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Dangerous Pets.

While engaged on an inquiry into the
sources of bacillary infection in cases
which have recently come under my
notice / have been struck by the num-
Der of patients who have lived in com
tact with diseased canaries and other
feathered pets Among cage birds,
pigeons and poultry tuberculosis is
common disease, and there is a strong
probability that avian infection can be
conveyed to human beings who keep
birds within the house. The objection
able practice of allowing them to place
their beaks in contact with the lips is
risky and dangerous proceeding as re-
CARDS liability to receive bacilli in this
way If the bird is not healthy. Flies can
also convey filth and with it disease
germs from the cage to human food,
or the dust of dried excrement and
mucous may pollute the air of any room
in which birds are kept. Feeding and
nursing sick birds and blowing the dust
and husks from their seed and clean
ing the cake are not without danger. In
my opinion, the canary or any other
bird kept in the kitchen is a positive
peril to the household, as by fiuttering
and whisking the dust from its cage or
mucus from dts beak, the food of a
whole family can be contaminated.
Parrots can also be attacked by tub
ercle which Is characterized frequently
by new growths Of horny skin, which
sometimes attain a considerable size.
They can be easily broken OFF, and they
contain numerous tubercle bacdlM in
their basal granulation tissue. Tuber-
culosis of the lungs and conjunctiva is
often met with. According to COM
pilation by Eberlein the skin was af-
fected in 90 per cent, the tongue in IL
per cent, and the bones and articula-
lions in IL per cent. of all the cases.
From a diagnostic point of view, it is
important to note that the tuberculosis
of parrots is distinguished by the pres
ence of an enormous number of bacilli
Psittacosis, an infectious disease of par
rots, has already been observed to cause
a serious and fatal pneumonia, of a
special type, transmitted from these
birds to man. In 1892 about fifty per-
sons in Paris were attacked; since that
time other milder epidemics have been
noticed and studied by Gilbert, Four
nier, and Debove. At the same time
Nocard was fortunate enough to isolate
a short, thick bacillus with rounded
ends, and he gave description of it be-
fore the Consul dHygiene in 1893. Ca
dict contributed a paper on tuberculo-
sis Of the smaller animals, and pointed
out that dogs and cats were much more
liable to tubercle than was generally
supposed. tuberculosis dogs spread in
fection by nasal discharge, by excre-
ment, by urine, and by LESSONS of the
skin; cats equally in the same manner.
One of the cats examined had a large
liberated wound Of the nose. Cadiot
also noticed external tuberculous les
ions as being frequent among parrots
London Lancet.
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Expensive Fish.

e'How much did those fish cost your
asked the friend who met him at the
pier.
They have cost me dollar and a
half in boat hire, half dollar for
minnows, half a dollar for the fish, a
quarter for hush money to the chap
who sold them to me. a suit of clothes,
and probably my church membership. y
replied the Sunday fisherman, with a
hunted look in his eye.-Chicago Trib-
une.
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ScrOfula to
Consumption.

Any one predisposed to Scrofula can
never be healthy and vigorous. This
faint in the blood naturally drifts into
Consumption. Being such a deep-seated
blood disease, Swift's Specific is the
only known cure for Scrofula, because
it is the only remedy which can reach
the disease.
Scrofula appeared on the head of my little
grandchild when only IS months old. Shortly
after breaking out it spread rapidly all over
her body. The scabs on the sores would peel
off on the slightest touch, and the odor that
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How He Manages Her.

