said house. Sale positive. NO
limit j. L. SAUNDERS, Auctoneer.
au4-2t*
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Good TempIar Entertainment.

Sloan Lodge, No. =, Independent
Order of Good Templars, will give an
entertainment this evening at Pythian
Castle. The drama Among the Break
ers' will be presented, with several
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ORDINANCE No. IS.
An Ordinance to Prevent Riding or
Driving Over County Bridge
Faster Than Walk.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
the county of Sacramento do ordain as fol-
lows:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to ride or drive faster than walk
on or over any county bridge.
Section 2 Any person violating the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be guilty Of
a misdemeanor.
Section g. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force fifteen days from and
after it's passage.
Adopted August g. 1897, by the following
vote of the Board of Supervisors of Sacra-
mento County, to wit: Ayes-Dreman, Nc
Iaughlin, Curtis and jenkins. Morrison
abSent.) -
Attest: THOMAS JEN klNS,
Chairman of said Board.
(Seal) w B. HAMILTON,
an4-15t Clerk of said Board.
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ONLY a Chimney Fire.

A defective chimney in a house on
Third street, near @, owned by E. NJ.
Leitch, caused a slight fire yesterday.
1t was soon extinguished by the fire
and the damage was nom
ipal
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Cupid Has Been Active.

The afternoon train for San Fran
cisco yesterday carried hence no less
than three newly wesded couples bent
on honeymoon trips
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The Outflow of Fruit.

Forty-seven carloads represented yes
terdays fruit shipments for the East.
There We're 1872 of peaches. 919 of
plums, 1S34 of pears, 2 of grapes and Il
of nectarines.
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Toni saw Marie down the beach
just now.
Maud-Was she posing?
Tom-No. Exposing-New York
Herald.
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Among the possessions of F. NJ.
Grover, blind Justice of the Peace, of
Topeka, are 100 razors. Although
sightless, he can identify each razor by
the touch, and distinguish the case to
which it belongs.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State of California County of Sacra-
CHARLES ". soMMERs, deceased:
Notice is hereby given that SATUR-
DAY. the 14th day of August 1897. at 10
o'clock a. m of said day, and the court
room of said court, at the County Court
house in the City of Sacramento, County
of Sacramento, and State of California
nave been appointed as the time and place
for proving the will Of said Charles w.
Sommers, deceased, and for hearing the
application of Jane f. Sommers for the
issuance to her of letters testamentary
thereon.
Witness my hand and tine seal of said
court this I'd day of August, 1897.
(SeaI) w. 3. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY b. IT. Gallup, Deputy Clerk.
White & Seymour, Attorney for Pc
titioner. au3-12t
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She-I dreamt of the north pole last
night.
He-Well, that's all the explorers
have done, so far-Yonkers Statesman.
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Herr Oil-Haf you heard dot dog of
mine ate a tape-measure undt died?
Herr Kut-I suppose he died py
inches, NIGHT var?
Herr Oil-Aber nit: he vent oudt in
der alley und die by der yard.-Colum
bia Spectator.
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A Picture Himself.

Blobbs-Why have you stopped get
ting shaved at Bayrum's tonsorial par
lors? 1 haven't seen you there lately.
Slobbs-He doesn't keep the comic
papers on file now, and / like to look at
something funny while being shaved.
Blobbs-But hasn't he a big mirror
opposite each chair?-New York World.
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THE BICYCLE

Has done much toward improving maps
and making them more accurate, and
road maps made for the use of wheel
men are frequently employed now by
compilerS of larger maps because of
their correctness as to detail The cam
vas-back pocket map has been dis
placed to a great extent by a water.
proof map printed ON a material known
as Pergamoid. which has been used
extensively in the French army for map
purposes.
The contributors to the fund Of in
formation which is necessary for the
production Of the map Of new or
unsettled country are the explorers and
travellers. and for that reason the ac-
counts of these men are looked for
eagerly by map-makers. The Arctic
and African explorers, hunters in the
Western mountains of the United States
ard prcspectors in Alaska have given
most valuable information to American
map makers, and in many instances 1t
has BEEN shown that the
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Save money by buying your tea and
coffee of ]. McMorry, 531 III.
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rave done my share of
RATTI 1E,-ELELD NJ PS.


