Clinton New Era, 1895-08-16, Page 7• Supplement
SHORT, IF NOT SWEET.
Almost all the biggest London and prov-
incial '
English papers are printed on
presses made in New York.
The Prince of Wales has said that his
sister, the Empress Frederlok, is the
oltyhrost woman he has ever met.
Wilfred Lawson is probably the only
man in the world wile has addressed a
public meeting in a eight shirt.
In San Francisco, out of 14,000 persons
Who had been trained in I-udergartens,
there has been but one a' is ,t for crime.
41 No fewer than 676 emu—mots entered
II, the competition for the preparation of
plans for the projected Paris exhibition
of 1900.
Colonel Ivers Phillips, of Boulder, Col..
says that he is the oldest Mason in the
United States. Mr. Phillips will be 90
years old next month. He was made a
Mason ten days after he was 21 years old,
Making him a member of the order for
almost 69 yea s.
Hall Caine's favorite work hour is
dusk. He sits perfectly still in one of his
big chairs that were Rossetti's, until he
has composed all he means to use. Then
he orders a light and swiftly writes out
his work, word for word, as he has mem-
orized it.
Augste Danner was sent to prison at
Ionia, Mich., two years ago for whipping
a man who refused to pay him Ms wages.
He finished his term last week. As he
walked out of prison he was informed"
that he had inherited $225,000 by the
death of an uncle, who was a rtoh '49er.
Selling silver polish to support herself
and father, Miss Foote, daughter of C. B.
Foote, president of the late failed Com-
mercial Bank of Cincinnati, goes from
house to house daily. The young woman
is well-educated, but could find nothing
to do. She manufactures and sells the
polish, and .what she makes supports her-
self and father, and is their only income.
A writer who has been visiting Tell's
Chapel, in Switzerland, states that the con-
dition of the building is a great scandal.
walls for the most part are riven, there
are clefts between the window and the
walls, portions of the turrets and the roof
have fallen, the pictures are half obliter-
ated, and, in fact, this monument of an
antique past presents a sorry sight.
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LOOKING BACKWARD -
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The walls of Babylon were 850 feet
high and 100 feet thick at the base.
Greek ladies bad : eel and brass mir-
rors. parasols, fans and smelling bottles,
Brinks from what is believed to be the
remains of the old tower of Babel are
still found in great profusion at Birs
Nimrud, Babylonta-
Wire hairpins were invented in Eng-
land in 1545. Before that time the female
coiffures were held in place by line Weed-
en skewers.
Hoopskirts first appeared in 1580. An
iron cage was prepared and the skirts
were stretched over it. The cage was
tipped to one side, the lady crawled
underneath and the cage was fastened to
her waist by a string leather belt. The
eoatrivanoe,.-often _weighed.,_as-,muol} as
forty pounds.
The bureau of ethnology of the Smith-
sonian institution, under the direction of
Major Powell and Dr. Cyrus Thomas,
has been for the past five years making a
special study of the mounds in the Mis-
sissippi valley. The evdence they have
{found leads the investigators to the belief
that the mound -builders were the pro-
genitors of the modern Indiana
"We have queer experiences in the
house of mourning," said the clergyman
.f the party. ' It was only a few weeks
ago that I called upon a middle-aged
shoemaker who had lost his wife. I
spoke to him as I thought meet, and
specially enjoined upon him the duty of
being resigned. When I had got thus far
be interrupted me to say in a quiet tone:
Oh, that's all 'right, Mr. Prooftext; I
ain't kickin'.' "
"Married women," said Mr. Jason, as
he watched his wife clearing away the
sappsr}d dishes, '•married women ain't
treatedhalf as bad as they think they
my" ,l'I2cI like to know the reason they
p't,"-'snapped arra. Jason, dropping
dishcloth on the floor. "Why it's
st this way: They git to thinkin' over
the way they was treated in the courtin'
time an' for a few weeks after the wed -
'din', an' common, ordinary treatment
t:looks like cruelty to them."
