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The morning call., 1890-07-06

The coursing was continued yesterday at
Ocean View, but the attendance was very
slim, not more than thirty or thirty-five
people being present. An eight-dog stake
was run off, and some really good trials
were witnessed. The amount of money in
the stakes was not large-about $40 L. j.
Cronn's Jack Dempsey turned up as the
winner, beating Canoyan's Examiner in
p0Od trial
The morning call., 1890-07-06
The Wheel.

The Bay City Wheelmen. in conf ueton
with some of the other bicycle organiza-
tions, will probably make big effort before
long to secure good training grounds with
a suitable track for the use of the local
wheelmen. 1t is certainly disgrace that q
city like San Francisco, with population
OF 100000 people, should be without good
bicycle track, especially when the number
of riders in it is so great.
Charles Kluge the Eastern bicyclist. will
go into training at once and will shortly at
tempt to establish a new American twenty
five mile record on the Irvington Milburn
The morning call., 1890-07-06
Only a Case of Alcoholism.

A. F. Collins. a commission merchant,
was found in an unconscious condition yes
terday morning on Geary street by Officer
w. Ii. Wells, who took him 10 the Receiv-
ing Hospital for treatment. At first it was
thought Collins was dying bpt later 1t was
seen that his was an aggravated case of al
c0holism. After keeping him long enough
to sober up somewhat he was allowed to 20
home.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
KID GLOVES.

At 75c.
lis dozen LADIES' 12-BUTTON LENGTH
MOUSQUETAIREU UNDERESTIMATE
GLOVES, new stitching. in tan and
mode shades, worth regular 81 &c. vii
be offered at 75c a pair.
At 75c.
105 dozen LADIES' MOUSQUETAIRE
DRESSED-KID GLOVES, new stitch
ing, in medium and tan shades, worth
regular 81 %. will be offered at 7oc
pair.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
Half PriCe-RemnantS- Price.

REMNANTS OF EMBROIDERIES,
EMBROIDERED SK1RTING, CREAM
LACES, BLACK LACES, CREAM LACE
SK1RTING, BLACK LACE SKIRTING,
RUSSIAN NET, BLACK FIGURED
NETS, RUCHING. YELLING, ETC, will
be closed out at half price.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
THE ROD.


Fish Commissioners VIII Meet to In
yestignte Charges.
The New York Forest and Stream evil
IDENTIFY considers the salmon as being quite
a rare bird in the eastern portion of New
York. 1t has the following item in its last
edition:
A fine pair OF salmon were seen last week dis
porting themselves IN pool below the falls near
the mouth OF Rondout Creek, which flows into
the Hudson River. They remained there two
days. chasing one another around The pool and
even 10 the very edge OF the bank. They were
undoubtedly male and female aud in search OF
spawnlng-bed.
Playful. giddy thingsl
The Tiburon fishing grounds appear to be
played out.
Smelt are running very freely at Sausalito
and at the old Oakland wharf.
Rockcod are alarmingly scarce this season.
chiefly on account of the very wet winter,
Owing to the heavy flow of fresh water into
the bay from the surrounding country, the
rockc0d have abandoned their old grounds,
and it is but very recently that the bay an
glers have been at all successful in making
fair catches.
The Fish Commissioners will hold meet
ing on Tuesday afternoon, to consider
charges made that some of the deputies are
neglected. of their duties, drawing double
salaries and augmenting their expense ac-
counts over the limit.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
Lace Department F.!
At 1Oc.

At 1Oc.
16O dozen COLORED COLLARS AND
CUFFS in sets, reduced from 40c, SOC,
and 75c, will be offered at 10c per set.
At S1.25.
2 6 dozen BLACK SPANISH GUIPURE
LACE SCARFS, 2h yards long, IA
inches wide, all silk, worth 81 75 will
be offered at 81 % each.
At $3.50.
80 dozen BLACK SPANISH GUIPURE
LACE SCARFS, 2% yards long, 10
inches wide, worth 50, will be offered
at ST so each.
At $500.
sc dozen BLACK SPANISH LACE, all
silk, scaIfs, 2A yards long, IS inches
wide. worth 81 70, will be offered at So
each.
AT $500.
10 dozen BLACK SPANISH GUIPURE
LACE SCARFS, yards long, 20 inches
wide, all silk, worth S4 90, will be
offered at So each.
AT $3.50.
dozen BLACK HAND-RUN SPANISH
LACE SCARFS, 3 yards long, worth
SIS 80. will be offered at Sc 80 each.
At $3.50.
dozen BLACK HAND-RUN SPANISH
LACE SCARFS, yards long, 90 inches
wide, worth S12 so, will be offered at
SIS 80 each.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
THE GUN.
Pigeon Shoot of the Alta Gun Club at
Bay View.


