A SIDE from the fact that the
cheap baking powders contain
alum, which causes indigestion and
other serious ailments, their use is
extravagant.
It takes three pounds of the best
of them to go as far as one pound
of the Royal Baking Powder, be
cause they are deficient in leavenino
gas. There is both health and econ
omy in the use of the Royal Baking
Powder.
ROYALBAIWjQPOWDF.H CO.,
The Error of an Interviewer.
"I could write a book," nays M. Zola,
"called "l'lie Errors of My Interviewers.'
The funniest mistake ever made by any of
tliem wan perpetrated by De Aniieis, the
well known Italian writer. In an adjoin
ing room when he Interviewed nie were
two puppies, who were playing and bark
big. DeAmicis mistook the yelps of these
doira for children's cries, and he imparted
to the world in his interview that I was the
happy father of two bouncing babies."
Bound to Bell Them.
Crusty Customer You Ray those classes
re three times as valuable as I wear. I
can't see iu
Erio;it Salesman Certainly not, with
thoso imperfect old glosses. Jewelers'
Weekly.
TO PUT ON
needed flesh, no mat
ter how you've lost
it, take Dr. Fierce s
Golden Medical Dis
covery. It works
wonders. By restor
ing the normal ac
'tion of the deraneed
organs and functions,
u duuus tne tlesli up
to a safe and healthy
sianuaru promptly,
pleasantly and nat
urally. The weak,
emaciated, thin, pale
and tmnv are made
Btrone;, plump, round and rosy. Noth
ing so effective as a strength restorer
and flesh maker is known to medical sci
ence; this puts on lieallhv flesh not the fat
of cod liver oil and its filthy compounds.
It rouses every organ of the body to ac
tivity, purifies, enriches and vitalizes
the blood so that the body feels refreshed
and strengthened. If you are too thin, too
weak, too nervous, it mav be that the fond
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fat foods in the blood. Too often the liver
holds back this clement which would help
digestion. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery stimulates, tones up and invig
orates the liver, nourishes the blood, and
the muscles, stomach and nerves get the
rich blood they require.
Spent Hundreds of Dollars with no Benefit.
M.J. Coleman of j? Sargent St., Roxbury,
Mass., writes : " After
suffering from dyspepsia
iw wiinujumun wi'.n un
told R"ony for nt least 18
months, I am more than
pleased to say that after
usim? Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and
'Pleasant Pellets '"for one
mouth, I was entirely
cured, mid from that clay
to this I do not know,
thank God, what even a
slight headache is. I paid
a doctor on 'Fremont St.,'
Boston, iu one day (for
liis advice only,) the sum
mediciiie, and derived no M- J- Coleman, Esq.
benefit. I pot more relief in one hour from your
medicines, as far as my stomach was concerned,
than from all the other media ne I used.
If any person who reads this is suffering from
dyspepsia or constipation and will use your
medicine as I have done, he will never regret it."
of disease feed on life, and
are only overcome by the
making of sound, healthy
tissue.
Scott's
Emulsion
the Cream of Cod-liver Oil,
is an easy, palatable fat food
that makes new tissue quick
ly and gives strength. 'Phy
sicians, the world over, en
dorse it.
Don't bs deceived by Substitutes!'
rroparod by Soott A Bowne, N. Y. All Droggltt
Dr. Williams' Indian Pile
i Ointment will cure Blind,
'Bleeding nr.d Itching Piles.
the itching at once, nets m a P"ul-
wce, gives insiani reuei.
I Inms' Indian Pile Ointment Is prepare.
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t'IM, bv mall on rccnint of pric . f-'l conn
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108 WALL ST., NEW-YORK.
H. RIDER HAGGARD AT HOME.
Happy iifc f the KOVPlst Kt ni8 Country
Dome, IJUihlnglium House.
H. Rider Haggard, the novelist who
wroto 'She" in six weeks and wna re
warded by worldwido fame and a comfort
ablo fortuno, hus found nioro terrors con
nected with tho Hon buntcrg of London
than the lion hunting of tho dark conti
nent, and has permanently abandoned his
town house in London for his country scat
In Norfolk, wlicro ho can, undisturbed, do
voto himself to agriculture, stock raising,
pood shooting and profitable novel writ
ing. Mr. Haggard is nowa country squire,
a gentleman luruiur and uu euLLiiJastlo
sportsman, nnd his talk savors mora of
farming and live stock than it docs of fic
tion and literature.
