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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

Miss. May Bell, of Hunnewell,-
spent Saturday and Sunday in
the city with her parents. Judge
j. W, Bell and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

Mrs. J. E Fish spent Frida.
with Palmyra friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

Mrs. Allie Gatesgill arrived
IRON Kansas City Saturday to
visit old friends in this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13
The best buggy Paint go to
RANEY e. SAUNDERS.

T. G. Rice is visiting at Vic.
tor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

The correct fall styles in fall
footwear at
A. BoULWARE q Son,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

IF you want an ice cream soda
go to Caldwell & Son.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

Call and examine our school
shoes
A. BOULWARE & Son.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

G. s. Robertshaw was bust
ness visitor in st. Louis, Tues
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

when YOU want a pleasant physic try the
new remedy, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets They are easy to take and pleasant IN
effect Price CSC. Samples free b, y. wooos'
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

Come quick, come a runnin'
TO the best Restaurant and Ice
Cream parlors to be fonnd.
CALDWELL & Son.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

Frank w. McAllister, of Par
is was business visitor in the
city Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

A. BoULwARE & Son.
Mrs. w. S. Wilson spent Sat
urday and Sunday with rela.
tives in Palmyra.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

Henry Riedel. of the Hannibal
brewer was in the city with
friends Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

If you intend Painting your
house don't fail to see US before
you buy.
RANEY & SAUNDERS
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

For the best school shoes see.
A. BOULWARE q Son.
Buggy for sale, apply to G,
w. Williams. 9-27-l9Oo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

We sell only the best shoes
made
A. BoULwARE & Son.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

For good shoes for boys and
girls, see
A. BoULwARE & Son.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

The largest assortment of
School Tablets and School sup
plies at Raney & Saunders.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13
The largest 5 cts. Tablet at
RANEY & SAuNDLRS.

If you want lunch go to
Caldwell & Sons restaurant.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

For the best school shoes see.
A. BoULwARE & Son.
Buggy for sale, apply to G,
w. Williams. 9-2Tl9oo.
Mrs. J. E Fish spent Friday
with Palmyra friends.
when Won want pleasant physic try the
new remedy, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
asSs fr Lae SS Sr Samples sn free O.
If you want an ice cream soda !
go to Caldwell & Son.
Caldwell & Son are prepared
to feed the hungry.
The newest styles in ladies
and mems shoes
A. BoULwARE & Son.
Mrs. w. S. Wilson spent Sat
urday and Sunday with rela-
tives in Palmyra.
Frank w. McAllister, of Par
is was a business visitor in the
city Monday.
For good shoes for boys and
girls, see
A. BoULwARE & Son.
Henry Rledel. of the Hannibal
brewer was in the city with
friends Thursday.
We sell only the best shoes
made
A. BoULwARE & Son. |
Come quick, come a runnin
TO the best Restaurant and Ice
Cream parlors to be fonnd.
CALDWELL & Son.
Miss. May Bell, of Hunnewell,
spent Saturday and Sunday in
the CITY with her parents, Judge !
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13

The best buggy Paint go to
RANEY q SAUNDERS.
T. G. Rice is visiting at Vic.
tor.
The finest line of Tablets
Envelopes to match.
RANEY & SAUNDERS.
Thomas e. Wine has bought
a third interest in the Balzer
and Dirigo butcher business.
The Loyal Temperance LIE.
gion will meet at the Christian
Church next Sunday at 3 p. m.
Mrs. Cora Umstattd spent
Sunday in Hunnewell with her
sister, Mrs. M. Rouse.
Miss Anna Rouse left Monday
for Winfield, Mo-, to visit her
sister, Mrs. T. P. Middleton.
Ice cream soda, ice cream,
lemonade and cool phosphates
can always be found at Cald-
wells & Son
William Madden left for Quin-
cy Monday He will be a stu
dent at the st. Francis College
this year.
The net earnings of the M.
K. and T. r. r. for the last
three years has been 81, 100000
For Sale.
Five room cottage with sum-
mer kitchen and cellar.
II. A. WARINNER.
r. L. Woodson spent the lat
ter part of last week in the Cap
ital of Marion attending to le-
gal business.
Come in, rest, cool off While
you are drinking a soda or eat
ing ice cream at Caldwell's &
on.
Mrs. T. D. Hayes and son.
Erl, of Brookfield, Mo-, have
been the guests of their friend,
Mrs. d. Proctor.
No danger of getting an in
ferior grade of Perfumes. We
only handle the celebrated
Scion Palmers finest made.
j. E. Baldwin and wife left
Monday night for Waco, Tex,
where they expect to remain
some time.
George Hodgland has drop
ped the Gem Hotel. folded his
tent and gone back to his ma
tive heath in Illinois.
Thomas and Colgate have
sold 80 acres of land in Shelby
County to John Howe, of near
Palmyra. It was a cash sale,
but amount is unknown.
Whitfield Youell has turned
over a new leaf. consequently
is happy. This time it is a
bouncing boys, the others were
girls.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05
a SIGHrOF YERRoR.

