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X You can Economize ! -4' -a 4' 4' -4 -4' 41 By using Royal Baking Powder to the exclusion of all other leavening agents. The official ana lysts report it to be 27 greater in leavening strength than the other powders. It has three times the leavening strength of many of the cheap alum powders. It never fails to make good bread, biscuit and cake, so that there is no flour, eggs or butter spoiled and wasted in heavy, sour and uneatable food. Do dealers attempt, because times arc dull, to work off old stock, or low grade brands of baking powder? Decline to buy them. During these times all desire to be economical, and Royal is the most Economical Baking Powder. DrtEAO, dirk of the rent of lb reeds. Of Hi arenl of the oool nuu-ah modi Blik of the Hk'lii of I ho hewling bays And llie aoent ul each luiitf !iilo bud. So ilrk of ynnr lover's moods, Hirk of your lover's dcalre; My heart ni full of wild, now lights A His wonda ul iiIkM ou fire. Oh. I hated lh dmulful Ufa. The i-nlni ditya out and In; To you II waa licuvii, Ik'chiim) of me, Hut lu inn Imtv mudo It tin. Oh, I ImtiitliDlliiHiL'liluf the bending bays. And Die reeds In I ho cool, ninrHh mud; r'or every iliimglii kcfiim hint hIioh Wilms Arc wcl wllh Iihowii life lilood. -New Vork Sun. EMMA LAZARUS. Wben on thy bed of pain thou layest loir, Daily we hw thr body fade away. Nor could the love wherewith we loved thee tar The one dec hour the flesh borne down by woe. But aa the mortal sank with what white glow Flamed thy eternal spirit, nlidit and day Untouched, unwanted, though the crumbling elay Lay wrecked and rulnodl Ah, la It not bo, Dear poet comrade, who from night hunt gone- la It not io that spirit hath a life Death may not conquer? Bui, O daunt IcmodcI BUM muat we aorrow. Heavy la tho alrlfe And thou not with ua thou uf the old raco That with Jehovah parleyed, fare to fare. -Hlchard Wataou Ulldnr. How leal(nlii( RUrteil. Every person connected with the cloth trade thought that after the new material, tweed, bad had a "run" for a time it would go out of use, but aftr the taste wan well satiated with black and white checks In four or five dihVrent sizes, a trillion but lucky clrcuniHtanco took place which had most important bearing upon the trade, aa It stimulated the Invention or "(IunIkii- Inn" of new patterns, an art at that time unknown. It happened that one of the manufacturers hud lnude a quantity of these check, but the whiten were no im pure and dirty looking, from lieitiK mixed with gray huirs, that they would not sell; and the happy idea struck gome one that If the pieces were (lipped in a brown dye It would cover the gray hairs nnd convert the checks into brown and block. 'This was managed no successfully that upon these "new styles" being sent to London tbey not only sold rapidly, but large orders flowed in for more in nil the different sizes of checks, To this lucky circumstance I entirely attribute the lie ginning of thnt important branch, "design ing" new patterns, which has proved the very backbone and salvation of the tweed trade. For It does not require me nt this period to tell the veriest tyro iu tho trade that without a constant succession of new patterns the business would even now go down In a few years, liorder Advertiser. A Mean Advantage. "A pretty compliment I beard for you the other day, Miss Nellie," I said as we started down the lake, skating the long roll. Miss Nellie's color heightened, while ber eyes danced. "A certain gentleman told me, Miss Nel lie, that yours were the sweetest lips lie bad ever kissed." Miss Nellie proceeded to make a great fuss. "What an infamous storyl Who ever bad dared well," she continued, pouting, "I will never forgive you unless you tell me at once the man's name who bad the impudence" I refused while we skated a mile, and then, down below the bend, relented. "I will tell you, Miss Nellie, if you In re turn will will" "Will what?" she said, protending ob- tuseness. "Will let me find out for myself." Ten minutes Inter we were gliding back up the lake, skating slower now. The pout on Nellie's lips was replaced by a dancing mile. "But, see here," she sulil, "you haven't told me yet, you haven't kept your word, though I've kept mlue" (furious blushes here). "Well," said I, playing my lost trump card, "nobody ever said such a tiling to me; but now I say It to you, nnd I know whereof I speak." New York Herald. Men with Artificial Minus. Did It occur to you that in the big pro cession of veterans of the Grant unveiling ceremonies there were very few who bad artificial arms or legs? I noticed it par ticularly, for it is a part of my business to Watch these gatherings of old soldiers. sent out three of my best men on the day alluded to with instruct ions to give every man with an artificial leg or arm one of our circulars. The report which they brought back astonished me, Nearly nil of the circulars wero returned unused. I have noticed the some thing in a majority of gatherings of this character. It is strange but true thnt of all the men who fought iu the awful conflict few lost their arms or legs. Many were wounded In those limbs, but us compared wit h the great number that were Bhot few lost a leg or an arm. .My business shows that t here are more artillcial legs than arms. There are ninny men who have artillcial legs who are able to conceal t he fact, but I do not know of a mnu with an artillcial arm who lias ever fooled anybody with it. One rea son of course is that we have not reached the same perfection in making artificial arms as in legs. Interview in Chicago Tribune. . A Curtain fur a I'huio. An Idea which hardly commends Itself to the best taste, but which, however, is sanc tioned by Indisputable authority the Eng lish Is that which curtains tho back of a piano, when the exigencies of fiiniitbinf! require that the Instrument shall stand with its back to the room. A narrow bras rod Is fitted across the top nnd from this depends a full curtain of whatever pleases the owner's taste or seems to accord with the rest of the room plain, dull cloths or brocade, or even cretonne, though this latter surely cannot be recommended. New York Times. A Defect III education. By way of illustration of the need of In Itruction in the fundamental conception of what our government is, lake the proposal that is put about in newspapers and op- pears In popular conventions to elect sena tors of the United Slates by popular vote In