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BEETLES AS UNDERTAKERs.
when They Discover Dead Animal
or Bird 1t Is Buried for
Future Use.

PEOPLE often wonder what becomes
Of the dead mice and dead birds, Tor,
though birds and mice are constantly
dying in large numbers, hardly one IS
ever to be seen. The fact is that they
are buried by beetles. Buchner gives
a brief account of them as follows:
several of them unite together to
bury under the ground, as food and
shelter for their young, some dead an
imal, such as mouse, toad, mole,
a bird, etc The burial is performed
because the corpse if left above ground
would either dry up or grow rotten or
be eaten by other animals. In all these
eases the young would perish, whereas
the dead body lying in the earth and
withdrawn from the, outer air lasts
very well. The burying beetles go to
work in a very well-considered fash
ion, for they scrape away the earth
lying under the body, so taat it sinks
of itself deeper and deeper. When II
is deep enough down it is covered
over from above. II the situation is
stony the beetles, with united forces
and great efforts, drag the corpse to
some place more suitable for burying
Ehey work SO diligently that mouse
for instance, is buried within three
hours. But they often work on foI
days, so as to bury the body as deeply
as possible. From large carcasses, such
as those of horses, sheep, etc, they
only bury pieces as large as they car
manage
There can be no doubt of the intelli
gence of these strange insects, as
gentleman discovered in a rather GU
rious way. He desired to dry deae
toad, and for that purpose he fastened
it upon the top of an upright stick
The burying beetles, however, wererat
tracted by the smell, and, finding tina
they could not reach the toad, they un
derInined the stick, causing it to fal
/ with the toad, which was then dul..
buried. d.-Our Animal Friends.
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gently taken out to the carriage. The
cot with its burden slid softly upon
rollers-another grewsome suggestion
--i1sto the carriage. But the doctor
and the nurse entered with it and sat,
one at the head and one at the foot,
while the well-trained horses drew the
eouipage carefully through the streets.
The sick man, in that dull indifference
to all that passed that had been MS
attitude for days, did not even notice
that he was moving; in life-in the full
enjoyment of 1.-THE was very fond OF
a horse and never missed his daily
drive. This was, how different!
At the station the carriage drew up
beside a freight car. There are hos
pital cars, so-called; but the genius
who devised them with every conVen-
| ience that the needs of the sick might
suggest put the door in the end instead
| Of the side; it is better TO use a freight
car and extemporize whatever else IS
| needed than to try to take cot through
a door at the end of a car, unless the
| Journey is to be long one. So the cot
was put gently in upon the floor, and the
doctor and the nurse resumed their
places at head and foot. The train
was soon ready to start. When i
reached the station another carriage
with perfect springs and noiseless
i pneumatic tires was ready.
| 1t was more than six hours since tbs
start, but the temperature of the pa
tient had not risen; the journey was
| easier to him than an ordinary railroad
Journey is to a well man. Modern in
genuity cannot save dying man, but
can do wonders, nevertheless.
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eastern side of Mauna Loa, at an eleVa-
ton of Il, 900 feet, and ran directly to-
wards Hilo. The stream, which in some
places was over two miles wide, flowed
for fifteen months. The people OF
'Hilo were greatly alarmed when the
stream came within eight miles OF their
their town, but at that point it ceased
to advance and. the little town again
was saved. In 1910, there was great
eruption. when the fnest print could be
read by its light at midnight at places
twenty miles distant. A few small ham
let's were destroyed by the flow, much
of which was underground, but no lives
were lost. IN 1887, great disturbance
of the sea was observed at all the is.
lands. At Hilo the sea first reeeded
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A..ocsatea with HI. rather.

