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LADIES' BRoCADE VELVET AND BRocApE
PLUSH WRAPS.
s25: worth to import $50
s29; worth to import ) 90
$50: worth TO import SIS

$50: worth TO import SIS
Our s25 plush jacques cannot be equaea in regard tn
Qnaty ut and Workmanship. they being ~ inches long
Win go .o saIn lining ms sacqns We have been sell
have therefore reduced the same TO s25
w Ss sP u ss fre@ @n sgG tTe quilted
Black DIAGONAL Goth Newm rkcts fnll lenyth. with
dep Astraehan oar and entirely trminedour price
4S coored cloth Russian Circulars 81 IS: worth az
% superlos Ottoman cloth Russian Circulars. tur-
plush lining at s2'. to close; were $50 So
Spleniid qua itv black Diagonal cloth Jack Is with
ornaments. at 81 as: wort S.
Colored cloth ackets. from 81 so up
ITen'y-four superior quality diagonal cloth New
sizes 81 to AZ, at sI2; were SIS
We have without doubt the largest and best selected
in the city 'A~ Ae''
GREAT SLAUGHTER IN CHILDREN's CLoAKs
Every lad, intending to purchase winter cloak this
seaso onld throughy ins -ct this complete stock
before making her selection 1t will amply repay her
both as regards style. quality and price.
CHILDREN's POLO CAPS.
made of the finest Atwood Jersey CLOTH reduced to IA
cents Colors-Garnet. navy blue, brown green csrdi-
FURS AND FUR TRIMMINGS
in endless va ty at half of last years prices Grand
, bargains IN every department.
LANSBURGH 4 BRO,
NIL SEVENTH STREET.
k1NG's PALACE.
GREAT SLAUGHTER IN CLoAKs AND MILLINERY
READ KINGS PALACE PRICES
cI TlesEant D 1oLM n NEwMARKETs RUSSIAN
All styles of JACKETS at s. s4so S. S. 5oand a.
$50 SILK and SATIN WRAPS at 90, $40 and sla
SILK PLUSH GARMENTS below market value
1000 Misses and Chlldren's HAvELocKs and NEW
and Sc ' - o. o. o. o.
and 81 25
1000 Children's Elegant TRIMMED HATS At Csc
&c.. 75c, 81 and 81 10
BIRDS. PLUMES. WINGS, TIPS. RIBBONS. VEL
sold elsewhere.
Ladies' UNDERWEAR. CoRSETs and KID GLOVES
below manufacturers prices
DO not buy until You have examined our stock and
ascertaIned our prices you wish save your money
KINGS PALACE,
nj SlA SEVENTH STREET
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"IiltlslOns Oh 7EemOry.,,

FROM the \. L. Graphic.
very peculiar sensation that most people
have experienced is when taking q walk or
speaking to somebody to have it suddenly flash
across the memory that the whole thing has
TRANSFERRED before, although the locality is new
one or the circumstance entirely novel. 1t APP
pears that this is common experience that
people are one time or another sure to feel
Professor Osborn of Princeton. has lately pub
lished an article upon the subject entitled "fliu-
sous of Memory" In his Investigations as to
this strange sensation he finds that nearly
everybody has noticed it. Some are affected by
1t only in regard to the locations. Others norcet
onIyln connection with strangers and still others
when words are spoken or when music is PLAYED.
On" man relates how he visited the city prison
OF Mazatlan in Mexico The courtyard paved
with cObbIeStones. the barred gates the several
roomS-everythlng seemed as familiar TO him as
home Yet he had never been within 8 900 miles
OF the place till this journey. Another was sit
ting in church when suddenly the words of the
speaker, his tone the time. the place ard sur
roundings all suggested to him that he had
been under precisely the same circumstances
before. 1t seems that the condition which ap-
pears to be recalled is very often very trivial
one: 1t Is very evanescent and rarely if ever
recalled by a voluntary effort. 1t often seems
that the duplicate condition had not only oc-
CURED once before. but that it was familiar and
even habitual One explanation given of this
phenomenon Is that when fatigued or partially
conscious one hemisphere of the brain only is
called into action forming faint impression
the other hanging fire. until suddenly aroused
by attention both hemispheres unite TO form a
distinct impression. There then arises vague
consciousness that the ideas have passed
through the mind before while the brefness of
the time interval is overlooked because of the
indistinct character of the first impression. This
is probably the true explanation; as when peo-
pie experience the sensation they generally at
tribute it to dream they had at some previous
time in which the scene occurred and this is
probably only the faint recollection of the half
OF the brain which first received the impression.
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DRY GOODS.
LASsBuReH & BRo.,
40 A. 424 AND 4es
SEVENTH STREET
INITIATED BY SOME.
EQUALED By NONE
ENVIED BY ALL
1t has come to this. but can't help it-low prices
must prevail.
DRY GOODS.
ALL OUR DRESS GOODS MARKED DOWN.

Beautiful wooi-fllinr pla.ds. in high and suhdued
co l2 cents finer plads at IS cents reduced from
20 .ents.
Plain casheres in all the leading shades I21s cents
Ga Eng .ish cashmere finest imported at - cents
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LADIES GOODS.
Tors. ToYsn Toys,u

have Just opened and we'll selected assortment of
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS
suitable for the Holidays, which recommend to NV
customers and patrons for examination before our
chasing elsewhere
. Specially
A. II. ETCHSTADT
d106t 1906 street northwest
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WORSE THAN THE CHOLERA.
The story OF the Plague in the Cum.
berland Mountains.

y oRTGINATED IN THE Use OF CONTAMINATED
WATER AFTER LONG DROUGHT-THE DEATHS
NUMBER 1.5OO IN POPULATION OF LESS THAN
2.000-THE HERoIsA OF PREACHER
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MISS ANNIE E. HUMPHREY.

7 ROCHON. CORCORAN BUILDING,
a.. FIRST CLASS HAIR DRESSER. FROM PARIS.
Three Patents and Five Medals from ExpOs:tions Of
Paris, Lyons and Vienna
Manufacturer aud importer Of
HUMAN HAIR AND FINE HAIR WORK
LADIES lire Hair Cutting and Hair Dressing.
Hair dyed and shalnpooed III first class manner.
Wigs to order.
ds 537 FIFTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST.
ANTON F1sHrws
Chemical Dry Cleaning Establishment
No. 9p6 G street northwest
THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE
ladies' and Gentlemens Garments; also, Velvet and
Plush Cloaks Grape Wells. laces Gloves etc. per
fectly cleaned by this Superior process
LAD1i $ EVENING DRESSES A SPECIALITY.
Gentenen's Clothes Cleaned by this process will not
lose Their original share and spots guaranteed
to be removed etlectualy Price Sl5v and sL75 per
suit d1
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Carers &, DRprnz
We have Just opened splendid line OF
WILTONS ADMINISTER, MOQUETTS, VELv ET0
BODY BRUSSELS. TAPESTRY AND IN
GRAIN CAktETS
COVERINGS.
An inspection Of our stock IL solicited
HOOE BRO CO,
ee2S-Sm 1928 street
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EuarKA
SOLID WALNUT CHAMBER SUITE. TO- pieces
complete. with MARBLE-ToP DRESSER GLASS 2lx
so. MARBLE-ToP CoMBIN lTIoN wAsH-sTANp
with bracket MARBLE Top TABLE q WALNUT
CHAIRS. ROCKER and TOWEL RACK all for sx3 So:
in TENNESSEE MARBLE. s4s
THIS WELL AND BEAUTIFULLY MADE SUITE
VIZ GUARANTEE To BE BETTER THAN ANY
THING OFFERED All TIE PRICE
W. II. H0EKE,
oc20 Corner sth nd Market Sraca
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tne room Win MS TWO children beside him. On
q bed In another corner was the dead body of
the wife. and the third child. baby two years
Old. lay by her side 1t had died of starvation.
and 10 Its hunger had torn the breasts of its
mother with its teeth.
Gainesville and Lebanon. two Kentucky VII
lagos, are almost depopulated At Gladesv;lle
there lived Methodist circuit rider the Rev.
Joseph Emmons. who received S25Ofor his years
salary. the most OF IL coming from a missionary
society. He had wife and three children to
support on this. When the plague broke out in
the village he devoted his whole time TO the
care of the sick. lie was at once physician and
nurse, and when the disease had run its fatal
course he gave the dying the consolation Of his
faith. Almost without help, for the people In
their terror gave up all hope and sat down to
OLE be made rough collins and dug shallow
graves to bury the dead. When at last his wife
and two OF his children became victims there
was no one to lend him a helping hand In one
Gay they were all dead, and on the next day he
kneaf alone beside the one grave which he had
dug with his own hand More than one-half of
the people ofthis village have died and the rest
would gladly leave il they had the means or
knew where they ought to go to escape the
plague.
Out Of population of 22,ooo people in the
stricKen section. more than 200 deaths have
0een reported, and wel-informed people like
Dr. Bair, OF Mount Pleasant village. and the
Rev. w. e. Chiders. the presiding elder of the
Barooursviile district of the Methodist church.
say that at least ! 500 people have died from
US eEeets. the most OF whom were children
To add to the distress. forest fires have broken
out on the mountains ana are sweeping every
thing before them. The trees with the mast on
which the people depend TO fatten their hogs.
are being destroyed, cornfelds are burned over
aud cabins and barns swept out of existence.
One village. Perrytown. Va. was nearly burned
up this week; only three or four isolated cabins
out Of about sixty buildings were left The peo-
pie are camping out while erecting new houses
IN q 81.
ho0ds, there has been nothing like q panic
among the people. They do not seem to realize
the extent Of the ravages Of the plague, and
talK scout 1t vaguely Is . dispensation Of GOD
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nOUSEFURNISHINGS.
Pottery AND PORCELAIN.