Bay View.
The Alta Gun Club shot a blue-rock pig
con match for purse at the Bay View
FOur-Mile House on Friday. The following
is the score at fifty birds each: l.. Holden
45, L. Urbais A. J. Roach Al, w. Griffin 40.
Griffin and Roach will shoot a match for
$50 Oh Sunday next.
The California Germania and Entracht
Scnuetzen clubs will meet at Harbor View
to-day for their monthly shoot.
The local riflemeD, Philo Jacoby, Utschig,
Kunls and others, are in Berlin, Germany.
and will pull triggers to-day at the grand
Bundschutz. open to all competitors.
The Shooting and Fishing Journal of B0s-
ton says: 1t is confidently expected that the
team contest. America VS.. Germany, will
be won by the New York Independents.
The team will probably be Gus Zimmer-
mann, b. Walther, d. Miller, G. Hornrg-
hansen, A. Bergerow. Philo Jacoby, Alex
Stein. Gerhard Kraus, e. Fischer, j. Utschig
and X. Busse.
The San Francisco Gruetli Shooting Sec
The morning call., 1890-07-06
Kennel Notes.

The special correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, England. interviewed Prince
Bismarck lately at Friedrichsruhe. In
speaking of the Princes noted dogs he
says:
entered long narrow drawing-room. 10 the
center OF which stood his Highness talking TO the
Princess aud another lady, the fourth aud filth
members of tile group being two fine Danish
hounds, one d singularly handsome black dog
named Iyras, after The old original 90 elchs-
Humid" of worldwide celebrity in connection
with his spirited attempt to throttle Prince Gort-
chakot shortly after the first meeting OF the
Berlin Congress. Tyras | was gathered TO his
fOrefatherS at a good old aye some three years
ago; he died painlessly In his masters bedroom,
conscious of the aters presence to the very last.
To quote the Princes words: "a few minutes
before The faithful old dog died / spoke 10 him.
He had not the strength TO wag his tail, but he
opened his eyes and as he looked at me an
preston came over his face that told me as
plainly Is if he had spoken that lie recognized
me and wished me WELL" Tyras ii was the gift
of The present Emperor ana Is "more even tenn
pered, but OF less strongly marked individuality"
than his predecessor. The other stately hound.
glossy slate-cOlored female of great strength
and beauty, is own granddaughter TO the famous
Realm Dog" 10 which she bears q strong re-
sight of me, advanced burredly, bent on an in
vestigatloD, which l rejoice TO say turned out
satisfactorily TO NE as well as 10 themselves.
1t is stated that Sir John Lester Kaye has
brought to his ranch in the Northwest some
Belgium and French wolf hounds, which
DO great work i'll killing coyotes.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
WITH THE sPEINTERs.

b. Campbell Won FIRST Prize In the Shelf
field Handicap.
The fourth Sheffield handicap foot-races,
under the auspices Of the California Foot
racing Association, were held at Central
Park yesterday. The attendance was not
as large as Oh previous occasions, although
the racing was very good, all OF the contest
ants being IN excellent form.
The stretch was 1875 yards. AS on the oc-
CASTOR Of the races last month, Peter jack
Son acted as starter. Jim Acton, the
wrestler, WAS the official Handicapped,
Billy " Jordan was judge. and Edward
Eyatt time keeper
In the first heat were E. R. Dobbins, o.
Connors and G. Bartcls. 1t was won by
The morning call., 1890-07-06
Glove Department!

