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Story of an Advertisement.

One Of the curious things that appear
in the columns of the London Times"
is this death notice, which is published
annually: ION Friday, July 16, 1889,
in her thirty-third year, the very deep
ly lamented Lady Flora Hastings, M.
]. "" The Lady Flora in question
was one Of the most beautiful and
charming of the maids of honor to the
Queen, and had been in attendance OH
her majesty for some time, when she
suddenly found herself the subject of
malevolent gossip, which had it's origin
among the ladies' in waiting of the
Queen, prominent among the number
being Lady Portman. The Queen, who
was unmarried at the time, sided with
her ladies against the unfortunate girl.
Inquiry fully vindicated Miss Flora
and she was reinstated in the Queens
favor. But when she demanded that
her traducers be excluded from court
the Queen refused to comply.
Soon afterward Lady Flora became
i'll and died, and her relatives, it ap-
pears, have never forgiven her majesty
for refusing her request. 1t was a
sister of Lady Flora who was the
mother of the present Marquis of Butte,
and inaSmuch as he was notoriously
brought up to the belief that his lovely
aunt had been most cruelty treated by
her majesty, he has always manifested
very marked degree of reserve to-
ward the court, and it is generally be-
lieved that it is by his orders that the
obituary notice concerning Lady Floras
death appears each year in the London
Times ''-Tryo Times.
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TURKEYS RICHEST MAN.
The Enterprise He Showed in Gain
ing His Wealth.

The richest man in Turkey is an Ar
menian, who is a naturalized American
citizen. and lived in this country for
several years. If the stories told in the
diplomatic circles of Constantinople are
true, he came by his money in a pecu-
liar manner. 1t will be remembered
that the Sultan Aziz was assassinated
in 1876. For several years prior to his
death he accumulated all the money
and bonds he could obtain, which he
stored away in his palace, as a reserve
fund in case of a war with Russia,
which had been impending for some
time The amount of his accommodations
has been variously estimated from $1O,-
100000 to 100000 600, and was un-
doubtedly considerably in excess Of the
latter sum. Most of 1T was in English,
French and German securities that
drew interest and were easily convert
ible at any bank in any city in Europe
Although the assassination was a
mystery, it is believed to have been in
spired, If it was not actually accom-
plished, by Midad Pacha, the Minister
of Finance. from avaricious motives.
He alone was aware Of the magnitude
of the Sultan's hoard and the place of
its concealment, and after his sover-
eign's death, by virtue Of his position,
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Genius Triumphant.

whats become of the Ballard boys?
There was Bill, that dumb one, what
was always at the foot of the class in
schools he still around here? l al
ways kind O. liked Bill, even if he didn't
know nothin'."
mo; he went to Chicago six or eight
years ago and got into politics. They
say he's worth pile O. money now
We'll, I swan! And where's his
brother John? He used to be one of
the smartest boys we had around here
Was always the leadin' speller in
school, them days.
Yes; John he's still here Runs the
old farm. Understand they'd "a been
sold out by the Sheriff two or three
times if Bill hadn't "a come to the res
cue and give 'em money. But Johns ;
just as smart as ever, and don't know
but more so. He's got a, banjo he made
out of an old scoop shovel that he's
actschelly played ON fer dances"
do tell! Well, always knowed
John was a genius. Chicago News.
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Peacocks and Tigers.

Peacocks and tigers are believed US
ually to live together There is also
common jungle legend that leopards
and tigers can fascinate peacocks. The
story may originate in the fact that
both leopards and peacocks have spots.
and that there is some mysterious re-
lationship between them. Colonel Tyt-
Ter had an experience which showed
that the natives believe in the story.
When stalking a peacock hei was rather
surprised to see how near it allowed
him to approach. The bird paid no at
tention to him, butt was gazing intcntly
as if fascinated at a little patch of
jungle just in front. Looking in the
same direction he saw a leopard steal
ing on its belly toward the bird, which
continued to remain still in the same
position. He was greatly surprised, for
he had never even heard of leopards in
that neighborhood, but his astonish-
ment was greater when, on raising his
gun, one barrel of which was loaded
with ball, and covering the animal the
leopard threw up its paws, and shrek
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HOTEL DEL MONTE.
Has a Narrow Escape From Total
Destruction by Fire.

