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AUCTION SALES.
TO-DA
.ToHN SHERMAN q CO., Real Estate Auctoneers,
~ st. Cloud Building.

John SHERMAN d Co, Real Estate Auctioneers,
~ st. Cloud Building
TRUSTEES SALE or TWO SMALL BRICK
DWELLING HOUSES ON TWENTY FOURTH
STREET, BETWEEN NJ AND n, STREETS
NOKrHWEST
February, A. D. 1870 duly recorded I'm Lber No. SOS.
folio 10 Of the land records Of the District Of Co
lumbia, and NJ the request Of the party secured
thereby we will sell 1t public auclo In front OF the
premises on SATURDAY, the an day of January,
1870 NJ o'clock y. 1n lot numbered thiryhrce, IN
square numbered twenty.tOur, in the city OF wash
ington. in said District Of Columbia together with the
improvements, &c.
Terms One-thiTd cash, balance In six and twelve
months. with interest at per cent To be Sc
cured on the property sold. deposit 500 required
ut time Of sale. All cOnveyancng nt purchaser $
cost Terms Ufsae TO be complied with in seven days.
WIN. !; MArIiNGLY,..., Trustees.
CHARLES H.. PRENTlSS, J i''
WM NJ SMITH, salesman. dec2l,2d2s,3l inn2d
THE ABOVE SALE Is HEREBY POSTPONED
10 TUESDAY, the 18th day Of January, 1879, ut the
same hour and place. -
WM. r ,MiASTTtgNLY, Trustees.
ngpo1,Gdg
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PROPOSALS. FOR PAPER FOR THE PUBLIC
a. PRINTING

Sealed proposals viii he received until Wednesday,
January - 1879, al 10 o'clock NJ, for furnishing the
Paper for the Public Printing until the 3lst OF Jan.
uaTy, 1851 the said proposals to he opened beorea ana
the award OF contracts 10 be made by the Joiht COM
mlttee Public Printing TO the lowest ana best bid
der for the interests at the Government, the Commit.
tee rescrvng 70 itself the right TO reject any ana all
bids, as lis Judgment Of the best Interests OF inc Gov
eminent may dictate
Detailed schedules OF the description, quantity, and
quality OF the paper required, accompanied by Sln-
pies and blank proposals, and giving the regulations
with which bidders must cOmLlv, can be obtained by
addressing J. u. Deirecs, Public Printer, Washington,
u. g.
Tie contracts will be entered into for such quaint
ties us may he needed during the year ana no more
the estimated quantities set forth IN detail In the
SOO 900 rcRms OF best mschlne.hnish printing paper
2iXiS.
$1,000 reams culeudered printing paper 2iXtS
$500 resus Calendered printing paper, different
sizes.
$500 reams sized and caendered printing paper
different sizes.
/ 600 reams sized and cllendered tinted printing pa
per of different sizes,
100 reans eng ne-szed paper for t'Ohico blanks
different sizes.
5000 pounds map paper, different sizes and weights
10000 pounds plate paper
1900 reams white writing paper different sizes and
weights.
G,iOO reams colorcd writing paper, different sizes
and weights.
900 reRms manila paper, dllfcrcnt sizes.
5000 sheets imitation parchment dnerenl sizes
2O,OOl reams bank-nOte paper
1880 sheets of glu2l bond paper NO. u.
3O,0O0gheets card board,
By direction OF the Joint Committee Of Congress on
Public Printing. JNO ID DEF hEl%S,
WAsniSGToS, Dec. q, ISIS. Public Printer
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ICnEArRE CoMIQUE.
NOTICE TO MOUNT VERNON PASSENGERS,
BarIow's Gallery of Fine Arts,


