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LITTLE GOLDEN HEADS.
HOW Some Mothers Keep the Clint o.
their Children's Tresses

cit is said that some mothers manage to keep
the bright golden hue in their chdren's tresses
long time, remarked reporter to q lady con-
nected with Chicago establishment of human
hair goods. as she stood looking at the passing
crowds.
''Ah. yes" she answered, "that isso. kept
the color in my little girls hair until she was
15 and then she had vanity enough to take care
OF 1t herself. Her hair was very fine and long
when she was only 6 years old, but it began to
turn dark so every other day I washed it in
soda and common soap, and when it was dry
brushed it thoroughly, and then curled it. Once
week l rubbed the scalp with a raw egg
Washing the hair is not injurious when it is
thoroughly brushed after becoming dry"
"A great many children passing by here have
beautiful golden hair floating behind like a
flame; how do you account for it?" asked the
reporter Of the trafficker in human frizzes and
bangs. as he entered the shop.
"Oh, it is usually artificial said he. "Chi-
dren of wealthy parents have French bonnie
potash. and puts it up in curl papers every
night. Their hair does not curl naturally. YOU
know. No, sir, do not think that salt water is
Injurious. l have known children to possess
very luxuriant hair who had it washed in salt
water from the days of babyhood. Then some
ladies who admire dark eyes and light hair keep
their childrens locks bleached. How do they
accomplish it, Easily enough. They wash it
In lemon juice once week, and the acid
mothers heart to see her boys beautiful ringlets
clipped off when he takes q notion that he
wants clOse-crOpped hair in order to look manly
Yellow silken hair is all the rage for the petted
youngsters OF the rich. and 1t is very much Cul-
tlVated among young bellies.
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TOMORROW.
WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO.. Auctioneers.
SALE BY CATALOGUE
BARE ANTIQUE AND FASHIONABLE FUR,

Rare ANTIQUE AND FASHIONABLE FURNI-
1oJ ISRE En- At T., PULLS SHE. .pr
SHoGLD Miss hi lis sE APP5FTGS 81 Ahr
PARTIALLY ENUM RATED:
Handsome Rosewood Bouffet large Mirror back.
bronze edallion trimmings, made to order Paris.
ported at cost OF H. two Bronze Vases very rare
aud srtstically carved; Walnut Bouffet Mirror back.
traced with gold, Lisbon Marble-Top: eight hand
some Walnut Dining-roo Chairs, seat and back up
holstered in leather rare old Mahogany Sideboard.
beautifully naid andhghly polished Cocobua Recep-
ton Chairs upholstered in plush; Gilt Reception Chair
Tennessee marble top; elegant gilt frame Pier Mirror
bracket IL feet high two handsome Gard Tables claw
feet; 1a5lor Suite. upholstered in silk and plush; al
touches, Walnut Mnnc cabinets. Caro- Tables. brass
claw feet; Mahogany Dressing Stands, claw feet Ebony
Corner Chairs Music Racks; Marble Bust of Washing
ton Mahogany Cabinet beve ledge plate glass. come
thing very fine; Antique Candelabras; India Urn and
Vienna Cofe Fots Antique Toilet Glass brass mount
ings two fine Candelabras Antique Desk. very old
elegant Brass Fender and Androns: TWO fine Hall
Chairs; handsome Rosewood Center Table, with Writ
ing Desk and Secret Drawers combined very costly:
Pair Antique Vases very rare Antique Coffee Urns;
Mahogany Table. brass Trimmings: shefied Silver
SR1. 70 THE
One Antique Corner Cupboard beautifully inlaid and
Handsomely finished. = rare piece Of workmanship.
We must say that this SALE as will be noticed en-
braces some Of the rarest and most costly furniture
that h1f SfsR offered sSs sae fer 9n %s
ELtNES U6LocK A. n, the sale viii take place. e.
within the Salesroom of Waiter B. Will ans Co., cor
ner til street and Pennsylvania avenue.
on h1h1sHf esy B. Wi K sfe Co.,
eep18-2t Auctioners.
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JESSE JAMES, WIDOW.