MONTEREY. April 22-That the pic
turesque Hotel Del Monte was not
burned to the ground this evening was
due to the prompt and effective work of
the firemen. AS it was the fire gained
such headway before being controlled
that the complete destruction of the ho-
tel was narrowly averted.
The fire started in the rear of the
west annex, and was ignited by sparks
from one of the chimneys falling upon
the roof. The high wind which was
blowing caught the sparks and whirled
them into the gable of the roof, causing
the flames to progress downward very
rapidly. Several rooms were gutted,
much damage resulting before the hotel
fire brigade. aided by the Monterey Fire
Company succeeded in subduing the
flames. For a time it seemed as If the
building were doomed
About 400 guests were in the hotel,
many occupying rooms in the wing
that took fire. Great excitement pre-
vailed, and guests threw their valuables
out of the window. No injuries to life
or limb are yet reported.
AT late hour the fire was extin-
guished, but a careful watch was kept
to prevent it breaking out again. The
amount of damage is not yet known de-
finitely but will probably be in the
neighborhood of $4,000
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French Florence Nightingale.

Nine Coralie Cahen. who has just
died at Neuilly in her sixty-seventh
year. may be described without exag-
geration as the Florence Nightingale OF
the Franco German war. Having lost
her husband and her only child just
before hostilities broke out, she resolv-
ed to devote her life to the cause or
humanity. She organized an ambulance
at Metz. and remained at her post till
the capitulation. Tours was the next
scene of her labors, and Gambetta in
trusted to her the hospital at Vendome.
Peace came, and she hurried to Lor-
raine to look after the hordes of re-
turning prisoners. Finding that many
were still missing, she passed into Ger
many. and under the protection of the
Empress Augusta visited sixty-six fort
resses, where she procured the release
of many captives detained for various
offenses. Her work was not then done,
for she besieged the War Office in Ber-
lin till she had traced $1,000 dead or
living Frenchmenl of whom the authors
ties in Paris had no knowledge. Her
remaining years were spent in charge
of the Jewish Orphanage at Neuilly,
and not until 1889 did she receive the
cross of the Legion of Honor.-London
Chronicle.
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method of handling green fruit ship

method of handling green fruit ship
ments to the Eastern markets.
An effort will be made to induce ship
pers to pack their green fruit in boxes
Of standard and uniform size After
several years experience in shipping
green fruit to the East it has been
found that this uniformity is advanta-
geous. The new green fruit tariff will
establish standard sizes for boxes and
such boxes will be assumed to contain
a fixed weight of green fruit. The new
plan will enable the shipper to calcu-
late exactly what it costs to deliver
box of fruit in Chicago, which has been
impossible under the old arrangement,
when fruit was packed in boxes of un-
even sizes, and rates were based on
carload shipments of a fixed minimum
weight.
The rates on green fruit from Califor-
MIA shipping points to the Eastern dis
tributing centers will be the same as
last season. 1t is stated that the new
tariff will make absolutely no changes.
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Bonds of Sympathy.

He was an American citizen and a
bit vainglorious, and he was talking
to an Englishman who had a wit of his
own, despite reports to the contrary.
The recent achievements of Uncle Sam
in various localities constituted the sub
ject of conversation, and the Yankee
fairly bulged out with pride.
II am a free American, I am" he
said, slapping his manly bosom, though
there was no especial occasion for such
a demonstration.
II fancy not responded the English
man in a tone that sounded as if he
knew what he was, talking about.
The Yankee resented it with prompt
ness and dispatch.
I'D like to know, sir, why I I'm
not?" he exclaimed, with the color of
wrath rising to his face.
You are married, aren't your"
'Yes."
"And to an Americana"
yes"
''Well, that settles it in my mind.
I've got an American woman for wife
myself"
The Yankee smiled, stuck out his
hand and said he thought it was about
time for them to organize an Anglo
American alliance not entirely for COM
mercial purposes. es.-Washington Star.
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SPRUCE-GUM HUNTING.
Adventurous Maine Woodsme1
Who Garry 1t On.

