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"LITTLE BROWN HANDS." They drive home th? cows from 'ho pasture Op tlmnigh the lonK sbady lams, Where the quail whistles loud In the wheat Held, \v . All yellow with ripening grain * They Hud. In the thick waving grasses. v Where the ccorlct lipped strawberry gro\v\ They gather the earlj"*>t suowdrops. L. Aod the first crimson buds t?f tin row* They toss the hay la the meadow. They gather the elder blooms w hi to, ? They find where the dusky graftos purple In the soft tinted Octolxir light . TjH-r know where the apples bang ripest, H/. r And ore sweeter than Italy's wines; 0 . They know whore the fruit U tho thickest the long, thorny blackltorry vines gather tho delicate urn weeds, I "55 u,l? \ '*? . ' oriole** hariiinocliJ^w K'.' a*Aht tlmo are'folilivt , ^ tor a song that a fond maf^T *, L t __ "jMr. slumber no's# who toll bravelyorslnga. The humble end r i^*"" - And fronythoeo ? strongest; handed children ^ rulers of state ^^JB,|ibor and statesman. The ^pAu .n^fcliia of Aur land; ' -sSVword and chlscVand palette dl^^fcheU be held in tho Uttlo brow u band. -New Haven Nowa ? Victoria's Crown. Queen Victoria's crown, kept with other royal regalia under strong guard at the old tower, and worn only on state / occasions, is 0110 of the most costly tneignias now in existence. To begin with, thero aro twenty diamonds around the * circlet or headband, each worth $7,500, or $160,000 for the set. Resides these twenty thero aro two extra large center diamonds each valued at $10,000, making $20,000 more; fifty-four smaller diamonds, placed at the angles of the others, each valued at $500; four crosses, each worth $00,000, and composed of twentyfivo diamonds; four largo diamonds on top of crosses, each having a money valuo of $5,000; twelvo diamonds in the fleur-de-lis, $50,000; eighteen smnllei diamonds contained in the same, $10,000 pearls, diamonds and rubies upon arches and circlets not mentioned before, $50, 000; also 141 small diamonds formed ir roses and monograms, $25,000; twenty six diamonds in uppcy cross, $15,500 two circles "of pearls about the rim o tho headpiece, $15,000 each. The tola money valuoof this relic in any jeweler'i market in tho world would bo at leas $000,000, metal and all included.?St Louis Republic. Mr. Itlt-nliliiK* Retort. Farmer Illenkins. whoso wife, Man Jane, is noted for never being plcasoi with anything that alio seesor hears, sol dom has a chanco to administer a rebuk of her disagreeably critical habit, but on day Ids opportunity came, and i?e di not raiss it. They had been to Dost on together an on their return houio ono of tho ncij^l in and began a converse "Ilow'd yo liko it, Mis' BTenkin.'-" vLa\va sake!" snapped out J:rs. ltle kins, "Everythln* I seo thero was j( frightful!" . "I beliovo yo, Mary Jane," broko Farmer Dlenkius. "Yo wa'nt doi nothin' tho wliolo day but stoppin' front of lookin' glasses!"?Youths' Coi pan ion. Ho Recovered. Ono of Chicago's old residents v. usta en Bick tho other day, and lio was aCi ously ill, too. IIo was not ready tod and ho asked that a leading physician i summoned. When this physician can in tho old settler told him that ho felt 1 was going to die. After a careful exau nation tho physician smiled encouragtn ly and tried to dissipate his patient's mo tnnrD irlnn. I? ?-- - .-v..j .u??. ?? ??y? nu urgueu, "yc nro all right. You thinlc you aro goii to dio, but your foot nro not cold. Yc ought to know that n man with wnri foot is not going to dio." Tlio old scttk regarded his physician contempt uousl for a few moments, and then said wit .disgust in his voice: "Warm feetl What that got to do with il? Look at Joh Rogers! Ilodicd with warm feet becaus ho was burned at tho stake. Don't argu with mo 011 the question of feet temper: turd" The physician said nothing, hi tlio old settler recovered.?Chicago Ilei aid. Tlio lUg Ti?v?l Tlio strangest of all tlio Imlo-Ohi noso races, tlio ancient Qioa-Clii o Big Toed race, is called in our geogra pules "The Anamcso." This oxtraor uinary people nro uliout the uglies and worst built of nil 0111* semi-civil ized Asiatic cousins. They aro niticl shorter than tlio Malays, darltei skinned, with lower foreheads, less do volopcd skull, a Hatter nose, large mouth, thicker lips, bluekoned teetli gums ofton destroyed by tlio use o! OCtel nut. Bromilient eheolr nn.l i.... bones, so llmt the face is lozengi shaped, short neck, shoulders sloping abruptly, and a seesawing sort of gait when walking. But the most