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Bird SIaup1lter

An American dealer sold last year
2,0O0, COO birdskins. All were used for Or
namenting woman attire. Women ought
to cry down this vanity that feeds and
panpers the destruction Of the feathezed
tribes. The birds sacrificed are of course
those Of richest plumage, and of course
also those that will be least easily re-
placed. LII fact, if this thing continues,
American bird life of the gentler order
will pretty soon become extinct. Is not
the warfare the American Humane So
ciety has opened upon the birdskin traf-
fic wholly justifable? We think so. The
destruction referred to contributes not
one whit to human need or human COM
fort. 1t adds nothing to the intellectual,
nothing to the mental. 1t is simply wan
tonnes practiced at the beck of fashion,
and as silly and meaningless a fashion,
too, as ever was spawned from the brain
of man milliner. There are birds in
plenty that shed their plumage to supply
the vain demand for flaming headgear.
Why should the fashion monarchs be in
exorable and also demand the bodies Of
our feathered songsters? Sacramento
Union
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They Insured Him.

The ways and means of insurance
agents for securing customers are many
and varied. The modus operandi seems
to be to get the victim interested and
then lombard him with argument, elo-
quence and statistics, and it is in the
first that the real genius of the business
comes in.
A merchant was writing at his desk
the other day when two of the craft en-
tered. Being well dressed and prosper
GUS looking, he rose to receive them and
inquired their business.
81 want" said one, ''to introduce to
you my friend, Mr.. Booker, who is a
we'll known gentleman living here, and
special agent for the Bluster Life In
surance company"
81 am pleased to meet Mr.. Booker, -
returned the merchant, "but l really
don't know that Pm acquainted with
you"
Indeed" said the first. Booker,
old man, introduce me-.
Booker did, and the merchant, seeing
the trick, burst out into hearty guffaw
and was soon insured by the two
friends, who, if they had entered in the
ordinary style and stated their bust
ness, would probably have been shown
the door.-London Tit-Bits.
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One of the Best,

1.-THE best compliment ever had, !"
said a we'll known lawyer the other
day, twas paid by an old lady in an
adjacent town, where | once went to
take part in Fourth of July celebra-
ton. was young man and always
avaiIed myself of every chance l got to
spout. That day l was on the pro-
gramme to read the Declaration of In
dependence, and put all the power l
had into the lines.
"When the exercises were over, an old
lady, who was arrayed in her finest,
came up to me and said, That is one
Of the best declarations of Independence
I ever heard; you must have spent
powerful long time writin it. "-Phila-
delphia Call.
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WisAsA.

Iasised little child ore day.
A child intent on joyous play,
My little one, pray tell to me
Your dearest wish; what may it bef"
The little one thought for awhile,
Then answered with wistful smile,
1.-THE thing that wish most OF all
Is to be big, like you. and tall.'
l asked maiden sweet and fair,
Of dreamy eyes and wavy hair,
"Nhat would you wish, pray tell me true,
That kindly fate should bring to yoa?"
With timid mien and downcast eyes
And bushes deep and gentle signs,
Her answer came. "All else above,
I'd wish some faithful heart to love-"
asked a mother. tried and blest.
With babe asleep upon her breast,
20 mother fond, SO proud and fair,
What is thy Utmost secret prayer"
She raised her calm and peaceful eyes,
Madonnalike, UP to the skies.
MY dearest wish is this said she,
THAT God may spare my child to me-"
Again, asked woman old,
To whom the world seemed hard and cold,
Pray tell me, o thou blest in years,
What arc thy hopes, what are thy fears?"
With folded hands and head bent low
She answer made, in accents slow,
For me remains but one request
It is that God may give me rest
Emile Pickhardt in Boston Globe.
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A Queer Freak of Memory.