each state. bat difference, it Is asked does It make whether the senators repre leutlngthe state ore chosen by popular vote or by tlie legislature? The question shows a profound misconception of the funda mental nature of our system, upon the maintenance of which depends the perpetu Mr of the republic. The framers of the constitution provided for two sorts of representation In congress (popular representation of the peopleof the several states In the lower house and a representation of the states themselves as entities, as real living bodies In the senate. They secured these by providing that repre sentatives should be elected by popular vote, and senators by the vote of the legis latures of the states. The constitution was not adopted by pop ular vote, but by tho vote of tho states, given according to their natures by the leg islatures. '1 he state acts through its legis lature and itsexeculive, anil not by popu lar movement directly. It needs no argu ment to show that to change the constitu tion in regard to the election of senators is to change fundamentally the character of our government, and also to remove one of the safeguards against impulsive move ments to which our stability, iu a century of revolutions elsewhere, has been largely due. So long ns we con keep the machine with Its original checks and balances, as the phrase is, we hove the most stable gov ernment on earth. Charles Dudley War ner In Harper's. Seeing Slurs In D11) (line. I once asked this question of a well known editor, expecting a logical answer iu the "Notes anil Queries" column of his paper, lottery, Is it a met ttiot one can scu stars iu broad daylight if bu descends into a well or deep mining shaft 10U feet deep or more, and then looks out at the opening above" Indue time the answer came aa follows: ".Stars con bo seen in tho daytime from tho bottom of a well or shaft. The long dark tube shuts out all raysof sunlight, and the eye, accustomed to the gloom, sees stars which would be in distinguishable by broad daylight." That answer never niMhHmi my curiosity, and 1 am not sure but that I wrote the editor again In regard to tho matter. I have two reasons for being dissatisfied with the answer as it stands our old 'Philosophies" taught us that tlm reason we cannot see stars In daytime is because the rays of tho sun are so strong or power ful that they eclipse the feeble light given out by the stars. If tills Is the case, why should the simple net of lowering one's self into a well lessen tho power of sunlight, strengthen the power of starlight or make human vision more penetrat ivtf Secondly, the writer of this is an amateur geologist: has been In mining shafts on hundreds of occasions, iu I hose varying in depth from 30 to ?(Ki feet, and has never yet seen a star upon looking out upon the vaulted canopy above, unless it was stai'liinc. This "seeing stain in daytime" is a favor ite with would bo smart Alecs, but 1 want to register my opinion that no man ever saw a star upon looking out of n well or shaft unless he chose nighttime for mak ing bis observations. St. Louis liepublic. T1IK IIOUSL: OF D1S1I0N0K A Itemarltalila Kclin. The echo at the Kagle's .Vest on the banks of the Killarney Is renowned for in repetition of a bugle call, w hich seems to be repeated by a hundred Instruments, nntil It gradually dies away in (he nlr. At the report of a cannon the loudest thunders reverberate from the rock aud die In seemingly endless peals along tbe distant mountains. llrooklyn Kagle. Scarcely is there a canning establishment at this moment In France that does not, among other alimentary products, preserve the truffle. It has become as Indispensable to the dinner table of the noblesse as the aromatic sprig of garlic tothefrngal re past of the peasant. "A very little salt, not too much viuegar, no tolwcco, three meals a day, seven hours of sleep and a thorough acquaintance with water," says Abbe Kueipp, "will make you live 100 yean, and then yon will die happy, for death alone cannot be cured." Among Inventions we notice that elec tricity u now in use for heating flatirons "sd by tailors, and iu employment in therapeutics Is constantly on the increase. A Mitirp Swindling Hchuinc. Four very brilliant crooks ndopted a scheiuo by which they might get exceed ingly rich. The giinio, when successlully played, ran ns follows: Along some coun try road lending through n fairly prosper ous district a well uresseit gentleman would drive. At every well to do looking farmhouse hu would stop for a drink, en ter into conversation telling of anxiety to buy land for agricultural purposes and finally ill a roundabout manner wind tip by either giving or selling for almost tiotli ing a 2-pound box of really superb lino cut chewing and smoking tobacco. Then be left. Several weeks later the second ol the quartette happens to be going the same route. He, however, Is selling Irtiit trees the captious agent of soma plant nursery. In bis desire to sell he visits the identical farmhouses and spends an hour or so iu argument. To curry favor bu winds up by buying a pound of tho fanners most ex cellent tobacco nt an exorbitant rate. A week later cuino a government oflleer lu blue a striking looking government detective. He has found out that this farm er is Belling tobacco without a license anil holds as a proof tho identical tobacco. Let ters with great seals and red tape, and much correspondence ensues. All Hie delinquent farmers are gathered together and a money compromise accepted instead of the much feared government prosecution and peni tentiary. Tho scheme always worked ex cept the last time, when the crooks w ere shadowed and arrested. Tbey were found to be men with flue homes and exceedingly wealthy. St. Louts Globe-Democrat. Several ltnoma I n the Mormon Temple. The basement of tbe Mormon temple is divided into several apartments, the larger one being Of by 85 feet, containing a bap tismal font. The lloor Is tiled w ith marble, polished to the highest (legrecof perfection, while the ceiling is of n sky blue tint. The font is of iiniti'e. and like that in the ti-ni- pleat Jerusalem rests ou the bucks of 13 I lUfl window, oxen, also of bronze, which stand with their faces to t lie. east, west, nort h and sout h. The wind was a roaring tenant of the desolate chamliers and scurried through tbe house, tilling the long, bleak corridors with the sound of its furious passage. Out and aloft It screamed most melancholy in the pines, and