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DETENTION OF THE TACOMA.
The Vessel Simply Held as Precau-
tiOnary Measure,

VICTORIA, Is. C.. Jan. 6.-The local press
scott at the statement appearing in Tacoma
papers that the recent detention of the
steamer Tacoma because Of smallpox case
was Canadian trick" inspired by Cana
dian Pacific Steamship officials. The pre-
cautionary measures now taken are the re-
suit of the recent epidemic of smallpox,
which clearly originated through allowing
Asiatle steamers to pass without proper
examination and disinfeetion.
At meeting of the Provincial Board of
Trade thia morning. Common. agent of the
Northern Pacific Steamship Company,
brought he matter up in the shape of a
complaint that the company had been called
upon to provide guards and food durIS z. he
quarantine Of seVenty-fye Chinese patients.
Tbs cost Of this quarantine, he said, wcaif
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TRAIN WRECKED IN ARIZONA.
Two Pullman Coaches Tumble Into a
Ditch

BLACKBERRY, Ariz.. Jan. 6.-The west
bound passenger No. was wrecked two
miles east of here this afternoon at 4:30.
Two Pullman coaches are in the ditch. The
balance of the cars left the rails but re-
manned upright. Pullman Conductor Sweet
was the only one injured seriously Quite
number Of passengers were more or less
shaken up. The wreck will be cleared in
few hours and the Injured taken TO Needles.
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FIRE AT VALLEJO.
The Astor House Has a Narrow Es-
cane From Destruction.

VALLEJO, Jan. 6.-The Astor House On
the corner of Santa Clara and Virginia
streets, conducted by William Tormey. had
narrow escape this morning from complete
destruction by fire. AS it is, one room has
been burned out, and every room fronting
on both streets is ruined from smoke and
water. The fire started in the corner room
on the third floor used for transient guests,
and occupied last night by one Griffiths.
The house was insured, and the damage tc
the building will be made good. MrsTOrmey
is the heaviest loser, having but $500 in-
surance on his property. Grlfiths lost all
his clothes ana gold watch.
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WHIPPED THE TEACHER.
A Mother Most Effectuaily Redresses
the Wrongs of Her Son.

JOHNSON. Pa, Jan. 6.-S. ID. Flick, prin-
cipai of the Seventh Ward School, had occa-
sion to whip one Of his pupils quite severely
this afternoon. 1t is alleged that the pun
ishment was excessive and unwarranted.
which the principal denies. but the
mother of the boy, procuring horsewhip,.
attacked the professor savageiy. and In
spite of his best efforts to defend himself
she gave him a beating beside which the
castigation her son received was l0vetap.
The teacher was so badly used up that
medical attention was required, and he is
still in the hands OF surgeon.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
Jack Ashton Dead.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Jack Ashton, the
heavyweight pugilisf, who for years
travelled in combinations as John L. Sulli-
vans sparring partner. died at 9:15 o'clock
tonight in the erysipelas ward at Bellevue
Hospital. Ashton was born in Providence
Il. L.. and was 80 years of age.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
Lucky Moses.

CHICAGO. Jan. ct is reported this even
ing that Major Moses p. Handy win prob
ably resign his $500 position as Chief OF
the Worlds Fair Bureau OF Publicity and
Promotion TO accept a position at $4,000 a
year as editor OF the Worlds Fair Cata-
logue for the Con key syndicate.
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An Engine Loose

New YORK. Jan. Ga detached engine
on the New i ork and Harlem road collded
with train from Croton at One Hundred
and Thirty-seventh streetto-night. and John
Baldwin the fireman. was killed ard Alva
Stevenson, the engineer, slightly hurt.
Some of the passengers were slightly injured
but none of them seriously.
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SPREAD OF TYPHUS.
No Abatement of the Plague Shown in
New York

NEW YORK, Jan. 6-Two new typhus
cases were reported this morning. There
have been fourteen deaths so far.
A third case of ;yphus was reported to
the health board tonight August Hanch.
80 years old. died at North Brother Island
from typhus fever.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.--The Surgeon Gen.
eral received a report from the Sanitary
Inspector at Ell Paso, Tex. to-day saying
that typhus fever and smallpox epidemics
exist at Zacatecas and other points in the
interior Of Mexico. Precautions are being
taken to prevent the disease from being
brought across into tine United States.
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Drowned MhiIe EisI,inr

RoHNERVHLE. Jan. q. - Malcolm Nc
Crimmon and Peter Reichenbacher were
drowned in the Eel River to-day. three
miles from here, while fishing, their boat
being swamped. The bodies have not yet
been recovered. Reichenbaeher's parents
reside in Marion County. Ohio.
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THE GREAT NORTHERN FINISHED.
The Last Spike Driven on the New
TranscOntinental Line.

