t I A Marvellous Showing. The U. S. Government, through the Agri cultural Department, has been investigating the baking powders for the purpose of in forming the public which was the purest, most economical and wholesome. The published report shows the Royal Baking Powder to be a pure, healthful preparation, absolutely free from alum or any adulterant, and that it is greatly stronger in leavening power than any other brand. Consumers should not let this valuable information, official and unprejudiced, go unheeded. yg ROYAL BAKINO POWDER CO., 10 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. fi WHAT TO DO WITH ONE'S MONEY. suggestions For Those Who no Not "Hpnnd a. They Go." A woman who probably voices tlio rjnostiou of a great nmny other women writes (O ask liuw sho slinll iuvost lior savings. Slio is a working woman who has accumulated a Binnll Hum, which aha naturally wishes to use in aocuniu lutiiig more. The amount she has saved is not largo enough for her to invest iu real estate or iu any large enterprise. About two years ago this same ques tion was asked, and we pnt the problem before the leading business mon and financiers. They answered the question almost unanimously. They advocated the Baving of the money in savings banks at a small rate of interest until nch time as there should be sufficient money to invest iu a good first mort gage or in desirable real cstata The reason for this decision was that wom en are seldom fitted by education and training to tuke part wisely in ventures. They are likely to be tho prey of design ing speculators. They are almost inva riably incapable of taking care of them selves properly in any sort of speoultt' tive scheme. The savings banks offer a secure place for depositing money, and the income from them, while small, is certain. Four per cent, assured and safo, is better for most women than larger profits and greater risks. When the small sum has grown to be a considerable one, "first" mortgages on good property form an admirable invest ment for womon's savings. They yield an income cf about 6 per cent iu most states and are about as safe as saving banks. Laud has an agreeable quality of remaining where it is, and improve ments on land when mortgaged are al v ays insured, so that there is little dan ger of loss to tho holder of a first mort gage. By a first mortgage is mount tho ono which, in coko of failure of the own er of the proporty to pay the interest or the amount of tho loan iu due time, will be paid first. Investment in roal estate is not so satisfactory. Projiorty in placos where tho value of laud is uot liable to be di minished costs a good deal, in tho first place. Then there are taxes, insurance and constant repairs to docrcaso tho profits. Still land has an advantage of other investments in its comparative stability. 8t. Louis Post-Dispatch. THE ADVANCE OF THE NEGRO. A Curious Story or Old Colin. A curious story of treasure trove comes from Rome. The Order of lienedlctine Monks, while digging tliu foundation of their new monastery on the Aventino hill which is to be dedicated to St. Stanislaus, found what they took to be an earthen pot full of common coinB, which the monks hawked about, selling them for a franc apiece. This fact would have passed unno ticed, but the brethren quarreled over their booty, and the police interfering captured over 40 of the pieces out of the original 400 coins, which turned out to be gold nieduts of great value. Everybody connected with the Hud has been arrested except one work man, who managed to escape with 00 med als of the date of the second century and struck by the senate nnd people of Home in honor of the cuiitjiieat of Armenia by Lu cius Verus. New York Recorder. It Will Ito Well Illustrated t the Com Atlanta Eiponltlon. W. K. (irnsty, ono of Virginia's flvo noun) commissioners appointed to super inu'nu mo worn of preparing tho tato's exhibit In tho negro build Ing at tho Cotton ritates and Inter natliinnl exposi tion In Atlanta, Is a graduate of Hampton college and principal of thn Danville col red high school Another of tho com ni I ss loners from Virginia Is I. (iarland lJonn, author of "Tho w. r. GliASTT. A fro-A morloan Press." Tho commissioners ore nlrcndy hard at work endeavoring to mnko Vir ginia's dlHplay tho banner state, exhibit of the colore 1 raoo In Atlanta. A man and woman in each city and county In tho state have lieaii apolntcd local commis sioners to work up tho Intercut of tho col ored people In their vicinity and arrange for exhibits. Hampton Normal and Agri cultural school, tho largest Industrial school In tho south, will bo represented by the most ambitious exhibit It has ever at tempted. Tho negro building will be a long, low, rambling structuro 100 feot wldo and 800 feet In length. U will contain an exhibit Illustrating tho advance tho negro has made since emancipation In education, Industrial pursuits, literature and every department of labor. Tho leading colored mon of tho southern states aro deeply In terested in the exhibit, which will with out doubt be ono of tho most novel dis plays on tho Piedmont park grounds. i'huro will ho over 6, 00 squaro feet of spaoo at tho disposal of tho negro, and ev ery foot of It will bo occupied when tho doors of tho exposition aro thrown open to tho world .Sept. 18, lotlli. Tho coming ex position is ahuut tho first good opportu nity tho negroes of America hnvo had to demonstrate tho advance they hnvo made since they bocamo freemen, and tho enthu siastic work being dono In Virginia Is but a slnglo illustration showing tho interest of tho negroes In the various states throughout tho south. GREAT AND SMALL. A sparrow wlnelnif on liruiich liner cautfht a imwIiik fly. "Oh. l.-l me live!" the Insect prayed Willi iivmliliiiit, piteous cry. "No," anlil the npurniw, "you must fall, For I sin tfri'Ht sail you are mall." The bin! had scarre hcitun his feast Hi' f "re hawk i nnie by. The game wascaiiitlit. 