Ditchinghnm House, his country place,
Is about luO years old and Is 6unoundod
fcy ns many acres as it has scon years. It
b a quaint, picturesque place, and just the
lort of homo such an Imaginative and ro-
1
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A NEW POItTIlAIT OT II. IIIDKIS 1IA0GAKD.
mantio writer as Haggard thoroughly en
joys. Tho Haggard household consists of
tho novelist, his charming wife, their two
littlo daughters, half a dozen servants and
sevornl big dogs of tlio nmstiil breed. Tho
master of Ditchinghnm House docs very
httlo literary work In summer, and his
mornings nro spent in looking after the
affairs of his farm or in shooting. Ho Is
an excellent marksman and is quite n pio
turesquo figure ns ho strolls through bis
gamo preserves clad in n brown shooting
jacket nnd knickerbockers and with his
doublo barreled shotgun ready for use the
Instant a grouso breaks cover. Ho has n
tall, athletic, sturdy figure, tho flush of
health Is on his sunburned faco, and ho
hardly looks tho 87 years Father Time has
credited him with.
Mr. Haggard docs most of his writing
In tho winter time, nnd when ho shuts
himself In his study in tho afternoon or
evening It is ono of tho Ironclad rules of
tho household that ho must not bo inter
rupted. His den is a spacious apartment,
containing two tables, at which tho novel
ist writes, and the library shelvesnro filled
With historical books. Ho has his plot
well formulated Ixforo he begins writing,
nnd when ho takes up his pen works with
great rapidity. Mr. Haggard Is a reli
gious man and every morning before break
fast rends a chapter from tho old family
Biblo to tho assembled family nnd serv
ants. When his novel Is to bo of a his
torical character, ho spends months in
study and usually makes a personal visit
to tho country In which tho seeuo of the
proposed romanco is to be laid.
Earlier Beginning of Presbyopia.
m. :;., i,na rpcpntlv been expressed
by some experienced opthalmologists thnt
presbyopia, or the long sightedness of old
age iu which near objects cannot be dis
.. ,inl,. lielil at n considerable
distance from the eye, begmsnt tho present
day earlier than was lormeriy me uie. r.u
.!..-r,n tlie snbieet exist nsyet.
One of the" most reliable observers in this
line states thnt Ins experience wi ur
l i ,.,,tnrv lends him to believe
that both men and women now seek uid
from glasses nt an earlier period of life than
did their ancestors. -New ovk Tribune.
A Story of Two ramlllcs.
. nn.,iiwnfi was thnt of the
i t t, rnmin I.n'lish ladles who
ran away to America with two of their
tather'sboiulservant. Tbej afterward re
turned and were forgiven. It U recorded
that in niter years a young lady who was
descended from one 01 i .,u.w."v.
refused James Buchanan because he was
only a "briefless barrister," and a descend
ant of the other sister scorned the proposal
nf a struggling young lawyer who aftor
rf1Sie chli justice of Pennsylvania.
-Edward Eggleston in Baltimore bun.
Welcome Oilora.
No odor of the year is fuller of homely
pleasure than that of the preserving kettle.
epitomizes and embodies " thecom
fnrts of home," the warmth of tho hearth,
he Shelter of' the roof the brightness of
he home lights tbrouyl. the r
he sweet of togethenie.-who does not rc
a'ize them nil, however unconsciously, and
grow worm about the heart as the subli
mated rich fruitinc. of peach and plum
and I pipe snlutesone at the opened doorf
Bohton Commonwealth.
A roltl'fel Sennnt.
Carlvle told me once of a lawsuit pending
fn Scotland affecting the succession to a
p at t state of which he had known some
thing. The case depended on a family
."'"it known only to one old servant, ho
refund to reveal It. A kirk minister was
sent to tell bcr A, most speak on per.l of
he" soul. ' Peril of my muII" she mi l.
"7nd Vouldye put the honor ol '. ..
B-irisli family In competition with the
ffi . , oor cUtur. like mer-frouriV.
Oxford Lecture.
Fnlnoza'i favorite amncment was to set
nidem to fighting, ami ne wouiu la .u
KrfeiiMlrrt UboldlngtUIr ferocious
struggle
:THE ilAKRTOG AGE.
EFFECT OF MARRIAGE ON THE DEATH
RATE OF INFANCY.
Both, the nride and Brldecroom Slay Be
Over Thirty and Under Fifty With Ad-vantaCe-Herr
Koro.l Da. Deduced
Some Interesting; Fieuret.
