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.Monte criston ontdone.


Monte Cristo" may hideits diminished
head. What was the ssfind" of Edmond
Dantes compared with that of the dis
covery made by the contractors who en-
gagged to demolish the castle of San An
tonic, at Rio Janeiro, for the Brazilian
government? In the cellars of that edi-
flee they successively dug up twelve iron
clamped chests and sixteen sacks, con-
tanning 70,0O0,00O old Spanish dollars in
gold, plus aleaden box filed with papers.
One of these documents was a receipt
given by a Father Anton Desarte, supe-
rior of the Jesuits' college at Rio, for
20,000,0 900 gold dollars. to be paid by him
as tribute to King John V of Portugal
when he visited Brazil
1t is supposed that when the Jesuits at
Rio learned how, in the Eighteenth cen
tury, the Marquis de Polnbal was expell-
ing their order from Portugal, they hid
the treasures which have been discov-
cred. A list of the wealth SO concealed
has been found in the leaden box. It
mentions the SIC, 1000, 900 just brought to
light, 1880 pounds of gold dust and aO,-
600 pounds weight of gold ingots. To
whom, it is asked at Rio, does the treas
ure belong? Is it to the republic, the
king of Portugal, the Jesuits, or the peo-
pie who contracted to cart away all the
materials of the castle they were en-
ployed to demolish?- Paris Cor. London
Dispatch
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a Sew Lener CoIonv.

Five Cinnamon, afflicted with the lep
rosy, were recently removed from Vic
toria, B. c., to Darceyi sland which will
now be used exclusively as a lazaretto
The patients objected strenuously an6
one of them attempted to commit suicide
but was prevented. Darcy island i.
situated about twenty miles from Vic
toria, and is one of the San Juan archi.
pelago. 1t has an area of about 20t
acres and is beautiful spot. This island
was uninhabited and was reserved by
the provincial government. Itwas select
ed by Mayor Grant and Alderman Hol
land, of Victoria, as an appropriate loca
ton for lazaretto
The building is strong and substan
tial frame house, divided into six good
sized rooms, each of which opens on 8
covered porch. Each apartment has 6
cooking stove and table, an iron bed
stead with spring mattress and plenty o1
bed clothing. Each of the lepers has g
room to himself, and all are supplied
with abundant utensils for housekeeping
Rice, sugar, -four, meat, bacon, potatoes
dried fish and every imaginable delicacJ
dear to the Celestial appetite are piled
up in the apartment utilized as genera
storeroom. Nothing has been overlooked
even opium was provided, and when
the miserable wrecks of humanity found
out they would not be deprived of theil
soothing drug they laughed and chattet
gleefully.-San Francisco Examiner
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where Rockets Bones Are Buriea.

Wnere beckeL'S Zones Are buried.
Thomas Becket's bones are to the
fore again, and this time it seems as if
the matter were really settled, and that
the saints remains might henceforth be
left in peace. It will be remembered
that when the skull and bones were dis
covered, which gave rise to SO much con-
troversy in the antiquarian world three
years ago, there were several objections
urged against their being those of the
murdered archbishop, the principal one
being that the contemporary pope spoke
of "double sacrilege" having been
committed by Henry, in that he had not
only murdered the saint, but had also
burned his sacred bones
This argument has now been met by
the discovery in the British museum of
some notes for sermon to be preached
at Paul's Cross some time after the muir
der, in which the preacher jots down
that he was by the kings command to
contradict the statement that Becket's
bones had been burned. Then come
some lines which are crossed through in
the manuscript, but which have now
been deciphered and read as follows:
'They (he bones) are buried beneath one
Of the central towers of Canterbury
cathedral" This should be conclusive.
Pail Mall Gazette.
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we Cling to Earlx Ideas.

