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THE Royal Baking Powder, be sides rendering the food more palatable and wholesome, is, because of its higher leavening power, the most economical. The United States Government, after elaborate tests, reports the Royal Baking Powder to be of greater leavening strength than any other. Bulletin 13, U. S. Ag. Dep., p. 599. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., VIOLETS, .SWEET VIOLETS. fclfti Ever Welcome Whether T11 I'renn From tlic niiiMle of October until Easter ,uaiu1s of dollars' worth of violets en oirlit into New York from Lone Island, W Jersey i1''11' N estencster county, Tlie J reins "f violets for autumn, winter anil irly sprinR lins prmvn steadily for the past mi'l pcnix'O even the rose is more fc ncrallj i'l flennipil than tho violet. A mall snnli'i'er.s who carry their product in market ! baskets. You may See re- r ... i ....... -...i n ;cctiiole iookiii;; oluicuhil-u iiuu ucmians leaning into t,"vn every morning ny nil tile kurious lines, eacu wearing upon ms arm ucb basket. There is n e teady fnle for tho violet, be una convention prescribes it rs the only Sfower thnt may he worn by persons in i.iouniiiia. uesiucs, vioiets are used in pro (iisioii ot 'funerals. .Sometimes from 5,000 lo S.000 violets are heaped upon a coffin. As they wholesale nt from C10 to CS0 a t hou sand will retail nt double tho wholesale price, violets cut n considerable figure in nun' nn undertaker's bill. All the mowers of violets in this region 3 have been iruuuieu oi iaio jcr.ivi wiin a juivstenous pest mat ravages uie plants. The favorite doublo purple violets suffer (most, the double white Bomewhat less, and thehinisle almost not at all. It happens at J times that nil the violets in one greenhouse J will be attacked while those in another close beside it will escape. It attacks even violets growing in cold frames, though on the whole these are hardier than hothouse plants, Tlie viislet is n lover of cool nir, mul in this climate blooms nil winter long and under glass without artificial heat, and the blossoms nro seldom killed by frost if t'uo frame is covered nt night. But the forc in;; process swells the crop for market, and perhaps more violets are raised in hot houses than in cold frames. The native wild viulct frequently retains its leaves through the winter nud seems to feel tht earliest pulse of spring. Violets are costlier nt the Christmas holi days and nt Kaster than nt any other sea son. The v. hite violets, though less popu larthan the purple, usually fetch quite, as much, since they are ruised in smaller quantities. The single violet fetches n Entailer price than either. Tho bunch of violets that the young man sends to hi girl seldom costs less than half a dollar ami may cost three times as much. Tho costliest, form which tho violet takes is iu candy. It is not necessary for the pur po .of the confectioner that his violets be ol 'veshest, and t he proportion of cheap n;,'..rlo costly violets in n pound of the candied blossoms: is large, but if you buy this dainty nt a fashionable shop you'll pay nt least $3 for a half pound box. Properly brought up young women who have been taught that they should discourago young men from making costly presents, even of r.icli triihs, pnUnd to regard tho caudied violet, Eave in very smnll quantities, ns nn ostentatious extravagance, but no girl ever really resents a gift of this confection, no matter how lareje the box. New York Sun. The Lnst Spoon. The last time that spoons were vividly recalled to General liutler was on tho occa sion of his hist lecture nt Cincinnati. It was in Pike's Opera House before that handsome place of amusement became the home of the chamber of commerce. Some practical jokers bored a bolo in the prosce mum i .-rh, nnd ns the general wns np pwichi.ig the climax of his speech lowered sli rge spoon on a string till it hung within foot of him. The general's eye hnd not been operated on then, nnd he could not see rery well. The indistinct vision of something in the sir caused hint to sten back a nn nr to and strike r.l with his hand. He probably ",uus"' ie was a ny. T lie spoon descended another foot, imrl In. n. rvi.m-,u, it Tlie spectators were watching the scene in speechless ntr.azement, wondering what would hupp; n next. The lecturer niuised a moment, then quietly extended his hand nd grasped the spoon. "A I, " I ;.i mi , uun.uu, Liiere s one 1 uiun igci.' " ltll that he nut. thnannnn In lita TinnVnt Ml WllCtl the Inmrlitov nml n-11.1 cl,n.,!inr. ofthespictatois had ceased continued his 'I'cccu ins ir nothing Lad happened.-New Wk Tribune. A Hunter's Content nt For Comfort. Mr. Selous, the distinguished hunter nnd ttplorcr, is in Knghtnd, nnd has been tell UiL' something of his methods when in thi wwls of Africa. How little ho has ever c-ired ror personal comfort may be gathered jiom the remark that he never thought of "king nr.y tort of conveyance, even to the i-' tcnt of n hammock for ease by day or rest nt night, and would not be encumbered nj a tent. l or weeks together, year aftei nnr, lie slept on tho ground, covered only o foniething in the shape of a blanket. AsKcd if there were no reptiles to disturb rei''j.s under such conditions, Mr. Selous fei'I'cd thut, although venomous snake? wetcto be found, bites from them were VPVV .nh. ..1 . . j .