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all the pieces, whether it is a big or a little snake. When the last piece has been used, you can go about your busi- ness See them scars?"
 Dorney has made good deal of mon ey out of his surprising occupation, in the last three years. He is proving up''' on quarter section, and every acre of his land has its score or more of rat tiers nests. He makes the conditions agreeable for them. He harvests the old ones. and, the others breed fast enough. In.the beginning he found his claim overrun with rattlers. That's what put theidea of breeding them. fHto his head. -s% csfs S
 Dead rattIesnakes are worth money if one knows how to dispose of them and has e liking for the business. The har- vest is a profitable one. To begin with, a good percentage of the rattles will sell to the curio stores at Santa Barbara, San Diego. Los Angeles and San Fran cisco. They bring as high as 50 cents a dozen wholesale. and perhaps a couple of hundred dozen can be sold in a year. But that's a small matter, merely a side issue The big thing is the fat Rattiesnake grease properly tried out is worth 60scents an ounce. Some single snakes yield more than 10 ounces. The hides are worth from g to $3 dozen in San Francisco. Purses and belts for women are made out of them and sofue- times Shoes and slippers The grease enters into the composition of some very high priced cosmetics and when, converted into oil has medicinal prob critics that render it very valuable to druggists. Cattle rangers in the neigh borhood look with some envy upon the
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of the science of phrenology and q more thorough knowledge of cerebral locali- zation it will be mere childs play to remedy not only physical but also moral defects A+i'7zs- -tst
 1T man is miser. it will only be necessary to excise that convolution of the brain in which the quality of cov- etousness is located and substitute therefor portion of the brain of an other individual who is afflicted with excessive charity and generosity. In similar manner other moral defects, such as vanity, mendacity, hypocrisy and all other. disagreeable qualities. Will be eradicated and supplanted by more desirable ones. .
 Several prominent physicians of New York were asked their opinion about these most recent experiments in the science of surgery and one of the doc tors expressed himself as follows: AS the experiments deal only with the sur face of the brain, Twill briefly describe few of it's functions. The brains sur face is covered by thin layer of gray matter called the cortex and is the seat of all conscious mental action and the receptacle of all impressions made upon
 