ON FREE EXHIBITION AND FOR SALE,
OIL Paintings, Engravngs, Photographers, and
Photographs.
Frames In Russia Leather, Fire GILT, Velvet, and
Nlchle, for POTCclnns and Miniatures
PaSsepartOuts and Mats to order
All the New style. OF Velvet and SIX Frames.
Gold Frames Of all kinds for Portraits Landscapes
&c, made to order. Ola Frames Regilt.
Mirrors, Picture Rods, and Cornce7 put mn.
Pictures unpacked, packed, and hung up by com
petcnt wOrknen.
silver, GIT, and Copper Wire (pan and twisted).
Cords with or without wire.
Screw Eyes Nails. Sc.
Paintings Lined, Cleaned, and Restored by
II. \. BARLOW.
All work done on the premises, and guaranteed
equal to any house u The county, ana TrlCe, Li low.
M parties wishing work done, by sending noe by
mail viii meet with prompt attention.
NOTICE.
party representing that he has worked for me ns
RCstor.r of OH Paintings, md Inns injured some val
liable pictures, warn all persons against. He IS an
imposter, aud has never worked for or with me.
n. B-No come y4On with any other firm. up22-3in
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Tho Continental National Bank to- ay sold 5000 600
worth Of per cent bonds.
Money was easy at 2,s614. closingat5.
Forcig uoxchauge was firm at is3iS9F4 for long ana
So "a lSs for demand.
Government bonds were active.
state bonds were dull. Louisiana consos declined
from % to Co aud recovered TO o.. District Column
biH advanced to STA and North Carolina new to &C.
Railroad bonds were firm and there was rise OF "a
a per cent. New Jersey Central issues led the nd
vance, adjustment selling up to co. consolidated hrss
assented to M, and convertible asscnted to u. Chl'
Cago and Northwestern consolidated gold coupons
rose TO loj Lehigh and Wllkcsbnrre consolidated rs.
scented 10 Pa ~ Paul (pcrosse divison) o los, Nor
rs and Essex seconds to 40, Boston, Hartford and
Erie rsts to 33G Gin ,innat aad Springfield (guaran-
ted by Lake Shore) to ST. and Chicago, 81 Pan and
Minneapolis land grant income to 81 Great Western
seconds CuupOn) fell of to 80, Toledo anu N0uSl
(st Louis division, eN in9tured coupons 70 " aann
do nsOlidatel COuvCrblp8 to %. G. e. N G irsts
rose 10 u and seconds 10 1874 but both issues Suisse
quentlv declined lsM d per cent.
The W. ok opened viii greAt activity and excitement
Mt the stock EAchnugc Enormous blocks OF storks
WEI taken uu of The street for Investment nuu iran'-
nc ions aggregated larger amount tlnn on any pre-
vuus day for months past. There was ~ advance ~
lion Of ow siocks the clos ng sales were or close
on " the high st figures. Lite IN the day the NORTH
wc,tcrn shares tel the marKet sell ing mp TO IS for
common and to sfr for The preferred. Next ~ olni
. activity were Lake Shore aud Delaware Ia ka'
tie largest dealings we're In New Yok C,ntr. Rock
Island, and pttsburg. The aggregated 29bW shares
orwhlch 3iUJ were ERIE 40 were Lake shore 400
were Wabash. 5s,jOJ were Northwestern common
2hoj wcres Paul, $500 were Delaware iAGknWanne
and Western 5000 were New Jersey Central, lWN
were Delaware and iludson. 5,O0j We're Morris aud ~
Central . Sit wore q O. St0Iwcre OHIO md Mis-
sls5ipp u1p were Western UulOn 800 were Pac Nc
Matt aud li,W0Werc - Louis Kansas CITY ana NORTH
crn,
Tue following were the closing prices
Money age ~
''"'''''' 1904
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rVyRUSTEEs SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY,
L ON THE SOUTH SIDE or G. STREET
NoRrIWES.r, BETWEEN FIRST AND SEQ


