Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U S. Gov't Report
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The 8ia of Fretting.
There is one sin which it seems to
me ia everywhere and by everybody un
derestimated, and quite too much over
looked in valuations of character. It is
the sin of fretting. It ia as common as
air, as speech, so common that unless it
rises above its usual monotone we do
not even observe it Watch any ordina
ry coming together of people, and see
how many minutes it will be before
somebody frets that is, makes more or
leas complaining statement or something
or other which probably every one in
the room, or in the oar, or the street
corner, it may be, knew before, and
probably nobody can help. Why say
anything about it I It is cold, it is hot,
it is wet, it is dry ; somebody has bro
ken an appointment, ill cooked a meal;
stupidity or bad faith somewhere has
resulted in discomfort There are plenty
of things to fret about It is simply as
tonishing how much annoyance may be
found in the course of every day's liv
ing, even at the simplest, if one only
keeps a sharp eye out on that side of
things. Even Holy Writ says we are
prone to trouble as sparks fly upward.
But even to the sparks flying upward,
in the blackest of smoke, there is a blue
sky above ; and the less time they waste
on the road the sooner tbey will reach
it Fretting is all time wasted on the
road. Helen Hunt.
The Bona as a Fighter.
Said an ex-cowboy: "I never saw
either cows or buffaloes attack a horse
so as to amount to anything, but I want
to rise right up and testify to the won
derful fighting powers of the horse. He
is built for more ways and kinds of
fighting than any other product of na
ture. He can bite, and he can kick out
behind, and he can strike with his fore
legs. When he is in action, he fights all
over. If you want to see fun, you should
see wolves attack a bunch of horses on
the plains. The horses get together with
their heads forming the hub of awheel
and their bodies forming the spokes.
Then they fight the wolves with their
hind legs. They fill the air with wolves,
and every wolf lands dead, wounded or
ilL Horses avoid a fight as a rule, but
will go out of their way to kill a snake.
They jump on the snakes, clubbing their
hoofs and using them like a mallet The
only other fights they seek are with un
mounted men, whom they frequently at
tack, or else with one another, and in
the latter case they resemble a bnzzsaw
in aotiou, all parts going at once. "
New York Sun.
A Cbmne For the Inveator.
With the vast increase of population
in our cities and larger towns, and the
increase of railroad trains, 6 team engines
and electric cars, has come a vast in
crease of noise in our streets. We think
the man or woman who can invent and
patent something easily placed over the
ears of the sick and those who want to
sleep, and which shall temporarily shut
out noise, may obtain a fortune and the
thanks of multitudes who now suffer.
Our Dumb Animals.
A Unique Business.
Berlin has a shorthand writer with a
unique specialty. He attends all funer
als of prominent persons and takes down
verbatim the addresses of the officiating
clergyman. Then he prepares highly or
namented copies of the addresses and
sells them to the friends of the eulogized
dead.
A Universal Debt.
. There is not a man living who does
not owe the world something. Galves
ton New.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly need. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
'ess expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the woild's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
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 the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable subctance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c ana $1 bottles, bnt it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, yon will not
accept any substitute if offered.
FOREVER AND A DAY.
Urge me not, I pray
All the air U golden ;
Every thorny (pray
Ia the minlight blushes,
And my thought are holdea
By the warbling thrushes.
Urge me aot today.
Oh, when winds of May
Shake the boughs with laughter
Till they toss and sway,
Till they kiss and sever,
Speak not of hereafter.
Breathe not of forever
Give me but today.
-J. K. Wetherill in Travelers' Record.
WHAT A LETTER DID.
Bow a Southern Concresamaa Iaaoeenily
Hade a lifelong Enemy.
"Speaking of stenographers," said a
gentleman well known in Washington,
who for a number of years represented
a Louisiana district in congress, "I once
had a secretary, an unusually careful
and competent fellow, too, whose slight
slip in a typewritten letter to a constitu
ent of mine cost me that gentleman's
friendship, a friendship valued much
more highly than I can express.
"This is the way it came about : At a
time when I was well nigh submerged
with committee duties I received a let
ter from the head of one of the most in
fluential and widely respected families
of the state. His residence had just
burned down, he wrote me, the loss
coming at a moment when it affected
his financial matters to no inconsidera
ble extent - Could he not presume upon
our many years of friendship to the ex
tent of asking a loan of 350, until the
insurance companies should settle his
claim? I was deeply moved to learn of
his misfortune, and immediately dictat
ed, along with a number of other let
ters, the following lines to him :
" 'My Dear Sir I am greatly pained
to hear of the calamity which has come
upon you. I regret I have not $250
in available funds at present ; will send
check in a day or two.