curiom dovolopinent of all is tlio lug toe. II is largo, broad and Hut; moreover, tin rlUbmeo between t^uUkUUiU)UCJl gave them tho namo of Qioa-Chi, 01 tho Big Toed race. This curious physical formation is such that it quito marks them from all other Asiatic peoples who walk barefooted; and, strange to sav, that though moro than forty centuries liavo passed since this peculiarity was lirst noticed by Chinese travelers, and in spito of frequent intermarriages with other races, tho Anameso have transmitted, without the least perceptible modification, this formation or the foot to their descendants today; which facts, according to some ethnologists, servo to prove that tho Anameso are not descended from tho minffllii" iiiuigonous races, but rather that they liavo existed for an immense period of timo as a distinct and peculiar nice.? Wide-Awako. Olio ?Yay to Cook u ltubOit. A couplo of Augusta disciples of Nitnrod, while on a recent gunning trip, after a hard day's tramp succeeded in bagging a small rabbit. They knew Hint the animal was good eating, but as to bow to cook him properly they wero not as well posted. They i>ondcred long on the subject until tho pangs of hunger demanded immediate action of some sort, when thoy tied bunny up by tho bind legs and j picked him ns the good housewife does j a lien. They said ho was good eating , just the same, with the exception of an | occasional tuft of fur which had escaped t the picking process.?Kennebec Journal, ( PRETTY GIRLS AT Son* >tlilii? A lion t tlio I'ulr ^0^ ^ Tr*>a?nry llcpni'tn^V Somo of tho pn-ttSthy<0en In tho country nro right Ix-jK^fih treasury department. A gij^riny of them nro Waaliingioniaiii^W^g class, they represent tlie j..bout llio whole country. Tbjr *Jfon(\cs r%mi brunettes, ?rt' *2ff^\>ftcdiuin; some plump, ~>nU)L ^(ome of lithe ami willowy j'are fairly the types of the cities ami al>out all the the union. In that one building. ^^Voring four blocks, is to bo found nunc beauty than a hunt through many large cities might discover. A largo probation of tho female clerks aro young, or t.n t!ie minus sido of the line 1klife is not pronitmvs u, -.0.^,1 .Office many of the elderly women have died off or reached an age beyond usefulness. Those who have como into tho department within tho last four or five years arc mostly young women, who have just passed throng)! tho normal schools and have entered the government sorvico through tho civil servico examination. They aro a bright Jot of yofing women. In many cases it is, perhaps, that they aro tho prettiest girls of tho family, which inspires them with an ambition beyond the drudgery of housework or the trials of a school inarm and induces them to strivo for the more agreeable work and better pay under tho civil service. And this may account for there being such a preponderance of gCKxl looks. They are not, as a rule, gaudy beauties frescoed and decorated by nil, though of course there are some of that type. They aro usually oi a refuted type of good, sensible, pretty girls?a littlo beyond girlhood. They always dress in good taste, though not generally in ati expensive style. A jlcsignur of fashion; might get many valuable points from tin , female treasury clerk. During tho ordinary working houri ; the visitor to the treasury will not set 5 many of th??so young women. They an . apt to lie hard at work behind closet , doors or just, shut from view by greet baize screens over which one cannot soi without tfie aid of a chair or step ladder f The desks are usually provided with the? ? ... * i .1.1 i.? J screens, UIIIUI IOU nil * U\j cut B noyed by tho gaze of the visitors passim t through the corridors, who would prob ably be numerous if t ho screens were no there. Hut during the half hour allowed fo lunch a swarm of pretty female clerk f rush about the corridors to excising (j I>it of gossips or to got their tea. Wasl . iugton may get her reputation for la 0 beautiful women from the throng thr 0 appear on the avenue on tho way hom ,j from the departments after 4 o'clock. Whenever there are any number < j people on a visit to \\ ashington tho trea .. ury is generally tho center of curiosit; on account of tho popular interest i money. Visitors are always Interest* ... v.., i. where the money is handle n- regularly la act as guides t hrdligif"I >at ademption agency, where the old no arocounted and destroyed.?"Washiimt in star- ; I1 INjriwtimtliijf an Incident. -\s Mile. Ithea was leaving Ottav , Caiiada, ap old, .w-bitn-hHir-t-d- gontlcni