awful anxiety Mas felt for the
widow Of The breve General Burn
ham Of Machias, Me-, when the
doctors said slge you'd die from
Pneumonia hetsre moyning" writes
Mrs. s H Lincoln, who attended
her that night. hut she begged Tor
DR.. Kings New Discovery. whirh
had more than lonce saved her life,
and cured her Of Consumption,
After tllsing, sbe slept MI night.
Further ire entirely cnrea her.
This marvellous medicine is guar
cnteed 70 cure All Throat. Chest and
Lung diaeases Only 5Ocand 300.
Trial bottles free at sll drng stores.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

GONZALES has furnished two can.
didateS Tor Congress to succeed Mr..
hawley, and it is not unlikely thni
it will furnish third. All Of the
congressional timber seems to bc
concentrated in Gonzales.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

LATE reports from Chicago state
that The democratic n'e&iunal com
nittec is hard up for rash They
might ndd that The republican bar
rel is full and running over.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

Tahler's Buckeye Pile Ointment
isnota panacea, but is recommended
for blind, bleeding or protruding
piles, and it will cure the mort obs
innate cases. Price. 80 cents in bot
ties. Tubes. rs cents. For sale by
all druggists.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

ANEW renimg by Mckinley from.
the declaration Of Independence
We hold that all men are created
free and equal-except The Flipinos
and Porto Ricans."
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

CoRDErr knocked out Kid Mccoy
in the fifth round in New York last
Thursday night.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

LATE cablegrams state that war
between Russia and Japan is almost
certain. Plucky lutte Jal an will
give the Russian benra hard tussle.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

TIE cotton crop of 1899 has been
figured ont at 0.436.4lG bales. The
world today is bare of cotton. The
new crop promises to be short and
if the planters and merchants mar
ket tho crop slowly and carefully,
the price will go higher.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

TIE New Ulm News predicts the
defeat of the democratic party in
the New Ulm district, because Geo.
Burgess failed to keep an appoint
ment to speak at barbecue there
on August 25th. The News is max
ing mountain out of a molehill.
II Burgess failed to get there, he
doubtless had the best of reasons
for his failure and the democrats Of
New Ulm cannot afford to quit the
party on any such flimsy grounds
as stated BY the News.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

FlrzsTMMos5 falling to nuke nm
other match with Jetfrie-, has
thrown up the sponge and will fight
no more.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

Hon. JOE BAILEY spoke in Lee :
vile, Gonzales county, last sotur-
daV.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

Sick women suffering from unpleasant
drains, irregularities, bearing down pains,
inflammation and liberation are invited
to consult DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, n. T., by
letter free of charge. Every letter is
guarded as a sacred confidence. All let
tiers are promptly answered and mailed
in private envelopes without printing Of
any kind upon them.
Favorite Prescription " is in the full
est sense temperance medicine, con-
tanning neither alcohol nor opium or
other narcotic in any form. Accept no
substitute.
Mrs. Rena Tlensei. of Nfas-iiion, Stark Co.,
Ohio, writes ~ had been troubled with chronic
constipation and female weakness and doctored
with different physicians none Of whom seemed
to help me. saw one Of your advertisements.
and thought would Try your medicines. did
so and with good results. Took one bottle of
Dr, rerce's fsvoite prescription. and two of
his Golden Medical discovery and ! can say
am cured of wy troubles thauks to DR.. Pierce
and his medicines. They do a world OF good to
those who give them good trial"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are per-
feet cure for constipation.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05
M m. F. Koch,
ATTORNEY At LAW.

Any class Of illegal business prompt
y attended to.
English and Germ'n spoken.
OFFICE AT IRON FRONT pILs
SINNER, TExAss
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

AZ feel as If should tly,to pieces"
How often those words arr on wonlan's
lips. They express to tile utternost the
nerve racked condition of the body
which makes life a daily inartrydom
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

sDisinfect your premises by the
liberal use Of Lime. You can OBJ
thin il in any quantity from G. /.
Williams.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-09-05

If this condition
had come suddenly
it would have been
unbearable. But the
transition was grad
ual. A little more
} strain each day on
J the nerves. A little
more drain each day
of the vitality. Any
woman would be
glad to be rid OF such
Il condition. Every
woman tries to be
rid of it. Thousands
of such women have
been cured by DIR.
Pierce's treatment
with his I" Favorite
Prescription" when
local doctors had
entirely failed to
cure.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15
NATURE KIND IN CALIFORNIA
a Country where the Farmer 10 Not
Subjected 20 the RtEors % Sc
vere weather.

The Ncw England farmer must for
tify himself in his stronghold against
the seasons lie must be ready 60
adapt himself 20 year thai permits
him 10 prosper only upon decidedly
hard terms But the Californian in
the country has. during she drought.
more leisure. uuless, indeed, his snbi-
sion for wealth too much engrossss
hsm. saws the International Monthly.
His horses are plenty and cheap. His
fruit crops thrive easily. He - able
20 supply his table with fewer pur
chases with less commercial tnde
pendence. Ills position is therefor'
less that 81 the knight ir his eastl'
and more that OF the free dweller
the summer cottage, who is. indeed
not az leisure. but can easily deter
mine how he shall be busy. 10 Is o
LITTLE Importance 20 him Who his mex
neichbor Is As pleasure ne can ric
or drive 20 find his friends ca
choose. like the southern planter O
former dsys. his own range OF no.
pita.ity: can devote himself. II = ma
OF cultivation, 20 reading during
good many hours at his own ehoic'
or. II a man of sport, can hnd durin
great part OF the year easy opPo
tunitles for hunting or for eanipia
both by himself and for the yonr
( people Of his family.
In the dry season he knows befor
hand what engagements can be ma'
without regard 90 the state Of q
= weather. since the state OF the weat
n er is predetermined.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15

Considerably more than half the AO-
man race IN ruled by women. Two
women the empress dowager of
China and the queen of England
alone govern about half the entire
population % the world. TIE third
in importance u young Queen Wilhel-
mius Of Holland, whose homo land
nuub b~rS less than 100000 SOUS. but
whose colonies have 8o.ooo.o COO Spain
is ruled by q woman. Queen Regent
Christina. in the minority Of her son.
Ii is expected that the queen mother
Margherita viii have great influences
over her sons Kingdom. but her eass
is not needed 60 establish the PrePon-
dsrancs Of soman-ruled races
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15

ar;f,ed from Boxers and the tskins OF
P.kin~ 10 the teachings Of Confceias-
He called atten ton 90 the fact that nss-
xionaries were trying to Chris'isnise
native Chinese Who cling 70 religion
which has stood the test 5000 yeers.
sna haA nearly 400. o.Soo.cco followers.
whi.s the Christian religion is scarcely
coo years old with many followers of
divided belief.
You Christian believers remind
me he explained. of the Chinaman
Who stood en- the river shoTe and
watched the moon rise over the hiii. a
raw OF sublime light came 20 bin. ~
was beautiful. His friends we're sta
toned at other place. s0c he esi-ed 70
them 20 come quick and Be- hold bis cwo
beautiful ray CT light. They replied
that they also followed beautiful rays
ofgzht 20 the sarre moon. From what
ever position they looked they esrgh'
raw equally as beautiful. That's th'
way with religion. snS especially yours
You are looking az the light OF good
ness. emsnating from the Divin
source. snd each thinks he has uonop
oly, ike The lone Chinaunan With bis on
ray OF light
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15

The town of Kos. the capital or the
s,oau Turkish island OF that name lying
oY the coast of Asia Minor. possesses
tho oldest tree in the world. Under its
shades Hippocrates incuicated his dis-
c;nles I'm his methods ard views con
c.rning the healing o. 2.cco years asc.
Tradition carries the ege q the tree
hack 10 the time Of Aescuiapius (of
whom Hippocrates was a hneal de-
scendanO. which would add some 500
years 20 its age.-Chicago Chronicle.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15
THERE WAS A MISTAKE.
Ca~s OF Geratne Honesty That Took
an IpcreduIoUs ScOnsr on
HNs rect

IT think" he began. As he halted
pedestrian on a back bay street in
Boston. y think made a mistake with
the cabman who drove me 70 the art
gallery. l am quite sure ! gave him
ten dollar bill. but he must have mis-
taken IL for a two dollar bill
And you hope TO hnd him again.
asked the man. who was a stranger in
the city. relates an eastern exchange.
"Why. yes. 7 have hopes.
"Nen. YOU are about as green az
thev make 'em. That eabmsn dehb-
erately swindled you out OF many dol
lars"
IT can't hardly believe IL. He looked
so honest and truthful that II"
THAT you ought 10 have asked him
20 hold your watch and the rest OF
your money! Ny dear old Josh from
| the corufields. let me say"
At that minute cab ratified mp, and
| the driver dismounted and said:
"See here. old man. there is mis-
take. You probably meant 20 give m'
! two dollar bill. and thought IL wa
one when gave sou one dollar change
"But I think II was a ten. my friend
"No. II was a twenty. and hav
been driving about for half an hou
20 find you aud restore the money
Rere Il IS"
and what was il YOU were goin' q
say 10 your dear old Josh from IN
cornfields?' asked the old man. as h
tarned TO the stranger.
But the stranger was there no Iona
.r IL was fiVinQ for a subway ca
as IL running for his hfe-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15
NEW INVASION OF INDIA.
American Cirarcttes We Carrying
All Before Them IN the
orient.

The idea that the native Indian es-
chevvs all but his native tobacco,
which he takes mostly in the form
OF chcroots. receives a hard shock
from the newly issued official Review
Of tho Trade OF India. II appears that
n rsss-e9 the imports OF manufactured
tobacco. especially IN the shape OF
cigarettes. underwent much eNpan-
sion.
Ii is no longer true that the con-
sumption 81 imported tobacco Is prae-
tically confined 20 the Anglo-lndian
population. Cigarettes made Ira Amer
lea are being extensively imported
now with special reference 20 the re-
qulrements of the native smoker. say =
the London Mail. They are greatly
in evidence in and about Calcutta and
other large cities. where they are be-
ginning 20 Supersede the unclean ard
uasavory compounds smoked in na-
tive apparatus.
Imported cottons have largely su'
perseded the production OF the native
handloom: imported mineral oil and
dves have superseded the inferior ar
ticles produced I'm the country. 10 IN
great advantage OF the consumer; i'm
ported sugar is also gradually begin
ming 20 thrust back the inferior an'
dirty sugar hitherto offered 10 tn
Indian consumer. and now IL seem
, that Indian tobacco Is 20 recoil os
fore the invasion Of foreign tohaec
made up in neatly packed eigarettei
e Another turn OF the wheel. and whe
: the people have become accustome
s. 10 the better article the capitals
s. will arise and make it on the sPc
- OF Indian tobacco. 20 the advantae
!. Of both producer and consumer.
e has been done with cotton goods an
D. will be done with sugar.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15
rne STATION AGENTS sToav.

They never d!d much FOR me TIL got
CAarcc. one cay.
To take "a better station. and prepared .
come away.
"a vo~;r.s down there in Watcrtown for
thirteen years. aud passed
Prem messenger 20 agent and was called
up here az last.
And when they heard about g they came
in ,ssth smiles and praise.
And told me how II 'ickied them 20 hear
I'd got the raise;
They knew I'd have a. some day theF "'e
seen 1; all the time.
"For 81 fellow with such talents az hao
was bound 20 climb.
And they put their heads tose ther and got
up a splendid spread
a GORGEOUS farewell dinner. with the mayor
al the head:
And they made e lot Of spceches oho ui'N
praised me 10 ttc skies.
And fe,t my checks turn crimson and the
dampncss in my eyes.
And the ladies that danced with. when the
bard began 10 play.
Said the place would seem so Lonesome
after had gore away.
And the wealthy bankers daughter who
had seemed so proud before
Almost confessed she loved nae, as VIC
sailed across the aoor.
And pretty Janet Fiemmirg. who had .e'
That she felt herself above roe. uemoie'
when 7 hold her hand
Tremhicd. sighed. and. looking az me s'ii'
she wished seouicnt go;
"Itl be SO very stupid here without sou
don't you know
had never. tm that evening. guessed hoN
well they liked me there;
had worked and hoped and "aiSto @i
they hadn't sec med Go care.
And. ch. what a world OF giaoness bad Dec
mine. if / had known
But thes let me wait ard worry ana x"
toiling on alone.
How I might have held my head up if
only could have guessct-
Had / but known they thought that w
worthy OF the best
The wait ha0 been less Grcary and my Woi
had been as play
But they kept their feelings hidden Nil
had 20 come away.
Yes. it's just the same old story. peoI
somehow never know
What man is worth. or care TO- ui
comes his turn TO 60
=.e perhaps It's best they shouldn't
begln 20 hattcr men
Give them al the praise they earn-a
there's TO living with them then
Still. I wish their celebration might ha
been arranged before
They found out that WAS COINS and wo'
wander back TO more
S T.. kiser. In Chicago Times Herald
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15

FEW minutes before the steam
II ship Pontic left San Francisco
v, ing woman. followed by porter
c..rving two satchels, hurried up the
gar . plank. She proceeded at once 10
the purser's office and said in an anN
ious but husiness-like tone:
You got my telcgram-Miss Percy
Hartwell, of Denver"
"Yes." he replied.
Then YOU have a stateroom for me:
yes" he answered again, "but you
know this ship is making round trip
to Honolulu and does not go to Japan?'
That will be all right" she said. as
she paid her fare. by the time the
gans-plank was hauled in and the shin
had cast of she was safely quartered in
her stateroom-
The indescribable journey through
the Golden Gate. with all the glorious
play O. color and contrast and scene.
seemed to have no attraction for her
Not until the ship with the happy
crowd of travellers was well ont to sea
did she make her appearance on deck.
She was OF medium height. well built
and perfectly dressed. Even the dust
and WEAKNESS OF a long railroad ride
had not dullod the beauty of her blue
eyes nor paled the glow of her fine com
plexion.
II takes several days 70 find cut that
the captain Of ship is not an informa-
tion bureau. and after that sensiblf
people leave him 20 his uncomnunica
tive ways.
Miss Percy Hartwel began where
the others left on She did not AS
Can't. WheeltOn Questions. in son'
way which made the others jealous sh
conipeIed him 70 seek her. In sun
shine ard in storm she WAS equally il
evidence. and after awhile the grizzle
old captain began TO admire her sea
worthy qualities. She was cheerful
she was interesting. and she was I'm
Of vigor and common sense. Like ever
good diplomatisi. she did not fore
the point until she reached it, and the
with smile. which would have We
the confidence of any man who ha
a spark of feeling left, she said il
calm voice that had in il an unde
tcre of pleading which even steau
shin captain could feel:
Captain. / want to be perfect
ffe,k with YOU. I understand,
sourse. that this is an excursion
Hawaii and return. Now. do not Ill
excursions at all. and a few days az
! had no more idea of coming on tn
"Trip than OF going mp in a balloon. y
reason in coming was the hope th
rru might overtake the trans9o
David. which sailed ~ hours ahead
you. There is some one on that sh
that I must see and / thougkt the
WINS a possibility OF overtaking the "
ss before we reached Honolulu. No
i want TO ask you frankly II you thi
II can be done? She " sicw~r ~
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15

A good deal OF pleasure sppesrs 10
nave been elected by the proofs which
a German professor has made public
,o show that we are not descended
from apes, says London Truth IL
would seem that the apes branehed on
from the direct line of descent about
the time that we did. and that they are,
cosssarsntly. our cousins gee1 nsas
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15
OSTRICH PLUMEs SCARCE.
There IL q Great Decrease ta tae Sap
ply Caused ~ the sostA
Afrissn War.

The London papers note that the
supplV OF ostrich plumes in that city
the center OF the trade. has been great
~ eurtailed by the South African war.
II Is said that there will be deficiency
Of nearly S270. 900 worth of feathers
A. the next sale ia Mincing lane. Il"
these sales, which take place six times
a wear. buyers come from every par'
OF the continent, and even from Amer
irs. Over S4.O0o. 900 worth OF feathers
are sold every year. making an average
OF S67S. 600 at each sale. Since the cap
ture OF the khartoufn there has been
a steady supply OF ostrich feathers
from Barbary and. though the South
African feathers still command the
higher price. their supremacy is threat
ened by the Barbary feathers. Al hiEe
ing lane the cost OF the feathers ranges
from S7.50 TO SIS or $50 per poUnd
weight. The best wiEg feathers give
about 10 10 100 10 the pound, and a.
the highest price this works ost at less
than Is cents each. AZ many OF the
white feathers scarcely need cleaning
and as dyeing and curling are very In
expensive. either the middleman or the
milliner must reap handsome profit
from the fashionable weakness fcl
these beautiful feathers. The snsile'
feathers from the tail and body of tn
bird are' used for boas-