By Authority of Congress,
U. S. Gov't
Baking Powder
Tests.
The report of the analyses of Baking Powders, made
by the U. S. Government (Chemical Division, Ag'l
Dep't), shows the Royal superior to all other powders,
and givcsitslcavcningstrcngthandthcstrengthof each
of the other cream of tartar powders tested as follows :
LEAVr-NINQ OAS.
'Fereenb Cubic In. pnu,
ROYAL, Absolutely Pure, 13 06 . . 160.6
u.58 . . 151. 1
The OTHER POWDERS I 11.13 133-6
TESTED are reported to con- 10.26 . . iaj".a
tain both lime and sulphuric ( 0.53 . . 114.
acid, and to be of the follow ) 9.29 . . 111.6
In 2 strengths respectively, I 8.03 . . 96.5
7.28 . 87.4
These tests, made in the
and unprejudiced official
evidence that the " Royal "
ROYAL BAKING POWDER
Returned After Seven Years.
About seven years ago the village of
Forest City, Pa., wits excited over the
mysterious disupiwrninte of Williiim
Doolittle. One morning William loft
the house to buy some meat for dinner.
During tho forenoon the meat woe
brought to the house by the butcher,
but William failed to appear when din
ner time arrived. Months went by, but
no trace of him could be found. Every
one thought that he had been foully
dealt with.
Saturday afternoon Doolittle arrived
b Canondale, after an absence of over
even years. His mind had become de
ranged. The post was a blank to him.
except at two or three intervals, whon
be could for a short time remember
something of bis house and family. Four
years ago he found himself in Omiihn,
and then for the first time in three years
remembered bis name and that he hud
left his home in Forest City to buy some
meat for dinner. He could not recall
anything that occurred after be bought
the meat His wife and two children,
who live in Canondale, greeted him as
one from the dead. He left Omaha four
years ago, and has been on the road
working his way homeward ever since.
Philadelphia Times.
A Bowery Scheme.
"Here you are now, warm your hands
only a penny warm your hands,
everybody nice warm fire here for a
penny." The cry was a little out of the
ordinary, even on the Bowery.
A youngster of say twelve years, of
no telling what nationality, hud inau
gurated a unique business venture. It
consisted of a tiig iron pail tilled with
live coals, arranged to conveniently toast
one's cold lingers by, and the young in
ventor charged "a penny a warm."
"Isn't this something new, Jimmy?'
inquired the reporter, after having paid
the required fee.
"Yaaa, 1 gep. Dis is my first night at
de racket, and dey ain't much in it. I
only got in soventeen cents since 8
o'clock. Ain't many as catches onto it
at first."
- "Is it your own scheme?'
"Yaaa. Ye see Oippy, the chestnut
roaster on the corner here, is allays been
sore on de chumps wot stop and warm
der dukes at his lire, so 1 got an outfit
and now Uippy sends 'em all over here
to me. But dey ain't much in it."
Eitrftvagunce Id Smoking.
Nestor Uianuclis is a bright young
Greek who some years ago moved to
Cairo and engaged a small army of dark
skinned men, women and children to
make cigarettes for Americans to
smoke.
Mr. Gianaclis is said to be the best
jndge of tobacco in the world. Last
year 2,500,000 of his cigarettes passed
through the Boston custom house and
during one month 150,000 have been en
tered there. These cigarottes pay a duty
of four dollars a pound and ure sold at
five cents apiece or forty cents for a box
of ten cigarettes.
By actual experiment it costs one-half
a cent a minute to smoke an Egyptian
cigarette, which makes them probably
the most expensive thing iu the smoking
line. Boston Herald.
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We are subject to so many sudden
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EDITOR HUGH O'DONNELL. "
rhe Lexlrr of III Homestead Striken Id
ft New Ilule.
Byron gained fume as a poet Hnd went to
Greece as an liisurrect lonUt. Hugh O'Don-
oell gained fame at Homestead as an in
siirrecMoiilst anu
went to Chicago
09 a poet. The
cases may not bo
exactly parallel,
eveu Invertedly,
but there is a par
allelism of sugges
tion about them,
though it muy
frankly be owned
to he of the stro
blsmlcal order. A
good ileal duiwnds,
too, it must tie ad
mitted, on such in
consequential t ri
Vllcs as the veracity
of
the press of the
Windv Citv. If
IIUOII O'DONNELL. wliatsomeof their
esteemed contemporaries in other cities
think of Chicago journalists lie founded on
fact, O'Donnell moy not he a poet at nil
and may not be iu Chicago, in which case,
of course, the parallelism contended for
here would be entirely destroyed.
But it must not be allowed to be sacri
ficed on such asuspicion without strenuous
Insistence on the counter suspicion that
there is corroborative evidence of the state
ment that Mr. O'Donnell is a poet iu his
own confession that ho has written occn
lional verses, while tho fact of his presence
In Chicago may be substantiated by the
broad general statement that he is not else
where. If this be not suflicienttoestablish
the parallelism, it must he given up on the
ground that the doubting Thomases are
too particular.
For them only a cold statement of plain
facts will answer, and it may he presented
thuss Mr. O'Donnell is now In Chicago us
associate editor of Tbe Eight Hour Herald
and Chicago representative of The National
Labor Tribune. As a result of his share in
tbe troubles at Homestead, ho found him
self unable to obtain employment at Hint
place, and when he was acquitted in Feb
ruary last of the charges of murder, con
spiracy, treason and riot, on which ho had
been indicted, ho interested himself in labor
journalism as the most agreeable means of
earning the living he could no longer get
as an iron worker.
He has always been more or less interests
ed in literary work, und besides some very
creditable verse bus written more or less
for the magazines and newspapers. It was
natural, therefore, that lie should seek the
journalistio field when other avenues of
employment were closed to him. Delias
great faith still in tho power for good of
organized labor and says, "When such
statesmen as John J. Iugails advocate la
bor organizations, I think the solution of
the labor question can no longer be called
an 'Iridescent dream.' "
A COLUMBUS CLAIMANT.