.'How is it that your wife is SO tract
able?'
why, I told her when we were mar
ried that she could do just as she pleas
ed, and of course she finds no pleasure
in doing ft''-Chicago Post.
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would arise made the at
mosphere of the roo m
sickening and nm bearab BILE.
The disease. next attacked
the eyes, and we feared she
would lose her sight. EN-
inent physicians from the
surrounding country were
consulted, but could do
nothing to relieve the lit
tie innocent, and gave 1t
as their opinion that the
caSa xuaa hopaloSs aud i'm
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SACRAMENTO BANK-Money to Loan
on approved real estate security. For
information, please apply in person or
by letter.
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on your valuables Is at STEINNANN'S
1912 Fourth street Strictly confidential
Terms Reasonable.
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DIR. {. L. MCGOWAN HAS REMOVED
from Lockhardt Stables to Fashion
Stables. ONCE and laboratory ll20 =.
Phones: Can. $40. eunset ~ red.
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6-ROOM HOUSE, BARN: LOT SOx160; Is
bearing fruit trees; berries; rent reason
able. Inquire S. B. 32d and Orange ave-,
Oak Park. MRS. M. L. FINLEY. je24-3t
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FINANCIAL.

A RELIABLE LICENSED PLACE TO
borrow money on watches, jewelry and
diamonds; strictly confidential 419 K.
Metropolitan building. Old gold bought
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oWLEs (2) HAS RE-
moved to 1O22h X street. For your
plumbing ring him up Phone. blue 1853.
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for cleaning up restaurant and premises
at night. Popular Restaurant, Ninth
and j.
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PREMIUM GALLERy-Go TO BEALS
for photographs OF your children, sim
gle or in groups, in cloudy or fine
weather. Corner Of Seventh and ] SITS.
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FOR SALE OR RENT-GAsOLINE EN-
gines. to 9 H. p; steam, to 80 II. F.
and pumps. Machine Works, 2720 NJ st.
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FOR SALE-Houser Harvester. in good
order. Address Box u, Freeport. Cal.
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A WE'LL ESTABLISHED DRESSMAK-
er wants partner. one already In busi-
ness, to take charge of tailoring and
country orders Address w." p. o.
box 554, Sacramento. je24-3t
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CARPET CLEANING! FITTED AND
laid by VIM. Higbie date with Vein
stock, Lubin & Co). Prompt work.
3 to residence, 1914 L street.
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MEN AND WOMEN, GOOD ADDRESS,
to travel and appoint agents: salary, SIS
month; expenses rapid advancement.
Unusually brilliant opportunity. Adj
dress, with reference. BUTLER & AL
GER, New Haven. Conn. je4-11-1S-25
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S.S.S.F9ffs s Blood

is the only remedy equal to such deep
seated diseases; it goes down to the
very foundation and forces out every
faint 1t is purely vegetable, and is
the only blood remedy guaranteed to
contain no mercury, potash or other
mineral substance Whatever.
Books mailed free by Swift Specific
Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
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MEN TO LEARN BARBER TRADE;
$50 monthly guaranteed; new field: made
arrangements to place graduates on
through trains East and West; last year
we placed 500 BARRIERS; SIS weekly; eight
weeks completes. Send for catalogue.
fMoler Barber College, San Francisco,
Cal. ie25-3t-SuTuTh
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FRONT ROOM IN THE
city; suitable for single gentleman. 807 J..