Naturalists are now telling us that the
opossum does not play 'possum, but is
merely paralyzed with fear for the time
being. Articles are published every day
in our ornithological papers and maga-
zines which go to prove that owls can
see equally as well by day as by night.
It is still an undecided question whether
snakes ''charm" their prey or not. In the
western baclzwoods these old stories are
still believed in. the ignorant classes
cling with fondness to them and will
not learn anything different, and down
in our own hearts do we not cling to
them, more or less?
Do we not hate to give them up, and
is it not with a little regret that we are
forced to acknowledge that the porcu-
pine does not shoot his quills, that the
bird of paradise really has feet and legs,
and that our national bird, the white
headed eagle, is far from the noble bird
we once thought him to be?-Forest and
Stream
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Story OF a Now York pank.

Mrs. Jones' death suggests the story of
the founding of the Chemical bank
This institution is in some respects the
most famous of American banking
houses. A good many years ago certain
shrewd and wealthy Welshmen under
took to start factory for the manufac-
ture of chemicals, and as a branch of
this undertaking they proposed to have
a little bank, more for convenience than
for money making The chemical fac
tory was started, and the little bank got
agoing at the same time, and one man
was able to act as president, cashier and
teller. By and by it began to dawn
upon the stockholders that the little bank
was the most profitable branch of their
undertaking.
A hard headed Welshman named
Jones, who had married the daughter of
Mr.. Mason, the founder of the chemical
factory and bank, began to teach the old
New Workers what banking was. The
capital was small, and the profits were
constantly charged to the surplus ac-
count, until by and by the stockholders
found that they had bigger surplus
than they had capital. The business in
creased, and so did the surplus, and the
directors kept on adding the profits to
the surplus, satisfied to see that pile
grow rather than to take the dividends
in cash.
Out of this kind of banking has grown
the modern Chemical bank, on capital
of $300,00 1t has made surplus of
many millions of dollars, it pays fire.
quently semi-monthly dividends of or 8
per cent, its stock is quoted awayJup in
the thousands and is only obtainable
through the death of some stockholder
and the subsequent closing out of his
estate.-New York Cor. Chicago Herald
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Koch,s Lxmph in Colorado.

Several Koch hospitals have been es.
tablished in the United States, but with
varying success, except that in Denver,
which seems to have been an unquali-
fed success. In fact, Colorado alone
appears to possess all the admirable quail
tiles that are demanded in treating con-
sumption. This proposition met with
the Endorsement of the national conven-
ton of Climatologists, which met in
Denver last year and reported in favor
of this state as the only safe haven fol
persons afflicted with pulmonary disease.
In view of all these circumstances, it is
reasonable to suppose that a combina-
ton of scientific treatment, healthy regi-
men, and injections of the health giving
lymph should produce the highest per-
centage of cures. Medical records col
lated since the introduction of the Koch
lymph go to prove that many patients
have been cured, some of whom have
gone to their homes in lower attitudes,
where they enjoy immunity from the
disease.-Denver News.
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Thrones Occupied by children.

Three thrones in Europe now are oc.
cupied by children-Queen Wilhemina
of the Netherlands, ten years of age;
Alphonso XIII of Spain, i've years and
Alexander of Servia, a boy of fourteen.
Two of the little sovereigns are con-
trolled by wise and capable mothers, but
the banished Queen Natalieis the mother
of the other. Nine. Natalie is a brave
woman, and just at present she is the
recipient of great deal of sympathy
from her people. The woman instinct
strong even in danger, must have
prompted her to leave the palace with
cher beautiful black hair streaming over
her shoulders" 1t is difficult to compute
the influence of those raven tresses, OF
the potency of the spectacle of beauty ir
distress. York Sun.
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An Admira1's Dilemma.