Mr. Cotton said, land have made them
under great difficulties. There can be
no doubt that the Tribune had the
most trustworthy maps during the time
of the Civil War, and as 1 had the good
fortune to make most of them, l like
to refer to them now. l usually re-
ceived my orders for a map toward
evening, and many a time after the
best workman in that line had gone Il
would hurry about and secure four or
five good woodcutters, and these would
sit around the block made of small
sections of lockwood, and on this l
would draw the map from such infor-
nation as had been received from the
seat of war, and with the aid of maps
of that locality which I had on hand.
The men would take each a little block
as it was finished by me, and cut his
part of the map. Then the pieces were
put together, and the next day the
readers of the Tribune" had before
them a map more accurate than any
man could have made who had been
on the spot"
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r. E. GREER & CO
General AuCtiOneerS.
Cash Paid for Household Goods.
Ofice and Salesroom, 1OO4-1O06 st.
Capital Tel. SOC.


REAL ESTATE, STOCK AND HOUSE
Auctioneers, 1915 Fourth street, Highest
cash price paid for Household Goods.
BELL & co. Auctioneers. ct. H. CLARK,
Prop Office-1016 Fourth street.
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CRUDE MAPS

Made by them have been found abso-
lutely correct When county maps were
made and then sold through the coun-
try by the makers some remarkably
good work was done, and the map max
ers of to-day point to the map of Della
ware County made by Jay Gould as
one of the best of its kind.
Maps We're colored by hand in those
days. the map-maker said, "but now
most of the work is done by lftho-
graphy, and the results are more salts
factory. The arrangement of the let
tering on map and the styles Of let
tiers used play important parts, and two
maps equally good otherwise would
have different commercial values. which
would be determined by the lettering. .
New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
The Most Popular Poison,

A medical journal makes the frequency
of suicide by carbelic acid a text for the
insistence that doctors and medical officers
of health should urge the introduction of
a nonpoisonous disinfectant for household
use. An investigation of the tables Of
suicide cases in the United Kingdom
shows that at the present time suicide
with carbolic acid promises to outstrip the
united poisonings by oxalic acid. opium,
laudanum, prussic acid, cyanide of potas.
SUM and strychnine At one time lauda.
mum, morphine and opium were the favor
lite poisons, but now carbolic acid has tax
en- their place, and. according 20 the re-
turns for 1894. the latter caused more than
twice as many suicidal deaths as the three
former combined. In the period 1861 s
the suicides by carbolic acid were 0. % per
cent of all the suicides with poisons; in
1s66-7o they were ] per cent: IN 1915,
s. 50 per cent; in ls76-s0, 2. 90 per cent; in
1875, 1887 FER cent: in 1S66-9O. 1919
per cent. and in 1914. q. OF per cent. It
is doubtful whether this disinfectant ever
would have got such hold on the public
but for two facts-it was practically the
first in the field. and it was cheap.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

after Neff had shipped 100 head Of the
stock to market the confederate pretended
having the animals safely housed to pre-
vent them contracting q contagious dis
ease which then was prevalent ameng the
rest q the drove. When Neff was beyond
the danger line, the confederate disap-
peared and then the theft was discovered.
too late to trace the stock or the thief.
Nef has been known to unhitch teams
from vehicles in the streets and public
places of large cities in daylight Probably
the most audacious incident of his bold
career occurred while he was travelling
through Missouri in the guise of yeter-
mary surgeon. Passing wayside pasture
his eye fell on fine chestnut mare, and
he took a liking TO her He induced the
animal to follow him without rein or hal
ter into the adjacent woods. There he
clipped her almost to the skin, painted
stockings on two of her feet and led her
of to st. Joseph, Mo-, where in the fol-
lowing week he sold her to the original
owner, who did not recognize his own
mare.
Nef was born in Prussia, where he re-
ceived good military education and was
commissioned q lieutenant in the Prussian
army. While he would never consent to
engage in q conversation relating to his
past life, he is said to have deserted the
army in his youth and to have gone to
England. Here his first weakness for horse
stealing became manifest, and he was SEN
fenced to term in the famous Newgate
prison,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

