J- I TN requiring the ROYAL BAKING POWDER, because it is an absolutely pure cream of tartar powder and of 33 per cent, greater leavening strength than other powders, will give the best results. It will make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor and more wholesome. ROYAL BAKING POWDER PRACTICAL WORK. Two Women Who Him Made Successes of Undertaking Conducted by Themselves. A great lot of cant is talked these day about opening new channels of employ ment to women. Fifty years ago their possibilities in business careers were really hampered. But under the present order of things any woman with pluck nd cleverness can bold her own beside the best man in the country. For example, witness the liberal in come earned by a lady in California through commercial gardening, while another makes quite as much money in New Jersey running a big steam laun dry. Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd of Ven tura, Cal., has been established only eight years, and, though she beiriin with a tiny capital and a small piece of ground, her gardens now occupy an en tire block adjoining one of the large ho tels. Of course her success was very slow at first. One does not arise from a "patch of garden truck" to great hot houses, structures for propagating plants, besides five acres of cultivated land out tide the city limits, without plenty of bard work. In those early days she was an indefatigable laborer. Early and lata she toiled, as men toil, surmounting dif ficulties, suffering hours of deep discour agement, yet sticking manfully to her task. Then every detail demanded her personal attention, with the irritating friction always attentat upon minntire. But industry shortened thut term of pro bation, and now her business has in creased in magnitude until, of course, it is carried on by the usual business ma chinery. The New Jersey woman had, at the death of her husband, just $5,000 to in vest, and deciding that she knew more about washing clothes than anything else opened a laundry. Her fate was the common fate of all an opportunity to work and economize and add to her talent, or drift, as so many do, toward failure. Slowly but surely thrift conquered dif--Acuities. She first secured a well pay ing patronage among private families in her town. Then, finding how limited such local work must of necessity be, she determined to try for bigger profits. Her initial move was to visit some of the Mew York hotel managers and by facts and figures prove that she could do bet ter laundering for them in New Jersey than they could have done at home. Some gave her a trial, and for these she washes today. Soon, however, a more important job than any she had dremnnil of came her way. This was nothing less than a contract to do the washing for the Pullman Car company wherever it could be reached from her point From that time on her fortune was made. The capacity of her steam laun dry was enlarged, she was able to em ploy an increased force, and of course, with every extension of her bnsiness, could afford to offer more and more pop ular prices. Tins ludy, who a few years ago started a modest trade in washing, is now a prosperous woman of considerable for tune. She has been enabled to take tlw dignified position of a man at the head of a flourishing establishment and has su perintendents to look after details, nor son she has sent to college; her daughters have completed their education in En rope, and when any one prutea in her presence of the limited careers open to the pi s : !;e promptly suggests a scrub bing bourd. Woman's Recorder. A Vying Alan's Scheme. George Francis Cobson, a spiritualist of Muskegon, Mich., has perfected a scheme, he thinks, by which he hopes at death to be able to prove positively to those still in the material state that his spirit exists. He went to Pittsburg a short time ago anil obtained a large glass cylinder, so constructed that it can lie sealed airtight quickly. In this cylinder he has suspended with fins copper wire two pieces of metal so light that they may be brought in contact with each other by the slightent motion of air witl in the cylinder. Wires pass through tin cylinder, one being connected with battery and the other with a telegraphic instrument. He bos made arrangements for his friends just before the spirit leaves his body to seal buu in the cylinder so that his spirit may be kept from departing and at the same time is enabled by a se ries of systematic disturbances of the air within the cylinder to communicate with his friends through the telegraphic in strument. He is dying with consump tion, and the public probubly will not have long to wait for the test of his ex periment. If it should prove successful, his friends are pledged after three days to nnscal the cylinder and allow the spirit to depart and then seal npand bury the remains. Pittsburg Dispatch. Here Is Farm With a History. Colonel Merit M. Misximerof the Falls of French Creek hotel has bonght of Henry W. Watson of Ducks county the Umer farm in Warwick township, Ches ter county, 123 acres, for fj.000. On this farm the old Seventh Day Baptist burial ground is located, an acre or more, the walls of which inclosure the colonel will repair. In this place of rest there were interments dating back to 1069. and the whole number buried is probably over 100. There was once a framo meeting bouse in which the Seventh Day people worshiped, but it was torn down or