Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report I ABSOLUTELY PURE PACIFIC A MODERN OCEAN. At All Events It b Very N to Me. of Cm'uIm Aataeedante. It seems rather curious to recall tlie fact tbat very little more than 100 years sgo the Pacific was regarded as a Span ish lake. Tbat nation claiinod it on the strength of Balboa's discovery hi 1613 and insisted that it should be regarded as a mare clausum. This will bear com parison with the claim, recently made to a like effect by the United States in tegard to the northern part of the same ocean, called Bebring sea. When Sir Francis Drake circumnavi gated the globe his sailing across those waters wss seriously resented by Spain, which demanded restitution to her of the Blunder which be took, but Queen Eliza beth made a haughty reply. Not long before the close of the lost century the Bpaulah crown again began to make a fuss because its monopoly of the Pacific was infringed on. It ordered the com mandant of San Francisco to seize the Columbia, tbe first vessel that carried the American flag around Cupe Horn In 1789 two Spanish men-of-war seized several English fur traders on tbe north west coast, and war was very nearly the result. It is odd that the Spaniards, though discoverers of new lands and waters, were among the poorest navigators of their time. After coming upon tbe Solomon islands they could not find them again, and they were lost for 150 years. The water supply of their galleons was not kept in casks, but in big earthen jars. As it was impossible to provide a sufficient supply for a six months' voy age on board of a ship carrying 400 or 600 people, they always took to sea great numbers of mats, whenever it ruined, the mats were spread to catch the drops, which were drained off into jurs through snlit bamboos. The mortulity from scurvy on long trips was frightful. Corter, after the conquest of Mexico, fitted out three small ships to soil to the Moluccas and re-enforce the bpamurus there. They were scattered by a tem pest, and two of thein were lost. One of these is imagined to have been the Btrange vessel which was wrecked on the rocks of Hawaii at about the same time as nearly as can be reckoned. According to tradition, only the captain and his sis ter were saved. The natives received them kindly and gave them food. They intermarried with the Hawaliuns and be came the progenitors of certain well known families of chiefs. In early times the control of lnud on the Hawaiian Islands was held by the ruling chiefs, who reserved whut portions they pleased for their own use and di vided the rest among the leading men subject to them. The position of the latter was analogous to that of the bar ons of European feudalism. They fur nished supplies to their sovereign and in case of war were expected to tuke the field with what fighting men their estates could furnish. These barons held almost despotic sway over their domains, appor tioning the territory which they con trolled among their followers, according to the whim of the moment or the de mands of the policy. Every time a now chief came into power there was a fresh distribution of lands. Thus the country was always full of people who were dis possessed and homeless. Kamehuineha III overturned this system by granting to his people a bill of rights which lmido their tenure of the sou permanent. Washington Star. Puulaliment In Tenia. Among the Persians the usual mode of punishment is the bastinado, from which men of the highest rauk are not exempt. It is inflicted with very great severity, frequently so as to render the sufferer almost a cripple for life. The victim is thrown upon his face, eoch foot is passed through a loop of strong cord attached to a pole, whiuti is raised horizontally by men, who, twieting it round, tighten the ropes and render the feet Immovable, Two executioners then strike the sole al ternately with switches of the pomegran its tree well steeped in water to render them supple. A store of these switches is generally ready for use in the pond which adjoins the courtyards of the houses of the great. The punishment frequently lasts for an hour or until the uufortunate victim faints from puin. Philadelphia Ledger. Curloiltiet About Ireland'! Emblem. The shamrock, Ireland's floral emblem, Is a trefoil or three leaf plant much re sembling our white clover, but of the oxalis genus of grasses. While St. Put rick was preaching to the pagans of the Emerald Isle in the year 41)3 he attempt ed to explain the "trinity in unity," but his hearers could not understand it. At lost he plucked a trefoil (shamrock) and said, "Is it not as possible for the Father, Son and Holy Ghost to be one as it is for those three leaves to grow upon a single stalk?" The pagan Irish were convinced and soon afterward adopted the sham rock as their national emblem. Phila delphia Press. Dealing With An Honest Han. "Here's your fare," said s gentleman to a Finnish peasant who had driven him for three hours through the woods, and he banded him four shillings. "No, sir, that's double my fare," here plied, returning half the money. And when he was told he might keep it for his honesty he slightly nodded his thanks with the dignity of one of nature's gentlemen. "Russian Characteristics." Vo Advice About Kissing, A prominent publication, in wbich a department is given to answering ques tions sent by letter, has been obliged to request young women not to send in quiries concerning when, where and whom to kiss. "Any girl needing advice on this subject would, we are sure, not be guided by any advice of ours." Pariah Gossip. Mr. Croaker And .does the Rev. Dr. Bweetmouth believe in practicing what he preaches? Mrs. Gadby Yes, surely. Tve even heard that be practices it before a look ing glass. Scribner's Mairazine. l Marriage Id China. Tbs Chlneae believe there ia a season for everything, and, in accordance with this belief, they think the opening year tbs season, when the peach petal bunts from the eajlx la the most auspicious aeaaoo tor forming matrimonial alliances. Phila- Of tbs apecien of marten which is distin guished a tbe f'umian aable tbe darkest skins command flM each. Inferior akius of the same animal fetch as llttls as from tlten. Tbs skeleton of the "whale lliard" dis covered in Alaska weighs 1,400 poubda. This is the second of the species so far known to science. It had both legs and Win, Baking fonder SWEET