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BETTER CHANGE HER POLICY.

From the Altoona Tribune.
For number of years our southern
brethren have been pursuing an interest
ing experiment.. Whenever negro has
committed a crime of violence against
white woman. or been accused Of such
crime, they have put him to cruel death
without waiting for the orderly processes
of the courts In almost every quarter
of the south the black man accused of
such a crime is doomed. Unless as by
miracle, there is no escape for him. The
mob's methods have almost always been
swift. There has never been any anxiety
lest an innocent man should be mistaken
ly put to DEATH black people are plenty
in the far south, and their lives are re-
garded as of little value. Sometimes the
accused have been hanged; sometimes
they have been shot; sometimes they
have been both hanged and shot; on more
than one occasion they have been burned
at the stake. amid circumstances that IL
lustrated the Inherent savagery of their
murderers.
During all these passing years the courts
have been holding regular sessions in
every southern state. The black men who
have been arraigned before the bar of
Judge Lynch, charged with one of the
most heinous crimes on the calendar, have
been poor obscure, friendless. There was
not the slightest likelihood that u single
one would have escaped cOndign punish
ment had the evidence been sufficient TO
convict. The manner of their taking off
is not only reflection upon the ciViliZa-
tion of the state that permits it, but also
an insult to the courts. The excuse has
been made repeatedly that a crime against
the honor of a defenseless woman de-
mands instant vengeance at the hands of
the upright men of the community, to the
end that the black fierds may be intimi-
| dated, and that women may be protected
| from constant dangers of outrage.
o
But our southern friends should stop a
| little and face the exact situation. Accord
| ing to their own confession, and judging
| from the annual increase in the number
| of negroes put to death by the wild ven
| geance Of the mob, the crime for the pun
| ishment of which all the wretched scenes
| that redden southern history have been
enacted, is more common now than ever
| before. The fact is the south has made
| a fearful blunder. Before the war even
| while it continued, she could safely trust
| her women to the black man. Why is 1t
| she cannot do so now? Not because the
| freedom that the war brought has de-
moralizcd him, but because she has done
| her level best to brutalize him. She hal
| better change her policy.
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TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologcr.
Astrolabe cast: rs a. m, FOR Tuesaay,
Feb. 1G 1897.

fcD. lb. 1877.
8 D ns
A child born on this day will notice
that when there is a "cut in rates about
the establishment of big syndicate, the
workman is usually the first to get it in
the neck.
It begins to look as though DIR. Abbott's
sarcasm regarding the story of Jonah and
the whale would furnish editorial themes
for the country newspapers for the next
year.
There IS no question that a dollar will
buy more today than at any period in the
present century. The difficulty seems 10
be I'm securing the dollar.
Whether or not Greece win be slippery
enough to evade the Powers Is now the
question.
Recent developments indicate that the
trusts" do not trust each other,
Songs of spring.
The party mans abroad today
About the polls he's roaming.
But when night comes he'll quit the fray;
To secret haunts viii move away
And study in the cleaning.
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SCRANTON, FEBRUARY 16, 1897.

1t may not be remiss to remark tina.
The Tribune tomorrow will sustain It's
reputation for SURPRISING all of its
contemporaries in the accuracy and
completeness of it's election news.
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We advised Governor Bushnell not to
go up against the Mark Hanna buzz
saw. But some men never will learn
anything save by experience.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-16