The mortality of young children is yearly
decreasing. The decrease is ascribed to
Various causes. Some say that it is due to
progressive improvement in the human
"r. umers attribute it to an increase of
proper precaution in the care of the voung.
btill others contend that the cause of fewer
deaths among children is to be found in no
longer permitting them to eat unsuitable
tood nnd to wear unsuitable clothing.
Few infer from the present rate of mor
tality that tha marriages of parents have
been made at more proper ages. Yet in
vestigation by scientific men has proved
that if hereditary diseases be excepted
there is nothing so dangerous to the life of
a child as the marriage of its father and
mother at certain ages.
It is only recently that any inquiry'into
this subject has been undertaken. But the
results which have thus far been obtained
are such as to show that men and women
must marry at particular stages of their
lives if their offspring is to be mentally
and physically sound.
It is-to Herr Korosi, the head of the' sta
tistical department at Buda-Pesth and al
ready well known for the importance and
accuracy of the conclusions he has arrived
at from statistical inquiries iu other fields,
that we are indebted for the discovery of
this new factor in determining the welfare
of the human race. The results which he ob
tained from a casunl examination some 10
years ago of the relations existing between
the mortality of children nnd the various
ages at which their parents were married
were so striking that they induced hira to
make a more exhaustive investigation.
Forthe past 10 years, therefore, Dr. Korosi
hus been careful to ascertain, whenever the
death of a child was registered, tho ages of
its father and mother, ns well as that of the
child and tho cause of Its death. He has
noted in nil 29,813 separate cases, which, in
making his deductions, he divides into two
distinct classes, the deaths caused by heredi
tary diseases and the deaths caused by dis
eases which wero contracted after birth.
The former class is manifestly of the great
est importance for his purpose.
As the condition of the mother is evident
ly more instrumental than that of the fa
ther in its effect upon the child Herr Korosi
has compiled his first table on the results
gained from observations of tho mother's
ago merely.
The statistics in this instance aro:
Ago of Mothers. Percentage of Deaths.
Under iJO years
20 to 30 years 1 wi
80 to 35 years 12.85
Over 35 years 13.45
Deaths resulting from tuberculosis were
eliminated from these calculations.
From this table it is evident that the
most desirable age, as far as the health of
her children is concerned, for n woman to
marry is between the nges of SO and 85, the
mortality of children resulting from mar
riages at that age being but 1D.35 per cent.
It also appears that a woman should mnrry
when she is more than 35 years old rather
than when she is between 20 nnd SO years of
ase.
Mothers under 20 years cf age are, accord
ing to statistics, more liable to bear sickly
children than at any subsequent period in
their life.
Tho mortality of children by women in
their teens is nearly doublo that of those
whose mothers were married between 80
and US years.
Concerning deaths due to tuberculosis
and atrophy, the statistician finds that
twice as ninny deaths result from consump
tion and three times as many deaths from
atrophy when the mothers are under iiOas
when they are over the age of 20.
Herr Korosi also recognizes thnt the
physical nnd mental condition of a father
leaves, to tho same extent, its impress on
his children. He has accordingly prepared a
table of greater length showing tho results
of tho "age combination" of both parents.
Men are slower in developing than women;
hence tho relative difference between their
ages in the table:
Percentage of
Age of Age of Dcutlis l'rom
Fathers. Mothers. Uterine Causes.
30 to 40 80 to ar 12.0;
20 to 30 80 to a5 12.30
Over 50 over 05 12.68
30 to 40 over 05. 13.81
80 to 40 20 to 30. 13.31
40 to 50 over 35. 13.38
20 to 30 20 to CO. 15.30
40 to 50 80 to 85 15.40
Over 50 SO to ft". 17.54
40 to 60 20 to 80. 18.51
20 to 30 over 85. 18.R9
Over 60 20 to 80 21 .21
20 to JO under 20 .21.71
80 to 40 under 20. 7.83
It will be seen from tho table that the
best results are obtained from a marriage
when the father is from 80 to 40 yearsof age
and when the mother is from SO to 85 years
old that is to say, when both parties to the
marriage are in the prime of life. If, how
ever, the mother be of the prescribed age
and tho father slightly under 80 years, the
result is nearly tho same.
The most important deduction which can
be made from these statistics is that men
between the ages of 80 and 40 cannot with
safety to their offspring contract marriages
with women under 20, the rate of mortality
in this case being no less than 27.88 per
cent. Thisdeduction is of exceptional Im
portance because of the murked decrease in
marriages of that nature at the present
time.
