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w. b. MOSES & SoSs.

Compare our prices with stocks that offer competi-
ton. such the largest Of Chicago New York. Boston
and Philadelphia. Our variety great our prices
as low and our systems erfect.
SEE TOMORROW EVENINGS STAR FOR SPE-
CIAL PRICES IN DRAPERY AND UPHOLSTERY
DEPARTMENTS. d.
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EsENTED WITH OUR COMPLIMENTS.

PRESENTED WITH OUR COMPLIMENTS.
We have had printed especially for a large guam
tity of very beautiful books children charningl
illustrated with weil-chosen subjects and purpose
present one of them. together with dainty qua
retie autographs, to each customer. matter how
trifing the cost of the article purchased.
The books and pictures will DE found at counter In
rear Of Wall Paper Department. second floor.
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$3.50 GoLp-LrAr RECEPTION
CHAIRS $3.50.

WE HAVE PURCHASED A VERY LARGE GUAM
THY OF THESE CHAIRS AND CONTRACTED TC
RECEIVE THEM WITHIN A SHORT TIME, AMI
THEREBY ARE ENABLED TO OFFER THEM Al
THIS PRICE
1T is The FAN-BACK PATTERN, WITH GIIDEI
RUSH SEAT. WHICH HAS SOLD EVERY SEASON
AT FROM S5 TO co
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LOOK Ar TINS Twice.

All housekeepers who Cores" say u
makes MORE" bread 'IIaHTFls-
bread. 'NHITER" bread. "sWEE TER"
bread and BETTER" bread than Al Other
-four The tr0rid
Al your sarocer's. We ouly wholesale H.
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Choice G1rr ARTICLES
In Opr1cA1 DEPARTMENT.

One of the best presents you could make to the old
folks is Pair Of Gold Spectacles Eyegfasses. We
have them at prices ranging from
Sd 90 to SO. Co.
We give q card with every pair that entities the
q thorough test Of the eyes by optical
expert at leisure.
For the ladies Opera Glass is an excellent gift.
At 90 % to 80 rs you get one with hard rubber
tubes and moroccocovered body
At ga co. 81. so and 90 90 a selection of finer
varieties. with gilt tubes and white oriental and
smoked pearl bodies. part Of these are from the
Goldschmid stock with reduced prices. and the
balance are mark-downs from our own stock. They
can't be duplicated for anything like these prices.
Thermometers very inexpensive. but they make
splendid presents that will be appreciated alike by
young and old. You can tie on q few ribbons if You
like. and they make handsome and useful ornaments.
The Gem" Microscope will afford great amount
of instructive amusement for the boys. They cost
but quarter. The original selling price was one
Collar. but q lot in Paris which we
bought at rdculously low price. and have put them
sale for the holidays at
tAst uloB)
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SPECIAL NorrcE

SPECIAL NOTICE
TIE FAIRS now open with fun lire q The Finess
larl0r. Chamber and DninF Room Furniture Also
fun line Of Brussels and Inrrain Carpets
New store and stock. Twenty p,r cent low.s
than any house in Washington.
.for this week only my price N Pooling Be Is from
$40 TO $50 The saline Hels have hoen ceiling At from
sle & $50 Give a cali and h. conv.ncl that The
FAIR is the place 10 make Your purchase
SMITH. THE GREAT PRICE CUTTER.
Nos. 743 and 745 .th St n. ". corner Of It.
dim
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WOODWARD & LorHnor
TEE ADVENT Or CHRrsrxAs
auth .s. @ @ . s @ .s s floor
HOLIDAY Grr ARTICLES That VIII DELIGHT EVERYBODY
Appropriate for every
BABY SISTER
AND GRANDMOTHER
s. s
~ % s ss ] % ; s @
Fo11ow Us CLOSELY IL The Go1DscHx,p ANNEX
I' ss a s
One LOT Or EsonAv1ses
oAh and
ONE Lor Or EsenAv1sos
Frames szeler price,
OF rAr1s REDUCED TO ALMOST HALF PRICE
Trunks AND TRAVELLING GooDs
@DS1S no ls ' Ts~ %r ss5er
BABY CAnnAcrs
Plus. and Meta, a,.'.' :;; ::;: :s' prices"
ssis' a1sa'a' S5s. building,
VELVET DrpAnrnrsr-Sur DrrAnrmEsr-Lnrro DEPARTMENT
RIBBON DEPARTMENT AR EnsnorDrnr DEPARTMENT
UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT
S. plenty os ssa you promptly
A SHIPMENT OF
FANCY PLAID VuyErs
Thspopert inssf rpesse
shade evening oou
DIST floor ..-...~...-... t. annex,
TROPHIES liz OuR GEEAr UpHo1srrnr STORE
THREE SPECIAL
th dpld lkrumeo
5 apt,a L25
other depltnF
S alpnce 90
os
oh umf plain nd
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PRETTY AND USEFUL THINGS