 out in regions. each region presiding oyer definitef Functions One region gov erns the movefnentsl Of the body an- other the movements of the tongue and lips necessary to speech. another the sense of sight and the memories of sight pictures. While still others are the probable seat of our conscious appre- citation of sounds. tastes. etc
 Now. let us suppose that, in conse- quence of disease. the region or center presiding over the movements of the body is destroyed. Then we would have paralysis. Similarly disease. of the re- zion of sight would be followed by dis turbances of vision. The physicians of today can tell in many cases by certain symptoms what special region of the brain Is affected and by surgical op- eration they can speedily rectify the mischief. ela79-',>.
 Very many cases-and the number is rapidly increasing-show the success full removal of tumors. foreign bodies, etc., from the surface Of the brain Many epileptics who have suffered for years have been relieved of their suf- fering by a surgical operation which but few years ago would not have been made. owing to our imperfect knowledge of localizing brain affec- tions. Understanding so much about the brain, we are in -G position to ap- preciate the results of the curious ex- pcriments." .s.a,s5~ ss.tI#r.
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publications, plans and studies relative to public health and sanitation. 2. Ur- ban sanitation, draining of marshes, public baths, cemeteries. etc. 3. Hy- giene of houses and public buildings, of universities and barracks. and the arrangement of vehicles for the trans portation and~alodging of persons. 4 Corporal hygiene. relating to clothing in general. toilet requisites and the preparation of food. 5. Industrial and professional hygiene, such as unhealthy industries plans and models of im- proved factofies and workshops. ar engagements to prevent illness and in flrmities,- disinfecti0n, etc. 6. Surgical nstruments and drugs
 In the fourth section will be shown all sorts of life saving apparatus for
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moral evolution and promises to be one of the most valued exhibits at the fair.
 All awards will be made by an inter- national jury.
 In addition to other numerous attrac- tions, such as lectures, fetes, singing and musical competitions, concerts and athletic contests. there will be lottery organized by and under the sanction of the Belgian government. This will make the fourth exhibition of the kind held in Brussels. the three previous ones having been each im- mensely successful financially as well as otherwise.
 The board of directors of the Brussels Exposition company has given full pow CTS to an executive committee, the chairman of which Is Mir. Emil de Mot, alderman of the city of Brussels, late member of the chamber of representa- lives. This committee undertakes the
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thing pertaining to lighting. heating and ventilation.
 The seventh section will be divided into two groups, the first covering the whole field of electricity, except electric lighting. the second devoted to traction. which will include railroads, street cars and horseless carriages of all kinds. electric, steam. gas, essence. petroleum, mechanical and for ordinary roads,
 The eighth section will be given up to the military art. covering ordnance, arms. explosives. projectiles. field hos pital service and the like.
 The ninth section will take in menu factures, plant. process and products, All sorts of machinery for use. in min- ing, metallurgy, chemical industries. alimentary industries. textile indus tries, clothing. agriculture and sundry trades will be represented%' s2la5e !
 In the tenth section there will be dis
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ever crawling things there may be on his path. but the tllirstiest desert pros- pecter never ventures to tap that keg, and if 1t were filled with yellow bull lion he would let it just as severely alone as he does now.
 Half a mile from Dorney's ranch, which lies nearer the river by a mile than the main wagon trail. there runs a long, shallow. ditchlike gully that is dry for about II months in the year. This is known as the dead line on the west and north of the ranch. Beyond this dead line only one man ever steps knowingly, and that man is the pro- prietor of the rattlesnake ranch. He bears afcharmed life, and some of the tales he relates make the blood curdle. He tells of diamond heads that are 12 and 15 feet long. and if you hesitate to accept his offhand measurements he asks you to ''comc along and see for ypurself''
 5 Some incredulous people have an idea that if Mark Dorney should be turned ! adrift on his own ranch shorn of his great thick Heather boots that reach to his thighs the charm of his life would goI out and perhaps his life with it. However. it would probably take more { than one rattler's bite to break the rharm, fer Dorney has good, common sense cure.I < 'a.4 t14fja Y. ,y,r sKillI I~theI sarpint yas soon as he stfngs,s sayS Dorney. ".Cut him up in small pieces and put .tha raw pleces over the bite. The rattler's flesh will sbegin tosttlrn green as it absorbs tths poison. When it is good and green, throw it away and put on a fresh piece. Keep this up until you have used
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tered four or five dozen, he gets te work skinning them. and then he tries out the fat in a big kettle that rests on an adobe oven in front of his cabin. Dorney's cabin is not entirely like the other cabins in that part of the world. It rests on stilts and is ten feet above the ground. This altitude is not for sanitary reasons entirely, but to in- sure solitude at night in the midst of unpleasant company. There is a rude ladder reaching from the ground to the door. .-t
 T had steps at first" says Dorney but found some of the big fellers could climb then.'' IF -sa
 Now he sleeps soundly at night with only that keg of firewater for com pany. and the fact thar there may be a neat little sum of money in the house does not trouble him. No one will moiest whatever riches-there may be in Mark Dorney's house, for no one will cross the dead line. -.s .c4 d If J. H. GRIFFES.
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protection in cases of fire or in cases Of accident at sea or underground
 The fifth section will be devoted to the industrial and decorative arts and the liberal arts and sciences. Group will contain examples of work. in met al, glass and pottery. the preparation and cutting of diamonds gold and sil- yer smiths work, artistic iron castings. stained glass, enamels and the manu- facture and decoration of chinaware. Group will consist of household fur nitnre and decorative painting, all
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1t will be placed all the exhibits from the KongO Free State. Other buildings will be distributed through the Pare du Cinquantenaire, which contains about go acres, and altogether there will be 125,oOO square yards of space under cover .A
 The improvements which have re- gently taken place in bicycles and ve- hicles driven by stored power and the development of scientific inventions due to the discovery of the Roentgen rays will of themselves invest the exhibition with more than ordinary interest. in addition to which Brussels, being a cen ter of country rich in magnificent ca- thedralss and monuments of the six
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The second, social economy. will be grouped under six heads-viz: 1. Labor it's instruction and organization. 2. The safety Of workmen and appliances for their protection. 3. Workingmen, their lives. furniture, food and clothing. A. Legislation and history of labor. D. Saving and provident institutions. G. Building societies and institutions of credit.
 The third section will cover hygiene, medical and pharmaceutical arts, un- der which. will be arranged; l. Works.
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teenth century. is in itself a liberal ex- hibition of old world art. In the cathe- dral at Antwerp, only 27 miles from Brussels. are Rubens' masterpieces, while within a short radius. scattered through museums and churches, are many of tho best works of Van Eyck, IIolbein. Nandyke and others of the Flemish school
 Belgium. fortunately for herself, has no national enemies. nor are her pow erful neighbors jealous of her, so that the chances in favor of liberal dis play of European manufactures are exceedingly good.
 The exhibits will be divided into II sections, the first of which will be that of fine arts. including pictures. scuIp- Eture. cngra wings and architecture.
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FOUR LEGGED BANDITS.