Hew around the corners and gables In chips of the veriest passion. The while night was In I he possession of a thousand evil powers mocking at ma in my torture, as all solitary I walled by the dim lantern, watching her fair, frail body slipping quietly Into the arms of death. Anon her soul would flicker to her eyes; ilia lips w ould I rem hie, I ho lids would rise, and tho slow, unmeaning gaze rest for an Instant upon my face of dread. And then again the lashes would fall, and life, impotent and weary, would drop and vanish from the beautiful cloy. As lind la above I swear lu those mo ments I hod no terror for my grievous sin. As we bail loved so also had we lived may he hold those few poor months sacred upon his scroll! No distant thought of that vain weakling whom men call my wife came to me over sea. I bad put her from my mind long since with the great sin that was my happiness. In that hour but one hope held me, but one fear. Without, the long drive ran upward through tbe ragged woods toward the hills, and by that avenue must come the clattering hoofs to bring me help against this death that shrieked about tbe house and wandered whining through the empty rooms. Iletween that silent couch and the bare, shining road my glances strayed, and ever ou my heart fear laid his chilly lingers, tightening his hold anil straining as though 'twere I, not she, that drew nearer to the end. And In truth not she, but I, was wrest ling with this specter. I heard him crying in the night, I watched him on his rounds, between him and the dying, I, the living, stood delimit and ol mighty of my love' I braved nun there alone that night within the darkness, and, swollen to a monstrous horror, fear loomed beside me, nnd all past delight, all future evil laughed me to derision in his presence. Apart sot my one remaining servitor, a faithful guardian nt the door, squat like a dog, Immediate to tho slightest call, should any call sound here save that of death alsjve the burly burly of the night. 1 could not catch her breathing; she opened her eyes In a smile, and the white teeth shone spectral in the twilight of the room. I bent to her, shuddering there was some whisper on those wavering Hps, but the wind was giblicring like a devil at the windows. "To steal tho Inst whisper," I cried; that were worthy Godl" and hid my foca upon the couch. It was ot this instant there fell a sudden hush, aud through the distant doorway he entered swiftly with the sudden clank of spurred feet. Turning, I beheld him white ml furious against the light. "You have on amiable turn for with rnwnl," said he, "but 'twill not serve you long. Put a hound to the scent," lie cried, "and iu tiie end 'twill lick his chops in blood." "Man" 1 cried; but fiercer than my fierce voice he flung between me and my words. "Coward!" be cried, Ids jaw fixing upon the cry, nnd, raising n heavy hand, swept In a stride upon me. 1 took him by the wrist and, pulling feverishly at his arms, besought him with my eyes. "Mali" sold 1, and tbo voice choked In niy throat so that I could but point a sliW eriug finger to the couch nnd that white lily drawing unto deat h. "What is this?" said he, and stored upon me. "The plague," 1 muttered; but my words wero low, and I seemed to speak it lo my seir. His white face was so nigh to mine that I could mark each line that time hud turned upon his cheeks, and I thought that his black eyes grew blocker, anil a elowsmile wrinkled about the moving lips. He said no word, but walking to tbe lied peered down upon his sister where she lay. I seemed to seo her fading in and out of consciousness, as it were, with her heaving bosom, and met bought her eyes met his with that plaintive, look of sutlcring that had tortured mc through tho long day. If this were so I know not surely, for nt that moment the gravel rung without with a clash of hoofs, aud, exultant at the sound, I sprang toward t lie door. Then there broke iu my old and faithful servitor, nnd tbo wind Happed down upon us from the sky. I heard his voice colling through the noise, Ids thin hands gesticulating in the nir, and nt his words I stood struck dumb and cold. "No help!" he cried, "no belpl Nought will avail now. The plague has lu'en the servant from his errand," be moaned; "the plaguel the plague!" And looking through the long windows, I could espy in tho white night a great horse streaming from the nostrils, and a limp figure sprawling from the stirrup, stork and motionless. "The plague devours us," I screamed, aud took the brother by the coat. "Man," I said, "ride ns from hell, "Hide for I his physician beyond the hills, end God will lie with you upon this errand of pity. "ltidel" I cried. He shook me off and laughed. "Sir," said lie, "you hove mistaken. I am no serf or bondman of yours, but the mere brother of this pitiful creature who is like to redeem Bomewhot of our honor within this night." At these moiisl rous words 1 fell back, staring at his white aud smiling face. "Why," said he lightly, "you will per ceive the situation. These six months 1 bate been minded to dissolve this pretty compact, aud but that you hid yourself so deftly those hands had surely done it. lint now the task Is taken from them; she will herself dissolve it w it hid tills night, I doubt not. It is a sure w ay out of a mighty unpleasant case." Ha blood twiddling his thumbs and smil ing at me. "What fiend are you that should be brother," I cried, finding voice nt last. "This is an lil time for a jest. Hide, ride!" I screamed, "for the devil is behind you." "I regret," said he. "to lind you at a loa for reason. You have no rye for logic at this moment, but it is obvious that your vision will Is; clearer by and by. You have pleasant home," said he, glancing through but a triuo noisy on a wiiuiy night, and lonely iu the time of plagues." God who mode you, said I, "judge you tlculate cry she raised her head, I threw liiiil away and fell upon my knees beside her. Her breath went soft upon myeheek: her bosom palpitated and was still. Spring lug from the room I rushed out of the house and leaped upon the panting home before the door; and, loosened by my leap, tho plague stricken, dusty body slipped from the stirrup and rolled full Into tlm moonlight upon the gravel, I dashed my bauds at tho reins, spurred nt the reeking beosl, and In n frenzy faced lie night bare headed, clattering for the cliffs, The horse, overworn wllh the hard riding of lis dead muster, and smitten, maybe, wllh