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The Biggest Egg.

.sWc now come" saidJ. G. Stephens,
az his auction rooms in King street,
Covent Garden, Ito the egg of the
Aepyornis maximus, the biggest bird
living or extinct. 1t has been extinct
for some time, and only two of its
bones have been found. According to
the catalogue the bird was more than
ten feet high and was fiightless.
81 should think so, said p-ospec-
tive egg buyer.
1T would seem to me-" said Mr..
Stephens, ''that the bird that laid this
egg must have been something like
thirty-fve feet high-about as high as
house. You will see by the cats-
logue that it measures 343 inches in
it's longest circumferen, ,e and twenty
eight inches in girth. This egg is
several inches larger than the egg we
sold last year. Itis, Of course, great
rarity, and not more tnan thirty of
these eggs are known.
"This, ! think, is the finest egg of
the lot It should be remembered
that there are sixty known eggs of the
great aux, and they sell for n couple
of hundred guineas each. I don't
mean to say that this egg should bring
as much as a great auk's egg, but we
sold one not So good as this last year
for seventy guineas."
The egg was passing from hand to
hand in o wooden box while the
nuctioneer was speaking. It looked
too LARGE for on egg, though IN other
respects It seems natural enough. 1t
was not difficult to understand how
bird that had laid such an egg had be-
come extinct. The strain must have
been equal to the horsepower of an
Atlantic liner, and the cackle that fol-
lowed the arrival of the egg must have
made the welkin ring until its head
ached.
The egg is of brownish gray color
and sounds Like porcelain when it is
drummed on with the knuckIes. The
bird that was accustomed to lay this
sort of egg lived, it is said, in NADIA
gascar, and buried it's eggs in The sand.
1t is only possibly to find the egg by
digging in the sand, and more eggs
may yet be found, as good deal of
the seashore of Madagascar has not
been dug up yet.
The. egg was finally sold for sixty
seven guineas.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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Malta.

There was at the Centennial Expos1-
tion the head Of @ woman cut in but
ter, which attracted much attention
from the rural visitors. For this they
passed by the women painted on car
vas or carved IN marble they were too
like the real thing, and they probably
knew how difficult it is to make butter
into moulds. For some reason Malta
reminds you OF this butter lady. 1t is
o real city-with real houses and ce-
thedral and streets, no doubt, but you
have feeling that they are not genu-
inc, and that though it is very cleverly
done, it is, after all, city carved out
of cheese or butter. Some of the
cheese is mouldy and covered with
green, and some of the walls havo
holes in them, as has aerated bread CT
Roquefort cheese, and the streets and
the pavements, and the carved facades
of the churches and opera house, and
the earth and the hills beyond-every'
thing upon which your eye can rest is
glaring and yellow, with nota red roof
to relieve it; it is all Just yellow lime
stone, and it looks like Dutch cheese.
1t is like no other place exactly that
you have ever seen. The approach in
to the canal-like harbor under the guns
and the search lights of the fortifica-
tions, the moats and drawbridges, and
the glaring monotony of the place 1T.
self which seems to have been cut out
of one piece and painted with one
brush, suggest those little toy for
tresses of yellow wood which appearin
the shop windows at Christmas time.
of course the first and last thought ono
has of Malta is that the island was the
home of the Order of the Knights of
st. John, or Knights Hospitallers.
This Order, which was the most noble
of those of the days of medieval chiv-
airy, was the band Of warrior monks
who waged war against the infdels,
who kept certain VOWS, and who, under
the banner of the white cross, became
honored and feared throug hout the
then known world. Their headquarters
changed from place to place during the
four hundred years that stretched from
the Eleventh Century, when the Order
was first established, up to 1880, when
Charles V. made over to Malta and all
its dependencies in perpetual SOW
ereignty to the keeping of these
Knights. They had no sooner fortified
the island than there began the nine
months siege of the Turks, one of the
most memorable sieges in history.
When it WAS ended, the Turks re-em-
barked 10, 900 of the 10000 men they
had landed, and of the 5000 Knights
present under the Grand Master Jean
de Ia Valette when the siege had
opened, but 600 capable of bearing
arms remained alive. - Harper's
Weekly.
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TO CLEAN WHITE GARMENTS.

