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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-24

For the latest styles and lowest prices call
at uaddOn'S. 2.2l
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Total vote....................". ~ l-b 10 DO
Mr.. Vance will make us a good Senator.
Polished, we'll educated, n splendid lawyer;
endowed by nature with fine talents, he VIII
make an able, honest and cOmpelent legiSl:,-
tor. His nomination is equivalent to an eicc'
ton.
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IF nught good thou canst not say
or thy brother. foe or friend,
Take thou then the silent way,
Lest in word thou shouldst offend.
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Mourning goods q specially at Haddon' S

Ladies' fine shoes cheap at 1Iaddon's. 3-oi
Don't forget the opening. Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, April 1st, End and 3ru at Had
dOnS. 3.2l
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PROGRESS of the Grange.

The Grange had an astonishing. develop
ment some fifteen years ago; then IT. rapidly,
subsidized. Again, Il few years back, it revived
and has since been gaining In strength and ac-
more enduring and useful than the mush-
room growth Of its earlier days. The Grange
is winning place of pcrmancnce and intlu,
encc that shall endure rs long as wisdom ana
energy prevail in it's councils 1t now at
tracts the very best men and women Of many
communities to it's circle, and thus is gaining
a prestige that may be used as II power for
good in commerce and legislation.
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UtBFtt OF LOIlSI CUut, T lIIII uIeH =,
circumference of 2 circle is 3l4l6 times 1ts
diameter.
Area of circle is 3.l4l6 times the square of
its radius.
One horsepower is the power to raise $4,000
pounds. foot per minute .
Area of an eclipse is 1854 times the log din
ameter times the short diameter.
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Honor to An AbbevlIIe Man.

Mr. w. w. Vance, a native Of this county,
who went to Louisiana several years ago Is be-
ing properly appreciated in his new home,
and is rejecting honor upon the county of his
nativity. The B0ssier Banner of the 18Th IN
stant, contains the following:
The nominating convention for this Scna-
toriul District met at Mndcn last Thursday
W. W. Vance, Esq, of this, BnsSicr, parish,
was nominated. Following is the vote:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-24

Cash buyers will find il TO their interest to
call early at Haddons. 3.H
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-24
A TALK ABOUT BANKS.
MIR. GEO. W. WILLIAMS VIEWS ON FL
NANCIAL QUESTIONS.

The National Banking System the
Safest and Best This Country Has
Ever Had. but it is no Longer n
Necessity and Must DO Under-.-
Banking in CharIeSton...A Strong
Argument in Favor of State
Banking Syste'n-.-A United States
Bank Should be Established With
Unlimited Capital.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
Paris Buys Her Street Railways.

The tramway companies of the North
and South may congratulate themselves on
Mondays vote at the Hotel de Vile. II
clinches the decision to buy out these com
panies. The purchase money will proba-
bly, come to IA 100000 francs. The neces-
sary repairs and additions to rolling stock
will impose an expenditure of 5000 0O0
more.
The inhabitants of Paris NAV also be con-
graduated. At the Hotel de Vile ii is held
that outside what used to be the octroi line
of barriers in the early years of the empire
any tramway company au horned by the
city has perfect right to run its vehicles
The annual tribute per mile which the
companies of the North and South paid TO
the Compagnie Generals des Omnibus was
large, and was The reason of their present
financial embarrassments. Were it not for
this they would have paid splendid divi-
dends.
1t is expected that the vote of the NUM-
eipal Council will have the indirect effect
of breaking down the monopoly of the ON
ni5us company. Should this expectation
be realized it will be good thing for the
Parisians. The Paris omnibus was well
enough when Paris was relatively a small
city. The Champ Elysees was the great
artery Of the fashionable world The tide
of west-end life now flows in strong cur
rents in the Boulevards de Malesherbes
and Haussmann, the Avenue de Friedland.
and the other great arterial ways branching
from the Arch of Triumph There are
magnificent districts like Belgravia and
Tyburnia in what, when frs: knew Paris,
used to be the banlieue. The French capt.
tai has, as well as London. becomes city of
great distances, and the old-fasIfioned ON
Dibuses with their circuitous routes are in
adequate to the needs of the population.
London Daily News.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
Living Lights.

