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50-INCH ALI.-WOOL MIXED SuITINGS.
Browns, Creys, Red, Green and various other
desirable mixtures. Elegant wide goods
Legitimate worth % aud - cents. All To go
a. one price. - Inches wide.
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ALL-woOI. 3,i-INCu FANCY SCIrINGS.
-Four different weaves in great variety of col
or combinations. Earlier in the season sold
- aud Is cents. The holiday price,
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selected because of its imaginative excel
lence and the charming style In which it
is written. 1t differs entirely from any
of the other stories received and we think
our readers will agree with that it is
a beautiful little sketch-one that would
do credit to a writer twice the age of
the young author.
The Death of the Robin.
Hush! hush! tread lightly" said the
Wind to the Leaves the day before Easter
The Leaves were not in very good hui
NOR and said Grossly:
Pray. what must we do that for,
maSter?"
Because" answered the Wind sorrowful-
Iy, 1.-The Robin the king of song and the
prince of our beautiful wood lies beneath
the willow down by the brook-yes, lies
meath the willow-a corpse. cold and stiff"
The hearts of the Leaves al once softened,
for every year. when cruel winter was
about to take the beautiful leaves from
the stately trees and scatter them heart
lessly on the ground to become wrinkled,
brown and ugly with age, no bird sang SO
cheeringly for them the Robin. And
when they heard the sad news they began
to weep and say: "Oh, how ungrateful we
have been to the dear Robin. How much
we owe him, and, alas, that we cannot re-
pay him"
Stop fretting," said the Wind, "yonder
goes a beautiful fairy, the fairy of our
grove. Come with me. 1 will blow one of
her slippers to the willow and when she
finds it she will also find the Robin, and
perhaps she will bury him under the oak
where violets grow, and she will plant some
on his grave. Now you stay by the grave
until winter comes, and, when tbs cold
cover the violets with yourselves that they
may live and bloom next Easter"
The Leaves readily agreed and said:
"Ah, master, how kind you are"
So they walked on. The Wind carried
them gently along. Again the Leaves spoke
and said: Tell us what killed our prince?"
ut is" said the Wind, "a short story, but
I'll tell you. You know ne began the
red bird that dwells a the top of the hill
Well, he Wooed and won her and they were
to be welded today, but his future bride
proved false and loved another. That is
all"
BY this time they had reached the fairy
and suddenly the Wind blew one of her
slippers rapidly to the willow. She ran and
recovered it, but loi the slipper wasn't all
she saw. There lay the Robin-dead! She
raised him tenderly and caressed him.
81 will bury him." she said looking
around under the oak and plant violets on
the grave"
buried him. The Leaves, true to their
promise, watched by the violets until winter
was over. But not quite all! When Easter
morning, the Wind was going to the grave
unspoken joy-he found lily which he bore
to the oak and placed at Robins head
There he found the fairy-singng. TWAS
this:
Let the earth with gladness sing"
SELENE ARMSTRONG.
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Other Crops.

In order that the guessers may have a
fair insight into the statistics concerning
mast cotton crops, we present herewith tho
total crops from the year 1877 to 1891,
inclusive, as follows:
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Now this will never do"
The wise ola mother SWore,
And so she hid apple switch
Behind the wardrobe door.
And then this little boy would gaze.
With fearful eyes and sore,
Wiener she went a-hunting there,
Behind the wardrobe door.
And so. it came to pass, you see
Explain it if you can
That this bad boy grew up to be
y very good old man.
Children, does the picture above recall
any unpleasant associations? | hope not,
but let me tell you, it is pretty good way
to make a bad boy a good old man. Now,
If there are any switches hid away for any
of you behind n wardrobe door," take my
advice and determine right now to be so
good that there will never be any use for
them TO leave their hiding place.
/ have told you so much about dogs that
fear You will get tired of the subject, but
L am sure none of you ever heard of a dog
cemetery. and 1 thought you might like to
hear of quite Il celebrated one.
In London there is a cemetery for pet
dogs. In it every pet uOggie that dies car
lind resting place. The London dog GEM
etery is near the Victoria gate in Hyde
park. 1t looks like a tiny garden. Amidst
the flowers are a rumber of small marble
tombstones arranged in rows, each bearing
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company prize, two Junior and two