Although cheWing-gum of various
klnds-pepsin and special digestion aids
can be procured at every city corner
from the penny slot machines, nothing
mas ever taken the place of the genuine
spruce, and it still sells at q high
price. 1t cannot be initiated, nor is
there any counterfeit which is anything
ike Some OF the druggists in Eastern
Maine have contracts for spruce gum
aggregating thousands of dollars Some
OF them have 'staked'' gum hunters
and sent them into the woods. Most
OF the Maine gum finds it's way to
the city markets that demand for con-
sumption the round, red Jumps that
gleam with inner fires like the blood
stone. This choice gum is readily sold
by the Maine wholesalers at $15O 4
pound
Gum hunting has many elements like
understanding in the tropics, the men
burying themselves in the wilds for
months. The expenses of the hunter
are almost nothing, and the receipts
from his quest are likely to be in the
nature of a small Klondike find. Some
tobacco, few bushels of beans, some
coffee, flour and fat meat with the
for the season, while he will frequently
In single day secure gum that will
net him $40 in the market. He is in
dependent, too, with his canoe, his
snowshoes and his gun. His canoe will
be laid up during the winter, but when
the rivers open he will bring down his
winters find. He is not likely, however
to work any too industriously in gum
hunting, but rather to make short DAYS,
and fish and hunt the balance of the
time. A few days hard work will fur
n1sh him cosey shack in the deep for
est near the bank of stream, and with
wood unlimited and a sharp ak he is
not likely to suffer, and when a storm
is on he does not leave his comfortable
camp.
The solitude of the thing would drive
many men mad, but the Northern
woodsman is different from most men.
He carries a pack with him at all
times, even when hunting, so that
should he run across an old gum scar
he can take advantage of it without
making another trip. When spring
opens he returns to civilization, tough
rugged and hard as seasoned oak, and
he may have a pack OF gum to the
value of several hundred dollars; but
long, long before the next season the
money is all gone, and probably some
one will have to "grubstake' him if he
is to go out for gum again.-New York
Tribune
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WILLOWS, April 22-Handwriting
Expert Carl r. EisenSchimel was on
the witness stand all morning in the
Murdoch case. He pointed out to the
jury the difference in the parallels OF
the letters made by William Murdoch
as made in the admitted and questioned
signatures. The jury was handed pho
tographic exhibits, and Efsenschimels
testimony was told according to charts
A dissertation on angles and strokes
as appearing in the admitted and ques-
toned signatures was the order, and
when the court adjourned at noon this
was still going on.
AT the reconvening of court this after
noon Expert Eisenschimel was still on
the stand. He put in the afternoon
telling the jury why he thought Will
lam Murdoch did not sign the big note
that is to make or break half dozen
people. He said that the forger OF
the note had made six selections, as he
termed them; that is to say, where there.
was any lifting Of the pen or discon-
Meeting of letters he called a section.
The expert witness had become so
imbued with a sense that it is the
rankest Of forgeries that it was difficult
for him to refrain from arguing the
matter with the jury as he demon
strated the manner of the work.
Speculation on the street is rife, and
expressions can be heard pro and con.
The thing that is regarded most strik-
ing is the exact likeness of the 'Wm."
on the note and the VIM on the
deed of 1890.
By placing clippers ON any two points
it is found that the two are precisely
alike Before adjourning this afternoon
General Barnes asked Witness Eisen-
schimel if in his opinion William Muir
dock wrote the whole or any part of
the note, and he replied that he wrote
no part of it
Question-F'rom the examination you
have given the note in the suit, which
is plaintiffs exhibit here and these
hundreds of eXemplars of genuine hand
writing admitted and proved to be the
genuine handwriting of William Muir
dock, have you or have you not formed
an opinion as to whether that signature
to the note is in the genuine hand
writing of William Murdock?
Answer-I have.
Questlon-PleaSe state it.
Answer-My opinion is, according to
the facts which I have found by an
examination of the admitted genuine
signatures of William Murdoch, that
the signature to the note is a forgery,
and is a very blunt and clumsy forgery
at that, which was produced by piecing,
patching, tracing and retracing.
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A Modern Elopement.