The naturalist Mosely captured pyro-
soma four feet long, ten inches IN diameter
with walls an inch in thickness. 1t was
placed upon the deck of the vessel, and for
loug time gave out no light; but when
writing his name upon the animal with his
finger, it came out in letters of fire. Each
letter then seemed to increase in size until
the entire name was lost in blaze of light
that radiated rapidly and soon diffused the
entire animal, presenting marvellous spec
tacle, as if ii had suddenly been heated to
white heat and various chemicals were
being thrown on its surface TO produce diff
ferent colors.
Among the corals the beautiful Cdrpo-
pbjlid is an interesting light-giver, and is
found in quantities in northern as well as
southern waters. When the Atlantic cable
was taken up for repair, numbers of Cargo
phittia electrical were found growing upon
! 1t in water at depth of over mile and
| III this spot of intense darkness ii perhaps
gave out faint CLEAN, its contribution 10
the light OF the submarine world.
Some of the sea anemones, the cousins
Of the corals, are luminous. The light is
generally confined to the tentacles of the
smoother, soft portion of the column near
the summit. We can imagine this beauti-
full column standing, perhaps, upon some
| projecting ledge or at the entrance of some
gloomy cavern. its delicate tentacles light
ing up. then disappearing as the animal
closed, only to reappear cautiously, finally
beaning out in all its splendor, in strange
analogy to the revolving light upon the
shore above. AT times the anemones
might be compared to lightships adrift, as
they are apt TO take refuge or prominence
upon the shell of gayly- bedecked hermit
crab that thus travels about, bearing It's
own lantern, and perhaps preying upon
the animals that are attracted by the strange
beacon.
Some very interesting experiment have
been made with these light-givers. A sim
gle pholas has been found TO render seven
| ounces of milk so luminous that the faces
of persons could be distinguished by it,
| and it looked as if transparent Many
attempts have beer made to render the
luminosity of the pholas permanent The
best result was obtained by placing the
dead mollusk in honey, by which its
property of emitting light lasted more
than year; whenever it was plunged
into warm water the body of the pholas
gave out as much light as ever Marvels
| of Animal Life.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
COMMERCIAL.
sACsAhsENro MARKET.