Marriages when the man is between 40
and 50 years old and the woman between 20
and 30 years old, which are also of frequent
occurrence, are likewise shown to be detri
mental to the Issue.
lastly, it is proved thnt it is unwise for a
man who has passed the age of 50 to marry
a young woman, or for a woman who is
more than 85 years old to marry a man
under SO.
In general it may be said that marriages
when the contracting parties are both
young, or when there is a difference of more
than 15 yetrs between the contracting
parties, are likely to prove dangerous to the
healthy propagation of the human race.
These statistics Herr Korosi has of
course calculated from local observations.
Investigation proves, however, that they
apply with equal force to other countries
and latitudes of the globe. In northern
tlimates they apply indeed with greater
force.
In regard to the average age of marriage
in the different countries statistics show
that In England It is for men 27.7, for wo
men 25.5 years; In Scotland for men 28.6, for
women 23.7; In Ireland for men 20.9, for wo
men 25.2; In France fur men 30.2, for women
24.0; in Italy for men 30.2, for women 23.4;
in Prussia for men 20.2, for women 26, and
In Russia for men 23.2, and for women 21.05.
A comparison of these ages shows Herr
Korosl's deductions to be reasonable. New
York Evening Sun.
In sculpture did any one ever call the
Apollo a fancy piece, or say of the Lao
coon how it might be made different? A
masterpiece of art has to the mind a fixed
place in the chain, as much as a plant or
crystal. tmerson.
I For young persons whose happiness lies
, in outdoor life and the study of nature, no
' department of natural science offers a more
inviting and promising Held than applied
entomology.
IVl.t. 1 n k.l.l .l, .. .. I
UUIO IU IW'H tUVIft MM, JHU.U BM 1A Cb.-
haust their capacity for loving before they ',
I bave reached an age to lore with discretion, j
A CURIOUS STORY.
An Incident In a New England M In liter!
Life Related by Tennyaon.
A writer in The Tablet relates a curious
story which ho heard from the lips of Lord
Tennyson during a visit to Farringford
some four or live years ago. They were sit
ting under the shadow of some great mag
nolias that cover ono side of the house, and
the conversation turned upon the super
natural and the possibility of communica
tions from the other world.
Tennyson then told of a dissenting min
ister in one of the New England states
noted for his powers as a preacher, who
one Sunday morning, instead of reading a
text and giving a discourse in the usual
way, suddenly in a most dramatio manner
began to recite "The Chargo of the Light
Brigade." The congregation listened
breathlessly to the end, but before the
service had concluded elders and people
ivere loud in their anger nt the way ki
which the chapel had been profaned. Their
murmurs found the minister wholly un
prepared. He had gone into the pulpit intending to
speak about the need for charity and was
wholly unconscious of what he had done.
Convinced at length by testimony which
he could not withstand, he was filled with
remorse, went sadly to his room that night,
and watched through all the hours till
morning, seeking consolation and not find
ing any. At daybreak they brought him
word that a man looking like a tramp
wanted to see him urgently.
The minister, half from habit, decided to
see him. The stranger came straight into
the room and simply said, "I come to thank
the man who has saved my soul." The
miuister stood in silence, wondering wheth
er this was some new mockery of his senses.
The stranger went on: "I was all through
the Crimea, and I was in tho thick of the
fight at Gettysburg, but never till I heard
you recite that poem in the chapel yester
day did I know what I had to thank God
for. Sir, from that hour I determined to
change my life, and I wnut to thank the !
man to whom I owe my salvation."
A Discussion About Fuddlngs.
One runs onto manv bits of nature in
down town retail store. With a little close
observation in tho busy throng you can
learn more in 10 minutes about human na-1
turo than in a decade in some other places.
Men and women nre nlike unconscious of
themselves and of tho impression they make
on othr when shonning. They have been
uolng a good deal of shopping lntcly. v om
en havo thought nothing of squandering
two hours to save a nickel, nor of bringing
the wrath of the salesman down on their
defenseless bends by their indecisions and
their blocking the way.
It was amusing to notice with what satis
faction one salesman took a slight revenge
on one woman with whom ho had been la
boring. He had been telling her nil about
plum pudding plum pudding sold in cans.
He told her how by an hour's steaming
they came out as fresh, as famous and just
the same as the original English plum pud
ding. He told her what an awful lot of
trouble it saved her. She examined the dif
ferent sized cans. She rend tho directions
on each. She listened to his talk, and she
asked him mauy questions. Then she laid
down the last can of pudding and walked
away.