teeth is a helpless goose, too dizzy to fly.
 The coyote is called a coward. He is brave enough to lead forlorn hope. Think of him calmly playing dead" in the presence of his two most danger
 GUS foes, man and dog. A hunter who had slightly wounded a coyote was
 much surprised to see it fall perfectly
 limp on the ground and apparently dead. The dogs looked at the coyote and then at their master with an in l quiring expression. Not quiver of the eyelids not the slightest rise or fall of the chest, not the trembe of limb, betrayed this little creature in
 his wonderful play of death.
 The hunter gently prodded the corpse
 and lifted the limp legs, but they fell
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"A BEAUTIFUL PLANT FROM
 AUSTRALIA,

The rare Australian plant called the burrawang, or, as it is known to botan- ists, the Macrozamias spirales, is to be introduced into this country next sum- mer. The burrawang is computed to be upward of 300 years old. It has stem of about four feet, and the fronds are a little over four feet long. There are four species of macrozamias indigenous to Australia, but some authorities make as many as nine.
 However this may be. it Is of very little consequence to the amateur or gardener who delights to see a hand.
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blood after Severe hemorrhages. Fin ger and toe, nails will grow after re- mGval in from 4 to 12 months. Vort the physiologist. made experiments with @ dove and found that after five months the removed brain was replaced by re- generated nerve matter, which consist1 ed of fibers and gangia.
 Of course the science of brain graft ing is yet in a- very crude state of de- velopment. but the possibilities which
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THE GREAT BRUSSELS EXPOSITION.

Little has been heard as yet about. the international exhibition which is to be held at Brussels during the coming summer. but preparations are going steadily forward which promise to make it as interesting as any that has preceded 1t, if not more so. The exhi- bition. which Is under the patronage of the king of the Belgians, with the Count of Flanders as honorary president, is to be opened on Saturday. April "A, and will remain open for at least six months and possibly as late as the 18th of No vember. It will be held in part in the existing state buildings and in part in the parks of Du Cinquantenaire and De Tervuren. both of which will be con-
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kinds of fabrics and theatrical scenery. Group will contain materials for con struction from ''decoratfve point of view. Group 4 will be devoted to church art and decoration. Group will be a collection of materials in use in the arts of drawing and painting. such as brushes. pencils, colors and the like. Group will comprise everything in the way of photography. Group will embrace printing, lithography. engrav- ing, binding and everything in connec- tion with all sorts of publications, from paper upward. Groups will be repre- sented by music and musical instru- ments. and under group 9 will be ranged physical and mathematical science and natural science.
 2 The sixth section will contain every
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ly in the foothills of California and talk en into the nearest town to be photo- graphed. It required the firm persua- sion of stout chain to induce the frightened little animal to face the dan gerous looking machine aimed at him with deadly intent. His terror, is in- creased when he recognizes his worst enemy peering at him through the folds of d hideous black flag that means mo quarter" '-.tt
 Some of the tricks ofthis little, insig- nificant looking creature are interest ing. He will come down from the hills
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
Soda Water Puts Out a Fire.