some thing of the panic of that fearful country hie, shivered and I rem bled ou its way. The lire was gone from lis palsied limbs; Ha life was kjm-i 1 1 : its forelegs splayed ami taggeri'd on the hard chalk, and stumbling from point lo point we rolled together through the night. The winds now Mew from all quarters upon us, and stung iu)' sight so keenly that the llils fell with the quick pain. Out of the sea below they seemed lo rise up and take tbo beast Is-low Ills belly, lifting loin from his traitor feet. From the front they sprang at him, chill and gusty, choking the steaming breath back Into his gaping throat. While ever from the black hills they dashed upon us both as though to swirl iih lu I heir com pany over the sheer cliffs, where the while oca ran shouting n1on the walls below, In this helpless fashion I had gone but a mile or so, and wus come to where the mountain closes nil the sea and leaves but a ribbon of pathway, when I was aware of a rider thundering lu my rear. So swift was his sfieed that I had but turned un easily in my saddle ere ho hod swept by me; his pallid lace gleamed for an Instant in a set and cruel stare, and then bo was past the corner in the distant gloom. "Hide! ridel" I called; and my weak steed, struggling with the wind, followed behind him into the narrow pass. The great circle of the moon hung upon the sheer heights, and the silver streak of foot way ran white along the cliff verge. I hail imagined him n penitent assured thnt some grievous exhibition of his sister's plight had at lost made a call upon his humanity, and that he was thus tardily upon mine own errand. Hut as I entered upon the passage I perceived him standing there. In the moonlight, his face turned full upon me, his horse nt hand oblique across the pathway. As I rode up he raised ou arm and checked me. "Upon second thoughts," he said, "I cannot perceive that the performance of her manifest duty acquits me of mineown. You will dismount." I gazed at him In stupefaction naross the vapor from my horse's nostrils. "Come, you ore dull, you arc dull," he went ou impatiently. "You must know the consideration proper to ber blood. Be done with yo:ir wonder and dismount. I hove given the matter thought, ami, be lieve me, it is the one thing possible." ' It was then for the first time I took his meaning and the full significance of his hideous purpose flashed upon mo. I'assiou choked my voice. Out of my way!" I whispered hoarsely. Descend," he said; "or shall I break this creature tinder you? You make an uncommon fuss." He took n pistol from his belt. "Into the case of this," said he, 'I hove put my honor. Come." I ground my teeth and clinched my hand nliove my head. "Out of niy way, devil!" I cried, pushing the horse's nose upon him. He put it aside. "Nay," said he, eosily, "you may per haps ride ou hereufler If you hove the oc casion left you. LSy my soul, we must settle ou this spot, if I should pull you from the soddle. Your mistress shall find a fitting burial, I promise you, iu the tail of the morrow. "Dismount, my craven." The madness rushed upon nie iu a Hood, and I bent low upon my horse's neck. "Out of my way!" i yelled. He laughed. I struck my nails deep In the flanks, and with a start the beast leaped forward upon the white face iu the path. His horse be- iud him swerved and pulled, backing upon the cliff. The winds dropped from the heights in a gust. Spurring I drove at him. I saw the forefront of my horse Vpoised in the air n moment, nnd then (with a plunge lie Hung himself free upon the empty path; while with a sharp neigh of terror thnt other creature rolled in a tangle with the white, set face, slipped o'er the verge and fell from peak lo peak down tbe great precipice below. And at that instant the shrill wind came crying around the pillars of the hills, and I could hear, far oil and desolately still, the sound of a dull bell booming throngli the night. II. B. Marriott Watsoti in Na tional Observer. "CORN CUTTIN." Why a Keiilueky "tlal" Was at Work li tlm t'oriillvlil hihI Ilia Father toafail I was traveling ou horseback through Llllot con niy when, emerging from a Ion stretch of unbroken forest, 1 suddenly cams upon a field of weeds and corn at the left of the road. Hiding on a little distance observed, siring on the top railof the bad ly crippled fence, an old maii. He bad long heard, which would have been white had not a constant bath of amlwr kept it colored a brownish yellow. His nose was long and humped Itself into a high, thin position, separating his small eyes that" seemed trying persistently to get together, Ho hud an old white wool hat that rested Its rear suction on the occipital divlsiou of Ills cranium, while the right side of It sank down and lisik a rest on his fanlike ear. from numerous mouthllke rents ill all de partments of his old hat the bristly hnl protruded like tho brushes of a sign paint er. His Heels rested ou the third rail from the top, thus throwing his knees up to the iielghlHirhood of bis chest, On bis knee rested his elbow and in his long, bony palm hung his eliin, Two hounds sat be ueath It I in and gazed up at their lord and master with worshipful eyes. How do you do, old gentlemauf" was my greeting, delivered lu a tone of smiling suavity. "Mo Jia shout Hi I please this 'ere week, stronger." Don't you do as you please all the time? ' 1 returned, laughing. "Not ef the ole woman knows herself. and I ray t tier jciige sue do." " hereabouts do you liver' "On top o' this fence at the present writ- In." "Is that your corn over tlierer" "Part tiv it iz. also a part o' the weeds," "Who dix-s the other part beloug tot" , "Thar's several other parts." "Well, who do they belong tot" "Mostly to the hogs-cain't keep the dad burn creeters ter wait fer their part till It s gathered. 