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- STORE OPEN SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK.

ure in the Fire Department, finishing his
career as Fire Marshal with honors and
retiring on handsome pension ten years
ago.
One OF the most notab BILE episodes in Mr..
Durkee S career was his arrest and trial for
piracy in 1856. the event growing out OF
the active part he took with the vigilantes
in the memorable days when rude though
speedy methods were taken to terrify and
exterminate evil-doers.
This crave charge was made against the
veteran who now lies ill, because he was
the most dauntless and sturdy of mem
orable band OF men that seized quantity
of arms and ammunition from schooner
in the bay early in 1856 The munitions
of war were on the way from Benicia to
San Francisco, whereupon the eager men
bent on stamping out crime sent some OF
their chosen warriors TO the front to con.
summate the bold scheme which the au-
thorities afterward called piracy.
In September, 1856, Durkee was ac-
quilted on the ground that the seizure OF
weapons on a schooner in the bay near
San Leandro was not seizure of anythin e
upon the high seas, that part of the bay
being mere interior inlet. There was
great excitement in San Francisco at the
time.
In 1859 Mr.. Durkee, who had won much
reputa ion for bravery and strategy, was
well know as fearless policeman. The
duties of the. Office did not please him
very well, however, + he longed for some
peaceful pursuits. In 1862 he was for a
time Deputy Superintendent OF Streets,
but by 1865 he had become fire marshal at
a salary OF S2400 year. He continued in
this Office with marked success un. Ill
October Is, 1886, at which time he was re-
tired on handsome pension by the Board
of Fire Underwriters. Later the pension
was made SlO0 month for life
In addition to his other qualifications,
Mr.. Durkee has often distinguished him
self as a writer of clever abilities. On July
II, 1888, he wrote an interesting article on
The Bells of the Monumental Engine
Company of Baltimore" the city where
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PIQUED HIS CURIOSITY.
That Is Why Mr.. Archibald Will
Probably Ascend Mountain
by Balloon.

James f. ]. Archi bald has arrived from
the East. He confirmed the news yester.
day that he proposes to go to New Mexico
to view and explore mountain upon the
crest of which 500 Navajo Indians were.
according to legend, starved to death
many years ago. This mountain is well
known TO all travellers over the Santa Fe
Railroad and is customarily pointed out
to persons passing for the first time over
the line by Pullman porters and 'peanut
butchers"
Two stories are given to account for the
starving to death of the Indians at that
point. One is that they were besieged by
hostiles, who drove them up there and
kept them from coming down. The other
story is that landslide broke away the
mountain precipitously, and the Indian.
could not get down. The iast-named story
was telegraphed from Chicago to make it
fit in with story that Mr.. Archibald
would reach the summit by the use of a
balloon.
Mr.. Archibald says that he will go to
the summit merely for the adventure of it.
the place having piqued his curiosity. He
will possibly use balloon, for that seems
the easiest way for him to get up. He will
start next week.
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CAPTAIN RICHARDSON'S DENIAL
He Did Not See Fitzsimmons Box, Nor
Did He Box, Nor Would He Box.

He Did Not See Fiizsimmons Box, Nor
Did He Box, Nor Would He Box.
The British ship Pendragon Castle is al
present tied up in Oakland Greek. She
came here from Newcastle, N. s. W, with
1864 tons of coal, and in a few days will
load wheat for Sydney. The rate is 19
shllllngs ton. but even at that figure the
vessel will make more money than q
charter at little advance for a voyage to
Liverpool would bring.
Inadvertently Captain Richardson s
name was mentioned as one of several
who visited Fitzsimmons couple of days
ago.
The Pendragon Castle has not been in
Richardson's Bay this year, and while
Captain Richardson may have been on a
visit to some of his brother captains whose
vessels are tied up at Sausalito, still he
was not present when Fitzsim mons put ON
the gloves and "boxed for fun" Captain
Richardson says most emphatically that
he never uses boxing-gloves and that he is
not $50 easily frightened"
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VICTORY FOR A RAILWAY.

