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vnE DuGoNG AID nER YouNa.

The dugong forms the connecting lax be-
tween the real whale aud the seas and wal-
FUSES. Like the whale. the animal has no hind
feet butH powerful horizontal tail Its sHnteri"r
eNIremtieg urs more nsNibly I0.nted than
those ot the whulO, and this is a distinE utshing
characteristic between tho two animals. The
duEUng ia snii 10 have attained = length OF
- iret, Lui the usual length IL from TO l3
feet, Tho specimen at tho academy j. nearly Z
feet long. and has hnen very we'll preserved.
In appearance the animal resent Ties the man
ateH ar sea COW. Its upper lip Is large thick,
and flesh ami its snuut /, ike ths trunk OF
an elephant GU short A"ross
When the dugOnE ~ nursing iis young It's
breasts are enlarged s, ms 20 DO almost human
dUgOIg Is pressed against the exposed breast
with one nl mamma dugOrgs ilippers. and in
this Position the animal sWlms horizontally
through he water, using her remaining ilIppsr
10 uruIel herself along. II l. this singular
characteristic % tho animal that has given
IIse 10 TIE fable % the nermail,
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M,.. Au,houy.. sun.,.sC.mpa,ru.

Jean b. Greenleaf writes from Rochester
that already the women arc rallyinG their
forces and the campaign may be said TO be
fairly opened. Miss Anthony has spoken at
two grand rallies one in Rochester and ono in
Buffalo. On Tuesday of last week Mi1s An
thony spoke In Syracuse, and fund was con-
tributed for campaiG work. This indeiatiga-
bio worker has gone on 10 Michigan to speak
before the students AZ Aun ATbor. stopping At
Buffalo 10 organize a county suffrage club.
Monroe county has campaign committees
organize in each town, and lin"haster has one
In each ward hut iour, and tho work ui can;
under way in New York and IrooklYn. and
Mrs Blaze the President uf the suffrage club
here, cannot leave the city for outside work on
slowly hut It comes. and good collections are
taken in at the rallies, The women sal they
are working 20 win aud mean 10 carry tho day.
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Although the animal ia the veritable original
OF the mermaid. her scientific name Is not so
supple on the lips as the so,t. pet names
given 10 tho marine sirens Of mythology. She
Is known as the dugunE. and while she Ia more
or less interesting to the naturalist aS being
tho inOliensiVe cause OF tho mermaid myths.
she is still more interesting to him because
she is q duEong. For the dugong has heen bat
thing Tor existence In the marine world Tor
centuries. AMI is about to lose her !Gentity
among her aquatic ueighhors of the Southern
dcep. Tho duEong l. becoming ra!idly eN-
tnrt. y specimen Is seldom captured and the
on" IN the possession OF the academy Is re-
garded as an extraordinary prize.
Every nation under he sur has contributed
to the mythical evolution OF the dugongs from
member OF tho maudte" family OF mammals
to beautiful sea siren with languorous eyes
and flowing hair. who wOOS foolish mariners
To destruction and tho folklore OF every
nation has y different idea OF the appearance
OF the mermaid. The crafty ,hIn~se and
japanese have even manufactured hdeous
sem lance to IA woman iish. and great idinteIs
haze dcigned - commit TO canvas q cir con-
C"ptlon ul the siren The unatlrlctiys.
mUther!y duCong was the cause OF II all.
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UnIyersItIes Are Closed 10 Them. bat They
May Practis- as Doctors OF "a SECOND CIusS.
In Germany. the land OF scholars and think
ers, notwithstanding the liberal character Of
politics which is every day making itself more
apparent, there is general antagonism TO the
higher education Of women. The radical
German Is conservative to the backbone In
what he saTcastically calls the emancipation
Of women" II tho subject is broaehsd II is
met with a ioeular reply and tho usual com
mOnplacos. The average German thinks that
the terms woman" and wife" should bs
synonymous with honest wife" and that the
Wife's duty should he 10 provide for the animal
comforts Of the housohold Although the
movement commenced twontJ-etght years ago
with tho foundation OF an association for Ger
man women little or no progress has been
made The GeTman University admits women
as students. and those who wish to continue
their education Ia such subjects as the uni
yeTsities provide have to seek advanced in
EtTuctiOn ia other countries Many petitions
have leen prssented 10th to tho imperial
Diet aud 10 the Diets OF the various States
for PERMISSION for women to be allowed
70 take W the study of MEDICINE. but
i Is q subject for the Royernmsnts Of
the different States. and the sspaIate G9ySrn-
EsDts say they can DO n0thing without the ln-
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YHE FO0r or MRS poMMrER
Squeezed ny Parry Unknown, She Hold
the Rn I Had Il. p,n.;blr,