Buffalo Centenarian Claims Descent
From the tireut Discoverer,
It Is not to bo supposed that America
must of necessity iro to the old world for
descendants of the Kreat navigator in whoso
honor Chicago is just now kicking up such
a splurge. Certainly the continent is great
enough and big enough t o have Coluinbuses
of its own. Of course if Kuropo has retained
a few of undoubted authenticity for her
own edification it was not amiss for us to
borrow them to add eclat to a celebration In
honor of the founder of their house. And
if their finances happened to bo impaired
It was quite proper for us to permit the
hat to be passed around for their benefit.
But all the same we must have a Colum
bus of our own, and we have, lie is the
great-grent-great great-Kreut-grnndson of
the man who discovered America in 14(13,
and he has retained tbe family name. lie
is Alexis Columbus of HnfTnlo and is now
on a visit to tho World's fair. To the dis-
ALKXISCOI.rMDfS.
tlnctlon of belnx a lineal descendant of the
greui nav.Kuic r ue oppen.w ...e rr...r .
record of having attained the aue of 104 I
years and of lieing tbe proud progenitor of
11 children, 40 grandchildren and 8 Rroat
grandchildren. Alexis Columbus was born In QueW,
but has lived in Buffalo for 52 years. He
was a ship curiwiitcr, but has devoted him
self to farming for a long time, lie has
two brothers in Buffalo and one in Queliec,
the latter 00 years old. They claim de
scent from the original Columbus through
his son Diego's second son, I.uis, who is al
leged to have sett led in France, whence his
descendants drifted to Canada and thence
to the United States. The features of
Alexis are said to bear a striking resem
blance to those of bis Illustrious ancestor,
but which of thedisputed portraits he looks
like does not appear in the testimony.
Tbe police of Cincinnati found a man
few days ago who had not two out ot
bis bedroom fur ten year Wheu askexl
why be bad remained there so long he
said it was because be wanted to.
"In tbe know ts fashionable slang
that is later and somewhat more elegant
if slang baa degree of elegance, or any
at alt, for that matter, than "in the
swim."
Mr
WHY AMERICAN WOMEN BREAK DOWN,
Too Much Hlrlvlnii After an Object Thai
la lleully Not Worth the KITort.
It him been frequently asserted that al
though our American women are fair
their youth, they do not wear well, that
their beauty departs early and at an age
when the Knglisli ami Frenchwoman in
her prime the American woman is faded,
tier complexion has lost the sea iiiisii
youth and has acquired neither a dec
eper
and more perfect bloom nor that equal
Uy
beautiful statuewiue pallor that comes
with matured yean. She is wrinkled and
looks careworn at ail age when her Kuro-
neaii sister is at the height of her woman
loveliness, and often, heforo she Is fifty, she
is a broken down old w oman full of reml
nisceucosof the past. This is especially true
of the woman of small income. Among
farmers It is estimated that on the average
one biislmuil outlives three wives.
It is impuwdMe to estimate bow much
the nervous, restless energy exhibited
such women, which surely and inevitably
saps their vitality, may arise from a tire
less ambition to achieve a certain social
distinction for themselves or their children
a wish for something better than they
have known, not n piuer heart or a more
cultured mind, but a more "stunning1
dress and n larger display of plush In thi
parlor. How many women yearly give up
their lives for such shallow ends as tbesol
The F.uroiean woman as a rule makes
no attempt to rival neighbors with four
times her income. The Y rciichwomun uy
ber superior economy anil tact makes
more elegant appearance and seta a more
refined table than an American woman
would on double the sum. The very prod
Igality of nature in this broad land seems
to render the people prodigal or the
means. Kcononiy that works spasmodic
ally, that "saves at the spigot and lets out
at tbe bunghole," is certainly most miser
able folly. The women wiio pructice, as
too many of them do, petty economies,
whiuli break down the health, and who
speud their strength with lavish hand,
need the warning of the rough old proverb.
it ts a woman s duty above all tilings,
she is a worker, to save her strength. She
must systematize her work. Haphazard
work is the hardest work. The stopping
anil starting up again expends thegrente.it
energy of the machines. To make a sue
cess of any work in life, even of the simple
work of the housewife, one must not allow
tbe reins to drop. Rest must lie taken, but
It must be systematic rest. What tires the
heart Is the continuous and erratic drudg
ing from one thing to another.
A recent paragraph calls attention to
the case of a woman well known In the
working world who was barely saved from
bruin fever by the mast strenuous efforts
of her physicians. Yet not long before
this she had said to her physician
worked fourteen hours a day and yet rose
iu the morning refreshed after sleep. It is
only recently that I have uot slept." The
physician replied: "The very fact that
von lelt no weariness from such protracted
ami continuous work showed the amount
of vital force that you were daily expend
ing. .Seven hours of steady mental labor
are all that any one has a right to expect."
New York Tnbuue.
How filrla Look at Domestic Service,
While waiting for change in one of our
stores I heard I wo young girls discussing
their view of tbe servant girl question,
never roll my sleeves up no matter what I
am doing. It looks so much liken servant.
'Neither do I, and my mother don't. Mie
don't want to have us look like servants."
Poor girls! They would prefer to have the
triuls-the ilunuur incident to such a life,
witb the small weekly pittance, possibly
spending all their scanty earnings to make
themselves look as attractive as possible,
with the thoughts In their hearts which
they are trained to secretly cherish that
they might have homes of their own, and
the majority of those girls are more sincere
than their tempters are willing to let their
consciences persuade them, but the iileaot
oeiiig a servant is so repugnant that the
mother and the diuinhtcr in their own
homes are deterred from habits of cleanli
nets by the dread of looking "like a serv
ant."
