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JEWELRY.

SPECIAL NOTICE.-Come and see, e.
y at s. A. WINsTOCK'S, the largest lot or g.
Richmond. You can buy q pair OF SOLITAIRE
DIAMOND EARRINGS. for $50 worth CLIO; a
pair for $50 T9rth S i5o; . pair for sllo worth
SOC, up to 5000, worth double the amount. A
handsome DIAMOND CROSS: with eleven large
diamonds, at . great bargain: elegant DIAMOND
MONDS ut WINSTOCK'S. Come and see them ;
tell You nelghbprs what you see. It will pay
you. WATCHES, WATCHES, WATCHES, for
everybody. cheaper than ever. They must be sold.
CHAINS for ladies and gentlemen Thousands OF
SET RINGS for ladies and gentlemen, very cheap.
li7f, q. A. fWlNST0CK, 81
IS No, IL north Fourteenth street,
Once closed SATURDAYS. Open SATURDAY
NIGHTS ut dusk. ~ 2. 81 myl a.lm
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& TIE AMERICAN OFFICERS In EGYPT.-St.
Petersburgh, May 1.-THE Russian Tele-
graphic Agency says the American officers
in the seryice0f the Khediye have refused
to bear arms against Russia. They will re-
main in EgYpt. 8.
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MI FRESH, NATURAL
.-... MINERALS WATERS.

2 nj FRESH NATURAL
......... MINERAL WATERS.
BUFFALO LITITIA WATER at $3.50 case
HUNYADI JANOS BITTER WATER, Hun
garian; s''.- "
PULLNA BITTER WATER, Bohemian;
.FREIDRICHSHALL BITTER WATER:
CARLSBAD WATER {Sprudel spring.; :s'.
VICHY WATER; ,..a s..
Settlers WATER, Nassau; e..
CONGRESS SPRING WATER, Saratoga;
HATHORN SPRING WATER, Saratoga;
ROCkBRIDGE ALUM WATER, ..
ALLEGHltNY WATER, &C, &c,
by the bottle or in original packages, on the best
terms, at MEADE & BAKERS Drugstore,
my1l 9l9 Main street.
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yCST BOUGHT AND OPENED AT
SYCLE BROTHERS

VUsT BOUGHT AND OPENED AT
sYCLE BROTHERS
the second supply of sILKS, GRENADINES AL
rACAS. and CACHEAlRES, at the great I'M
BLACK SILKS at Csc, 75c.. Soc. 9oc.; 81, sl.25;
$50, SI.75, and 81 per yard. These SILKS
are certainly the cheapest ilss ever bought.
Don't fail to look at our 81 BLACh Gkos-GhAiN
BLACk ALPACA ut 2Ic.. 25c., Soc, Soc. 4oc.,
SOC. 60c. 75c., and 81 per ward. You VIII save
Twenty-Five per cent. TO purchase 'hese goods
25 pieces Of handsome SOLID CoLoKS SI IT +
s sTGEL !n pEAB b,s and ali Other r M 5
Der yard.
Don't fail to look at our SILKS before You purchase
elsewhere, for You Will save twenty-five per cent.
by purchasing them from US.
A new lot OF STRIPED SILKS from 75c. TO y per
yard-neser sold for less than 81 and SIP 81
Remember, this IS our second supply OF SlLhS,
which are bought very cheap, and Will be sold ut
small advance. ~
We will open another lot Of those 1870 DRESS ,E
500 pie pieces Is; Of CAsslMEREs, JEANS. TwEEDs'
Look a at o. our and dr Soc. . cHsSiMERE.
$50 pieces new DRESS Go9p E from 12S to SOC
500 CoRSETs from SOC. to 81 so each; ,>.,,>,
Another lot Of those remnants OF lkiSH LII ~ ~
SO and 55c. worth 75c. and 81 per yard. Dont
HAMBuKGH EMBROIDERY DER II from ,sns to coo.
Another lot OF &C. CALICOES.
just opened Il handsome lot of LINEN SUITlNGs,
with TRIhlSll NGS TO match.
Look nj our 45c. KID GLOVES:
IMPROVED VICTORIA LAWN at 2ac per YARD.
Our LAWN ut 16'sc. never sold Tor less tlan 2oc'
per yard.
LAGE-STRIpED PIQUES at zoe.
Look at our PLAID and PLAIN SAlSSOOkS.
$50 pieces new CAMBRICS from 6 TO 12Ec. per
Look K" at our 10c. GINGHAMs.
5000 pairs OF STOCKINGS from l2'sc. TO - per
pair.
Look at our 75c. KID GLOVES.
New CLOAKINGS from SO to 75c. per yard.
Look at our HEMSTITCHED HASDkERCllIEFS
from I23 to 25c. each, and thousands OF other
articles. but arc too numerous 10 mentiOn Tor
want Of space. SlCLE BROIHERS,
INV l2 429 Broad street.
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Our polite correspondent in the Capitol
will see that another antiquarian has an
swered the query OF "WIEM.' Co.
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NAVIGATION ON THE BALTIC RE6PESED.-
Cronstadt, Nay 1G.-Steamcr communlca-
ton with st. Petersburgh is reGpencd. The
ice has broken up as far as Nsibe.
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OF THE WEST CON-
ID ISG-why, TO see the unprecedentedly low
prices at WIilTLOCk'S for goods, and TO sec how
IFS douc. Those AIpac:s at %, 80, and 50c.; those
two-button Kids at so and 75c.; those Solid anu
Fancy-Strpc Hose at 10, IS, and 20c those = 10,
and 15c rqueS. j. G. VIII LoCh,,
. nv @ IfUS MILL s'iee''
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9o-GENT S'FtbIsE.

