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tli cat of the additional profit derived there from. Crudely mixed from low-grade, impure ingredients, such powders cost but half as much to make as the highly refined, abso lutely pure Royal Baking Powder, although retailed at the same price. They are un wholesome and lacking in leavening strength. Royal Baking Powder gives the greatest value for its cost, and there is no other powder or preparation that will give such satisfaction, or make such pure, wholesome and delicious food, or which in practical use will be found so economical. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., "WHAT ARE WE HERE FORI" Web rUuuru't Own Story of Bow II Uttered the ruuu Bemsra. "Flanagan of Texas" Is a name that always brings up a famous question, "What are we hore for?" Whether iu New York, Chioago or Ban Frauoisco, that name on the hotel rpgiBtor always brings crowd of people to see the man who originntod one of the most famous phrases in American politics. The sen tence has gone into history and become a part of it It was one of the memora ble inoidonts of one of tho most memo rable conventions that ever assembled in America the Chicago national Re publican convention which defeated Grant and nominated Garfield. vor since then somebody in every con ven tion, large or small, has arison to ask, "What are we hero for?" Wob Flana gan of Henderson, Rusk county, Tex., is the man who said it first of alL To a writer for the Galveston News Flana gan told the story of the phrase. This is the wny he told it: "It was in Chicago In 1880. I was a member from Toxas in tho national con tention. When the committee on plat form and resolutions reported, Barker of Massachusetts offered to insort a plank pledging the party to civil sorvioe re form. I arose in my place and said: 'Mr. President, Toxas has had quite enough of civil service reform. Out of 1,800 offices in that state 1,000 of them are filled by Democrats. We bolieve that to the victors belong the spoils. Every proposition of this sort oomes from states that are threatened with a Mugwump invasion. Sir, the boys in the trenches are demanding recognition. Party service entitles them to something at the party's hands. Thoy need the offloes, and, sir, what are we here for but for the offloos?' Immediately the jaiomitaa mid th imllcrios veiled. Thoy shouted tilL they were Jioarse. and it mmu nuvnrnl intlltltltfl lKlfoTB the CUuirillUU was finally able to restore ordor. The nave ilnv rhn Inrridnnt was in all of the papers, and from then till now it has been traveling arouna uie cunu. i uuva seen it in foreign papers and have hoard It time ana again in uauuuiu uuuvuu tions sinoe then. It was simply a foroi Tiln WAV T hnd nf exnressinir mvself. I never had the slightest idoa that my chief claim to lame snouia do u uiiuhw expression in the confusion of a great national body. " A Wifely Argument. "John," snid the wife, looking up from the paper, "here is a writer who says wives ought to do all in their power to render themselves attractive in the eyes at their husbands. What do you think of tlmt?" "What do I think of itf It think it Is sound common sense. That's the kind of thing to print for women's reading. Wom en should be taught their duty if they do not know it 1 heartily agree with the sen timent." "So do I. And I may add that a new bonnet and gown would render me twice as attractive iu your eyes as 1 am now." "Mary," wild the husband, "you should bave charge of the Abuka seal business and the fisheries question." New York Press. The Name of Easter. The name Easter Is derived, as some sup pose, from Kostre, the title of a Saxon deity whose feast was celebrated every year in the spring about the same time as the Christian festival, the name being re tained when the charucter of the feast was changed, or, as others suppose, from oster, which signllies rising. If the hitter propo sition be correct, Easter Is in name as well as reality the feast of the resurrection. Philadelphia Ledger. Biggest House In Chicago. A company at Naples are preparing a mosaic, representing the return of Colum bus to Spain, for Mr. Kurber of Chicago, who is building a palace in that city to bo the Columbus palace, and which will be the largest private house in America. The mosaic measures about W square feet and jMUsjKrieiOiyjiivHjJorn VES ITS MARK 'uftil irrcgulnrities v upon women, 'lie figure, ruin ake you old wk well, lot beset 'reacrip- proner ies the icluily sleep, t's a inic h tit; Mi OUSEKEEPERS who are wise will not be persuaded in to the purchase of the unre liable baking powders which some dealers wish to sell for IO WALL ST., rllW-YORK LAST OF A STRANGE PIlGIIIM BAND. A Main Woman Iu Jaffa Awaiting Christ's Boeond Coming. An intoresting story came to the sur face at Friday's midweek meeting at the old Stone church. The lion, uoorge a. Ely related an incident of woman's fuitb that came nndor bis notice during a re cent trip through the Holy Land. In company with four or five tourists, Mr. Ely was seated on a piazza of a hotel in Jaffa when bis attention was attracted to half a dozen boys playing in the street below. All but one of the boys had swarthy complexions characteristic of the country, and the one exception was light coinplexioned, witn perfect Cau casian features. "That boy," said one of the gentle men, "looks to me as though he be longed to the streets of New York in stead of Jaffa.'' Their interest in the little fellow was aroused to such an ex tent that they went down to inquire, and to their surprise he spoke a little English. lie said he lived with his moth er a short distance up the street, and the party, including Mr. Ely, walked up street and entered the woman's house, which proved to be a hovel of the worst kind. Thoy addressed her in English, and she was beside herself with joy to hear her native tongue spoken, and to their utter astonishment she told them that her home is in Maine. "Maine, my good woman! What in the world are you doing here!" asked one of the party. The woman then explained that many years since a number of men and women in the Maine village she came from were carried away with the idea that the sec ond coming of Christ was near