IN NOTION DEPARTMENT
HANDSOME. DURABLE AND SUITABLE GIFTS
The besepwa of gifts is matter recurring both tact
and taste. The present need not necessarily be an
article used every five minutes but it, in connection
with its beauty it possesses certain amount Of use
fitness it will be more acceptable The following
items from the Notion Department recommend.
Harpin Receiver. celluloid hand painted tied with
ribbon bows,
-45c- and 95c.-
Key Racks leaf. anchor and egg shapes. all colors
finished with ribbons.
Bonbonieres. barrel and buckle. shapes. all color.,
Doc
Stamp Boxes. cellulod. hand painted trimmed with
ribbons.
Catch-alls parchment hand painted. trimn ed with
ribbons silk cords and tassels rose. light blue
heliotrope and yellow.
Match Receivers. balloon shape old rose yellow.
Call Bells. glass. hand painted. tied with ribbon
bows.
Soc. and s1.oO
Pin Cushions. cellulod and China silk, trimmed
with ribbon bows all coors.
&c.,
Match Receivers. gypsy kettle shape tied with rib
bon bows
81 co.
Pineapple satchets. yellow silk and green felt.
81 25.-
Sewing necessities, parchment, hand painted fin
shed with silk cord and tasse-scissors needle case
stiletto. cotton. thimble and bodkin.
81 5O-
(First floor. 11th ST. building
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JAPANESE DEPARTMENT.

CLEARANCE SALE
CUPS. SAUCERS AND PLATES-in Dwarf Imari.
Sedh and Toxic Porcelains-rich decorations.
10. ID, % and 40c.--
Former price than double.
BAMBOO AND BEAD PORTIERES,
81 each
Al,rdvs sold at 81 so.
Fresh invoice of JAPANESE FOLDING SCREENS,
GOLD EMBROIDERED AND PAINTED.
81. so to Sl2.--
Every Screen genuine bargain.
1000 ODDS AND ENDS In Table Wares and Orna-
ments. &c. to 81
Extra good values.
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100 So11n OAK SIS Book CASE

This is the second shipment Of these cases. and the
rapidty with which the first hundred we're sold Is
convincing to their value.
The design. finish aud construction is excellent
adjustable shelves.
IN SAME CAR LOAD WE RECEIVED FOUR
DOZEN OF THE LARGE SIZE SOLID OAK slo 90
OPEN BOOK CASES, AND SHALL OFFER THE
LOT AT 90. IS EACH
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We ALSO HAVE NUMBER OF FANCY ODD
PIECES IN GOLD-LEAF, WHITE AND GOLD AMI
MAHOGANY AND FEW FINE OVERS UFFED
ODD PIECES THAT WE SHALL OFFER DURING
1HE NEXT THREE DAYS AT WAY BELOW REGU
LAR PRICES.
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PLEASED W1rH Them
90 F COURSE THE LADIES ARE
. 8 PLEASED WITH OUR DISPLAY
90 OF SMOKING JACKETS. HOUSE
COATS. DRESSING COINS AND BATH
ROBES. NO ONE WHO APPRECIATES
STYLE AND ELEGANCE IN WEARING
APPAREL COULD SEE THEM AND NOT
BE PLEASED THE RICHEST AND
CHOICEST EFFECTS FROM ALL OF
THE PRINCIPAL MARKETS OF THE
WORLD ARE GATHERED TOGETHER
HERE FOR YOUR SELECTION. AND
THE EARLIER YOU COME THE LARGER
THE VARIETY YOU WILL HAVE TO
CHOOSE FROM
TTTTHERE ARE ALL FABRICS AND
I CoLORS AND COMBINATIONS.
7 ALL QUALITIES. ALL SIZES
AND SHAPES. AND AS THEY WERE
MADE BY CLOTHIERs THEY WILL
FIT WELL. AND THEN. TOO. THEY
ARE TASTEFULLY AND ARTISTIC
ALLY TRIMMED AND THOROUGHLY
TAILORED. AND THE PRICES ARE
VERY REASONABLE
RoB1ssoS. Parker & Co..
AMER1cAs CLorH1ERs.
12OO.l2O2 &l2O4FSr. Wv
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A FLANNEL Opportunity.