Here, It seems to me, lies the keynote of
the evil. Domestic service is counted low
-degraded not worthy of the best thought
ot the greatest minds. There Is science of
tbe stars, science of music, science of
plants, science of shells science reaching
to the invisible unimalculiH in the deep
sea, but the principles pertaining to skill
ful and economic preparation of food, sys
tematic niirchnseof supplies and accounts,
cleanliness and arrangement of the house.
Intelligent cure of children, simple remedies
and laws of health these common things,
aH'ccliugso nearly the life and happiness
of every man, woman anil child are deemed
too insiguilicaiit to lie made the subject ol
exneciiM study nud careful preparation.
All lines of mini's work are equipped for
truiuing In skill nnd prollcicncy, and those
who wish attainments bringing honor and
prollt must seek them through those live
nues. The result is that what is most np
proprlately mini's work and what Is purely
mechanical In woman s work ure over
crowded, while the homes sillier and the
hanniness of families is destroyed for lack
of intelligent, trained workers. Chicago
Tribune.
Take Plenty of Rest.
"Meat a plenty, dear," is the southern
woman's advice in cases of trouble or ill
ness, and there is more reason mid sense in
the prescription than in the united wisdom
ol nil thedcK'tors in America. Half the ills
of feminine llesh and spirit may lie laid at
the door of strain nnd over fatigue, and nn
afternoon ot perfect repose will often
ward olf a week's illness. Hy repose I
don't mean sitting In an easy chair with n
book or some work, to be interrupted and
made to jump up half a do.en times, with
bauds and brain just as active as if you
were aliont your business No; lie protie
on a comfortable sofa or bed, with corset
and boots removed and a light wrap thrown
over you: have the room a bit darkened,
and think about the pleasautest things you
cuu conjure up. Follow the example of
the lower animals. They realize that rest
and warmth ure t lie very Iwst medicines.
If a dog is ailing he rolls himself up iu
ball in some warm comer and stays there
till he feels better. The biped loses the
instinct of the lower uiiimnl, fumes, frets,
takes stimulants ami medicaments and
docs not give the reciiierative forces of
nature a chance Itesl every now and
then, even it there is nothing absolutely
wrong with you ll will make you lovely.
and to a real womanly woman beauty, or
at least attractiveness, is its well worth
worki , f.ir , a)lytljllK ami she
... ,.,.; ,,!.....,: i.
cant help beuig attractive if she Is
healthy, not even If her hair is red, her
nose a pug and her face covered with
freckles. Her eyes will be bright, herhair
glossy, her skill expressive with the quick
flow anil tluh of generous blond. She
will be amiable, quick and spontaneous
I with her laugh, always ready to take a
' hand in any work or play that Is on, and
I slow, yes, very slow, to take ofTense. New
I York Press.
Colorril Wtmira In Journalism.
' Very surprising is (lie fact that a uum
berof colored women are employed in jour
tinlism. Those w ho ought to know tell me
that they make very good reporters and
correspondent. Professor Mary V. Cook.
A. H . hone pen name is Gmr K.rmine. is
a well known newspaper writer. She has
done good work for The Anirrican Hap
tist. the South t'aroliua Tribune and Our
Women and I'bildren. Mrs. W K. Math
ews (Victoria Knrle) has written for nearly
every New York daily and many of tbe
leading weeklies.
Mrs. I.ury Wilmnt Smith is alo a well
known writer. So is Miss Lillian A. Lew
is, who at one time eili ed the lb-too Ail
orate. Mrs. I.ncrvtia N. Coleman is an
other colored woman who has fouud pleas
ant and profitable work in journalism. So
la Miss (jenrgiu MiiIhO ile Ilnptlsto, and
Miss KaU) I), Chupinail writes verses that
have attracted the attention of some of
our foremost critics.
Thero is a large list of others: Mrs. Jo
sephine T. Washington, .Mrs. (J, C. Htumm,
Miss A. L. Telgmaii, who Is the publisher
of The Musical Messenger; Mrs. N. Mus
sel I, Mrs. Ida II. Wells, Miss lone K.
Woods, Miss l.ivinn II. Kneed, Miss Mary
IC. lirellun, Miss Metn 10. Pclhum, Mrs.
Francis K. W. Harper and Mix A. K.
Johnson and others. That they should
have found prollt and at least local fame
in this most exacting profession, Is a trib
ute to the worth of the race iu general and
in particular to the women who have
dared and triumphed at work that is most
diflicult even to strong men who are men
tally well endowed. - Poster Con tea In New
York Mail and Kxpress.
Weak llahlea.
Feeble infants part with animal heat
verv readily, hence special care must he
taken not to chill tho skin. Mothers or
nurses do nut always exercise proper care
In this respect. A Isiby will be kept un
covered until its lips and linger tips are
blue, and thus lose a certaiu amount of vi
tality. Delicate babies should not be
bathed daily in winter, and great euro
should always Is? taken to avoid chilling.
Add a tablesHsjuful of salt nnd n table
spoonful of alcohol toa basin of tepid water,
which is deftly applied to body und limbs
without uncovering the child. Next rub
the whole body with the warm hand until
a glow Is produced. This may be followed
by inunctions of oil soft, white vaseline
makes a good application after which the
clothing is put on.
Ordinary sweet oil or cod liver oil may
likewise be employed with good results.
The objection to the latter is the disagree
able smell. The application of oil softens
the skin, which Is apt to be dry In badly
nourished Infants, and a certain amount is
absorbed, producing a tonic elrect. Some
children are benefited by rubbing with a
dry salt towel. This Is produced by soak
ing an ordinary bath towel iu a basin ul
suit and water, lifter which it is partially
rinsed out and hung on a clothesline until
all the water has cvnorutcd. The line dry
salt then penetrates nil the meshes of the
towel und acts us a stimulant to the skin.
In bad cases the towel may lie first warmed
before tbe lire. Babyhood.
Should Children Ile Chastised?