re moved long ago nono there for probably 70 years or more. Over two years ago the French Creek Valley Railroad company, or some of its promoters, bought this Umer farm of Eli I'mer, aduiinUtratw, for 53 per ere. It was intended to erect a birge hotel on tbe premises. Subsequently it changed hands and became tlx property of Mr. Watson. Colonel Missimer will ell a portion of his purchase in building lota, having 1.000 already bud out Pottstown Ledger. all receipts for cooking a leavening agent CO.. 108 WALL ST.. NEW-YORK. A DETROIT BUILDER. HE TELLS A REMARKABLE STORY OF HIS LIFE. Cams to Detroit About Forty Years Ago Levi Klsey's Experience Worthy Serious Attention. From tbe Detroit Evening Newi.) Away out Gratiot avenue, far from tbe din and turmoil of the business center, there are manv attractive homes. I he intersecting streets are wide, clean and shaded bv Farce leaf-covered trees, and the people yon meet are typical of in dustry, economy and honest toil. There are manv pretty residences, but none inure luvnmg III Ito ncanirao nuu uuiiio- lixe comfort than tnat oi Air. ievi r.i sey, the well-known builder and con' tractor, at 74 Moran street, just off Gra tiot. Mr. Klsey is an old resident of Detroit, having moved nere auoui loriy years ago. He has erected hundreds of houses in different parts of the city, and points with pride to such buildings as the Newberry A McMnllan and Campaw blocks, in which he displayed his ability as a superintendent. " I have seen Detroit grow from a vil lage to a city," he observed yesterday in conversation with the writer, "and I don't think there are manv towns in America to-dav equal to it in point of beauty. I know almost everybody in the city, and an incident which recently happened in my life has interested all my friends. "It is now about eight years ago since I was stricken down with my first case of illness. One cold, blustering day I was down town, and through my natural carelessness at that time I permitted my self to get chilled right through. When I arrived home that evening I felt a se rious pain in my left leg. l named it that night, hut by morning I found it had grown worse. In fact, it was so se rious that I sent for my family physi cian, and he informed me tnat l was suffering from varicose veins. My leg swelled ud to double its natural size, and the Da in increased in volume. The ag ony was simply awful. I was laid up, anil never left my bed for eight weeks. At times I felt as though I would grow frantic with pain. My leg was bandaged, and was propped ud in the bed at an angle of 30 degrees in order to keep the blood from flowing to my extremities. II T I 1 I .1 - ' ' ):.... m A but I believe my own judgment helped me better than theirs. After a siege of two months I could move around ; still I was on the sick list and had to doctor myself for years. I was never really u red, and sullered any amount oi an- guisn. "About two vears azo I noticed an ar ticle in the Evening Newt about my friend, Mr. Northrop, the Woodward- avenue merchant. In an interview with him he stated that he had used Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and that they cured him. I knew him very well, having built his house outWoodward avenue, and I thought I would follow his suggestion, I must confess 1 did so witn marvelous success. From the time I be' gan to take the Pink Pills I felt myself growing to be a new man. They acted on me like a magical stimulant. The pain departed, and I soon was as strong and healthy as ever. Before trying the Pink Pills I had nsod any amount of other medicine without any noticeable benelit. But the Tills cured me, and was mvself airain. " When a person finds himself rolieved and enjoying health he is apt to expose i.: li - r .i I ill uiuiHuii airain w anouier tuinva ui ai neBS. Some three months ago I stopped taking the Pink Pills, and from the day I did so I noticed a change in my con dition. A Bhort time Bince I renewed my habit of taking them with the same beneficial reBiiltB which met me formerly I am again nearly as strong as ever, al though I am a man about 50 vears of age. 1 tell yon, sir, the l'mk I ills are a most wonderful medicine and if they do as well in other cases aB they did in mine they are the best in the world. I freely recommend them to any siilferer." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, ail the elements neces sary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, tit. Vitus dunce, sciatica, neuralgia. rheumatism, nervous headache, the after ettect of la grippe, palpitation oi the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all lorms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all deal ers, or will be sent POBt paid on receipt of price (50 cents a box, or six boxes for t2.60 they are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. The Koprniiii Stood fr'ire. A bat got into Unity ball last evoning and kept the audience amused. Ho made his appearance when the mandolin club was giving a selection, mid kept hover ing over the head of one of the lady guitarists until a sudden fancy struck it to read the name of the piano. Then it waited until the vocalist appeared, when it tried in vain to attract her attention, and finally it started to explore one of the pipes iu the organ. Hartford Tost. Collecting Gnuiei, James B. Olcott, grass agent at the Connecticut experiment station at South Manchester, that state, has leen visiting