Taffeta and Pure Silk Jersey Gloves.
At SC.
200 dozen LADIES TAFFETA SILK JER-
SEY GLOVES, in black, worth regular
35c, will be offered at 15c pair.
At csc.
175 dozen LADIES TAFFETA SILK JER-
SEY GLOVES, embroidered back, in
dark, medium and tan shades, worth
regular SOC, will be offered at 25c pair
At 25c.
147 dozen LADIES TAFFETA SILK JER
SEY GLOVES, handsomely embroi-
dered tops, III medium and tar sh des
worth regular soc, will be offered at 25c
apair.
At csc.
1913 dozen LADIES PURE SILK JERSEY
GLOVES, plain and embroidered back
in dark, medium and tan shades, worth
regular soc. will be offered at 25c pair.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

tion will hold a prize shoot at Harbor View,
on Sunday, August oath. In cash prizes
alone S257 will be offered.
Mugan of San Diego has challenged Mar
tinez Chick, the champion wing shot, to
contest for the Peters medal. They will
shoot twenty-six singles and twelve doubles.
Chick has allowed handicap of three
yards. He has already won the medal four
times and if successful in this match he
will retain it for good.
C. Mellish has challenged j. Bruins, who
won me Seiby olue-roek medal on sun,
Sunday, July 27th. at the Lincoln Gun Club
grounds, Alameda Mole
The Beck Elliott match for the American
field champion wing-shot cup. now held by
Beck, will be shot for at Indianapolis, Ind.
August l. 1890
The meeting of the Lincoln Gun Club,
which was to have taken place at Birds
Point. Alameda, yesterday. did not come
off. No bird-sho citing was done at the
grounds in Alameda, Oakland or Berkeley.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

Sundays CALL always has the best
news, the best original matter and the
beat stories.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

The Pope has authorized the drawings for his
own sarcOpagus for the Church OF Giovanni, to
be erected three years after his death. 1t Will
be Of Italian pOrphyry, and cost 500 0U0.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

Two pugilistically inclined bakers, Charles
Schoeller and Frederick Wagner became
involved in a dispute yesterday morning on
Howard street. near Sixteenth. and free
and easy catch-as-catch-ca ensued. Officer
Cotton came abruptly on the scene and the
bellgerents were taken in tow. On the way
to the Seventeenth-street Station Otto Max
fisher another baker, tried to aid the pris-
oners to escape. A vigorous blowing Of
whistles and Officer Ennis responded, but
not before Cotton had been cut in the hand
with pocket-kn knife. Maxfisher was then
taken into custody and charged with an as
sault with deadly weapon.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
For AssauIting a Policeman.

daily average OF SAT want ads. In
THE CALL last week. 1t is the only want
med ium.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
GRAND CLEARANCE SALE!
Ribbons 5!

At SC.
1000 pieces No. l CASHMERE RIBBON
all silk, worth 10c yard. will be closed
out at sc yard.
At GAG.
1000 pieces No. 9 CASHMERE RIBBON,
all silk, worth 121ac, will be closed out
at 6Ac yard.
At 714c.
1000 pieces No. 10 CASHMERE RIBBON,
all silk, worth 15c yard, will be closed
out at nc yard.
At 1Oc.
1000 pieces No. 16 CASHMERE RIBBON.
all silk, worth zoe yard, will be closed
out at 10e yard.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
SASH RIB BON.

At CSC.
400 pieces 7-1NCH FAILLE FRANCHISE
SASH RIBBON, worth Coo yard, will
be closed out at 25c a yard.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
REMNANTS. REMNANTS.

ALL REMNANTS OF PLAIN AND
FANCY RIBBONS will be closed out at
hall price.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
Ladies' Underwear

At ioc.
43 dozen LADIES' SUMNER EGYPTIAN
VESTS, in eeru and pink, neck and
front self crochet. embroidered, re-
duced from 25c.
At csc.
SO dozen LADIES SWISS RIBBED
VESTS. jersey fitting, all sizes, in pink.
sky and ecru, high neck, long sleeves.
At S5c.
81 dozen LADIES' Isle VESTS, in pink
and sky, high neck, long sleeves, neck
and front silk-embroidered, pearl but
tons, all sizes, reduced from 75c.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
Children'S Hosiery
And Underwear.