'Tray let me live!" Wa I he poor sparrow's cry. "No," said the caiilor, "you must fall, For I am great sad you am anutll." An cattle saw thin rogue and swooped Upon him from on high. "I'ray let me llvel Why should you kill Ho small a hlrd as IV" "Oh," aalil the cattle, "you mum foil, For I am limit and you are tmall." While he devoured the hunter raino, II let hi arrow II y. "Tyrant," the enulu shrieked, "you have No rllil In mnko mu die!" "Ah." Milil the hunter, "you must full. For 1 am ureal ami you are small." Uruiulon Hunncr. THAT DIAMOND KING. THROUGH THE COLORADO'S CANYONS Why the FrlnceM Chanced Her Mind. The Princess of Wales has been express ing herself very freely lately on tho sub ject of bodices thnt aro cut too low. In all respect to tho princess, it must bu said she has chnnged her mind with increasing years. Twenty years ago theru was not a royal woman In England who wore her dresses moro decollete than did tho then beautiful Princess of Wales. Tho distin guished example of her royal high nes, who has takon to replacing tho tints of youth with manufactured roses, Is un doubtedly responsible for tho growing favor of tho ro-uge pot both In Kngland and America. The Increase of women with 60 year-old mouths and 80-year-old Cheeks Is becoming a calamity. It would be well for those women Who delight In resembling highly culored chromos to ro memlior that a dotted veil, no mutter how close tho dots, never deceives anybody. A Railroad With Wooden Italia. Ill tho province of Quelicc Is a wooden railroad 80 miles long. Tho rails are nf maple, 4 by 7 Inches, and lumber train! era run over the road at. n 2ft mile rata. Dr. PIERCE'S PLEASANT PELLETS SICK HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, POOR APPETITE, and all derangements of the Stomach, Liver and Howls. Of all druggists. ONCE USED av ALWAYS IN FAVOR. YOUNQ 5PIRIT5, a vigorous body and robust strength fol low good health. But all (ail when the vital powers are weakened. Nervous. debility and loss of manly power result from bad habit,con tracted by the young through ifrnorance of their ruinous coa- eqaences. Low spirits, melancholia, impaired memory, morose or irritable temper, fear of impending calamity and 1 tuotnatKl ana one atranfrement of body and mind, result from such pernicious prac tices. All these are permanently cured by improved methods of treatment without the patient leaving borne. A medical treatise written in plain bat chaste ianguwre, treating of the nature. Symptoms and curability of such diseases, tent securely sealed in a plain envelope, on receipt of this notice, with locents in stamps, for pontage. Address, World's Disff.m aav Medical A&sociatiok, Buffalo, N.Y. Captain Mellon Kxpects to Float Thirteen Hundred Miles In Thirteen Days. Ono of tho least known rivers of tho United ritates is tho great Colorado, that Is formed by the junction of tho Green and Grand rivers In southeast Utah and speeds away through Utah and Arizona and skirts tho boundaries of Nevada and California until It empties Into the gulf of California. From tho sources of tho Green river to tho gulf Is about 2,000 miles. Over 1,000 miles of tho Colorado and Green havo been littlo explored be cause of the vast and dangorous canyons through which the rivers rush at torrlflo speed. Threo parties of odvonturous spirits havo brnved tho dangers of theso canyons, and tho fourth party under the leadersh'p A VIEW ON TIIK VIIWIIN ltlVKIt. of Captain J. A, Mullen, a steamboatman of Yuma, A. T., will soon attempt to lloat from the crossing of thn I'nlon l'aeifluon the Green river, in Wyoming, to Yuma, a dlstnncoof nbout 1,800 miles, In 1.1 days. Tho first descent through tho canyons wns mado by James Whlto In 1807. White, Captain linker, Into of tho Confederate army, and Henry Mrolo wero prospecting for gold In Colorado near tho junction of tho Green and Grand rivers, linker was killed by Indians, nnd Whlto nnd ritrohi mndu a raft and nttempted to escape down tho river. While descending a cataract Strolo was drowned, and White, finished tho long nnd perilous journey and reached Callvllle, Nov., nearly dead from privation and hunger. In 1WIU Major John W. Powell, tho plucky explorer nnd geologist who lost an arm during the war, started with four heats and 11 men to explore tho canyons. Tliev wero lost to tho world four months. Threo wero killed by Indians, nnd tho ro ninlidng nine made tho journey In sufety. I'owell made a second trip Inter, the most wonderful of the canyons Is tho iriuid canyon, which Is 200 miles long and has walls that slant upward from 4,000 to 7,000 feet. As tho descent of the trenm Is from 6 to 200 feet to tho mile, the current hurries a boat un at raco horse sliced. The dangerous canyons practically end at the mouth of the Virgin river In Nevada. Captain Mellon's boats will draw but four inches of water, and he expects to pass safely over tho rocks that wrecked some of Powell's boats, which drew 18 nelies. Mellon will also mnko tho trip luring tho high water season, when the neltlng snows swell the Colorado's Hood, lis boats will be 24 feet long, 20 Inches deep and 6 feet Ik'iiiii. Mellon has navi gated tho Colorado for !IJ years. A Compliment. Two old schoolfellows met 15 years after their graduation and fell, figura tively, upon eaeh other's nec ks. "Well, well, dear old Smith!" said Orcen. "How glad I am to see yon! What days thoso were! Ha, ha, Smith, you were the stupidest fellow In the class!" "Yes, I suppooo I was." "And here you are now I Why," linking him over, "you haven't chang ed a particle!" Youth 'a Ciuiiiiauion. i omen m rnrgvns. It seems not to be Kepi-rally knon n that women are admitted Into the College of Surgt-oiis on the same terms, the same foot ing, a Mu ii. They attend on equal term all the ht-turrs together wit h the men. Th only difference is that they have a aeparat. dimectiiiK room. The school of surgery ha been oien to women since 1 Vj. IxukIud Woman's Herald. "Gentlemen of the Jury," said Mr. Justice Prleki-tt. sneak iiu In moid and easy tones, "this is a case which will not, I Imagine, demand very lengthy deliberation at your hands. You have heartl the evmence. i ne facts are of a tyjie with which wo aro nil familiar. We have a robliery