DOCKS AT 80 CENTS.
TENNYSON. complete in volume:
SHAKESPEARE, coslplcl" In volume:
BYRON, complete In volume;
POPE, complete In volume:
TUPPER. complete In volume
MILTON. complete in / Volume
SCOTT.
MOORE.
GOLDSMITH,
SANE.
WHITTIER,
COWPER.
DLCKENS'S COMPLETE WORKS. u .o,rne>:
WAVERLY.2 % volumes:
BUL WEIR. rs volumes:
OUIDA. Is volumes:
MRS. HOLMES, Il volume:
MARION HkRLAND. 10 volumes:
INEZ. MACARIA, BECLNli. By Augusta L,als
PEERLESS KATHLEEN. By Cora Ayn.w.i
FAITHFUL MARGUERITE. ~ Ami. h.!.-
LADY LEN0RA. by CARR" conkrir.
THROWN on TIE WORLD. Ey l"r;.a Nt"'
HASD.ihooK OF POPULAR QroyA.
TONS.
Our space Is too small 10 rmumrrat". tn: "-yn
I; great many and popular works w''-;a $3.50.
Sl.75 and S2-al nicely brult In ci"tu.
Send for catalogue t.
myl2 90 BROAD STREET.
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MT HO, FOR THE BROAD-STREEI
DRY. GOODS EMPORIUM!-NEW GOODS! NEW
GO0DS! CHEAP GOODS! CHEAP GOODS =
Second supply OF new and cheap DRESS GOODS
NLPACAS. WHITE GOODS. Lawns. CASSI-
MERES, LINENS. Sc, just received at WILLIAM
.THALHDfER'S, 6u1 Broad street:
100 pieces pretty styles DRESS GOODS at 25c
worth SIC. 30 pieces pretty styles DRESS GOODS
Mt 20c. worth Soc; so pieces new styles BEST
LAWNS at l2hc. worth 20c.: 80 pieces new styles
FRENCH ORGANDIES at csc. 4 yard: BLACK
ALPACAS ut 25c. worth 37c., ut 30c. worth 40c.;
BLACK ALPACAS 1T SIC. worth 3Oc at 3Oc
worth 7Uc.-sivc me CALI on Black Alpacas for
bargains; BLACK GRENADINES. In new styles,
Mt all prices from 12H TO 75c.; WHITE P1QUES at
1Oc. worth 16c., Ut 12sc. worth zoe; LACE
STRIPED MUSLINS-af fun line, very cheap; ZOO
yards FRENCH VICTORIA LAWN at lac. worth
25c.-this Is the cheapest goods ever offered In the
city; 500 yards remnants IRISH LINEN at 5Oc.
worth 75c.: 400 yards remnants IRISH LINEN at
6Oc. worth 9Oc.; full line OF all kinds OF WHITE
GOODS at low prices; cheap stock OF CASSl-
MERES and LINENS for mems and boys wear;
LINENS for ladies' suits GRASS.CLOIHS.& c:-
I'm which can sell bargains: 800 FRENCH-WO Owe
LACE-TOP CORSETSat soc. would be cheap Ut
9Oc. Call early and secure one at
-, WILLIAM THAI,HIMER'S,
COL Broad street.
KID-GLOvE. DEPOT of WILLIAM THALHI-
SlER. COL Broad street: 500 pairs excellent TW y
BUTTON KIDS at 50c. II pair, In all shades Ignt
and dark; 500 pairs best TWO-BUTTOS KIDS ut
75c and sim the latest shades. This Is al extra
good and cheap lot, and ask Il call from those IN
want OF Kid Gloves .. my Il,
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|rTyHE AbiERIC ANaS0FT CAPSULE
i CO.'S Price-List of New Goods tput up in me-
talhe boxesl, now ready. Address VICTOR +.
MAUG yR, General Agent, Nos. Toe, ~ 0s, and IL
hoade sti eets New 0rk. my 15-8m
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ME- SIDE AND SPACE-PLAITING,
without the use of hotiron. Satisfaction guaran-
tccd with all goods. Orders received and delivered
the same day.. Only 8 cents plated yard at
.... L. W. CORBET'S
Stamping and Plating Depot aud
my l6-6t* Notion-IIouse, 81 Broad street.
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TOOK UT!
sTI-DY YOUR OWN INTEREST,"
SAVE MONEY WHERE YOU CAN.
SOW OR NEVER.
Eoa 1928 523.
o- BROAD STREET
Is the place.

T.. STERN 4 CO., having determined to tiscou-
tinuc the dry goods business will sell from this day
their whole Stock of DRY GOODS, FANCY and
WHITE GOODS, NOTIONS. &C., 1T and below
cost to close business. Parties desiring to pur-
chase dry goods would do well to look at our stock
and low prices. You can save from twenty-five TO
thirty per cent by buying from US. Most OF our
goods having been purchased At auction, ana now
marked down TO prime cost, makes them the cheap
est ever offered in this city before. Special aten-
ton IL called TO our -.
DOUBLE:WIDTH ALPACA LUSTRE at Gle
worth 30cs: ..... #r ...-.
rs pieces BLACK MOHAIRS at prime cost:
/ OuG0 yards best PRINTS ut &C.;
5000 yards A pERCALE Ut Sc. worth 12Ec.;
40 pieces WHITE PIQUE ut &C.;
rs pieces DRESS GOODS-rhe latest stycS-ant
beautiful NEW SHADES at 1885,. reduced from
20, 80, and 40c.
These arc the cheapest goods In the city.
WHITE VICTORIA LAWN at 12Ec. worth 2Oc.;
BLACK and WHITE PLAlDS 1T 12kc. worth zoe.
EMBROIDERED CORSETS reduced from *l.75 tc
81;
10000 pair HOSE at l24c.-a great bargain:
$500 yards IRISH LINEN at SOC. worth 81;
The cheapest DRESS GOODS in the city. ..-
Call ut once and see for yourselves at
L. STERN s. CO.'S, 623 Broad street,
between Fifth aud Sixth.
5000 pair best KIDS at 5Oc., reduced from 81.
my aI' 50 -.
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DRY GOODS.
In DRY GOODS
DAILY OPENING AT JULIUS MEYrp,.
No. Gl3 BROAD STREET

