, <— S H O U L D be used wher- ever yeast has served heretofore. ■ A I W i W A f e ^ jE e '«M**<*"<*'<*' ■ r m e n m «Hbk ^ P o w d e r A b so lu te ly P , Y east acts by t a t i o n and the destruction o f p a gluten r; ;j f ,h ot '-; the flour to pro- duce the leavening gas. Royal baking Powder, through the action o f its ingredients upon each other in the lo a f while baking, itself produces the necessary gas and leaves the wholesome properties o f the flour unimpaired. It is not possible with any other leavening agent to make such wholesome and delicious bread, biscuit, rolls, cake, pastry, griddle-cakes, doughnuts, etc. THE S T A T IO N D E S P A IR . W e in'int trti-i therondnetnr. most surDlyt VN’ Iiv million»* of million»« i>efore II mv «* uiHile thi» «Hinc jotirney »«vurely Afpl come to that ultimate sh«ir*». A ml we will reaih II In i*«-a.-'«»n, An«l at. »«lial a v« elcome I h I herel Kefl«*« 1 1 h«'ii now out ot all r**Jt?*ou I'o «lo p hi Ihenlallon |lei*pairl Ave. tnulfilghU and many a potion Of irounie ami ««»rrow have we. As we Rxirnev from cm •«•an l«» »Mean. From -ea unto ultimate s«*a. l o that deep m - h of -*ea**. ami all n ilem « Of pa.*hion w»m ern. ami of care, Thai \ar>i -*«-a of Kileu-»*el Ulamla, Dun I -stop al the **ialion Despair! d o forward, whatever my follow. d o f«»i ward friend, led or alone; Ah me. lo leap «»fT in some hollow Or fen in the night ami unknown, l.eap oft like ** inief. trj lo hide you From angels, ah waitiiiR you Ihere! (♦«»forw ard, wliaiever nelide you. Don t slop hi that station Despair! -Joaijuin Miller in St. Paul Olohe. M MHKR E K iH T E E X . •Now No 18 limsh your ironing, for I want yon in the storeroom .No 18 did not answer me but bent her nead assentingly As she did so 1 noticeli a tear tall from her eye« , 106 W A L L S T ., N E W -Y O R K . R O Y A L BAKING P O W DER CO. I was ml crested in this prisoner, for Cv 9 >C% «he was far above the usual class of criminals, for I was at the tune of which W aatH a C o m p a n io n T ill* Vt ur, I write second wardress of one of the Tlu* Co I ii sir « o f .Money in F ran ce. The “ Hermit of the Sotinblick," Pete? county prisons. 1 had noticed her su For M*vi*rul Imurined y«*am ami down Lcchner, who last year passed the w la­ 'tenority to tier fellow inmates I con­ to a oomparativtdy recent date, money ter months in the observatory on the fess that I had made her lot easier in a wa** t'oitMNi at from twenty live to thirty summit of that lonely peak, now de­ goo«I many ways, so on this particular different citie* in France that hml in­ clares that he will not xiay there an­ occasion I needed her help to assort herited the privilege. Now all French other winter unless he has a companion clothes in the storeroom. When she had money in coined at the Pari« mint and with him. lie would, he says, prefer ; finished her ironing we were noon en bears, instead of the efli^y of some dis­ wife, if he could find one. Otherwise gaged at the easier task tinguished person, a head representing he will be content with a male com pan We were by ourselves, and had not th e republic, or lilierty in th e more ion, who could take turns with him in he«*n five minutes in the room when sud general sense. Few French gold pieces are however his constant task of reading the scien- denly my charge hurst into a fit of Hob­ in circulation except those (»faring the tilic instruments. This decision on the oing ami to my surpnse threw herself bead of Napoleon 111. and silver pieces part of the “ Hermit of the Sonnhlick*’ mto my arms •Come, this will never do, what is the of the same coinage are almost as com­ really threatens the further existence of ‘Suppose the mon French silver coins wear admira­ the highest observatory in Europe. For matter?’ I said quietly the Austrian Meteorological institute governor were to come in. what should bly and pieces of the reigns of Charles lacks the funds to sup]>ort a companion I do? You would get me into serious X Louis W ill and Napoleon I are for Lechner, and the small sum, about trouble.” very common Chicago Tribune. £100 a year, that is wanted for the pur­ She. however, continued to clasp me pose is not forthcoming from private around the neck, giving vent to heart­ In an A I iiih I ioiim «) T h ir t y Yearn. A woman died recently in an altnu- sources. breaking sobs It is believed that the real explanation hntiNo in Maine at thcatfeof one hundred •You really must be quiet and tell me years. She had been an inmate of the of the discontent