The question whether children should he
chastised is a subject on which parents
greatly disagree. In many families the
father shows his belief in the Scriptural
Injunction, "Spare the rod und spoil the
child," by chastising his children for the
slightest fault. On the other bund, the
mother often subordinates the Impulse to
punish to the Impulse of love.
As a mother I consider mat children
should not he punished except for deliber
ate misdeeds. Many a child is severely
whipped because at the breakfast table,
perhaps, she has upset the milk jug or in
the course of play has unconsciously
stepped iiixiii her baby brother s lingers.
In such cases It Is cruel to punish the
child. A chilil cannot exercise the care
that elders do, and even the elder members
of a family are responsible for mishaps of
the same kind.
I am largely in favor of moral suasion. I
believe that a mother, by the judicious use
of words, can obtain a greater influence
over her children thun if she whipped them
on every possible occasion. A child who Is
frequently punished grows up nervous und
unlovable. She has no inclination to oliey
ber parents except from fear of the rod,
and I do uot think It is a wholesome thing
that a rod should be constantly poised over
her head, ready to descend for the slightest
fault. Cor. l,ondon lit-liits.
How to Live with Others.
The only way to make the world n better
place to live, in is for each Individual to
make blmselt a uetter person to live wiin,
How to live with others is therefore the
great question for the decision of every
human being. In Its answer Is involved
tbe solution of the problems which vex the
social philosophers, and to enable men to
settle it is the prime oDjecl or uristlanlty.
If we begin with the application of the
rule to the simplest routine of daily exist
ence the extension of it to all the rules of
life will become easier. The most trying
place in which to start is the home, the
family itself, und yet the home is tue great
school of manners and for the educution of
the henrt. The very certuintyof responsive
family affection niny easily develop disre
gard for the restraints and requirements
of the wholesome rule. It is using a dun
gerous license to assume that because this
ITcction Is natural, nnd is tolerant, ror
giving and charitable, it cannot la- abused,
and that a carelessness in the treat .incut of
others which would be Intolerable and im
possible elsewhere Is permissible and de
fciisihle in the circle of the family.
If in these narrower relations of the
family, of marriage and of fraternity, peo
ple scrupulously and sensitively regard
each other, they will acquire u liuliit which
will enable them to live with all other peo
pie, however they may encounter them
and wherever. Chautatiqiian.
Keep the (ilrla Young.
Mothers should try to prolong their
dililtiliLers' childhood us much as possible.
.lies troubles will come to them fust
enough. And, even from a selfish poiut of
view, u daughter who Is childlike in man
ner ami in thought is much more of a com
fort to a mother than an Immature little
woman can he.
It is natural, no doubt, for a tired wom
an, who has no mother or sister near, to
tell her troubles to her little girl; to let
r know that the butcher and baker want
their bills settled and that that specula
tion of papa's has delayed the payment; to
remark on the conduct of Aunt Kli.nbeth
as "unkind:" to point out the shabbiness
of the parlor furniture, to wunder whether
the poorliousc is the future destination of
the family, etc. Hut it is awfully cruel,
nevertheless, us many natural things arc
.ittle, pale, grave lisikmg girls, with a
premature sense of responsibility, are the
outcome of this -sort of thing, nnd the
cpth of shunicHiid sorrow of which the lit
tle heart is capable may be read In tho sud
eyes.
Perhaps it is even worse thun this to
ilate to a child on the faults of friends
and acquaintances; to point out the spite
or meanness of people the child is disposed
to like; to arouse the desire for revenge
which awakens in every young soul at the
thought of wrong or injustice. Afterward
the mother may learu that she was mis
taken and forgive and forget; the child
seldom does. New York Ledger.
Troperty or lllllian, Wives.
Mrs. Klaiuc (ioodnle Kastmnn, whohnsa
personal knowledge of Indian life, says
that among our An, eric. m Indians the
property rights of wives are fully respect
ed. She says: "I never knew an Indian to
II Ins wife s pomcsur anything belonging
to her without her consent.
"I have known him to receive from a
hitemau a good olTer.which he is anxious
to accept. He merely replies, ' The horse is
not mine; 1 must ask my wife.' He goes
home and asks ber simply if she will sell.
If she says 'No' he tells the white man.
My wifedoes not wish to sell,' and nothing
further is said.
"More than this, an Indian will verv sel
dom sell a horse or nnythiug valuable of
is own or make any important decision
ithout consulting the partner of bis iovs.
It is a very common reply to an oiler of
any kind, concerning a change of residence.
the acceptance of a position or sending the
children to school, 'I must first nk niv
ife.' If an Indian woman makes and
sells a pair of moccasins the money is hers
and she ust-s it as she sees lit." In some
things the Indians might teach a lesson to
the more civilized race, Women's Jour
naL
The Inexpediency of Sleeping; on Linen.
The world, or this part of it at leant, is
full of housekeepers who think that there
no material for sheets and pillow case
comparable to linen.
They don t always have it. to be sure,
because it is expensive, but they always
covet it and finger tbe shining breadths
lovingly and wonder if the time will ever
come when all these things shall be added
nnto them.
But the truth about linen is that it Un't
the ideal dressing for bls at alL It is cold
and alippery, and Insure a sensitive person
the dream ol sleeping on an Iceberg, which
does well enough tor an occasional experi
ence, like seasickness, but which palls ou
too irequcnt reiH-tiunn,
Ilesldes that, it wrinkles and tumble In
spite of its heavier body, much more thaa
cotton does, giving a bed after oue night'
use a most slovenly and uniuvitlng appear
ance. Nobody recommends linen for body wear.