The agitated girl looked back through
the cloud of dust that rose in their rear.
"Algernon," she exclaimed in terror,
pap is pursuing usl''
Let him pursued" chuckled Alger-
non. "The last thing l did before we
started was to slip out and change his
storage battery. It's only got about
one more mile in it, and then it'll stop
dead
And even as Algernon spake these
words his automobile drew away from
the pursuer, while from the tagging
machine far in the rear came family
to the ear hoarsa cries of impotent rage
from the baff1ed parent.-Chicago TIi-
bune.
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he took charge of the fund and pretend
ed to deposit 1t in the public Treasury.
But 1t is believed by those most falnil-
lar with Turkish affairs that he re-
tanned for his own benefit a large part
perhaps one-half of (which, for mo-
tives of self protection, he intrusted to
the Armenian banker I have named,
and directed him to take the bonds to
London and Paris and there deposit
them in such manner that their own
ership could not be traced to Midad
Pacha. 1t is also believed to have been
the la!tter's intention to withdraw por-
ton of this property from concealment
as soon as he felt safe in doing sos
But not long afterward Midad Pacha
was himself assassinated in the boldest
and most astounding manner. He was
attending meeting of the Ministry.
when he was informed that messenger
was awaiting him In the anteroom with
a confidential communication that must
be delivered immediately and to himself
alone. Midad left his colleagues and
entered the anteroom, where an un-
known man immediately plunged a dag
ger into his heart The palace guard,
hearing his death cry and the fall Of his
Uody, lilli1iOOidtS1y uSllCN " tilC 1OOiA
and shot the assassin before he could
escape. Although the police continued
their Investigations for months, they
We're never able to identify the assassin
or associate any one else with the
crime; but the knowing ones believe he
was ruffian imported from the mount
aims by the Armenian banker referred
to, and was handsomely paid to COM
NIT the deed.
On the evening of Midad's assassina-
ton the Armenian merchant went to
Midad's palace and informed his widow
that there were concealed in a, certain
strong box certain papers that would
connect her husband with a conspiracy
against the Crown, and would undoubt-
edly cause the arrest and Imprisonment
of the entire family and the conflscation
of the property if they were discovered
The frightened widow already beside
herself with excitement because of the
assassination, begged him to search her
husbands papers and destroy all ques-
tionable or suspicious documents. He
spent the night at his work, and among
the papers burned that night are be-
lieved to have been the evidence of Mi
dads ownership of the bonds that have
made the Armenian the richest man in
Turkey.-W. e. Curtis in the Chicago
Record.
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SANTA CRUZ AND SAN JOSE
Win the Baseball Games at San
Francisco and Watsonville.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-Santa
Cruz and Oakland put up ten innings
of first class ball at Recreation Park
this afternoon A perfect exhibition of
the finest points of the national game
was marred only by the errors of
Schmeer at short for Oakland He re-
deemed himself largely, however, con-
tributing two stolen bases, a hit and
one of the two runs The Beachcombers
made one of their old time finishes,
showing that it is fight that wins.
The score: Oakland 2, hits 5, errors
4 Santa Cruz 3, hits 8, errors 3. Bat
teriesERussell and w. Hammond; Dom
lin and Pace. Umpire-R. Levy.
AT WATSONVILLE.
WATSONVILLE, April 22-A good
Saturday attendance witnessed the San
Jose nine defeat the home team at
Porter's Park to-day. The visitors did
not have any trouble in Strengthening
out Whalen's curves, and won by a
score of to 2.
Score: Watsonville 2, hits 6, errors
3; San Jose s, hits IA, errors 8. Batter
ies-Watsonville, Whalen and Morrow; :;
San Jose, Borchers and Kent.
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Will of Alice L. EastIand.