sAcEAHESTc, May 18th.
craftsmanship. s6da6 30, Li1ass, $40 80
y tozs1 C0eosluts, SS;ass So; California Or
anges, y 2562 so 2 box; Navel Oranges. Sta5;
Riverside Oranges, S. 2j@3 80; Strawberries,
81 50dl 70 r case.
PIE FRUiTS--Assor.eo, 2jj$-fo cans, q cc=,
81 2Qcc1 SO; assorted, gallon cans 81: Peaches
2ia1 cans, 81 30; Portland Biuebsrrcs, , 3 cans
Y. "hGrtiebefrieS, 81 IS; Capital As2arsgua
DRIED FRulTs-A2ples, sliced. sG4c y b;
DO 1GGEteted. 2@eyc; Pears, peeled, 691c;
PlH1as p;tted, 6@7c; Peaches, 5@6s; do
oG61ac; WaoSnarries, u;9i2e; Wigs. California,
good out of market.
IABLl. fEulls--ASsortei. 211s-ib c@us, /: dog,
il s5sgZ Peaches, S2,G2 50; Bartlett. Pears,
10: ioose5er-ies, 81 2592 80; straw berries.
81 5oee2 20; Apr.cots, 81 7o@l rs; Nuscat
t5fnges, d 59gl 70; Red CurTents. 81 sSG2 ~
yEGETABLEs.-Early Rose Potatoes, 9os@
81: Nevada. 81 20a1 80: Onions, Il 500
l 20: Old Onions, 5@512c; Cabbage, So
@ Sne a2 v esgf9Es ig ~ H., njrS ST.
81 D; See;s, 81; Horse Radish, e5c Z, ID: Garlic.
&c: Artjchokes. 49c q dozen: Green Peppers,
2o@25c = 10: String Beans, l5917c q b; Aspara-
bREADSTU Fps-Flour. "a D ~ bbi; oatlneai,
s. IS 9 100 ns; COrnmeal. white and yellow,
Y in Is D. D sacks g . in 10 b sacks, 2 100;
PouLTRY-Liye Turkeys. hens, HAZE
gobblers 99lOc To; Dressed Turkeys, hens, l.
Gle; gobblers. llgl2e : 10 ftIli-grown
Chekens. "a 5Oy35 D dozen; young Aoost-
eTs, y5G6 dozen; Bioilers. a3G4;
tame Ducks, a495 so: Geese. 1902 q q pair
Egga. choice California. l5@l6c; Eastern, lie
r doZ
DAIRY PRODUCTS fancy roll, $50
l9c b ID ranch butter, 17@lSc; picked, 229
30; packed IN hrkins, choice, 2l@22c; conf
racfl, l29lSc; Cheese, California, sole; Vest
eTn Sets, Belle; Martins Cream, i4c.
Hay, GRAIN AND FEED-oat hay, sl4@17 2
on; Alislfa hay, sl2@,l4 2 ton; Bran SIS = ton:
diddlings, sl9 a TOM Barley, whole, paying
81 80, selling 81 so rolled. 81 So Wheat 81 50
cwt: White Wild Oats, 81 S59l2 50: Tame Oats,
s. ietl1 80: Corn. 81 q cwt.
AISCELLANEOUs-Se eds-Alfaifa lO3I11Sc
Timothy, Eastern, Gaze &. 10 Oregon, 6a.1e;
Pep Corn, 31zG.4c q d; Red Clever, I3@Di3l5c;
tied Top, 9910e. Nuts-Chiie T'ainuts, 715@
&c; California Walnuts, 9l5@l03; Almonds, IL q
l2c; Peanuts, California 45@G51Sc La1c tUaiifor.
ois), cans 9zzssa o1ac; Eastern, SjgG9jzc. Rides.
sslt light snd medium. 9e; heavy steers &c; arr,
1879. Tallow, S@31zc Hops-Sales of Pa
cine coast III New YORK, loc market value here,
SC.
MEATs-BeeG 6@616c; Mutton, &c = b; Lamb,
Sc; Veal, S9gc; Hogs. 3I8G414c; dressed
Pork, &C.; Hams, Eastern. fGi2c; California,
lO@1lc; Bacon, medium. SIC: selected, lie:
extra light, lie.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
A Market for Wives.

A remarkable custom exists among the
Roumanians living in the westerly Carpa-
tnians. Every year, at the feast of the
Apostles Peter and Paul a market is held
ON the crest of the Gaina, from 5000 to
5000 feet above the level of the sea. and
here all the marriageable girls of the entire
district assemble with their parents in or
Ger to be viewed and claimed Mothers.
aunts graudmothers and various other fe-
male friends contribute to the dowry, and
this completed, it is carried to the market
on the Gaina, in neatly made trunks, deco
rated with flowers, and carried by the FAM
llys best horses. Cattle, bees and other
household requisites are also added to the
dowry. On the Gain2 every family which
hasa marriageable daughter occupies q dis
tlnct tent, in which the dowry is exhibited
and in which the bride viewers are ex-
pected. The BACHELORS too, are acconlpa-
MED by parents or relatives, in whose COM
pany they inspect the girls who are eligible.
The young men bring the best thew pos
sess, and each most particularly come with
grdle of gold or silver. After the brides
are chosen the public betrothal takes place.
being conducted by hermit who lives in
this lonely spot. The mark of betrothal is
not a ring, but beautiful embroidered
handkerchief. The betrothal is in many
cases prearranged; but the ceremony must
be gone through with all the same. If a
girl goes to the market, knowing before
hand that an admirer will be there to claim
her, so much the better for her. Still she
must take her dowry and occupy her tent
and place herself on view like the rest.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15

AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS IN 1888. - Til
newspapers and periodicals of all kinds in
| the United States and Territories now reach
the imposing total of IL, 1876. This is an
increase of 5S5 in twelve months. Takinr
the States one by one, the newspaper
growth in some is very considerable The
present total in New York State, for in
stance, is l,399-a gain of so in the past
year. The increase in Pennsylvania is 4S,
the existing number being 943 Nebraskas
total grew from 175 to pol. and Illinois
from $50 to 904. 4 year ago Massachusetts
had 420 papers; now the number is 43S.
In Texas the new papers outnumbered the
suspensions by 8, and Ohio now has 1873
papers instead OF 692. The most remark
able change has occurred in the Territories.
in which the daily papers have grown from
43 to g. and the weeklies from 1863 to 243-
Dakota being the chief area of activity.
The number of monthlies throughout the
country grew from 796 to 1904, while the
dailies leaped from 996 to 1862 The fig
ures given above are exclusive of Canada,
which possesses total of COG. 1t is interest
ing to note that the newly-settled regions
of the Canadian Northern are productive of
newspapers as well as wheat, for the num-
Der of journals issued in Manitoba was
nearly doubled during the year.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15

Charles Fox, Dora Wiley is Mrs. Richard
Golden, Matte Vickers is Mrs. Charles
Rogers, Lizzie Harold is Mrs w S. Com
ley Maggie Harold is Mrs. William Day-
idge IT., and the beautiful Mary Burroughs,
q: the Madison Square Theater, is Mrs.
Louis Massen.
The songstresses are equally deceptive
dice Oates is Mrs. Samuel Watkins, and
Emma Abbott is Mrs. Eugene Wetherell
That wonderful contralto, Nine. Scalchi, i:
the Countess Lolh, and Etelka Gerster i:
the wife of DR.. Gardini. Minnie Hauk ha:
a dreadfully long name-Mrs G. Won HessC
Wartegg. Marie Roze is the wife of Henry
Mapleson. So might go on for hours, un
til both you and | were tired. But thinl
have said enough to carry my point
philadelphia News.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
C0URTSHIP In PARIS.
Few Opportunities for the Lovers to Be-
come Acquainted.

As French families are unprotected by
the State in respect 10 keeping men at a
distance, they themselves have taken the
matter in hand in allowing no privacy be-
fore marriage. Under 20 circumstances is
az engaged person allowed to remain
alone; the mother or elder sister is ever
present at the interviews. But. notwitli-
standing the presence of iAe third person.
the young engaged couple talk freely of
their future prospects, and frequently in
duiee in lovers quarrels The fiance is
daily iETited TO dine with his future wife's
family. Sitting side by side, naany a word
of fondsess and love is whispered in the
young lady's ear out of the heariog of the
leuient papa and mamma Going in and
out of the diling-room, they slyiy manage
TO be the last couple, and have been told
that it is wonderful how much can be
whispered in the short walking space lying
between the parlor and the dining
room. Parents similarly ignore these
Innocent priyacies; they remember when,
in years gone by, they trespassed in The
same way. Mutual acquaintance is made at
the house of mutual friends The young
people may dance with each other as much
as they like. AT a party the mamma gen.
orally carries on an animated conversation
with friends OF her own age, and does not
listen to the lessons of love which her
future son in-lIw sees fl to give her iaugh-
Ter while sitting as far as it possible from
the maternal ears and authority. Taking
an impartial view OF such courtship, i IS
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15