Mobile recently for the purpose of col lecting sods of the native grosses. At the experiment station these grasses ore cultivated and their merits recorded. This is but a small part of the work dons at the station, but is of value as deciding what are the grasses that do best in cer tain climates and soils. Exchange. Timely Advice to Many. A writer In The Engineering Magazine warns ns all to determine before going to the World's fair whether we are phys ically able to go. In short, consult your physician anil get the benefit of a sjiecia examination. The advice is well given for there's nothing more exhausting to body and mind than a week or two of frantic, ill considered sightseeing. It' better not to see the fair and live than to see it and die. A NARROW ESCAPE. "No, my dear lady, thank you. You are an excellent hostess, but pray do not press me nothing would induce uau to nave a fire In my bedroom. "But, genoriil, it is so chUly" "I would rather put up with the frosts of Siberia than with the associations which a firo in my bedroom would ro call," replied tbe general, cutting lii hostess short "But, be continued "there is a story connected with my whim which may amuso your party hero, and I will atone for my obstinate rude ness by tolling it tomorrow after dinner,'' General Garth wai to was a distin guished soldier who had arrived ut Down shire Hall for the Christmas festivities. When it got about among the other gnosis thut he was to relate an adventure on the following evening, uiuch interest was evoked, and it wus to an attentive au dience that ho began as follows: "Twenty years ugo I made the long railway journoy from London to York shire on an important errand, which con sisted, neither more nor less, of gottiug myself married to the oldest daughter of the rector of Huntingwold. 1 hud been engaged to Mary Maitland for nearly a year, but as our meeting and courtship bad taken placo whilo the Maitland fam ily were staying for a season in town, this was my first visit to the Yorkshire village. I may as well say ut the outset that there had been no hitch in the pre liminaries. It was a marriage entirely of mutual affection; my prospects were promising, and both the Maitland and Garthwuite families gave a hearty ap proval to the arrangement. My mother and two sistors were already nt Hunting wold rectory for the wedding, and my brother Harold traveled down with me for the purpose of acting as 'best man.' We arrived at the rectory in the fast closing dusk of lute nfternoon to be wel comed by a merry party assembled for the ceremony of the morrow. When the first greetings were over, I turned and saw that the flyman was bringing my luggage Into the bull a goodly number of packages, seeing that we were going to the Mediterranean for our honeymoon " 'Stay a moment,' said Mrs. Maitland, noticing the man ut the same time. 'Let him bring in the bulk of the things by all means, but you hud better separate what you will want for the night and to morrow morning. Etiquette forces me to make a stranger of you tonight, ami so litigard of the Grange bos very kindly offered to give you a bed. "I had foreseen thut I should have to sleep under some other roof the night be fore the wedding and bud mudo my packing arrangements accordingly. 1 Kintcd out a portmanteau which con tained my immediate requirements, and the flyman received instructions to take it on to the Graiigo, which wus about u quarter of a mile from the rectory. " "Mr. Lugard is todinehere this even ing.' Mr. Maitland explained, 'and will take you back with him.' " 'And who is Mr. Lugard? I asked, moved by a natural curiosity to know something more of the hospitably in clined stranger. 'Haven't yon ever heard of Lugard? replied my prospective father-in-law. 'Why, be s the best known man m these parts squire, magistrate, nmstorof fox hounds and feudal chieftain generally. It's a wonder Mary bus never mentioned him to you. Lugurd is part and parcel of our daily life iu this dull place.' " 'Mary is rather shy on the subject, I expect, father,' said Fred Maitland, n'r. irrepressible youth of 18. 'If I'm not mistaken, there was a time when Doxter Lngnrd hoped to stand in tho shoes which are certain to fit Leonard Garth wuite so nicely tomorrow.' "Mary, who wus standing by, blushed nervously ut this sully, and then tho sub ject dropped amid a clutter of general conversation. But later, when I found myself alone with my fiancee, I asked her playfully what Fred had meant by his oracular utterance " 'Oh,' she replied frankly, 'it's an old story now und certainly not worth re telling, but Fred's impertinent remark may have had a spice of truth in it. Mr. Lugard puul mo a ccrtuin amount of at tention a year or two ago, till I nipped him in the bud. " 'You don't lilio him, then?1 1 asked. 'It would be treuson to say no,' re turned Mary, 'Every one likes Dexter Lugard. Ho is a perfect paragon of ex cellence and' all that is charming, hut but you understand.' " 'I understand that he was a little too charming to captivute your affections dourest,' I answered. 'But, toll me, bus he quite got over his disappointment? " 'Long ago,' replied Mary. 