All-over Embroidered Flannel cream ground with
light blue. pink and cream agures-36 inches wide
suitable for ladies' dressing sacQues and infants
dresses. Real value. 81. 37h
Special price. S5c yard
I'D 6oOx. 4 At bnildino
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THREE Ar Sl.25.

4a-inch STRIPED cAMEL,s HAIR-sl. %
ayard
4a-inch PLAID CAMEL's HAIR-sl25 a
yard
42-inch ARABEsQUE CHEvIoTs-sl25
yard
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MAsrEL MrRnons.

We wish to call your especial attention this stock.
line is large and complete.
SOLID OAK. CARVED NANTEL TOP. WITH
TWO SHELVES AND LARGE BEvEL PLATE
MIRROR. ONLY IS 90.
Also have same in imitation mahogany. The line is
in gold whitegold. natural cherry. imitation Iahog
any and oak
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A "TR1r1E AL1rASoE.-Sl.50

46-inch MATELASsE-hands assortment
of shades-sl 80 yard.
4i-inch TUFTED CAMEL'S HAIR-SL 80 a
yard.
44inch VARIEGATED CHEVIOTS, BEN
GALISES, CHEVRoNS. Sc.-S1. 30 q yard.
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HE FoLLow1sG REDUCED Prices
FOR
JAckErs. NEwMAEkErs. SUITS.
ALSO
LADIES, AND CHILpRES,s FURs.

lie garments that have made the Palais Royal
famous this season are too well known to dsxpla-
nation. Only need remind the reader that because
they are SO superior in quality. style and fit and
marked at prices so moderate the business already
done tes tia. any precious season, in the career
IF the Palais Royal
tCC.fO for the Ladies' Black Cheviot Goats tina.
have been grabbed for at 81 each
5000 for the Tan Fancy Cloth Bo. Coats
which have been pronounced the best 81 garments in
town
ot.JO for the 81. 10 CheviO. Box Goats. All sizes
and in blue. black and brown
cO.JC for the so chsviot and Beaver Box
Coats in navy and black. Have been favorably com.
Pared with the usual SO garments
i. . for the Fancy Cloth Box Goats With plated
oGcks-the PalaisRo ais popular IS. 20 garments
SS.4S for the 50. 70 Coats. co,0ps,,,o-s no. ,ss.
than our patrons have wondered how they could be
sid -or 800 They satin faced trimmed Will
opOssu and astrakhaa fGrs. the being dyed Il
match the IN.
SlO.JO fortfe So - Goats and s1l.os for the
sl5Coa;s. with rrsh fur shawl collars. &C.
- .Ot for the $40 English Tan and Gray NY
markets, viii deep capos- All other Noxrnarke,s al
10 yer cent discoUnt-one;eniA oil the price marked
Oh .he one selected.
~ O.J 30 Ladies sutts-Iatsst styles Of cloths
colors. styles Sold heretofore at sI2 rs and ZIG
Choice for . o9S.
/ SHfLDREN's GRETCHENS. sizes L. 6 and 8
yeas. REDUCED to s3- IL for choice. Newnarkets
sizes 10. L! and II reduced So Is for choice
f.,
Il YRS AT REDUCED PRICES. Low prices TO,
AZ Lat 1-sa
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CHILDREN's FURs-Redueed Prices.

TIE PALA1s ROYAL
Cor. LIB st. and Pa are
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Book News Grows MORE INTERESTING DAILY
mdtud
Books WonrH READING
A o. A
(. by Mrs Muock
by Irving.
By
by Carlyle.
Nine De Stal
by Bryce.
Darwin
by Spencer
EdwinA
ries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-07