MODERN GROOM COTTAGE, BATH,
electric lights, large yard 1431 Fiji
teenth street. Apply LAWTON & CO..
1910 Fourth street.
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LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES LOANED
on, or purchased by GEO. B. HENRY
112S Sixth street. Sacramento.
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THE THING TO TASTE IS ALWAYS
to be found on the Delicatessen's coun
ters and in the grill room. Something
to satisfy the most capricious appetite
of man, woman or child. S14 X street.
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WANTED OF THIS PAPER
to compete for the 500 which we are go
ing to give away July Is, '99. We do not
want one cent of your own money, and
you are absolutely sure of valuable
prize First come, first served. Full
particulars FREE. PREMIER PER-
FUMERY CO., Premier Building Bos-
ton, Mass 1t
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1O2G EIGHTH sT.-NICELY FURNISH.
ed outside rooms.
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sell fireworks at the lowest prices. WO
OWN. YU KEE, 1926 street, near
FOURTH. jeS-1Ot
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72S SEVENTH ST. SUITS OF House
keeping rooms; all furnished.
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LADY CLEARED $3.50, MAN $1,1sa LAST
six months, introducing Holiday $
Marvel waterproof shoe polish. Self
shining, russell or black. Samples free.
Why not you? Holiday & Co., Room
391, 1872 Dearborn street, Chicago, sole
manufacturers 1t
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FOR STEADY TENANT. A MODERN
upper housekeeping suite. 2120 H.
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WANTED MILLINERY TRIMMER
who. understands trimming and selling.
Apply to Sacramento Home Supply Co.,
], & 8,
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NEATLY FURNISHED FRONT OR IN
side rooms, single or housekeeping; no
children. 42111 ] street.
ALWAYS GET Wright & Kimbrough's
to let list. at COZ ]. before you move.
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A SMALL DYNAMO IN PERFECT Con
dition. /. w. Chaplin. 2017 street.
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LIGHT, A-INCH SIDE BAR BUGGY,
cheap, or will trade for hay. Apply 1720
L street, Sacramento.
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A FIRST-CLAsS RICE PORTABLE OR
threshing engine Of latest pattern. j.
3. JARDINE, 220 Fremont street, San
Francisco.
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TAMALE .HUSKS FOR SALE, &c PER
pound. Inquire 1910 Second street.
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WANTED-A FIRST-CLASS WAIST,
skirt and sleeve maker. Address IS, y
Record Union Office ie24-3t
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possible to save the child's eyesight 1t was
then that we decided to try Swfft's Specific.
That medicine at once made speedy and COM
plete cure. She is now a young lady, and has
never had sign of the disease to return.
MRS. RUTH BERKELEY,
Saliua, Kan.
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MRS. NJ. G. FERRITER. FASHION
moved to 222l o street. Phone red 112
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ArToRNEYs-AT-LAw.

LAURA TILDEN RAY, LAWYER, 4O5 J
street. Phone Sun. red GA.
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TAMAI4E HusKs. 40 PER POUND. 1ep
Second street.

go HEAD OF ALI KINDS OF HORSES
for sale. Call and take your pick. Six
camping outfits at any old price: Auc-.
ton sale on Saturday. Cal. Feed Yard,
Twelfth street, between I and J.
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LosT-FouND.