Its firm texture and hard surface make It
wholly nonabsorlient; It allows the body
to become chilled hy refusing the perspira
tion, and so has been known to bring on
serious illness. Iloston Globe,
lieclpe for lleauty,
A pretty woman must first of all hnve
clearly cut, regular feature. She must
have full, clear eyes. She must huve a
skin that is above reproach, untouched by
rouge nud powder. She must have glossy
hair that him never known the touch of
bleach or dye. She must have a white,
expressive bund, preferably a small one,
but not of necessity if It Is well kept and
white. She must know how to put on her
clothes or she loses half her beauty,
She must fully understand what best
suits her in the way of hair dressing and
cling close to that. A woman may have
all these attractions, and unless her own
personality Is charming, unless she ho
tact, it dawns on you after you have seen
her once or twice that she is not a pretty
woman. Hie most fascinating women to
men usually have less than half these reg
ulation charms. Iloston Gazette.
The Oleander la Dangerona,
Few people know how poisonous the
oleander Is. Children huve been known to
die from sucking its flowers; a whole fam
ily bus been poisoned by using meat skew
ers made of oleander wood; an lufusiwi of
its leaves is sure death to all forms of in
sect life nnd its burk powdered and admin
tstered in flour is t-crtuinly fatal to rats
and mice. Iu llcriniida, where the olean
der grows as a hedge plant, the farmers
say that it poisons the grass beneath its
foliage nud that animals will die from eat
ing herbage growing heueuUi Its branches.
While ll is possuue that this may be a
mistake, and that the animals die from
eating the oleander leaves which have
(alien among the gross, It is certain that
the plant itself is so noxious that it ought
to be banished from every house. Inter
view Iu St. loiiis Globe-Democrat.
To llculltity the Home.
There are many plants suited for house
culture, but few houses that are suitable
for plant culture. It also depends uot a
little who the cultivator is. A plant re
quires attention as much us any member
of the family who can't help himself. No
plant will flower well In an atmosphere
laden with gas, and many plants will not
appear at their best If the temperature Is
allowed to fall below 40 degs. at night.
Such plants as palms, callus, rubla-r plants
and many others should not be Iu a room
where the temperature falls below i0 degs.
The Ileus (India ruhls-r plant) is a beau
tiful plant for the house, so ure tlieurecus,
latanisaiid phu-nix palms. Cyclamens are
beautiful iu foliage and flower, as are
primulas, begonias and geraniums. New
Kugland Homestead.
Women realize more nud more the po
tency of perfume as an element of charm
with tin we of the so colled sterner sex, und
continually devise new und ingenious
methods for surrounding themselves with
its fragrance.
The use of the bridal veil originated iu
the custom of performing the nuptial cere
mony under a square piece of cloth held
iH't ween the faces of t lie bride and bride
groom toconecul the blushes of the former
All friction towels should be washed
very rapidly, stretched into shape and
dried as quickly us possible. It is iiuneccs
sary to add that they should never lie
ironed.
Corn brenii with plenty of good butter is
a better meal from every point or view
than round steak and fried potatoes and
hot biscuits with weak tea.
Keep a surlily of brown paper on hand
to drain almost everything you fry upon it.
It answers every purpose of a cloth and
saves work.
A War Time Itelie.
A relic of th? war between the statos
is now on the dry dock, receiving such
mi not- ep.nrs and cleaning us may be
nocessnry to commission tier for harbor
defense. This was the second monitor
ever built, and the record of bur useful
nesi and her hard service may be Beun
in the shot dents of the turrets. These
are painted in a color different from that
of the surrounding iron in order to em
phasize their story, and they serve as an
object lesson to show that after all.
when compared witb our days, how in
nocuous were tho boasted shot nnd shell
of the rebellion. Of course it does not
make much difference whether a giant
is killed by a toothpick or hoisted with
a petard. Ho is dead all the same, and
worms will eat huu. But we were
proud, and with good reason, of those
big smooth bores and of thoir charges in
those parlous days.
Then the theory was that for every
ten pounds of shot one pound of powder
was needed, a UO-potmder being fired
with nine pounds of powder; today we
have for each pound of powder two
pounds of shot, the 10-inch guns of the
Miaiitonomoh, the Nantucket's neigh
bor, using 2.VJ pounds of powder to drive
the 500-pound projectile. The Nan
tucket has ulso a sentimental interest
for when the grout Ericsson lay in state
on her decks in the harbor of New York,
she was the immediate representative of
what his genius had evoked to save the
country in time of peril, for the original
Monitor went down one dismal day off
our treacherous coast, and loft as th"
second product of her wondorful type
the little coast defender which now lies
half hidden within the walls of the dry
dock. Hut-par's Weekly.
The Cnnvlet'a llabjr.
Early yesterday morning a knock wan
heard tit the big door of the Fulton conn
ty jail. Jailer Miller opened the door
and a ragged mini t-ame in. There was
a haggard look on the fellow's face. It
was Jim Wesson, the moonshiner, who
escaped from the Fulton county jail a
week ago to go home to see his sick
baby. "I'm sorry, Mr. Miller," he said
in a broken voice, "i nope you ana
Cnp'n Morrow don't cure, bnt 1 beard
the baby" lie stopped a moment un
til his lip quit quivering so, and went
on: "1 heard the baby wits sick, and I
thought about wile watclnn of it lit
home, ami I just had to go. 1 was sorry,
an 1 wrote you I'd come back. An I
done it They done buried the baby, an
come back, an I hope yon ain't mad."
Captain Miller did not conld not ut
ter a word of reproach. "I'm glad you
have come buck, Jim," he said. Atlanta
Constitution.
The t'lmt Convert In Japan.
A Diitive Japanese Christian periodical
recently told the story of the first Protest
ant Christian in Japan. This was one Mil
rata, a military retainer of the lrd of
Saga, in the southern island of Kiushin.
In 18ii0 he went to Angasaki 07 order or bis
chief, anil one evening, as he was crossimi
the harbor in a boat, he picked up a book
that was float in 4 about in tbe water. The
writing ran from side to side, "like the
crawling of cntlw," ami upon sending it to
one of the Dutch then settled at Nagasaki.
be learned that it was the Christian Bible,
then a proscrilied book.