He looked after her with disgust and the
signs of a storm in his faco. A woman who
was waiting for one of tho cans said:
"She evidently had her doubts about the
quality of your puddings." "Doubts? Not
she, I have been talking to her and telling
her about them for an hour. Plum pudding
is too good for her. Sho is one of those peo
ple that can live all their lives on suet pud
ding." Chicago Tribune.
A Disgusted Cab Driver.
He had been driving a cab for four years
nnd got a littlo bit more weary looking
every day.
"I can't stand it no longer," he said at
last. "I ain't going to have any more wom
en finding fault and claiming that they
didn't have courteous treatment."
There was a woman standing at the next
corner. Instead of the customary "Cab,
ma'amf " ho stopped his horse, dismounted
from his porch, uud going toward the curb
stone lifted his hat and inquired:
"Do you propose making use of this ve
hicle toduyf"
"Sir?" she said in tones of astonishment.
"Do you wish to ride in this cabf If so,
I will gladly escort you to it, I aim to
please."
"Why, I never heard such impcrtincncel"
she stammered. "I did intend riding iu
your cab, but I shall certainly wait fur tho
next one. And you may expect a complaint
from me at the police station concerning
your conduct, sir."
Ho remounted his seat and pulled his hat
down over his eyes.
'"Tain't no use. Gcddupl" was all he
said. London Tit-Bits.
Lost to Sight.
"Saw you at the theater last night, Jim."
"Yes, I was there."
"Did you enjoy the plnyf"
"What play?"
"Why, the play at the theater of course.
What's the matter with youf"
"Was there a playr"
"Was theref Well, I should say there
was. The biggest kind of a play best I've
seen this season."
"Yes, I heard the people laughing."
"Then you sat the play outf I thought
you didn't see it?"
"Didn't."
"Jim, old man, come off! Were you
asleep?"
"No. I sat behind a girl who wore a rose
in her hat. I was a victim of tho foliage
craze." Detroit Free Press.
European and American Oysters.
The oysters of America and Europe differ
greatly. European oysters are smaller and
have a coppery taste. Our southern oysters
are larger than the northern. They are
dredged along the coast and transferred to
oyster beds in creeks close to shore, where
they fatten.
In London oyster salesmen sometimes
keep oysters for a few days in water to
i which oatmeal has been added, for the pur
pose ol rendering tliem more uellcate and
of better flavor. When out of season dur
ing spawning time the oyster is soft and
milky and not fit to be eaten. New York
Mail and Express.
A Connlderate ISoy.
Little Johnny Pa, did you read in the
paper how a parent was fined t2S because
Lis littlo boy hung on a street car on Thiid
avenue?
Mr. Harlem Bridge Well, what of it?
Littlo Johnny Oh, nutbln, except I
thought maybe you wanted to give me
some nickels to buy car tickets. When I
t bave car tickets, I don't swing on the street
cars. Texas Sittings.
Gf:tthig- Kadj to Quit,
Old Uncle Norman had lived with the
family for many years, helping about the
house and yard at whatever there was to be
done. He was a very talkative old man,
fund of using high sounding words, and
felt bis ltiiKirtnnce very much.
He Informed one of the young Indies of
the house one day that he would have to
take a rest, that he could not stand such
"laborious lalior" lcause be had "rheu
matic rheumatism." Youth's Companion,
Dropping Sllddle Names.
Various celebrities have dropped one or
more middle names. Mr. Edmund Goase
was christened Edmund William Goeae;
Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Lou la
Balfour Stevenson; Mr. Robert Buchanan,
Robert Williams Buchanan; Mr. Henry
I-aboucbere, Henry da Pre Laboucher.
London Tit-Bite.
NEVER IDLE.
"A million people out of work," says a
newspaper, writing of these hard times.
Added to this misfortune are the physical
infirmities with which thousands have to
bear. But there is one thing that is never
idle; always at work, nnceasingly In search
of those thus deterred, it seeks to cure such
and help them to giasp a chance when it
comes. This is the mission of St. Jacobs
Oil. Among the millions there are thou
sands suffering with neuralgia. For this
it is a positive cure. Use it and there will
be a thousand suff erers less and a thousand
chances more to get work and hold it. Bet
ter times may soon come and there is noth
ing like the great remedv for pain to help
you out of painful troub'les and into place
again.
Training a Cat.
Cats can be trained to almost anything
If taught when they nro young. We bav
a number of Persians, which sit with equa
nimity upon the top of our bird cages watch
ing the canaries hopping merrily about
from perch to perch, making no attempt to
touch them, nor ever dreaming of inserting
a velvet paw through the narrow wires to
the discomfiture of tho fluttering inmates.