FoUND-A PLACE TO GET YOUR
shoes repaired while you wait. Shoes
made to order, $3.50 and up: boots, Sc
and up. Boston Shoe Shop. 81 X st.
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IRON COLUMNS AND IRON DOORS.
Inquire c. W. DALEY, Fifth and K
streets, or Chris. Weisel, ISIS Q street.
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THOROUGHBRED ROUGH COATED
st. Bernard puppies of best quality. 1721
]. je23-4t :
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GET H. j. GOETHE'S PRINTED LIST
1011 Fourth street
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JOHNSON. WILSON & CO.-SACRA-
corner Front and N streets. Brass and
iron castings, model making and ma
chine work. All on short notice. Work
guaranteed.
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CITY REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-A NEAT COTTAGE AND
lot in Highland Park for $3.50; a corner
lot 80x16O on Fifteenth street for 5000,
BEL. AL j. je24-3t
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FULL BLOOD IRISH AND LLEWEL-
lyn setter pups. c.. G. OFT, iii 18th st,
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BRANCH OF FIELDS LEADING EN-
ployment Agency, 1907 Fourth street.
Sacramento. Phone, Sun. red 986.
Ranch and contract work speciality
al! kinds of city and country help fur
nished. Special rates to all railroad
points. Main office, Stockton, Cal.
Phone red 17A. A. w. Field, Prop. j.
w. Nicholas Manager
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SAVE MONEY BY HAVING o. A. HOLT
do your electrical work. S21 street.
Cap. phone 9S1.
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DR.. T. WAN HING, 7o7 ST. HOURS
10 a. m, IA and TO p. m. Tel. 934 blk.
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FOR SALE-2o SHARES OF GERMANIA
Loan Association stock. the eleventh
series. Inquire at A. GERBER, 4125
Cal ie16-1at
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FOR SALE s., 3OO-HALF Block of Land
in Sacramento block from street car,
good house and barn on same; cash or
installments. JAMES FARRIS, JR., GIL
street.
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JUNK. AND SECOND HAND GOODS
bought and sold. 2. Halves. 11M g st
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NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS AT THE
Manhattan House. 315 x street.
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RAG CARPET WEAVING; OLD Carpets
made into rugs. Mrs. Johnson, 1914 9Th.
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CHAS. o. BUsICK,
Attorney 1928 J street.
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GOOD SECONDHAND ROOFING TIN
for sale cheap. Apply to ]. DONLEY.
1912 Tenth street.
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MONEY TO LoAN-H. J. GOETHE. 1o11
Fourth street.
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JAPANESE CHRISTIAN HOME. REV.
Mrs. Bowen. 1915 Fifth street, Sacra-
mento. Tel. blk. 356. Working. students.
piled. Typewriting done. Moral places
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WANTED-A POSITION AS GENTLE
man nurse. Apply SIT p street. je25-6ts
LADIES MAKE $25 A WEEK AT HOME;
send stamp for particulars Mrs. E. E.
BaSsett, sos Field Bldg, Chicago. 1t
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MONEY TO LOAN ON VERY BEST
terms, WRIGHT & KIMBROUGH. S07 j
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DIR. Douglas Hyde. the author Of the
recently printed Literary History OF
Ireland" has in press a volume of the
the Religious Songs of Connacht'' and
collection Of Irish folks stories trans
lated into French under the title OF
"COntes IrlandaiS"
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SUPERFLUOUS HAIR PERMANENT
ly removed by electric needle. MISS
EATON, 929 K street. Treatment gentle
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JAPANESE NJ. E. EPwoRTH LEAGUE
Employment Department will supply
any kind help. Tel. white 1,001. 80 NJ ST.