perpetmted. The robbery of the picture
was committed in the following manner:
Worth got UP on the shoulders of
Powell, and by the aid of awning stays
got up to the second story window, hiding
himself behind large signboard when
the fatty cop went by, and when the
coast was clear ali he had to do was to un-
do the window catch with an instrument
made for that purpose. lift the window,
pass into the picture gallery. cut out the
painting nicely from its frame, roll it up
and let it down into Jack's hands, follow
ing after in person after having closed
down the window again as it was before
This is the whole mystery, of which the
newspapers of that time wrote SO much.
Adam Worth is a man slightly under
the medium size. Of rather Jewish appear.
ance and very fond of wearing flashy look.
ing but valuable jewolry. especially q
number of diamond, ruby and emerald
rings on his fingers. His weight is about
100 pounds. He has rather Jewish face,
black hair. black eyes and generally wears
side whiskers. He is what is termed bow
legged. He lives in extravagant style in
house in Piccadilly above the store of
Fordham s. Mason, the celebrated grocers.
He has also country house, where he
now keeps his mistress since his landlord
OF the Piccadilly house objected to his
keeping her there Worth has also a yacht,
employing 90 hands aboard of her. He
has probably $3.50, 600, for since the great
diamond robbery he has made great deal
in purchasing stolen bonds from thieves"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

u.
man Scott was always q cheerful crea-
ture to look at. but nobody Thought of him
as at all an uncommon specimen of his
race Perhaps he isn'tN
He was walking along Commerce street
In Montgomery one afternoon when sud.
denly there was an uproar, and Scott saw
the cause OF it rushing toward him. A
runaway team was coming at breakneck
speed, and right in the track Of the mad
dened horses We're two pretty little chill
dren crossing the street.
Scott is said to have reached the middle
OF the street in one jump. There wasn't
time to make two. The leaping horses
seemed to be absolutely upon the children,
who stood perfectly still dazed Scott gave
one OF them push that sent her out of
reach of danger, but there was not time to
repeat the act. So, swiftly clutchinR the
other child TO his broad breast, no fell for.
ward, bending over her, shielding her
with his body.
In fraction of a second the horses were
upon him, over him with n crash and a
pounding of hoofs The spectators saw
him half rise and then fall weakly back,
the child still clasped in his arms. She
was entirely unhurt, but Scott was pretty
nearly killed.
However. he recovered in a, few weeks
and was substantially rewarded by Mr.. J.
W. Branscomb, the father of the two chill
dren. Then the little folks in the First
Methodist Sunday school, to which the
Branscomb children belonged, got up a
fund, and when Scott was well enough they
gave him reception and also gold watch
bearing the inscription, Court STREET
Sunday School to Scott Brown For His
Heroism, June IL, 1897"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
ton National hank of Boston of some s4so,