at hand, and that when he does come he will first appear in Palestine. A colony scraped up all their savings or years, ana witn their families they emigrated to Jaffa to be on hand when Jesus appears. "Do they all live hero?" was asked. "They did," she replied, "but some of them, discounted and tired or waiting, went buck to America, the rest died, and I am here all alone with my boy." "And how do yon support yourself?" "By washing for strangers, and I have a hard time doing it. borne weeks all J can do is to keep from starvation." One of the men told the woman that Jaffa wus no pluce for her and advised her to go back to America with her boy, give him a good American education and bring him up as an Amorican citizen, but the woman simply smiled at the sug gestion. Returning to the hotel, the gentlemen, all of whom were well to do, figured out the cost of sending the woman and her boy back to her native village in Maine, mude up a purse and threw in enough for incidental expenses and spending money. Tills done, they offered her the money and a good round sum it was but she absolutely refused to touch a penny of it. "This is quite a temptation," sue sum, 'but I came here to await the second coming of Christ, and I intend to remain here until he cotuos, unless I die first." That wus her ultimatum, and no amount of argument could dissnade her from her course. Clevoland World. EDWIN BOOTH'S UNHAPPINESS. To Ills Daughter He Hays Ho Wiu Never (rally Happy. A number of letters writton by Edwin Booth to his daughter and intimate friends are published iu Tho Century. The following one to his daughter gives on index to tho melnncholy that was so marked in his disposition: Nkw Yohk, Jan. E, 1KH8. I hav won Roan several times and shall sny giKxlliy tomorrow. 1 do nil 1 can for her, lint ni.tlilni, nminrth can render her lonely life Irs weary, pour soul I As fur Owl's rcwurd for what I have none, 1 can nanny uppriHinui It. Tlsniore like punishment for misdeeds (of whh-h I'vo done many) than (train for iiood ones (if I'vudono any), IIimiclcHancH lathe antor's fate, phynlud Incnimcity to attain what Is moat required and uwiri ny mien a spirit oa 1 am slave to. If the.ro lie rewnnls, I certainly am well imld, but hard schooling In life's thankless lessons liaa mode me some what of a philosopher, and I've learned to tako the buffets and rewards of fortune, with iipinl thanks, and In suffering all to suffer 1 won't say nothing, hut comiairntlvely little. Diek Stoddard wrote a loeiil culled "The King's Bell," which tits my earn exactly (you may have wad It). He dedicate it to Uirtnur Uruhaiii, who never knew an unhappy day In his brief lifo, Instead of to mc, who never knew a really happy one. Yon mustn't suppon1 from this tluit I'm ill In mind or body. On the contrary, I am well eiioiiuh In both. Nor am I a pessimist. I merely wuiited yon to know tlmt the sugar of my life is bitter sweet per hups not mow so than every man's whoso ex perience baa been above and below thusurfaoo. UustncHa ban continued largo and Increases a little every night. The play will run two weeks longer. Sunday nt 4 o'clock 1 start for Baltimore, arriving thereat 10 o'clock. Tomorrow n nun-llngof actors, nuuiagersand artists at breakfast to discuss nnd organize, if possible, a theatrical club like the Uurrlck of London. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Fact or Fiction About Two Great Fair Awards. A newspaper paragraph denounces as 'false" the claim o( a baking powder "iDany to an award at the World's Whom ran it mean? inlvnot Ir. Price's. WliyT He the records show, Dr. Price's competed and lereiveil the -rl both at Chicago and the 'Mwinter Fair. The award luded Gold Medal. The pronounced it the the most whole II theliakingpow 'nce is nnques- ers of a New beled "ab i" false" ndeed, sid- JO A Salvation Army Corps In the California State Prison. SHE C0STICTS AS EVANGELISTS. Dos of Them Is Murderer, Another Is Digger Indian, Foar Are Long Term Men and All Seem to IK Earnest In Their Work. Felons all an the nine mon who make up tho queerest corps of Salvationists In the world tho corps that hns the Califor nia state prison at San Quontln for Iu barracks. Nine evangelists In stripes, they pruy, preach and sing for the eternal salvation of the 1,200 others of their kind, held, llko themselves, In the grip of the law, adjudged guilty of the worst crimes men can commit, deemed too dangerous to bo at Inrue. Nino soul savors whom armed men watch unceasingly by night and day, whoso bodies at least aro In the enforced service of a state which could endure thom no longer as members of tho body politic. This one dipped his hands in his neighbor's blood a murderer; that ono, hnvlng nothing, broko Into the house of the man who had much a thief; this other went forth at night mnakod and armed to lurk in the shadows and to kill or cripple and despoil whom he might take unawares a robber. And now, wearing the stripes of crime and ihaino, those nine labor for the good of that very society whose laws they have violated. They are reformed, and tbey are spreading such light as they havo that It may shlno through prison bars and grated doors Into dark cells and darker souls. But no amount of piety may case the bonds that bind tho convict. Tho Salva tionist's cell is as tightly barred as any of them. The deadly dullnoss of lifo in prison is not least among its trials, says the San Francisco Chronicle. That is one reason why the Salvation corps is of interest to the oonvlots it Is a prison novolty. The Solvation Army seeks its rcoru.lt any where. The lower down In the muck heap the man who is saved, the greater the glory. There Is plenty of that sort of material In San Qiientln, so the army has long been campaigning there, sending an ofllcer on alternate Sundays to hold meet ings among the men In stripes. Some time ago the work began to toll. A pris on corps was talked of, and, the warden approving, one was formed. Now it has nine soldiers, with a short termor acting as sergeant, 11 recruits and 18 convorts. Four of the convict Salvationists are long term mon, and one of them Is in for life. The latter, Frederick Woods, is about 40 years old, and ho usod to be con- SALVATIONISTS IN