'Why, he was one of the first to congratulate me on my engagement to you, and bo has given me the handsomest of nil my wed ding presents a pearl necklace worth no one knows how much. Ho is very anxious to make your acquaintance, and ho stipulated over a mouth im;o that he wus to have the honor of entertaining the bridegroom ut the Grunge. "Mury's explanations were more than satisfactory und quite dispelled any idea that I had n disappointed rival iu my host. At any ruto Mr. Lugard had hud the good sense to take bis disappoint ment in good part and would doubtless if be had not done so already, console aimself elsewhere. "We were all assembled in tho rectory drawing room before dinner when Mr Lugard was announced. He wus a tall, handsome man about 5 und :I0, mid ho en tered the room with the air of ono who feels that bis welcome is assured. Mrs Maitland rose smilingly to greet him, and the younger members of tho family crowded round him so eff usively us to impede his progress toward the spot where I was standing. The moment hu had passed tho doorway I noticed that is eyes roved round the company as if searching for Borne ono, finally to settle on me, but never once did his glance lose the hearty gayety, never once did his at tention appear to wander from the pleas ant greetings of his friends. Dexter Lugard must have held tho record for smiling. At lengtn Mrs. Maitland managed to extricate him and effected tho intro duction which numbered me among the acquaintances of the squire of the Grango. In all truth, he seemed to have a heart largo enough to embrace the wholo world in friendship even one who bud distanced him for a prize the loss of which might well have rankled. But in Lngard's manner there was not so much us a trace of that chastened in terest which defeated rivals of tho mild est natures cniinot help fooling toward tbe successful swain. He beamed on me as lie beamed on everybody, congratu lated me cheerily, looking me straight in the face the while, and said what pleasure it gave him to put mo up for the night In three minutes I was just as much drawn toward him as all the rest were, and found myself wondering how it was that Mary had passed such a good fellow by to bestow herself on such a commonplace Individual as Leon ard Garthwuite. "It is not necessary that 1 should de scribe the dinner party at Huntingwold rectory on the eve of my wedding day. It passed off just as other dinners do on similar occasions, with plenty of merri ment, and perhaps here und there a touch of veiled sadness on the part of those who were to be separated on the morrow for the first time in their Uvea Dux tor i.ugurd ant next my oldest sister, and while in no way neglecting his charge, contrived to keep the whole ta ble amused. Afterward there was the usual half hour with the lawyers, a little music In the drawing room, a quiet good night to Mary, and then Lugard and 1 took our doparture amid a volley of pleasant dreams' and warnings 'not to forgot the ring from tho crowd at the rectory gate. "A fow hundred yards along tho high road we turned into the park thut sur rounded the Grange. My host wus one of those men with whom it wus second nature to wulk ana in arm with an ac quaintance of an hour's standing, and It was in this fashion that wo strolled along a well Ropt drive toward a irreat rani' bliug house shining whlto in the moon light against a dark bnckground of lofty euns. Lugard chatted gayly ull the way, regretting that ho had not known me during my bachelor days and expressing the hope that as an old friend of my wife's family ho should see more of me In the future. There was no resisting his frank cordiality, and by tho time we hud reached tho house I hud given and and he hud accepted an invitation to call on us in London on our return from the honeymoon. " 'Come In bore,' said Lngurd. leading the way into a cozy smoking room on the ground floor; 'we may as well have just one "nightcap" und a cigar before wo turn In.' "I threw myself into an armchair, and he began to busy himself with the spirit coso and cigar boxes, which he took from an old oak cabinet thut stood on tho right hand side of the fireplace. During the fow seconds that the door of the cubinet wus open 1 noticed on the bottom shelf one of those iron bowls or braziers used by traveling tinkers for beating their tools and by gypsies for cooking their dinners. I had heard thut Lugurd was a great sportsman indeed the guns and trophies on the walls or his deu testified to that and the thought crossed me that the brazier wus for use on his cauiping out expeditions. This train of ideas wus put out of my head by Lugurd offering moo cigar, und for the time the iron bowl so cnrefully preserved in the ouk cubinet passed from my mind. "We spent hulf an hour in chatting and smoking, and then Lugurd rose to show me tho way to the bedroom. He led the way up a broad staircase to the first floor, passed down a long corridor, and finally ooiied a door at the extreme end of the bouse. " 'Welcome to tho guestroom of the Grangol' said my host, standing asido to let mo eutor. 