At i5c.
1913 dozen CHILDREN'S EXTRA HEAVY
COTTON HOSE, double knees and
heels and toes, with white or colored
feet, in navy, seal and garnet, sizes 8 to
So inch. worth from 25c to 35c, accord
ing to size, all sizes now on special sale
at 15c pair.
At Csc.
SO dozen BOYS CABLE-RIBBED HOSE
fast black, warranted, all sizes up to 10
inch, now on sale at % pair.
At ioc.
81 dozen CHILDREN'S OPERA Isle
THREAD HOSE, ribbed, reduced from
SOC to 10c.
At Sc.
rs dozen CHILDREN'S PARIS Isle
HOSE, in black and solid colors, re-
duced from 65c to 15c.
At Csc.
43 dozen CHILDREN'S PARIS Isle
THREAD HOSE, ribbed, solid colors,
reduced from 75c 10 25c.
At csc.
364 dozen BOYS and MISSES SHIRTS
DRAWERS and PANTALETS, all
sizes, now on sale at 25c.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

Trimming Department !

We request an examination of prices in
the following lines as we have made very
large reductions in them:
COLoRED CHENILLE PRINCES, SOC
yard.
BLACK CHENILLE PRINCES, SOC, 75c
81 to So yard, reduced more than half
COLORED SILK-CORD GIMP, 25c Il yard.
BLACK BEAD-DROP GIMP very cheap.
A LINE GRAY CHENILLE FRINGE, 75c
yard.
BLACK SILK VANDYKE CHIPS are
marked very low.
GOLD VANDYKE GIMPS, low prices.
LADIES HANDBAGS, 25c, SOC, 75c, 81 to
81 90, greatly reduced.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

THE CALL brings the best results to
want ads. 1t is the only want medium.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
At sl.OO.

40 dozen GENTS now sILK-FINISH
UNDERSTANDS AND DRAWERS,
regular price 81 so, offered at 81 each.
The morning call., 1890-07-06
At Sl.OO.

65 dozen GENTS NATURAL LAMBS
WOOL MEDIUM WEIGHT UNDER
SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, regularly
sold at 81 90, offered at ST. each.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

70 dozen GENTS CASHMERE UNDER
SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, silk flu
ished, regular price 81 % offered at 75c
each.
The morning call., 1890-07-06

10 dozen BLACK SPANISH GUIPURE
LACE SCARFS, yards long. 20 inches
wide, all silk, worth S4 90, will be
offered at So each.
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Farna~orth and his gang. -Atsants I
Oonaitution.
Shretodness OF Plants.

The combustiblo nature OF Japanese
houses rendors large firos fire. qucnt and
disastrous calamity; hence since lonn
time ago tho moro wealthy Japanese
merchants as we'll as farmers have bcor
In tho habit of building kura or fire
proof mud house contiguous to thcir
shops and dwellings, yet generally on
tiroly isolated.
Into thcso arc hurried at tho first
alarm which indicates fro approach
Ing tho promises tho portable property,
household stufT,, mcrchau disc, etc,
and the kHra is hen closed, aud if the
time permits, tho joints OF the windows
aud doors arc scaled with fresh mud.
ilrc passing around and over such u
structure will leave its contcuts un.
taimcd
1t Is a very common thing TO SEQ in
iokohama, in the streets Of tho native
town, miuy Of these kuras built with
much attention to architectural eff ct.
T"cy resemble very closely gigantic
h-e-proof safe, which may be one, two
aad cyca three storios high. They have
heavy projecting roofs, concnvcly
curved, covered with extremely heavy
tilss Of black tcrra Gotta.
Tho gable cnd always face, tho street.
In each story is n window like opening
heavily barred with iron, for lighting
the inter ior. These are closed at night
aud in case of fire by heavy looking
doors. exactly resembling those of our
lire proof Office safes at home III appcar :
ancc- Tho whole structure is smoothly
succeed and painted black. Tho en-
uancc IS placed whcro mort convcnicn
to the owner.
The kura is built Of light frame.
work OF wood, between the openings of
which is securely fastened open wicker
work Of bamboo. Then tho whole wall
surface inside and out is solidly filed
with still plastic mud taken from the
bottom oil tho river, and when thor
o'Shly dried is smoothly covered with
s'ucco. often treated ornamcntalIy. No
WOOD or other combus;iblo material ap
pears on the surfac, anywhere, and cx-
ccpt for the color the kura would form
quite IN ornamental feature among the
houses. -Dst'oh Frcc Press.
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In Hts rnonosrap. Closet

Areportcr called II fow days ago upon
II we'll known business mau, and. upou
inquiring where the aitor was, was an.
swcrcd:
You'll find him in his phonograph
closet"
81 beg your PARDON the reporter
vcnturcd.
sin his phonograph closet. Sep right
in. Hos not busy"
The invitation was acted upou. and
the business man was found in li!tls
Enclosure with just sufficient room to
hold Table and q chair. Tho occu.
pant was gravcly grinding away a. a
crank, and turned around in hi, chair
as the door opcnod. '.Oh, how do YOU
dos" he said. s.You find mo Inv with
my photograph. M, I'm not talking.
I'm IMPLY grinding cylinder down
smooth 80 that, it will receive better.
Thcn I'm going to talk some statistics
into it and hand it over to my tyne.
writcr, who is busy now. She with, DO
able to take tho statistics any timo she
gets chance. There's no particular
hurry about it, aud SO am using up
somo of my own spare timo.
DO fluid my phonogrsphto be of
practical qsei Oh, yosi That is, It is
most Of the time. but sometimes it gets
out Of order, and then it is the most
yexatious thing map ever invented.
Lots OF my friends have had tho ma.
chimes pus in their oflicos latoly, and
now there is in most big Offices not only
q telephone closet. but also phoao-
graph closot.p -ME 7smes.
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boon sedulcusly emba lmsd and swad-
died, 30 TO speak, in cloth cercmeuts,
In tho worry best style OF the under
takers craft. as practiccd in tho land
OF the Pharaohs some 20 centuries be-
foro the commencement Of tho Chris
tian era.
The news of this strange discovery
spread swiftly through BENZ Hassan
aud the nd joining districts, whence
iaborers soon Aocked to the newly.
opened cave and SGT 10 work with might
and main 10 disinter its venerable occu-
pants. Why these cats lad been mum.
m'ficd, and when they had come to be
arranged so Systematically in their sub
'crrancan quarters, were secondary con.
sidcrations, naturally enough, to the
Ducolic Egyp'iau mind-:n fact, 'qhe
sort of things no fcllah could uud or.
stnnd;' but tho peasants Of the Nile
arc kccnly alive TO the commercial value
OF mbalmed ''cats and dogs and each
obscencr beast, TO which Egyptian do.
tards once did bow" either as high
class manure or as peculiar.
ly quick and frayran. CON-
hu'tiblc. With exemplary promp,i-
iudc AMI dispatch. therefore, they
dug u2 some hundreds oi thousands OF
munmics, several lots of Which
were purcha'ai on the spot by local
TURNER'S, while others found their way
down river 10 tn, storchous,, of an
Alexandria merchant. This worthy,
being Of speculative turn Of mind.
shipped them of to Liverpool con sale
or rcturn,' whore they fetched triac
less than 81 a ton. Thus, for matter
OF three ''poniss" or so, a British
"bone- buyer" has bacomc tho sole
possessor of nearly POO 900 fine oil
crus'ed Egg ptian cats. each ono of
which, at the time of its dcccasc. had
been deemed worthy OF special cmbalm-
cnt and honorable sepulturc, accord.
Ing to the ntcs OF Memphis, Bubastis
and Thebcs, ''iu that case made and
provided"
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They Are Good Swimmers.

In many parts of New Zraland horses
nrc kept By the government for the OK.
press purpose of taking travellers across
rivers in which fords will often change
every week, and it is beautiful TO see
how bold, and yet how sagaciously
cautious such horses often become.
III you have got the sense to let the
old horse alone, he viii take you over
all right" is the marching orders
usually given to tho traveller mounted
on one Of these horses, TO cross a river
in which no man and no boat could
live, and i'll country where more
colonists have been drowned in fresh
water than in any other part of the
world. Too rapid and too full of
timber and rocks for any boat, too
benumbingly cold for the best swimmer
and the best human lungs in the world
to live in them Il quarter of an hour;
these rivers, 3ooded with snow water
can often only be crossed by very
powerful, surcfootc |, courageous horse.
that knows where 10 swim and where
TO walk, or by one that has a rider on
his back that can show him and consult
him by turns.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-04-25
A Nation OF ISatllcrs.