PEAS. When sunset clouds lire liued with rose, Down ifnnlim path my lady gout To pluck I lie ilnk sweet pea. Ilor fund eyea uliow alio loves them much, Aa dues her lender flntfttr luuch, An air)' a the breeze. Hha leani and llnifereover them. I watch Ilium klaa her garment's hem llur wiKier. every ono. Whene'er they aee her radiant face They eonm to aue tome k lance of grace Aa iuntluweri aue the sun. How may I win her dear regard A tank which awalnt have found ao bard That all, fonipoth, despair I'll try If there be any apell In wearing on my coat lapel A aweet pea boutnnnlere. Clinton dcollard In Ladlea' Home Journal. The Cultivation of lleauty. Beauty Is not altogether an accident. It may be cultivated. We have been culti vating it, more or leas uncouacluUHly and by a variety of methods, this long time past In comparison with any earlier una ours may be fairly described as a hygienic one. Now, tho relations between hygiene (tbe scleuce of healthy living) and physical beauty need not, I think, be greatly in sisted upon. let us step into the school room. Beauty of the higher order is very closely connected with brains Brains seem too much wauling in earlier feuiiuiue portraiture becuuse education has made us conscious of that defect. We are uo longer quite satisfied with a beautiful face that shows uo trace of mind. We begin to perceive that it is a mere exquisite mask. But the higher kind of beauty is becoming much more general among our women Iw cause ws are becoming much more careful of tbelr mental training. The wealthy tradesman who is wise sends his girls to be gently and politely taught. The result is that be himself is scarcely to lie recognized as the grandfather of bis grandchildren. Physical beauty may lie made in the schoolroom. Then let us turn to the play fields. Never were our girls so active or so varied in their pastimes as they are to day. They are good at the oar, they ure great cyclists, they are not easily beaten In tbe tenuis court, they begiu to be skilled at the wicket Athletics make for physi cal beauty in an almost incalculable de gree. There is more beauty now than ever before and there are retmous for it And because there is more beauty than ever, there Is, perhaps, not quite so much enthu siasm about it Aud again, the beauties of the next generation will probably be much more beautiful than ours. Leisure Hour. A Woman Who Is Worth XO.OOO.OOO. Fancy a woman about thirty-eight years of age, quite stout and medium height, dressed iu rich but somber clothing, a pale face, blue eyes and gold trimmed specta cles, and you will have a fairly good idea of Miss Mary Garrett, of Ualtimore, daugh ter of the great railroad king and sister of the present bead of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad system. Miss Garrett makes her home In Baltimore, but she spends much of her time In New York, and every summer she journeys to KuroHi with her maid, and quite Independently she travels (rom one place, to another. She Is a woman of gentle breeding and possessed of great knowledge, not only of affairs In this country, but In Europe. She siieaks half a dozen languages fluently and is said to be a walking manual on rail road affairs. She inherited her fnther's love for the railroad business and Is ac quainted with every detail of the great company which her father founded. She is well posted, too, on what other railroads are doing, and Bhe is so keen In her Judg ment of railroad securities that she has made a great fortune for herself by jil dicious Investment Miss Garrett is a most entertaining talker. Her voice Is soft and low. Hhe has not one mannish characteristic, aud this is quite surprising, too, for alio has been such a coustnut traveler the world over and has been brought so closely in contact witli men in a business way. She spends her time systematically. To bust ness she devotes a large share; to society very little, but to charitable work she is ever ready to turn. Iter fortune Is very large a good many millions, perhaps FJO. 000,000 and Increasing yearly. She will soon be one of the richest women In the world. To Bee her on the street no one would believe she was worth 11,000. Fos ter Coatcs In New York Mail and Express. The Monkey'a Thumb. nere is a littlo bit of natural history which must be remembered about mon keys. All the monkeys of the old world have some kind of a thumb. As Mr. St. George Mivart, a great zoologist writes, "Any old world monkey with a null- mentury thntnb (that is, a thumb even if imiierfect) is superior in that resiiect to an Amoricun monkey." In fact the American monkey bus no thumb at all. Nature compensates in a measure for this defect in our new world monkey by giving him a wonderful tail. This Amer ican monkey tail is prehensile It nn swers almost the purposo of a fifth limb. A South American monkey gives his tail a Binglo bitch around the limb of tree, and there he hangs quite com fortably, independent of hands or feet. Harper's Young People. Canting Hlelghliella. A question frequently asked is in re gard to the method of producing sleigh- bells containing iron balls larger man the opening in the bells. Previous to making a cast the maker of sleighbells puts an iron bull inside a sand core, just the shape of the insido of the bell. This sand core, with the jinglet inside, is placed in tho mold of the outside and the melted metul poured in, which fills up tho space between the cores and mold. The hot metal bums the core so that it can be shaken out, leaving the ball with in the shell. Ball valves, swivel joints and many other articles are cast iu the same manner. Detroit Free Press. A Woeful Lark of Sagacity. Father Yes, I admit that our boy ain't lazy. He's us smart as can be when it comes to 'tending traps and running errands, but he doesn't Boom to have any business sagacity at nil. Mother Why, what makes you say that? Father Well, for example, look what he did yesterday. He had four nice, big fat rabbits, and what does he do but take them down to town to sell them. Why didn't he take them up to the woods where them city fellers were huntin? Kate Field's Washington. Aa to Interviewing. A contemporary stx-nks of a "new kind of interviewing," where the inter viewer iu the course of pumping his vic tim has the opportunity of airing his own opinions. We had supposed that this was the basic principle of the inter view. We had been given