'A great many celebrated people have used this chamber since Queen Elizabeth slept here 800 years ago; but, believe mo, not one of them has given so much pleasure to the Lugard of the day as the man who is goingto wed my old friend, Mary Maitland, to morrow.' "The room was in every respect worthy to be the guest chamber of a historic mansion. It was of great size, with four lofty wiudows, two each ou opposite sides of the room. There was a fireplace, consisting of a large own grate guarded by fantastic griffins tf wrought brass, which, though devoid of fire now, owned to capabilities for ac commodating a full Bize yule log if necessary. But on closer inspection there seemed to be something peculiar about tho room bo far as its character as a great chamber was concerned. It bore traces of huving been only recently and somewhat scantily furnished as a bedroom. There was a small open bed stead facing the fireplace, a wushstund and dressing table, a chair or two anil that wus ull. But round tbe walls were settees and lounges raised on permanent staging; there was a large glass skylight in the roof, sundry marks on the walls showed signs of fixtures having been re moved, while a pile of lumber pushed into a corner looked uncommonly like a billiard table tuken to pieces. " 'Surely,' 1 exclaimed, 'this bus been used us a billiard room. I trust you have not dismantled it for me. "Was it the flicker of the candle ho carried, or was I right in supposing that a shade of anxiety passed over Lugurd's beaming countenance for a moment? Whatever it was, it was gone before I could decide. " 'I bad hoped you would be too sleepy to notice it,' he unswered. " 'Yes, this is my billiard room when there is no occasion for it to revert to its original nso us a guest chamber. Of course there are plenty of other bed rooms in the house, but it is a tradition of the Grange that the guest chamber is always ut tbe disposal of any one whom its master may delight to honor. Now I will say good night and leave yon. You shall be called in plenty of time in the morning.' "He turned to go, but paused on the threshold us an afterthought seemed to strike him. " 'By the way,' he said, wheeling ronnd, "you had better turn the key in the lock. 1 have a footman who walks in his sleep, und, though it is not likely, he might pay you a visit. I only found it out the other day, and I couldn't find it in my heart to send the follow away at a moment's notice. Good night once more, and sound be your slumbers.' "What a good nutured, genial man the squire was, I thought, ns I obeyed his injunction and locked tho door upon his retreating figure a trillo eccentric, per haps, us witness his turning the billiard room inside out in order to preserve what he called tho traditions of the Grange, and bis curious allusion to the toinniimbulist footman, but his eccen tricity was all in tho right direction, and I looked forward to a better acquaint ance with him quite eagerly. "Thus meditating I made my brief preparations for the night. Before get ting into bed I walked over to ono of the windows for tho purpose of opening it. according to my habit, but to my sur prise I discovered that this was impossi ble, as it was fastened up tightly by means of strips of felt which were glued all around tho grooves. On examination every window in the room proved to have been similarly treated, und then I remembered the skylight in the roof. Doubtless tbe drafts had caused tho squire to stop up the windows and the room was ventilated through the glazed aperture in the ceiling. But here again I was foiled in my endeavors to procure fresh air. Tho skylight was not onlv tightly closed, but the cord used for opening it hnd been broken off short far bevond my reach. There it dangled. high np nir tho ceiling, a silent witness to the neglect of oue of my host's serv ants. 'However, it is not for a guest to grumble at a trifle when bis comfort is studied in every other respect, und I soon consoled myself with the fact that the chimney to such a fireplace must le wide enough to let in any amount of fresh air. Bending my head clear of the massive mantelpiece, 1 looked np and saw that at the end of the broad shaft quite a large circle of starlit sky was visibl", while a cold blast struck down ward of sufficient volume to pnrifv the atmosphere of the room. Satisfied with this, I extinguished the lights and tot into bed. J have been told by many people that they have been nnuble to sleep on the night before their wedding day, but 1 was never a nervous person, and this was certainly not my experience. The long ruiiwi.y journey und the pleasant excitement of toe evoning bad combini to tire mo, and I fell asleep 10 mlnutei after my head touched tho pillow. "I must have been slumbering peace fully for some hours when I felt myself gradually uwakentng not from any sud uen start, but from a growing sense (trungo oppression which seemed to af fect my breathing. As my senses re turned to mo tho choking sensation my chest and throat Increased, und final ly I found myself wido awake wonder ing what was the matter. Every ruin uto it bcciiiuo harder to breuthe; tho air of the room seemed stifling, I flung the bedclothes from me In tbe bone of relief, and In doing so saw something so unac countable so apparently impossible that my reeling senses wore stricken wi amazement. "There was a fire in the grate I Glow- Ing steadily in tho cavernous recess of the ancient fireplace a great red bull of fire burned without flicker and without flame, but lurid with the unwavering light that comes from fuel fused to an intense heat, Even without the terrible fooling of oppression at my chest there would have been something weird and uncanny about this mysterious fire in troduced into my room at the dead of night into a room with locked door and hermetically sealed windows but whnt could this ghastly struggle for breuth portend Wus 1 tho victim of an acci dent or of some devilish plot? I tried to rise, but tho deudly fumes pouring into tho room from the fireplace