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Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29

PAINTING WITH NEEDLES.
Some Famous Work Done by Nuns I'm q
st. Louis Convent.

Some Famous Work Done by Nuns In q
st. Louis Convent.
The nuns of St Louis, Mo, are famous
for their ecclesiaStic needle-work, which
has no rival in the world outside of Mex
leo. Their favorite material is heavy
cream-white satin, almost rich enough
to stand alone, and on this they paint
actual pictures with their needles. They
use bullion thread only for the scroll
designs that outline the cloth or gar
ment and these are particularly beau
tiful in design, being mostly copies OF
the scrolls that outline the pages Of the
most noted of the illuminated missals
Their speciality is the embroidering of
faces, which they reproduce with an
accuracy and delicacy equal to the
finest miniature painting. On some of
their pieces they have copied figures
from tho best Of the medieval
stained glass, but generally they are
more modern in type, reproductions OF
faces and figures painted for tho pur-
pose by the best artists among them.
One altar cloth made to fill an order
from an English cathedral, was of the
same cream white satin with broad
border OF gold needlework in a design
of oricl windows, and set in the center
Of each oriel was a winged cherub's
head, each one studied after the face OF
real child, and each OF a different
type. These heads were about three
inches in diameter and not the brush
of the most famous artist could have
more perfectly reproduced their silken
curls, their tiny wings, their rosy,
dimpled beauty, and the childlike faith
and alteration in all the limpid, up
turned eyes. An American Archbishop
has a magnificent cloak that he as
sumes in the most solemn part
of high pontifical masses, which
has an elaborate crucifix en-
broidered down the back by these
nuns The great cross is gold of course,
and upon it hangs white Christ OF
great beauty. The body is as slim and
fair as BELTS the lamb offered up in the
great sacrifice, and the face is ono OF
enchanting loveliness. Tho soft hair,
OF golden chestnut, hangs from under
the crown OF thorns, in waves that II
seems one could touch and lift; faint
color tinges the checks and lips, and
from under tho dropped lashes shows a
CLEAN from tho blue, sad eyes. Only
actual demonstration of tho senses
could convince one that this counte-
nance had been made by needle and
silk, instead of paint and brush. The
Mexican nuns also have this talent for
painting with the needle, and can, too,
mako with human hair upon linen won.
derful portraits, and that only tho
closest examination can distinguish
from etching. illustrated American.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
TRIMMING OFF EARS.
A Novel Operation Recently Performed
in "a Philadelphia Hospital

A Novel Operation Receutiy Performed
in u Philadelphia Hospital
Two photogra phs have been hung 10
the jefferson Medical College. They
are portraits without faces. They show
the back Of one mans head. The hair
and the conformation prove that the two
pictures represent the same individual
and vet theru is a striking difference,
for in one case the ears are normal,
while in the other they stand out dis
figuringly from the sides of the head.
The students OF this orthodox old col
lege are having fun over these photo
graphs, and one of their whims Is to de-
eide by vote who among themselves Is
the owner of the unrcvealed face. The
explanation Of the divergent ears is that
they grew donkey-fashion but by sur
gerry they have beon reduced to the pro-
portions of human comcliness. The
Photographic lens was permitted to
take rear view OF the ears before their
reduction and again after they had been
shortened, but it was not deemed con-
siderate to portray the face OF the man,
and thus subject him to possibly dis
agreeable publicity.
The improvement in that pair OF ears
is regarded as a novelty in surgery, and
that is why the photographs, before and
after, are placed in the college. Mod
ern surgery has not hesitatod to cut
new nose out OF tho cheek, to loop up
dropping eyelid, or engraft the skin OF
one person upon another, but 1t has not
until now given mans ears setback.
To DR.. William w. Keen, OF Jefferson
College, came brother physician to re-
pair Job that had been badly done by
natures 'prentice-hand, so to speak.
The young man, for he was only nine
teen, was all ears; that is to say, his
ears were not only abnormally large,
but they they tapped in painfully alb
surd manner The surgeon proceeded
to lay bare the cartilage by removing
the skin from the posterior surface OF
the auricle, and then excised long,
narrow piece of the cartilage V-shaped
in cross sections, as If he had run q
miniature pillow over the ridge on the
back of the ear. Great care was taken
not to cut clear through and thus cause
scar on the anterior surface. The
edges OF the cartilage were then drawn
together by oat-gut stitches, in addition
to those in the skin. This was done
while the young man was etherized. lie
went to sleep with long ears, and he
awoke with short ears-very sorry ones,
and so intricately fastened into position
that for some nights he had to sleep fat
on his back. But when the wound had
healed and the plasters were removed
he found himself possessed of symmetric-
al and fair-sized ears. --Philadel phia
lot
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
WONDERFUL PUPPETS.
They Are so Jolnted rs to Execute the
Most SurprisIng Movements.