1 see a lauy cutting up corn over there." No, ye don't." Why, my eyes deceive me very niuch.lf I don't see a lady cutting up corn." "Will, yer eyes decelw ye, thin; thar's a gal over thar ciittin oil cornstalks." "Well, ha, ha! it's all the same." "No 'taln't. A lady's er lady, a gal's a gal, corn's corn, an cornstalks is corn stalks." "What 'gul' is it, as you call her?" "Don't know 'thout she's mine an me old woman s." "Who helps her cut? Do you?" "Sartlnly, I hep by my influence. Sail keep brnggiue on her, tell her ef she keeps Improvin she'll be sarched arter by all the most likely young fellers in the county that knows what a kind tiv gals makes the best wives." "Old man, to lie serious with you, I think it mighty strange that a young girl should lie nut to such hard work as that." "It do look a leetle strange, for most of 'em Iz too lazy ter do it. Ye wouldn't ex pect ter see er man like me, er true blue gentleman, at sich work hissef, wud ye?" "Weil, I don't think it the proper thing for a young girl to be at such work, l m quite sure." " Wal, thot may lie, stranger, but see hur, lonkee how it Iz, The gal must do it, 'cose it's this er w ay, stronger: The old woman's down at the house, both legs broke, uu can't git out gUt now ter cut it liersef." James Noel Johnson in New Y'ork Kpocu. Grand and impressive as this apartment is ; it is mediocre when compared with some of those on the upper floors. One In particular , Is deserving of special mention. Resplendent in blue and gold is tins magic chamlier, while the lloor is of blocks of wood not more than an inch square, brought from all portions of the wrloVliy the missionaries sent out by the church. Another apartment adjoining is still rtorc beautiful. White and gold are used, and the effect is to dazzle the eye. The tapes tries are all of the purest white and are for this!" "1 am the brother of this tiling," said be, jerking his finger at the couch, "thot soon shall lie a corpse. With that she will have passed beyond tbe dishonor of our honor able house. And yet," he continued as though he would Iwg me a favor, "though the lie no wife of yours, I have hopes you i 111 conduct her oliscquies In the decorous f i-hion of vour race. It is said you toll t he ileotb ttcll in these hours of dissolution. Though the plague have rid you of your domestics, I perceive a serviceable veteran r eilir All ib. I.nsi,,. .ml vm I here, whom doubtless you win instruct in are of the finest onyx, delicate in tint, and prnr behavior. in such profusion that the sight would drive dealer in this product insane with envy. To be permitted to look upon I lie mag niflceut work for an hour is said to lie wort h a year of one's life and strip across the world. C. M. Jackson in Harper's Weekly A Mlnuts Volume. A complete translation of Dante's "Di vine Comedy" was exhibited at the Taris exhibition of lwj, the volume being so tiny that it measured leasthau naif su inch square. It comprised U,tt verses and Wat contained in 600 pages. He paused as though for an answer, but I, speechless with horror and a growing mod tiow , crouched desperately back against the wall. "Y'ou are uncivil in your silence," he re turned. "No doubt it were dista-teful in your eyes to treat your mistress as your wife. And yet you will pardon me if, out of respect for what is still the (i ing ixsly of my kinswoman, I take upon myself to order tliis ceremony upon your In-half." He had scarce erased ere I hail flungupon him; but at that very second the lifesurged In niy lore one more, and with an In.nr A Critique froiti the llHldlieuded Kow Those who attended the first performance of tho "Alabama" at, the Academy Music, anil who were fortunate enough to secure souls in the proximity of the row set aside by tho writers of 'be funny column for the owners of beads iu need of hair restorative, were treated to an origi mil dissertation on the plot of "Julius Cinsor" by two gentlemen of tbo "gent" iilripe. One of them asked the other if he had ever seen any of lioke.speore's plays, whereupon the following conversation, token dow n at the time in shorthnnd, eu Sued: Secoud Gent Shakespeare? Who? l)e lure? First Gent Aw, nawl Der fellah what wrote "JuliiKi Ciwsar," "Milliard do Third,1 de "Two Orphans" and dem shows. Didn't yer never seo none of dem? Second Gent Nawl I don't like dem sad pitces nohow. First Gent Well, I tell yer. I'm dead stuck on "Julius Ciesor." It's a great show. Y'er see, it's just like (lis: Like you and me was always running together and me, I was Julius tie-ar, and you, you was lirul us, ami like I was all del- time treat ing yer to der beer and giving yer cigur Its and deu after yer done blowed me fer oil de stuff yer wonted and played me fur sucker yer gives me de shake ami jabs yer knife In me. See? Well, dots de way Hrutus done Julius 1'icsor. Second Gent Well, I say dot wasn't no square deal! First Gent Now, it wasn't no square deal, dot's what I tell yer. Hut, see, Julius (Vsor's sou wot (ley coll Mark Au tony, be gits on to de market and he mokes a speeidi an de people dey gets so mad (ley runs Hrutus clean out of de town and be kilt hisself. Oh, I tell yer, "Hi( hard de Third" and "Julius Ciesor" ore two boss sliows fer me. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Greek Method nf Voting. Ill electing ollicers t lie Greeks voted by show of hands. Often ollicers were ap pointed by lot. White and black beans were used for lots, and those who were un derstood to lie hungry for office received the suggestive name of Is-ine.ilers. The idea here was that every citizen was good enough to bold olliie, and this was I he most impartial nay of dividing the spoils. They never used a secret ballot for candi dates in the modern fashion, but only to vote against them. If party spirit was running high, and tbe power of a laws was grow ing dangerous, a vote of exile was ordered. Hack citizen wrote a name on an oyster shell or a piece of broken crockery and put this vote se cretly into the Ikix. Any boss against whom there was a sullicient majority must leave t lie country for ten years. This peculiar institution, called ostra cism, is really the nearest approach tbe Greeks m.ide to a nusleru ballot system. Ostracism went out of use because on a certain liulHirtant occasion the thunder bolt failed to hit either of the prominent leaden, but struck a comparatively ob scure person. The details are not quite clear. It has lieen suggested, however, that the great bosses made a deal by whkh they were to let each other alone and give all the votes to a troublesome third party man. This result was so unsatisfactory to the neonle th.it ostracism was given up. New Y'ork r.veuing Suu. Kleotrio Heating Mata. Murk Dewey has devised nu apparatus to render electric heating effective and eco nomical iu houses or cars or public build ings. Floor mats similar to those in gen eral use can be employed fur the heater, the only essential requirement being that (lie mats be provided with heat radiating conductors ami connected to suitable sup ply conductors. These mats are perfectly safe and elTectire and require but a low tension current. They can