DAILY OPENING AT JULIUS MEYER.
NO. COS BROAD STREET.
Some extraordinary bargains In BLACK Silks
Large stock of DRESS GOODS, at ycry In,..
prices: ''"F'
10 pieces SHEPHERD PLAIDs, from 1jr,
Beautiful line Of COLORED BASKET Irth,
DIMES. very cheap; 't'N"-
10 pieces STRIPED DRESS LINENS warrant.
pure linen, ut 25c. worth 40c,: ""''
The cheapest line Of BLACK ALPACAs eyo-
shown; ''"'
500 SILK and SERGE PARAsCnS AMI cry
CMBHELLAS, selling 1T prices ~h!ch cam.
be beat: "-'-
so pieces VICTORIA LAWNS at lG'.c. FOR which
you pay 25c. elsewhere; '~"
A new lot OF those handsome ENBROIUrprn
CORSETS ut s worth $50: '''
The best Soc. CORSET IN the city:
Ladies' regular made BALBRiGGhE HOSE =,
Acc. worth Coo: - "'
1000 pairs TWO-RUTTON OPERA KIDS =,
Soc: 49,
500 nicccs HAMBURGH EDG!NGS and INSERT
1NGS al prices to astonish Won:
and up. 49,
Call and sec how cheap Dry GoH.!- are ..,lify1,
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Call and sec how cheap Dry Goo'!- are ,.iala,
JULIUS MEYERS.
Agency for DEMOEEST'S RELIABLE PAT.
iLh->"' ~ T-''Os!
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CPRIN G GOODS! SPRisN,,sGEl
1 s9er Hu and BhcE; Ladies, Misses'J ~
and Chidren's Kid NEWPORT Tes; Br r%.Efor old
Bottom, Low-He Gaisers--hand-SE snIs. ladies'
Fine Pebble Goatand Foxed Balmorais ss:so sSees
tenlens French Calf and Goa, Caller In ths
"itv for Ak irrmks Satchels, Shawl.Stfann,,, a"N
cty ior 90. ti""NS' w r. w TAYLoRS
oser,Ia'efsa' Fourth aud Broad streets.
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GO sO LADIES KID NEW 1
9A.CO. PORTS At
j. A. GRlGGS.
ap2S Tenth and Main streets.
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co S0 i. y ID l. : ID H
SZ.OU. FoXED TUITION BooTS<Az
at }. \. GRtGG'S.
ap2S Ttuh ana Main streets.
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THE COLORED SISTER'S CHOICE.

am one Of the colord sIstcrin
Aud can't tell whar Pm vine,
FOR rs troubled bout my gOus faith
ana n0n't Know what ChuI Ch 10 line.
Try on try on this poor Old heart says try
For ] want 10 be an angel white
with the good Lord when die,
Each tells ne thCirn's the only church,
And theiIns the christian baud,
lhati take me STRAIT to hehen's gate,
Ana TO the promised land,
Try on try on, this poor old heart says try
bars de Meiodis-l like their shout,
But the sprinkin will not do
But they Tubs we sisters mighty well,
And our good fried chicken too,
Try on, Try on, this poor old heart says Try.
Oars dc Piscopals- says thay is right,
And they all seem mighty intent,
And tells me | viii 90 to hcben
II only die In lent
Try on, try on, this poor old heart says try.
But then, they says-ior forty days,
Dis Niger must last auh pray,
so ~ give them up ASA hard old case,
And try hebcn an udder way,
Try on, try on, this poor old heart says try
Now do Prestcrians--ls dc stocracy church,
And they are mighty quiet and still,
They mOut let me Inc their little band,
For cont live on "rhc Hill"
Try on, try on, this poor OLD heart says Try.
De Hardshell Baptist they comes next,
The best people ever born,
They will wash dis humble uiggcr's feet
And let her take horn,
Try on try on, this poor old heart Gays try.
But they is opposed TO the mission cause
And oppose to de- sunday schools,
Then what would become Of my liIrr lana
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MISCELLANEOUS.

There will be two hundred and ninety
nine new money.order offices established on
the second of July, and one hundred and
sixty additional on the first Of October
General G. n. lIenningsen, well known
in years past in connection with the Walker
expedition to Nicaragua, died at Washing.
ton, aged sixty'two years,
Several delegations from different parts
of the south have visited the President and
have assured him Of the hearty acquesccnce
OF the people of their respective sections in
the policy which they understand is guiding
the administration in so far as relates TO
the control of Offices in the southern states
Mr.. Linderman, the director of the
mint, expresses the opinion that at the next
session a plan for the reissue of the silver
dollar will be agreed upon. He says that
all are agreed that it would be desirable to
issue the silver dollars, but nobody wants to
do so in way that would affect unfavorably
the price OF our bonds. lie thinks the plan
agreed upon will answer the demands of the
silver men, while it will not injure the value
of the bonds. There will, therefore, be in
his opinion limit to the legal-tender
character of the silver dollar, but he believes
it will be liberal one.
Mr.. Wyman, treasurer of the United
States, and Mr.. Mcpherson, superintendent
of the bureau of engraving and printing,
who were appointed committee to prepare
a report on the fractional currency, will
soon complete their report. 1t will show
the total amount in circulation in any one
year and the amount at present outstanding.
The total issues were in round numbers
$lS2,00O,OOO This currency is coming in
for redemption at the rate of about 100000
a month. Years must elapse before it will
cease to come in. 1t is found that at least
S100OO,OO0 of the whole amount, or more
than two per cent, has been lost or destroyed,
and the government is, therefore, gamer
by that amount
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-28
Easy Lesson In Physiology.