by virtue OF deed of trust dated March N, 1872,
recorded in lber So g7S, folio &C. of the land records
Of the District of Columbia, and nj the request OF the
party secured thereby, Will sell, nj public auction,
in front Of the premises on WEDNESDAY, the 10 h
day of January, 1879 at o'clock D. m, the tullOMlng
described real estate situate IN the city OF ashing
ton District Of Columbia, viZ The west thirteen feet
front of lot numbered twenty ,l), OF kcl yS sllul-
vision of lot eight ~, IN McEunns subdivision OF lot
three C), of square numbered five hundred and sew
entytour ODD being part of lot improved by atwo'
story Brick House.
Terms orsale; Onc-third In cash fofwlirh $50 must
be paid at sne); the deferred payments to be paid In
six, twelve and eighteen months, with interest ut
the rate of per cent per annum, until naid, ana Sc
cured by deed Of trust nd insurance TO The saisiaG-
ton of the trustee. Terms to be fully complied WIN
within six days after tie day Of snlei otherwise the
trustee reserves the right iesefi. Rlor one week
notice at the risk and OF the FIRST purchaser. All
convcynnc cling At the purchaser cost.
Ia3tiS0s WIN. II. WARD, Trustee.
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EELIX pFSFOssES FRENCH BAKER
Il VIENNA ROLLS a SPECIALITY.

lsNEARS OF INCREASING SUCCESS.
FElIA DitSFOSSE,
the wen known aud only real French baker IN Wash
mgtOU, has removed to No. 2Ol2 II street, between
Twentieth md lwenty-irst streets near pennsyl.
wanna avenue where, N house expressly butt for
the purpose, he has greater facilities than before for
the uanumcturc Of the best French and American
Bread. French Bread speciality Liberal terms of
lered to hotels and dealers
~ B-French Bread vs. recommended for persons VI
delicate health, especially Tor those suffering rom
dy spepsin, Beware OF limitations, dcetH
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE,
FINANCIAL.
Nem Ynrl, Money Mnrllcl,

New York Money Market
NEW YoEK Jan Is, 1872,
The Imports OF specie Or The week amour, to So.
OO
The sub.Treaslry's gold balance to-day on account
ofine exchange OF legal tenders WAS $4,000.
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REANIER & DOWNING,


l00l PENN, I'VE IOJI FENN ANI-
A e. NH'ElIEOY
GLIDER, MANUFACTURER OF PIER AND
MANTEL MIRRORS,
Gold and Walnut Frames Of every description.
Window 1Ornices dc, made to Older, -
OLD FRAMES REPAIRED AND REdILE
Mirrors ard Pictures rmuved and rehung, Pic.
ure Hooks, Nails cold, silver ana copper wires
Mats, Velvet Frames, pHssc- ParlOuts, Nc,
Picture Rod-Gllt, Walnut, and Oak put up ~ the
shortest notice, ana ~ rcas enable rates,
As all work Is done on The premises, am prepared
to do the At % per cent less llin any thlahsh-
mont This side OF New York, and vii guarantees sat
islactlOn Mirrors aud FgtgroH care Mlly pnrked, un-
puCkctl, aud hung boy experienced WOrGnlen,
Orders hy mail promptly attended to,
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THE SMITH 4 EGGE MANUFACTURING {

LOCK BOX 1905, BRIDGEPORT CONN,
Manufacturers Of speCiaties In Light Hardware and
metallic goods ge..ei ally Government and Giant Pad
locks sewing Machine Locks, Piano Locks, Organ
Locks the Automatically nGts Guiu Nltsh CHAM, SUI
perIOr to every other and very much cheaper No
special pulley required. The smith Fgge Manufac-
turing Company also gives special attention to the
making OF estimates for the cost of the manufacture
OF patented iuycutiOns and all the necessary tools
and the manufacturing Of the same on royalty. All
Communications treated cOnHdentiAly deif.eod-Gm
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PROFESSIONAL.

DR. BOsWORTH, 01S L STREET n. W., IS THE
~ most skillml and the only Scientific Medical
Electrician ever In this city. All nervous and chronic
diseases positively cured. Female diseases special
j, Patterson, S. G.; Samuel Normcnt, Washington ID.
c., and others. Consultation free. nOlEly
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FUTURE DAYS.
THESE GO0DS MUST M SOLD.
DON'T NEGLECT THIS CHANCE.
United srATEs MARsIIAEs SALE.