She Claims to Have Been Damaged by
q st. Louis Publisher.

From the st. Lonis Globe Democrat.
The dull routine of court life is about to be
enliyened by a s., 600 damage suit, in which the
widow and the mother of the late lamented Col
Jesse James will appear as plaintiffs and the
local publishing firm of j. H. Chambers & Co.
will pose as defendants.
The petition will be filed in the circuit court
to-day by the attorneys of Mrs. James and Mrs.
Samuels, Messrs. Charles P. johnson and j. F.
Merryman. It alleges that on April 8, 1882,
Jesse, the husband and son of the plaintiffs, and
the pride Of a large circle of admiring friends In
Jackson and Clay counties and other sections of
western Missouri, was assassinated by one
Robert W. Ford. Subsequently the defendants
hired one Frank Triplett, an author, to write
the manuscript Of work entitled 1.-THE
Life, Times and Treacherous Death of Jesse
James," In order to give the book the
appearance OF being authentic. the defendants
engaged Mrs. James and Mrs. Samuels ito assist
the author by debating and furnishing facts for
said book to said Frank Triplett." In consider
alton OF these services and Of the permission
granted by Mrs. James to advertise the work as
gotten out under her supervision, the plaintiffs
were by the terms Of their contract made with
the defendants to receive per cent royalty on
the first ID, 900 volumes sold at $3.50 each and
10 per cent on all subsequent sales. The petition
further alleges that the defendants sold 20 600
copies OF SAID work, and that they have paid the
plaintiffs thus tar only $50. The contract it is
alleged, also stipulateS that plaintiffs were to
receive from defendants, free of charge 100
bound volumes OF said work. and that thus far
they have received out twenty volumes In the
event OF the forfeiture of the contract the de-
PENDANTS obligated themselves to turn over TO
the plaintiffs the eectrotype plates cuts and en-
cravings used in getting up the work, which
were to become the sole property of the plain
tiiis In this they failed, it is asserted, as in all
other respects, to carry out the agreement. for
which reason the plaintiffs now sue tor 81. 900
and costs -0'N
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The Lost Ledge.
From the Reese River zeal Raveilla

rom Tue reese lIlVer (Cal.3 Rovellle.
few days since the Rsoeile spoke of the ear
ly days OF Big Creek. and of its failure as q min
ing camp. Lodges were there but they were so
base that no known process could make them
profitable, and so Big Creek became deserted as
mining center. But the greatest failure. or
rather mystery. known in the annals of mining
is the loss of the Whitlacht Union ledge. The
mine is over in Marshall Canon, not over a mile
and half from town. In early days it was dis.
covered and opened out. Just imagine a ledge
between seven and eight feet thick of 5000 ore !
Yet fabulous as this seems. the Whitacht Union
had Just such ledge. 1t was like mining twen-
ty-dOllar pieces. fine hosting works was
erected. many men were employed, the mine
opened out Systematically and the owners were
preparing to sit back and enjoying themselves
in elegant ease, for nothing like it had ever been
heard of before. Everything went along SWIM
mlngly for little while. until one day the min
ers came to a break in the ledge. 1t was as good
as ever up to the break but it suddenly stopped.
ana the break was as clean and complete as if it
lad been cut out with knife Beyond and all
around was nothing but barren rock or course
we can nnd 1t again, thought the owners it has
only shipped OIL during some EARTHQUAKE or other
commOtion OF nature, and q few days prospect
ing will bring IL to light. Full of this idea they
commenced prospecting. and they kept prospect.
ing until thousands of feet of drifts and shafts
had been run and sunk and fortunes spent. but
still ledge. Nor has it been found to this day.
now many years after. A large standing reward
has been offered for its discovery, but the hills
have SO completely buried their secret that the
most prying inquisitivensss Of the most expert
enced miners has failed to get it. Theories of
all kinds have been advanced and many OF them
put to practical tests, but all In vain; the Whit
lacht Union will not reveal its hiding place. It
u a very common thing for the Manhattan lodges
to break OF In the same shape. but the miners
know just where to 60 to pick up the other piece
OF it. The same tactics applied on the Whitlacht
Union utterly failed to discover the lost ledge.