to under stand that the opinions of the victim were the last things to euter the mind of the Interviewer. Boston Transcript. The orientals, who have long nuvle use of basket ware, seem to have solved completely the problem of combining nss and beauty in such articles, and the best of such things as made are those that follow the lines long ago established by the Asiatics or by our own Indiana. EL VAQUERO. "Ave Maria," a herder said, Una eve In light of Hanta Fa, Where ground and blanket were lila bad. And all around Ills cattle lay. "Ave Maria, full of graoe"- How atrangely solemn were the words, In aucb a wild and dreary place beneath the atari, among the herds. "Santa Maria, Mother of Qod"-Angul-llke Israels came to take The wordi thus aisiken from the ami To yonder aky while yet be spake. "Pray for ua ilnnera now," laid he, With earnest hope to he forgiven, While distant hllli all aeomed to be Hteps leading from the nlalua to heaven. "Pray for us In the hour of death" And softly illll the murmuring came. Until at laat l(o Unplug breath Ceased with the aweet and holy name. "Ave Maria," no more ha said, That eve In sight of Santa t'e; Whan morning came a herder dead Waa found there where hla cattle lay. J. C. Huruett UNDER A CLOUD. I was stopping at Lakeside when I met Dr. Leonard, and In response to bis Invl tatloni speut many pleasant hours in his cozy bachelor apartments. One evening after returning from a patient and seating himself before the fire to the enjoyment of a last cigar before retiring for the night he told me the following story: A few years ago I left the care of my pa tients in tbe bands of a brother physician and went down to my old home in the western part of New York to settle up the remainder of the business connected with my father's estute. It proved much more troublesome than I expected and detained me in the old place for several weeks. During that time I was a guest at a farm house at the edge of the village, where an old friend of the family resided. According to the good custom of the people in that section of the country all the attaches of the farm were counted as members of the household and dined to gether at the same large table. It was early harvest time and tbe family was in creased by a number of temiiorury farm help who were hired for the busy part of the season. Among these was a young fellow about twenty, of fair complexion, broad intelligent brow, but of a cast of countenance expressive of deep melan choly. The men were a jovial set and filled in the bits of leisure at mealtime and after the day's work was over in recounting their numerous experiences. This man, however, never shared in their hilarity, but sat silently apart In a dark portion of the room until time for retiring. I in quired who he was, and was told that his name was Dave; they had never learned Ids surname; iu fact, they had never asked about it Dave bad come early in May and had en gaged for the season. He was an excellent worker, they testified, but very reticent, never speaking except in answer to a ques tion or when it was an absolute necessity to ask one. He was kind to the animals, clever In taking hold of any new kind of work and very industrious, often perform ing more than two good men. They did not understand him, but hoped that be could be hired for another season. I became deeply interested In this Dave, and resolved to make a study of his char acter and, if possible, win him over to a more cheerful view of life. I began to ad dress lil m whenever we met on various topics concerning Ids works, but, although I received courteous answers, was wholly unable to get him into conversation. He seemed to be brooding over some painful idea that refused him a moment's respite. I noticed the restive, nervous energy with which he worked, as if only the most la borious effort could keepdowuau inward demon of thought He continually wore a look of depression, and sometimes In the dim light of the vomer where be sat after the day's work was done I fancied I perceived tears in bis eyes and a look of agony on his fuce, but be said nothing. I began to think that he was one of those enigmatio beings upon whose spirit some hidden disease had shed un eternal melancholy, and that perhaps there was no concrete cause for his reti cence and doom. One day the sun arose warmer than usual, and by noon the air had become so churged with heat and moisture as to ren der physical exertion almost Impossible. After dinner the men lay down in the thade of the cool maples and declared their unwillingness todoauytlilng further until late In the afternoon. They would make up for lost time after Biinduwn. Dave, however, took his fork as usual and start ed fur the field, and when the old farmer called and urged him to wait until the worst of the midday heat had worn away he only shook his head and nnswered that hedidu t uiitid the heat. Later, whea the men went back to their work, they found Dave lying in the burn ing sun as though dead. They broiiKlit him to the house and placed him under my euro. For many days afterward his life hung in a balance aud only the must careful nursing prevented the shock from proving fatal. Much of the time he was delirious and Iu the ravings of his disor dered mind I learned something of his past history. He often cried out: "Klsiu, I didn't do the deed, but they will hang me; yes, they will hang me, fur they heard me say that I would kill him. 1 didn't mean what I said and 1 didn't do It Klsle, don't you believe meF Come buck, Klsie, come back, come buck I" and In his frantic eagerness I had to hold hlin down by force. His voice became almost pathetic as he pleaded for Mule not toturn away with that look of horror on her race. "It Is not the hanging, Klsie," he often cried out "I could easily die If It were not that you believe me guilty. Oil, that wretched threat and that wretched quar rel; but I tell you, Klsie, that I am Inno cent." Sometimes he would grow quiet and murmur softly, "I knew, dear Klsie, that yuu would believe me innocent." One muruinu he opened biB eyes, nnd I saw by his look that reason had returned. He asked what had happened, and I told him that he had been very III. "Are you the doctor!"' he asked, "and whose house is this? I was never in this room before. I evaded the 'simple question by telling biiu that he was wit u friends and that he must keep quiet and talk aud think as little as possible until he grew stronger. He promised to obey and lay back on his pillow. 