There is one company prize, two Junior and two
senior prizes.
There is also a Field Day in May, which is held
in the different cities and towns beonSing to
this regiment and is to be held at Reading this
year. There is prize for the best battalion IN the
regiment. | Will close after asking lor CORE
spondeuts from either sex and giving my age,
which is fifteen.
Il. L. Russell and w. T. Hickman, Clear Water.
Fla.-We two are happy down here in this lana OF
flowers and oranges We wish all of the cousins
could he here to here to help eat oranges and es-
peCially Aunt Susie.
How wish all of the cousins could take a trip
out on the island on tho Gulf of Mexico to gather
sea shells; what a fine time we could have
In about Two months we will begin to hunt tur-
tie on the island, and then we are going to have
fun. some times we go shark fishing and catch
some very large ones. The average length of them
are from six to twelve feet and are as big ound
as "A barrel.
Sometimes we go striking tarpon. The way we
catch them we have a long line fastened 10 our
boat, for when we strike one he starts off with
great speed and carries our boat swiftly over the
water.
We would like to correspond with some of the
cousins from every State i'll the union.
Alice Gray DickersonviIlc Val certainly did
enjoy reading Aunt Suse's letters about the
worlds fair did not get to go. but papa and sis
ter went, and enjoyed their trip very much.
,r am thirteen years old and weigh l23 pounds
There are six of us in family, but there only
four OF us at home as nv oldest brother and sister
are away at school
We are making maple syrup. We just opened
our trees last Friday, SO we have not made much
yet live on Il farm. Papa has 1l3 little lambs.
have been going to school, but our school is out
How dld George Washington come into possess
sion OF the estate at Mt Vernon?
Willie Calvin Holley, Patterson, Gal am the
son of Levey Holley. | was born in Atlanta; my
mother died there. After her death 1 lived with
my grandmother, Mrs Stanford.
Father is about five feet hIgh; dark hair and
dark eyes and dark beard and fair skin, strongly
built and well formed man. His age is near forty
he of five
when my father and Charleston S c.
where we parted, l coming to Pierce county,
Georgia which has been my nome ever, father
going from place to ano6her, until lost sig hit
OF MN lie was then engineer for the express,
We afterward met at the depot in Atlanta, Ga
He took me to supper with him that We parted,
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Wa shington, Ga.

Jemima, favorite name among the He
brewS. means Il dove
Richard is a genuine Saxon name, mean
ing the powerful one
Taking it year in and year out the cold
est hour of each tWenty-four is o'clock
in the morning.
Texas SiftngS: A Boston man, reading that
there were 1000 Poles in New York ex-
claimed: What splendid place to raise
beans
In eleven principal western states the
building of $500 miles of railroad line
caused the settlement of 93500,0OO acres of
farming land.
Kate Fields Washington: Jinks-I don't
think it looks well for a minister to wear
diamonds. Filkins-Why not; aren't there
sermons in stones?
New York Ledger: She-And what have
YOU been studying since you left college,
law or medicine? He-Neither; economy.
Spare Moments: Beggar-Have you
copper you can spare. sir? Carleton-Yes,
you will find him in the kitchen making
love to the cook.
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some tender inscription. There are tiny
gravel paths between the rows. An arch
OF ivy ornaments he tombs which number
about forty or more
one little dog among the number belonged
to the duke of Cambridge and
was called Poor Little Prince"
Each grave has its Well-trim-
med bushes of evergreen and here and
there are large white shells. Now many
persons may laugh a the idea of a dog Gem
etery, but ! think there are many dogs who
are as faithful and true in their way as
q human being, then, why not give them at
least quiet. decent resting place. | have
great respect for dogs and want them
buried when they depart this life.
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THE CONTEST NOW OPEN