approached her in the sleeping car, an with charioting cordiality, presented li k- u ith a b:|sket <>f tho most beautii ]. grapes, in tho top of wbieh was a lar bunch of Mareclial Neil roses and t In}, following pote: Dear Madame lthea 10 ^ tbolwst Napoleon was brought ie.'4?libtIvo in{o riymouth sound bv Caj il- "Mdltland, <>l the llellerophon, I was bo g. 1 ^fldly, lsjr>. My father, whu had e ,r. tensive hod houses, sent to Napoleon in basket of llio finest hot tinmen irrni.,.u seeing you ill the rolo of 'Josephine' ,u thought 1 would ask your acceptance ( [U yon V-character as empress of the Frcnc ,r ofal^askctof the same fruit, thus pc v petuating the incident and paying jj tribute to the 'empress' in t!ie person s one who so ably represents her. Wi n best wishes and regrets, dear madam ,0 yours Very truly, Richard Mettle, Ottaw 10 < let. 10, 18S0." Ami tho -old gentleim x. added: "Although my countrymen cnlh Napoleon a rascal, my fa. r had tl r. greatest admiration for him."?E change. A I.lterary CurloHily, The menu of tlio farewell banquet t f the members of the oriental congress i Stockholm ought to take a permanei place in collections of literary curiositiei ^ Tho initial "sup" or nip of schnapj which always begins a Scandinavia 1 dinner was recorded with a song in tli p Kairs tongue. Tho soup was describe in Getziani and a song in Chinese. lTol Max Muller wrote a song in Snnserl praising the salmon. The iilet do Ixeu was mentioned by a verso in Malay an 5 by another in Javanese. Artichaut ai r beurro was treated in Coptic; catena , la Victoria in hieroglyphics; the ices ii ; Iliinyarltic; tho cheeses in Bicliare. Th t, menu concluded according to tho Swc . dish custom with "Thanks for dinner ? written in Persian.?Berlin Letter. l> Olio of Edison's chiefs lives in Ncwarl in a house which is all agog with wires 1 As 0110 approaches tho front gnto i swings open and shuts automatically Tho visitor's foot on tho steps of tin porch rings a hell ii tho kitchen and a 1st ouo in the master's ;tudr. By touching a button ho opens tho front door l?cforc tho stranger lias time to knock. An electrical music box plays during dinner. When tho guest retires to his Itcdroom tho folding bed unfolds l?v V ? -v.icny. mien lio puts out tho gas a strange, mocking display of skeletons, gravestones, owls and other hideous phantasmagoria dances ahout on the wall at his feet, reappearing and disappearing in a ghostly electrical glare.?Exchange. A Now AVay to Kuril Ono's laving. Scholl tells a good story alx>ut a cotuio singer who called tho other day at tho I manager's otlico of one of tho principal cafe chantants in Paris to seo about getting an engagement. "But lot 1110 see," said tho manager, I seem to know your face. "Did you not sing at tho Vernon theatro last season?" "Yes." "But, iny poor fellow, you were a fearful frost." "Yes; on purpose." "How on purpose?" "You see, tho manager didn't pay us. If I had sung well I should liavo got nothing but applause. As I lang as wretchedly as I could, the people joinbarded 1110 with apples, and I got .omethiug to cat at least."?Pull Mall lazette. # ' SOME CURIOUS THINGS. ~ ?. ai ODD AND BEAUTIFUL OBJtCTS j)J FOUND IN THE FAR EAST. ?t (I U Tim 1'orowt l?wetler'ii Mdlliod of Starting ^ Flr?*i??Ciitnberaom* "t'olnn" of tlio 0ynk I" l*?*o|ilcit?Many mid Intermtlng Kinds of 11 Itoatls. Tho forest dwelling peoples of the fur- i ther east have an o<ld instrument for i making lire. Very seldom, so "far as we i observed, do they employ tho proverbial < method of "rubbing" two sticks?which is not rubbing at all. Near tho coast every man carries a bit of pitchertin the I siri Ik?x or bnmboo slung at his waist, a chip of a plate, English or Hutch, and tih<irr>fiikft& dry fungus. Holding this ment of earthonware, ho str7kcfc,?htA8&, of tho siri box sharply, and it takes fire ] But this method can only bo used by tribes which have such communicMion I with the foreigner as supplies them with European goods. Tho inland peoples use a raoro singular process. They carry a short cylinder of load, hollowed roughly to a cujdiko form at dno end, which fits a joint of bamboo. Placing this cylinder in the palm of the left hand, they fill the cup with tinder, adjust the bamboo over it, strike sharply, remove the covering as quickly, and the tinder is alight. Observers who take a narrow view have declared that the earliest art practiced by human beings after tliey escapo from mere barbarism is pottery. These races have long passed that stage, but