A SHIP'S LIGHTS.

How They Appear to Sailors as TbeyPass.

The Bell-Buoy Sometimes Rings a

Knell as Well as a

Warning.

Most landsmen know something aboutthe lights a ship carries at night,, ifonly to have an indistinct idea, per-haps, that there is a red and green one,and that, of course, sailing vessels havea big headlight situated somewhere uptop. Well, they haven't.

The system of lights now adopted byall maritime nations has been in usecomparatively few years, but it is soperfected that by them on the darkestnights one ship can tell exactly thecourse and character of another. ABailing vessel carries but two, a redone below on the port side and a greenupon the starboard. A steamer carriesthree, the red and green, beside a largewhite masthead light; and when sheIe towing other vessels two white lights,one above the other on the foremast,showing that it is dangerous to cut tooclose across her stern. Each barge orcraft being towed shows on her mast around white light, if I remember cor-rectly.

I used to get confused as to whichwere the sides for the red and green,and once spoke of it to an old fisherman.

"Why, sir," he said, "the port light

is red?the color of wine."I lived for quite a time among the

fishermen on the west coast of Englandend spent many a day and night withthem at sea. Sometimes when we wouldbe lying-to in St. George's Channel, orriding to our trawls in a fishing lug-ger, a big lantern at our side, and noth-ing doing, there was a very subtlecharm in the lights of a ship or steameras she came into view, crept up, andBwept grandly past insignificant andiishy us.

Way down in the southard would ap-pear a little red or green dot, showingand losing itself in the heavy ocean£wells, until it grew more steady as itxitared us. Sometimes two lights wouldAppear at first, and make one feel ner-vous, for you knew your boat to bedirectly in the piath of an approachingchip. You would glance at your ownriding light and sometimes, though notoften, fire a Hare, made of rags andoakum wrapped around a stick andeoaked in oil. But soon one or the otherof the dangerous two lights would belost; she is avoiding you, and you couldenjoy the charm I mentioned. Whenloth lights show dead ahead even anold fisherman will be anxious. Fastex:eanBteamers as well as heavily freighted"tramps," hard of steering and as hardwhere conscience pricks, make light ac-count of small craft; to say that theyare sometimes careless puts a kind in-terpretation on their actions.

The lights grow larger, more steady,and higher in the air, you hear therushing of a great body dividing the\u25a0water, and the dark sides of a mightyship show, now bearing down upon you,rising like a castle, to pass within adangerously short distance. Ghost-like sails tower above, losing them-selves in the dark vault heavenward,the water bursts from her bows oneither side in spray, your lantern throwsa gleam of light along her side?she ispainted green?and she has passed andis gone. Or a passenger steamer willcome thundering on, throbbing, churn-ins; and all that kind of thing of whichClark Russell writes, her bright mast-head light shining clear like a star. Asshe passes, showing a long line of brill-iant port-holes, you catch sight of afat, white-capped cook preparing sup-pers for the smoking-room. Strains ofmusic may come over the water and afew dark figures, some in couples, peerdown at you over the rail, lit up for asecond by the dull light of your lantern.As she too disappears into the night,you have a feeling as though a planetfull of life had crossed the path of a lit-tle satellite in space, she seemed socomplete a world in herself. You alsofeel very lonely then.

When the silent sailing vessel sweptso majestically by, showing no signs oflife, she seemed the spirit of lonelinessItself. Soon you would be safe on landagain, with people all round you, snooz-ing comfortably in a big steady four-poster. But the white-capped cookof the steamer suggests a civilized ap-petite for a rarebit, or anchovy toast,with a bottle of Bass before turning in.Fishermen are splendid fellows and ex-cellent companions, but you are sureyou would find a transatlantic friendor more on board and you really longfor the welcome words they'd give you.

You have not seen a saucy tourist'shat with a demure pair of eyes beneathit, and all fastened to a trim Americanfigure of the gentler kind, for a longtime. You imagine that half of one ofthose couples must have been a verybeautiful girl, and think you could en-joy a flirtation?or, better, talk to asweet wife, quite as well as the otherfellow beside her there.

You fall to, haul on the trawls witha vengejance, and "confounding it allany way." It never seemed at suchtimes that these same lights could tellthe story of disaster in darkest night,and that one could read their meaningas clearly as the operator at Penberthcable station could read the flashes ofhis mirror. I so read them one night;after them was left nothing but thenight, and I knew ?well?I had come a from a hard day's tramp

along the coastwlth Captain Jack,keep-ing a sharp lookout for any vessel indistress or valuable wreckage thatmight have been driven ashore. A greatgale was blowing and we coold countonly five rollers between the RunnelFtone and the cliffs. Every few minutescame a burst of hale ami sleet, as In acloud, which a-gain passed away, leav-ing the atmosphere clear. Having hungup my oil clothes and eaten my supper,I was in slippers and easy chair beforethe fire, prepared for comfort and an oldvolume of "Fraser's Magazine." Mywindow jusst back and to one side of melooked out over the Cove; the curtainwas raised and nothing appeared tosoften the depth of blackness, exceptevery now and then when the hail wouldbeat against it or a few raindropswear out their short lives in reachingthe bottom of the pane. The windbowled in gusts and in the lull came theringing of the Runnel Stone bell. It Isqueer how many kinds of sounds canbe gotten from a bell buoy with only thewind and sea to change its character.It will peal sometimes like a chime bellin a fierce squall, or ring lazily, justenough to keep its name and show it tobe on station, when the sea is calm andthe air clear. In a fog the heavy wetatmosphere intensifies its solid andwarning note, giving It more of a ringI have heard t toll a knell also.