They aro loft nlono with tho birds by the
hour together, yet on overturned cage or a
slaughtered canary is nn unheard of catas
trophe in our household. Chickens, too,
our cats fully renlizenre forbidden to figure
In their menu. They ramble about at their
own Bweet will among numberless broods
of the tiniest bantam chicks, yet one of the
latter is never missing, nnd they quite seem
to recognize the fact that a plump little
mouse or an unwary bluebottle caught
buzzing upon the window pane is their
only legitimate prey. Sometimes we hear
f cats creut ing terrible havoc in the poul
try yard, killing chickens by the dozen and
making lifoa perfect martyrdom to the dis
tracted mothers.
Tho best way to cure pussy of this fatal
habit Is to take the dead chicken from her,
pepper it well, and then fasten it round the
delinquent's neck. Place her in a room
and leave her thus fornu honr or two to
ruminate over her wrongdoings. It is 10
to 1 if poor puss will over err again.
Once released from this somewhat severe,
if necessary, punishment she will make off,
yith tears in her eyes (whether from emo
tion or the pepper it is impossible to say),
and for the future she will avoid the poul
try department with strange persistency
and regard with distrust the fluffy little
denizens of the chicken coops. London
Ludj..
Appalling Depths of Space.
In his lecture to juveniles nt the Royal
Institution in London, Sir Robert Ball said
that a telegraphic messngo would go seven
times around the earth in a second, and if
a telegraphic message could be sent to the
moon it would reach its destination In a lit
tle nioro than asecond. It would take some
thing like eight minutes to arrive at the
suu, but how long did they think it would
take to get to Alpha Centnurl, traveling
thither at 180,000 miles a second? Seconds,
minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, would
not be long enough. It would not take loss
than three years, trnveling all the time at
that tremendous pace, before it would reach
its destination.
If that was the case with respect to the
nearest of the stars, what must be said of
those which were farther off? There were
stars so remote that if the news of the vic
tory of Wellington nt Waterloo had been
flashed to them in 1815 on thnt celestial tel
egraph system it would not have reached
them yet, even If the message had sped at
the puce which he had indicated and had
been traveling nil the tlmo.
Nay, more, If the glad tidings of that first
Christmas in Bethlehem 10 centuries ago
had been disseminated through the uni
verse, there were yet stars of which astron
omers could tell them plunged into space
in ucpins so appalling thnt even the years
that have elapsed since thnt event would
not have been long enough for the news to
reach them, though it traveled at a Bpced
of 180,000 miles in every second,-
LIFE OK DKATUT
It Is of vital lmnortfinee thnt It nhniilil h nn.
dcrslnod by pcmoiiN whose kidneys nre inactive
iiuiv huh co'inuiuti oi minus is nimny inductive
of u btnte ol the orgting whero Uiu tiautni lu the
bnliince. Hrlulu' dUeiKe. diiilx-toH. iillinmitoirln
sienli diseiisenof a very olisUnnle eharueier In
Ih Ir mature singe, and all huvesfulHi tendency.
They often liulllo the must practiced meilicnl
skill Hiid the most Bpproved retnoui sof mNto-
nn me iea. uur opposed nt m outset thnt It
Is to Hay, when the kidueya biKln to dlHchnrge
their functions iunctlvelv with lioMt'ttir'
stomach I'.IUen, the dniigeriiuii tendency Is
checked. Very uieful also is this household
nieu cine inr tuose Hiimciunoi common occur
rence eonKllmtlon, hiliouimesii, ityspennla and
IiertfOUNlieKH. It i8 a Hllfcimnnl HUHiimt tnulnriH.
and averts chronic rheuiuulism.
"Do vou hati me?" he fullered. "Thin la n
sudden," she rein ned lu confusion, And so
they were divorced.
SAFE, 81'ItK AND Bl'KEDY.
No external reme ly ever yet devised has
so fully and unquestionably met these
tnree prime conditions as successfully as
Aulcock's Pobods Plasters. They are
safe because they contain no deleterious
drugs and are manufactured upon scien
tific principles of medicine. They are sure
because nothing goes into them except in
gredients which are exactly adapted to the
purposes for which a plaster is required,
i hey are speedy in their action because
their medicinal qualities go right to their
worn oi relieving nam ana restoring tlie
n itural and healthy performance of the
functions of muscles, nerves and skin. Ask
for Ai.M'Ock'h, and do not be induced to
accept a suhstiiute.
iiHAMDBKTirs ru.LS are file and sure.