Mr.. Newcornb (gravely, to his six
year-old SOM What will people thinx
OF my little boy when they learn he's
in the habit of telling faIsehoods
his father minister, too
Willie (untroubled) ~ dess they'll
think Ise all right, cause you tell 'en
.uost every Sunday mans known bJ
the cop,panv be keeps.-9 9Isstlge.
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ent directions, are taking their way to
the sea; one seems to be taking the
course of the Wailuku river, and If 1t
follows that to the end, the character
of the little town of Hilo will be much
changed. Now, one ever hears in the
hilly streets the sound of running wa
ter, one sees everywhere the deepest
yerdure, the greatest luxu1.iance OF
blossoming. Long may it be.before all
this is hidden under sullen stream of
lava. KATHERINE POPE.
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Miss Daisy Post,
Alfred Vanderbilt
and people of that
sort in Newport
and a convenience
for the well-to-do,
as when it is used
by cabnen in New
York. Now it is
going into bust
ness.
Th e 8 nj t e d
States Express s s
company T Q IN
Platt's company
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VOL. IX.-NO. 48.
w.
"
TS0ELE, goddess of the volcanoes
ti)saf Hawaii. has shaken off slum-

TSELE, goddess of the volcanoes
NJ of Hawaii, has shaken off slum-
A berS and awakened from her
long sleep. And none of the islands are
ignorant, of her awakening; all watch,
some with, interest, some with anxiety.
for the day when she will rise 70 her
full height An Hawaiian painter, one
whose work has hung in the salon, de-
picts her as aVenus emerging from
sfiery lake. myself have seen some OF
Pele's wondrous long and silky hair,
which catches on the lava on the. lee
ward side of the crater and is most care
fully gathered by curious mortals. 1t
one be able to picture a form from
tress, as the scientist constructs from
a single bone, one may well imagine
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car employees WAS
fomented by Wall
street stock job
bers. That would
be no fault OF the
men, except that
they ought to be
quicker to read
motives. And the
Brooklyn r a pi d
Transit S Us t e m
does offer a faiE
m ark for the
bears.
Ten years age
most of the street
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Grant, was United
s t a + e s minister.
ssuriously she looks
like an Austrian
girl. Her father, q
descendant Of q
Scotch family. her
mother a beautiful
FIR c n Q h W o m a n
f r . m Louisiana
and the sister OF
NJ r s. y o + 7 e r
Palmer, this much
talked OF Y ou n 6
woman looks like a
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Going to marry, unless in the meantime
some one discovers that he is bogus
and not a real Prince Cantacuzene, is
little and dark and unattraetiye-nof
at all ones idea of Hissian prince.
The marriage is to take place in Sep
tember. IL is by no means the only
thing to talk about in Newport. In the
same month Perry Belmont is coming
back to the United States with the Mrs
Belmont who was the divorced wife OF
Henry r. Sloane. Smart people are
puzzled whether to receive her, DuE
they will do so in the end. Mrs. Bel
mont will meet some affronts that as
Mrs. Sloane she would never have
known, but she viii win.
She can comfort herself b5 consider
alton of the case of Miss Asfo !, who be
Iscame Mrs. Coleman @rayton, who was
1.-THE cause Of proposed dues between
| her husband and Hallett Allaop Bor-
rowe; was divorced, kept quiet for
| awhile, married an obscure Eng
lishman named Haig, and is now bril-
Iliantly entertaining in London, by the
/ help Of her mother, Mrs. Astor, and by
| favor of the London penchant for all
things and people American.
Were Mrs Haig now to returnt TO New
York she would be kindly greeted. Her
case was, If anything, more scandalous
i than that of the present Mrs. belmont
Time has done for her what It VIII 10
for the latest and most discussed di.
vorcee.
/ AS for ordinary folks. who have not
millions, the best. thing they can do Is
to behave themselves. The example Of
the rich will not shield them fromreaP-
4 ing the fruits of evil-doing.
Il OWEN I.ANGDON.
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Before my friend died, it was re-
olyed as d last resort to take MN 10

the country. Inc
manner of doing it
was a maryel--to
me at least.
Early in the morn
ing a carriage look
ing onlinously like
IA hearse drew up at
the door. A smart
attendant opened
the rear end, reveal
ing a cot. This was
/ brought out and
carried into the
house. Upon it the
sick man W q s
= .v|t.t ..
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such stock-jobbingt
The panic will be de-
layed. SO far as his
means go, by every
man who refuses to
put his money into
a watered stock.
Some people have
done this in the case
o f t h e recently
f orm ed bicycle
trust. 1t was at
first proposed to
make the stock $780,
| ooo, 900 The invest
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Anxious to have the Chance.