Representative Woodman, of Hi
nois, wants congress to put tax of
$50 on every 1000 cigarettes. That is
the one way to cure the cigarette evil
by law,
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This is the day when Dunmore bor-
ough is scheduled by all the prophets
to turn over a new leaf Politically
speaking, it certainly needs one.
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son, in his paper which he read before the
board in October. claims that he has been
able, by the use of his improved producer,
to make and store by actual measure
mCnt, over 10000 cubic feet of gas from
one ton of culm. An anlysis of this gas
has shown it to be superior to that made
from bituminous coal, and there Is no rea-
son to doubt but what actual use OF the
gas will show even better results. Should
this prove true our culm banks VIII sure
ly, at no distant day, be the source of a
power so cheap that the water wheel will
be an expensive luxury compared with 1t,
and Scranton will become the greatest
gas producing centre in the country a
company has been formed for the purpose
of manufacturing these producers, or they
will erect plants and supply gas in any
quantities for power or domestic purposes.
WORK ON THE STREETS,
During the year considerable street
paving has been done in the city. The
block between Linden and Mulberry
streets on Wyoming avenue, which was
for SO long a time an eye sore and a dis
grace to our city, is now one of our hnest
paved streets. Not foot of the so-called
Woodcn-block pavement now remains, ana
it is to be hoped that the city will never
again tolerate such an abomination. SWEET
land street from the new Linden street
bridge to Main avenue, was graded and
paved with stone block, making a very
desirable approach to the bridge from the
West Side. West laCkaWanna avenue
from Ninth to Main, Robinson and jack
son streets, We're also paved with the same
material Monroe avenue from Vine to
Myrtle, Main court from Lipden to Null
berry, Spruce street from WyominS to
Franklin were paved with asphalt. An or
din9uce is now before councils providing
for the pavement of Mulberry street its en-
time length with asphalt, and movement
is at present on foot with every prospect of
success to pave Providence road from
the Dickson works to North Main, and
North Main to the city line, This street
Is without doubt the very worst that can
10. n q whole
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Tammany, it is said, will run Dick
Croker for mayor of Greater New York
Croker is Tammany's kind
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The labored efforts of the apologists
for social flunkeyism to make it ap-
pear that extravaganza is a vice only
among the poor and that it is nobody $
business but their own what the rich
do with their wealth would be pathetic
if they We're not SO utterly mean in in
spiration. Why not frankly face the
truth?
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not goad the "men in blouses" to use
sharper weapons than ballots.
1t is a rule as old as politics that
when two men contest for a nomination
and one is fairly beaten, he should
good naturedly acquiescc. The fact
that the unsuccessful competitor
against James E. Watkins for the I,e-
publican nomination for burgess Of
Taylor borough has seen fit to nurse a
sore toe affords no reason why any Re-
publican other than himself should
support the Democratic nominee.
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We must once more call the atten
ton of our friends to the fact that I'll
letters sent to us for publication which
involve or invite controversy must bc
signed, for publication, by the real
names of the writer's thereof. To this
rule we can mako no exception.
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omits to take into account the broad
human fact that selfishness is one of
the strongest motives and that men
who are selfish by nature cannot be
made unselfish by act of Legislature.
We should like to see it passed, because
ii couldn't make matters worse than
they are and might, in spots, make
them better; but we indulge in no
broad hopes of a millennial era in pub
lie affairs as the result of any law
making which moves faster toward
high ideals than the human race can
follow.
There is one fact in this general con-
nection which is often overlooked, and
that is that the eXpensiveness of poll
tics keeps out of office many men who
are unfit for it-men who would other
wise offer themselves as standing can
ddates for political charity. To be
wealthy or well to do in these days
generally necessitates the possession
of a clear head and sharpened facul-
ties, and when such men take hold of
politics, even though they do spend
money freely, unless they employ cor
rupt means to get it back again they
are spending it for the public's benefit
quite as much as for their own. 1t is
desirable that the costs of political ac-
tivity should be reduced, but this emo
is not to be reached by indiscriminate
abuse of the men who have the public
spirit to face the situation and spend
their money in a way that returns a
dollar to the community for every
penny that it returns to them.
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The prospects are bright for the future.
and it IS believed that the next few
months will show a decided Improvement
in all lines of trade and commerce.
During the past twelve months the board
has held ten regular meetings As usual
the July and August meetings were omit
ed, At our April meeting very interest
ing address was delivered by Hon. O. Il.
Williams Of this city on "French Roads"
At the May meeting Hon, Alfred Hand
addressed the board on "International Ar
bitratlon," At the June meeting Street
Commissioner @. r kinsley talked on
street Improvement" Mr.. c. A. Green,
Of Philadelphia, delivered a very able lee
ture on the work of tine "Philadelphia
Commercial Museums" at the September
meeting. In October, Mr., j. Gardner
Sandorson read paper on the "Produc-
tion of Gas from Anthracite Culm," ana
at the December meeting General Roy
stone, of the agriculture department at
Washington, y, c. and his assistant, Mr..
Harrison, of New Jersey, addressed the
board on Good Roads" These talks
have proved very instructive and Interest,"
ing additions to the regular order of busi-
ness Of our meetings and We're secured
without cost to the board or its members.
During the year we have continued TO
keep before the public at large the great
advantage Of our cheap fuel Mr., Sander
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SECRETARY'S FINANCIAL STATE
MENT
Received from members to January
is 1897 429 0l
BY amount paid on account ban
Guet ......................... 20 2J
BY amount paid treasurer ......... 4,lOS %
,.
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DIDN'T COLLECT HIS BILL.
But Good Natured1y Paid Another
for His Customer