81 30 Solid Oak Highly Polished Tables. top 2ox2
inches and prettily shared. This week. SO. 90.
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Gun MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
Is embossed with active interests now. Felt Hate.
Turbans. Round Hats and Childrens Flats.,, eo,o,s
-25c.-
French Felts-all our &c. 25 and 3d. 80 ones are nov
fla
Beautiful Roses-lOc bunch.
american Beautys--25c each
Buckles-cut steel and jet-Isc
Ostrich Tips-25 and 35c bunch.
SILK SKIRTS Fon XMAS G1rrs.
hne assortment Just in-evening shades. plaids,
stripes. chanseabls effects and plain blacks
SO 75 to Sl5-
ga moor. 10th st. building
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Johnson & LurrRELL.
BLAxKErs AND COMFORTS

II you need anything In the way Of BID Coverfnav
you'll find exactly what You want here and a prices
never before quoted for niiiur quAli'ie-.
Full size Gray Blankets atS,r ~ and 10 - apAir.
lo-4 White Wool Blankets al g. -, sL e. J0andes
pair.
ia ''Housekeeper" White Wool Blankets 81
pair This is the b-st Blanket offered for TIE
price. and you'l asrse with Is On in-I-4ction.
IL and ia California " hi;e Wool Blankets at e..
-, 60. $40 10 SIS pair.
Atwood Red Bl,nkets. 81 % ssapAir
Calico Covered Comforts at u.s.. 50c. &c. and sI
each.
Cretonne Covered Comforts at 81 p. sI.Jo and
81. 15ea-h.
Cotton-hlled Saline Covered Comforts at -, sa.Jo.
81. So % and - each.
Eiderlown Comforts from - 10 sl0 each.
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FArzzzs. HusBAxDs AND BnorHEns

ATHEEs- 1ICsBANDs AND BROTHERS
1----ss' All CLIIrsn's Outer Garments at reduced
pss- The PalEis Royals first floor is allied to over
soE-1s <ith faIcy articles :or Christmas presents
ErAEche- Of the b-i--a-b-ac. stationery and book
de22rt1Esnts are to be opened On the second floor
Bat the second floor IS already filed with outer and
uEder.-rments FOR ladies' and children. To make
RON quickly
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BOYS OvrncoArs REDUCED.
We've made the buying of Boys overcoats an EASY
matter by taking tableful of hishest-prced ones
$40 and sl2-and tempting your choice with "a. "a
for a price. Some are imported cheviots-au are
pretty and novelties of the finest kind Sizes 2 To q
We're $40 and Sl2.
Now &C. ID
few Combination Suits STILL but they will not
remain long-such rare values never do. IS buys
coat. two pairs Of pants to match. and guarantee
that they nothing but pure wool and silk seved
All sizes but q.
So Co.,
(3i door 10th St. building
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CHAMBER SUITES
sIDEBoARDs
Gro. BnE1rBAnrH.
FURNITURE AND Upuo1srERv GooDs.
5l5 SEVENTH STREET N. w. az
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WooDwAaD & LoTHaoe.
10TH. 1lrH AND = SITS n. ".
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I'll 8 {. ! l.. / e.. E.. iE 4 4 (. Y
- HErff FRI FFrr Esff S.

What could ~ move sc-Ni~eshle - an
proi-ate OH f,r Nou q make your
husband brother. father. IN. uncle. any
~ your Other relations. your t-raln - yo1r
friends than q Sod pair ~ conf lr,ahle,
pretty. ro~y house SlITPiRsf We IN .
% uotaiug better. H. vDus
our -''ek aud ssSJrtu-ut has f-sn vary
oareiu..s selected slfh "sTr ial supro-
lrlatetv>s .or this COMING fs-ia. s.assn.
Al the new "FOBT CREATIONS" are
CT slow
III. T-i,es are a. low a. von want ana a.
h.s-h a. you want them. .,u. On every cas-
They " srtr,rss.s go Ha.ra.s
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A Zoe Tao.

so-inch STRIPED and FIGURED CAMELs
HAIh-95c yard
40-inch WOOL PLAIDS-75c yard.
s2inch WOOL SERGEs in plain shades
s5c. q yard.
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A CLUSTER Or 81 Gems.

40-inch NEW MORE FAILLES-dark
shades-Sl yard.
S6-inch CAMEL'S HAIR-sl a yard.
46-irch BENGALISES-sla yard
4o-inch TWo-rONED JACQUARDS-a qnal-
fly we sold at 3 l. 35 earlier in the season-sl a
yard.
4O-inch NOVELTY SPOTS on cheyiot
grounds-Sl O yard.
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A 40c. Pam

35-inch ALL-wOoL CHEvIoTs-uncomnaon
des.gns-s0c. q yard.
36-inch rWO-roSED TwIIIS-re Elections
Of the imported novelties-IOc syard
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An S5c. THO.

s5-inch WOOL sERGEs. in all colors-sJc
ayard.
42-inch PLAID CHEvIoTs-S5c yard.
4iinch WOOL tLAIDS-SJc. syard.
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Corner i2-h 81 and Pa. ave.
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0 THE PEOPLES MONEY SAVER.
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FOR - % s'.cil.r granA va
riety. 'Aeui'le Fular.asr-B
SliuVcssi In opera" Ard ''tvsr.
cit styles. Marc u Goat ~llY-
prrS. al ,oiurs. limitation At
gator. ku- "a Csf. puuEr'l.
also Tan and u usr..a 81 Husf
a new style Gu; hi.r 81 fr,rf auI
ar D-,,.s 81 10 .' 30
F;nor grsaes iron. these prices go nn
u I'D -Ha-- jaw
AmouE them Genuine AiIllato. IN bla- 4
and colors. Imported Russia Cs,f ''Nulu-
Der" t.Hfrr'p rslr'. ''fl1ir" ard ''sost
} Creole" ILc last shry. ar ths --latest RIA
a;igns
AL si5os q Lambs Wool. v,h a,eoe-
lined aud bound soIgs. f1r lss IN cr0chci a
worsicd s.irnors.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-09-15
THE CHINAMAN'S RAZOR
A Queer Little Curved Blade with Very
Keen Edge.

A Queer Little Curved Blade with a Very
Keen Edge.
The Chinaman perhaps shaves oftener
than any other man on earth, says the
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat and with the
possible exception of the American In
dian, he really has less need of it. But
it seems to be fad among the Mon
golians of San Francisco, and especially
those who are at all well to do, to have
their faces manipulated by tonsorial
artist nearly every day. A queer little
razor it is they use, too. 1t is in no re-
spect like our razor, except in the mat
ter of keenness of it's edge. 1t is a wee
bit of a blade, nicely curved into q
semi-circle. With this tool the Chinese
barber scrapes the almost hirsuteless
face of his customer and then shaves
him around the ears and down the neck
to the first bone of the spinal column.
1t, of course, serves the excellent and
highly commendable purpose of cleans
ing the Mongolian face, neck and ears
of dirt very effectually, though the hairs
it clips are few and far between The
rounded point of the razor is also in
serted into the Celestial ear, and every
ambitious hair that dares to show itself
in the auricular lobe is clipped before
its growth proceeds very far. The
Chinaman, you know, is scrupulously
cleanly about his ears. A growth OF
hair in them is considered mark of low
birth or of careless and ungenteel habits.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-09-15
WHY WOMAN HIDES HER AGE.
Nobody Has Been Sharp Enough to Dis.
cover Until Now,

Nobody Has Been Sharp Enough to Dis.
cover Until Now.
"rll tell you why it is we women hide
our ages" said one of the sex to New
York World man the other day.
''Ninety-nine out of every hundred
women regard marriage as their one
end in life. Now it's curious fact, but
true nevertheless, that q man as rule
wants young wife. Whatever his own
age, his wife must be young and at
tractive and all that. Besides, if a
woman is married when she is getting
on in life, it's only thrown in her face.
She is charged with a desire to m AIRY
any one, or some may say that she has
set her cap for the man she married be-
cause she feared to be an old maid.
"Women, too, are at their best at
thirty. Men don't think SO, however,
and so they are obliged to keep their
ages down to the limit set by their mas
terS.
s'These two reasons--a desire to COM
ply with the mems arbitrary standard
and a fear lest their own sex may say
spiteful things if they marry when no
longer in their teens-have led women
into the habit of falsifying their ages.
Secondary reasons spring up from
these two. The younger girls of fam
lily are often obliged to keep their ages
down in order that their older sisters
matrimonial chances may not be spoiled
Sometimes an ambitious mother keeps
all her children's ages down in order
that she herself may not appear too old
"But as rule, once married, wom-
ans age progresses as nature intended
it should and she has a birthday every
vaarv
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-09-15
WHENCE CAME THE FROGSq
A Recent Shower In New Jersey Sug
gests Some Scientific Speculation.