ton National hank Of Boston Of some $780,
600 in United States bonds
The perpetrators Of this great robbery
went to Europe, where Worth DISPOSED Of
bis bonds among the bankers in Germany.
Billiard opened an American bar in the
Rue Scribe in Paris under the name Of
Wells; but, having taken to drenking and
gambling, he lost the greater part of his
money and then mortgnged his bar to
Adam Worth, who soon put him ont and
tool. possession himself.
I'm 1877 Worth and St Clair, whose
real naine is Megotti (william) sailed
. from New York in u sailing vessel for
Fort Elizabeth. S,uth Africa, whence they
went to the diamond mines, some 500
miles up the country, where they got on
tc the track of large amount Of dia.
mords which they afterwarl succeeded In
stealing from the postoffice of Port Eliza
beth They brought the stolen diamonds
on TO London. and later Johnny Smith.
alias John &. Wynert opened an Office
as a diamond dealer in High Holborn,
| from where he and Worth sold of the stol
en- gopds mostly tn the very persons who
were their real former owners-that is to
say, TO the dealers to whom they were
originally consigned in London from the
South African diamond mines
Adam Worth is without a doubt the
most successful burglar of the present
time from the poiut of view of the time he
served in Prison. which time does not
amount TO more than two and half years
in his case.
He does not recognize the principle of
honesty among thieves, and he has never
been in II job where he has not taken some
mean advantage of his pals.
"One of the most dishonest acts in that
line is his beating of old Jack Powell, who
was his confederate in the stealing of the
celebrated Gainsborough painting, out of
his part of that picture by informing
Powell that he had sold it for a bag
atelle sum and making Powell accept
ESQ for his part, when at the same time
this painting had never passed out of
Worth s hands and is to this day under
his control. The London police will be
surprised to hear for first time how
and by whom the theft of the above
celebrated painting, worth 5000. was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

the day. and at raost of the public cere-
months a large proportion of the ladies
dressed upon the model which tie paint
ings provided. Suddenly. while the inter
est in the work was at its height it van
ished On the night Of May "a, IS days
after it came into Messrs. Agrew's posses
sion. it was. as usual. left safely at night
in its place on the walls Of tho gallery A
Waterman slept on the premises and was
not disturbed during the night, but at =
o'clock the next morning chisel marks
We're found on the window frame of the
gallery, and the picture had disappeared
1t had been cut from its frame and stolen
The Scotland Yard police were at once
put upon the scent. They failed to make
any discoveries. From time to time Mr.
Agnew received mysterious letters, offer
ing To return the picture for 920O and then
Tor s3Oo. These letters were accompanied
by pieces of the canvas which showed that
the writer evidently had possession of the
long sought works of art but all COM
munieations fell through on account of
the tricky spirit of the correspondent. The
communications were too Garkly yelled to
admit of any inferences being drawn as to
the identity OF the individuals Finally
all communications ceased. The picture
was given up as lost
And now the cable flashes over mysteri-
Gus hints that convict is shortly to be
released from Belgian prison who knows
all about the famous theft and was prob
ably i'm alicated in it, If he were not the
actual principal.
All indications point to the fact that
this convict is Adam Worth, aims Harry
Raymond. who five years ago was betrayed
into the hands of the Belgias police by
man whom lie had himself betrayed
The New York Herald publishes the fol-
lowing statement, which has for some
years been in the hands of New York de-
tective and which is believed to be the
document furnished to the Belgian gov
eminent which secured the Incarceration
Of Worth II is an interesting story and
incidentally clears up the mystery of the
Gainsborough portraits disappearance:
The subject Of this article Adam
Worth. alias Harry Raymond, was born in
the year 1874 in the village Of Cambridge,
near Boston, of Jewish parents who had
immierated from Germany some years be-
fore that time Little lOiam in his early
schooldays was very precocious child. full
of wicked mischief, and already ot that
time he was addicted to making trades
with his schoolfellows in playthings and
various other objects. to his great advan
tage and their disadvantage.
AT the age of II years Worth ran away
from home, leading from that time
vagabond's life in the city Of Boston. In
1861 he came to New York city. and soon
took to the then prevailing business Of
bounty jumping.
"In 1869 Adam Worth, with Charles
Billiard and Ike Marsh. robbed the Boyls-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
ASTOLEN MASTERPIECE
Disappearance of the Famous
Gainsborough Portrait.
THE MYSTERY SOLVED AT LAST.
Light on 8 Robbery That Made . World
vide Sensation Twenty Years Ago-The
Record OF . Cunning Rogue-Betrnyed
by His Pal.

