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Don't fro through without coming
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Trade George and Tuck are still.there.
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public. Gocd rooms and restaurant in
conueciion. Hot mineral baths unex
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Rollubls All Th* Tim*
The Pack Train liestaurant will serva
wine with dinner order*, free in place
of tea or coffee, come on boys.
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER
Having put in a steam uoller and
othrr machinery wo ?re better pre
pared than ever 'o do first-class work
on short notice.
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Siuoke 'he ' K<nt>>cado" best clear
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\ plain farmer in the I'ajtro Val
ley s c.o 'i. >-i [uleperv^ent mm in
the world.
Apples pay S IOO to ?.".90 an acre,
strawberi < s will ran?u as hip i :is
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S;;..'ar ? ? yield *>< > to the acre ?
I'd tloe- aSout the ?ame? the aos
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Chamber Of Commerce
WATSONVILLE. CAL.
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
While religion may be free, the
preacher is apt to have a string or two
hitched to him somewhere.
Sometimes the things that you don't
know cause us much of a sensation as
the things that you do.
The beauty specialists are all sit
ting in the shade In calm delight,
watcliiug the frolicsome summer girl
broil, blister and tan aud mentally es
timating the number of dollars each
separate freckle Is good (or.
No Jtalouiy.
??\V1?> Is that tierce looking man that
has been walking around here eying
us suspiciously.'*
"Looks like a bill collector."
"What can he want?"
"I don't know, but you had better
hide your engagement ring, Maud.
Perhaps Charlie didn't pay the dollar
this week, and he may be after the In
stallment."
Produced a Change.
"I thought .vou tolil tuo that If there
was anything you hail no use for and
( couldn't see any pleasure In It was an
auto?"
"Did 1 say that?"
' "That very thing, and now 1 see yc
driving one of your own."
j "Oh, well. I couldn't afford one who'
I 1 talked like that."
Poor Fellow!
"She served me such a mean triek."
"What was It?"
".Made lue think I wanted to marry
her."
"And theu turned you down!**
"No. Percy: ah. no!"
"What?"
"And then took uie up."
I Chastened.
"While the audience was In an up
i roar the lecturer stood there getting
j off sidesplitting jokes without chang
ing a muscle In his face."
"Prole. My he bad told them to his
wife and found out how pathetic the)
were."
No Good Material.
! "It Is a hard Job."
j "What Is?"
"Making the best of It."
"Why?"
"I.eiause I always am getting the
worst of It."
In Recognition of Loftiness.
"He wants some lettering on his of
tlee window."
"Where is he located?"
"Up on the tenth tloor."
"All right. Give him the high sign."
Queer.
"There is one queer thing about a
disaster."
"What Is it?"
"The reason the ordinary person
gives for being among those preseut."
"What's the reasou?"
"Oh. just for fun."
Offhand Explanation.
"Pa, why did Mr. Jones call Mr.
Johnsou a lucky dog:"
"I don't know unless It Is because
the police are allowing him to go about
without a muzzle."
Just the Place.
BUI? 1 hope to see more of you.
Jack-Meet me at the Nithlng beaches
then.
Expert Watch and
Jewelry Repairing
Fine Kngraving and
Diamond Setting a
Specialty.
Refractng Optician
Crailuilo of South Bend Optical College
Examinations made and Glasses
Fitted by Means of the
OPHTH ALMO-METRE
Errors of Refraction Corrected.
Bach case receives the utmost
care and special lenses ground
whore required.
Only One "BROMO QUININE." that is -
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Cures a CcM in One Day. Crip in 2 Days
on ?v?ry
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IVlAINillFACTL'RER Of IMIJGGET JEWflRY ;
DEALER IN
li HIS Id (is II III Kills
Hand Painted China
and Cut Glass
A full Line of Elgin
and Wallham Watches
The Three Professors.
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[Copyright, 1906. by T. C. McOiure.)
It used to take a good deal to sur
prise a town la the far west such as
Cheyenne or Dead wood. Oui> of these
towns was surprised at the arrival of
Professor Henry Thoru. botanist. Yale
college, aud ten days later l>y tlu- com
ing of another professor, who regis
tered hluiselt' at the same hotel as
"Professor Charles Wltbeck, Crluiluol
oglst, Harvard College." For an hour
or two his name on the register ex
cited some little comment. That was
because those who read It didn't know
whether his profession related to claim
Jumping or railroad engineering. The
landlord finally explained that a crim
inologist was a fellow who had had to
Jump out of Texas for shooting a man
and had arrived In I>akota to open a
faro game and make a new start In
life. That satisfied public curiosity
and accounted for the professor stroll
ing around the town day and night
He also took In all the tine points and
particulars.
The two professors under one roof
fought shy of each other for a couple
of days. Professors have their jeal
ousies as well *td dime museum freaks,
though greater efforts are made to con
ceal them. At leugth, however, they
lutroduced themselves ami shook
bauds aud begau to respect each other.
Some professors of botany can't be led
to admit that there Is anything inter
estlng In anything but their own spe
cial hobby. So with professors of
criminology. These two professors
were different, however. They do
ferred to each other. They made ad
missions. They permitted each other
to talk without interruption.
The botanist held up u half withered
rlolet that he had culled on the prairie
aud delivered an Interesting lecture on
Its roots aud stem and petals, aud the
criminologist described the head aud
face of the criminal with such clear
ness that had there been an audience
present none could have failed to se
cure a mental photograph. The p d-.ts
he made were, tlrst, a slanting fore
head; second, n head that ran down
hill on the back side; third, the nar
row space between the eyes; fourth,
a bulging over the eyebrows, and, fifth,
a cruel expression about the mouth
In addition to particularizing these
points, he was good enough to say that
Professor Thorn didn't betray a single
one of the characteristics. On the con
trary, an infant had only to take one
look at him to know that he was as
gentle and Innocent as a woman.
Professor Thorn couldn't do less than
return the compliment. He returned
It by saying that nil flowers represent
ed liumnu characters. For Instance,
the Canadian thistle represented a
chuckle headed man, the burdock a
man full of envy aud Jealousy, the pig
weed a weakiuiuded person, the holly
hock a conceited ass. and so on
What typified the character of Profess
or Wit beck was the lily. That stood
for purity of soul and thought. A i:ian
that represented the lily was always
subscribing to orphan asylums and
buying up old horses to turn out to
pasture for the rest of their lives
Just what the professors said of en h
other when alone Is a private matter
The first occasion they had to distrust
each other was when they met at night
In the vicinity of a clothing store. One
of them had been examining the fas
tenings of a re.ir win low and the other
tho fastening of a door. Professor
Wltbeck observed tint he thought the
study of botany required daylight, and
Professor Thorn replied that he failed
?o see how the study of criminology
?>u!d be pursued without the aid of a
Mitern. There wa s a second meeting
n a second night, and from thence on
he relations between the two great
'nstltutlons of learning seemed to be
trained.
it was not to last long. ' however.
One night after the 1 otniilst had spout
?i whole hour to effect an entrance to
i store b.v way of n skylight and pho
?ographer's parlors It was to come
upon the criminologist. who hail got In
!>y a door auil was Just preparing to
bore t!ie safe. By the ah) of two dark
lanterns and the English language
?onie very sarcastic remarks were
i >assed as to hypocrisy and false pre
tense-', and then they sensibly agreed
to divide the labor and the boodle
They were working with this aim and
??fcjeet In view when a third party
crept out from his hiding place and in
terfered: He began by handling his
gun In a reckless manner an 1 Introduc
ing himself as Professor Twister of Co
?uiubla college. He had been dis
patched to the groat plains of the west
to gather specimens of the bygone days
when alligators thirty feet long and
elephants twenty-four feet high used
to paddle up and down the river and
gambol o'er the meadows green. He
had dually found a couple of choice
specimens, and he bade them come
with him. They didn't want to. but
they had to. It was a late hour, but
the enterprising and patriotic citizens
we^e ready to turn out nnd build a big
bontlre and throw ropes over the limbs
of trees. There wasn't much to be said.
Then- was no particular novelty In It
for the crowd, and the two men stand
ins on the heads of barrels seemed to
:lgure that they had better save their
>vlnd for the uphill Journey. No one ro
?noiubcred much about It next day, but
now and tlieu to this day some stranger
vads the double epitaph on the head
board and Is a bit curious:
"Sacred to the memory of the two
i?rofes?ors who tried to play It low
'own ou another professor and this
town. Don't no galoot steal this 'ere
board." M. C'UAD.
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A Hand In the Dark.
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[Original.]
When my fntJ2?r,: who bad been a
very wealthy man. ,l!e.i Insolvent his
children were like persona thrown Into
deep water without having learned to
nwlin.
Had It not been for my mother ami
sister* I would have got on well
enough. 1 was young and strong and
perfectly willing to work. Rut they
ranst live. Mother was too old to do
anything for herself, and. as to iny .sis
ters, It was Ih' fore tin- admission to
the various fields which are now open
to women. I secure J s:ii agency for
the sale of sewing machines. One day
I went home and found the family all
being turned out of the little cottage to
which we had been reduced for non
payment of rent. I had sold that day
a machine for which I had collected
the money. I paid the rent with it.
There are cases where the penalty
for dishonesty seeuis very Imrsli. That
I had appropriated the sewing ma
chine funds soon became known to my
employers. I was (riven tvventy-rour
bom's to make good the deficiency or
submit to arrest. There was no way
lu the world in save myself. Of 11
naturally sensitive disposition, to go
behind bars was more (ban I could en
dure. I resolved on suicide.
I owned 11 revolver which I bad pur
chased In the halcyon days. I bail a
few cents necessary to buy cartridges.
Following a plan u: ual to suicides for
the purpose of lessening as much as
possible the shock to those who love
them, I went to a hotel, registered and
asked for n room. 'I'he hour was for
(5 o'clock in the evening, but It was
in December and as dnrk ns midnight.
The clerk assigned me to a room, and
I was shown to It b> a bell boy. It
was lu a wing of the hotel at the end
of a dimly lighted hall. My conductor
found the door unlocked and opened it. 1
entered and shut tile door behind me.
1 was in absolute darkness! which was
what I preferred? that is. if a man
about to die has any preferences.
My knee rubbed against a chair. I
took hold of It and sat down with my
face to Its back, aud dropped my head
on my hands. My mind of course was
on my misfortunes. Ilad I not been
suffering from a partial temporary in
sanity I might have seen the folly of
my course. It would have been better
for me to disappear. Then I might
still be of use to my mother and sis
ters. This did not occur to me. My
mind had become saturated with one
subject? arrest, handcuffs, prison bars
I am a believer in the power of purely
temporary physical conditions to force
one into crime, and such condition I
suffered from.
Presently I straightened up, put my
baud to a hip pocket and took out my
revolver. There was no necessity for
a light. I could do what I Intended
through the sense of touch. Indeed, I
did not care, us some suicides have
done, to shoot myself standing before
a mirror. I dreaded to see the hor
rible expression that was on my face.
I slowly raised the revolver, my linger
on the trigger, Intending to place the
muzzle against my temple. Just ns I
felt the cold steel a hand grasped my
wrist.
Doubtless uothiug could have oc
curred better calculated to bring tae
to my senses. The spell lu which my
mind hud been caught was suddenly
broken. Surprise was the lirst seusa
tlon, curiosity the second. Neither bad
anything to do with the monomania
that had possessed me. I had sud
denly been transferred Into a free
thinking man. I noticed first that the
hand about my wrist was small and
soft. It must be a woman's. But
what was a woman doing In that room,
and how did she know that I had
raised a pistol to my head? She might
have heard me come in and sit down,
but It would have required light to de
test noiseless motion. Not for a mo
ment did I fancy thnt some one from
the dead had come to save me. The
hand was warm, human, aud I felt
hiunnn currents passing from its
owner to me. What has required a
whole paragraph to tell flashed
through me In an Instant.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Cue whom God has doubtless'" sent
to save you from n crime," came the
reply In u low musical voice.
"1 will strike a light."
"Please don't. I am under the care
of an oculist He has placed me In
darkness preparatory to an operation.
I have been here nil day without a ray
of light entering my eyes. for. in addl
tion to the room being darkened, my
eyes have been bandaged. Hearing
some one enter, I lifted the bandage.
Having been so long In perfect "dark
ness, my sight Is very strong. I have
seen you, though dimly, from the first
and can see you now. Hadn't I better
ring for some one to take you away?"
"No: I will go alone. There Is no fear
that I will act as I Intended. You have
relieved the mental strain under which
I suffered."
I gave her a brief accouut of the
cnuses that had led up to my Intended
suicide. She exacted a promise from
me to go to her father and tell him the
story. Including my adventure with
her, giving me a ring as a token. I
left her and kept my promise. I was
given a check to pay my Indebtedness,
with another for temporary require
ments. On going out I discovered at
the office that I had been taken to the
wrong room.
When I saw the lady who had saved
mo I saw an attractive girl of twenty.
Wo became close friends. Indeed, she
and all her family were extremely kind
to my mother and sisters. Her father
gave me a desk In Ills counting room,
and 1 am now on a fair way to pros
perity. HORACE B. O A.YLOUD.
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MOORE'S WHHRF C0.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
:: All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart FromThle Dock
REGULATION." 1905
U Warehouse? ??pen for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p, m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
? All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at tho D. S. custom*
I office) and must be delivered before 6 p. m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this nour.
BAGGAGE ? rolls win oe collected on Checked Baggage Only. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be clopsd to the public when steamer Is nearlng
dock and will be opeo^d only whan passengers havo disembarked,
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 176. C. E. WYNN-J0HN80N, Gen'l Mgr
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Railway Building Skaguay