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ngbles Daily ES. VOL. I. LOS AXGELES, CALIFOKSTIA, TUESDAY MORNIXG, DECEMBElt 6, 1881. XO.

2. Los A nn BUSINESS CARDS. GROCERIES PROVISIOXS. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. MISCELLANEOUS.

FASHION IN FEET. of the mines in the Kimberly Division owned at the end of 1880 by the Government and the London and South African Exploration Company is estimated as follows: Kimberly, 4,000,. 000; Old de Beer's, Du Tott's Pan, 2,000,000 Bultfontein, 1,500,000. At the end of last year 22,000 black and 1,700 white men were employed at these mines. From the Kimberly and Old de Beer's mines alone diamonds to the extent of karats are annuallr raised, while the other two mines above named yielded 300,000 karats last year.

At the diggings on the Vaal river about 250 men were at work last year. in it, wo must add that tight shoes and pinched toes are not monopolized by the ladies. The lords of creation nre also considerably given to that sort of thing. Many a dandy with a foot as big as a Sunday beef-roast compresses it into a boot that is a daily misery. And not dandies alone, either.

We know more than one man of ordinary good sense who points with pride to his pedal daintiness, when his hands, perhaps, are large and clumsy as any stevedore's. The shoemakers state that not the least of their trouble is to provide a boot that will satisfy this masculine conceit, and y't not be "pulled on" without inducing lockjaw. It is all well enough to laugh at a woman about such weaknesses; but the truth is, vanity does not stop at the boundary of sex, even in the matter of personal appearance. We know better how to hide it, that's all. No doubt Adam, the sly old coon, used to flatter himself that his feet, although unshod, were marvels of symmetry.

When Solomon said to the Shulemite, How beautiful nre thy feet in shoes, prince's daughter he was probably wondering if she had noticed that he sported rather a neat foot himself. It is hnman nature, we suppose at any rate, that is a plea always in order when our follies need palliation. The best of us are not exempt from these obliquities; and because a few of us have feet that no science can ever mitigate or make presentable, shall there be no more tight shoes for such that crave them and no more work for the chiropodist Perish the thought a The LADIES' BAZAR! Mrs. B. Nathan, Propr.

"I EADY MADE DRESSES, LADIES' AND Childrens' Underwear, made to Order at the Lowest PriceB. Fancy Uoods, No-tions, constantly on hand. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ul Spring street, Los Angeles. d41m FINE WHITE SEWING.

Ladies Underwear and Children' Clothes CUT AND MADE. MISS H. LAYNC, 20 Fourth street, between Hill and Fort. d41w MADAME L. FERRIF.

DELPECH. FASHIONABLE Dressmaker from Paris, Cardona Block, Main Street, Los Angeles, Cal. DRESSES CUT AND MADE ill the most Fashionable Style and finished in superior milliner. Only the finest work done at this establishment. dl-lm MME.

PRAESENT'S MILLINERY EMPORIUM, 7tt Nnrinx Imh Ailsele, Is the best place to secure the latest styles of French Bonnet, Hats and other novelties of the season. dtlm PERRY POLLARD, PRACTICAL PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS, 1G Main Street Los Angeles, California. rix hoofixo- ax job work Carefully done. PUMPS carefully put In. UTTump anil Sewer work will receive prompt attention.

GAS AND WATER TIPES. work warranted. dl-lm Judson, Gillette Gibson, EXAMINERS OF TITLE And Conveyancers. Rooms 1:) mid 11, McDonald Block, Main LOS ANGELES, CAL. dl-lm W.

Ji. FKICHARD, REAL ESTATE AGENT Xo. II Main SI root. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. dllm Southern Transfer Co.

IEAVE ORDERS at office, corner of Spring and Temple streets. This Company has exclusive right of checking Baggage at residences, and taking up checks on trains. The only authorized Transfer Company in Los Angeles. .1. liMIt Kit.

Telephone in office. dl-lm FOR SALE. MORGAN EDWARDS offer a house of five rooms, barn, trees and shrubbery, on Charitv street, on the hill; elegant prospect. Price $1,200. ALSO, ten acres of good tree and vineyard land conveniently located.

Cheap at (TiOU. ALSO, a good city lot. Cheap at $:150. Call at No. 35 Spring Street.

MORGAN EDWARDS, 14tf Real Estate Agents. Ihl TURK'S LJVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE. Family Carriage, per day, $5.00 Two horses and lmggy, 3.00 Single horse and buggy, 2.50 Two horses and spring wagon, 2.50 Single horse and buggy, half day, 1.50 Saddle horse, per day, 1.00 First Street, between Spring and Fort, Los Angeles, Cal. dl-lm EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. "yOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN examination of teachers will be held by the County Boanl of Education in Good Tem plar's Hall, Los Angeles city, commencing Tuesday, December 'JO, at 9 o'clock A.

and continuing three days. All applicants for certificates must be present at the commencement of the examination. By order of the Board. J. W.

HINTON, County Supt. Los AngcleR, Dec. 3, lrtxl. Removal. THE OFFICE OF THE Pacific Coast Sreamship Co.

Has been removed to XO. 5 COMMERCIAL STREET. dllm F. HASIMiN. i.

Hanimax. DEALEJW IX Fruits, Ms.iL 1)OULTRY, GAME. FISH and General Conn-try Prudnce constantly on hand. Or ders promptly delivered to any part or the city. free of charge.

131 Main LOS ANGELLS, CAL. l-lm orcsEprs osESTi. jobs coxson. Onesti Connor, FRUIT AND 4.fQ PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS 501 503 SanaaiM Street, d4-3m KA5.FR.INCI SCO. The Pico House IS THE LARGEST AND MOST ELEGANTLY appointed hotel in Southern California.

This Hotel contains elegant rooms in suite or single, and hot and cold baths. Parties visiting Los Angeles will find the PICO HOUSE unsurpassed for accommodations. GRISWOLD MARSH, Proprietors. Free Carriage to this House. tUliu THE COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL, Main Los Angeles, IS THE POPULAR AND FAVORITE HOUSE, as it is the most desirable stopping place in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, having Ample Accommodation for over 300 Guests.

IVTThe rooms are large, well ventilated and handsomely furnished. The DINING HALL la large and beautifully arranged. The Culinary Department is unexceptionable. The BILLIARD AND READING ROOM is a pleasant resort. Kates $2, $2.50 and $3 per day.

fcA free omnibus to the hotel, d'-im HAM MEL DENKER. PRESCOTT HOUSE (Formerly White House,) (nr.rommfrrlal and Los Angeles IS NOW OPEN FOR THE ACCOMMODATION of guests. This hotel has been thoroughly renovated and newly furnished throughout, and will be conducted on the European plan. A FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT Is connected with this House, where guests will be accommodated with flrst class board on reasonable terms. DEMUREST Sl'RBECK.

dl-lm Proprietors. THE ST. CHARLES HOTEL, Main St. Los Angeles, Has been newly fitted up and furnished. This Hotel possesses facilities for the comfort of guests unexcelled in any respect in Los Angeles.

All of its appointments are complete and of the first order. THE ST. CHARLES HOTEL Is a three-storied brick with sunt suites and single rooms on two floors, with a costly furnished office, reading room and parlor fronting on Main Street. HOT AND COLD BATHS FEEE. Charles Coach to the Home free.

No expense has been or will be spared to make these statements true. Ask any resident of Los Angeles of the character of 'this hotel. Bofinl $1.50 to $2.50 wt day. Longer ns ngretnl. (Ulm T.

W. STEOBRIDGE. KIMBALL MANSION. New High St. Los Angeles.

OPACIOUS PARLORS. FINE SI'ITES. AND i mmuy rooms, containing all modem conveniences. The Mansion is pleasantly situated on an eminence in business center, overlooking the city, snrronnded by an ever-blooming flower garden, away from noise and dust, and commands a charming view of moun tain and valley. MRS.

M. H. KIMBALL, otlin Proprietor. MEXICAN RESTAURANT. 1.1 Muin Nlriwt.

I.iw a HILARIO PRECIADO, PnopniETon. MEALS at all hours of the day or night in every style. Spanish, French and Ameri can cooking. The favorite Mexican dishes, Tamales, Enchiladea, Came Con Chile, Albun-digas, to be got at all hours. dl-lm HILAKIU PRECIADO.

MISCELLANEOUS. S. HELLMAN, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In BOOKS AND STATIONERY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, FANCY GOODS, BIRD CAGES, ETC. 8 Spring St. 05 Main St.

LOS ANGELES. JL.irgost stock of Christmas Goods in the city. d41m John Osborne, W. J. Bec'y.

Proprietor. OSIJORNES Overland Transfer Co. (Established 1SC8) Baggage called for at Residences and Hotels in time for all trains. Special attention paid to handling and mov ing Safes, Pianos, Pictures, Furniture, etc. Leave your bills of lading with ns and vonr Freight will be promptly delivered on arrival.

or transhipped without trouble to yon. Oftlcr, So. 3 Market art! Door to Wn txpiTM timer, I.OS AXUF.I.EM. (MI. dtlm Turn-Verein Hall! Saturday Evening, Sec.

10, THE GREAT COMEDIAN, CIIAS. L. DAVIS, In his celebrated Character Comedy, in Four Acts, entitled, "ALVIN JOSLIN," The only true Representative of The New England Farmer, Supported by a Full and Powerfnl Company of I'ramauc ireieonues. ISO LatixlM In ISO mailt! Thrre IlAsr of I'pronrisaw Fa rnnaiiHtt Play Ever Wit armed! ttrentt Sawtm the Air! ADMISSION. flM Secure your Seats at Lturns' Book Store, WItDoirt ritra charge.

d-4t Diminutive Feet an Idea of Modern Origin. The Handsomest Feet Found In New Orleans Chicago Feet Odiously Compared. The Secret ofHmall Feet. St. Louis Globe Democrat.

It in not recorded that Eve wan vain of her pretty feet, and yet Bhe must have been, or how did her daughter inherit such a tendency? From tim -j immemorial women have been prover-. bial for their attention to the foot as a thing to be admired; and men, uatn-) rally, have indulged them in it, and helped to stimulate their vanity with all sorts of neat compliments. A curious chapter might be compiled from the abundant literature which this one topic has inspired. The novelists, the poets, the courtiers, of all ages have celebrated the feminine glory of feet not always sensibly, perhaps, nor in best of taste, but still without offense to the fair owners. "We shall not err much, we think, to say that the record of observations in this behalf "footprints on the sands of time" so to speak would fill a volume as bulky as WEBSTEIl's UXABlillXiKD.

The wonder is that so much could be found to say about what, after all, is so common-place and matter of course. Our purpose does not lead in the direction of quoting any of this plentiful stock of sentiment. AVe refer to it merely by way of saying that foot-worship is not yet obsolete. In fact it is asserted that lovely woman is just now more mindful than ever before of her terminations. The prevailing style of short dresses has something to do with it, we may guess; but it is also true, the shoemakers assure us, that a pretty foot is much doted upon per se, and in nu a'sthetic sense, as one cultivates flowers and collects old china.

A story is current of a Cinderella who recently caught a husband by having her shoes exposed as a sample in a shop window, and now, the dealer says, his virgin customers all offer to lend him shoes for signs. THE HANDSOMEST FEET Are said to be found among the Indies of New Orleans, where smallness and delicate plumpness are the rule; the homeliest ones, of course, are found in Chicago, where the average feet resemble raisin-boxes. It is no common thing, wo are told for New York belles to have plaster-casts made of their well turned feet for bed-room ornaments; and wc have heard of a ISostou artist who inaugurated a fashion of photographing pretty feet in thut.ciuJLrs..-; i ii.y, ami nun quite a rush ot ensiom until the task of adjusting the dainty objects so that- they might be taken with "a proper perspective of handle," as he called it, made such confusion in his mind that his wife thought he had better sell out and move to Kansas. The standard cost of prettiness in feet, wo need not say, relates almost entirely to size. At least it is hard to persuade the feminine judgment that a foot may bo shapely without being diminutive.

This rule did not always obtain, and it is far from certain that the canons of art, even in these meretricious days, justify such a limitation. The Greeks, we know, had a different view. THEIR 8CCTLFT0KS TAUGHT the length of (he foot should not, for beauty's, sake be less than one sixth of the length of the body; and we may be sure that their women never tried to squeeze a number six foot into a number six shoe, though ijt must have been pretty, too. None of Shakspeare's ideal heroines were celebrated for little feet, and yet they knew how to be handsome in all sorts of raiment. The idea of praising a foot for its smallness, without regard to the size of the lody, appears to be of modern origin.

We are privileged to doubt, indeed, if it really antidatcs the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. Certainly it was not operative a hundred years ago, for our own Martha Washington was noted for her pretty feet, and she wore number fives and was not ashamed to say so. It is a waste of space, however, to cite precedents against the ruling theory. A pretty foot means, first of all, a small one, according to present taste. Therefore our readers will thank us onlv for such information as shows them how to conquer the great est QUANTITY OF FOOT With the smallest percentage of leather.

The fashionable Crispins have numerous devices Ixith for making feet ac tually smaller and for making them merely seem so. A good deal depends, they sav, npon the shape and quality of the shoe, as well as its coloring and shading. A shoe should tit the foot as a clove fits the hand, and, however tight, should not le permitted to rub, that makes corns or buuions, which are declared 10 ne -as mucnoi a rc-wroach to a dear ladv as the deceiving of her nearest friend without cause." The same color of shoe must not le worn in dav time and after night, if the wearer wishes to make the foot appear smaller than it is: and as rule, an evening dress should taper off in shoes of satin or taffeta of a shade to match its own. High heels are often a great help in concealing the largeness that refuses to be overcome; but the high heel is not adapted to persons with stooping shoulders or a habit of leaning forward when tney wau and it is apt to give a kind of rutabaga suggestion to the ankle. An ordinarily pretty loot may easily be spoiled by an awkward ankle: bnt sncn a aeiect mar be ire quently ameliorated by a proper choice of stockings.

And then the garter should never, no never, pnt BELOW TBI KXKK. But. there we re getting above our business. To return to the main question, and at the risk of putting oar foot ELITE GALLERY! Temple lilnck, junction of Spring and Main Stu. LOS ANGELES, CAL.

PHOTOGRAPHY In all its branches executed in the highest artistic manner. Water -Color, Crayon ana Portraits a Specialty. Payne, Stanton M-lm PROPRIETORS. W. B.

TULLIS, DKALF.R IS TSv Silverware, Clocks, Watches, OF ALL tacles ani Fancy ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY. Goods sold Engraved free of charge. A Practi cal Watchmaker. No. 10 Spring Los Angeles.

dllm THE LEADING Hardware House! SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IIO Main I.oh AiitfflCM. (U-lm Save Monfty By purchasing your dress mid business suits ot J. HIRNBAUM, The Square Dealing Merchant Tailor, 47 Muiu street, unilcr Cosmopolitan Hotel, Los ALL MY STOCK IS NEW, CHOICE AND fashionable in style, and I guarantee a perfect tit. ('all and be convinced that I mean all I say.

dllm THE ItEST EmploymentOffice In Southern California is that of P. MASSEY, Xo. Temple Ktreet, Imh Anjrelen. XO FEE REQUIRED IN ADVANCE. Applications forwarded to ns in English.

Opr. man, French. Spanish or Italian promptly attended to. GIVE I A CALL. dllm The SEMI-TROPIC CALIFORNIA (An IlliiHtrntetl Monthly) Should lie In the home of every Orchardist, Vineyardist, Heeman, Poultry-raiser, and general farmer.

Its articles are reliable and practical. It tells yon what to do, when to do, and how to do. Among its contributors are L. J. Rose, Gov.

Downey, J. Q. A. Ballon, Ellwood Cooper, J. J.

Groom, Dr. Cougar Asahel Foot, and other experienced and practical writers. Sre-BCBiPTioN ONLt iUiQ Pkr Anni'm. Sample copy three three cent stamps. Address Coleman Los Angeles, Cal.

(1-m.) HOLMES SCOTT, Coal, Hay ani Charcoal Side wholesale and retail agents in Los Angeles for Santa Ana Coal. IIO Spring: Street. dtlm JROM THE UNLIMITED FIELDS OF botany are collected the ingredients of DR. SENZ'S HERB BITTERS. LACK ERRY RANDY, The best in market; a pure distillation of the fruit.

J. RENZ. Proprietor. Whoaesate Depot, zi commercial ban rrancisco. FINE HOLMY GOODS! if? KWONG H1NG Co.

BEALLBS LACQUERWARE, RICE. TEA, NUT OIL, CIGARS, n.l all kinds of Chinese and Japanese FANCY GOODS, all new. Ri)iW "treet, Los Angele. CaL 14-lm Choice Groceries, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Gilt Edged Butter a Specialty.

ALSO DEALERS IX Hay, Graiu and all kinds of Farm Arizona, New Mexico and Texas orders solic. ited. SEYM0UB, JOHNSON ft dllm No. 133 Main Los Ang' LEN J. THOMPSON GROCERS, 3C Spring street, Los Angeles, California.

Are constantly receiving choice varieties of TEAS, COFFEES, SIICES, Et( We invite special attention to our PENANG GROUND SPICES, ALSO TUB Samson and Aerial Baking Powder, For which we are solo Agents, dtlm BANKS. BANK OT Los CAPITAL PAID IT IN BUKPLrS RESERVE .000,000 dt-lm Los Angeles County Main Street, Los Angeles, Cal. Capital Stork (paid up) $100,000 J. 8. RLAI'SON President Casiiiku II.

H. BAKEK H. L. DIHKCTOBR. S.

Slauson, A. W. Bowman, V. A. Hoover, ltobert 8.

Baker, J. Bixby, Geo. Prescot, R. M. Widney.

Buy and sell exchange on Ran Francisco. New York, London, Paris, Berlin and Frankfort. Buy exchange on all parts of the United States and Europe. Receive money on open account and certlfl. cate of deposit, and do general banking and exchange business.

dt-liu OF LOS AXGELES. CAPITAL STOCK $100,000 SURPLUS TO.00O E. F. SPENCE, WM. LACY, President Cashier.

DIRECTORS. J. E. Holleubeck. J.

F. Crank, H. Mabnry. O. 8.

Witherby, E. F. Spence. STOCKHOLDERS. Capt.

A. H. Wilcox, O. H. Witherby.

Dr. R. H. McDf.nKld, James McCoy, Oeorge Geddes, I. Lankershlni.

A. W. Vail. J. F.

Crank. i. E. Holleubeck, H. Woods Mabury, H.

II. Hott, E. F. Spence. dt-m E.

MARTIN Co. IMPORTERS ANI WHOLESALE Liquor Dealers. Sole Agents for the Milton J. Hardy Whiskies. Proprietors of the Miller's Extra, J.

F. Cutter and Argonaut Brands of Old Bourbon Whiskies. Stern Rose Sunny Slope Wines. 403 Front Si Fraxcisco. i M.TX Los Axoelz.

dt-lm CITY MEAT MARKET, 45 Rprlar Street, Lata Aairelea. Best place In the city for I I of choice MEATS, 8AU9 Free delivery to say par ar.a. A FACTORY GIRL'S LUCK. Preparing for Her Marriage to a Sew York Banker. Troy (New York) Telegram.

For a couple of years past a young girl of modest mien and considerable beauty has been employed in the Bever-wyek mill at Sandlake. Her parents were poor but respectable residents of that town, and the education which she received was entirely through her own efforts. About a year ago a young druggist of this city began to "pay attention" to the comely young factory girl, and for a time it was thought that a wedding would be the result. But the match, if one had been contemplated, was broken off by the relatives of the young man, and the girl for some time seemed very much put out by the affair. She declared that she had never promised to be the young druggist's wife, but it gave her pain to realize that his relatives should deem her beneath him.

A few months ago a distant relative of the young lady living in Brooklyn invited her to visit that city. While there she became acquainted with a rising young banker, a member of the New York Stock Exchange. The young man was not slow to discover the fact that the factory girl was a jewel of the first water. He inquired into her ancestry, and learning that her family were respectable people, and that there was nothing against them but their poverty, ho proposed to her and after due time was accepted. The young lady has returned to Sandlake, where she is preparing for the marriage with the New York banker.

The event wilf be celebrated this month, and the other girls in the Bevefwyck mill who were prone to accuse their former companion of having been given the cold shoulder by a "pill maker," now treat her with great respect as the promised bride of a rich New Yorker. ItcNtoring Solomon's Temple Itnins. The ruins of the Teinnlo of Solomon, Jerusalem, are to he restored, by special order of the Sultan, without de lay. They have long been an extremely neglected condition, and al most buried from sight beneath all manner of debris and refuse. Directions to put them in as presentable a shape as practicable were given by the late Abdul Aziz, at the time of the Austrian Emperor's visit, and the work was actually begun, but it was soon abandoned again.

The immediate cause for its renewal at the present time is the recent visit of the Austrian Crown Prince. The man who was itching for office was elected, but it wan by a scratch. PROFESSIONAL CAliDS. JOSEPH KURTZ, M. AKER BLOCK, Los AngcleR, Cal.

Resi dence, lJucnavista street. dtlm ISAAC FELLOWS, M. HOJIIEOI'ATHIST. OFFICE. NO.

2, ODD FELLOWS' BUILD-inK. Lou Angeles, Cal. Otlice Hour: 10 to 12 a. 2 to 5 P. M.

dllm CEO. B. BEACH, M. HOMtEOPATHIST. Office.

No. HO Main over Dotter Bradley's Store, Los Angeles, t'al. Office hours, 7 to a. and 1 to 3 and 7 to p. it.

dl-lm J. HANNON. M. COrXTY PHYSICIAN, Masearel Building, np stairs. Residence, ltoouis 49 and 50, Baker Block.

Office hours from 10 to 12 A. M. from 1 to 4 v. M. dUni R.

C. CUNNINGHAM, TEXTIST, 74 Main Street (Laufrsneo's Build iug), Los Angeles, Cal. dtlm EDWIN BAXTER, A ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, ROOMS 32 AND 33 Baker Block, Los Angeles. dtlm DR. WM.

HAZELTINE, TENTIST, Rooms 6 and 12, Cardoua Block, XJ Main street, Los Angeles, Cal. df WILL D. GOULD, A TTOUNEY AT LAW. Office: Rooms 82 and i Temple Block. Los Angeles, Cal.

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Room No. 8, McDonald Block, Los Angeles, Cal. dl-lm J. J. WARNER, VOTARY PUBLIC.

CONVEYANCER. Roan- i.1 ish and English Interpreter and Trans lator. 44 temple Block, Los Angeles. (14-1 BUSINESS CARDS. W.

R. NORTON, VRCHITECT, Room 17 Temple Block, Los Angeles. Office hours lu a. m. to 3 p.

1 7 to 9 r. M. dtlm J. J. W00DW0RTH, METROPOLITAN STORE, Choice Family Groceries and Provision.

No. 14 Main Street, Pico Block, Los Angeles, CaL d41m F. ADAM, MERCHANT TAILOR. 'Fashionable Style and reasonable rates. Xo.

13 Spring xm angeies, lai. 4d-lm THE CASHIER'S DAUGHTER. How Adelbert Tompkins Won Fair Myrtle Mnhairy. the Chicago Tribune "No; I refuse." "Ketieet a moment, Myrtle, I beseech you! You hold my life and happiness in your hands;" and the voice of Adelbert Tompkins trembled as he spoke those words with an earnestness that forbade, even for an instant, any doubt as to their being the outpourings of his heart. Myrtle Mahaffy was a beautiful girl, just budding into sweet womanhood, and Adelbert loved her dearly.

They had wandered together this summer afternoon from the matinee to the street ear, and he had asked her to be his wife. If was in answer to this question the earnest appeal of a man whose whole nature was wrapped up in a passion he could neither control nor cast aside that Myrtle had spoken the words with which our story opens. She had watched him closely during an acquaintance of nearly two years, and noticed with pain how he had sedulously avoided candy Korea, and ice creaiil saloons. "I can never marry a man, she had said to her mother one day, who shies at the sight of a candy store like a country horse at a fire engine." And when the expected avowal came she had kept her word. Adelbert turned round in a dazed sort of way after Myrtle had rejected him, and walked swiftly toward the dry goods store which had been so fortunate as to secure his services.

All the afternoon Adelbert stood moodily behind the ribbon counter, thinking of how he should revenge him self on the haughty girl who had wrecked his happiness. At precisely half-past 4 o'clock a tierce joy lighted up his countenance, and, putting on his hut, he left the store. As the bells of St. Agnes' Church were striking 9, a young man sprang lightly up the steps of a magnificent residence, and was soon seated in a sumptuously furnished parlor, lhe proprietor of the house, a benevolet-lookiug old gen tleman, entered the room. "Do you wish to see me?" he said to Adelbert Tompkins for it was he who had sprung lightly up the steps.

"les, he replied, "you are the per son I seek." "What would yon?" said the old gen tleman. "You are the cashier in the Bank, I believe?" said the young man. "I am." "Yon have been stealing the con cern money. Do not seek to deceive me. Yon are a cashier; 'tis enough.

Give me or I will expose yon and ruin your life. Having heard me twitter, you can choose your own course." For an instant the cashier did not move, and then, going to an elegant escritoire which stood in a corner of the room, he wrote a check for cer tified it, and handed the piece of paper, now a fortune, to the youth. "I have but one favor to ask," he said, "and that is that yon will marry my daughter. I wouldn't like to let ns sure a thing as you are to go out of the family, She has $100,000 in her own right, and when I tun dead and the bank directors are in jail on account of my book-keeping, it will suffice to keep von in comfort. Two mouths later Myrtle Mahaffy, the cashier only child, became Adel lcrt's lonny bride.

One child, a blue-eyed boy with golden hair, has blessed the nnion, and as he sits on his grand father knee in front of the nre, and asks in his innocent, childish way if "papa isn't a smart man," the old. gen tleman kisses him loudly and savs in soft, low tones: "Yon "re singing on the right key now, sonny. Konth African Iiamondt. Colonies and India. The gross weight of diamonds con tained in packages passing through the Kimberly post office in 1SN0 was 1,440 pounds 12 ounces avoirdupois, the esti mated value being 3,31.7,897.

These figures compare with 1,174 pounds and 2,847,631 in J879; 1,150 pounds and 2,672,744 in 1878; 903 pounds and 2,112,427 in 1877: and 773 pounds and 1,807,532 in 18. G. The annual value I. I ft r- 4 1. 1- 7- fr.