1 looked in a few minutes later and found him sleeping calmly with a smile on his face. He began to convalesce after this, but the old look returned and checked some what the progrexs of returning health. One afternoon 1 sail: "Dave, I want to be your friend. You are iu trouble. 1 knew that something was making you unhappy lief ore you la'came ill, but during your ill ness I heard you refer to the cause. Do not be afraid, but tell me all and I may In able to help you." lie opened his hoiiesi blue eyes witli a look so sad that 1 pitied him as I had never dune In-fore. Dr. Ieounnl." said he, "did you learn that I am suspected of murdering an old friend and that if I should be discovered here there is circumstantial evidence enough to convict me, although I really committed no criinef I had an intimate friend of the name of Iveson, and his sister had promised to be my wife. My parents were dead, and I lived with my uncle not far from the Iveson mansion. Everything went well with George Iveson and me un til after my engagement with Klsie. "I was poor. 1 he Ivesons were wealthy. My father had betrayed a trust and the blow killed my mother. Father died while serving his lime, and I was Irft to the care f an uncle whose reputation was bad. My life had been very unhappy until I met George Iveson. He did not treat me like the rest, but invited me to his home, and there I met Klsie. She was a beautiful girl, and her sympathy for my loneliness grew to love arid we were very happy. It waa some time before Ueorge learned about it, but we thought be ought to kuow, aud it was decided that I should tell him. George waa feeling moody the day I chose to disclose our secret, and at tbe news flew into a fearful rage, taunted me with the ill name of my parents and said tbat no sucb blot should ever be cast on bis family. He said that I bad be trayed tbe friendship be bad given Die from pity and because be believed 1 was trying to do right, Tail he waa mistaken and we were friends no longer. At first I tried to be reasonable, but when bespoke of my parents I lost all restraint and we exchanged many bitter words. He swore that be would fix it so that I should never mary Klsiu, aud I said, 'If you do I will kill you.' I was Iu a threatening attitude when I spoke these words and fretuied with rage. They were heanl by some passers by, aud among them by Joe Wil kinson, a man who bore me an old family grudge. "I went to bed early that evening, but was unable to sleep aud about midnight I arose and left the house. My head thrublaid violently as I picked my way along the stony road leading to the river, where there Is a deep gorge and a waterfall. I found a resting place on the edge of the precipice and tried to ovscry the bottom through the dim light The clouds were scudding across the sky driven by a raw, damp wind, which swept through the gorge aud kept the trees above moaning, as If be wailing with me the loss of friends. I re mained in the place until daylight broke and the sun dissipated the chilly gray of the east; then I started bock toward my uncle s bouse, "I turned through a neighbor's field, the same that had heard my threat, but before I reached the road on the other side a sav age voice called for me to halt I atoptwd aud turned back in surprise. What was my horror when I reached the spot where the man was to see George Iveson lying on the stony ground dead. There was an ugly wound on bis head, as if struck a heavy blow with a blunt instrument I forgot my resentment in a moment and was overcome with grief. I stooped to lift the body Into an easier position, but waa knocked completely off my feet by a club which the man bad In bis band. You young murderer,' he cried; 'your sniveling will not help you out of this, xou win hang as high as Hainan or my name is not Joe Wilkinson. We heard your threat yesterday and I have caught you today. You will go.a step higher than your dad, I reckon.' "I was thunderstruck, but suddenly the hopelessness of my condition dawued upon me. Wilkinson's fierce taunt roused me to action. I leaped upon him, struck him to the ground and turned back among the rocks. 1 found a hiding place, and the next night got away from the country. I wandered about like a beast fur a few weeks until ut last, growing bolder, I came here and obtained work. It proved some relaxation to the misery I suffered, but I am innocent. Do you believe me. doctor?" I told him that I did and would make efforts to learn all the subsequent circum stances and advise bim accordingly. In the meantime he should be patient aud try to get well faster. A few days after this occurrence a car rlage containing a lady and gentleman Btopped at the old farmhouse and the gen tleman requested the privilege of resting bis horses and obtaining dinner. The farmer took the horses and 1 led the way to the house. The young lady was beau tiful, but there was a tinge of sadness in her manner. She spoke softly to her brother and called him George, I thought nothing of this, but a few moments later, when he addressed her as Klsie, I was bo startled that I leaped to my feet "Pray, what Is your name?" I exclaimed excitedly. The gentleman appeared surprised, but answered quietly, "My name is George Iveson and this is my Bister Klsle." "Have you a scar on your beadf" I ex claimed, hardly knowing what I was say ing I was so excited. "les," said Mr. Iveson, looking at me in wonderment, "but my hair covers it up and I wonder at your noticing it I fell," be went on, "and was nearly killed a few mouths ago, but it healed rapidly, and 1 am perfectly well now. A neighbor ac cused an old friend of mine of doing the deed, for he hud overheard us In a quarrel. My friend disappeared and has never been beard of since, although I have doue my utmost to find him." Klsie was crying. I nrose and going over to her said, "1'rovidence sends us strange experiences; some bring sorrow and some happiness; was your friend s name Dave?" George sprang to his feet Unn you tell us where he is?" he cried. I explained everything, and shortly af terward, when I opened the door to Dave's room, I felt that life was a very dear gift when used in behalf of others. "Dave," I said, "what would you con eider the best news I could bring your" "That the past five months of my life hat been only