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The ra‘rlvfis of Cnngu (the interest in which warm-{nus ngion in growing, daily among English merchants) have snme strange and curioughahits. Even the best of the Ba-conyos l‘uru persons (\usp oied of Witchcraft, and accept the most trivi-l evi- dence of sornery as sufizienr ior the stake. Mr. Johnson sa3s that “at Pallabailu, lor instance, for everyoneâ€"child, woman or manâ€"who dies som body is suspected of havmg caused the death by supernatural causes, hid the hi rrid o (l uganga. or "med- icine man," who holds thy )uneflt Over the cofliu, is calle-l to detect the gniluy per‘ 3011, and generally fixes upon ti oso possessed of wordly gaols, in order that thev may buy him off from his fell accusations. ShOuld the person thus accused be unahle to satisfy the uganga, he or she is compzlled to take the csaca, the infusion of a poisonous bark; and sounding as the potion is regulated in strength by the ugaugx, so Che suspected tsmperer with wiichuraft either vomits up the poison and recover; dies at once from its efl'ccts. {1' r: tains it in the stem ich and does not die, in which latter case she 11.- tivss have rare sport in hacking the ill-dour to pivces with their blunt knives or m cork- ing their victim over a. slow fire.” The first days of all peoples seem to be verv much alike. 0n the lower C ingo, as far oi Szan- ley nnol, phallic worship 1:! prevalenu. rustic temples being dedicated to it, but he rites W. L- _ LALL Deeper down, toward 1 000 and 1 500 meters, fishes abounded. ’ * * All these fishes, (n arriving at the surface, Were dead, the gas was separated from the blood. so as to produce a sort of froth, and many of them were deformed by the enor- mous distention of their swimmmg bladder. The species of this gruup, which inhabit the abyses of the sea, have a. special a~pvct, aed are readxly recognizable. Their :kin. n... r ............... , are tar less 0356608 (ona gathers from both writers and travelersnhan m the classicdays of the bacch'mnlian feasts. The higheit form of cxvilizution has a rcmn‘nt of saw- agery in it. Black Groa Grain Silk, 21 inches wide, 750 per yard, worth 94c. New Broche DeLyon, Phantém checks, French, Croise and ottoman Broch, all wool, beautiful shades, 80, 86, 40, 450 per yard. Dress Goods, Silks 85 Shawls. Coloured brocade dress goods all the newest shades, 10¢ per yard, worth 15c. Extra. heavy costume cloth 150 per yard, lplendid value. Jet and raven black Cashmerea 30, 40, and 450 per yd., splendid value. Crepe imperial ottoman cloth, and all the newest mourning dress, from 20 to 40c per yd. Blue black Cashmere, 34 inch, wide 20c par yd., worth 25c per yd. Blach Cashmere all wool 47§o per yd., worth 600 per yd. Black Brocade Silk, 750 per yard, worth $1. VELVETEENS. Colored Velveteens. in Seal, Navy, Myrtle, Bronze, Cadet, Grenat, Garnet, Bordeaux, Mascot. Fawn, &c., 50, 75, 900 per yard, warranted Silk Finish. a: Sales for Cash Only. Letter Orders Receive Prompt Attention. a T. “EATON & CO-, Scotch tweed velour and ottoman cloth, 17%, 20, 250 per yard. Coloured Cashmerg, £2 inches wide, 36c per yd., worth 46 per yard. BLABK GASHMERES. Black Velveteens, silk finish, fast pile, 400 to $1.25 per yard. Woven and Knitted Shawls and “Gap: in graet variety, from 35c to $14 each. ficoon reps in all the newest pattern: for ladies’ wrappers, 22¢ per yd. Black Brocade Velveteen. 50c per ynrd, 24 inches wide, worth 650. A big stock of Silk Velvet: and Flushes, all the newest colors, at. Lowest Cash Prices. SHAWLS AND WRAPS. A BARGAIN. BLACK SILK, NEW FALLGODS Colored Silks at 750 per yard. A pecial line: all the newest colors. These Goods are all less than usual holesale prices. $1-25ner yd» Worth $175- Barbarous Congoans. 190, I92, I94 & 196 Yonge Street. Deep Sea Fish. AJI'ON’S GREATSALE Printed Linen Handkerchiefs, 2, 8, 4 and 5c. A splendid selection of pure Silk Hand- kerchiefs in cream, white, black, Second mourning and plain and fancy colors, from 30c to $2.50. A lonesome swell is the very picture of Ialx'dnde LADIES’ 82) CHILDREN’S NEUKWEAB Children’s Guipure Collars 12% worth 25c. Children’s Fancy Lace and Embroidery Collars, ‘20, 25 and 300 up. Hemetibched Handkerchiefs, Printed Borders, 5, 8, 10 and 120. Ladies’ and Gentleman’s pure Linen Handkerchiefs, 3 for 20c. FANCY GOODS Ladies’ WhiteLinen Collars, 7 for 26¢. Ladies' Coloured Stand-up Collars, 6 for 25c. all sizes. Indies’Lace Callus, 20, 25, 40 and 50e- up. Ladiea’ Oriental Lace Fichul 750, $1, $1.25, extra value. Ladiea’ Fancy Lace Handkerchiefs, 50, 75, and $1. covered with a very thick cost, never has lively colors: in is grayish, or ot a. velvet black. and the scales are not very solidly attached; the muscles are not thick. and are of a. soft consistence; their bones are soft and have a spongy structure; their mouth is usually large and armed with sharp. hOka-llke teeth. All that Were observed by the “Talisman” party had no-melly devel- oped eyes, whose mode of nation in a medium completely obscure would be difficult to un- derstand If it did not find its explanation in the existence oi phosphorescent. plates, or of a covering of lumlntms ahmefwhich can shine at a certain distance. In the black Malacosbecus these p‘a:es are situated at the eyes; in other species they are disposed in lines on the lateral parts 01 the body.â€" (ProfL Packard on the Cruise of the “Talis- HANDKERCHIEFS. Velvet, Ottoman, Satin and Silk Rib- bons, all widths and colours, very cheap. mm.” A Pittsburgh prophet makes the assertion that In fifty years, perhaps twenty-five, coal will not he carried from the mines to its plume of destinatiwn in bulk, but (nly its actual hiab energy transported, and that by wire. This process, he says, can be accom- plished by convarting the coal into heat, the man into motion, and the motion into elec- tricity. A storage b'ith ry at Cinc n mti would take it up as fast as generated at the miues From his battery it 00011 be taken out and converted back into motion and heat, or changed into light. It is only a matter of time, perhaps. until this and am“ more wonderlui things are done. Anti to- day we are tnIJ, E lieun is working on s'vme such idea as the above. Happiness is the result of harmony pe- tween our wants as creatures and the world without; peace is the harmony be- tween us as spiritual beings and the Father of our spirits. The one is change- able as the objects or circumstances on which it for the moment relies; the other is as unchangeable as the God on whom it eternally rests. Bargains in Oriental,Spa.nish, Antique Torshon,Valenciennes and Maltese Laces. Special Prices in Irish Point, Swisse, Saxony and White Washing Laces. Ladies’ 4 Button Black Kid Gloves, 650. pair. LAGES. GLUVES. Ladies’ 3 Button Black Kid Gloves, 50c. pair. Ladies’ 6 Button Black Kid Gloves, 85c. pair. Ladies’ Mosquetaire Kid Gloves. in Tana, Dark Colours and Black, $1 and $1.20 pair. Ladies’ Undressed Mosquetaire Kid Gloves, in Black, Tans and Dark Fanciea, 75c., $1 and $1.25 pair. RIBBQNS Ladies' 4 Button Kid Gloves, Tans with Embroidered Backs, $1, and $1.25 pair. Gent's 1 Button Dent Kid Gloves, Black and colours, 50c. worth $1 pair. Gent’s Lamb Gloves, Embroidered Backs, 75c. pair. Gent‘s Cashmere Gloves, 400. pair. Ladies’ Cashmere Gloves, 200. pair up, Transportation of Heat. wed-» and and and coloured coloured coloured MORAL: Two Steals don’t make a. Right, but you can’t Blame the Cock roach for Feeling that this Conduct was Excuenble under the circum- stances. THE INDIGNANT CITIZEN. A Citizen who “had had his attention Owed" to an Item in a. Newspaper which seemed to Raflect on his Integrity of Char< acter, made a. Bee Line for the office to Thranh the Editor. At the head of the leec- ond flight of Shaina he Famed to Wonder if it would not be Wiser to Demand Retract- inu. At the third landing he had almost Decided that the Item Contained no Indian- anions. At the fourth he chided to senrl the Threshing by Lettl r. At the fifth he met the Editor whom he Started Out to find and handed him the Cash for the Year’s Subscription in Advance. MORAL 2 First Impulees are more apt to he Wrong than Right. THE DISAPPOINTED REPORTER. A Reporter who had Walked two miles on a. Rumor of a. Murder dicovered the Sup- posed Victim alive and in the Best of Spirits, and in his great Dxaappointment he cried out: give are.” While an Editor of an Afternoon Paper was Shearing four columns of Matter from 8 Morning Daily to be used as "Strictly Origi. 1131 News" In his Own stma 3. Cockrozch Climbed into the Paste-pot and Procaeded to Satiafiy his Hunger. He had not Eaten above three Mouthfula when the Eiitor seized him by the Neck and Flung him to the floor thh such Violence as to Break Three Legs and Fracture a Rih‘ju'a two. "On win: Theory 60 you Defend Such Outrageo 18 Conduct 2" demanded the poor Cockvoach as he lay Helpless on his back. “Why, you ware Stealing my Paste " “Exactly, but you were Stealing Copy.” ’ “Alas 1 but I had hoped to find you with your Throat Cut, and I have had my tramp for NBWDS If! . ... .I. u . “While it is true 1 am Alive I" replied the Citizvn after due R. fllction. "it Hurts my Feelings to see you an Cast Down, and I wxll therefore K'Il my Mother-in‘law and give you the 83001) on all the Oiher Pnp- MORAL. Disappointment is sometimes the Fore- runner of Luck. An Orator who had Delivered a “little Oflnand Address” at a. Public Meeting car- ried the Manuscript down to his Favorite Newspaper to be published, Next morning when he came to read the Matter over he D:scovered that the sentence, “The Bul- warka of Liberty," had been changed to "The Bulrushea of Livoniau." In great Pain and Consternation he Embed down to the rifles and sought out the Proof-Reader and exclaimed : “Gently, my Fiiznd,” was the calm re- ply "Had you halted at the door below you would have found the Editor writing a. Sec- ond Page Article in Praise of this very Sen- tence, which he D:clarea to be Original and bound to have a. Run. My Inadvertence will make you Famous." There’s none in It. The Proof-Reader al- ways manages to Wriqgle Out, no matter how Small the Knot-Hole. “Alan 1 that you should have made me the Victim of Ridicula and. Contempt! I feel gm iffI couldj’qralyg}: you !"_ The French Hair Trade Affected by War with China. The troubles in China are unfavorably affecting one of the most important minor iniustriea of Marseilles, and may interfere with female heads all over Europe in a. way their owners little expect. China. has ceased to send hair to France, whether because its export has been interdicted by authority or because Cnirese dealers in the article are too patriotic to d‘ 21‘ with their enemies. has not yet been ascertained. The lmousdy, which arrived in August from Hong Kong, brought only three bales of this int resting merchan- dise, and the Sindh, which arrived last month, brought but a. single case. Marseilles is the principal human hair market in Europe. The imports average 80.000 kilogrammes (about 80 tons) of which fully one half come from China. For the rest Italy supplies 22,000, Cochin China. 1 347, the Enaliuh East Indies 2.000. Japan 538 Algeria. 431.;Turkev 98, Austria 57, and Spain 13 kilogrammes. Thus Cuina. Cochin China. and Japan turnish a greater quantity then Italy. which was formerly the sole source of supply. As education'extends it becomes increas- ingly difficult to persuade young women in Eur0[e to part with their tresses The only parts of France where any can still be pro- cured are Brittany and France. The trade has grown enormously. In 1865 the imports into Marseilles were no more than 17.000 kilogrammes, but since “plaits” came into vogue the demand for hair has created not alone a large commerce. but an import ant industry. Thera is something almost appalling in the idea of eighty tone 0: porn- kes, plrits, and false fronts, France, how- ever, profits by it, and wigs all the worldâ€" eertaintly all the women in central Europe. This is proved by a curious and suggostlve calculation. Marseilles reserves for his own consumption 3,000 kilogrammes, of which 300 are made into pesukes for men and 2,700 into postiches for women. Now as one kilogramme of hair makes on the aver- age ten coiEors, it is evident that the sale of postiches must be at the rate of 27,000 a year, and as a postiche lasts three years. it follows further that 84,000 women in Mar- seillesâ€"pre uy nearly the whole of the fe- male adult populationâ€"must be wearers of false hair in one shape or another. Applying she like rule to the balance of the hair imported into Marseilles we find that after deducting the same proportion for the wigs of men, there remains for the use of the fair Six in France and elsewhere 70 000 kilogrammeaâ€"equal to an annual sale ot 600,000 postiohes. Hence the number of women who procure their false hair directly or indirectly from Marseilles must be up ward of two millions. But as Marseilles, though the great mart, is not the only place to which human hair is consigned, there are probably many more bewigged women in Europe than these figures denote. THE PROOF READER AND THE ORATOR. NEWSPAPER FABLES. MORAL : tarin I shrank closer to the side of the ves- sel. But my first m0vement betrayed my presence. I saw the shining eyes fixed up‘ on me; its tail quivered as it darted at melike a streak of light. I shrank closer to the ads of the ship. I saw it turn on one side, its mouth open, and heard the teeth sump as it darted by me. It had missedlme, but only for a moment, The sweep or its mighty tail had thrown mc forward. I 13W it turn. Inlance itself. and its tail quivered as it dart-ed at me again There was no escape. It turned on 1'! tack I: nwmned rown rm A Spanish diver, while at work beneath the Sea on the wreck of a. vessel, met with a thrilling adventure, and gives the follow- mg graphic account- of it : "At the time I was at the bottom of the sea," says Alfettn, “I was just about to signal to be drawn up for a moment‘s rest, when I noticad a. shadowy form movmg at some distance above me and toward me. In a. moment every fish had disappeared. tne very crustaceans 15y s‘ ill upo l the sand. Add [the cuttle fish scurried away as fast as they could. I was not thinking ol'danger, and my firstthought was that it was the shadow of a passing boat, But suddenly a feeling of terror seized me. I felt impelled to flee from some- thing, I knew not what. A vague horror seemed grasping after me, such as a child feels when entering a darkened room. By this time the shadow had come nearer and taken shape. It scarcely needed a glance to show me that it was a man eate‘, and one of the largest size. Bad I signalled to be drawn up then it would have been cer- tain death. All I could do was to remain until it left. It lay ofl‘ twenty or twenty- five feet, just outside the rigging of the ship, its body motionless, its fins barely stir- ring the water above its gills- It was 3. mon- ster as it was, but to add to the horror the pressure of the water upon my head made it nppear as if it were pouring flame from its 6;, es and mmth and every movement of its fina an'i tail seemed accompanied by a dis- play of fireworks. I was sue the fiih was t‘nrcy feet long, and so near that I could see its double row of white teeth. Involun- The Thrilling Adventure of a Spanish Diver. A JOURNEY IN A SHARK’S MOUTH Rich Black Silks, Rich Colored Silks, Rich Dress Satins, Rich Dress Goods, Also a Magnificent Stock of Elegant MANTLES from the Best Manufacturers of London, Paris and Berlin- Rich Mantle Velvets, Rich Dress Velvets, Rich Mantle Plushes, Rich Dress Plushes, Silk Plush Mantles; Silk Seal Mantles, Brocaded Silk Mantles, BrocadediVelvet Mantles DSPLAY __.__.OII__. N EW FALL GOODS â€"â€"â€"A'I'â€"â€" PETLEYS’. Brecaded Cloth Mantles, Jersey Cloth Mantles, Jersey Cloth Ulsters, Jersey Cloth Jacketh We beg to call Special Attention to our displ y of MILLINERY,Which is very Choice and Attractive. and worthy of the attention of the most fastidious. 1‘} 3a“ ETLEY&PETLEV King-St, East, Toronto, INSPECTION INVITED. {(OPPOSITE THE MARKET.) me. I could feel its teeth grinding on my copper breaatplate anit tried to bite me in twoâ€"for, fortunately, it had caught me just across the middle. where .I was best protected. Having seized me It went tear- ing through the water. I could feel it bound forward at eaoh stroke of 13'! tall. Had it not been for my copper helmet my head would lnve bosntorn ofl‘ by the rushthrough the water. Iwas perfectly conscious, but somehow I ftlt no terror at all. There was only a. feeling of numbness I wondered how long it Would be before those teeth cruehed through, and whether they would strike first into m back or my breast. Then I though: of aggie and the baby and won~ dared who would take care of them, and if she would ever know what had become of me. All those thoughts passed through my brain in an instant, but in that time the connecting air-tube had been snap ed and my head seemed ready to burst wit press- ure, while the monster‘s teeth kept crunch- ing and grinding upon my harness. Then I felt the cold water begin to pour in, and heard the bubble, bubble, as the air es- cwpcd into the creature's mouth. I began to hear great guns and to see fireworks and ninbows and sunshine, and all kinds of pretty things ; then I thought I was float- ing away on a. rosy summer cloud, dreaming the sounds of sweet music. Then all became blank. The shark might now have eaten me up at his leisure, and I should have been none the Wiser. Imagine my astonishment. then, when I opened my eyes on board and saw you fellows round me.” Alfetno was found by his comrales a. few minutes after the snapping of the line. He was picked up insensible witn several holes punched in the metallic part of his diving-sultâ€"[Caisell’a Journal. me like a. hawk on a sparrow. The jaws opened and the long shining teeth grated as they closed_ 9n_m_y‘n1§tal__harne§j. It had “Pa, can maney talk ‘3" “That’s wnat b-:tc:ng men say. sometimes y aon.’ "What can it; 110.11:I pa. 2" "I suppose it can talk good cents.’ A Facetious Father.