wo do not rectili any evidence that they use the art. The faet is that, in countries which produce the hamboo, earthenware is hardly needed except for luxury. They i make charms and fetiches of dried clay. I MI'.ASURINO VALt'KS. t Hut in Borneo tho Dyak peoples have } a class of foreign earthenwaro singularly interesting. As Malays employ i brass guns for their currency, so tlie ? Dyaks employ nntiquo vases. In neither j instance do the actual "coins" pass from 1 hand to hand, since by brass gun o i Malay signifies a cannon, twenty feet ? long, perhaps, and a Dyak signifies o vessel eighteen inches high or more. e> These things are measures of value, divided into imaginary fractions. There 5 are three varieties of this earthenware? ,. tho gust, which represents aliout ?000 t sterling, the nnga and rusn, much less valuable. The llrst is certainly Chinese, r and tho last probably, hut perhaps they s never eame from the continent. At some date unknown tho north of Borneo was occupied by a Chinese colony which .j- must have numbered millions. ZThis great time, when a third part of the islie and was cultivated and densely peopled, may have been WO years ago. But the ,f lirst paragraph in the "Annals of Bruni" s. recognizes a powerful Cliinese kingdom of Batangaii in the Fifteenth century? in we are not to digress into that fasclnat ?d ing theme, however. Tho Celestial! i I wore exterminated about two genera ' lions ago; nn old friend of ours, tlx in,' h .. ..... ntill carried ten pig les again to counterfeit tlui old jars, ns na\ on the Dutch. l?ut they never succeeded i passing olT their imitations. The Nag may lie Hindoo or Japanese, of very r< moto antiquity; hoth peoples had grea "> settleineiils in the island at-001110 tim beyond liumaii memory. They havo lei 'd. Buddhist remains of iinportanco her l('r and there. 'd We secured no samples of theso curl ous things, for reasons that havo beei be suggested. Hut tlie recollection calls t mind some extraordinary objects of th as same class, in a sense, which aro treni b nred on the other side of the world. rn WONDF.UFWf, nF..\pg. x* The Aggrv juul the Popo heads, whicl a serve for jewels in West Africa, are glas In resembling earthenware of unlcnowi I manufacture, of immemorial antiquity and beyond modern skill to counterfeit b) Most European nations, probably, liavi >r* tried their hand at imitating the Aggr^ II head. The shrewdest chemists and tin ?f cleverest artificers of Venico and Bir *b tuingham havo done their best; the pot l?> ters of England, France and Germany :l? havo exhausted their resources, but it III vain. It does not seein such a diilicull 'd enterprise, however. The beads are ir i? regular in shape and size; many havi x" been sawn in two. They havo an opaque ground?ochro yellow in the most valuable species?but so various that thU point gives no trouble. A rough ornaluont of circles in another hue rum through the material from side to side oi end to end. Here, again, imitation secma ^ easy, to the craftsmen of Venico in lmr. ticulnr; but appearances aro deceptive, 11 evidently. The Popo bead, less valuable, " but valuable enough, Is blue glass, transI parent, but bo manufactured that it show* , a dull yellow against the light. These . things aro all found in tho earth; but, so , far ns can l>o ascertained, they never turn up in company with bones or other II signs of burial, which, to our mind, is thf 11 most curious fact of all. That they ars 11 ancient Egyptian is a certainty. Many hundreds, if not thousands,wer? '* takon in tho sack of tho palnco at Coomassie, strung, in general, upon thai very pretty cord which wo mentioned, t Silk f.Vfe? sperscd. Very handsoino they looked, | no doubt, upon tho smooth brown skin of tho royal dames. A pretty bracelet from Coomassie is made of triangular ( pieces cut from tho rib of a shell, snow white, strung in groups alternately with these small flattened nuggets. J tut th? curiosities saved in that loot bear only a miserable proportion to those which men of taste admired in tho palace and th# big houses of thocaboeeers. But one stool was carried away?as a memorial for the Princess of Wales?among tho hundred! adorned with silver which lay in all directions. Very charming wore many of these?tho Ashantee artist seemed to devote his best attention to the stools. Seven were piled, as if for removal, in the courtjard of a great house, each plated with ? .iiwussu worlt, showing much tasto and ingenuity of design. These i>eoplo Imvo "gifts."