Surprising your age to be Is or there
about. You have 100 bones and 500
muscles; your blood weighs 25 pounds,
and your heart is inches in length and
3 inches in diameter, it beats 70 times
per minute, 1900 times per hour, l00,-
500 times per day, and 36,772, 200 times
per year. At each beat little over 2
ounces of blood is thrown out of it; and
each day it receives and discharges about
7 tons of that wonderful fluid. Your
lungs will contain a gallon of air, and
YOU inhale "A, 900 gallons per day. The
aggregate surface of the cells of your
lungs, suppesing them to be spread out,
exceeds 10000 square inches. The
weight of your brain is 3 pounds when
you are a man it will weigh about S
ounces more. Your nerves exceed TO-
1000 in number. Your skin is COM
posed of three LAYERS, and varies from I
to . of an inch in thickness. The area
of you skin is about LOO square inches.
Each square inch contains $500 sweating
tubes or respiratory pores, each of
which may be likened to a little drain
tile / of an inch long, making an aggre-
gate length on the entire surface OF your
body of 20l l66 feet, or tile ditch for
draining the body almost 40 miles long
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of the countries lying south Of the United
States on the American continent to be
about $500, 100000. Our share OF this amount
is about $ll20OO,O0O, Of which only about
thirty.seven million is transported in Amer.
lean vessels and under the American flag.
The proposed drill for the champion.
ship of Tennessee, by the Porter Rifles, Of
Nashville, and the Chickasaw Guards, of
Memphis, at Huntsville, Ala, was brought
to dead lock by the refusal of the Rifles to
proceed with the exhibition unless they
were allowed to include the bayonet exer.
else and skirmish drill. The friends of each
claim that their respective company is right,
but as the match was intended to decide
tic existing by reason of previous trails, at
which the bayonet exercise and skirmish
drill were not allowed, the Memphis com.
pany claim the championship. The ex.
pectcd match caused great enthusiasm in the
state, and this sudden unlookcd.for break.
up causes much outspoken disgust.
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POLAR EXPLORATION.
Cant. IIowgnte Proposes 10 START nm fS'
prditiOB ia july.

/
In anticipation of the next congress
apporpriating the $4,000 recommended
bv the committe on naval affairs OF the
last congress, Capt HOwgate, of the sig
nal service, Washington, proposes this
wear to send out small vessel to the
northern seas about July |, under the
command of Capt Tyson, of Polaris fame,
to gather together during the present
season Espuimaux, dogs, sledges and
clothing for the regular expedition,
which will start next spring, the supplies
so collected to Re transferred 10 the
regular vessel at Disco in August of 1878,
and the little ono to return then to the
United States. This will insure good
for the colony and prevent
delay. To do this without delay, money
to the amount of $4,000 or SIC, 900 must
be raised by subscription.
Capt. Tyson has made a rough estimate
of the cost of this advance guard, which
amounts to $500. To this small expe-
dition whaling outfit is provided for.
Thf object of this is to fill up profitably
the otherwise unoccupied time OF the
crew, and it is believed that the catch Of
and seal-will repay the whole
cost of the expedition, if only average
success is met with. Capt. Howgaie APP
peals to the business men of New YORK
and elsewhere to help him to raise i the
sum needed for the outfit. Only So,ioo
in cash is wanted. Five hundred dollars
Of this amount the captain himself SUP
,cribed Merchants having casks, boats,
Whaling gear, bread, -four, PORK; etc.
an subscribe these articles IN Kind
y. World.
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The Coming Cotton Crop.