of Herr Lechner is that the rejison of this.” I sani, with a little institution for thirty years, amt during ho is annoyed at being forgotten by the asperity that period she had been, it is said, laid public, who have neither sent him ‘ I will he quiet, madam.” she said out as dead three times, lint on each Christmas presents nor published lauda­ with great effort. ‘ I am very miserable tory paragraphs about him in the news­ occasion she came to lift* in time to put and unhappy.” a stop to tlie funeral arrangement* papers of late. Three years back he ‘Of course,” I answered as cheerfully Baid ho wanted a wife, and hundreds of Only a few days liefore her death an as I could ‘all are miserable who come undertaker was called to prepare her re­ offers at once poured in from all quar­ here except the hardeneti ones, but you mains for burial, but when he arrived ters, including several rich and many will Boou be home again One short she was Hitting up in bed. — Philadelphia good looking women, but he then month and you will bo with your laughed at the idea, and continued to friends. ” Ledger. prefer the state of single blessedness. It But my child madam, my dear little A i r m ow n. would be a distinct loss to meteorologi­ A V shaped contrivance, to tie placed on cal and physical science if thoSonnblick boy,” she sobbed, ‘ he is ill and if I do not see him ere then he may die All the front of engines of fast express observatory were to he closed, hut some ms cry is for his mother and I cannot, trains, is the latest scheme to get more means will probably he found of recon­ oh, I cannot get to him. What shall I speed, by overcoming much of the nat­ ciling Herr Peter to his lonely hut lofty do? My heart almost breaks to soothe ural resistance of the air to tin* front of laliors for another winter. —Vienna Cor. nis pains and troubles. What shall I the locomotive. The plow extends from Loudon Standard. do?” And she laid her head on my shoal a few inches above the track to the top der with a faint, despairing cry which of the smokestack, the sharp edge of T i ll« « * an d tin« I’ r l r « o f (¡r a in . wrung my heart, for I had two bon me course in front. “ Shoveling fog” is a The difference between the method of children at home aud my heart went out common expression among railroad paying the clergy of the Church of Eng­ to her men. but plowing wind is a new thing land, who receive the til lie as their liv­ ‘ How do you know this?” I inquired, in railroad agriculture. —English Me ing, and the clergy «»f the Church of when her grief had subsided. chauic. Scotland, who enjoy what are known in The lame woman who came in yester­ ¡Hart'll I hr W lill«* Ani«*«*!». the north as tieinls, will l>e very appar­ day told me at exercise, and that “ uiy It is a well authenticated fact that in ent in this year. On both sides of the boy’s only cry was for his mother.” the disastrous retreat of Sir John Moore Tweed grain prices are higher for the 'W e ll.” I ropheal ‘ your friemis will many of the soldiers fell asleep and yet I year, hut in England the clergy will re- take «rare of him and a month will soon n intimimi \ « » tuarcti along with t^eir c o m ­ 1 eoive little immediate benefit from the pass take courage.” Ami l kiss«»d her rades North western Magazine. | rise, because by the seven years’ average for I was a woman, if a wardress, aud apt j it is spread over so long a time that the to harden my heart at times.” most that can he hoped for from the 'But none can tane his mother’s place,” good prices of 1891 is to stop the fall was all that she could say then, clasp­ UR BUSINESS IS which has lx*«»n going on every year ing me suddenly to her. she whispered s* I ini Grncerirs at * without a break since 1878, a longer eagerly ‘ But, if you choose, you could wlwiis le p'hes duvet to period of successive annual declines in nelp me.” t ir c n-uiner. All wr the value of the tithe than has ever bo- ‘ What do you mean?” I suid. w mi 1 1 -av is ibis : It you rr dlv want t» buy fore occurred. ‘ In tins way ” she said. *1 want to be 11$. y.mr GROCERIES But in Scotland thetiend is calculated at home in three or four days ” liiry sii niJ b- bouglit, on the grain prices of each year, so that ‘ Ntmseuse ' I replied, ‘ youare losing •end I." onr prier 1 si. * the parisli ministers who have endured your wits, get on with your work." S mie w I br mai ed irre the discomforts which low prices brought She obeyed blit continued ‘ I know I ni ili.i'g nn applica lon. * with them when grain