a dream," said Dave, sadly. "Wouldn't it suit you as well to know that George recovered from his hurt? said I. He looked upaud answered slowly, "That Is impossible, for he was dead." "It is possible," said 1, "and I really be lleve that be may have recovered." Gradually I told him all, aud there came over his tired face a look of tranquil hap plness. A few years later, when a square envel ope appeared in my mall one morning, 1 was so Interested that I forsook my pa tients and went to the wedding. George was the best satistied brother-in-law In the world, and Joe Wilkinson swore that Dave was the brightest young lawyer in that see lion of the country, aud if hedidn'tdeserve success uo one did. Chicago News. Voting on Principle. There are In the world at this epoch a vast number of men who have no other thought, with regard to their political po sition, than to oppose and destroy some thing. There is a familiar story of an lm migrant who landed in New York, and hearing there was an election in progress immediately expressed a wish to go and vote. "But what are your politlcsf" he was asked. "1 don't know," said he, "but have you a government in this country?" "We have." "Then I'm agin itl" This anecdote is recalled by the account of a dialogue between two workmen in Paris, pending an electoral campaign. "Whom shall you vote for iu your dis trictr" one asked the other. "I don't exactly know. You see, there are two candidates In ourdistrlct, and" "What parties do they belong to?" "Well, you see, there's the trouble. I heard t'hem talking iu the cafe about these two candidates, and it seems that they're Antagonists both of llieinl" "Indeed! Well, then, I'll tell you what I should do." Whutf" I should 11 ml out which is the more An tagonistic of the two aud vote for him." Youth s Companion. A Coal Dust Knglne. A new motive power lias been patented In Germany, the source of which ia coal dust. The invention Is based on the fact that the finely divided carbonaceous mat ter floating in the air readily explodes, and to adapt this phenomenon to the genera tion of motive power the Inventor proposes to grind coal loan Impalpable powder and nftcriiitrodticiug the dust limiting In the air into the cylinder of au engine, explode it on the same lines as gas is used in engine practice. The first apparent difficulty, that of disposing of the ash, is not, according to the inventor, a serious obstacle. The advantages that would accrue from a direct utilization of mineral fuel as mined are obvious. While modern practice con verts only 10 to 15 per cent of the heat en ergy stored in owl into power at the crank shaft of a steam engine, it is claimed tbat no less than 70 to 80 per cent could be made available by tbe direct combustion of fuel through explosion of coal dust New York Telegram. The Presbyterian minister of Kcclefecban, Carlyle's native place, excused himself re cently for not seuding In a report on "the religion and morals of bis parishioners on the ground that "there is neither religion nor morals in the district" Close to Gavamle tn southern Fr nee there Is an immense semicircular lineot rocks called "t he circle." The floor within is strewn with broken pieces of atone and debris, and the walla rise almost vertically to a great height A sulphur bath, which persons travel tar to take at the springs, may be taken at home very acceptably and with good results by throwing a handful of sulphur into the bath water. . A IIISTUM0 MARKET, OLD CLOTHES IN LONDON ALL DRIFT TO A FAMOUS PLACE. Old Clothes Mart In lloundnlltoh Attracts Hundreds of Thouaanda of People Who Want to Wear Eipenalre Apparel, but Can't Tay Vary Much For It Down in the unsavory and ill favored quarter of Houndsditch, behind the area of the city whoro countless gold is mudo and turned over, tbero is an inclosed spaco, part of the so called Phil's band ings, which goes by tho descriptive numo of tho Old Clothes Mart. Admission to it is obtained on payment of a penny as entrance foe, collected by a man stand ing at tho barrier that divides the street from the emporiums beyond. The gen eral aspect is far from inviting, and a first cursory glance soemi to reveal only a collection of rags and decrepitude. The floor is nothing tnoro than the pavement The roof is tho sky, and in ruin or sun shine tho heaps of clothes are exposed without protection to tho changes of tho capricious London climate. On slushy days they present a lumeutuble appear ance. There are no benches or stalls, as in other markets, only lines of wooden rail ing running along tho iuclosure marked out in lengths and apportioned to tho different venders. Tbe goods are packed in sucks or bundles deposited on the flags, aud at tho open mouth or top of each is displayed a sumple of its con tents, wbich is also temptingly laid across the rail, whence depend tho legs of trousers, the sleeves of dresses, tho frills of petticoats, the soles of boots or the handles of sticks and umbrellas. Tho goods vary considerably in quality aud ttfqicot. Some are moldy, tattered or colorless; others are in fairly good con dition, clean and serviceable. Old Clothes Murt is victualled by hawk ers' who haunt certain suburban districts to purchase the cust off garments of the more modest inhabitants those who do not hesitate to discuss the conditions of the business in person nt their front doors. The dealings are not carried on in cash. The hawkers, with astute knowl edge of human nature, offer in exchange crockery, phiHter figures or even flowers in liots, experience having successfully proved that a bust, a pair of vases or n water bottle worth sixpence is infinitely more tempting than a shilling, nnd the buyer has the satisfaction of emptying the burrow laden with flashy, worthless articles ut a profit of 60 tier cent. When his original stock in trade is re placed by wearing apjairel, the hawker adjourns to the neighborhood of the mart, where he finds a group of men calling themselves commission buyers who Did against each other for tho who! lot. The successful comtietitor forth with distributes his bargains among the holders of the railed off compartments inside, who endeavor to retail them to the customers who have paid tbe en trance feo. The best of these customers are always Irish buyers. They carry off wholesale q nam tics for Celfast, Dublin, Cork and other localities beyond the channel. Tuking into consideration