I'm not success as a collector" !"
admitted the big, good-natured butcher,
who was talking with several others
about the difficulty of getting what
was coming to them. Il hire a man to
do the dunning the year around, and
wouldn't take his job with ten acres
Of Woodward avenue thrown in.
we had one customer who ran up a
big bill and was always going TO set
tie in just a few days Ny collector
made this report till l got tired and
out of humor Here was a man always
ordering the choicest cuts of meat,
having all kinds of game in season,
and sending back what did not please
him, yet never paying me a cent 1t
looks to me as though you didn't un-
derStand your business I said to the
collector one day when he came in with
little money and nothing from this par
ticular customer. III go and see that
man myself, and he'll be glad to settle
before I get through with him.
Il went. / was shown into room
as pretty as a picture, and was met
by as handsome an old gray-haired
man as ever you clapped YOUR eyes
on. He shook my hand warmly and
made such a bow as you don't often see
these days. He was delighted to see
me, and made me sit down in a chair
as easy as feather-b bed. Then
we had cigars and wine that
no poor man could afford to
drink He talked better than
any book I ever read, and I was in a
cold sweat because l didn't know how
to get away without offending him.
Then I invented story about cranky
partner who insisted upon his bill be-
ing paid, and rambled off into d long
apology. You never saw a man nicer
about anything. He would have the
money within a few days and was sor-
rier than he could tell if l had been
discommOded. 1 receipted the bill, laid
it on the table, and told the old gentle
man to pay it when he could.
LAS 1 was leaving, here came one OF
those professional collectors who are
as coldbloOded as q fish. He pitched
into my host hot blocks, while the lat
ter Just stood and looked with q stern
dignity that would have paralyzed me.
Before / knew just what 1 was doing
l had paid the bill, and told the fellow
to get out before l threw him out. I'm
no good at all as collector. Detroit
Free Press.
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Bits Of Wisdom.

Some people save money by not pay
ing their debts.
All people who play the fiddle look
something alike.
Cupid steals a base every time lovers
look at the moon.
To he popular with some people, al
that is necessary is to say, Thank
you in very loud voice.
Probably nothing is the cause OF
more Coldness in early married life
than a mans dislike to being COM
PEELED 20 tell his wife he loves her when
he has something else on his mind
Atchis0n Globe
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KLONDYKE CAFE 6ndngg IL WL4 y
52l j. Everything absolutely home cook
ing. Everything prepared on the prem
ises. ANDRUS & PIPER.
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A Famine Preventive.

In his speech introducing the Indian
bedget. Lord George Hamilton, after
referring to the limited extent to which
further irrigation work could be under
taken. said: 'sOn the other hand, the
extension of railroads wherever under
taken after proper surveys have been
of great benefit. not only to the dis
tricts through which they run, but to
the community at large. They facili-
tate migration, they greatly increase
the area of cultivation, they develop the
mineral wealth of the country, and open
ND new industries. They are most
effective preventive OF death from star
walton by their carrying power in time
of famine and distress and in years of
prosperity they are the most reliable
instruments for the augmentation and
distribution Of wealth. and so far as
the recuperatiye powers of the mass
Of the people are concerned they are
the readiest agency the Government can
employ Last year l announced to the
House that we proposed to largely in
crease the railway programme OF eX-
penditure for the next three years. and
during that period there We're to be
constructed by the State about 5000
miles. costing Rx29 .665, eco, and by
private companies 2.626 miles, costing
Rx 16. 1S9. 600. making an aggregate of
7.GSf miles ard x45. .S54 000 of ex-
penditure After consultation with the
Viceroy. we have determined to adhere,
as far as we possibly can. to this in
creased outlay. though ii may be neces-
ssry for the present year to reduce our
proposed expenditure by a crore: but
believe. for the reasons I have already
stated. that the prosecution of this poll
icy will be a most effective famine pre-
ventive instrument. and one which
should he vigorously pushed through.
even although it may occasion for the
moment scme financial inconvenience. "
London Railway News.
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The Center of Sound.