A Recent Shower In New Jersey Sug-
gests Some Scientific Speculation.
During q thunderstorm in New Jer-
sey the other day it Grained frogs to
such an extent that, according to the
testimony of multitudinous witnesses,
the streets of Port Morris were alive
with hundreds of these creatures.
Here's state of things which the Bos-
ton Globe says science can no more ex-
plain to-day than it could two thou
sand years ago. 1t is still said, of
course, that these frogs were sucked up
in marshes and carried into the clouds,
but no human being ever yet saw frog
thus taken up, and it is odd that moth
ing is ever "raised to eminence" in this
way except the frog, though plenty Of
other living things may be near by al
ready to be sucked up.
A good many observers hold to thu
curious and interesting opinion tha'
under certain very rare electrical con
ditions life seems generated spon
taneously. The frog is peculiarly
electrical creature, and in fact frs
suggested the existence of animal mag
netism as distinct force to science.
any animal could be thus suddenly ant
strangely called into being it nigh
well be the frog. Now that the univer
sity extension professors are about set
ting to work teaching the peopl
science, it would be interesting to hea
them explain mysteries such as the de
scent of frogs, which has been the tai
Of Port Morris and all the region roun
ohn,rt
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-09-15
Languages In Africa.

The Germans are trying to count the
languages that are spoken in their new
colonial possessions. In east Africa
they have found fifty languages; in
southwest Africa, twelve; in Cameroons,
twenty; in Toga, five or six. These
figures do not include large number
of dialects which are almost equivalent
in some cases to another language. The
Germans have no idea yet how many
languages are spoken in their South sea
possessions, but they have thus fa-
counted fifty. Their missionaries AID
agents are hard at work reducing the
languages which are most used to writ
ing and making dictionaries of them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-09-15
PIOCHE NEVADA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER Is. 1899.
COMFORT HOT AND COLD.
1t Is to BE Found In the Reelection That
There Are Worse Climates.

1t Is to BE Found In the Reflection That
There Arc Worse Climates.
Which is the very hottest region of
the globe is disputed warmly sometimes
by travellers. The thermometer will not
decide in the sense we refer to, says the
London Standard, because local condi-
tions have such great influence on our
feeling of misery. Those who have
been quartered at Alden would not al
low that any spot on this upper earth
can be more awful than that But un-
fortunates who have dwelt in Scinde
mock the terrors of Alden. Visitors to
Bushire, in the Persian gulf, talk light
ly of Scinde; and Russians assert that
there are districts in central Asia more
terrible than all three. One would in
cline to believe them also, if only it
were proved possible to live through q
summer in heat more cruel than that of
Scinde, for instance. Americans also
put in claim for their great desert
One thing is assured-that the famous
Sahara does not approach any of those
mentioned In some parts of Scinde
necessity taught the inhabitants ages
ago to invent an apparatus for cooling
their rooms, which we were glad to
adopt under the name ''windsail."
AS for the actual heat in the severest
climates, persons otherwise trustworthy
will give astounding reports. We have
heard responsible officers of the old In
dian fiotlla avouch that they have seen
the glass register 200 degrees in the sun
at Bushire. 1t was long time ago,
| however, and there lies their excuse.
Perhaps 1S0 degrees has been recorded,
for a brief space, under peculiar cir
cumstances. But when 100 degrees is
passed every fraction becomes horribly
perceptible. Ten degrees above this is
not uncommon. The coolest place to be
found at Shikarpur sometimes has been
140 degrees. But 100 degrees in the
shade may be regarded as the tempera-
ture of the very hottest climates in the
world-when no wind blows. Fancy
that as minimum, for forty-eight
hours at a stretch. At Sukkur-the
year round, mark-residents endure a
minimum of 81 degrees; happily there
are very few whites among them. But
this is in q time when no wind blows;
and winds are the rule from March to
July. There is the Suk, which rises,
as scientific persons allege, in the Kachi
desert; but ordinary mortals will not
be persuaded that it has its origin in
the upper world. All life withers be-
fore it. But there is worse. The bad-i-
simeon kills outright everything it en-
counters; not only that-it burns up
tissue and cartilage, SO that the limbs
can be pulled asunder when the storm
has passed by. OF course it is rare and
brief and very narrow in its track.
From the roof of his house in Jacoba-
pad, an officer watched it sweep by, de-
stroying actually everything it met;
but he, aftS yards from the edge, felt
only a warmer glow than usual