Rehearing Ortered by the Supreme
Court, Three Justices Dissenting.
In dissenting opinion yesterday JUS
tice Temple OF the Supreme Court, JUS
tices Henshaw and Beatty concurring.
condemned the reckless running of
electric cars. The SUIT was that of
Amanda P. Everett and Marchia A.
Everett, by her guardian, against the Los
Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway
Company. A car on the railway in cues
tion struck Charles E. Everett as he was
riding bicycle on McClintock avenue in
Los Angeles. The test mony was that the
motorman OF he car rang his bell as he
drew near Everett, but that he gave no
sign that he heard the bell
Everett died and the heirs secured a
Judgment against the railway company.
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DR., ROTTANzI'S
BEARD IS GONE
Bold Stand Taken by the
Supervisor Elect of
the Seventh.
Bent Upon Reform, the Good
Doctor Assumes a Stern
Countenance.
Puzzling, Perplexing Incidents Follow
the Loss of the Silky
Vandyke.

Strange, fantastic dreams haunted the
busy brain of DR.. T. A. Rottanzi. the genial
Supervisor-elect of the Seventh Ward,
Wednesday night. Samson, in the days of
his most cruel bondage to the Philistlnes,
never suffered such anguish as did the
good druggist doctor Democrat on
Thanksgiving eve, and the City Dad elect
OF the Seventh dreamed that he, | ke Sam
son, had been beguiled to part with his
hirsute appendages Of head and face by a
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JOHN |, DURKEE
DANGEROUSLY ILL
Old Memories Recalled by
a Pioneers Ill
ness.
The Veteran Fireman Was
Tried for Piracy in
Stormy Times.
A Long and Brilliant Record in the
Fire Depart tment, Ending
With Honors.

John L. Durkee, pioneer policeman, Su-
perintendent of Streets and veteran fire.
man, lies seriously i'll at his home in this
City. Though Mr.. Durkee has been on
the exempt list for many years, 'he has
continued to be a prominent figure on the
streets until his recent illness.
Few men among all San Francisco's
iliustrious pioneers are better or more
widely known than Mr.. Durkee. For
many years he has been 8 conspicuous ig-
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Ord er of Foreign WARS,

At the meeting of members of California
Commandery, Military Order OF Foreign Wars
of the United States, recently held on Mount
elected for IS97-9S: Profess or E. S. Holden.
commander; d. Henshaw Ward, viee-com-
mander; Colonel A. S. Hubbard secretary:
+. Washington. assistant secretary; Charles
s. Greene, treasurer; B. W. Lee, registrar:
Robert Y. Hayne, indge-advocate.
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from which the company appealed. In
the opinion of the dissenting Justices it
was set forth that if eleclric-cars cannot
be safely handled it is criminal to permit
them to be operated on tie street. but
that it is matter of common knowledge
that they can be managed properly. The
court reversed the Judgment and ordered
a rahearino
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WIN Have to- Stand TrIal

William Tully has been held to answer be-
fore the Superior Court on a charge of burg
larry, his bail being set in the sum of $4,000.
On the dav of the great Repu blican parade in
this City Tully put i'll his lime stealing goods
from railroad freight cars. He was caught in
the act
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Requi.ition Papers for CLARK.

Detective Sergeant H. D. Cole of New Haven,
Conn.,, reached here yesterday with reouis i.
tion papers for ]. F. Clark, the young New
Yorker, who was arrested for embezzling S26OO
and number OF valuable papers from his en-
plovers. Clark will leave here next Monday
morning.
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supreme Court Examination..

The regular Supreme Court examinations tor
the admission OF candidates for practice at the
bar has been extended from December 2s 10
Monday, January 4.
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MEMS FURNISHINGS.

$50 dozen MEMS FANCY BOR-
At (DERED HEMSTITCHED HAND
Re 3KERCHIEFS, large size and in
oU meat designs of fast color prints
regular price 81 20 dozen, on special
sale at &c each.
125 dozen MEMS AND BOYS UN-
LAUNDRIED WHITE SHIRTS,
At made of Utica Nonpareil cloth, with
h0e e-enforced fine linen inserted boz
cVU tsoms, felled seams and double backs,
worth 90c, on special sale at SOC each.
96dozen MEMS FULLFINISHED
AT (HEAVY MERINO SOCKS, in un-
101a 3dyed sanitary colors, good value
lG2O tfor 25c, on special sale at 1916
pair.
76 dozen MEMS UNDYED SAM
At (TARY WOOL UNDERSHIRTS
7ha 9and DRAWERS, warranted snrunk,
SoO Irregular price 81 25, on special sale
at 75c each.
58 dozen MEMS AUSTRALIAN
At CLAM B'S-WOOL and CAMEES-
&1 m 3HAIR MIXED UNDERSHIRTS
pIsVV land DRAWERS, warranted thor.
oughiy shrunk. re ular value for
81 90, on special sale at 81 each.
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HOSIERY AND UNDER
WEAR.