A special clerk has been assigned to the
work of compiling the thousands of guesses
that will be received in this contest be-
tween now and next September Special
books have been prepared, by which careful
record will be kept for every guess, so that
there will be no possible confusion in the
award of the one thousand dollars which
The Constitution offers. and which will be
distributed in settlement of this contest
The contest is now open, and every new
subscriber or renewal of subscription ia
entitled to 4 guess in accordance with the
conditions above stated. 1t is not every
day that Il paper gives away one thousand
dollars in one contest; but The Constitution
does this to interest its readers. This is
but one of several contests that The Con-
sttution will run during the coming year.
The contest above announced is the most
interesting that The Constitution has offer.
ed in long time, and it is splendid op-
portunity for its subscribers to make test
of their guessing ability.
BE SURE TO PUT YOUR GUESS ON
A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER AND
SIGN FULL NAME AND POSTOFFICE
ADDRESS.
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THE CONSTITUTION
In a Series Of Prizes Based
On the Best Estimates of
This Years Cotton Crop

This $1,000 will be in addition TO our
numerous other premiums and prizes, and
every new subscriber or every renewal, has
the privilege of contenGing for every prize
in this or any other of the several prize
contests instituted for our subscribers.
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Bales Year Bales
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THE PRIZE STORY.

The following story by Miss Selene
Armstrong. of Washington, Ga, was Sc
lected the winner of the prize of S. in
gold offered by The Constitution, two
weeks ago to the girl under fifteen years
of age sending us the best fairy
story 1t was considered by the committee
chosen to award the prize the best story in
over two hundred offered. The story was
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Whose foottraclls on the floor
Whose thumb-marks on the door?
[ dunno.
Whose little hat can this be?
/ found under the orange tree?
[ dunno.
Who broke this glass I wonder?
And tore this sheet aSunder?
/ dunno.
Who stole my jelly cake
l took so long to make?
/ dunno.
Yes you do. Robert Drew;
You know right well twas you.
Tommy Trmmers.
New Orleans, March. 1894.
4 Juvenile View.
."Tell me, mamma" Dolly prays--
At my knee she sweetly begs-
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BY AUNT SUSIE.

snare time gathering sea shells and helping catcn
sharks which is grea. sport to young ana ora
Any of the cousins will receive nice little pack
age of pretty shells by sending stamps TO pay
postage.
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YOUNG FOLKS C0RREsPoNDENCE.
Letters of Exchange Among The Cnnsti
futiOn's Little FoIks


futiOn's Little Folks.
DOna Hamburg, Whistler Ala am little girl
eight years Old. have been sick ever since the
18th of December. love to read. and several of
my friends have books | enjoy reading
the Cousins letters.
have no pets except my cat and tricycle.. |
hope you will let me join your circle. will close
for this time.
Ada Warren. Pearlv, Cal do eniov reading
the dear Old Constitution, especially the Young
Folks Corner. Little Edna Brewer has my SYM
pathies. live out in the 1ntry NV papa keeps
the postOfiice. go to school every day and like
my teacher very much, he Is so kind to all the pu-
pills.
Will some of the cousins please send me the
words of the Song: al Am NobOdys Darling"
and will IN return send some, if desired
Correspondents solicited
Jessie BOZeman, PinellaS, Fla.-I am little boy,
Boon he in my teens. | tho Ight letter Just now
from Jolly little fellow might interest some of
the inland cousins.
We are mighty busy shipping the last of our
orange crop. The trees are all in full blossom
now. and some OF you, cousins, just ought to be
here to help smell the sweet odOr
Aunt Susie, send you bunch of orange bios
SONS.
Springtime is coming fast The mockingbirds
and martins are building their nests. The man
goes and pretty palms are putting on their green
clothes fight the battle with the SALTY breeze
from the Gulf and old Tampa bay which al
ways in notion through the long summer days.
live OH the coast and spend a great deal Of my
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sponge Fishing.