Jones No, I h-e no debt" now. Brown
How's that? Jonci 1 borruwed Mimit mnnev
and paid them up.
ForTiredP-lothcrs
"I feel very thank
ful for what Hood's
Baraaparllla has done
lor me. I have taken
threo bottles and the
medicine hai made a
great change. I was
All Run Down
fiora trouble and
overwork, and had
other eomplalutscom
mou to my sex at my
aire, it yean. Now
luce taking Hood's
ys.Q.w.warriOcR ,,. ,tron(rer atl(l
AIn obIi.1i m In flMh
I 1 i . .i..i . -1 .
omiiiij biivii3 mi uvtrworHRiii larr?U
weak mother to take ilnwl'a 8 irtaparllla
to build t'lem up." Man. O. W. Warnock.
Beverly, N ebrasl a. Kemomber,
Hood's'Cures
Hood's Pills ""t easily, yet prom), tly and
efficiently, on the liver and bowels. i'Sc.
It Is sold on a guarantee by ail drua
glata. It oures Incipient Consumption
and Ls the best Co una and Croup Cure.
FOR LablESl
100 IN OLI will be paid by the Koch
Cheinlral Co. for any eaie of female weakneas i
that will not yield to DK 1. 8. KiK'H's ANTI-1
HKPT1C 8ANAT1VKK FOWDKR. PrlMll.MMf
sax. in tale by aU drag gists.
tlli'V TAKE
A World's Tribute.
A i Ar X:iK
ill .1 . WIS .ji.iTJ
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WWII
ir
X
America Leads the Nations in
the March of Progress.
Among the wonders of the World's Columbian Fair the
grandest was the exhibit of American products. The Ex
hibition was, in this respect, an object lesson of the grandeur
and glory of the Republic. Among the exhibits from tho
United States no article of its class stood so high as
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder.
The Chief Chemist of the Agricultural Department at
Washington, backed by an intelligent jury at the Exposition,
found it strongest in leavening power, peerless in its purity
and beyond comparison in uniform excellence,
Received Highest Award
At the World's Fair.
The award is a matter of official record.
Nothing could settle so decisively the immeasureable
superiority of Dr. Price's over all other powders as the
frreat honnr hosrowd at C'ii"carr.
When Cornet-ud fur Luncheon.
"If you ever K't In a corner and seem to
have nothliifi available in the house for
luncheon, just InvestiKiile the resources of
the cracker box," snld a enreful house
keeper. "I rumember one diiy we had a
guest come in just before luncheon was
served. It was n sort of off day, and we
bad a spread made up of odds and ends.
The visitor wns one whom I knew to be
somewhat dainty iu her tastes, and as there
was no time to send to mnrket for any
thing I Just didn't know what to do. Un
fortunately the bread wnsn't fresh, which
was a great misfortune, for It always seems
to me that with good bread and butter one
can make out a sort of a meal; but here we
were, when It all at once occurred to me
that we might get up a creditable dish out
of crackers, of which, as good luck would
have It, there was nn abundance.
"So I buttered a few dozen crackers and
set them in the oven, there to stay until
they were a light brown. A part of these
were placed In a dish on the back of the
stove, and with the remainder I mndesorne
cracker sandwiches out of some bits ol
roast fowl which was ready sliced in the
pantry. The meat was mixed with a little
mayonnaise and placed between two of the
buttered crackers. A jar of canned fruit
was opened, and with some olives and
bit of cheese rounded out a very rcllshable
luncheon, and my guest quite enthused
over the new fashioned sandwiches." New
York Ledger.
Worked a Problem While Asleep.
An Amsterdam banker once requested
professor of mathematics to work out a
very intricate and puzzling problem for
him. The professor, thinking the matter
good exercise for the intellectual faculties
of his pupils, mentioned it to them and re
quested them to work out the enigma.
One of the students, who hod pondered
deeply over the intricate subject during the
day, retired to bed. Borne time afterward
he arose, dressed, and seating himself at
bis desk worked out the problem accu
rately, covering sheets of paper with his
calculations. lie hud no recollection In the
morning of having done so. Uostou Globe.
Kroin Kce, Neon ami Annn In
live iniiiuiei with NIIDKNK,
without pln or Injury to ihe
hW in. Beml Uimp f ,r circular
I'H-nl agi-ma wanted. MJ K K
MKO. CO., Hoom U, The Von-
YOU CAN
HtMOVE
SUPERFLUOUS
HAIR
going, rorua o, nr.