the nature and general uppcaratico of the consignments, it is startling to learn on good authority that occasionally 30 and even -10 have been paid down in cash for ono lot. Credit is never given, and payment precedes the delivery of the goods. Huts, which, as n rule, are the most de plorable objects, fetch but little, yet are eugcrly bought whatever their state. They are sent to Puris for tho sake of the silk on them and there manufactured into new ones. Couts vary more in price than any other article; some go for a penny, some for sixpence and upward to 5. There was a legend on the mart that onecoat was actually sold for "a tenner." Clothes that have been worn by the highest and richest in the lund have found their downward wuy to Hounds ditch, not excepting those once belong ing to the Prince of Wales, not that the noblo owners are a party to the desecra tion, but because the valets whose per quisites they become know of this way of realizing money for them. The bargains are advantageous to all parties. Some of tbe shabby, disreputable and poverty stricken looking railing holders at the mart, the men who haggle desperately over a sixpence, are well to do capital ists. One of them is the proprietor of several houses iu a good quarter of Lon don. Others hive a large balance at the bank, and others still own considerable property in stocks nnd shares. They turn over thousands of pounds in the course of a year, which is not surprising, as the mart is opened every day and vis ited by 000 or 700 people on week days and by 4,000 or 5,000 on Sundays. A not able particularity is that while on week days the stalls are free and a charge is made for tho admittance of the public on btmduys the stallholders pay n small fee and the customers euter gratuitously, The mart is open from 11 to 6. It is a favorite lounge for the dwellers in the district, while those on business intent flock to it from great distances. The old clothes mart of Hounsditch is not comprised in tho list of the 100 mar kets mentioned in the report of tbe com mittee of public control, and it may therefore continue to exist with impuni ty. It bus been in working order for about 00 years and is an important oiip in its line. Its trade extends to Spain and the Cape, whither go the renovated costumes and repaired goods. France and Scotland receive their consignments in their unregencrato state aud treat them according to their own require ments. London Cor. New York Sun. Women In Peraia. It has so long been our natural boast that, although still denied the ballot, no where do women enjoy such freedom, that It may Burpriso some persons to know that Persian women boost that in their country men do the work and women enjoy the re sults. They at least have far more freedom than Is generally supposed by their Ameri can sisters. The requirements of a Persian household are comparatively few fruits and salads form a large proportion of the diet; the warm climate dispenses with many articles necessary in America, and the rare changes in fashion save an incredi ble amount of labor. In the auderoom or woman's part of the house girls are taught to read, to sew and to play the zither, and as they marry nt 13 or 13 their parents are early relieved of all care for their future. A Much Needed Invention. The man who invents a method of join ing the leather of machinery belts so that it will be as strong at the point of union as elsewhere has an enormous fortune in wait- Ins for him. A machine belt 8-16 of an inch thick will sustain 875 pounds of weight per Inch of width. At the splices, after the belt has been fastened with rivets, this Is reduced to 880 pounds. Lacing reduces it still further to SUO pounds, while a safe working tension is only about 50 pounds per Inch. If tbe belts could be made solid and as strong at the joints as elsewhere, the working tension might be largely in creased. Detroit Free Press. A Bedemdant Echo. At Roseneatb In Argylsbire there is an echo which repeats eight or ten notes from a trumpet but tn a much lower tone than the original. Then, after a momentary si lence, the notes are again repeated, but still weaker, and strange to relate, after another short interval of silence, they are repeated for the third time in a tone so faint as to be scarcely audible. St Louis Republic. A Myalls Number Among the Jews. The nations of antiquity placed great faith In the mystical powers of numbers. Among the Hebrews "7" was tin national number, In whose pBoterlo efficacy they bad great confidence. We find It coimUinlly re curring in Holy Script Philadelphia Times, Too Much Trouble. Bingo I guess I'll wear tbat Ascot tie of mine today. Mrs. lllngcOh, I wouldn't, dear. Why not wear your club tier Bingo I would have to change my shirt then, Clothier and Furnisher. TIIK FOUNTAIN H1AO OP STKKNGTH When we recollect that the stomach l the (rami laboratory In which food transformed luto the serrations which furnish vlaiir lo the system alter entering anil eiiricliiug the lilixxl ; that It la In abort the fountain head u( xtrenetli, It ia essential to keep tills linjairiant iiiiilylng machine In order anil to reiture it to activity when It becomes inactive. This lluateller'a stomach lllllura dues moat elTecliiallv. season shly, regulatliif and reinforcing digestion, pro- inoiuit: una action ol the liver aim Howe a. Strength and quietude of the uervea ilenend hi great measure upon thorough illxeatlon. There ia uo nervine toiilo more nighty enteemeil by the medical fraternity than the Hittera. I'hul- claua alao atiouglr commend It fur chills and lever, rneiimiuiinii, Kinney ana niauuer imuuie, Ick headache and want ol auuellte aud aleeu. Take a wlueglawful three tliuua a day. I'rofmMir I'ollerhv The ImkIv of the true, ecu. tlemcti, In roiiiitoM-d uliiioKt wholly of wilier. Krenhlelgli Hprltig walerT 8AKK, HtlKK AND 8PKKI1V. No external remedy ever yet devised lias so fully and unquestionably met these three prime condition! as suoceinfully as Allcock's l'oaoiiB Plabtkks. They a. e safe because they contain no deleterious drugs and are manufactured upon sclentilic prin ciples of medicine. They are sure because Homing goes into mem except ingreuiems which are exactly adapted to the purposes for which a nlaster is reouired. Thev are speedy In their action because their medic inal qualities go rigui to ineir won oi re lieving pain and restoring the natural