Among the working classes in Siam
even the fcstoons of cobwcbs rarely
attract attention, though they may be
black with age and dust and smoke flor
there are no chimneys to tho houses
and the cooking is all done insidc).
Aud yet in their own way the Siamcsc
are very clcanly people.
They are a nation OF bathcrs. and
from infancy always indulge in a
regular plunge two or three times a
day The children are amphibious
and rather more nj home and much
happier in the water than in the house.
While the fastidious American house
keeper, who is forever busy with mon
and brush, would be shocked at the
untidy domestic habits OF the S:ameso
matron, she, in turn, would considc
the anti-l athing customs of the aver.
age Americans quite as repulsiyc; and
with good reason might plead that if
carclessness were excusablo in either
case, the house would suffer less from
neglect than the person of its tccu.
pant.
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Rabbits Is Insects.

Miss. you can't bring dogs into thi.
car" said Third avenue conductor to
young woman who tendcrly held a
wrigglng littlo object wrapped up In a
shawl.
"Tain't dog" snapped tho young
woman. and the discounted conductor
Tc'roatci to tho rear platform amid a
sencrdl tittor. He studied tho case for
fow minutes. and then, returning to
tho young woman, said: sNIiss, you
can't bring cats in, neither"
'Tain't q cat" said the young
woman, "its rabbit" and the long
ears emerged in confirmation of hor as
scrtion. At this the conductor looked
puzzled for moment, and thon said :
Well, that's accordin' to tho rules of
this company; dogs is dogs and cats is
dogs; bus rabbits is in,eots; so YOU can
stay. IN Y IPoru. -
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The Stitches in a Shirt.

The following singular calculation of
The number of slit chos in a plain shirt
has been made by Leicester scamstress ::
Stitches il tho collar, four rows, 5000;
cross ends of same, 500; buttonhole
and sowing on button, $50; gathering
neck and sewing on collar, 1904; stitch.
ing the wristbands, 1928; ends of wrist.
bands, 6S; button holes in wristbands.
l4S; hcmming Sits, 264; gathering
sleeves, $40; setting on wrist
bands, 1468; stitching on should er-
straps, 1880; hcmming the bosom, 1913;
sewing in sleeves and making gussets,
3O5o; sewing up side seams of sleeves,
2554; cording bosom, 1104; s'tapping"
the sleeves, 1926; sewing all other
seams AMI setting side gussets. 1879;
total number of stitches, 30, $40. st.
Louis Republic.
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Mummincd Cats.

A cat 1000 years old ia not alto.
scthcr familiar object to Euglishmcn.
and can scarcely be regarded rs an
every day visitor to these shores. saw,
the London Telegraph. The arrival.
therefore, of 19l tons OF such cats in
Liverpool is IN incident that cannot but
lay hoavy strain upon the British Gu
pacity for experiencing amazcmcnt.
Not the least aston shing feature of this
unique event is that tho consignmcnt in
question, described with CONNER c:ol
crispncs' as "a parcel of cmbalmcd
cats. consists exclusively of feline
mummics, nptly, but accidentally,
cuilcd from catacomb il central
Egypt. There arc no fewer than 1870. =.
OOO OF these swathed and spicod re-
mains in the ''parcel" that reached thi,
country few days ago, and they have
already been sold for fcrtilizine pur
poses to Liverpool manure merchant.
the auctioncer who disposed of them
using one of tho deceased cats head,
as hammer where with to knock down
the "lots."
According to correspondent, it has
long been believed in Psychological
circles that huge cat, ce metery was in
existence Somewhere about on the
left bank of tho Nile. One day las.
autumn fcllah hus band man, while on :
gagged in the agricultural pursuit of
digging at place called BENZ Hassan,
discovered this ancient burial ground
by q very simple process. The soil
which no was turning up suddenly gave
way under him, and ho fell into pit
which, on further examination, proved
to DO spacious subterrancan cave, ton
anted by uncounted lcgions, of dead
cats. Eyory ono Of these lcorpsss had