DR.. C. B. Radcliffe tells us of a
French lady who had lived in France
until she reached her sixteenth year,
and up to that time spoke only French.
Then she came to England and began
to speak English.
When about 20 years of age, she mar
ried an American gentleman, and from
that time for about 20 years she lived
sometimes in America, sometimes in
England, speaking English habitually
and French scarcely ever.
When DR.. Radcliffe saw her. her mind
was feeble, and that was all, but about
two years afterward he found she had
forgotten everything connected with
her married life, her English not ex-
cepted, and if asked who she was and
where she was she gave her maiden
name and mentioned the street where
she had lived in Paris when a girl
Tnfprioy
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GOOD INDIAN CROW DOG.
His Escape and Return After He Had Bs

His Escape and Return After He Had Been
Sentenced to Death.
Judge a. j. Plownian CT Deadwood,
S. D., attained national renown in 1888
when he defended Grow Dog for the
murder of Spotted Tail. The memory
of Mr.. Plowman's plucky legal fight,
in which he carried that celebrated
case to the United States supreme court
and secured the acquittal Of his red
skinned client when the hangman's
moose was about to tighten around the
neck Of the condemned prisoner, still
lives in the minds Of the legal frater-
nifty throughout the west.
In speaking of the matter Judge
Plowman related an incident of the
trial which has never before appeared
in public print.
AFTER Grow Dog had been sentenced
to be hanged, said the eminent iurist,
II went to Washington to lay the case
before the supreme court of the United
States. instituted habeas corpus pro-
ceedings to secure his release on the
question of jurisdiction. While in the
nations capital was surprised to re-
ceive telegram announcing that Crow
Dog had escaped from prison. re-
turned to the reservation after | had
completed my business at Washington,
and then learned for the first time tho
cause which prompted the famous In
dian to escape. 1t seems that he was
walking in the corridor Of the Jail one
day when half breed told him that
be would surely pay the penalty of his
crime and that the supreme court would
not interfere. This caused Crow Dog
some uneasiness. He was quick to act.
He watched his opportunity to escape
and did so. That stoical Sioux, who had
the reputation Of being a man with
heart of marble, deliberately struck out
on foot over 200 miles Of country to
the reservation. Subsequently he vol
unfairly returned and gave himself up,
with the expectation Of going on the
why he made the trip and returned SO
soon, he replied that be did not want to
die without seeing his squaw and pa
poose once more.
Events proved that he spent one day
at his tepee bidding his family what he
regarded as last farewell and then,
with a wave of his dusky hand, he
mounted pony on his return trip to
the Jail from which he escaped. Crow
Dog is now on the reservation, hale
and hearty. He is hitting the pipe Of
peace and has no desire to wage warfare
On the government. He Is a good In
dian. Omaha Bee.
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Ivory Carving In China and Japan.

In China and Japan ivory has been
carved, the ivory balls inclosed inside
one another being specially noted.
Many theories have been formed as to
how these balls have been cut. Perhaps
a probable one is that a ball of ivory
was taken, around the upper and lower
ends Of which four small holes were
carved out, gradually diminishing i'll
size toward the center until the axis of
the one hole met the axis of the other
or lower one at right angles in the CEN
ter of the ball, and that then small
tools were inserted, and thin layer Of
ivory, forming part of circle from
one hole to its lower corresponding one,
was cut and loosened from the whole
mass. Sc, gradually cutting from one
hole to the next one, a complete inner
circle was eventually loosened, the cir
cles themselves afterward being cut into
the required pattern.-Chambers' Jour
nal
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SnOiied 1t ALL.

A farmer went to hear John Wesley
preach. Wesley said he would take up
three topics Of thought. He was talking
chiefly about money. His first was,
"Get all you can" The farmer nudged
a neighbor and said: ''This is strange
preaching. I never heard the like be-
fore. This is very good" Then Wesley
discoursed on Industry" Activity"
Living to Purpose and reached his
second division, ':Save all you can"
The farmer became more excited. "Was
there ever anything like this?' he said.
Wesley denounced thriftlessness and
waste, and he satirized the willful wick
edness which lavishes in luxury, and the
farmer rubbed his hands, and he thought,
''All this l have been taught from my
youth up and what with getting. and
what with boarding, it seemed to him
that salvation" had come to his house.
But Wesley advanced to his third head,
which was, Give all you can" ''Ah,
dear! all, DEAR said the farmer, she has
gone and spoiled it all. RAMS Horn.
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The Female AiIaI.tus.