BTUIPES. sldorod a dangerous prlsonor. He was a principal of the Modesto school before tho shadow fell on bis life. There was a long oourso of drinking, a game of cards, a quarrel, a shot too well aimed and San Quontln for lifo. Woods roads much, speaks with an easy, cultured accent, and for all his stripes seems out of place. Lewis Tuoker, the sergeant of the corps, was a drunken, degenerate, member of the Salvation Army before ho wont to San Quontln for an attempted robbery. Ills term expires on Jan. Sit, and then he will go to the Oakland burraoks. Another of the Salvationists is a Dig ger Indian serving a long term for man slaughter, and another, a half breed, with tho Spanish strain predominating In his dark southern face, has a long term to serve for killing the man who stole his wife. Of such are the San Quentln Sal vationists. When the recruiting for tho prison oorps began, 89 men oamo forwanl for en listment. It was all right until thoy enmo to that one of tho army's artiolcs of war which puts tho bnu on tobacco. Thir teen of thorn withdrew. Reformation was a good thing, but not without tobacco. The prison oorps holds Its meetings In the yard during tho supper hour. It Is tho only time they can call their own. Kvcn tho cynic must acknowledge that It tuko8 considerable of something, cither a motive of great strength or un honest heart, to give up the evening meal for the suko of spiritual food. Tho littlo vesper meetings are not at tended by throngs. Tho animal In the prisoners will not permit that, but the lenders tiling a regular attonuanco oi 11 Is not bad. Thora are singing and prayer, a regular Salvation meeting without the drum and tuinbourlno. So fur no effort has boon mndo to reach tho women convicts by tho Siilvation women olllcors. Thoso 14 unfortunates are not religiously Inclined nnywny. They sco a priest and sonio Sisters of Mer cy occualonnllly, and a woninn frum the Woman's Christian Temperance union oomes to talk to them onco In nwhllo, but religion hns no charm for them. They are sunsltlve about their position, do not euro to see other women, and most of them aro ooiivlnoed that they nro unjustly Im prisoned. That Is tho difference In being ono of 14 or one of 1,201). There Is no fraternity among women convicts. They feel that they are outcasts and oro super sensitive. Their quarters aro small, and no flowors grow In tho yard whore they exerolso. Skeptical people may look for ulterior motives in the prison corps. Probably there aro motives. Tho chaplain, whose long experience hns Inclined him to think that ho cannot be deceived by ordlnnry wiles, snys these men are liettur, happier and wiser, and, ho honestly believes, re formed. Thoso who have graduated as prisoners have done well, and only good reports of them have floated within the walls. Tho other prison olllclnls, who look more at the outside of tho men than the gixxl choblnln, who studies souls through eyes, urn not so trustful. It will take much exemplary behavior to convince them that the men are sincere. Happy Turn of Fortune. In unexpected turns of the wheel of for tune, elevating the unknown to places of power and dethroning the mighty without warning, France leads the nations, not ex cepting America, where the grandson of the millionaire may black boot for the grand sou of the crosaing sweeer. The installa tion of Muie. Urevy iu the Klysve is a Imp py Instance. She was the daughter of a tanner and earned her living in 1'aris as a bonnet maker. When she married, her whole fortune was leas than f-VW. At her death she leaves something like a quarter of a million to her daughter. She did not invent an ancestry with her promotion nor assume line aim with her rich gown. Her manners were characterised by simplicity, her accounts were carefully audited to the smallest detail, and she set her face against court etiquette. Chicago Tribune. A Passage at A rata. So j years ago a prisoner wus being tried In Baltimore ftnr murder by poison when the following pamage at arms occurred lielween a lawyer and a physician called to give expert testimony. The lawyer asked, " Doc tors sometimes make mistake, don't theyf "The same aa lawyers," was the ready re ply. "Hut doctors' mistakes are buried six feet under ground," added the lawyer. "Yet." said the doctor, "and lawyers' mis takes aometimes swing six feet in the air." Philadelphia Ptcml A DESCENDANT OF GEOR0U IV. Be Lives la Portland, Or, and Is Plata. James Ord. One of the most Interesting and roman tlo figures In Kngllsh history was the beautiful woman who was for many years known as Mrs. Fltzhorbort, and who be camo the wife of Ocorgo IV when ho was Prince of Wales. The marriage was a se cret ono, and his royal highness discarded her and married Princess Caroline of Brunswick a short time before be ascended tho thruno. At the age of 19 tho prince mot Mrs. Fltzherbort. She was six years older than himself, a Koman Cathollo and was the Hits. rlTZIIEBBERT, DISCARDED WIFE OT OEOitOE IV. daughter of William Smythe, a Hampshire gentleman. At IU she had married Mr. Weld of Ludworth castle, one of the same Weld family since woll known in Amer ica. Mr. Weld died In a few months. Ills widow afterward married Mr. Fltz herbort of Staffordshire. He dlod In con sequence of overtaxing himself In the cause of law and order during Lord George Gordon's nopopory riots in 1780, so graph ically described In "Biirnnby Kudge." At 5 Mrs. Fltzherbort was a beautiful young widow, rich, courted and admired. Here, in the language of a writer in one of the English magazines, Is what followed: George, the fat and fair young prince, already wearied of Mrs, Robinson, his poor Perdlta, saw tho brilliant young beauty. Bis heart was, as he said, seriously affected. Tho fair widow divided his affections with the bottle, and ho became an assiduous wooer, whom Mrs. Fttz herbert endeavored aa assiduously to avoid. Her coyness did but Inflame his ardor. But ho remained deaf to all entreaty till Kelt, tho surgeon, Lord Onslow, Lord Houthampton and Mr. Edward Bouverie arrived one night at her house In the utmost consternation, Informing her that the life of the prince was In Imminent danger; that he had stabbed himself, and that only her Immediate presence