The Greeks are considered the prin-
cipal sponge fishers, and it takes much
experiences, skill and hardihood TO quail
~ . man for b FIRST class place among
sponge divers Many Of the most valu-
able specimens are found at o depth
varying from 10 10 85 fathoms To aid
in the descend. the divers make use of q
triangular stone. with q hole in one cor
ner, through which o rope Is spliced.
On reaching the deep sea gardens where
the rock ledges ere clothed with marine
growths. the diver, retaining . hold ON
his rope d~exterously breaks away the
holdfast Of thessponges and places them
under his arm until asnfficient load has
been cleaned, when . pull ON the rope
signals his companions above that he Ii
ready to ascend, and be Is then hauled
to the surface, bearing his ocean treas
ureG-Exchange
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Some Curious Things That Aneuse and AS
tonish Men Of Science.
Natures freaks of fancy afford o
strange study. People are constantly
sending to the National museum sup
posed fossil animals and other oddities
which are in reality mere accidental
forms carved by water. A pebble in o
stream gathers about itself grains of
sand until an odd shaped lump is
made. A favorite shape for such Jumps
Is that OF q turtle with four legs, q head
and tail, rel the lines of the shell be-
ing sometimes distinct. Similar concre-
Hons Of carbonate of iron and clay as
sumo the appearance of petrified pea
nuts Break one, and you will always
find inside o small spiral Wrinkle shell,
which has served as the nucleus. A
queer counterfeit of this kind, forward
cd to Washington not long ago, was an
alleged fossil foot of q child, with a lit
tie stocking on, the latter showing signs
Of wear on the ball Of the foot and on
the heel It was only a concretion, as
was likewise what appeared to be a pet
rified oyster ON the she'll
One eminent scientist has been anus
ing himself Of late by making imitation
spider webs ont Of quartz fibers. It is
well known that copper wire can be
drawn 10 q fineness much less than the
thickness of a hair-in fact, to the di-
ameter OF the one-thousandth part Of an
inch. But glass may be spun finer than
copper, while even the finest spun glass
Is not so fine as silk fiber. The latter,
however, Is coarse compared with the
threads that can be obtained by melting
quartz under . blowpipe and pulling 1t
out. Snch threads may be reduced to a
thinness or one-millionth of an inch.
Drawn to5such tenuity, they are invisi-
BILE under, 70 microscope of the highest
power. Yet they are stronger In proper
ton to their thickness than the best
quality Of bar steel. Enough thread like
this could be made from O single cubic
inch Of quartz TO go around the world
658 times a grain of sand barely large
enough TO be visible to the naked eye
would yield 1000 miles Of thread
Obviously no practical use can be
made OF threads SO extremely fine.
Comparatively coarse mes were woven
into cobwebs by the scientist aforesaid.
They would not catch flies because they
were too slippery, having no gluten ON
them, like real cobwebs. This difficulty
was got oyer by moistening q straw In
castor oil and gently stroking the threads
with it; then the webs captured flies
fairly well. But . cobweb is incomplete
without ~ spider, 80 ii occurred to the
experimenter to attract an arachnid TO
his web by the buzxing of q fly. It was
difficult TO make . fly buzz to order, but
o satisfactory imitation was produced
by permitting . tuning fork to vibrate
against the quartz fbers. This fetched
the spider right away. The scientist also
amused himself with blowing bubbles
Of quartz, which looked exactly like
the most beautiful soap bubbles
Washington Star.
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FIFTY DROWNED.
Terrible Accident tO q Party Of Irish
Harvesters on Their Way to
Scotland. 3
Their Boat Capsized OF Armagh
Head and Half 4 Hundred
Perished.
Eighteen Bodies Have Already Been
Recovered-Exact Number Of
Saved Unknown.

CAsTLEBAR ISLAND, Ire.. June l0.-A
dispatch from Westport Quay, about
II miles from this city, announces q
terrible disaster TO q party OF harvest
ers who were on their way to Scotland.
A passenger boat returning TO West
port Quay from Achilles island. having
ON board 80 harvesters, who were to be
shipped to Scotland from Westport.
capsized. According 70 the first reports
Of the disaster, "a Of the 80 passengers
were drowned, but later adyices say
that it il believed that so Of the har-
vesters lost their lives.
The boat capsizsd off Armagh Head.
Eighteen bodies have already been re-
covered. but the exact number Of per-
sons saved Il not known.
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CONGRESSIONAL.


