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in for , " r one t lib b tlie II iiierehr'??-JL in in'*otoP*> u , H? in^a. Kin^n. KtronKot; Kf*at; tided i4h llUren Io rs of wtAta. |HH^^^^HHB[lKirn [ rVf. tn 111 1 btbrjiind; palette little brow b band. New* Victoria's Crown. D^HBRi Victoria's crown, kept with ^H^^^Hrr royal regalia under strong guard S^^^^Psthe old tower, and worn only on state fjH^^occastona, is ono of the most costlyjn^ eignias now In existence. To begin with, thero are twenty diamonds around the circlet or headband, each worth ?7,500, or ?150,000 for the set. Besides these twenty thero aro two extra large center diamonds each valued at ?10,000, making ?20.000 more; fifty-four smaller diamonds, placed at thcanglesof the others, each valued at $500; four crosses, each worth ?60,000, and composed of twentyfive diamonds; four largo diamonds on top of crosses, each having a money valuo of ?5,000; twclvo diamonds in the fleur-de-lis. ?50,000; eighteen smaller diamonds contained in the same, ?10,000; pearls, diamonds and rubies upon arches % and circlet3 not mentioned before, $50,000; also 141 small diamonds formed in roses and monograms, ?25,000; twentysix diamonds in uppo# cross, ?15,500; two circles Jof pearls about thcvrim of tho headpiece, $15,000 each. Tho total money valuoof this relic in any, jeweler's market in tho world would tbo n?> least ?600,000, mctal-Afldv r.i.1 included.?St. Louis f; r.\na r I nkins, whoso wife, Mary BfeiuA^-yfltli.Qnvthi caJjhat alio sees or hears, seladminister a rebuko aBBBj|SEh rWfci tjawfrKr a 111 v'critical habit, Iput one ^BBMHEr^^^MB8ttunity came, and he did uu'homo one of tho neij^h j^^SifeUu^lfd in and began'a conversa^ j Rn'apped^^^^' rsTBlenn I sc'o thcro was jest doin' C""-"4 M? BecoTarcO. .. , Onaof Chicago's old residents'wastakRli sick tho other day, and ho was seri^Wfely ill, too. IIo was not ready ta die I and ho asked that a leading physic ion?l>fl, * Bumruoncd. When this physician came In tho' old settler told him that ho felt lie was going to die. After a careful examination the physician smiled encouragingly and tried to dissipate liis patient's mortuary ideas. "Why," ho argued, "you aro all right. You think you aro going to die, but your feet aro not cold. You ought to know that a man with warm feet is not going to die." Tho olu settlor regarded his physician contemptuously for a few moments, and then said with .disgust in his voice: "Warm feet! What's that got to do with il? Look at John Rogersl Ho died w ith warm feet because he was burned at tho stake. Don't argue with mo on tho question of foot tcmperaturcl" Tho physician Baid nothing, but tho old settler recovered.?Chicago Herald. The Ills Toed People. Tlio strangest of all tho In-Jo-Chinoso races, tho ancient Gioa-Ghi or Bi^Tocd race, is called iii our geographies "Tho Anamcso." This extraordinary people nro about tho ugliest and worst built of all our semi-civil{70/I A rr^i 1 .#.i.xm. Aioiuviu VUUOIU3* Aiiuy uro nnicn sliortef than tho Malays, darker skinned, with lower foreheads, less devoloi>ed skull, a flatter nose, larger mouth, Ihiokor lips, bluckened teeth, gums often destroyed by tho use of betel $uit. prominent chock and jaw boncs^so that tho face is loiongo shapeifiwiort neck, shoulders sloping abruptly, and a seesawing sort of gait when walking. Cut the most curious development of all is tho big toe. It & *s IttMSphroud and flat; moreover, the gave them tho naino of Gioa-Chi or tho Big Toed race. This curious physical formation is such that it quito marks them from all other Asiatic peoples who walk barefooted; and, strango to say, that though moro than forty centi. 1.... .. passetl sinco this peculiarity was llrst noticed by Chinese tmvelors, and in spito of frequent intermarriages with other races, tho Anamcso liavo transmitted, without the least perceptible modification, this formation of tho foot to their descendants today; which facts, according to some ethnologists, servo to provo that tho Annmeso aro i not descended from tho mingling of i indigenous races, but rather that they i havo existed for an immense period of j timo as a distinct and poculiar race.? Wide-Awako. Duo rt ny to Cook u Ilabbit. ? A couplo of Augusta disciples of Nim- , rod, while on a recent gunning trip, after c a hard day's tramp succeeded in bagging g a small rabbit. They know that the ani- 8 mal was ciwl ??? 