They Are so Jolnted rs to Execute the
Most Surprising Movements.
NJ. George Bertrand, a talented paint
err, a pupil of NJ. Bonnat, who some
years ago exhibited a large picture
called 'Patrie," which had a great sue
cess, has given up painting in order to
devote his attention exclusively to the
construction of life-size puppets, which
are so iointed as to execute movements
of the most surprising kind. The Figaro
newspaper, which has taken the inven-
ton under its patronage, brought to-
gether yesterday an influential audi
ence to see and hear the first reprcsen-
tation. The figures produce a striking
effect on the spectator, who might mag
inc them to be the characters in tale
of Hoffman, taking form and life.
A violoncellist plays an air full
Of sentlmsnt and spirit; four dancers,
carefully dressed after tho fashion OF
the opera, execute a ballet. A clown
plays with artistic skill on the violin,
and Spanish couplc-the male dancer
with tambourine, and his partner with
castane tsgo through the most varied
Spanish dances to the tune of the
Espana of Chabrier.
The movements, the gestures, even
the expression of the faces, are marvel
ously lifc-like. The exhibition was
most successful. 1t was unanimously
applauded by those present Curiously
enough, | have never heard the
pictures of NJ. Bertrand so much spoken
of as | have since he took to MAX
ing puppets, may add that NJ Jules
Simon, who was present at the enter
tainment received quite an ovation in
recognition of his personal success at
Berlin.-London Times Paris Core.
spondent
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
Is Consumption incurab

Read the following: Mr.. G. II.
Morris, Newark, Ark, says; NV as
down with abcesses of lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced
me an incurative consunptivc. Be
gan taking DR.. Kings New Discoy-
cry for consumption; am now on my
third bottle, and able to oversee the
work on my farm. 1t is the finest
medicine ever made.
Jesse Middlewart, Ohio, says :
Had it not been for DR.. King :
New Discovery for consumption, |
would have died of lung troubles.
Was given up by doctors. Am now
in best of health. Try it. Sample
bottles free at Hugh Moncrief' :
drug store.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
MExICO'S CATHEDRAL.
The Enormous Riches of an Ancient Place
of Worship.

OF w
The interior OF the grand cathedral in
the CITY of Mexico is, even at the pres.
ent day, after having been successfully
plundercd, most magnificent 1t con
tains five naves, six affairs and fourteen
chapels, which contain the bones OF some
OF the Viceroys and departed great men
OF Mexico. The GLORY OF the Capola, :"
Virgin and revercd saints were painted
by celebrated artists. A balustrade
surrounds the choir OF metal so rich
that an offer to replace it with one of
equal weight in solid silver was refused.
This weighs twcnty-six tons, and came
from China in the old days of Spanish
dominion, when the richly-freigh
galleons OF Spain sent their cargoes
overland from Acaputo to Vera Cruz on
tho way to the mother country.
Tho high altar was formerly tho rich
est in the world, and yet retains much
OF its original glory. 1t contained can
dlesticks of gold SO heavy that single
one was more than man could lift,
chalicos, cruets and pyXes of gold in
crusted with precious metal, studded
with cmeralds, amethysts, rubies and
sapphires.
The statue OF the assumption (now
mjssing) was OF gold, ornamented with
diamonds, and is said to have cost 81,
900, 600. There was golden lamp
valued at $40, 200, which 1t cost at one
tine 81, 900 to clean, but, according to Q
Fnench writer and the joke is his-the
liberal troops cleaned IL for nothing, and
IL has not been seen since. N. K
journal.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castora
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorin
When she became Miss, she chung To Castoria'
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria


Mcssrs Paris medicine Co.,, Puris, Tenn:
Please send me three dozen of Your
Grove's Tastccss Chill Tonic. was pleased
with the lot | got from yoI' last summer.
The people were delighted with it. | gave
YOUR chill tonic to some children who were
pale and swarthy and emaciatcd. having had
chronic chills for months past, one of them
for a year, and within three weeks after be-
ginning with the chill tonic, they were hale
and hearty, with red and rosy checks 1t
acted like a,charm. Yours, etc..
W. W. STlNsoN, VI. d.
For sale, wholesale and retail, by Hugh
Moncricf
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
LOW PRICES WIN! ;

And we feel confident we can give
you as much tor q dollar as any 9TH
er merchant. VIII be glad To serve
our farmer friends and the public
generally. Mr. w G Barton is now
with rs, and will be pleased to see
his friends,
Drugs and Medicines.
We also keep an assorted stock Of
pure, standard drugs and patent med
cines. Respectfully,
STANTON d McSWAIN.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
Under the Christening t;
The PRIDE OF THE WHITTlNGTONS.