?Saturday 1 Review. ' ' Old Mummcript. . A scholar named Musso chanced one " afternoon to enter a bookbinder's shop In Paris. Noticing that the innn wsn about to cut up a mass of manuscript, he begged leave to examino it. To his sur- v prise he found lhat he had hit upon th? p works of Agobard, a learned prelate of ir the ninth century. Seeing its value, ol Musso purchased the manuscript, and lo thus preserved a volumo which con- w taincd many valuable details of those fr early days.?Chicago Herald. lie - f ' "r"1 ?J-lt*? Good Story, Anjliorr A well known Now Yorker has had i adventure which discounts by 10.- o )3 the nvcrngo conventional parrut p ory. IIo was fond of knocking about r i out of tho way quarters of the ( rorld, and left shin on tho Central e Liner icon coast with a party of com- , ndes to explore tho wilderness. Dufng a cruise of several months tho en- t ire ship's company?a merry crew? f iad devoted their odd hours in singng to a parrot. Tho stiilors had lost 10 opportunities, and taught the bird ill the seafaring lingo, and a few more >r less elegant expletives besides YYhen the exploring party had bidder, llio-bird and the sailors goo<l-by they plunged into tho heart of the tropica! forest. After twenty-eight miles of mortal cjlort they reached their Camping place* for tho night.. Just ns tho sun was going down they were startled ' to hear in tho primeval silenco a amino. ; oaiiing down from tho top of a tali palm. -Avast tbcro! Y6. ncavo hoi It was tho ship's parrot. Sut bcforo thoy could recover thoir startled senses tho faithful bird, having Dqifr^ivahcaAfo prepare this ? --,- trnitr H>r its churns of tho voyage,' fluttered down to the; top of *a dona stump near by and, With a shrill call, summoned thousands of tho little green paroquets of tho country. It is said that 11,000 of them woro'couiitcll as they circloU around tho great gray African oracle on tho stump, and finally took their places on tho ground row after row. Tho explorers looked on in dumb amusement. When tho feathered assemblage bccamo quiet tho ship's parrot burst into the words of a familiar song and, to the inextinguishable laughter of tho travelers, tho consternation of the rest of tho tropical world, and tho delight of the festivo precentor, tho whole of tho 11,000 paroquets, with ono mighty hurst of song, broke into "Nancy Leo."?Ballou's Magazine. IttiilroiMl Etiquette. A correspondent of Our Dumb Animals tells tho following good stories of railroad etiqueXo: Wo have just rend an amusing story of a nervous little man entering a car with a parcel, arotrtid which was a rubber strap. Ho begun snapping tho strap totho great discomfort of all his neighbors, regardless of tho annoyance they clearly manifested. Tho man in tho scat in front of him left tho car. Then ho turned over the back and put his feet on tho sent and kept on snapping. Presently a big German on the other sido got up, walked over, poked (he little linn 1:1 tho ribs witn hi: linger and said: "Mamma's.little baby shall hnvo a plaything. It shall have a littlo rattle and a littlo doll." Th< passengers cheered, and tho sunppei i got out of tho car as quickly as li< 1 could. i This story reminds us cf what wi saw on tho Dost on and Albany rail road some time since. Tho car wa , full. Two dudes turned tho back of \ scat and sat facing each other, occu , pying four seats. Two young Indie ' camo in. The dudes looked ?t one' other and laughed, intending to male Mofudg-'i.taJce scats bcsido them. Th ? P."1;1"1* or inori-," v.^io'-iyh^fr^po J. :A[(] v'a-vs on the other sid Lt f. oi 1TOSiS i? O'.r, seized tho du< < [ik-A .'f,?! L1 r) i? co!I1w,,?iU:(1 sent liij ' ion lXT ?V? thu ?,(1r of kiscompa, ? ion. Then turning tho back of tl e front seat ho lmwr,r ?,,.i t ..v<t uuvi rU41V1 ; i-MlUIC; there's a seat for you. Tlio cliccrin [. of tho passengers was something'wort 11 going ten miles to hear, unci tho t\v 0 dudes were, for tho rest of tho trip, i e quiet a eouplo as one would wish t i A IVoplo or tlio Cauciunj, Each community is made up of se> ? oral village^, originally consistin 1 each of members of tho samo famil 1 or /reus, but now including seven . families. Members of tho samo famil ? can not intermarry. Women an l pasturago rights have been occasion f of many feuds and vendettas. When s woman changed hands, or husbands . tho parties concerned could not nl way . agree on the value in cattlo?tho Suan j ctians had no money?of tho lady e.