0 V?v?ig, UUV U3 to XlOW to y cook him properly they were not as well tJ posted. They pondered long on the sub- ? jcct until the pangs of hunger domanded f, immediate action of some sort, when p thoy tied bunny up by tho hind legs and p picked him as the good housewife does fj, a hen. Thoy said ho was good eating M just the samo.'with the exception of an |K occasional tuft of fur which had escaped BC the picking rraftW?Kcanebec Journal, q 9 liniiiliw.. e 11 llivav tiio volopu,| itiuonv)ui.'U in tho dm tho treasury F young n-mouy of them nro ^ JV9 Br I? M "? about tho whole B-?,?, ?Jumdesand brunettes, medium; somo plump, to this m- ^ some of lithe and willowy <1 our y aro fairly the types of the I ~ 'threat cities ami about all the the union. In that one building, y?Vering four blocks, is to be found more joauty than a hunt through many large :ities might discover. A largo probation of tho female clerks nro young, or -i' ? ..it t'.m minus side of tho liuo l>clil.. ntif pfn.iinlh'fl rrr'^V, j. .1 many of tho elderly women have died oil or reached an age beyond usefulness. Those who have como into tho department within the last four or fivo years aro mostly young women, who have just passed through tho normal schools and have entered the government service through the civil servico examination. They aro a bright Jot of yofing women. In muny cases it is, perhaps, that tlicy 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 strive for the more agreeable work and better pay under tho civil service. And this may account for there being such a preponderance of good looks. They are not, as u rule, gaudy beauties frescoed and decorated by art, though of course there are some of that typo. They are usually of a refined typo of good, sensible, pretty girls?a littlo beyond girlhood. They always dress in good taste, though not generally in an expensive stylo. A jlesignor of fashions might get many valuable points from the female treasury clerk. During tho ordinary working hours the visitor to the treasury will not see many of theso young women. They are apt to be hard at work behind closed doers or just shut from view by green baize screens over which one cannot see without tfie aid of a chair or step ladder. The desks are usually provided with these screens, otherwise they would bo annoyed by tho gaze of the visitors passing through tho corridors, who would probably be numerous if tho screens were not there. But during the half hour allowed for lunch a swarm of pretty femalo clerks rush about the corridors to exchange hit* nf (rr^cuinu nr t. . rv??f ington piay get her reputation for her beautiful women from the throng that appear on the avenue on the way home from the departments after 4 o'clock. Whenever there nro any number of people on a visit to Washington the treasury is generally the center of curiosity, on nceount of the popular interest in money. Visitors are always interested [" * * !'1 ? money is handled, and sotncL Siiiith"" ~ I .eliarffooftl I '* 1. Garrett T. II. It.uicr. regularly to act as guides through the | redemption agency, where the old notes aro connted and destroyed.?Wasliington Star. . IVrpctuat liif; an Incident. As inici. Rhea was leaving Ottawa, Canada, ,ap old, wliito haired gentleman approached her in the sleeping car, and, with changing cordiality, presented her with a basket of the most beautiful grapes, in tho top of which was a large bunch of Marechal Neil roses and the following Jiote: "Dear Madame lthoa? WTieji tbp first Napoleon was brought as "Captive into Plymouth sound by Capt. 'Mdltland, pf the Bellerophon, I was born " i-'ditly, 1815. My father, whet had extensivo lion houses, sent to Napoleon a ' basket of tho finest hot house grapes. In seeing you in tho rolo of 'Josephine' I thought.I would ask your acceptanco (in y on V* character as empress of tho French) of a lyasketof the same fruit, thus pernphmtini* tho tnpMnnf o?wl ~ - ?- -o "? *",vl ? tributo to the 'empress' in the person of ono >vho so ably represents her. "With best wishos and regrets, dear madame, youi's very truly, Richard Nettle, Ottawa, Oct. 10, 18S9." And the old gentleman added: "Although my countrymen called Napoleon a rascal, my father had the greatest admiration for him."