CHILDRENS FINE RIBBED
At (BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE,
0ka 1doubie knees, heels, soles and toes,
GoO (Hermsdorf dye. worth 40c, on spe-
cial sale al 25c pair.
LADIES BLACK MACO COT
AT (TON HOSE, extra high-spliced
Q91s 3heels, double soies and toes, Herms-
o03O liorf dye, worth SOC, on special sale
at 3 pairs for 81.
LADIES IMPORTED CASH
At MERE WOOL HOSE, high spliced
hAe lheeis, double soles and toes. black
cVO land natural gray, worth 75c, on
special sale at SOC pair.
A. BOYS NATURAL GRAY SAM
n )TARY WOOL SHIRTS AND
DUG DRAWERS, worth 75c, on special
'sale at SOC each.
LADIES' JERSEY RIBB Ed
At EGYPTIAN COTTON VESTS, high
05s 9neck, long sieeves, Drawers to
GoO tmatch, worth 40c, on special sale at
25c each.
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81 dozen UTTON KID
At GLOVES, embroidered racks and
7he large buttons, coors tan, brow and
0U modes, also black, regular price
81 %, on special sale at 75e a pair.
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LADIES WHITE SCALLOPED
At EMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN
06a HANDKERCHIEFS, regular value
LEU | SO per dozen, on special sale at 25c
each.
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LADIES' WHITE HEMSTITCH.
AT (ED EMBROIDERED SHEER
1he 3LAWN HANDKERCHIEF, regu-
1oO tiar value So per dozen. on special
sale at 15c each.
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LADIES' KID GLOVES f!

1o5 dozen 4-BUTTON UNDRESSED
at (KID GLOVES, large bulto rs, colors
Ga mode, tan. state and brown, all sizes,
'JU Irregular price 81, on special sale at
SOC a pair.
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the pioneer lived before he came to the
Golden West with the sturdy pioneers
rho sought their fortunes by the shores of
the Pacific
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at (3L-INCH ALL-SILK SHADED
Soc WIFI bs oeled at ksBon 55s zaus
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bARGAIN-DAY SPECIALS!
AS usual the a SPECIAL OFFERING OF NEW
AND SEASONAB-E MERCHANDISE at
PRICES that MAKE EACH ITEM AN UNMSTAKABLE BARGAIN!
HANDKERCHIEFS.

LADIES' WHITE SCALLOPED
AT lEMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN
tle AANDKERCHIEFS, regular value
AVV lSZ per dozen, on special sale at 1Oc
each.
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AZ (5-INCH ALL-SILK SHADEDTAF.
96e lFETA MORE RIBBON. value Soc
o0U twill be offered at 35c yard.
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NECKWEAR.

Special Sale of Lace, Chiffon and Nous
seline de Sole Fronts. Collarettes Ruffles
and Jabots, at very low prices.
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WATCHES, Diamonds, Jewelry. at greatly red uced
prices; building 10 be removed. and Third st.
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RIBBONS. RIBBONS.

At t3.INCH ALL-SILK SHADED TAF-
06e 3FETA MORE RIBBON, value 35c,
GJO twill be offered at 25c yard.
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LADIES' FIGURED SILK
iDRESS SKIRTS. extra wide,
A 3lined with percallne and velvet
y tbinding. reg ular price $l2 80, on
special sale at 81 SO each.
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CHILDREN'S NIGGERHEAD
At GOATS. in red, green and navy
hA 3blue, finished with collar trim
LsoV Tined with black angora fur, regu-
lar price So 80, on special sale at
81 so.
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VEILING! VEILING!

0Ra CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO
scO YELLING, three-quarter widths,
TO )new designs, large variety of
)ratterns, on special sale at 25c,
81 M '35c, SOC, 75c, 81, 81 IS and 81 so
pIsVV per yard.
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6As BRUSSELS NET AND TUX
oVO ! EDO DOTTED and BORDERED
TO wells. latest novelties, on spe-
&1 0S cial sale at Soc, 75c, 81 and 81 25
PlsGo each.
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LADIES' RED DRESS
iSKIRTS, made of figured Bril-
3liantine, lined throughout with
tpercaline, regular price So, on
special sale at So each.
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LADIES ALL-WOOL WAISTS,
lin fancy colors of red, navy and
black, latest sleeve, on special
sale at 50.
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CAPES
AND SKIRTS.

LADIES' BOUoLE CLOTH
At JACKETS, new sleeves and lap
&6 A0 3pockets, colors black and navy,
posVV regular price 81 30, on special
sale at So each.
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LADIES' WOOL WAISTS
CHILDREN'S COATS.

LADIES WOOL WAISTS, In
AT fancy plaids latest style sleeves,
tf Ok 3yoke back, laundered collar, reg
p sIo tular price 81 75 on special sale
at 81 25.
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LADIES PLUSH CAPE. hand
(somely beaded and lined with
silk, fronts and collar trimmed
with Thibet fur, regular price
$12 so, on special sale at 81 so
each.
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LADIES' ENGLISH SEAL
(ETTE RIPPLE CAPES, lined.
M 3with silk, storm collar and fronts
w trimmed with fur, regular price
81 so, on special sale at SIS each.
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LADIES' BOUCLE CLOTH
(CAPES, handsomely trimmed in
braid, storm collar trimmed to
match, colors black and navy,
regular price $6 90, on special
sale at $3 95 each.
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LADIES' TAN NCoVERTCLoTH
At JACKETS, lap pockets, new
tR m 3sleeves, regular price 81 80, on
SJsVV Especial sale at $5 each.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
TRAVELS OF A DIAMOND,
Story of Paris jewelers. Experience with
Very Fine Stone.

Some years ago Paris jeweler told
story of one diamond which had passed
over his counter no less than II times.
1t was beautiful stone of nearly four
carats. of perfect color and luster, but
easily identified by means of a small
Feather" in the tip Of the lowest part.
He bought it from an East India dealer
and had it set in a ring. 1t was sold to a
countess in 1869, Just before the out
break of the Franco-Prussian war The
countess died in few weeks, and the
ring was worn by her husband. He was
killed in the siege Of Paris, and a few
days after his death the ring was
brought in the ring and sold it to the
mon soldier. He was arrested, and the
ring was sent to the family of the dead
count. Before tle siege ended they
brought in the ding and sold it to the
dealer in order to procure money to
buy food. Directly after the siege it
passed into the hands of an English
tourist who visited the city to get
look at the ruin wrought by the COM
munists, and year later back came the
stone from the Indian buyer of the firm,
who, on being written to and desired to
tell how he got it, stated that it had
been the property Of an English tourist
hunter who was killed by a tiger, and
his friends sold the ring to get means TO
send the body home. The stone was re-
set, and soon found a purchaser in a
prominent member of the demi-monde,
who not long afterward was murdered
in her room. Among the articles taken
by the murderer was the ring. and the
firm began to wonder how soon it would
turn up. They had not long to wait, for
all their people had by this time learned
about the stone, and were on the look
out for it. After six months it was found
in the showcase of a ieweler in London,
who had bought it from a firm in
Amsterdam. 1t was bought by the
Paris agent, and sent back to be started
afresh on its travels. 1t was purchased
again by woman of the town. who, six
weeks later was drawn out of the Seine
with the gem on her finger. and, by i
strange coincidence, it was offered to
the firm that sold it by the police agents,
the court having jurisdiction having
ordered it to be sold. And so it went
from hand to hand, attended with mis-
fortune at every change and usually
bringing death to the possessor. La
bOrers in the GolcoDda mines used to
say that when a stone was baptized in
blood when first taken from the earth
it caused the shedding of blood where
ever it went, and the story of one
such ill-omened gem goes far to confirm
belief in such a Observation-Disclosures
Review.
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while he wss loading his gun the gators
crawled out of the tank in the lot and
began to snort and below like bulls.
An ideal" exclaimed the thoughtful
Mr.. Stobbins. Get the pitchforb, Miss
Nancy" he shouted, land let us see if
we cant make them air varmints use
full"
In telling the story few days ago to
a party of hunters, Mr.. Stobbins said:
1T Jest beat anything you ever saw.
The critters acted Jest as if they under
stood the situation, and when | drove
them out into the field and hitched
them to the pillow l never popped whip
over or stuck a pitchfork into better
team. They knew whoa and gee jest
as well as any pair of oxen ever yoked
together in all this here broad domain
of the land of liberty called Texas. |
put my crop in the ground in hurry
got away ahead of all my neighbors.
They were the best pillow team that ever
straddled row of cotton. | made two
bales and had it ginned before the swal-
lows and bIuebirds got ready to fly
dN dN " htNlNO Cdlt " Miss y dlt
This here is fun, but it is only the be-
ginnin'. l have sold the cotton at the
gin, and l have got the yaller boys in
my pocket. Let's hitch up the gators
and go down to Houston and lay in Il
few things ready for bear huntin'.'
dome, dad said Miss Nancy, and no
sooner said than done. She hitched the
gators to the cart and away we went,
bound for Housing with a pocketful
of rocks. No need to ask people to give
the road. Most peoples horses ard
mules and oxen took to the woods as
soon as they got smell of us. We rat
tied into the city and you never seed
no SIGH an excitement. People quit
sellin' things and utterly neglected
business to run after us | was kinder
dry, and l stopped at a saloon and got
jug filled. When | came out people
were starin' of their eyes out, and a
hollerin' and Jest raisin' thunder. They
were a-rainin' questions at Miss Nancy,
and the varmints, bein' unused to SIGH
sights, and so much fuss, were cavortin'
around and Snappin' their jaws, wantin'
to eat somebody or go. There was a
band wagon comm down the street
with a lot of cussed fools in it BLOWN
brass horns. Then 40 other wagons, all
painted with varmints SIGH as lions and
tigers and beasts of the forest, was
a7followin, and mixed up with them
was lot of loose elephants and camels
and fools draped up in pretty clothes,
a-ridin' white horses. A circus. by
thunder, Miss Nancy!' said l. jest
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
UNDER THE WILLOWS.


Here I used to sit and listen for the patter
of her feet,
For the tiny hands to pound upon the
door;
But the icy hand of death has touched the
forehead of my sweet,
And the BABY voice is hushed forever
more.
Angels keep my baby,
Where the willows wave;
Where with each recurring spring
Feathered warblers come and sing,
When the violets are blooming Ger her
grave.
To a little western woodland now my MEM
ory sadly turns,
Why're the summer wild rose scents the
silent gloom,
Wheru a busy little brook is singing softly
il the ferns,
And fhe willow boughs are bending DER
E.s.r tomb.
angels keep my baby,
Where the willows wave;
Where the low winds sob and sigh,
When the summer roses die,
And the autumn leaves are falling on
her grave
Only now I slept and dreamed 1 was kneel-
ing there tonight,
Where my little one is sleeping on the
hill;
Even ncw when I'm awake, and the tears
fall as l write,
lean seem to hear the music of the rill.
Angels keep my baby,
Where the willows wave;
Where the winds blow bleak and
drear
When the silent woodlands scar,
And the snow is drifting deep upon her
grave.
-Cy Warman, in n. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
An Extraordinary Light,

What is believed to have been an
aurora of such extraordinary brilliancy
as to obscure the sunlight is thus de-
scribed in an old number of the Gen
tlemans Magazine: On the I'd day of
January, 1856, an unusual light, far
above the brightest day, struck all be-
holders with amazement. The time was
four o'clock in the afternoon, and it
soon faded away. At seven, however,
from east to west, streams appeared
like rivers of bright fire. A general
feeling of alarm was caused by these
but they gradually faded away to the
north, their disappearance being ac-
companied by shocks which were felt
by all, but which did no particular
damage.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

Has it ever occurred to you that
800, 1893 people out of a million go
through life with the use of only one
hand? 1t is an odd thought, but there
is solid truth at the back of it. If you
are right handed, your left hand has
no other use than as a very humble
auxiliary to your right hand; if you
are left handed, il is a million to one
that your right hand is but poor
weakling You may live to be seventy
and-five years old and not meet man
or woman who can use both hands
equally well. 1t is seriously proposed
by a well-known Scotch scientist that
all children should be trained from
their earliest years to use their left
as much as their right hands. They
should be taught to write and to hold
their knives with their left hands as
well as to bat and to bowl at cricket
left-handed. In every other way the
left hand should be given the same
chances as the right. Crowds of right
handed people who have been afflicted
with that distressing malady known as
writers cramp" have taught them
selves to write with their left Lands.
WHY can't we all learn to do this?-
Golden DAYS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

The Egyptian cobra is not unlike its
Asiatic cousin, except in the absence
of the curious spectacle-lille mark
which distinguishes the latter. AL
though it is the most poisonous reptile
known to inhabit northern Africa it
is the favorite among the snake-charm-
ers. These conjurors know how to
render this serpent rigidly unconscious
by pressing the nape of its neck with
finger. This act appears to throw
the reptile into catalepsy, in which he
is as stiff as an iron rod. Traces of
something similar having been prac-
ticed in olden times may be found in
the Bible-where Aaron made serpent
of his .od or staff.-St Louis Republic.