Curiosity spurred bim on, and he bail one
of his assistants learn the language of the
book anil translate it for him sentence by
sentence. His study wiw continued In se
cret, with a few friends, after hit return
home. When a diincult passage was found
a messenger was sent to Dr. Verbeck, a
well known missionary then in Nagasaki,
for its Interpretation. Mil rata was after
ward baptized, and his name now stands
Bnt on the roll of Protestant Christians in
Japan.
A II EH ALU Or TUB INFANT YBAB.
Clip the last thirty yrnri or more from the
century, anil Hie sesmeut will represent the
term of the iinhoiiiulccl popularity of llo.ua
ler's Nioinach lllllem. Tneopouluirof Ihejrear
IMM will be ilunallicd hy the apis!arnneu of a
fresh Alinanaa of the lllllem, In which the uses,
derivation and anion of Ihis world-famous
medicine will be lucidly wt forth. Everybody
khould read It. The calendar sin! astronomical
calculations tn be found iu this brochure areal-
aainiilahlnxly accurate, and the iiatUlirs,
lllulrstiou, humor and oilier reading matter
rich In inleruit and full ol iirortt, Tho Hostel
ler (.'ninpauy of Pittsburg, f'u,, publUh ll them
selves. They employ more Ihan 11x1)' hand) in
the mechanical work, and more Ihan eleven
mouths In the year aroconnumed In Its preara
tlon. It can bo obliilueil, without eil,ol all
drueKlsta and entiulry dealers, and Is piiuti-d In
KllKlMl. Herman. French. WiiInIi. Niirwuulan.
Swedish, Holland, llnlicuiiau sud Kpanbh.
Ile la a mlm guided youth who doei every
thing his sweetheart akl hlin to do.
PIIKVK.NTION BRITKIt THAN 0 1! It It,
It is no easy thing to cure lung trouble
when it once fairly gets a hold upon tbe
system, it can easily be prevented hy th
use of Am.coce's I'oboii Plastkbs. Just
as aoon as any intimation of soreness about
the lungs or stillness of the Joints appears
nut on one of these plasters, and yuu will
ve sure to guln great advantage
So also with rheumatism. A cold la
comparatively slight thing. The applica
tion of an Ai.i cock's Porous 1'i.ahtkr to
any part aiiected by It will not only n lieve,
but overcome it. If, however, the cold get
a firm bold on the joints and muscles.
rlieumutic pains are not o quickly over-
come.
ju cure is goou, to prevent is bet-
ter.
llRANOKETII
tlSlll.
i Pill will relieve rlicuma-
It Inkes Home people, long time to find out
the difference between poor health and religion.
HOITT'S SVII'MIL FOIt BOYS,
Mlllbrse, San Mateo county, f'al.. nrcnarcs bovi
lor university ur biiHiuess. Graduates admitted
to the Statu and Stanford Universities without
eiaminauon. isexi term Denim January 2 lsiu,
Send for catalogue. IraU. Iloilt, I'h 1J., Master.
An observant advertlier declare! that "what
every woman wants Is something around her.
KKKP ROOS FKR4H AND FltKSKRYE
CI 1EK.
For shipping or for prlvaio mo preierv) with
Anti-Kkkmkntisk, a cheap, harmless, ilmple
and perfect procemi. For in In by druggbtt and
grove. rncior circulars.
SNEM,, HKITSIIU it WOODAKD CO..
Ageuts, Portland, Oregon.
The female who holds up her elongated skirts
in noi necessarily a iruiu rouuer.
CATAKKII CANNOT II B CORED
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the Beat of the disease. Catarrh la a blood
or constitutional dinciise, and in order to cute it
you must take Internal remedies. Hull's Catarrh
Cure Is taken Internally, and acts directly on
Ihe blood and mucous surfaces, llad'a Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed
nyoneoi me nest pnyMciaua in una couutry
for years, and In a reiiular proserin! on. It Is
compoMMi ol the oest tonics known, eonihlneil
wi h the bett blood imrillers. action nlrcrtlv on
theinucousHuriHce. The peri c combination ot
tue iso inifreiiivuiN is wnal nrnutices sucn won
derful res oils in curing cuiarrli. Hend fir toll-
moultla, free. F. J. ( IIKNKY 4 CO.,
crops., luieuo, o.
Sold by druggists; price, 7f cents.
If the frock coat eets much lonser. trousers
win do an unueceatary luxury.
Use Buamellne Stove Polish; no dull, uo smell.
Try Okrmia for breakfast.
TT'S RATHER TOO MUCH FOR YOU
the ordinary, bulky
pill. Too big to take,
and too much disturb
ance for your poor sys
tem. Tho smallest,
easiest to take, and best
are Dr. Fierce' Pleas
ant Pellets. They leave
out all the disturbance,
but yet do you more
eood. Their help lusts.
Constipation, Indiges
tion, Bilious Attacks,
Bick or Bilious Head
aches, and all derange
ments of the liver.
stomach, and bowels are prevented, relieved,
and permanently cured. They're guaran
teed to give satisfaction, or you
your money is
returaea.
If you're suffering from
Catarrh, the proprietors
of Doctor Sage's Catarrh
Remedy ask you to try
their medicine. Then, if
you can't be cured, they'll
pay you $500 in cash.
5ot&.
60c ta., and
f 1.00 per Bottler
doe cent a dose.
This Griat Coroa
promptly ewes
wnere ail otners iau. tougna, i;roup. vore
Throat, Hoaraeneaa, Whooping Cough and
Asthma. For Conaumptien It ha no rival:
baa cured thousands, and will crjRl Too If
taken In time. Sold by Druggist on a guar,
antee. For a Lame Back or Cheat! use
BHILOH'8 BELLADONNA PLASTERJ60.
I L0 H SATAR R H
REMEDY,
Have vou Catarrh? This remedy is (ruaran.
teed to cure you. Price, 50 ct. Injector free.
HERCULES
Gas or Gasoline Engine.
Yotr Wife ran run tt. It Cannot Explode. Mo
Batteries or Electric Spark.
PALO & BEY, San francisco, Cal. am Portland, Of. j
v i ti ii 'jn i
Cuni
ST. JACOBS OIL
CURES
PAIN.
SPRAINS, BRUISES,
A HOLIDAY PRESENT
In the Jewelry Line is
ran get what
A. FELDEIMHEIMER'S
LEADING JEWELER OF TORTLAND, OR.
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Clocks, Spectacles,
lilasses, etc.
COUNTRY ORDERS SOLICITED.
DROP
"HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS
SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH
SAPOLIO
RHEUMATISM CURED BY THE USE OF
Moore's Revealed Remedy.
OBP Toani. Ossaojs, January Id I can stats with pleasure that by Uve as
.rr KOBK SKEVr.AUD&Kxl)YTeo.tnd wareiltMlroni an o.d caae
KHK'MATIMl and ny yoangeat
Ainu warn uas teat ifrm J
olb mr
Hood'ssyCures
Mamie Adam
She Was Blind
With scrofula 111 the eye eould barely illitlu
fulih between daylight and darknesa. 1 took
ber to numerous eiperta and hoipiluls and gave
up In dlspalr. A friend advlicd me to give
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and marvelous to relate, It has completely re
stored her light and riven her perfect health.
Cius. A. Adams, St. Album, Vt
Hood'a PIUS euro sirs headaohe, bilious
ness, sud all liver Ills. '.6a box.
Baking Ponder
Purity and
Lewenin&Pufer
UNEQUALEO.
CAH PRPES
To Introduce our Powder, w have de.
termloedtodlstrlbatoaniongttie ennsum.
era a number of CABU PIUZKB. To
theperaonorelubnturnlng nathelargeai
nambvrorcertincateeonor before Jim I,
189, wewlllnveacMh. price of 100, anil
- to the nextlargeat, numeroue other pria
. noilog from to7S IN CABU.
CLOSSET & DEVERS, PORTLAND Ot.
fISH BRK
Thla Trails Mirk Ii on the bert
WATERPROOF COAT
Tllnttrated
Cauiotu
A.. I.
In the World I
TOWER. BOSTON. MASS.
OUR BUSINESS IS
selling Groceries at
wholesale prices direct to
the consumer. All we
want to say is this : If
you really want to buy
your GROCERIES as
i they should be bought,
mi send for our price list.
; Same will be mailed tree
i of charge on application.
5 ! COOPER & LEVY,
' I Seattle, Wash.
coUfGS
Portland, Oregon.
A. P. Armstrong, Principal.
J. A. wesco, Secretary
W Keauliful Catalogue Free. J9
LOOK!
IF YOU WAST AN
INC V II AT OK, you
huuly want a good
one. So send for cat
alogue and testimo
nial, free, to the
Ol EHN CITY INCtt-
HAIOR CO.,Frcmont,
vt us n.
ft J f ITCHTNO PILES known by motaraf
MJi Ii H panpirttlcm, oause Intense lu-litu
when warm. This form nd BLIND,
I UU TIK.Ln ATONCK TO
ftn-r Dft. BO-SAN-KO S PILE REMEDY,
I3U I which aula dlreotlr on nana arreoted,
w v " .huh. tiimnm. allmva ilihlntf fTwitH,.
iifl 1TO eprmanpntnire. Price too. Pmcflatf
f aVCO srubk Dr.Baaonko.riilUdolpluA.ra.
IHCIIBi
TORS on Installments. Best makei.
lowest prices. Send for catsloirue.
W. tl. Kt-MCII, Klpnu. Cnl.
EOCENE.
Is a Special brand of Burnlne Oil. which we
manuiaciure expresmy ior rAan.1 uun.
IT I A PKRFKCT If.MTMIN I TOR.
AT l!1 Hllill riltK TKST,
IT 1.1 K UNIFORM QUALITY.
We guarantee It to be the hiohest fossibli
QSADK OF ILLUMINATING OIL. ASK lor It.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY,
MRS. WINSLOW'S Sos0vTRHuVNO
FOR CHILDREN TEETHINQ
Fa aale bj all lraa;lau. uit C'eau a battle.
RHEUMATISM.
NEURALGIA,
SCIATICA,
LUMBAGO,
SWELLINGS, BURNS.
always welcome,
you want at
You
Spoons, Opera-
IT
IF VOI R BCS1SES8 DOES NoT PAY.
Chickens are easily and uecesjfully
raised by nalnir the Petaluma In
cubators arid Brooders. Onr tl-
TT11
is
Pon t buy any bnt the Petalnma if yon want urona, Tiroroua ehieka
We are l'.e fle root Headquarters for B ,ne and CioverCnitera Ma k-er-.
Books, Caponiiina- Tools, Fountain, Flood's Roup Cure Morris
Poultry Cure, Creoaoione the erenteniekcn-lii-e killer and .-very other
article required by poultry raisera. ! the machines in operation at
our exhibit wllh the Nerwalk Ostrich Farm. MldwloierFairhatehina
oa riches and all kind- of ratal.wue free: If to.i ant it write
- PETALU.NU INCUBATOR CO.
,jo ,;5 Jiaiu ai;;t, fetaluma, CaL
bov dred enUrelr of B.njLMaIATOBI BHIi
eocd tea did alaa do fond
To tn r-ai
rov
JONES'
CASH
STORE
TIH
Till UurKU' llvilia la published the llrsl nf
each month. It la Issued In me Interest ol all
consumers. It ulvce the lowest eashi,iinlullona
on everylhiHK III Ihe irriMicry line. It will Suva
yon money to consul! it. Mulled frco In any
addruasou apiilleiitlun. Kon't Iw without it. ft
cos la yon iioiIiIiik In gel il. I tannics wholesale
prices direct to the consumer. Mention this
paper. Address
J0NE8' CASH STORE.