When it quit 1t was not very deep, and the sur
rounding country has been 90 thoroughly honey
canibsd by miners searching for 1t that It seems
clearly established that 1t IL not anywhere near
me portion that was worked out But where Is
t! Some Of these days 1t may bs stumbled
aeress just ~ alucky miner 1nds . nugget. In
I'll that time 1t viii Be s.oken Of a. the Yost lad ge
efniax mystery unsaualed In the history
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WEEKS & CO., Auctioneers.
SITUATED on THE CORNER OF new HAMP
SHIRE AVENUE AND STREET NORTH
WEST.
The undersigned Trustee by virtue of two de- -
crees passed by the Supreme Court of the Distrct
of Columbs, Equity Cause No. g. 5l4 one dM 49,
offer for sale at public auction in front of the remi-
ses, on MONDAY SEPTEMBER TWENTY FOUIH
1883. at FOUR O'CLOCK P. NJ the following described
property. to wit: Lots numbered ten and eleven in
ton, ID. 6 situate on the corner of New Hampshire
avenue and street northwest and containing about
square ieet of ground. and fronting about 6S
inches on street. and 40 feet IL inches on New
ing This property viii be sold in parcel upon the
following terms, to WIT:
Onethird in cash. and the balance except seventeen
hundred dollars and interest thereon hereinafter
months from day Of SALE with interest The purchaser
to give his notes for said deferred paymen secured
by deed OF trust upon the premises pay all cash. at
his option. The said seventeen hundref dollars AID
debtedness secured upon one undivided half Of said
premises by ed Of trust, dated November 1st 1882
payable In three years after date recorded Lber
iol6. folio 3O7, land records OF the District Of Column
ba shall constitute the last deferred payment the
purchase money! and be assumed and paid by the pur
chaser when due. Said properly viii be sold and
discharged from all taxes and ssments. deposit
OF one hundred dollars shall be made by purchaser
At the lime OF SALE and all conveyancng and recording
shall be paid for by him. If the terms of sale not
compiled W.T. within days from the day SALE the
property will be resold at the risk and Of the
VIM B. B. P 1as,ys,S. .v.nn.
JOHN T. ENNIS.
P. B. ST1LSON. Attorney. sepl3. 15 II. l9 q. 22&24
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The Lost Thirty.ThOusand.PO
Note.


From All The Year Round.
Somewhere about the year .174O one of the
directors Of the Bank Of England, a man OF
wealth and Of unimpeachable honor bought an
estate for ESQ 600, and for convenience sake ob-
tanned note for that amount On returning
home, Just as he was about to put 1t under lock
and key. he was called out of the room and
placed the note on the mantelpiece On coming
back few minutes later no note was to he
seen. No one had entered the room in his
absence, and after an anxious search he came to
the conclusion that the precious bit of paper
had fallen into the fire. and had been consumed.
Hnrrying Off to Observation-Disclosures, he told
MS colleagues what had happened. and they
gave him a second note upon his under
taking to restore the lost one if il should
come again into his hands, and in case
OF Its being presented by anybody else.
repay the amount to the bank Thirty years af-
terward. when he had long been dead and his
estate distributed among his heirs, the supposed
nOn-existent note turned up at the bank coun-
ter, where 1t was presented for payment. All
with IL were lost upon the presentee-the note
had come to him from abroad In the course of
business. and 1t must be hon0red without DELAY.
There beiag no help for IL he was paid the
fSO.OOO. Application was made to the repre-
ssntatives OF the defunct director to refund the
msnsy. but they promptly disclaimed their liza
bility, and the bank perforce had to put up with
the loss. The story goes that it was discovered
chow or when we are net informed) that the
builder employed to pull down the dead mans
mousse, preparatory to rearing new one on the
site, had found the note In crsvioe in tho chin
ney. and kept 1t and his ewn counsel NATL he
thought 1t was safe to reap tho reward Of his
patience ana aascrnpulousness, and 80 become
rich man Of q stroke.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS
TnoMAs BOWLING. AuCuons.r.