1 REFRESHING SLEEP.
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AT 60c OTBE SohweinYnrth found small
nllhsize among
Bhis dwarfs, but neighboring tribes hadcows and sheep of such small size as to be
truly lillputians. Two pigmies were
brought to Europe and adopted by Count
Miniscalchi, who brought them up and
eeucatcd them. They proved intelligent
and did quite well intheir studies.
his superb stock, comprising SILKS DRESS GOODS MILLINERY The pigmies of Schwoitourth,whoseres,
9 existence bile given rise to many fables,
ARPETS, WOOLENS, MEN'S FURNISHINGS, FANCY &STAPLE ; call themselves Akkas The territory
cm-
oupfed b them is of oonsidearble extent,
has been in the neighborhood of 8 degrees north
latitude and 26 degrees east longitude. At
r • the time of the explorer's visit they num-
ready
us
a distinct tribes each having its
,7 . ' I own chief. 5t:hweinfurth passed through
ready for the fall trade, which open early in Sept. Therefore, on ' orath b It watt
king
August 16, 11895 •
QUEER LITTLE DWARF Maid+.
tierdes of curious ?Slack 'ignsieg 1* ghee
Nile Country.
Dwarfs have furnished themes for
countless romances. They divide with
giants the interest of a thousand nursery
tales. To no small extent the domain of
superstition is invaded by them. All
countries more or less, but Germany in
partioular, are infested by gnomes and
goblins, and Palmer Cox's Brownies have
not ceased to delight grown people as well
as children in the United States. But
the man who knew most about realdwarfs
was M. de Quatrefages, who died only a
few months ago. This eminent solentiio
man devoted much of his life to astudy of
pigmies, as he called them, and a post-
humous work on the subject has j est been
published by 1). Appleton & Co.
The ancients quite generally were ao-
quainted with the pigmies. Homer speaks
of thein, and they figure in many of the
legends of antiquity. Aristotle desoribed
them as dwelling in Africa towards the
sources of the Nile and it was in this very
region that a modern explorer, Sohwein-
furth, discovered a race of dwarfs. Says
Aristotle: "This is the district which the
pigmies inhabit, whose existence is not a
fable. There is real'-, as men say, a
species of hien of little stature, and their
horses aro little also. They pass their time
bought b t 60c on the S This we must reduce immediately to be tiered nine
Mun-
i.
countryof the Niani-Nlams, and pone -
1 to that of the Monbuttos. w
at the court of a native named-
. za that he discovered the dwarf race.
17,
Munza maintained a little dwarf colony
At
the dwmes, ne tr his royal residence.
Saturday
��ning, 'ha sur time the v oum tribes of Akkas
had submitted to Mottntmeri, ono of Mun-
Mun-
za's vassals who had come to render hom-
ageas
to his sovereign at the head of several
hundreds of the pigmies. Thus Schwetn-
t $ o'clock we will inaugurate a sale that will be forth had a good opportunity for studying
a ,
A Veritable Bargain Harvest Prudent Buyers
The time is short. This Sale must' end on Saturday
evening, Sept. 21, so will last only 31 business days.
Sunlight is good for everything but
feathers.
Away with heavy hangings, either
above or below the bed.
Beware of a dusty, musty carpet, says
Good Housekeeping ; better sweetness
and a bare floor.
Do no fail to pri•vide some means for
ventilation during t',e night.
u Keep the he.id cool while sleeping, but
ai not by a draught of cold air failing upon
E 11.
If a folding bed must be used, contrive
some way to keep it Hired and wholesome.
Let the pillow be high enough to bring
the head in a natural position; no more
or less.
Don't make enemies. You can always
get them if you want them; but friends
you caeTett.
Thoruu_irly air the sleeping roan every
day; air tite beds and boddings as often
as possible.