?Exchange. A Literary Curiosity. Tho menu of tho farewell banquet to the members of the oriental congress at Stockholm ought to take a permanent place in collections of literary curiosities. Tho initial "sup" or nip of schnapps which always begins a Scandinavian .dinner was recorded with a song in the Kairs tongue. Tho soup was described I in Getziani and a song in Chinese. Prof. Max Muller wrote a song in Sanscrit praising tho salmon. ThoTilet de boouf was mentioned by a verso in Malay and by another in Javanese. Artichaut au beurro was treated in Coptio; cateau a la Victoria in hieroglypldos; tho ices in Ilimyaritic; tho cheeses in Biclia!%. The iuonu concluded according to tho Swedish custom with "Thanks for dinner" written in Persian.?Berlin Letter. ' I I ?? ?! . . Ono of Edison's chiefs lives in Newark in a house which is all agog with wires. As ono approaches tho front iroin n O ?*v lb swings open and 6huts automatically. Tho visitor's foot on the steps of the porch rings a bell in tho kitchen and also ono in tho master's study. Ity touching a button ho opens tho front door before tho stranger has time to knock. An electrical music box plays during dinner. When the guest retires to his bedroom tho folding bed unfolds by electricity. When bo puts out tho gas a strange, mocking display of skeletons, gravestones, owls and other hideous phantasmagoria dances about on tho wall at his feet, reappearing and disappearing irr a ?hostly electrical glare.?rExchange. A Now Way to K?rn Ono'a l.lvlnjf. Scholl tells a good story about a comio- 1 linger who called tho other day at the ] uanagcr's ofllco of one of tho principal :afo chantants in Paris to seo about rottlner an 0 ? vm^(?5oiiiuii6( "XJUt lCfc H10 eo," said tlio manager, I seem to know our face. "Did you not sing at the Ver- . on theatre last season?" "Yes." "But, f ly poor fellow, you wero a fearful j rost." "Yes; on purpose." "IIow on urpose?" "You sco, tho manager didn't * ay us. If I had sung well I should ^ avo got nothing but applause. As I ^ tng as wrdtchedly as I could, tho people ^ smbarded mo with apples, and I got ^ iraething to cat at least."?Pall Mall azette. # SOME CURIOUS THINGS. ODD AND BEAUTIFUL "OBJtCTS FOUND IN THE FAR EAST. Tlio Kurwt Uneller'i Mtftliuil of Starting Flr?-??('iinihrraoms "Colnn" of tho IXvhK ?Many nml Interesting Klixls of Heads. Tho forest dwelling peoples of the further cast havo an odd instrument for making lire. Very seldom, so "far as we 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 pitchcrein the siri box or bamboo slung at his waist, a chip of a plate, English or Dutch, and Holding this tuent of carthonware, ho strTtes of tho siri box 6liarply, and it takes fire. But this method can only bo used lij tribes which have such coram unicl.t ion with tho foreigner as supplies them with European goods. Tlio inland peoples uw a raoro singular process. They carry t snort cylinder oC lend, hollowed rougldj to n cupliko form at ?5no end, which ffti n joint of bamboo. Flacing this cylindei in tlie palm of tho left hand, they fill the cup with tinder, adjust the bamboo ovci it, strike sharply, remove the covering a quickly, and the tinder is alight. Ob servers who tnko a narrow view have de clarod that tho earliest art practiced b; human beings after tliey escapo fron mcro barbarism is pottery. These race have'long passed that stage, but wo d< not recall any evidence that they use tin art. The fact is that, in countries whicl produce the bamboo, earthenware i hardly needed except for luxury. The; make charms and fetiches of dried clay MEASURING VALUES. Hut in Borneo tho Dyalc peoples liav a class of foreign eartlienwaro slngu larlv interesting. As Malays eniplo; brass guns for their currency, so th Dyaks employ nntiquo vases. In neitlic instance do the actual "coins" pass fror hand to hand, sinco by brass gun Malay signifies a cannon, twenty fee long, perhaps, and a Dyak signifies vessel eighteen inches' high or more Tlieso things are measures of value divided into imaginary fractions. Thcr are three varieties of tills enrtheuwaretlio gusi, which represents about ?oQ sterling, the nnga and rusa, much les valuable. The lirst is certainly Chinese and tho last nrobablv. but nnrlnnq flic never came from the continent. At boui date unknown the north of Borneo wn occupied by n Chinese colony whic must have numbered millions. Jhi great time, when a third part of the is and was cultivated and densely peoplec may have been 800 years ago. But th lirst paragraph in the "Annals of Brunl recognizes a powerful Chinese kingdoi of Batungnn in the Fifteenth centurywe are not to digress into that fasclnai ing theme, however. The Celestial wero exterminated about two gencri lions ago; nn old friend of ours, tli irrnw f Casing, still carried- ten pij, uHifo ftword bf Chmi^tTo1iuntmfa^fr?