Remember. GO Pennsylvania avenue, under the
Metropolitan Hotel. 1ali
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
baltimore AND ONO RAILROAD.

The great double-tracl
NATIONAL ltOU m AND SHORT LINE
to the
NORTH, i-gRTHWEST WEST, AND SOUTH.
WEST,
TO TAKE EFFECT
SUNDAY, OWEN BIER IL, 1878 at $50 4. n.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16

the request was made. The woman be-
gan by telling him that she had kept a
secret locked in her breast for years, and
now that she was going to die she could
no longer remain silent. She did not
wish to go to her grave as the partner in
n great fraud. She then informed Mr..
Horton that his wife Jessie was her
daughter, that she was the illegitimate
child of Reynolds, and that the secret
which had 20 long been kept was the
cause OF the death of Mr.. Reynolds's
wife, who grieved herself into an early
grave on account of the fraud which
Reynolds was practising in palming off
Jessie as his legitimate daughter. The
woman informed Mr.. Horton that Jessie
knew nothing OF these facts; that she was
perfectly innocent and believed herself
the legitimate daughter of Reynolds.
She stated that Jessie was born in Will
mington, N. c., after Reynolds had mar
ried, and he notified his wife that she
must adopt the child as her own and rear
it as such. He threatened both his wife
and the mother of the child with death
should they divulge the facts. Mrs.
Reynolds died broken-hearted after years
of grief and shame
Mark Horton, after hearing the story
of the quadroon woman, at once went to
Reynolds, and confronted him with the
facts. The latter did not deny the state
ment of the woman, but told Horton that
he had better remain silent, as an expos
ure would bring shame on both families.
But Horton belonged to an old-fashioned,
high-bred family, and pride was the
most striking characteristic. He notified
Reynolds that he would send Jessie back
to him, with their child, and that he
would at onte apply for a divorce. He
then went back to his home, called Jes-
sic into a private apartment, and there
told her the story of the q1adroon woman,
who was then dying as he repeated the
words she had spoken to him.
The wife was struck with terror and
could not utter word. She acted for a
while as il bereft of her senses. When
she became composed she found herself
and child in her fathers house. She at
once became an object of pity and SYM
pathy. She viii see no one, and passes
her time locked in her room with her
child. -.
This exposure broke up the Horton
family, the old man, selling out and re-
turning to North Carolina, and Mark
having left a few days since for Cali
| fornia-after the court had declared the
marriage. void because of fraud. Rey-
nolds is endeavoring to dispose of his
property, intending also. to leave the
country. He is blamed by everybody
for the misery he has brought upon his
unhappy daughter and the Horizons. He
attempted to induce his daughter to
contest the divorce suit, but she was not
in condition to appear in court. The
case brought together the largest crowd
ever gathered in Walker county.
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Feeling i'm OratOry.

Some one asked Sheridan, the wit and
orator, why he went to hear the &C.
centric Rowland Hill preach. 81 CO."
he replied, because the ideas come red
hot from the heart"
A young preacher who had made a
failure in DIR. Emmons' pulpit COM
planned that somehow he couldn't get
into his subject"
"Do you know the reason why?'
asked the caustic old man. at is
because your subject never got into
you" ....
These two anecdotes will suggest to
the youth who desires to become an ora
tor two primary lessons. One is, that un-
less the subject possesses the speaker, he
will fail to make it take hold of the
audience. The second is, that deep feel
ing is essential to the speaker who would
produce emotion in others.
Matthews, the essayist, puts this
thought in pat way: "The bullets, ac-
cording to the hunters superstition, are
sure to hit the mark if they have first
been dipped in the huntsman's blood"
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Use Good Language.