SAN JOSE, April 22.-By terms of the
will of Alice Lander Eastland, filed to-
day, $5O0,0O0 worth of property is be-
queathed to testator's two sons, Joseph
L. and Thomas B. Eastland. F. A.
Him of Santa Cruz is named as execu-
tor. Deceased was 60 years of age and
a native of Kentucky. Her late hus-
band was President of the Stockton Gas
and Electric Works, the Oakland Gas
and Heat Company, and Vice Presi-
dent of the State Board of Prison Com
missioners. Her estate is located in the
counties of Santa Clara, Marin, Ala
media, Calaveras, Mendocino, Lake,
Amador and San Francisco.
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Crashes Into a Wharf.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-The
steamer T. C. Walker, while attempting
to make Washington-street wharf this
afternoon, ran head on into the end
of Clay-street pier. The vessel had con-
siderable headway and the stringers,
piles and caps were cut like so much
tinder. Had the accident occurred five
minutes sooner there might have been
loss of life. The Mcdowell had lust left
when the crash occurred. A few
minutes later Mate C. McNulty mar
rowly escaped being crushed to death
between the steamer and the dock. AS
it was he sustained severe bruises and
dislocations
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ed in a voice hoarse with terror:
'-Nehin, Sahib, nehin, NUT chulao" Ono.
sir, don't fre').
He said that for moment he thought
he must be going mad, and all the In
dian tales of enchanted princes and
fairies, were wolves and the like, lash
ed through his recollection. The next
moment he saw man very cleverly
disguised in leopard skin, with well
stuffed head, and bow and arrow in
one paw, standing before him. The
man so dressed was a professional fowl
er, who said that in that disguise he
could always approach near enough TO
shoot the birds with bow and arrow,
and sometimes to catch them in his
hand-London Spectator.
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MARKETING OF GREEN FRUIT.
Effort to be Made to Have Shippers
Use Boxes Of Uniform Size.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-During
the coming week the freight depart
ment of the Southern Pacific Company
will issue it's deciduous fruit tariff for
the coming season. The new schedule
is now being prepared in the general
freight office, and will prove of great
interest to growers and shippers of
green fruit, for the reason that It is
calculated to revolutionize the present
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A Railway Official Resigns.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-J. NJ
Fulton, Master of Transportation and
practically General Manager Of the Ne
vada, California and Oregon Railroad
has sent in his resignation to the South
ern Pacific, and on the 1st of May will
retire to private life, so that he may
give his whole attention to his rapidly
increasing private interests Mr. Full
ton has had the management of the Ne
vada road ever since l. has been
Southern Pacific property, and has
managed it successfully. He has al
ways maintained his offices at Reno.
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Grand Army Encampment.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22-The
Department Encampment of the G. A.
H., to be held in San Diego the first
week in May next, will be attended by
many representatives of the order in
San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento,
Stockton and Fresno.
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Fatal Collision.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, April 22-
Charles Lee, pioneer ranch owner,
was thrown from his buggy this even
Ing as result Of a collision with an
other conveyance, sustaining injuries
from which he soon died.
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SACRAMENTO.
The Institutions Located in the
Capital City.
Equal To If Not Superior. to Any
in the State-Strongly Indorsed
by the People All Over the Country.

Speaking for ourselves, 1t is no exagger-
alton to say that the NEAGLE MEDI-
ramento' which has had such great sue
cess in treating and curing thousands of
patients during its existence here for the
any like INSTITUTION In the GREAT
WEST.
NOW READ WHAT OTHERS SAY.
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All things come around to him who
waits, but lots of things slide by while
he is looking the other way.
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Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear,
Nose and Throat. Deafness, Catarrhal
Troubles Skin Diseases, Nervous Dis
eases, Nervous Prostration, Nervous and
General Debility most successfully treat
ed. Diseases of women and children given
careful attention. Symptom blank No.
l sent free
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A mother may realize that her baby
says and does things similar to other
babies, but she also realizes that her
baby says and does them much better
Chicago Daily News.
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Diseases result from civilization; per-
haps this is why women are more deli
cate than men.
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The MURDOCH
NOTE TRIAL.
Another Day Devoted to Testimony
Of a Handwriting Expert.
EisenschImel Characterizes Signature 10
the Note as a Clumsy Forgery.

The Hotel Del Monte Has Marrow
Escape From Total Destruction
by Fire-F1a1nes Break Out in
the Rear Of the West Annex,
and Before Extinguished Cause
Damage in the Neighborhood of
Twenty Thousand Dollars.
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Mr.. Bath, the proprietor of the Arcade
Hotel of Sacramento, says: take great
pleasure in calling the attention of the
public to one of our home Institutions
the Sacramento Sanitarium, more popu-
larly known as The Neagle Medical Insti~
tute, located at 7241a K street.
For more than one year l have been Il
great sufferer from kidney troubles, with
catarrh of the nose and throat. l had Sc
bloating Of the stomach after eating. [
had pains in my back and extending into
my hips. l put myself under the treat
ment of DR.. Nagle and associates. Now.
after a few months treatment, I am q
well man. 1 never got such quick relief
in my life w. BATH.
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The color of truth depends upon the
eyes looking at it
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Myself, daughter and son have been
treated and cured at the Neagle Medical
Institute, and We feel that we could not
say enough in praise of that institutions
MRS. MARY " KOCH,
727 l. street, Sacramento, CAL
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Four years ago began to have serious
trouble with my left ear, which increased
in severity until l lost the use of it. l
have been treated at the Neagle Medical
Institute and cured. My hearing is COM
pletely restored. G. c. HUNT.
EolsOm Cal