a daring and successful robliery from a jeweler's window, and one of the stolen articles a handsome gold bracelet-Is found In the possession of the prisoner. It is for her to say how she came to have that bracelet in her possession, and unless she gives a rea sonable account of the matter you will lie instilled In inferring that she took it. know ing It to have been stolen. Gentlemen, the prisoner's counsel suggests to you that she may have bought it or that it may have been given to her. Hut we have no descrip tion of the man from whom she bought it, the time, the place or the circumstances of the sale. As for the otner uypoinesis well, gentlemen, it is for you to say what vou think of it." "Consider your verdict, gentlemen," saiu the clerk of the assize. The prisoner was very pretty and very becomingly dressed, and she cried In a quiet, ladylike fashion, insomuch that two or three of the jury wero of opinion that her cause bad suffered at the hands of her counsel. ai.S they leaned to au acquittal, lint the summing up was dead against her it seemed unanswerable. Ihe sentimen tally minded Jurors held out for a time, so that the judge became visibly impatient, and then, thinking that further resistance was useless, they gave way. "Guilty! said the foreman. "Alice Wrny, nlias Johnson," said the Judge, "you have been most proivrly found guilty of receiving this proiierty, knowing it to have been stolen. to doubt you have been concerned in similar transactions be fore. However, the judgment of the court is that you be kept In penal servitude for the term of seven years." Alice Wray, alias Johnson, gave a low cry, covered her face with her bauds and wept this time in sincerity and truth. .Mr. Justice Prickett got up and went to lunch. It was nearly a week before the criminal business at Uiimborough was finished and Mr. Justice Prickett was at liberty to go back to town. He determined to travel alone, as his brother of the bench had not Mulshed his share of the work, and he did not care for the company of bis marshal for six consecutive hours. The guard was duly tipped. Sir John Prickett was put iu the center compart ment of the center carriage of the train and carefully locked in. Great was his annoyance, however, when, at the first stopping place, while be was en joying a first rate cigar and a very fair nov el, the door was opened by the help of an unauthorized key nnd two young men, apparently commercials of a superior mold, stepped into the compurtment. It was excessively annoying, and sir John glared ut the intruders iu his best style. To this, huwever, they paid no at tention. Tbey lit their cigars, the smoke of which bad a peculiarly pungent, acrid character, und began to talk. The unhappy judge tried not to listen, tried to interest himself iu bis book. Of course he could not. They were talking loudly, and talking shop, as a matter of course. They or one of them were evidently traveling for (Inn of manufacturing jewelers. "We're doing a very nice thing In rings Just now quite a new pattern," said one of the young men, pulling up his trousers legs as be spoke. "Wellnd ladies like a ring o a peculiar muko looks more recherche. Have a look at it?" The other nodded assent, and the speaker took down a stout black bag from the rack over bhf liVml, opened it and produced va rious small parcels and cases, which be laid about the Meats. 'Here it Is a beauty a 50 ring, and worth It iu the shop, every bit of It. Ain't it, nowf" Yes, it shows up well," assented the other. "What do you put it at at wholesaler" "Twenty." "Too much," said the other, shaking his head. "for that!" cried the other, slipping the ring on his finger and displaying its brd liancy, "No; but we might let it go at 1H as a favor. Sir John Prickett could not help looking at the jewel, and he was struck at once by II a size, beauty and elegant workmanship. lie knew something of diamonds, and just then it occurred to him that in a day or two it would be necessary to propitiate Lady Prickett, who was a woman or great mental power, with a handsome gift. "May I sec your ring?" he asked. "Certainly, sir," said the commercial man, handing it over. The judge scratched the window with it, scrutinized it, admired its design and II mil ly said: "If you like, I'll give you i'JO for it." "No, no," said the young man, laughing. "That was a trade price. You're not in t lit trade, arc you, sirr" "No, but I ciiu't help wishing 1 were. Such prolils are very alluring," answered the judge. He handed tho ring bac k with reluctance. It was really a magnificent bit of Jewelry. "It doesn't matter to you whom you sell it to so long as you get the muuey," said Sir John, who yearned to get the ringat "trade price." "I ll make it guineas and pay cash." Well, since you must have it, I don't mind taking your money say twenty-two nnd a 'alf," responded the traveler, and the Imrgain w-as completed. Hie occasion Inch the judge bad fore seen arose, unit the diamond ring was pro duced at the right moment with tremen dous ctTcct. The matriiuoiiial dillicully was adjusted, and Lady Priekett's ringwas much noted, much admiral and much talked alsiut. Her husband gave it to lier. you say, my dear?" said old I.ady Mewse. "Iliiinplil I Ih, I've no doubt of it. I only uieun that Sir John must have given her great provocation." It was evening. Sir John Prickett had finished dinner and was sitting alone in the ibrary when two cards were brought to him. Colonel Traversl Certainly," said the udge. "Show him in, Thomas, and Mr. Who is it? Samuel? Mr. Samuel as well." Colonel Travcra was chief commissioner of the metroHilitau police, and Mr. Justice 'rickett was at a loss to account lor Ills isit. In fact, the colonel seemed at a loss to account for it himself. lie hemmed and hawed, spoke of secret ut reliable and positive information, pn ssed his perfect devotion to the Hritish H-ncli as represented by .Mr. Justice Prick ett, and finally in some romidalxuit fasli- m gave that dignitary to understand that what he really wanted to do was to see july Prickett s jewels. The judge marveled