-, iiuu in uu ,is experience he had 'Mr known anybody, either native or Liu-opcan, killed by a snnko bite In Mn uonalatid. "In fact," he said, "you run ""ore nsk of being killed by an omnibus 't.lon streets than we do by venomom n.es m those Alriean forests." London rsewg. JCew York has liadSsecretariesof state I w Ue t"isury. Oof war, 4 of the navy .,..F'!!:!!1l!!tli1-3 Kenel ""i 4 uttornoyi I";1"' ' h'at "a never had a secretiir o. the interior department .: . ' ' J' 1 nave betH , apw 1 1,:, i t- TJ"'m """rrn a , " Balm , , .''rime lirntliu 'J h, Mjr V ,?j-Y'S CREAM BALM Kin V. i ,i n,t, the N"'"' p,""o"- Allnys fT,"lnbr"ne col.N, Ke.toren the :irJ.!l J' d Sme''- Thc ulul ' qutci"y A miii i I lve relief at once. srilH .' ''''. '"''PHed Intoesch no.trll,snd Is tauli " 1 rlcc' nts t DrnvR-it' or by ELY IlKirillKltS, M Wsrren Street, New York. .If BT-m ' vultu Dinin. IUM IHNNL UM 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK THE AUTOMATIC GALLOWS. Hanging Mudo Easy; or, Everj Man Hut Own Executioner. The now niltnmntU r.ntlnn.M , - vn adopted In Connecticut in pursnanco i inoinsL general assembly is considered an improvement in some' re spects on that of Colorado. By referenco to tho nceomnnnvlnir mt. tim ....m tho machino can bo easily understood. uu, uuorway can Do seen tho steel cage (G) in which tho condemned man passes his last days. A is tho platform under tho noose. It Is raised an eighth THE AUTOMATIC HANDING MACHINE. it an Inch nbovo tho level of tho floor, hardly enough to be noticeablobythomnn as ho steps upon It. Immediately three deputies will pinion tho man's legs, place tho cap over his head and adjust tho nooso. Tho warden occupies a position directly in front of the condemned man. In this position holms a clear view of tho prisoner, and also of a dial over tho door through which tho man must pass. Instantly tho platform settles a lever is Worked which releases nn ndjustablo slid ing valvo nt tho bottom of n cylinder (C), containing 60 pounds of shot. Liko tho sand In nn hourglass, tho shot runs out ot tho opening. This allows a plunger (B) to drop slowly into tho cylinder. As this falls it pulls a cord (E), attached to which Is a compound luvsr (F), nnd ulso works tho dial, giving warning as to tho prog ress of tho machine. This mechanism can bo set for any time desired. As the cord tightens and Is pulled downward by tho plunger It slowly opens tho compound lever, which at n certain angle, perfectly adjusted, pulls u bolt, and tho great dead weight (D) is released. As tho big weight falls down the grooved track to the ground under tho building tho hempen rope, running over pulleys on a cross beam (F), will quickly jerk tho condemned man seven feet into tho air. On tho drop thoro will bo a rebound, nnd tho man will bo suspended with his feet about two feet from tho floor. Tho mechanism is inclosed by a parti tion along tho entire side, so thut nothing can bo seen by tho condemned man except tho nooso. Tho machino works noiseless ly, and tho weight fulls upon soft dirt. WILL IT BE HEAVEN WITHOUT THEM t X Jersey Treacher Thinks Women Will Be Shut Out of Paradise. Rev. R. A. Motley of Jersey City seems to entertain n rather selllsh view of tho hereafter. Ho has decided that no women need apply nt tho gato of St. Peter nnd quotes tho following verses from Mark xil In support of ids conclusions: "Now t-hcro wcro seven brethren, and the first took a wife, nnd, dying, left no seed. And tho second took her and died, neither left ho nny seed, and tho third likowise. And tho seven hnd her and left no seed. Last of nil tho woman died nlso. "In tho resurrection therefore, when shey shuU rise, whoso wife shall sho bo of them, for tho soven had her to wife? And Jesus answering said unto them: Do yo not therefore err, because yo know not the Scriptures, neither tho power of God? For IiEV. n. A. MOTLEY. when they shall riso from tho dond thej neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are os tho angels which are In heaven." , .. Mr. Motlev reasons from this that wom en have no place in tho kingdom which Is ahead of us If wo lead the proper life. To further strengthen this passage of tho ' soven brethren," ho wants to know if tnv ono can point out to him nnywhero in ,1,0 Biblo where an nngel Is represented as a female. There are but few passages in which nngels' names are mentioned, and in every case it Is that of a male. The ,:vM Gabriel, Michael, In Revelation ind tho angels who enmo to see Lot at .-od!ii aro all mnsculino. Tho reverend gentleman sums the mat. tor up as follows: "Man was n.ndo for he Lloriflcation of God, and woman for th a f man. As there aro no heaven, there is no nectwor .w Crape on the Uoor For . MarrlaKe. t!.-.....a ! a iiroiirietor of a mlT,inerystorei, need street and his only daughter was um until Friday, when she marrted a man named Uu dberg of Marion W is. The marriage Eoenraged Simon, that he pur chased a crape rosette, which he natled he door of his store, and annonnceu o all comers that his ilangh or wasden.l He in apparently bfide Inniself with "nr t the marriage. He threw to-daughter-, trunk and all her apparel into Krirt.