overmastered me. I fell buck exhausted on the pillow, gasping for nir and powerless to cry for help thut should remove the subtlo influ ence which was filling my lungs with poison and my heart with fear that my time had come. "A dull stupor was beginning to steal over my brain, and the power of thought was fast leaving me when a rasping, clutching, scraping sound on the roof overhead caught my attention. Before my hulf benumbed senses could analyze tho sound, it grew into a cluttering rush, followed by a crush as the skylight splintered into fragments and a heavy body came whirling through it to full with a dull thud on the floor and there lie motionless. Iu a second the weigh from my lungs was lifted, the keen night air rushed in through the broken sky light with reviving freshness, the deadly fumes escaped through the outlet, and know that I wus saved. "But what of that heap lying huddled np and deathly still a few yards from the bed? The glow in the grate burned on, but it did not give sufficient light to distinguish objects by. It wus tho work of a moment to strike a mutch and road the whole story at a glance a story which scarcely needed corroliorution by the after discoveries brought to light. Dexter Lugard lay there with his neck broken, having literally overreached him self iu the execution of a fell design upon the life of a successful rival. Whut thut design wus wus mude only too clear by the charcoal brazier and iron chain lot down the broad chimney specially se lected for the purpose, by the wet blun ket that was found stuffed into the topof the chimney, und by the felt sealed win dows. "Had it not bcon for the false step which precipituted Lugurd through the skylight I should huve 'died in my sleep without a trace of foul play, for the false story of the somnambulist footman wus evidently concocted to cause me to lock the door, and bo prevent suspicion of my room having been entered. "Mary and I were married at the ap pointed time, but the wedding was a quiet one, marked by more awestruck faces than by smiles, and though my nerves are still unshaken I have never got over the events of that night suffi ciently to stand a fire in my bedroom." Million. "MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA." A Froposcd Memorial to the Author of That Immortal Song. Although every American is as familiar with tho words and music of "Marching Through Goor- glu" as he is with "Yankee Doo dle," fow people know who wrote the famous so.ig. Tho author'! nanio was Homy C. Work, and ho was a resident of Hartford. The :fiiiMnsit: la rf ,,trii '( than ordinary in terest Just now because of tho fact henry c. work, that New York ind Hartford friends of tho bulladist aro ontcin plating tho erection of a monument to his memory. Tho memorial is to bo a pedestal of granite, with bronzo bas-reliefs representing tho war scenes described iu Work's songs. Henry Clay Work wns born in Mlddlo- town, Conn., Oct. 1, 1833. As a boy he was taken to Illinois, but ho afterward re turned to Hartford, where ho was educat ed and where ho learned tho printers' trado. Not long before tho outbreak of the civil war, and whilo he was still set ting typo at tho case, Work began his song writing. Ono of his temperance- songs, 'Father, Dear I nther, Como Home, " was composed and published just before the war and was sung nnd whistled and par odied until it was familiar to the whole American people. During tho days of the drafts, when Father Abraham wanted 100,000 mors now and then, Work pierced the dark war clouds with a gleam of brightness and caused a roar of laughter to echo from Maliio to California although tho times were hardly mirthful times by publish ing his humorous ballad, "They've Graft ed Him Into tho Army." Tho song exact ly lilt on tho grim humor of tho hour nnd was a great popular success. Among the other songs that W ork wrote and that caught tho popular oar were "Lily Dale,' "Wo Aro Coining, Bister Mary, "Wake, Nicodcinus" and "Grandfather's Clock." Tho best known song ho ever wrote, however, was "Marching Through Georgia." It never becamo universally popular throughout all of tho United States for obvious reasons, but through out tho north today tho song is as much of a featuroof patriotic occasions where niu elc Is required as "Tho ytar Hpangled Ban ner," "America" and "Yankee Doodle." Work composed both tho words nnd tho muslo of his songs, and tho royalties he received from tho snio of tho ballads made him a rich man. In 1SG5 Work went to Europe and on his return located at Vine land, N. J., whero ho lost a fortune, it Is aid, in attempting to raise fruit. Three years afterward he returned to song writ ing to replenish his depleted purse and furnished many gongs to Chicago publish ers. In 1871 the plates of his ballads were destroyed during the great Chicago fire that swept away $190,000,000 worth of property. Work died In Hartford Juno 8, 1884, and wns buried in the Old North Cemetery, w here reposo the remains of an other famous song writer, Mrs. Sigourney. No "Beautiful Snow" In the City. If the would be poets who perpetrate sonnets about the benntiful snow would just wander about the streets of lower New York the day after a snowstorm, there would be more suicides and less poetry. Perhaps this would be all for the best What a shock it would be to the ten der susceptibilities of these gentlemen to heboid tbe dirty, disreputable Italian dis ciples of Maud Mnller