irreatlv, but be said "llul H can't be yours f" cried the lodge. "I bought It myself from a man who" He stopped, having become suddenly aware that the chief commissioner was watching him curiously. He did not can to let It be known that he, a judge of her majesty's high court of justice, a knight and a privy councilor, should be talked of as purchasing jewels from commercial trav elers In railway carriages. "It was stolen from our shop in Oxford street last .March, my lord. It Is worth a hundred guineas If it is worth a farthing," said Mr. Samuel, "A hundred guineas! Why, I only" Again Sir John stopped short. Still leu could be let it be known that he had bought stolen property nt a fourth of Its value. IStiXSK OF DIRECTION. THE FACULTY IN ANIMALS THAT LEADS THEM BACK HOME. What May Ua Learned by Watching and Experimenting With Ilia Tet Dog or the Household Cat Home Htrlkliig Kiamplea of This Iteniarkable I'ower. It is well known that any of our do piest io ultimata can find its way home from a distunco of nmny miles, even after tho lapse cf smno tinio, This fitcul I tu ntf.iii,,a ftftminui. iinnll 111 tliA Auir Why. It was very much like being I tho horBO Hllli tilu ,.lltt uut jnov,.n to" a receiver of stolen goods. The perspiration broke out all over him. He was forced to rook closely at the ring to hide bis agitation. When he glanced up at Ciloiicl Tracers and .Mr. Samuel, they were lonkiiig at each ol Iter. How be wished he had braved ridicule and told lory at first! Thnt hesitation had been a fatal blunder. He could not tell the truth now. Hut he pulled himself together with un effort and said he had bought the ring from a man who he had every reason to be lieve had a perfect right to dispose of It. However, as l.ady Prickett liked it, and as it belonged to Mr. Samuel, lie would pay for It. How much? I'nder the circumstances Mr. Samuel would take 80 guineas, and under thecircumstnnces Mr. Justice Prick ett wrote a check for H4. When his visitors bad gone,"bis lordship" poured himself out a glass of cherry bran dy. He shuddered to think what might have happened had he been a poor or an ob scure man. "Heally," he said to himself, "these receiving cases should be watched very narrowly. It is so easy" He stopped, struck by the coincidence. Only a few weeks before he had sentenced a girl to penal servitude on exactly the same sort of evidence as Heally, now," he said to himself, "if it were to save my life, I don't suppose I could produce those rascally fellows I met in the1 train." The thought of the girl haunted him for a great part of the night. The evidence against her seemed somewhat weak. True, she was a dancer nt a music hall, she said just the sort of person who did sometimes receive presents of jewelry as bis lordship was aware. Oddly enough, next day Mr. Justice Prick ett received a very dirty, 111 sjielled letter from Alice Wruy's mother begging him to recommend a remission of at least a part of the sentence. The girl, her mother admitted, had had bad companions. One of them might have given Alice the brace let, but it was Impossible for the girl to know that it was stolen. This letter, following his own disquiet ing thoughts, induced Mr. Justice Prickett to go to t he home secretary's office. As he was leaving he said, "Ahl by the way, there was a girl convicted down at liamborougb a receiving case; the evidence struck me at the time (oh I Mr. Justice Prickett!) as being rather weak. If you don't mind, 1 11 send you a copy of my notes." Do so if you please," said Mr. Secretary Marks, with a weary sigh. The result was that utter a consultation between the minister and the judge the sentence passed upon Alice Wray, alias Johnson, was remitted. About a month after the girl was set at liberty, as Sir John and Lady Prickett were walking side by side along one of the streets of this metropolis, the lady per ceived that her lord's gaze was strangely fixed on a passing vehicle. "What are you staring at?" she asked. Those people? Heally, I must beg that so long as I urn with you you will restrain your curiosity." llut Mr. Justice Prickett s indignation was too keen to allow him to mind his wife's asperity. Ho had just seen Miss Alice Wniy sitting in a hired carriage side by side with the commercial traveler who had sold him the diamond riugl London Tit-Bits. be almost or (jtiito us fully devenied in tho ox. Tho faculty has been supposed by some naturalists to depend tion a tixth sense, independent of sight or l uell. Knch a theory involves an organ tho whole of sense by which the needed observa- SUPERSTITIOUS CONNIE GILCHRIST. She Captured Three Earla by Spitting In tier Shoe. Thero is a bona fide peeress of the realm In Kngland who attributes her countess coronet to tho fact that on n memorablo occasion shospnt in her shoo. This peeress Is Lady Orkney, who first achieved noto riety as Connie Gilchrist of Gaiety theater and skirt dancing fame. Like most wom en of her birth and class, she Is as super stitious as sho Is godlcsB end lacking In respectability, nnd accordingly readily bo cepted the advlco to spit In her shoe for luck whonever thero was a momentous crisis in her llfo. By her own account she spat In her shoe three times, on each occasion just as she was stopping on to the stngo at the Gaiety for her pas seul. The first time she at- LADT OI1KNKV (CONNIE CILCIIltlST). tracted tho admiration of the lata Karl of Lonsdalo, who died at her house in n pe culiarly shocking manner and bequeathed her a legacy of about ? 