-MUw.nke. Cor..cago In Ur Ocean. ' W If Wlfl 37 LOMBARD STREET. 1 KoyoncgPhiladelphian looking at Lorn bard street below Third would suppos that CO yeare ago it was one of the fashion able faubourg, of the city, an offshoot ol Vitality HilL Front and Pine, where th most select of our commercial magnate awelt-and our merchants were magnates S.e-narsLouUClaPier eouW "tand on the bill at the foot of Lombard street and see live of his own ships sailing stately up the river. Every square rigged vtssel was known to the city boys, and the news tbnt the Cortlorcit or Voltaire was cominc in brought them to the wharves. Then were no tugboats, and ships used to go pas! the city under jib, main, topsails and spanker. It took rare seamanship to dc tins, and the Delaware bay mariners re garded themselves as first in the profession, speaking scornfully of Yankees as "spout rs" and "clam diggers." At this time we had a larger proportion of foreign merchnnts than now. Both 1 rench and Spanish dealers were engaued In trade and much respected for their prob ity and correct business habits. Among them M. Auguste Perron was at one time prominent. lie had come here about lsuf; and was a refugee from St. Domingo, al though a Frenchman by birth. Ilclived nt 87 Lombard street, and his neiirlil well to do people, mostly connected with shipping. M. Perron was ostensibly a West Indian utercuant anil liad undoubtedly in his lit tle 8 by 11) office on South Water street many samnles of enlnninl nmiinra kit ..- he always filled any orders he might have lurougu oiner nouses, his neighbors regard ed his business in this linens neither ex tensive nor profitable. He did receive con signments from the islands occasionally, but no samples of these were ever offered in open market, and as they were generally brought ashore by dark visnaed men with rings in their enrs, iu smnll bundles, it is fair to believe that the formality of passing them through the custom house was omit ted. M. Perron's credit had been badly shaken in tho commercial world by some thing that had happened a year before, and an nccount of this may throw some light on the character of his business. Mrs. Abner Gardner, wife of Captain Gardner, of Salem, Mass., looking into the window of Fletcher & Gardner, 130 Chest nut street, then the leading jewelers here. uua buuentd to fcvO therein displayed :i handsome sipphire ring which she hiid last seen on the linger of her husband when be saled from this port In the bark Venice nearly 18 months before for Pcrunmbuco. No intelligence had since come to her as to his fate, and she had given him up for lost No wonder, then, that this ring was to the poor woman n message from the sea. Messrs. Fletcher & Gardner admitted : once that it was one of numerous articles o' jewels nud plato thnt had been purchased from M. Perron, Cii Water street. Mrs. Gardner got the ring, nnd tho matter was hushed up, hut tho Jewelers declined to do business in future with M. Perron, and his compatriots, such as Mr. Louis Clnpier, passed him by with a pointed absence ol recognition, nnd people did not hesitate tc say that ho had been acting for years as agent for the West India picaroons and dis posing of their plunder. Then, ns now, justice wns harsh and uncompromising tc small offenders, while big ones escaped altogether. At this time there were firms iu Phila delphia of unimpeachable credit nnd re spectability thnt fitted out slavers ut Iln vnna nud made much money out of this terrible trallic Perron was perhaps t honest ns Stephen Girnrd, who wns once warned that if ho continued to supply Co lumbian privateers commanded by such ruffians ns Hurry McCabe, Abel Thomas and Captain Breed with munitions of war, the government would bring him to ac count. It is a part of sea history that one of his vessels engaged in this traflic. the Osprey, was the brig on which the hapless Roger Tichborne left Chili. She was never heard of again. Perron found his business shrinking nt a rate that made bankruptcy in the near fu ture more than probable. lie was sitting in his dingy ofiice one raw day in October, 1829, very disconsolate, when the door opened and hi stepped a tall gentleman dressed in the fashion of the time a dark green coat with wide skirts and high roll ing collar, embroidered vest with deep la pels, tight fitting pantaloons nnd hussar boots. With easy and rather contemptuous assurance he addressed the Frenchman in his own tongue: "My dear M. Perron, delighted to see you. I hnve the honor to bring you a let ter from a mutual friend which will ex plain my presence here. I will wait till you have read It." Then the stranger dropped into achnir and looked about hi in. Perron was a sturdy built little fellow, who looked ns if born without nerves, hut his hand shook perceptibly as he read the letter, and his voice trembled as he spoke: "Captain Revel, I am charmed to make your acquaintance. Say how I can serve you." The yUitor was not an ordinary looking person. He was evidently a powerful ninu, despite his fatdiionnble attire, but there was something nautical In bis looks; his fnco had evidently been tanned by