An improvised fire department pre- vented a serious confiagration in lola, Kan, the other day. When the alarm was given. confectioner near the scene of the fire seized a heavily charged soda
 water cylinder, threw it on a wheelbar- TOW and rushed to the building where the fire was getting in it's work. Plung- ing into the thickest of the flames, he turned tho stopcock and soon had the fire under control. 0gA zNt
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to the feeding grounds of the wild geese, and with an innocent, faraway LOOK or indifference will slowly circle around tho flock, his gaze fixed on some imaginary object up in the air. His pace gradually increases. The awkward geese begin to mass toward a common center and try to follow his movements by turning their heads. They forget to fly as the willy animal narrows his cir cle and increases his pace. Suddenly the coyote is seen flying up the hillside.
 and firmly clutchcd in his strong. sharn
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played every kind of apparatus pertain ing 10 sporting, riding driving, hunt ing; bicycling, fencing, fishing and. the like. .. -==A.e ais
 The eleventh section will be devoted exclusively to popular games. '-9o
 The twelfth section will be in readi- ness for temporary agricultural and horticultural competitions which will take place during the progress of the exhibition. -t@- '-a -s'st
 The thirteenth section is set apart for practical teaching, commercial institu- tions and the manual labor, of women. such as the making of lace, -einbroider-. ies, dressmaking. etc. ~-e77 s7-i.," =
 The fourteenth and last section will be devoted to the consideration of com- merce, colonization and political and
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it suggests are marvellous. AS is well known, the scerebrum, or great brain, which is ovoid in shape. includes, be- sides a number of minor portions. the convolutions which control the various functions of the organs of the body. The surface of the brain is called the cortex. and 1t is in this exterior tissue that the power of control is supposed 10 be lodged.
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some looking plant in preference to long technical name. Fortunately thern are Hundreds of plants of the various species of macrozamias growing wild In the coastal districts of Australia. from small seedlings to plants whose
 ages can be recl<oned With three figures. 1t The burruwang was q plant of great economic value to the aboriginals be- fore they tasted the sweets of ycivilizar tion. The nuts or seeds of this plant were largely used by the natives as an article of food after undergoing cer- tsIia .Ter aration.
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power is greater in the lower than in
 the higher order of animals. For in- stance, salamanders and lizards may lose their tails. which will in due time be replaced by d bony substance. mus cular tissue and even the lower portion
 of the spinal cord. In warm blooded animals this power of regeneration is decidedly less and is greater in youth than in old age. The first tissue of the body which is generally restored is the
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ward left it uncertain as to how much mental and moral benefit he received from his acquisition of feline brain matter.
 As d matter of fact, the professors S experiments are simply the application of well established theories to tissues which have hitherto been thought too delicate to permit of such operations. Nature is endowed with wonderful power to repair injured tissues. This
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-04
Saved From Rabies by Whisky

Frank J. Litz, a rnarketman of Bal timore. who experienced no trouble from the bite of dog which bit eight boys there. four of whom died. ascrfbes his immunity to his having immediate !y taken a drink of whisky and gepeat- :rs, the dose as often as he was able to. without having the liquor interfere with his business, sfor several days. M ,.
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without a twitch. Then the hunter started slowly down the hill, taking the dogs with him. A few feet away, he cautiously turned to look at the coyote. There was gray shadow flee ing up the hillside with a speed that meant deliverance from death.
 Hunted, hated, pursued by man and dog, there is nothing left to the coyote but to move on." He suffers the ig- nominy of having a price put upon his head. which places him on level with the bandits of early days in California.
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Alter a Long Wait,

Alter waiting i,a5O years the town of vcnosa, the ssncirnt Venusium, where Horace was born. has decided to erect a niondment to h.n,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28