CATALOGUE AAI1
EIE6 ANT GOODS,


COMPRISING ONE sEvEN-oCTAvE PIANO CUP.
RIdHT). MADE BY HENsEL. OF PARIS;
eEvRES CHINA SET. COMPRISING CHAN
DKLIER. WITH oANDELABRAs AND
TWO LAMPS; SEvRES CHINA MANTLE SET,
COMPRISING CLOCK AND CANDILADRAs;
ELEGANT CABINET, BEAUTIFULLY INLAID
AND FINISHED WITH FRENCH FIRE GILT
MoUNTINGs; VERY HANDSOME FRENCH
PLATE GILL MIRROR; ANTIQUE ITALIAN
CABINET. EXCLUSIVELY INLAID WITH
IVORY:VERY OLD ROSEWOOD TABLES;vER
HANDSOME PARL0R SUITE Is PIECEs). UP
HOLsTERED IN FIGURED SILk REP; FRENCH
POUF. UPHOLSTERED IN SILK AND EX-
QUIsITE HANDwoRK; ANTIQUE ROSEWOOD
CHAIR. GILT TABLE, FRENCH PRINTS. FIRE
PLACE SUITS; WALNUT MARBLE TOP SIDE
BOARD. WALNUT PILLAR EXTENSION
TABLE; 10 HIGH BACK WALNUT DINING
CHAIRS; DECORATED FRENCH CHINA DIN
NER SERVICE PLATED WARE RUSSIAN CUPS
AND SAUCERS; FANCY AND ELEGANT PIECES
OF CHINA; SEvRES BREAKFAST SET; LOT
BOEBACHE FINE CUT AND ENGRAVED CRYS-
tai; NEARLY NEW TELESCOPE; FRENCH
BEDSTEADS. IN WALNUT AND BRASS. WITH
MATTRESSES COMPLETE; MAHOGANY SET.
COMPRISING MIRRoR-FRoNT ARMoIRs. b.
REAU. WASHSTAND AND TABLE; HALL
TABLE MIRROR AND RACK.
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF FINE COPPER
COOKING UTENSILS, TOGETHER WITH
MANY OTHER ARTICLES. ALL OF WHICH
WERE MADE IN PARIS AND RUSSIA.
FoHRTH. 1881. AZ HALf.PAsT TEN O'CLOCK.
shall sell ut the residence Of MI. De Wamov. Acting
superior COLLECTION Of furniture. etc. All of which
were imported by the Consul.
SATURDAY. sEPTEMBER TWENTY SECOND.
sep17-et THOMAS DOWNING, Auct.
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AUCTION SALES.
AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
vTNHoMAS BOWLING. Austousse.
CHANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED REAL EsrATK
SITUATE ON THK CORNER OF THIR ZENITH
AND STRxETS S0UTHWEsT. BEINa HREM.
THIS A AFTERNOON

CAAMoERY SALE OF IMPROVED REAL EsrATK
sNp ~ nHf S3FEER Hs HNEI
isEs isSs B sTskEf And soi F ns II
-. By virtue Of sssrss a the Supreme Court Or
ne District sr e Columbia. passed In equity cause
WIN ofer for ssls at public aucsiol, 90 MEDNksbAY.
1883 n HALF-PA8T FOUR O'CLOCK p n, In front
Of the premises the following dsscr bed real sstat
to wits All Of original L1i numbered tan fIO), In
square numbered two hundred and Exty- (36s),
improved BY two frame houses. said lot fronts
D street south; The property will first Be offered In
ing thereto viii be nrst offered. unless the rustes in
his discretion should deem proper to offer the other
then the property win be offered as An entirety
Terms OF SALE a. prescribed BY decree II sold In two
parcels e-third GO cash; the remainder in t6)
third cp cash: and remainder in one CI and two ca
years. Cash payment or Payments to he made on day
payments to be evidenced by promssory notes of the
said notes to bear interest at the 6 per &c
Der annnm till paid Title to be retained by Trustee
until entire purchase money Is paid at the option Of
the purchaser or purchasers q deed deeds will be
erty should be sold in lot deposit Of 500 to Be
made at time of sale If sold In lots then 500 de-
post Tor tho larger and $50 FOR the
time conveysncing and recording 10 be at cost Of
plied with within 90 days the property, the
part thereof tn respect to which default made will
be resod at the risk AMI cost of the defsutng pur
chaser or chasers. after five 90 days notice. aud
THOMAS 1. GARDNER, Trustee.
sep7-d&ds No. 8l1 18th street north west.