and healthy performance of the functions of muscles, nerves and skin, ask tor all cock'b, and do not be induced to accept a substitute. ItuANiiKKTH's 1'ibu are safe and sure. It is Mild Kood whlnky eiin be bought III Kaat ern TenneNKce for ,'4eeulN a Kullon, but that's nil iiiooiiHhlue. DKAKNB88 CANNOT HK t'UKICD Ky local application, ss ihey cannot reach the dlseaaed portion ol the ear. There ia only one way to cure dealneas, and that la by couatltu tiiuial remedies, lieafnewi ia caused by an In flamed condition of the mucous llnhiK of the eustachian tube. When this tube la Inflamed you have a rumbling Hound or Imiierfect hear lug, aud when it is entirely cluaeii deafness In I the result, and uulesa the lullatiimatlnii can be laken out and inn tune restored In Its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; which ia nothing but an Inllamvd condition ol me mucous suriaces. We will give Due Hundred Dollars (or anv case of deafness (caused bv catarrh) tliKlcniinol oe curea uy nan a i.aiarrn cure. cnd lor cir ciilars, free. V. J. (HUSKY t CO., Toledo. O. Hold by druggists; 76 cents. Use Bnsmellne Stove Polish; no dust no smell, Tet OssifSA for breakfast Weak and Poor In llcsh, hud scnushall the time, and sometimes I could not lie dun n for I was ao distressed. short of brcmli. I consulted seven physl- i luus,anj tiiecnnclusiou was that I rettaluly had Consumption and my case wns hope less. One pliytlchiu ad vised me to gn cither south or to Colorado, as I could not live i i the no:th. My husband n at Iu the drm,' business and so'd out lo go away, but a friend silvlsed me to Into Hood's Siirsauirllln. I did so and have improved rapidity In Hood'sCures tiemltla ever liuee 1 bcKiui with it, and am now slip! to do my own work. I feel like s new person." Mbs. F. O. Stonk, Geneva, Ohio. Hood'8 Pills cure con-tipatlon. '., Baking Portder When in Portlund be sure to tuke in tbe greatest novelty at tbe Exposition, We shall bake biscuits and cake every afternoon and evening on our pretty Jewel Gas Stove. Everybody cordially invited to have a biscuit with us and see the wonderful merits of Golden West Baking 1'owder proved by actual work. CLOSSET&DEVERS, PORTLAND, OH. Driving the Brain at tlie expense of tlie Body. While we drive the brain we must build up the body. Ex ercise, pure air foods that make healthy flesh refreshing sleep such.are methods. When loss of flesh, strength and nerve become apparent your physician will doubtless tell you that the quickest builder of all three is Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, which not only creates flesh of and in itself, but timu kites the appetite for other foods. Prepared hr Scott a Bowna. K Y. All tnxtt 1st Tlie Best Waterproof Coat in the WORLD ! fish UOKER The FISH HKAND SLICKER to wuruited Wltw- pruof, tnd will keep you dry In tlte hanjettttorm. The new IUMMKL Ki.K ktK It a Derfbct fldiH euaL Uid I coren tiw entire Bridle. Hcwarcutf ImilaUooaV. Ihvn u bay a coal if Uiti " run Brain." not ua It. Jllaitrt- IteJ CsMiXCUe irr. A. J. TUWEK, lioiU.il, HaJt. HAVE rrcfflTCO FILES knowa by moHtnH UK parapiraUoii. oauatf ioiviim luunof whoa r to. Tbia form and BLXMX BieUDUfi or r&oraUDuf a s ilx T1KLO ITOirs! TO DR. B0-$A-K0 S PILE RKMEDT, which acta diraetlr on part affct4, hsnvrsi (iisanrst all law ttjh lnar alfTawattttsr YOU GOT nit fft aprtnanntcura. 1hriedSo. Dratrta fLeW W a AMftBko, F.uia4alpA4a. Ya :iMx::ii: isctrc. sod Beople who bare vest lanes er Asia ns. shonM aae Paw's Car for Coemasptkas, It aae m4 las.saaea, It has ant isle. Son. It as not bad so lake, la Ust beat eoawb amp. Boas ersn.baie. SaVe. "TrOutwimsiiaCV (Md&i DO.VT L1STKN to tlie dealer who is bent on bigger profits. lbs tiling tliat he wants Tou to buy, when you ask for Dr. fUnw'a favorite Pruacrin- tlon, fa n't "Just sa good." of this is easy, i ne uuaranfMd remedy the ailments of woman hood is the " Favorite Pre scription." If it ever falls to benefit or curs, in mak ing weak women strong or suffering women well, you have your money oats. Anything "juat as good," or as sure to nring ueip, could ue, ana wouiu oe, soiu ia Just that way. This Euarantecd medicine Is an Invigora ting, restorative tonic, eeeclnlly aihtpUxl to woman a needs and wriectiy uarinie iu any condition of her system. It builds up, itreiigthous, regulates, and cures. For periodical pains, bearing-down sensa tions, ulceration, lnllammatiou everr thiusT that's known as a " female complaint," it's a retueuy mat a sale, certain, anil proven. 25ct HioU.,and il.UUper Itottle? Oue cent a does. THIS obiit Coooa Cuaa promptly cures WDera ail oinere lau. fjouf na, croup, store Threat, Hoarsenees, whooping Cough and Aatbma. For Consumption It las no rival: has cured thouaanda, and will OURI tod If taken in time. Bold by Druggists on a guar antee. For a Lame flack or Cheat use BHILOH'I BELLADONNA PLABTKR-jo. LILOH'S, kCATARRH 'REMEDY. lis lave vou Catarrh? This remclrlsntaran. teed to cure you. Friee,60c Injector I rfrne. 'August Flower 99 I have been troubled with dyspep sia, but after a fair trial of August Flower, am freed from the vexatious trouble J. B. Voung, Daughters College, Harrodsburg, Ky. I had headache oue year steady. Oue bottle of August Flower cured me. It was positively worth oue hundred dollars tome J. W. Smith, P.M. and Gen. Merchant, Townsend, Ont. I have used it myself for constipation and dyspepsia and it cured me, It is the bestseller I ever handled C. Rugb, Druggist, Mechanicsburg, Fa. Guns for Everybody. Just received a full line of Parker, Smith, Remington, Ithlca, Lefever, U. M. C, Etc. The most cnmnletc stock hi the Northwest. Send 6 cents In staiuns for 112-pave Illustrated catalogue. THE H. T. HUDSON ARMS CO., 98 First Street, - 1'Oltri.ANU, OR, dr. eamrs ONION SYRUP FOR COUGHS. COLDS AND CROUP. GRANDMOTHER'S ADVICE. fo railing family of nlna childran, my only ram- oufrna. tjoim ana uroup waa onion ayrup. is etTeotiVo to-day aa it wsi forty year ago. itrandobildren taka Dr. Ounn'i union fly imp alraadv nreDarod and mnri Dleaaaut to tha taata. Bold everywhere Larva bottles 00 osnta. TakaooaubtUtuttfor.W Thoro'a noUilaC aa gtxxi. SOCIETY BADGES. A. FKI.DKNHKIM KK, leading Jew eler ef the l'adrle North west, keeps a large Rtnck of all HKCRET SOCIETY BA1X1KH on hand. Ileal goods at low est figures. Badges made to order. EOCENE. Is a Hpecial brand of Hunting Oil. which we manufacture expressly