$40. ''''e'' % . VI inif'een'n' 90 oy '0'
T j. and Ellen Bass to City street Improvement
ofNOe, W IS by lI5; $40
=, PatricS Counahan to Matthew Collins lot on f
30 e Il h N Moaig 'mery street 70 of Fl bert,
cord and Meta Wrede Hepburn wilkins, lot
SW hi b,iS S9 Uf som street, s5 sW of Seventh,
A, All honss Claus 10 mary j. Claus, lot ATS, Gift
u9 h NJ VI ~ toma street 125 SW Of Eighth sW S5
De nnisGa to John G. Kiump.e: ot or w limo
OF @ piiteenth e avenue, 1922 OF Point obos ave-
William an ~ Mcpr;lO, ra3;lO, NV 62:4, s2:s $40.
h, ig 19n 9d sIn avenue, 100 Of street, rs
Juna . snyder to Rhua NJ. Clark lot on s line OF
a srees, Sf;6 of Twenty ninth avenue, W so by
trederck W. and Minna Kraft to F. Lunnann
and Garms, lot on line of Eleventh avenue I50
\ Sdr,e OF \ streStr ,a Ed,,s n 70 by f 100 $3.50
81 IS: $40. "'eHue' . AVo oy Il
Emily Engelcke (administratrfx NJ tho as,a,e 90
Charles NJ. ChiIds by Gustav HarsboW eSon'e oi 1i
s,o9erl 10 Joseph NJ. Strauss, lot z9I, Gift Man
John Ro. (by l. wadham. Tax col1acto-, tor
stead Union, tax deed; 81.
W. J. Gray (by Thomas O'Brlen Tav t.oroo+ou>
TO same, lots and fractional in block "a paul
Tract Homestead Association. tax deed: g. '0A
ID. h
and Mary E. Greenham. William schehr and 90. '
fornia tile Insurance and Trust Company INV
Henry p. Umbsen, referee) TO Susan Giliipan lofs
and 4, beck zS Sunny Vale Home stead Asso.
citation; $l20
John q. Klumpke to Bernardina Kluupke 10,
IL, block 1s, railroad Avenue Homestead Asso-
citation, being subdivision OF blocks II, lS %
35 and 81. University Mound Tract gift "
Charles j. and Martha A. NJ. Kaighin 10 lanes
L. strand, lot on SW line of West avenue l5O ~
of Patton street, Sc 25, SW s127:6, NV z5:6 \
1872 q, lot z, block 2, Holly Park Tract; $40
ALAMEDA COUNTY.
Mary Sturm to Charles L. Sturm, lot NV
corner Of Eleventh and Fallon stree,s. w so by N
100, block 166. OaKland; gift.
James ard Margaret Dorland to John G.. Peller,
lot on n line of Twenty-frst street, 81 r of Fill.
bert, n 100 by f %, block G. Survey of Northern
Addition to Oakland, Oakland Township; 81 o.
z. II. and NJ. Jackson to 4. NuSbauner. lot on
W line OF Linden street, so y of Forty third, so
by w 80, being lot 2, block $685. Alden Tract, at
Temescal, skRnd ownshlp; So
SO. SO y u'AD'--'i - "'OH ''''''S' D4"A' 'A--i''
A. W. and Ella A. Cfaig to Ida C. sey, lot on
line of Menlo street, 700 55 f of Park, z 97:S1,
1873 .92, w 100.67 80 81 to beginning, being
lots Is and 16. block B. Gasku Tract Oakland
Township; $40
G. and Mary Peladesu and Annie Beaudry to
Patrick Anderson, lot 6. block ~ Beaudly and
Peadeau property, oakland Township; $40
Z. and Mercedes Er1edberg to Wflhelmine
Schultheis, lot S line of FoEty-fourth street,
104:4 W of Telegraph avenue, w 25 by 100,
being the r. 1/s of lot %, b ock 21U0, McCourtney
Tract, Oakland Township; SO.
Fred Wild TO c. II. Macloon. lot on Il line OF
Morton street, 50.H6 of Encinal avenue, S 56.25,
( l25, S:4, w 81 to beginning. being portion
of los l. and 3, block 4, map of Pacific Land In-
vestment Company's properly at Morto street
station, Alameda; So
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-28
MAKRIAGE LICENSES.

The following marriage licenses have been
Issued by the County Clerks office:
w. A. Ho bbins and Katherine ]. Roche. 29-29.
b F. Phillips and Leah Helneberg, 26-2S.
Thomas Mullins an d Mary Boyle. S3-19.
r. l. Creelman and Marion a. Healy. 24-21,
Harry Johnson and Ida Johnson, 30-2S.
Frank Reilly and Snsan McCo)l, 4l-39.
L. b. o. Brie n and Mary NJ. Jones' 3l-26.
H. b. Mckee and ,rah II. Nullanev, 2S-24.
Augustus L. DuabRr and Annie tchie, 32-3 80
Curtis o. Falk and Annie G. NJ. Hail. 21-22
j. l. da Rosa and Ro n Mascimento $50
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MARKED.

CRAIG-CRoUCH-Feb 23, 1897. by the
Rev. NJ. p Boynton. Alec L. Craig and Amy L.
Crouch, both OF san Francisco.
PAGE BOYSTON-In Alameda February 22
1897, Alvin q. Page and Magarette L. Boyston,
both of san Francisco.
WHITSON-FISHER-In Great Bend, Kans
January 2S 1897, Floyd E whitson of AIbu-
quNrque. N. Mex, and Esse Nj. Fisher of JACK
SOnYIlle. OR.
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kBAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

George D. Toy to Charles :. cram, lot on line
OF Golden Gate avenue, 1875 Z of Webster, T.
1858 by 1877 6 SO
- caroline III. and James A. Robinson to John
Iamony, lot on Sw line of Ninth street. 1U0 NV
OF Folsom, NV 75 by SW 100; $40
Ely !. and Helen J. II hutchinson and Robert B.
woodward to Catherine Reingpack, lot on w line
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oAvANAUeH-In this city, February 27, 1887,