be arranged so that ''. is Impossible to touch the conductor of the mat accidentally, but even if the conductor iu the mat is not protected spe chilly, it is utterly impossible to receive shock by contact in any way with the mat. The large exposed radiating surface area of tho mat heater will euoble it to de velop and radiote a great amount of heat without becoming very hot; that is, not hot enough to burn wood, leather or rub ber iu contact with it, and thus the disad vantages due to the fact that the heat is concentrated in a particular locality, as lu the old svstem, is done away with. These mat heaters ure especially adapted for heating rooms and halls in houses, They may be mode entirely of nickel or bronze and formed into a grating of orna mental design, which can rest upon the tiling or marble aud have its upper Biirface level with the floor. Pittsburg Dispatch. A Weak Illustration. A stanch old liaptlst wanted to illual rate the three sects, Methodists, Episcopalians snil Hardshell liaptlsu. Ho be look chestnut into the pulpit one day, and hold ing It up to the congregation, hegaui "My friends, you see this chestnut; well, this outer burr here is like the MothmliaU, soft sud spongy, with no strength Into It, See, I even mash It with my Angers," and suiting the action to the word, be sloughed It off and disclosed the Inner nut. and said: This Inner nut la likethe Kptsrnpaiians; smooth and dry and velvety, with no sub stance lu it." "Hut the kurnul, the kurnul, my Chris tian friends, Is like our good old primitive, Hardshell liaptlst faith-full ol fatness snd sweetness." He then proceeded to give his hearers an ocular demonstration of bis Illustration by crunching the chestnut between bis toeth, and at the same time blowing the moldy meat nit over the pulpit aud ex claiming, to the sstonbibDient of every body: "ily Jinks, it's rotten!"-F.ll Perkins' Book. Insurance uti Scansry. The Item rf insurance to traveling the atrical companies Is sn important one. Kvery company carries from fJ.000 to f 10,000 worth of scenery and properties. On this they carry a queer Insurance pol icy at 8 per centum. - The wsrdrobes and properties of a spectanilarshow are usually more or less covered by insurance at the same rate. They are valued at from 15,000 to 115,000, aud wardrobes and scenery and properties often aggregate a large sum of money. The insurance policy ds queer because it expressly differs from all other kinds of fire Insurance lu not requiring a stated place of use or storage. It comes high, but careful managers consider such in surance a good investment. New York Herald. The Award In Modern Warfare. At present tlie sword In any form is sel dom employed ill warfare. Neither tbe saber of the cavalrymau nor tbe cutlass of tbe sailor is used to any extent. Cavalry charges are seldom made, and there is very little room for the old time custom of boarding men-of-war and engaging the en emy band to hand on tbe decks nf oar new and wondrotisly armed ironoJads. The swonl In naval warfare bos given way to the gigantic steel ram by which one vessel goes crashing into another. The ram may be more terrific and deadly In its work, but the hand to hand cutlass fight of the last century is by far tlie more picturesque and thrilling to the general reader. Kate r leld s ashingtou. Msnv s young man has a great future ahead of him. the great dlllleulty is Unit it persists In keening there. sriNUINO AKOIINI) TDK OBCI.l PUBLIC HPKAKINfl. This ia one of the heaviest strains that oomes upon any man or woman. A little cold, a little hoarseness, and the work it done. The best of ability is rendered ab solutely useless. Mark Guv Pearse, the eminent Lnglush preacher, writes as follows: " UKOFORU r-LAi s, KDSBRI.I, Oyt'ABC,! London. December 10. 1W8. f "I think it onlv riirht that I should tell voti of how much use I find AllcocK Poaot's Plastiks in niv family snd anions those to whom I have recommended them. 1 lind them a very breastplate against colds anil cougna. .mark uuv i-kabss. liiiAMiBBTH s t ills always give suusiac- tion. It's a fact that I'm more or less crooked mused the corkscrew, " hut I've always got iny pun. Of the iilsee lo which It Is adapted wllh Ihe heal remilla, HiMietler'a Stomach Itinera, a fam ily nivilleluii, eoniireheuiilv In in aroiw, haa never been Ihrunt Hfsm public atleuiiuii lu the fiilae of s iiiiiveral pMiiaiwa (or IsNlily Ilia. 1 hia chilm, daily arnsialcd in Ihe rnliiiniia ol Ilia dully preM by Ilia proprietor" ol inedielnea lar Inferior In il aa iiwelllea, haa In a Ibiuiuinil Ilia surra dltKiuIrd Ilia public in advance by ita aliaiirdlir, ami Ihe pns l ol oilier reuirdiea ol aiqierlor iiialltiea have been haiidieapiMsl by tlie ,reteiikliina of their worliileaa iiruileeeiiaora. Hut Ihe American people know, fweaiiao llii'y have viirllli-d the (net by the mol trying fetata. that the Itinera imaacuee the virtues ol a rent Ih-cIIIg In eaMvol malarial aud liver illaoriler. coiiatiwilion, nervous, rliemiialle. itomaeh anil aliliiev iroiilile. Whnl it doea II iliHie IhnrntiKh l)',ainl mainly for thla reason II la Indorsed and reconiniuiideil by hem ol resx'lable medical men. The increase ol alialnlhe-drinklni In France liows a iniMt deplorable combination ol liaiil aud worinwiMsi. HOW'N THISI We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any cane of r-itsrrh thai cannot he cured by Hall's Catarrh ( lire. Y. J. ( 11KNKV A ' 0 Toledo, O. We, the underalrned, have known Y. J. Che ney for Ihe lal lflu-eu years, anil believe hlin p rfecily honnrahhtlii all biiaiueaa Iranasetioni anil financially able to carry out aiiyolillgalloui made by Iheir llrni. wfexr A TKI'AX, Wholesale Uriicgiati, Toledo, O. M'AI.IMNII, RINNAN A MAKVIN, Whnletale lirmritlata, Toledo, O, Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken iiilernally.aeliiif directly iimiii Ihe bliNid sud luucoua siirfscee of the ayatem. Teaiiiiioulala aeiit free. Price, 76 eenla per bottle. Hold by all druggltts. rseKnamellueSloverollsb; no dust, no smell. PRINTERS e -AND- PUBLISHERS WILL FIND A FlIU, LINK OF- TYPE, Presses, Printing Material and Machinery For sale at lowest prices and most advantageous terms at Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, Cor. Front and Alder Streets, PORTLAND. OR. Write for prices sud terms before buying elsewhere. Tit Omnia for breakfast. To the Right Spot Kvery dose seemed to to, when I beean lo take Hood's Barsaparllla. I had a bad coimh for nearly two yean, com ing on after the grip. I tried puyelolans, wont twloe to the not Springs of Arkansas, but ill did no good. I got I bottle Dexter Curtis, Of Hood's Ssursapa rills and It gave me relief it once. I took six bottles and im better every way." Pixrsa Curtis, Uadlson, Wis, Got Hood's, because Hood'siCures Hood's Plll cure all Liver Ills. 290. 