Many women VINO are fond Of wear
ing white cloth garments are nota
that they can be very easily cleaned
with pipe clay. The officers in the
British army keep the white in their
uniforms spotlessly clean by the use OF
pipe clay. This is rubbed thoroughly
into the fabric then brushed and busted
out until all stains and spots are re-
moved. In some instances it is neces-
sary to wet it. If stains are very bad
it may be made into a sort OF paste,
laid on and allowed to become almost
dry, when it will rub and brush out
very readily. White shoes OF un-
dressed kid are easily cleaned in this
way, and this, indeed, is almost the
only method by which they can be
made to look well. New York World.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant 10 the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of q perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dspelling colds, headaches and tevers
and permanently caring constipation;
!: has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Nd
neys Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will moi
accept any substitute if offered.
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Dandies in the German Army,

Referring to the recent order of the
German Emperor with regard to the
elandyfied Irregularities which had be-
cone common in the German Army, a
correspondent at Berlin calls our at
tention to the fact that the Kaiser him
self is not altogether free from affecta-
tion of this kind, inasmuch as he him
self sets the fashion of s'bangle" wear
ing. In most of the many portraits of
the Kaiser the bangle is brought into
special prominence by the position Of
the arm. But though addicted to the
bangle he never condescended to the
earring, which formerly was very COM
monty worn among his officers.
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not parallel, and it would be interest
ing to know if there is any reason for
this. The knife in the condition as
sold is fairly sharp and bears fine file
marks. The ornament might be de-
scribed as simple barbaric dog tooth
decoration. The handle is covered
With leather and twisted leather cord
is provided to encircle the wrist. 1t is
very doubtful if this weapon would
prove as serviceable for actual use as
a sword or dagger, but III the hands of
a native skilled in its use it would
probably prove very effective. --Sc!en-
tifc American.
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How Human Teeth Grow.

An eminent dentist is authority for
the following interesting explanation ::
It would take too long to describe
the formation of the teeth, but it may
interest you to know that the enamel
is derived in the first place from the
epithelium, or scarf skin, and is, in
fact, modified skin, while the dentine,
of which the bulk of the teeth is COM
posed. IS derived from the mucous lay
er below the epithelium.
Lime salts are slowly deposited, and
the tooth pulp or nerve is the last re-
mains OF what was once pulpy mass
of the shape of the future tooth, Gnd
even the tooth pulp in the old people
sometimes gets quite obliterated by
calcareous deposits. The thirty-two
permanent teeth are preceded by twen-
ty deciduous or milk teeth.
These are fully erupted at about two
or two and half years old, and at
about six years Of age wonderful pro-
cess of absorption sets in by which the
roots of the temporary teeth are per-
manent ones. The crowns OF the
former. having no support, become
loose aud fall away.
One would naturally suppose that
the advancing permanent tooth WAS a
powerful factor in the absorption of
its temporary predecessor, but we have
many facts to prove that it has no in
fuence whatever; indeed, the inter
esting phenomena of the eruption and
succession of the teeth ere very little
understood.
l may remark in passing that child
of six who has not yet lost any tenn
porary teeth has in its jaws, either
erupted or non-erupted, no fewer than
fifty-two teeth more or less formed. i
New York Mercury. /
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Persian Needle.WOrk.

The difference between Persian md
the needle work we are accustomed to
zee seems to lie in the thoroughness
sincerity, an artist would call it
of the former. Every stitch is taken
with mathematical precision, and there
is no sighting at any point. The
wrong side of the work is as admirable
IN it's way as the right side. In some
specimens the stitches cover the design
on both sides, the needle being carried
across underneath, as it is in the en-
broidering of China Grape shawls. On
other pieces the needle is put back
toward the wrong side close by the
place it was drawn through, thus
throwing all the work up on the right
side and leaving what looks like beau
tifully regular outlinc-work on the re-
verse. This is the method used in
working sofa pillows, table covers, or
anything which only exposes one side.
But for curtains, handkerchlefs,
shawls, etc., the double-faced EN-
broidery ls invariably used.
A favorite method of this Persian
worker is the introduction Of texts or
sentences upon the border or centre Of
her pieces. The lettering isss quaint,
angular, and disconnected that at the
first look it se> ms like geometric
pattern. On one white linen table
cover. heavily worked in flowers and
foliage with gray silk, was border Of
lettering wrought in gold thread. The
characters were about four inches tall,
and the sentiment they conveyed,
"God is great; Good is good" took
up very short space, bnt the text
was repeated again end again. .-Ha--
per's Bazaar.
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In The time of Frederick William II.

In the time of Frederick William II.
when the German Army WAS resting
on the laurels of the great Frederick,
dandies fourished in great numbers,
among the officers, IN spite Of severe
official condemnations of foppery. The
monstrosities and extravaganza differed
but slightly from those Of to-day
sharp-pointed toes, ridiculously high
colors and short overcoats without
seams. Latter-day exquisites have also
adopted the plan Of crowding on the
finger as many rings as possible-he
who can carry the largest number on
the ring fingers and ct the same time
bend his finger being considered to
have the bluest blood. LONDON Globe.
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very effective frame for u pretty blonde

very effective frame for Il pretty bIonae.
Shot silk, banded with either fancy
rihboc, or lace insertion, is very Grescy,
md at tie same time serviceable. The
secand oGc in the illustration is Of moirn
silk, yelled with gathered triansles Of
silk muslin, and crossed, star fashion,
with rows of ruchings pinked out ut
The edges in keeping with the founcc.
aai has IN ivory stick with gold top.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS
TO MAKE ROSE SALvE.

