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When Making Calls.

If a lady driving with a friend stops
to pay visits en- route, she will not take
her friend into the house where she
goes to call unless she is a young lady
not paying calls on her own RESPONSE
biiity or unless there is some special
reason for making her and the hostess
acquainted. Husbands do not often
accompany their wives in calling,
though there is no reason why they
should not do so if they feel inclined.
Sunday calling has an etiquette Of its
own. IT is not at all correct to pay
ceremonious visits on that day and
first calls should never be made. Init
mate friends constantly call on Sun
day, when the hours are from to 6.
But for a mere acquaintance to call
on Sunday would be nothing short of a
liberty and would properly be looked
on as such, unless he or she had been
specially invited to do so.
If lady should be dressing to go out
or expecting the carriage to take her
somewhere where she has an engage
ment the servant should mention the
fact to callers. If their desire to see
her, even for a moment or two, is very
great they may come in for short call
on hearing such an intimation, but
should leave as soon as possible. It
is, however. more considerate not to
enter under such circumstances, but
merely TO leave cards.
1t sometimes happens that lady is
acquainted only with the daughters Of
the house and not with their mother.
In that case her first call should be
made on the daughters. who would in
troduce her to their mother, if she were
at home II she We're not card would
be left for her and she would return
the call in person. Frequently when a
mother is elderly or an invalid her
daughters have to make her calls for
her.
When a call is made on the hostess
.day at home'' no card is sent in. In
leaving the caller puts on the hall tray
her card and one of her husbands for
the hostess and each gentleman in the
house. Only in making a business call
is it necessary for woman to send in
her card or when she calls some time
other than the hostess regular day for
receiving.
It is usual to inform a servant before
calling hours whether the mistress Of
the house will be at home to visitors
that day or not. The formula, Not
at home," is so well understood in So
ciety to mean mot receiving visitors,
that it is not taken to mean "out of
the house." But as servants are some
times ignorant of this fact and have
scruples about uttering statement
which appears to them untruthful it is
as well to explain the matter or see that
they understand it.-Chicago News.
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THE ELDER SAILS.
Explosive Sea Shells.

Walking along the beach on Mobile
Bay, young woman, relative OF the
writer, picked up a handful of little
shells, left by the tide, and among
them several shells of a small marine
''snail' the largest of which was prob
ably a half-inch in diameter and the
smallest some three-eighths of an inch.
She dropped them into her pocket and
forgot all about them until several days
afterward when an unpleasant odor
in her wardrobe attracted her attention
to them On taking them out of the
pocket some fell on the floor, and in
recovering them she placed her foot
on one. The act was followed by an
explosion, quite sharp, and loud enough
to be heard all over the floor on which
her room is. Astonfshed, she conclud-
ed to try another, and the same result
followed The shells were then brought
to the writer who on examination
found the mouth of each firmly closed
by a membrane of greater or less thick
ness. formed by the drying Of the ami
NAL slime. This had probably occurred
soon after removal from the moisture
of the beach, and the little inhabitant
of the shell dying, the gases of decom-
position had quite filled its internal
space. On exerting a little pressure by
squeezing the shell between two blocks
of wood quite a loud explosion was
produced. the fragments of the shell
being thrown several feet. Subsequent
ly on trying the experiment, out of a
dozen shells only two failed to explode.
The conditions most favorable to
success in making the experiment seem
to be removal from the beach in very
hot, dry weather, which causes the
slime to be exuded in greater quantity
than usual and dries it up rapidly as
it exudeS.-National Druggist
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COMMENT BY THE WAY.