Author of shadow and sunshine, "Crcat.," "A
H!sidc Violet, etc.
Also short Stories and ScriaIs, with orldvs,
fHot"grlvur") Illustrations bv OliNia Lowell VII.
SON, N'a Marie Peek, Emily Read. Marian Reeves
lin aprou- >kc'chc, b, Belle &. Greene. Flowers
and t'rir culture h, Emmn T. GRAY Sketches
aud fn1u- by Wills &. steele etc In fact fer
~ -ulry-, wiz give yon.tlr bust of cyrrythiuI.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
O. VEAQ ALWAYS
Ok a !CAn, lNADvANoE.
Beautiful Premiums for Clubs.
IIRAI~ LII III-R~


&copics, $3.50
. rs
fnr li,' of rrrpigul- aud terms To larger clubs,
en- 10 c'Hi tor >anp" cop1, which will give yea
Engraving appear in every number, Of ,ub,e~,
81 tH.AuoN % artists, aud produced by the newest
processes IN it, CulOrrd Fashions Cooley, lrsds
~ color, and style. Both modists and home
IrtN'tnlkor- accord Them the foremost position
Paper pattern, are one Of the most inportsst
feature, oi thi- magazine, rach subscriber beisg
""p"e4 10 'rlt'i Their own pattern every moAtS,
an item alone more than covering the sub.eriptios
price.
Practical Hint. upon prc..making show how
garment, cam be rcnoN aied aud made over BY The
pattern, given.
Practical Hiatt, for the Household show voung
ho",therprs how 10 manage the culinary depart
mcut with economy and skill.
Fashion N"tr', ~ home or abroad, delight evesy
iar9 heart.
Tine tqlarcl and BLACK Work u, ,ign. give all II.
newest id,p, for fancy work
The Cooking Recipe, are under tho control ~ A
experienced hou,ekccpur.
Iht Agricultural department !, uf practical -
ty careful estimates being given for each piss.
Every Lady Her Own Oreesmaksr
who ,nh,glhc- To Gudcy's Lady. Book. Tie
COUPON when you viii md in each number -.
uiIg' Won ." Your own selection Of any cut pspe~
IS. c., ,F ,i Sgu y e@4,2 l.al BOOK: Y:.,
%sS $ s"r 4 E. Is ED IS sscE f., Va kig
tern show, you how. allowed on your subscrip
to cut on The gar tuoG,n when reeelyed.
m'H hoh want That's all ~ eau say In II T.
sI%9r l%r ih" r'*t see Your sample number, nsr
Address. "GonEN'S LApN's BppK,r
Fhlladepha, ~
In club with thi. paper GODEY'S aud THE
PltAl NJ for $500, which should be cent TO M.
olhce OF thispapcr.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
INTERRUPTED MEMORY.
Two Remarkable Cases Recorded by His.
torlcaI Authorities.

toricaf Authorities.
From an article entitled "A Study OF
Consciousness, by Professor X. S.
Wood, in the Century, we quote as fol-
lows: During the Centennial Exhibi-
ton aibig, burly Scotchman was brought
TO tho hospital unconscious from sun
stroke. l plunged him intoI mass
of slush and water and piled great
masses of ice upon his head. AS he
gradually struggled back to conscious
ness, his first sensation was that he was
packed away in an icc-box and doomed.
When he came more fully to himself his
first inquiry was: Who am I?' | said:
Who are your This he could not
answer. For four days. that'man lay in the
hospital, apparently perfectly rational,
wondering who he was. During all this
time his friends were searching, and
detectives looking for him all through
Philadelphia. AT last his recollection
came back, and he was able to give his
name.
Some years ago in one OF our South
ern cities man was seized by tho POI
lice and taken TO a hospital, whore he
told the following story: j know moth
Ing who | am or whore came from. All
! know is that found myself on the
railroad platform short time ago !
then drifted into a hall and heard q
temperance lecture; goaded into fury by
the eloquence of the speaker, rushed
out and began to smash the windows OF
a noighboring drinking con
scquent attack on me by the roughs led
to my arrest by the police and my being
brought to the hospital This is all J
know; who ! am can not tell At the
time of the publication OF the report of
this case the hospital authorities had
not found out VINO the man was"
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN IRON BTTTERS

Pimples, boiIs and other humors
are liable to appear when the blood
gets heated. The best remedy is
DI. J. II. McLean'a Sarsaparila.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29

'Snukes an embezzlcr? What was
the extent Of his operations?"
"Only about twenty dollar"
'ls that all? The miserable thiofIn
r-Ehicago TIibune.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-13
STEALING WOMEN IN roNoUIN.
The Traffc in Human Beings Still Car
ried on by Some Chinese.
New York Sun.

While in most parts of the world except
Africa slave catching is becoming thing
of the past, the practice is still carried on
TO some extent in Tonquin in spite of the
efforts of the French to put an end to it.
The slaves who are wanted there are only
women and children. Slave dealers find
women and children in the forests away
from the villages, drag them into the
mountains and sell them to Chinese mer-
chants, who carry them into some of the
western provinces of China and sell them
to rich families. This odious traffic began
about twenty-five years ago. Formerly
Tonquinese women were almost unknown
in China. The practice of exporting them
as slaves came about in this way:
In 1865 the Chinese soldiers who invaded
Tonquin, which was in revolt against
China, found themselves encountered with
prisoners taken from the Tonquinese.
They did not know what to do with the
prisoners, but at last decided to ship them
to China and see if they could not sell
them. 1t was at this time that the emil
grafton agencies were recruiting in China
thousands of workmen to toll on the guano
islands of Chill. The hundreds of male
prisoners were easily disposed of to these
emigration agents, and the women and
children who were among the unfortunates
were sold to weli-to-do Chinese.
This opened new trade, although at
first it was not easy to sell the women, be-
cause wealthy families did not wish TO
have servants with black teeth, the result
of the practice of betal-nut chewing. So
small price however, was asked for them
that all the women were finally sold. To-
day these women are in much demand in
some parts of Western China. As servants
they are gentle, obedient and laborious,
and are so highly esteemed that they conn
mand good price. tits very lucrative
trade and hundreds of poor women arc
every year dragged away from their homes
by these pitiless dealers in human flesh.
Many Chinese are engaged in the business.
1t is gratifying to hear that the French
are making good progress in their efforts
To stamp out the traffic They have WIS.,
tied very severe punishment upon some
Chinese whom they have caught stealing
women and dragging them into the
mountains.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-13
THE NEW LAND LAW.
Interpretation of the Act by
SOlieitOr-General Taft.
SETTLER CAN TAKE $40 ACRES.
The Statute Prospective-U ncompl eted
Entries Kept Safe by the Opera
ton of Proviso.

WASHINGTON CRY. Jan. Especial. +
The question of just how much land may
be taken up under the new law has finally
been settled by an opinion of Solicitor
General Taft, handed TO the secretary of
the interior today. The question was first
raised by the register and receiver of the
land office of Oregon City, Or, and Assist
ant Land Commissioner Stone, whose
whose opinion being appealed from, the
case was sent Judge Taft, who conceded
with Mr.. Stone. Secretary Noble will un-
doubtedly decide in accordance with this
opinion. The solicitor general quotes the
act of the last session of congress, which
gives rise to this question, as follows:
No person, who shall after the passage of this
act enter upon any OF the public lands with view
to occupation, entry or settlement under any of
the land laws, shall be permitted to acquire title
to more than 80 acres in the aggregate under all
of said laws; but this Limitation shall not oper-
ate to curtail the right of any person who has
heretofore made entry or settlement on public
lands, or whose occupation, entry or settlement
on public lands is invalidated.
The solicitor general says:
The language OF the provision will permit of
but one construction: It's whole operation is
prospective. Entries upon which the limitation
is 10 operate are those made after the act Those
made before the act, though ncompleted are
expressly saved from the operation of the act by
the proviso
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-13
If He Were Only a Kicker.