An old admiral, whose long sea service
had given his legs a decided outward
curvature, once had a singular adventure
on this account with a ships pet The
crew of the ship owned large black
spaniel, and took great pains in teaching
him to jump. A man, standing up,
would put one foot against his other
knee, thus making hole for Nep, the
dog, to make his leap through. The dog
always jumped through the aperture
readily, though if his trainers legs hap
pened to be short, it was sometimes a
rather tight squeeze.
One day the admiral came aboard
from the flagship on visit of inspec-
ton. Happening to walk to the forward
part of the ship he stood there for few
minutes conversing with the officer who
had attended him. Here he was spied
by the dog. Nep stood a moment sur
veying the admirals bowlegs. Suddenly
the dog made rush at the legs and a
mad leap through the tempting gap. In
astonishment at the black tornado that
had passed beneath him the admiral
whirled quickly about to see what was
the cause. The dog took this action as
a signal for an encore" and jumped
again. Once more the admiral turned,
and again the dog jumped. The bewil-
dered face of the admiral and the seri-
GUS attention of Nep to what he imag-
ined was his business were too much for
the gravity of the bystanders, and, for
getting the respect due to rank, they all
roared with laughter.
A sailor, however, had enough pres
ence of mind to break from the crowd
and catch the dog by the collar. He led
him off, and as he did so Nep seemed to
wonder why he did not receive the praise
due to such spirited efforts. The ex-
cited admiral got but an imperfect ex-
PLANTATION of the affair from the specta-
tors, for they could hardly tell him that
his legs had been used as kind of circus
hoop by a forecastle dog. Perhaps to
his dying day the occurrence was mys-
terry to him.-San Francisco Argonaut.
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A Curious Twelve Mile railroad.

In railroad circles there is considerable
interest manifested in the reported sale
of the famous Rainbow" route of Otto
Mears. The report serves to draw at
tention to what is undoubtedly one oi
the most unique lines of railroad in the
world. The road is not more thar
twelve miles in length, extends from Sill.
verton to Ironton, but, as a marvellous
result of engineering skill, deserves tc
rank as one of the wonders of the world.
No one was quite so near heaven on 8
railroad as when travelling on one OF
Mears' 'baby" passenger cars.
The trip from Silverton to Ironto1
leaves a vivid impression on the
mind of the tourist. 1t skirts the
edge of unfathomable abysses, winds
over mountain peaks, through regions
of eternal snow, leaps cataracts, span.
gorges, and finally bumps right into the
solid wall of the granite mountain
How this obstruction is overcome is not
at first apparent, but by the aid of s
complicated set of turntables engines
and cars are turned around and sail
merrily down hill to their destination
Leadville Herald-Democrat.
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It is tolerab1y- safe, in these days of
variety in dress, to judge man by the
necktie he wears. 1t gives glimpse of
character to the observant student Of
human nature. Look around in a Full
ton street car and notice the different
styles of men and the different styles of
ties. Without looking above the chin
of any of the men you can size him up
correctly nine times out of ten. If he
wears a very large and very red scarf
over very loud checked shirt, with a
fourteen carat chandelier diamond put
ting the sunbeams to sleep all about it,
you don't hesitate in pronouncing him a
young man that would sooner fight than
eat See?
And if he wears a little bit of a black
ribbon, tied in very tight and slender
sailors knot that hangs straight down
over soiled shirt bosom, from the meet
ing place of the two ends of turn down
collar-why, you know without looking
further that there's thin, weakened
face above it, with bright, beady eyes,
whose glances glide stealthily and quick
ly from one point to another-eyes which
are restless, hard, greedy. You know
that man is as stingy and ugly as the
tie he wears. In contrast with this is
the big, loose, white puff, with a small
gold pin showed carlessly through it from
the side. There it lies on an immaculate
linen front, as handsome and careless
and captivating as the hearty, generous.
whole souled fellow whom it adorns.
Then there's the man who wears the
white bowknot in the daytime; look out
for him. He's a hypocrite or worse.
And the man with the same four in
hand that he's worn for a week, soiled
and crunpled-he's either very rich OF
very poor, head over heels in business or
slovenly and mean, one or the other.
The pale tinted tie is sign of conceit.
The polka dot is worn by the young
man who don't care much for girls, but
who takes to boating and swimming.
Solid black signifies docile disposition,
satin finish means vanity of the worst
type, and a checked tie-well, the man
who wears black and white check will
steal Enthusiastically Eagle.
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The Host Was Absent.