60c ts., and V ; Tjflill m -Jl $l.C0per DotttoI 11 II If X I Ouecentidose. Vmmti I KIDNEY, Bladder, I'rlnsry snd Liver Dlseaaea Dropsy Uravel sud Ulabetea are cured by HUNT'S REMEDY THE BE8T KIDNEY AND LIVER MEDICINE. Ited Kalll Fell. In Jtarcli, 1813, the people of Gerace, in Calabria, saw n terrific cloud advancing from the sea which gradually changed from a pale hue to a fiery red, entirely shutting off tlie light of the sun. Soon after the town was euveloied in darkness and the inhabitants rushed to the cnthe dral, supposing that the end of the world was at bund. Meanwhile the fiery red cloud covered the whole heavens, and amid terrific penis of thunder, accompanied by vivid flashes of forked lightning, red rain fell iu large drops, which were imagined by tlie excited populace lo be drops of blood or die. The Btrauge shower continued to fall until evening, wben the clouds dispersed. Analyses made of tbe fluid showed that its coloring matter was alight dust of marked earthy taste. Probably this dust was ejected by tin active volcano, carried for a great distance by wind and precipi tated with the rain. Washington Star. An Opinion on Marriage. This is what a man says who has tried marriage for fifty years and ought to know something about it: ".Marriage a failure! Those who say so are poor guides and poor observers. Tlicy forget that happiness means contentment, und contentment does not rindi into the newspapers. Of course, there are unhappy marriages, but this only proves that unfortunate couples have mudo mistakes. They arc to blame, not the institution. I have been married half a century, aud marriage has been my sal vation. My wife is the liest friend I ever lind. My advice to men and women is, (let married.' It is tbe only natural state. All nature bunts in couples, and nature is a far lietter teacher than a corrupt and sel fish faction of society." And the man who paid this tribute to womanhood not long liefore bis wife's death was the no- bieM. itotunn of them all Allen U. 1 nur man. Kxchange. A prise was offered by a merchant in I-anraMcr. Ph., to the man who made the nearest cuo to the time a candle would burn. The wine r gurd the time exarf, ly, even to s second six hours, twenty four minutes snd ten seconds. The Value of Local Kxpreealon. IiCt us not say too much against local pe culiarities of expression or idioms in em bryo. They are the life of tlie language. If it had not been for the facility of the Knglish in taking up and giving the au thority of usage to these odd phrases, many of w hich are illogical, iucorrect, intrinsic ally ridiculous, we should have a dead, formal speech like the Spanish, or a pretty and graceful but fatally uuehutic tongue like the French. It ia not desirable that all Anulo-Saxon nations should speak Eng lish exactly alike or that New England should talk just like South Dakota. Lift us thank heaven for the pleasing diversity of speech that we still have on this big continent aud pray that the time will be long in coming when schoolmasters shall have succeeded in running ns all into ons aulovely moldl Boston Transcript, I'aea of Amber. A large quantity of amber, particularly the coarser kind, is exported to China, where it is used in the form of powder in incense. It is used also in the manufacture of varnishes for carriages, builders and photographers. The kind used for car riages is expensive, snd it takes s longtime to dry, but it is harder snd more Impene trable than any varnish known. Philadel phia Times. Goodheart's Snddew Chaag. Returned Tonrist Is Mr. Good heart still paying attentions to yonr daughter "Indeed he isn't paving ber any atten tion stall." "Indeed! Did he jilt her?" "Xo, be married her." New York Weekly. A "ftf.V COW" and " used-up" feeling is the first warning that vour liver isn't douig Its work. And, with a torpid liver and tbe iniDure blood that fol lows it, youVe an easy prey to all sorts of ail ments. That is the time to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. As Hulnr.. BUI aUiniuiliK, stow. tlve tonlo, to repel disease and budd up the needed tlesh aaid strength, there's nothing to equal It. It nouses every ra-pan hihj neuuu ful action, psrifies and enriches tho blood, braces up the whole system, and restores health aud vigor. For every disease caused by a disordered uver or Impure blood, a is tne ouiy guaran teed remedy. If it doeun't benefit or cure, in every case, you nave your money uc. $300 Is offered, by the proprietor of Dr. Sseel Citarrh Remedy,, for an in curable raise of Catarrh. Their remedy nerfectlv intl permanently curci the worst cases. 99 'August Flower My wife suffered with indigestion and dyspepsia for years. L,ife be came a burden to her. Physicians failed to give relief. After reading one of your books,' I purchased a bottle of August Flower. It worked like a charm. My wife received im mediate relief after taking the first dose. She was completely cured now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat anything she desires witnout any deleterious results as was formerly the case. C. H. Dear, Prop' r Wash ington House, Washington, Va. Baking Pon der Purity arid Leavenin&Povv'er UNEQUALED. CASH PRICES To Introduce onr Powder, we have de termined todlstrlbute among tbe cnnsum era a namber of C AHU PUIZEB. to the peraoaorclnb returning nsthelargest mitnberofcertlticsiesonor baforeJunel, 189, we wi 1 1 (rive a caah prtte of 100, and - to the net largest, numerous oUierprlaee rani lag from SS to S75 1.N C AB U. Tma Orbit Coron Cuhb promptly euro niwra tui uinerv itlu, vougna, vrvup, agra Throat, Hoarseness, hooping Cough and ) aiinma, ror wonsumpiiva rc naa no nvai; has cured thouaands, and will CTRI too If taken in time. Bold by Druggists on guar antee. For Lame Back or Cheat use BHILOH'B BBLLADONNA FLASTEKJUO, S1 lie HILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY. ave vou fatarrh I This remedv Is runran- leeauicureyou. moe,ouois. jnjwnoriroe. MASQUERADES, PARADES, 111 A flATM II TIIFATUICMrtt Kvurythttiff In (he tibovt' line. (-ostunioB, Wigs, Bmri'ls. I'nuvrtlt'ft. Oihtii hii1 JMht Kmikn. etc., (iiniislieil Ht grt'rttly