WANTED = SECOND HAND FURNI-
ture. 1921 Fourth street. Tel. Cap. 636.
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PALMS TREES AND PLANTS OF ALL
kinds As the season is getting late
they will be sold cheap. LOUIS BAHRS,
Twenty-eighth and w streets
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DIR. ]. B. SIMMS. DENTIST-OFFICE
Ston building. Fifth and K streets.
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PROFESSOR COLLINS STOPS FALL
ing hair, and grows 1t on bald heads.
4O1 j street.
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FOR A CHUNK OF GOOD, CLEAR ICE
call at c. e. ADAMS, 1106 street.
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DIR. J. w. COREY. NINTH AND =
Phone. black 674 Diseases OF women
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FURNISHED Rooms for Housekeeping
suitable for boarders.s Tacoma, 72753 K.
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REoPENED AND IN FULL SWING
Twentieth and o SITS. D. GustTn, Prop.
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wANrED-THE DATE OF YOUR
birth; why stagger blindly through the
world? Know your fate, and that Of
your children; get your horoscope. 15c
each or 2 for Sc Call at lilo Ninth ST.,
or address Prof. r. E. Coon, Lock Box
302, Sacramento.
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FOR SALE-SACRAMENTO RIVER
lands. MILLER & BROWN. 4051s st.
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CHEAPEST SOLING ON EARTH.
Gents. 45c; ladies, 35c; at .1011 street
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20 HEAD OF WORK AND DRIVING
horses, several good wagons, fine bug
gy,. etc. etc.. for sale at Kent Bros
Stables, 1917 Third street.
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CIGAR STORE: FIND FIXTURES:
good stock: furnished rooms; Same
ing East; fine opportunity for man and
wife. RAND & CO., 1924 Fourth street.
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DIR. P. r. WATTS. 1905 EIGHTH ST.
to b. M. Sundays. / to 3 o.. m.
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]. v. POWERS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Suffer building, Fifth and ] streets.
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DAVIS BROS, PAPER HANGERS AND
decorators, etc. removed to 917 N st.
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DIR. FAY, ss7k z; TEL SUN RED es4;
l719 G. Tel. Cap. 800 Sunset, blue 81.
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A LADY AND GENTLEMAN IN A BUS
mess paying SIS to so daily; small capi-
tai required 1110 Ninth street
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1413-1415 FIFTEENTH ST.-PLEASANT
lower fiat. rooms and bath; upper tat.
rooms and bath; opposite Capitol Park;
always had good tenants.
To Let-A fine large brick stable for
1 or 8 horses, rear No. 1911 street.
MILLS-GALVIN CO.. 301 J.
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HOPKINS & HINSDALE, LAWYERS.
Room SO, Stoll building. Fifth and K.
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SLOWER FLAT FOR HOuSEKEEP-
ing. SIG Fifteenth street.
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DIR c. o. CARTWRIGHT-OFF q
x st. Phones, Sun. white 581; Cap. &
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FOR SALE.
Fine residence, modern improvements;
nice home on street.
New house Of rooms, finest resident
block on K street. $780,
House of rooms, modern, on Twelfth
street. 81 $780,
houses lot 4Ox16O, rents for 1872; bar
gain; on P street, $1,000.
KRONER, WISEMAN & WULF'Fs
323 street.
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DIR. w. o. GIRARDEY, DENTIST-OF-
Ace 922 Fifth street, next to Sacramento
Bank Capital phone 437.
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TRUNKS! TRUNKs!! TRUNKs!u
Before you buy one get our prices. Sac
ramento Trunk Factory, 507 ST JAS.
LONGSHORE, Prop. Phone Cap. 727.
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Scrofula is an obstinate blood disease,
and is beyond the reach of the average
blood medicine. Swift's Specific
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GENERAL NOTICES.

LADIES' SILK WAIST REMNANTS
reduced from 81 to zoe. SUE Sing Co.,
613 ST., manf'rs ladies' underwear.
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A LARGE THREE-SToRY BRICK HO-
x250feet; must be sold One-haif its value
will take it; only those that mean bust
ness need apply. RAND g. CO.. 1924
Fourth street.
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LII FOURTH ST-NICELY FURNISH
ed housekeeping suites and single rooms
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OPP. the p o. Extracting by electricity.
soc. Work at one-half price charged by
other dentists. Phone, Capital 40.
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ONE SUITE OF ROOMS FURNISHED
for housekeeping; also L room and
kitchen. Also small house in alley viii
rent furnished or unfinished. 40S N
street
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MARY M. CRoNEMILLER, M. D., OF
nee 62S1z ] street. Tel. Cap 473. Res IA
Ninth street. Cap. 406. Sunset. white sc
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DIR. LEISENRING. Stoll Bldg. Rooms
and Z: take elevator. Phone, red 725.
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A NEW 5-ROOM HOUSE WITH MOL
ern conveniences. 2S14 H street.
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$40 M-CoOL FRONT ROOMS; SINGLE,
In suites or for housekeeping: baths,
telephone and electric lights.
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DIR. ]. J. PEARCE. OSTEOPATH. Stoll
building, rooms 8 and Q. Phone, Cap. IL.
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NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS. ELEC-
trio lights; single or en- suite. 62I L 81.
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1O14 s1xTEENTH-A GROOM house JUS
remodeled. all modern improvements.
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

DIR. H.. s. McGAvREN, 1854 J ST.
Eye, ear, nose and throat.
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GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL, S2211a
k street, for cool rooms. 81 week up.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-14
How to Remove = Tight Ring.