After a dinner given by Stephen Price,
of Drury Lane theater, all the guests but
Theodore Hook and the Rev. Edward
Cannon retired. Price was suffering
from gout, but as they disregarded his
hints to retire, he stole off and left them
in high talk. On the following morning
he inquired of his servant: ssPray, at
what time did those gentlemen go last
night?" Go, sir?" replied John; they're
not gone, sir; they have just rung for
coffee. San Francisco Argonaut.
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Bear Creeks Mysterious Disappearance

Bear Creeks Mysterious Disappearance.
Bear Creek, a large tributary to the
Gasconde river, was quite high on ac-
count of the recent rains, and had begun
to overflow many of the low bottoms.
Farmers were very anxious about their
crops for several miles above the mouth.
Imagine their surprise when at the
height of their anxiety the waters sud-
denly and mysteriously began to sub
side On examination it was found that
seven or eight miles above the mouth of
the creek a cavity had broken through
the bed of the creek and the water was
all emptying into this cavity The
creek has dried up below. Hundreds of
people are visiting the scene.-Cor. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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Look Ont for Her.

Maude went shopping recently, and
although Maude knows the interiors of
the big mercantile emporiums almost as
well as that of her own home, she met
with a brand new experience. Said she:
81 had made all of my purchases ex-
cept one. 1t was a neglge gown, which
the shop girl vulgarly called wrapper.
There was dainty pink garment and
one in pale blue 1 couldn't decide
which one would best suit my style of
beauty, so just sat there thinking it
over. Before could make up my mind
well dressed woman rushed up and
saluted the girl behind the counter with:
Don't you remember me? I've bought
several of these wrappers, and a lot of
my friends have them too. We are all
delighted with them. The pink ones
are so becoming, and can't see how the
firm sells them so low. Do you know ]
put little extra trimming on one and
use it as a tea gown. Oh, they are a
bargain Then she moved on.
by this time had decided to take
the pink one and ordered it sent home.
AS was leaving the store 1 heard fa-
miliar voice, and there in the glove de-
partment was the same woman declaring
that those suede gloves were ridiculously
cheap, and customer who was hesitat-
ing bought two pairs at once. 1 played
detective after that and saw the woman
help other doubtful customers to make
up their minds until l was convinced
that she was fixture in the establish
ment.
''Now am sorry didn't take the blue
wrapper. NEW York Recorder.
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8 E..
CLEVELAND, Wash, |
June 18th, 1891. (

S. B. Medicine Cos,
GENrLEMEN-Your kind favorreceived,
and in reply would say that 1 am more
than pleased with the terms offered me
on the last shipment of your medicines
There is nothing like them ever intto-
duced in this country, especially for La
grippe and kindred complaints. have
had no complaints so far, and everyone
is ready with word OF praise for their
virtues. Yours, ETC.,
NJ. F. HAcKLEY.
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A fye-year-old boy fell into deep
water from a bridge in Seattle, and it
was twenty-five minutes before men
brought him to the surface with Crap
pling irons. He was rolled over barrel,
and at the end of two hours was pro-
nounced out of danger.
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A Ear sirbted Citizen.

Wiggins-How is this2 You said a
year or SO ago that You intended to move
to Chicago.
Diggins Since Chicago got the
Worlds fair have changed my mind.
"Why SOP
"Too many relatives."--New York
Weekly
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A Washingtonian got in an ugly pre-
dicament the other night. After retiring
the folding bed "closed up'' on him,
standing him on his head and rendering
him entirely helpless. His screams
brought assistance and he was soon re-
leased
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From Oregon comes the queer story
that five-year old child at Eugene
grows faster on the one side than on
the other without any apparent cause
Physicians there ere reported to be high
ly interested in the case
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Australia ships large numbers of eggs to
the British markets. 1t takes six weeks
for them to reach the markets.
Alcohol and whiting is recommended for
cleaning windows long begrimed with dust
and smoke
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Charges and fees paid by the late Dr..
Magee to pass from the episcopate of
Peterborough to the archiepiscopate of
York amounted to $500
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"a Severe Law.