Squeezed ny Parry Unknown. She Holds
the Rn H,T Il. p,ns,bie.
Mrs. Pommier is a gentle Georgian dame who
has found Gut In peculiar fashion that life Is
full Of sad surprises. Last summer when the
Worlds Fair was at it's height the soul of Mrs.
Pommier burned within her as she dreamed OF
the White City by the lake. and finally by dint
oil much economical management she found
herself fairly aboard an Illinois Central train
with ticket for Chicago inside her dress
waist between the fifth and sixth buttons. as
she knew 10y actual count.
Night came and Mrs. Pommier retired to her
berth. She was excited over tho prospect OF
the journey and slept fltfully at ilrst but final
ly fell into u sound slumOer from which she
was ruGely awakened UY some one squeezing
her foot II wasn't any half hearted squeeze.
either. II WAS full OF earnest emphasis as
Mrs. Pommier's tender joints bore witness.
The spuecZsr however. seemed TO have eX-
hausted his courage In the frst effort. and
when Mrs. Pommier recovered her rnuanimity
sufficiently to make an Investigation he was
liut the ladys indignation grew with time
and when Pommler himself leaned OF his
Teparation. so they sued the railroad com
pany for damages. Mira Pommier alleges that
Known sue 20 her sSuseneG % faat therSby %
grossly insulting, humillating. and alarming
her" She ina gines that the sxmbrrant attcn-
tion came from some en- plOyee OF the company.
Mr.. lentresS. counsel Tor the railroad. con-
tends that this business OF squeezing lady's
foot is not within the scNpe OF the servants
employment, ana that the master is therefore
not liable unless lie has ratified tho act. The
plaintiff he says. did not say in her petition
that the President the board of Directors. and
the stockholders, or any Ot them. had approved
this action Of their servant in squeezing Mrs
pommlers foot, II was not, according to Mr..
FentrrsE. a case similar TO that OF the steam-
bat mate who kicked out the teeth Of pas
senger Igirtly sleerlng on "A bale Of hay.
reply 10 this ilippant version OF the case
Mr.. Scales. whom Justice. he says. has tipped
solennly objected TO any rdicule OF the suit.
He said II was the case Of n well-bred, yirtu-
GUS woman travelling alone and receiving .
gross insult from some servant OF the com
pany or some stranger against whose insults
she was entitled Ia protection. HeRppealed TO
the court. and his appoal was not In vain.
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AUsIRI4y WoMES ANlRCHIsTs.
Frau'sIn Glass and Amelia Rita Recently
-entenc d nj EirHhR.