TranScOntinental Line.
SPOKANE, Wash. Jan. 6.-The last spike
In the Great Northern Railway was driven
this evening thirteen miles below the SUM-
NIT Of Stevens Pass, on the western slope Of
the Cascades.
The only officials present were General
Superintendent c. Shields and Superinten-
dent j. 0. Farrell. As the last rail was
brought forward by the workmen and laid
in position Messrs. Shields and Farrell took
the spike-manls from spkers and with
alternate blows drove home the last spike.
1t was not golden but simply iron.
So unpretenti ousiy was it done that the
laborers ten rods away were not aware of
1t until the little group on the
spot set up a wild hurrah. Foreman
Henson relaxed from his usual gravity and
erasping Superintendent Shields by the
right hand. with his left emptied into the
air a six-shooter. During the past six
weeks work has been pushed day and night
through rain and snow, with only an occa-
si0nal CLEAN of sunshine
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SHOT THEM BOTH.
A Young Negro Who Did Not Wish
His Will Crossed

HoUsToN. Tex. Jan. 6-At Huntsville
last night Albert Mcdonald. the 20-year-oid
son of Sam Mcdonald and wife (colored).
wanted to ride certain horse to a frolic,
and, bis father not consenting, he shot him
dead in his chair and also shot his mother.
killing her. too. About 300 negroes assem-
bled at the scene of the murder this MORN
ing and lynching was with difficulty pre-
vented.
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MAKING Low RATES.
Effect of the Clipper Ships Upon the
Southern Pacific.

Southern Pacific.
CHICAGO. Jan. 6-The Southern Pacific,
not content with the reductions heretofore
put into effect on various commodities from
san Francisco to New York and intermed-
late points, has asked its connections to
Join II in reducing the rate on dry hides,
hair. sheep pelts ana goat pelts in carload
shipments TO 81 per 100 pounds
from California to New York. 1t
also desires to make rate
of 80 cents per 100 pounds on wine in car
loads from the Pacific to Atlantic coast, ap-
plying the same rate to Chicago The old
story Of clipDer-ship competition is re-
hearseG in giving reason for these proposed
reductions. The Southern Pacific may put
rates into effect by way Of New Orleans,
but whether it will be allowed to do so by
way Of Chicago is not yet definitely settled.
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Convention of Irrigationists.

SACRAMENTO. Jan. "a convention of
irrigationists has been in session here to-
day, considering proposed amendments to
the Wright irrigation law. No definite action
was taken to-day, but the convention will
be ia session again tomorrow, when some
line of action will probably be determined
unOn
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SAN JOSE. Jan. 6.-The comet medal Of
the Astronomical Society OF the Pacific has
been awarded To Edwin Holmes of London,
England, for his discovery OF an unexpected
comet on November 6, 1892.
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Seen in Mexico.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. GA report from the
Mexican side Of Tia Juapa states that
Evans and Sontag, the Coils train robbers,
have been seen and identified. No one can
arrest them as no extradition papers have
been issued.
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The Guests Escaped i.

HoT SPRINGS, Ark, Jan. 6--The Ken
lucky Hotel was totally destroyed by fire
early this morning. The FIRE spread rap
idly, and the guests barely had time to
escape with their lives, clad only In their
night garments.
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Eigbt Years, Imnrisomert

STOCKTON, Jan. 6-The ex-eonyict named
Curte, who shot through window with in
tent to kill +. Steinemann few DAYS ago.
after having been elected from the iatter's
house. to-day pleaded guilty. and was sem
fenced to Imprisonment for eight years.
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Challenged for Cause,

CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Jan. 6.-About fifty
more jurors were examined to-day In the
case against the cattlemen, and nearly all
OF them were challenged for cause. 1t is
not likely that jury will be secured this
week.
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course to pursue complaint charging him
with petty larceny was sworn out. and the
professor is once more waiting for the law
TO take its course. The depot was thronged
with people tonight to see him depart, bur
they were disappointed.
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Making Divorce Hard in Dakota.