tropic suns, and although the features were good there was something repellent about his gray green eyes. Cold ns lco, when seen through the half veiled lids, when suddenly opened they gave you tho startling impres sion that you saw another man. The thin lips smiled, but the evil eyes never. A long, livid seam that ran from the check hone Into tho hair was an intimation that the captain had seen sen-ice in his time. He regarded Perron with a long stare and said: "My friend, you are of course aware that our business south of the gulf has been annihilated. There is no longer any profit in it, so I have quit the service for good. I bring with me $40,000, and with this, a strong arm and a stout heart one should at least make a living ashore. Our friend as sures me that you are trustworthy. I will make it your Interest to serve me. Frankly, that is the only basis of confidence I accept. I will see you here tomorrow and we will confer together. So adieu for the present." Perron read nnd reread the letter, and murmured to himself: "Mon Dieu, if he shou Id be recognized by some of thej smart Yankee captains he is lost and my ruin would followl I wish the ruflian bad never came here." M. Perron's family consisted of two (laughters, the elder Hcrminie, a pale girl In very delicate health, while the youner, Julie, was a glorious beauty of the south ern type, full of life and vigor. She had been educated at Mme. Chantal's, on Spruce street. Not the least of her charms was a very sweet voice, that gave to her Creole English a melody contrasting strongly with that shrill nasal dissonance with which so many American girls speak the vernacular. Perron loved his daughter as much as he could anything thnt it was not possible to turn Into money, but he was muster in bis own household, as most Frenchmen are where there i no mother about, and the il ls were somew hat afraid of him. C'.it Julie had ninde up her mind that In one re gard .he would be her own mistress m authority, parental or otherwise, would make her marry other than the man sh loved, and old Penon would have gone out of hissenses had he known that his yuungei daughter had made up her mind who thai man was to be. Mis. Julie bad one bosom friend, F.IIeu Hardy, the daughter of Captain Hardy, an Englishman, who ruled bis household from the quarter deck and swore at Helen foi having anything to do with "them French Pcavamouches." But Helen bad a brothel Frank, a stalwart, resolute fellow of 2J, who was mate in one of bis father', ships, and bad for the last 10 year, adored Julit Perron. When a schoolgirl It used to emus Julie while comics bom. to tee Frank. great, broad shouldered boy, following tet from the other side of the street, aud he in his heart used to wish that some big fellow, a regular haul-bowline-man -o'-war sailor, would say something to Miss Julie, and Frank was sure that not for money would he siare that warrior's life. Julie was teaching music, and as her fa ther's fortunes waned her labors greet ly sustained the family finances. Although she nnd Fra-tk did not often meet, both un derstood that their future would not lx separated. One day Julie was cnlled into the parlor and found there her father and n tall gen tleman dressed, "a la mode," and to him she was formally introduced. His name was Ravel. His manner was exceedingly offhand, as if he were in the society of in feriors, and after ono look at his cold glassy eyes the girl couceived a hearty aversion to her father's friend. He was evidently impressed by her ap pearance, and at once put on an air ol familiarity that made Julie very angry, but there was nuot her sentimeut t hat moved her as strongly, and that was fear. Who was this associate of her father's; what was his character nud businessf She knew somethingof his affairs, and her heart beat with apprehension lest this deadly looking stranger might be one of those lawless ad venturers who had already got him into trouble, nor was her father's manner re assuring. He seemed afraid of his guest, and addressed him with a depreciating air, very different from his usual bluff, off baud habit. Perron had profited in some way by the captain's coming, as ho was enabled to take up certain bills otherwise unproviiled for. For the next two weeks Ravel was a daily visitor to tho house, nnd Julie could not mistake his attentions. Her marked indif ference ut times seemed to anger the man, and the seam on his face grew red and his eyes lit up with nn expression that was ap palling. He said little about himself, but explained his familiarity with English, which he spoke better than French, by say ing that his youth was spent in England. At length the crisis came. One day Per ron called his daughter into his room, care fully closed the door and said: "My daugh ter, I have something to say to you. My affairs are lu such a condition that I can escape ruin only through you." Poor Ju lie's heart stood still. "Captain Ravel wishes to make yon his wife. Ho is an honorablo gentleman, rich and highly respected, and he will assist me as your busoanu, but, uuL uuiuiniac You owe me the obedience duo a parent, nnd will, no doubt, meet my wishes. Captain Ravel will speak . you today." Her fa ther's manner was stern and menacing, and ho seemed to think chat no decison was nec essary. All of Julie's courage evaporated, aud without a word she left the room. The captain did speak, and with nn nir that indicated no expectation of a repulse. "He would do his best to muke Miss Julio happy, and they would spend their honey moon in England, where be bad relatives who would be delighted to welcome a bride so beautiful." The girl had regained her courage, nud ufter speaking of her father's crsnmnnds said llnuly thnt before taking so important a step sho would need a week for deliberation. Ravel scowled nnd said: "Well, a week no longer. Pardon a lover's impatience." Two days before this Frank Hardy hnd returned from Havana, nnd was posted by his sister, who was in daily communication with Julie Perron. Helen received her brother's proposition to start out at once and make smithereens of the captiuln with scornful levity. "Go nwny, you great donkey. You'll spoil everything. Let us women munoge our own affairs." In the meantime tho captain, sauntering down the street humming a tune, was somewhat disturbed by meeting a broad shouldered young fellow with big brown eyes who scowled nt him ferociously, caus ing the captain to slip his band under his coattails, where his pistol rested, but Frank Hardy restrained his desire "to break the infernal Picaroon's neck, nnd passed on. Other eyes were watching the captain, how ever, nnd in certain quurters lie was an ob ject of much interest. Ono morning tho captain made hisap pearance nt the Perron mansion most gor geously dressed In a lace.l cravat and claret colored dress coat, much license in colors being permitted gentlemen in those days. "Miss Julie is dressing and will be down iu a short time," said Perron. Miss Julie did not come, aud soon after Perron ordered the servant to call Miss Julie. Bock she came. "Bless tho Lord, Miche Perron, she ain' in her room. She done lef the house." The captain made one step, placing bis back against the door. "See here, by heaven!" he said, "if you play me false, you hound, I'll have your" Before he could conclude the door was driven open wl h a force that hurled Ravel flat on tho table, crashing the china and vuse3. Before he could recover a strong hand was laid on his collar. "Tho game's up, McConnick. 1 am United States marshal for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, and I arrest you for piracy and murder on the high sens." Behind John Conrad, the mnrshal, were four powerful niau-o'-wnr sailors full) armed. The prisoner grasped for his pis tols, but was handled roughly and in irons in a second. Bespoke not a word, but the look he gave his captors was deadly. Yes, "Captain Ravel" was Bart McCor mick, wanted for the last ten years foi more cruelties and murders than could bi counted on the fingers of both hands. A captain of the patriot privateer Pluto he had shed blood like water, and now Lis time was come. Commodore Dnvid Portet bad driven him out ot the gulf, and thh brought him to Philadelphia, lie was given up to the British authorities, as he was sub ject to their jurisdiction, nnd a month after was banging off "Gallows' point," Ja ma lea, Julie married Frank Hardy, and ho took ber home, where she was made welcome by the fumily, the old Turk of a father being away in Java. Hcrminie died shortly after, and old Perron, gathering what prop erty he could, sailed for Porto Rico, ami these facts justified the boys 60 years ago in pointing out his house as the former resi dence of "Captain William Kidd." P. I) Haywood iu Philadelphia Times. A Cat's Trip to India. A good cat story, says the London cor respondent of the Yorksliiro Post, comes from Bombay. In August a Liverpool resi dent proceeding to Bombay took out with him a cat which be Intended to present to a friend In India, Some days after the ar rival of the steamer In Bombay pussy was missed, and though she was searched for high aud low she was nowhere to be found. Her owner had quite given her up for lost when he received intelligence from Eng land that the cat bail made ber appearance at her old Liverpool borne as calm nud col lected as though a trip to India nnd back was quite in the ordinary course of ber life. The facts are vouched for by a Bombay pa per, and there is no reason to doubt their substantial accuracy, but it is not made clear whether the cat was not stowed away in the steamer in which she went out to In din and carried back on Its return voyage In the ordinary course. Under any cireiun stances her adventures are, however, sufil ciently remarkable to deserve recording. Congressman Tom Johnson of Ohio it always ready for a fight when any one calls him "Thomas." Tom is the proper name given him by hit sponsor., and be doesn't want it lengthened by any over polite friend. Counting np his salary and all hi. al lowances for expenses, President Harri son received from the government ex actly $376,800 during bis term. A RAL LWZ GHOST. The Kxpericace or n Brother Who Bad Made a Solemn Compact. "You don't believe in ghostsf Don't, elif I once knew a man who didn't believe in balloons. His reason was just the same n. yours he bad never seen one." It was Rob ert I. Tomlinson, and his audience was a group of incredulous gripsack pilgrims as sembled iu the Lindell corridors. "Did I ever see a ghost t Well, I kinder cackalnte I did, and 'twant none o' your handuiade-to-ordeiwhile-you-wait ghosts either, lent me tell you. You 'member the Ashtabula railroad wreck? Well, It was the night after that affair that I held my materializa tion seance. I was living in Dayton. I hnd a cousin, a graceless scamp named Jack Doolittle, who's been punished for his sins by being sent to the legislature and getting caught in the matrimonial nooso four times. It's bnrd to hold a grudge ag'in a fellow sinner ns has had to wrastle with four mothers-in-law. Well, when Jack and I were going through the itgony o' raisiu our first mustaches we formed a solemn compact that the one who kicked the bucket first should come back and tell the other all about it, nnd how he liked it ns fnr as he'd got. "I received a telegram one day that Jack had been killed in the Ashtabula wreck. I had been worrying about him, for he was traveling In that territory. Well, sir, it broke me all up. We had chummed for 10 years, and one night shared the same load o' shot In a watermelon patch. We had been engaged to the same girl and hnd lost our money on the same political candi date. I went to bed that night feeling pretty blue nnd wondering if Jack would show up according to contract. I was in hopes he wouldn't. I liked him well enough in life, but I hnd no inclination to associate with spirits that couldn't be bottled. About 3 o'clock I woke up, and hang me If Jack wasn't sitting on the edge of the bed. The room was filled with a blue, flickering light, in which his face showed more ghost ly than the front elevation of an Egyptian mummy. "Scientists say that It's all bosh about a man's hair getting a hump on itself when he's scared. That's all they know about It. My flesh seemed to creep nnd crawl, and every individual hair on my head rose to a point of order. My heart came up anil pounded against my teeth, and my tongue went on a strike. Tho ghost sat there looking nt me with a stony stnro for full two minutes. I Jut couldn't stand the pressure. I sprang out of bed and went through tho window in ono time and two motions. Tho air was chilly, and I was aft tired in only my nightgown. I stood It as long as I could, nnd then I sneaked bock and peered into the room. AH wns dark. I climbed in nnd tumbled into bed. 1 found it occupied. The ghost had actually gone to bed and proposed to make a night of It. I made another dive for the window, but my visitor caught hold of tho narrative of my 'robe do sham' and drugged me back 1 was demoralized, terror stricken. "I began to yoop like a I'iuto Indian on the warpath or a picnio girl who hnd dis covered a garter snnko. Then Jack said, 'Como to bed, you blanked old fool.' Dead? Not by u good deal. Ho had sneaked in, poured hnlf a pint of iMgnno into the wash bowl, set It afire, nnd tint down to stnro me into convulsions. Let's go git a lemonade. It gives me the hysteria to think about thnt night. Snnio to youl" St. Louis Globo-Democrnt. The First Iloopukirts. Hoopskirts first appeared in 1H30. Ar iron cage was prepared, nnd the skirt? wire stretched over it. Tho cago vn tipped to ono side, tho lady crawled tin derueath, nnd the cago wns fastened V: htrr wuist by a strong lcnttor bolt. Th; iv 1'trivanco often wcighe-1 nn much a' 40 pounds. Ynnkee Blade. THK LAND OP PKOMISK la the mlRhty Went, the land thnt "tickled with a hoe IhiikIis a harveat;" the Kl Doraito ol the miner; i lie koiiI ol the suriculttiral eniUmnt. While it teema wlih all the element ( wuMllh and prosp'Tity, tome ol the tulreat mid most i i til t fill portions ol It bear a harvest ol mnlaria reaped in its fullness by those unprntect d bv a medicinal safeKiiard. Nn one seeking nr dwell ing iu a maliinat locality is sal (ion the scourge without Hostetter s Stomach Hitlers Km'Knints, bear this in mind. Cnmmeclal travelers sojourning In malarious regions honld carry a bottle of the Bltti-rs In the traditional gripsack. Agilnst ihe i-ff- cts of exposure, men lal nr bodily oreiwork, damp and tinwhnhanme (nod or water. It la an inialflble defense. Cnu stlpntlnn, riieiimtlsm, hiliousneas, dyspepsia, i ervousness and losnt strenulh are all reme died by tbla genial restorative. Clerk That's what we rail our No. 4 guest chair, maila n. How do you like It? Customer I am alrald It Isn't uncomfortable enough. STOOD TUB TEST. Allcock's Pobods Plasties are nn ap proachable in curative properties, rapidity and safety of notion, and are the only re liable plaster, ever produced. They have successfully stood the test of over thirty years' use by the public; their virtues have never been equaled by imitators who have sought to trade upon the reputation of in ciicb's ny niaaing piasters with Hole in them and claiming tliHn to be " lust as good as Allcock's," and they stand to-day indorsed by not only th highest medical authorities, but by millions of grateful pa tientn who have proved their elllcacy as a uuuHPiiiM'i remedy. Beware ot imitations. Ask fur All. cock's, and do not be persuaded to accept a liniliuie. Brakdretii's Pills will purify the blood. " Did yon ever try the (alth euro, Tnmpklnsf" "Yes; It cured me, too." "Whutott" "Faith In the faith cure.' TAKE STEPS In time, if you are a suf ferer from that scourge of humanity known aa consumption, and you can be cured. There is the evidence of hundreds of liv ing witnesses to the fact that, in all its early stages, consuinn-' tion is a curable disease. Not every case, but a large percentage of cases, and we believe, fully 98 per cent, are cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, even after the disease has pro gressed so far as to induce repeated bleed ings from the lungs, severe lingering cough with conious expectoration (including- tu bercular matter), great loss of flesh and ex treme emaciation and weakness. Do you doubt that hundreds of such case, reported to us as cured by " Golden Med ical Discovery " were genuine cases of that dread and fatal disease ? You need not take our word for it. Thev have, in nearl v everv instance, been so pronounced by the beat ana most experienced Dome physicians, who have no interest whatever in mis representing them, and who were often strongly pre It a trial of ,fC but who have been forced to confess that It surpasses, in curative power over this fatal malady, all other medicine with which they are acquainted. Nasty cod liver oil and its filthy "emulsions" and mixtures, bad been tried in nearly all these cases and had either utterly failed to bene fit, or had only Kerned to benefit . little for a snort time, extract 01 malt, wniskey, and various preparation, of the hypo- fihosphiles bad also been faithfully tried n vain. The photographs of a large number of tnose cured ot consumption, bronchitis, lingering- coughs, asthma, chronic nasal catarrh and kindred maladies, have been skillfully reproduced in a book of 160 pages wnico will be mailed to you, on receipt of address and six cent. In stamps. You can then write to those who have been cured and profit by their ex verience. Address for Book, Wo.LD's DnriN.A Urfaa Imeitian, aal, N. t. Jr i THE HIGHEST OF HONORS To Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder at the Great Fain. For leavening power, keepingqnalitles, purity and general excellence the World's Fair jurv decided that Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder had no equal. On each of its claims it was awarded a first prize or a diploma. All the baking powders entered for prizes were subjected to a most exhaustive examination, and the ! jury was the best equipped to make the 1 decision of any ever got together. Their j verdict was supported by the testimony ; of Pr. II. W. Wilev, chief chemist of the United Mates Department ol Agri culture at Washington. Dr. Wiley is an expert on food products and the highest authority on such matters in America. This verdict settles a long-debated Ques tion as to which among the manv baking powders is the best Chicago Tribune. Note. Since the foregoing was pub lished the World's Fair triumph has been confirmed by Hinhest Award and Gold Medal at the California Midwinter fair. ' " Who are the vi-ttors over t Blinker's Tola- tires T" " No, they can't be, I ir the whole luiu- ny seemed gi a to see inem." HOW'S THIS I We offer One Hundred Dollars' reward for nv tasenl o tarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh cure. r. J. C11KNKY A Co., Tol.-do, o. We, Ihe andcraigi'el. hav known F. J Che ney (or 'he last tll'eeu y.ars, and biliee him p- rfi et y honorable in all busiue-a trail aotlnns aim tinan lal'y able to ca rr out an "blUsllous maue uy ineir nrin. rvr.ar & l iu A.. Wholeaa'e Druggists, Toledo, O, WAl.NINO, KINNAN & MAItVIN, Wholpflulp ilrtiraiKta Tol-wlo. O. Hall's Catarrh cure Is taken liilern-llr, a. ling directly upon the blond and mucous surfaces of the system, 'le-tlinonlals sent free, l'riue 75 ceuis per uoiue. sola oy ail druggists. Pnlr lual,Llberal, Social and Political Reform' era' Hooks: send lor dialogue. V. K. Jonss, zui Aiuer street, rnrtiaua, ur. OMBuameiinRHUive folisn; uo dust, no smell. Tbt O.hhia for breakfast. It's Hood's that Cures Tlie combination, proportion und process by which Hood's Barsaparilla is prepared are peculiar to it""!f. 1'i rocord of cures is unequalled. Its sales are the largest in the Hood's Sarsa parilla w o r 1 a . luo testimonials re ceived by Its prp Cures Ha dims an, iitniarnlli.lnil in Tiewrs ry 1119 iiiudre1,tt'llluf 'lie story that Hood's SarsA-mrllla Curs aro uiioaralleleil (be history o( mudielue,aud thev aro solid (acts Hood's Pills cure Constipation, Indigestion un AnaimwnhlnTjlTntlvAand N l."l) V F 'IV1M m Bold by Drugglstsor sent by mall. 6o.,6ua, and $1.00 per package. Samples free. AT f TfsfS The Favorite TOOTH PWIH llf 11. V for tho Tooth and ilroaUi.Hio. Children will not develop uniformly unless they get sufficient nourishment, They will be thin, weak, hollow-chested. Scott's Emulsion the Cream or Cod-liver Oil and Hypophosphltes, over comes the tendency toward thinness and makes children 6trong and healthy. Physi cians, the world over, endorse it, Don't be deceived bv Substitutes! ?nparid b Soott 4 Bawas. M. V All lirugiUts, IEN DR. LIEBIC & CO., Special Doctors for Chronic. Private and Wasllog Diseases. Dr. Llehlic'n tnvlsrnrntnr th tft Mtmrit fa HemU I WVaW