Harry, dear, / don't believe
YOU love me as well as you once did!
Harry (pale but resolute)-Aggie,
darling, you give me so little opportu-
nity between ice creams to prove nv
|leyotion.-Chicago Tribune.
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Echoe. OF the strike

Very likely it was true that the IN
fortunate strike Of the Brooklyn street
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-09-02
Reckless stock-Jobbins.

OF course harm to legitimate indus
trv will in the end come out of just
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The Automobile In Business

The horseless carriage has been up to
date no more than a toy for the rich
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-09-02
Ar.frsnn nnd Russian.

Julia Dent Grant long lived in AUS
tria. where her father, Gen. Fred
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-09-02

Washington has 240 shing1e nills,
with daily capacity II I6s carloads.
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TO LET OR RENT.

AN ELEGANTLY FURNISHED RESI-
dence on Pacific avenue, San Francisco,
commanding fine marine view, to rent
for three months, June. July. August;
rent nominal to responsible parties with
out children. Address Box %, 214 Pine
street, San Francisco. m17-3t*
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des Bastions' new (Kling), (b) march,,
The Stars and Stripes Forever
(Sousa); violin solo, "Ziegeunerweisen
(Sarasate), Miss Dorothy Hoyle;; over
the Footlights in New York" (SousD,
Paderewski at Carnegie Hall; "E1 Capt.
tan" at the Broadway Theater; Lucia
at the Metropolitan Opera house z The
Belle Of New York. at the Casino;.
The Girl from Paris at the Herald
Square; Faust" ballet at Roster q
Bial's; "Trovatore" at the Academy OF
Music, and Sousa and his band at Man
haitian Beach. For the evening concert
the program win be: Overture, Para
graph III" (Suppe); trombone solo,
Love Thoughts new (Pryor), Arthur
Pryor; (a) musette, Carlton de Noep'
(new) (Sidney Smith), (b) Russian
Peasant Mazourka,' from 1.-THE Charla-
tan" new (Sousa); soprano solo,
Linda di Charmounix" OonizettD,
Miss Maud Reese Davies; grand scene
from Parsifal, knights of the Holy
Grail CWagner); idyl, whispering
Leaves" (new) (von Blon); (a) serenade,
"Badine" (new) (Gabriel-Marie), (b)
march, "The Charlatan" (new) (Sousa);
violin solo, Souvenir de Haydn" Geon-
ard Miss Dorothy Hoyle; tarantella,
from the Bride Elect" new (Sousa).
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ST. PATRICK HoNoRED..
A Grand Ball Given at the Old
Pavilion Last NIGHT.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians gave
their twenty ninth annual ball at the
Old Pavilion last night with a, large
and enthusiastic attendance. A liter
ary program interspersed with music
by Leddy & Fisch's orchestra preceded
the ball, and those who took part were
loudly applauded.
The following program was rendered:
Song, Sentenced to Death" j. II.
Kemnitzer; Irish song, John Dugan
Hanlon; Irish Maid" Dick McCreadie;
Irish wit, j. Sullivan; Letter From
Ireland Joe Sutton; THE Man That
Came Over From Ireland George
Little
Much of the success of the evening
was due to the systematic and thorough
organization of matters pertaining to
the program and order, under the Floor
Director, P. F. McMorry. He stationed
his assistants at so many convenient
places that there was the minimum
amount of confusion. Thousands of
merry dancers carried emblems of old
Ireland in their hair, on the lapelsI of
their coats, or in their hands, and the
order of dances lasted until late in the
night The following committees had
charge of the affairs of the entertain
ment:
Arrangements-P. A Fitzgerald NJ
Butler, W. j. O'Brien. j. Maloney, P. F.
McMorry, T. E. Leddy. Edward Walsh,
D. Healy.
Floor Director. P. F. McMorry. Floor
Manag gers-T. E. Kennedy, T. E. Leddy
W. F. Gormley, P. Mitchell, Jr, J. B.
Mcclure, D. Riordan. G. Ripon, ]. Ma
loney
Reception-P. A. Fitzgerald, D. Healy,
w. ]. O'Brien, D. j. Long, M. Egan, j.
F. McQueeney, NJ. Butler, D. Hartnett,
Edward Walsh, ]. B. McGrath, James
OBrien
Officers of Observation-Disclosures, P. a.
Fitzgerald; Vice President, NJ Butler;
Treasurer, P. F. McMorry; Financial
Secretary, D. Hartnett; Recording Sec
retary, T. E. Kennedy; Sergeant-at-
Arms, C. Keefe.
One of the features of the entertain
menh was Miss Leslie Contner's dancing
of an Irish jig. 1t had all the flavor
and spirit of an old-country perform
ance, and many of those present be-
came greatly enthused over it.
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AMUsEMENTS.

Sousa's Band with it's three soloist
stars will give a concert this afternoon
at the Clunie Opera house and another
this evening. Sousa is so widely known
ard the work of his corps so faminar
here that remark upon his conceded
leadership over all others before the
public is unnecessary. We content our
selves therefore with giving the pro-
grams for the two concerts. For the
matinee the numbers win be: over
ture, "Carneval Romaine" (Berlioz);
cornef solo, "Whirlwind Polka" God
frey), Herbert L. Clarke; ballet suite,
Egyptian mew) QuiginD; soprano
solo, "Ah fors elui (TraviatO (VerdD,
Miss Maud Reese Davies: grand scene,
1.-The Night of Sabba," from "Mefisto-
fele' (Boito) tone picture, AT Mid
night" new (CarlinD; (a) idyl. "Echos
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vAGRANTs DISPOSED OF.
A Band of Worthless Men Will
Leave Sacramento.

The good effect of Chief Dwyer's raid
on vagrarts is beginning to bring forth
fruit. For several days there have been
many arrests of suspicious persons, and
yesterday there was motley throng
of vagrants in the dock at the Police
Court.
The following named were found
guilty of vagrancy, sentenced to six
months in the County Jail, and allow
ed to leave Sacramento during a tenn
porary suspension of the judgment of
the court: George Pitts, Jacob Erwin,
Herbert Crawford, Daniel Wilson,
Thomas Wilson. Aleck Bell, Howard
w. Mitchell and John Hoffman.
1t is believed that some of the Of
Tenders may either loiter beyond the
limit or wander back to the city, and
in either event they will be jailed with
out hesitation.
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Round About
air Oaks.
Correspondence Record -union.)


A very pretty home wedding took
place at high noon to-day Friday) at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fitch,
when their daughter Vida and Charles
Froebe were united in marriage by Rev.
Mr. Sheldon of Orangevale The bride
wore becoming brown travelling dress
and carried carnations and snilax.
There were between thirty and forty
guests present to witness the ceremony
and enjoy the dainty refreshments
which We're served. The happy couple
departed for Folsom, where they took
the train. The time honored custom of
sending an old shoe or so after them
was duly observed. Mr.. and Mrs
Froebe have the congratulations and
best wishes of the entire community,
and they will be welcomed back from
their honeymoon trip by all
James Jones is on the sick list
The farmers institute has been ar
ranged to take place April 18th and
10Th. This institute promises to be one
of the largest held in this section for a
long time. The committee are arrang-
ing a program and preparing to give
everybody hearty welcome Professor
and all who have heard him on similar
occasions will be glad to hear him
again. Fair Oaks gives a cordial in
vitation to everybody to come to this
feast of good things which will be serv-
ed up on this occasion.
These institutes are held for the bene-
fit of the tillers of the soil, and are paid
for at the public expense. Our univer-
sity employs some of the best practical
men in the State, and sends them out
into the agricultural districts for the
purpose Of giving the benefit of their
experiments and their study to those
who are engaged in the same line of
work 1t is of great Importance that
this useful Information should reach
all Remember that on April 18th and
10Th, at Fair Oaks, is to be held one
of these institutes.
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CHRIST AND MEN OF TODAY.
Applied Christianity at the Young
Mems Christian Association.

Tomorrow afternoon, in the Young
Mems Christian Association rooms, the
second talk with men on Christ and
His relation to men to-day, is to be
given. The address will be on Christ
and Statesmen and will be given by
r. J. Johnson.
These addresses are given to show
how the life of Christ meets the worlds S
need to-day. The great necessity now
is practical, applied Christianity-not
that kind which makes loud professions
and does nothing, but the kind which
makes little profession and does a great
deal
The meeting is for men only, and
commences promptly at $3.50.
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HURT ON THE TRACK.
An Old Man Found Unconscious
Near Durham

P. A. McAndrews of kemoore was
found lying unconscious on the railroad
track near Durham, Butte County, last
night 1t is not known whether he fell
from the train or was struck, but he
was carried to the hotel at Durham,
where he will probably die
He was a member of the Woodmen
of the World at Lemoore and his Camp
(No. 26D instructed Chico Woodmen to
care for him.
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Throwing the Tank, Baggage Car and
Smoker Down a Bank.
Flames Break Out, Destroying the
Combination Baggage and Mail
Car, Two Coaches and a Chair
ty-Six People Injured, Two Sc
rious1y.

VOLLAND (kaS.), March Ii.-EaSI-
bound passenger train No. 3, Conductor
Thomas, jumped the track just west OF
Volland to-day. on the Rock Island
Road, throwing the tank baggage car
and smoker down a bank, and leaving
the chair car and combination mail
and baggage car partly tipped over.
The train caught fire, the flames de-
stroying the combination baggage and
mail car, two coaches and chair car.
Twenty-s passengers were injured,
two seriously. The train baggageman
was killed. Following is a list of the
killed and injured:
William Freeman, Kansas City, train
baggageman, killed.
W. G. Means, mail clerk, Kansas
City, shoulder and back injured
- G.. w. Swartz, mail clerk, Kansas
City, head and left leg and both arms
cut.
City, hurt in neck.
NJ. j. C1eming, Columbia, Mo-, side
hurt and leg bruised.
K. r. Keen, Columbia, Mo-, cut on
head.
Charles H. Penn, Ashland, Mo-, cut
on hand.
back wrenched-
w. H. Phillips, Watonga, o. T.,
strained hip, cut in arm.
John Searle, Timber Lake, o. T., leg
and arm hurt.
T. G. Sturgeon, Weatherford, o. T.,
back strained.
Mrs o. C. Allen, Caldwell Kas., lip
cut and ankle strained.
George w. Lewis, FL Reno, o. T.,
ankle sprained.
H. L. Hall, Topeka, Kas., legs bruised.
Fred w. Casner, Hutchinson, Kas.,
right side hurt.
James McSpadden, news agent, Kan
sas City, head and face badly cut, nose
smashed in and hurt about the body
H Coin, Mapleton, Kas.. legs bruised.
Mrs j. H. Boland, Cooper, o. T.,
breast hurt.
c. F. Clark, Topeka. Kas., leg bruised.
: E A. Bandit, Cloud, o. T., cut on
hip.
A. warnicke, Fort Sill. wrist sprained.
John Phillip, Protection, Kas., head
and back sprained-
N. Deanel, news agent, st. Joseph,
Mo, slightly.
Calvin Green, velpen. Ind. breast
and ribs.
F. H. Mashingall, Caldwell, Kas.,
scalp. shoulder and leg.
Ed. Switzer, Garvey, o. T., head and
stomach.
Mrs. Sarah Smith, Bethany, No.
prostrated from shock.
A relief train with doctors was sent
from Topeka as soon as word was re-
ceived of the accident, and every pos
sible attention was shown the injured.
A construction train was also soon on
the ground and the work of clearing
the track commenced at once, so that
travel could be resumed
The combination mail and baggage
car caught fire almost instantly, ana
before any one realized that the bag
gageman had not escaped 1T was TOO
late to save him. The mail clerks IN the
other end of the car escaped by crawl
ing over the side The fire spread
quickly from the baggage car TO the
cars behind it. and before the reile1
train sent from Topeka arrived the
four cars We're mass OF blackeheo
wreckage The Pullman was saved ny
being pushed back from the burning
chair car.
FATAL WRECK IN KENTUCKY
MIDDLESBORO (Ky), March L.
In a, wreck on the Louisville and Nash-
Vile Railroad. near Wheeler nine mlles
from here, at a. M, caused by laho-
slide. Charles Painter, fireman, was
killed. and the engineer, Charles Shl'e-
ley, injured.
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1913 G ST.-3 FURNISHED HOUSE.
Keeping rooms; positively no children.
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TWO ROBBERS HELD.
OLeary and Phillips Got James
Ke1ly's Money.

In the City Justice Court yesterday
morning Robert O'Leary and w. J.
Phillips We're held to answer to the
Superior Court for robbing James
Kelly Bonds We're fixed at $1,000 in
each case.
Defendants are the men who were
found lettering at the Lafayette saloon
last week, watching for opportunities
to rob drunken men, They went
through Kelly's pockets and got S4.
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LOWER FLAT: VERY CENTRAL; SIX
rooms; electricity, gas and bath. Apply
1100 l.
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Examination of Candidates.

In the German Luthern Church,
Twelfth and K streets, tomorrow
morning at 1890, the candidates for
confirmation and church membership
will be publicly examined as to their
knowledge of the saving truths of the
Bible. ten. will answer in German and
four in the English language. All Ger
man Lutherans and others are cordially
invited
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Estate of John F. wilcox.

P. H. Gardner, George Butler and L.
c. Rauble, appraisers Of the estate of
John Fitch Wilcox, deceased, have fled
their inventory and appraisement,
showing, the estate to be valued at $l5,-
295.79. The property is situated on
Brannan Island.
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CLEAN BEDS NEW FURNITURE,
running water, 81 a week up, at 322112 K.
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Two Larcenists.

j. Allen and P. Leeds were sentenced
to 100 days each in the County Jail
by City Justice Davis yesterday morn
ing. They were charged with petty
larceny and were found guilty of
stealing a coat from a dummy on ]
street.
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Found Dead in Bed.

A man named Joseph Collier, a stran-
ger, was found dead in his bed in the
City Hotel yesterday. An autopsy
showed that he died of pneumonia. No
body knows anything about the de-
ceased. nor whence he came
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Rheumatism causes more aches and
pains than any other disease. It is due
to acid in the blood, and is cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla which neutralizes
this acid.
Hoods Pills cure biliousness. Mailed
for 25 cents by G.. I. Hood & Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-A CALIFORNIA MADE
with top, shafts. pole and brake For
particulars inquire l.. A. UPSON, lower
floor California State Bank Building,
corner j and Fourth streets ml7-3t
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GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, COR
ner Twelfth and K streets.-Examina-
ton of catechumens and sermon at 1890,
topic: .GewaSchen und doch NIGHT
rein" rs, Passionsstunde. Its