A dark, out-of-the-way. unwholesome
corner is no more fitted for a sleeping
room than for a parlor.
A feather bell which has done service
for a generation or two is hardly a desir-
able thing upon whish to sleep.
WHAT A- ND WHAT NOT TO SAY.
Don't say a garment sets good, but it
fits well.
Don't describe an unusual occurrence as
funny.
Don't say not so geed as, for not as
good as.
De n't say I feel good, for I feel well.
Don't say sire looped beautifully, but
she looked beautiful.
Don't say these land, but this kind.
Don't say I have Marked my shoes, but
I have blackened my shoes.
Don't say fix my gown, fix this room,
1.1:t arrange my gown. the room. The
lee ; English authorities rarely use fix,
ex„ I.• to indicate stability or porman-
' ;t't st oak of articles of dict as heal -
',et es healthful eye wholesome.
t ettvec•t three, but among
You know the kind of goods we have to sell. THETt 'S NO BETTER
STOCK IN HURON THAN THIS; it's doubtful if there's one as good.
There's not a dollar's worth of trashy goods in the entire stock. It is
wholly composed of honest, reliably goods, the kind you can depend on
You know the price we bought these
goods at. That's the reason we
can quote prices like these:
300 yards all Wool Tweeds, regular 60c...
Diagonal Tweeds, grey and brown
Navy Blue Serge
32 inch heavy twill shaker Flannel
Good Shaker Flannel
Indigo Blue Prints
Heavy Factory Cotton sass.. •• • • •'
A regular Sc Factory Cotton
A regular 12ic white cotton
Towelings ........................
Regular 35c Linen •••••
Regular 40c Linen ••••
Best Cottonades were 25c .,,
Best Cotton Shirtings
36 inch Skirting was 50c •
36 inch fine Skirting was, $1
'Ing fe.i• small, smart for
I, witted, 'onto for acute.
11. i,'t >.>y l.otl rather, had bettor, for
�f avount rather, would o tter.
map ppb+gpe bey bat more than
Olt
.10c • Fancy Charnbrays, Zephyrs and Crepons w(re 20c, 25c
•otic 1 Black and colored Dress Serges all wool, the 25c kind
tic Plain and fancy Dress Goods, very fine goods, 50, 55, 60c
Sc Fine silk finished, all wro1, back Henrietta, special
3Lc at 50c, now
6C A very fine make worth 65c
3!,c Ladies Cashmere Hose 2 pair for
5c Hosiery, Gloves, Lawns, Aprons, Muslins at slaughter prices
$1.00
69c
19e
sass. sass.. sass 33c
1)I
19c
37',c
371c
41ic
3.5c
10c Men's Flannelette shirts, 7 fin
from 3zc up Men's Sateen shirts were $1.00
25e Choice of all our 25c 'Ties
341c Choice of all 50c Ties
...... •ZOC Embroideries and insertions } to 3 off regular prices
9c
24e 15 Trimmed Bats were $2.(11) tri $3.75 your choice....$1.0O
42c 20 Trimmed Hats were $4, �4.il0, and $5, your choice $1.:111
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them. In exchange for one of his dogs,
he obtained from M nza a young male
Akka, who died subsequently of dysen-
t
y.
Most of the data gathered by Sohwein-
furth were lost in a fire, including meas-
urements and notes which could not be
replaced. Subsequent travellers, how-
ever, encountered some of the dwarfs.
Munza having learned their value as ob-
jeots of curiosity, gave some of them from
time to time to buyers of ivory who visit-
ed him. Thus an individual of the race
reached Khartoum, sent as a present to
the Governor of the Soudan by Em in Bey.
An explorer named Miani, following in
Sohweinfurth's footsteps, finally arrived
among the Monbuttos. Suoccumbing to
the fatigues of the journey, he died, be-
.queathiagto the Geographical Society of
Italy two young Akkas, whom he had got
in exchange toga dog and a calf. Thew
dwarfs, Tebo and Chairallah, were the
ones addpted by Count Miniscalchi.