"Promptly enongh the check went, but
with equal promptness it was returned
to me, with no word of explanation. I
own I was surprised, but concluded he
must have received his insurance mon
ey, and the circumstance was gradually
forgotten. But it was very forcibly re
called to my mind when next I paid a
visit to my home, for he did not call
upon me, as he had always been wont
to do. On the contrary, he shunned a
meeting with me.
"Imagine my dismay upon finding
that the letter I had sent him, in the
most kindly spirit possible, contained
these words: 'I regret I have got $250
in available funds ; will send check in
a day or two. ' In vain I explained,
apologized, implored. To his dying day
he' never forgave what he termed my
studied and unwarranted affront
"That is what the touch of a finger
upon a wrong key did for me, and for
years I have never mailed a letter, long
or short, without first subjecting it to
the most rigid scrutiny. I tell yon, sir,
it pays to be watchful in this respect "
Washington Star.
The Last Straw.
Henry Van Meter, who died in Ban
gor about 25 years ago at the advanced
age of 110, was a genuine old Virginia
darky who drifted down east in some
mysterious way in the early part of this
century.
He imagined himself charged with
inspiration from various spirits and
was in reality unbalanced in his mind
fox the greater part of the time, on ac
count of the superstitious beliefs which
possessed him.
At one time he was summoned to
court as witness in a certain case, and
the counsel on each side badgered him
with questions until his wits became so
entangled that his answers grew quite
wild and preposterous. Noticing the
distress and confusion of the poor old
witness, the judge, who was a most
kind hearted man, hushed the lawyers
and put a simple question to the bewil
dered darky, with the intention of bring-,
ing him back to the starting point.
This third assault, for so Van Meter
regarded the kindly judge's interposi
tion, proved the last straw to the old
darky.
"Now, look a-heah, yo' ole gray haired
gem man up on de bench dar," he broke
out, shaking a trembling forefinger at
the judge, "don yo' interfere wid dis
yer bus'ness at alL Dis chile's got jess
as much as he can do to take care ob
dese two fellers down heab, an dat'i de
truf I" Youth's Companion.
A Dos; In a Crowd.
It is really cruel to take a dog, and
particularly a small one, into a crowd.
No one possessing any imagination
would ever do it Can you fancy what
the feelings of a little animal must be
when it finds itself in a perfect forest
of legs, each leg provided with a foot
shod in hard leather and liable to come
down on one of its poor little paws? Its
small brain must be in a ferment of ap
prehension all the time, and if it could
command any language it would prob
ably be of a powerful kind. Philadel
phia Ledger.
A Kew Port.
Heyst, the new port to be built on the
North sea at the mouth of the canal
that is to make Brnges once more a sea
port, will be large enougn to hold 12 or
IS of the largest transatlantic steamers.
The breakwater will stretch more than
two miles out to sea. The port will cost
$5,400,000, and $3,400,000 more will
be spent on the canal
i
ACTOR AND SONQ WRITER.
oha Woodard, the Veteran Whe Wmto
"Joe Bowers" and "The Days of '49."
John Woodard, the old time actor
: who wrote two world famous songs,
"Joe Bowers"
and "The Day of
Forty -nine," is
still alive and
acting at the ad
vanced age of 70
years. He has bad
a very interesting
career, and is full
of fascinating
r e m i n i soenoes.
He is a native of
Orant county,
Ky. , and at the
age of 17 started,
out to seek bis
fortune. He went
JOHN WOODARD.
down the Licking and Ohio rivers on a
flatboat to Louisville, where he met an
actor, James Beconi, who persuaded him
to adopt the stage aa his career. For
three years Woodard roved about the
country with different companies, and
finally reached St Louis. Every one
who knew him declared that he would
soon die of consumption, and Woodard
concluded to fool them.
For the purpose of doing so and im
proving his health he started across the
plains with Sam Smith, afterward the
author of "Struck Oil" and other plays,
and when he finally reached California
was in excellent physical condition. His
clothing was so tattered and his hair and
whiskers were so luxuriant, however,
that he was enabled for a time to pose
in a Sacramento museum as a captured
wild man. He then organized a co-operative
theatrical company and made a
great deal of money playing in mining
camps. The company consisted of a
manager, an "orchestra," made up of a
single fiddler, and six actors, two wom
en and four men. Tbey hung up blue
blankets for wings, dispensed with the
formality of a curtain, and produced
such easy plays as "Hamlet," "Mac
beth" and "The Lady of Lyons."
Woodard was always in great demand
aa a singer, although, as he remarks, he
"couldn't sing a little bit" He mod
estly admits, however, that his audi
ences favored him particularly because
he wrote his own songs and made them
up to date. . It was at this time that he
wrote
; My namo It is Joe Bowers;
I've got a brother Ike;
I'm just from old Missouri
Tee, all the way from Pike.
He also wrote "The Days of Forty
nine," and both songs wera published
in San Francisco and became populiirall
over the world.
TO LIVE AMONC? THE LEPERS.
rather Damlen's Brother Takes Up Bis
Work Among the Outcasts of Molokai.
Father Damien gave his life for the
lepers, and his brother, Father Paro
phile, has gone to Hawaii to take up his
work among the outcasts of Molokal.
Father Parr.phile years ago desired to
undertake missionary work in Hawaii,
rATHEg PAMPHILE.
and was preparing for the priesthood.
One day his brother, Joseph Damien di
Venster, who was then 19 years of age,
was brought to see him. Joseph remain
ed to dine, and when he returned home
told his father that he, too, desired to
become a' priest He accordingly began
studying at once, and afterward return
ed borne to receive his mother's blessing.
Father Pampbile prepared himself for
missionary work in the south seas, but
at the last minute was taken with a
fever and forbidden to go.
Father Pampbile was deeply disap
pointed, and Joseph pleased him very
much by volunteering to go in his stead.
Thus it was that Father Joseph Damien,
the heroio priest, came to visit Hawaii.
After laboring for several years in the
Pacific islands Father Damien one day
heard his bishop lamenting that he could
not send a missionary to the lepers on
the volcanic island of Molokai. Father
Damien at once volunteered to devote
his life to the work. For 16 years he la
bored among the outcasts, dressing their
wounds, improving their moral, spirit
ual and physical condition, and bury
ing them when they died. Finally he
contracted the loathsome disease, and
died April 15, 1889.
Father Pampbile will aid in carrying
on the work his martyred brother began.
He will have a much easier tank, how
ever, for Father Conrardy, Damien's
assistant ; Father Wendolin Moellers and
a number of brave nuns are now minis
tering to the physical and spiritual wants
of the Molokai lepers. Father Pampbile
is 68 years of age, and a Belgian. He is
a graduate of tho University of Louvain,
and has served there as professor of the
ology for many years. The settlement at
Molokai has been in existence since 1803,
when the awful spread of leprosy
throughout the Hawaiian group com
pelled the government to banish all the
victims of the disease to the island. No
provision was made for their accommo
dation, and they were huddled together
in miserable hots, regardless of age, sex
or the commonest decency. Their condi
tion was wonderfully improved by Fa
ther Damien. '
Onloa Jules as a Balr Bestorer,
A London hairdresser states that there
is only one really infallible hair pro
ducer, and that is onion juice.
imjf
Tl
OUR DAILY BREAD
THE GREAT LABOR REQUIRED TO
FEED THE MULTITUDE,
The Baker's Task a Hard One Tie Baoa
Breaks Down and Has to Desert fits
Occupation A Well-Kuowa Dakar
Talks With a Reporter.
Examiner, San Francisco, Cal.
In speaking of the physical endur
ance which is required of bakers as a
olass, Mr. Louis Coppola, of 969 Har
vard street, San Franoisoo, took oc
casion to say that many of them break
down under the severe strain of their
work. The most vital point of endur
ance is the back. The men have to
bend over the long troughs in whloh
the dough is mixed. The work is com
paratively light until the dough begins
to thicken, but then it becomes a con'
tinuous process of lifting and throw'
ing the heavy mass in a trough con'
taining three hundred or four hundred
pounds of dough. It nessitates the
employment of almost heroulean
strength to property mix the dough.
"I gave way under the strain of such
work," said Mr. Coppola.
"It affected my kidneys, just as it
does those of many others who follow
the trade. I began to experience pains
in the small of my back. At first tbey
were periodial, but they afterwards be
came more frequent and finally it be
came so that I suffered from them not
only while I was working but when I
was at leisure. Thoy would seize upon
me while I slept and cause me hours of
painful wakefulness. I soon saw that
I was being unfitted for my work, so I
began taking medicine for the relief of
the complaint It was all to no avail,
however, until I puroahsed a box of
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple. I did not take the pills in the
confidence that they would In any way
relieve me of my suffering, but I bought
them simply to see if the many reports
of their marvelous power were true. I
was soon convinced, for before I had
taken very many of them the pains in
the regions of my kidneys began to be
lessened, and before I had taken a full
box I had been entirely relieved. I
knew no more wakeful nights, no more
painfal exertions while at work. In
faot, I was a new man, and I owe it
all to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
"My sister, Mrs. A. Duncan, haa
been a sufferer from female weaknesses
for some time. She had gone about in
a sort of moping, listless way, with no
energy for any kind of exertion. When
she saw the great good which had been
done me by Williams' Pills she deter
mined to take some herself. The re
sult has been very favorable. She haa
gained strength, is as lively as a young
girl, and in faot says she feels as
though she were ten years younger than
she really is."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. Tbey are sold in
boxes (never in loose form, by the
dozen or hnnderd) at 50 oents a box, or
six boxes for $3.50, and may be had of
all druggists or directly by mail from
Dr. Williams' Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Just la Time.
The president of an accident insurcnoe
company, strictly in the line of advertis
ing his business, has been telling a won
derful story, which he locates in Brook
lyn, where ' numerous trolley accidents
occur. He says: "Some time ago a
large policy holder in my company was
run over by n trolley oar and his right
leg painfully crushed. He remained
conscious after the shock for three min
utes, during which time he pulled out
bis watch and called the attention of
the crowd to the fact that it was jnst 15
minutes to 13 o'clock. His policy expir
ed at noon, and his foresight was re
warded by the immediate payment of
bis weekly indemnity without contro
versy or litigation. "New Orleans
Picayune.
Superior American Pens.
American gold pe:is have the reputa
tion in our owu and foreign markets of
being the I mt pons in the world. Chi
iauo Times-Hern Id.
CONFINEMENT AND HARD WORK
Indoors, particularly In the sitting posture, are
far more preju 'lclsl to health tns etomslve
muscular exetlon in the open air. Hard se
dentary worker are fr too weary after oftVe
iiwura hi uue miirn neemm exercise in tne open
sir. Trey often need s tonic. Where can tbey
seek invigoratlon more certainly and thor
oughly than from Hostetter'e Stomach Bitters,
a renovsut particularly adapted to rrcrult the
exhausted force of nature, line ale for dyspep
sia, kidney, liver and rheumatic aliments.
Bobby Pspa, Jack Maaonaald his father gave
him 60 cents, an " Pape-Wellf Bobby-J'd
like to say the tame of jou. .
I cannot sneak too hlehl of Plan's r.nn
for Consumption. Ma. Fbasx Mouse, 215
,i . u di., ii. i ., vol. ea, imn.
riT.-All Fits atopped fim by Dr. Kline's
Grat Nerve Restorer. Mo FHa after the drat
day's ne. Marvelous cures. Treatise and S2.W
trial bottle free to Kit cases. Bnd to Dr. KUns
fill Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. '
worm s rain munesT awidd.
IMPERIAL
rRANUM
Many competing FOODS
have come andgone&i
been missed by few or
noneSipopularily of this
FOODsteadilyincreases!
Sold by DRL'aqiSTa EVERYWHERE I ,
fonn vari ex s9onm new TorK
fr m v- u. .sk.i,imii.p,ji mil '
' I liapfSiis,,, j
I tnl'me. Solil by OminrWa f
ALL THB YEAB BOUND.
The avocations of men go on Juit the
same in winter as In summer, and tboss
who labor haid with hands, body and
uusolaa know this full wall. The sport
also ara Just as festive and are attended
with many accidents. Ths chanoes of as
oldent are about the earns Wall, but to ths
laoorlnj man a mishap means very niuoh.
For instance, a sprain may erlpple badly
and mean loss of time, plaos and won-y
ware it not that we all know how readily
St. Jaoohs Oil will oure a sprain, and pre,
vsnt all these uilaRtvinirs. So let us enjoy
ourselves without fear. (
T)ld I understand yoa to say that yoa wire a
puslllatT ' Dat a what." ''Jienual, oral, or
ealigrapbloT" , .
DKAFNF.H8 O.lNNOf B CCBKD
By local applications, as they eanno. rsaoh
tbe diseased portion of the ear. There is
only on way to our Drarneea, and that Is
hv ArnistltllLlnnnl HmJiu n. IV.... I.
caused by an tuHamsd condition of ths
uiuouue uuins; 01 tot BUStaoDlan ruos.
Wnen this tuba frets inliamed you hart a
rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness ia ths
result, and unless tbe Inflammation oat) be
take out and this tuba restored to its nor
mal condition, bearing will be destroyed
forever; nine oasts out often ara oauaed by
oatarrn, which is nothing but an In
flamed condition of the nmcoua surfaces.
We will gi e One Hundred Dollars for
any ease of Deafness (oauaed by catarrh)
tltat cannot be eared by Hall s Catarrh
Core. Bend tr olraulara, free.
'Sold by Druggists, 75o. , '
IIW WAT BAST MO DC ST.
Oo Eaat from Portland, Pendleton, Walla
Walla via O. R. A If. to Bpokane and Great
Northern Kail way to Montana, Dakota, St.
Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha, St.
Louis, Kaat ana South. Rock-ballast track ;
em Palace Sleepers and Diners; Family
Tourist Cars; Buffet-Library Cars. Write
A. It. C. Dentitston, C. P. A T. A., Portland,
Orejon, or P. X. Whitney. Q. P. A T. A.,
01. rani, Minn., ror printed matter and in
formation about rates, routes, etc
IMCBEtSB YOUR INCOME
By careful Inveatmeatt by mall through
a responsible Bran of large eiperlenee
and great aaceeaa. Will send yoa par
tlealars. free, showing how a small
amount of money can be easily mnltl.
piled by successful Investments la grain,
Highest Bank references. Opportunity
eieellent. rattlaoa Co., Bankers aad
Broken, Roam P., Omaha Building,
thloago.
Tat OaBMaA for breakfast.
Don't Tobacco
Spit and Smoko
Your Lifo
Away.
0
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wut
'S funded.
OHICAOO.
ftlgAIBCTQ eandy rnthartlrf ears constipation. Purely vegetable, amootb and
UAJ WHaeaa I tf eo7. sold by druggUU arerxwBera, guarutocU to cure, Ouljr Ida,
Timely Warning.
Tha graat succast of tha chocolata praparatlona of
tha houta of Waltar Dakar & Co. (attabllthad
in 1780) haa tad
many mialaading
of thalr nama.'
Bakar fc Co. ara
facturers of pura and high-grada Cocoaa and
Chocolataa on this continant. No chamlcala ara
used in thair manufactures.
Consumers should ask for, and be aura that
thay gat, tha genuine Walter Bakar k Co.'s goods.
WALTER BAKER & CO., Limited,
DORCHESTER, MASS.
If von want a sure relief for
Minna, use an
iri-- -
llcock's
Bear in Mind Not one of the host of counterfeits and Imi
tations is aa good as the genuine.
Seeds, Trees, Spray.
MALARIA I
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ThnM fimm nlT. Try ii.
WEINHM8
"IT IS IGNORANCE THAT WASTES r
EFFORT." TRAINED SERVANTS USE )
Impure Bleed
Was the cause of my not feeling very wall
during ths spring lor several years past.
I had that tired;
Unc, waawV
and to tlredj
I could not do'
much work. Tot
sevarai years
, I have taken
Hood's 8arsapa
rill regularly,
and ithaacleans-
.1 L I.. J
ski my utuuu,
driven off that
tired fwllne; and
built up my
hole system. Hood's Barsaparllla has also
.itnefl ted other members of my family, so
that ws would not be without a supply."
Stbthih McCtAss, Great) wood. Arkansas,
Hood'o Garoaparilla
la the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently In tbe public ere. f 1 6 for IS.
Unnrl'o Dille the after dlnnerplll aad
nOOa 8 flllS family cathartic. 3n.
DR.euxrs
is raovra '
LIVEEt
PILLS
A 1HH4 lhyle. One Mil. ff a naea,
A amiiinal el tae ai ab af a imiiht ear
BMlio. IbHt pula earolr !) ! spam naasta
wa It fanlsr. Thar mr Haadaoka, fcrleMaa Hal
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Tas eaMhar tp aat atokaa. To emnaaa m, aa
KlXUOl
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in alanine and
ara will send
yon a boys per
cale or oanr
watst-lliht
j groiiua, aeea
flsnrs, as 4 tn IS t or 34 els. for fa) el navy
tat... M.itin ihia h.Mf. uya hava
loads of similar baraalns to send you. Aak tor
list. Smith a Cash btora, Baa francisco, Cel.
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MONTREAL, CAN. NEW YORK.
to tha placing on tha markat
and unscruputoua imitationa
labala. and wrappara. Waitar,
tha oldest and largatt manu
pains in tha back. aide, cheat, ar
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Plaster
Pimps
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