Mr.. C. F. Saunders of Philadelphia
justly calls attention to the great beauty
Of this tree. The male ailantus first
disgusts by its disagreeable odor, and
then the flowers fall, leaving nothing
more behind them. But the female
flowers have rather pleasant fragrance
and are followed by the fruit, which
soon takes on beautiful golden color
Most will agree with him that there
are few things more beautiful than the
female ailantus with its young fruit
during the months of August and Sep
TENDER. By the way, the name is allan
tus and not ailanthus, as frequently writ
ten, the tree being named from the Chi
nese 'ailanto. ''-Meehan' Monthly.
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THOuGHTLESS MINISTER'S.
The Cheeky Drummer Catches Two Dr.
Vines On a Simple PrOuOSitiOn.

The Cheeky Drummer Catches Two d.
vines on q Simple Proposition.
Abashed at nothing, commercial
traveller in the south once propounded a
question to couple Of clergyinen,
whom he encountered on railroad
train, which illustrates how easily
man may be tripped on simple little
catch problem. The drummer entered
into a conversation with the minis
tiers and entertained them amazingly
with his brilliant conversation, touch
ing men and affairs. Gradually the top
les changed, until at last the talk was
of DR.. Talmage and his visit to the
Holy Land.
Speaking of the Holy Land, said
the graceless commercial man, 81 was
quite interested to read in a New York
paper recently that /; party of explorers
in Palestine had discovered huge heap
Of bones, which, from their size and
quantity, are supposed to be of the chill
dren which Herod ordered killed. They
were found in Il cave. which had been
closed for centuries, which accounts for
their preservation.
"Indeed!' replied one of the clergy
men, much interested. Il had not
heard OF it. It is certainly surpris-
ing discovery.
Yes continued the drummer,
land, oddly enough, while nearly half
of the bones were bleacllcd white, the
rest were as black as ebony"
Remarkable, calculated the cler-
gyman who had already spoken. while
the other looked at the drummer stis-
piciously.
"What is your theory:'' he contiE-
ued. do you think it possible that
the bleached bones could be of males
and the black of females?''
Possibly replied the more COM
municative clergyman, II am not an
, anatomist, however, and can't say what
effects long exposure has On the bone
of the sexes.
''And you," PERSISTED the drummer
to the other. ''What is your opinion?
Do you think it possible that the white
bones belong to male infants and the
black to female, or vice versa? That IS
the problem that now excites the dis
coverers -
Really" replied the other, 81 don't
know; but, possibly, as you first put it,
the white bones may be Of the male
children, and the black Of the female
Shortly after this the clergymen
reached their destination and left the
train. Just as it was about moving of
the drummer, who had been chuckling
to himself the meanwhile, thrust into
the hand of one card, upon which was
written the words:
Excuse me if l suggest that you
read your Bibles hereafter with greater
care. Had you done SO in the past, you
would have known that boy babies only
were ordered slain by Herod. New
York Herald.
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Memory,

There are 100 different varieties Of
memory, and perhaps we cannot alto
gether choose which we will possess,
though every sort. when we have the
germs of it, may be cultivated.
To learn anything by heart the best
plan is to read sentence and repeat it
without book, then read the next SEN
tence and repeat the two, and SO on.
Repetition is of great Importance, Zine
upon line,'' More is learned and re-
membered by reading through one book
twice than by reading two books once.
After thing has been learned it
must be recalled and gone over at in
tervals, Or the impression will fade
away. Dr.. N. Granville says we
should take ouf our own ideas and dust
them NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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Creation of a knight.

The ceremonies at the creation of a
knight have been various; the principal
We're box ON the ear and stroke with
a sword on the shoulder. John of Sails
bury tells us the blow with the naked fist
was in use among the ancient Normans;
by this it was that William the Conauercr
conferred the honor Of knighthood on
his son Henry. It was afterwara changed
into o blow with the fiat Of the sword On
the shoulder Of the knight. ~l.ondoD
STANDARD.
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English In Spanish.

The ordinary method of construction
by which the Spanish writer places adjec-
tiyes after nouns has sometimes droll
effect, if he chances to adopt English
words into his composition. Thus it
Certainly sounds odd to read in La Ma
c;on that "the congress Of the United
States has finally disposed Of the danger
eua ELL sshestaaia,' and in Il Concrete
Of Lima that :''the American congress
committee has voted for Bill Wilson to
kill Bill Mckinley. New York Re
eorder,
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1t Should be In Every House i.

