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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^
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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
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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.
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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. . \
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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