heaping np the alleged "beautiful" in haycock shaped piles and carting it away! New York has no nse for snowstorms nor for the spring and snow poets. New York Herald. A Lucuwiillie Jumps Over a Tree Trunk, The sloet which full on Wednesday night louded the trees along the line of tbe Georgia Southern and Florida heavily thut some of them fell, and one dropped across the truck. About 8 o clock in the morning a passenger train came along. Tbe storm was so severe that the engineer could not tee uhead, and bii engine went over the tree with a bound, Tbe baggage cur was broken into splin ters, and the couches behind were scat tered through the woods iu various di rectiuns. The engine ran on for 100 feet after jumping the tree and then struck ont in the forest, finally landing against a giant pine. One coach went off on tho other side of the track and plowed through the mud for a fow rods. 1 be sleeer was the only car which did not leave the rails. Among the passengers in the Pullman was Dan Rountree. He say that he woke up, but thought the jolt was nothing more than the usual bump which tho Central gives in coupling at Macon. Atlanta Constitution. It Haa Ticked OA Nearly Two Centuries. Mrs. Catharine Oyler of Kokoino re cently cuino into possession of an old fashioned wooden clock of ancestral times that bus been passing from gener ation to generation for nearly 200 years It was bequeathed to Mrs. Oyler by he fathor, John Woodringof Preble county, O., who died a short time ago, aged 113. Tho clock is of English manufacture, of the style known us tho "wall swociier, made by Reed & Ward iu the year 1711 The caso is of English bluck wulnut, and all parts of the running gear are con structed of wood. It is 7 feet tall and weighs 1 1,1 pounds. It has been ticking away for 18s years without a stop und has never been repaired. The wbodon wheels show little or no wear, and it is apparently good for another century or more, ticking nway as merrily, truth fully and tunefully as it did in England nearly two centuries ago. Cor. Indiau apolis Journal. Teli'u-rajilit-re to Content. The New York telegraphers will have a contest on March II, which is exitected to prove the most satisfactory and deci sive tournament of the kind which bus ever tuken place on this continent. The decisive test will probably develop the extreme capacity of an ubsolutolv 'clean" conductor on wire manipulated by the fastest senders and most expert receivers in the United States und Can ada, TUB LAND Or 1'KOMISK Ih the mlithtT West, the land that " Melded with shoe laiiKlu a hitrvent;" llie Kl Dnrailn of the miner; ino goal oi me agricultural emigrant. While II k'i'iiii with all the elements of areiilth and prosperity, some ol the fairest nnd in out fruitful portions ol It bear a harvuat of malaria reaped In Us Inllncu by thone unprotected by a ing In a malarial locality iff safe from the m-oiirge without Hosteller's Stomach Hitters. Emlitrauts, bear this In mlml. Commercial travelers sojourning in malarious regions should mtuiciiiHi Bmegnarti. no one Keeiciuir or dwell csrry a botdeol the Hitters In the traditional gripsack. Against the effects ot exposure, meu- uu or oouuyorerworic.aampitua uuwnoiesome lood or water, It is an Infallible defense. Con stipation, rheumatism, biliousness, dvspensla. nervousness anil loss of strength ure all feme aiea dj- tais genial restorative. The Philadelphia Lodger notes the fact that hi street ill UHiiiuKiuii are iiiimeu jhl-kbuii wane mere is not one named alter torDett. THEY SOOTIIK - NKVKK I11H1TATE. Some people have a prejudice against plasters, because, as they think, they burn and blister. That is true of many, but not of Allcock's Pobous Plasters. They never irritate the skin, but always have a soothing effect. x ney are useiui in case or any local pain. and as a rule will brine immediate relief. If they do not, it is because the trouble has been allowed to become so serious that no external remedy will reach it, and the ebances are that any treatment will fail. f or stitcnes in the side, weakness or lameness ot the back, stillness ol the Joints Allcock's Porous Plasters have been proved again and again to be not only a re let, dui a cure. Brandbeth's Pills are safe to take at any time. Many a man Is afraid of ghosts and still Is not afraid o( spirits. UOW'S THIS I We offer One Hundred Dollars' reward for any case of catarrh thut cannot be oured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, K J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for the last lifteen years, and believe him perfectly honorable In oil business transactions and financially able to carrv out any obligations maae oy tueir nrin. w r.si at tkuaa, nniesaie iiruggists, loieao. u. WALDINO, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price lb cents per bottle. Hold by all druggists. DOCTOR'S BILLS SAVED. Da. Pikiice, Buffalo, N. Y.: uear nir i am giaa to wiy that the uso of your " (JoUlcn Medi cal Discovery " has saved me manr doo- turs' bills, as I have for Ih. rw. .,l...,.,n .tnnM ! whenever needed, lieen using it for tho erysip elas and also for chron ic diarrhea, and am glad to say thut it has never failed. I have also recommended it to manv of my neigh bors, as it Is a medicine worth recommending. JOSEPH SMITH. Guar antees a CURE OR MONEY RETURNED, Tie "Discovery" purifies, vitalizes and enriches the lilood, thereby invigorating tho system and building up wholesome flesh when reduced dj wusung diseases. Anaorppfthta TjiTAtlvn anil NmVR Tnvrn. Sold by Druggists or sent by mall. 25c..60cl and f 1.00 per package. Samples free, IfA Wt The Favorite TOOTH POTOl JW X1U for the Teeth and UreUi.26a. Flesh means strength to with stand chronic ailments, coughs, colds and disease. Sound flesh is essential to health. Scott's Emulsion the Cream of Cod-liver Oil, enriches the blood, builds up flesh and fortifies the system against sickness and chronic ailments. Physicians, the world over, endorse it. Don't be deceived bf Substitutes! PrtpandbrSeoua Bwb. H. T. AllDraoista, .6 Uittt Iftl 'nr All H.1X. t L4nih ay TO p. TsWe bootl. Vtt J. Smith, Esq. PERCE A OOHFLKTK ItKCOVBHY, D. E, Coughanour writes from Quarts burgh, Idaho, of the complete recovery of Mrs, Coughanour from rheumatism, she had been troubled for years, and bad suf fered great pain, often not being able to walk. Happy over bis wife's relief, be tells SDoutitaaloliows: yOASTZBUBOIl, I PA HO, I August 20, WW. N, J. Stone A Co. (Calderwood'a Rheumatism Cure): Gentlemen I My wife took three bottles of your Cure, which almost cured her. I sent for three more for ber. Hhe took one of these, and then wus perfectly well. The remaining two bottles she gave to a woman who could not walk, and they oured her. My wife bad sullered for four years with rheumatism sometimes so badly that she couiu not wsis. i ours, 1). E. CoimiiAsotiB. The prloe of the medicine it $ft per puok age of three bottles. Fur further particu lars apply to N. J. Ktonk it Co., Flood building, Ban Franolsoo, Cal, VKHV riNUY. They tell some very funny tales About old Portland's Hood; How everything was swept away From where It once had stood; How fish of monstrous site were caught lleneatb the electric lights, And how the ocean vessels sailed Clear up to Portland Heights. The actus! st-enes of thn flood am nlntnmil In the beautiful souvenir given free to niirohasers oi me rnrtnrop niurgis company's strong yet dalniy Flavoring Extiacts. COOK'S MUSICAL INHTITUTK Has been In existence for oyer twelve years, and has earned an enviablo rt-tiiitiitlon in Portland and vicinity, ft is located in the Ablngton in iiuarters especially designed for 11. and Is I'uufpied with an vxteusive library and the fin est Uraud Pianos. Send for circular. PR. C. K.flRlnaRnuros Catarrh. DiKimlits nf the Throat and Lungs, Consumption In the first and second stages, Hriiuchllls, all dlfllcult Chronio inseases ami an rrivate Diseases oi both sexes. Medicine by mail or express. Third and Mor rison, Portland, Or. Progressive Literature. W. E. Jones 201 Aider Street, Portland, Or. Dae Inamellne Stove Polish i no dust no smell. Tbt Gibmia for breakfast. Sleepless Nights frilra WMM at a ll r nnA wan ir imflr ft- -v-lr tmiifttMMied to exertion. Thev allow thai your nerve strength is gone and that your iiurvuua nyoivm uwus uuuuiiik UP. ine Hood's Sarsa parilla surct remedy Is Cures Hood's FHrXapA' rill. 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Taks no suk autole. U your daalareaiuut supply yea, we eaa. THE GREATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERT OF THE CENTURY. ASTHMA DR. HAIR'S & HAY FEVER OUIIE. u'liv NitfTor when 1 will send vou t'ree. a full sire tl.OCI botlle of my Asiimui Cure, If you will simply pay express crmrKes on delivery. A Viililitme Treatise on Asttnnn. Brom-liltls nnd Hay Fever mnlled free, Ur. B. IV.II A IK. itaa W.llli Mi. t'lnrlunall.O. V. P. N. U. No. 662-S. F. N. U. No. 639 Kpi you t TRAVEL 7 BISHOP SGOH ACADEMY. FOUNDED 1870. A boarding and day school for boys and young men, under military discipline, Seventeenth (17) year under present management will open September 18. Thor ough preparation lor college and sclrntitlc schools. Commercial Course, ACA DKM1C, FKKPAKATOK Y AND PRIMARY DhPARTMKNTS. For Catalogue and Full Particulars. J. W. HILL, H. D., Principal, P. "DON'T BORROW TROUBLE." BUY SAPOLIO I MALARIA! JJ Thrw flo.e. only. Trr It. BUT TOUR CLOTHIHG ATWHOLESALE PRICES.- Men's Suits at $3.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $20.00. Men's Overcoats, $10 00, $12.50, $15.00, $18.00. Young Men's Suits, $3.00, $4.50, $5.00, $3.00, $10.00. Boys' Knee-Pants Suits, $1.25, $1.75, $2.50, $3.50, $4.00, $5.00. Oregon Wool Socks, 3 pairs for 50 cents. White Laundried Shirts, 50 cents. If vou can t see us, write for goods. it FAMOUS," KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and Improvement nnd tends to iKsrsoiiul enjoyment when rightly used. The ninny, who live Ix-t-ter thun others and enjoy life more, with 'ess expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will uttcst the value to health of tho puro liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting In the form most acceptublo and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a erfeet lax ative; circctuiilly cleansing tho system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of tho medicnl profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionablo substitute. Syrup of Fips is for sulo by nil drug gists in 60c ontlll bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept auy substitute if oflen-d. SIXTH YEAR Will open September 24. Prepares for college. (Jives advanced Kngllsh cnnr.c. Now prepared to receive boarders as well as day scholars. For ralalnxue address PORTLAND ACADEMY, 191 EloveMh street, Portland, Or. 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