J. r. Wilson, 81 Clay St, Sharpsburg, Ia, says
he will not be without Dr.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. Coughs anu Colds, thatit cured
his wife who threatened with Pneumonia
after an attack OF 'La Grippe" when various
other remedies and several physicians had done
her no good. Robert Barber OF Cooksport. Pa.
claims DR.. Kings New Discovery has done him
more good than anyt hing he ever used for Lung
Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free Trial
Bottles at Hughes & Bells Drug Store. Large
bottles, soc. and 81.
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Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming well known and SO
popular as to need no special mention. All who
have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise.-A purer medicine does not exist and it is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and
Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum
and other affections caused by impure blood
Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent
as we'll as cure all Niaarial fevers.-For cure of
Headache, Constipation and Indigestion try
Electric Ritters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded.-Prce so cts. and LEO per
bottle at Hughes & Bells Drugstore. feb2S ly
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Rev. Pink Pink on vanity,

De vanity oh some people, deah bred
dern, is good deal like de vanity OBJ an
old peacock dat has lost most OBJ his tail
fedders; de less dey hab to be vain OBJ de
fonder dey seem to be oh maxim aspread-
away exhibishun oh demselyes.- New
York Herald,
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gucklen's Arn!ca salve.

The best salve in the world fer Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblain, Corns, and all Skin
Esuptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect Salts
action, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Hughes & Bell. Druggists
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Appropriate.

The Human Elephant-say the in.
dia rubber man got full last night.
The Double Headed Man-What did
they do to him?
The Human Elephant-B Bounced him.
kansas City Times.
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" Staunton, Jan. 49, 1894,
E. l.. Borden & wife, and ais,
N. J. Drumheller, Trustee,
All persons interested in and parties to the
foregoing named cause will TAKE NOTICE: that
have fixed upon
Friday, the Esd day of February, aaeet,
at my office In Staunton to take, state and settle
the following accounts, viz: LIST. What real es-
tate, fund or other property was held by N. j.
Drumheer at the time of the death of his wife,
Ella z. Drumheller, under any of the several
trusts mentioned in this cause, and
especially whether the several pieces of real es-
tate described in the bill in this cause and there
in claimed to have been purchased with funds
derived by said N. J. Drumheller, Trustee, from
the sale of certain real estate to one u. c, Mis-
wander, were paid for with trust funds, and by
reason thereof become part OF the trust estate
involved in this suit. I'd; What liens, if any,
are binding upon the real estate of Ella P. Drum
heller, decd, and in what order. Sd What per-
sonal estate was owned by said Ella p. Drum
heller at the time of her death, and what real
estate. 4th. The disposition made or intended
to be made by said Ella P. Drumheller by her
will. 5th An account of the debts against the
estate of Ella P. Drumheller. Which accounts
are directed to be stated by the order entered in
said cause on the 8th of Dec. 1898.
JOHN NJ. KINNEY,
G E5asr S : Eaer'}p "a. Commissioner.
jan 90 1t
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton. Jan. "a. '9i. 4
J. F. Fry ais, Plaintiffs,
Clara Bell Fry, executrix of c. F. Fry,
decd, & ais, Defendants.
All parties interested in the foregoing cause.
pending in the circuit court of Augusta county.
TAKE NOTICE, that will proceed at my office
in Staunton, on
The 1st dag of March, 1894,
to take: LIST. An account of the real estate of
which C. f. Fry died seized and possessed, and
the nature of the title thereto. I'd. An account
of the liens binding thereon, in the order of their
priority. Sd. OF the outstanding general debts
against the estate of c. f. Fry, decd; and 18th.
An account of the transactions of Clara Bell Fry
as executrix of said G. f. Fry, decd, and other
accounts, as required by the order of reference
entered in this cause the Sd day of June, 1898.
JOHN NJ. KINNEY,
Chas. Curry, p.q. Commissioners.
ian 26-4t
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$. ]. ! |'illl)Gll2kG.