ret lured mien ami lu mpe- rmr .mHiiiy iy uiemuuKi, mriri'Mi, ih'ni runowuea 11 ml ihervfore only reliable Theatrical ttttpply Hon? on the ltrijic Corrurtpomle.H'e no- neiitHi. lioMwTKiN iY mi., .w, z Hun itu u'mrreu Htrt'W. hIho nw Mtirket Hlreut.Hnii Krauriwo. We Hiiiitil v alt Thrntrr nu the Coant. to whom we re. apcc.iu.iy roivr. IB ns THIS IS THK TIME TO order your SUMMKR RUI.l.EfW. You want Uia aaar i thaVa lha onlv kind we deal in, Then send your order lor the BUST KOIXKRS and INKS to I'AI.MER di REY TYrK FBKY Pobtlano, ua. DR. GUMS ONION SYRUP F0R COUGHS. COLDS AUD CROUP. GRANDMOTHER'S ADVICE. In ratiln family of nine ohIldrra mr only ma IT Now roy grandchildren tnV Dr. Gunna Onion Byrup dy for CouRhi, Colds and Croup wu onion syrup. It iijUKMeneoMraio-aiy it was ion; whloh la already preDared and mort ptoaaant to tbo laaia. ooia everywnera. iirg iwuifi ou wuis, TkonoiutUtutlQriU Ttau-e's BoUUntf w goods SOCIETY BADGES. A. FEI.DENFIKIM ER. Leading Jew eler el the l'aclnc North wet, keeps a large biock oi an SECRET SOCIETY BADGES on hand. Beat Roods at low est figures. Badgea maae u) oruer. FRAZER AXLE GREASE Best in the World! fist tho Genuine! FRANK WOOLS BY, Asent, Fortland. Or. CL0SSET4 DEVERS, PORTLAND, Or. rsr. - Tne Best Waterproof Coat In the WORLD I The FL'H hKAN'n SUCKER la wirranud itrr. Iproer, aiidinllknpriradiylnitobardrititorm. T! new ei.ii kkii it a artct rutin Mat. .mi kOTTratheflura.M:f,. BewarafliaitatkDS. fr-n't a coal m tna - in lsnmi it not on It. inn.tra- CatAj"ne frre. A. J. 1 OWES, Buatoo. Maaa. Ihnr a aaialcLaUKifciald CaaanexlTe aod esovie wbo Save weak lungs or Asta sia, sboaM us Plao'a Can for Caasompuoa. It aa cared tSMaaaate. It haa sot Intar don. II la cot bad to lass. uiauaa awt eonira amp, BOW ail a I aajaaiJai . r. . v. n-. r. n. u. ju. ms tales Gas Engine IUAB ua UASULi.,aj Mads for Power or Pumping Purpose. The Cheapeat Reliable Gas Engine on the Maikec Out oe Knoini as Pun. For Simplicity It Beats the World. It oils luolf from a Reeerrolr, No Carburetor to get oat of order. Mo Batteries or Electrla Spark. It nun wtUi s Cheaper Orao of GaaoUoe thaa an oilier Kogloe. SXND roS CATALOOtTS TO PALMER & REY, MAHUFAOTUSma 4SS luum Stmt, Su Frucbn, CaL POKTLA1TO, OSBOOM. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Brrght'i Placate, Retention or Non-retention ol Urine, hslus In the Back, Loins or Side. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Intemperance, Nerrnits Plcatei, (ienoral Debility, r'eniaie Woskiieaa and Kxieaaes, HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Bllloiiiiicsa. Headache, Jaundice. Hour Stomach, Uyapepala, C'oiutlpntioli ami files. HUNT'S REMEDY At! SJ AT ONCE on the Hldnrra. l iver and Howrla, reatoring Ihcm lo a healthy ao Hull, and t'l KKMwhen all other medicines tall. Hundreds have becu lavctl who have been given up to die by (rieuda and phyalciatu. NOI.D BY A 1.1. liltTUUIStM. Pari DOCTOR 's tan f, THE GREAT CURE KOR INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION. -A Regulator of the Liverand Kidneys A Bl'KClFIC FOR Scrofula, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Neuralgia And All Otber Blood and Skin Diseases. Il la a positive cure lor all those nalnful. deli cate complaints and complicated troubles und nriikncaaca common among our wives, mothers and daughters. The effect ia immediate nnd iHstlnir. Two or three doses ol Dr. Pakukk's Kkmhuv lukeu dully keeps the blood cool, the liver and klduevs act ive, and will entirely eradicate Ironi the system all trace- ol Scrofula, Salt Khetun, or any other form ot blood dlacuae. No medicine ever introduced in this country haa met with auch ready stile, nor iflven such universal satlslsction whenever used as that ol I1R. I'AKDKK'S KKMK1IY. 'i'hla remedy has been lived In the horpltnla throughout the old world lor the nast iwentv- tlvo years as a specific for the above 'diseases, aud It has and will curewheu ullotlier so-ealleii remedies fall. Hend for Oamnhletnf tentlmntiliila from thnsn who have been cured bv Ita mo. Druggists noil It at 11.00 per bottle. Try It and ho convinced. For tale by MACK & CO., 9 and II Front St., San Francisco. BLOOD POISON A SPECIALTY. i7; Syphtm permanently cured In 16 to 85 days. You can be treutod at homo for tbe same price and ttiu Bnmerunrantetat with those who prefer to coma pc re we win contract 10 can mem or renina iaoocr and par expense of coming, railroad, fare andhoul bills. If we fall to cure. If too have token nier cnrTi louiue potoin( ana sun Dave acnes ana mns, nttcoui"atcneiiin mourn, Hor ri nroat rimpies onDcr-t'oiorea (snots, u icerson an part of tho bod 7, Ilnlr or Fyehrown fnlllni Impleaif'oppciM'olorcd Spots, U Icerson any lit or tho bodr. Ilnlr or t vpbrowii rnlllnu out. It Is this Byphllltle llf-OOU POMOS that we ffnarstntce to cure. We solicit the most obstinate cases and ch11enff tho world inr a ease we cannot care ThlsdfseasobnaaJwaya baflled the skill of tlia monteralnent phrsi- elenss, AOe,000 capital behind onr uncondi tional ananuuee. ADaoiiiinnronniriontf'aicn on application. Address 4 OOK. it KM I'll X CO., UUM to 1US1 Aliwonlc Temple, C'blcuffO, u MBC WINCinUTC SOOTHING IIIIIUi HlllVJLUW Q SYRUP - FOR CHILDREN TEETHING Fsr sals br all llranUts. S&CeaUaasttU, Brooklyn Hotel 208-212 Bust St., San Francisco. This favorite hntl is nnripr thA msnmrpmpnt not the best Family and Business Men's Hotel in San Francisco. ome Comforts! Cuisine Unexcelled I Flrat-claai service and the highest standard ol resnertabilltr guaranteed. Our rwima cannot be lurpaurd for nentntu ami eimjnrt. Hoard and room oer dav. II. 24. 11.50. 11. 75 and l-i- board and room per week, 17 to li; single rooma, 600 wi. rree coscn to ana irom Hotel. ITORIJIO FTLES known tr molftnre I1K0 perp:raUon.ca'je iausnae - Itablcs whfo warm, fr.li f-rra acd BLUI), fiUSZDLNll or FHOTnUSittO) tlli TtKLDATCCBTO DR. BO-SAN K0 S PILE REMEDY, which aeta diwctlr oa par:a affertM. abaorn. tumon, , : y f HAVE YOU GOT Oft V O ponnso'Dtcara- stJbW C" IT 18 IGNORANCE THAT WASTES EFFORT." TRAINED SERVANTS USE SAPOLIO RHEUMATISM CURED BY THE USE OF Rloore's Revealed Remedy. Aarosta. Ossbow. Jan nary la I can state with pleasure that by the sie of rx.RS S KKVKALED EEMKDT SIT hoabasd aullnaa (mm an n .1 j RHBTMATWaf and my rOTofwt boy mredroUretyo! INFLAMMATORY RHU SUTIaJl waaa Um bmt doctor I rnuld &i& his ao r"1 Yo.,ra In rt-md. MBA . tOLD ST TOCB DB.MIST. t. mui . 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