ISO Front Street, I'orllniid, Or.
DR. GUMS
IMPB0V1D
LIVER
PILLS
MILD PHYSIC
ONE PILL FOR A DOSE.
amy ii Borr f
I Ul( jvbioiu Uok.
haallh ThaMaft nl 1 1 satinnl v toll!, ilia JVBI0IU WoKi
makt It rerjuUr. Tlicy our Hedche. brirfUieu tb
KyM tod cl0r the Compiftiioa Miter uim ow.
tnfrtlM. They act niHy, either fripftnor .lakeo
otbsr pill. do. To convince you of their nrnrlt mm
Will mall Arup1fre,or ftfull bo fnrftonl. Bol
vftrywUtrt. omiUq H4. Co aVbibrtpJU
Brooklyn Hotel
208-212 Bush St., San Francisco.
This favorite hotel Ii under the management
of C'HAKI.KS MONTGUMKKY. and is as need 11
not me nesi ratnny sua Business Men Hotel
In San Francisco.
Homo Comforts! Cuisine Unexcelled !
Fiiet-claaa service and the hlnhest standard ol
respectability guaranteed. Our rooms cmmnl be
mrpn$td Ittr nentnenit ami eomitrl. Hoard and
room per day, S1.2A. 11.(0. 11.76 and 12.00: board
and room per week, 17 to 112; aluxle rooms 60o
10 si. tree coacn to ana irom hotel.
DOCTOR
S MB.
THE GREAT CURE
FOR
INDIGESTION
AND
CONSTIPATION.
Regulator of the Liver and KidnEys
a 81'KCIFIO FOR
Scrofula, Rheumatism,
Salt Rheum, Neuralgia
And il! Other Blood and Skin Diseases.
It la a positive cure for all those nalnliil. deli
cate coniplaiuu and cnmpllcntcd troubles nnd
weaknesses common among our wives, mothers
and daughters.
The effect ia Immediate nnd lastlcB-. Two or
three doses of Dr. Pakokk's Krmrov tnben dullv
keeps the blood cool, the liver and kidneys act
ive, and Will entlrelv eradicate from the si-sli-ro
all traces of Scrofula, Halt Rheum, or auy otber
luriu ui uiuou uiseiuie.
f.0 medic no ever Introduced In this nountrv
has met witb such rendy sale, nor Riven Mich
uuiversal satisfaction whenever used na that ot
Dr. Pardei's Kkmhdt.
This remedv has been nsed In tho hosnitala
throughout the old world for the rust twentv-
live yeara as a specific lor the above discuses,
and It ban and will cure wheu all other so -called
remedies fall.
Hend for namnhlet nf testimonies from those
who have been cured by its use. iimiiKists sell
It at 11.00 per bottle. Try It and be convinced.
ror sale by
MACK & CO.,
S and II Front St., San Francisco.
Bladder. Urfnarv and Ltror Diseases. Dronar
Gravel and Diabetes are cured by
HUNT'S REMEDY
THE
BEST KIDNEY
AND LIVER
MEDICINE.
HUNT'S REMEDY
Cures Bright's Disease, Retention or Non-to-tention
ot Urine, Faint lu tbe Back, Loins or
Side.
HUNT'S REMEDY
Cures Intemperance, Nervous Diseasoa, Geners
Debility, Female Weakness and Excesses.
HUNT'S REMEDY
Cures Biliousness, Headache, Jaundice, Sour
Stomach, Dyspeptla, Constipation and Files.
HUNT'S REMEDY
ACT 4T ONCE on the Kidneys, l.lver
and Hewrls, restoring them to a hpuithv
tlon, and t'l HKN when all other medicines
fall. Hundreds bare been saved who have been
given up to die by friends and physicians.
DROPSY
TREATED FRFE
PoMtlT ly Cured with Vegetable RrntfdlN
Hare cured tho ninn dm nf maim. Pun pjt0n nrn.
notinoed hopaiesa bj b?ntpbylolani. From tlrstdoie
nmptoms disappear; In ten dayi at leant two-third!
11 symptom renaoTed. Bend for free book tefttmo-
nt His of miraculous curra. Ten days treat men!
freo hf mall. If yon order trial. Mnd 10c. tn Mmp
par pontage. DR. H.H.(tKIEVt0O.VK,AtlaOULUa.
von order trial return tblt adrerUsement to u
MASQUERADES, PARADES,
A lltTKI K Till ! l llll'll
Everything in the above line. Costumes, Vt lm,
Beards, Properties, Opera and Play Books, etc,
furnished at greatly reduced rates and in snpe
rlor nualirvhv ih nMo.t l.ri hMtnnn,,!
and therefore only nlinbie Thrnriml Supply
Howie on the Pnritc Conit. r-nf-rpstwiTidpoM, mrt.
licited. OoLMrrsis fc Co., 36, 28 and 30 0'Farrell
street, also S22 Market street, San Francisco. W
supply all Titeaten on the Oxut, to wbem we re
spectfully refer.
WF HIT M "
WORK FOR IIS.
thru making !
toa rr.n wrm? par tie preferred
who can fumiib a horw and travel through the
conntiT; a team, though.! tot neeer-wrr; a few
vacancies in toni and cine; nrwre hour mar
be ued to trod advamajre. B. F. JonsKtx at
Co., Uth and Main atreeu. Richmond, Va.
FIWZEII AXLE
hstiitkiWirfdtnnraor
I svia Lisri wueiii - - - v
rRAjral W oni.KT. A rat. Portland. Or.
PaWe tVaaedy fur Catarrh la the
Best. EaaieaC to Tae. aa4 Cbpapna.
oat by Druafllata ersest y .n
FREE
rl l--ia n lf
mm
KIDNEY,
aw. aw a. naaaarisaa, Rama,