could savo him. There probably never was a man so ridiculous when playing the part of a lover as the Prince of Wales. To have himself bled that he might look interesting for a moment In the eyes of some fair lady was no unusual trick with him. On this occasion, however, It was positively declared that he had stabbed himself, and Mrs. Fltzherbort believed It to the day of her death. Meanwhile, the four male emissaries of love be sought the young widow to hasten and heal tho wound. They succeeded In persuading her after much difficulty, and she went to his resi dence at Carlton house, accompanied by tho Duchess of Devonshire. When she reached tho prince's bedside, she found him pale and cov ered with blood. The prince told her that noth ing would Induce him to live unless she prom ised to become his wife and let him put a ring on her finger She yielded, hut the next day grew frightened and rcpontod. A narrative was drawn up of what had passed. Those who hod been present signed It as witnesses, and Mrs. Fltzherbort, declaring that she had not been a free agent, fled beyond the seas. Tho rage and grief of the prlnoe at her desertion drove him to the verge of madness. Mrs. Fltzherbort remained on tho continent a year, ever followed by love lotters from tho prince. At lost ho as sured her tho king would connivo nt their mnrrlugo. She returned, and at the port where she landed was married to the prince by a clergyman of the church of Kngland In the presence of several wit nesses, among them nor cousin and ner brother. The certificate of this murrlage is iu existence In the handwriting of the prlnoe, but Mrs. Fitzhcrbort afterward out out tho names of the witnesses for fear of bringing them Into trouble Ueorgo excused his bigamy by the plea that parliament would not hnvo permitted him to succeed to tho throne hud It known of his mnrrlugo to a Roiuun Cat holic. The Immediate cause of his union with Caro line of Brunswick was the pressure of debts which apparently could' bo dis charged in no othor way. Mrs. Fltzher bort died In 1837. And now conies James L. Ord, an American citizen dwolling at Portland, Or., who claims to possess documents proving that ho is a lineal descendant of (Jeorgo, prince of Wales, and Mrs. Fltz herbort. Tho son born of that unfortu nate union was a menace to the future king's penco of mind. The upshot was that tho son wns brought to America, where ho died at Omaha at the ago of 115 years. Ho had seven children, ono of whom, tho youngest male living, Is John S. Ord of Santa Cruz, Cnl., and whose second Bon Is James L. Ord of Portland, Or. Tho flight of the son to America Is historical, and tho doouinents proving his legitimacy aro locked up In Colitis' bunk, London, wbero they were depuslted by tho Duke of Wellington. Proceedings nre now being taken to compel tho bank to open tho papers to Inspection. Young Ord's grandfather on reaching America served In tho United States army during tho war of 1813 mid was denounced by Kngland as n traitor. A sister of the young man Is the wlfo of S. V. Hollodny, a prominent Sun Francisco attorney. James I.. Ord, who now resides at Port land, Is 24 years of age. He is above tho average height, graceful of movement, though of solid proportions. Died From III Temper. Ttin fuxinln nf Athol. Mass.. nrn bnsllv discussing what could have been the cause of the death of Cnrrio fcddy, 13 years old, which occnrroil rcpctitlv. It was a case that bullied the skill and enre of tho town's best physicians. Tho origin of the trouble c,tiil in lm n tit nf ill tenmer caused bv the refusal of her mother to grant her per- UUSHHU1 lO UUCim UN evening a uiiicimiil- ment. Tho girl refused to speak to her ,, wither, nnd ns tlmfl nnsscd the newer of speech seemed to leave her, and she com menced ta scream anu coiiiinueu to no so In sniln nf hcnVV dllSCS of llllirnlllllO Slid tho efforts of several physlclBiis. A dose of laudanum wasflnully administered, and tho girl sntiK into a stupor, iroui wiucn no human power could arouse her. A Handle For the Resurrection, It Is said that when the tody of a Mo hammedan Is prepared for burin) a clasp lock Is left on the top of his cranium, whereby the nngel of the resurrection can lift hi in out of the grave. The Value of Solitude. Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stem friend, the cold, obscure shelter, where molt the wings which will hear it farther than sun and stars. He who would inspire and lend his race must be de fended from traveling with the souls of other nieii. from living, breathiim, reading and writing ill the daily time worn yoke of Iheir opinion. hnieinon. The river Aide in Suffolk runs parallel with the const for some mill's, only sepa rated from the sea by a narrow shingle bank which, when the tide is exceptionally lil(,h, is covered by the wave. There are 10 American cities having more than 200,0(10 population. Of these 16 Cleve land bos the largest proportion of foreign horn Inhabitant Washington has the amulleaL J.iuiewater may be beneficial for poor dl geation. or licorice drops, or a third of a tee,, spoonful of baking soda in half a glasa of hot water, flavored w ith tincture of cinna mon. The first bridge builder was the apider, and the ropea and stays of a spider's web are always attached with geometrical ac curacy. Robinson Crusoe's island, Juan Fernas dex. is Inhabited by about 60 persons, who at tend to the herds of cattle that graze there. KLatlTttlO WIKKS, Some writer very aptly likens tha nerves to electric wires, and the general woi king of their system to that of electrlo cars. man who "slips his trolley" like Mr. Jere miah Ency, 1812 W. Lombard St., Bait! more, Md , will need something better than even a gaivanio nailery to set nini an rigm, Mr. J'-ney luunu tnai sonieining in ine ioi lowing way: i suueteu," no says, long time with neuralgia In the head gave Ht. Jacobs Oil a fair trial, and am en tirely cured." In this wsv the great rem eily acts as a motorman to restore broken Wires anu stt tue syswiii hi perivuv swuim They Might Walk Hack. I wont up to the White Houso recent ly," said Representative Kilgore, "and of course I had a Texan In tow. 'Mr, President,' I snid, 'this gentleman is good muu. Ho wants a consulate iu Mexico.' "Tho president said, 'Phew-w-wf " 'Whv do you whistle?" I asked. " 'Because he wants a consulate in Mexico.' said the president. 'You know very well tlmt I dislike to upjiolut ToX' ins to those positions. " 'Now. Mr. President.' 1 said, 'you will excuse my speaking pluinly, but this prejudice against men from my state holding federal positions in Mexico is the most confounded nonsense on record. grant thut it might apply to the candi date for minister, for he handles interna tional questions, but a cousul is nothing more nor less than a business man. His official acts are almost entirely of a conr mercinl character. Texuns nre constant ly doing business with Mexico. The trade relations of the two countries are verv close.' ' 'Well.' said the president, 'I didn't make this prejudice, but it exists, and we are compelled to defer to it. Vottr friend must widen the scope of his ap plication. Let him make out a list of the consulates he would be willing to tako, naming them in the order of his preference, und I will Bee what 1 can do. "It s a sinaulnr tiling, auueu ine con gressman reflectively, "that nearly all of mv people who nave come to wasning- ton want consnlntes they won't have anything else und they generally apply for places in Mexico, which thny can't got. Their anxiety to be located iu tho sister republic is explicable. 1 suppose, upon the ground that it is near home, the Rio (iriiude is shallow, and if they go broke they can walk back." Wash ington Lottor. The Impulsion of Jews From Russia. There surely ought to be sufficient ex perience of the methods of the Russian government to discount the attempts at detiiu of the report sent to tills country uv Mr. Harold Frederic concerning the exniilsiou of Jews from Poland. These remlv denials are riuuiliur phenomena. That is the manner in which Russia seeks to forestall unfavorable comment and riirhteous indignution. Curiously enough, the ruse i always successful, nor is it to be wondered at when it can succeed in securing the ac tive assistuuee of n United States minis ter like Mr. Smith of tho Philadelphia Press, who, under the last administra tion, sent to tho department of state a positive donial that any measures forthe extiulsion of Jews trom Knssia were un der contemplation, while ut the very time ho was giving this misrepresenta tion Jews were being expelled en masse. The testimony adduced by Mr. Fred erick iu substantiation of his report in reeard to the expulsions now going on in Poland is corroborated by the arrivals of Jews from Poland in Germany and in this country. The bare dentals of the Dress dispatches bused on tho official ut terances from Itussinn diplomatic circles are utterly untrustworthy. American Hebrew. loll Ins Water During the Summer. A medical friond of the Listener writes him to do something to arouse pnblic sentiment betimes to the duty of filtering und boiling drinking water this summer. Ho thinks that, in view of the possibility of cholera, people should ac quire the water boiling hubit as soon as possible. No doubt this is quite true. And, cholera or no cholera, there are no end of germs in tho ordinary water of Boston ami the towns about. It is real' ly extraordinary how our people have kept up so long the practice of drinking water without hltenug or boning it, mil still more extraordinary, no doubt, that we should cool our water by put ting Ice into it, when it can be cooled just ns effectively by putting a large bottle of it corked into a refrigerator or otherwise into contact with ice. A gooil way out of the difflcnlty, if one thinks bo dues not like boiled water, is to drink no water ut all. There are plenty of other things to drink. From Ul accounts, cholera can be taken only chrough the stomach, ami there is noth ing so disconrngiu"; to a microbe of any lortasa ti'iimoniture of 212 degrees.- Dse Snsmellne Stove Polish i no dust no smell Tut Oirhia for breakfast. Helpless Ten Weeks " I was attacked with acute rheumatism and was laid up in the house ten weeks. My right arm was with ered away to skin and bone, and I had almost lust the Use of it. A friend ad vised me to try Hood's Sarsnparilla, which I did, and by the t'me the first bottle was used I was feeling a little belter, I could see and feel a great change. The Mr, B, Forres tall flesh was returning to my arm, and the soreness was leaving my body and limbs, Every spring and fall since we have used three to six bottles In our family, I And ta use Hood's Sarsaparilla is cheaper than to Hood's'Cures pay doctors' bills. I am thankful that I have found a medicine which will help a man who has rhenn.aii'm. It keeps me in good health." Kichabd Fohrkshli., Oel. weln, Iowa. Get on'y Hood 'a. Hood's PHI cure all liver Ills, blllouinew, Jaundice, Indigestion, sick headache. It la sold rn ruarantee by all drut (tfita. It cures Incipient Consumption and Is the beet Cough and Cmno Piin CeMSMsspttTee aoe people who have weak Inarsor Asia sk, sboakf aae Piso'sCar fur Coaraeiptloa. U has mmrm4 heeiee ft baa not Into Sons, lltsttot bad. toiaae. Is the eesteouhsmia. Boas eienehssa, Ne. -hi fcTann; take I Wide the ufjry, BEST si.00 Bottle. vlKI II "M 3j Onecentadoe9.,fJJLSI DISCONTENT. The landsman through a stormy street And shades of nlshl was trollis. The around was navsd with shifting The wintry wind was mowing. "Heaven pity grant, and help," said be, "To thoso who live Usui the seal" The sailor clinched a trembling dim) Mid mountains round hlra flowing, While through the darkness, thick and fast, The wintry winds were blowing. "Heaven save the landsman now," be said, "Willi chimneys toppling round his beadl" Bat when the world grew mild ones more. This tar, dusionUiit growing, Bald, "If I could but walk the shore, Though all the winds were blowing!" The landsuiau thought, "Though storms there be, 1 would that I could sail the seat" -Will L'arleton In Harper's Basar. TO PAN. The pipes of Pant Not Idler now are they Than when their cunning fashioner first blow The pith of music from thorn. Yet for you And me their notes are blown In many a way Lust in our murmuring! for that old day That fared so well without us. Waken to The pipings hare at hand; tho clear halloo Of truant voices and the roundelay The waters warble in tho sullluae Of blooming thickets, where the robin's breast Sends up such ecstasy o'er dale and dell. Kach tree top answers, till In all the wood There lingers not one squirrel In his nest Whetting his hunger on an empty shell. -James Whltcomb ltlley. Dyaepsla of the Mouth. Many people complain of red noses on exposure to the cold, with hen t and tingling of both the noso and upper cheeks, also ot bent und redness on taking hot food, soups or drinks at dinner. Probably the cause is bod circulation which In iu turn is due to indigestion, and it may be the want of brisk exercise. When the nose or cheeks burn from eat ing or cold air, they should be bathed freely In very hot water, drying softly and dust lug with f uller'seurth or talc powder, which is cooling. For Indigestion correct the diet and take a charcoal tablet before each meal with a few drops of tincture of myrrh iu hot water after eating. The teeth should bo thoroughly brushed and the mouth rinsed after each meal. This cleansing of the mouth is of tho greatest importance iu dyspepsia of any degree. There is aa much dyspepsia in ine mourn as In the rest of the ulimeutury canal, for dyspepsia Is really ferment, with corroding effects on tho live tissues of membrane and nerves. To correct acidity after eating, let a bit of magnesia the size of a large peadls solvo iu the mouth and swallow It. The acidity has everything to do with spoiling complexion anil temper. Exchange. Mark Twalu to Secretary Morton. Mark Twain Is not only always ready to bclpa fellow countryman in distress, but his great sympathetic heart grows elastio and stretches out to embrace the country wom en of other nations whenever the necessity occurs or the occasion arises. But that the great American humorist always has an eye on the main chance is easily recognized In the communication wblcn follows ana which Is one of the best things he has writ ten: Editorial Dkpt. rrsrunT Maoasirs, I Union Souajis, Nxw Yobk, April 7. 1 To the Hon. J. HterUng Mortom Deaii Bin-Your net turner. Mark Twain, a poor farmer of Connecticut Indeed the poor est one there In the opinion of envy desires a few choice breeds of seed corn (malse), ana in return will tealously support tho administra tion In all ways honorable and otherwise. To speak by the card, I want these tilings to carry to Italy to an English lady. She Is a neiL-hborof mine outside of r lorenceana lias a great garden and thinks she could raise com for her table If she had the right ammunition. I myself feel a warm Interest In this enter prise, both on patriotic, grounds and because I have a key to that garden, which I got made from a wax impression. It Is not very good soil; still I think she can raise enough for one table, and I am In a position to select the table. If you are willing to aid and abet a country man land Gilder thinks you are), pleats And the signature and address of your petitioner below. Respectfully and truly yours. Mark Twain, 67 Fifth avenue. New York. P. 8. A handful of choice (southern) water melon seeds would pleasantly add to that lady's employraonts and give my table a correspond ing lift. Secretary Morton compiled with the re questWashington Cor, St. Louis Repub lic. A Pullman Porter Taught a Lesson. For once in my life I saw the "lord of all he surveys," the sleeping car porter, non plused, and very badly at that. It was on the Houston and Texas Central railroad. Wbeu at the little town of Richardson on the upper end of the line, two ladies board ed the train and by some mistake were ush ered Into the Pullman car. My lord In the brass buttons sallied up to them, and find ing out the mistake that led to their being in thnt car instead of the day coach began to show off his majestic powers of inso lence. He did not observe a gentleman who bad boarded the train at the same station. and who stood quietly observing the scene from the door of the car. This gentleman now advanced, saying, "Be seated, ladies, until wo reach the next town, when you can easily enter the other car." Then, beckoning to the conductor, he added, btop the train, L ." "Here, captain?' ' asked the conductor. "Yes; here." There was a pull of the bellrope, the train stopped, nnd the porter was gently assisted out ot the car, thence on to the bald prairie, when the captain said to him, "Now, walk the 15 miles to Dallas, you delicate blos som, and study politeness as'you trudge aiong you are no longer in our employ." There was a shower of expostulations, pleas for pardon and a shake or two of the list at the fast vanishing train, but it vanished for all that, leaving him to study 15 pages, each a mile long. In a book entitled "Never Judge by Appearances." The gentleman who bad set him the lesson was Captain F., a high ofllcial ot the road. St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Athena Kcturnlng to Classical Creek, "I once had a chat with the late Profess or Sophocles, the famous pative Greek pro- le&sor ot fiaryaru, on tue suDiect ot vlie pronunciation of our language as taught in America," said the Greek consul, Mr, D, T. Tiniayensis, recently. "I asked him why be taught a pronunciation which he knew was not right. 'It doesn't make any difference whnt pronunciation we teach,' he replied, 'be cause these boys will never know anything anyway. "The Germans have been the most con scientious and thorough students of the ancient Greek language," continued the consul "It Is but fair to say. however, that a very learned Greek lady, who has been in this country studying your Institutions, says that she found a class of girls la Wei lesley coll cue who were better versed Iu Greek classics than the girls In our own schools In Athens. I should say they must be very good, then, for a great revival in Greek classical study has taken place with in a few years. The spoken lan ku axe is conforming more and more closely to clas sical standards, Forcigu words that have crept Into the language are being cast aside. I noticed the increased purity of the language when I returned to Greece and met some of my university classmates. They were following the classical Greek so closely that I thought at first it was a joke or an affectation, but I soon saw that the set' were all talking that way." Boston Herald. The Cat Problem In New York. The cat problem has been always a seri ous one to the municipality of New York. As the city bos grown the cats bave In creased and taken on a cosmopolitan and bohemian air from the felines that chant the Marseillaise and Intermeaso around Washington square and Wooster street to the aristocrat iu pets of upper Fifth areuue. How to control the natural increase and the immigration has vexed the city griev ously. Happily the good Mrs. Euglish, who died the other day, has given a valua ble suKKestlou. She set aside by will a certain amount for the future maintenance of her cats In Williannburg, People in W illiamsburg like eats, and there is no reason w hy rata should not, aft er the fir-t panta, be contented In Williazns liurji. Df course it is pot New York, and there is al aye the annoyance of ferries to contend against, and the vast aide is a little malarial at times. Uut even a treacherous climate will pot knock off more than two of a cat's nine lives. Keally Mrs, English's idea is a good one, and a deportation of cats to Williamsburg may be recommended for trial. New lock World. Trust Itaalsiliis Mortar, Whenever mortar is used during the cold weather, there is always more or leas foar of Injury from frost, and masons are aocua turned to use salt water in mixing the ce ment ami to cover the green masoury with straw and boards during the ulght. The i..... Wuaiarn railway of France, niHii-' '-- Charles Kabul, says the ordliiary soda of commerce Is even tattler man saiu m. soda employed Is what Is known as the an ... ...l.,.,.i. ..I, mined l,v the Kulwav process, which costs less In France than the bydrated carbonate. This is uishoivhi iu a kettle In the promrtlou of a pound of soda to SM quarts of water at a temperature of about 85 degrees Fahrenheit. This solu tion Is mixed with an equal volume of wa ter at the temperature of the air, to give the water which Is used by the niaaona, A kettle holding WX quarts has been found sufficient to serve 10 masons. The mortar made In this way requires more of the solution than if water alone were used, about cue-quarter more being considered the proper increase. Mr. Habut reports that with this solution mortar has been olmerved to harden at a teniM;ratiire about l degrees lielow freezing with al least twice the rate of a similar mortar with out soda at a temMjrature U degrees alwve the free.lug point. Wlillethe surface hard ens much more quickly, however, the In tcrior remains moist longer, and on this ac count the soda I objectionable. Moreover. It Is also found to cause a white efflorescence on the surface of the masonry which lasts for some mouths. New York Telegram. ' yulch Ways to Clear Land. Ily the exercise of skill, much hard labor may be saved In the clearing of laud. In this section land Is cleared of small timber under or 4 Inches III diameter by the fol lowing method: Take a log I foot in diam eter and 10 feet In length, with the bark off. Have each end nicely rounded, leaving a good sine knot In the center, to which a log chain can lie attached. Fasten a pair of heavy mules or horses to the smaller end and fasten the end to the tree to be taken up, about 4 to 0 feet from the ground. Now drive around the tree, and as the roots are loosened from the soil cut them with a sharp ax. It is surprising how quickly a tree can be gotten out thus, many of them iu less than Id minutes by the watch. The object of the log Is to bring the draft down where the team can get at Iu For larger trees, over IU inches Iu diam eter, block and tackle must l employed, which will take somewhat longer. Trees can he gotten out by the roots iu about the same time it takes to cut the tree aowu. March Is the U-st month to clear land, as the urrouud Is soft, and with a steady team and three active men good progress can be made every day. Haltlmore American. TO AID EMPLOYES. A Nsw Scheme of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Company-Will furnish Their Help With Medical Attendance. William I.. Douglas, the Pr.ldentof the world fumed W. K Douglas - hoe t'omuny,has always bad agrest persoual Interest In ihearmyof men and women who Inhabit th g eat factory at Montello during tl e working hours of the day, and who make the greatly advertised l shoe. Kvery person In his emplo and ihey lorm a small arruy-has tecent y been handed s Card, a lac-si ml euf which is here given; This ticket entitles. - Residence ;;. i.. lull and tee mediosl attendance wlil'e em ployed by the W. I. Douglas shoe Company. A. eompetentand skllllul phy.lolsii will be at the prlvaie office of the company at 13 U. dally, ex cept Sundays and holidays. .... If s -id employe should be detained at home by sickness, the phsldsn will give lull and free medical attendance iheie. W. U DouuLASs Saoi Coar av. By IK, L. solas, Prtislueut. Room. CONDITIONS. The physlclsn will not makevtslti outside the 0 ty limits. This ticket Is not transferable, and docs not apply to the lamllyof theemploye.and must be reiumed ss soon ss the term ol em ployment ceases. This prlvllegs Is a iree gift f the company, and Is no psrt of the contract for wages, and may be made void by the company, at Its nwu option, without notice. Mr. D inglaa savs that he be leves there are hundreds of worklnsmen and working omen whoflndadoeto 's bill a great burden after a period of enforced Idleness, and that if to s Is lifted fiom them ihey must feel that their em ployer is luteresied In them In ome other way thm simply to get all the work he can for Just as 11 1 tie money as he can The plan is a wise and goon one It may be said that their factory Is the only one lllineeiiyoi prw-iiuii wucm arbitration Is re-ognlted and hss full swsr. "r. i uouirias is a nrra dciictcc ,u pnvip,-.-has been sluce the establishment of the nt Hie Hoard of Arbitration. He claims Ibst labor trou lies woubl not be ss frequent as they are If manufacturers and help would reeogulse this great principle nd adi.pt It. " Dsd, I'm swaitln' for a Christmas present." "All right, take a bale 0' cottou an' go an' buy yoa a tin hornl" ; BEFORE A FULL MKAI OF STEAM Is gathered by thst tremendously destructive engine, malaria, put on the brakes with Hostel ler's Stomach Bitters, ahlcb will check Its prog ress and avert disaster. Cnl Is and fever, bilious remittent, dum-) sgue and ague rakeare prompt ly relieved and ultimately euied by this genial spectrio, which Isabo a comprehensive family medicine, speedily useful 111 cases ol dyspep-la, blllouniesn. eonsllpatlon, sick heidache, ner vousness, rheumatism and neurslgls. (tnlnst the hurtful ell'e ts ef sudden changes of tem perature, expo-ure In wet ealher, close appli cation to lauorious llieuuu pur-uiM, nuw Influence prejudicial ,0 health It Is a mo t trustworthy safeguard. It fortifies the sysiem against disease, p-omotes appetite and sleep, and hastens convale oeuceafterdehlll'atlngaud llesb-wastlng diseases. "John, were all those -thoso living pictures er-nudeT" " I I think one of them had a cold oil her lungs, Matla." HAVE NO EUUAL. Allcocx's Pobous FLASTxas have at tained a world-wide riputaiion solely upon their superlative merits. Tbey have many would-be rivals, but bave never been equaled or even approached in en rathe properties and rapidity and safely of action, their value has been attests by the high est me ictl authorities, as well as by uniiu- Keachab e testimonials from those who ave used them, and i hey are recommended as the best external remedy for weak I ack, heuinatism. sciatica, colds, coughs, sure th roat .chest and slomscb affect loi.s, kid ne i-iiticulties, weak muscles, strains, siiteheB, and aches and pains of every description. Do not he deceived by misrepresentation. Ask for and insist upon having Allcocx's. Bbamubith's Pills assist nature. When a woman's face ts her forfrpi nine times ont of ten she will die a pauper. Nobody need have Consumption. It Is not inherited. The Inher ited tendencies toward it ar overcome by Scott's ' ssMsVsSssSsVslsHsr Emulsion the Cream of Cod-liver Oil, which makes children ro bust and healthy, and stim ulates the development of the lungs in old and young like. Physicians, the world over, endorse it. Don't bi deceived by Substitutes! rrsasrsdbrSosttS Bowaa,H.T. All Druggists. "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR GAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES SAPOLIO MALARIA 1 Thrfs tin onlv. Ttt ft. HOW TO SAVE MONEY. BnTTnurOKlX-kKlK ADD PROVISIONS of ns. roods and dcllrer free to trains or Duals. We boy than anr other Snn la trie ronntry. oen1 as your new price 1 ss woicn win oe out soon. t TOt D y ffraaolsted susar In lfVlb sacks for. so w Best brands of Oour per barret.. 1 u Send ns a list ol wbat you need, and we will u 1 MARS. U COHN CO. I4) R. HALL'S 5 PULMONARY BALSAM The Best M'Hfc for Coughs, Colds and C'WMBUisipllnss. Mold by all Druggists. I'r'cn, rn cun's, J. K. UAT&s CO., Proprietors, 4l7BusouieNt..B. F. You Can Get r's Boeds at your dealers 1 as fresh and fertile us though you got theiu direct from rerry s toed Farms. Tims Sim are known and planted every- wiere, ami m uesl. rrrrfiswosiinwii lor i"U9 tens tin auoui mem, r re. O. M. Ferry A Co. Detrolt.Mioh. W.L.Douglas fi 1 eilAs? IS THE BEST. Wis.WnWtsflT 'Of A KINO. i. cordovan; FRENCH &ta AM CLLCO CALF. '43 Fine lLr&KANaARuit 3.49POUCE,330LE9. 2.I7B0YS'SCK00LSH0EI 'LADIE3- BROCKTOMMSSS. Over Oae Millies People wear the W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes art) equally satisfactory They give the best value for the money. The equal custom Shoes In style and lit, Their wearing dualities are unsurpassed Thst prices ere sMlioran, stsmped on sole. Proas tl to $s saved ever ether makes. II your dealer cannot supply you we can. Ely's Cream Balm M UX t I KK Catarrh 1 l'rlce AO Cent Applr Uslm Intosatili Dustril. Kit uaos.,M WsmmSi.,N. V. NEW Portlsnd, Walia Walls, Hpoltane.vla U. It ill N. Hill I way ,aml (Irunt Northern Hallway to Molilalia points, HI. I'sul, Jlln neapol is, Omaha, Ht. Lou s, Chi cane and Ea, I. A nlrcis WAY EAST! nearest aetit. l. c Diillavsu, lien Agt.. I'urllmid.Or.: K.(J tile. vens. lien. Ant. .Seattle. Wash.: C.O.DIxiin.den. Agt.,8iokii' ,Vah. No dust; rock-bsllnst track: line rueiiery; palsen sleeping and dining ears; buffet library cars; family lourisisiecirs; new iqiiipuieut.. SMOKE. Sweet Virginia ' - CUT FRAZER lksE BEST IN THE WORLD. IV I tn wearing qtiallt essreuiisiirpss'c.l.aciiinlly oui lusting two buxes of any other brned. Free from Animal till.. tir;r I UK CKM'INh. K It HAKE BY OKKUON AND WASHINGTON MKIICH ANTS-TOl and Dealers generally. CHICKEN fifiiSJNGPAYS If you use the PetnlumS InmbaUrs Brooders Make money while others are wasting 4 J .,, hv rAA nrrvH-.... Catalog lei, sail about tt.anaaescnues every article needed for the, poultry business The "ERIE" mechantcnlly the best wheel. Prettiest model. We are Pacific Coast Atrents. Bicvcle cata- logue.maUed frce.gives fu1!dewHrtt!on.prlce. etc., agents wanted. PETALUMA IFCUBATOR CO.iFetalnma.Cal. Branch House, 331 S Main Bt., I,ot Anpclea- Manhood restored. Hight Emission, Weak memory, Atrophy, Sexual Weakness, etc., Surely cured by POUEN ACME The life germ and vital force of plantt and flowers; ft gives vigor, power and itze to the vital organs ol Easy to carry in vest fjckgt. Price $1, Six for $$, Sent in plain wrapper, or at all Dm Runts. Address, STANDANDfUM. C CATTLC, WASH J ao. ooAaranANete The most won derful achievement In Medical Science. 4fd permanent I tmrt gua ramitta New York lij-uy Fulton St. IIEIEJIFLOTTIjIES Gas or Gasoline A Positive l'ower. Requires No Licensed Engi neer. Your Wife Can Kuu It, PALMER ft RET, Sai Francisco, Cal. anl PortlaM, Or. No Batteries or Electria Spark. MRS. WINSLOW'S iRBir - FOR CHILDREN TCETHINO -FssrsslehrailDrsuraisu. a Cats a WtUs. .0 QOLIItN WEPT : , Has no suoerlor. I it's a j 8AKINQ fOWDKR. P. N. U. No. 679 -H. V. N. TJ. No. 56 UN W V VEMyV jfl 4 Page0 I 1 rjJL Catalogue ssasw TiisT mi a 1 II DO YOU FEEL BAD? DOES VOUX BACK ache? Does evenr tip seem s bin den ? Yon nml MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY. and we wl'l ears ran ttmiut w. h.ni.,K.t. and -ell fr srsit'rstb. and sell roo.li cheaper name and address, and we will mall too our 10 mi: mmsi lorsv-eu, cents per pound. bi nat oil -r ea-e si an ArbtK-kl 'B ftlff. T-T tMllind sake joa special prices. Address jour'oruers to Front Street, Portland. Or. 1