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tsOur Old NANNY ,,


'sWhat's that for?" asked Free Press man,
as he saw car driver on Woodward avenue
take nickel from his pocket and pass 1t into
the fare box
"For her. -
'What herr" e.
The Car stopped and the driver got down
with 'good morning, nanny" and assisted
an old woman of seventy to enter the car.
Ibid YOU pay for herr"
'.Yes'
'Why?"
"Well. the story runs back for almost two
years, he said, as he picked up his lines. Il
reckon you know Bill?'
Eyes"
"Weil, two years ago he was one Of tn
toughest men in Detroit. He drank. swore,
grumbed and had all the other vices lying
around loose. tell you. he was a terror when
Of duty and on spree. He was getting so bad
on his car that another week would have
bounced him, but something happened"
''What?"
HE was coming up one evening half drum k
and full of evil. and somewhere about Daven-
port street he lurched over the dashboard. He
caught and was dragged aud the horse began to
KICK and run. That old woman there was the
only passenger on the car. and when she saw the
accident She caEae out grabbed the flying lines
with one hand and the brake with the other, and
looking down upon Bill she called out:
wicked young man and not fit to die!''
Gwen, she stopped that car and held to the
morse until some one came along and helped Bill
out OF his fix and she was all the time calling
MN poor bow and my SON. and thanking God
he was not killed. He had close call, though.
ana 1t was solemn warning. From that night
ne hasn't taken drink. and no driver on this
line has cleaner mouth or is taking better care
of himself"
And the old woman?"
"She lives away out along with daughter
Manys the dollar Bill has sent after her since that
night IN the way of clothes and provisions, and
neil never Together. The story came to the
rest OF us alter awhile, and we've sort Of adopt
ed her as "Our Old Nanny We help her on
ana OH. pay her nickel out of our own pockets,
and when the car isn't too full we have min
utes chat with her. She likes US all, and we
wouldn't trade her Oft for the whole line. It's q
DIT OF romance among ourselves, YOU see."
Yes DID she ever talk to your
Ibid she? She sat right there on that stool
one DAY Two months ago and said:
My son, let drink alone! it robs the pocket.
cheats the brain and leaves you frlendless! Don't
swear! oaths go with vicious soul! Keep
your temper. The man who can't control his
temper Is no better than Gagged wolff
She SAID that with her blue eyes reading nv
soul and her old voice trembling with earnest
ness, and every word went right to my heart
and lodged there. Shes had something to say
to most OF the boys, and reckon each one Is
the better for it. Curious, amt It, how we
found our old nanny, and maybe you'll be-
leve with some of the rest OF Us that Providence
had hand In it. "-Day0a Free Press.
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THE BEAUTIFUL CONGO.
JOtlings by a Correspondent I'm Afric.
with Stanley.

Ordinarily the Congo is beautiful in detail.
imposing as a whole. writes the London Tele-
graph correspondent who is with Stanley In
deed, for river of its magnitude, it would
need Alps to form suitable cliffs for such a
breadth Of water In this portion however,
some of the general effects are strikingly i'm
pressive. A splendid expanse of stream reflects
on its placid surface the blue sky and creamy
white clouds above it; on che side are green
hills and purple woods, and on the other the
nimitabIy graceful borassus palms which,
in rows and groups, rise on their slender
trunks high above the low green shrubs,
and crown majestically the long splits
of white sand that launch themselves
The Zanzibaris have found a fine fish just caught
in one Of the native basket-work traps and
they ask permission to stop at some sand bank
and cook it. This is accorded. and we are soon
alongside long reach of sand, on which some
Bayanzt are already seated. OF course our re-
cepton is cordial, and while the Zanzibaris are
commencing the cooking go off to see the ma
tive village close by. called Mbila 1t is pretty,
contented, quietlOoking spot. embosomed in
great groves of bananas and surrounded by
plantations Of maniOc. At the time enter it.