was cheap will can get out if you will aid me a little 0 now have directly the advantages of and no one shall he the wiser I want & higher prices when grain has risen. In you to post me a letter only and before IIS. England both the rise and the fall are long I shall be with my dear boy."clasp Seattle, Wash. retarded by the seven years’ average. mg her hands and looking intensely at In Scotland the full effects of cither the me Now you must put such matters en one or the other are directly experienced tirely from you. Supposing. I said, to in every year. -London Graphic. minor her ‘ I do as yon suggest a 11«I it was found out. the consequences would IIiiinnii ll«*iiiR« in tli«» ¡>luniniotli A r <*. Netir Brttnn. the capital of Moravia, be I should lose my pension which is important discoveries of prehistoric re- only a few yearn off. and I have two i mains have been made which are likely children to flunk of and am a widow ” She was quiet at this for a tune ami , to attract the attention of paheotitolo- ( gists all over the gloln». A s a canal was did her work in a random w ay: then i being dug 4l ;i skulls were brought to suddenly ‘ What amount of money do you cal "W h a t is August Flower fo r? " light of ilolicho-cephalons (long heathnl) As e i ,ilv auswcre.l as asked. It is character and of tin exceedingly low culate would bring in interest equivalent fm l)vs[>e|)sia It is a special retn- stage of development. The saint* place lo your pension?” ‘ A thousand p«»iin«ls.” I said, smiling ed\ lor die Stomach and Liver.— contained bones and teeth «>f mammoth am! believing that it would put such Nothin.; more lhai> this. W e Believe rhinoceros and reindeer. Close to the skulls lay more than 500 thoughts away fr«»ni her mind Angus! Flower cures I)ys|>epsia. She drop|NNl the clothing she held and We know it will W e have reasons fossil snails, several calcinoua stones, ‘ If y«>n were with holes in the middle, a rude tiguro seize«! my hands firmly lor knowing it. To-day it has an cut out of a mammoth's t«>oth. with a to receive £1 0(H) would yon help me'* honor“d place in every town and hole running through the midtile. This Sw ear it by the love yon bear your country store, possesses otic o f the discovery is the first of the kind in children and as you h«»pe for their we I largest manufacturing plants in the Austria anti is highly important front fare ’ country, and sells everywhere. The being a proof that there were human ‘Oh yes. I’ll promise that,” I replied reason is simple. It does one thing, beings in the mammoth period.— Vienna to humor her. for 1 thought she must In* a little distract«*«! with grief auddoesit right. It cures dyspepsia«# Cor. London Standard. ‘ Hemember that is a solemn promise,” Not O m I of i t ) i«*. she said and just up«>n it the bell rang Have you an old gown? Probably you to cl«»se work, and the prisoners bt*gan have a great many. Perhaps yon regard to triH>p to their cells. to that stage At the end of another h«»nr my duty A S P E C I A L T Y ■ nr j i>r*Tortlar j all your cost nines belonging Now. you know that woiihl be ov«*r for the night, and after Fvphtlla permnm'ntW cured in l;» toH5 days. You known as “ old.” ran be trontod at homo for th© sim© price amt th • s un© gun »•»«**( «*«*■« with thoao who prefer to com ■ ago. while it makes an old woman, dtx»s seeing all the inmates of the cells I 1» ro wo will contrnct to euro thorn or refurvl nvMojr not make an old dress. The only thing should transfer my keys to the night and pnr oiponseof coming, rallroml faro audition l that really makes an old dross is having wanlrt'ss in charge ami go home When toils. If wo fall to euro, i fjo y< u h a v e «•«iry, («»«litio notagli, mul an«1 stili i b aro aohes «ini it get out of style, anti then, lie it ever I came to No. I8’s cell 1 found h«*r »-lina, M «tenus l* n t r h r ■ « ln In tn tumuli, < N o re 'rh rsm t, tre (I M bo recently Inmght and ever so lately l*lnt|»lea.< oi»i»rr-('ol«»ro«l N i»«»t«,l'lr««r«o n aii) calmer ami putting her anus around Kkly, f i r - B r o u « fhtlln*; finished, it is «»hi, Itecause it i»n't in the I part ____ of ■ ■ t!i>i H P U n i r or R me she ettibrace«l ami kiss«*«l me. whis «Mit, It I« thi« Wvphtlitio 111.001» l*t)IM O \ that wo '• «» » (« * « locure. W o solicit tho diom it vie. Now, the pretty little round pert tig ‘Good night. «l«*ar madam, re «»list t nitt o n u n nnil rhnllrngr< thn w n r M f«»i waists which yon wore last year, and I mem tier and Uod will bless yon.” I n ri»«e « r riin not «u r e * This dlseas© b;i * al way l> iim «1 the « k i l l o f t h « m«>«t rm ln fttt ph i «1 which ItMtkt»«! very nice, are old Ixvanao 5 passed out ami left her for the night rlnna. a.iOO.lMH» CAi'ltal l* hind our tin omul I tlonal giianuiU A h »,,lii(«• pi-<*«tth sent sraled oi they are tt*> short in the back. But you hoping that she had f«»rgott«»n her idea npi'llratlcn Addn**.