"I observe" said the man from New
York, that Washington has not found
itself obliged to start a crusade against
unnecessary noise"
NO" was the reply. There hasn't
been any systematic protest. You see,
it was generally understood that Con-
gress wouldn't be in session very long
this lime Washington Star.
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Put in sealed cans, hot from the
''roaster" mo other just as good" as
CAPITAL Java Blend Coffee.
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Try McAorry's soc uncolored Japa,
tea: E. B. tea, 60c: 6. P. tea, 75c: P. F
Japan tea, 40c: 531 II street.
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MEETING NOTICES.

CALIFORNIA TEMPLE, NO. l, RATH-
bone Sisters.-Regular meeting THIS
(Friday) NIGHT at 8 o'clock.
MARY RHOADS, NJ L. G.
George Guthrie. NJ. OF r. and c. 1t
SERVICES IN THE SYNAGOGUE
will commence THIS EVENING at 5
o'clock LEON SALOMON, Sec'y. 1t*
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IVES ACADEMY = GRAMMAR
grade. high school. normal and business
branches, elocution, French and German
are taught. Ninth and ! streets.
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OPTICIAN.

WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF
optical goods; eyes tested free by a
competent graduated 0ptican. kLUNE
& FLOBEkG, dealers il ieweiry and
precious stones.
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TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug
gists refund the money If il falls 70 cure &c.
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WANTED.

WANTED-A GIRL FOR GENERAL
housework; permanent place for right
party Apply at 131612 Tenth street 1t
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WANTED-A PLEASANT FURNISHED
house of six or seven rooms, between ii
and p, Ninth and Fourteenth streets DC,
sirable party. Address NILLS-GAlNlN
CO., 301 J. se3-35
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SPIRITUALTSM.

MADAME JOHNSON. TEST AND RU!
mess medium. room Is, 60sla l.
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responsible position: must be good
talker Apply 401 j. $3.50 to $3.50 a. M,
rooms and TO- seS-3t*
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CHEAPEST SOLING ON EARTH.
Gents 45c. ladies Soc, at 1911 ! street
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WANTED TO-DAY-GIRLS TO STRIP
tobacco. Lee Stanley's Factory 922 Il
street. 1t
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SELECT SCHOOL.

CALIFORNIA BUSINESS COLLEGE
opens September ZstL. Business course,
shorthand and typewriting. Latest
methods HILL & HUXLEY, oppo-
site PoStofiice.
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COAL DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
wood, coal and coke. Prompt
delivery guaranteed. Yard and Office l420-
AZ street. Telephone 2Ss. Thomas
Coulter.
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NO FREE ADS.
MUSIC AND ART.

HOLBROOK & LOTHHAMMEP PIANO
tuners and repairers. 1921 Eighth street.
SCHOOL OF ART NEEDLEWORK.
1914 Eighth street.
NEW GOODS,
NEW STAMPING PATTERNS
To accommodate out-of-town custom
ers / viii give lessons in embroidery
and lace-making every day during fair
MISS L. SCHUBERT.
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WANTED OVER % OF TACT
and education; must De active and will
ing. S. & CO., this Office. au3-tf
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1922 FIFTH ST, HARTFORD HOUSE
Furnished rooms, single or en- suite.
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WANTED-ALL KINDS OF KITCHEN
and farm help at Plaza Employment Of
flee, 9th and /. w. A. WALL, Prop
Cap. Tel. 273. Sunset, black, 654.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

1000 MEN TO HAVE DID HATS MADE
new. 1l26 l. corner l.welfth.
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JAPANESE DOMESTIC AND RANCH
hands furnished on short notice at Jap
anese Inf. Agency. SIT Sixth street.
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TO LET OR RENT.