A writer, in advising youth to abandon
slang and acquire the habit of writing
and speaking good English, says:
The longer they live the more difficult
the acquisition of good language, will
be; and if the golden age of youth, the
proper time for the acquisition Of Ian
guage, be passed in abuse, the unfortun-
ate victim of neglected education is very
probably doomed to talk slang for life.
Money is not necessary to procure this
education. Every person has it in his
power. He has to use the language
which he reads instead of the slang
which he hears; to form taste from the
best speakers and poets of the country;
to treasure up choice phrases in his mem
ory and habituate himself to their use,
avoiding at the same time that pedantic
precision and bombast which show rather
the weakness of vain ambition than the
polish of an educated mind. 10
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The Reading Lesson.


At an inspection I was at last spring
in the neighborhood of London, large
class of boys and girls were to read to the
Inspectors assistant. A boy began:
" The potato in its native soil. America
is small and is not fit to be eaten" cob,
stop! try again." said the teacher, jok-
ingly. 81 thought you was going to tell
me about the potato, not about America"
The boy read it again exactly in the
same way. | glance down the whole
class, and saw that not one of the faces
showed that the children knew what was
meant when he. was again told that he
was wrong. However, the assistant, who
was evidently an experienced teacher,
soon brought them to understand, and
then they were all much amused. But
every child must have read that
lesson some dozen Zines The fact of
one boy making such mistake was not
to be wondered at; he might have been
shy and stupid; but that not one of the
children could discover the mistake, was
somewhat startling.
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Ten in each row. Then on ton of each

Ten in each row. Then on top of each
tier lay another one, with some ten inches
of ashes between, until there were eleven
and one half feet of skeletons and ashes
in depth, covering the top of the altar
with ashes some seven feet-supposed to
be about fifty skeletons in all and 7 400
bushels of ashes.
Upon or over the Uranium of each of
these skeletons lay fiat rock, each
skeleton showing signs of having been
burned about the waist before inter
ment With the exception of these
burned portions, the skeletons were re-
markably well preserved, ashes and salt
petre preserving them-their teeth
round and entire, all of the incisions
pointed or serrated. At the lower part of
the chest were numerous relics, most of
which were ornaments composed of can
mel coal, shell and stone. By the side
of each of these skulls was found wisp
of hair or cue some twelve inches long,
tied in three places. Then, commingled
with the ashes and skeletons, were found
great quantities of relics, such as Hints,
arrow-heads, axes, scrapers, pelters and
knives, some of which | procured from
Mr.. jolly and brought home with me.
This wonderful development in this
cave is very peculiar, and is yet without
parallel. Hence it is very interesting
to the archaologist and scientist.
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Why the Pyramid Was Built.

1t was built to supply the Egyptian
public with the means of sliding down
hill in country where snow never falls.
The Egyptian who paid the requisite
entrance fee was allowed to ascend the
pyramid by the staircase, and then to
Slide down the polished granite side,
plunging pleasantly and harmlessly into
the sand at the foot No sleds or other
apparatus are needed. The Egyptian
simply sat down on the warm and COM
Portable granite, and slid down without
any unpleasant friction. Doubtless, this
was a fashionable amusement for both
sexes and all ages, and the builders or
lessees of the Great Pyramid Sliding
Bank must have made good thing out
of If
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Explicit Enough.