« l o o k I t l H I I l ' l ! •».. of the letter U U u l u 1 33 1 M u «u u h \ (Tuple, t tiK ago, lit* can remedy all tins if you desire by pitvnig down th«* l«*ngth with a «ieep As I hve«l outside I s«n»n put on my Arc near al Chenille or silk hat ami cloak, which covered my prison hand, wtill ami abundant fringe. ' greater ao- or tjiss«*l«*d fringe may be s«*we«l «»n and uniform and left f«»r the night, ami w u .___. t t v l t y In lines J s«x»n at home with my children bun Incas than ha« ever iwen known, b«*«*au«© «if let hang in perbvtly straight the prolong»» 1 depression in all lines. lh o *0 around the hipa. producing the fashion Jn d ge of my astonishment, after tak who attend the PORTLAND BUSINESS COllEUfc able effect of the long has«pie so much mg ot! my chink, when I put my haml noir, w ill !>«• prepared for go«»«J positions when this coming wave of proa peril y sweeps over the d«Hdro«l. St. Louis Ueptiblic. tut«» my dress p«x*ket. to find an un- land Send for catsingne A ldr«*sa A. I*. A km stam|»e>( women', work has cell ta A l / r * IT C n iN ♦ rn .F S known hr tnoistnfg MÀI V r , Miuhiiic been open«! t>v the Imlm, of the Amort it was a*l«lresse«l to a city fifteen miles w i r * w mm „ , f « r m t «' I B L 1N IL B U k ‘UIN.».,r FHOi U J D IN 3 PILJki ran colony in I’ari, on the plan of the ox aw ay, ami my first thought was to de­ TILLO AVON« K TO rhaiiK« in thi* coum rj Amoncan pios, Ü^T. BO SAN RO S TILE RUREOY, stroy it ami I held it in my haml over ( j (J i w**i h a . « dirán ir on parta •flc-t«*«1, rako ami other »pecialtie, are provided, the tire, but my heart gave a leap as I at»«»"-r«i tumor*. «U a v *<'ly-.'«r ofTc*tm* / )/ / a p*»r„\a>' iti'ure. Price fto,*. prnafin-« a circulatinK library ha, i»t*n or^.mixed, thought of her child, and, io«>king across I I I . L O 0C U U .I. L>r. B.»«ank -, P h ilA d eli Ui*. 1 a and onoe each week mu,1oal niatinoos the room, saw my own dear boy with nn> (firm hy the bwt a rti-i, under the his early hea«l bent over his slate, and patronage of (ho ladle, who are inter my hnm! staled I will not burn it. 1 exted in the enterprise I’ a n , letter thought 1 will wait until morning ami A XVoin* « 1 ’» U 11 » of I » 0 1 11 r (<«»« m I. t onanropfIvea and propia think what 1 must do for the right, so 1 who have weak lunas or AMh* A lady living at Birmingham, in ever? laid it on the mantelpiece. ma. should usa Piaos C d re for cose of conviction in the livid police court After we had had tea I left my little Consumption. It has rn re d for cruelty to animals, « tits out the new** t bouaanda. ft ha« not inlur- •*d o n e It la not haort and incUv-«** with it a is.Mai girl of twelve to clear away things while It la the l»e«t eouffh syrup. o n l« T f«»r half a cmwrit and (H*st*« it to the I went out to buy eatables f«»r the next Bold everywhere. S o t , I was aw ay alniut an boor, ami on cottstable who prosecuted. S«*v»Tal ofTlci-n' day e Ò M S U M P T lO N . have l»«H*n the hapny ivciptenta of this re Returning my «laughter greete«i me with — »▼ ani. but no one lias the least Ides from Mamma. 1 bought a stamp and p«.«eted whom the m o n e y come». l»»u«U»u lit. tiita \ MI O t i IRÏ COOPER liEVY, L ‘A ugust Flower’ R L00D P OISON YOU y«»ui loiter ju>! in time Another min­ ute au 1 it would have tieeti too late!’ •What Jeti»*r darling, was that?” ‘The «»in* you put on the mantelpiece,” she aiisw«*red laughingly, ‘and you ow# me a p«*nny for the stamp remember!