SENsIDILrTY OF PLANTS Biologists are
becoming aware of the existence of a low
order of intelligence in plants. Prof. Nor
rem, in late publication of the ROYAL
Belgian Academy argues that the law of
sensation producing motion is common Ia
both the animal and the vegetable king
doms; that plants are sensible to the influ-
ences OF environment, and not only move.
but are able to coordinate their movements,
All the phenomena of motion are ultimately
traced to ,protoplasm, living substance
common alike to plants and animals, and
whose general and essential characteristics
are precisely the power of sensation and
movement. 1t has the faculty of receiving
impressions and of moving responsively'
1t stirs. therefore it lives; and the same is
true of every organism, from man to the
microbe and the plant Life NAV be de-
tined as the activity of protopIasm. al
though this is a substance whose true ma
trlre is still unknown.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15

EFFECT OF HUMAN VOICE ON BIRDs.-It is
well-known, says the Boston Journal, that
birds are very sensitive to tones of the
voice, and are terrified at any loud, angry
words. A lady who wished to make a bob
olink stop sin.ing, at last scolded it in a
loud voice, and then took up a scarf and
shook it in rebuke at the Gagged bird. In a
moment the bird was still, and a short
time after made fluttering about the cage.
Its owner turned to the bird and was
shocked 10 see it fall dead. Unlind words
had killed it. We know of two cases SINH
lar to this. In one case canary bird, and
in the other mocking bird, died within
five minutes after being spoken to in vio-
lent, angry tone.-I Eds. Our Dumb Ami
mails.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15

ltcREAsE IN NUMBER OF FIRes-Year
by year the number of fires in the United
States and Canada is steadily. and without
any apparent reason, on the increase.
While the fire waste in those two countries
during the past ten years has in the month
of March averaged a little over 81. 600 GEO,
the totel during the past month was siQ. J.
G50,O00. For the first three months eff
this year the figures were S29, $50. 0Q9.
against &otal of S27 10000 for the same
three months of 1885, which is at the rate
of S116,0 0e900 for the current year. Stats
tics so alarming as these might well make
Us pause. NE erect fire-preof buildings !:
we claim e. have succeeded in making
wood, brick. and other material non-in
S.ammable; aid yet, in spite Of all whole
blocks of business houses are regularly
swept away as Is shey were so mach finder.
philadelphia Record.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
MERCHANDISE REPORT.

The following freight passed Ogden May 18th
For sscramento-Standsrd Oil Company, i
tank and $50 cases oil; Waterhouse & Lester,
cases axles; A. A. Van VOORHEES, & Co, . boxes
stamped ware; Huntington, Hopkins 4 Co.. IA
axles. IS bundles paper; A. s. Hopkins . barrels
ladies, barrel potato-mashers. package meas
ures; Stanton, Thompson & Co.. 4 bundles hay
foi ks; L. L. Lewis & Co.. 20 oil stoves 10 crates
heaters: J. Hahn & Co. Z boxes biltcrs
For Marysville-B F. Gilman, cases hats.
For Red Bluf-Morris & Campbell, l case
paintings.
For Stockholm. Winters / gasoline stove.
For Woodland-G. Billas 3 boxes clothes
washers.
For Yuba City-C E. wilcoxen ) butts tobacco.
The following freight passed New orleans for
Sacramento ON the eth inst:
For Hall, Luhrs & Co., 20 bales tobacco.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15

q PRE-EDIsoS FsoNoGRAPH.-a writer
, IN China claims to have discovered rec
ord OF the existence Of a speaking pilono-
graph IA that country as far back as the
seventeenth century. The instrumen. is
mentioned as Ten thousand Ii speaker y
and the description is as follows: at was
bamboo tube, covered with a disk OK
glass, and opened by key, After speaking
into II several thousand words it was closed
ana carried TO distance not exceeding a
a thousand Ii. On opening it, and APPLYING
the ear, voice was still distinctly heard
II carried greater distance the voice he
came indistinct." DR.. Mcgowan suggests
that indistinctness might result from ir-
jury sustained by the apparatus in long
trip over the rough roads
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
DIED.