WE ARE NOW RECEIVING FROM BEST NAME
FkCTUkERS IN EURofE
DECORATED PorrEey AND PORCELAIN Sc
LECrEDl IN PERSON ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SALES
CoMfLETE sroCk KITCHEN UTENSlLS
kDDf RkFhlGEkAToRS 60
NJ W. BEvERip0E
nol3Sm No. i0oe PENN AVENUE
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LRAH,s. cr cryr,,x srnrr,,n
CARPET SwEEPERS
and full line of HOUSE FURNISHING GooDs
GEO WATTS SON
oc2s 3l4 eth ST. doors above Penn ava
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Bismarck,S Snnersfitinns

After the battle of Gravelotte
writes Moritz Busch in HayDsy's Naqn-
e}ae, there was some speculation one
day at dinner as TO what would be the
result of a complete conquest of
France, and the chancellor concluded
an exposition of his views on the sub
iect with the words: "But we should
not speak of the bearskin before we
have shot our bear ! admit that
am superstitious in these matters.
Perhaps something crossed his mind
abou. The grudge of the old Greek
gods. There are not thirteen of rs
for dinner?" inquired his cousin
Count Bismarck Bohlen, counting
the covers one day at Rheims. NO
that's right, for the minister has an
objection to that" Another time
when there were really thirteen of us
attable' drew the attention of Bncber
VINO sa1 beside me, to the fact. But
he 9ade me not to say anything about
IT. as i would put the chief into low
spirits On the l4th of October. 1870, /
General Boyer met the chancellor 81
VersaIleS 70 negotiate on behalf Of
Bazaine. But Bismarck does not coon,
to nave arranged anything definitely
with nun on that day. He asked in
the oufeau what day of the month il
was. ,,la, %Ihe 18th, your excellency."
"Ile lf.n That was Hochkireb and
jena NO business should be copcIud-
ed On 'lla' dayP Perhaps it occurred
to him. 'oo that this 18th of Octoher
was lioaE In 1852 he writes from
Blankenourg to his wife: II had not
as gooa sport at Letzlingen this time
as haa a, Three years ago. II was >
Friday Andin the Same vow @a' - .
" Wli'ss lsa a. an 4gr from Halle: 81 kept cog
itaf-ns satssD all during the journey yester.
DAY "I' after all, it were not Fri
day. 1t was a dies pefastna NOV I - II
tate q! e,.otioD ln proof : Of which he. goes on
- NV series of small discom-
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nne Dimensions of Heaven.

Inc following paragraph entitled
The dimensions of heaven" is from
Lewis's Penny Readings: "And he
measured the city with a reed $4,000
furlongs. The length and breadth
and height of it are equal. ."-Rev. xxi
10. Twelve thousand furlongs equal
100000 feet, which, being cubed.
is496, 793, ,088,OOO, 900, 0O0.OOOcubic feet
Reserying half of this space for the
throne and court of Heaven, and half
the balance for streets, we have the re-
mainder of 124, los, ,292, 100000 OOO
900 cubic feet. Divide this by 1905
the cubical feet in a room sixteen feet
square, and there will be 30,32I843.-
750,000,000 rooms. We will now sun
pose the world always did and always
will contain 990,OO0,O00 inhabitants.
and that a generation lasts 80 1-3
years, making in all 2,070,0O0,00O,OOO
every century, and that the world will
stand l00,00O0O0 years, or 1000 centu-
ries, making in all 2,070,000,000,00O
Then suppose there
were 100 worlds equal to this in the
number of inhabitants and duration
If years, making total of $4,000,
)00,000,000 persons; and there would
De more than hundred rooms sixteen
'eet square Tor each person.
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meet-not her aunt's faded eyes, pu'
Vane Farrar's admiring gaze ana ou'-
stretched hand.
1t was a poor little room, with oa'0
floor and unpainted walls, but 'he
clusters of scarlet bean flowers sn"u-
ing the low windows were not brighter
than Phyllis Trescote's checks as she
turned to meet the admiring smile III
Vane Farrar's handsome eyes.
Explanations and apologies were
soan made, and Phyllis learned for the
first time of her friends treachery'
Il was never engaged to Mr say
age" she assured her lover. And
when our fortune took wings he was
the first to desert us.
Miss Olive Derringer was astounded
when she received an invitation to
the wedding reception of Nane ana
Phyllis.
But though it was one of the most
brilliant affairs of the season, she was
not one of the guests. .-Satufday
Mint.
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NO.5.

forts experienced en- route such as an
inn infested with bugs, INFAMOUS
coffee" Jew peddlers, "some princess
j, from the Reesenjasse," and an oD-
trusiye priyy councillor (geheimra'h)
VINO Travelled in the same coupe
When the title of count was about to
be offered to him, hc hesitated Tor
Iong time whether or not he should
accept it: for he knew that number
of Pomeranian families which had ac-
auired the title hal become extinct IN
comparatively short space OF time
"rhe country cannot afford it, he re
marked. when mentioning the matter
On the evening Of the 23d Of Noyem-
Der. 1870, as we we're sitting at tea IN
Versailles. he began TO speak about ms
death. and stated definitely the age TO
which it was appointed that he should
attain and the year in which it was
appointed that he should die. u
know it." he insisted, when | remon-
strated with him on the subject; ut i
. mystic number" Seven years later
l at Varzin, ne repeated the same assuI
= ance to the narrator of this remarkaol
2 circumstance, but added, "God, how
! ever, only knows
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Bombay, says correspondent, IS eN-
ceedingly interesting to me | love to
soak my handkerchief in camphor, and
then start off in the edge Of the eve
ming for long ramble on foot, obliy-
ious of the danger from cholera and
other prevalent pestilences.
Here is single, lone Chinaman-
the only one L have seen in all bombay
who is stepping along to his shoe
shop. Here is a group of my esteemed
countrymen, as I Immediately gather
from the gilt inscription, ~. 5. 5.
Trenton" around their hat bands, and
also from their sailor suits. They are
slightly moistened with benzine, | can
see, and l have grave doubts as to the
nature Of their mission ashore; but
they compare 50 favorably with the
men from the British ships in conduct
that | do not rebuke them as pass by,
Here are some bootblacks, the first |
have seen since leay ng San Francisco.
Your shoes are always blacked by the
hotel porter, Or the boarding house
orter, or the steamer porter in these
arts, so that the business of the street
urchin is sadly injured. / DO not hear
the familiar American cry, "Shine yer
boots?' These Hindoo bootblacks
should visit New York and see how il
done.
Here great crowd of natives arr
looking off at the sky over the bay. /
took also. but see nothing move on
further until l come in sight of the sea-
shore, when l discover thousands and
thousands of people sitting down and
gazing at the blank cloudless sky. /
ferret out Parsee (the Parsees almost
always speak English and he explains
II all to me. This is the first day OF
the IIindOo New Year, and it is a great
national custom to look for the new
moon. After much looking | discover
the queen of night-the smallest cres
cent | have ever seen.
The streets are thronged with men,
women and children, all attired in COS.
tunes that are more snowy than any |
have ever seen elsewhere in the world.
a series of terrific shriels now rise
above the babel Of street cries.
elbow my way along to the scene of
operations and find that a Hindoo is
piercing the nose of one of his daugh-
'ers, aged perhaps ten years This is,
of course, part Of every Hindoo girls
education, but it is a medicine that is
not appreciated in the taking. The
means adopted for performing the
operation are rather primitive. The
child's head is held by one person, |
while another jams the wire Of the
Jewel through the shrinking cartilage /
of the nostril
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some TOuch of Nature. !"

