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. Itpurittoi
he Mood.
trencthuin tlio
11 jr.' en, crentei
tin aiiwtite.nnd trivci mind, rolreuiiuic hIuod.
Out Hood's and only Hood's.
Hood's Pills euro all live mils. 35c
LIEU
DR. LIEBIG & CO.,
Special Doctors for Chronic. Private
and Wasting Disease),
Dr. Llebia's Invlsoratur the vrpatst rpmpilv rhv
btmltial Weakness, Less or Manhood and Private
IHttftiftos, Overcomes Preinatureness and prepares
all lor marnaire life's duties, oleasures anif reMiinii-
sibllltles; 1 trial bottle given or sent tree to any
on. describing symptoms; call oral(lress400(leary
St.. private entrance 4M Mason Ml., ttau Francisco.
ELY'S CREAM BALM CURES
i;"aDc,j
IPRICE SOCENTi, ALL DWUGQItTS
THREE PAIRS SSS
Hofiii for 4H merits
fn stamp!), mailed free together with our 144-pnge
iiiUHinueu Home uirciiv who newnpuon, plot
urus nnd nrice of msnv thoumind arf talt'ii for In
door aud outttcor use. Give your name and ad-
re&s correct ly, mention this paper, write to
SMITH'S CASH STORE.
14-418 Front St San Francisco, Cal.
IF SO, YOU WILL FIND THE
BIG FOUR ROUTE
THE BEST LINE
E-A.ST.
VESTIBULE TRAINS.
ELEGANT DINING CARS.
QUICK TIME
Ask for Tickets via
Big Four Route.
o. Mccormick, d. b. martin,
Pass. Traffic Manager. Oen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt
CINCINNATI.
L. Douglas
$3 SHOE
NOBQUCAKIN& '
f 5. CORDOVAN,
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3.LP0LICE,3SOLf3.
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Tea can aave money by wearlat tke
W. L. Dsarlaa (3.00 Bkee.
Reeanae, ws are ths largest maauractarm of
this (radsof shoes la the world, and guaraatea than
Talua by stamping ths name and pries on ths
bottom, which protect you against high prlcssane
the middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custom
work In stria, aasy suing and welling qualltlea
We hare thorn sold aTsrywhere at lower prices for
ths ralue given than any other make. 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.
Ivor
AND TTPKWMTINO OKF1CK.
Thorough system and Instruction: g km! teach
ers; low terms; short time: n sltlous to com
petent. Mall orders carefully and promptly
attended to. For further nnrtlculars call on ur
address KDITII A. I1KUWN,
- 42 Hamilton Building, Portland, Ur.
Portland Business College,
KHtTLAMO. OMOOM.
A. P. AaMffitoira. Pium. I. A Waaoo, 8m.
Sja upeo iu me year, smarms ad
V milted at any time, lustiuction in
1 common achool and commercial
feragahet, shorthand, typewriting, etc. Collkub
Joubnal and ipecimenaof penmanship lentrw.
mercial course, Shorthand coimc ami two years'
Kngllsh course. Bend for catalogue.
Pull ,ani, AnMmnnnna OakIumI. ft 1Uf! .nM
GOOD OPENING
For a DRY GOODS AND CLOTHINO IIOUBR at
Oswego, Oregon. Address N. H. KELLOG j, Os
wego, Or.
SECOND-HAND MACHINERY.
We deal exclusively In Skcond-Hand Machin-
erv, and have a large assorlmont of Knirlues,
BoilerB, Pumps andtieuend Muehlnery. Write
lor latest descriptive cutaloeiie. DANA, AI.HKE
&WALKEH,K.WaterBt.,cur.Taylur,l'(mluud,Or.
FOR LADIES I
100 IN GOLD will bo paid by the Koeh
Chemical Co. for any enve of female uenkuei
that will not yield to Dlt. J. 8. KOCH'S AN 11
8KFT1C SANATIVK IWVDKK. Piios 1.00 per
box. For side by all druggists.
I E. BENS.
Manufacturing Jeweler
AND
DIAMOND SKTTEIt.
All kinds of lewelrv made to order and re
paired at reasonable rates. Rooms 8 und 10,
Zi$i Washington street, Portland, Ur.
RISDOH IRON WORKS, S. F.
Mining; Machinery, Bryan Mills, John
ston Concentrators, Kiifclnes, Hollers,
Pumps and General Machinery.
Rstlinates given on all classes of Iron
work. Address
R. H. MOORB, M. E.,
Hotel Portland, Portland, Ur.
PORTLAND WIRE AND IRON WORKS,
334 Alder street, Portland, Or.
lU.I4jl.U..I.Jt,U
njfH!,;;lJ!HiHiuimi
Bank and Olllce KallhiKs. Prune (iradi-rs.Fnilt
Dipping Baskets and all kinds of Wire and Iron
Work. Send tor catalogue.
Tf
BVKRY OCCASION,
bread made with
QOLBEP - WEST
BzflKPQi F2WE)Ei
Manufaetured bv CL08SET A DKVERS. Port
land, Oregon.
NO DIRT OR SMOKE.
if our Wife Can Run It. Hereulei Gat or Qasolliie
Engine.
Palmer A Rey, 8. K., cal. aud Portland, Or.
iDnMURAT'SS
VTomu't Sur Frttnrl. Never Pall Aiioolntt'lr
Hsfe Tb Oresvi Vrtfh lifjB.nttgafu Kemedr.
PuralT Tcetsbla. Mam-Ions TsUmouiftlfl. New mcd
it bonk "WoTtaan1 Prirnil." nit copon fr 1 Hoi Free.
UK. HUB AT MCIlClEC04lh Ml,tlinail.O.
0. Drawer 17, Portland Or.
Portland s
g Academy
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'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END.
IX) YOU FEEL BAD? DOES YOUX BACK
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MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY.
CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS
lis Ceraer. Bs rl ea ins Secant) lis .
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