^a!* again to counterfeit the old jars, as hav the Dutch, but they never succeeded i passing o(T their imitations. The Nag may be Hindoo or Japanese, of very n inoto antiquity; both peoples lmd grc; settlements in tho island at somo tini beyond human memory. They havo lei Buddhist remains of importance liei and there. Wc secured no samples of these cur ous things, for reasons that have bee suggested. But the recollection calls t mind some extraordinary pbjecte of tli same class, in a sense, which are treni urcd on the other side tho WONDERFUL BEADS. ? The Aggryjtnd the Popo beads, whic servo for jewels in West Africa, are gla* resembling earthenware of unknow: manufacture, of immemorial antiquitj and beyond modern skill to counterfeit Most European nations, probably, liav tried their band at imitating the Aggr bead. The shrewdest chemists and th cleverest artificers of Venico and Bii mingham have done their best; the pol tors of England, France and German; have exhausted their resources, but ii vain. It docs not seem such a difficul enterprise, however. The beads are ii regular in 6hapo and size; many hav been sawn in two. They have an opaqu ground?ochre yellow in the most valu able species?but so various that thi point gives no trouble. A rough ornp mont of circles in another hue run through the material from side toeidoo end to end. Here, again, imitation seem easy, to the craftsmen of Venice in par ticular; but appearances are deceptive evidently. The Popo bead, less valuable but valuable enough, is bluo glass, trans parent, but so manufactured thatitshowi a dull yellow against the light. Thes< tilings are all found in tho earth; but, s< far as can bo ascertained, they neve; turn up in company with bones or othei signs of burial, which, to jour mind, istht most curious fact of all. That they art ancient Egyptian is a certainty. Many hundreds, if not thousands,wen taken in the sack of the palace at Coo> moesie, strung, in general, upon thai very pretty cord which wo mentioned, haarnn #? ? * * Of'MKThfftf "'fti/Es "of cotorerif s'llc filtersperged. Very Imndsoiuo they looked, no doubt, upon tho smooth brown skin of tho royal dames. A pretty bracelet from Coomasslo is made of triangular pieces cut from t' ie rib of a shell, snow whlio, strung in groups alternately with these small flattened nuggets. But tin curiosities saved in that loot bear only a iniserablo proportion to those which men of tosto admired in tho palace and th? big houses of tho caboccers. But ono stool was carried away?as a memorial for the Princess of Wales?among tho hundred! adorned with silver which lay in all db rections. Very charming wero many of these?tho Asliantee artist seemed to devote his best attention to tho stools. Sevtn were piled, fts if^for removal, in the courtvard of a greaTl!t?i*KV?Hfich plated with repousso work, showiSfc*much tasto ana ingenuity of dosign. These people have "gifts."?SaturcVav Review. Old MsnntcripU A scholar namod Musso chanced on? 1 f iornoAw * ..nuuuuu i<> enter a bookbinder's shop n Paris. Noticing that the man wai ibout to cut up a mass of manuscript, lis >egged leave to examine it. To his surmise he found lhat he had hit upon th? rorks of Agobard, a learned prelate of he ninth century. Seeing its value, lusso purchased the manuscript, and luis preserved a volumo which conrinod many valuable details of those nrly days.?Chicago Herald. -i_Z*L - 1 rt. Il'i ? Good Story, A?jrl*ojr A well known Now Yorker has bad an adventure which discounts by 10, 099 the average conventional parrot story. IIo was fond of knocking about in out of the way quarters of the world, and left ship on Uio Central American coast with n party of comrades to explore tho wilderness. During a cruise of sevend months tho on* tiro ship's company?a merry crew-~had devoted their odd hours in singing to a parrot. The sailors had lost no opportunities, and