The theft OF Gainsborough s famous por-
trait of Georgiana. duchess of Devonshire,
has been one of the most baflsing in the
annals OF art and of crime 1t was evil
IDENTITY the work of nc ordinary criminal.
for 10 ordinary criminal would care to in :
cumber himself with picture that il was
impossible for him TO sell without detec-
ton. The feat must have been executed
either from a Inischieyous delight in thiev-
Ing for its own sake or from pure love of
art.
The reader will remember the circum-
stances. it was as part of the famous col
lection of MI. Wynn Ellis of London that,
on May 8, 1876, the picture was put up for
auction at Christies S. At this time there
were those who impugned its genuineness
as GaiISbOrough. The style, they main
tanned, was less light and airy than was to
be expected in u genuine example, while
in the righteousness of the figure and
the extreme redness of the lips they found
Ga;Hsborough's characteristic refinement
wanting. There was, however, n marvel
Gus battle for it ar the sale. The then Earl
of Dudley ran it up to e10, 900, but even at
that immense figure could not shake off
the persistent agent of MessIs. Agnew,
who secured the picture fer e10, 100, the
largest price ever paid for a picture at
Christie's
Messrs. Agnew placed it in their galleries
at 80 Bond street on exhibition, and Lon
don was in a furore over the picture II
well nigh monopolized the conversation of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
HE LIKED TO FISH,.
The Sporting Instincts of an Amiable OF
6cer Brought Him to Grief,

The Sporting Instincts Of an Amiable Of
6cer Brought Him to Grief.
A recent occurrence on Lake ST. Clair
illustrates how enthusiasm for the limo.
cent pleasures of this world may unfit n
man for the serious business Of life Robert
Schemansky, a court officer of Detroit, was
sent to arrest George W Flood on q charge
OF bigamy. Flood was known to be fish.
ing on what is known as tho Flats, hav.
Ing sailed out there in % sailhoat Scbe.
mansky took o rowboat and pulled out to
the Flats, where he had no trouble in find.
ing Flood.
The prisoner was very amiable. He in
vited the officer aboard. Then he handily
made sail, and they started back for De.
troit. Flood suggested fishing by trolling
lines from the small boat, and Schemansky
saw no objection. The fish didn't bite at
first, and the two men returned to the
larger boat. Presently big fish got hold
OF one of the lines. Schemansky's sport
ing instincts got the better of him, and he
leaped into the small boat to pull in the
nsh, whereupon Flood promptly cut the
tOwline.
The boat began to drift, and the officer
discovered with alarm that there were no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31


The park for the moment produced con-
dition of mental responsibility, and he
should be discharged. Tho court does not
believe nor will it give judicial sanction
to the contention of the commonwealth.
The relations of man and wife in our civil
society is notice to all the world that no
third parties shall interfere and that the
advances of any one who attempts to wean
the wife or husband are advances made at
the peril of whoever makes them.
1.-The saddest of all cases that come be-
fore courts for trial are those which are the
common result Of interference with the re-
iations OF husband and wife. Human law
ID It's declared portions has decreed ne
adequate punishment for the violator of
the home.
I'm cases where the relation of husband
and wife has produced no offspring it may
he possible for the husband to seek divorce
or damages. No wife yields herself to the
charms OF the despeiler Of homes till he
has wcaned away from her husband that
love which Is the foundation Of the mar
rage relation and without which its per-
manence, SO essential to human happiness,
cannot be secured. When, however, the
shadow of infidelity comes between the
parent and children, it casts over both a
gloom darker than the grave.
1T is in these cases that resort is com.
monty had by the injured husband to de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
A Court of Honor For pue,,....

An attempt Is making in Germany to
establish permanent court of honor be.
fore which all the challenges among Ger.
man students are to he heard. A draft OF
rules to govern this court has been drawn
up by the High School of Engineering in
Berlin, and leading universities have In
dorsed the scheme. The movement has
the sympathy Of many well known fight.
ing men" throughout Germany, who be.
lieve that reform Of this sort Is very bad
~ needed. 1t is admitted by many duel
lists that fully 80 per cent of the challenges
among the students ut the present time
are due to disputes arising when the men
are under the influence of liquor.