A burglar entered house in which
a mother was sitting up with SICK
child. 'Sir," she said, in whisper as
soon as she could compose herself to
speak, 'there is nothing of value IN
this house except that child's life, at
least to me, but you may find other
wise. Here, take my keys, search
everywhere, take what you want but
speedily and without noise, | implore
you" She handed him the Keys
placed her fingers to her lips, and
pointed to the door. The burgla
moved quietly away, then turned ana
said in low voice: "Is he very sick
''His life hangs on the continuance oil
this Sleep" "Then he will recover lot
all the noise I'll make" the robber
answered, laying down the keys ana
noiselessly taking his departure, out
absolutely nothing else.
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rrime ExnOsed.

On1y a few months ago the papers
gave an instance of the acuteness OF
French detective. Amau had murder
ed his female companion and buried
her BODY in cellar. The corpse was
discovered, and the man said that the
woman had killed herself by falling
down stairs, and that he had buried
her secretly. fearing to be accused OF
her death. lie asserted that this "accl-
dent took place in the autumn IN
october The detective observed the
traces Of smoke on the ceiling. You
had a candle when you buried the
body" he remarked, and was answer
ed in the Affirmative "And you say
YOU only entered this cellar on that
one day in October?" The suspected
man again averredit, "You are speak
inp falsely" retorted the detective, and
showed the murderer, between the
crevices of the ceiling, the half con
SIM ed Larvae of certain insects when
only lay in the spring, and which hao
, been burnt by his candle at the Time
. when he had actually buried his VIC
II tim. How often has clever forgery
been defeated by some keen observer
who noticed some very triling over
sight in the skilful fraud. Forged
wills have been found out from the
water-mark of the paper not taliying
with their date There is story of a
forged will being propounded in a
. French court, and the forgery was SO
skilful that it appeared impossible to
deny the documents authenticity,
: though certain circumstances caused
: its genuineness to be suspect Il. It
was drawn, not on ordinary paper, but
on the back of map of France pro.
fessedly over century old. The name
, Of the publisher of the map was in the
corner, together with the date, and the
words, photographer to the king
Though the relatives who were injured
by the will felt convinced that fraud
was being practiced upon them, redres
seemed hopeless But a clever LAWYER
discovered that, at the time of the sun
posed publication of the map. the
dignity Of "Geograpler to the kings
had not been conferred upon the map.
maker. The name was correct. that OF
a well-known publisher of charts in his
day, and he had been permitted to
assume the title the forger had added
but not till some years after the date
of the forged map. Investigations
clearly proved that the geographer
never assumed the title till it was
legally conferred upon him, and never
aiterward published u map without
adding it; the map, as well as the will
written upon its back, was forgery
detected by an observer of unusual
acuteness.-LoHdon Standard.
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PORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND. july % 1884,
The Ashes Upon the Hearth.

The Ashes Upon the HEARTH
Twent 70 the old time cottage
Where dwelt in childhood days
looked through the dear old window
That seemed to return my gazei
sought + some sweet reminder
TO bear from my place Of birth
Bot ahi there remained no token
But the ashes upon the hearth.
The chambers were bare and empty
And the echoes seemed 10 say;
"Ohi where is the busy household,
Oh why do the children stay!'
A branch of the veteran oak treos
That now was a century old,
Still curtAined my little window
That mirrored the sunsets gold.
I wandered 10 omother's chamber,
10 the room where father wrote.
No sound broke the mouruiul stiffness
But the chimney swallows note.
Then again sought the kitchen,
Once place Of joy and mirth,
And naught brought the past before me
Like the ashes upon the hearth.
lIow often VIC merry youngsters,
For our chestnuts sweet and brown,
Made bed in the hot wood ashes
With the live Goals dropping down,
While the girls pulled molasses candy
And tossed it with glee on high,
And The golden pippins roasted
lnan carthcn pan near by!
Since those happy days Of childhood
II is fifty years or more,
And the boys and girls have scattered
10 many distant shore,
While some dear hands were folded
And sheltered by Mother Earth
As they dropped away from the spiriI
Like the ashes upon the hearth.