Frau'sIn Glass md Amelia Rita Recently
-eRtenc'd nj FirnhR.
Two women Socialist orators were sentenced
recently in Nieana for speaking sightnglY OF
the Ar hduAes anl u the Legislative As
semblY. 1t is interesting to cad Of tho nature
OF the Offences Of these two young aud ysry
pretty women who speak in the open air to the
people. One OF them, FTaulein Glass. accord
ing 10 the Vienna correspondent. considers
no subject too tough politics and political
economy. tho education Of women, the army
EXPENSES the iboTal leaders. and the Prssi-
dent Of he cabinet That correspondent ought
tn take course at one OF our wOman's clubs
and see how lightlY they play battledors and
shuttlecOck with these subjects that the Aus
tTian calls Tough The other pTetty Anar-
chIst. Amelia Rita Is younger still, not much
past Z. and by her nrmness caused 900 lac
tori girl, to strike for six weeks. by which
means they obtained somewhat more humane
treatment than twelve hours' work day at
six shlllIuEs week, she Is seemingly so filed
with hatred against every man and woman
better OF than herself that she apparently
could 20 On talking against them for hours
and yeTY much to the point.
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about them. Some women. many women in
fact, are quite as uncomfortable In a square-
toed boot as others are in pointed toe. Their
toes slope TO a point tho Rrent toe being the
longest ana the others running back from
that. But we lind plenty Of fantastic toes, |
assure you. sometimes the second and third
toe, arc longer than The great toe; sometimes
they form a straight line across tho end OF the
foot. aad then YOU have the only shape which
Is perfectly adapted t. the so-called common
sense shoe"
There is stil one direction, however. In
which women sacrifice comiOrt to appcaTRnes.
And that is in evening slipUers. All the dainty
contTyanees for torture which come under
this head look charming. hut they have heels
which will paint circles around the brightest
eyes crowd OF dGbutRntes can show, But IL
makes foot look shorter and more arched TO
have the heel pTopped mp by an inverted pyrR-
mid. and so Il goes IL must DO confessed
that simply Rs articles to he looked at. the
dancing slippers are a fetching species.
Tho latest and most fashionable one Is tine
Nadly II YOU will look sharp at the opera
YOU will see Nine. Nordica wearing NadIy
slipper Of black patent leather, with a tiny
gold buckle IN front and a gold heel Ot great
height The NadlY Is very simple. being a
plain toe slipper with = small strap iust Boz
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ticcs descriptive OF tho scheme. Publishers
use these and keep n coupon standing in sOms
unp position in the paper. Daily papers ndyer-
tSe that these PARTS will he presented to their
readers on receipt Of six consecutively num-
hcrrd coupons cut out uf the paper. with ten
cents Tor expenses. This Is continued IRON
wcek to week nsth parts nre issued Publish-
era may, after few numbers have been Issue |,
announce that back parts may ue Ind by thoRs
who havo neglected to gather the coupons. or
t. sCnl thGm In at the proper time. at the rats
OF - cents part. This arrangement has been
found to bn very successful, and u money!
making departure from the original schema.
The .reIuit cmcnt ~ slN consecutivply NUM-
bercd coupons rOmprls him to take yOnr naptr
regularly for the first week, after that he hns
to keen it W to- complete his numbers. Your
acceptance entails no expenditure NJ money.
II YOU Hrll parts you buy them, that is all You
Ggr"n tn rup the advertising. and that is all
you greS TO. As we are closing out the franz
chsos It will be necessary for you to give US
an lin sdiRts reply
" tn" articles offered to the public BY the
coupon fake papers were sold by tlevclanl
merchants the purchdsers would get them Ht
much lower prices and the dealers would still
reap handsome profit.
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stock. passing II around the throat from the
front to the back and crossing 1t there to bring
1t back and tie It in front In ashort bow with
long ends hanging down to the waist. The
original idea Of the quaint concet was to wear
the coat was thrown back. but It IL
frequently outside the cont and very
that this winter accompany cloth skirts
for outdoor wear There is another cra-
vat, slightly newer and more peculiar
six inches wide. tied In a smart bow with
iinrIng loops and n tight little knot under tho
chin with u little fall OF white lace over the
knot. This scarf has no lace on tho ends, and
while II is quite IA becoming to the face on ac-
count OF the lace II is rather less graceful than
the other. Its name. French and high sound
ing. is cravate Lendre.
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ra.lIs In.t,e. BY FrmlnIss n.srss.

Ex-senator Castle Ia responsible for the
truth Of the story Of the Kansas woman JUS
tlcs and how she solved the tramp question
II seems the city over one Of whose precincts
she presided had been much infested with the
yagabond citizens. Sho rather enjoyed the
comforts Of the station house and the luxury
Of the prisons provided TOR MS kind. But one
o! the t4ttrred fraternity made the mistake Oi
wandering into tho wOman's province. and
when he was brought before her for iudgment
she soatouced him 10 two baths a day for ten
DAYS. ana to hard ,abOr on the stone pits, with
the order that hs he fed il he worked and
starved II he shirksd When the rumor of
two baths tEy gets circulated In tTRnDYills Ii
Is believed Il viii rid tho section within that
Woman's luTLsdietion from the Taggetymen.
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FEMININE sociErr sptrs.
Parisiau Ladies' OF Good Roe's, stnudinr
Who serxe nA Police DrtrctfrS.

