Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-08

eASt VI SAtSOO - ocolcE HnO had, as she claimed, maliciously prosecuted her on a false charge that she had concealed a sewing machine which she had bought of him on conditional sale.
 This is the time of the year when the hair dealers send their agents about Europe to buy the country maidens' hair. They meet them st the fairs and pay them for the privilege of clipping of their looks. Bel gium sends out about a thousAnd pounds of fair hair every year; Italy, 12, 900 pounds of black hair; the Argentine Republic, a,6OO pounds; British India, 5000 pounds, and China, 40, 900 pounds.
 Mahsrsjsh Dhuleep Singh, the Indian prince who died recently in England, al- ways chose to consider himself deeply in- jured man at the hands of that country, though he had lived there for many years and drew the comfortable allowance of e40, 900 year from the government. He formerly claimed the Koh-i-noor from Queen Victoria, and wrote famous letters denouncing the English people. He lived at Elvedon Hall for time, upon which he spent enormous sums of money, and made the estate into great game preserve, where he would amuse himself by making the biggest "bags" on record.
 The San Francisco Midwinter fair scheme is all alive. Large forces of men, lA,id- scaps gardeners. builders, artists and la- borers of every kind have for several weeks been busy in Golden Gate park, laying out the grounds and putting up the buildings The five main buildings are we'll under way, and 1t is expected they will be prscti- decorators by the end of this month. All California is enthusiastic over the fair, cash support is coming in lIberally, and the promoters are confident of the com plete success of the undertaking. The presence of many of the special attractions now at Chicago. on the Midway ana else where in the White city, is assured, and the scope of the fair Is widening.
 The following are the approved instruc. tions for bringing on hypnotic frances: Take any bright object and hold it between the fingers of the left hand about foot from the eyes of the person upon whom the experiment Is being tried, In such a position above the forehead as to produce the greatest strain comprtsble, with a steady, fixed gaze at the object. The per son must then be directed to fix the mind on the object he is gszlng at His pupils will first contract and then dilste consider ably, and after they are we'll dilated the first and second fingers of the operators right hand (extended and little separately should be carried from the object toward the patients eye. When this Is done the eyelids will perhaps close. Garry out these directions aud in a few seconds the person will perhaps be hypnotizsd.
 Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell tells an interesting story In his annual re- port about the way some people try to use the United States mail to escape pay ing their bills. Speaking of the com plaints made about the loss of mone. in the mails, he says that about nine-tenths of these are dishonestly made. A great many persons, sad to say, take this means to avoid the payment of honest debts. One case is recorded of woman who un- dertook to pay 8 debt in this way to 8 neighbor-another woman living in the same town and In the same street with her self, and directly across the street. She vaIkad savaral bloaka to Una Y,oatofsea and registered a letter to her cred itor, made no inclosure, and then calmly declared that, as far as she was concerned, the debt was paid, and the creditor must look to the postofice department for reim bursement.
 A long and stormy winter is predicted by the Klamath Indians of Oregon. They base their prophecy on the movements of the wild fowl and on other like phenom- ens. People in that region think they may be right, too, for already the miners who are coming down from their mount ain claims report that tEey have to wade through two and half feet of snow. Three men who started from mines in the Blue Mountains for Albany, Oregon, have been missing for some time. and it Is thought they perished in big snow storm which swept the mountains week or so since. And yet, such is the variety of the northwest's climatic possibilities, week ago vines loaded with ripe red raspbsrries, perfectly developed, were to be seen in g common garden patch at Fremont, Wash ington, many miles north of the snow bound district.
 Eastern Washington and northern Idaho are lamenting the loss of a great part of their wheat crop, estimated at 5000, 900 bushels. Excessive and long-continued rains have done the damage. In the mem ory of the settlers there has never been such deluge as that which they have ex- spring and & summer of extraordinary coolness the wheat was slow to mature, and just as 1t was ready for harvest the rains set In. A little wheat had been previously cut, but through want of money, which the local banks could not advance, the farmers were unable to hire help and had to cooperate in their harvest work, mak- ing little progress. The threshing was also delayed. In addition a want of sacks handicapped the fsrmers- The State of Washington had promised to supply them with sacks made at the penitentiary, but failed to keep up with the demand. Much of the threshed grain was poured out on the ground-there being no bags to put 1t in-And was covered with straw. The rains spoiled great part of this grain. Thousands of acres of wheat still remain uncut. In some localities 1t has fallen down and been beaten into the mud. The counties that have suffered most in loss of the crop are Whitman county Washington, and Lstah county, Idaho.
 FASHION NOTES.
 Elaborate Collar Adornment.
 Very stunning shoulder collars are made accessory to fall and winter gowns. These are six pointed and fasten on the shoul-