Some anthropologists were inclined M
believe that the Akkas were fakes, so to
speak, and that Tebo and Chairallah
would grow to a good size some day.
Chairallah died, but grew to manhood,and
did not pass the stature of the average pig.
my as reported. His height was four feet
seven inches. The mean stature of thew
dwarfs appears to he but four feet fens
and one-half Inches. Th14 reckoning
makes them the smallest people in the
world,the Bushmen, perhaps, but not cer-
tainly, excepted. The color of the Akkas,
according to Scheweinfurth,is like that of
coffee slightly roasted. Count Miniscalchi
noticed that it was darker in summer and
paler in winter.
A marked characteristic of the Akkas
is an enormous development of abdomen,
which causes the adults to resemble the
children of negroes. In the photographs
of Tebo and Chairallah this feature is
most pronounced. The chest, compara-
tively narrow above,dilated below in order
to contain the huge paunch. But it is evi-
ent that this peculiarity is not a true race
-Characteristic, being largely due to 'the
manner in which the pigmies live and to
the quality of their food.
After some weeks of wholesome diet.
Tebo and Chairallah lost their big stom-
achs. The Akkas have short legs and very
small hands... Their senses are very acute,
and Sohweinfurth speaks of their extraor-
dinary agility. The Monbuttos say that
the little men leap about In the high her-
bage like grasshoppers.
These pigmies are very courageous.
"They are men, and men who know
how to fight," said .Moummeri, in speak-
ing to Sohweinfurth of those who accom-
panted him. They are great elephant hunt-
ers, attacking the gigantic beasts with
short bows and with lances hardly longer
than themselves. It is said that the wo-
men areas warlike as the mon. As for the
habit of skipping about, Schwefnfurth's
purchased dwarf, who afterwards bled of
dysentery, never got over this inclination,
so that he could not carry a pinto without
spilling more or less of its contents -
A Hint to Baldheaded 1'1en.
There is a cigar maker out in Roxbor-
ough who has Invented a little device
which will doubtless he hailed with joy by
other men w ho are constructed upon lines
similar to those of the clever eigarnatker.
The cigarniaker Is very bald, and during
the present hot spell the flies have bother-
ed him very greatly. They gathered fres
far and near to gamble upon the shine
cuticle on top of their victim's hoed. The
fly that first di. -covered this pleasure
ground seems to have gone away and
brought back his family and all his friendo
and their families. However this may he,
the number of visitors to the shiny pate
of the eigarmaker increased trcntat,dous-
ly. It finally drove the old me:. almost
frantic. hut, while the delighted flies were
capering about on toe topside of that old
head, a clever brain was working just as
energetically Inside. The result of this
brain work was t Ingenious invention
heretofore mentioned. Tho old man stop-
ped making cigars just long enough to
construct or hInisei f, oat of fly paper,
H ith the sticky side outside,a large cap to
fit snugly over his head. Now he sits at
his work 1n pence, and ttie flies that ven-
ture to take liberties with him stick upon
his head as monuments to that head's
greatness.
We hadn't time to get many price picked out before ,the printer
wanted his copy, but take our word for it, these are but samples of
hundreds of others just as low you'll find all over this great store for
the next 31 days. We'll tell you more about them next week.
Ila the meantime, remember the
te ATImpAy moRNI
time Of opening, at 8 o'clock 01
LOOK BEFORE YOU ERE MI LEAP. °,��'�ke back
zi this sale we
goods once sold, and cannot let goods out on approval.
ciolndlitions are for t)he time of sale only
HODGENS BROS
CLINTON
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These
Hard to 1', ti••..
The story that a girl 1n tie': land, Cal.,
jumped through a plato glass window to
avoid being kissed by a young man at a
church festival, looks verisimilitude for
reasons other than the thickness 91 plant
ghee.
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