Psrisiau Ladies OF Good Soe's, stnndins
Who serve Hs Police Dstrcttvs-.
One Of tho high ofIlclals Of the French Detec-
tive Department IL responsible for tho state
ment that a number OF ladies we'll known in
Parlsian society do not dlsdain to offer their
services occasionally TO tho rolice for cash
down. These are tho auxlliarles." but there
are others who receive regular salarles vary
Ing from 800 francs to ! POO francs per month.
In Illustration Of what he means this official
relates that one OF his friends who had bought
house In tho neiRhbOthOo1 Of the Are 10
day or two before tho date he called and eN-
pressed the hone that tho Official would not
list OF the guests 2" asked n colleague. who
happened to he In tho room, with significant
smile. The list was handed TO this Official.
who presently returned it with the remark:
II would be useless TO- trouhe you. You have
already i've here" The functionAry added
politics were less numerous. tut cost more.
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RosrrEa-

mencIta. I've made shoes for her. and she
has the regular Spanish foot. snor: and broad.
People look into n Spanish woman's eyes. and
they are SO carried away that. although they
don't know anything more about her. they
think she Is beautiful all through. The
Yankee foot Is long and slender. with a
low instep. OF course, some Northern women
have high insteps, but 1t Is not generally so.
Women walk SO much more now than they
used to. They play tennis md other games
and use their feet so much more that they are
bound to require large shoes. ! know one
young lady who had always led q quiet II fe.
riding whenever she went out and sitting
around the rest NJ the time. She wore a
shoe then. Two years ago she began taking
walks and goinc In for gymnastics. She has
kept II ny. and now she wears &c shoe hut
she Is perfectly well now and she used TO Do
more than half an invalid"
What IL to be the shape of the new shoes
for spring|
The toe Ia as pointed az ever. About pointed
toes. there is a good deal OF nonsense preached
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MN roEK mas EvERFTHIyG.
Hear the Testern Map Wax Eloquent over
One Of - S'Orm scene.