PIERRE, S. d., Jan. 6.-Dollard in the
Senate aud Forall in the House to-day at
tackled the divorce law with bills requiring
a years residence before action. Public
sentiment seem to favor the provisions, and
many demand that all divorce trials shall
be In open court before jury.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
PnIier-Skafinp Match.

SAN JOSE. Jan. 6.-Stanley Murphy and
Walter Vandersenden raced on roller skates
tonight for the half-mile amateur cham
pionship Of the Pacific Coast. Murphy wen
by half lap and was awarded a silver
medal and the stakes.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
BANKER LADD DEAD.
Heart Disease Carries Off the
Millionaire.
His Enormous Holdings of Realty in
Washington and 0regon-Gift to
the Presbyterian Seminary.
Special to THE MoRNTss CALL.

PORTLAND, Jan. Civilian S. Ladd,
the pioneer banker OF this city, and one of
the wealthie3t men on the coast. died here
to-day.
Death was due to heart failure. About
$50 o'clock this morning Ladd arose and
The morning call., 1893-01-07

was being dressed by
his attendant. Just as
his shirt was being
drawn over his head he
gasped and fell back on
the bed. Death was in
Simultaneous and peace
full. Arrangements for
the funeral are not yet
com pleted. Ladd was
born at Holland. VT.
October 10. 1926. he ar
The morning call., 1893-01-07
Want Cast-off Clothing.

The ladies OF the Francesca Relief Society
earnestly solicit, from the charitably dis
posed, donations Of cast-off clothing of any
description. Please send q note to the
president Of the Francesca Relief Society,
PA Hayes street. and the articles will be
sent for.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
A Thoroughbred Sold.

There was sold at Santa Anita on Thurs
day. from the stock farm of e. j. Baldwin. a
thoroughbred colt, being the first thorough
bred sold in America for the year 1898.
The colt was out OF Los Angeles by En-
peror Of Norfolk, both OF which have good
records
The morning call., 1893-01-07

M R. AND MRS DREw'S DANCING AuAO- an
Vl envy 12l New Montgomery st-Ney AZ "a
engagements: taitlon reduced: dancing loarnsf -
IT little cost: Gents exclusively lbsrinnerzl l.t
Moadays Wednesdays: Ladios fhsginnersl Tus..
days Thursdays; soirees Saturday evenings
PRIVATE LESSONS DAILY. TIT
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sympathy for GouId,s Children.

BosToN. Jan. Cat a meeting of the
board of directors Of the Union Pacific Rail.
way Company to-day resolution was
adopted in memory of Jay Gould, reciting
his eminent services to the company and
extending the heartfelt sympathy Of the d.
rectors to his children.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
The SEATING season Has Reo,,n

VANCOUVER. b. G.. Jan. 6.-Tbe sealing
schooner Beatrice leaves Monday for the
seasons cruise. She will 60 over toward
the japanese coast.
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An Awful Death.

LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. 6.-Mrs. Huston
the widow of ths late General John B.
Huston. was burned TO death this evening.
She was sitting in front of fire when her
clothing became ignited.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
THE SAN JUAN pLAcERs.
Confirmatory Reports OF the Gold Dis
cOyerieS,

FLAGSTAFF. Ariz., Jan. 6.-Rsporta con-
corning the gold discoveries at tn Sar Juan
placer mines confirm the first rumors which
have been widely distributed. \ esteTday
s. c. and Mat I. Black and an old prus-
pector named McCarty returned from the
diggings and they state that the richness OF
the mines fully equals the claims of hose
who have preceded them from this poiIt.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
A Burglar Caught.

John Welby, butcher. was arrested in
South San Francisco yesterday afternoon
by Officers Buckley and Mcconnell on a
charge OF burglary. On tie prisoner were
The morning call., 1893-01-07
MTSCELLAwEOUs
WE CAN'T EAT
OURCLOTHING!
ONLY A FEW DAYS MORE.
Retiring From Business
MYscELLANEoUs.

We now have left some of our Finest
Goods. and at any sacrifice they must be
sold. We have already had big sale. Our
patrons have saved many thousands Of
dollars. Every one who bought seemed to
send many others. WHY? BECAUSE
THEY SAVED ABOUT ONE-HALF
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found a mask, bunch of keys. club, a
revolver and two knives The fact Of the
revolver being in his pocket caused a charge
Of carrying concealed weapons To be entered
On the police blanks opposite his name.
The morning call., 1893-01-07

GIVE attention to the first symptoms of Lung
Complaint and check the dreaded disease In its
incipiency by using DR.. ID. Jayne's Expeotorant.
safe. old fashioned remedy for all Affections OF
the Lungs and Bronchis.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
Elevate the Stage.