We want to thank our
friends for the very liberal pat
ronage shown us in the past II
months, particularly since we
have been in ournew building.
You have shown your friend
ship by coming to see us, and
we have endeavored to show
ours by dealing with you fairly
and honestly, and selling you
goods as low as it is possible to
do business and live. We have
a few things left in the way of
ladies wraps, shawls, blankets,
comforts, &c, that we are sell
ing very low to close, in fact,
all winter goods must be sold
at some price, so don't miss
this opportunity; we will have
lots of cold weather yet. Our
house is always full Of season
able goods; we can always be
of some advantage to you in
the way of styles and prices;
don't fail to see our stock of
Black Dress Goods, it is always
complete. We have taken the
Agency for Rogers triple pla-
ted Silverware, every piece
warranted to be as represented;
some beautiful things in this
line; wedding presents, &c,
you know. Wishing you a
happy and prosperous New
Year and asking a continuance
Of your patronage. we are very
truly yours,
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cATARRn CAN DE- CURED.
Dir. |. pearce Coates, sAe Celebrated Norfolk
Specialist, will Treat the Loathsome
Maiady by Mail.

A new departure in the treatment Of Cav
tarrh and diseases of the n ose, Throat and
Lungs, has been inaugurated by Dr. l..
Pearce Coates, the famous Norfolk Special
list, in those branches.
Hereafter he will treat by mail all suffer
ers from Catarrh who cannot take treat
ment athis office in Norfolk, Va, at the rite
of e3 per month. This low charge VILE & ~
eludc all necessary treatment and medicile sxgp
If YOU suffer from Catarrh send for ay
symptom blank. DIR. Coates, on the receipt
of the symptom blank, properly filled out
and So cash, will diagnose the case and tur-
nish all necessary medicines and appliances
| for the first month. And he will continue
| to do this for So per month until the patient
| is cured.
! DR.. Coates is doing great work in re-
lieving the innumerable sufferers from ca
tarrh, as the following letters will attest:
REV. D. B. AUSTIN Pastor of Huntersvilie NJ. e.
Church.
ga th.ough your a nas
for one and half months, and am greatly nsns-
fitted by it.. have doubt but that pefma.
nent cure will be effected. do not think thst
his trea tment can be recommended 700 , 1Sy.
Truly, u. D. AOSAAN.
REV. G. w. PETIT, Norfolk, Va.
81 had catarrh for years and found no rehet
until consulted DIR. COATES. began 1mprov-
ing the first time took his treatment and am
now again we'll and hearty after suffering untold
misery from the loathsome disease,
DR.. L. PEARCE COATES,
jan 19-1yr Box $50, Norfolk, Va.
(NOMMISSIONIR RS OFFICE,
u Staunton, Jan. q, 1891.
Nicholas Sheppard & Co. for {. E. CaGey,
and ais, PlalntlHs
David Hullz, ]. M. Watson and the exec
utors of Jno. j. Hauper, decd, Defendants
All parties interested in the foregoing cause,
pending in the circuit court of Augusta county,
TAKE NOTICE, that will proceed at my office
in Stanton, on
The 9Sth dag Of February, 1894,
to take, state and settle the following accounts,
viz: 1st An account of the real estate in tho
bill and proceedings mentioned and the state
of the title thereto. I'd An account of the liens
binding the same. in the order OF their priority,
and other accounts as required by order OF refer
ence entered therein on the 23d day of Novem'
Der, 1888 JOHN NJ. KINNEY,
Chas. Curry, p.q. Commissioner.
jan 26-4t
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Her In6ignafinn.

A pretty little woman came out of
big dry goods store the other day. Her
eyes were flashing fire, and her face was
flushed with Indignation.
''Whats the matter?" inquired a
friend who met her at the door.
WHY she said, 81 just SAW man
do a thing in there that makes my
blood boil. went over to the dress
goods counter and found him there sit
fling on a stool and letting his wife
Stand. When | came along, he got up
and offered me his seat. And his Wits
stood there meekly and never said a
word. If he'd been my husband. |
would have snatched him baldheaded. =
Can you blame her?-Buffalo Express,
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Make Yourself Heard.

The men who prosper in this world are
the men who mind their own busineaa
and keep on 1ainding it. An exchange
furnishes an example: '.'Tatces!' cried a
colored peddler in Richmond. 'sHush
dat racket. You abstracts de whole neigh
borhood.' responded colored woman
from a doorway. GU kin hear me,
kin your .'Hear your kin hear you
mile. thanks. Use hollerin to be heard.
'Tataes.'-Exchange.