taught the bird all tho seafaring lingo, ana a few more or less elegant expletives besides. When the exploring party had bidden tlio-bird and the sailors good-by they plunged into the heart of the tropical forest After twentv-ciirllt miles of I mortal oJTort they reached their CantpI 'nff place for tlio night. ? Just astho^ I sun was going down they wcro startled r' tp hear in tho primeval .silence a ranuuiti calling down from tho f top of a tall paint, "AN'ast tbcrol Yo, hcavo hoi" ' It was tho ship's parrot. $ut beforo ^ thoy could recover thoir startled senses tho faithful bird, having aheswt1 to preparo Una treaT TtSr ' its chums of tho voyage/ fluttered I ' down to the top of-a dead stump near f by and, With a shrill call, summoned i thousands of tho little green paroquets r of tho country. It is said tuat 11,000 9 of them woro counted as thoy circle? - around tho great gray African oracle . on tho stump, and finally took thoir P places on tho ground rov? after row. j FImj explorers looked on in dumb s amusement. When tho feathered ns3 scinblago bccaino quiet tho ship's pare rot burst into tho words of a familiar I song and, to (iio incxtinguishnblo laughter of the travelers, tho consternation of the rest of tho tropical world, ^ and tho delight of the festivo precentor, tho wholo of tho 11,000- paroquets, tfillt nnn mitrltlv Kline# r\f cn?^lvanl-A ?< tvt* vuv J,1?h"y ovii^j, Wivav c into "Nancy Leo."?Ballou's Maga' zinc. y : e Unilroiul Ktiqiicttc. r A correspondent of Our Dumb Anin mals tells the following good stories n of railroad ctiqucKc: ,( Wo have just road an amusiug story 0 of a nervous litt.lo man entering a car , with a parcel, nrotrtid which was a j' rubber strap. IIo began snapping the p strap to .the grant discomfort of all his neighbors, regardless of tho annoyance ^ tlioy clearly manifested. Tho man in tho scat in front of him loft tho car. 18 Then ho turned over tho back and put ?? his feet on tho scat and kept on snapy ping. Presently a big German on tho * other sido got up, walked over^ poked 18 the little man in tho ribs witn his b tinker and said: "Mamma's.littlo baby is shall have n plaything. It shall have 1- a littlo rattlo and a littlo doll." The I, passengers cheered, and tho snapi>cr e got out of tho car as quickly as lio i" could. ii This story reminds us cf^ what we _ saw on tho Boston and Albany raill. road somo timo since. Tlio car was I, full. Two dudes turned tho back of a seat and sat facing each other,' occue pying four seats. Two uoung lgdics r_ camo in. Tho dudes Jodlccd at each other arid lau^hcdpiriten^jfcg tcfm'ako RJio isAifiu <n.ko scats bcsidofhom.** Tlio jidi^s. movtimnm -i ? looking inajv D pounds of lnorcT^TTO^ff'^Wn-ci n' :? littlo ways bnckj|gnjyJf&^lftr side, ?- strodo across*1 th8*enr^?zed,,i?hlo'cludc d facing him by the collar^orkl sent Kim it like a rocket to tlio sido of his com panfl ion. Then turning tho back of the e front seat ho bowed and said: Ladies, (here's ft seat for you. Tho cheering i- of tho passengers was something'worth n going ten miles to hear, and tlio two c dudes were, for tho rest of tho trip, as e quiet a couplo ns ono would wish io L tieo. A Peoplo of tho Caucosui. Each community is made up of scv11 oral village^, originally consisting 11 each of members of tho samo family n or gens, but now including several r. families. Members of tho same family t- can not intermarrw \Vnmnn pasturago rights luivc been occasions of many feuds and vendottas. When a woman changed hands, or husbands, Iho parties concerned could not always agrcoon tho valuo incattlo?:tkeSUanotians had 110 money?of tho lady cxclnuigcd. Hence arose assaults of persons and batteries of towers. The a Hail's of tho liamlct, so far as they wefo not settled by appeals to arms, wcro regulated by an assembly 01 | adult males, in which unanimity was required for a valid decision. Tho foreign relations of tho Suanctinns consisted, for tho most .part, in predatory excursions into their neighbors' pasi tires. Tliov vero arrant sneep stealers and cattlo liftqrs. Strangers met with 110 hospitality. On tho contrary, it was the custom to exact a payment from them for passage, and tlio custom still survive.