The committee on information and
statistics for the Savannah (Ga.) cotton
exchange make the following reports for
the month Of May:
Georgia, One hundred and ninety re-
plies, from siNLy.iOur counties, show the
increased area in land planted to be two
and half per cent. The weather has
been generally more favorable than last
year. There was too much rain in the
early spring the nights have been too
cool, and latterly the weather has been
too dry. The stands are good but the
crop is two weeks later than last year.
Labor is about the same in number, but
improved in efficiency. Complaints of
want of rain arc very general.
Florida.-FOrty replies from sixteen
counties state that there has been but a
slight increase in the area Of land planted
in cotton. The weather has been less
favorable than last year, the nights being
too cool. The stands are generally good.
The crop is two weeks later than that of
last season. Labor is decidedly bettcs
than heretofore. But little guano bar
ever been used in this state The plant
is very small, but has been well cult
waited. There are complaints from some
sections of cutworms and lice.
South Carolina The Charleston ex-
change report, covering twenty-seven
counties in this state, says the area in
cotton planted has decreased three per
cent. Weather uniavorahe; stand in
most cases bad, and ten to twenty days
later than last year. Fields clean, but
plant small and backward, and, from
want of rain and cool nights, maxi
ing slow growth Labor abundant and
efficient. Use of fertilizers decreased five
and one. half per cent.
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There seems to he a race ont west IA to
which of the two parties will be TIE first to
get on the silver platform. 1t is clear
now that the democrats will be the first
in the field, and are determined to pre-
sent the silver issue as the controlling
one in the fall elections. 1t is notable,
however, that the leading republican
organs OF the west, the Cincinnati Com
mercial and the Chicago Tribune, are
strong Y committed to the old silver dol.
lar, and it is an open secret that Presi-
dent Hayes is profoundly convinced of
the unwisdom of paying the public debt
in dearer currency than that in which it
was contracted. Senator Thurman, of
Ohio, one of the most high-minded and
conservative democrats in the country,
has come out in strong argument in
favor OF this cold silver dollar" 1t is
as certain as any event of the future,
that when congress meets, there will he
scarcely any effective opposition to silver
as well as gold, being recognized as a
legal tender for all debts, public as well
as private.--N ~ Graphic.
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PETRlFIED BONES.


For several months past we have heard
some OF the stock men of this valley speak
of boncyard some thirty miles east OF
here, on the edge of the desert. Rufus
DllIurd, Jack Parton and Andrew Fog-
ter, Stockmen, came in from there last
Monday and brought in large quantity
OF teeth and some large bones. | will
give you their description as near as |
can recolleCt it. These bones are found
in low volcanic sand ridges and alkai
flats, and extend over distance of four
or five miles in length and about one
mile in width. The bones can be found
on top of the earth and sticking up
through the drifting sands by hundreds
and thousands, from the size of mouse
upwards, My informant haI no knowI.
edge Of what lies buried beneath the
sand and alkali flats, and all the speci-
mems were taken from the top OF the
ground. They say there is small
alkali pond at the edge of the
main deposit Of the pCtrltcd bones,
and over an area Of about eighty acres
those bones lie ON the ground.
The largest bone measures thirty
inches in length, with no sign of the
knuckle on either end, and from the
shape OF the ends we Judge must have
been twelve or fourteen inches longer.
IT is perfectly straight and nearly round
in the middle. The circumference of
the large end is sixteen inches, and the
smaller is twelve and a half inches. The
next one is slightly curved and rather
Hat, and has two knuckles on the upper
end. We judge il to be in length
stIalght across from tip to tip, twenty
four inches; around the curve, twenty
eight inches. This bone is as perfect as
it ever was, and it is petrifed Now
comes the incest fossil of the whole, a
part of the under jaw bone, thirteen !
inches long, six inches wide at the widest |
end, and four inches at the other. One
side of the bone has been split off and
shows six perfect teeth, firmly set in the
jaw and beautifully petriiied They
measure across one and one fourth by
one inch, There is another tooth, though
4 jaw tooth, that measures two and one.
hall inches one way, that has been split
open; | could not get the size the other
way. 1t is five aud one half inches long.
Now comes one of the strangcSt of this
strange bone deposit, Vast quantities
Of stone arrow heads such AS were
used by Indians, are found through
these bones. 1t looks as though these
were surrounded by water, and
perhaps got poisoned by the water, and
persisted by the thousands; then some
chemical properties in the water or
ground petrified them. There are thous-
lnds of bones that are not petrifed. Este
San Francisco Chronicle.