iifrta, I ..m of Mumood fttid 1'rtvalc IHnr-ftpten. Ovrcomq pmmatureiiptM mul prepHrvn 'I f-.r mar-rUg llfo'n duller,, plfttniireft iuci vnnm filbllltien: 11 L rift 1 b til g veu or free to kdv one deMTlhinff j niptonm ; call t adit run- 400 lf ary ?. , pi it viitisMiiv oiMuu ot,, Bau g rancirtco. Portland Easiness College ssnuus, Miaow, a. r. aanmsm. Psm I, a Waam (as Otxn sll th Tssr. Smdsnis ad aaitlad at any tlma. Inalinctloo in common school and comn.srcial traaekas. .honbanil. typewriting, sic. Collsob rsusHAL ana spociaMnsel panmsnshlp ssalrw IflVltIR IMSTITIITF l1 v"")" in in h 1 1 vii i v i j nan rraiiciftcn, Hoke l Hoar.: ink Ho ool for Ufrli, Eighteenth Fur i.luittrfttod oh ti. tortile add rem 1LKV. fcUW. IS, CULKC1I, A. M., Principal. ."Of: AND TYPIfiW KITING OFFICK. Thorough system anil Instruction; good loneli eia; low terms; sum I time; pnsltloiis to coin pi-ieiiu. Mall onli-rs eorelully anil promptly atteniied to. For further imrtlculms call mi oi aildress KDi lll A. HKvWn, 42 Hamilton bullillng, Portland, Or. , FOR LADIES ! 100 IN JOI.I will be paid bytlieKooh Oheuileal Co. lor any case ol lemale weeklies, that will not yield to UK. J. 8. Kih.II'h AN 1 1 8KPT1C HANATiVkK 1'UAllKR. price 11.00 per bin. Fur sale by all druggists. f. l beno, auufacturliis; Jeweler a n u IAMO.ND HKTTKK. All kinds of lewelrv made to order snil fa. paired at reasonable rates. Hooins S and 10, tu'i Washington street, 1'ortlaud, Or. niLlFOHKIl UTERINE TONIC II tfvHt iiuajH item i'U y or Fkmai.k Um v lor ri UAi.it ajutKAJtvii. I4trly Air en U, wan ltd In uvltv town. A.liir i;mi. i trii0 ionic i;qui paujr, 406 Butter itret, ban Franclico. "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR GAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES SAPOLIO MALARIA I Try If. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with 'ess expenditure, by more promptly ulaptine the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest '.he value to health of the pure liquid uxntive principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to tjie taste, the refreshing nnd trulj beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with tlie approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly frco from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Fipt is for sale by all drug gists in 60c ami $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whoso name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, und being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. PORTLAND WIRE IND IRON WORKS, 834 Alder street, Portland, Or. f llilllllLltl I 1.1 Bank and Office Railing,, PruneOrmlers, fruit Dipping Baskets and all kinds ol Wire aud Iron Work. Bond for ciituluKue. mi mma wife Nsrsr has trouble with bread made with Golden West Baking Powder It Is absolutely pure. CLO88KT i UEVKR3, the makers, Portland, Or., guarantee every can. WANT YOU TO BEND 84 cents in stamps to IIITIt M Unwl, itr. 414-418 Front Htroet, Sim Francisco, Cal. Will eiiu in ruiurn i emu. iiiiiiiiaercu ei, 1 pair ladles' taffeta glove-, tan or gray. 1 pilr 'Ma FhIICV Homo. 1 lad es' nr irlrls' lllllrlmmnil Mm. our choice, and one copy oi 1 16-pnge Home fY ele, contains ntmiy thousand pictures and prices telling how to get over hard times. Mention this paper. IF SO, YOU WILL FIND THE BIG FOUR ROUTE THE BEST LINE VESTIBULE TRAINS. ELEGANT DlnlNC CARS. QUICK TIME. Ask lor Tickets via Big Four Route. c. d. Mccormick, o. b. martin, ass. Trafflo Manager. Qen. Pas.. A Tit. Aft CINCINNATI. T OBTAIN BEST V PATENTS JN ALL. COUNTRIES T HflUFic CDAST OFFICI aMMBNrcoMEiiY.sry r BAN FRwNCISCO CAL Cat this out) It won't appear efsln. W. L. Douglas $3 SHOE IS) THC BEST. NOaOUEAKINOi 5. CORDOVAN, r nLiin w civ'iCLi-LU wvr. Va.VFlNECAlf&KKNOWloa S.V P0LICE.3 Soles. EXTRA FINE. ""S 2.l.3 BrrriScHOOLSHQEa LADIES' 3."-b;;donsoi. .A SEND FOR CATALOGUE """ft BROCKTON, MASS. Tea can save money by wearing the W. L. Don.ln. 113.00 Bhee. Because, we are tbs largest manufacturers re? ns gradeof aboes In the world, anil guarantee the ralue by stampltig tho name and price on tl e ottom, which protect you agalnat high prices and the middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custom arork in style, easy Suing and wearing qualities, se have thorn sold ersrywhere si lower prices for the value given than any other make. Take no sub Itltute. II your dsalar cannot supply you, we oao. DR.MURAT'SpiLLsf WniM'a Harm Prlin4. Nvtr Fall AImoIhI! MalV. Th Orrfel K ranch usm. Kanieilr. V fiir.lf V.TuM. Mtrwalotit TMtimoulftlt. Hww b4 Uil bo". "Wiikiin'i Krifn4," mr miapon for Hmw Pre. DU. ML' 11 VI MtUl;KCO4lliAU,CI-.l--ftU.0. THE GREATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERT OF THE CENTURI. ASTHMA DR. HAIR'S "AJC "VR Why suffer when I will ' -- send you free, a full size SMM bottle of my Aaihma Cure, ll you will aluiply pay expreei charges on delivery. A vnlliaole Treatise OL Asthma, llroncliltla snd liny Fever mnlled free. Bv. B. W. II A I It, SU W.lh ML 'lnelMall,0. If. P. N. U. No. 6648. F. N. TJ. No. 641 CWWj DO ic If you TRAVEL? sr r-jr w DO YOU iEEL BAD? UOK8 YOUR BACK srhe? Tops fcverv stop awm a burden T Van neod MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY.