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HE DISOBEYED ORDERS.

A Brilliant French Oficer’s First Achiovo- |

nent on the Field of Battle. Lejeune, the brilliant aid-de-camp of the Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oodinot, gives a very interesting ac- count of his first achievement on tho field of battle. The French army was

srossing the Alps and found itself com- |

pelled to attack at a great disadvantage a town which the Austrians were de- fending.

Young Lejenne, who was anxious to participate in the engagement, was greatly disappointed when he was or- dered to remain at his post in the rear. When ths firing began, his heart beat furiously, and as the attack progressed he felt that he could not remain passive while his fellow soldiers were perform- ing deeds of valor.

Believing himself unnoticed, he hur- ried forward, forgetting that the sol- dier’s first duty is obedience, and just where the fray seemed to be thickest he found himself face to face with his ccm- mapding oMicer. The general looked at the rash young soldier coldly.

‘Since you have quitted your poss,’’ he sak, ‘‘you may take this order and recall that company that has gone into a bad position.’’

Lejeune heard the order with a strange sensation, for this was an er- rand from which he was not likely to return alive. There was no escape, how- ever, and touching bis cap he started on bis perilous mission with a quaking beart.

For some distance he crept along be- hind a pile of rocks that protected him from the fire of the enemy, but at last this shelter came to an end. Before him there remained 100 steps to be taken under the fire of 200 guns pointed straight at him.

To go forward was, he believed, cer- tain death. To go back would be eter- nal disgrace. The whole army seemed like an amphitheater around him. Should he prove himself a coward or a hero?

“If I die,’’ thonzht he, ‘‘it will be

only the just penaityof ov ©’ ii- ence; if I accomplish ia i shall have proved that i «.- » «thy yet

to fight in the emperor's army.°'

So thinking, he rushed across the open space amid astorm of cannon balls and musket shot. Not one of the nies- sengers of death touched him, and as if by a miracle he arrived safe and sound in the French lines. The delivery of that order saved the battalion and de- cided the destiny of the young officer.

Significance of the Nose.

The nose, the form of which regulates the beauty of the other features, is by no means inaccessible to higher culture, for we have it onthe authority of a German physician that it is beyond dis- pute that during walf of an individual human life the nose is capable of re- ceiving a more noble form. The train- ing of the individual, the culture of his intellect and character, has a very con- siderable influence not only on the ex- preasion of the face in general, but also on the bodily nature of the nose. The characteristics of the various shapes of nose, according to physiognomy, are as follows: The small, dat nose found among women and called the soubrette nog, when occurripg with an other- wise agreeable and fortunate build of features, indicates a certain gracious and cheerful naivete combined with an inconsiderate curiosity. Such a nose seldom is possessed by men, and wheu it is it denotes an individuality char- acterized by weakuess and deficient sa- gacity. A nose thick and flat is an un- favorable feature with men as well as with women, usually. signifying that the character is predominated by mate- rial and sensual instincts, while a turn- ed up nose, with wide nostrils, bespeaks @ vain, puffed up disposition, Especial- ly wide nostrils are signs of strength, courage aud pride; small nostrils, of weakness and timidity. Noses large in every respect aro found mostly among men aud are masculine attributcs.—

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Have become celebrated for the newness of the stuck and and the incomparably low prices, We have made prepara | tions far in advance to have this the Fairest, Broadest, Greaest Sale, eclipsing au that has come before.

r 3 believe, aad profit by them,

Men’s High Grade Ulsters

A lot of fine black beaver Overcoats, made in the finest possible manner; silk velvet collar, best of erimmings and sewn with silk; a gentlemen’s coat in every respect; a cheap coat at our former price, $16 for $11.

30 dark blue beaver Uvercoats, s. b and d. b, velvet or cloth collar, former prices from $8 to $13.50, selling now from $5 to $9.

9 light drab melton Overcoats, s. b. fly front; the latest stvles, selling price $12 now $7,50.

18 English nap Overcoate, barrel buttous, tweed lining, and storm collar; the Impress of style, price $14.25, now $7.75

14 dark brown Canadian tweed Overcoats, ¢. b.; fly front velvet collar, a good coat with a good appearance, former

6 blue cloth Overcoats, extrr value at $5 25, now $3.60.

6 diagonal blnck worsted Overcoats, astrakan collars and cuffs, former price $14, now $8.50.

10 black Paton Serge Overcoats, a good weight, suitable

for spring or fall or under a fur coat, price $10.60, now $7.39 ©

Men's High Grade Ulsters.

Klondike—tbhis is the name of our extra heavy black ‘rieze U)ster, rubber lined, rendering it windproof, waterproof and irestproof, price $16.25. how $8.50.

Extra fine blue and dark brown Ulster, silk lined, with dust vents; a tailor made coat, a snap at $12.50, now $7.75.

A mixture of colored friezes of superior quality, will be sold at 1-3 less than price.

Light grey frieze Ulsters, heavy, all wool, nice leather oxters, a perfect garment, price $9,75, now $6.25.

A lot of very stylish tweed Ulsturs, worth $12.56, now OO. A mixed lot of good a'l wool Ulsters, worth $6,50 and

$7, nuw $4.50. MEN’S REEFERS

We have nct very many men’s Reefers left, extra fin® gooils. We promise startling values on these garments,

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Children’s, Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing.

The impulse of giving the best bargains and broades values ever known has swept through*our elegant lines o Ready to wear Clothing for the juveniles, In this depart- ment we have shattered the prices and upset all precedents

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Youts’ Ulsters, worth $10 for $6.30,

Youths’ Ulstets, worth 10 50, for $6.

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Youths’ Overcoats, worth $5.25, for $3.55,

Youtes’ Overcosts, worth $8.25, for $5.50.

Youths’ Overcoats, worth $7 25, for $4.85.

Youths’ Overcoats, worth $11. for $7.60.

Youths’ Overcoats, worth $8 95. now $5.75.

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Youths’ Overcoats, worth $6, for $3 65

Youths’ Reefers, worth $6.60, tor $3.85.

Youths’ Reefers, worth $4.25, for $2.85.

Youths’ Keefers, worth $4.50, for $3.15.

Job lot of Reefers for $2.60.

Children’s Ulsters, worth $4.54, for $3.

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' Boys’ Ulsters, worth $6.35, for $4 75

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25 assorted Overcoata, Children’s, with caps ard hoods, mixed qualities and prices, at half frice

Coildren’s and boys Reefers, in naps aud serges, at away below the marked price Remember the above are all good goods; 1:0 cheap stuff palmed off, but tho genuine article at less

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GIFTS OF A FAMILY

What Kriss Kringle Brings Little Princes and a Princesa.

An interesting article in The Ladies’ Home Journal describes a Christmas with the German emperor and his family in the palace at Potsdam. ‘After the trees—one for each of the family—have been arranged and all is itn readihess,’’ says the writer, Nagel von Brawe, ‘‘the little princess, ar- companied by her next younger brother, opens the solemn procession into the Shell saion, which is ablaze with light. Fora moment they halt. The Scoding lights are almost blinding, since to the illumi- nation of the Christmas trees is added the brilliance of the many chandeliers, with their multiplicity of branches. Another short pause in the center of the room. Two of her brothers each take the little princess by the hand and conduct her with gallantry to her special table before turn- ing away to their own. What delight! What rejoicings! Verily, in the most per- fect interpretation of the werd this consti- tutes youthful joyfulness. The emperor, having conducted the ladies and gentie- men of the court to the tables arranged for them, leads the empress to their majesties’ tables, and the hearty der. «.:strations of pleasure which they exchan.c evince the loving care taken in thei; mutual selec- tion of gifts.

‘* But they do not linger :ong over their own gifts. The joy of the «hildren grows more and more lively. The princes show one another their new tressurcs. Prince Eitel Friedrich invites the crown prince to visit his fine water tight tent, while the latter mounts a bicycle cf German manu- facture. Princ? Adalbert puts on his new snowshoes, which he would greatly like to try atonce inthe park, and beside him his younger brother, Prince August, turns the leaves of aa illustrated book of the Berlin exhibition of industrial arts, to which he mace a visit. Prince Oscar mounts the tin soldiers over the strongly fortified citadel of papier mache which Prince Joachim is preparing to attack with bis splendid artillery and its nickel cannon. The dried peas already rattio against the leaden gates of the fortress. Victoria Louise is happily seated amid her miniature doll’s household, inspecting the numerous toilets of the blond doll which can say ‘papa’ and ‘mamma’ with great precision. Repeatedly the imperial mother is called upon by her younzest child to ex- amine and admire treasures she had her- self selected with so much care.”

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SCOGAN THE FOOL.

A Practical Joke That He Played Upon His Royal Master.

Amelia Wofford contributes to St. Nich-

olas an article on “The Court Jesters of

England.” The author says: Scogan, Scoggin or Sevgin, already

mentioned, was principal jester to Edward IV. He is said to have come of a good Suffolk family, was a graduate of Oxford and fora time was tutor there, but was dismissed on account of his irreligious spirit and unscrupulous conduct. Upon this he presented himself te Sir William Neville, solicited the place of jester and was accepted. Sir William was very proud of him, and one day, wishing to show him off, took him to court an¢ introduced him to the king. Edward was as pleased as Sir William could have wished. In fact, he was so enthusiastic be wis unwilling to have Scogan leave. ‘The king's wish was all powerful, and so Sir William left Sco- gan, receiving in compensation a house in Cheapside and a country mansion in Bury.

Scogan loved a practical joke, ani one that he perpetrated on the king brings to mind the fun of our burnt cork minstrels. He borrowed money of the King and when the day for payment came was unable to make good his word. He feared the king's anger and decided to appease him by a joke. Feigning death, he had his friends carry his body before Edward. The king fell a ready victim to the deception and in his lamentations over the supposed dead fool said he freely forgave the debt. Sco- gan immediately sprang to his feet, ex- claiming, ‘* The news is so revivifying that it has called me back te life.”’

The Fascinating Zale Maiden.

One morning | got into a railway train. running for about a dozen miles through a succession of sugar plantations My idea was to see the country and the people in a more Jeisurely way than I could have done had i traveled by a swifter convey- ance. We stopped at most of the cross- roads ant picked up a varied assortment of native types that soon mude the train look like an anthropological section in the Berlizs museum. It was something of a shock at first to see young ladies step aboard dressed in nothing to speak of be- yond their magnificent skins of chocolate bronze, but a more modest and well be- haved menagerie cannot be conceived.

There was a market for Cape gooseber- ries at the end of this railway, and the oo- casion was evidently one for social display, for there was considerable coquetry shown in the matter of hairdressing and arrange- ment of beads. One Zulu maiden fasci- nated me by a headdress which reached out behind something like a vast kinky marline spike. This conical chignon was at least two feet in extent, and gave her great satisfaction. It excited more envy than if she had worn a ducal coronet. She allowed me to photograph her spbrequent- ly, with the result that she became even more haughty toward her undraped friends. —‘‘White Man's Africa,” by Poultney Bigelow.

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