except few women who are attending to their
household duties. every one is absent on the
beach, chatting with the Zanzibaris; therefore
nave it pretty much to myself. but my arrival
causes much excitement among the fowls and
dogs. who apparently are frightened at my
white face and fly in all directions. The
fowls cackle and screech, but the dogs
are too awe struck to make any noise:
indeed, in this country they never seem to have
acquired the power Of barking. In front
of several dwellings are the signs OF domestic
avocations actively going on. Large jars and
other vessels Of pottery are standing to dry in
the sun, and basketwOrk in all it's stages is lying
about. The houses are well constructed and
well kept, and the people who are now flockng
back to the village look we'll fed and prosper
Gus. InvOluntary the thought comes to me-
what contented peaceful sort of life this isl
Few wants. and those easily supplied: no luxury
and no starvation; no warnings after the I'M
known; no vague, unsatis6ed aspirations, and
no heart breakings; everything thoroughly posi-
tive, we'll ordered and material. How will this
meet the shock of advancing civilization-ofthe
approaching contact of black and white2 The
natives tell me am the first of my color who
has set foot in their village, and they seemed
proud and rejoced at my visit. May they never
look back to it with sorrow as marking the ad-
vent of new and sorrOWful change in their
hitherto peaceful annals.
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The Wedding Eve 81 Trustful EshIyu
and Her Dear George W. simpson.

The Wo0dtny Eve Of TRustRul EthIyn
and Her De@r George W. simPson-
From the Chicago Tribune.
'Do you like apple pie7"
The soft, signing wind Of q dreamy, one
light-undershirt-ap d-no-suspender evening In
June was kissing the fluffy mass OF golden hair
that surmountedI Ethlyn MoNulty's perfectly
shaped head as she looked trustingly up into
the face Of the one man in all the wide. wide
world to whom she had given the priceless
treasure of her girlish, summer-resort love.
George W. Simpson felt the balm of her dough-
nut breath on his lips and knew that, come
veal or woe, be the day radiant with the
golden sunshine of Fortune, or darkened by
the gaunt, haggard figure of Despair, there
would always be one heart that beat for him
alone Ere the last rays of another setting
sun shall again gild the eternal hills and such
stray cows as happen to be standing around q
cassocked priest shall make these twain one for
life and George will be twenty dollars loser
This last thought steals over him as he stands
there. Ethlyns arms around his neck, and as it
swashes mOurnfullv around the precincts of his
soul his thoughts drift back to the happy past,
when he was merry, light hearted boy with a
sore toe. But suddenly the touch of a damask
cheek against his own brings the reverie to a
close pair of bright, sparkling eyes-eyes
pense--are looking at him, and he fancies that
in their depths he sees tinge Of melancholy, a
lambert CLEAN of no-caramels- for three days
that goes to his very heart.
You are sad. my darling" he says, pressing
her closely to the 'midship rib of his iarboard
side. "Why do you look so sorrowful2"
Because )" she replies, you have not an
swered my question. asked you If you liked
apple pie.'
'Yes, a" he says. 81 do. 1 am deeply enamored
of pie in every shape"
Hardly have the words left his lips when Eth
lyn's head droops and presently her 1.-the form Is
shaken by storm Of sobs George is horror
stricken. He has not felt such shock since the
Philadelphia nine won game.
''Why do you weep, my precious one?" he
asks, bending tenderly over her.
Because" she answers him. her voice husky
with grief, Il cannot make pie"
sis this true? Are you certain there is no
mistaken"
None. none." Ethlyn means, desparingly; 81
cannot cook at ALL"
Then he says. raining shower of kisses
on the upturned face, you are more precious
to me than ever"