I had closed my book, thinking or im-agining these ideas. It was too excit-ing a night to keep sflll long ait anyquiet occupation; the mind kept turn-

ing toward the sea, the tide was nearly

low, and you knew some of those treach \u25a0erous rocks were not cnly out of water,but making a breaking sea. Therewere reefs in midchannel which wereonly dangerous in a heavy gale, when

low tide caused the great rollers tobreak in destroying "combers." On suchnights you long for daylight to come,for it s generally just as hard to sleep

as it is to keep quiet and read.Suddenly I heard a step on the gravel

outside and a rap on the window pane;turning, I saw a face pressed againstthe glass. It was Dick, Captain Jack'snephew 7, and one of his crew. I couldjust make ourt the fiat of his nose andthe two high lights where nis eyesshone, surrounded by an indistinct glow

of yellow from his oil clothes."What's the matter, Dick?" I called."There's a wreck, sir, on the Runnel

Stone."It took but a few short minutes to get

into my storm clothes, and, drawing

on my big sea boots, I was ready tojoin the men outside. I found Dickand his brothers Bill and Bob waiting

for me. We went down the steep steps

of the terrace on which their cottagewas built, into the potato field, through

the gate guarded by the half of a state-room door from the ill-fated Schiller.We made our way slowly toward thecliffs, stumbling in the deep blackness:The wind was so strong we couldscarcely make headway against it, aswe came out upon the open downs, butafter a while we reached Tol Pedn andwere safe under the lead of a bowlder.Way to the southard we made out alight shining clear, a little diamond,

and beneath it a smaller ruby, but oh,the terrible setting! Every few secondsthey would both rise, with a sickening

movement, like the chest of a dyingman, and a faint streak, just a littlelighter than the night, would sweep by

beneath them.We crept out further upon the crags,

shielded by a rampart of granite. Thesurf foamed below us; the spray andspume swished through the air above,carried far inland by the gale.

"My God!" cried Captain Jack, "it'sa steamer on the Cairn. She's gone, sir;they can't get out to her from Pen-zance."

The Cairn was a rock lower in thewater than the Runnel Stone, and la#about a hundred fathoms or so to thewestward of it.

We all knew that it would be as easyto get a boat to the moon as it wouldbeyond the great pyramids of waterthat were rushing past the Cove belowus, even if there was a boat in allPorthgwarra that could live in such asea. There was no way to get word tothe lifeboat station in Penzance soonenough to do any good, and there was notug there powerful enough to haul thelifeboat into the teeth of such a gale.

It would take hours to do it in any case,and we knew that this was but a ques-tion of minutes. Fishermen were nowcoming up in groups behind us, un-shapen lumps rising every now and thenout of the black night rack. The hor-rible situation of the poor helpless

steamer so impressed us that no wordwas spoken. There was no hope to ex-press, no advice or help to suggest. Thebright masthead light appeared quitehigh above the red of her port lightwhen we first made her out, but now ithad sunk lower, showing that she hadlisted to one side. Sometimes a littlegreenish glow would shoot up abovethe red light; the list was over to port,and. the green glow was her starboardtight shining on the foam as it droveover her.

A streak of fire suddenly shot up intothe sky and burst into a shower of stars?the steamer's cry of distress; a groancame from the men around me. Thenup shot another, and this rocket verged

toward us, as if appealing directly toour compassion. Oh, God! we were sohelpless in their distress! Small yel-lcw dots of light now ran to and fro,clustering here and there in spots. Theywere getting out the boats. What goodwould that do? Even if they could livein such a sea, where could they land?Mill Bay was their best chance, andthey could not find it unless there wasa light there. Beside, it was too far tothe nor'ard, and any light would be hidby some intervening cliff.

"Run you, Dick and Jim, set a lightat the Cove! It's their only chance."

A dozen of the younger men made off,glad to do anything to bear aid, even ifthey knew anything they could dowould be In vain. As the differentgroups of men had come up they hadblown out or shielded their lanterns;they would only do harm. Ifthe boatscould get off and live, a lantern seenthere would only lure them to sure de-struction. There was a chance, how-ever, if -they could be guided to theCove?yet only the bearest chance.

Now the green light shone quiteclear or was reflected on the foam con-tinually flying over the steamer. Themasthead light was nearly between thetwo. She was on her beam's end, andher deck must be perpendicular. A lit-tle yellow light seemed to leave theside, then another ?and then?one wentout. From the cliff overlooking HellaRock?the windward guardian of theCcve?came the light of a lantern ortwo. A little later a small wind-drivenflame and ?we knew the strong young-sters had found tar-barrels. God di-rect those boats!

But suddenly, while the light of thesteamer seemed to lurch downward, thelong line of a breaking wave was firstlit by the red light, and then that dis-appeared, giving place to the clearwhite light. It was reflected up fromthe foam against the sides of a noblesteamer. It seemed to run along from

istem to stern, and then it Went out, andthe darkness was deepened. For a fewmoments the greenish light lingered,

and that, too, was wiped out as theothers had been.

Three little bobing lights dancedaround in the darkness. We watchedthem, knowing they were the crowdedboats, and all that was left of thesteamer. They were evidently being

jdriven seaward. The tide race runs:btroag at the Runnel Stone, and it was| now full ebb. We saw one light go out;

we watched the other two, which wcr,>quite close together. As one wouldsponge a mark off a slate, we saw themdisappear also. We waited and waited,and at last trod our way across thedowns home. We heard the bell-buoytolling a knell; in three weeks anotherI amer would be marked at Lloyds

I"sunk or missing.""God have mercy on their souls."

icried Captain Jack. Amen!? New York! Evening Post.

When Dr KVncaly, being returned toParliament by the electors of Stoke,took an early opportunity of moving avote of censure on the Judges, he founda teller in Mr. Whalley. On the Housedividing, it was found that 433 men ofall parties voted in the negative, Dr.Kent "ly*S proposition being supportedby a single member. The single memberwas Major OGorman. Asked after-I why he had gone against his own. for once merged in the majority,the Major, mopping his massive brow,answered. "Bedad, it's a hot night, and1 km w there would be more room in the'aye' lobby."?Argonaut.

A Qatling gun fires 5,000 shots aminute.

COMMERCIAL.

PRODUCE EXCHANGE NOT IN

SESSION,

Vegetables Generally in Large Supply

?Butter Stocks Accum-

ulating.

San Francisco, May 2d.The Produce Exchange having adjourned

from yesterday noon until Monday morn-ing out of respect to the memory of Presi-dent W. A. Holcomb there were no deal-ings in cereals to-day.

Native Tomatoes are in large supply andlower. Peas are doing a little better underlighter receipts; some sweet go above thetop Quotation. A few Mushrooms arrivedto-day. New Potatoes are in lighter sup-ply, but there are quite a lot held overand prices are weak. Rhubarb is a drug",it is hard to move, as the consumers havehad enough. While receipts of Asparaguswere heavier than yesterday, still it soldwell and extra brought better prices; itis only the very small stuff that goes at

the lowest quotation.There was a good demand for Straw-

berries to-day and prices took quite ajump; receipts were 528 chests, being 138chests more than yesterday: a few clean,large berries brought. S7. Raspberries andGooseberries are still in lightreceipt. Cher-ries arrived to the extent of 4V2 boxes,being heavier than yesterday by 112 boxes,and prices were not materially changed;the amount of cracked Cherries arrivingcauses the low figures. Four tars ofOranges and one car of Lemons arrived.There are not a great many Oranges here,but the demand is lacking,"and then againthe trash received keeps prices down.

Still no changes in Butter, but stocksappear to be accumulating to a small ex-tent; when packing ceases and the Alas-kan and northern demand in general letsup prices will likely come down. Cheesecontinues weak and a drop in prices is notfar off. Eggs are quite weak, although not.quotably lower; the better grades holdtle ir prices fairly well, but the commonEggs go for almost any price. There aretoo many Eastern and Oregon Eggs here;altogether too many for the good of theCalifornia article.

Produce Quotations.POTATOES?River Burbanks, 35#50c

per sack; Oregon Burbanks, 50@70c perctl; Early Hose, t'.(Ki7sc per ctl; Petalumaand Tomales, 40@55c per ctl; New Pota-toes, 75c(y$l per ctl; Humboldt Bur-banks, 50ti*35c per ctl.

ONIONS?SI 75@2 25 per ctl.VE< 5 ETABLES?Los Angeles Tomatoes,

>'l -?">'" 1 50 per box; String Beans, 5c perlb; Green Peas, 75e r 'Sl per sack; Garlic,4ft@sV&C Per lb; Green Peppers, l«">c perlie Dried Peppers, 10@15c per lb; Mush-rooms, lo'a 15c per lb; Asparagus, SI 25<32 25 per box for ordinary anil £2 50@3for extra: Dried Okra, 12V&&15C per lb;Rhubarb, 35@65c per box for ordinary and75c for extra; Cucumbers, 60c@$l perdozen; Mexican Tomatoes, §1 SUK- perbox: Egg Plant. 15e per lb.

APPLES?§I 50@3 per box.BERRlES?Strawberries, $6@lo per

chest for Longworth and tt per chestfor large berries; Gooseberries, 40c perdrawer and in sacks; Raspberries,£1 25 per drawer.

CHERRIES? lilack, SI 25@1 75 per box;White, 40@65c per box; Red, i}s!i7sc perbox.

CITRP'S FRUlT?Mexican Limes. S5 50@G per box; California Lemons, 75c"fj$l 25for common, $1 6002 per box for good tochoice, and $2 25ii2 50 for fancy ;CallforniaOranges, 00c@$l 50 per box for Seedlings;Navels, $1 75't<2 75 per box for good tochoice, and $3v3 25 for fancy; Mediter-ranean Sweets, ?1>(2; Malta Bloods, Sj<i2 75.

TROPICAL FRUIT ? Bananas, ST.Jper bunch for Hawaiian ami SL' ,rj. 5o perbunch for Bluefields; Pineapples. S4@sper dozen; Persian Date.--, .Y'/.jW: per lb.

DRIED FRUITS? Following " are theprices furnished by the San FranciscoFruit Exchange: The figures representcarload lots.

Apricots ? Fancy Moorpark, 10011c;choice do, loc: fancy, !»c; choice. 8c; stand-ard, 7Vjc; prime, 6&07C.

Apples?Evaporated, 41z4 1/4 c; sun-dried,2c.

Peaches?Fancy, 6c; choice, 4c; stand-ard, prime, 2%c; peeled in boxes, 11c.Pears?Fancy, halves, 7c; quarters, 6;.jc;choice, 6c; standard, 4c; prime, Stfcc.

Plums?Pitted, 3'Ac; unpitted, IY/q2c.Prunes?Four sizes, 303)46.Nectarines?Fancy, 0>.,.e; choice, Oc;

standard, 4c; prime, 3%c.Figs?White, choice, 4'uoc; Black, 2%c.Raisins?ln carload lots. F. O. B. San

Francisco in sacks or 50-fb boxes: 4-crownloose, 3%c; 3-crown, 2'._,c; L'-crown, 2c;seedless Sultanas, 3%03&c; seedless Mus-catels, 2V/«-%c; dried grapes, ?c; 3-crownIxmdon Layers, 70c per box in 20-lb boxes;clusters, ¥1 35#1 00; Dehesa clusters, $2 10(&2 25; Imperial clusters, $2 6002 70;4-crown loose, $?; 4-crown loose, "faced,$? per box.

BUTTER?Creamery?Fancy, Ho; spe-cial branas, nlgher; seconds, 13@13> 2c;Dairy?Fancy, 12%013ej good to choice,12c; lower grades, lovii'-.-c-

CHEESE?Fancy mild new, 8c; fair togood, ie-/'' 7%c; Young America, 8010c;Eastern, 12%@14c per fb.

EGGB?l2@l2%c per dozen for store and13014 cfor ranch; Eastern, VZWdY.Kc.

POULTRY ? Live Turkeys?Gobblers16017c; Hens, 15016 cper lb; dressed, ? m?c per lb; Roosters, $4&4 50 for old and?7 5009 for young; Broilers, S2 50@4 forsmall find $5 5006 for large; Fryers, |6@8 60; Mens. $4'<(o; Ducks, $4\is for old andf&O7 Oo for young; Geese, fl 20'<zl 73 perpair; Pigeons, £1 6001 70 per dozen forold and fl 5001 70 per dozen for young

CAME?Hare, 5Oc0fl; Cottontail Rab-bits, §1 20; Bush, do, $1 per dozen.

Meat Market.Following are the rates for whole car-

casses from slaughterers to dealers:BEEF ? First quality, 6©5%c; second

quality, third quality, 3'>,io4cper lb.

VEAL?S&6c for large and 6@7c per IDper lb.

MUTTON?Wethers, s@sVic; Ewes, 4Mi(TiOc per It).LAMB?Spring. 60634 cper lb.FORK?Live Hogs, jß4@3'/ic per lb for

heavy, and 8%03%c for small.

Eastern Grain Market.New York, May 2d.

WHEAT?May, 68%C; July, 60c.Chicago, May 2d.

WHEAT?May. 50%C; June, 61 Vie; July,62c; September, 62-^c.

SACRAMENTO MARKET.

Yesterday a Fuir Day In Local ProduceCircles.

Sacramento, May 2d.This was a fairly good day in local mar-

ket circles, though not a lively one forSaturday. Prices remained as formerlyquoted.

Following are the retail prices for thavarious articles mentioned:

FLOUK?Family Extras, $2 20 per 100ros; $1 10 for 50 lbs.

FRUlT?Bananas, 125cper dozen; Limes,10c; Lemons, 25c: Oranges?Seedlings, 15@90c per dozen; Navels, 40<«75c; HavanaSeedlings, 40c; Dates, Sc per lb; Apples,s@loc per lb; Cocoanuts, 10c each; Cran-Ieriies, 10c per quart; Pineapples, 80ceach; Strawberries, lOc: Cherries, 15<t 16cper Hi. Goosebe; l ies, lbs for 25c.

DAIRY PRODUCE?Butter?Valley, 30cper roll; Petaluma, 35c; Creamery, 45c.Cheese?California, 12 per It>; YoungAmerica, 15c; Eastern Creamery, 35@40c;Genuine Swiss, 40c; American Swiss, 30c;Martin's Creamery, 20c; Romatour (sum-mer cream), 30c each.

POULTRY?Turkeys?Live Hens, 14cper lb; Live Gobblers, P-I'^c; dressed, 15c;Chickens?Hens, 50c each; Roosters, 50c;Broilers, 35c; Tame Ducks, 75c; Geese, $2p.: pair.

EGGS? 15c per dozen.VEGETABLES?Onions, 2c per lb;

Bunch Vegetables, 12yac; Garlic, 10c perlb; Lettuce, 3 for sc; Artichokes. 25c doz;Dried Peppers, 20c per lb; Celery, tfcTOcper head; Cauliflower, 10c per head: Horse-radish, 10c per lb; Mushrooms, 10012c;Bplnach, sc; Asparagus, 3itdc per Tb;String Beans, 15c; Green Peas. se; Toma-toes. tOC per lb; Rhubarb, 3fc~4c per lb;Hi w Cabbage, 6c per head; Cucumbers,10c each.

MEATS?Beef-Prime Rib Roast,15c; Loin Steak, 12!*,<&\u25a0 15c; Rump Steak,lOc; Chuck Roast. 10c: Rump. Sc; Brisket.Xc; Chuck Steak, lOc Veal?Loin and RibChops, 15e; Roast Veal, 12c. Mutton?Leg.II . 12%e; Loin and Rib Chops. 12"-ic: Mut-ton Stew. Sc: Shoulder Chops. Her Pork.feiil'Je per lb; Corned Reef. t>@l2V2c; Saus-age. 12!i>c: Vienna Sausage, 15c; Bacon,Bfc 13 1-..c ; Ham, 12>YtiISVkC

HAY AND GRAIN?Oat Hay, 55c percwt: Wheat, 55c: second quality. 50c; Al-falfa, first cutting, tfOSQe; second andthird cutting. 55c; Whole Barley, 90c;Ground Barley. '.isc: Feed Oats. Sltffl 25;Middlings. ;»oc: Bran, 70c; Straw, BQQS&e.

COAL OH,?Wholesale?Pearl, lUc: Eo-cene. 21c; Elaine. 24c; Star. T.'c; ExtraStar, 23c; Water White (bulk). Pi'-a

GASOLINE?W holesale?Stove Gasoline,

cases, 20c; Stove Gasoline, bulk, 14Vje; 8Gdegree Gasoline, bulk. 20c; (*! degree Ben-zine, cases, lU'?c; 0"> degree Benzine, bulk,14e.ELECTRIC BIGHTCANDLES?(Whole-

sale) 10 oz, 5]<<2c; 12 oz, 14 oz, 7^ 4c;U oz. Sc. Granite Mining, 10 oz, 7c; 12oz. 7%c; 14 oz, BVic; 16 oz. I)V4c.

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK MARKET.

San Francisco, May 2d.Morning Session?Alpha, 14c; Andes, 29Q

30c; Belcher, 53c; B & B, 57c; Bodie, 55c;Bullion, l(»c; Bulwer. 32c; Challenge, 37c;Chollar, 90c; C C V. $1 75; C Point. 35fa34e;H &N, $1 20; Occidental, $1 15@1 20; Ophir,SI 25: S B & M, 17c: Potosi, 35®38c; Sav-age, 30%29c; S Nevada, (J4c; Yellow Jacket,40e.

Closing Quotations?Alta, !>c; Alpha Con,13c; Belcher, 53c; B & B, 65c: Bodie, 51c;Bullion, 13c; Bulwer. 32c; Caledonia, 13c;Challenge, 37c; Chollar, $1; Conhdence,84c; C C V", SI 75; C Point, 30c: G & C,4<ic; H & N, $1 30: Justice, Be; Mexican.38c; Occidental, .51 15; Ophir, si 25; over-man, 14c; Potosi. 35c: Savage. 35c: S Ne-vada, 85c; Union Con, 55c; Utah Con, scjYellow Jacket, 39c.

"Some years ago," said Paderewskithe other day in the Chicago "Post,""I dined with an official of the Russianarmy. This official had in his commandan officer of great ability- who was ad-dicted to strong drink. It was arranged

that the man should take dinner alongwith us that dayr. Instead of soup, thefirst course served to him was brandy,which he must swallow a spoonful ata time, just as he would have swal-lowed soup. After the first spoonful liewas so sick that he implored to bespared. Under cover of a drawn revol-ver the official commanded him to swal-low every spoonful in the plate. Theofficer never drank a drop of liquor af-ter that. Try to drink champagne froma cup or liquor as that man was forcedto drink it. It will make you deathlysick."

SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORP-TJmoy, STJISTDAT, MAY 3, 1896,11

SPECIfIIi SflliETO-MORROW.

AT cut prices,Ladies' French Percale Trilor-made $1 25 Shirt

Waist, stiff bosom, standing collars, deep cuffs, inpink and white, fine hairline stripe, for 53c.

50 dozen Ladies' Fast Black Seamless Hose at10c per pair.

20 dozen Ladies' 25c Jersey Ribbed I'ndervests,sleeveless, fancy lace trimmings, all sizes, 18c.

25 dozen Gents' Fast Black Finished Hose at10c per pair.

Allof those fine Flowers displayed in our Car-nival Show will be on sale. Silk Flowers andBuds, six in spray, 7c. Also, an immense varietyof Sailor Hats from 10c up. 75c Leghorns for 40c.Children's Crinkled-edge Leghorns, 25c.

All Trimmed Hats, from the cheapest PicnicHat to the finest Dress Hat, will be cut in pricefor this special sale.

THE RED HOUSE CO.,J STREET, BETWEEN SEVENTH AM) EIGHTH.

Tilrpn /"> TA \ T tTO Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in

AMCO (j. DAYIO, Furniture, Carpets,?*/ ' UPHOLSTERY GOODS, ETC.

Salesroom. 4.11 and 413 X Street* Warerocm*. 4u.i to 407 Oak Avenue.

MONEYSAVINGPRICES

MONEY SAVING DISHES

MONEY SAVERS

Lunch Buckets, Coffee Pots, CreamPitchers, Oat Meal Bowls, CustardCups, Spooaers, Plates, Dairy Pans,Hand Basins. Be each, or O for 25c.

IOC MONEY SAVERS

Berry Dish, Milk Pails, Meat Dish,Dion Pans, Mustard Pots, VegetableDish, Salad Dish. lOc each, or 3for23c.

TEA SETSPieces, complete for 12 persons.

Pure White, Delicate Blue, Brownand Rich Gold Spray Decorations.

Money Saving Prices Per Set

2-50 ' 2-85' 3 °°' 3- 75 ' 4*15*

DINNER SETS*50 Pieces, complete for 6 persons.

Pure White, Delicate Blue, Brownand Rich Gold Spray Decoration^.

Money Saving Prices Per Set

4. '25, 4.80, 5 00, 5 80, £.50.

DINNER SETS100 Pieces, complete for 12 persons.Pure Delicate Blue, Brownand Rich Gold Spray Decorations.

Money Saving Prices Per Set5.50, 5.50, 7.25, § 00,9.50, IQ.so.

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Trains Leave and ara Due to Arrive atSacramento:

LEAVE 1 TKAINS RUN DAILY.IaRRIVB(For) I (From)

11:00 I' Ashiand and Portland I 6:20 A6:4.5 A Qaliatogaand Napa 8:10 p;s:00 PjCaUatoga and .Nup:> 11:20 a5:20 F Dentin;,,El Pasoanu East 10:25 A4:0o P Colfax I 10:05 AT:10 V KnightsLa'il'g iorovllle 7:45 A

10:20 A J os Angeles j 2:50 1'5:20 P.Los Angeles ( A

11:40 A Atlaptic Expr.ea for Og-I den and East 4:50 P

10:00 P European Mall for Ogdenand East I 5:50 A

3:25 PiOrovilleviaßo*ev'lnJ'no 10:15 A4:35 A Led BlUfl via KnigbtS

La'd'g and Marysville.. 6:20 P*6:45 A Bed Bluff vla'Woodiandj *6:50 i'

2:25 1' Bed Bluff via Marysville! 10:16 A10:3O A Redding via Willows j 3:55 P

5:10 I'hau franco via P.enicia,..i 112 ) A6:10 A sun Franco via Benicia.J 0:40 P6:40 A>an Franco viaBenicia.. 10:35 P3:O0 1' -an fran co viaßenicia_| 8:10 P

*10:00 A San Franco via steamer £6:00 A10:25 A Sun Fran, via Livermoro 2:60 1'10:25 A sac Jose ! 2:00 1'10:25 ASanta B >r!>ara ] 2:50 P6:46 Atlanta Rosa... H:io P3:00 P Santa I'.osa I 11:20 A

lo:25 a Stockton and Gait 2:50 P5:20 )'Stockton and (tail ! 10:25 A

11:(0 A truci.eeand Reno.* | 4:50 P10:00 PiTruckeeand Ketio : 5:50 A(i:45 AtVallejo S:IU t'3:O0 P. Vallejo ] 11:2<> A

?7:00 A Folsom and Placervilie...! *4:40 P5:30 F| Folsom and Placervilie...] 9:15 A

f0:40 A|Folsom and Placervilie...) ;4:30 PA?For morning. P? For afternoon.?Sunday excepted. iMonday excepted.{Sunday only.

RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Traffic Manager.'i. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Passenger Agent.

[JUDSON EXCURSION RSi Sacramento wi-ekly. Upholstered oars. Man-i asters through to Chicago and lioston. Lowest! raie. Call on U J. ELLIS, Agent S. P. Co.,\ Sacramento, or address JITDSOB A CO., 19| Montgomery street, San Francisoo.

53 a SPECiEjYe;:;:lv^ :jK$ HB|:iary ISI.OOD POISON penr-uneritly

fer., W&8 -v: 'd Inlatolijdays. Youcan be treated atga?^^'i n w»f'>rfianie price under fame guarnn-PT7sJ|va/ l .v.Ify«ai pr. fir iofer. o here we willcon*; "' 1 mmmw tract to payrailroad fareand h<>telbilN,andnocharpp.'if we fail tecure. Ifyou have taken mer-cury, iodido potash, and still have aches andpains. Much hiPatched inmouth. Sore Throat,Pimples, Gosper Colored Spots, Ulcers onany partof the body, HairorEyebrows fallingout, it, is ttiis Secondary BLOOD Poison?re guarantee to cure. We solicit the me>t obsti-

-0 cases and cliallence the world fora« cannot cure This disease bos alwaysb. the skill ofthe most eminent phyefr*

! Cia. 5500.000 capital behind our Dncoodi*tionnt guaranty. Absolute proofs pent scaled on

! application. Address COOK REMEDY CO..307 Masonic Temple, CHICAGO, ILL.

WHOLESALE LIQUORS.~LI" ? \u25a0 ? ~s ? i.. ?iza

EBNER BROS. COMPANY,11G-11S X Street, Front and Second,

Haorain?to.

IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DBAI*ers in Wine* and Liquor*. Telephone 304.

M, CRONAN,«30 X St., and 1108-IUO Third St.,

Sacramento, cal.,

IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE DEALERIn Fine Whiskies, Brandiee and Cham-pagne.

HFCH PASFV Importer and Wholesalerlie un caoli, in Foreign and 1-omestloWine* and Llquora. Proprietor ol EaglesodaWorke. 21s X street. Sucrun.ento-

WEST. POINT EXAMINATION.A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION

for the appointment and admission ofCadet for the Second Congressional Dis-trict of Calitornia to me United StatesMilitary Academy at Weal Point will beheld In the city of Sacramento on SAT-URDAY, May !>, 1896, commencing at 9o'clock a. m.. at th>» oflioe of the Sacra-mento Business College, corner Ninth andX streets. Applicants will he examined inreading, writing, orthography, arithmetic,grammar, geography and history. Theexamination will bo conducted by Pro-fessors E. C. Atkinson and J. TI. Pond.Applicants will also have to pass a phys-ical examination before Dr. G. M. Dixon.No. 1009 Seventh street, on or before the! !Uh day of May. The applicant hay ing thehighest general average in such examina-tion will be appointed Cadet by Congress-man Grove L Johnson: the one having thesecond general average will be ap-pointed alternate. Roth appointee and al-ternate will have to present themselvesat West Point by June 13, 1896 to take th.'official examination. In case the appointeefails to pass, lhe alternate will, it" quali-fied, receive the appointment. Fur fur-

I ther information address FRANK F \T-; KIXSON. P. O. box :«>7. Sacramento.' Cal.

& Fl FINE TAILORING.|f-Sj. H. HEITMAX,W\. 4*f THE TAILOR,rjfri -"la Complete assortment of Spring

I TBafejiltJ and Summer Woolen now arriveJfSSM~T "'r '''' from tbe mills.

Suite made to order from Sl5fl telS I and up war I;.I ~4sii Trouse -to order from S3 o >J sly This :s the house to get a stylish

1111 best lining suit made to'"S jjT order.

Ho. 600 J Sires: 3 orner stxti Sacraaeßio,

C. H. KREBS & CO.,626 O STREET",

Artists* Moterials*,

Bronzes tind Qold F»aint,FOR

DECORATIVE PURPOSES.SEND THE WEEKLY UNION TO YOURfriends in the East.

O&k P&rk LotsHave never sold as fast as they are now going, and

THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITINGHad better quit waiting before all tbe choice lots

are sold. Some at

$175, $200, $225 and $250,A few dollars down, balance $$ and sio per month.

We have a few

40x75 Lots for $80 and $100.

WISEMAN, - 411 J Street,OR

W. fl. COIiIiIfIS, - \u25a0 Oak Park.

REAL ESTATE. ETC

EXPL4NATORY.HATIT To make a dollar

ylfjf go a long Way.An easy problem.

Buy one of the followinggood lots:<CA7C 40X140?Sort Invest corner Thlrtv.$>VJ%>. t irst ;lt,j p BtnMtA G rforbusiMM.C \t\i\ 40x190?Sonth line of V sti | he."Pw""- tween Twenty-ninth and Phli ieth.

$icn 40x160?North line of W street be."vU. tween Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth.C">rn 10x160?South line or v iti

tween Thirtieth and Thirty-firststreets.

CJCH 40x160 South line II street, be**r*»«7V« tween Twenty-ninth and Thl . .>,istreets.

streets. Curb aud Stone walk.

tiCA 40x160 South line ITstreet, betweenTwenty-sixth and Twenty-seven;h

streets. Curb and BtOM walk.

%^n^SSstreets. Curb atid Stone walk.

$800. issss avsswsssstreets.

EDWIN IkW i CO.,Real Estate and Insurance. .

1015 FOURTH ST., SACRAMENTO.

A CHOICEFRUIT RANCH.Highly Improved.

Ihave 40 acres of as choicefruit land as in this part of thecountry at a

Great Bargain.Situate near the English

Colony, one mile from Penryn,on the P. F. Butler Tract; 37acres in Peaches and ShippingPlums, 3 acres in Alfalfa.

Good House. Barn andPacking-house and all fenced.A grand BUSINESS PROPO-SITION as an INVEST-MENT. Easy terms. Calland see map of same.

JOHN H. WISEMAN,4xl J Street.

W. P. CohEflJi]iReal Estate Salesnoi, 325 J Sir

A small acreage east of Thirty-11 r-tstreet with improvements. Suitablelor a dairy. FOR SALE CHEAP.

Twenty Acres Improved with vinesand berries; deep rich soil. A BAR*GAIN.

MONEY TO LOAN.

PLBOHL, - - - Manager.

BEAUTIFUL LOCATION.THE N. E. COX. OF FIFTEENTH AND M

streets willbe sold in 40x80-foot lots at rea-sonable prices. It you want a home .v tn»best part of the city give me a call.

GEORGE KROMER,Real Esiaie and Insurance. - 323 1 Street, sacramenu

UNDERTAKERS.

GEO. H. CLARK(Successor to J. Frank Clark),

County Coroner, Undertaker and Funeral DirectorUNDERTAKING PARLORS. 1017 AND

101t» Fourth street, between J and Xstreets. Telephone 134.

miller & Mcmullen,Undertaking F»arlora.

905-907 1 street, Odd Fellows' Temple.EMBALMING a specialty. Telephone

ISO. A. I>. FEN TON. Funeral Director.^W. U. KAVAIXIAUGH,

Undertaker and Funeral Director,NO. 513 J STREET.

EMBALMING A SPECIALTY. OF-fice open day and night. Telephone Nos.,Sunset, 013 red, and Capital. No. 305.

LIQUORS, WINE, BEER, ETC.

CAPITAL ALE VAULTS,3052 a Street. Sacramcento.

GO TO NAGELE dt SVENSSON'S ANDtry their reimported Bourbon NutwoodWhisky. Also, constantly on hand Ale on

draught, choice Wines, Liquors and Clears.The reputation of the house is recommenda-tion for tbeir goods.

HARRY KOENECKK. JAMKS M'QRATH.

ONLY THE CHOICEST VIANDS Dis-pensed by JIM A HARRY. 1009 Third

street, between J and X, Sacramento, Cal.Wm. J. Letup's Extra Pale Lager Beer, CapUF. Ruhataller'e GUt Edge Steam Beer. WhltoLabor Goods.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.PURSUANT TO LAW AND TO THE

resolution of the Board of Trustees of thoCity of Sacramento, adopted April -7, 1S!I0\directing this notice, the undersigned in-vites and will receive at his office, south-west corner of Fourth and J streets, up tor> o'clock p. m. of May li, 1890, sealed pro-posals or bids for the following sidewalkwork, to be done according to specific**tions posted and on lile therefor adopted,to wit:

That a cement stone sidewalk be con-structed around lots 5 and 6 in the blockFourth and Fifth, P and Q streets, 160feet on (.j street and 100 feet on Fifthstreet, for the city of Sacramento.

All proposals must be accompanied by acertified cheek payable to the order ofthe Clerk of the city of Sacramento, foran amount not less than lo per cent, ofthe aggregate of the proposal, or by abond for the said amount, and so payable,and throughout as prescribed by law.

M. J. DESMOND. City Clerk.Sacramento, May 2, IS'JO. mylMOt _

CAPT. ROHSTALLER'SExtra Gilt Edge

ALSO FINE OLD PORTER,

Delivered to Saloons Ice ColiCapacity, 75,000 to 100,000 Barrel*

Per Year.

BEST BEER IN THE WORU)

TRY IT,

I What is More AttractiveThan a pretty face with a fresh, bright icomplexion? For it, nse Fozioni's Powder, j