* in petty demands made for halting in a remote villago. The Suanctiuns 11 lay fairly do described as reverted pagi lis. Somo Christian rites ?fasting in Lent, and tho uso of the sign of tlio < ross?they havo doubtless Preserved. . Jut tlicso survivals seem ) mo no mc ? to entitle them to the namo of Cln stians than our own midsummor night fires constitute us sun worshipers..?D. W. Freshfield in Popular Monthly. TurwegUn yonegsr ? Kyen so cptnmonplaco a thing as a fenco giver character to the landscape. This is a natter of importance to all who are i? tares ted in making country places anc country life as attractivo as possible. The fences pf Norway, as described must bo an ugly blemish upon the faco of tho country. Two thick stakes of pine, tr^ui soven to oight foet long, aro driven firmly into tho ground within an inch of each other, and repeated at intervals of four feet. 1. Smaller sticks are then placed in a slanting position between tho uprights, which servo as grooves to keep them in their place, and they are still further secured by their being bound together with twigs of osier. "When completed, it makes so coraa fence that a weasel could fielu^aly put his nose through. They CfUmot^DplVVfifc boast of combining I mo ornanfontal with the useful, having n gaiint, monotonous look, which mode u/long to see them replaced by tho prett^Eedgerows ?f England.? A racrlcan mftrwM In Travel. Sonyobody has said that if a cannon were doftjlfKjirhioh would fire a load of passenge&^bm New York to Ohioago in ten minw 4 and land four loads out j of five succMtefuily, the fact of the fifth load being/pretty regularly smashed ( wonld not cfleter the bulk of the traffic from going/ that way, if the price were j not too hig^?Railway Age. . \ V AdcpU at Stealing. The native races along the southern coast of South America are described as professional wreckers and thieves. Their practices uro told by the author of wThe Cruiso of the Falcon," not for commend-at ion, of course, but to warn sailors who may bo cast away on thoso shores. Ono sailor is sitting half asleep on liis sea chest, A gaucho comes up and taps him on tho back. "Bueno, Johnny; buono, Johnny." "If you are not oil I will 6end a bullet into you," says Jack. * "Bueno, Johnny; bucno; till to-uiorrow;" and olf skulks tho gaucho to his horse, which ho mounts. With a Bardonio smile lie takes off his hat to Jack, bids him farewell, and digging his spurs into the iiauks of his wiry little horse, leaps over his neck and Is off at full gallop over tho short gross of the sandy plains. A f tlin ft rot ctriiln n f tlin Itnron t n AV IJIV 111 OU QUiUO V* VUW IJV* OVj vw j Jack's intcnso surprise, his box is wrenched vipleritly from under him. lie jumps up, rubs Ids eyes and before he can recover his 6enses ho sees his prop eiijr K.,mulne nway over tlie sand hills at the heels of Uie h~ur.ho'e steed; for this clever gentleman hnd managed to make one end of his lasso fast to the handlo of Jack's box while engaged in conversation with him.? Youth's Companion. For Adoption. A gontlcman living near Allegan, Mich., relates an interesting story of felino sagacity. Some person owning a cat with three kittens, and desiring to bo rid of them, took them in a bag to a wood near the gentleman's house, nnd dropped them. In a short tlmo the mother cat was seen to approacli the liouso with a kitten in her mouth. Itenching the door, she dropped the kitten and retreated to the uwods, from whence sho soon returned with another kitten; but instead of leaving it where the first was left, she took it to a neighboring house, then returning to the woods brought out the third and last kitten, nnd left it at still another neighbor's. l|le old eat then disappeared, and was not seen again until it was timo for*the kittens to be fed. when she visited each house, nursed the kitteqs, nnd then disappeared again. This courso of proceduro sho followed until the kittens woro weaned, when sho disappeared, and has not been seen since. Was it reason or instinct that caused the mother cat to distributo tho kittens to different homes, so that all might be adopted nnd tho lives of all spared?? Youth's Companion. llncllll on n llnhl Hcnd. Dr. Saymonnc clajins to liavo isolated a bacillus, called by him "bacillus crini vorax," which is the cause of alopecia. It is, lie says, found only on tho scalp of man, other liirsuto parts of tho body, and also tho fur of animals, being free from it. Tho bacilli invado tho