fur FAMILY l'Kt, IT IS A I'KltrKl'T ILLUMINATOR. IT IM H Ml H FJKK TKST. IT IS OF UNIFORM QUALITY. Wc guarantee It to be the hkiiikht possible GRAIIK or 11.1.1'minatino on. Ask for It. STANDARD OIL COMPANY. MASQUERADES, PARADES, 111 A 'I ATM It THKVriUCAI.M. Kvervthitig in the hIh.vu line. Costumes, Wigs, UchhIh, I'mjKTUe, Open, and Play Books, etc., funiiwheii ut Kretuly reduced rates and in sujie rior quality by the oldest, largest, beat renowned and therefore only reliable Theatrical Supply timut. m the Pacific Voat. Correspondence so licited. (ioMWTKiN Si Co., 26, 28 aud ;t0 O'Farrell street, also 821! Market street, Hun Francisco. We tfupply all Theaters on tlte Voaxt, to whom we re Itevtfully refer. FOR CALIFORNIA HOMES, Lands and Invest meats, ne d for CL H A HAKKH'H Real En ate luvestuiriit Circular, tree. 1003 Ukoadway, Oakland, Cat. TORS on I nnta i.lm enta. Bent miiken. IjOWpNt prices, send for ctttHlottue. iv. ; hi:a n,HlpoD,i ai. ENGRAVINGII WtlNTKKS HHOULD KNOW Hint the oldest and best l'holo-enKrav- ingomr-eiu un trail, f'lsro was established J n Is77 by the M mincer of the DfcWEY, KX. URAV1XU CO., who hiw secured the latest ami best Improve UMMitH.Hi'cret processes und a full complement of the most upproveU machinery, photo ap purntufl. powerful elec trie iiaCtils.. etc. Huvintr S.F.MxManU:fnttfhiMfJat.il,,S experience mid superior artists, tlii pioneer Co. turns out the highest class of work promptly, rviiutjly and at uuifurmly moderate fi rices for all kinds of engraving. Publisher. belet uKvlup spt-clal Inmies. Job printers and others should Heml forHurnples.erftlmuiPHntid in format ion i A.T. lJKWKV, Miuiuger,!u Market St., 8. F., Cat FRAZER AXLE Best io the World! Get tho Genuine! Sold Everywhere! GREASE fKANK WOOLSKT, Agent, Portland. Or. only rfr for L lVrfii Y!M V V I sW i "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR GAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES SAPOLIO RHEUMATISM CURED BY THE USE OF ftloore's Revealed Remedy. asTOHi, Okbook, Jannarr la. MOORI REV KA LED REMEDY RHEm ATleat and mj roea(etbnT cured entirely of LNFLAMMATOBir RHIO- aiuub wasn us dsssuocsoc OLD mr Brooklyn Hotel 201-212 But. St., Sin Francisco. This favorite hotel la nuder the manacemont af I IUKI.KS MONTUIIMKKY, and l as koo.I II not the best Family aud business Men's Hotel Iu Hau Kraudsco, Roma Comforts! Cuisine Unexcelled 1 First-class service and I lie) blithest standard of resie'taliillly guaranteed. Our rnuin runnuf be turjioMitrit Jor tmiriiM nnd eiiniirl, Itnard and room per day, I.M, I.A0, l.7Aaud IJ.UO; board and room per week, 7 lo II.': sliiKle rooms, Un lo 1. free ouavh to and from hotel. DOCTOR Prte's Meif THE GREAT CURE FOR INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION. Regulator of th ? Liver and Kidneys A Hl'KCIKK) FOB Scrofula, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Neuralgia And All Otbar Blood and Skin Diseases. II Is a positive cure for all those painful, dell cnte complaints aud complicated troubles and weaknesses common among our wives, mothers and daiiKhlcrs. Theenccll Immediate anil lastliur. Two or three doses of lis. I'akiikk's IIkmkhv tuscii dnlly keeps tho blood cool, the liver and kldnes act ive, and will entirely eradicate Iroiu the system all traces of Hcrofula, Salt Klicuui, or any oilier lorin ol uioou disease. No medicine ever Introduced In this country met with such ready side, nor given sucli li universal satisfaction whenever used us that ol iihiki it's It edv I IH. I'AKDKK'B ItKMKIiY. his remedy has been u-rd In tbe hnpllala throughout tlie old world for the past twenty. live year aa n spei-iiic nir me noovu iiini-nm-n. and ll haa and will cure when all other so-culled remedies tail. Send for pamphlet of testimonials from those who have been cured hv Ita use. lruKKits sell It at 11.110 er bottle. Try it and bu couviiiced, For sale by MACK & CO., O and II Front St., San Francisco. for the above discuses, KIDNEY J Bladder, Urinary and hlver Dlsesses Dropsy (i ravel aud lliahetes are cured by HUNT'S REMEDY THE BEST KIDNEY AND LIVER MEDICINE. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Bright'a Disease, Retention or Non-ro-teutloD ol Urine, fains in the Back, Loins or Bide. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Intemperance, Nervous Diseases, General Debility, Female Weakness and KxccsseB. HUNT'S REMEDY Curos Biliousness, Headache, Jaundice. Pour Htoniach, Dyspepsia, Constipation and Files. HUNT'S REMEDY At!aj AT ONl'Kon the Kldnrvs, I.Ivor and Howels. restoring thein to a healthy ao Hon, imil I I Ill s when all other medicines tall. Hundreds hare been saved who have bveu given up to dio by friends and physicians. ftoi.n hv am, mrtiiiisis. Hercules Gas Engintf (OAS OK GASOLINE) Mad for Power or Pumping Purpose; The Cheaiiest Helluhle Oaa Kuglu od tlia Market. Out or Fncsnk arO Puatc Fur Simplicity It Beau the World. . It oils itself from a Reservoir, Va Cnrburetor to get out of order. No llatterlea or Bleaitrle Spark. ft runs wltb a Cheaper Onule of Gasoline than any oilier Ktigiim. . BKNO VOH C'ATAK'HOK TO PALMER & REY, Manufacture At, 1(16 Sansiimi Street, San Francisco. taL AND PORTLAND. OKKOON. gLOOD POISON A SPECIALTY. K"'C1S BrphllH permanently cured In lb to 35 days. Yuu can be treated at borne for the same price and tbi tame rnartuitecai with those who prefer to como bore we will contract to cure them or refund nmncy and par expense of coming, railroad faro andboul lillls, if we fail to cure. If yon have taken mer cury, Iodide potaih, anditlll bare aches and tnlns. Mucous Patcheaiin mouth, Hore Throat 4mpletC'opptM'olored Mnota, lilceraon any part of tbe budr. Ilnlr or t: ye brow .mil In; out. It ll thfa Syphllltle BLOOD POINOM that we a-iwraustee to cure. We solicit the most obstinate ease and challenrtne world for ease we cannot care l'blsdlseasebasalwar named the skill of the moat, eminent physl clans. VMMtOOO capital behind our uncondi tional iraarantee. At1uloproonisentrviiiec1on application. Address COOK KKMKDV CO., sULM to 1S31 Masonic Tenple, Chicago, UDC IVIIICinW'C SOOTHING IIIHVt IIIUtJLUH U bYHUr - FOR CHILDREN TEETHING Fsrsalsbyall Urncstits. SACcsUsstttla N. P. N. U. No. 615-S. F. N. U. No. 592 I can cute with pleasure that br tbe aae et bbt has band was rellered from an oiri raw ol ietnuafaia .tn BOsxmd. Tonrt In trau no food. Yours tn i autnd a HA. a. T. DBHIIT. HULK TOPB