New York sun.
Woman's hats are, If possible. loftier than
ever. Let the movement for elevating the
stage 60 on.
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2Sc for a box of Bescham's rlls worth guinea.
The morning call., 1893-01-07
Assessor Siebe's Condition.

Assessor Siebe, who has been suffering
from nervous prosrtation and insomnia
since the election. was much better yester-
day, I,
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A Valuable Old Coat.

People often select curious places
in which to hide their boards, but it
remained for an oytunate Welsh
woman to choose one more singular
perhaps than usual. The good lady
lived in cottage with her husband,
and the other day, while she was alb
sent from home, q tramp called and
asked for aims. The old man had
none to bestow upon him, but he
gave him an old, dilapidated coat,
which he had long since cast aside.
On the wife's return she missed the
coat and was horror struck to learn
what had become Of it, for it turned
out that the foolish woman had for
years been boarding up money and
hiding it away in this same old coat.
The tramp was particularly for.
tunate, for he had netted exactly
ESP by this charitable transaction.
We regret to add that he was not
honest enough to return the money,
and diligent as the search has been
to discover his whereabouts he has
not been found. Thus the savings
Of lifetime have been lost by q
combination Of kindness and folly
London Tit Bits.
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Eoilckens and Chantrey.

Eollekens, the sculptor of George
III, had a rare generosity which
more than made up for his eccen-
tricities. When Chantrey, afterward
so famous, sent his bust of Horne
Tooke to the exhibition, he was
young and unfiended. Nollekens
said to those who were arranging the
works for the exhibition
There's a fine, very fine, work.
Let the man who made it be known.
Remove one Of my busts and put
this one in its place"
Often afterward when he was re-
quested tr make bust be would say
in his persuasive, we'll nigh irresisti-
bic way "Go to Chantrev. He's the
man for bust. He'll make a good
bust of you. I always recommend
him"
Yet this same man was penurious
to fault and by absolute frugality
accumulated fortune of 81 900, 600.
Youths Companion.
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No Blanks in this Competition.

This is u competition Of rather an unusual
nature. 1t ~ common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture, or architectural plan
all the competitors risk,ng the loss OF Their
labor and the successful one merely selling
his for the amount of the prize. But the
Press Claims Company's otter is something
entirely different. Each person il asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage IL to hc
rewarded for doing ii. The prize is only u
stimulus to do something that would be well
worth dong it. The architect whose COM
petliive plan for club house on certain
corner ia not accepted has spent his labor on
something of very little use to him. But the
person who patents a simple and useful de-
vice in the Press Claims Company's Compc
tition, need not worry if he fail to secure The
prize. He has Il substantial result to show
for his work one that VIII command its yal-
NC in the market at any time.
The PLAN man who uses any article IN his
daily work ought to knox better how to i'm
prove 1t than the mechanical expert who
studies it only from the theoretical point of
view. Get rid of the idea that an improve
ment can be too simple to be worth patent.
ing. The SIMPLER the better. The person
who best succeeds in combining simplicity
and popularity, will get the Press Claims
Company's twenty five hundred dollars.
The responsibility Of this company may Ike
Judged from the fact that ita stock is held 10y
about three hundred of the leading ncwspa.
pers Of the United States,
Address the Press Claims Company, John
Wcdderburr managing attorneys lS F street.
N w., Washington, ID. e. my4
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Chinese Cues.

The custom Of Chinese wearing
pigtails is not so very ancient. It
dates from 1927, when the Manchus,
who then commenced their conquest
of the Celestial empire, enforced this
fashion of doing the hair as sign of
degradation. The average cue is
8 feet long. There are 200, 000,-
600 adult Cinnamon, so that their
united pigtails measure ll3, e36 miles,
a sufficient quantity to 60 four and
half times around the earth and with
enough over to hang all the murder
ers in the world for the next 30 years,
using a couple Of yards Of material
for each operation.-Harrison's Mag
aZine.
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C, A, NOTICE.