hair .follicles and mako tho hair v<?ry brittle, so that they break olf to tho skin. Then tho roots themselves are attacked. If tho migrobc3 can bo destroyed early ih tho disease Jho vitality of the hairs may ? bo psfsorvod, but after tho follicle lyo '^invaded aiuTalf tnftftoty , -^tjiros injured fiio baldness is incurable. Tho follqjving is^pr. SAymonne's remedy to prevent baldness: Ten parts crude cod liver oil, ten parts of tho expressed juico of onions and fivo parts of mucilage or the yolk of an egg aro thoroughly shaken together and tile mixture applied to the scalp and well rubbed in onco a week. This, ho asserts, will certainly bring back tho hair if tho roots aro not already destroyed, but tho application of the remedy must bo very distressing to the patient's friends and neighbors.?Medical Record. A Sweet Propositi. "Tho sweetest proposal ever dreamed of," said Eli Perkins, "I think is from Austin Dobson," "May I call you Paula?" ho asked modestly. * "Yes," she said faintly. "Dear Paula?may I call you that?" "I suppose so." "Do you know I lovo you?" "Yes." "And shall I love you always?" "If you wish to." "And will you lovo me?" Paula did not roply. "Will you, Paula?" ho repeated. "You may lovo me," she 8aid again. "But don't you lovo mo iu return?" "I love you to lovo me." "Won't you say anything moro explicit?" "I would rnthor not." They wero married and happy within three months.?Exchange. Earns Ills Tax. West Gardiner boasts of a ilog that earns enough to pay his poll tax. Ho is a big mastitf and docs a big churning I every week, tlio churn being iltted up with a sort of threshing machine treadle on which tlio dog walks. Tho most remarkablo part of tho transaction Is that tho dog enjoys the business bo well or has guch a sense of responsibility that no inducement can.entice him from tho work during business hours.?Fairfield '(Me.) Journal. Wanted It Good. "Aro you fond of rnus'c?" asked Mrs. Symphony of an tfklerly rclativo from tho country. "Well, yes, I am," was tho careful roply; "that is, when it's good music, Laury. Now you take a good accordeum an' n flddlo an' a pair o' bones an' a fluto, an' let 'cm all play 'Old Nicodemus' all at tho oatno time, and I tell you it's sweet!"?Harper's Bazar. -inutli American Plunder*. "You North Americans don't know anything about tho crnmblin<* of liorso racing," utitf an adopted son of South America at tho Fifth Avenue hotel. "You kick up a terriblo rumpus when 0110 of your plungers makes a bet of $10,000 on a race. Down in tho Argentino Republic they would laugli at that sort of plunging. Those fellows make 110 lx>nes of putting up $100,000 at a whack when they think they'vo got n good thing. Tlicy are tho most daring gamblers in tho world. A year ago one of them sent to England and paid 3,000 guineas for a horse that he wanted to win just one race with. Tho animal arrived in good sliapo and walked away with the field at 3 to 1, making tlvoowner half a mil lion richer than ho was before. A 1 great many horses will l>o shipped there , by and by from the United States. Tito business has begun already on a small scale."?New York Tribune. Great ClearlQl AUCTION ON S. See the Prices 700 yards Calico at 8J c worth 6 c. 85>0 " ? at 4Jo worth 6]c. 400 yards Wool fi led Koutuoky Jeans, at 22 J c.. Ticking, nt 0| nh-1 8c. Feather Ticking, at 11 Ac and 10 o worth 16 and ,18o All-wool red Flannel at llljc. Wi inms solid leather Sh"cs nt 66e. Chi'drci s copper tip Shoos, ot 06c. Childreus colt chocs nt 10.J. Mens llrogiuis nt 76o. High priiccs are deul. FLVNN has ki I A fresh lot of Clothing rooeived Inst mot prccs: $8 Soils for ^ ft 85. ! 5510 Suits for Iff 25 * V | llh.ck C?rk Sctvns, SS 75, ?10 and $12 60. j Pins, llairpinn, Bullous and Thread I'm CLEARANCE SALE of LEADER AND CI1 May 27 GUNS, G U I Moving given mi Import Order for my ( cost of them, I. challenge the State in priors If you want a n'C'j Gun como to see inc. Vours, very Stop ar WK will nsk you to drop in and lectod Stock of Now Gondii that are nov D R E SB Our Stuck of Press Fabrics is ooui| Henriettas, Cashmeres, Mohairs. Pliids We wish to call the Ladies' special latest styles. B 0 0TS A} Our Hoot and Shoe department cm to the l'ublic. Our largo Shoe trade is we represent ibcui to bo. CLOTHING! CLOT] In this department we have purch now ready to supply tho