WASHINGTON, june IL. Some routine
business preceded the resumption Of the
tariff bill in the senate. Bills were
passed 90 followss
TO pay Joseph Redeem, one Of the
Ford theatre victims, "a, 74S; to author
ize the appointment OF women az public
school trustees in the District OF Col
umbia; for the development and en-
enlargement of silk culture In the
United States; TO pay the heirs OF James
Bridger q, 00Os . bill for the relief OF
the heirs Of John Weightman. passed
some time ago. was on motion Of Mr..
Quay, reconsidered and recommitted.
When the tariff bill was laid before
the senate Mr. Lodge took the foor with
an argument against free wool.
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NEWS CONVERSATIONS

Coal has been found 1t Brule, Wis.
Minnesota Good Templars are In SEES
sion at Minneapolis.
Railway train d~ispatchers will meet
Of minneapolis next year.
A dispatch to tho London Times from
Pekin says that the rebellion IN Corea is
subsiding.
Miss Frances Willard, president Of
the National wv. G. T. u, hassailed FOR
New York from Liverpool.
Republicans oe the Eighteenth Ohio
district nominated exLonRressman
Lorenzo Daneord for congress.
Hon. u. 8. Hall has besn ronomi.
mated BY the Democrats OF the Second
congressional district OF Missouri.
james Uhlman and Charles Hare,
both aged 9 years, were drownsd IL .
pond % Roberts, W. bathing.
AZ . meeting Of ...s first Congrsea.
tional church, Denver, che resignation
OF the Rev. u. w. Rsed e passion was
accepted.
The Mississippi Valley Lumberman
reports trade as less than for the GORE.
spending week in 1898, but mp 10 che
average Of 1892.
The Fraser river Is still falling fast
and some I'D Of the mills Of the New
Westminster district are about 10 re-
sumo operations.
A fre ut Yamagata, province Of
Uren, Japan, has destroyed 1000
houses and 10 people lost their lives
during the confiagraticn.
It 10 expected that through traffic on
the Northern Pacific will be resumed
within o week. The Great Northern
hardly expects to do % well.
In the Wiman trial nc New York the
prosecution has rested and the defense
has begun the introduction OF testi-
lnonE The defendant was the iirst
witnsess
J. G. Thompson, the Ascending
cashier Of the defunct Eedalia National
bank has been definitely located BY let-
ter written BY him mailed in tho City
OF Mexico.
4 charge that the Alton 10 cutting
rates To- the homeopathic convention &C
Dsnyex Is the latest trouble IN the en-
cursion department OF the Western
Passengsx association.
4 rufnor Id current In PARKS that
Q Duke Of Orleans, the eldest son OF
the Coznte de Paris, 10 betrothed 10 the
Princess Henrietta Of Flanders, eldest
daughter Of the Count of Flanders
New York newspaper estim sies
thaf according to testimony before the
Lsxow Investigating committee, the
police OF New York get about GIG, 0U0,-
600 from saloons, disreputable houses.
etc: The entire police pay roll u only Q
little yer 81. 000, 900.
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PERSONAL ITEMS.

Miss Minnie Jones went to Howard
for a few days visit with friends.
8. g. Clark and Father Flynn returned
home on the afternoon passenger.
Henry Mead OF Council Bluffs. Iowa,
10 visiting his cousin, Geo. Mead OF this
city.
Henry Clough, OF Rsvillo, s. ID. arrived
in the city yesterday and returns home
today.
JAS. Brooks, wife and child, Of Sibley,
Iowa, are the guests OF DIR. and Mrs. A.
E. Clough.
Oliver Cleveland returned from the
Shattuck Military school for his summer
vacation.
Hon. Harry Hunter OF Spink county
went TO Sioux Falls today o. the noon
train with q special car OF eastern real
estate seekers.
Prof. N. E. Hart, ~optician, Of Sioux
Falls, ID now in the city, engaged in his
professional work and will remain dur
ing the Advent camp meeting season.
@. Fl. Baker. general manager of the
Odd Fellows Annuity Insurance com
pany, OF Dies Moinss, Iowa, vas In the
city last night making out special
agencies for his companies work IN this
state. Z. ]. Corcoran fell heir to o good
appointment.
Alderman Cuisine went 10 Sioux
Falls today to engage il possible the
Rock Island raln-makers 10 run their car
up here and procure Is q shower Of rain.
Henry says he will bring them il money
will do it and trusts that the money 10
forthcoming v this IL q case or
emergency.
]. As McGoyern, VIM. Downs, q. q.
Keith, r. M. Thomas, and others OF the
Lake county delegation returned from
Mitchell at noon, the work OF the pom
vention having been completed last
night. Dr.. Brown, ]. A. Keith and others
of the Kingsbury county delegation 40
companied them and all report an ~
thusiastic and harmonious outcome to
the convention though at times it looked
ssqually
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