An Ursuline nun at Boulogne, whose
hundredth birthday is to be celebrated,
entered her convent eighty years ago,
and has never set foot out or IL since.
When Emperor William threw away
the butt of a cigarette at the recent
German military maneuvers a crowd or
peasants scrambled for it, and the one
who secured it sold 1t to an English
man fer to.
Tn Arizona there is a town where.
because of the aridty of the region
and the dryness of the climate, water
is sold. Deddled on the streets like milk.
and carried from house to house IN
canvas sacks on the backs of burros
or pack mules.
Rev. T. H. Leavitt, North Carolina
evangelist, while conducting revival
at Richmond saw two young women
smiling during service Walking down
the aisle to where they were, he knelt
and prayed that they would die i'm
mediately and go to hell.
Mrs. Martha NJ. Kicker of New
Hampshire. attorney-at-law, politician,
commissioner. and examiner in chan
cery. has announced herself a candi-
date for Congress from the First Con-
gressional district of her State.
The Atlanta Constitution" tells of an
entirely new phenomenon. The story
is that rain has been falling heavily
and necessarily for four days from a
clear sky on a small spot between two
trees in the Rose Hill Cemetery at
Macon. 1t is said that Union soldiers
were formerly buried at that precise
spot
Paving blocks made of meadow
grass are now manufactured. 1t is inn
pregnated with oil, tar, and rosin,
pressed into blocks and then bound
with iron straps. The advantage claim
ed for these blocks is that they are
noise!ess and elastic, resist wear We'll,
and are impervious to heat and cold.
The inventor is a clergyman.
1t is now said that women's hair is
becoming more beautiful in color every
year, and is also growing thicker and
longer. This is said to be due to the
small light bonnets that women wear.
Certain it is that air and sunshine
improve the color and texture of the
hair. Sun bleaches the hair, and We
netian beauties always dried their rud-
dy locks in the sun, thereby getting
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Will Again be Argued Before the
Supreme Court.
Condemned Mans Attorneys File a Petl-
tion for a Writ Of Probable Cause.
One Man Killed and Another SUI
fers the Loss of Hand by the
Premature Explosion of a Giant
Powder Cartridge at Formers
Mine in the Foothills Back OF
Fresno.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-Theo-
dore Durrant's lawyers made two
moves IN the interest Of their client to-
day. the first being the settlement OF
the bill of exceptions on appeal from
The death sentence imposed by Judge
Bahrs OF the Superior Court, and the
second was the filing of a petition in the
Supreme Court for a writ of probable
cause, which, if granted, will have the
effect of postponing the execution be-
yond the 7th Of next month
The defendant contends that the court
exceeded its jurisdiction in sentencing
the defendant, on December 10Th, TO
death ON the 9TH of January-tWenty-
three days after-for section 12l| OF
the Penal Code states that the sentence
of death must be carried out not within
sixty days nor more than ninety days
from the time of sentencing.
The Attorney-G General maintains that
this provision has application only to
the original sentence of the prisoner,
and does not have reference to the re-
sentence after affirmation of the ap-
peal by the Supreme Court.
Ex-Attorney-General A. l.. Hart has
been called into the case especially TO
argue the points upon which the appll-
cation is based. He is supposed to have
had much experience with the law in
this particular regard, and upon the
suggestion of defendants attorneys he
readily consented to act.
The argument upon the application
had been set for , o'clock this afternoon
but through a misunderstanding OF
General Dickinson, leading counsel, who
thought it was to be heard tomorrow,
a postponement was granted until
that time Mr.. Boardman went before
the Supreme Court this afternoon and
asked the postponement.
William A Durrant said this after
noon that a big surprise was in store
for the prosecution, and that 1t would
be known tomorrow when the con-
tempt proceedings in the case of Juror
Smyth came up. He remarked: 1T
took Mrs. Durrant two years to get the
evidence of Smyth's conduct"
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ACCIDENT NEAR FRESNO.
An Old-Time Miner Killed by the
Explosion of Giant Powder.

