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T r 1 f r (" use th T N EVERY Re 1 ceipt that calls for baking powder "Royal." It will make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor more digestible and wholesome. "We recommend the Royal Baking Powder as superior to all others." United Cooks and Pastry Cooks' Associ ation of the United States, Ad Evening IHacuaalon. "I don't take any gre't account o' the proverb nil axiom nn so on Hint's printed in the magazine nowadays," remarked Mm. Philander IVnslejr to her husband an the laid down the last mini ber of a monthly publication. "I've been a-studyin over a volume of 'em that aome man ha writ ' here, an I woivlvr that fnlks'll publish secli ituin Vou can make 'cm mean one tiling or 'nother, Jestnccordin as you hc fit. Now bere'a one on 'em, 'It la a iinfortnlt to seize the wrong chance to do or any a thing aa 'tia to let the right one pasa by.' ''Now I'd like to bo told how folks would come out ef they waa to be aca't at both idea like thntl What I'd like la the old fashioned proverbs. There ain't any two ways o' taking them, an aettln misled. " 'Make hay while the eun shines!' Mow, ain't that clear? 'Ilnste makes wiwte.' What's troer'n that, I'd like to knowf There ain't one of them old aaylu'a but what's true as preachin, bowsumever you take 'em. They can't lie turned an twisted round to mean anytbln a body pleasesl" "Do you recall one about 'A thing ain't lost when you know where 'tis)"" inquired Captain I'easley in his usual shrill quaver. "I should aay I did," replied his wife promptly, "an many the time I ve beard It." Well," aaid the captain, with a sugges tion of a laugh In his trembling old voice, "1 bad a cook once thet quoted thet to me when the teakittle was washed overboard, an all the cups an saucers, but we didn't seem to be able to find 'em, Sary." "I reckon you've set up about long enough this eveniu," said Mrs. Peasley dryly, and she bundled the captain off to bed with considerable baste. Youth's Companion. CATARRH OF STOMACH INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THIS PECULIAR DISEASE. Some People Still Dlow Out the Gas. The following is what a hotal man says: I venture to assert, without fear of contra diction, that for every death from asphyx iation in my hotel during the past Ave years 1 or my employees have rescued 2.1 persons who would certainly have died if we bad not been on the alert. We are In deed always on the lookout for guests who think they are doing right when they blow out the gaa. Only a few nights ago I dis covered as I passed through my ball a strong smell of gas and traced it to a room where a man and bis little child bad been assigned but a few hours before. The door was hoou burst open, and two unconscious forms were found In a peaceful rrjiose, which would have ended in death if the discovery had been mode two hours later. When the man was resuscitated, I asked blm what he meant by turning the gas on after it had been put out. "I'll give yon my word, sir," be said earnestly, "that I blew the gas out and dldn t touch the pipe afterward." When I told blm what a mistake he had made and what a lucky escape he had had, bis Joy waa unbounded, and between his sobs and exulting cries of Joy he hugged and caressed the little boy with him, who was Just coining out from the effects of the gas, as if all heaven was hlsat that moment. If you will take the trouble to visit the other large hotels of Boston In which gas Is used In the rooms, I think you will And the ratio of rescues to deaths is at least 25 to 1. You seldom hear of a rescue, but invariably learn of a death. Iloston Herald. Soot as a Remedy For Cholera. Mr. C. D. Barnltx of this city has sug gested a means of preventing cholera and other diseases by a cheap nnd effective meth od. The remedy Is common soot such as can be obtained from any chimney. Soot is composed of pure carbon and Is formed by the hot vapor of the hydrocarbons com ing from burning fuel striking the cold walls of the chimney or stovepipe and con densing thereon. It Is a very light, porous and Impalpable powder, and like Its twin brother, charcoal, which is the same el ment ill a different form, possesses the prop erty of absorbing and retaining a wonder fully largeamouutof gas. The great danger of disease about sewers, drains and similar places is almost entirely due to gas given off by decomposing imittur. If soot be sprinkled about these places, it will absorb the foul gas. Haltnnore American. CliarooHl For the Teeth. A box of the very finest powdered char coal, which can only be obtained at a drug store, should be always nt hand. Give the teeth an occasional brushing with it or rub a little between the Interstices of the teeth at ntght, brushing it out in the morning. rnuoueipuia I iniew. A Well-Kuown St. Louis Mail ltlta Ills Kiperlenr and Tells How He Succeeded In Gelling Kellef. From the Hi. Ixiuli, Mo.. Chronicle "No one knows except myself the amount of suli'erinif I endured fur up ward of lour years, from bat 1 was told was catarrh ol the stomach." The speaker was Mr. J. P. Vox, one of the best known professional swimmers in St. Louis, now