We take this opportunity of informin- our
subscribers that the new Commissioner of
Pensions has been appointed. He is an old
soldier, and we believe tina, soldiers and their
heirs will receive justice At his hands We
do not anticipate that there Will he any rad
ical changes in the admin straton Of pension
affairs under the new regime.
We would adyis", however, that U. :. sol-
diers, sailors, and their heirs, take steps to
make application ut once if they hayc not al.
ready done ~, in order to secure the benefit
of the early filing Of their claims in case there
should lH any future pension legislation.
Such legislation is seldom retroactive. There
fore il is of great importance that applications
he filed in the Department ut the earliest pos
siblc date.
IfU. =. Soldiers. Sailors, or their
Widows, Chilllren. or Parents
desire information i'm regard to pension mat
tiers, they should write to The Press
Claims Company. at Washing
ton, ID. g., and they will prepare and send
the necessary application, ii they find them
entitled under the numerous laws enacted
for their benefit Address
PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY.
JOHN WEDDERBURN, MANA ATT@Ryry
P. o. BOX 1856. WASHINGTON, D. G.
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PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty-Five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has II Clear Gilt OfN
Small F0rtune,'nUd the Losers
Nave Patents that may
Bring them In still
More.

Would YOU like to make twenty-five hun
ired dollars! Ifyou would, read carefully
what follows and you may zee way to DO IT,
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled ehous.
ands of applications for inventions, nut IL
would like TO handle thousands more. ihere
ia plenty Of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but e nco urag m ell
to produce practical results. That chconr'
agement the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give.
NOT 50 HARD As IT SEEMS'
A patent strikes most people as an appa'I.
insly formidable thing. The idea is TINT an
inventor must be a natural genius, llKc Ell
son or Bell that he must put years 70 oe'Vlhg
in complicated mechanical problems ana
tint he mus, spend fortune on delicate OK
pcrimcns before he can get new device to
a patentable degree of perfection. ms ue'
lus,ou the company desires to dispcl. IL de-
sires to get into the head of the public clear
comprehension of the tact that ii is not the
great, complex, and expensive inventions
that bring the best returns to their authors
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem SO ahsurdlY trivial that inc
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed OF
bringing them to the attention Of the Patent
Office.
Edison says that the profits he has received
from the patents ON all his marvellous 'nven.
tions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
of his experiments. But the man who con
ccived the idea Of fastening bit OF ruooer
cord to childs ball, SO that IL would come
back to his hand when thrown made 1or'
tune out of his scheme The modern sew
ing machine is a miracle OF ingecnu'ly-the
product of the toll ofhnndleds OF busy pr"'ns
through hundred and fifty years, but INC
whole brilliant result rests upon the Simple
device of putting the eye Of the nccalc ~ the
Doint instead of the other end.
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Il submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company -,
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Tobacco "Worth Its Weight In Silver"


According to John Aubrey, who
wrote celebrated work on "the very
queere Indian weede," there was a
time when tobacco was worth it's
weight in silver. Among other things
Aubery says: "Sir Walter Raleigh
was the first that brought tobacco
into England, and in our parts
North Wilts-it came first in fashion
through Sir Walter Long. They had
silver pipes, but the commoners used
a walnut shell. 1t was sold then for
its weight in silver. l have heard
some Of your old yeomen neighbours
say that when they went to Chippen-
ham to market they always culled
out their shillings to lay in tho scales
against the tobacco. Now the Gus
toners Of it are among the greatest
that his majesty hath."-St. Louis
Republic.
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INDIAN Sand Pniatlnc

Who ever heard Of painting in
sandi The Moki Indians understand
that species of art. Two paintings OF
this kind, copied accurately from the
originals, have been newly placed on
exhibition at the National museum.
Perhaps they might better be called
mosaics, being done in sand Of Elk
different colors on fat, horizontal
surface. The colo,s are yellow, green,
white, black and q mixture.
Such pictures arc made by Moh
priests and priestesses on the floors
Of their subterranean chambers. The
six colors stand for the cardinal
points. Yellow is the north, green is
the west, red is the south, white is
the east, black is the region above,
and all colors signify the region be-
low.
One of the two sand paintings is n
COPY Of the kind Of picture made for
the annual ceremonial of the Moki
women's festival to the germ god,
which takes place in September. The
work Of art Is executed during the
progress of the secret rites. 1t rep
resents two figures in an elaborate
frame Of different colors. On the left
is y likeness Of La-kone-ma-na, the
patroness Of the affair. She is clad
in white blanket. On the right is
a portrait of one of the twin gods Of
war, who carries a zigzag of light
ming in his hands.
The other picture is facsimile OF
the one made by the chief Of the Fra
ternity of Antelopes at the festival of
the snake dance. Washington Star.