chicago
ssI'm rather particular about my celery"
he said to the waiter who took his order
at Dearborn street restaurant. Bring
me only the small stalks, and see that they
are perfectly bleached."
Eyes, sir"
And see that there are no specks in the
potatoes. won't touch a potato that has
a speck in it. am rather particular about
my potatoes"
''Yes, sir"
"When you bring me the broiled fish
see that it has had the skin and fat all
removed. Don't bring me any except the
upper part of the body. Cut away all the
tail. "
'..All right, sir"
aHold on a moment. I'm rather par
ticular about my bread. ! don't want any
of the end pieces, and I don't want any of
this cigar-shaped bread with thick crust,
either. Bring me square bread, in thin
slices. cut from the middle Of the loaf.
The waiter went back and returned in
due time with tray full of eataDles, which
he unloaded on the table.
Take back this potato" said the guest,
land bring me one that has no specks.
I've got no time to dig the specks out OF
potatoes told you about that.
The potato was changed, and the waiter
asked him If everything was right now
No" he answered. This bread IS not
cut from the middle of the loaf Take it
away and bring me what | ordered.
Tie bread was accordingly changed.
"Ail right now 2" inquired the waiter.
NO, You've got some celery here that
isn't properly bleached. Bring me the
kind ordered. And hold on There is
q niece of skin ON this fish. Take il back.
told you / was particular about my
fish"
The celery and fish were removed and
brought back again in few minutes with
the Objectionable features eliminated.
as f all right now" asked the waiter.
Il guess it viii do growled the guest,
az he began TO eat, ''but if was a kicker
III kick about this fork and spoon. They
don't exactly match.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-13
BARON HAussMANN Is DEAD.
The Statesman Whose Public Works
Modernized and EmbclIished Paris.

PARIS, Jan. 12.--Baron Georges Eugene
Haussmann, while at dinner last evening.
was stricken with apoplexy, and died a
few hours later.
Georges Eugene Haussmann was born in
Paris, March -. 1862 lie was a grandson OF the
revoiptionist, Nicholas HauSsmaun az ColalaT.
lie studied law, became en- advocate al Paris,
ana Was successfully sub-prefect OF Nerae 81.
olrons and Biaye. and project OF the depart-
meats oi Var, 1onne and GiEondc In lS&s Ma
poieon III. appointed him project of the depart
ment OF the Seine, in which office he became
celebrated b. his extensive operations Tor the
Improvement and embellishments OF Paris. oile
OF the many new bolleVaFds constructed under
ms administration bearing his name. The demo
iiton OF some old quarters oil the metropolis
drove many of the iHdigant working cl2sSes 20
the suburbs, where they subsequently became
the most turbulent promoters OF the commune,
wniie thousands on the other hand
We're saved from starvation by being
employed on HaussmaIn'S public works
Inc tra' sformation OF the Bois
ue Boulogne into an English park, the pre-
ieclure, the new and massive barracks, admir-
able water-works, the restoration of the Hotel
Dleu. the completion of the Louvre, and many
other memorable works were due to iiauss-
manns enterprise but they involved an enor
nous expenditure, requiring repeated loans,
giving rise 10 much opposition in the press and
IN The corps legislatif, and TO charges OF Iais-
management, which were exposed in 1865 with
great success in Jules ferry's Complies Foatas
RqRes d Hdassmda The project succeeded,
nevertheless, in contracting new loan i'll 1863
ttre after the success OF the Olivier aimnistra-
ton. in lS7Ol
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-13
How a Fakir Ordered Lunch.
Indiannnnlis NeWs.


1t was not difficult to tell what business
he was in as he rushed through the watt
ing room, dashed into the restaurant and
climbed upon one of the long-legged chairs.
His little cap, short and tightly-buttoned
Jacket and loud pantaloons proclaimed
him a fakir-an outside man with side
show or ticket seller with museum.
'I'm bloomin' hungry" he exclaimed m
he caught up knife and fork and tucked
napkin under his chin. 81 amt pecked
since we left Columbus"
What shall it be?'' interrupted the at
tendant in brisk business voice.
Gimme sheeny funeral, without any
band, couple of Pullman wheels-no.
never mind the wheels, give me Castle
Garden, stack of whites and copper
and some ink"
TO the ordinary mortal this order would
be more unintelligible than Greek, but
not so with the attendant--he knew his
business, and in a few seconds had placed
before the hungry fakir piece Of boiled
pork, q cheese sandwich, two fried eggs
and cup of coffee. When he had finished
..pecking" the hungry man from Columbus
paid his bill and rushed out again.
What did he mean by Pullman
wheels2'
"Ham sandwiches" was the brusque
reply