at I'rof. Clark's Xatatori- um. 1Mb and l'ine. i'rol. fox's occupu tion necessitated his being in the water several hours every day. lie contracted a severe cold, which lie neglected, then another and another and finally he broke down, the ell'ect of these colds seemed to debililstj and linally diteue his stomach, and he liad eucli symp toms as stinging pains in his head, an inllttiiiiuation of the membranes of the throat and air passages, which filled with slimy substance, his appetite failed him, he became gaunt and tlnn and excessively nervous all of which denoted Catarrh of the stomach. An attack of vertigo one day rendered him uncnciois o half an hi uc after which he was con lined to the house and scarcely able to walk across the room. Jle was sleepless, had violent pains and indi gestion of the worst kind. Mr. Fox said to onr reporter: "Often 1 would be seized with a fie! ing of sullbcation. This went on until one day a friend insisted that I try Dr. Williams' rink fills lor rale 1'eople, and he read to me a paper wherein set- eral cures of cases similar to mine were reported. 1 determined to give them a trial. My mother threw the doctor's medicine away, and actually before 1 had taken half of the contents of the first box I began to feel a marked im provement. I began to sleep well, with my returning appetite I Legan to take a better view of We, tlie gnawing sensa tions in my stomauh disappeared, 1 ceased to belch up gas and had no feel ings ol vomiting alter eating, the sore ness in my throat went away, and, well, within a month 1 ventured out of me house. 1 kept on with the pills, and well you see me now. 1 feel as well as ever 1 did, and I don't Buppose there is a sounder uiu.ii physically than myself in tne country, i am in anu out ol tne water three and four times a day, giving swimming lessons, and I certainly at tribute my present good health to Dr. Williams' I'uik rills, toucan use my name if you want to, and 1 shall be pleased to tell of the great benefits 1 iiave derived from the use of the pills at any time." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple are now manulactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenec tady, N. V., and are sold in boxes (never in loose form by the dozen or hundred. and the public are cautioned against nu merous imitations sold In this shape) at 50 cents a box. or six boxes for 12.50, anil may be had of all druggists, or di rect by mail from Dr. Williams Medi cine Company. A CHILD OF TODAY. Oh. child, had I Ihjf lae of tlmel Such twin wined tliinm Are waiting fur that mill nf thine to spread Its nnlrliu wings Shall thou not apeak the stars and go on Jour neys through the akr And mul tlie wiul of nmn a clear as now we read the oyer Who knows If science may not find aome art make thee new To mend the garments of thy flesh when thou liAst worn them through? TIs fearful, aye, and beautiful, thy future thai mar be. How strange! Perhaps death's conqueror alts lulling on my kneel -James Uuckham In Callfornlan. A PIRATE BLUFFED THE BORDEN MYSTERY. WE GIVE AWAY A Sample Package ( 4 to 7 doses ) of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets To any one sending name and address to is on a postal card. QNCE USED THEY ARE ALWAYS IN FAVOR. Hence, our object in sending litem out broadcast -a ON TRIAL. - They absolutely cure SICK HEADACHE, Biliousness, Constipation, Coated Tongue, Poor Ap petite, Dyspepsia and kin dred derangements of the Stomach, Liver and Bowt' Don't accept some substitute said to be "just as good." The substitute costs the dealer less. It costs you ABOUT the same. HIS profit is in the "just as good." WHERE IS YOURS? Address for Frhs Sample, World" Dlspeaur Medical Assoclatloa, No. eej Mil St. KlTFtl O. ft. V. tuns isnttf ui La iu&r ixKic Byrne, tmui imj. net 1 Soul pt qraea-ii It Still Has a Powerful Hold ou the Mor bidly Curious. The. graves of Andrew J. and Abhy D. Borden, In Oak tirovo cemetery, nt Kail Klvcr, have been marked by a monument of Westerly granlta nearly 10 feet In height. Since, the frightful nnd myste rious tragedy by which they met their deaths on Aug. 4, 18111, their last resting place bus been vlhltud by thousands of morbidly curious people, Inolmllng travel ers from all sections of the country, who, from any cause, found that they hud a llt tlu time at their diuposul while In Full Klver. Until rucantly there wus nothing to mark the spot where the victims of the awful crime were Interred. With the oreo tlon of the monument Interest In the plane has been renewed, and Humlay, from early In the morning until nightfall, there was a oonstnnt stream of visitors to the place. In halt an hour not less than 60 persons called to view the looullty. So many per TIIK IMlBUKN MONTMKNT. sons trumped over tne lot mat it wns cx ccedingly muddy, and scarcely a trace of the greensward with which It had been covered was to lie seen. On the south bnso of the monument the name "A. J. Hortlun stands out in reiiei. The north base Is Inscrllxil thus: '"An drew Jackson ilorden. IK'Jil -18U3. His wife, Harnh Anthony Borden, I8'.'31ml3. ills wife, Abby Durfoe Borden, 1S38- 18112." The west base Is for the names of the children of the murdered man to whose memory the monument was erected. At present there Is but this Inscription: Children of Andrew J. and Nirnn A. Ilorden. Alice Kfther, 18fit)18fiN." The 'Did you ever cruise among the West In illpsf" asked my friend, Captain Pendleton, fter I hud lighted a cigar and be had filled his pljie and lighted It to his satisfaction. I shook my neon in tne negative. "It's not a very pleasant place at certnl seasons of the year, fortbere are earthquakes and hurricane and calm and ruin in abundance. A man can't lie down and lie certain that be' not going to wake up with his masts over the side or his ship on her beam ends and forked lightning playing round the malntopsail sheet like dandies round a ballroom belle. In the year IW9 I wns master of a brig bound from the West Indie to Boston. think that I wiw a day' sail from Kanta Crux on the night that I am about to tell you of. The wind wo very high, and we were going through the water no faster than two knot an hour. I left tne dec at 10 o'clock In charge of my mate, a halein bred boy named Cooper, and a smart fellow he was. I told Cooper to keep a harp lookout for squalls and suspicious looking vessel, for we were directly in the track of homeward bound slavers, anil as I bad met them a mini 1st of times without any good result I was uot anxious to see them aguln, and I preferred giving them a wldo berth. "1 hadn't la-en napping more than two hour when Mr. Cooiier called me. Cuntaln. he said, 'the moon Is lust ris ing through a black cloud, and directly In its wake I can make out a vessel braced tharp up and standing across our hawse. a thoiiL'b she wished to eak us.' "I went on deck and took a squint at the vessel that bod somewhat alarmed my mate. I must confess that I did not feel quite satisfied with her looks, for she was a large topsail schooner with a tremendous hoist to her sails, anil they set as inoiign made for her by a master hand. The craft was low In the water and as black as a pocket Is reported to be. I saw that the schooner was jammed tight in the winds and thut she would be likely to pass our bows at the rate she wns going at about 100 yards' distance. But while I was examin ing ber through my glass I saw her sails were shaking nnd that ber headway was materially deadened. It seemed to me that her skipper wanted my vessel to draw ahead, in hope of not being noticed, and possibly he would have succeeded hod not Cooper's eyes ferreted him out. "I examined the stranger for a few sec onds, and then I came to the conclusion that the chap was either a slaver uncertain of our character or a pirate. But at all events I determined to be prepared for either, for I thought that I bail guns enough to stand something of a tug before consent ing to walk the plank. 'Mr. Cooper I said, Just call all nanus In a quiet way and let's get these guns ready for business. Don't make a fuss and seem frightened, as there Is no occasion for It.' " 'Aye. nvc, sir,' he answered, and In a few seconds the men were on deck and cast ing loose the 12-poundera, all of which had been loaded two days before with canister and round shot, and all that we had to do was to get up ammunition and plnce it handy, and then loud our muskets and take the boarding pikes out of the racks. We are all ready, captain,' my mate tid In less than five minutes after he had received the order. 'The men are all station ed at the guna and ready to fight at command.' I hope that there'll be no occasion for the use of the bulldogs,' I replied, 'but there's no telling what that vessel's inten tions are. He still keeps bis luff, for his sails are shaking and be don't draw ahead any.' " 'Perhaps be wants us to pass by and not notice him,' my mate remarked, and I did not know but that such might lie the case, for the brig did look very much like a man-of-war, and, to tell the truth, I had no ob jection to being taken for one of Uncle Sam's vessels, as It rather flattered my pride. "By this time the stranger was ofT our beam, and when 1 begnn to think that he cared nothing for us be filled bis sails and steered so as to just run under our stern. I did not know but that the fellow was de termined to rake us. If he had, there would not have been anything left of us. How ever, I resolved to let him know that we were not asleep, so I sprang into the main rigging and bailed: " 'Schooner, nhoyl' "There was no response, but I could bear a bustle, as though there was some con fusion nt being spoken. I fancied that there was some scuffling on (leek, but I could not make out anything distinct. I thought that I would give them another chance to reply, so I hailed again: " 'Schooner, ahoy!' and this time there was an attempt at an answer. " 'Ilellol' came In gruff tones over the water. " 'What schooner Is that?' I demanded. " 'The .' "There was a moment's hesitancy, and then some one In the waist of the schooner shouted In startling tones: " 'llclpl Treachery I Murder!' "'(Jag the fool!' cried the man who was answering my bail. 'Gag him and throw him overlMMird.' "There was another scuffle and many suppressed mutteriugs, and then I heard a woman's voice raised in imploring tones. "'Have mercy, gentlemen,' she cried, 'and spare his life. He did not mean any thing, I nm sure. Ob, let me entreat of you to spare bis life!' "I put my glass to my eye, and as the moon had got clear of a black cloud I was able to see what I had to deal with. 1 could make out only half a dozen men on deck, and I concluded that was all the schooner had ou board. There wns some thing wrong going on, and I made up my mind to Investigate it even if I was ex posed to some little peril. I determined on a bold stroke, although I bad some little fear of the result. " 'Schooner, ahoy I' mantled "'Aye, aye, sir, as soon as we can make ber tight.' "The answer I did not deem satisfactory, fur It seemed to me a though the crew were attempting some dodge that was dan gerous to our welfare, and I determined In prevent It if possible by taking tbein by surprise. " 'Mr. Cooper,' I said, 'bring one of the port gun to Is'iir on the fellow's bow and see how near you can come to blm. Don't oils If you can help It.' "'We are all ready,' Mr. Cooper said, blowing a Josh stick with which we used to touch olf our gnu. I looked toward the schooner and saw that there was no movement for lowering a boat, ami after listening quietly for a mo ment became satisfied that a deaperato quiirel wa raging on board, but what It was all about I could not guess. 'Give them the gun, Cooiier, I said. I hod not much more than spoken when there was a stunning rejiort, and the brig Hliook from truck, to Keelson. I heard a crushing sound as the Iron bail itruck the schooner, cutting the halyards or the Jin and letting that sail down by the run, and I could see numerous runt In the foresail, through w hich the grapesbot had passed. Get the other gun ready, Cooper.' I aid. 'You have done splendidly with the first one. Keep the brig well to the wind, so that the stranger shan't get away from us,' I continued to the man at the wheel. " 'The gun Is all ready, sir,' my mate re plied. " 'Well, don't fire until I give the word. I don't want to kill the poor chaps if I ran help It. I'll try them with another hail and see if they have found their senses.' Schooner, ahoy,' 1 shouted. "Do you In tend to send your boat on board or must I sink you with a broadside?' "Again I could bear the angry discussion going on, for we were Just abeam of the schooner and were holding our own with her, no attempt having been made to hoist ber Ji b. Suddenly I saw a man spring upon ber bulwark. There Is treachery and murder on board: don't desert' "His speech was cut short by a blow on his bead, and with a loud splash he fell Into the water. But the poor fellow bad strength to swim, for 1 saw him strike out toward our brig, although we were moving about three knots an hour. 'Clear awny the boat, Mr. Cooper, and pick up that man. Mind and do it In shlu- shaie fashion. No confusion or fear, for we should have bad a gun from the schooner if she hod been armed.' "It was only tlie work of a few minutes to clear away the starboard quarter bout and to send four men in it for the swim mer. 1 could see that the crew of the schooner was watching tbe proceedings from their vessel, and I managed to count 12 men, wbicb I supposed was all they could muster. The boat soon reached the swimmer and took him on board and then returned to tbe brig. The stranger was helped over the rail, for be was quite weak from the effects of a cut upon bis bead. hicb bled profusely. Sir,' he said, grasping my hand and peaking with a Spanish accent, you hav saved my life, and I owe you a thousand thanks. My gratitude, however, shall be more substantial than words. I have brother and sister on board, prisoners and in the power of a desperate man. Sav them, and we are your debtors for life.' 'I'll do what I can for you,' I replied, hut my force is small, as you can see.' Is this not a United States vessel?' he demanded, looking over the deck in aston ishment. It's a United States vessel, but not a naval oue, I answered. Then, for heaven's sake, keep up the deception, for the schooner is armed, and the crew will fight desperately. They sup pose that you are a brig of war, and the reason why I balled was because half of the ruflians were advising a surrender and the other half wanted to fight you at all haz ards." 'Here was a pretty kettle of fish and no mistake. I bad supposed all along that the schooner was unarmed, and that a few dis charges from our guns would be sufficient to compel a surrender. If these scamps should discover the deception that we had practiced before we secured them, our lives and our property would pay for It. impu dence was the only thing to carry us through, and I determined to exercise a lit tle of that which sometime answers as well as courage. " 'Schooner ahoy I' I once more shouted, 'if you don't send a boat on board, I wiU blow you out of the water. Pipe tlie men to the guns, Mr. Cooper, and aim so as to sweep the vessel's deck.' "The latter part of my remark was In tended to be beard on board the schooner, tor I spoke loud enough. "Instantly the mate commenced a series of toots with his whistle that would have done honor to the oldest boatswain in tbe navy. The effect was beyond my most san guine expectations, for I heard tbe pirates clearing away their boat In sullen silence. " r or the love of heaven, sir,' my new passenger pleaded, 'order them to bring my brother and sister, fori fear every minute that they will be murdered by the desper ate ruffians. They have nlrendy threatened to do so half a dozen times.' "I saw that the crew of the schooner were piling into the boat, so I Just told them to bring the womau and the gentleman, and that if they were ill treated I would hang every one of them at the yardarm. It was loud talk, but you see 1 had got my hand in, and it came natural to speak big. "The fellows muttered something that I couldn't understand, but I saw u white dress going over the rail, and it made my Tweeu wmoTaniTwater to send s vessel aud crew to Davy Jones' locker. " 'Captain,' said Mr, t'ooer while I wo meditating, I know what you are thinking about, and the only way that It can be done is to send me on board in the boat with half a diir.cn of tbe crew and take possession of It. Vt e can go well armed and still make them think that we are Uncle Sam's men.' "I didn't like U run the risk, but Cooper wus so positive that I consented to let blm undertake the Job. For the purpose of carrying out tne deception I lent the mate a cap and a coat with brass buttons, and hung a sword at his waist, while the six men be took with him put ou White duck trousers so as to aptKiar a uniform a pos sible. Well armed, the crew started In tbe schooner's boat, although for the sake of seeming nil right it wa piped away in man of-wnr tyio. "I watched the course of the boat with considerable anxiety, for I feared every minute that the pirate would let one of their gun fly and send boat aud men all to the bottom. Hut fortune favor the brave, they say, and In this Instance I can swear to it. The boat got alongside without trou ble, and the next Instant the men hod tum bled on deck. There wa no sound of light ing or scuffling, but I knew that the mate was at work. At last I had the satisfaction of hearing him bail and s iy that the schoon er'screw were all bis prisoner and under hatches, where they could do no barm. "Then I be(,Mi to breathe freer. 1 told the mute to stay close by the brig until day light, when we would see what could be dune, for I dldn t know as yet on what grounds we had taken the schooner. I asked tbe brothers to give me an account of their adventures, mid they did so. They belonged to Santa Cruz, where they owned a large plantation and were looked upon as Al In rank. 1 hey had bought tbe schooner for the purpose of trading among the Islands, and I guess for running a few car goes of negroes, but that they said nothing about. I bey bad hired a man who called himself Smith, an Englishman, as captain, and be shipped bis crew, and a bad lot he got hold of. "One day, when the vessel was all ready for sea, the brothers and sister were Invited on board. W hile they were enjoying them selves in the cabin the cable was slipped, the schooner put to sea, and before the owners knew where they were or what was going on they were out of the bay and the mask was thrown off. The skljiper mode no secret of his Intention to visit the coast of Africa, nnd by wny of making things pleasant offered to make the lady bis wife. If we had not fallen in with blm Just as we did, I don't think thnt he would have waited for a priest to perform the cere mony. However, we took the schooner into port, and she was condemned aud the crew Imprisoned, and I mode (10,000 by the job. ban t raucisco Call. TIIK rurvLisT, Why shouldn't then be a third party f It Is I rue they disturb the smooth running of the regular organisations and sometime overturn elections, but what is popular Is founded on merit I As for lindanes, among all tb remedies used for snrslns and bruise, Hi. Jacob! Oil I Hi most popular because it is known to be the beat: benoe It is the Populist in medicine. Tb more because It uures so promptly and surely. Theiels no crliinllng Irum innln where vuia oiu remedy is usea. ii imparls new us nu avmiKiu uu vue paiu yanisn iruiy ii la a rupuusi. the Cavalry Pistol I'rmetloe, I6TS. Here follow tlio command 'for pistols! 1. Uncnpo ynnr pistols. 9. Draw forth your pistols. This must l performed with the right band. The left pistol first and then to mount tlio muzzle. 8, Order your pistol. Kest your pistol a little in your bridle hand, and then Im mediately tuko your pistol near the mid dlo part of it, and plnoe the butt end upon your thigh. 4. Mink or rost youi pistol in your bridle hand, 5. Bum! your cock (or draw up your cook to half bend). 6. Secure or guard your cook. 7. Open your pun. 8. Prime your pan. 0. Shut your pan or order your hum mer or steel. 10. Cast about your pis tols, which is to bo done against your left thigh, with your muzzle upward iu your bridle hiind. 1 1. Oiigo your flusk. 13. Lade your pistols with powder. For your more speedy lading; of your pistols, there is lately invented a small powder flask, with s suitable charge, but it is not to be denied that your cartroaohes aro very serviceable. There are 1 1 more motions, anil Dual ly in 2-1 glvofira Iu tbe firing of your pistols yon are not to lire directly .for ward, to your euomios' horses' beads, but toward the right hand, with the lock of tho pistol upward. Notes aud Queries. Tobaoeo and Cholera. Experiments made In tbe byirlenlo lnstl tute in the Berlin university have showc that cholera bacilli die more auicklv on dry tobacco tbau on dry glass plates, that tney no not multiply, but quickly die. on moist tobacco and that tobacco smoke quickly kill them. Annals of Hygiene. shouted Just us she was directly astern of us. " 'Well, what Is It?' was the answer. " 'Send a boat on board immediately and let me see what you are,' I commanded. I " 'Who In thunder are you?' was the im pudent question. I " 'The United States brig Perry, bound to Santa Cms.' I There was a breathless silence for a mo ment, when suddenly I beam a shrill whistle on board of my own brig such as is nsed by boatswains of a national vessel when the crew are to perform any work. ' The trick was Cooper's and was intended to aid me in tbe deception. Brace up the headyardsr' I shouted. ami then the men left their stations and performed the work without the usual ac companiment of noise. I put my be in hard a-starboard, and the brig came quickly to tbe wind and remained stationary, with her maintopsail to the mast. Then we were beading in the same direction as the schooner, but the latterdid heart, jump that the lady was soon to be out ol danger. I counted seven persons in the boat, Including the girl nnd her brother, and as the boat was pulled by four oars It did not take long for It to get alongside. knew that the instant the yawl touched the brig's side the cheat would be discov ered, but I was prepared for the scamps and allowed them no opirtunity to es cape. I stationed Mr. Cooper and nve of the crew with loaded muskets on the ves sel's rail, while another hand held a small grappling Iron for the purpose of throwing it into the boat to prevent the men from pushing off and returning to the vessel to reveal our true chnracter. "Things worked just as I expected. No sooner had the pirates shipped their oars when they got alongside thau one of them said: " 'Dls is no mnn-de-wur, It's not bin but nierclinntmaus.' " 'Sacral' cried a Frenchman. " 'Diablo!' muttered a Spaniard. " 'We are deceived. Shove off!' cried a man in tbe stern sheets, " 'Not as you know of,' cried Cooper. 'The man who offers to lift nn oar dies In stantly. I'll trouble you to walk over the side one by one,' Mr. Cooper said, address ing the pirates. 'The least noise or resist ance will cost you dearly. Walk up like men and settle your accounts.' '"It's a mean Yankee trick,' muttered A BLOODY OATH. Administered In Regular Chinese Style la a Chicago Court. A Chinese oath was recently adminis tered in rouularorluntul form In aChlcaso court In a case whore all the witnesses nd kidi ey complaint, particularly preya black fowl was orocured 16111 ' tnese sea ions, it is tne nest possioie remedy, ii is also inva'uame lor oyspep sia. liver complaint, constipation and ner vousness. never set out ou a winter or An Kager and a Nipping Wind, A continuous down p ur of rain, Inclem ent weather, generally in winter and spring, a-e unfavorable to all classes of In- allds. But warmth and aotivity Infused into the oil culatlon counteracts these in fluences and Internoie a defense against (hem. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, most thorough and etfeotive of stomachics and ton es, not oniv enrlctiee tne oi ou. bu scoeleraus its circulation. For a chill, oi i remumtory symptoms of rheumatism March April May Are the Boat Months in Which to Purify Your Blood And tho Best Blood Turifior ia Hood's Sarsaparilla Which Purifies, Vitalizes and Enriches tho Blood. At this season sveryone slioulJ lake a good spring uiodlclns. Your blood must be purified or you will be ncg'ectlng your health. There Is a rry from Nature lor holp, and unless there is prompt and satisfactory rcsKso you will be liable to serious illness. This demand ran only Us met by the purifying, enriching and Blood-Vltallxing elements to be found in Hood's Bursa I anils. " My mother-in-law, Mrs. Kllxabelli Wolfe, at the Sire of 72 veara. wa at. tacked with a violent form of salt rbnm It spread alt over her body, aud her hanus and limbs were dreadful to look St. At the same time, my little daugh ter Clara, who waa just one year old, was attacked by a similar disease, like scrofula, It appeared in Largo Soros uni'or eoeh side of her neck ; liml the at tendance of the family physician an I oilier doctor for a long time, but seemed to grow worse. I read ol many people cuio I of icrnfula by Hood's Hsrsnpurifln, As sunn us we gave Hood's Sarsaparilla to Clurn, she begun -to get latter, and before the Hist bull le was gone, the sores entirely licnlcd uu and there has never beon any tln of the ditcuso since, She lis Healthy Robust Child. Her grandmother took Hood's Sarsapa rilla st the lame time, and the salt rlieuin decreased in ils violence and a iwrfcct I'ure was soon ell'eetcd. It look about three months for her cure, and she sscri lies her irood hruli h and strennth at ber advanced age to Hood's Karsnpn rilla. It has certainly la-en a Godsend to my family." Alus. fc'oi'uu Wolkb, Zsleskl, Ohio. HOOD'S AND ONLY HOOD'S vn"'i 'sr s t i Ml 50. r on esse it will, not cuwcTl Anameable Laistlve and NERVE TON 1Q. Bold br Drureiataor sent brmalL ffa..6Uo and 1.00 per psokags. Sample free. IT A TY A The Favorite T00TI P0WDH IkU llUfortiieTeethaadiiieaUita. WORLD'S-FAIR riHGIIKHT AWVllD! wcro Chinese. A black fowl was procured and each witness took a bowle knlfo, cut tlio chicken s bend twice the prosecuting witness three times and dipping his long milled linger In the blood rattled off a lew sentences of jargon, vowing ho would not perjure himself. The sentence freely trans luted Is: "May my soul be sovered from my body Is this fowl's head If I give fnlso test! iitiny In this oaso." Punk wns burned nonr tho chicken, so as to clarify the atmosphere aliout the blooding bird, and so make It easier to tell tho truth. After the novel process had beon completed a yellow strip of parch -Drill journey without it. Klcler'v ner sons and the delicate and convalescent are greatly aided by it. "There's s so si deal tha.'i twell about Cholh ('adkuis." iwli one Hi, I. "Yea." reviled the other; ", he only trouble Is that nioiiol It has goue to uls ucu. KXI'OSUKK TO CHA NOIL'S PMtATUKK. OF TKK- Fubllc men are constantly liable to dan ger arising fiotn sudden changes of tem perature J sometimes from heat to cold sometimes th reverts, Henry Tborne, Traveling Secretary oi be Y. M 0. A., writes from Eieter Hall Strai.d. London. Ftbruarv 2l. 1HKB "i desire to bear my testimony to the value oi allcocss rosous fLAsTsas. j have used the in fur pains in the baok and ida aiiiiiiK from Tbtumatio and other causes never without deriving benefit from tneir application, rney are easily applied and very oomforlimc. Those ensaited as I am in public work which involves expo sure to suuuen cnanges oi lempeiature, will do well to ket p a supply of AtLcocK'a roBoes x lastkrs iu ineir portmanteaus. naASDBETu s riLLS act upon me wnoie system. Ur. B lily uo -Am I to annrv this hair restorer I ev i y day 7 Btirbcr Fur besven i sake, u )ou want to look like uwo inaiiieii a wo. m he wl d man from Bur- IOO KEWAItM SJI00. taking: tub oath in blood. ment, on which wns Inscribed In Chinese characters tho oath just tnkon, was hand ed to each witness, who subscribed his name with a brush Inserted in a hollow rood, which had been dipped into red ink, thus to signify that ho wrote it In blood. Tho ontb is as follows: This is the Chinese oath to notify God In heaven I The occurrence to accuse falsely between the plaintiff and defendant at the present day, In the city of Chicagu. Chun Bing Chung, one of the prosecutors, swore out the warrant against the five dcfondnnt, Chan Lung Bow, Chan Mon Yon, Ing Young, Young Moi and Yuen Bow, who were arrested charged with high way robbery. But the prosecutor or any witness or de fendant in this case must give the true testi mony to God. Everything true, nothing not true, une Wno to benefit oneself and injuro another, or to I accuse fulsely and not to distinguish right from wrong, or to give any distorted evidence In this cose, shall wish Uod to punish him to death or suddenly strike him dead, so thut his corpse shall sink In the ocean to everlasting torture, which will grow worse and worse. Tho business is nut the only success in a life time. If any one In this cose on trial shall givo tho truo testimony, and none other, and make a fair trial to help to a fair Judgment hoping God will help tho just und unselnsh Ood shall cWe him prosperity in all his life. Bespeetfully proposed to Uod. The Force ol a I oleaoo. Few people In this country imagine what terrible work a volcano of the regulation size can do when It once gets fully aroused. In 1838 Cotopnxi threw its fiery rockets more than 8,000 feet nbovo tbe crater, and In 1857, when the blazing mass confined in the same mountain was struggling for an outlet It roared so loud that the awful noise was heard for a distance of 000 miles. In 1707 the crnter of Tunguragua, one of the great peaks of the Andes, flung out tor rents of mud and lava which dammed up great river, opened new lakes, besides making a deposit of seething mud, ashes and lava 000 feet deep over tbe whole area of a valley which was 20 miles long and averaged 1,000 feet in widtbl The stream nf lava which flowed from Vesuvius in 1837 and passed through the valley of Terra del Greco is estimated to have contained 833,000,000 cubio feet of solid matter. In I7C0 .-Etna poured out a flood of melted stonesnnd ashes which cov ered 84 square miles of fertile country to a deuth of from in to w reet. uo tnis occa- The readers of this paper will be please I to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tbe only positive cure known to the medical fiatemity. Catarrh being a conttilutional disease, reauires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, aotino- directlv upon tbe blood and mucous surfaces of the ystem, mereoy destroying tne lounuation oi the disease, aud giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature iu Join its work t ne pn pnetoiB nave so uiiicli lattb in Its :urative Dowers, that thev offer U.ie Hun dred Dollars for any cas-i that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F.J. CHENEY iCj.. Toledo. O. CsVijuld by Druggists, 75o. NKW WAY KAST-NO DUST. 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'If a peak 9 miles iu circumference and over I hail known for sure you were nothing but 4,000 feet high. children who are now living are Lizzie A. Honlin, who was tried on the charge of not seeru to be In a hurry to obey my orders murdering ber falhiT and aUpmuther and and send a boat on board. I could bear acquitted, and Kinina J. Ihirdi-n. rime loud talking on the quarter dock of After the stone had been set Minna ana me stranger, as tnoiign tne oinevra ana J.lzzle Dordcn were driven to the oemeU'ry rrrw were debating the ft-aiihility of al to Inspect It. IJzzle simply glanceu at tno tempting to escape or ngni. 1 sincerely memorial and re-entered the carriage, hoped that we should be spared the latter Omnia spent aoout IS minute in cm- alternative, lor anew mat si iiie very a merchant man, I'd have blown your tub out of the water.' " 'Hut as you didn't know anything alxmt it we have saved you some trouble. 80 just walk up and quit grumbling, for it will do you no good.' "Mr. Cooper's advice was followed, for the skipper came slowly over the bulwarks, and as soon as he struck the deck his arms were seized, and a nice pair of handcuffs was thrust upon his wrints. Hands were also thrust into his pockets, and a pair of In the eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79 A. D., tbe time of the destruction of Pompeii, the scoria, ashes, sand and lava vomited forth exceeded tbe entire mass of tbe volcano itself, while- in 1000 Etna dis- I gorged over 20 times its own mass. Vesu vius has sent Its ashes into byna, r.gypt and Turkey. It hurled stone of SOOpounds weight to I'ompeil, a distance of six Eng lish mile, during the eruption of TO A. 1). Cotapaxi once projected a block of stone containing over 100 cubio yards a distance of H miles. Philadelphia I 'res. leal Inspection of It. Edlnborih's Emlara Mraw The Edinburgh fen and Pencil club, l. 1 U ... 1 . ta.-n .. IiIum mrt. IIII.U II. WMllWMJ ua ' - - . . I ,,.,..,,. ., , Ms and musician, to the number of !" ' . " ."!.. lint Are they would discover our imposition and rage for revenge. "In the mi ant i me the schooner continued to draw ahead slowly, aa though to get be yond tbe reach of our guns, but I deter- has taken up tbe work of affixing memo rial tablets to the house In Edinburgh In hlch eminent men were either born or lived. They will first honor rcott, Hum, Adam pinlth and David Hume No nmn will be commemorated In the future till he has been dead UU year The instant. however, that we had boarded tho main- tack and were making some headway through the water I again hailed the schooner. 'Hellor waa the gniff answer. 'Do you intend to send a boat on board and giro some account of youreeUf I de- pistola and a huge bowie knife were found. Aftji this f..l WM ,1 , uo I.. shoved down the after hatch with a gag in j Ttoa m 8udP"" Eeo-omy. hi mouth to prevent hisaboutingtoo loud. Mrs. O'Mulligan Pbwhat do yes Every man was served in the same manner, ' tbiuk nr dliress rufarruj and then I assisted the lady on deck, and Mrs. Whalen Dliress refarra, bis it? very happy I was to do so. I told her folk Sthure it's a great savin !' It's on'y yis to take her into the cabin and give her 1 refarmed the ould man's pauts something to eat if she desired it. for I . -f ,v ;- ,,, t ,K wanted XoU polite, but she said that she to " V . ' V" gmaU jb wasn't hungry and should have no appetite nstbnr I London Tit-Hits. until the rest of the pirates were secured. I . . - A ,. . j "But how to iret them wa. a ni 1 1 Tbe leaves of the talipot tree are used. ..... . 1 . , M . 1. .. 1 I.. 1- Tl.a 1Q I ' 1UU lur IIIO Ul nvaa, . in character are impressed upon the leaf, which is rubbed over with charcoal, aud are then strung together between boards. They last for years. had aaked In my mind half a dozen times, and no satisfactory answer had been re turned. I had the skipper and half of hi crew, but there were six more that I want ed, or my work would be incomplete, for it was evident that the schooner was faster than tbe brig and that she could fight ns a running race I had no relish for, for you know that it doesn't take mMj shots be DR. LIEBIG & CO., Special Doctor, for Chronic. Prlirale and Wasting Diseases. Dr. LlebtVi Invltrorator the grr Rtnt remedy for Seminal WeakneHB, Umtof HanLood and Private Diseases, Overcomes Prematurenesa aiid prepare all for marrlatre life's duties. Dieasuren and reauoo- Ibilltiea; 1 trial b ttle g'ven or sent free to any one describing s mptotnn; call or address 400 Geary ru,, private entrance ki mawin "t.. rmn r rsvi-wit POLLEN ACME l he most won derful achievement in Medical Science. Tkt only acknnvl- idgtd permanent I tmrtgua ra nleea New York US-n; Fulton St. AViij to carry in Vfst P nktt, I'riccft. Six f"r$ Sent in plain wrapper, or at .ill Drii8trists. Address, Standard RtM. Co t ATT tat, wash PAO. 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