w ~ - AhSuV LII
Most girls who have had baby rings
have had trouble in removing them
from their fingers.
There is really no necessity for all
this ado about removing a tight ring"
said a downtown jeweler. I'm that as
in everything else, the secret of sue
cess lies in knowing how to do it. Here
is a recipe that I have found unfailing
for removing a tight ring, and there is
no painful surgical operation in
volved, either. Thread a needle fiat in
the eye, using thread that is strong
but not too coarse. Then pass the head
of the needle under the ring. Care, of
course, must be used in this, and 1t
would be best to soap the needle be-
fore beginning. The needle having
been passed through, pull the thread
through a few inches toward the hand
80" BY this time the jeweler had
passed the needle and thread under the
ring on his own finger, and was pre-
pared to illustrate the little lecture.
Wrap the long end of the thread tigh:-
ly and regularly around the finger to-
ward the nail in this manner. Then
take hold of the short end and unwind
it-so. The thread, thus pressing
against the ring. will gradually remove
1t, however tight or swollen the fin
GER"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-14
with. 1t is we'll known that in the

with. 1t is we'll known that in the
body there is a perpetual disintegration
of housekeeping or waking. 1t is,
therefore. natural to believe that the
supply of nourishment should be some
what continuous, especially in those. in
whom the vitality is lowered.
AS bodily exercise is suspended dur
ing sleep, with wear and tear CORE
spondingly diminished. while diges-
ton, assimilation and nutritive activ-
ity continue as usual, the food fur
nished during this period adds more
than is destroyed, and increased weight
and improved general vigor is the re-
suit, says Woman's Life. If the weak
ly, the emaciated and the sleepless
were to take nightly a light meal OF
simple, nutritious food before going
to bed for a prolonged period, they
would be raised to a better standard OF
health.
1t has been our experience that, after
digesting a bowl of bread and milk. or
a saucer Of oatmeal before going to
bed, for a few months, a surprising in
crease in weight. strength and general
tone has resulted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-14
HIS BEST DEFENSE.

The accommodation train from.
Stowell was filed to overlooking when
a young man burst out Of a group on
the platform at the handsome little
station. (the bell had rung twice.,
waved a. hand to a young gentleman
standing at a. little distance with a
young lady, and saying, Back on the
ten-twenty, Parker" leaped on the
platform of the last car and disap-
peared in the car.
us he always SO impulsive?" The
gentleman addressed as Parker smiled.
Indeed, I have not had time to form
an opinion" His companion lifted her
eyebrows, then bethought herself in
time.
"At least he makes himself very
agreeable. And I have no patience
with disagreeable people. We met him
last summer at Mount Nebo. Clara
you know she is a model of propriety.
Dear Clara-I am too severe on her.
But, then, it is such a relief to get
away from the tiresome, stupid forms
that remind me of my grand-aunt's
way Of making patterns for her quilts
and patches. The patches were all
alike, but she clipped every n sepa-
rate. She almost dropped when I said:
Aunt, why don't you fold your cloth
six or eight times? You could cut that
many at once and they would be ex-
actly alike Our convention4 remind
me of a quilt; they make a very good
covering-but I like the pattern varied.
don't you?"
The gentleman smiled again at this
audacious speech, but whether 1t was
the independence expressed or the
archness of the attitude and glances OF
the speaker that amused him most it
is doubtful ii he could have told at
that moment. AS they strolled away
from the station he reminded her of a
remark she made when the coming of
the train interrupted her.
ooh, yes. l was just coming to the
droll part. You sec, Clara is so pain
fully correct. And when the lady's son
came to Rose Center"
Pardon me. 1 haven't got the ON
nection clear" said the gentleman.
Haven't your He: deep-gray eyes
grew round with wonder. II thought
l told you that his mother was seized
suddenly with an unacceptable ill
ness. 1t alarmed them all. The only
doctor about had gone away. Clara
behaved just like a majcr-general. l
told her-at least she called n of the
servants to help her place the lady in
bed. Then, as there was no doctor
nearer than nine miles. she sent me to
bed about IL and remained with the
strange lady all night. She was with