To keep the lips from chapping rose
salve is delicious. It is made as fol-
lows: Mix three ounces Of oil OF al
monds and half an ounce of alkanet;
let them stand in a warm place and
strain. Melt one ouroe and nslf OF
white wex and hale an ounce cfsrerm-
aceti with the oil, stir till it begins
to thicien and add twelve drops Of at
ter of roses.
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The Sultan of JOli0re.

A gentleman is coming to the
Worlds Fair, states the New York
World, who wears diamonds on all his
fingers and eats of a gold plate be
is the Sultan OF Johore, Raiah Abn-
baker. and a near neighbor of the late
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The Swedes in Minneapolis, Mimi,
recently celebrated the tricentcnr:si
Of the decree of Upsala, which :C;a"'
allteed to the Swedish people Liberty
o. conscience and of speech.
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4 can heartily say 10. any young man
who is wanting good employment, work for
johnson G. Co., follow their instructions and
you Will succeed" SO writes an agent of B. F.
Johnson & Co., Richmond, Va, and that's the
way all of their men talk.
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Lannon's river has over 700 acres
@: iock. Those at Tilbury nre large
,:;nrgh to accommodate the whole
shipping Of London.
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! Missouri has 1901 school districts,
II, 744 school houses, 1857 school
teachers, S22, 430 persons ofschool age,
and 610, $50 in the public schools.
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BIC MONEY sas e"s5;sls sy neS se'''"S paIsn,sa sa
article. No Competition. Exclusive Territory:
Quick Sales. No Capital Required. Pain;r:
Preferred. References Exchanged Address:
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No matter Of how long standing. Write
for free treatise, testimonials, ETC., to $. J.
Hollensworth g. Co, Owego, 1ioga Co., \. Y.
Price 81; by mail, Sl.l5.
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E. R.Walthan G. Co., Druggists. Horse Cave
KY, say Halls Ca,arrh Cure cures every
one that takes it." Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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Inventors OF anything made of wood assisted
financially or otherwise TO patent or place on
market. VIM. Mattison, Box 3179, New York.
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Beecham's Pills correct bad effects Of over
eating. Beecham's-no others. 25cents o box.
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- 0R ~ To SSJU can be made monthly
working for u. +. johnson Co.,
We WV Nc. 3South l1th ST. .ltichmond Va
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-09-07