One Of the varied phases n landscape about
tho Riverside Drive is s,rikiuglY presented
whe.s the cross streets between Ninoty frat
and Nlnety-siXth. terminating at tho drive.
have been blasted through the rock ridge on
tho east With their absence u signs OF
human lie. aud the.r dynamite torn, Jagged
sIl's these great rock cuts rather enhance
than lessen the uic;uresGueness OF the scene.
presenting as they DO at either end, a pleasing
y-tl. 20 I saw upon riverside DrIv", the other
fiAIf . NNGn. thnt eagHgi no haek Si, to NE
II was Il lowering dGy. With At-
IN wind from tho northeast. | was iusI
opposite Nlfrly-iA.ri street whom gu,ty rain
4uElL rising from the direction Of Central
lnv".Ls east N"td up through the rock cut !
saw o. EhlT.NiuI Of u.sf. chased close behind
tE binding ain, coIn down the long street az
tull spCol It7 Font Ehut'tng down upon trO
rr"n" an !mrenei:a .e 'gItaIn - i alEGHevd-
AS the houses % Nlnety-thirl street uisaI-
praryu in lne storm, the sreHe becamo WIi4cr
Hll gIanlet. and tlo gray cloud. closing Ia
Ut.rn u o easicT'y crd Of the rock cut IN an iu-
ttICt tr4urlulWsl Il 10 the SEN .lance ~ =
Rocky Auuutalu canon SWEPT bY q C.OudhuEst.
tuluE % ans ru!llus over tie ridges -uuWt
tp ii.ht and .eft ut Tho gap, which presently
50 .N'u "Aly its q vague oionluE IN the Tall
"u' uu-t cloud In moment moro u hai en-
tD -r' the Hudson. IT, Hur,lrH yv leI in rain
ahI ty.ug duet. sp.c 7hlcs drri and mist IN
tUr ul-cGrru PLAIN rt THE TISnI'- surface. With
th" >t"er, hisu westerly bank dIm.y ~ceTn FL
TIE great cltF. a broad mountains and plains
.deci, The counterpart VI storm scPns iantl.
Iaa RSuaiaiR TsEIOSS q tAS Il HsSlN
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to recognize the law o, supply and demand in
this direction as In others.
Speaking OF sense. women certainly have
advanced in this direction during tho last
quarter Of a century. This particular dealer
has been in business In New York for twenty
seven years. ana ho knows q thing or two
about women and shoes He agrees that
twenty-five years ago a fashionable woman
would have heen overcome with chagrin II she
had been obliged to ask for No. shoe.
But nowadays," he said to q Sun reporter
" thousands o; well-born and well-brcd wo-
men wear No. 5s and even larger shoes.
know OF one family n very fashionable one. in
which there are six daughters Not one OF
them wears less than 5. and they range from
that up to ~ and Ss. Some OF my very nirest
customers wear Sc. The size Of Mrs. Cleve-
lands shoe is no secret She wears No 3
on G last. That IL a much wider boot than
most society ladies wear. Many OF them wear
"a or even 5AA.
The Southern women have the rrettlest
feet. They rarely wear moro thnn number
three. and oftene- only number one. Their
feet are slender. too. and they have high in
steps The Cuban and spanish women have
short feet. hut they are broad. They are not
pretty. although you hear people rave about
the feet OF Spanish women. There was Car
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FEMININE FoOToEtR.


Comfort Is Now ConruIted-Nadir, BiIIcs
Taylor, aud LiIIinn Rns-ei shippers.
There Ia man in our town and he is won. d.
drous wise lie has a swell shoe shop on
Broadway and he is absolutely full OF statistics
on the subject Of tho foot feminine.
Oh, hut he Keeps his secrets WE'LL The VAN
derbilts. the Astors. the Burdens in short. So-
ciety herself goes to- him TO be shod. Not only
Society but the stage has her measure In this
Rentleman's books. Lillian Russell was mar.
rlcd the othor day in pair Of shoes which ho
made for .hat occasion. and II may he whis-
pered on his authority that Lilian's wedding
shoes last Sunday were two sizes larger than
tho ones in which she took Teddy Solomon Tor
better or worse. principally the latter.
There is no help for It. II timo and late sup
pers see fit to give us legacies OF too too solid
flesh. they cannot be carried on tho slender
feet and ankles OF wilowy youth. Lillian's
hundred and seventy-flve pounds demand
support and her shoemaker sees that shc gots
It. There Is Nordica, too. She is another
lillian hut no more OF tho nIry. fairy sort than
the Casino star. By no stretch. or rather. per-
haps. by no squeeze OF tho Imagination could
you call Nordcas foot small. She Is woman
Of generous Proportions und has sense enough
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perial Diet. A few women have been received
as assistants In tho Post Offlce and women arc
allowed to practise as doctors OF second
class though they are not Acknowledged by
the State, and can not be intrusted with any
official duty. These medical women have no
opportunity OF acquiring a complete education.
and they stand in q very inferior social posi-
ton. There is. however In Berlin a hospital
woman doctora
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created for certainly such work Of art de-
serves the dignity Of the worldly parting the
hair In the centre and forming on each side OF
the face full expanding bandeaux composed
Of a series Of waved rolls. the ends Of which
the chignUn. which IL headed with n soft snu-
sage roll brought to the top Of the head
and npparently reatinR on huge nyng
bow OF noir6 ribbon. The other has two
pnrtings. n straight and a horizontal one.
which divide the hair into threo parts, The
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con Of r. with critical notes on the text
While yet in her teens she was appointed tutor
in Greek at Simpson College, with n degree.
AZ 20 she graduated from Cornell college with
yersity and took tho degree OF A. NJ and
finally returned to Simpson college, where she
took the chair Of Crock which her father had
hold since her childhood. She ls also musi-
clan and a social fnyorIte.
The sun., 1894-01-28
Lrndo.'- F,vr.root-nius Club.