\ , changed. Henco arose assaults of per I sons and batteries of towers, flu affairs of the hamlet, so far as thoi ! were not settled by appeals to arms were regulated by an assembly ol adult males, in which unanimity was required for a valid decision. Tin foreign rclntionsof thoSuanetians con sisted, for the most .part, in predatory excursions into their neighbors' past urcs. Tliov wero arrant sheep stealer? and cattle lifters. Strann-ors moi 110 hospitality. On the contrary, it was the custom to exact a payment from them for passage, and the custom still survives in petty demands made for halting in a remote village. The Suanctians imej' fairly lie described as reverted pagans. Some Christian rites ?fasting in Lent, and tho use of the sign of the ckoss?they have doubtless preserved. But theso survivals seem to mo 110 more to cntitlo them to the namo of Christians than our own midsummer night tires constittito us sun w???*Uipcin.?D. W. Ifrcslifield in Popular Monthly. lonrfglftti Foucrs. Even so <ommonplnco a thing as a fenco give? character to tho landscape. Tliis is a natter of importance to all who nro itterested in making country places nut country lifo as attractive as Jiossihlo. Tlio fences of Norway, as lescrihcd, must bo an ugly blemish upon tho faco of tho country. Two thick stakes of pine, mini seven to eight feet long, nro driven firmlv into tho ground within an inch of cncli other, and repeated at intervals of four feet. Smaller sticks aro tlion placed in a slanting position between tbo uprights, which servo as grooves to keep tliem i in their plnco, and tlioy nro still further securo<l W i?'? 1 - uiui UCllJg UOU1UI togcthor with twigs of osier. When completed, it makes so compact a fenco that a weasel could scarcely put his noso through. They cannot, fipwover, boast of combining the ornaiViental with tho useful, having a gaiAnt, monotonous look, which mule u/t long to sco them replaced by ho pnptty hedgerows rf England.? /j raerlcan Preference in Travel. SomJ'obody has said that if a cannon ere do^l"V.which would flro a load of assengev,; bm Now York to Chicago i ten min 4 and land four loads out ! five suceaj-ssfully, the fact of tho fifth ad being / pretty regularly smashed ould not (/letcr tho bulk of tho traffic oiu going/ that way, if tho prico wero >t too ldg'\?-Railway Age, \ V . I Adopt* at Stealing. The native race* along the southern oust of South America are described as irofessloual wreckers and thieves. Their iractices are told by the author of "The Jruiuo of tho Falcon," not for commend-* it ion, of course, but to warn sailors who nay bo cast cway on thoso shores. Ono sailor is sitting half asleep on his iea chest. A gaucho comes up and taps film on tlio back. ' "Bueno, Johnny; bueno, Johnny." "If you are not off I will send a bullet Into you," says Jack. ; "Bueno, Johnny; bueno; till to-morrow;" and oir skulks tho gaucho to his horse, which ho mounts. With a sardonic smile he takes oif his hat to Jack, bids him farewell, and digging his spurs into the Hanks of his wiry little Isorse, leans over his neck and is otf at full gallop over tho short grass of the sandy plains. At the first 6trido of tho horse, to Jack's intenso surprise, his box is wrenched vipledtly from under him. Ho jumps up, rubs his eyes and before he can recover his senses he sees his propivivvng o.wi iM<mninsr a way over the sand hills at the heels of tlie ?s*?irho'e * 5 * rrnntlnmnn l.n/l BlCCUi lUi 11113 viv?v? f| I managed to make otio end of his lasso I fast to the handle of Jack's box while engaged In conversation with him.? Youth's Companion. For Adoption. A gentleman living near Allegan, Mich., relates an interesting story of felino sagacity. Some person owning a cat with three kittens, nnd desiring to bo rid of them, took them in a bag to a wood near the gentlenjan's house, and dropped them. In ji short time thu mother cat was seen to approach tbo house with a kitten in her mouth. Reaching the door, she dropped the kitten and retreated to the \\^K>ds, from whence she soon returned with another kitten; but instead of leaving it where the ilrst was left, she took it to a neighboring house, then returning to the woods brought out the third nnd last kitten, and left it at still another neighbor's. ijfe old eat then disappeared, and wa< not seen again until it was timo for'thr kittens to be fed. when 6he visifed eacli houso, nursed the kittens, and then dis appeared ngain. This courso of procedure she followed until the kittens were weaned, when 6h< disappeared, and has not been seen since Was it reason or instinct