BAKING POWDER.
It makes a liclit. live, iweilt lnu( Duilra u.11
It nn tha manHfacturert' ruaraiitee, CLOtteKT
T nno, rvi uiuil, vr
- Breail made with
LiEl WEST
HOW TO SAVE MONEY.
Buy your CItOCKRIKH and PKOVIHION8 of us, and we will aave yon money. We handle the beat
goiHla and deliver free to tralna or boiita. We buy and aell for aimt eanh, ami sell gooda cheaper
than any other firm In the country. Send ua your name and siidreaa, and we will mail foa oar
new price Pat, which will lieo.it aoon. We offer to-day:
Dry granulated augur In loo lb. sacka lor t-'i 6U I Beat coal oil per eaae II g$
fortland Hour ner barrel J if, Arbuckle's ciiffeo per pound ?iU
Bend ua a Hat ol what you need, and we will make you aptclal prices. Address your orders to
MARK L. COHN A CO., 146 Front Street, Portland. Or.
" DO N'T BORROW T ROUBLE." BUY
SAPOLIO
'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END.
MALARIA I
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LEWIS ft UIIYDKN'SMAIUNK HISTORY
OF THIS PACIFIC! NOHTUWK8T.
This exhaustive review of the marine In
dustry ls Hearing completion; and, as we
do not wish to slight any matters of Inter
est to muiiiie men, we would like to hear
from you. All data or photographs sent
ub will be returned as soon as possible. The
work will contain anourate accounts of 2,600
stenm and sail craft that have made ma
rine history In the Northwest, detailed ac
counts of B50 wrecks occurring here,
sketches and engravings of all prominent
old-time oraft and the men who ran them,
and hundreds of pages of interesting ma
rine miscellany.
Lkwis & Drydxn Printing Co.,
Portland, Or.
E. W. Whkuit, Editor.
He (hcsltatln(ly)l giiesi I'd better go now
She (radiantly) on, how smart you ate; yea
guested it the first lime.
TUB INLAND FltlNTKK
Should be In the hands ol every printer,
vtxt.libl.A- Iww.l.;.;...!... -...i ..i -.1.. l '
fufuriti,,. uuuRulllUBl nuvA nn vuriiinQr WIIU
consults his best interest. Published by
Inluiwl 1'rlHtu,. r r!i.iu..n 111
Br the time a man makei un with hd all, h.
earns of the spring liouae-cleaultig the fall
house-cleaning begim.
DKAFNK8S CANNOT IIK CURED
By looal applications, aa they cannot reach tha
ensealed portion ol the ear. there Is only one
wny iu euro uuaniexfl, anil mat la by eonatliu
tiouul remedies. I), afueaa la eiiuaed by an in
flnineil eouilltli n i f tne mucoua lining nf the
eiinlachliin tn he. When thla tube la Inflnmed
you have a ruaililliig aoiiml or tmperfoct hear
ing, and when It la enilrely clnaeil, ileafiioaa Is
the reMill, uud unh'SH (he Inllammatlnn enn be
taken out uud thla tube ruNloreil to Its normal
condition, heiirinir will be ileatmieil I. ri ver;
nine e.aea out of ten aro cnuie! bycaiarrh,
which la nothing but un lufluined eoudltion oi
tbe mtiraniB aurfaeeN.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any caae
of denfuea. (cauai d by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Hull'a C.tnrrh cure H nil f, r circu
lars; free. V. i. CHENEY CO.,
I nlMln. A
Bold by drugglals; 76 cents.
UeeBuameltneHtovePollah; no dust, no smell.
Tar G ism i a for breakfast.
W.L.Douclas
S3 SHOE
5. CORDOVAN.
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BROCKTON. MAzi.
Tea enn save money by wearing ike
W. V. Donglas f 3.00 Shoe.
Heeanae, w ars th. largest manufacture! nt
snla graileof aboee In the world, anil guarantee their
'lalua by stampmg the name and price oa U.
'acittom, which protect you agalnat high prlcea and
Ihe middleman's prodta. Our ahoea eiual cuatoia
eork la atyle, eaay ailing and wearing qualities.
S7e have them aolil every where al lower prlcea for
She value given than any other make. Take no aub
ttUtutav IX your dealer cannot supply you, w.eaa.
IT. V. N. U. No. 507-8. F. N. U. No. 644
I. .71.-;
DO YOU KKKL BAJJT DOES YOUR BACK
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MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY.