Hot Griddle Cakes.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder possesses a peculiar
merit not approached by that of any other baking powder.
It produces the hot buckwheat, Indian or wheat cakes, hot
biscuit, doughnuts, waffles or muffins. Any of these tasteful
things may be eaten when hot with impunity by persons of
the most delicate digestive organs. Dr. Price's Cream Bak
ing Powder leavens without firmentation or decomposition.
In its preparation none but the purest of cream of tartar, so
da, etc. is used, and in such exact equivalents as to always
guarantee a perfectly neutral result, thereby giving the natu
ral and sweet flavor peculiar to buckwheat and other flour
that may be used, the natural flavor so much desired and ap
preciated by all. The oldest patrons of Dr. Prices powder tell
the story, that they can never get the same results from any
other leavening agent, that their griddle cakes, biscuits, etc.
are never bo light and never taste so sweet or so good as
when raised with Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder.
THE APPOINTMENT.
Tls late: the astronomer In his lonely height,
Exploring all the dark, descries afar
Orbt that lite Idea of distant splendor are,
And mornings whitening in the infinite.
Like winnowed grain the worlds go by In flight
Or swarm In glistening spaces nebular.
He summons one disheveled wandering star:
"Return ten centuries hence ou such a night.1
The star will come. It dare not by one hour
Cheat science or falsify her calculation.
Men will have passed, but watchful In the tower
Man shall remain in sleepless contemplation;
And should all men bare perished there In turn,
Truth in their place would watch the star's re
turn. Prudhomme.
6 lata bj h Drunkard.
The murder of Fred Garand by Charles
Bigly Is declared by the local paper to be
oue or the moBt
fiendish aud cause
lea crimes ever
committed In De
troit. Tli victim
a young married
man of much bus
iness ability wu
assistant manager
Id a big slaughter
house at Hiver
and Twenty-Unit
street. Hi as
atuwin b a brother
of Thomas Bigly,
the uwriuteiid
tit of the estub-
IbthmMnt, but OW- "IKD Q Alt AND.
tug to his (liHMolute habit ho wan em
ployed ouly in a minor capacity.
Ik'cmitte of a particularly furious and
prolonged drunk be wus discharged, aud
the idea alow I y took form in hit alcohol
oaked brain tlmt Garaud was responsible
therefor. So be went to the office, secured
an old brass mounted carbine, with which
ugly Texas cattle were killed, and going to
the yard shouted to some men with whom
Uarmut wan talking
"Get out of the way. boys; I want to
hoot Fred," at the aiuue time aiming the
carbine at Unramt.
The men full back, but Garand, believing
the weapon empty, and supposing that
Bigly wan Jokiug, laughingly answered,
"If you want to kill roe, shout away."
The next moment Bigly pulled the trig
ger. The gun wus of G&cnlilwr, carrying a
ball nearly half an Inch Indiumeter. This
bullet passed clear through the victim's
body, entering tlto back at the right side
near the waist, emerging at the left side
just above the hip aud lodging In a board
fence twenty feet away.
Garand was a corpse In ten miuutea.
Bigly was locked up.
THE PArfENTS ARE LOCKED UP.
Mr. and Mrs. HndMOlt Ancuund of Kill
lug Their Eldest Daughter.
Canada is just now agitated over a mur
der mystery as sensational as any of those
that have appalled the people of the United
States In recent times. The scene of the
tragedy was Fat r hank, a village not far
from Toronto. A yearago KdwardT. Band-
His Body Found In the Sea.
A tragic and mysterious affair Is that
which marked the end of Henry C. Ogdeu's
earthly career. Mr. Ogdeu was manager
of the silk depart
ment of James
Talcott & Co.,
0 f New Vork
city. One after
noon recently he
took boat for his
summer resideuce
at Monmouth
Bench, or at least
Is thought to have
done so. But he
never reached
home, and when
Inquiries were set
afloat no one ro
ll. 0. OOPKN, membered having
seen him after ho started for the pier. But
a passenger on the steamer made a
remarkable declaration. He said that be
heard asplash, and looking back saw a man
struggling in the wake of the vessel. How
ever, be didn't oouaider it worth while to
raise m alarm. Perhaps the man was Mr.
Ogden. At any rate, hie swollen and dis
figured body was recovered from the sea
later on. Whet her he mt!t his death by
violence or aooidout may never be known.
A WILD NIGHT RIDE.
KDWAKTT. HANDCOCK.
eock, postmaster and merchant at Beaton
started a branch store there and placed bis
eldest daughter in charge. The father,
mother and their uhildreu spent part of the
time in one town aud part In the other,
going back and forth as inclination or busi
ness moved them.
The other moral ng Mrs. Handcock and
her twelve-year-old son started for Seaton,
leaving Mr. Handcock and Sophia at Fair
bank. Just before noon the former ran
from the store and called to some neigh
bors to come over, saying that Sophia was
hurt The women who responded to the
appeal fouud the girl face downward on
the dining room floor. The blood flowed
freely from a horrible wound In ber head
aud there was a trail of gore leadiug to the
trapdoor of the cellar twelve feet away
Sophia died that night. The doctors who
were summoned declared that ber skull
had been smashed with a hammer, and the
coroner's jury, the foreman of which is
pastor of tbe church attended by Hand
cock, returned a verdict of murder against
some person unknown. The father made
the following statement:
"1 entered tbe house shortly after my
wife left for Seaton village, expecting to
find my accustomed cup of tea ready. It
was not, and seeing my daughter busy I
went out again to my boeing In the gar
den. I went into tbe house again. I can
not tell how long I was absent, and nearly
fell over the prostrate body of my girL
The room was rather dark, the blindB be
ing down; and thinking she had fainted I
got a basin of water with which to bathe
her head. As soon its I lifted her head 1
was horrified to discover a ragged hole la
It, aud that It was covered with blood. I
Immediately summoned assistance. I can'!
not Imagine how my daughter came to her
death, except that she must have struck
her head against the uplifted trapdoor
while she was walking toward it, probably
carrying a pail of butter in her hand."
Detectives took up the case. They
learned that Sophia, who was twenty-two
years old and engaged to be married, had
(1,000 insurance on her life and owned the
Thrilling: Adventure of the Pig.
Mr. Enoch W. Jordan, a prominent farmer
nf Alliunv flu fjillu t.t.B fnllounmr axntra
-frt. u n hi iul.t..H.tti i Fairbank store. They also discovered that
when he came to a sow which had a fine litter Jber Jy V'000 ttaf J
of pigs. He found one of them absent. Go- the importunate demands! some Toronto
tug a abort distance further he overtook a f?JtoI hen they talked to httle Dan
huge rattlesnake, which he promptly dia- el Haudcock and learned that hw parents
patched. Be noticed that it seemed very fld .""J! to ,
large, and was apparently gorged. Cutting i,V9 ' 'v. ' - .
It open, out jumped the mi'rs, ' ' '
At 0 o'clock one September evening In 1876
! took tbe coach which left Custer City oi
Custer village, for the town consisted oi
twenty or thirty log structures to go to Sid
ney, Neb, A coach I suppose it should bs
called, though on the plains this vehicle,
which has tbe driver's seat on the same level
as the passengers' seats, is called a "hack." -
I had gone to tbe "Hills" to engage in min
ing, but after four months of prospecting had
decided to open a general supply store at ths
new town of Dead wood, and was on my way
to Omaha to purchase goods for the venture.
A tin lamp, fastened in one corner of the
"back," discovered to me two passengert
within as I entered and took my seat One
was an old gentleman, apparently weak and
ill, for, si though it was not a cold night,
he was muffled iu a coarse, heavy ulster over
coat. Moreover, such of bis face as I could
see between a gray beard, which almost cov
ered It, and the rim of a slouch bat, was pale
and thin, and the eyes looked sunken aud un
natural At least, so they struck me at a
cursory glance.
The other passenger was a young fellow ol
twenty-two or twenty-three years, I judged,
decidedly dandified in his dress for that re
gion. He wore a stiff hat and a stand up col
lar encircled by a neat tie, and had on a dark
suit, evidently custom made, which was an
unusual "get up" for that region, and one
which at once aroused my suspicion, for tbe
only persons I had seen about the mining
towns dressed in anything like that fashion
were gamblers, a class of men I had made it
a point to avoid.
Just before setting out the driver came to
the side of the vehicle, thrust in a light Win
chester carbine aud placed it between my
knees.
"I see you didn't have no gun," said be,
"an' I keep a couple of extra ones fer each."
That was alL No further explanation waa
necessary iu those days.
I took charge of tbe weapon, although I
was as little expert in its use as I was in han
dling tbe Smith & Wesson iu my bip pocket,
which, indeed, I bad never discharged.
I knew enough of life in tbe mines to know
that tbe "bad man with a gun" is usually
the mau who gets into difficulty rather than
the peaceable and unarmed citizen; but a
stage ride from Custer to Sidney at that
time was a trip not altogether likely to be
without its adventures, and for once I re
gretted my un familiarity with "shooting
irons."
It occurred to me that if we were "jumped
by road agoots;" as tbe phrase went, tbe free
booters of the route would have little to fear
from tbe occupuutsof the hack, whether they
got much money or not. There were usually
valuables of some sort in the iron box under
tbe driver's seat.
The young man who sat opposite me had a
carbine across his lap, but I fancied he knew
even less of its use tbau I did. As we started
he sat without noticing me, twirling a Blight
mustache and humming a tune. "Afresh
gamester, if one at ail," I said to myself
Uifon a second look at huu.
The old man bad no arms in sight. The
driver no doubt regarded him as out of the
fight in any event.
Ab we roiled up into Buffalo Gap I had a
few words ol conversation with my compan
ions. I learned that the elder was au Iowa
farmer, who bud come out to see what he
could do lu the new mines, but he had beeu
111 with mountain fever, and afterward at
tacked by rheumatism, so that he had been
forced to abandon his projects aud return
to the east He spoke freely, aud iu the care
less English of western men.
The young fellow said he was from New
York, "Neh Yawk," he pronounced it. He
was, he said, a student of mining engineer
lug, but he did not mention what his business
hod beeu in that region; but that was not
strange, for we could not talk much. A jolt
ing stage bowling over a rough country at
eight miles au hour does not give the best op
portunity for conversation.
I soon became sleepy, and leaning back in
my corner took such momentary cat naps aa
the nature of tbe rood permitted. At 11
o'clock we made a brief halt at a temporary
stage Btatiou, where the driver's four-iu-haud
team was exchanged for fresh horses,
I peeped out and got a glimpse of the teams,
of two men with lauterns, of a low structure
of sod or adobe faintly outlined, aud of tbe
black side of a piue covered mountain beyond.
Tbe night was quite dark, with floating clouda
and no moon. It became somewhat lighter
as we passed out of tbe gap a little later, as 1
noted through a crack iu the Bwayiug "flan"
opposite.
Thfl rv
The youn'g man opposite me rayeurTedTiip on
his seat, but 1 could see that bis eyes were
wide open, aud that he was eying me with
a sharp, keen glance. My eyes probably re
sponded wben they fell upon his, for he
straightened up in an alert fashion and leaned
toward me.
"Say," lie whispered, "do you think that
old chap's all right! Strikes me that groan
ing of his was put on. What d'ye think!"
The question startled mo no less than tbe
young fellow's manner, and I was about to
make some reply when a gun or pistol shot
rang hi our ears, followed by a yell either of
pain or surprise, and a lurch of the hack
threw me forward against my companion's
knees.
Either the shot or the yell had started our
team, and we went down the bank and Into
the stream with a lunge, 1 heard Bhots one,
two, three as we splashed through the water.
Then more yells, loud and fierce.
My notion of what had happened or what
was happening was confused for a moment,
and then I saw my comrade for tbe light
still burned crawling through to the driver's
eat as we went careening up the opposite
bank,
A second later he had gathered the lines,
which were tied in front, and while he held
them with one band he grasped a rib of the
hack with tbe other. Then be leaned out and
glanced back.
Luckily tbe horses, which were going at a
gallop they were animals which needed no
urging kept to the road, and the cool beaded
young fellow was not pitched out
"There's a lot of 'em," he shouted in at me
a moment later. "I can just see four or five
getting on their horses. They've killed the
driver, 1 guess, and are after us now."
With that be gathered up the long lashed
whip, which lay in the boot, and, dropping
upon his knees, began yelling and laying the
whip upon the team.
In a moment we were going at a fearful
pace, and despite the excitement and fright
of tbe moment I noticed that our four horse
came to hand and ran with a steady, even
gait, which did credit to the young man's
driving.
"Get ready for 'em now I" he screamed
back at me, "they'll be down on us in a min
ute. Open the back flap V pour it into 'em
with your guns, and when they're empty get
mine under the seat I"
He waB my captain as well as driver, and I
obeyed instinctively, for I certnlnly had
formed no plau of defense or action on my
own account.
I managed to unbutton and roll up tbe
leather behind, and peering out, on my
knees before the back seat, I saw that we
were indeed followed. It was light enough
to distinguish objects dimly at a hundred
yards, and there were at least five horsemen
in our rear, tearing along at the top of their
animals' speed. Knowing that they were
within rifle shot, I opened fire on them over
the seat I worked the lever of my gun as
rapidly as I could, but made awkward busi
ness of it Presently I got a shell stuck and
began trying to get it out In the meantime
our pureuers were gaining with every second.
They were within fifty yards before I could
get out my shell, and I was too excited to
think of using another gun. Suddenly tbe
light in the hack went out and a hand upon
my shoulder jerked nie backward. Then a
voice yelled in my ear:
"Let me get at them Load the guns for
me 'n' let the team go. We might 's well
smash as be riddled with bullet. Here
here's two boxes of cartridges."
I dropped back to tbe other Beat and gave
place to him. He threw his carbines over the
back of the bind seat and began firing.
It seemed to me that a steady stream of
fire poured out of the back of the stage, and
before I had filled the magazine of my guu
his was empty. He snatched mine, however,
and thrust his own back to ma
Loading was awkward busiuess at first, as
I had to feel for the feeder; but I managed
soon to thrust them into my guu as fast as be
could work the lever of bis own. The men,
whoever and whatever they wero, rode up to
within twenty live or thirty yards, and,
spreading out, opened fire on us.
"Keep close down in the bottom 1" shouted
my comrade as be kept ou with his firing.
The "road agents" did not come nearer. evl
dently fearing too great exposure to the
stream of shots from the hack, and my cour
age rose to something near the level of my
Gompauion's. I caught glimpses, as I glanced
up now and then, of a plunging horseman,
with shadowy, outstretched arm, from which
flashed blaze after blaze of light
All at once we began descending Into a
gully, aud the hack bounced from side to side
so violently that it was impossible for us to
do anything but chug to the sides of the box.
"It's all right!" rang my companion's voice
in my ear, shortly after we had begun the
descent; "they've quit They can't ride
along the side of the gulch and daren't follow
straight behind. There's a stage ranch be
low, too. 1 remember the road."
Sure enough the men had dropped back ar
the shots had ceased. My cool, brave c
rade now clambered over me, and in s
way got into the front seat of the jun
coach. A moment later I noticed Xb
were slowing up and running more '
Five minutes more and we baited w
left of us safe and sow '
I stjiH
!?
kli '
aui
of,,
king.
waa Che German' ,
known to the rem'
Sylva," and the C
Is now the object
sympathy and dipt '
He fell deeply tu
resco, a lady Ifn wai'
mother, and "Carmen
their union, but the kinf
of state say no. He
H 'i'j ' .
QUEEN ELIZABETH HT.' :
one of bia own rank or forfeit r
to the succession. It la really1
Ferdinand. The young lady ,
way worthy of him, aud the i v
pie would be delighted to se v.
rnmmnriftr! hot Idiitf and
clare that it is bis duty to; v
new kingdom by a royal alllat; ;
way to some one who will. :
Brazilian Servants. ?
The servants Of .Brazil are ver;?
high priced, and very hard to g! L;
cessity of having to work to ,
ing become a stern reality in tn '
consider it rather a favor than I
fact quite a condescension, to do at, -
any price. A cook, for instance, a
good one either, who comes at he
in the morning, cooks your brea
leaves between half-past 0 and a-v
? at night, after cooking di finer, ext
gets, from seventy to eighty milreis a u '.
i. e., at present rate of exchange, about '
$85 to $40. He does not wash bis dishes, .
wouia leave me piace in au insiaut u ass .
to do it. None of the Bervauts sleep in thf'
bouse where they work. They come in tfa
morning, and leave at night by 8 o'clock
the very latest. They are much given
stealing, aim, u ueiecLeu, w not, leei i ,
slightest sliame, but rather upbraid the 4
ter, and act as if he had interfered with
of their prerogatives. New York Led,
Needed Legislation,
She bad gone away and left i '
gum stuck on the back of the sof.i,;
perhaps unfortunate that her
saw it. It was certainly grotesqu-
carefully dig out its uikhhvuJI up
with red pepper, carefullJ-1'"
and put (he gum bactf'
little short of calamity
call just at that moment in -t.
she had put the gum buct
again. He could not under
nieanor. He does not even yi:
why she danced and shrieked, r '
out of the room. There is no .
the bill now upon the legialatm
for the killing of all boys beft
of 8 and 13 should go through
Traveler.
Beuunnced Caucauslan Civlllxw
According to the Sew Yqrk W'
cadio Heurn, the wall known- tiov
written to a friend that he bus beci
feasor iu a college in the interior of.
married a fair Japanese and re noun
white man's world and all that ajpp
thereto. ,R An .n 1 '
in the i'
lisher:
of the1
a bril
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ther
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