that caused tin mother cat to distribute tlio kittens t< ' different homes, so that all might b ' adopted and the lives of all spared?Youth's Companion. llncllll 011 a Haiti Ilcad. ' Dr. Savmonne claims to have isolate 3 a bacillus, called by liim "bacillus crini vorox," which is the cause of alopcch lie says, found only on tho scalp t s man, other hirsute parts of tho bod) and also tlio fur of animals, being frc from it. The bacilli invade tho hai s follicles and mako tho hair very brittl. li so that they break olf to tho skin. The e tho roots themselves are attacked, e tho microbes can be destroyed early i (1 the disease the vitality of tho hairs lun the niiiiniL'Ss is r* ing is Dr. Saymonne's remedy to pr ^ vent baldness: Ten parts crude coil liv. ^ oil, ten parts of tho expressed juico * 10 onions and five parts of mucilage or tl s yolk of an egg aro thoroughly shake ' together and tho mixture applied to tl fj scalp and well rubbed in onco a wee! 0 This, ho asserts, will certainly brin ,s back ihe hair if tho roots aro not ahead o destroyed, but tho application of tl remedy must bo very distressing to tl patient's friends and neighbors.?Med cal Record. A S?c?t Propositi. \ "The sweetest proposal ever dreamt y of," said Kli Perkins, "I think is froi j Austin Dobson," 5 "May I call you rnula?" ho nske a modestly. * ! "Yes," she said faintly, s "Dear Paula?may I call you that?" h "I suppose so." > "Do you know I love you?" "Yes." c "And shall I love you always?" r "If you wish to." , "And will you lovo me?" f Paula did not reply. * "Will you, Paula?" ho repeated. "You may lovo me," she said again. "But don't you lovo me in return?" "I love veil ?r> " ? %^ ' v liu "Won't you say anything moro ex 1 plicit?" "I would rather not." They wero married and happy within threo months.?Exchange. Kuruti IIIs Tax. West Gardiner boasts of a dog thai earns enough to pay his poll tnx. Ho ii a big mastitr and does a big churning overy week, the churn being iitted uj: with a sort of threshing machino treadk on which tho dog walks. Tho most remarkable part of the transaction is that the dog enjoys the business so well or has such a senso of responsibility that no inducement can.entice him from the work during business hours.?Fairfield "(Me.) Journal. Wantvil It Good. "Aro you fond of music?" asked Mrs. Symphony of an elderly relativo from tho country. "Well, yes, I am," was tho careful reply; "that is, when it's good music, Laury. Now you take a good accordeum an' a flddlo an' a pair o' bones an' a flute, an'let'cm all play'Old Nicodcmus' all at tho saino time, and I tell you it's sweet!"?Harper's IJazar. South American I'luni.'c r? "You North Americans don't know | anything about the gambling feature of lioi'so racitiL*." wiiil ? .1? 0-1 _ ^ SOU of South America at the Fifth Avenue hotel. "You hick up a terrible rumpus when one of your plungers makes a bet of $10,000 on a race. Down in the Argentine Republic they would laugh at that sort of plunging. Those fellows make no bones of putting un 100,000 at a whack when they think they've got a good thing. They nro the most daring gamblers in the world. A year ago one of them sent to England and paid guineas for a horse that ho wanted to win just one race with. Tho animal arrived in good shape and walked away with the Held at 0 to 1, makingllioowner half a mil lion richer than ho was before. A great many horses will bo shipped there by ami by from the United Slate s The business lias bc^un already on a small scale."*?Now \ork Tribune. Great Clearing .Out AUCTION ON SA See the Prices C "GO yards Calico at 3| c worth 5 c. > " at 4ic worth GJc. 5 100 yards Wool fi led Keutucky Jean", ut I WJ-. 1 rtcki'i", ?t 01 an I Re. f Feather Ticking, at ll lcand 13 c worth 15 1 and . IRo 1 Ail-woolre l Flannel at UJJe. \V< ui' iin solid leather Sh<-es ?t 55c. ' Chi drei s copper up Shoes, ut 35c. Children* i>olt t-hoea at !0c. Mens llroguns at 75c. High pr:ice8 are dcul. FLYNN luis ki le< A fresh lot of Clothing received last mow pr ce? : $8 Sails for $ 1 85. I ! $10 Sui's for !?C 25 ^ 1! Slack Cork Screws, $S 75, 810 and $12 50. j Tins, Hairpins, Rations an I Thread I'iro CLEAR \N' K SALE of I.EADEIi AND CI! May 27 GUNS, rt TT T> \-J\ K-J JL Having given nil Import Order for my * cast of them, I challenge the Suite in priu?"