not what they are represented to be. Under
this statute thousands of pounds of tea have
been burned because of their wholesale adul-
teration.
Tea, by the way. is one of the most notori-
ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artif-
cjsliy colored, but thcuzands of pounds of
substitutes for tea leaves ere used to swell
the bulk OF cheap teas; ash. sloe, and willow
lcaEes being those most commonly used.
Again, sweepings from tea warehouses are
eolored and sold as tea. Even exhausted ca
leaves gathered frorl the tea-houses are Kept,
driei, and made over and find their way into
the heap teas.
The Eagi;sh government attempts to stamp
this out by coafiscaii L; but no tea is too
poor r u, a:id the result is, that probably
Tie poorn-t tess used by any nation are lil5se
CONSUMED in America.
Eeech's Tea is presented with the gner-
any tnat it is uneolo-cd and unadulterated;
in fact. the sun-curea tea leaf pure and SIM
pie. Its purity Ir.,;arcs superior strength,
about one third less of IT being required for
an infusion than OF the q tifcial teas, and its
fragrance and exquisite flavor is at once ap-
parent. It Will be revelation to you In
order that its purity and quality may be guar
anteed, it is sold only in pound packages
bearing this trademark:
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Old People.


j. v. 8. is the only Sarsaparilla that old or
feeble people should take, as the mineral potash
which is in every other Sarsaperilla that We know
of, is under certain conditions known to be
emaciating. ]. v. S. on tho contrary is purely
vegetable and stimulates digestion and crcates
new blood, the very thing for old, delicate or
broken down people. 1t builds them up and
prolongs their lives. A case in point:
Mrs. Belden an estimable and elderly lady Of
$40 Mason St, S. F. was for months declining 80
rapidly as to seriously alarm her family. 1t got
SO bad that she was finally afflicted with fainting
spells. She writes: while in that dangerous
condition saw some of the testimonials con-
cerning Nv. S. and sent for bottle. That marked
the turning point. regained my lost flesh and
strength and have not felt SO well in years."
That was two years ago and Mrs. Belden is wen
and hearty to-day, and still taking J. v. s.
If you are old or feeble and want to be built up.
The sun., 1891-05-03
sAias ssxzAx..1 MosEp,s .MsggRH


Lsu neyers's Qssrtsr.uiis Hsrass nsesra
q nsatss Over Three seeesHs.
Bsfkslsy Oval looked vsry piesurssaus
yesterday: the Gilt clock on the grand stand
marked Of the time with pronounced eaiety Of
mannsS: the college cries were given with an
eneney Of "siss, boom. ahi" seldom heard. In
fact everything conspirsd to make the seven
teenth annual sprinG games Of the College ef
the City Of New York Athletic Association.
siRnally successful. The events were run on
nicely: due IN . GISst msssufe % the efforts Of
rsisr.s. hoSsr. ssoll. W.na.l BAKER San sam See.
.s: SS y s, e =: sss;s 4. ss,
as oS.Sa; shs ss1
s.sonas Gs kss Sg eSES ~s' minute
Other features of the day were the slsshiHe
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ba sSson ominpsss sscoSd The rssSra
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nsS IL 3 q ssssns nr &. S S ys,s
Of j.. A. Constants was chsnasd b. Z spohr 90
hs In, .yns: Ts: lowell: s o~s
record Of II minutes 81 8-5 seconds to II min
utes As seconds.
Franz SigeL ir.. gave an Sxhibition o.. high
jnmpins. Hs shoyed himself r 30 ysry clever.
stenis resulted As follows: -
e: Pr s!ss s:';ss: Is },
one mil. BieyeIs mace Hsndieap-wsn By r speAr
p 9.erstcht :. rIshsr ps (so ysrdO ssconds fine
tsscS Sssas:ds ssSisy.v,x are a.n gsnd,s.y-xessy
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One mile Walk Open 20 CollsgtauS ecfatoh-WoR ey
lloyd Ce!lis, CoiumiiA =. a. BOrchsfiinE PrincsSsn
One mile Kun HandicaD.Non by u IaynsS 20
minutsa - esconds
as.. & os...sn v; 0res. .nd doldsnsh fins
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Ce,umbia ssecna Tim: smils.ss e So sseesdA
IS 20 ysrd9: L. sleI % Go yarcsa second. fine
Three. mile Rua. hsndeap-wsn By B. H. Baynss ss
!.cratchl; " steobins vs C2sO yafdsl second Time
fwo;handrsd,snd twenty Yesds Hsrdle race haedL
eI 0eratohI second. Time 10 is sseondi