demands of ev suit to lite old man in bis sober suit of v.f .ii.yv'.r'ss Wo* ask you to examine ourlirgt! * Caps, of every shape, quality. Mid style. k aneo"'-JIhI. rL have a polite corps of. SaleMuei 5 t lirtf u ghV u r* Si' ick AI i f March 20 -- ---?TV ? . _ r. t?: JB V - t** THE BANHER HI We have our banners hung out on the outw high prices. We have prices down flat and Our i ntense stock of Ury Goods, iiouis, tirely new and fresh from ttic Factories. THE PASS-WORD IS Brogan Shoes for 00 cents. Geuts Congress and Lace Shoes, $1 25 nnd up. The best Scotch bottom Boot for ?2 GO. Ch hi reus Shoes from 15 cents to 60 cents. A Lady's good Mutton Shoo for $1. A good heavy Boot for $1 GO. Can give Man or Boy a Hat for 20 cents. Heavy all-wool Jeans for 25 cents. 1U yards Calico for 05 coots. f? papers Hair I'ios foi 5 cent h Oil Cloth for Table Covers, 20 cents per yard. I We cannot and will We have the best line of Gents and Hoys I We can fit the Inrgest man or sina'lest boy in Clothing, so don't forget to call and examine rieasc remember that all of our immense and fresh, and wo have no shelf worn qrinfe lie sure and call at the BANNER STORE o RO Sept G Our Mammot HAS atrived, ami all our Depirtnn NEW SEASON at prices that will talk lor tbepiselvos. anyone that for styles, quality,'and low | Wo call especial attention to I hlll.'lJO /WM-vlv.-l i/iujoo UUVMW, LADIES' CLOAKS, UNDER WE All, MENS' Ai JJ Everyone conliilly invite.1 : ? c-rll l?unan lee Milit>fuelinn, ami every I l?int: im FOSTER, W: J'in ? I NEW JEWELI NEW JUST RECEIVED at F. 0. TllEFZI ami most choice nelectiou of Jewelry to be WATCHES, CL0CK8, EAR R1NOS wivnwn i>?. 1 i i.i 'J 171V IV I 1 8IISVEU AND S1I.VKI ALL KINDS OF FI] which he intends to sell lower than ever. After eighteen yoarft experience iu the h mnnnor of work io his lino with akill i warranted. Sept G 36 "V'TVH. I i oqhT iff njio 9. ! ATURDAY 9TH. Quoted Here: Mens heaxy Boots, sll sixes, $ I 30 Match those prioes and you will strike oil. Remnants Calio*. 2o per yard. Remnnnts Dress Goo Is 4o per yard. He I): o ? Goods 60 per yard. lOo Dress Goods, ttjc per ynrd. loo UicesGoi.de, lOc prr yatd. 4t>o Ul-tck lletir ctt* for ^24c. 6O0 " " " 20o. Coo Cashmere for 42c. - 7 00 " " ' 6O0. 8->o " " &80. cd them. 1 h now offered a' tlio fillowing ridiculous $'J Overovnts for $5 05. $8 Overo?st"? f >r $ > 50. $12 50 OvercoMs for $8 50. nen in lo any person buying at the GREAT i>. O. FI-.YNN, AMPION OF LOW PRICES. 12 tf 4 8! ' ' . g u_n 8! Liu is, wh:oti implies n great saviug in the I, rcsppctfnlly. W. D. BSWLEY. id Look. give ft look at tho large and well-sc9 arriving daily. GOODS. pl.jirt.in every par tieular, consisting of , Kurtu Cloth, &c. N._ attention to our Dross Patterns of the ID SHOES. fifrts of Goods that wo oan r commend proof enough that our Good* are what aiNG ! CLOTHING! a?cd a larger stock than usual, and are cry one?fr "it the littlo boy iu his first black. S I> CAP?. i and well-sclecu d Stock of Hate nnd Wo call special attention to our " Alii n who will take plca^urc^u^showin^ yot^jagjJU th?v lowest prices fjtr.OASH.eM** ^SiToir? . ard wall an-1 tho war cry is down, down with will keep tliei^down. uliucs, llais, T:unk?, Clothing, &c., are cr.LIVE AND LET LIVE. 3 Papers Pins for G cents. 20 Kails Sewing thread for 30 cents. 12 Dozen buttons for G cents. Sus( cmlers fur 10 cents. A 10-4 Blanket fi r $1. A full-grown Quilt for 00 cents. A beautiful Counterpane for 7G cents. Gents Undershirts, for 2G cents. Geuts Collars, all sizes, for 10 cents, beautiful Lace Curtains cheaper than ever before, and only a few pair left. ? L not be undersold. Jlothing, that has ever been shown in Union* ilie county. We. have the inside track oo our stock. I slock in every department is entirely new irior goods to get rid of. / ' DGER & PURCELL. j 3b . ly / h New Stock / Juts ure fuller than ever with / A T)T T* r\ /\AT\r< / AJDJjJCi OUU.US, j Aii inspection of our lines will satisfy ; firicos, we can't be beat. / SI) HOY'S CLOTHINO, 4 I BANS AND CA3SIMKRES, / HOOTS AND SHOES, I ' II ATS, ETC and boo for ' himsplfor ht rsolf. VV represented. [LKINS & CO/ Wl i | I JEWELRY L Wlt'8'Model Jewelry Store, the U found io Ibe upcouotry ; consist* BREAST PI; *GS, CUFF BUT1 il PLATED WARE. J ME STATIONEI usincs*, ho it fully prepared f rod deepateb. All goods ?J F G TREFf