? If you w:im u ii'cj Gun como to see inc Yours, very Stop m WK will ask you to drop in and I lected Stock of Now Goods that urn no dress J , , Our Slock of Press Fabrics is com e Henriettas, Cashmeres, Mohairs, l'liid We wish to call the Indies' spceia latest styles. b 0 0 t s a i d Our lloot and Shoe department c< l* to the Public. Our lav^o Shoo trade i: l" we represent thcut to bo. ;f CLOTHING ! CLOT In tliis departtnent we have pure ;r now ready to supply tbo deurituls of c 3 suit to the old man in bis sober suit ol HATS AJ M We ask you to examine ourlirj n Caps, of every shape, quality anil style IV ? ? lis anoo 11 sit. We havo a polite corps of Salcsui c* *1' ' !..<uK sold at e-r Mat elt 2;> - / I ? ! THE BANNER D It. g A We have our banners hung out on the oul ,c high price*. We have prices down tlal am ic Our i .mouse stock of l>rj Goods, Boot: i- tirely new mul fresh from ttic Factories. THE PASS-WORD IS j Brogan Shoes f ir IK) cents. Qeuts Congress ami Lice Shoes, $1 11 nnil up. The heat Scotch bottom Boot for S2 50. ? Cli hi reus Shoes from 15 cents to 50 cents A LkIv's good Button Shoe for SI. A good heavy Boot for $1 f?0. Can give Man or Boy a Hut for 20 cents Heavy ullwool Jeans for 25 cents. -10 yards Oulico for 05 ccute. 5 papers Hair Pius for 5 cents Oil Cloth for Table Covers, 20 cents pci yard. We cannot and wi] We have the best line of Gents and Boys We can fit the largest man or sina'lest bay ii Clothing, so don't forget to call and exaoiin l'lease remember that all of our inimensi and fresh, and we have no shelf worn or ini Be sure and call at the BANNKK STORK RC Sept G Our Mammol t HAS at rived, ami all our Depute ; NEW SEASON 1 at prices that will talk l??r thopisclves. anyone that lor styles, quality,* and low We call especial attention to RRKSS OOODS, LADIES' CLOAKS, UNDKRWKAK, M HNS' A J Cvi-i)mie cordi illy invite 1 to call i'llli autre silt ?* I .1-: . ?- ? ? i _) I if 1(1 IT UK FOSTER, W J ?l fl *# NEW JEWEL! NE11 ji;ST i;IOC,o 1 \ KI? .?? K. IS. TII10v/ ami most choice selection of Jewelry to be WATCH I0S, CLOCKS, 10 A It RINGS, KINO 10 It ltli SILVKll AND SUA 101 ALL KINDS OF FL which he intends to sell lower than ever. After eighteen \cars experience in the b tunnncr of work in his line with skill i warm tiled. Sept 6 36 lTORDAY 9TH. luoted Here : lens heaxy Boots, all sixes, fl 30 latch those prices nod you will strike oil. lemnants Calic?. 2o per yard, lemnants Dress Goods 4c per yard. fc D o s Goods 60 per yord. ltlo Dress Goods, tiJc per yard. |.">c Dress G < ds, 10c prr yaid. (Do Ul ick llenr etla for JMe. itic " " " 2'Jc. Doj " Cashmere for 42c. Too " ' * 50o. H.tc " " 58o. J them. ^ h now offered a" tho fallowing ridiculous S'i Overcoats for $ ? 05. lj>8 Overc >st'? f >r $ ? GO. 512 50 Overcasts for $8 50. rr/i in to any person buying at tho GREAT Ti * TCT?"r A7"1V"!\ .YMriONOlT"LOW PRICES." 12 tf if S! G DNS! tin im, \vh:oh implies a great saviug in the t. ^ * respectfully, W. D. BEWLEY. j d Look. give a look at tlio large and well-sow arriving daily. GOODS. iploto in every particular, consisting of s, Farm Cloth, &c. I attention to our Dress Patterns of tho y SHO E s. iiiiit-ts nf Goods that \ro can r-cuuiuiend * proof enough that our Goods arc what HING ! CLOTHING! ha.?ed a larger stock than usual, and ore very one?fr "ii tlio littlo hoy in his first f black. v ?I A ? .1 ? ?an.i weU-sclect.d Stock of U*tB nod Wo call special attention ?o our A 111 en who will take pleasure in showing you pi'Tr.1:"wiii.uiuir EY GOODS STORE I ward wall an 1 the war cry is down, down with 1 will keep them down. ?, Shoe, Hats, Ti unks, Clothing, &c., nre enLIVE AND LET LIVE. 3 Papers Pins for 0 cents. r> 20 ltalIs Sewing thread for .'>0 cents. 12 Dozen Buttons for 5 cents. Susi cmlcrs for 10 cents. A 10-1 Blaukct for $1. A full-grown Quilt for'JO cents. A beautiful Counterpane for 75 cents. Gents Undershirts, for 25 cents. Gcuts Collnrs, all sizes, for 10 cents. Beautiful Lice Curtains cheaper than ever before, and only a few pair left. 11 not be undersold. Clothing, that has ever beeu shown in Union a the county. We. have the inside track on c our stock. s stock in every department is entirely new I'erior eroods in <?? ? ? o 6,% i,a VM* )DGER & PURCELL. 3(5 ] y th New Stock tout* are fuller than evor with JABLE GOODS, Ai) inspection of our lines will satisfy prices, we can't to beat. Ni) HOY'S CLOTHING, KANS AND CASSlMKItKS HOOTS AND SI 10ES, HATS, ETC iinl see for liitiisqlfor herself. \V i represented. ILKINS & CO. iY ! iT JEWELRY Ell'S Model Jewelry Store, the In found in the upeountry ; consist! HllEAST PI VOS, CUFF llUTT 11 PLATED WARE. ME STATIOMEJ usines*, lie is fully prepared t rod dcspntch. All goods ar F G TREF