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Health Officers Speak, City,' State and ' National Authorities report the Royal Baking Powder in every way Superior to all others. STATE CHEMIST, CALIFORNIA : The Royal fulfils all Ihe requirement!. Our tests show it has greater leavening power than any other. STATE CHEMIST, WASHINGTON ; There is no question but the Royal is the strongest, purest and most wholesome baking powder in the market. U. 3. GOV'T FOOD REPORT: Roval Bakino Towder ii shown a pure cream of tartar powder, highest of all in leaven ing strength. CANADIAN OFFICIAL TESTS: Royal Bakino Towder is commended as of highest excellence, and shown to be greatest of all in leavening strength. 0 SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF HEALTH : We cordially ap prove and recommend the Royal Uakino Powder. It is absolutely pure and healthful, composed of the best ingredients, of the highest strength and character. BOARD OF HEALTH, SEATTLE, WA5HIN0T0N: Finding 1 in amlysis that it is entirely free from any adulteration, we hcarily recommend the Royal Bakino Towder for its great strength, purity and wholesomeness. BOARD OF HEALTH. TACOMA. WASHINOTON: In our judgment the Royal is the best and strongest baking powder before the public BOARD OF HEALTH, SPOKANE: Certainly there is no bale ing powder known to us equal to the Royal. DR. B1NSWANOER, UNIVER5ITV OF OREGON : It is also my opinion that there exists no purer, better or stronger baking powder than the Royal. I confidently recommend it. Do not permit the slanderous stories of inter- ested parties to influence you in using any .other than The Best, The Royal. PORTLAND'S SMALLEST HOUSE. Threat Rooms Crowded Into Space Not Large for One. For upward of 10 yonrs Portland ling bad within its corporate limits onu or tlio smallest dwelling houses in this broad land of ours. At first glunce it might be mistaken for a playhouse, as it stands alono in the center or tho block on Northrop street, between Nineteenth and Twentieth. The place has a history, and many of Portland's residents have made thorn selves familiar with it by personal iu (juiryaiul investigation. About 10 years ago, so the story goes, a seafaring man happened in the northwest portion of tbe.oity before streets hud been opened and graded, and, struck by the beauty of the surroundings, determined to build himself an alKxlu in which to pass his declining years. Tho builder endeavored to make bis home as much like ships' quarters as possible, and in this he succeeded ad' mirubly. The house contains three rooms kitchen, dining room and bed room aud occupies a patch of ground about 10 by 13 feet It stands about 0 feet in height The kitchen is just large enough to accommodate a cook stovo aud table, and the dining room is suillcieut- Iy large to allow two persons to move about The parlor and bedroom com bined contains a couch, two chairs and a table und resembles the stateroom of an ocean steamer. Tho bed, or berth, is located three or four foot ubovo the floor on a chest of drawers and is hidden from view by handsome luce draperies. By lowering a panel on tho opposite side of tho room a bright array of china ware iB exposed to view, and tho panel itself may be used as a table or writing shelf. Portland Tolegram. Dinner Borvlue Worth 100,000. The silvor dinner sorvice which Mrs. 3. W. Mackuy has with her in Europe, isworth $100,000. Her millionaire hus band furnished $75,000 in weight of pure Bilver and then paid another $115,- 000 for the work done upon it Tho above is, I believe, rockoued as boing the most costly silver set now in nso in the world. St Louis Republic. The most reniiiikablo meteor on reo erd in thut of Deo. 21, 187(1, which originated in Kansas, trliriefl over Miu. souri to tho south of Lake Michigan and became lost near Niagara fulls. It ex ploded with a report like thut of an earthnuaka. The recent letter from the Judge of Awards on Baking Powders at the Chi cago World's Fair exposing the falsity of the claim of a Chicago house that its baking powder had received the highest award lor strength, purity, excellence, etc., is a Bcathinir rebuke to those manu facturers of inferior baking powders who have no regard for the truth, but habitu ally seek, in their public announce ments to deceive conBumers. The Judge of Awards states that no such award was given to the Chicago concern, and has notified it that it must cease publishing his name in connection with its false 1 statements. HE TOLD THE TRUTH AT LAST. LONDON II HALLS. Closing the Empire Arouses a Storm of Discussion. THE I'lKISTS AND THEIR CRITIC'S. tany Well Known Men Join In the Ei inordinary Controvert rJUrtml ljr Mr. Chant Sals on tile "l'ul Trying Prig From the I'rovlnoes." London has nut liecn stirred fur many a day as It Is Just now. Tmiihlo Im'kiiii hot iral weeks ago when Mrs, Urmlston Chant, In her ''pretty evonlng dress," vis ited the Kmplre theater. riho wns so at- tractive that two men spoke to her, but the look with which she rescinded to this Insult was so free.lngly withering that they Instantly nixiloglzcd, and one added, Vou lire not what 1 took you for." The following day Mrs. Chant, accom panied hy two or threo friends, went lie fore the Iondon llcenso oommttteo and re lated her experience. As a result tho com inltteo refused to renew the Kmplre thea ter llcenso unless tho promenade, or foyer, where drinks are served as well as at tho small bars, was closed. There are scores of imislo hulls In Lon don like tho Kmplro In arrangement, the only dlllerenco wing In grime. Tho Km pire Is tho finest theater of the kind In the worm. Its decorations nro solidly rich nnd artistic, its seating and other appoint ments comfortable and spacious, and Its stage attractions tho best that money can procure. Tho Kmplro ballet Is always an Imimrtant feature, hut it Is no more wick d than any other bullet. Igs am no new discovery, and since the appcuriinco of tho fin do sieelo bicyclist even tho average citi zen takes them for granted, though they bo not In evidence Hut thcro is something wnrso In tho Empire theater than tho drinking, the stago performance and the luxury. Fullon Q til I PHYSICAL STRENQTH, .cheerful spirits and the ability to fully n;oy life, come only with a healthy uody and niiiid. The young man who Buffers from nerv ous debility, iiniwired mem ory, low spirits, irrita ble temper, and the thousand and one de rangements of mind and lKsIy that result from, un natural, pernici ous habits usual ly contracted in youth, through ignorance, is thereby incapac itated to thor oughly enjoy life. He feels tired, spiritless, kand drowsy : his Nlecp isdisturbeil fund docs not re fresh him os it should ; the will power is weakened, morbid fears haunt him and may result in confirmed hypochondria, or melan cholia and, finally, in sotting of the brain, epilepsy, ("fits'"), paralysis, locomotor ataxia and even in dread insanity. To reach, re-claim and restore such unfortunates to health and happiness, is the aim of the publishers of a Imok of 36 pages, written in plain but chaste language, on the nature, symptoms ami curability, by home-treatment, of such diseases. This book will lie sent sealed, in plain envelope, on receipt of this no tice with ten cents iu stamps, for post age. Address, World's iJispcnsary Med ical Association, Huftalo, N. Y. For more thau a quarter of a century jhysicians connected with this widely celebrated Institution have made the treatment of the diseases alve hinted at their specialty. Thousands have con sulted tiietn ty letter and received advice and medicines which liave resulted in permanent cures. Sufferers from premature old age. or loss of power, will find much of iulerest in the book above mentioned. Dad Not Nickel to l'y Ills Fare, but a Conductor Trusted tllul. "Dead broke" is a relative term. Some men aro "dead broke" on $10. Soma don't call it "dead broke" until they reach a nickel. It's pretty "dead broke" when you haven't even tbo ono nickel for car faro, want to got from Twenty-third to Fulton street, are iu a hurry, couldu t walk for a fortune aud know there's money waiting for you at tho otbor end if you can got there. This was tho cuso with a young mnn one day lost woek, and this is how ho gat there. Boarding a Broadway car at Twenty-third street among a crowd of others, ho walked forward und took Ins stand beside the gripman. It was some timo before tho conductor reached him, when ho fumbled for chiiugo, as though he knew ho had it in vest and trousers pockets, finally remarking that since ho couldn't find it he supposed he'd "have to get off." The conductor saw it in thut light, too, nnd politely mtulo way for tho young man, who by this time had reached Thirteenth streot Walking down a fuw blocks, he board ed tho third car following, aud this timo the conductor called for Ins fare, Aguiu he affected tho searching process, and again tho conductor waited patiently, while tho cor spun along nntil ut last the young man anxiously declnrod that be must linvo lost his pnekctbook. Tho conductor dinged the bell, deciding that tho best thing to bo done was to step off and look for it. iCiglith street was now reached, nnd aguiu nt rittn street a iresu car was boarded. Another search after change was gouo through and another kindly snggestiou from n conductor looked for, but this ono said: "Ain't got no moiioyf How far aro you going? r ulton? Oh, no; you'd better got off. " And ho got off aftur threo elaborate bits of acting just 20 blocks bolow his original point. "I guess I'll try tho truth now, ho thought to himself, nnd Ibis timo ho stood out on tho buck platform nnd didn't mnko a first divo into his pock ets. He had got sick of it, and it wasn't paying oither. "Look horo, conductor," ho snid, "I'm dead broke. Iluvcn't a nickel. Will have lots when I get to Fulton street. Will yon givo mo your number and trust mo to rido down?" "Ride you do," said tho conductor, and that conductor hasn't regretted it He's got more than tho faro since, nud tho young man who begun on tho lies has learned a first rato lesson on tho old fashioned policy of honesty. Nuw York Herald. Fertilizing With Kuear. Thoro is a diversity of opinion as to tho land most suited to the cultivation of melons. Sandy, light soil, very highly fertilized with phosphate and with salt, will produce an abundant (Tup of largo, lino melons, but there nro many plant ers who affirm that they should bo planted on n good quality of soil with out fertilizers of any kind, lis tbo nrtifl ciul ingredients contained iu tho ferti lizers detract from the imtivo sweetness of tho fruit They also claim that tho highly fertilized vinos bear nil their fruit about tho sanio timo, making a short season, while vines planted iu un fertilized soil will bear gradually ono melon utter another, affording fresh fruit for a lung period, even until it is so late in Octolier that the first frosts have killed tho vines. An old planter of ancient days, fond of experimenting, fertilized the soil in which ho planted his melon seeds with quantities of sug ar, producing n most satisfactory result, the melons ls'ing of unusual size nnd sweetness. That wasdono in days when expense was no object South Curolinu Cor. Philadelphia Times. BOUGHT FREEDOM WITH DEATH. Kea I'eree llorsi-e Followed Their Leader Over the 1'llfr, Tho hardy little Noz Perce horse Is qnlto well known in a way, but few people know what remarkable courngo and sagacity ho has. When the Indian war swept the Nca Perco country, the Indians gatlurcd nlsiut 0,000 horse into u valley that fronted on the steep Diuirs or ctio umiiiitna rivor, and there, with tno groat wnito mountains nt tlitii back, prepared to make their last des ncrnte stand III the battlo that followed t!iov woro (ideated, and thesinull fraction of them that remained unkilled put to flight. 'Ihe Iioihcs, shut in by the steep motui tains on the one side and tho steep river Mtitr on tno oilier, had to be left lMiliind, When tho battlo had closed, the sol dicrsof the volunteers (for only a imrt wcto regnlurs) nmdo a rush for tho horses, but they could not lay bauds on one ot them or approach them. And now for tho first timo it was no ticed that they were under a boy herder. Tho Iniy wns unarmed, entirely naked aud ns red as copper, Tho Iniy had no bridle, but wove his hands into tho uiauo, nnd thus guttled his black horso at will ut the head of tho herd. Tho volunteers dropped on thoir kuoos hero nud thoro nrouud tho edgo of tho circlo and began to iiro at tho boy. At lust a bullet struck him. His body flow high into tho uir aud then full and rolled iu the dust. Tho horses now divided as they came by. Thoir nostrils woro distended nt tho smell of blood, and thoir eyes ablaze nt tho sight of their young keeper iu tho dust On tho second round, after the boy fell, tho black lender seemed to run sidowiso, his eyes fastened to his little dead ninster until they looked frightful from under tho black mane. Ho plunged on uround and came to tho very edgo of tho beetling bosalt bluff. Then there was a sight ns of a sculptured imago of n horso poised in midair, and a mad, wild cry, such as a horse makes but once a cry iudescrib' uble that filled tho valley. Men looked away, and when they looked buck the hluck stutuu was cone. Then, faithful to tho leader, over the bluff into thofotiniiug whito water went another horse. And then 10, CO, COO, the wholo 6,0001 Not ono of all the herd was loft to tho invading victors, and tho stream was literally choked with tho (load. Joaquin Miller. THE ORIGIN OF MAN. Married rfulioolteai'lMtrs. Married women cau still bonppoiiitod to positions in the Milwaukee public schools. At the meeting of tho execu tive committee of the school board Aug. 8 tho movement was defeated which at tempted to discourage matrimony uu the part of tho teachers of tho Milwau kee public schools, in that it proposed the retirement from tho forco of teach ers of all married women who bad hus bands upon whom they conld depend for support and the nouemployuiout in the future uf mairied women as teuch-rs. WIS. OttMISTON CITANT IV IIRR HtETTY KVKNINO W1KSS," women frequent the place, and men go tliero In an easy, unnoticed way to meet them. Many of these courtesans nro well bred, well educated and well Informed on current affairs. They enn tJilk wickedness In two or three languages, but they know how to conduct themselves with perfect propriety In any place and on any occasion Taken nil In nil, tho Kmplro theater is a wliltcd sepulchcr of tho whitest kind. So when Mrs. Ornilston Chant protested ngulnst the renewal of tho Umpire's license, becauso evil women frequented tho lounges and tho promenades tbo license committee decided to act, and accordingly the place thut has wen the whilom resort of tho Prince of Wales as well as sprigs of royalty and well seasoned branches of tho nobility Is closed for the first timo In many years, liutwhat a tempest It, lias created ! And how singular it Is thut the blasts bavo nearly ull been on tho side of the theater and In palliation of the vice It fostorsl George Augustus Sain blew tho first trum pet to the tuna of how much better Lon don Is today than It was 40 years ago. Ho said ho was not ashamed to say ho had eccii It nil, but ho did not put his own name to tho fuliulnatlon and used such terms as ''superhuman virtue," ''emanci pated woman" ami "prurient grass wid ows " most recklessly. This was his con elusion: 4 Has not, I earnestly ask, tho time eomo forn hold, bluff and defiant counterblast to this misdirected Ignorance, this arrogant egotism, this ovcrvauntcd and Insolent assumption of superior moral tone and personal purity? Wo can only take thuse mouthing husybodlos and Paul Prying prigs from tho provinces nt their own value. o do not pry into thoir spot' less households. Wo have no means of as certaining by what right they 'throw the first stone.' Hut tho danger Is till that by holding our hands, restraining our Influence and silencing our voices wo shall help to destroy a good half century work In rcllninu and purifying thenniuso incuts of the people, we shall turn the ilruiul current of poisonous vice Into our own domestic channels, we shall add to the nameless honors of abandoned sensu ullty, and wo shall drive to the despair of secret drink and loathsome death tho poor, hunted, men ruined outcasts of tho city, whoiiro trying with greater sucoess than In any city of tho world to hehovo decorously In public nnd to preserve the last rag und vestige of their lost and stolen shame. Protests poured In from all sorts of poo pic, for John Dull wants to do us ho likes and have others do (he same. ( lcrgymon iohied ami iiiiolul Scripture, Some called Mrs. ('limit it crank, and ono stigmatized icr n ' Praise (iod liarcliones." The Lon don newspapirs teem with comiminica tlons about this so called ''prowling of the iirudcs. Phrynu lierx lf joined Initio discussion. She said: 1 have found women my cruel est, most Inexorable persecutors nnd nl ways under the guise of the desire to purl fy society and root out evil. Hero is tho result obtained by the righteous Woman who hulled the flvst stone at me." Henry Irving writes an enernetlo protest, nnd tho great liaillcal lcadi r, Lahouchcre, probably voices a majority of popular opinion when ho says: "' here obviously oncht to lie one law for all the music hulls. The functions of the council should be limited to seeing that the entertainments are d"ceut In the ordinary acceptation i f the word, that the audience docs not olli ml against propriety, and that the buildings am structurally ar ranged to minimize tlunj'.t r In ease of flro. Whether the audiences take their enter tainment walking or sitting or whether their private characters are good or bad docs not concern the council. That many women ami many men who frequented tho Kmplre promenade are not without re proach Is very possible, but I hut was their own affair, provided, when there, they did nothing to came ottcnse." Ancient Ilellefa That Trees Were the An cestors of the Human ICaoe. Tho descent of the human race from soino particular species of tree is one of tho oldest myths that can be found run ning through the folk stories of every nation. In Virgil we find rcferonce to tho race of "mou who took their birth from trunks of trees," and among some of tho early commentators on that statement wo eveu find speculations as to tho particular species of treo from which tho ruco sprung. The very earliest Egyptians' as well as those who lived under later dynasties bad a legend of tho "treo of life," and ninny of the leading investigators, both ancient and modern, have exprossed -the opinion that from Egypt came tho Eiblical story (,f tho "treo uf kuowlodge of good and evil" which graced tho original garden made by tho All Wise for our first par- cuts. Professor Thistolton (see his "Folk Loro of Plants") beliovos that tho Scrip tural uarrativo oiled is a survival of the belief iu tho "tree doscont of man," and that the abiding faith of mankind in the trnditiou again crops out in Rov elation, where the "tree of life" plays as important a part as that of the famous tree mentioned in tho first book of tho Bible. Tho natives of Madagascar have a tradition which is believed aud porpotnated among them to the effect that tho first man was born nlivo from a treo, and that ho immediately set about making himsolf "a helpmeet," fashioning her from a knotted limb by tho aid of a mussel shell carving knife. Marsdou's "History of Sumatra" tells us that tho peoplo of tho Philippine is lands also havo the tree descent legend among them, and King, iu his "Life Among tho Bushmen of Australia," says that tho people tliero habitually live among tho trees, because "they aro taught from infancy" that their early ancestors woro trees endowed with tho faculty of speaking and moving about from placo to placo. " St. Louis Eo public SIGNING THE DECLARATION. WILD l'lHKU. The devastation and suffering caused hy the Humes of the wild prairie and forest II res In tha West last summer has a liorrl ble detail in the loss of Ufa and destruction of property. Men, women and children by core choked by smoke and matted alive; their homes destroyed and hundreds maimed and crippled. It la pulnful tocun tf niplale, but still Important and charita ble to make It known that tit. Jacobs Oil. used acuordlug to directions, is one of the heat cur.s for inirns and scsnis, and should lie kepi on hand. There Is no household ihat hould be without the great remedy fur l ain, lor I litre are nous without the need of It. Utile th una ike slight cuts and worn ds It heals slid cures like Insgio and helps the house work on. WILD COSSACK RIDERS. THE TELEPHONE DEADBEAT. Vwo Amor Imps 8nw Them Iireak a Winter Camp In Turkestan. Messrs. Allen nnd Sachtlubon, who Went around tho world on bicycles, give the following account of ono of thoir experiences in Turkestan: Ono of tho chief Incidents of oar pleasant sojourn was afforded by Gov ernor Ivmioff. Wo woro invited to head tho procosslou of tho Cossacks on their annual departure for their summer en campment in tho mountains. After tho usual religious ceremony they fllod out from tho city parade ground. Being un avoidably detained for a few moments, wo did nut como up until some time after thu column had started. As we dashed by to tho front with the Ameri can nml Russian flags fluttering sido by side from tho handlo bars, cheer after cheer arose from the ranks, and even tho governor and his party doffed thoir caps in acknowledgment At tho camp wo woro fuvorcd with a special exhibition of horsemanship. By a singlo twist or tho reins the steeds would fall to tho ground, and their rid ers crouch down behind them as a bul wark in battle. Then, dashing forwnrd at full speed, they would spring to tho ground and leap buck again into the saddle, or hanging by their legs would reach over and pick up a handkerchief, cap or a soldier supposed to bo wound ed. All these movements we photo graphed with our camera. Of tho endurance of these Cossacks and their Kirghiz horses wo had a prac tical test. Overtaking a Cossack courier n tho early part of a day's journey, he became so interested In the velooipcdo, us the Russians cull the bicyclo, that he determined to see as much of it as pos sible. Ho staid with us the wholo ay, over a distance of CC miles. His chief compensation was in witnessing tho surpriso of the natives, to whom be would shout across the fields to come and sco tho tomasbn, adding in explana tion that wo were the American gontlo- men who had ridden nil tho woy from America. Our speed was not slow, and frequently tho poor fellow would have to resort to tho whip or shout: "Slow- gcutlomeu. My horso is tirod. The town is not far away. It is not necessa ry to hurry so," The fact is that in all our experience wo found no horse of even the faniod Kirghiz or Turcoman breed that could truvol with tho samo ease und rapidity as oursolvos oven over tho most ordina ry road. Century. How He flmdualljr Conies to Hellers That He Owns Vonr Instrument. "If tliero Is a variety of dead boats," said an eminent citizen the other morn ing, "which annoys me more than nil others, it Is the man who moves into your building booauso you have a tela phono. At first lie drops into your ofllou und tolls you his wife bado him order a steak beforo noon and that ho hud for gotten whether it was porterhouse or sirloin. Ho says thut a family across tho street from his houso has a phono, and thut with your permission ho'll just ring 'em up and havo 'em send for Mrs. X Well, thut doesn't bother you much because you nro thinking of tho family across the street, but in a woek or two Mrs. X. begins to call yon up with the request thut you step across tho hall and bring her husband to the phone. Thou thu husbuiid begins to drop iu to telcphuuo his commercial ac quaintances until two-thirds of his en tire business is douo over your wire. Thoro is ouly one nioro step. One of his agents Is up, say, nt Mount Morris, und it is very necessary to communicate with him imuiodiutuly. As much as l may depend npou a word. Uu hurries ill nnd says of course you have connect ed with Mount Morris. It is marvelous how man's inventions put thu miles at naught Whilo you aro chalking up 25 cents to profit and loss he has become tho pos sessor of your tulophono. From that timo on, if you are using it whou ho comes in, he watts impatiently aud gives you a look whu you ring off as much os to suy, 'Sir, yon aro taking liberties with my property which I must resent ' There aro but two things loft to do tnko out tho telephone or move out yourself. I am fond of my offices, so tho telephone had to go. " Kochcstcr Stundiird-Uuiou. "Smith Is lnuklne Terr law-siifrlted. lies (here been suy iniuuln In the fnmu?" Dubbs Yes: r ch iino'e Um lust rccovuruil Iroiu serious il.ui'Hs. - A HBItALD OV 1'IIK INKANT TICAII, Clip the lust thirty rears or more from the eemury, nnd the sujriiu-nl will rcprune it (lie (erai in (lie unuouuiieii poiulnrHy in Hostel ter's Stomach UltU.rs. The upmiliiK of the yesr IS'-ft will be tliEiinlliferi bv the umieiir.Mice of ul Ire h Almiuiflc ol the MUier. In which ihe uses. derlvs lon mid hoI.-ii id this wurld-juinous medicine will be luclaly set forth. Everybody should read it. ThecideiidHriiud sslronnndcnl calculations to be found In the brochure are always us'eiiUliliiKlyaeciirsieiiil the sutisdes, Ulu.trrttioas, bumor and other reading matter rich In interest mid fall of profit. The Hosteller Company nf IMltsbiiK, fit., publmh it thorn selvea. They employ morn than sixty hands in the mechanical work, and more than eleven months in the yesr are en sinned In Us prupara lion. It can be oblaliud wllhoat coal, ol all drinrtlsls and country dt-nler-, and is pri.dvd In KiikUnIi. Herman. Krench. Welsh. Norwegian. sweuivn, tioiiauu. nuneiniaii auu epauisu. Haw i'ouipuaer Uounod Works. Chnrlra (Jounod, the grout composer, Is a White hnlred, stoop shouldered man, With oft, smiling blue eye and a full beard of old gold copiously streaked with gray, and la much addicted to a sealskin cap and a huge fur collar, lie Is somewhat given to posing on occasion, and them Is Just the slightest suspicion of affectation Inula mun ucr, which Is profoundly sympathetic, but this dissolve on acquaintance, and lit baa a horror of anything cold or stiff. Ho Is fond of sandwiching his talk with poetic metaphors, and Is altogether or au Intense ly religious and sentimental turn of mind. Ha Is now four and seventy, and lives. Ilka Verdi, In complete seclusion save when composing some ora or oratorio, when be burrlea to the privacy of an old cathedral town aud hires a lodging in its very quiet est corner, subsequently obtaining from the cure an ordur to work In the cathedral, which permission Is never refused, so that It is quite a common thing in the churches of Amiens or Itouen to see him seated In the center of tbs choir, flourishing bis arms, or else pacing to ai.d fro, occasionally pen niug notes with frantle haste. I row composers who have risen to em I nence buve und mora failure at the outset of their caresr than the author of "Kaust, It Is now four and thirty years since the most successful nf modern operas took the musical world by storm and placed Uounod at the head of operatic composers. This success was more remarkable seeing that, though Goethe's masterpiece had been pre viously isit to muslo almost a hundred times, not one of these efforts was oonsld ored worthy of the theme. Llpplucott's. The llojr Agassis. Louis Agassis! was so expert a fisher man when a little boy be conld cutch them in his bund, fascinating them first by strange motions of his lingers. Uu kept u number of pet fish in a stono basin behind his father's house aiul was clever nt taming field mice and all sorts of little animals nnd insects. Ho was an expert If trio cobbler und eooper, could make water tight barrels as well as mini and manufactured pretty shoes fur liissisttin dolls. Chicago Inter Ocean, HOirT'N Nt'HOOl,. Mothers, Vivesand Sisters Tha Mvliift liilliii'iire nf Home la In Vi'iir Herlii(. H U a Kucrt-d 'I nisi. If you will ruuie labor ilutt ALCOHOLISM Is s disease, nnrl will nro your lovlnc; hill timet to time the Kniirnl lake a Ciirp, lh row HI Ls ftunklilne where Morrow how dwells. One of the best Schools for Hoys on this C.issl Is In oharge of Kx Hiate Superintend ent Ira U, iloilt, Ph. V at ilurlingauie, Ban fuaieo county, lai, " No: I iKvcr hnaj np my storktnir. I ret liitle ii hi ' "Oh I ) yes o.rulnly ; I never iiiousmii ini.' UM l'HE OCCAM. NINE HE COME3. Spentini declared that with him na ture was tho best Inspiration. His choicest compositions woro conceived in the fields and woods. India has had 24 governors general, Warren lh: tiiijiB being tiie first BRAND THE CLAIM AS FALSE. World1! r'alr OHU-lnla Kxpnse tender to an Awurd. a Pro- New Stattira In New York City. Fivo new statues have recently boon set up in the parks and sqnures of New York the Columbus, designed by a Spaniard, in Central park; tho Itiwco? Coukling iu Mudisuu square, tho li roe ley at the junction of Sixth avenue and Ilmadway. the Kricsson in Batterv park and tho Nathan Hale in City Hall park and among these the last named is tho ouly which cau be called worthy of its cost and its place cither as giving pleasure to the eye or as likely to in spire imitativo ambitions and patriotic thoughts in the minds of our fellow citi zens. Garden and Fureat Slay OuMilne Her Mother. The little daughter of Harriet A. Kctchum, tho late Iowa sculptress, is said to already display marked artistic ability. Uulike her mother, however, her sensitive nature finds its best expres sion in music rather than clay and marble. This little girl it was who was born to Mrs. Kctchum shortly after the completion nf the famous statue of the IVri in Koine, and who thus has ev ery right to share in her mother's love of art Iur name is romantically enough, Roma Lieut rice, and it was her small lingers that unveiled tho "Peri" at the World's fair last year, tho loyal Iowuns having loaned it to adorn tiieir state building. Mrs. Ketcbnm's last and largest achievement a magnificent design for a soldiers' monument, com pleted just before her death in lti!0 is one of the "sights" of Durliugtou, la. IU Vt as Trader. "Young Mr. Softy paralyzed Dr. Simtoin when he Went to be vaccinat ed," oWrved Cioswell to Dukaue. "How was that?" "He asked the doctor to put him un der the influence of ana-sthctica." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Files restored the Fnflirrs nt the Itcpiildlo as They ( rented It. Jefferson wns fond of telling a story which illustrates in a forcible manner tho iniportaiico that absurdly insignifi cant mutters may sometimes assume. When tho deliberative body that gavo tho world tho Declaration of Independ ence was in session, its proceedings wero conducted in a ball closo to which was situated a livery stable. The weather was warm, and from tho stable camo swarms of flies that lighted on tho legs of tho honorable members, and bit ing through the thin Kilk stockings then in fashion gavo infinite annoyance. It wns no uncommon sight, suid Jefferson, to seo a member making a speech with a largo handkerchief in hand and pans ng nt every moment to thrash tho flics from his thinly protected calves. Ilio opinion of tho body was not unanimous) in favor of tho document, and, under other circumstances, discus sion might havo been protracted for days, if not weeks, but tho Hies were intolerable. Efforts wore made to Hud another hall, free from the pests, but in vain. As the weather liecnmo warmer tho flies grew worse, nnd tho flapping of handkerchiefs was heard ull over tho hall us an accompaniment to tho voices of the speakers. Iu despair nt last somo ono suggested that matters bo hurried, so that the Isidy might adjourn and get uwny from the flies. There wero a few mild pro tests, but no ono heeded tlieni, tho im mortal declaration was bnrriedlv copied, nnd, with handkerchiefs in baud fight lug flies as they came, the mcinbi rs hastened np to tho t.iblo to sign tho uu- thentic copy and leave the flies in the lurch. Had it not been for the livery stable and its inmates there is no telling when tho document would have been com pleted, but It certainly would nut havo been signed on the Fourth. Philadel phia Press. la a KraT a Fifth? Is a frog a fish? This is the problem which the oliiciulsof the Dominion tiii ry department have recently had to consider. Petitions wero forwarded to tho department from the inhabitants of Northumberland, Out., praying for a close season for frogs. A lucrative trade iu tho shipment of frogs' legs bad been done in that county, but it was discov ered that the very time when the f r is are spawning is one when the greatest havoc is wrought among tbem. Piesi bly a change will be made in thefislurr laws so as to embrace frogs. The offia rs uy that iu their embryotio stage frogs are certainly fishes, but later on they take an amphibious character.- ' ' One of the odd results of the World's Fair is the claim now made to awards bv some who were not even exhibitors. Of ficials nf the exposition have not as yet taken final action in the matter, believ ing the quick wit of the people will de tect the spurious claims. But to the case of a New York hakim? powder, that has been widely advertising an award, the attention of the Chief of Awards for Agriculture has been directed. He brands the claim of this pretender as false, declaring "Neither the records of this department nor theofficial catalogue vji f.u, iu o will i. in i.inn jApuciuuit show that this New York lorapany was an exhibitor; consequently it could not receive an award at the World's Fair.1 Those who fairly won their honors at the fair seem disposed to treat this fraud as anv other fraud should be treat ed. The Price linking Powder Com pan v of Chicago, having received the highest award, tay they are convinced their luims and those of all other holders of rightful honors will be fullv vindicated oy tne ptuiiic. "One I love, nnd two I love, T'lreo I love," she's stiying. Anil around the midden's hps Tender smile nre piaying. "Four I love with nil my heart Flvj and fix and aeven Barely tn nw long hla heart Hath been fondly glvvnl" "Ifore I find another seed. Eight bnth loves. I know it And still mother? Nine lie cornea Ifludjust ln-re bebwlll" Softly doth tho sliadnwB lie Over nil Ilio grusos, And tho light wind wliispers low As through the trees it passes. In the sky the cloud fleece flies. Pursued by sua rny kisses, For they nro too cold to thrill . With lovo'B Uulicious blisses. But there enmeth through the mend The maiden's blitho young lover. Comes and then the applo seed Jluny truths discover. -Lollio Hello Wylie. AN AID TO MILKING. Scrofula in the Neck Is a dangerous, disagreeable and tenacious, but Hood's Sarsaparilla asathorough blood purifier, (urea this and all other forms of scrofula. " I had a bunch on the side of my neck as large as a hen's eg?. I wae advised to have i cut out, but woulc not consent. friend suggestec that I tako Hood' Sarsaparilla, wide! I am g'ad to tr. sthut I did, and soo' tho bunch peared. . ... I can truly nrah' Hood's Saaparil! Mrs. Ella Billings for I know it is t excellent ruedi inc. I have rccommendr i Hood's Sarsaparilla highly in the past, nm shall continue to do so." Mas. Ella Bill ings, Red Clou 1, Neb. Remember Hood's1?' Cures 0Sk Hood's Pills are the best after-diui rills, assist dl entlon, prevent constipation. 2VTS., sucta. si. 00 Bottle. One cent a dose. It la sold on a ruarnnteo by all rlrua (rl3t3. It cures Incipient Consumption and is tha beat Cough and Croup fum Ely's Cream Balm OriCKLY CTKES COLDihHEAD l-rtre ftO (nt. 1 Applf Hxln, tnn KLlliaos..MWa irh aoMril nSt-.N V i'aiyBAl) 5 C wmItw and iwopl wfco havr waft Inai or AMb ai,alKMBa Ptao't Cmrm tor Oman pita. It M nrmd IHinwtli. ft hm sot intvi doc. It MDOt bM IOUM. U ! U bM eotrfc lynp. H The Collegian's Advice to Ills Father Which Resulted Disastrously. A col lego student in one of our west' era states returned homo nf tor his coarse was finished to find that his father, olergyninn with a small salary, was eking out his living by running a small farm. Ono of the adjuncts of tho farm was n cow, a pretty good animal, which however, had a strong nversiou to being milked. Here was an opportunity for a display of tho lately acquired knowledge of the juvoinlo collegian. "Father," said ho, "Professor (J. says if ono will pluei n woight npou a cow's back it will make lior give down tho nilllc." The rovorend gentloman, favorably impressed with this information that his son had learned from Professor Q., decided to try the simplo roinedy. In stead, however, of placing a weight upon tho cow's back, tho clergyman placed himself upon it But then he answered the pnrposo. Tho cow, how ever, was still obstinate "Tio niylegs under tho oow," said tho father to his son. Tho son did ra But the oow, unused to such cnuBual nud arbitrary proceed' ings, manifested her displeasures by rearing aud plunging, entirely unmind ful of tho dignity of tno personage astrido her spinal column. It was get' ting altogether too interesting for the two bipeds concerned in the 4ransao' tion. "Cut thu ropo, cut the ropol" Bhout- ed Mr. V. to his dutiful son, moaning the ropo by which be was attached to tho cow. But the son, being somewhat exoited. cut the ropo by which the cow was fas tened to tho stanchion. At once avail ing herself of the liberty thus offered. tho cow took an unceremonious exit from tho stable, and down through the street she went. The minister accom panied the cow, but in a manner not ex actly befitting the dignity of his profession. As it happened, one of the sisters of the congregation was on the street as tho ruco was in progress. Surprised at such a sight, the good sister cried out, Why, Brother v., where are yon go ing?" His sense of the ludicrous coming to his aid, Brother V. shouted back: "The Lord and tho cow only know. I don't!" The clergyman was eventually rescued from bis awkward perch and never at tempted tho feat again. Voice, Wellington's Greatest Battle. A hitherto unpublished letter of the Duke of Wellington written to Colonel Wilke, oue of the garrison of St Hel ena when Napoleon was there, contains the following interesting reference to the duke's greatest battle: They used to call me the sepoy gen eral. It is due to my having been a se poy general that I won the battle of Waterloo. It targht me whore to place men with whom t could trust the honor of England and where to place men who were not so satisfactory. I bad troops with me at Waterloo in whose bands the safety and honor of king and country could well be placed. I had numbers of others, some of whom I could not trust at all, some I could bare ly trust, and others who were not prop erly trained. It was owing to the fact of my having learned in the sepoy wars to place tho best of the men in the parti of the field where the greatest courage and bravery were required, and others where those qualities were not required, that I won the battle of Waterloo. Westminster Gazette. There is no place where Ai.icoci'a Por ous PiAtTiRs do nut prove their vulue. Oeorge Augustus Bala, tha well-known English writer, writing of bis trip across the I'acilio, says: '' I especially have a pleasant reniem branoe ot the shin's doctor a very ejueri enoid maritime medico Indeed, who tended nie mot kind'y during a horrible sptll of uruiiciiiiisaiiu siasiiiuoiGuiuuia.provuKeo by Ihe sea loir which had swooned down en us just alter we it it Ban rrancisco. int the doctor's prescriptions and the increas ing warmth of the temperature as we mared the tro ics, and in t'articu'ar a couple nf ai.lcocs s rosjies n. asters ciappea on one on the chest and another between the shoulder blades soon set me right." BaANoarrH's Pills always act unl forinly. CoimIii Kate You have made Ii look aa rood as iver. Charley, y,u're a trump. Charley Yes: but then ti'a no uncomiuou thing lor womeu to tefuae trumps. CATAKKII CANNOT BK VCRKII With I.OCAI, ArTI.ICA110N8.as they cannot reach (he seal of tho disenao. Catarrh is a blood orcoti-Mut.nual clK'tihe.aail In older to cure It you must tnko Internal remedies. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure Is taken internally, and acta directly oa the blood and niueum surfaces. Hall's Ca (arrh Cure 1 uot a iniack mcdli ine. Itwis pre scribed nyone of the lst phyracians in ihl country f ir yours, nnd l a rcsu'ar rcrcrlptlon It Is compocd of the best ionics known, com- Diiii u wnn ine nest oiikhi iiuriiiera, actu s: cl recilv on tho mucous snrfaeei.. 'the oerfoc "ombina'lnii of the (wo tuyredlents Is what pro- uir pa siicn wiiniienui resuiu iu curing caiurrn aeua lor les inioiuais, ireo. r J. CUhNhY 4 CC). rrnns , Toledo, O. Bold by drnggls's; price, 76 ocnts. , 'se Knamellue stove Polish : an doat no swell THE FITTZ CURE Comes aa a Irlend In time nf need. It It a fe, Helix blc, and a Mire Cure. Can be tskvu st homo. Mo loss of time; no publicity. Correspondence 4'onridrn tin I. The Cure lliinrniileed. Frier, ait.VlfO. N. J. STONE & CO., Itoom 7, Flood Hull, ling, H. F , Oil,, tioncrnl AKciiK for i'liclHc I'nni-t. WORLU'S-FAIR ! HIGH S O I . "SUPCRI0B NUTniTiroi-THt urt::' . TIIE GREAT Has Justly aquirod t!ie reputation of b;lng The Snlvntor for The-Aged. An Incomparable Aiiment fur the Growth ami Protection of INFANTS and CHILDREN A superior nutritive In continued Fevers, And a reliable remedial njrent In all gastric and enteric diseases ; often In Instances of consultation over patients whose digestive orirans were re duced to such a low and sensitive condition that the IA1PERIAL (IRANUM was the only nourishment the stomach would tolerate when LIFE seemed depending on its retention ; And as a FOOD it would be difficult to conceive of anything more palatable. Sold by DRtfl GISTS. Shipping Depot, JOHN CARI.E A S0N5, New York. Tar Gisnia for breakfast Growing too Fast means that children do not get proper nourishment from food. They are therefore thin, narrow-chested and weak. Scott's afMHBDBor Emulsion the cream of Cod-liver OH and hypophosphltes, supplies material for growth. It makes sound bones, solid flesh and healthy, robust children. Physicians, the world over, endorse it. Don't be decelTcd bf Substitutes! FnparadbyBoottABowna.il. Y. AllDragftsU R. HALL'S PULMONARY BALSAM The Itat CltHK for C uha, Culda and CoiisumptlAn. fioiu Dy ail yrufKlsa. rr ce, nicen'a. J. K. UATlSa CO., Proprietors, 4 7 ai aonie St.. H. F. SMOKE. Sweet Virginia PLUG CUT EKRY'S CARBOLIC V SlLVf BT The moat powerful healing oliitnuui eet dlscovereil. HENRY'd CAKHOLIC 8AI.VE cn'ea wires. " allays Durna. " heals piuiplea. u vnrea wound and cuts. Ask for Henry's; take n oi her. Be ware of connteifelta. Bold by all druggists; 26 cenU a boa. CHICKEN RAISIKQ PAYS If you um the Prtalum Incubators Uraodcr. Miike tnuuey while others are wonting time by old processes. Catalog let m all about U, and dtBcrilK every article neetiru iur me, poultry buiuucu. The "ERIE" mechanically the best wheel. Prettiest niock'l. We are Pncific Const Agent. Bicvcle cutu- loteue.maileU free, gives fi.11 dejwrlrttloTi , price, etc., aoknts wantpt. 5ETALUMA IHCUBATOR C0.,FcUlomfl,Cftl. hanch Housr, ii 8 Main BtM Los Angeles. 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Huvlmr S.F.MtcanUrtmtitHUJHtJal.iiiil fxperleiice und nui.t-rtiir artists, ilils pioneer Co. turns out the highest class of work promptly, n-llahly und at uniformly moderate rir.es loruu kmkisoi engraving. i-uminners neipen :t0ftiiu fmiHikl Ikmui'S. Job nrlnters find others diouldHotid for sum tile, estimates and Information, A.T. UKWKY.MnniLBcT.ZAlMurkft.St., M. F, (Jul. FRAZER AXLE CREASE BEST IN THE WORLD. Itn wearing anallt'etareunsu ma seed, actimllr oiiilastliirr two buxes of any other bninit. Free irom Annual ou. ut l thk iikmiiki;, Y.'H SAKE HY OlililjUN AND WASHINGTON MK1ICII ANTS-tfcl and Dealers generally. FOR THE To the oorson or club retitrnlnx ns tlio lamest number of GOLDEN WEST BAKING POWDER Certificates on or before June 1, 1K91, we will give a cash prize of 1100, anil ft the next Inm.st numerous other prises mnirins; from to ;5 im CLOSafiT DKVKKS, forllanil, Or. Portland, Walia Will In, Hl okmie.vU It II t N. 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We bay and "ell f.ir spnt'essb. and sell oo.ts rhe- per than any other Orm In the eonntry. bend yonr nirne and aMre. and we will mall thi our new prire 1 st, which will he oue soon. Wenff.r today: C'ltmax tohareo, 40iits per pound. D y urannlated uar In 10 lb sacks lor. i Ot) I Bet coal oil pr ea-e j; so Best brands of lto-r per barrel IS I Arburklv'a ew.fl. per pound. send ua a list of what you need, and we will make yon .peei.l prrea. Adiireas lonrorlerslo MARK L. COHN CO. 148 Front Street, Portland. Or.