FRESNO. Dec. 27.-Word was re-
Ceived this afternoon that Edward
Lloyd. an old-time miner of this county,
was killed yesterday evening at mis-
mine in the foothills back of here The
mine, known as the Confidence, is a val
uable one, and Lloyd recently refused
81 500 for il. He has been working it
himself. and yesterday while he and
his workmen We're at work a giant
powder cartridge exploded premature
ly, killing Lloyd and blowing off the
hand of John Malo, one of the work
men. Lloyd had mined in this county
for twenty-seven years.
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dy this evening, Miss Nancy Browdy,
aged 36, was burned to death, and the
mother, aged 76. was so badly burned
that she cannot survive the night.
Miss Browdy, who came here about
month ago from Butte, Mont, TO visit
her mother, lost her life in trying TO
save some personal property from the
building. She went to the upper floor
after the flames had made good head
way on the structure, and was suffocat-
ed. When the house had been gutted,
the body Of Miss Browdy was seen
hanging over a joist, and in the pres
ence of about 5000 people who had
gathered at the scene, was literally
burned to a crisp. The mother threw
herself into the burning building twice
in an endeavor to save her daughter,
but each time was dragged back by
friends, not, however, until she was so
badly burned that the physicians say
she cannot recover.
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GARDINER VERY LOW.
The Victim of Stroh's Pistol
Near Deaths Door.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.-Bald-
win Gardiner, the victim of Adam
Stroh's desperate effort to escape cap
ture by the police. is lying at death S
door. If the aged Secretary Of the
Stock Exchange dies, or the robber is
tried fer an attempt TO commit muir
der. several people will swear that it
was one of the police officers and not
Adam Stroh who fired the bullet that
IS now imbedded in Gardeners body.
These people We're eye-witnesses of
the chase for the burglar over the roofs
at Geary and Franklin streets. and as
sert that the man was shot by one of
his pUTSuerS.
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Yolo Eruit-Growers.

WOODLAND, Dec. PA meeting Of
fruit growers held here to-day was ad
dressed by J. A. Fileher, Secretary of
the State Board of Trade, and r. D.
Stephens. The Chairman Of the meet
ing was authorized 10 appoint com
mittee of ten to solicit subscriptions
toward the fund of 81 900 to be raised
in accordance with the resolution of
the State Fruit Growers convention, to
be used in defraying the expense of
making an exhibit of California fruit at
various trade centers of Europe.
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THE ORANGE CROP.
This Season Expected to be the
Largest on Record.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-W. G..
Curtis, sngineer of the maintenance of
way department of the Southern Pa
cific Company, has returned from an
extended inspection trip over the COM
pany's lines
During the past year. over sixty miles
of track in Arizona and New Mexico
have been relaid with seventy-five-
pound steel rails.
Mr.. Curtis had occasion 10 visit near
ly all CT the orange growing sections of
Southern California, and he says the
orange groves have not been as seri-
ously affected by the frost as reports
indicate. He thinks that the orange
crop of California this year will be
one of the largest on record.
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Suicide at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27.-Matthias
Rider, We'll known about the Stock Ex-
change, was found dead to-day in his
room at 305 Bush street with a bullet
in his head, evidently fired by his own
hand. The body was discovered by the
Chinese servant. 1t was in a sitting
posture in a chair before a mirror, with
a revolver lying on the floor at the
right hand side.
Rider was formerly very well off. Re-
Gently he had been very unfortunate in
stock speculations. and ii is supposed
that he was led to suicide by despon-
dency.
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AN OREGON TRAGEDY.
A Prominent Cattle and Land
Owner Shot and Killed

BAKER CITY (Or), Dec PA tele-
phone message TO the Democrat" from
Canyon City brings news of the kill
ing of Peter French, a prominent cat
tie and land owner of Harvey County,
by a man named Oliver 1t is reported
that the deed was a cold blooded mur
der. The victim was shot in the back
of the head, the bullet coming out be-
tween the eyes. A land dispute is said
10 have been the cause of the trouble.
French was probably the largest cattle
owner in Oregon, his herds running in
to the thousands. He also owned many
thousands of acres of land in Southeast
ern Oregon ana employed several hum
dred men on his numerous ranches.
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that tint so much admired called We
netian red. OF course. sunshine will
not bleach dark hair. but it gives a
deeper color to all kinds of tresses, and
will brighten dull brown hair
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer tells a
good story, illustrating the almost boy
ish rncdesty of the poet Whittier A
little woman forced her way into the
penerTalia of a Boston mansion when
Mr.. Whittier was visiting there, and
clasping both the poets hands in her
own exclaimed: Mr.. Whittier this is
the supreme moment of my life
Whittier stood first on one foot and
then on the other, withdrew his hands,
and clasped them behind his back, and
replied prosaically: rs it?".
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CHAs. THOMPSON BLAKE.
A Pioneer Of 1S48 Dies at
Berkeley.

BERKELEY, Dec. q. Charles
Thompson Blake, a wealthy resident of
Berkeley, who came to California in
1S4S, died this morning at his home on
Piedmont Way, from pneumonia, at
the age Of Il years. He was born in
New Haven, Conn, in 1896. He grad
uated from Yale in 1S47. and the fol-
lowing year same TO California, where
he engaged in business as a miner and
banker, and in connection with the
Wells Fargo Express Company. For
a number of years he was President of
the Oakland Paving Company. He was
married in 1856 to Miss Harriet w.
Stiles and leaves daughter and three
sons
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ion in the matter of the estate Of John
NJ. Cavarly. which readlrms the tudg-
ment OF the court against trust clauses
in wills. The win of Cavarly, which
disposed OF about $S7. 600 In property,
left ais estate to his children In trust
until the youngest, then II years OF
age, reached the age Of 80 years, when
the residue Of the estate was to be dis
tributed in equal shares among such
Of the children then living and the is
sue Of any deceased child. The Supe
rior Court declared the trust clause
void, and this opinion has been up
held.
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BIG RAFT.
Five Million Feet of Lumber to be
Towed to San Francisco.

PORTLAND, Dee. 2l.-Within the
next few months a raft containing D.,
900. 900 feet of lumber will be construct
ed in this city and towed to San Fran
cisco. John Poulson of the firm of In
man & Poulson, owners of large saw
mill here, designed the raft, and the
firm will in few days begin the con-
struction of the raft 1t will be 396
feet long, 53 feet wide and viii be so
constructed that only a small portion
of the raft will be above the surface
of the water
Several RATS of piling have been sue
cessfully towed from the Columbia Riv-
er TO San Francisco, but the rafting Of
sawed lumber is a new undertaking.
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An Overdue Bark Arrives.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.-The
British bark Natuna, .225 days from
London, and long ago given up by the
owners and insurance people, sailed
into port to-day. She had made four
attempts to round the Horn, and when
that proved an impossible undertake
ing changed her course and made San
Francisco by way of the Cape of Good
Hope The mate and one of the sailors
bear the marks of the terrible battle
with the elements.
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FIRE AT LONDON.
Property Valued at Three-Quarters
Of a Million Destroyed.

LONDON. Dec. pa fire broke out
tonight in the dry goods store OF
Messrs. Jermyn & Perry, High street,
Kings Lynn nynn-Regis). Norfolk.
The local fire engine collapsed, and the
flames spread rapidly, soon destroyanS
a number of the adjoining houses
Thirteen business houses nave peen
destroyed.
Assistance had to be summoned by
railway from March and Peterborough.
From house to house the hre, fanned
by the breeze, had its own way, and
two acres were afiame. A fireman was
badly injured.
The latest estimate of the loss places
it at f150.0O0 (S7J0,00O.
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Matthews-Zeigler Fight.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-Mattey
Matthews of New York and Owen
Zeigler Of this city were the star at
fractions at the Arena tonight in a
six-round fight. Zeigler scored the only
knock-down in the fourth. Matthews
rushed the fighting in the last round,
and Zeigle1' tried to get out of the way
When time was called Zeigler was
nearly out. No decision was given.
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Mary Costello Was Shot.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 27.-Mary
Costello, the woman who was said by
the officials at the Receiving Hospital
yesterday to have died of fright. was
murdered DR. Gallagher performed
an autopsy to-day. He found that she
had been shot. the bullet entering the
left shoulder and penetrating the lung
and blood vessels of the heart.
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e. J. Buckley Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2T.-Word
has been received here that E. ]. Buck
ley. who was leading man at the Alca-
zar when the Stockwell Company played
at that theater. died at New York to-
day. Mr.. Buckley was a favor-ite
among Californians. He had been Ill
for some wears. and of late had grown
very feeble. Deceased was "A years of
age.
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Charged With Murder.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 27.-Charles
Wilson has been arrested for the muir
der Of Samuel Thurston, who was found
dead in Wilson's cottage at Miles Sta
ton with three wounds about the head.
Wilson'S shotgun was found with
bloodstains on the stock. The men had
trouble over a cabin on Government
land
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Napoleon's table manners were yer

Napoleon's table manners were very
bad. He not only ate with his fingers.
but put thsm into the dishes in serv-
ing himself; made as much noise as a
suction pump in drinking. ate with dog
gish rapacity, finished the biggest meal
in less than twenty minutes and ex-
pected everybody to follow him when
he left the table.
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As They All Do.

"Of course the brides father gave her
away, but didn't any one give away the
groom?"
"Oh, the groom gave himself away
asked her at their very first dinner at
the hotel il she took cream and sugar in
her coffee. e.'-Indianapolis Journal.
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miles an hour. Four ships are known
to be outside waiting to enter the har-
Dor. The gale this morning blew the
British ship Province, lying in the har-
Dor ready for sea, upon the north end
Of Desdemona Sands, where she is still
lying in an easy position. 1t was i'm
possible to pass line to her to-day to
Dull her off
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Ventura Asphaltum Mines.

VENTURA (CalD, Dec. 27.-On
Christmas day fires were started in the
furnaces of the California Asphaltum
Company, and to-day the works as
sumed their former activity, having
been shut down three months for the
purpose of. making extensive improve
mentS.
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The Lynching of Uber.

GENOA (Nev), Dec. 21.-The Grand
Jury will convene tomorrow to inves-
tigate the Uber lynching A large
number of witnesses will testify. Much
excitement prevails in the valley to-
day. An abundance of evidence is said
to have been compiled against the
lynchers.
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Took Strychnine.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 27.-John Mcintyre,
a laborer, go years old, committed sui
eide tonight by taking strychnine He
had only five cents in money, and feared
that he would soon be in need of food
and shelter.
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Secretary Gage Goes to New York.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Secretary
Gage left here for New York this morn
ing. Tomorrow he will inspect the
new revenue cutter McCulloch at Balti-
more, and in the evening will return to
Washington.
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There Are Others.

81 want to know" writes an Eastern
man who is visiting in Spokane, why
every man is Colonel. Major or Cap
tain out here?"
That is not a correct statement. We
also have Generals.-Spokane Review.
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Fire at Peudleton. Or.

PENDLETON (Or), Dec. 27.-Fire
this morning restroyed four frame
buildings in the business center of this
place. The loss was S14 ZOO, and the
insurance $500.
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u. S. Naval Attache at London.

WASHINGTON. Dec 27-Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Alfred E. Bates of the AS
say Department of the army, has been
detailed as United States naval attaehe
at London to succeed Captain Q. NJ.
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Not the Lesser Evil.

"Yes," said the accused man dolefully
81 have a complete alibi if / dared put
it in
"Why not prove it, them cheerily
inquired his attorney.
We'll, you see, l was at the running
races"-Chicago Journal.
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Gale at Astoria.

ASTORIA tOr.e, Dec pa gale set
in last night, and the velocity of the
wind all day to-day has reached seventy
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JOHN CAVARLY ESTATE.
Decision in the Case Rendered by
the Supreme Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-The Su-
prene Court to-day rendered a decis-
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BURNED TO A CRISP.
A Lady Loses Her Life In Fire
at New Haven. Penn.

PITTSBURG, Dec. 27.-During a fire
at New Haven, a suburb Of this city, in
the residence of Mrs. Mary Ann Brow
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Telegraphing without wires IS all
very we'll, but what the average man
wants is means of telegraphing With
out money.-Philadelphi Ledger.