150,000, besides the house which sho now occupies in London. Tho second tlmo she uncled for and caught tho old Duke of Ilenufort, who became deeply Infatuated with her and not only lavished n great deal of money upon her, but actually played tho part of tho heavy father nt her marriage, giving her nwny, while on the third occasion that she spat in her shoo before appearing on the boards she caught her present husband, tho Karl of Orkney, with whom she seems to be getting nllong very well. A Herd of Gnus In London. The very latest uovelty at the Zoological gardens is a small herd of three gnus. It is not so frequently their good fortune nowadays as it was in former years to receive more than a single specimen of an African antelope at once. Ijxal enterprise is playing sad havoc with the larger game in Africa, and even with the smaller animals, too, for a sportsman's idea of what constitutes game" is Midly apt to w iden as he gets further away from this country, until it approaches very nearly to what is com moldy ascribed to the votaries of sport across the channel. The gnu is a very singular beast, with a hairy, frizzy countenance likea terrier, sur mounted by a pair of horns, and w ith the hindquarters of a pony. It has been ti nned "the most whimsical of nature's vagaries" on account of Its mongrel appearance, w hich seems to be a blending of horse and ox, with a slight flavoring of something alto gether nondescript. Loudon News. Ilia hkeleton to He Ills Monument. Jeff Garrlgus, a grave robber of Indlnn- spolis, who makes no effort to conrcal his ghoulish business, has just made his will. In which he leaves his hotly to the Indiana Medical college He directs that after his body Is dissected by the students and made the subject of lectures by moinln-rs of the faculty the skeleton Is to be placed In an upright position !n the disserting room of the college, with the right hand on the handle of a new spade and the left foot rvstinir on the blade, the latter tn ha nt lung, and took steps to have the chief highly polished and the words, "Jiff Gar pinniissioner'a desire satisfied. After an riuu. the ltenurrcrtionist." Dalnt.il nimn awkwanlpaiisethejewelcasewasproduced.lt In large black letters. Gurrigus says and its contents exhibited. this Is the only monument he covets, and That's one of 'em !" cried Mr. Samuel in the faculty has promised to carry out his Hons limy be carried to the bruin, an organ which nmst bo distinct from eye, ear und nostril. Physiologists havo not as yet found any such or nan in the con stitution of any animal, nor have they found any nerves different from those which belong to our own nervous sys tem. This is almost conclusive evidence that animals possess no beuso different from ours. If wo watch tho conduct of a dog when he is thrown upon his own re sources to find his way home, wo shall see that ho lias mado good nso of his five senses up to this titno, und that he pur poses to milieu good use of them in the immediate, future. It is always assumed that tho dog lias not slept during the timo that ho has been carried from homo. If lio wero to slwp, ho would lose all clew whether he had a sixth sense or uot, for in sleep all the senses are equal ly dormant. Tho caso has been submitted of a dog taken by mil a distance of 200 miles in a circuitous course and set down SO miles from home. No disappears nnd the next day is ut his old haunts. Ho could not have followed the rail by which ho came, for this would tuko him a longer time. Ho must hnvo struck across country. The question is. Did he take a direct line for homo or did he shape his general course so us to come out upon some fa miliar spot, miles, it may be, from his homo, nnd from that point follow re membered paths? Hunters say that the latter is most frequently the case. Suppose that in the dog's absence the old homo hits been burned down and his master's family have moved five miles to the right or left, but are at the same distance from the point at which he was set down. He will go back to the old spot and from there will trace the fam ily by scent if he traces them at all. He has no sense to inform him of the changed position of tho family, nor of anything moro than would be known to a man under the same circumstances. But tho caso is niudo clearer by sup posing thot tho dog's master has left home, gun in hand, while tho dog has been detuincd for n time. The mangoes straight to tho woods, but after getting out of eight makes a turn so as to bring him to the opposite side of the house. If now the dog is let loose, he takes to the woods at the point where he saw his mas ter enter. From there he trusts to his eyes ami nose, keeping close upon his master b trail. If tho dog had u special sense of direc tion, ho would uot so easily be thrown off tho pursuit of n deer or a fox by the animal taking to tho water. Every spe cies of animal that bus been made the prey of dogs has learned tohnffle pursuit by deceiving the sight or scent of its pnr suers. Such creatures would have been likely to find out before this time if the dog had any special sense, and we should see them acting upon the knowledge. The most interesting and perplexing cases are thoso in which animals that have been taken some distunco from home in closed cages havo yet found their way back without difficulty. This shows a highly developed sensitiveness to every chnnge of direction. This faculty of perception is low in man, but it may bo developed and train ed. There nro persons who sleep best with the head toward the north. Let such a person when traveling on a sleep ing car make it a point to decide upon the course the train is going as soon as he wakos from sleep in the night, and he will find himself rapidly gaining new power to dotermine directions. Darwin s experiment is an interesting one. tie put some bees in durk paper bores and carried them by a circuitous route a distance from the hive. When they were set free, they all returned in a straight line to their home. Again he took them over a similar route, but on the way he spun the boxes rapidly around. This time only one or two bees reached the hive, and perhaps these got back only by accident. While spin ning around in the boxes they lost lier- ception of the direction in which they were being carried. It is often observed that when a dog re turns homo by a way which he must have made out with care and on his own ac count ho at onco throws himself upon the floor or tho ground and sleeps sound ly for a time. This is apt to be referred to physical exhaustion, but is more likely to be due to the fact that the animal has kept his faculties all on the alert and has quickened his perceptions to their diffi cult task. All our domestic animals show wonderful power of application when their faculties are bent to the ac complishment of some cherished design. Youth's Companion. COMUIIKSa CAN'T DO IT. There Is a general hope and belief throughout the country that Congress will do something finally for the distress am tillering of so many hapless people. It is to be hoped bimim ji will start up and glva employment to thousands, llut theru are oerialn kind of tillrriugs which Congress can do nothing to relieve, mere is pain und mnery always which no legislation can cure. Just think of men onppled fo, IiI'd with the torture of sciatica. And such should know that Ut. Jacob's Odlsaoer tain cu e, which ran lie brought ahout promptly without any aid from congress, NOT ON THE BILLS. lia Lost Ilia Job, bat Mad Hun of Ilia Girl. An actress who has toured In Eng laud told mo a talo that I thought in foresting, liho said: "In a piny produced In tho provinces thero is a soeuo iu which tho hero strikes tho villain, who slinks away without seeking to defend himself. "Ono night iu a largo manufacturing town tho yonng fellow who played the deep dyed scoundrel remarked to the loading man before tlio curtain roso: " 'I say, old chap, I've got my flunceo out iu front tonight with her father and mother. Now, of course they don't know anything about our business, and I'm afraid it would ruthcrhurt mo with them if I received a blow and got away in tho usual cowardly fashion. Ho, dear old cliup, can't yon omit tho blow to night?' " 'But, my Isiy, tlio management will fine mo 3 shillings.' " 'Well. I ll pay tho fjno.' " 'Oh. vps. thut's nil very well for vou. But what do I get out of it? Noth ing but a bud mime with tho powers that be,' " 'Oh, well, I'll givo yon 3 shillings extra, or, better yet, you hit mo as usu' al. nnd I'll hit back I They'll (Inn me. not yon, and I 11 give yon the 3 shil lings besides. 1 ou see now 1 in sitnut- ml. I shouldn't like tho girl to mix me npwith the character I pluy. Outsiders nro so funny that way. "So tho compact wus mode, and that night when thu hero cried, 'Sir Dnniul Deepwuter' or something of that sort- base offspring of a noblo race, tuke unit r Sir Daniel not only 'took that," but gnvo it back with such force that 'the pit rose ut him,' including his relatives to bo by iiiurriiige, and lio walked on the stage in triumph. "I nm sorry to add ho lost Ins sunn- tion, but ho gained his point. " New York Recorder. - In the mountains of Sweden, Norway nnd Luplaud ull vegetution would be utterly destroyed by tho Norwny rats wero it not for tho whito foxes thai make special game of tho rodents. The "great bell" nt Moscow wcighi 4-10,732 pounds, is 10 feet und 3 inciter high and measures 00 feet 9 inches urouud tho lower rim. Tho bull metal in it is worth fWO.UOO. IIOPK CltlSHKD TO KAftTH Will rise again In the bosom of a dynpcpt'o wise enough to kttb'titute for the nVeudo lollies, which hsve bamboozled him out of his belief Iu the possibility of cur.-, the real InvlgorHiil and stomachic, Hose ter's Ktomaeh litters. Tho bilious, ttie nervous, the dVKDcptfc. the rheumst c alike iler.ve itieedy bc-nelil from thin neipiui imitnio medicine, rernoua kunoring ftom iiiillK'Stion will Ksin no positive perma nent good from the fiery, unmeulcutid stimu lants of commerce, too often uted rrcklesr.lv. The Hitters is immeasurably to be i referred to I..... ..u a ..,' ul.wtn lla m.ra l.a.la la nmlltlail by the conjunction with it of ve("la'ile iugredM eiiisoi ne nignvst rvmeuiHi excellence. Mala ria is prevented and remedied by ft, and It in fuses vwor Into the weak and slculy. A wiue g assful three times a nay la the average dose. "Don't you think, Jenkins, I'm Improving In my violin playing!" "Well, I don't exactly know; but either yon are improving or else 1 am getting used to li." PIANOS HardmnChlckerlu? Fischer, howprleen; easv terms. For ale by Wli.KY II. Al.l.KN CO. (the oldest and Largest music store), 'ill First 8 ., Portland. RHEUMATIC FAINS Keturn when the colder weather comes They are caused by lactic acid In the blood, which frequently settles in the joints. This poisonous taint must be removed. Hood's WEIGH WITH THEIR EVES. Eipert Dealers In Lisa stork IM Kot Often I'M Kralea. The dealers In livestock who buy and soil the tbousunds of cattle, hogs ami sheep which nro daily handled at li e HourlKin stockyards must be Kxiwrt in guessing the weight of a live animal at glanoe. In conversation with a wen known stockman a few days ago ho e nlainud why this Is necessary: "It would bo impossible to weigh the cattle in many cases bocatiso of tho lin inenso labor Involved and tho length of time it would take, while tho market prloe, which Is subject to constant Hue tuntions, might easily vary from its highest to ita lowest limit While we wore woluhlng tho animals iu ono of our big scales. For instance, today, which has been the biggest day of the year thus far, there have Iwwi received al thn Ilourbon yards over 3,400 head of cuttlo and about (1,000 hogs. (Suppose wo had to drive all of those upon the scales to ascerluln their weight? Ihere are dozens of old stock men who ran In spect a herd of oiilmals ami form an es tiniuto of their average weight which will le readily accepted by purchasers as tho basis of a trade. "In a test case which was made some timo since a man who has had a llfo long experience in buying und soiling a herd of cattle, after inspecting a herd of 600 animals, guessed their avcrago weight within ouo-third of a pound of the actual figuro asoortuintxl by weigh ing tho cattlo individually. Tho feat wus accomplished by Mr. lien D. OITutt of this county nnd is not so extraordina ry as it appears, becauso similar in stances of expert 'guessing' occur hero every day. " Louisvillo Courier-Journal. Tho namo of Lake Ontario was first noted as Skauoduiro(buantiful lake). It was also, at various times and by dif ferent mon, denominated Lao do Fron tciino, Lao do Iroquois, and Lao do St Louis. Tho Mohawks called it Cainda-racqui. Pupa was carefully studying the fam ily history iu the big Biblo when his 9-year-old daughter surprised him by saying, "Papa, was Aunt Ann one of vonr Ann-sisters?" For Sewing on Button. One duy Paul tells his sorvunt to sew another button on his trousers. An hour after she brings iu the trousers, and with an undecided, anxious air, as if fearing the effect of lier demand, says, "It is a son. Paul draws out a sou in silence and gives it to her. Jeannette retires on tip toe as far as the door, thinks better of it, returns, takes up the trousers and shows the button. "Ah, that is a fine button! (A pauso.) I did uot find thnt in my box. (Another and a longer puuse.) I bought that at the grocer's. It cost a sou!" She draws herself up anxiously. The proprietor of tho trousers, still without speuking, gives a second sou. It is clear that she has struck upon a mine of sous. Jeannette goes out and a moment after reopens the door. She has resolved on her course, and in a shrill, piercing voice, with admirable volubility, proceeds: "I had no thread. I had to buy some thread. I used u good deal of thread- good thread too. The button won't come off. I sowed it on fast The thread cost a son." Paul pushes across the table the third sou. Two hours luter Jeannette, who ha been pondering on tho matter, reap pears. She prepares breakfast with the greatest possible care, lowers her voice, walks noiselessly and is charming in her little attentions. Then she says, patting forth all sorts of obsequious graces: I ought not to lose anything; yon would not want me to loso anything. The cloth was harsh. I broke the point of my needle. I did not know it awhile ago. I have just noticed it. It cost a sou." And that fourth sou was happily the last. "A Tour Through the Pyrenees." Hood's Sarsa-parilla Cures Sarsaparllla conquers rheu matism be cause it drives out of the blood rWwVW every form of impurity. It makes pure, rich blood. 'I sullered with rheumatism in mv left foot. I took Hood's Sarsaparilla and the pain is all gone." Miss It. It. Hi.ake, Mills House, Charleston, a. U. CET ONLY HOOD S. THE ELECTION RETURNS. They Make Ilia Hu.le.l Night of tha Taw In a Newspaper Oltlcn, Tlu ru Is one night Iu every year in every great uewspnist nfllco when work I iIiiiih (hat Is liio least uudcrstisxl of all that goes on iu Hie making of a daily paper, one night when the highest state of fever intends lio excitement and strain of the most Intense wmk that falls to Hie lot of any mini, except sol diers in war. That is election night. Thnt is thu ulglit when a few men sit down nt fl o'clock before virgin sheets of paper, with the knowledge that bo fore i o'cliK-k tho next morning they must cover thoso sheets with tho elec tion returns of a nation, digesting mountains of figures ami apprising tiie publio of the results iu I lio most oon doused forms, weeks iu advance of tho ofllclal aunoiiiioemeiits, as sparks might be counted whilo they fly from tho shnpoloss Iron on n blacksmith's anvil. And theso calculations must stand tho tost of comparison with thoso which the rival neWMpaM'rs, working without col laboration, as eager competitors, will publish at tho sumo moment. The election figures como Iu driblets and atoms and must be put together as the Florentines muko their mosaics. Htiuio of it, wo shall see, is plucked from tho very air as a magician seems to collect coins in a borrowed bat 1m gotten of reasoning, hut put down bo sido the genuine returns with equal con fidence and iilmost accuracy. Ah, but that is a work to try cool heads and strong nerves. I am quite cer tain no other men iu tlio world includu such n night of tension mid excitement, periodically, as a fixed part ol n work- adny existence. No oilier men, regularly onco a year, feel themselves so truly iu tho focus of an intense publio interest, manifesting itself in so many ways. - Made Hold hj Ilia llru.h. Defnille, tho French painter whose studies are alio) military life, looks ev- ory inch a soldier. Ho is full, slender and hns a martial uir. Dettiillo knows absolutely nothing of tho life of a soldier except whut ho has read. At the ago of 20 he was rather timid, but his charac ter began to uhango as soon as he de voted his brush tn military subjects. HOW'S THISf We offer One Hundred Dollars It-ward for any rase of Catarrh that cannot lie cured bv Hall's t'atarrh Cure! F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the past 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in ull business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. Wsst Tbuax. Wholesale DrugKl-ts. Toledo, O. Wai.dino, Kinnan .t Mahvin. W holer-ale Uitigglsls, Toledo, (). Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the Mood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, ".hi. per hot tie. Hjld ny all Druggists. Testimonials free. "Is Miss Jackson at hornet" ' Why, no sir. she waited for vou till 4:110 o'cloek " ".tut f aid to ber Hint I wouldu't be hero b fore 6." Yea, so she said." KXI'KltlUNl't:. Hood's Pills prevent constipation. A Hank of Iead Locusts. The greatest swarm of locustseverknown invaded South Africa in 17117. They were driven Into the sea by a north wind, and the waves throwing them back, a bank of dead locusts from three to six feet thick was formed for 50 miles along the coast. St f.oni Olnttc-Democrat. IcVhJ an excited tone, pouncing upon something. It was Lady IMckcTi. a new diamond ring. "That's one of 'em. I'll swear to it any where I Our private mark and mini tier are on It, as you can see for yourself, my lord J.S., 4)." He woipprd a watchmaker's lens out of bis pocket and invited "bis lord abip" to Inspect the thing for blwelt . wishes to the letter. A Fool's Ret. A Missouri traveling man agreed to wear the dress of a Catholic priest fur a year if he Inst a certain wager. He won the dress for a year and for several year afterward. Congh I Cough ! I It's the hacking couch that often ends in the most serious trouble. lain-lfiIer stops the cough at once by removing the cause and thus prevents the trouble. Put two teaspoonfuls of this good old remedy in a small cup of molasses, take l teaspoonful often, and your cough will quickly cease. Sold every where. Yon now get double the quantity of Pain-Killer for the same old price, ferry Davis k Son, ProriJcnce,R.L Svb v TAKE It la sold on a guarantee by ail dnig Ist3. It cures Inoipient ConsumptioB Milt 5na is th best Onuh nnd Oronu Our Ely's Cream Balm QUICKLY CURES GOLDinHEAD rTTiToTvnTiiri Applr Hftlm into each nostril Elt Bros., WWmtdq St., N 'J, an R. HALL'S PULMONARY BALSAM Che Bet CURE for C ugha, Coldi and Uouiiiitlftii. Bold by all Druggists. Pr'ee, fO cen's. J. K. GATES A CO.. Proprietors, 4,73ausome3t..B. T. Experience teaches hot only weakness, but strength and the value of good reme dies suob ss Alicrk's Porous Pi aster. This is what 0. D. Frederic s, the well known photographer of New York, says: "I have been using Am cot s 's Porous Plasters for 'JO years, and found them i ns of the best of family medicine, iirii lly summing up my experience, 1 ray that when placed on the small of the back All cock's Clabtibs till the body with nervous energy, end thus ours fatigue bruin ex haustion, debility, and kidney dillioulties. For women and obildren I have found them invaluable. The never irritaie the skin or oau.-e the slightest pain, but cure sore th'oat, ooughB, o d 's, pains in side, back or ohest, indigestion and towel oom plaints." Ura.ndrsth's Pii.ls a e safe and sure. Winston What do people mesa when they say of a girl she U "quaint?" IVomton Tney usually mean that It Ih clinrilabicnot toexp es the r real opinion of her. Dae Bnamellne Btove Polish; no dust do smell. Tut O ibs i a for breakfast. Manhood restored. Night KmtMions, Weak memory, Atrophy, Sexual WeakneM, etc., Surely cured by POLLEN ACME HATUSCa SCMKBY Th life germ and vital forca of plants and flowen; it gives vigor, power and size to the vital organs of man. - W.L.Douclas CI CUAE IS THE BEST. U OnwkLriTroR A KINO. . CORDOVAN, rRENCHar.NAMCU.ED CALF. 4.3.P Fine Calf&KAngaroo, 3.39 POLICE, soles. 2.l7-BOYS'SCH0OlSH0El LADIES ENorOReATALpGUE Over 0n Million People wear the W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes are equally satisfactory They give the best value for the money. They equal custom shoes In atyle and lit. Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed. Tha prices era uniform, stamped on sole. From $ to $3 saved over other makes, if your dealer cannot supply you we can. ' ' f M POLLEI ACME The most won derful achievement In Medical Science. Thi f tcknmJ d ed permanent curt guaranteed New York laj-lijr Fulton St. iTSl ni it mi K7l East to came m vest packet. trice ft. six lor f j sent in plain I w rapper, or at I all Druggists. Address, ST........ CO .K.TTI.I, W..H I MO. lUITWMO l Known Everywhere. Sold Everywhere. ClriiM'n Prprtrtvliitr.. tos Seeds; asl your nruier Tor mem. sena ror terry' Hern Annan I far N9- invaluable to ail ptanteraand lover .oi un vegetables ana BMutinu . x vowem write ror it rree. , V. X. FERRY m CO.. IMPROVE YOUR SIGHT... KYKx fttt d by msl!. Write for our heme sys tem of St lug theeyet-FKKK. R ED A MALCOLM I tabll bed IxM. Crtjoalaa Bld'a Par line. Or MS. WINSLOWS "IgKSrt tSn CrtilDftf TrCTHiajO - ' raji.-ilnf!m HCakiiKtaJ aTTTTliTIanii Cmamra and swop). ao aav. weak lanes or Astta sia.aBo.ld an PiaD'.Canfor Oocmamiptioa. It aaa amd !. ..i. It baa not l.ftr doM. It n not b4 to tat. SOW ir3 NEW WAY EAST! Portland, Wal'a Walla, 8KikHiie, vl O. B A N. Railway and Great Northern Kailw.y to Montana point, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, St. Louis, Chi ragoitnd rast. Adilrem neare-t agent. C. C. bunaran, Hen. Agt Portlan '.Or. : R.C.Ste. vens.l4en. Airr.. Hp.tilp. Aai-h j C. O. Imon, Uen. Airt, Sp Itane, Wb. ..uuui; roi-.-uninuii I mi; nne scenery; ptii 4 e sloping and ainlnscara bHffet-llbr.rj cars; family tourist sleepers; new equipment CHICKEN RAISING PAYS If you use the Petatnm Incubators Brooder. Make money while other are wasting time by old processes. Catalofftelisall about It, and describes every article Deeded for theJ poultry busuness. iHl m T ff J 48 PoKe" I I Wig Illustrated 1 1 PuL Catalogue LJl FREE. The "ERIE" mechanically the best .wheel. Prettiest model. We are Pacific Coast Aarents. Bievcle cnta- logue.mailed free.givea full description, price, etc., aoknts wanted. PETALUMA I1ICTJBAT0R C0.,Fetaloms,Cal. Branch Hovsb, 131 S Main St., Los Angeles. FRAZER CHBE BEST IN THE WORLD. VUlCnvl. Itii wearing qnalit'esarcniiturpased,actunlly outlasting two boxes of any other brand. Free from Animal oil". GKT THK Or; Ml .St. F.iK 8AEE BY OKEUON AND WASHINUTON MKIICH ANTS' and Dealers generally. . P. N. O. No. E8J 8. F. N. fl. No f 60 cud iodo. VsUtfuUT , MAULEAY CO. Inc. 1893 I nm?: Litrl advance made 0.1 spprored .n.Unments of heal, Kl ur, Oais, Wool and Hops. Spec al import, from China, J..p..i,!.Mi In 1 Jlf PL08' ,hs-. S-'fes, ssg.., T.p.oc., Chin. Nm tn;, e,e. ' From Liv- v?7;'..,ifirwh 1 '"''"""ndLumpKoca rait, th mlcal. of all kinds, Vnplate selected NO. 1 returned n hiat H liTH. Hnn Riirlut. Unl u . .1.. ...1 , 1, r ... . l . . Irian Whi.kr Hr..r)tf..,H Wi I " l'r.V'l . . n "na " ami iu (juauuii a 10 ami ine iraoe. I'OKTLANi, OB. 'WHER DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES." GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OF SAPOLIO I MALARIA I ,4 T iVe onlT. Tre ft. DO YOU FEEL BAD? DOES YOUX BALK cheT Does everr step seem hut den ? Yon need MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY HOW TO SAVE MONEY. Boy ynorORorERIE' AD PROVISIONS of a, and we will sare yon money. We hardiete-ebest. eools and a Irer free 10 trains or Koala. We boy and ell for "pot cash, and sell rno.ii r he. per than any other ttnn in the country. Send a. your name and address, and we will mail yon our new price 1 st. which will be onr soon, ttewt to oar: tlimai lobaeco, 0 cents per oonnd. D y irranul.ted sntar In 10-lb narks lor. 75 I Bet coal oil pr r-e fi m Beat brands of flo -r per barrel i IS I Arbox kit's eod-e per ponnd. 24 aeiM us a ust 01 wnat yoa need, and wt will aaaka yon special pneea. Addreas jonr orders Is MARK L. COHN CO. I4 Front Street, Portland. Or.