There IL rumor OF a very smart club In Lon
don called :" The Five foot. nine" 1t owes it's
name to the fact that every member must be
exactly feet 81 inches In height. Two other
requisites are that the IN emhsrs shall belong
to the aristocracy. and DO altogether lovely"
BY Judicious treatment OF the shoes OF ones
heels. and by preternatural erectnsss OF
posture IA fair number Of applicants hav" sat
istled the requirements. but five feet niue
is II pretty effectual bar to O crowded roster.
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modified copies OF the
colrures worn by state
ly old danes In the
early part OF tho CEN
tury and. iramin q
young. and delicate
faces. tho effect Is pi-
quantity attractive. one
Of these IL called tho
Amello coIfTurc. and Ia
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Prof Joanna Baks sr's career as student and
teacher has been one Of most extraordinary
preeocity. She loaruoi Greek aud Latin con-
lugations Tor Amusement as soou as she
could sPegk rlainlY, la her fourth year she
had daily less rs Ia GTeos. Latin, aud FTeneh.
At ~ years Of age she had read Herodotus
Demosthsnes, Saiiust, and Cicero. aud then
she took up mathematics. Az Ia she had read
4dIpus IyEanRas NJ Greek. and aAds la3l-
The sun., 1894-01-28

two Ia front are Sinootn
on tho brow. and arc
Inndo to dcscrlue nt
the sidos three Eradu-
nted curls Or rolls,
placed together slant
wise. A twist OF shot
ribbon coils round the
conspicuous knot OF
hair looms, inter-
mingled with q few
frizZettcs ana two rib
hon loors. The back
OF the hair 10 loosely
waved. And the whole
arrangement "ppeare
in the 1hackernv and
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great coaCneS hDOuttno
ring. Is the ladies' cra-
vats de ClGry. II is
made Of MORO ribbon
six or eight In c h es
vile. The onds are
sharply alanted and
trimmed with cream
white lace In duchesse
or point applique pat
terms ruGled on. 1t is
adjusted precisely as
tha n,un aI,,tata hta
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books is cut full but dropping. The sleeve.
according TO the woman who wears Ii. was
never SO hambOyaptly aggressive and prOmi-
nent as now, But the fashion articles are sup
posed to he prophecies. SO II may be that the
sleeve may be reduced from its ieyeTish az
In Trimming, il one were 10 name the first
faVorite. mOirG would take the PRECEDENCE.
with white lace as Goot second, and ribbon,
hand. Almost all gowns have a touch OF the
mOir6 somewhere II they are not made en-;
tiTely OF the handsome glOssy material. And
all manner OF patterns are seen IN this mOird
besides the wRteTed wave that once dlstln-
guished II. eros grain silks, those o!d-hmo
signs manual OF gentility, are promised among
the Teyivals for spring, and once again tha
woman who has nice black SILK Will be ready
for ranythinG-iestiyal or funeral.
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II seems that Miss sparrow. a London jour
nalist. took It into her head to sweep cross
ing Just to gee vhnt II was like. 1t was Lady
Gourgiann Fullerton who once performed the
same act. in order to allow the regular sweeper
to attend mass
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TIE ORIGINAL ERM1ID.
As Different from, tie Ideal n- nm Actress
sometime. - from Her i.!thogrnph-.


The lntest ndditio to the man malta depart-
mrnt OF the Academy OF Sciences Ia n real Iner-
Australia n few weeks ago ami is now in the
hands Of the taNiiermist fhs process Of cur
ing and stuilnE will he completed in a few
dars. Then the puLlic may visit tho academy
and take good square look at un honest siren
oil the seas.
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Mrs. Flora Kimball selected tho trees ard
superintended the planting OF them on seven
miles Of the streets of National City. Cal She
was requested to undertake tho work by the
Supervisor who deemed her tho most COM
petent person for the place.