when i come to speak of womanly 1nnu:
a,,os nv mind always wanders on TO onf
model-the aged one who, 81 years ago, VIZ w
11,,f ayyav for the resurrection. &oou. o.
wears age. and lust before their mstrhiSe
dav nv father and mother stood up III tp5
old meeting house at somerylile. y; a., arp
took upon them the VOWS OF ing Chli0 La
Through a long life OF viclssHuue sn T.. md
borroIessIv and usefully and came to ner Gnu t
in neace. No child of want ever cameto n
door and was turned empty away. 70 OLE
in sorrow came to her but was conioIte.'.
No one asked her the way to be saved put sn9
nointed him TO the cross. When the anger
of life came to teighbors dWeulng; BRO
was there TO rejoice at the start'n8 Vi an s
other immortal spirit When tne ans'i .t 6e
death came to d neighbor's dWeiingI sno
was there to rob5 the departed tor the put fi
We had often heard her; when Leading
family PRAYERS in the absence OI my IaIhei,
saw. 80 Lord. l ask not for my cu ieii
wealth or honor, but | do ask that they an
mar be tbe subjects OF Thy comforting grace
Her II children bfonght into the kinguoln "
God she had but one more Tisn, anu tna'
was that she might see her long absent nus
sionarv son. and when the ship from China
anchored in New York harbor and the loaG
absent one passed over the threshold OF ms
Maternal home she sad. Now, Lord, lettest
Thon Thy servant depart in peace. Tor mine
ewes have seen the salvation" Inc prayer
was soon answered. -,
1t was an autumnal day when we gathered
from afar and found only the house fron3
which the soul had fed forever. she lookea
very natural the hands very much as Tneh
they were employed in kindness Tor hef
children. Whatever else we forget, we never
forget the look of mothers hands. As we
stood there by the casket we could not help
but say. Don't she look beautiful 1t was
q cloudless day when, with heavy hearts,
we carried her out to the last resting
place. The withered leaves crumbled under
hoof and wheel as we passed, and the sun
shone on the Raritan River until IT looked
like fire but more calm and beautiful ana
radiant was the setting sun OF that aged Pill
grim's life No more toll, no more tears, no
more sickness. no more death. Dear mother
Beautiful mother
rxeet is the slumber beneath the sod
While the pure spirit rests with Goa
need not go back and show you Zenob1a
or Semiramis or Isabella or even the woman
of the text as wonders Of womanly excellence
or greatness when l in this moment point to
your own picture gallery OF memory, and
show YOU the one face that you remember SO
well, and arouse all your holy reminisc erces,
and start you in new conservation to God by
the pronunciation OF that tender. beautiful,
glorious word, "Mother, mother.'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-09-07
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mr.. AND Mrs. Gladstone have heen mar
ried Tor ffty-four years.
TIE Pope has received an autograph letter
from President Cleveland extending jubilee
congratulations.
CoMNoDoRE G. W. Melville, Unite States
Navy. was chosen to preside at the Congress
OF Engineering, in Chicago.
The Queen % Italy has founded society
for the reforming of street children by teach
ing them some useful trade.
P. D. ARMOUR, the millionaire Chicago
packer has been compelled for some time,
because of ill-health, to restrict himself to
diet of bread and milk and baked apples.
THE venerable Rev William C. Crawford
OF Alvarado. Texas. is the sole survivor of
those Texan patriots who, on the I'd day OF
March, 1896, signed the Declaration of Texan
Independence
ANNE PRATT. a distinguished botanst. has
Just died in England at the age of eighty
eight Her first book was published nearly
seventy years ago. Her "Flowering Plants
and Ferns of Great Britain" is standard
work.
CARROLL D. WooD, who has been nominal
ed for Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court
of Arkansas. supported himself while attend
ing the Industrial University in that State
by waiting on table in a private boarding
house
THE prince OF all Hungarian gypsies, Ignaz
Erdelyi, committed suicide few days ago in
Buda-Pesth. He was one of the most famous
violinists of his race, and in his lifetime APP
peared in every country OF Europe and ia the
United States.
CHAPLAIN NILBURN charmed his hearers
by his address at the Chicago congress of
educators Of the blind. He speaks slowly,
in mellow and resonant tones. and his diction
is eloquent. Though the sightless preacher
is seventy years old, nsis an active sslf-reliant
man.
MAJOR WILLIAM MCKINNEY, JR., of Ohio,
will drop the 'Jr. as soon as he ends his
present term next fall. He did not discard
it on the death of his father because he was
elected as william Mckinley, Jr., - and he
feared complications should he make the
change.
PHILIP A. BRUCE, of Richmond. Secretary
OF the Virginia Historical Society, is in re-
ceipt OF a letter from ex-President Harrison
expressing the desire that his name shall be
proposed as II member OF that organization
This will be done at the next meeting OF the
committee on membership.
DURING the fall Mrs. Grant, widow of the
illustrious soldier Colonel Fred Grant and
family and Mrs. Sartoris will visit all places
where there are monuments of General Grant
Ulysses, son of Colonel Fred Grant, will
probably be q West Pointer. as that is under
stood to be his grandmother's wish.
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NEW YORK Socialists will hold State Con
vention.
CHOLERA still seems to be spreading in
Europe.
BUFFALO On. Y idle men are enhsting in
the army.
GoLD continues to pour into this country.
from abroad.
SO far this year the insurance losses in Col
orado exceed the premiums.
LARGE AMOUNT Of bonds is accommodating
in the United States Treasury
RAILROAD officials are greatly encouraged
over the reports Of rains in the West.
THE tariff war between Germany and Rus
STA continues and grows more bitter.
REPORTS from many points in Illinois show
that the long drought IS broken by copious
rainfalls
TIE valuation OF deorSia property, as re.
ported by the State Assessors, shows a fall
ing off Of sl2 900 600.
WITH an average paid attendance OF 100.
900 persons a day tho Worlds Tair is enter
ing upon its boom period.
The Austrian Government has issued an
edict prohibiting the circulation in Austria
of the Chicago Stats Zeitunc.
A FULL score of lives have thus far been
paid as q tribute to himsy construction
of buildings IN and around the Worlds
Fair.
STATISTICS show great increase OF crime
in Russia. There were 2401. murders last
year, including 1853 infanticdes. The suicides
numbered 1875.
THOUSANDS OF persons camping along the
southern border OF Kansas waiting for the
opening ofthe Cherokee Strip are in destis
tute circumstances.
The apple crop Throughout central and
western New York is exceedingly light this
season, and especially with the winter and
long keeping varieties,
The Government Industrial Training
School at Santa Fe New Mexico is to be
changed into normal school for preparing
Indians to fake the place of white teachers
in their schools.
SECRETARY OF STATE GRESHAM is not en-
thusiastic over the DECISION OF the Boring
Sea arbitrator. A large 1eet Of American
vessels must be employed in patrolling the
sealing grounds.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties OF perfect lax
alive; efiectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well Informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.