The following "rules" are posted up in
a store in town, and are certainly expli-
,citenough forall practical purposes:
The proprietor is not in; don't know
when he will be.lY -~4 EC7
We have no money tolend, but borrow
all we can. e - - ,aasf.
. The person who repeats anything from
- HPinaforen viii lEbe bounced.
Don't want any supenders; got a loft
full up stairs.
Don't want any lead pencils; buy them
by the ton.
Are not in want of soap; have a con
.tractswith J. w Swalley.
No shoe sblacking required; we wear
patent feathers.
5fCoffns provided for book agents and
canvassers
= Daff-yfogs in=tho cellar; feed him on
peddlers.
| Office hours for tramps from IL p. m.,
to 3 a. m. e.~- so
|. All beggars are bounced. .- a.. d
+. Bonncer goes by steam.
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Do NOT let coffee and tea stand in tin.
KEEP your salt spoons out of the salt
and clean them often.
LARD requires no other care than to
be kept in dry, cool place.
ScALD your wooden ware often, and
keep your tinware perfectly drys
KEEP your casters covered with blot
ting paper and green flannel
CREAM of tartar rubbed upon soiled
white kid gloves, cleanses them very
much. Ess .eeszaA rsG-gs
A, WARM bath Outgoing to bed is the
best aid to sleep. A woman under so
should have eight hours of sleep.
RHEUMATISM can often be removed
by application to the painful part of
cloths wet in weak solution of salsoda
The wash needs to be lukewarm.
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STARTLING DISCOVERIES.
rpr. F. stinsou in Evansville Journal. ]

fpr. F. stnson in Evansville Journall
Below give the result of an archeo-
logical search made during two weeks
rambling through the hills and valleys
of Perry county. Ind, and Breckinridge
county, KY.
First, found in the bend of what is
called Folks Bottom or Tobin's Point,
fire pits, quite number, at an average
depth of ten feet below the surface. In
these pits were ashes, fire Goals, arrow
heads and stone-axes. In one Mr.. To-
bin found tanners feshing knife and
two pieces of French silver coin, only
dating back little over a hundred
years, showing about what date these
fre-places were last used, and that ten
feet of solid dirt had formed on the top
of them in less than one hundred years.
On the surface, above the pits or fire.
places, there were abundance of signs of
camping grounds, covered over with
fiints, mussle-shells, etc. Great quanti-
ties of arrow-heads have been found on
the surface all over this bend. ! next
went in company with James J. Wheeler
to what is known as Cedar Lick Cave,
situated four miles north of Rome, Spen-
Ger county. Here we found that the
aborigines had occupied this cave or
rock-house as dwelling for perhaps CEN
turies, for we found ashes and burnt
earth for some three feet deep, all over
the bottom of this cave, which was thirty
by forty feet Buried IN these ashes had
been found human skeletons, with ar
row-heads, axes and fragments of flint.
Some hundred and fifty yards from this
rock-house we found two holes drilled in
sandstone eight inches in diameter at
the top, tapering to the bottom, twenty
two inches deep These are called NOR
tars, and by the bye, learned of some
seventy-fve of these mortars in Breckin-
ridge county, KY, all about the same
| pattern. In some of these mortars were
found powders, but nowhere were pes
| ties found that could have been used for
| pounding corn in these mortars. = next
visited cave situated about two miles
north Of Hardensburg, Breckenridge
county, KY, on Harders Creek. This
cave or rock-house was forty by twenty
| feet in diameter.
Mr.. H. Clay Jolly dug into this cave
in the year 1872, when he found eleven
and half feet of ashes all oyer the bot
| TOM In the center and at the bottom
was an altar, built of sandstone, based
Upon stool of sandstone. The altar was
| twefty-six by twenty three inches.in di-
ameter thirty four inches high, aconcave
on the top, and filled with ashes and fire
Goals. On two sides of this altar lay tier
of human skeletons, as shown in the fol
lowing diagram:
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A Strange Animal.

A strange animal has been discovered
in Berks county, Pa. The what is it "
is represented to be about four feet tall,
long arms, with but two tt, on-like fingers
on each paw; feet without toes, burrows
on its head, body smooth and naked,
quite yellow, looking as if it had been
wallowing in clay. Jared Rissmiller
heard of the animal 1t had run up to-
ward Mr.. Schmehl with extended paws,
and then darted into cornficld and was
lost to view. The two men then went
in search, and discovered the animal on
the other side of the field lying near the
fence. 1t reared up on its hind legs like
a man. Rissmiller says it is yellowish
brown in color, has no hair, small eyes
and face, arms about fourteen inches
long, legs somewhat longer, the hands
and feet resembling those of human
being and has two horns on the top of the
head