DIED.
Sacramento, Nav 13-Mrs. Rosa L. Dias (mother
of Mrs. Thomas Gouldin, of Sacramento and
Mrs Blanche c. Ward, of Georgetown. FL
Dorado county,, native of Georgia, Il years.
Remains will be sent to Petaluma tomorrow
Sunday morning, by the e O'Clock train, for
interment.!
SACRAMENTO, May l4-John ellis, a native OF
Scotland, So years, months and ii days.
Near Pleasant Grove, May 12-James W. Dyer,
6l years, months and 10 days.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15

Send me another lock of your precious
hair" is what a Bay City youth wrote to
his Detroit girl. He has been dangerously
i'll ever since he received the answer that
she had no bair to spare him Il Detroit
Post.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
CHANGED DAILY FOR C. H. GILMAN-MAY Is, 1856.
SALE TODAY!

This being the LAST DAY OF OUR SIX DAYS SALE We shall offer EXTRA
DUCthEhiS ID Inc many lines We have to close Every Department will be
represented by SPECIAL BARGAINS 30 sure and pay us VISIT whether you
wish TO purchase or not
5Oo Yards Of Medium and Light best quality
Summer Shades Of Bntn cuttings Zine gods only
yard; and brocaded
Tricot suitings dark shades, PSF yard
Fine French sateens fowered plain cents Der ward
Light Shades in Crepe Sutiugs, cents.
White Piques and White Lawns. cents per yard
Satin Damask Doiles large size) 60 per
Euckaback Allnen Towels (32 long, cents EACH
Lot of Cheap Towels
White Nques extra good, Per yard
Mosquito Bars all colors) each
Colored Hose Finished for % CENTS
Ladies Silk Hose (n eolors, 95
Chldrans Striped Hose
Chldrens French Ribbed Hose,
Ladies Fancy Striped Hose,
Buy Pair for sundayen Fancy 95 cents
Mems Fancy Check Summer Coats 81
The Best Suit in Town SIS worth slo)
Handsome Variety Gents seersnckers
Nfohairs and Silk - $500 ~
Gents Fine Drap DEte Coats and other
coor ST. - - ~
Mems Summer Straw description
Chiefs Gloves White and Coored Shirts Working Shirts
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15

A gift is announced for the benefit of the
q silent poor = of Concord. This intima-
ton that there are Concord people given to
flashes of silence viii astonish and alarm
philosophers eyerywhere.-[ Boston Record.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15
MARRIED,

Walnut Creek, Cal, May 1l-By Rev Dr. Dun
ming, at the residence of the brides uncle
James Foster, Esq, John A. Gowan, of vi
emma, Idaho, to Annie f. Jewell, of Water
vile, Maine.
Fort Jones, Siskiyou county, May John Peters
to 0rpah Hamilton.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-15

DISCOVERIES IN EGYPr-General Gren-
fell, member of the Egypt exploration
fund, has discovered opposite Assouan a
series OF five rock-cut tombs, ranged, like
famous tombs at Benz Hassan, along an
artificial terrace. The earliest dates Fl ON
the remote period of the sixth dynasty :;
others are of the twelfth dynasty and con-
temporary with those of Benz Hassan. All
are richly painted; the largest (sixth
dynasty measures 140 feet by 40 feet. and
contains eighteen round and fourteen
square columns. The find is most i'm
portant, particularly in the way of throw
ing light on the earliest epochs of Egyptian
history. Mr.. Petrie has probably discov-
cred at Tell Ferain the long lost site of the
city of Buto, famed for its temples. one of
them, the temple of Latona, possessing a
shrine cut out of solid stone. and accord
ing to Herodotus, forty cubits long and
broad 1t took many thousand men three
years to transport the monolith from the
quarry at Philc.