** I sunk mto a seat oveivome hy the thought that the letter was gone. f«»r goo.I or evil ami at the hands of my child I had a restless night, and on going to my duty next morning found my charge cheerful •| know you have helped me 1 know it 1 have lieen dreaming of my boy and he said tie was better and would soon see me. ’ ‘Silence ” 1 replied, *1 cannot hear any more of this I shall get mto trouble. •No no. you will not. and 1 shall bless you all my life But I will say uo more.’ at which I left her Next morning liefore going on duty 1 received by post a small wooden box. On opening it 1 found a bundle of hank notes and a letter the notes being in fifties to the value of £1.000 at the sight of which my knees shook under me. the perspiration rolled from my forehead and I nearly fainted Here was a pre­ dicament hilt I soon revived aud pro­ ceeded t«> read the letter 'U kak M a D a . m My w ife informs me that you have consented to help her, and I have receive«! a letter from her which yon havedout>tless p«»sted. for which aid at her desire I inclose yon what you need, with many thank>- Burn this ami do not use the notes tor some time, for fear of suspicion at any rate, not until von hear from me again Tell my wife one word Yes 1 ask this as a favor.” I drop|»ed the letter in the tire, and then like a guilty thing I hid the notes under a loose board in the attic floor. When I commenced duty and saw the anxious mother she looked at me with eager eyes and as my lips framed the word Yes.’ the tears rolled down h«?r cheeks ‘ My dear boy. then, is better; 1 will trouble no more.” I left her. think­ ing she might as her boy was better, now give up her thought of escape and settle down quietly; consequently my mind became easier Another day passed and I left her once more A ll that night it was very foggy, and next morning I was to my conster­ nation informed that No. 18 had escaped during the night, having loosened the bars of her window, and being a slender woman had squeezed through on to the sloping roof of a building, dowu which she had crept, thence down a ladder which had been left by the painters, and being then in the open yard of the prison she had taken the ladder to the wall, on gaining the top of which some help had been afforded from the outside, possibly by a rope ladder There all trace was lost. Uf course I was examined, with others, before the governor, but nothing could be elicited at which I was much relieved and thankful, aud I never enjoyed get­ ting home more than 1 did that night. Matters went on as usual and 1 had not touched my notes, in fact. I seemed to care nothing for them, when one morning, about six weeks later, l re- ceived a bulky package, addressed in a lady's hand bearing the Canadian post­ mark 1 broke the seals quickly and found, to my intense surprise, bank notes again to the value of £ 1,000. The letter inclosed explained everything: “ M y U kak F kikno — Yon will no doubt have wondered many times, with others, what had become of No. 18. 1 am now in Canada with my husband and dear little boy. who is now. thanks to your aid and God's blessing, quite well. “ You no doubt know how 1 escaped. My husband was to wait for uie outside, which I knew would I k * the same night on the day yon gave 1110 his message, Yes. I expect you thought I had given up my idea. I descended by a rope lad­ der which my husband had thrown to the top of the wall and behind a fast trotter was soon in a trusted friend’s house, clasped 111 my child’s arms. ‘ May you never he separated from your children I must tell yon in confi­ dence that my husband is the third son of a nobleman, and was unfortunately led into use even the good notes for y«uirself. invest them for your children, and may it be a blessing to them Ooodbjr. ray friend; my little son sends his love and a kiss to the kind lady who let his mamma come to s«*e him when he wanted her so badly.” Uid I « 1 «» right or wrong?—New York World ____________ CluirR«* of One Family F«»rty Years. The postofiice at South Deerfield, N. II., Ims luH'ii iii t liurge of ouo futility for over forty yours. t\ J . W'Bite win ap­ pointed |>ostiiiaster by President Pierce and Bold the office for thirty-live yours. A t the time of Ins death his son, ! Charles K . w u* appointed and held the position until l» x , when another eon, \V. K. White was appointed, which po­ sition he held until the tirst of the pres­ ent year. Kxeter Better. In SM|tp«»rting tl»«* Frinriple. Last .Bine a young man was arrested in Natick. Mass.. Because he would not pay Bis poll lax, amounting to two dol­ lars. and Be lias Iven kept in jail ever since at an expense to the taxpayers of |1.*"> per week. TBe town is losing money 011 tBe transaction, but it is vin­ dicating an eternal principle with great success.— New York Tribune. Cnirriimrnt Control «»f Tfl«*|*honf*. A t t ho «»11*1 . f next year the Tel«*phone CVinpuny of Austria w ill lvaso to exist, the government assuming control of all the telephone lino* in the kingdom.— New York Jonm.il. Mr*. Gladstone to taiii to bt hardly in­ ferior to her hu*Uind in energj an«l in­ dustry. 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