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any difficulty when he had got a safe
distance from the gate This he could
have done quite easily if the dog had
only been left to itself. But it wasn't.
No sooner had it passed the Rubicon
almost unnoticed and shown itself in
the road, than peculiar cry, something
like high tenor "coo-e-eei7 arose shrilly
into the still air from nowhere in par
ticular. The heather dog pricked up its
false ears at the familiar but long un-
heard sound, and the next instant be-
tween 10000 and f12,000 worth of dog
and diamonds was scampering down
the road as fast as four Wiry legs could
carry it.
Bymebye let out high pitched howl
of rage and horror, and started off with
great leaping strides in pursuit of the
much longed for wives and battle and
guns, that were literally running away
with the dog. The rest joined in the
hue and cry, some for good reasons of
their own and some for mere fun of the
thing, but, unfortunately, just as they
were beginning to gain on the flying
treasure, a squad of mounted police,
coming back from their nights duty on
the Free State border. turned a corner
out of the Du Toits Pan road at a trot
and barred their way.
The dog lodged in among the horses
legs and got clear away to the eager
arms of All Foo, who was waiting for
it in a half-ruined tin shanty about
one hundred yards further down the
road. The police, always suspicious of
HI 4
Bymebye and his companions to stop,
but the Pondo and one or two of the
others who knew the worth of the
quarry made a desperate effort to get
through and continue the chase, with
the result that they were speedily run
down, collared, and marched off to the
tronk-where, being able to give no sat
isfactory reasons for their anxiety to
catch the dog, they were summarily
fined five ShillingS each and kicked out.
Almost at the same moment that they
regained their liberty, an occurrence,
which the Diamond Fields Advertiser
described the next morning as "a
shocking tragedy" took place just out
side the bar of the Central Hotel. Mr..
Augustus Lowenfeldt had been taking
friends, and was just bidding them
gOod-by to go and see about some i'm
portant business, when he happened to
look across the street and saw a WELL
dressed Chinaman walking up the op-
posite side with a hairless Chinese ter
rier at his heels. His friends saw his
hands go up to his collar His fat
cheeks and low forehead suddenly be-
came a deep blush purple, and lis eyes,
bloodshot and Staring, started half out
of their sockets. F'umbling feebly with
his fast tightening collar, he half
gasped, half gurgled:
'Dog-ten thou'-done, by" and
then he reeled back and pitched side
ways into the road, and before they
could get him back into the bar he was
dead
Never knew poor Gussie to have 'em
before" one of his friends sympathiz-
ingly remarked to another when they
had seen the remains safely on to the
ambulance. 'D'you think there really
was a dog there? Blethd if I did-the
thing looked to me more like a rat
Come on, let's go and ave another, it's
given me quite a turn. cleveland
Leader
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e eQueen
A Clever Spinster Luncheon.

Some wise damsels who burn the mid
night oil gave a "spinster luncheon" !"
Daisies, their petals clipped into a
ruff1ed cap with big chin bow and
features of all nationalites marked on
their yellow disks, peeped from every
corner of the room, and nodded to the
guests over big brown jug full of
daisies in the center of the table. The
sensible menu, beginning with clam
bouillon and continuing on through
toasted brown bread and minced beef,
fruit salad, frozen custard, lady fin
gers, and coffee, was eaten amid much
merriment.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Franciscn. An.


Morning Session-Alpha 16d15c; Alta.
&c: Chollar, 69d6Sc; G & c, Ale; III & \,
81: Mexican 26c; Oyerman, &c: Savage,
25c; Sierra Nevada, 72d71c; Standard.
81 S5d1 So Union, 57d36c; Utah, SC; Y
Jacket, 31c.
26c; B & B, 69c; Chollar, 72Q71c; Potosi,
35d34c; Alpha. 1ec; Union, 39G3Sc; Gale
donia f5c: Silver Hill, 1c.
Closing Quotations-Alta, 4c; Alpha, 16c;
lion. sc; Caledonia, 16c; Challenge, 30c:
Chollar. re: Confidence. s5c: c. c Va.
81 %: Imperial, 1c; c Point, lie; Ex-
chequer. &c; G & c. 42c: H & n, CSC; JUS
tice. &c; Kentuck, &c; Mexican. 25c: Occi-
dental &c; Ophir, 63c; Overman, &c; Po-
tosi 34c: Savage. 26c; Sierra Nevada, 75c
Silver Hill. 1c; Union, 3Sc; Utah, &c; Y
Jacket, 32c; Standard, 81 95.
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ORDINANCE NO. GAG.
Regulating the Use of Sidewalks in the
City of Sacramento. approved June %,
1894
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THI
City of Sacramento ordain as tollows:

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
City of Sacramento ordain as follows;
Section /. No person shall use, or take
for the construction of any area, basement
window, OF cellar way, more than four feet
of the sidewalk next to his building
and every person using any portion or
the sidewalk for any purposes men
toned in this section shall, within twelve
hours after the taking and using of any
portion of the sidewalk, construct or
cause to be constructed and placed around
such area basement window, cellar
way, in such manner as to prevent acci-
dent to foot passengers, strong iron rail-
ing.
Section 2 No person, or business firm,
shall use any portion OF the sidewalk II
any part of the city of Sacramento for any
purpose whatever, except for the purposes
mentioned in section one of this ordinance.
ard the privilege to occupy three feet OF the
sidewalk from the building line for the
purpose of exhibiting their wares during
business hours; provided, however, that
merchants or persons having occasion to
receive or deliver goods may use such side
walk for the period not TO exceed ten
hours. in the daytime, for the purpose of
receiving or delivering such goods; and
provided further, that space of six feet
in width shall at all times be kept clear for
the accommodation of persons passing.
Section amended by Ordinance 352.
Section g. This ordinance does not per-
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His Great Sacrifice.

George" she said, in a low voice
would you make a great sacrifice for
my happiness?'
Certainly he replied.
Would you give up smoking for my
sake?"
Give up smoking for your sake?" he
repeated. Then, after a silence, he ex-
claimed, hoarsely: II can refuse you
nothing I will give up smoking for
your sake Hereafter when 1 smoke
it will be for my own sake" ."-Tft-Bits.
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
City of Sacramento do ordain as follows:

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
City of Sacramento do ordain as follows ::
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to establish or carry on within the
limits OF the city of Sacramento the buSi-
ness of a public laundry or waShhouSe,
where articles are cleansed for hire, with
out the Board of Trustees of said city shall
have first determined that the premises
where such laundry or waShhouse is To-
Gated or proposed to be located are sutfi-
GENTLY and properly drained, and that the
business of washing clothes can be car
ried on thereat without injury to the sam
itary condition of the nelghbOrhood, and
that the heating appliances of such Iaun-
dry or WaShhouSe are in good condition,
and their use is not dangerous to the sur
rounding property.
before said Board of Trustees, the person
desiring to establish or carry on the busi-
ness OF such public laundry or WaShhouse
shall obtain and file with said board a GER
tificate from the Health Officer of the city
that the premises where such laundry or
waShhouSe is located, or proposed to be
located, are sufficiently and properly
drained, and that the business of washing
clothes can be carried on thereat without
injury to the sanitary condition OF the
neighborhood; ana ne snal also OBTAIN
ana file with said Board of Trustees a GER
tifcate from the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department to the effect that the
heating appliances of such laundry or
washhouse are in good condition, and that
their use is not dangerous to the surround
ing property.
Section g. A violation of this ordinance
shall constitute a misdemeanor, and this
ordinance shall take effect Immediately.
ORDINANCE NO. 346.
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The Barometer.

The sky was a sapphire,
A tortoise a sea,
And his eyes smiled upon il
And loved It with me:
The rich charm of nature
With young love was there,
And the barometer
Stood at set fair
A glance taken wrongly,
A word said amiSs,
A hand stunning pressure,
A chill in the kiss;
So easy are light links
To jar or estrange,
And the barometer
Failing to change"
Cold words spoken rashly,
Hot words meaning more
Than ever they counted
In making the score;
PhdntomS that slowly
Took substance and form,
And the barometer
Pointing to Storm"
Soft tears mutely pleading,
Sweet eyes that found rest,
Where pardon and penitence
Sobbed on his breast;
Skies after tempest
Grown genial and fair,
Again the barometer
Stood at "Set fair"
Home Ouee
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
cases from slaughters to Dealers:
BEEF = First quality. 51a96c; second
quality, sc; third quality. 4G41ac per 10.
VEAL-5!Rq612c for large and 7qSc per
10 for small.
MUTTON-Wethers, 514G61sc; Ewes, so
&c per 10.
LAMB-76715c per ID.
PORK-Live Hogs, 31a039sc per ID for
heavy and 3$4c for small; dressed, 5Q512c
per 10
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CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.

nit projecting show windows provided,
however. that space Of four feet of the
entrances leading to the first floor of any
building, or structure, which has been
erected prior to the first day of. June, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-four
Section 4. All ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section ). Any person violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction be punished by fine not to ex-
ceed two hundred dollars, or by impriSon-
ment in the City Jail for a period not to
exceed ten days.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet from and after its passage.
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SEALED PROPOSALS.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
office of the undersigned until o'clock
p. m. on MONDAY, August 16, 1897, for re-
pairs to Corporation House in this city.
Plans and specifications on file in office of
A. A. Cook, architect. A certified check
for ten per cent. of amount of bid, made
payable to City Clerk, must accompany
each bid The Board of Trustees reserves
the right to reject any and all bids
au4-td NJ j. DESMOND, City Clerk.
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF The
City of Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section 1. All water rates shall be col
lected from the owners of the premises, to
which water is supplied by the city; pro-
vided, however, that the committee on
Water Works may authorize the collec-
ton of water rates from the occupant OF
business premises, providing the owner or
the premises furnishes good and Suffl-
cient bond, in a sum equal TO one year,
water rate; said bond to be filed in the Oh
flee of the City Collector.
Section q All water rates shall be pay
able monthly in advance.
Section 3. If the amounts due for water
rates are not paid to the City Collector at
his office, or within thirty days after the
same shall become due, the City Collector
SHALL in writing, within ten days there
after, notify the City Taper of such de-
fault, and it shall be the duty of the City
Taper, within ten days after receiving
said notice. to cause the water to be shut
manner, to wit: If the service pipe lead
ing to the premises is directly connected
with the water main, by means Of the
stop-cock at the main; when the service
pipe leading to the premises is not di-
rectly connected with water main. but has
been connected with another service pipe
and the water is supplied through Sucn
other service pipe. by disconnecting the
service pipe of delinquent from such other
service pipe.
Section amended by Ordinance No. S52.
Section 4. In no case shall the water be
restored to any premises, when shut or,
as provided in this ordinance, unless the
pipe-leading thereto is directly connected
with the city mains and unconnected with
any other service pipe leading to any other
premises, and except on payment of all az
rearageS, and the additional sum or i've
dollars for shutting off and letting on the
water; provided, that in case or poverty
the Board of Trustees may remit the said
additional sum of five dollars.
Section 5. If any person refuses to allow
the City Taper to enter the premises OF
said person for the purpose Of disconnect-
ing the service pipe of a delinquent water
taker, from the service pipe of said person,
the City Taper shall Immediately cause
the water to be shut off from the premises
of the person so refusing, In the manner
provided for shutting off water from de-
linquent water taker, and said person
shall thereafter, in all respects be deemed
to be and treated as delinquent water
taker.
use city water shall supply water to any
other person or family not having per-
mit or allow them TO use said water from
the hydrant
Section Z Any person violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall, for
the first offense. be fined in the SUM OF
twenty-five dollars, and for each succeed
ing offense be fined the sum of fifty dol
lars, and in default of payment of said
not less than ten nor more than twenty
five days.
Section s. This ordinance shall take eff
feet from and after the first day of July.
eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
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SACRAMENTO MARKET.
Prices as Quoted in the Local Pro-
duce Market.

Sacramento, Aug. 18th.
There was no change in the the quota
tions in local produce circles to-day.
Tomorrow F'riday) the following varie-
ties of Fish can be had at the markets at
prices quoted: Goldfish, 12l5c per fb;
Rockeod, 12lsc; Seabass. 1215c. Salmon.
121zc; Founder, 1oc; Sole, 10c; Smelt,
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Eastern Grain Markets.

New York, Aug. 18th
WHEAT-August, 915sc; September,
S9ssc; December, SS5sc.
WHEAT-August, S39sc; September,
S2Ikc: December. S21se; May, S4sse.
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ORDINANCE NO. 344.

An Ordinance Regulating the Establishing
of, Maintenance and Carrying on of
Public Laundries and Washhouses
Within the Limits of the City of Sacra-
mento, passed June 4 1894
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- SPECIALS. -
Misses Shoes. ST Pair.

Two lots of Misses Fine Tan
Colored Button Shoes, kid or cloth
top to match. Good run of sizes.
Former price, 81 and 81 so.
CLEARANCE SALE PRICE, 81
PAIR.
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Couldn't Find Out.

Yes, he was a good deal of a crank
in some ways. but don't you think he's
pleasant socially?"
Don't know-never could get him to
be social"
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Misses Shoes, 75c Pair.

Misses Fine Tan Colored Lace
Oxfords, spring heel, pointed and
square toe. Regular value, 81 80.
CLEARANCE SALE PRICE, Toe
PAIR.
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Mems White Vests, Soc.

Mems White and Fancy Vests,
some very choice patterns, SOC
goods that formerly sold at 75c.
81 p and 81. CLEARANCE
SALE PRICE, SOC EACH.
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Mems Summer
Goats and Vests,

This lot includes all Mems
Lightweight Summer Coats and
Vests. All this seasons stock.
So quality cut to 50; 50 so
quality cut to 81 80; 81 70 quail
ity cut to 81 %; 81 80 quality
cut to 81; 81 quality cut to 50c-
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Boys Summer
Goats and Vests,

Boys Summer Coats and Vests
are also in this sale. 81 so grade
now 81.
81 quality cut to soc; S5c quail
fty cut to soc; 75c quality cut TO
soc; SOC quality cut to SOC.
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CoIored Swiss, Zoe Yard.

Colored Ground Swiss Self col
ored Dots, in nice evening shades.
Suitable for State Fair Dresses.
CLEARANCE SALE PRICE, 1Oc
YARD.
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ChiIdren's Shoes, Soc Pair.

Small lot of Children's Tan But
ton Shoes, in cloth or kid top.
Sizes. S to ~, Worth 81 %.
CLEARANCE SALE PRICE. soc
PAIR.
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White Muslin, SIC Yard.

36-inch Bleached Muslin, heavy
make. A standard brand.
CLEARANCE SALE PRICE, 614c
YARD.
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Pillow Muslin. 7c Yard.

45-inch Unbleached Pillow
Muslin, free from dressing, soft
finished Worth 121ac. CLEAR
ANCE SALE PRICE, &c YARD.
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Produce Quotations

off regular routes and sent to Alaska
Eggs are in smaller receipt and are firm
or. sol Of
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Mems Shoes, ST Pair.

Mixed lot of Mems Calf Shoes
in Coin or Needle Toes. A good
run of sizes. Former price, 81
and 50 80. CLEARANCE SALE
PRICE, 81 PAIR.
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Ladies' Vests, 1876 Each.

Ladies Low Neck and Sleeve
less cotton Vests, in pink and
blue. Former price, Soc. CLEAR
ANCE SALE PRICE, 16 2-3
EACH.
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Ladies' ChemiSe, 38C Each,

Ladies' White Muslin Chemise,
we'll made and trimmed with en-
broidery. A good value at 75c.
CLEARANCE SALE PRICE, 3Sc
EACH.
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Ladies, Umbrellas, Soc.

Ladies' 24-inch Black Serge Sun
Umbrella, good quality. Good
value at 75c. CLEARANCE
SALE PRICE, SOC EACH.
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Table Covers, 48c Each.

Turkey Red and White Table
Covers. fringed, size 5Sx64. For
mer price, Toe CLEARANCE
SALE PRICE, 48c EACH.
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ORDINANCE NO. S4S.
Providing for the Collection of Water
Rates, and Providing a Penalty for the
Violation Thereof, passed June g. 1884

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
City of Sacramento ordain as follows:
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ADron Gjngham, &c Yard,

Apron Ginghams in checks and
plaids. A good grade of gingham.
CLEARANCE SALE PRICE, &c
YARD.
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Mems Golf Shirts,
49C Each.

Mems Golf Shirts in very pret-
~ patterns, cut full, we'll made,
in striped patterns. Former price,
Toe. CLEARANCE SALE PRICE,
49c EACH.
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Mems Underwear, 34C Each.

This lot includes some very fine
lines of Summer Underwear in
broken lots. The values run from
75c to 81. CLEARANCE SALE
PRICE, SAC EACH.
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honor of a sort among heathens than
among thieves, All Foo gave the plot
away in the same hour. showed the trap
stones to Loo Chai who had been sus-
pecting some friendly action of the sort,
and with his consent took them away
with him for greater safety and his own
reward
Very early the next morning the po-
lice, acting ON information received, +"
raided the store of Loo Chat. turned it
mostly into the street and found moth
ing, its owner meanwhile looking on
with a bland resignation that would
have well become a martyr in a better
cause A good deal of language was
used by the executors of the law OF
which no respectable printers ink would
convey any adequate expression, but it
was nothing to the eloquent Yiddish in
which Mr.. Augustus Lowenfeldt re-
lieved his feelings when he heard of the
barren result of their labors.
The next morning somewhat un
wonted scene was enacted outside the
main gate Of the De Beers Compound.
Some thirty or forty Kaffirs, whose time
was up and who had gone through the
final formalities preceding dismissal,
were coming out laughing and singing
and chattering and jingling their hard
earned money like so many children,
and among them, as innocently festive
as any. was young Bymebye the Pondo.
He was not carrying his dog this time.
He knew that the officials had almost if
not entirely forgotten its existence, and
he wisely thought that it would be more
prudent TO let it sneak quietly out
among the legs Of the crowd than to
recall it to the gatekeeper's memory by
taking it in his arms.
The animal had become quite at
tached TO him. and he made sure that
he would be able to pick it up without
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Mems heCkWear,
1876 Each,

Mems Fancy Silk Ties in club
and band bows. All neat pat
terms. Regular 25c values.
CLEARANCE SALE PRICE,
121bc EACH.
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creatures appear TO be exclusively
Maine product, but they are not
the entire product of that State,
through which runs the melliiuous
Androscoggin river. For it has, by
descent, given President TO this
Republic, a Minister to Washing
ton. and. a strange coincidence, a
Minister from Washington, and
the late Mr.. Hastings was also a
Maine man. Suspicious people will
become alarmed at once at this
threatened invasion of Hawaii by
Maine men. Is it merely a coinci-
dence, or is it a well-devised
scheme, contrived to offset Japan
csc immigration! However desir-
able the coon-cats might be as OBJ
iects of interest and conversation
in our somewhat monOtonous So
cial life. not one of them should be
permitted to land here as product
of Maine, until the intentions of
that ambitious State are disclosed.
No great danger would arise, we
presume, over an incoming force
of cOOn-catS, but some steps should
be taken at once to equalize the
representation of men here from
America. Any thoughtful person
must see that three ''leading men"
from Maine in these Islands is an
excessive number and subversive of
our institutions. These men might,
unless restrained by their tender
consciences, create ''triumverate"
here and repeat the despotism of
the old Romans. We have, of
course, infinite confidence in their
virtue, but the mighty sometimes
have fallen.
Although the suspicious pres
ence of Maine men here has no
connection with coon-cats from
Maine, still we reflect the sensa-
tive condition of the public mind,
which will use the word 'eMaine"
as a string, and thread all sorts of
suspicious on it.
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MIR. JOHN w. FOSTER.

A singular controversy has
arisen between Prof. Henry w.
Elliot of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, in Washington City, and Mr..
Foster. All concede that PROBES
sor Elliot is the best-posted man in
the States ON the subject of the
seal fisheries.
He recently sent letter to As
sistant Secretary of State Day, In
which he calls Mr.. Sherman's
"plain, straightforward" letter to
Lord Salisbury, on the seal bust
ness, accusing the British of acting
in bad faith, miserable rot, etc.
He says Mr.. Foster wrote the let
ter and did not know what he was
talking about; that Mr.. Foster pre-
pared the Behring Sea case for the
Government and prepared it so
badly that the United States lost
the case: that the Canadian states
men are very bright men, thor
oughly posted, and as they laid
Mr.. Blaine out "fat" In 1890, so
they laid out Mr.. Foster before the
Paris arbitrator.
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The Paris award, in the Behring
Sea affair, was against the United
States. But it was an open secret
in Washington, before the trial,
that the United States would lose
the case. Some good lawyers even
said that they did not have leg
to stand on" The trouble was that
the Government was really afraid
to face the people, and tell them
that their case was a bad one. The
people thought they had a stiff
twist on the tail of the British lion,
and would not give it up. 1t was
good political business" to let the
call off the twist, and
let the British, on the other hand,
pull out some of the eagles feath-
ers. The shifting of responsibility
is one of the most common and
useful tricks in managing State
affairs
Mr.. Fosters reputation will not
suffer from any attacks made by
Professor Elliot.
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TOPICS
AUGUST 10, 1907.

In the majority of instances
when a man purchases a
windmill he discovers that,
though there is a sufflciency
of wind" power given away
freely by the salesman, the
only time the mill "goes" is
when it is leaving the store.
There are scores Of So
called "best-on-earth" wind
mills foisted upon a too
credulous public, while there
is but one mill that will at
tend to its business when all
others fail: and that oneiSthe