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ALL ABOUT A WHEEL.
An Interesting Case in Justice tfenry's
Court Yesterday.

a much bicycle was the bone of
contention in a very stubbornly fought
case in Justice Henry's court yester-
day afternoon. 1t was a diamond
frame, or mans wheel, with a very
greatly elevated saddle and equally de-
pressed handlebars, such as only "a gen.
uine scorcher affects. But though a.
mans wheel, it was wont TO fly through
the streets with its pedals pressed by
Ghe dainty feet Of a woman.
The wheel was in court on a writ of
replevin sued out by w. +. Maier, pro-
prietor of a cyclery, who alleged that
st was found in the possession of a
young man named Frank Mead, after
having been out of his possession for a
long time. He proved the ownership
of the wheel all right enough. and Jus
tice Henry decided in his favor.
S. Luke Howe conducted the case for
Maier, apd Charles T. Hughes appeared
for Mead. There was considerable tes-
fimony introduced that brought up be-
fore the minds of many of those pres
ent visions of bright bloomers and a
fairy-like form that used to flash
Through the streets on that self-same
s'straddle'' wheel.
But to make a long story short, the
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best be appreciated, when l state that
my throat and mouth were full of sores
and my tongue was almost eaten away;
[ had not taken solid food for three
months. Ny entire body was covered
with red blotches, my hands and feet
were sore and my hair was falling
out rapidly. l was in truly pitiable
condition.
q felt that I was incurable, and
was in great despair, when friend
recommended S. s. s., stating that it
would certainly cure me. l began its
use, and when had finished the fourth
bottle, l began to improve, and by the
time I had finished eighteen bottles,
was thoroughly rid of the disease; of
curse, Twas not sure that l was cured,
but am now convinced, as no sign
of the disease has ever returned for
four years. S. S. S. is the best blood
remedy in the world, and my cure was
due solely and alone to it"
Contagious blood poison is the most
horrible of all diseases, and has been
appropriately called the curse OF man.
kind. 1t has always bafIied the doc
tors, and, until the discovery of s. S. g.,
was incurable.
For fifty years s. S. s. has been cur
ing this terrible disease, even after all
other treatment failed. 1t is guaran-
teed purely vegetable, and one thou
sand dollars reward is offered for proof
to the contrary. s. s. s. never fails
to cure contagious blood poison, or
any other disease of the blood. II
you have blood disease, take rem
edy which will not injure You. Be.
ware of mercury; don't do violence
to your system.
Our books on blood and skin dis
eases, will be mailed free to any ad-
dress. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca.
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WEATHER REPORTS.
Director Barwick's Observations Con-
corning FroStS.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yes
terday to have been 81 and 80 degrees
with gentle northerly winds and clear
weather prevailing.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 81 ana fl
degrees, and one year ago to-day oA ana
Al degrees.
The lowest temperature yesterday
morning was the same as that OF Mon
day, but the frost was not near so heaVy
because the air was extremely dry ana
the winds velocity too great to allow
the formation of frost to any damaging
extent
The air yesterday evening. although
clouds obscured the greater portion of
the sky, was much dryer than on Mon
day evening, which indicates no damag-
ing frost this morning.
Both almonds and apricotS have been
slightly damaged but not to that extent
that will cause a serious failure in their
yield the coming season. Warmer wea-
ther is predicted for to-day.
On the 31st day of March last year
there was an excess of heat from Janu-
ary 1st of 236 degrees, or nearly 3 de-
grees excess for each 81 days.
Yesterday there was heat deficiency
OF 2S4 degrees from the first of last jan
uary, which is an average of little
over 3 degrees for each of the 80 days
from the beginning of the present year.
While the first three months of 1896
gave lower temperatures than the first
three months of this year, there is for
this season an average daily deficiency
of heat of degrees, and as one climatic
extreme follows another there is every
possibility of the coming months to give
an excess of heat over the normal and
if SO then fruit failures from frosts will
be nil.
To show that one extreme follows an
other will be to scan the records of 1896,
for instance, as has already been noted
there was on the 31st of last March an
excess of heat from January 1st of 80
degrees
On April 30th this excess from Janu-
ary lst had been reduced to As degrees,
while by the 31st of May this IS degrees
of excess had been wiped out and de-
ficiency of 102 degrees prevailed at the
end of May, which deficiency had by the
end of June dwindled down to % de-
had been overcome and an excess of IL
degrees prevailed. This excess was re-
duced to but % degrees by August 31st
and totally obliterated by September
3Oth, when a deficiency of heat since
January 1, 1896, was SO degrees, but by
the end of October this deficiency had
been overcome and an excess of Us de-
grees prevailed, which excess at the
close of the year on December 31st, was
increased to 20 degrees.
This same action Of climatic condi
ton will be found to exist as far back
as records run, viz, one extreme Will fol-
low another.
Therefore judging the coming season
by past climatic records, there is no
doubt but what the months of April,
May and June will give US greater heat
averages than the normal conditions
which usually prevail for those months.
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SIGNAL CORPS.
Its Reception to AssembIyman Ennis
Last Night.

The members of the Signal Corps,
Third Brigade, n. C. c., gave recep-
ton to Assemblyman Scott F. Ennis in
one of the snug rooms at Armory Hall
last evening. Assemblyman Ennis was
for seven years a member of the corps,
and in doing honor to him the organiZa
ton but reflected honor upon itself.
Throughout the evening the best of
feeling prevailed, and the guests of
the evening, who were nearly all mill
tary men. enjoyed themselves thorough
ly. Cards and the usual corncob pipes
We're much in evidence, and the refresh
ments We're cooling, even down to the
Boston collation. which came late in the
evening.
Lieutenant Martin, Commander of the
corps acted as master of ceremonies,
and was happy in his remarks as he
martialed in the speechmakers.
Mr. Ennis, the honored guest, headed
the list and in response, paid many q
high compliment to the corps. He spoke
of the early days Of the organization.
and of the difficulties experienced with
the first heliograph. He knew all about
il. He was there. He recalled the COM
pliment paid him by the body when he
retired from active membership, and
concluded by heartily thanking his en-
tertainers for the honor bestowed upon
him.
Colonel Guthrie was next called on,
and confined his remarks strictly to mil
itary affairs He was followed by Lieu
tenant Robie, Major Douglas, of the
General Staff, Major Sherburn, Major
Wallace, Lieutenant Duhain and As
semblyman Sims The last-named
spoke of the achievements of his col
league while sitting in the Legislature,
and complimented the corps for having
turned out such an able and efficient
lawmaker and true gentleman.
Assemblyman Sims was followed by
f. Myron Wolfe, who declined to recite
Casey at the Bat until later in the
evening, but convuIsed his hearers with
his droll accounts of some rather per-
sonal recollections rejecting upon some
of the officers present.
a glee club was present and succeeded
in amusing it's auditors. after which
there was more cards, more refresh
ments, more speech making, and finally
much hand shaking and mutual good
wishes. 1t was late before the lights
were put out and the smoker declared
ended, but those present will not soon
forget the night when Scott f. Ennis
was the honored guest of the Signal
Corps.
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history of the affair is about this:
Maier's wife used to ride the wheel. He
and she separated, and the wheel dis
appeared about the time she did. In
fact, she took it to San Francisco and
pawned it.
1t was redeemed by a man named
Pollock and sold by him to Mead. Mrs
Maier claimed the wheel as her own,
but her husband established his right
to it and thus gets possession OF 1T.
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ROSENBAUM'S KNIFE.
1t Got Him Into Trouble, and Finally
Into Jail.

In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing J. Rosenbaum was sent to Jail for
five days for creating a disturbance in
a J-street saloon.
RoSenbaum, it seems, was making a
lively attack on the free lunch set out
for customers, to which proceeding the
proprietor objected, and took steps TO
eject the voracious eater.
Rosenbaum scorned the election prop
osition, and backed up his scorn With a
pocket-knife. with which he offered to
dismember the man who attempted TO
throw him out He was finally arrest :
ed and landed in jail
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FIRE AT PERKINS.
Mrs. Harney's New House Was
Burned Last Evening.

The newly built residence of Mrs.
Harvey ait Perkins was burned ito the
ground last evening with it's contents.
The piano and some other articles had
been removed to the city several days
ago.
The house was thought to be worth
about $1,000. The fire is said to have
originated in a closet, but from what
cause could not be learned.
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ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR-THE
WEEKLY UNION. The best weekly.
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1900 F-TWO ROOMS COMPLETE FOR
housekeeping; So
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Furniture at Auction.

Bell & Co. will have an auction sale
of furniture and various housekeeping
goods at their salesroorn, 40 street,
to-day, at 10 a. m. The goods are to
be sold on account of the owners de-
parture from the CITY
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DESIRABLE FIVE-ROOM MODERN
cottage, one block from car line. IN
-quire 1900 X
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DIR. A. H. HAWLEY
DENTIST
1908 Seventh st. Tel. Sunset No 1923 black.
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Club Parties.

At Pythian Castle this evening the
Club of '91 will give a cologne and
fancy party.
The Violet Club gave a delightful
party at the same place last night.
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Contagious
Blood Poison.

Mr.. Frank B. Martin, who is engaged
in the jewelry business at 926 Penn
sylvania Avenue, Washington City,
where he is we'll and favorably known,
was victim of that worst form of dis
ease-contagious blood poison. He
realized that his life was about to be
blasted, for this terrible disease has
baffied the skill of the physicians for
ages, and they have never yet been
able to effect a cure. His mental
despair can better be imagined than
described.
In recent letter he says: "About
four years ago I contracted a severe
case of contagious blood poison, and
it was not long before I was in terri
bic condition. l Immediately placed
myself under treatment of two of the
best physicians in Washington city.
Their treatment, which I took faith
fully for six months, cost me just three
hundred dollars, and left me worse than
when I began it, My condition can
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TO LET-PLEASANTLY FURNISHED
house; seven rooms; rent reasona bic.
Inquire between II a. m. and p. m. 726
o. Cap. Tel. 323. n25-7ts
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Sufferers forget the sunlight when they
notice the sf9a adow to which disease
has brought them. They have only to
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla and bright
rays of health viii soon be theirs.
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Taken to the HOSPITAL.

William and Charles White, who were
badly slashed by men on the Yolo
bridge on Monday night, were yester-
day morning removed to the County
Hospital at Woodland.
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Wants a New Trial.

The defendant in the case of Ella
Lower against Oliver S. Lower has
given notice in the Superior Court that
he will move for a new trial.
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INFORMATION OFFICE
All information to the japanese Si7
Sixth St, Sacramento. z. O. box No
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MEETING NOTICES.

SPECIAL MEETING OF TEHAMA q
Lodge, No. 3, f. and A. NJ, THIS IN
"wednesday EVENING at 7:30 Xxx
Masters deg. Visitors cordially in v
vited. lts) W. E. ]. BAUGHMAN, W. NJ.
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perience in the millinery trimming de-
partment. Apply to the Red House
Company. m30-3t
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nay=Day Festival.

The Bohe1nians announce their May
Day festival and picnic at East Park
on the I'd of May.
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TO LET-A HANDSOME MODERN
residence of nine rooms, 719 n street, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth, will be va
cant after April ist; can be seen and IN
spected any day from now until let APP
ply 1929 II street
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ELDERLY MAN WANTS SITUATION
to work about place; Handy at any
kind of choring work; a home the chief
object. Address Joseph Farmer, Sacra-
mento 2. O. m30-3t*
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WANTED.

WANTED TO BORROW $500; GOOD Sc
curity; first mortgage. Address Mort
gage, this office. In31-2w*
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WANTED-POSITION AS ENGINEER
or fireman by experienced young man
with best references of two years past.
Address w. S. H., this office. m30-7t*
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NTED-SITUATION BY GIRL TO DO
housework. Call 314h J street m30-3ts
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PIANO TUNING-IT PAYS TO WAIT
for Paul Schoen, pianomaker OF Oak
land. Here first of every month at Ham
mer's or Pommer's.
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TRY BELLMER & SON, TENTH AND N
Coal Oil, 75c; Gasoline, 75c: Best Table
Fruit. cans 25c; cans best Corn, 2oc
MACARONI, 25c A BOX; BUTTER. 20
to 35c a roll; Eggs, 12Eac a doz; Limbur-
ger Cheese, 25c a cake; Swiss Cheese,
1712c a 10. JOHN RILEY'S GROCERY.
Tenth and Z streets. All fresh pure
standard and wholesome goods.
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DRAMATIC-GEO. ALLEN WATSON,
formerly with Frederick Warde, Warde
& James, Fanny Davenport, etc., desires
ladies and gentlemen for dramatic class.
Address Turner Hail.
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tOR SALE AT A BARGAIN-THE FUR
niture OF four rooms for housekeping
9IO \ street, upper fiat. mS1-2t*
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WE, WANT TO BUY SECONDHAND
stoves, ranges and gasoline stoves at the
d. & G.. Store. 1909 10th st. Bought, Sold
repaired or exchanged.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

A SECONDHAND DENTISTS OUTFIT
for sale; $40. Also, galvanic cautery bat
teries. Capital Electric Works, S24 h
street
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TO LET-4 ROOMS FURNISHED COM
plete for housekeeping, $l2. Also 3 for
$40. 1890 F street. n30-3t*
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rs SEVENTH STREET-FURNISHE
rooms for housekeeping.
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BOARD AND LODGING.

GOOD BOARD AND ROOM, 90Sh l.,
home cooking. rooms with or without
board. Mrs. Kleinsong.
COG SEVENTH ST-FURNISHED ROOMS
and good home cooking board
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PHOTOGRAPHY.
CARPETE CLAIMING.

ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE? If so,
ring up RIVETT, the carpetman, and
see how little it viii cost to have your
carpets thoroughly cleaned and properly
relaid. Telephone. 2S2 Southwest cor.
uer Twelfth and O.
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TO LET Or RENT.
Ills EIGHTH STREET-FURNISHE
rooms for housekeeping.

FOR RENT-FURNISHED HOUSE FOR
summer months, at Berkeley; rent $45.
Address H. l.. s., this office. m31-1Ws
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FINANCIAL.

SCHOOL OF ART NEEDLEWORK-
Lessons in all the latest designs, stamp
ing, etc. Work to order MISS i.
SCHUBERT, lola Eighth street.
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WANTED-A MAN OF INDOMITABLE
push and energy. Call for b. S
SMITH, between the hours of and
a. m at 929 Tenth street.
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CHAMBERLAIN TERRACE, NORTH
sue T. street, Twentieth and Twenty
nrSt' ioJs 4oxl60 in this desira BILE block
only $1,000; can't be beat at this figure
JAMES E MILLS, 301 street. m24-2w
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FOR SALE-CITY

FOX SAl4E-DUCK EGGS SUPPLIED
Tor lncuoators. Apply at Fifth and "
streets. "
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PROFESSIONAL. OR RJTST-
ness men particular about the care OF
their horses and carriages to board them
at Frank Tryon's stable. Alley, Ninth
and Tenth. L and NJ streets
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NINE WE'LL FUR
nshed rooms; bargain. 627 NJ street
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DENTISTRY.

DIR. W. A. ROOT, DENTIST-CAPITAL
Telephone, 297; Sunset Telephone, No.
901 red. 814 X street
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IincoIn's Change of Faith.

Inaction ki.,s belief, while action of any
SOFT nourishes it, Phillips Brooks was fond
of saving, "Do something with your religion,
and your religion will not die" So with
all our beliefs Though it is often bred IN
our mind by rendering things over, cal ing
ND images until they become fixtures, belief
is oftener born and nourished IN earnest
action.
Lincoln's life gives a notable example. In
his pioneer days he was skeplc- Bote
I.amon and Henderson say that up to tina
time Lincolh went to Washington as Presl-
dent he was not protesting believer in any
Christian faith. But during the Gays OF tho
war, when Lincoln bore tremendous burdens
of action and anxiety. embodying end en-
forcing the will of the Nation, ne became
thoroughly religious.
1t is told that in 1864, when the tension
was at its highest, and Lincolns life was
like the action of the heart OF the who'll
people. in that time the President was found
more than once on his knees at prayer
Lincolns faith did not come to him by
reasoning, but in the stress and strain OF
life. He laid hold upon certa II great truths
with the grip of q hungering and thirst1nk
nature.
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Cen Grant as a l.oy.

A new anecdote of Gen. Grants childhood
is brought to light by an Ohio woman who
heard it from the lips Of his favorite rela-
tive, Aunt Margaret, )" with whose children
he was very intimate aud of whose family
he was a frequent inmate.
Aunt Margaret" was q widow who sup
ported her two children, John and Lucy, by
taking in sewing, doing tailoring and dress
making as it might come 10 her and when
.Lvss,n rs he was called, rode into town on
his big, housekeeping horse, he never failed
to pay visit TO his aunt ana cousins.
Sometimes lie came with his sister Clara
to stay over night, and then there was great
fun. with rolicking outdoor games when the
weather was fine The little great man was
not at all shy and reticent with his home
friends, and, indeed, this was his character
istic as long as he lived. 1t was only with
strangers that the fountain Of speech became
sealed.
One of aunt Margaret's" stories shows
not only what Il lovable and loving little fell
! low Gan. Grart was as a child, but how
strong was his sense of justice, and how
| eager he was to defend The right. 1t is a
| story that every sewing woman might easily
| pion of their rights.
| a
which AUNT Margaret" had made but
which did not give her customer satisfaction
! Such berating as was given his aunt
| little Ulysses had never before heard, as his
own mother was a mild and gentle woman
who had learned to put bride upon hel
I tongue. The woman was SO harsh and In
soent that the children stopped in theil
play around the doorway and listened with
I pale and anxious faces, and when she lei
! Grant asked:
Aunt Margaret, why did you let tina
woman talk 10 you the way she dld?"
because / am poor and dare not offend
my customers" was her answer.
well, you just wait till Pm man anc
no one will dare talk so to you"
True enough, when he became a man hi
did not forget Aunt Margaret" not ever
when he was a great hero whose praises TIT
| whole world sung, not even when he hat
| twice been elected President of the United
States. One of the grandest traits in Gen
| Grants character was his fidelity to hi
friends quality, also, which made him
faithful leader in every great cause h
| espoused.
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WEEK IN WASHINGTON,
Events of General Interest in the Nation
Capital.


TUESDAY, SEPT. 2s.-Mail dispatches from
Honolulu were received at the State Depart
mont. Minister Sewall's report to the State
Department reviewed the conditions prevail
ing in Hawaii. He said that the Japan csc
were acting in peaceabe manner. and that
no trouble of any sort was apprehended. -
Admiral Miller reported to the Navy De-
partment that the Japanese ship Nariwa
had left Honolulu for Yokohama, Sept II.
Notwithstanding this assertion. 1T is under
stood that the authorities would take no
chances on possible Japanese trick, so the
gunboat Wheeling was directed to hasten to
Honolulu, with instructions to delay the de-
parture of the Philadelphia until Rear Ad-
miral Miller had positively assured himself
that the Mikados ship had really proceeded
to Japan
WEDNESDAY. SEPT 90. An order was secured
by the Secretary of Agriculture by which the
Department Agents can attach the Depart
ment frank to packages of sugar beet seed to
be sent from growers to the Experiment Sta
tions throughout the country for analysis
Last. Spring the Agricultural Department
sent sugar beet seed to farmers in u States
1t is now the intention to test the beets
grown from these seeds in the various locali
ties for saccharine strength, and it is desired
that this work shall be conducted at tue Elk
pertinent Stations. Returns have been re-
ceived from some of the experimental
growths, and Secretary Wilson said that the
results were such as to encourage the BELIEF
that sugar beets could be successfully grown
in almost all the States of the Union.