71e NJ ST.-NICELY FURNISHED BACK
parlors; for two; electric lights; BATH
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92a K ST-3 UNFURNISHED HOUSE
keeping rooms; bath, electric light.
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WAITRESS AND FIVE GIRLS FOR
general housework. 921 Sixth street.
Sunset phone Sal red. Barbara Bruder.
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WANTED-A BRIGHT ACTIVE WO-
man for good paying business. Address
654, this office.
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REAL ESTATE AND EMPLOYMENT
Office; ranches for sale house renting
nished Address 1905 Third street. Tele-
phone 574 black. d. RICE, Proprietor
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KRONER & HOWARD SELL REAL ES-
tate, issue fire, life and accident nsur-
loans on county and city real estate;
represents Renters Building and Loan
Association of San Francisco; write
deeds, mortgages etc. Notary work
promptly attended to. Office 323 street.
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TO LET-s10; TWO NICELY FURNISH
ed housekeeping rooms. 1908 Ninth st.
Sits
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FINANCIAL.

A RELIABLE LICENSED PLACE TO
borrow money on watches, jeweiry and
diamonds; strictly confidential. 419 x,
next to Metropolitan Theater.
sAcTo. COLLECTION AG'CY, e22 9TH:
bonds furnished principals; money loaned.
MONEY TO LoAN-H. ]. GOETHE. 1011
Fourth street.
SEND THE WEEKLY UNION 10 YOUR
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A GOOD CHANCE FOR A CoNFEC-
tionery, restaurant, saloon or any busi-
ness on southwest corner of Ninth and
j streets. Inquire at S2S J.
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WANTED PUPILS = SHORTHAND
taught by practical reporter; terms rea-
sonable. Room 5, Stoll Building, Fifth
and K streets
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CAPITAL MARKET. FRESH

vegetables, live chickens, groceries, eggs.
butter cheese: all guaranteed first-class
goods at lowest market prices. John
Dierssen. Proprietor. Twelfth and Its.
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cold water and all modern conveniences
1887 o street. Inquire w. p. Coleman,
327 ] street
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SIC. 000-TO LOAN ON CITY REAL ES-
tate in sums to suit. KRONER ~ HOW
ARD, 323 street
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OIL COMBINATION REMEDY co HAS
remedies they guarantee to cure weak
lungs. catarrh, rheumatism, female
troubles, piles, cancers, tumors. tape
worm, lame back, lost manhood. DR.. j.
w. Lewis. Manager, 1925 Eighth street.
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WOOD AND COAL. HAY

grain. Before buying elsewhere call and
get our prices. Orders for tinter supply
hlled from cars at first cost. Weights and
ana Dig L street, between Fifth and Sixth
LANES y McCAW. Proprietor. Capital
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OELIHBhE
~ and ENTERPRISING
Sacramento Dealers.
KAISER BROS. For For

18th and G, removed to the old Washing
ton Bakery, 1121 Sd St, and have added cof-
Zee parlors. Delicious coffee with cream
and cake, 10c. Glad to see old friends.
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BOARD AND LODGING.

MODEL HOTEL, EIGHTH AND H SITS
Best board and rooms; terms moderate
TWO PLEASANT, NICELY FUR
nished rooms, with board, to rent dur
ing fair; single or en- suite. 1016A n
street. se5-1w
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CALIFORNIA rlARKET
SUNSET TRANSFER CO

once 429 K st. Furniture and Pianos care
fully removed, packed and Shipped. Sunset
phone 5S4 red. Daniels & Hart
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EAGLE BAKERY 4ND Al 3,o5o CON
PACIFIC GROVE BAKERY

We make speciality of strictly home made
goods. Try our domestic bread; can't
be beat Rice Bros, S2S ].
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE CHEAP-A BABY CARRI-
age; almost as good as new. Apply at
1880 II. Se5-It
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LEADINGJEWEIERof OF Sac

to, 3l5 street, north side, between Third
ana Fourth streets; sign of the town clock
H. Wachhorst.
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